Dave Baker:
CLASS OF 1974
Hastings High SchoolClass of 1974
Hastings, NE
Dave's Story
In the beginning there was an umbilical chord. Clamped about 3 inches from the belly of the beast and then snipped at around 4 inches. Much wailing and gnashing of gums. Gnashing of teeth to come later...much later. Growth occurred. Much growth.
Social skills not so much. Autism Spectrum and personality deficit. Most people regarded as not much more than pieces of wood. Normal social behavior just didn't register.
Marriage plus one adoption.
Under Graduate Schools: Hastings College, Brigham Young Univ, Wayne State College, Univ of Alaska at Fairbanks, Community College of the Air Force.
Military enlisted service: Airborne Slavic Cryptologic Linguist, Some great stories I can't tell...anyone! You could Google "Burning Wind," "RC135," or "Cobra Ball, however." 90 Missions from Eielson AFB, AK and RAF Mildenhall, UK.
Add one child.
Early out to Detachment 850, ROTC, University of Utah. Last Under Graduate school: Required 10 years to Bachelor of Arts; Political Science. Minor: International Relations.
Military Officer service (Mustang Officer): Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) Combat Crew Commander and then Communications Compu...Expand for more
ter Systems Analysis Officer.
5 more children over the 11 years of service.
Graduate college attendance: Troy State University, Creighton University. Ten more years to Master of Science in International Relations.
Retired from Service. Nothing special to talk about.
Job after retirement from USAF: Software Developer, Aegon N.V./Transamerica.
Birth of last child. Eight in all. Yes! I wrote EIGHT!
'Nother graduate degree: University of Iowa; Master of Computer Science in Software Engineering. I highly recommend getting the appropriate under-graduate degree first.
Next jobs: Software Engineer, IBM. Program Manager, HLS Technologies. Senior Software Engineer, Rockwell Collins Satellite Systems. Software Architect, General Dynamics Information Technology.
Finally diagnosed with autism and personality defect at start of bipolar disorder treatment. An horrific epiphany. Behavior flaws just never registered the way it did with everyone else. Likely explains a great deal to a lot of people.
Senior Software Engineer, USAA Bank.
Retired to comfy Leather/Vinyl/Corinthian Leather/Naugahyde recliner with foot rest.
Died: TBD.
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