Thomas Janoski:  

In chronological order, 1965-66: Henry Ford CC, played in national Junior College tennis tourney in Ocala FLA. Came in 5th. 1966-69: Michigan State University, member of Psi Upsilon. Survived the raucus 1960s on campus, but just barely. 1969-71: Drafted into the Army two weeks after getting BA in business. Sent to Fort Polk for advanced infantry training, 11B10, light arms bearer, but since my brother volunteered for NAM, went to Korea for 13 months to a top secret nuclear facility. As in saving Private Ryan, the army can't send two brothers to the same war zone at the same time. 1971-73: Worked as contact rep at VA, downtown Detroit, and drug counselor at the heroin addition unit at the Allen Park VA Hospital. Lived in downtown Detroit. 1973-75: Traveled around the world for 18 months going to Asia, Australia and Europe. Spent a week at a mountain climbing school at Mt. Rainier, WA, went to the base camp of Mt. Everest,slept in train stations in Indian, packed prawns in Darwin, Australia. Visited Grand parents ancestral homes in Poland and Finland. 1975-78: Drove my Triumph Spitfire from Detroit to Los Angeles, worked for the VA in Los Angeles investigating schools from Ruth Johnsons flight school, Long Beach Deep Sea Diving Academy, to UCLA and UC-Irvine. 1979: Got married to the lovely Linda Klink from St. Clair Shores. Moved from Los Angeles to Berkeley, CA. Linda works as public health nurse. 1984: Our son Drew, who has Down Syndrome, was born. Worked hard at early intervention and inclusion. 1986: Got a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Learned how to be politically correct. 1987: Post-doc at Michigan State University. 1988-1996: Taught sociology at Duke Universit...Expand for more