Gene Leone:  

After graduation from Carmel High in June of 1972. I moved to Phoenix,Arizona, and spent 6 months attending DeVry University. When that did not go as planned, I joined the USAF in Feb 1973. Spent 4 years in the service, working on F4 Phantom fighters. Trained at Lackland AFB in Texas, and Lowry AFB in Denver Colorado. Much of the remaining time was spent at MacDill AFB, Tampa Fla. And no! I will never live in Florida again !!! Released from active duty in Feb 1977. moved to Danbury CT. Worked at National SemiConductor for 2 years. Took a leave of absence in early summer 1979, backpacked across Europe-Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria and Germany. Some real adventures there, sometimes I am a bit surprised I made it back in one piece. Returned to the US in late August of 79. Moved to Danbury Ct that same year, working at Eaton/Lorlin Corp, as an electronics tech. Married to a girl from across the state line (Newtown,Ct) in May of 1980, which came with a built in family as Shelley had a 4 year old son (Brett). In January, of 1981, we had our 1st child Megan. She was followed by Courtney in Oct 1984. That same year saw us purchase our 1st house in Newtown. That same month and year I graduated from Bridgeport Engineering Inst (now incorporated within Fairfield University)with a BSEE. Lived in Newtown, from 1984-1990, during which I went thru several job changes, from Lorlin, to Eaton, to General Data Comm, and finally SMC. In April 1990, after another layoff, we moved to North Carolina. In Sept 1990, Shelley opened her dance studio in Wake Forest, NC DanceWorks Studio. I helped out as best I could. The following 18 years have seen more job changes from Memorex-Telex, to Avant!, to a small networking firm ZipCom, then onto EDS for the next 15 years. In 1992, we moved from Youngsville to Wake Forest, primarily because of the better schools (kids were growing fast). I coached several sports over those years,soccer,softball,baseball basketball, and gymnastics. The Dance Studio gr...Expand for more