Roger Petersen:
CLASS OF 1962
North High SchoolClass of 1962
Torrance, CA
University of OregonClass of 1966
Eugene, OR
Faubion Elementary SchoolClass of 1958
Portland, OR
Arlington Elementary SchoolClass of 1958
Torrance, CA
Kennedy Elementary SchoolClass of 1958
Portland, OR
Roger's Story
Life
Decades pass fast!: 1960's College at University of Oregon - GO DUCKS!; Work at L.A. DWP; U.S. Army MP Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam and Ft. Leavenworth, KS. 1969 CSU Domnguez Hills, then to Waseda U Tokyo. Married, change majors, graduate CSULB '74. Work for Dart Industries in employee benefits. Become international manager. 1980 merged with Kraft foods, move to Northbrook, IL. 1985 join William M. Mercer as Tokyo office head, live in Tokyo from '86 to '93. "95 join the Australian mining company BHP in S.F. and commute to OZ. 2000 join Solectron Corp in Milpitas, CA. Fun stuff: diving Great Barrier, Truk Lagoon. Traveled the world. Couldn't do it without support at home. Wonderful wife, three girls and one boy. Eldest daughter is a homemaker and home schools our grand daughter. Second daughter is also married and both she and her husband are lawyers. Expecting the arrival of first grandson in July 2012. (It was a boy!) Number 3 daughter graduated with a Masters from Columbia U after two years with the Peace Corps in Senegal. Son has graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice.
March 2012. Solectron was acquired by Flextronics and I thought ...Expand for more
I was retired. But after a phone call in early 2008 I went back at work at Cisco Systems. Between Solectron and Cisco I thought I was retired from the Corporate world and decided to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives against an entrenched incumbent. He is still an entrenched incumbent. I joined Cisco in April of 2008 and "retired" again in 2011.
So fast forward to 2015 and add two more grandchildren and a daughter in law this June 2015. Great wedding party on Maui with some 52 wedding guests. Next up is 50th Anniversary of the 630th Military Police Company in Washington, D.C. October 2015. 630thmilitarypolicecompanyvietnam dot org because this website doesn't like links. Go to the Gallery and see me 60 pounds lighter! lol
Well here we are in 2018. Two grandsons and two granddaughters. Keep me busy. Tomoko and I are about to celebrate our 47th wedding anniversary in August. Now is about time to downsize so plan to move from California to my home state of Oregon. So sometime in early 2019 we will relocate to our home in Sunriver near Bend in central Oregon.
Saxon Class of '62 was/is the best!
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