LEONARD CHAN:
CLASS OF 1963
Richmond High SchoolClass of 1963
Richmond, BC
LEONARD's Story
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................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ATTENDED RICHMOND HIGH FROM 1961-63 AND WAS IN MR. ESO'S HOMEROOM IN MY FIRST YEAR.
BEING ONLY A HANDFUL OF ASIANS AT THE SCHOOL WAS ??? FOR ME. FOLLOWING I ATTENDED
VANCOUVER VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN BOOKKEEPING AND ENDED UP IN CALGARY WHERE I STILL LIVE.
WORKED FOR SEVERAL ENERGY COMPANIES AND BEING IN CALGARY DID WELL IN ENERGY INVESTMENTS
AS WELL AND OF COURSE NOW RETIRED. ALSO MY SECOND PASSION IS PHOTOGRAPHY AND
DONE LOTS OF FREE LANCE IN CULTURAL JOURNALISM IN CALGARY-TORONTO AND THE CARIBBEAN-LATIN AMERICA
FOR CULTURAL AND MAJOR NEWS MEDIA.
TORONTO IS LIKE MY SECOND HOME AND I TRAVEL THERE OFTEN AND STINTS INTO THE CARIBBEAN.
IN CALGARY I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BOUGHT SHARES MANY YEARS AGO WITH A OIL COMPANY
THAT WAS OWNED BY SEVERAL CALGARY STAMPEDER FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THE
CALGARY STADIUM MCMAHON STADIUM WAS BUILT BY MCMAHON WHO WAS THE RICHEST OILMAN
IN CALGARY AND LOT OF THE STAMPEDER PLAYERS FROM THE LATE 50'S WERE INVOLVED IN OIL
AND ENERGY.
I HAVE TWO SONS - ONE IS 35 AND A DESIGNER IN OIL AND GAS SOFTWARE AND THE OTHER IS 29
OWNS HIS OWN COMPANY IN PENANG, MALAYSIA AND DOING VERY WELL AND I HAVE A GRAND DAUGHTER
AS WELL. MY MOTHER IS 90 YEARS OLD AND STILL LIVING IN RICHMOND. SHE STILL HAS HER OWN PLACE.
AND THE HOUSE IN RICHMOND IS STILL THERE. $12,000 NEW IN 1960 AND TODAY LIKE $800.000.
LEONARD CHAN
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