Joe Lovato:
CLASS OF 1964
Brighton High SchoolClass of 1964
Brighton, CO
Joe's Story
I left Brighton in 1964 but returned for periodic visits while my parents were alive. I have also lost a brother(Leo) and a sister (Manuelita) . My other siblings live in Colorado except for a sister in Tulsa, OK.
I am married to Marti and we will celebrate our 50th in November, with a cruise to Hawaii. We have three children; Mark, Gary and Leslee. We also have 4 grandchildren; Lacee, India, Jaren and Olivya. Mark and Gary, along with their spouses live in Las Vegas and Leslee lives in Thornton. Three of our grandkids are in college; one at CSU Pueblo and two in NYC at Barnard and Columbia. India will graduate in May 2014 from Barnard University.
After graduation in 1964, I briefly attended Colorado School of Mines but dropped out. I joined IBM Corp. in 1965. I completed a tool and model maker apprenticeship in 1970. In 1972, I took a data processing aptitude test, scored in the top 2 percentile, a...Expand for more
nd was offered retraining as a computer programmer. This career fit me like a glove. We relocated from Boulder for better opportunities at other IBM locations, We lived in Kingston, NY; Hopatcong, New Jersey; Minot, ND; Houston, TX; Austin, TX and finally back to Boulder, CO. My career advanced into Senior Management and I did a two year corporate assignment in White Plains, NY.
In 1992, I left IBM under under a bridge to retirement incentive. I went to work at StorageTek in Louisville, CO as a Director in product development. In 1995, I retired from IBM. In 1999, we retired and relocated to Henderson, NV where we currently live. I play a lot of golf and Marti and I both play poker. I have not yet played in the World Series of Poker but will do that one day.
I have lost touch with all but a few of my Brighton HS classmates but am hopeful that I will make it to the reunion in July and get reacquainted.
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