Don Thomason:  

CLASS OF 1965
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West covina, CA
Vista, CA
Coronado, CA
Covina, CA
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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