John Brent:
CLASS OF 1972
Mira Costa High SchoolClass of 1972
Manhattan beach, CA
University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1976
Los angeles, CA
Redondo Union High SchoolClass of 1972
Redondo beach, CA
Center Junior High SchoolClass of 1968
Manhattan beach, CA
Opal Robinson Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Manhattan beach, CA
John's Story
Life
Full-on Robot timeline ...
Born/Raised in Manhattan Beach (mom still lives in the same house on Duncan Av)
Robinson -> Center -> Mira Costa -> USC
Took up tennis because it was cheap, and there were lots of open courts ÃÂ played from sun-up to sun-down for a few years ÃÂ then came Connors and McEnroe, and everybody started playing ÃÂ
Started bowling in high school, signed up for some leagues, met a girl there, her brother-in-law was ranked 1st on the A-ladder in the El Segundo Tennis Club ÃÂ we spent the next few years knocking each other off the top of the rankings
Met another girl at the bowling alley ÃÂ moved in with her (El Segundo) ÃÂ had a daughter (my 1st, her 3rd) - moved to Torrance ÃÂ moved to Riverside ÃÂ broke up, moved in with a female coworker (Anaheim) ÃÂ daughter moved in with us, bought a condo together in Orange
daughter Heather turned 19 in 2002 and moved to PA to live with a tattoo artist she met in a chat-room (he couldn't come get her cuz his PO said no) - they have "pet" vipers that live in Tupperware under the bed
League bowling (booked 201 in '89), league 8-ball & 9-ball, league softball, municipal club tourney golf (won my version of the Tiger-slam at Anaheim Hills GC= 2005 club champ, 2005 Member/Member champ, 2006 Presidents Cup (match play) -- not bad for taking up the game 3 years ago)
Enjoy a nice bike ride along the Santa Ana river, all the way from Corona to Long Beach and back
Dabble in a variety of art: photography, watercolor, acrylic, ceramic, neon, egg sculpture, iv...Expand for more
ory (fossil!)
School
Manhattan Beach, CA
Robinson -> Center -> Mira Costa
800 on the math SAT
Senior Class MATH department award from MCHS faculty
(which struck me as odd, since I didn't take any math that year - my circle of friends was off at El Camino taking CALCULUS while I was taking AERONAUTICS at RUHS)
between junior & senior years, I was selected to participate in a National Science Foundation program for gifted math students - 8 weeks of accelerated math classes at San Diego State - it was a geek vacation!
College
Tried to get into the Air Force Academy, but I didn't have the eyes - they offered up a full ROTC scholarship to any college I could get admitted into ...
Tried to get into MIT, but applied too late - the freshman enrollment was full
settled for USC - ROTC scholarship required 2 years active duty + 2 years reserve service after graduation - after my 1st semester, that requirement was changed to 4 + 2, then after the 2nd semester it went to 4 + 4 --- that probably wouldn't have been so bad, but I was totally unprepared for higher learning (having been able to skate thru my 1st 12 years of school, i didn't know how to study when I got to college) --- I dropped out and became a tennis bum (but I have my HONORABLE DISCHARGE)
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2023
had a stroke while playing golf - not a golf stroke, but a brain stroke (I do not recommend having one) -- couldn't grip a golf club, went to ER, 7 days later had surgery to clear 90% blockage of my right Carotid artery --- gotta get ready for golf again next spring
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