Donald Healy:  

Life After graduating Jersey City State in 1970 Uncle Sam (ARMY)wanted me (shows you its bad taste!). I served my basic training in Fort Dix, NJ and moved on to Ft. Jackson, SC to advanced training. I was assigned to the MPs at Ft. Jackson upon graduation where I had the great job of handing out post bumper sticker registrations (like today's parking permits). That lasted about 6 month when I got shipped off to Europe - on the transfer list, I was the 1st name not being sent to the Nam! I was stationed in Cakmakli, Turkey (that's pronounced Chock-mock-lee) in the Intelligence and Operations Unit. Served there until the end of my Army career. Retruning stateside, after a break, got a job with the State of NJ Treasury - lasted 5 yrs, moved to Marin County, CA - just north of Frisco - and a job with Fireman's Fund Insurande - lasted 18 mos - hated CA, moved back to Jersey, got old job back and am now retire as of Jan 1, 2006 While back here in Trenton, became active in local affairs - served on several municipal commissions including the Historical Preservation Committee - some 2 yrs and became founder and now past president of the Trenton Gay & Lesbian Civic Assn. (The later being one of the major forces behind the NJ Domestic Partnership law passed in 2004 and Civil Unions in 2007). Also became past pres of the North American Vexillological Assn (study of flags and their history) and am currently author of "Native American Flags" the 1st authoriative book on tribal flags and their meanings (visit Amazon.com.). The publisher, University of Oklahoma Press, just okay-ed an updated version for 2010. Until retiring in 2006, I serve as the NJ Data Architect, designing databases, data warehouses, data marts and operational datastores for the various components of NJ state government. My areas of expertiz...Expand for more