Bill Parolin:
CLASS OF 1965
Carthage High SchoolClass of 1965
Carthage, MO
Missouri Southern State CollegeClass of 1974
Joplin, MO
Bill's Story
Life
I have been living in the Kansas City are for nearly 30 years now, working in the Information Technology arena. I know we're getting "up there", but retirement is still a dream for me. I have 4 children ranging in age from 21 to 12. Son #2 has just been accepted in the MU School of Journalism as a Freshman (he graduates high school in 08). A rare honor to get into J-school as a Frosh. My oldest son went to SDSU in San Diego for a year, then spend the next year(+) living in Africa (Uganda) doing goodwill work with the Invisible Children organization. He's now working for People to People, Intl, and getting ready to return to school (and eventually, back to Africa).
My youngest two (son and dau...Expand for more
ghter) are in middle school (that's why retirement is still so far away....).
I've been married 22 years now to a gal who finished high school in Webb City.
I'm now working at Cerner Corporation in KC, the leading Health Care software/technology provider in the world.
Life is good.
Military
U.S.M.C.
August 1966 through August 1970.
El Toro (Santa Anna, CA) Marine Corps Air Station - 1966-67
Phu Bai, Vietnam - 1967-68
Beaufort, SC (MCAS) 1968-69
DaNang, Vietnam - 1970
Spent 20 months (two tours) in Viet Nam.
Squadron S3 / Headquarters G3 (Air Operatons)
I left the Marines, and Viet Nam, in August '70, and became a college freshman 2 weeks later.
The rest, as they say, is history.
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