Paul Buchanan:
CLASS OF 1979
El Modena High SchoolClass of 1979
Orange, CA
Paul's Story
Since being the ELMO DM, Drum Major & Bando in 1979 it has been a wild ride. I was an iron worker while still at ELMO, went to Fullerton Jr. College briefly, worked for Center Meat Company in Fullerton then joined the U.S. Air Force going to basic near San Antoine Texas, school in Denver then stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Got married for 3 1/2 yrs, no kids (3 ferrets), rode my Harley, moved to Colorado Springs to join the A.F. Reserves. Construction trades followed briefly before becoming single again and moving to Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. I ran an optical tracking site their for the military while still a civilian. I also be came a certified Scuba instructor with over 750 dives logged and taught m...Expand for more
any people to dive. In 1990 career change to Culinary Arts, went to school in San Francisco at the California Culinary Academy, graduated with honors and started my new career back in Southern California. See primalalchemy.com for more info about what has happened since then. Basically worked up the career ladder in Hotels, restaurants & catering companies. Now I own Primal Alchemy Catering in Long Beach, CA with our commercial kitchen near the Belmont Pier. We are a premier caterer in Los Angles & Orange County promoting sustainable, organic, and local foods. I have been married to my beautiful wife Dana since 1997 and have a wild and crazy son Drew, born in 2001. He just graduated with honors & going to UCSB. Life is good!
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