Harry Gersten:
CLASS OF 1964
Sierra High SchoolClass of 1964
Whittier, CA
Harry's Story
Life Chronology after High School:
1964: Started college at USC. Rough start - Girl crazy - flunked out.
1969: Married my first wife and began raising a family of two sons.
1969: Drafted into the U.S. Army.
1970: Stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Transfer Point, Washington, DC.
1970 to 1971: Stationed at U.S. Army Headquarters Europe and Seventh Army - Office of the Adjutant General, Heidelberg, Germany. I was an Exotic Correspondence Typist (Classified Documents), Proofreader, Writer, and Editor.
1971: Participated in NATO WINTEX 71 - was in the underground Command Headquarters in West Germany. Worldwide NATO War Games.
1971: More college at San Diego State University.
1973: BS Degree in Business Administration - Real Estate.
1971 - 1980: Employed with the Gersten Companies (a real estate development company) in Beverly Hills, CA.
1980: Left the Gersten Companies and began a 26-year real estate asset management career with Union Bank - Trust and Inve...Expand for more
stments Group.
1987: Adopted my daughter - she was only one day old at the time.
1996: My wife and I divorced after 26 years of marriage. Yikes!
2001: Met my soul mate Beverley. We were married three months after we met. Between us we have five adult children and four grandchildren.
2005: Retired from Union Bank, Trust and Investments Group, having worked my way up to the position of Vice President and Senior Asset Manager.
2007: Formed Gersten Capital Management, a financial planning and investment advisory firm.
2012: Retired again.
My wife Beverley and I currently reside in Irvine, CA.
My hobbies included exhibiting my award-winning Ferrari 360 Spider in concours events, participating in Ferrari Club events, attending Formula One, Rolex Grand-Am and American Le Mans Series races. Driving Ferraris, Mercedes AMGs, and Lamborghinis on international racetracks. One highlight was driving the Ferrari F430 Challenge Race Car on the Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.
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