Robert McCrary:  

2/20/2013 Hello, fellow Tremper alums. Amazing. it's going on 50 years since graduation. In some ways it seems like yesterday. I started working at AMC, 1 week after saying goodby (at the time it was good riddance) to Tremper. I worked in the factory until the Chrysler assembly operation was shut down in December, '88. At that point I went back to school and got a 2-year Information Technology degree from Gateway. I was such a punk and sluff-off at Tremper, it's incredible that I was able to actually keep up with going to college. Surprising how motivating necessity can be. Lo and behold though, not long after graduating from Gateway in 1990 they hired me as a Computer Lab Assistant. I worked on the Racine campus, then on the Kenosha campus in the IT department as a Local Area Network Technician. In all I was at GTC for nearly 22 years. I took early retirement in June, 2012. It was great, but after a year I took a part-time job as a Valet at Wheaton Franciscan in Racine, then took a Courier position after 1-1/2 years. Six months later I was back working full-time. I am now working as an IT technician for the City of Kenosha. I love the job and might think about retiring again somewhere just south of 70. I have a son in his 40's now (from a former marriage) - great kid. He's married with 4 kids and works for AT&T. I am now re-married to a beautiful woman, outwardly and inwardly. Her name is Cheryl and we've been married for over 39 years already. She is a singer with an incredible voice. As a soloist she sings weddings, community ev...Expand for more