George Trotter:  

Except for a seven and a half month stint in San Angelo, Texas for Air Force Intelligence Officer schools, George has lived in Corona, California since December 1981. He has been happily married to Lynne Hippensteel Trotter since December 1982. He is father to five children and, as of 9 Sep 16, five grandchildren. Having graduated from FHS in 1966, George attended Monmouth College for a year, playing on the freshman basketball and baseball teams. He also played clarinet in the College orchestra and tenor sax in the jazz band, He then transferred to Chapman College so as to go on World Campus Afloat in the Spring of 1968. To retain his three years of collegiate varsity basketball eligibility he remained at Chapman, graduating in 1971 with a degree in history. While at Chapman, he played on the varsity basketball team for three years. He later attended graduate school at Cal State Fullerton while completing a 2-year Air Force ROTC program at USC on a cross-town basis. He subsequently earned a Master's degree in National Security Studies from Cal State University, San Bernardino in 1988. Following his commissioning in June 1973, George served as an officer in the USAF and USAF Reserve for a total of 28 years as a B-52 and C-130 (rescue and tactical airlift) navigator, and as an intelligence officer. His last assignment was as the Senior Intelligence Officer and Intelligence Flight Commander at the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, CA. He retired in July 2001 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. George currently serves as a director on the board of Freeway Industrial Park, the family property management company as well as on the board of The Murdy Foundation, a legacy of his maternal grandparents, Sen. and Mrs. John A. Murdy, Jr. He is also a current member of the Board of Trustees for Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. George enjoys classical and sacred music (Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Charles V. Standford, Ralph Vaughn Williams, John Rutter, Andrew Carter, et al.), Broadway musicals (Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, the Sherman brothers, Gilbert and Sullivan and, of course, Meredith Willson!). Among his favorite vocalists, vocal groups and bands are Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Jerry Vale, Bobby Darin, Brook Benton, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Bonnie Raitt, Gerry Rafferty, the Doobie Brothers, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago, Three Dog Night, Charlie Daniels Band, Ray Stevens, The Oak Ridge Boys, Lari White, Shania Twain, Billy Joel, ABBA, Jon Byron, The Cathedrals, Bill Gaither, Ernie Haase and Signature Sound and Il Divo. Books George likes include Bible, Christianity and Liberalism by J Gresham Machen, works by authors Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, C. J. Box, Ken Follett, Ann Coulter, Winston Churchill, Paul Johnson, Francis Schaeffer, Nancy Pearcey, R. C. Sproul, Walter Martin. Movies George likes include Broadway Musicals (Sound of Music, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Music Man, Camelot, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Grease, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, etc.); military sagas (Patton, The Longest Day, The Dirty Dozen, Midway, The Monuments Men, Hanover Street, The Green Berets, American Sniper, Unbroken, 13 Hours); space fantasy (Star Wars, Star Treks), miscellaneous musicals (e.g., White Christmas); historical/biblical themed (Ben Hur, Exodus, The Passion of the Christ, Patterns of Evidence, Woman in Gold); romances (Dan in Real Life, Under the Tuscan Sun, Must Love Dogs, Working Girl, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days); thrillers and westerns (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, True Grit); sports the...Expand for more