Masao Miwa:  

Life HELLO TO ALL MY '57 LEUZINGER CLASSMATES! Wow how time flies, I guess most of us are retired and hopefully enjoying the prime of our lives. I've been toO lazy to update my profile, I wonder what happened to my old one? Probably died from neglect; anyway, if you're curious, here's a summary of my life: After Leuzinger, went to El Camino then to UCLA and graduated with a BS in Engineering. Over a 40 year period, worked for Northrop twice and Hughes twice, the longest was with Hughes during my last 25 years and took early retirement there. I loved my career because it was challenging, took me to many places in the world and I got a wide variety of interesting project assignments. It was a challenging time, but I got to participate with a first class team of engineers in developing and designing communications satellites from the beginning, a chance of a life time. During those years, I married a Chinese girl from Manila, Philippines---Nancy Miwa. We had 3 kids, two boys and a girl. All are grown up now and doing well with their lives. I have 8 grand children. After retiring early from Hughes, my wife passed away from Cancer. We did a lot together and I really miss her very much. How life can change and affect your views. I certainly felt depressed without her and certainly wasn't looking at any kind of future. But strange how fate has a way of changing all that. About 4 years after Nancy passed away, I met and married a retired doctor from mainland China. Her name is Mary Guanghuan Zhang. Like me, she was a widow, her husband passed away 9 years before we met of kidney failure. She has a son and together, they were operating a small company selling airport lighting and obstruction lighting equipment. I found a new career helping this small company expand it's product base with new LED based lights and embedded processor systems. I am having the time of my life now, traveling and visiting new places here in China and spending time designing new products. Mary and I live in Los Angeles half our time and half our time in Shenzhen, China. Life has been good to me even with it's downs. My kids are healthy and successful, I am married to a wonderful woman, I like what I'm doing, what more can one ask. I Hope you, likewise, are enjoying your golden years and hope to cross paths with you in the future.---MAS UPDATE: Mary and I have been going back and forth to China for the last 20 years now. We have a home in Shenzhen, China also. This city is amazing, In about 40 years, it has grown from about 30,000 to an estimated 14 million, the average age is about 30, it is China's Silicon Valley. I don't do much work anymore so Mary and I travel all over China when we get a chance. Every year, we visit her brother and sister in a city called Shangqiu, that once was the capital of China's Shang dynasty. We go to visit Mary's co-workers and friends in a city called Bengbu where Mary practiced as a doctor. Our last trip included Chongqing, where Mary's daughter-in-law's parents live and have started a mountain resort. Couldn't resist it, free food and lodging. My impressions: China continues to grow, there are new roads and houses being built almost everywhere. It makes the US look like we are in the slow lane. Shenzhen is being included as part of a mega city in the Pearl River Delta. Shenzhen's population 40 years ago was about 30,000 thousand, today it is about 14 million the PRD mega-city will be about 90 million people and include Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau, Zhuhai and all the cities in between. Shanghai and Beijing will also expand into mega cities. China is still growing and by 2028, is expected to match US GDP. It has already passed the US in PPP GDP. You can google 'Shenzhen' to learn more about the city. UPDATE: Sept 24th, 2020.---Normally Mary and I go back and forth between the US and China every year, 7 months in the US and 5 months in China. This year, the coronavirus happened. When it ramped up here in China in February, we were in Chongqing, visiting in-laws at their mountain resort there. We go there ...Expand for more