Rock (Rod) Dennison:  

I attended 13 different schools before graduating from Portage HS in 1961. I remember only having a few good friends at any of those schools, so you probably never got to really know me. My loss I'm sure. If you do remember, please contact me, my birth name is Roderick, over the years I've gone by Roddy, Rodney, Rod and now I go by Rock... During my teen years my Mom often called me Ralph?? I've visited all fifty States and WA DC, and lived in nine different states. My Dad was an Industrial Construction worker, so we moved often during my elementary and high school years. After graduating HS, I attended Indiana University NW campus for one semester. That wasn't for me, so stopped and enrolled in a four-year Boilermaker Apprenticeship at U.S. Steel Corp's Sheet and Tin Mill in Gary, IN. That was administered and accredited by Purdue University NW, and then married my HS sweetheart. I received my Structural Engineering Journeyman ‘Boilermaker’ degree in late 1965. In the summer of 1966, we divorced! In Oct 1966, single and college deferment exhausted, and with the US Steel's recommendation to avoid the imminent military ...Expand for more