Donald Balsamo:
CLASS OF 1961
David Starr Jordan High SchoolClass of 1961
Long beach, CA
Donald's Story
updated 07/11/2023
June 1961 entered US Army Reserve Active Duty (6mo). LBCC from 1962 to 1965. Went to work for GE two-way radio in LA. 1968 Reserve Police Officer Long Beach PD (and got my Army Discharge). I ran into some old classmates from Jordan who were full time L B Police Officers. 1974 left GE to become Police Officer at Cal State Dominguez Hill. Got married 8/75 and left the PD and back into two-way radio business in 1976. Went to work in the Orange County shop of a Riverside based two-way company.Became a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for Orange County in 1983 -retired from OCSD in 2003. Left the Riverside radio shop in 1986 and went to work for the City of Ontario Fire Dept as a ra...Expand for more
dio tech. Left Ontario in 2000 and went to work for the County of Riverside, as a Sr. radio tech. Have done some travel in California and the US mostly job related, but the wife and I did visit Italy in Nov 2005 for 10 days. We went to Rome, Naples (roots), and Sorrento. We loved Italy. In Mar 2014 we visited Belize, we hope to return again in 2015. Missed Belize this year but just returned (July 2015) from Whistler,BC Canada. Site of the 2010 winter games. Train in and seaplane out. Great place.
For 40+ years I've had jobs that were fun. (Retirement date set for June 27, 2012 if all goes well- it did (2015) Just turned 77 (July) and still here (2020-Nov) July 2023 80 and still going..
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