Thomas Burck:
CLASS OF 1969
Princeton High SchoolClass of 1969
Cincinnati, OH
Thomas's Story
1969-73 US Navy Second Class Engineman
1973-till the fall 73 Worked in Alaska
74-75 Worked as mechanic in Springdale area
1975-78 Miami University Industrial Arts Degree
Dec78-Spring80 Taught Industrial Arts in Chillicothe Ohio.
1980 Married my college sweetheart Elizabeth Burton from Hamilton Ohio.
Three days later left for Alaska with everything we owned in our truck and car.
Fall 1980 We got teaching jobs at Kenai Central High School in Kenai Alaska. Closest stop light then was 150 long miles away in Anchorage Alaska.
Build our own home overlooking the Kasilof River and raised two children.
Kids helped put themselves through college by working in the fishing industry. Son is a science teacher like his mother, and daughter is archaeologist. My son lives in Denver with his wife. Our daughter and son-in-law, after saving their money for two years, are off sailing their small 29' (very small for mom) b...Expand for more
oat around the world or till they run out of money. My wife and I both retired from teaching in 2006 and went to Washington DC. My wife Liz, worked on a fellowship with NASA for a year. I played and traveled with Liz on her job with NASA. For the next two years, Liz was the program manager for the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program in DC. Became a house husband and all the travel I could stand for the cost of a ticket. What a great gig for me. We had house sitter for our dogs and home for three years. Will not do that again!!!!!
We are back in Kasilof Alaska on (would you believe) Yellow Brick Road. Fixing up the homestead and doing some part time work.
We are planning our next adventure and where it will take us.
If you are around Yellow Brick Road in Kasilof Alaska look us up. We always have a beer in the fridge and fish in the grill and a spare bed.
Tom & Liz Burck
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