Don Anders:
CLASS OF 1957
Polytechnic High SchoolClass of 1957
Ft. worth, TX
Don's Story
BBA University of Texas, Austin
Fraternity President
MS, Engineering, SMU
Ph.D. Economics, University of Georgia and SMU
(Academic dysfunction?)
US Coast Guard Certificates for Navigation, Seamanship, 100 Ton Capt. Qualification
Faculty, SMU and consulting
Computer industry, 118 years, various management positions
Nominated for Who's Who in the West and Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals
Living in Baja California, Mexico, (where the reality is much better than portrayed by the US media) overlooking bay of Ensenada (Bahia Todos Santos) and Pacific Ocean, corrupting the language, among the 600 fine folks, 5,000 dogs, 16,000 chickens and a few gringos in a rural area, near the wine country of Mexico.
Sports Car and Sailboat Racing
Fighter Combat, Korean Era Naval Prop Aircraft
Colorado River Through Grand Canyon, Wooden Dory
Drove All the More Difficult Mountain Mining Roads in Central, Southern CO, (including the terror inspiring Black Bear Pass down to Telluride -- a switchback road on a mountain face -- the trip down requires two hours or twenty seconds, depending on the route taken)
Climbed one of the few 14k ft. mountains in CO, including bou...Expand for more
lder field and ice field
Sailed Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Mazatlan
Hot Air Ballooning, Parasailing
Mississippi blues acoustic guitar
Book of short story humor about the Punta Banda/Esteban Cantu 'metroplex', near where I live
Missed: Naval Jet Fighter Training in Pensacola, due to bazarre circumstances, too boring to repeat here
50 States, Galapagos Islands (Swam with Penguins, Sea Lions, Hammerhead Sharks), Ecuador, Costa Rica, Caribbean, Japan, Hong Kong, Taipei, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Kenya (was chased by a herd of elephants), Tanzania, S. Africa, Namibia, Alaska (tented near brown bears -- grizzlies in the lower 48), Hawaii
Bomb-Throwing Conservative, Budding Anarchist (re. US)
'The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.'
- Margaret Thatcher
'I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.'
- Thomas Jefferson
'Government is the only agency that can take a perfectly useful
commodity like paper, smear it with some ink and render it absolutely useless.'
- Ludwig von Mises
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