Michael Eaton:  

I had so much fun growing up with the Class of 70 -- high school was a blast, and I look back on those days with fond memories. I moved to Northern Cal in September'70 to attend Stanford University in Palo Alto. After two years as an Architecture major, I still couldn't quite manage the "10-minute concept sketch" skill which is essential for practicing architects, and so I switched majors to Electrical Engineering. Ended up staying at Stanford for 8-1/2 years, receiving B.S, M.S, and Ph.D. degrees, all in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, I decided to become an entrepreneur, and started an electronics business based on an idea for a new data communications device. I met Mary Etta Port by sheer, unplanned coincidence in the final days of 1976 and understood within a few weeks that she was very different -- we married in August 1977. In 1990, we moved to Kapalua, Maui for 3 years and I surfed Honolua Bay on a daily basis after my last child was born. Difficult decision to move back to California, but we were unable to find a workable solution for the ...Expand for more