Patrick Malloy:  

Graduated from Cal State Long Beach after a very fun few years at LBCC. Worked for Rockwell Intl (now Boeing) for 15 years as a technical writer, speach writer,and Company Policy Manager. Married Wilson High grad Dale DaGradi in 1961, spent two years in the Army, returned to work at Rockwell. Visited the northwest on vacation in 1969, fell in love with the wonders up here, went back to Los Angeles and subsequently took a leave of absence from Rockwell a year later, moved north, and purchased a Boat/Fishing Supply/hardware store on San Juan Island in Washington. We live in the Roche Harbor Resort area of San Juan Island, just a quarter-mile from the Canadian Border, and a 2-hour ferry ride from the Washington mainland (Anacortes): get your map out. Clams, oysters, and crab right on our beachfront. San Juan Island is about the size of Catalina Island. Sold the store in 1986, could not quite seem to retire: was a Real Estate Agency Broker/Owner dealing in vacation/retirement waterfront properties for 10 years, retired from real estate and started doing what I love to do most: work on boats: wooden boats. I painted and refinished classic wooden boats and yachts for local and Seattle area "yachtees" for several years - a hobby that grew into another business venture. I ha...Expand for more