Brian Ferber:  

Life Updated 10/31/2007 I have been married to my wonderful wife Allison since 1984. We have been blessed with three great kids. Zach was born in 1986, Katie in 1987, and Brianna in 1989. Zach is still going to a local community college (Glendale Community College). Zach is interested in engineering and Katie was studying Archeology but has changed to business. Brianna is a very good student who is involved to the hilt and a typical high school drama queen. They are all great kids and I thank God for them. We are fortunate to have them still at home Kate deciced to go to ASU and is commuting from home. I think that Zach will probably go to Arizona State and stay here with us too if he ever gets out of GCC. He took after his father and is getting a slow start with this college thing. We are fortunate in that we still like having our kids with us and get along really well. I have been working the same career field for going on 29 years. I work in research and development of gas turbine engines. The company name has changed several times over but I have worked in the same department throughout. I did spend ten years in management but when we were acquired by Allied Signal the powers that be returned several of us to the ranks to protect us from layoff. It worked, thank God. I still enjoy my job with the exceptions that are natural and normal in any working environment. The other major change is that my job left Connecticut in 1996 and I was forced to decide if I wanted to remain employed and move to Phoenix Arizona or not. At the time I had 18 years with the company so it was not too difficult to decide. We have had the opportunity to see the southwest. We have been exposed to a much wider variety of experiences than if we had stayed in the wonderful, safe, and sleepy town of Harwinton Connecticut. I got involved in scouting when Zach was 6 and Zach is an Eagle scout and I and all of my kids are still involved. We work in a program called Venturing ...Expand for more