Dick Watson:  

After graduating fromUCLA in 1966 I went in to the Air Force. I joined as an oficer, and went to pilot training in Del Rio, Texas. After being there for a couple of months my girlfriend of two years, and I became engaged. We were married shortly before Christmas 1966 in Long Beach. After graduating form pilot training in October 1967, I went to Da Nang, Vietnam to fly F4's.That was a long year. In 1969 I was assigned to Travis AFB near San Francisco. I was now flying C141's; a cargo plane going primarily to Southeast Asia. In 1972 I departed the Air Force, and moved to Orange County. I received my MBA from Southern Illinois Univ the same day I got out of the Air Force. For the next 33 years I was in the retail new car automobile business. The 19 years prior to retiring was spent as the general manager at Long Beach Honda. Yes, everyone in the family still drives Honda's. I still have my 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, as well as my BMW 1150R motorcycle. We have two sons aged 40 and 37. The older one lives close to us in Irvine. Our grandchildren are Jake aged 9 and the princess Katrina 7. I am not biased, but they are about the smartest kids I know. My wife Karen (44 years) retired from the Cypress School District after 20 years as an elementary school teacher. We also have a home in Running Springs, and enjoy the small amount of time we can spend there. We live in Irvine on Woodbridge's south lake. It's...Expand for more