Mark Cearley:  

AFTER GRADUATING E.C.-WENT TO O.S.U. FOR 1-1/2 YEARS. MAJORED IN ALCOHOLISM (UN-OFFICIALLY), & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (OFFICIALLY). LEFT THERE & WORKED AT "SKY-CHEFS" (AIRLINE-FOOD CATERING) FOR 3.5 YEARS. MET & MARRIED MY WIFE KATHY (McKEE-'71-BISHOP KELLY GRAD.) DURING THIS TIME. IN JULY-1977 QUIT & WENT TO WORK FOR "FADLER CO. (RESTAURANT WHOLESALE FOOD DISTRIBUTOR/SUPPLIER--IN DELIVERY, ROUTING CLERK, & SALES) FOR 8.5 YEARS. THE COMPANY IS NOW DEFUNCT. I WENT TO WORK FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES (AS WAREHOUSE-STOCK-CLERK) IN FEBRUARY-'86. WHILE THERE WENT BACK TO TRADE SCHOOL (TULSA VO-TECH),& GOT MY FAA-AIRFRAME/POWERPLANT LICENCE. I GRADUATED IN MARCH OF '88 HAVE BEEN A JUMBO-JET ENGINE MECHANIC EVER SINCE(ON GE CF-6-6 & -50's FOR DC10'S; CF6-80A -FOR 767-200'S; &CF6-80C2A5-&-B6's FOR AIRBUSES & 767-300's). DID A SHORT STINT (80-DAYS) WORKING ON CFM56's (737 ENGINES) in 2008. WAS WITH A.A.FOR 27 YEARS, 3 MONTHS, & 21 DAYS BEFORE RETIRING IN MAY OF 2013. I NOW SUBSTITUTE TEACH PERIODICALLY AT TULSA-TECH (RIVERSIDE CAMPUS) IN AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY-POWERPLANT. I HAVE 2 FANTASTIC KIDS THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF--JAMES MICHAEL (BORN IN 1979), & CHRISTINA MARIE (BORN IN 1983). BOTH ADULTS NOW LIVING ON THEIR OWN. MICHAEL HAS HIS DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION-AUTO MECHANICS FROM OSU-OKMULGEE & OSU TULSA; & IS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR TULSA TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN BROKEN ARROW (VO-TECH FOR US IN THE CLASS OF '72). HE RECENTLY GOT MARRIED (JULY-'14)TO WONDE...Expand for more