Terry Parsley:  

I always wanted to be an architect, so after graduating from Clairemont HS, I attended San Diego City College to get the basic requirements and preliminary architecture classes completed. I then transferred to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at the beginning of my junior year. But, I had met a special person that summer, and we became serious. Jim Parsley and I became engaged at Thanksgiving and we were to be married in June. So, I finished my junior year at San Diego State College to be closer to my fiance and be more involved in the wedding plans. We were married June 27, 1964 and are still happily married. Jim graduated from San Diego State in June of 1964 and taught for San Diego City Schools for 3 years. He applied for graduate school and chose to receive an NDEA doctoral fellowship at Ohio University. We moved to Athens, Ohio in 1967, with our one-year old daughter, Kimberly, camping our way back to SE Ohio. After receiving his doctorate in 1970, we moved to Ellensburg, Washington, so he could teach college and I could finish my BA degree. I finished in 1973 and began teaching high school that year. I taught Business Education and Journalism classes. I received my Master's degree in 1984. I tau...Expand for more