James Goudie:
CLASS OF 1966
La Quinta High SchoolClass of 1966
Westminster, CA
University of Idaho - ForestryClass of 1980
Moscow, ID
Humboldt State UniversityClass of 1976
Arcata, CA
James's Story
Life
After graduation, I gave University a try - mostly to avoid the draft - without great success. I joined the Navy for four years and was stationed on a destroyer out of Newport, RI as a sonar technician. I travelled with the ship to the Mediterranean, South America, and other locations. I met my wife in Boston while she was attending nursing school and our ship was in the Boston Naval Shipyards. We had two sons Nathan (27) and Bryan (25). Nathan is a plumber's apprentice in Vancouver and Bryan is attending graduate school at UC San Diego. My wife and I recently separated after 33 years of marriage. After the Navy, I returned to school and received a bachelors in Forest Science at Humboldt State University in 1976. I went on to graduate school at the University of Idaho and received a master's in Forest Biometrics in 1980. After consulting for a few years, I was hired in 1985 by the British Columbia Forest Service Research Branch in Victoria, BC and lead a group of nine scientists and specialists. We develop forest simulation models that predict the growth of trees and stand...Expand for more
s. I own a 1913 vintage character home in beautiful Victoria that is in constant state of restoration. I am very interested in making contact with other Aztecs from 1966 so please e-mail or call if you get up this way (I'm in the book).
College
Humboldt State University was a unique place to go to school, especially for a forestry major like me. The post-Vietnam War era made it even more interesting since most students were veterans who knew BS when they saw it. The close relationship between students and between students and faculty will always be remembered. We worked hard and played hard. Give me a shout if you get the urge!
Military
The three plus years on the USS Talbot (DEG-4) were at times interesting (Med. cruise, South American cruise) but mostly boring. It did provide time to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, and I didn't have to crawl through rice paddies dodging booby traps. The comraderie (Carl Guyette and others in ASW), and especially the travel and cultures were highlites, only surpassed by four years of GI schooling benefits after I got out.
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