Bob Kelley:  

After graduating from Orchard View, I went to Michigan State 1974-1978. Lived all 4 years in McDonel Hall, and had a great time the last two years cooking in the dorm cafeteria. I learned a lot about cooking from Elsie, Dorna, Kathy, and Frank. Got my degree in civil engineering in June 1978. From MSU it was off to Springfield IL for a job with the Illinois DOT. I worked in the bridge design office there- the people in my office (Yavuz, Lee, Dominic, Mike, Simon, Frank, Glenn, and Betty) were all good people and I'm sorry that I had to leave them. Though it was nice to be around all the Lincoln historical sites, it wasn't home and the weather was too hot for my taste. I got a job offer from the Michigan DOT and was happy to accept it in October 1978. For ten years I worked in bridge design and enjoyed it quite a bit. I still know when I'll go on or under one of my bridges while traveling. When you get good at something, you get promoted out of it so I spent two years reviewing bridge plans for local agencies and then spent a year (1991) in purgatory overseeing the engineering unit of our rail freight division. Hated every minute of it a...Expand for more