Jim Kakalow:  

I'm a little late in getting my life updated on classmates, but here goes. After graduation from Warren I went on to Long Beach State where I wrestled for 3 years, letting in 2 of them and placing in the coast championships in 1962 snd 1963. A back injury ended that chapter of my life. I graduated in 1965, about time to get drafted, but didn't pass the physical, so got lucky. I undertook graduate work toward a teaching credential, but when I was offered a teaching position I decided I was not prepared to be a full time high school teacher,, I felt I was too immature. Thus, my career went another direction.as a career government employee in the field of valuation, real estate at 1st and then into the securities and stock/corporation valuations. I got married in 1964 and after 53 1/2 years my wife passed away this year . We are hoping for one of those European trips on our 50th in 2014. but because she got ill we never made the trip. My wife was born in Germany and lived in England where she attended high school, so it would going down memory lane so to speak. She was an "Air Force brat" so moving around wasn't a big deal to her, it paid off once I got a position in government. we transferred a few times up and down the west coast. I had a couple of offers for positions in D.C. but said "thanks but no thanks".. .We have 3 children, a boy and 2 girls. My son has his MBA, loves golf and works in management for Pebble Beach Corp, so he's found nirvana. One of my daughters is a teacher with a Masters in Special Ed. My 2nd daughter is in the retail clothing industry. She is still single and enjoying her freedom as she says. I worked for the federal government for 36+ years, 5 for the Dept. of Defense, 2 for GSA and 29+ for the IRS as a supervisor, program manager and financial analyst.. We lived in the ...Expand for more