Jeff Kreider:  

While at Pioneer, I was one of two divers on the swim team (the other diver was Howard "Howie" Acosta, the short dude, did art and later became an attorney, if I recall correctly). In our senior year, I took up photography with my work on the newpaper and yearbook staff. After high shool, I spent about a year at San Jose City, then move down south to stay with my Dad. I went to Golden West College, in Huntington Beach and was going to be on their swim team, but at the last minute was disqualified because I moved out of my "home" district. I got a job with the Southern Pacific Railroad in '68 and was drafted in '69. I served in Vietnam, Ft Dietrick (in Maryland), and on Okinawa. I was in for 7 years, 6 months and 3 days (and loved every minute of it....NOT). I went back to Golden West College after that in '77 and made the swim team (at the tender age of 29), then onto Fullerton State. I took a job with Alpha Microsystems in Irvine in '79, started my own consulting business in '90 (which I still have, sort of). I took a full time position in 2004 as a computer programmer for Western Dental where I am currently. I met my wife (Her Majesty, Nancy) at Golden West the first time around and in November '08 we'll have been together 40 years. We have a son, Erik, two gr...Expand for more