John Nelson:
CLASS OF 1967
Austin High SchoolClass of 1967
El paso, TX
John's Story
John is from El Paso, Texas. His schools include Austin High School. He later attended University of Texas El Paso (Math, English, Business, Fred's, Parque, K4,Oasis), Stephen F. Austin State University (Math, Beer, Basketball, Living in the Country), University of Houston (Accounting & Real Estate Law). He works(ed) at TCA Schroemberg Inc., TCA Investments, Modesto A Gomez Inc..
John's interests include Songwriter, Reading, Camping, Green Bay Packers, Robert Griffin III Official, Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews III. Music he likes includes Country Back Road Radio, Kristen Hall, Laura Cox. Books he likes include Texas Got It Right, The Disappearing Spoon, A Short History of Nearly Everything. Movies he likes include MOSES ON THE MESA, Silver Linings Playbook, Cool Hand Luke. TV shows he likes include EARTH-The Operators' Manual, Erin Burnett OutFront, Worlds Best Pranks.
One of John's favorite quotes is:"IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can ...Expand for more
meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!".
More about John:"Born, still alive. Looking back on my work, by design it has been similar to going on field trips in high school. Most of the outings I have enjoyed, like to see new places, buildings and people. The last 25 years focused on the mining industry, mainly in Mexico. Miners = Incredible, hard working people, making a living and raising a family.".
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