Joseph Zavodny:
CLASS OF 1974
Southwest Dekalb High SchoolClass of 1974
Decatur, GA
University of Notre DameClass of 1978
Notre dame, IN
Joseph's Story
Life
Started high school in New Jersey before we moved to Atlanta during my sophomore year. After I graduated from Southwest DeKalb I attended the University of Notre Dame on a Navy ROTC Scholarship. I graduated from Notre Dame in May 1978 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and a commission in the Navy as an Ensign. I stayed in the Navy for 20 years as a Surface Warfare Officer. I served on four ships in various capacities including Commanding Officer of USS Avenger (MCM 1)(that's a minesweeper). I was assigned mostly to duty stations in Charleston, SC, but was also stationed in Mayport, FL; Norfolk, VA; Newport, RI; and Monterey, CA. I spent two years on the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and also earned a Masters of Science in Information Systems from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
During my time in the Navy I was married to my supposed college sweetheart (that lasted less than two years), but I was also lucky enought to meet my present wif...Expand for more
e, Linda, who was a Navy nurse at the time. We have been married more than 22 years now. We have one son, Joseph, who graduated from Duluth High School where he played saxophone in the Wildcat Marching Band all four years. He is now in his freshman year at Georgia State University.
After I retired from the Navy we moved back here to Duluth and I worked as a shift supervisor for Lucent Technologies at their fiber optic cable plant in Norcross, GA. However, Lucent sold that business at the same time the fiber optic cable business went down the toilet, and I was layed off. I found a job with the Transportation Security Administration and now work at the Atlanta Airport as a Supervisor in the TSA Coordination Center. I have been there over six years. I worked on the floor at the T and Main Checkpoints, and then was a Behavior Detection Officer for two years. My wife is a Nurse Supervisor at Gwinnett Medical Center, where she works in the cardiac/nuclear medicine area (stress tests, etc.)
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