William Frangos:  

Life William J. Frangos, Highland H.S. – Albuquerque 1974 Life after Highland Shortly after graduation I married my HS sweetheart, Jennifer Brewer, had a daughter, Christa and entered the Air Force to be a Command and Control Specialist. The AF had another plan though and said they had a shortage of Medics and I was to become a Medic. I spent two years working Intensive Care in San Antonio, TX and two years as an Emergency Medical Technician at Kirtland here in Albuquerque. Upon leaving the AF I attended college at UNM using the GI Bill. I figured that I had tried death as a medic and didn’t like it, so the most obvious next step was to try taxes as an accountant. During my time as a student, Ms. Brewer decided that I was additional baggage and chose not to carry me any farther. This turned out to be the best decision I never made! While attending UNM I worked as a bookkeeper and as an assistant girls track coach for you guessed it Highland. The girls I coached still hold the school records for the shot-put and discus at HHS. I dated and later married the love of my life, Adele (Dolan), a “75” Sandia grad. Upon graduation we moved to Montrose, Colorado where we lived for a year until the economy forced us back to Albuquerque. Adele works in the food service industry as a catering director. She began with the convention center, then Hyatt, Prairie Star and presently the Petroleum Club. I worked as a Controller for Graham’s (Graham Central Station, Cowboys & Cheers) and for the last seventeen years Continental Machining Company (owned by another HHS “74” Grad Dave Denison) Adele managed to bless me with two great kids,...Expand for more