John Shipman:
CLASS OF 1966
Robert A. Millikan High SchoolClass of 1966
Long beach, CA
John's Story
I don't think I want to say what I did from right out of high school until around 1969 because there might not be a statute of limitations on some of that insanity...
And 1969 through 1984 was the era I refer to as "The Fog" and I'm not entirely sure which memories are real and which were just chemical induced fantasies, but I've been told I got married and divorced twice during that time but don't have any children, not that anyone told me about anyway...
I also managed to earn a BA in Fine Art from CSULA during that time, graduating in '75.
In '84 I quit all the mind expanding (or retarding) chemicals and got healthy enough to run three Marathons and dozens of 10K's over the next few years.
I also went back to school and ea...Expand for more
rned MA and Master of Fine Arts degrees from CSULB.
During that time I supervised the R&D department of the company designing and making the crash test dummies for the auto industry, medical test phantoms and training dummies for the medical fields and a few projects dealing with anthropometry and for the Pentagon.
While at CSULB I met my current wife and have been happily married for over two decades.
After graduating from CSULB I taught sculpture, design, bronze casting and drawing at several local colleges, and continue to sculpt at my home studio.
Alas, running is very hard on the knees, so I switched to Bicycle riding and kayaking for sport/exercise and tinker with old cars and a hotrod or two for a hobby these days.
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