Neal VanDam:  

After graduating from HIgh School I went to the University of Utah for two years and then I joined the US Army. Was sent to Fort Ord, California and then to Transportatio School at Fort Eustis Virginia. After completing Transportation school I was transfered to Headquarters Us Army Europe in Heidelberg Germany for the duration of my enlistment.I was assigned to the Headquarters Commandant section. I left the Military in October of 1957, and returned home. I re-enrolled at the U and returned to classes. I only completed one year at this time. I was employed by Hercules at Magna Utah for about 18 years and was involved with the Management of the Engineering Data Center for about 9 years, then I was transfered to the Facilities department where I was a Facilities analyst. During this 18 Year period I was married and lived in Hunter Utah. In 1972 I was contacted by the Veterans Administration and informed that I was eligible for 4 years of additional University Education. I immediately contacted my Department Manager and asked if it would be possible for me to shift my work hours to accomodate a full time educational schedule. He said yes so I immediately re-enrolled at the U and started a new study course. In 1977 I received a degree in Economics. I also relocated to San Diego County at that time. I was the Employed as Assistant Superintendant of Port Maintenance for the San Diego Unified Port District, where I was directly responsible for all of the Maintenance for everything above the Mean High Tide line around San Diego Bay, This included 6 parks, Two Marine Terminals and all of the structures on them, San Diego International Airport, all of the streets and roads in the district and about 300 miles of Rail Road Tracks. I had about 120 people working on this project. In 1980 I decided to return to Industry and joined Hewlet-Packard where I worked for the next 20 years. I retired in October of 2000. My wife was also wor...Expand for more