Gerald Uyeno:
CLASS OF 1974
John Marshall High SchoolClass of 1974
Los angeles, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1978
Los angeles, CA
Gerald's Story
Life
I am still crazy after all these years.
I realized my good looks were only going to get me so far (!) so I went to UCLA after I graduated Marshall. I went to school at UCLA until 1979, then went to work at TRW. I was there until 1998, now I am at Raytheon. I develop new business, which means that I travel all over the US to meet with potential customers about half of the time and work with our engineers the other half.
I continued playing Judo until 1981, took a break for 10 years, and came back in 1991. I founded a Judo Club in Torrance including incorporating a non-profit corporation to support the club. I'm the head instructor of the club since June and I am a National Coach for the US. Travel for Judo has taken to...Expand for more
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, England and Germany. My now photo was taken last summer in Munich at the World Judo Championships. At Breakfast. I didn't grow taller and I am about the same weight as I was in high school. I have a wide circle of friends (I often joke that if there were all in a room together, they would have a hard time figuring out what they had in common besides the fact that they know me) and although I spent quite a bit of time doing my work, I make time for my friends and things I like to do.
My parents still live in the same place. I moved to the South Bay in 1981, now I live in Palos Verdes Estates.
So, did Marshall ever put the stone with the logo I designed in the courtyard at the school?
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