Howard Lapointe:
CLASS OF 1961
David Starr Jordan High SchoolClass of 1961
Long beach, CA
Howard's Story
I didn't actually graduate in '61 but I was part of the "Class of 1961". I left school and joined the U.S.A.F. in June 1960. I did obtain my GED a year later after air traffic control tech school and went on to complete BSEE in 1974 and MS in Human Resource Management while I was in the Air Force. I've been married since 1969 and we have a daughter. I retired from the Air Force in 1982 and worked at MasterCard International where I ended up as the Director of Network Engineering. I developed and ran their Global Video Network. I retired from MasterCard in 2003 and worked as an independent consultant until June 2007 designing IP base videoconferencing networks for the California State University system, the U.S. Senate and Edward Jones, I then retired permanently. Now that my wife has retired (sorta), we tr...Expand for more
avel the world, it's sort of a hobby. We've been involved with the AFS Cultural Exchange program as host parents and volunteers. We've hosted kids from Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Turkey. We tend our garden which has actually turned into a jungle and we both cook. We are both physically active, love long walks, bike riding, SCUBA and Zumba. Believe it or not, until four years ago I was a Zumba instructor. We don't do winters very well anymore so we spend a good chunk of it at our place on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
You can also find me on Facebook and I'm also a member of the David Starr Jordan Alumni site.
Does anyone remember Bob Goodrich or Ron Richardson. I lost contact with John McCullah and Bob Solorzano some time ago and would like to reestablish contact again.
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