Bruce Hatten:  

Lets see; after my glorious years (especially my last one) spent at Northview where I honed my acting and athletic skills (haha) to a fine marble sharp point I ventured out into the real world and immediately lost the love of my life. I overcame that setback by fiddling around at Mt SAC for a couple of years trying to find a direction in life that was interesting and profitable but alas, this was not to happen. Along the way I at least found the job that would eventually (Sept/1979) launch me into a career of leading people to perform work that I didn't want to do (I managed Housekeeping departments in hospitals (15) all over the country for 30+ years for 3 different contract management firms). I married the first time to a perpetually dissatisfied and unhappy person that ended 6 years later when I discovered with the help of a professional that I just wasn't as bad a person as my partner was trying to convince me that I was.. The Great thing that did come from that experience though was the birth of my Daughter Jennifer. She is 26 now and just gave birth to my first blood grandchild in Jan of this year. The other Great thing that came from this first marital experience is that I would never again accept another's definition of me as gospel without stringent evaluation and confirmation (I became my own man!). Unfortunately for this person I was not intelligent enough to bring this partnership to a positive experience but we have become friends now and we share our moments of deep pride in our daughter's success in life. On August 8th, 1987 I married again but this time to someone who was as much interested in encouraging me to be the best that I was capable of as she was in being the person that I would want to stay with. She taught me that if you want someone to stay with you then you must do things that make them want to stay with you which we both have been practicing undyingly ever since. With my marriage to Peggy came 2 wonderful children (13 and 14 at the time) who have produced 6 grandchildren of their own ranging from 21 years of age to 5 years of age. Each of them are Jewels in their own right. I never did pursue my "acting" career although many opportunities have presented themselves to me. I guess i never lost the childlike ability and desire to pretend and it manifests itself in my leadership style and public speaking engagements I participate in now. I don't really need the accolades I sought after in High School now so the stage just does not appeal to me now. I remain physically active to this day (I wouldn't consider myself athletic anymore) by golfing, walking, hiking and yes, I still play a lot of Frisbee primarily in the form of Frisbee Golf....Expand for more