Bill (Bumper) Ryan:
CLASS OF 1970
Claymont High SchoolClass of 1970
Claymont, DE
Montclair State CollegeClass of 1989
Montclair, NJ
Messalonskee High SchoolClass of 1981
Oakland, ME
Peabody Institute Johns Hopkins UniversityClass of 1974
Baltimore, MD
Bill (Bumper)'s Story
wow just went to 40 reunion... congrats to organizers... i have to rewrite this but will edit to update it a bit for now...
Whew! I have had a lot of jobs, but it has been a great life and still continues to amaze and challenge me...
and yes my pix is at Ephesus in Turkey in the communal bathroom...
so i grew up in claymont delaware with summers at camp tockwogh on the chesapeake, undergrad college in baltimore, 10 years in maine, 4 years in germany, 3 in nj and now back in my birth state of pa since 1990...
education wise i have my claymont diploma and a bachelors in Music with major in Music K-12 from Peabody in Baltimore and a Masters in Ed major in Human Services Mgmt from Boston University which i got in Germany... :-)
presently i am working as an assistant property mgr at Village Shires (500 owners in 7 condo assns along with 800 townhomes and singles) near Newtown, PA.... my first real job, welp not really, but in many respects very ordinary compared to my others...!
and i actually now live in a wonderful condo on songbird court with woods on 2 sides.. a big switch from the 70s when i had a 20 acre 1790s farm in so paris maine with farm pond & view of Mt Washington in NH...
and yes billy, my son graduate Abington HS 6-09 with 5 academic awards (just like me, HA (i shared the music award with Joan Neff for those in the know):-)), and 29th in his class, he is into so many cool things, film, spanish, history, philosophy, etc...and believe it or not, no music but guitar hero and some metal concets... his big thing is longboarding - see pix on broadway..
fyi... it paid definitely off being a stay at home dad back in the early nineties, 4 both of us! he is a sophmore in the honors college at Millersville U and looking foward to studying abroad in chile and burgos spain...
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ecent jobs... Activity Director in Long Term Care: Harbor View, NE Philly (incredible, living in NE Philly) Board of Trustees, PAPA: Pa Activity ProfessionalÃÂÃÂÃÂÿs Association; Devon Manor & Main Line Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on the Main Line, Edgehill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, AmCare
when a stay at home dad, i subbed & was counselor at billy's preschools and summer camps... & did some Independent Computer Consulting, Blue Shark Computer Solutions;
a great job was as Director, Music Prep Division, Montclair State University, NJ... and even better was
Director, Music & Theatre Branch, US Army, Neu Ulm, Germany (4-84 to 2-87)
but some of my fondest memeories are of teaching Instrumental Music (grades 5-12) at MSAD 47, Oakland, Sidney & Belgrade Maine (10-76 to 6-83)
Part-time positions: Organist, Choir & Music Director; Sailing Camp Director (racing, windsurfing & cruising), Clown: wow that was a sidetrack, but very fun, too
So then i did Coursework & professional Training in Recreational Therapy and Activities (132 CEUÃÂÃÂÃÂÿs) 1998-2005 even got my ADC (certification)
Montclair State University (20 post graduate credits) ÃÂÃÂÃÂÿEducational Supervision and AdministrationÃÂÃÂÃÂÿ 1991
got this in europe... which was really exciting... Boston University (Master of Education) ÃÂÃÂÃÂÿHuman Services & Resources ManagementÃÂÃÂÃÂÿ 1987 Heidleberg Germany
yep and i made it here after Claymont... to Peabody Conservatory of Music, John Hopkins University (Bachelor of Music ED K-12) 1974
Certification ADC, Activity Director Certified, June 2000 NCCAP, National Certification Council for Activity Professionals) Professional Teacher (State of Maine, Commonwealth of PA) ÃÂÃÂÃÂÿMusic K-12ÃÂÃÂÃÂÿ
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