Paul (Lester) Bolden:  

After graduating from Lanier High School for Boys in Macon,GA., I attended Macon Jr. College and worked as a stock clerk for the new Hilton Hotel where I had quite a few interesting experiences. Everything from seeing little Donny Osmond running around the penthouse in his "jammies" to almost pinning Johnny Cash and his entourage against the back of the service elevator while they were sneaking him upstairs from the underground garage. I was drafted my second year at Macon Jr. and managed to join the Navy. I attended Boot Camp in Orlando, FL., School in Memphis, TN. and was assigned to VA-174 "Hell Razors" squadron at Cecil Field, Jacksonville, FL. The first two years I work as an Instructor in FRAMP and the last 1 1/2 years I work nights as an AZ2 in Maintenance Control. At VA-174 we had three permanent detachments: one on either the Lexington or Saratoga aircraft carriers, one in Yuma, AZ. and one in Falon, NV. At any time, we could spend three weeks serving at any of the detachments, which kept things from getting boring. I, also, learned to fly while I was station at Cecil Field. After being discharged from the Navy in '75, I joined the Naval Reserve, returned to Macon and finished my Associates Degree in Biology at the Jr. College. I took off a year to work and save some money and ended up marrying. The fall of '78 I started school at the University of Georgia. I finished my undergraduate Degree in Chemistry and my oldest daughter, Lesley, was born in '81. I started graduate school receiving my Masters Degree in Physical Chemistry in the Spring of '83. My research resulted in three papers and two symposiums being published in technical periodicals. The summer of '83 we moved to Amelia Island (Fernandina Beach), Florida and I went to work for Petroferm USA, Inc. as a Development Chemist. Petroferm had been paying me while I was attending graduate school and offered me a job on graduation...Expand for more