Bob Berhalter:
CLASS OF 1965
Summit High SchoolClass of 1965
Summit, NJ
University of Wisconsin Class of 1974
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeClass of 1972
Milwaukee, WI
Champlain CollegeClass of 1967
Burlington, VT
St. Teresa's SchoolClass of 1960
Summit, NJ
Bob's Story
My story. Well, graduated from SHS w/out honors, 1 yr college (Skiing 101) in Vt. After being uninvited for a second year, worked at C.R.Bard in New Providence (great job for someone looking for a good workout!); entered the Navy in Feb 67 at Great Lakes NTC, Illinois; met the wife in Milwaukee in May '67; Viet Nam "cruise" aboard USS New Jersey (BB 62) Sep '68 - Apr '69; married June '69 and moved to Long Beach, CA.
Out of the Nav in '70; community college in Milwaukee, University of Wisc-Milwaukee, grad May '74.
Re-entered the Navy in '76, separated in May '94; worked at Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon Co as tech writer, then promoted to Senior Systems Engineer in system test and integration . Retired from all forms of labor Jan '10. Loving it.
Three kids, 5 grand kids aged 7 - 23; been living in the San Diego area since Aug '76.
Here's something that may interest those of you who were adopted. My wife bought me an Ancestry kit in 2017 for Christmas. I was never really curious about my 3 years in the foundling in NYC.. My Mom told me a bit about my birth mother, but nothing was known about the sperm donor. I have my original birth cert and the 'father' line is blank. I think she m...Expand for more
ust've been a party girl on Staten Island! I have spoken to a couple from his side of the family, one of whom is an actor who is my 2nd cousin, but can't trace down to the father. Too many surnames. The largest list goes to Harris (43). My grandmother on that side was a Harris. And coincidentally, Doreen Harris and I dated for quite some a time. Thankfully, weren't related, Long story short, on my mother's side, as soon as my DNA results posted on Ancestry, I started being contacted via Ancestry messaging because they knew I existed and had been looking for me. When my birth mother died, going through her stuff, they found a letter from the foundling which mentioned me and my younger sister.
So, I now have two sisters and a brother (he was the only child raised by our mother), and one of my sisters (the oldest child) lives about 12 miles from me along with scads of nieces and nephews within about 100 miles. Most of my interaction with the new family members has been with my older brother and younger sister. We had a big "reunion" with 30+ extended family members in Vegas in '18. Pretty exciting stuff. So if anyone's curious, Ancestry may provide answers. No guarantees, but...
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