Lee Townsend:  

Currently single, I have been married and divorced twice and have had a few insignificant and significant relationships. The greatest passion in my life (now that I am retired) are my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. I have three children (a Daughter age 59, a Son age 44, and a Son who passed away in 2003 at age 38), five Grandchildren (33, 31, 24, 16, and 9 years), and four Great-Grandchildren (ages 10, 9, 5, and 1 year). To watch them grow and flourish continues to be the most amazing of my life's experiences. I married the love of my life, Doris, the Mother of my children in March 1974. We were married for 12 years, and though we were divorced, we remained very close friends until the time of her death in April 2004. I now live in a Senior Resident Facility in Westbrook, having lived in Portland for the most part since I was 12 years old. I have previously lived in Windham, Westbrook, and South Portland, Maine, as well as Chicago, IL, Pensacola, FL, Philadelphia, PA, and Norfolk, VA, while on active duty with the US Navy. It seems no matter where I go, I always return home to the "Grand State of Maine," the "Greatest Place on Earth." During my high school years, I think I would be most remembered for being quiet, studious, smart, and well-dressed; in other words, a "geek." I pretty much kept to myself until the 11th and 12th grades in high school. I was in the cadet corps and had a walk-on role in the senior class play "A Portrait of Jenny"! The wildest thing I remember doing in high school was smoking in the boy's restroom. Other than that, I was pretty quiet, reserving the "wild times" for much later in my life! I was a member of DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) during my junior and senior years of high school and worked in the Engineering Office of the City of Portland, Department of Public Works where I continued to work, after graduating from high school, until 1977; both as an Engineering Technician and as Administrator of Payroll Systems. I served in the US Naval Reserve from 1968-71 and on active duty in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and Personnel Associate at the Pensacola Naval Hospital in Pensacola, FL, from 1971-73. Following my time with the City of Portland, I served as Operations Manager for Federal Savings and Loan (Sun Savings and Loan) (1977-79), as Communications Associate and Operating Room Manager at Brighton Medical Center (1979-83), and as Associate and Executive Director of the Children's Museum of Maine (1983-86). In 1986, I went to work for the University of Southern Maine's Department of Community Programs, which later became the USM Center for Continuing Education (CCE). It was there that I discovered a career in non-traditional college education and training that would become my professional passion for 20 years. I served in a variety of administrative positions, including Administrative Assistant, Data Processing Coordinator, Program Coordinator and Instructor for CCE's Computer Training Center, and finally, as Administrative Systems Manager for the Division Public Service at USM. In 2003, I was appointed to "The Madison Who's Who of Technology Training Professionals" and in 2005 to "The Cambridge Who's Who for Continuing Education Professionals." In 2006, I took advantage of USM's early-retirement program to devote my time and energy to my web-design and technology consulting business, and lastly, offering peer counseling ...Expand for more