Bill Martin:  

After Graduation Day in June of 1962, like so many of my classmates, I was not sure what I was going to do with the rest of my life. Vietnam was just starting up then along with the draft. So I had a choice to join the service, find a job, move to Canada, or go to College. My not-so-encouraging High School Career Counselor told me that I was not College material, and that I was better suited to drive a fork lift. So, I went to work. By 1964 Vietnam was really picking up momentum so I decided to join the Navy before getting drafted and I became an Airedale. I enlisted in the Navel Air Force and spent the next three years of my life on an Aircraft Carrier or in a Helicopter. After three tours of duty, President Johnson offered many servicemen an earlier out to make room for more new recruits. So, overnight I went from living in a Helicopter on an Aircraft carrier in Vietnam to the quite beautiful streets of Santa Clara. Talk about culture shock. Thankfully, I ran into Stan (Lopez) Lorente and Richard Molica, two old friends from High School. They were both in College and also working part time. Thanks to them, they finally convinced me that our High School Career Counselor didn¿t know what he was talking about. So, I applied for my G. I. Bill, went back to work part-time and put myself through the University of California at San Diego. I received my Degree in Broadcast Management (Radio and Television) with a minor in Marketing in 1975. While in College I joined a small Television Production Company made up of other students. We came up with Television scripts and programming in competition with other students from Southern California. The University decided to bankroll our program and broadcast it over the local Public Broadcasting Station, KPBS-TV. We p...Expand for more