David Barber:
CLASS OF 1970
Arthur Hill High SchoolClass of 1970
Saginaw, MI
David's Story
Coast Guard to MI Tech, 30 years later I'm living just south of San Francisco and ride my HD-XR1200 down the Pacific coast and up the redwood hills weather permitting, like Feb 13th. Love to rub it in, so i call mom every Sunday back in Bay City.
Timeline - 70-74 Coast Guard electronics Tech; 74-80 Mich Tech BSEE with side trips into antiques and woodworking; 80-85 General Electric Software Engineering school and Edison engineering program UVA Charlottesville; 85-91 G&L Machine tool Company in Fond du Lac Wisconsin doing automation software R&D; 91-97 RUST Engineering Systems Integration (PE Control Systems 1998) 1997-2000 GM Y2K Manufacturing worldwide (wrote a little book on Y2K testing used globally in 6 languages) - 2001-08 Air Transport IT doing project management in Airport IT (DTW, PHL, SMF, SJC); 2008-2011 Parsons Engineering at SFO Airport IT, now working for the City of San Francisco at SFO managing Terminal Systems.
Family - Married 1974-98 had four kids; coached Odessy of the mind, ran a local science fair, built tree houses, and tested the patience of my kids. Married 1999-2004 to Sally Muhlenbeck of AHHS. Maried 2006 - present to J Louise McGinnis-Barber (you can google her, not me: See Leadership California; HDR; and the CSSA - California State Sheriff's Association or how i get to go shooting! )
Travel - I spent 6 months in Europe on Y2K projects, another 30 nights in Paris on vacation (never went there for work); last trip was m...Expand for more
y Honeymoon in 2006 with Jlo. Amsterdam 4days, Zurich 3days, Milan 2days, Rome 7days, Venice 4days, Florence 2days. Time to go again.
Best Resturants in the world - Jules Verne - Eiffel Tower; La Pergola - Hilton Rome; The Palace Sunday Brunch - San francisco.
Worst Class in AHHS - Economics
Best Class in AHHS - Physics-Hooper/Algebra-Thomas
Most Fun Class - Band - no work and all play
What i drove then - Red 1965 Triumph TR4
What i drive now - Red 1990 BMW 535 5-spd ( for the last 19 years), a 2010 Chrysler 300C and the Harley.
Jlo is an S2000 fan.
My California Joke: Most mid-westerners think California is laid back, but mostly out here we only work half days ( 12 hours a day )
My current PC i built Dec 2008: W 7-64; Intel core i7-920 6gig ram, 1 TB HD, and a 32" screen.
Parts for new one AMD FX-8120
Best Books:
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
and the sequel - World without end
Lamb by Christoper Moore - The story of Bif, Christ's childhood friend.
Current read - The Speed of Trust by Covey
Current height/weight 5'8" - 155
Height in 7th grade at North 4'1"
Quotes to end the story:
"You can not solve problems with the same thining that created them" - Einstein
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - Edison
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
I look forward to hearing from anyone who stayed around or traveled far.
david e barber at comcast dot net
no spaces and you'll get it right.
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