Richard Mier:
CLASS OF 1961
Jackson High SchoolClass of 1961
Jackson, MN
Richard's Story
1961, no future working at Lanning's Service Station and no desire to continue schooling. US Army. Start Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Fort Belvoir, VA, Engineers, Heavy equipment Mechanic; Fort Dix NJ; Camp Drum, NY; Okinawa; Thailand; Okinawa; Fort Eustis, VA. Jun '64, Jackson, MN. Borning, nothing good for a job. Mar 65, US Army, US Army Rocky Mtn. Arsenal, Denver, CO; Thailand; US Army, West Point, NY(NOT a cadet!); Vietnam; Mar 68 discharged, back to Jackson. No work for a Diesel engine mechanic. June, 68, started tech school in MPLS, Electronic T...Expand for more
echnician, Northwester Electronics Institute. July 1971, Jackosn, Sperry UNIVAC. Nov 1972 transfer to UNIVAC plant, Roseville, MN. Next 34 years building, testing, repairing, design, software writing, and ucoding mainframe computers, UNISYS. Retired Jul 2006. Move back to Jackson. Presently take care of my mother (95) and enjoy retirement as much as I can.
Questions? I won't promise I'll answer but you can ask.
Oct 13, 2014; Mother passed away so I'm 'free'r' now. 5th Wheel RV, headed for Arizona in two days (Oct 15,'14) No more cold winters.
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