James Bottini:  

Like many of us, I went on to college in the Fall of 1964, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Seminary for thr SF Archdiocese. I attended in ther Poet class for 1-year (Freshman). In the Fall of 1965, I attended San Jose City College. Before that I spent the summer of 1965 in Mexico on the Amigos Anonymous Volunteer Work project in the state of Michoacan. I learned from more than I could have shared with the gracious people of Mexico...such a diverse and rich histroical culture. My Fall studies at City College, included the arts, fine arts, photography, drama, genetics, business, hsitory and the electives to eventually transfer to SJSU. I would marry for my first time in 1968 and we had a boy, Paul Joseph. My wife was the former Dorene Cooper of San Jose. I proceeded to work full-time and take full-time classes in college and eventually SJSU. Vietnam came along and I was not sent to there but inwas high up on the draft numbers. I taught elementary and secondary school for 4 years as a provisional substitute teacher. In 1971-2, I worked for First National Bank of San jose, and then later on, Community Bank of San Jose, CA. I graduated from SJCC and transferred to SJSU. Since we had a family, I had to concentrate totally on my working career and income for our growing family. My wife worked part-time and was a homemaker. In 1980, we separated and we were divorced in the Fall of 1981. From 1981 until recently, I have had numerous high tech jobs in both sales and marketing with many Silcon Valley players. In the early 80s, I went into radio & TV broadcasting as both talent and a crew person and I also became a newspaper columnist. I traveled all over the world from the 1980s until 1994, reporting in on all manner of stories. For Awhile, I lived in Venice Beach, CA and used ...Expand for more