James Lortz:
CLASS OF 1960
Curtis High SchoolClass of 1960
Staten island, NY
James's Story
Life
I have been married to Sondra for 45 years.We have three children Jim a mortgage broker in Wall Twp NJ, Paul a veterinarian working on SI and Bklyn and Laura who finished her masters degree and will be a teacher come this spring.We have two grand children Carl 14 and Nicholas 5
I am a retired firefighter from FDNY and The US Air Force Reserves where I was a Flight Nurse.
Graduated Curtis in 1960 but only there for one year.Went to NDHS for the first three years.
After two years as MP in the Army I became a NYC police officer in 1967 transferred to FDNY until retirement.While on FDNY went to Hunter College Bellevue School of Nursing to become an RN.graduated Hunter college with a BSN.
As far as I know my nursing class is the only all male nursing class in the history of the world.
After a 13 year absence I went back...Expand for more
into the military where I got a commission in the Air force Reserves .I stayed in the reserves and retired a captain in 1991.
My wife Sandy is also a nurse.We live in Wall Twp NJ.We have 3 children We are Disaster Health Nurses in the American Red Cross.Whenever there is a major National disaster like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes etc we travel to these locations to work in shelters where we handle the health issues.
God Bless America Jim lortz
New Dorp HS 1956-1959
Curtis HS. 1959-1960
College
Hunter College Bellevue school of Nursing 1972-1976
USAF School Of Aerospace Medicine 1979
Military
US Army Military Police 1961-1963
EMT 1973
USAFR Flight Nurse 1979-1990
1979 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Battlefield Medicine
1980 US Air Force War College
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