Don Thomason:
CLASS OF 1965
West Covina High SchoolClass of 1965
West covina, CA
Rancho Buena Vista High SchoolClass of 1998
Vista, CA
Coronado Junior High SchoolClass of 1961
Coronado, CA
Traweek Junior High SchoolClass of 1961
Covina, CA
San Jose Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
West covina, CA
Don's Story
Life
I have remarried and have three children from my first wife-Josh (born 6/14/76), Leah (12/1/77), and Ian (3/31/80). Leah has provided me with 3 grand children:Cole (7/5/98),JJ (11/17/99) and Delilah (3/16/2008).
I went to Cal Poly-Pomona for a year and worked at Fedco for a year after high school then moved to Solana Beach and worked for another year after high school.
I was drafted, but joined the Navy instead. I was a Radarman and travelled all over the world except for the Far East and South America. I got out and went to MiraCosta J.C. and earned an AA degree while playing football. I went to USIU on a football scholarship and left after one year due to an injury. I got married and moved to Bakersfield to finish my college education at Cal State-Bakersfield with a BS in Business.
We moved back to San Diego and I worked at a Bank for three years before going into the landscaping business with my now ex-brothers-in-law. That fiasco lasted two years before I returned to banking and ended up a vice president in Trust Marketing-Retirement Plans. I was at San Diego Trust & Savings Bank for 15 years before they were bought out. My job was going to move to San Francisco and I didn't want to relocate because all my three children were still in school
I took my separation package and obtained three Teaching Credentials. I was also coaching soccer on the club level when I obtained a teaching and coaching position at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, CA
I was divorced and remarried when my last child graduated from high school. My wi...Expand for more
fe took a promotion and transfer to San Bernardino and I followed her here when I got a position at A.B. Miller High School in Fontana. I was there for 18 years as a Special Ed/Regular Ed. teacher and Varsity Assistant Football Coach and Head Boys Soccer Coach. I remarried again 9in 2006to a lady who is also a teacher and is very physically active.
I am now retired and living in Oceanside CA.
School
Pillar of Fire School-LA 1952-1955
Terra Bella Elementary-Pacoima
1955-1957
San Jose Elementary-West Covina
1957-1959
Traweek Junior High School
1959-1960
Coronado Junior High School
1960-1961
West Covina High School 1961-1965
College
Cal Poly-Pomona 1965-1966
Mira Costa JC 1971-1973 AA degree
USIU-San Diego 1973-1974 &
1979-1980 MBA
Cal State-Bakersfield 1974-1975
BS in Business
National University 1994-1995
teaching Credentials
Workplace
Fedco-West Covina 1965-1966
Bills Taxi Cab Co. 1966-1967
Chartered Bank of London
1975-1978
Ward Landscaping 1978-1979
San Diego Trust & Savings Bank
1979-1994
Rancho Buena Vista High School
1995-1998
A.B. Miller High School
1998-2014
Military
Navy Bootcamp-San Diego
1967-1968
B.E.E.P. School-San Diego 1968
Radarman School-San Francisco 1968
USS Valcour 1968-1969
USS Patterson 1969-1971
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