Henriette Beigh:  

Life After graduating from Franklin I worked for the US Forest Service for about 6 months. I started college at Syracuse University in January, 1966, majoring in Anthropology and Comparitive Religion. After 2 or so years at Syracuse I dropped out of college and married the first person I'd ever dated. Mostly, I just needed to get away from my father and I took the most available route. I enlisted in the Marines in Feb. 1968, thereby avoiding being drafted into the Army. This was not one of my more intelligent decisions. :) I stayed in the Marines for 10 years, 4 months, leaving completely disgusted with the whole wretched mess in SE Asia. After the fall of Saigon in April 1975 I took a major emotional hit. I discovered that my bellicose values actually were learned, mostly from my father. Being a professional warrior just was not who I was. I toughed it out until the expiration of my enlisment in June, 1978. Fortunately for me, I never heard a shot fired in anger. I worked as an aviation electronics technician while in the Marines. The 3+ years of education that was provided to me has served me well. I am still a "techie", looking at my 40th year of professional work. When I left the Marines, I worked at a few different jobs in hardware test and design. I gradually evolved into software design and test where I am still. As I mentioned earlier, being a professional warrior was not being "me". As my supposed "adult" life progressed I began to deal with the issue of who "me" was. In that process of discovery I came to find that there were many things taken for granted about "me" that really did not apply at all. Unfortunately, my "creator" made a BIG mistake; or pulled a fast one; or played a joke; or just wanted me to enjoy a REAL challenge. This may come as a shock to some (it was only sort of a shock to...Expand for more