Dale Hiltgen:  

I moved to Torrance in the second grade, attending Prairie Elementary for one year, then Crenshaw Elementary until Edison Elementary opened for 4th grade. Graduated Edison in 8th grade and started North High School (Class of 1964) where I attended for 11/2 years, moving to Santa Ana where I completed High School at Santa Ana Valley in 1964. One year of college at Loyola U. then transfer to UC Irvine where I majored in Biology as a pre-med student. IO spent a year in Japan for Junior Year Abroad through the UC system. After graduating I entered Medical School at UCLA, graduating in 1973. A Rotating Internship in San Jose followed and then a Residency in Psychiatry at USC-LA County General Hospital. After finishing Residency I moved to the Bay area and established a private practice which included being Medical Director of an in-patient psychiatric program for almost 20 years. Along the way I married and had 2 children (boy and girl, ages 40 and 36 respectively. Two grandchildren, ages 7 and 5, girl and boy, whom I see every week, because they live near by and we baby-sit, a lot!! My wife and I enjoy traveling so we have over the years traveled a lot: We have been to Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Australia, India, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Belize, and Cuba. Many ...Expand for more