Jeff Brunson:
CLASS OF 1977
North High SchoolClass of 1977
Eau claire, WI
Jeff's Story
Escaped Eau Claire immediately after high school graduation by joining the Marine Corps, passing most of that time in Hawaii. Was an expensive escape route, but managed to be honorably discharged after 4 mind-bending years. Afterward worked several years in the defense industry in support of US government satellites (military, scientific, surveillance), in Guam and Thule, Greenland. With boredom setting in, quit and moved to Japan to earn an MBA on a Japanese government scholarship. Went on to work for an American company in Japan before quitting in 1997 and flying “cold” to Seattle with wife and two small children: enjoy the proximity to the mountains and the sea, ...Expand for more
as well as the warm summers and (in the lowlands) the almost-snowless winters. While in Seattle did international work in the cellular phone service and software industries. Along the way have travelled to much of Asia and Europe, and to Australia. (Japan, China, Macau, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, S. Korea, UK, France, Italy, Croatia, Poland (inc Auschwitz), Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal). Fluent in Japanese and becoming fluent in French. Somehow checked off most bucket-list items. In 2021 resumed international travel (that was interrupted for two years due to COVID) by spending 4 weeks back in France.
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