Gary Rollins:  

Life Hi all! Where to begin! After High School I worked as a logger for about a year. I then got a job at a fabrication plant in Albany, where I eventually learned to weld. A profession I pursued for 15 years. Eventually it was time for a change, and change I did. Through an interesting chain of events I learned American Sign Language and went back to school to become a Sign Language Interpreter. My first job after graduating was at a public high school in Vancouver, WA. I stayed in Vancouver working at that, and eventually another High School, until 1998. Previously I had married, raised two kids, and divorced. In Vancouver I met a woman that by 1998, had become my committed life partner. We moved to Columbus, Ohio so she could pursue her doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis at The Ohio State University. While in Ohio I worked as a staff interpreter at that university. I had discovered my dream job! When she graduated in 2001 she found an assistant professor position at the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville, which is where we lived for five years. I love Florida, nearly as much as Hawaii which is where my parents lived after retiring in '78. My Father died in 2002, and my mother has moved...Expand for more