Greg Moore:
CLASS OF 1973
Mira Costa High SchoolClass of 1973
Manhattan beach, CA
Cornell University - Graduate SchoolClass of 1983
Ithaca, NY
UCLA- Letters & scienceClass of 1980
Los angeles, CA
El Camino CollegeClass of 1978
Torrance, CA
Greg's Story
I had a hard time at MCHS. My father nearly died the summer before I started, and I spent my freshman year just him and me sleeping on the floor of an apartment with no bed, no tv, etc. Only my guitar for entertainment. I worked through out high school - delivering newspapers and washing dishes. I was on the debate team and math team, and involved in the ill-fated chemistry club which was really more of an vehicle for sophisticated trouble making.
After high school I moved out with a girlfriend and I played in some rock bands on Redondo Pier and Hollywood (Gazarris) when I was about 20. Then I went back to El Camino and then UCLA. After graduating from UCLA in mathematics (magna c...Expand for more
um laude, with "highest honors" and winner of the Dauz Prize in mathematics), I was one of only 13 accepted to the doctorate program in Mathematics at Cornell University in New York. Unfortunatley my father died just as I was about to leave, and then once back there, my home burned down and I lost all my stuff - so I decided to take a masters and leave. I worked in the defense industry at Hughes - working on various classified military projects, before becoming a full time mathematics professor. I still play guitar and write songs, and also do a lot of photography. I have travelled to Japan, China, Taiwan, France, England, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Venezuela, Costa Rica, etc.
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