JR Ball''':  

Hello from Florida to all from Central High School. -- My wife [Vicki Gell-'68] of 50-years and I live in Oviedo, Florida, 15 miles N.E. of Orlando, Florida with our three small dogs; 3-kids aren't kids anymore... I joined the Navy in Sept. '65 - Navy Hospital Corpsman (Combat Medic), detached to the Marine Corps infantry in Vietnam (Nov '66-Nov'67). I got lucky and came home alive and in one piece, primarily because of the Marines that were around me; some Marines weren't so lucky. -- Semper Fi... I met Vicki Gell ('68) shortly after coming home from Vietnam and married her in Nov '69. - She is the best thing that has ever happened to me... We have two sons and a daughter. The two boys have 5-kids among them. After Vicki & I were married, I settled down and got serious about life and family. -- I quit my full-time job in '75 to attend the Univ. of Maryland full time, graduating in '78 with a degree in Civil Engineering. Currently, I am a licensed professional engineer, semi-retired, doing some consulting work under my own one-man business , The family moved to Florida in '82. We came back to Maryland briefly in '88, and then returned to Florida in '9...Expand for more