John Kostecki:  

I played trumpet in the band, bugel calls at the football games, and "Fearless Frankel" at the senior show. After HS, there was Queens College (where I met more HS friends); graduated with degree in Geology and worked first doing oceanography, then micropaleontology, sedimentology, marine seismology, then computer data processing: this was at Lamont Geological observatory (Columbia U). Moved to Dallas Tx and worked for Mobil Oil (geophysics), then Xerox (programming and testing of computers); moved to Rochester, NY where I spent 16yrs designing, building and testing high-volume printing systems. Currently in NYC at Corporate Legal Services, doing IT. Two of the most "fun" things I have done since HS were a) riding horses, and b) Toastmasters. Actually, I should add a third - working at LDGO was a great experience where I was able to meet and work with the best marine scientists in the world (at that time), and rub elbows with future greats (e.g. Walter Alvarez - he and his Lauriet father came up with the theory of meteor extinction of dinosaurs). See what I mean? My interests in geology never faded; a few years ago I was attending NYSGA field trips in upstate NY - brought...Expand for more