Happy and honored to be the first Honorary Member of the MMHS Alumni Association. I had the pleasure of being a part of the Mira Mesa community as principal of Wangenheim Junior High, and Mira Mesa, until I retired in 1993. My wife, Jeanette, and I and came to San Diego in 1962, and spent a few years as a teacher before an assignment at the Education Center in the Human Recourses office started me on the administrative portion of my career. I spent 5years as a vice principal at Memorial Junior High and Crawford High School before my first principal assignment at Patrick Henry Evening High School. 3 years later, I was selected to open Wangenheim, and after 7 years there, I was lucky enough to be assigned to Mira Mesa. Those years will forever remain as the happiest of my 31 year career with the San Diego City Schools. In 1959, I graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and immediately hopped in my 1953 Chevy convertible, and headed to California. One year later, I met my bride, and 3 years later, we landed in San Diego. Blessed with 2 kids, and 4 grandchildren, 5 college graduates, and one still getting closer each year. I love being a part of the Marauder family again, and look forward to being healthy enough to continue for several more years.
What activities or sports were you involved in at school?
Everything I had time for.
What is your fondest memory during your time at MMHS?
So many fond memories I couldn’t begin to select. I do have to admit, however, having been involved in athletics in high school and college, I had an affinity for Friday Night Lights activities, although I tried to do a bit of everything as time permitted.
Can you name someone from MMHS that you’d like to reconnect with and why?
When you get to be my age, you’ll wish you had so much more time to spend with the people you spent the most time with, and hopefully, some of the happiest times.
Did you go to college after MMHS or join the service? If so, where did you attend or join?
Drake University, and the Marine Corps. Prior to my service in the Marines, I spent a year in college in Los Angeles, but academically. it was a disaster, so to heck with it.
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