Robert Kelley:  

Life After leaving Valley High to attend boarding school in Scottsdale Arizona, I eventually graduated from UCLA in 1965 with a degree in Bacteriology. I returned to the Univ. of Arizona where I did an MS in Biochemistry then went back to Los Angeles and worked for a year in a research laboratory. That experience led me back to Arizona and I obtained a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the College of Medicine in 1975. I was a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA School of Medicine until 1979 when I joined the staff as an Assistant Professor in the Neurology Department. At UCLA I met my wife Carol. She was a research member of my postdoctoral mentor's staff. We have been together 42 years now and are still going strong. Carol was born and raised on Lido Isle in Newport Beach. Her dad was a boat builder and she grew up sailing. She loves to fly fish and ties her own flies. I worked in the Pharmaceuutical industry from 1981 to 2004 when I retired. I spent 10 years in research and development before moving into Quality Control. I started in quality by running a Product Stability group and ended up as Director of Quality Chemistry and Stability. I had responsibility for release testing of all product manufactured along with method development and implementation for all new or proposed product lines. I enjoyed interfacing with ...Expand for more