Patrick Okamura:  

CLASS OF 1979
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Phoenix, AZ
Holbrook, AZ

Patrick's Story

Can you imagine it's been 30 years? It seemed like such a long time, looking back where has the time gone. I'm older, wiser and kinda mature, well kinda. Don't know if I'll ever grow up. Since graduating I've been married twice and seemed to get it right the second time. Along the way I was blessed with 4 wonderful children two of which live in Dallas Texas. Tabatha who's 25 and Brandon who's 24. My other two are right here with me. Emily who's 15 and James who's 12. My wife's name is Terry who's a second grade teacher. As for me I fooled around with the bands right after graduation and went I discovered there were so many musicians broke, hungry and still dreaming, I decided to get back to school. I went to ASU to become an Architect and well, never finished. Ended up working at Motorola which is now General Dynamics in Scottsdale. Along the way I got married for the first time and got divorced for the first time. Until I meet my kids first grade teacher which I ended up marring a few years later. This is where things got rolling. I re-enrolled at the University of Phoenix and earned my Bachelors degree. And if that wasn't enough went on to complete an MBA and Master of Arts in Organizational Mgmt from the same university. I'm the Facility Manager for General Dynamics just passing my 28th year. Coincidently, I've also been working with Vince Bailey for those 28 years as well. We see one anot...Expand for more
her on a daily basis and always wonder what everyone has been up to. I've been involved in creating Facilities Management courses for ASU's college of constuction and after developing the Masters of Science in Facilities Management curriculum finally pleased my mother and ended up graduating with a Masters of Science degree from ASU in 2006. Besides working I instruct courses at ASU and the local International Facilities Management Association chapter as well as at the international level. I enjoy helping others advance in their careers. My most current passion is sustainability. I'm a LEED Accredited Professional and speak at conferences on the benefits of "Green Buildings" on a regular basis. You can check me out on the internet. Since I didn't reach my goal of hearing myself on the radio (that's what I wrote in our yearbook) I've settled for speaking in front of audiences and educating them on environmental and corporate responsibilities. For recreation my family and I like to travel, ride ATV's and camp. I hope who ever reads my story is doing great and life finds you in great health and spirits. We all nearing the half century mark real soon so we don't have a long time left. So live like you've never lived before, love like you've never loved before and most of all make sure you take care of yourselves before things start falling off! Hope to see everyone at our next reunion. Patrick
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