Donald Carpenter:
CLASS OF 1974
Mark Keppel High SchoolClass of 1974
Alhambra, CA
Claremont Graduate UniversityClass of 1993
Claremont, CA
Riverside, CA
Mayfield High SchoolClass of 1974
Las cruces, NM
Las Cruces High SchoolClass of 1972
Las cruces, NM
Donald's Story
School
I knew a lot of kids from Garvey, but I started high school at Las Cruces High after moving from South San Gabriel California to Las Cruces New Mexico. I stayed at Las Cruces High for two years. I moved in with my maternal grandmother and went to Mark Keppel and graduated there. I remember a lot of nice people from Keppel: Jim Kammert, Karen Anderson, Kim Thompson, Kathy Chase, Debbie Nava, Donna Pulido, Paul Grieve, Cindy Alex Duran aka Lucky. I remember a lot of nice people from Cruces as well. Brenda Beattie, Ross Easterling, David Garcia, Pat & Shannon Gamboa, Gail Brown (cool coat)etc. I quit smoking, started running, went to college and got a job. It's bizarre but I think about you guys often.
College
After attending 6 junior colleges I transferred to UC Riverside and got serious about life. At Riverside I earned a BA in Religious Studies and won the UC President's Research Fellowship, the R...Expand for more
eligious Studies Departmental Award, the Watkins Scholarship two consecutive years and was nominated for the Rhodes and Marshall Fellowships. I went to Germany and earned the ZDaF at the Goethe Institute in Frankfurt. I went to Claremont Graduate University for an Master's in Religion and later to UCLA for a PhD. in Ancient Near Eastern Language. I have work to do on the PhD. (which I will never do) however I did learn French and German and I read Greek, Coptic, Demotic, Egyptian Hieroglyphic (Old & Middle) All very useful in EastLA. Wow I'm smart!
Workplace
I manage private client equity utilizing balanced portfolios in three disciplines. Up at 4:30AM. Run for an hour. Research, analyze and track positions. Host a lot of dinners, drink a lot of red wine. Smoke cuban cigars. Sip cognac. It really is a great job! (In 2008 I cut way back on the wine and cigars...I mean way back!! Hahaha! No really I did!!)
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