Bob Smith:  

Hi classmates! After our graduation in '78 I went on to UNC-CH on a Navy ROTC scholarship and pretty much partied my way through the next 4 years to "earn" my BA degree in Mathematics (wouldn't recommend that to anyone - the math degree part that is!) and then realized my lifelong dream of getting someone else to pay me to fly airplanes for a living. I joined the Navy, moved to Whidbey Island, WA and flew jets from the decks of aircraft carriers for over 13 years. Cruised the world from a big gray ship. Took me a while to figure out that this was a job for younger bucks, so I finally said good-bye to the armed services and started flying boxes for a living with FedEx. Much safer! Been doin' that now for over 12 years. Currently flying a DC-10 back and forth across the country two weeks/month. Two months after graduating from UNC I married the girl I met while working a parttime job at Rose's department store in high school (Terry). Smartest move I ever made, although she did go to New Hanover High! We celebrated our 25th a...Expand for more