Charles McDowell:  

Greetings from New Hampshire. Most of you knew me as Roddy McDowell. I always hated that name, so when I got to college in Atlanta(Emory), 600 miles away where nobody knew me, I told everyone my name was Rod, and it stuck. Since that was from my middle name, I am officially Charles R. McDowell, but now you know what I go by. Quick biography: After college graduation, I spent a year at Air Force pilot traing in Valdosta, GA. During that year, I met my wife at a wedding in Jacksonville. My next stop was Merced, CA for more training to learn to fly the KC-135, tanker, then on to Minot, ND for the next five years. During my four months in CA, we got engaged--Barbara was teaching in Southern CA. After North Dakota, where my daughter Tracy was born, it was back to Merced for four years as an instructor. The rest of my 25 years in the Air Force included two years in Guam where Laurie was born, three years in Rome, NY,, where Christopher was born, six years in Birmingham,AL, then three years in Portsmouth NH where I retired. For a number of reasons, I am still in NH. Tracy went on to the Univ. of NH and has been teaching now for a number of years. After years in Dover, NH I am now in Manchester where my day job is babysitting Tracy's children. My "b...Expand for more