Robert E. Yowell:
CLASS OF 1976
James Robinson Secondary SchoolClass of 1976
Fairfax, VA
Robert E.'s Story
AFTER GRADUATION FROM JWR IN 1976, WENT TO OHIO STATE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. COULDN'T DECIDE ON A MAJOR AND DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM SCHOOL. NOT ONE OF MY BETTER DECISIONS. MY FATHER WAS A CAREER MILITARY MAN IN THE AIR FORCE AND I STAYED IN TAMPA,FL WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO GERMANY. STAYED IN FLORIDA FROM 1979-1991 BEFORE COMING BACK TO THE NORTHERN VIRGINA AREA WHERE MOM & DAD RETIRED IN 1989 AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE AND HAVING REACHED THE RANK OF BIRD COLONEL. WHILE IN TAMPA I MADE A LIVING MAKING ICE CREAM FOR BORDEN DAIRY FOR 14YEARS AND WAS AT A SMALL BOTTLING PLANT THAT PRODUCED HOT PACKED D...Expand for more
RINKS LIKE APPLE JUICE, CRANBERRY JUICE, ETC, BOTH AS THE LEAD MIX/BATCH MAKER OF THE PRODUCTS RUN AT BOTH PLANTS. AFTER BOTH PLANTS WENT BELLY-UP I HEADED BACK NORTH. MADE IT TO THE 20TH REUNION IN '96 AND WENT TO WORK FOR PEPSI-COLA IN HAVRE DE GRACE,MD JUST OUTSIDE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND WHERE MY BROTHER RICHARD HAS HEADED UP PROJECTS FOR THE ARMY TEST CENTER THERE USING HIS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE HE GOT FROM VIRGINIA TECH IN '82. AFTER HEADING UP THE QUALITY CONTROL POSITION AT PEPSI FOR 5 YEARS, I JOINED THE CITY OF HAVRE DE GRACE AS A LICENSED WATER TREATMENT OPERATOR IN 2001 AND AM THERE TODAY.
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