David Stolz:
CLASS OF 1972
Ithaca High SchoolClass of 1972
Ithaca, NY
David's Story
Life
mmmm....Started out at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, performed with the Boston Symphony and toured Europe. Somehow ended up spending 17 years running Water Treatment Plants and water quality labs at several sites around the Finger Lakes. Then morphed into an Environmental/Chemical Process/Facilities Engineer for about 13 years (Don't ask, my life definitely takes some strange turns). Responsible for the infrastructure and chemical/environmental processes for three metal finishing factories in WI, MO, and NY. Won an award from the Governor of NY for environmental design excellence. Cruised around the country performing environmental liability audits of manufacturing plants that my company was thinking about buying.
I didn't get married until 35. Inherited three fairly grown kids (daughter and twin boys; no diapers thank you very much). Now I have somehow acquired six grandchildren. Not bad for not having any kids of my own. Married for five years thinking my wife was Hawaiian before realizing that it was just that...Expand for more
she was shaped like a pineapple. Not really. We were married for 16yrs and have been together for almost 20. We found out that the best way to preserve our relationship was to get separate bedrooms - hers is in Rochester, NY and mine is in Newark, NY. We are still close, talk on the phone at least twice a week and attend functions together regularly.
Ah, but now I am officially retired. I've been asked on several occasions to do consulting work but just can't see the need right now. I have divested myself of a lot of my material possessions like houses (2), cottages (1), cars (3), and boats (2) and pulled back to live happily with the minimum of comfortable necessities. I live near Rochester on the Erie Canal and spend most of my time learning new things that interest me.
So anyhow, I'm fat, happy, and content with who I am. I've been around, done a lot of cool things, and have ended up right where I've always wanted to be.
I hope that whoever you are that is reading this, that you are well, happy and at peace.
I am,
Dave
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