Brian Bird:  

After leaving York Memo in November, 1963, I started working in a bank, the TD, then moved to Texaco where I worked in various offices from 1965 to 1972, joined the Federal Tax Dept. in 1972, graduated with my CGA in 1974. Too many places of employment followed, but in 2001 my second wife and I moved to Peterborough where I continue to run a small accounting practice. Unfortunately, my wife died in 2011 and I miss spending the golden years with her. Sharron was my soul mate. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge over the past 50+ years, but no real regrets about life. I have three children, 5 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild. Although I don't travel as much now, I have been lucky enough to cross the big pond once, on a trip to Spain, vacationed in Jamaica, Mexico twice, and Cuba twice. I've been through 34 of the U.S. states, but only 5 provinces. I hope to correct that in the next year or two. I would love to visit Nfld, and the three western provinces I haven't seen. I was lucky enough to spend about a week in Jasper Park in 1977. That is one gorgeous place. For now, I do work on a very limited basis, and play lots of golf during the season. I made one very bad mistake in highschool in taking 3 languages starting in Grade X. I ended up in the A forums and most of my classmates were far more studious than I. After leaving York in November, 1963, and working for a number of years, I realized my need for more training in order to succeed long term. I enrolled in the CGA program in 1969, being heavily weighed down by a wife, two children, and a mortgage to pay. Fortunately, accounting proved to be my calling. I'm sure now this was the proper route ...Expand for more