David Durand:  

Life It's been a long time since cruisin' thru Wayne's, trips to the Wichita Mts., and being a part of the Wolverine world that put a hurtin' on most everybody we competed with athletically in three years. The road over the terrain that makes up the last 40 years has not always been easy nor straight, but it's been a blessed life. I have had the awesome honor and privilege to be a secondary school teacher for 36 years. I graduated from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) and taught for 12 years in Iowa before returning to the South in the Houston area. I taught in Alvin, TX (home of Nolan Ryan, another 1965 graduate) for eight years and have been at Clear Creek High School in League City, TX for the last 17. This will be my last year unless I can get them to rehire me. I love my job. I teach yearbook and digital photography and occasionally an English class. I marvel at technology and how it has changed our world. Kids are so quick to pick up the new things that I still have to work at. Shortly after moving to Texas, I met and married the love of my life. Pam has been my wife for 24 years. We are blessed with three great children: Justyn who is 23, Blake who is 20 and my "little girl" Logan who is 19. Justyn is a waiter and Blake will be returning to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas in the fall to continue studying for the ...Expand for more