John Brooks:  

After DHS I went to Court Street U aka FCJC (now Mott) and then off to Central Michigan for my BS in Education. Having drawn number 155 in the military lotto I was never called to duty. Spent one year teaching at Port Austin then got a job with a few machine and tool design firms in the Flint area before hiring in at Buick. I was employed with General Motors for 31 years starting out at Buick Engineering in 1977 in the design group. I was relocated to the Great Lakes Tech Center in Flint as GM reorganized itself in the late 80's. Then my job classification was eliminated I was relocated to the Pontiac Centerpoint Campus in 2002 as the reorganization continued and was assigned to a dimensional engineering group. As the reorganization continued I was relocated to the GM Tech Center in Warren as a dimensional engineer. As GM reduced headcount I was given an new opportunity and moved to the Advanced Vehicle Design Group in March 2008. As GM was still reorganizing and reducing headcount in May I was given the opportunity to retire July 1, 2008. I have spent some of my non-GM ti...Expand for more