Homer Rice:
CLASS OF 1972
Southeast High SchoolClass of 1972
Bradenton, FL
Homer's Story
After high school I went to Florida State University. I got a full scholarship, one of the guidance counselors found out I was Native American and she set me up. That was the only time it ever paid off to be poor. I returned to Bradenton and worked at the Sarasota County Health Department for 27 years. While there I got my Masters degree and my PhD in Public Health and eventually took a job as the Director of the Leon County Health Department in Tallahassee. I did disaster research for my dissertation and worked for FEMA and CDC part time off and on. I haven't moved around a lot; I still have a house in Palmetto I can't sell, one of my sons is living in it an...Expand for more
d taking care of it for me. I have a place in West Virginia where my in-laws were raised and Trish and I spend some time up there in the summer. Trish and I have 8 kids between us. Christmas was always a ball with all the kids, even if we were always broke. We managed to raise them all through the rough spots and they are all doing okay now. The last two just graduated college and are looking for jobs or grad school opportunities. I hope to retire from the state in about 4 years and teach. I find I really enjoy that.
I actually have good memories of high school. I had some good friends I lost touch with. Wish I knew then what I know now, but don't we all.
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