Charles Corbin:  

Charlie Corbin here, let me present a personal side of myself most people don,t read in general profiles. I was born in Gardena, California, but was brought up in Muskegon. I™m the oldest of four boys now and graduated from Muskegon Senior High in June of 1964. Joined the Navy in August of 1964 and after two years on a Navy Destroyer off the coast of Viet Nam I spent the other two cruising Europe. In the fall of 1968 I enrolled and graduated from MCC in 1970 and transferred to Ferris. After graduation I did my student teaching at Kalamazoo, Loy Norrix, and started teaching at Muskegon Heights High School in 1973-79. I married Rose Ann Firestone (MHS class of 1965) in 1969 and it was her work that took us throughout the country. I have taught at nine different schools, six different states and have had twenty five different jobs. All based on my wife, she was employment as a Rates and Tariffs Manager for GTE. We have two daughters, Stephanie is a medical claims attorney and Christina is a nanny. Rose contacted Pancreatic Cancer in 2010 and passed away in January of 2012. She is truly missed and I will say she was the smarted person I have ever had the pleasure to meet. My last job was with the Hampton City Schools in Virginia and retired in June of 2011. During that time I taught Communication Systems/Photography, Con...Expand for more