Jerry Langnes:
CLASS OF 1956
George Washington Preparatory High SchoolClass of 1956
Los angeles, CA
Stavanger American School NorwayClass of 1983
Stavanger,
University of WisconsinClass of 1961
Madison, WI
Bret Harte Junior High SchoolClass of 1953
Los angeles, CA
Roosevelt Elementary SchoolClass of 1949
Kenosha, WI
Jerry's Story
Life
after graduation went to university of wisconsin 1956 to 1961. met my wife there - married june,1960. graduated w/b.s.-mining engineering in 1961. went to u.s.c. for graduate studies -1961 to 1970. finished m.s.-petroleum engineering in 1963 ; m.b.a. in 1970 and engineers degree in petr.engr. in 1970.
my wife(mary) finished her b.s. in child development and added 3 daughters along the way. the girls went with us to norway where they attended an int'l school in stavanger till they returned to the u.s for univ. all married and now living in fl. - 4 grandsons(5 to 19).
worked in the oil industry from 1957 till 1993 around the u.s.(calif.,alaska and n.y.) and world (norway-9 years and indonesia -10 years). worked for a major oil co - mobil; the norwegian state oil co.-statoil; an independent oil co.-petromer trend in indonesia and in 1989 bought into a hong kong/singapore company(dragon pacific) with a canadian partner doing business all over southeast asia(primarily working with the oil industry). returned to u.s. in 1993 when the oil industry went into the "crapper".
continued our buying and selling of art,antiques and collectibles(which has been a side line since 1971). we have lived just outside tampa since our return. lots of traveling in the 1990's doing shows mainly in the southeast - did get out to texas a couple of times. now some shows here in fl. and more selling on ebay(started 1999). see our store on ebay under "it's your deal". the name comes from our collection of playing cards which we started in 1971.
so to wrap it up: we will be marr...Expand for more
ied 46 years at reunion time. we've had some great times - seen lots of the world and experienced many diverse cultures, had some kids, planted some trees along the way, co-authored 2 books and chapters in 2 others. and taught some classes at university and for companies worked for.
looking forward to the 50th reunion. we made no. 10 at disneyland
but missed the others.
College
at Wisconsin joined Sigma Nu fraternity imediately. our house was similar to "animal house" but not quite as rauncy. we did have our toga parties and road trips. played football and swam until classes got in way and it was time to hang up the clets and swim suit. worked thru school: waiter; short order cook;
hospital orderly(most interesting job -working w/ pysch. word) and teaching assistant-mining engr. after i met mary(my wife now) we added to the fraternity scene - the "beat generation" with great parties and sign alongs(not too much on the poetry scene - though we did have "the pad" to hang out at).
at u.s.c. we became part of the "married graduate students - living off campus" group. worked my first year there part time selling for the fuller brush co("very interesting" as artie johnson on laugh-in used to say). dealing w/ people in their castles. the second year i started my work part time with mobil.
we got to experience the whole "hippy period" in l.a./hollywood/etc. took some friends from orange county who had never been in hollywood for a "sight seeing tour"(thought we were going to have to take them in for wiplass treatment). must admit we prefered the "beat period".
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