Norman Johnson:
CLASS OF 1967
Provine High SchoolClass of 1967
Jackson, MS
Mississippi State UniversityClass of 1971
Starkville, MS
Norman's Story
After High School, I enrolled at Mississippi State in Electrical Engineering. That lasted almost two years before Calculus II and Physics ripped me a new one, if you know what I mean. I decided to change majors to Business Statistics and Data Processing, and after many, many months of classes including summer school, I got my BS degree in August 1971. I joined the Army Reserves in August 1971, my draft number was marginal, and went to Fort Jackson, SC for both Basic and AIT training. Both Steve Burwell and Larry Tyler were there with me. Not fun, but challenging, anyway. In March 1972 I began working at the Mississippi State Highway Department. By that time, I was seriously dating Sarah Kenmore, PHS '69, and later in Ap...Expand for more
ril 1973, married her. In 1976, I began working at the Jackson Public Schools as a Systems Analyst. I stayed there until 1996 and retired from the stare then. Sarah and I have two children, Amanda, now 31, and David, not 25. In 2001, I had a heart attack, a bypass, an ICD (pace maker), but I am doing ok these days. In 2003, Sarah found out she had Breast cancer, she survived until October 2007. I still miss her greatly. Thanks for family and friends, I am "managing" to keep my sanity, such that it is. I am retired now, and disabled, due to my heart. I work as a consultant on computers from time to time. My favorite quotation from my days in administration at JPS - "Be careful what you ask for, I may give it to you".
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