Mark Martin:
CLASS OF 1976
David Starr Jordan High SchoolClass of 1976
Long beach, CA
Mark's Story
I hate to admit it, but memories of my high school years are pretty darned fuzzy. I lost my yearbooks a long time ago, so here I am with spotty memories! Sigh.
I have begun to "find" old friends and I am embarrassed by the things I don't remember. So if you remember me, please be forgiving if I don't recall things at first. Time is the fire in which we burn, I guess.
After Jordan HS, I went to UCLA and earned a BA in Biology. Then I went to Stanford to get my doctorate in molecular genetics. I did postdoctoral work for a couple of years at a research institute in San Diego and also at UC San Diego. I worked in a biotech firm for seven years in San Diego...Expand for more
, then went back to academia---teaching at a small college in Los Angeles for a number of years. Now I am teaching and doing research (microbiology) at a small liberal arts college in the Northwest.
I got married in graduate school, and that didn't work out (sad but common story). No children. I got married to the right person in LA, and she and I have two young sons (eight and five). So I am a late bloomer, I guess.
I am delighted to hear from folks who recall "the old days." I wasn't all that happy a fella in high school, but I meant well! I hope that the years have been kind to all of you. I know they have been kind to me, if not my hairline or skin!
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