Jim Chestnut:
CLASS OF 1964
Grants Pass High SchoolClass of 1964
Grants pass, OR
Oak Harbor High SchoolClass of 1964
Oak harbor, WA
Lakes High SchoolClass of 1964
Tacoma, WA
Jim's Story
Life
EPITOME:
Life - progression of epithets - all of us - ultimately ÂRaconteursÂ
Stanford, then Navy. Vietnam War in Naples...Transferred to Treasure IslandÂ
met civilian Nurse who liked me because I wore Fry Boots under my dress bluesÂ
Married the nurseÂ
.settled down in Marin County Â
had two kids named Muffin and Huggie Bear, and worked for Dole (Pineapple that is). Mushroom farmingÂ
literally and figuratively the ÂsÂ
.iest job IÂve ever hadÂ, but got that MBAÂ
. and still lived in a county with so much pressure to get ahead, that Kaiser didnÂt even put a delivery room in their Marin hospital.
On to other thingsÂ
. Financial Officer for a ÂSpecial Business Entity in the Northwest that sold coal to Germany during the oil crisis and billed utility users in the US for the costsÂ
. three sets of booksÂ
IÂm back to California! Welcome home! Met a guy and helped him put plain salad dressing in mason jars in the fresh vegetable counter at double the priceÂ
. marketing genius! So letÂs make some moneyÂ
rightÂ
West Coast Manager for Home Box OfficeÂ
(in an elevator with Ted Turner) ÂHey kid you should move on from HBO, IÂm working on this thing called Music Television. Me: ÂPeople watching music on TV, what a dumb idea that is!Â) Next stopÂ
. Silicon Val...Expand for more
leyÂ
. mad physicist who made linear particle accelerators in his garageÂ
Joined the Decathlon Health Club so I could spend early mornings in the hot tub with movers and shakers at Intel and AMD, and spend evenings with my old fraternity brother trying to pick up girls at the barÂ
managing a divorce and investing in a lifetime annuityÂ
Âchild supportÂ
Muffin and Huggie have become Christine and DarrenÂ
Jimmy has become J.E.C., M.B.A., M.Ed., with a four page resumeÂ
but still in the Bay AreaÂ
. and still pretending it is 1964Â
. or was it Â67? No matter, my estate is real estateÂ
and all the Harvard B-School buddies went into investment banking (arghh! In New York)Â
wouldnÂt trade.
Page forwardÂ
. Christine in law schoolÂ
an environmentalist, a great litigator, and a Vegan. Darren, a Ben Affleck-like media intern with the Giants & Warriors, working on cameras in the new PACBELL Park and involved in a documentary to photograph jumpers from the GGBridge. Second wife a fiery Sicilian with a large extended familyÂ
and we live in the suburbsÂ
Me trying to save lives in Napa, by inventing a new device to treat Congestive Heart, and Kidney FailuresÂ
. Driving through the wine country, still listening to ÂScarborough Faire and Dylan (thought I was talking about Dylan Thomas?)
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