Andrew Lorenz:
CLASS OF 1954
Coyle High SchoolClass of 1954
Kirkwood, MO
Cascia Hall Preparatory SchoolClass of 1961
Tulsa, OK
St. Louis UniversityClass of 1958
St. louis, MO
Webster Groves High SchoolClass of 1954
Webster groves, MO
Quincy CollegeClass of 1954
Quincy, IL
Andrew's Story
Life
After graduating from Coyle in '54, attended Quincy College, Quincy, IL, '54-'56. Graduated from St. Louis U. '58. Taught English in MO and OK for 2 years. Started working on an MBA at St. Louis U., but got bored and quit to teach and coach football.
Married Sally Price from Webster in '60, moved to Rockford, IL for 4 years, Cleveland for 7years. Moved to San Jose, California. Started several Silicon Valley businesses. Retired in '91. Live in La Quinta, CA, near Palm Springs. Married 51 years, 3 children, all married, one deceased, others well, Patricia, 50 married, Lake Oswego, OR, one daughter, Kenyon, 16. Andy,Jr., 46, Correctional Officer in Santa Clara County (San Jose), CA.,s married to Ellie, has one daughter, Elika (9) and one son, Ethan Andrew, 5. Elizabeth, 37, MA in psychology former Director of Special Education for the Navajo Nation Schol system in Tuba City, AZ, Married 1 son, Malcolm,(9). Elizabeth died in May of '07.
Workplace
After teaching High School English and coaching football in high schools for 3 years, I switched careers and became an industrial sales engineer for mechanical products. Joined Parker-Hannifin in Cleveland, Ohio in 63, lived in Rockford, IL, for 4.5 years, moved to Cleveland area as Sales Manag...Expand for more
er for Parker's Plastics Div. from '67 till '74. Moved to San Jose, CA, started an industrial distribution company selling Parker products, fittings, valves, hoses and controls. Company name is Valin Corp. Got some patents. Started manufacturing specialized piping systems and computerized control systems for semiconductor production facilities. Name - SemiGas Systems, Inc. Acquired or started similar companies along the way; some successful, a few not. Divested SemiGas in 1990 to Hercules, Inc., and sold Valin to business partner and Valin employees. Retired 1990. Moved to La Quinta, CA in 2000 where we built a home.
I am a Rotarian in the La Quinta Rotary Club, teach Computers and software at the local Senior Center, and volunteer for SBA-SCORE (Service Corps. of Retired Executives). Hobbies are world travel, reading ,computers, inventions, and dreaming about what I want to be when I grow up. Go to the gym most days, but it isn't working. Love to catch up with old friends. Most travel is cruises. Particularly love England, where we had a factory location and licensee for one of our equipment companies. Still want to go to Australia and NZ, and go back to see more of Russia and St. Petersburg, and do more river cruising in Europe.
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