Jean Edgar:  

Wow, there's a lot of years since 1970 to try to summarize in this space but here's some highlights. My family left Tampa between my Junior and Senior years to return to my Dad's hometown of Hayfield, MN. Actually I was born there but we moved away when I was a child so I had few memories of MN. So I actually graduated from Hayfield HS, not Robinson. Since I mostly grew up in Tampa and spent most of my high school years at RHS, I consider Robinson to be my "co" Alma Mater along with Hayfield HS where I actually graduated. After high school I had a few minor jobs but then I decided to join the Navy which I did in 1974. I was a Cryptologic Technician and had a security clearance. My first duty station was Guam where I met and married my husband John. Our wedding was delayed by a major typhoon but we managed to get married a few days later...that's a story all by itself. After a couple years in Guam I was assigned to Taiwan for a couple years and after that I was stationed at the NSA at Ft. Meade, MD. There we bought our first home and put down roots. After that tour I had a some time left on my enlistment so I was sent to Okinawa for 18 months. After that tour I got out of the Navy having served a total of 9 years. We continued to live in Maryland and spent a total of 13 years there. After the Navy I used the GI Bill to get a BS in Computer Science at UMBC in Maryland and then I got a job as a government employee at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. I was a UNIX system administrator in the Engineering and Weapons (academic) departm...Expand for more