Cliff Gard:
CLASS OF 1953
North Hollywood High SchoolClass of 1953
North hollywood, CA
Texas A&M UniversityClass of 1957
College station, TX
North Hollywood Junior High SchoolClass of 1950
North hollywood, CA
Carpenter Avenue Elementary SchoolClass of 1947
Studio city, CA
Cliff's Story
Life
Our Quarters:
WE LIVE IN TWO LOCATIONS: LOS GATOS, CA WHERE WE OWN A NICE TOWNHOUSE IN A SECURED COMPOUND AND WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR YEAR (LIKE SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS). WE ALSO OWN A NICE FOUR BEDROOM HOME ON A CUL-DE-SAC WITH A POOL AND THE WORKS IN ROUND ROCK, TX WHERE WE SPEND THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR WHEN WE ARE NOT TRAVELING ELSEWHERE. THIS HOME IS A BLOCK AND A HALF FROM ONE OF OUR SONS AND HIS FAMILY WHICH INCLUDES A GRAND DAUGHTER WITH WHOM WE HAVE BECOME QUITE ATTACHED. (IT'S MUTUAL)
My Spouse
MET HER ON A BLIND DATE SET UP BY MY COLLEGE ROOM MATE TWO MONTHS BEFORE HER HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PROM. MARRIED HER THREE YEARS LATER. HAD OUR FIRST CHILD JUST AS SHE WAS FINISHING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD. TODAY SHE IS RETIRED BUT STILL A PART TIME INSTRUCTOR IN A NORTHERN CALIF. COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAVING EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE AT CAL STATE FULLERTON.
My Professional Career:
AFTER ELEVEN PLUS YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS FLYING FIGHTER/INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT MOSTLY OFF OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (BIRD FARMS) I ENTERED CIVILIAN LIFE WORKING FOR NUMEROUS ELECTRONICS FIRMS AND ULTIMATELY STARTING AND RAN MY OWN IN SILICON VALLEY (S.F. BAY AREA) DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING AND MARKET...Expand for more
ING HIGH SPEED DATA COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS. I SOLD THE COMPANY IN 1994 AND RETIRED FROM IT IN 1998. NOW I WORK AT PUTTING THE SMALL ROUND BALL INTO THE EVEN SMALLER LITTLE ROUND HOLE AND OTHER CHORES THAT SEEM TO COME MY WAY. IT'S A GOOD LIFE AND GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY.
My Children (Now adults)
MOSTLY THEIR SUCCESSES (THIS IS CALLED BRAGGING OR BEING PROUD). MY OLDEST IS AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY AND OWNS HIS OWN LAW FIRM IN LOS ALTOS, CA; MY SECOND SON IS A STANFORD GRAD AND SENIOR WEB SITE MANAGER WITH RACKSPACE CORP. IN SAN ANTONIO, TX; AND MY THIRD SON COMPLETED HIS Phd IN ENGLISH LIT. AT THE U. OF ARIZONA AND COMPLETED HIS JD IN LAW FROM THEIR LAW SCHOOL. HE AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE LIVING IN NEW ORLEANS WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE ARE PROFESSORS OF LAW AT TULANE'S LAW SCHOOL. ALL THREE SONS ARE MARRIED, MY YOUNGEST SON'S WIFE RECEIVED HER Phd FROM UCLA AND HAS COMPLETED AN ADVANCED LAW (LDM) DEGREE. MY OLDEST SON'S WIFE COMPLETED HER B.S. DEGREE AT THE U. OF CALIF., SAN FRANCISCO. OUR YOUNGEST TWO SONS EACH GAVE US OUR FIRST GRANDCHILDREN (BOTH BEAUTIFUL GRAND DAUGHTERS IN THE SUMMER OF 2003 EIGHT DAYS APART). MY WIFE AND I WERE THERE FOR BOTH DELIVERIES AND IT IS SPECIAL.
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