Dennis (Now D. J.) Himstedt:
CLASS OF 1972
Dobie High SchoolClass of 1972
Houston, TX
Dennis (Now D. J.)'s Story
Life
Yeah, everyone figured I would be a choir director somewhere, or something similarly nerdy. So did I! But what surprises this life brings.
After graduating from U of H with a degree in Finance, I moved to Denver - I had fallen in love with the mountains after a summer trip to Montana. When I couldn't find a desirable job in Finance, I took an insurance position just to be working. I soon realized that all of the money goes through the insurance companies to the lawyers, so I went to law school and then practiced insurance defense law for five years.
It didn't take long, though, to figure out that lawyers are scum ( just kidding - I think) and that I didn't want to be one. I...Expand for more
quit, spent a year or two teaching scuba, windsurfing, skiing, then lived in Roatan, Honduras for two months. When I returned to Colorado, I began a private investigations business that I have now owned for fifteen years.
In my spare time (HA!), I teach handicapped kids to ski in the winter, and sometimes work with them in waterskiing in the summer. I am a volunteer firefighter and EMT with my local fire department and this year have spent a lot of days and hours fighting the Colorado wildfires.
I love to camp, hike, climb, horseback ride, anything in the mountains. I have two beautiful daughters who are the lights of my life, and I can't WAIT to see you and renew old friendships.
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