Roger Hulett:
CLASS OF 1962
Washington High SchoolClass of 1962
Phoenix, AZ
Manzano High SchoolClass of 1965
Albuquerque, NM
Roger's Story
My wife.Cathi passed in March. Between us we have 5
My family moved to Hoffman Town in in 1952 and started second grade at Maryland elementry school.
Freshman yeat at Washington hign no one stuck my head in a trash can. I found my first dance a bit of a disapointment. The girls were in a bunch and the boys in another, few were dancing. All that time in 8th grade learning how to dance. I walked out and hung out in the parking lot. Cars and street racing was more fun.
Played freshman footballl but spent all my time on the bench. I weight less than 100 pounds. Played track and was ok at the 220 but throwing up after was not my thing. Wresling at a softmore was more fun but agrivated a hernia. Rocing outboard hydroplanes, gokarts, and cars was a lot more fun. School was ok but not all that damanding especially if b-c was good enough.
Phoenix college 1962. My senior student counceler implied that he did not expect I would do well in Engineering. I excelled in math and science testingbut my grades did not reflect it. I took it as a challange and got serious. I did well in Trig. calculus and physics. Coffee shop got in the way a bit. Christmas break I fell asleep at the wheel hit a telephone and stayed asleep for a few days. Calculus was a little more difficult after that so I toke time off with a buddy and traveled across the US. Got a job in an auto center in Miami. Did well but realized if I wanted to make good money I needed to get back to Phoenix College.
1965 I went to the University of Arizona as a Junior in Mechanical Engineering. Carried 18 units and spent most of my time studying. Dated on Friday and Saturday nights. Learn...Expand for more
ed if you lose your drink twice or someone steped on your hand it was time to quite. Realized I got the flu that lasted several days after serious drinking. I guess heavy drinkin was not my thing.
In the summer of 1967 I decided not to work and go to Europe. Staying in youth hostels I hitchiked through some 20 some countries. Returning to school I decided to work on an additional degree in metalurgy. The army had a different idea and classified me 1A. I graduated as a Mechinal Engineer and went to work for Sperry, Phoenix as a gyro engineer.
1962 thru 1972I worked for OMC, Evenrude/Johnson Outbourd as a crew member at West Coast races. During the aerospace slow down in 1970 and having a high lottery number I went to work for OMC full time days building race engines and nights building my own tunnel boat. I raced West coast races for OMC 1970 through 1972.
I went to work for Yamaha snow mobile racing for two years as a engineer. what a blast but got married and being on the road for 9 months did not work.
Worked for Yamaha snowmobile new business group until 1986 when I opened Research and Developement/ New Business Division. During those years I broughtr on line GoKarts, Golf Cars, Generators, Water Vechicles, Jet Boats, Robotics and a bunch of other things that did not make it.
I left Yamaha in 2000. My wife Cathi and I bought a Cafe and opened a real estate office in Green Valley Lake . We retired last year and now spend our time between our house in the mountains in the summer, motor home when the weather is nice and Winter in Parker.
I have 2 girls, and one boy, I married Cathi in 1993 she had 2 boys. We now have 8 grandkids.
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