Michael Bainbridge:
CLASS OF 1963
Central High SchoolClass of 1963
Ft. wayne, IN
Michael's Story
I live on a few acres on the west side of Puget Sound, across the Sound from Seattle. I'm retired now, but spent most of my life working in non-profits. I served 9 years in Washington, DC as an advocate on Capitol Hill on behalf of individuals with disabilities.
After I graduated from Purdue and left Ft. Wayne, I went to graduate school in philosophy at the University of New Mexico. I was advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D in Philosopy, but never wrote a dissertation. While in New Mexico, I worked in the near off-reservation area of the Four Corners with Navajos, Hopis, and Jicarilla Apaches. I moved from New Mexico to Eugene, Oregon w...Expand for more
here my son was born.
In 1984, I was hired at the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities in DC and spent 9 years there. After 9 years, I was anxious to get back to the Pacific Northwest, so I got a job near Seattle. I ran a program delivering employment services to individuals with disabilities 20 miles west of Seattle.
Now, I'm retired, thank god. I weld, build speaker systems, read, rebuild boats and motors, and have so much to do and learn, I barely have a spare moment. The internet is a tremendous wealth of knowledge, so I learn a lot there.
If we all live long enough to have another reunion, I plan to attend.
Michael
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