Gerald Roche:
CLASS OF 1964
Strongsville High SchoolClass of 1964
Strongsville, OH
Ohio University - CommunicationsClass of 1969
Athens, OH
Ohio UniversityClass of 1969
Athens, OH
Gerald's Story
Now:
>> Retired and living in my boyhood home on Fair Road.
>> Son, Dan, 43, and granddaughters, Taylor, 14, and Kiya, 5, live in Deltona, Fla., which I visit 2-3 times a year.
College:
>> Ohio University, Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications,
major in broadcasting, minor in journalism, Dean's List 3 quarters.
Military:
>> Third Army Training Aids Center, Fort Campbell, Ky.,
1970-1971; Sp/4 graphic illustrator.
Workplace:
>> Newspaper sports reporter/editor, Ohio and Illinois, 1972-82.
Interviewed Browns' Otto Graham, UCLA's John Wooden,
Steelers' Jack Lambert, many others.
Attended Super Bowl XVI as working press.
Ohio Associated Press award for "Best Sports Feature Story," 1982.
>> Editor/executive editor for various monthly national business magazines based in California, Illinois and Ohio, 1983-2015.
Jobs required global travel to 42 U.S. states (Hawaii four times),
Canada, Mexico, England, Sc...Expand for more
otland, Germany, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore.
Other:
>> End-times novel "When Time Runs Out" from Christian Faith Publishing now available for loan at the Strongsville Public Library and for purchase through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, other major booksellers.
>> As of 2023, still playing golf and 60+ men's softball when the weather cooperates. Just retired from basketball; I noticed that when I was running one way, everybody else was running the other way! LOL.
>> September, 2018: 12-day trip to Ireland and Scotland with former SHS classmates Jack Richards (his Julie) and Hallie Murphy.
>> March, 2014: Three-week driving trip to L.A., visiting friends and relatives in Ft. Worth, Santa Fe and Kentucky. Also: Cleveland Indians spring training in Arizona; Sedona; Grand Canyon; Los Alamos; Texas School Book Depository; Johnson Space Center; final resting places of Mickey Mantle (Dallas) and Marilyn Monroe (L.A.).
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