John Prichard:
CLASS OF 1968
Westwood High SchoolClass of 1968
Mesa, AZ
Northern Arizona UniversityClass of 1979
Flagstaff, AZ
John's Story
Life
Retired since 2009, moved back to Flagstaff, Az in 2018, all the rest is history.
I got drafted out of Mesa Junior college because I was taking too few hours. Had various jobs after Vietnam until I went back to college NAU to become an electrical engineer. Been one ever since. Have a wife since '78 and a son and daughter.
Synopsis:
US Military & Various 1968-1979,
Radar Systems Engineer 1979-1996,
Information Technology 1996-current,
Wife(since'78)+Son('83)+Daughter('85)
School
Went to Pepperdine COLLEGE for a semester during '68 but came home due to all the distraction in those times. Attended Mesa Community but took fewer and fewer hours until I was drafted. Didn't think about College until my boss wanted to sell me a photography store I was running ... always wanted to be an engineer. Went to NAU in '76 and graduated as an Engineer in '79. I still work as a professional engineer in the state of Texas.
College
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er graduating HS and going a half year to Pepperdine in LA, Cal, I came back to AZ and went to Mesa Community. But I got a little lax on credit hours and got drafted. Didn't think about college again until the owner wanted to me the photography store I was running ... I always wanted to be an engineer. I went back to college '76 and graduated in '79.
Workplace
After graduating in Electrical Engineering at NAU, I went to work for Texas Instruments in Radar. I left after 5 years to work for E-Systems for 2 years and then a year at Aydin in San Jose Ca. All jobs in government engineering areas. I came back to work for Texas Instruments in '87 and have been working with the ever since. I change from government engineering to Information Technology in 1996.
Military
We moved around a lot in the Chu Lai area. THey would just pick up a couple of our 105's and us and drop us on a hill to fire support for infantry activity in the area
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