Bernard Hite:  

I can't believe it has been 48 years since we walked across the stage at Monrovia High and received our diplomas. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then and I can hardly believe where that river has taken me throughout my life time. For a kid reared up in the little town of Waxahachie, TX (13,00 friendly people) I have had the privilege of going places and working for people I never dreamed of while growing up. All I can say is "God has blessed me over the years". After graduating from Monrovia High I had the privilege (like a lot of my friends) to serve our Country in Vietnam). Upon returning to state side I was assigned as an Aid in the Office of the General of the Army who at that time was General Harold K. Johnson. Following my discharge in 1968, I took a job with the Washington Metropolitan police Department. While there I was able to pursue a degree in Education with a minor in Police Science at American University in DC and George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, graduating in 1976. While in school I worked as a US Deputy Marshall. In Sept of 1976 I started teaching school in Fairfax, VA. In that same year, I reunited with several friends I had made while a member of the Young Republicans at Monrovia High School and volunteering for the Reagan for Governor Campaign in CA and volunteered during the summers for the Reagan for President Campaign of 1976 in VA. Following that campaign, I continued to teach until I resigned in 1979 to move to FL to help put together the next Reagan for President Campaign. As we all know, we won that campaign and that gave me the opportunity and privilege of working in the White House for President Reagan for the next 4 years. As one knows, being a political appointee, one works wh...Expand for more