Ralph Martinez:  

CLASS OF 1978
Ralph Martinez's Classmates® Profile Photo
Skokie, IL
Skokie, IL
Skokie, IL
Northfield, IL

Ralph's Story

Life Since graduating from Niles East, I have spent the last 20 plus years in the financial services industry. I hold 7 professional licenses and I'm currently working for a well known money management firm on the central coast of California. I'm married and we just celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary last month. I met my wife while attending college and it was love at first sight. Of course, she may not agree if you asked her, but it all worked out in the end. I got the girl! We have 5 children, 2 of our own and 3 children we’ve adopted while living in southern California. My kids are ages 21, 15, 10, 10, and 8 and we all live in God’s country (Santa Barbara, California). We enjoy every waking minute of this city and although we’ve lived in some rather exquisite places along the Califonia coast, SB’s life style is hard to beat. Most of my free time is spent with my family, up until they get tired of me, and then you can usually find me out training for one of the local area triathlons. I’m not a professional athlete by any st...Expand for more
retch of the imagination, but I sometimes think I am, fortunately for me, reality seems to constantly pop up during the races and I’m quickly reminded that butt kicking on certain playing fields will always be left up to a younger generation. What a humbling experience! I'll tell you, getting old has its disadvantages! For now, I just consider myself just a poor schlub from Skokie, living life to it’s fullest and raising hell (as I did when I was younger), only this time I’m doing it with a different bunch of guys. So that's my life in a nutshell. In closing I'd like to apologize to those who I haven’t stayed in touch with over the years, but in my defense I'd like to say that I've managed to keep tabs on a lot of you through my brothers. I would love to hear from you if you have the time or if you’re in SB drop me a line and I’d be happy to show you around this great city. Just remember to bring your surf board, I'll buy the first round of margaritas, and oh, while your in the water, watch out for the seals and sea lions, they bite.
Register for Free to view all details!
Register for Free to view all yearbooks!
Reunions
Ralph was invited to the
300 invitees
Register for Free to view all events!

Photos

ralphg78
hpim0198_3
Caught at the beach again
Son Max and daughter Shelby
The boys
Strolling downtown State Street
Visting with the Rudds!
The guys in Las Vegas
Unloading the crew
My brother Ray
My daughter Shelby and son Max
Jacob at Butterfly Beach, saying..............
Family portrait
Lil brother and big sis
Inward view from the pier
Livin' Large In Santa Barbara
2004 Carpinteria Triathlon
2004 Carpinteria Triathlon
Santa Barbara Triathlon 2005
Carpinteria Triathlon 2004
Register for Free to view all photos!

Ralph Martinez is on Classmates.

Register for free to join them.
Oops! Please select your school.
Oops! Please select your graduation year.
First name, please!
Last name, please!
Create your password

Please enter 6-20 characters

Your password should be between 6 and 20 characters long. Only English letters, numbers, and these characters !@#$%^&* may be used in your password. Please remove any symbols or special characters.
Passwords do not match!

*Required

By clicking Submit, you agree to the Classmates TERMS OF SERVICE and PRIVACY POLICY.

Oops an error occurred.