Gene Walklin:
CLASS OF 1973
John A. Rowland High SchoolClass of 1973
Rowland heights, CA
Gene's Story
Life
Let's see... Graduated, went to work. Lost job & girlfriend. Moved to Oregon with parents. Got bored and moved back to Socal. Lived out of VW Van for 1/2 year, joined US Navy to eat regular. Stayed in for 20 years, playing in various volunteer bands, stationed primarily on ships, spent a lot of time in WestPac, retired in the great northwest. Bought a house while in. Been jumping from job to job. Got an offer I couldn't refuse to move to Missouri and work. Traveling a lot for work again. Moved to Phoenix, AZ 2 years ago, working for an international Engineering Design firm, doing field technician/resident engineer work. Mostly I do Startup and troubleshooting. In the process of moving locally, and getting ready to move to other projects after helping build a 80 Million gallon per day (MGD) water treatment plant for the City of Phoenix.
I am heavily into microcomputers (beware of geeks bearing ...Expand for more
gifts!), model railroads (primarily N scale and Great Northern RR) and corny old movies.
School
Band, band, band, band. Was there anything else? Okay, Volkswagens, girls (more VW's then girls!), beach, goofing off in Gaymon Lamont Bennett's English class...
Military
Joined in '75, went to Florida for 1-1/2 years of school. Had to enlist for 6 years to get the school, so at end of the first 4 years when it was time to sign the extension, it seemed right to make it for an additional 4 years. So with 10 years on the books, it seemed a no-brainer to put in 20 years. Loved it, hated it, wanted to pop a few officer's for their stupidity... I always had some outstanding guys working for me tho. Got the dubious thrill of being on the USS Sacramento when women were integrated into the crew. What a fiasco! Nothing wrong with women in the Navy, but the process was hosed. So I retired in the Seattle, WA area.
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