Don Biscoe:  

After HS I worked at the local Montgomery Wards and then joined the US Naval Air Reserves serving approximately 3 years on active and learning the electronic trade. I served in an A-6 squadron based at NAS Oceana (VA Beach) working on specialized surveillance equipment. I met my squadron in port of Athens Greece where the USS Independence was harbored as part of the 6th Fleet. I did two MED Cruises seeing Rome, Paris, Barcelona, London, Monaco, and Naples. I was married to the former Martha Eileen Bell, a 1970 graduate of Wooten. My first job after active duty was with a Silicon Valley based Gov’t contractor making “listening devices” or spook stuff in their Gaithersburg factory. Martha and I separated and I decided to return to college so I took a job selling real estate while I attended Montgomery College. I eventually took a job with Maryland Fire Equipment Co designing and selling engineered fire suppression systems. During that time, I was now attending the U of MD and had met my second wife, the former Patricia Marie Powell. We lived in the old Gude Nursery development until our separation and divorce in 2000. Pat and I started a home security company which was merged to start Bank Design & Equipment. BD&E has a large territorial footprint and while there I earned my private pilot’s license and purchased a Cessna 172F which my son and flew all ...Expand for more