Hollis Dwyer:  

Life After Newtown I went to Columbia, City College (CCNY) and then spent a year at The School of Visual Arts. I used to work in design studios and advertising agencies in the USA then one day I just picked up and left in 1968. I traveled for about 2 years working in India and Europe in the film industry. When I was in India in 1970 I met an Australian lass who provided me with a few letters of introduction to Australian production houses. With those in my pocket, I'd thought I try my luck there. Some of my European friends had told me how great Australia was. They were right! The 2nd year I was here, I was asked to start a film studies Dept. at an art college in Perth, Western Australia and that's where I made my life's career. I spent 19 years as Lecturer/Head of Dept. in Film/TV/Design/Marketing and only left to start up a multimedia production unit for the Ministry of Training in 1990. I am now working at the IT Directorate of the Department of Education helping Schools and Colleges integrate new technologies into their curricula and to build virtual learning communities across a state territory of more than one million square kilometers. In 1973 I married a wonderful woman whom I met in Perth two years before. We just celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary. We have 4 children (2 of each). Every year or two seems to offer new challenges. I still look forward to the adventure. In 2004 one of my oldest and best of friends rediscovered me via Google (God Bless the Internet). This lead to a coast to coast reunion with the people who were most important to me when I was growing up and whom I thought were forever lost. I had always felt so cut off from my roots living in Australia but in the 'analogue' universe once you lost touch, it was impossible to reconnect, especially from half way around the world. The reunion was just great. We are in touch regularly and are planning another reunion in Europe in '05. My life feels so much more complete. Well that planned '05 reunion turned into an '06 reunion and another in 07 and 09. On these trips I was able to introduce my wife to all the friends I grew up with. They loved her as much as I do. Hectic though it was (we drove '0000's of miles in the...Expand for more