Randall A. McGrew:  

Life After graduation in 1975, I went on a trip through the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania to Greece on an Art scholarship. Spending the summer traveling around the Greek peninsula was a wish come true. Then Pat and I headed to the University of New Mexico for our undergraduate education. I took an extra year to get two majors and a minor, History and Anthropology, and a minor in Philosophy. By 1980, we decided to head to Dallas, TX for work and to start a home. By 1982 I was admitted to the Southern Methodist University's Dedman College in Archaeology where I worked on my PhD. Unfortunately, or fortunately, Pat did extremely well in business, so I decided to stay home to raise our new son, Jonathan. In 1986 I started working at a computer software company part time. In 1990 I was a Systems Programmer on IBM's VM mainframes. Pat had started her own business in which I served as the primary systems administrator. In 1994, sadly, we divorced, but stayed close and are both supportive of our son. I moved to Colorado in 2000 after suffering a terrible accident in 1998. I am now disabled and retired in Colorado's Front Range. I have written a book of poetry, which Pat very kindly published, and I continue to write. Also, I have continued to study traditional classical martial arts, including Taijiquan, Kenjutsu, Aikijujutsu and Jujutsu, although Taiji is my main art now. I love to build and detail models; a junior gardner, I have had some successes this year and find it very enjoyable. I study a wide range of subjects from Astrophysics to archaeology ... I never stop learning. And I am learning to play the keyboard, particularly piano. I live with my delightful Dachshund, Cassie, and a housemate and helper Dennis, doing all the above, as well as working on my 1956 Cadillac sedan. Life is good, if tight, and I have nothing but positive views of the future even though my health is steadily ...Expand for more