Richard Adams:  

Life Born in Florida (at a place now called Cape Canaveral) in 1945, moved to California three weeks later. Grew up in Montrose, La Crescenta, La Canada (north of Glendale). Attended University of California at Berkeley, Glendale Junior College; graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1970 - Major Chemistry, minors in history, physics, German. Began teaching at Pleasant Hill High School in fall of 1970: first and second year chemistry, physics, vocational chemistry. Have taught those subjects plus photography, calligraphy, geology, astronomy, computer programming, computer as a tool, and The Scholars' Program (history from Big Bang through Renaissance, science, philosophy, literature, geography, music, art, technology plus 9-week intros to Latin, German, and Italian). Got Masters Degree from U of O in 1975 (Interdisciplinary Science: Biology, Physics, Computers), married Nancy Adams in 1975 (children Colin & Lafcadio), divorced 1986. Married Stephanie Ames in 1997. Officially retired in March of 2003, now running the district website and "guest teaching" in photography, Scholars, physics and calligraphy. Listed in Who's Who in the West, World, Computer Industry, Among Emerging Leaders, Among America's Teachers. Have written seven books, 40+ journal articles, plus daily 1000-2000-word science/history article sent to 450 families EVERY school morning since March 4, 2005, all composed on-the-fly from 8:05 a.m. to 8:25 a.m. Yes, the six-week typing class I took at A.W. Clark Junior High in the summer of 1959 worked out for me pretty well. I have homes in Eugene and Florence, Oregon but not big travel plans for retirement. I've found the climate (weather and intellectual) that I wanted in 1970. I try to keep track of CVHS reunions by running the alumni website "cvfalconsalumni" since 1996 but rarely go south of the Oregon border ex...Expand for more