Ray McKown:  

Here's the short story since high school: Cypress College; in the summer of 1976 Alan Osbon and I took a 33 day 10,000 mile driving trip across the United States and Canada (too many stories from that to tell here); Moved in with my first live-in girl friend at 22, Toni, who was a women's high school basketball coach and teacher; that lasted 4 years; during that time I dropped out of college (long beach state) 18 units shy of graduating; worked for an OCTD contractor and began playing drums in my first band; Started living with my 2nd live-in girl friend, Rebecca, about 1981 - that lasted two years - I had the same jobs; Around 84 moved in with my 3rd live in girl-friend, Ann, who had a daughter, Jennifer. At first continued to work at OCTD contractor, but now that I had a "family," I was taking care of more than just me, so I went back to college with the goal of getting some type of advanced degree to "catch up." Ended up doing well and graduated from Long Beach State. A professor at Fullerton State encouraged me to try law school (or at least take the entrance test) to see what would happen. Up to that point I thought a legal career was "out of my league." I did well on the LSAT, but my grades weren't good enough to get into a "big" law school. Still, I made it into ABA approved Southwestern in LA. I moved to LA to attend, while Ann & Jennifer stayed in Brea. The distance was too much and Ann and I broke up, but Jennifer continued to be my daughter. ...Expand for more