John Stoianoff:  

As with most everyone, highschool was a very mixed time, trying out personnas. trying to fit in, trying to stand out. Looking back now(the retrospectoscope is always in sharp focus) I'm amazed at what I remember and what I'm sure happened but I now can't recall. College, travel, marriage, parenthood,professional life, and now "retirement" all seem much more in the forefront of my life memories of getting to now than highschool. Not that it wasn't important,but that it set the stage for what came after. It is my history and cannot be changed, only emphasized or forgotten. As the Dali Lama said "In everyones' life there are two days where nothing can be accomplished: yesterday and tomorrow." Brief lifecast. UofM 3years then to PortlandState universityfor a BS and at that time married Carolyn and on to medical school at OHSU. The draft (,you remember?) so onto surgical residency. Finished in 1975 when the US Navy sent us Carolyn, two sons and I to 3 years in Guam. Originally we thought this was a black hole but we loved the tropical paradise, the travel, and the diving. The surgical practice was varied ...Expand for more