Bill Schafer:  

Life After graduation, I went to work for Boeing in Seattle with Ernie McCamish. Got a draft notice, so joined the USAF and served 4 years, one in Korat, Thailand. Got out early to go back to College. Started at Alan Hancock, then moved to Cal Poly, SLO and graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Went to work for HP in Palo Alto, then moved to HP in Corvallis, OR. We've been here since 1976. Retired in 2013, have a wife, Jeanette, two children; Tina and Dana. Dana has two children; Trey and Rachelle. It's been fun being a grampa for the last several years! We have been travelling the US and Europe as well as cruises to the Panama Canal and Australia and New Zealand. I also race sailboats in my spare time. It's been really fun living in the Pacific NW with so many outdoor activities. Workplace It is now 2015 and I am fully retired for 1.5 years. Starting to learn how to deal with it. New experience and normal aging stuff. Some travel and time with grand kids whenever they let us. Still sailing a bit, but no longer racing my own boat unless someone twists my arm. It is the year 2004 and I have now worked for Hewlett Packard for 30+ years. HP has given me the opportunity to work initially as a Production Engineer, then R&D followed by Marketing and then back to engineering and management. I had a two year stint doing Safety that has given me new ideas on how to communicate effectively and how to really car...Expand for more