Paul Hendig:  

The last time I attended a high school reunion was back in 1995, our 10 year reunion. At the time I wrote a quick bio, a pity it wasn'™t saved (by me or anybody else), for I'd love to read what I then wrote. Anyway, for those first 10 years: After a fun summer, an 'apres' high school party more or less, I attended San Diego State University. I first started as a business major, but ended with a BS in Biology. After a quick start at Scripps Research, La Jolla, in a hybrodoma lab, I left the lab world behind and ventured into the forests of the Pacific Northwest (Washington state) as an ecologist. After a year of almost total enjoyment, I left my first wife behind, this to achieve total enjoyment. And, then I started my masters of biology degree at Washington State University. Well, that was a succinct account of my first 10 years after leaving the nest in Los Gatos, and perhaps the next 20 years will be as succinct! Anyway, after I finished my MS in Biology, I joined the Peace Corps for 2.5 years where I served as a Parks & Wildlife volunteer in Jordan (J1). I was stationed at Mujib Nature Reserve and gave my heart, blood and soul to this adventure -a truly remarkable experience. When I left the Peace Corps (this was after the summer of '™99), I traveled northward though Lebanon, Syria and Turkey before I hit many/most of the eastern and western European countries. Chance encounters met other chance encounters and before I knew it I was again married, this time to a Belgian beauty. By the time the 20 year LGHS reunion hit, I was living and working in Belgium, and our first son was keeping me awake late at night. This was a later begin to having kids than I had initially planned and expected from life, but then again some things just take time. Since 2005, life hasn'™t changed as much, perhaps what'™s best if one wishes to remain in a stable re...Expand for more