Ron Clauson:
CLASS OF 1979
West Aurora High SchoolClass of 1979
Aurora, IL
University of Illinois - EngineeringClass of 1998
Chicago, IL
Ron's Story
Life
Hey all. I joined the ARMY at 17. Did 4 years then came back to Aurora. Was a Maintenance Man for Shore Heights Apts. in Oswego for 7-years. Found a grant for being in the Army and receiving an Honorable so I went back to school. Worked all kinds of jobs while attending school and became a Civil Engineer. I am a geotechnical engineer and pride myself in specializing in field soil testing. I have a mortgage, a 20 year old cat and a Pick-Up truck.
School
Nancy Hill Grade School: Normal but hung out with trouble makers/No style/Fought the under dogs fights.
Franklin Jr High: Accused of racism by 3 punks/Developed deep suspicions of those in charge/Became a full fledged trouble maker.
West High (South Campus): Learned that most teachers are nobody and a very few really care/ Cut more than 50% of my classes and was not academically challenged so I cut class and hung aluminum siding for 7.50 /hr which was good at that time....Expand for more
I did not graduate because I refused to go to a perverted English teacher¿s class. Joined the Army and received a GED ten days after going to active duty.
College
Wish I would have gone after the Army instead of 10 years later. The tenure system sucks! Enough about college...
Workplace
Trained in Army to be carpenter/engineer. Worked as maintenance man for apartment complex for over 7 years. Worked for engineering, testing and consulting firms since. Recently returned from New Orleans where I set up a Materials Testing Laboratory for Levee Work. The company laid me off at the first of the year and so I returned to Darien to frozen pipes. Even with the cold weather, Illinois is so much better than living in ¿dumb ass¿ Hurricane Alley.
Military
4 years in 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 62nd Engineers, 13 Supcom (was Coscom). Worked on a lot of projects met a lot of good and bad people. Well that completes this section.
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