Stephen Loop:  

After high school, I attended the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Took 5 1/2 years to get my Civil Engineering degree due to a 1 1/2 year tour with the US Navy and graduated in 1971. Upon my return to the University in 1969, I settled down and married Barbara Bowen of Ferndale, WA. We just celebrated our 45th Anniversary. I received my Master's Degree in Civil Engineering in 1976 from Oregon State University. We have one daughter and two grand children. Our daughter Lizz is a professional in the residential property management field and recently obtained her State Realtor's license. Her son Andrew graduated from Meridian Technical Charter High School. He attended two engineering camps at Boise State University and a TV camp at the local public access TV station during his high school years. He interned the summer before his senior year at a computer software company designing graphics for web pages. He was recently married and works at a local hospital. Lexi is finishing up high School. She has competed at the national level in single rope and double-dutch jump rope. At both the 2010 and 2011 Jump Rope USA National Championships, Lexi won two Gold Medals. At the 2012 Championships, she was one of the youngest to qualify to compete in the Grand Nationals. At the 2013 Grand Nationals, her group won a third place trophy and at the 2014 Grand Nationals they won First Place. She recently traveled to Portugal to compete at Worlds. I am a Vietnam War Veteran, having proudly served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul in 1968. In total, I served for ten years in the US Naval Reserve, both blue water Navy and the SeaBees. After an additional ten years of service as a Civil Engineering Officer in the Idaho Air National Guard, I retired from military service in 1991. During my Navy career, I was able to visit Alaska, Ha...Expand for more