Charles Hoover:
CLASS OF 1949
Amundsen High SchoolClass of 1949
Chicago, IL
Purdue University - KrannertClass of 1959
West lafayette, IN
University of IllinoisClass of 1958
Urbana, IL
Lane Technical High SchoolClass of 1951
Chicago, IL
Charles's Story
After Amundsen in 1949 there was working, Wright Junior College, The University of Illinois in Champagne/Urbana, working again, the U.S. Army for one year, nine months and 28 days (but who counted), and back to Urbana. a BS degree in Metallurgical Engineering, followed by grad school at Purdue in Industrial management. Worked for Armco Steel for a couple of years when I got to itch to find out what these things called computers were, That led to 33 years with IBM in the Detroit area (where I could also play my favorite--amateur hockey) and eleven more with Compuware. Compuware sent me around the world thr...Expand for more
ee times to speak to DB2 user groups and found that long flights on 747's gets boring. Since then it has been a peaceful environment. I married in 1957 and still am due to a patient wife. Two sons--one female grandchild and twin boys grand children as well. Amundsen wasn't too special to me because I had a snap job with WBKB-TV lugging their equipment around for sporting events away from their studios at State & Lake. Got to see a lot of different sports plus one Easter sunrise service and a dog show. It didn't pay much but the free admission to a ton of games made it worthwhile if you're a sports nut.
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