Philip Stern:  

You can find me on Facebook as "Phil Stern" for personal stuff, and Philip Stern for business. Look for me there! --------------------------------------- Life I live on an Island called Little Torch Key. 25 miles north of Key West, FL I left New Brunswick two weeks after graduation from NBHS when I left for Navy Boot Camp. I have lived in Illinois, NY, NY (Twice), Philadelphia (Twice), Virginia (Twice), California, Colorado, Texas, and Florida (Twice). Overseas, I was in Vietnam, Okinawa, Mexico (3 times), Belize, England (Twice), Scotland (Twice), Germany (Twice), Norway (Twice), France, Italy (4 times), Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Monaco, Greece (3 times, Israel (Twice), United Arab Republics (Twice), and I have been throughout the Caribbean many times. I am a student of personal development. I even found time to do some volunteer work for the Veterans Administration. I joined a Marine Corps League (MCL) in November 2005. As a Navy Hospital Corpsman (Medic) with the Marines in Vietnam, I was allowed to join. I was a member of the Honor Guard. I conducted formal military funerals at the Florida National Cemetery and other cemeteries in central Florida. I was the MCL Liaison to the Tampa VA Hospital. I was also the MCL National Deputy Representative for the VA Voluntary Services. I volunteered at both the Tampa and Bay Pines VA Hospitals I am a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society. I have sung with, and twice been a member of their International Chorus Contest Champion Chorus, The Alexandria Harmonizers. I was a Certified Contest Administrator. And in my spare time... School When I went to NBHS, the only thing I wanted out of high school was ME! I later learned to love education and training. I will always be a student of something. I'll never tell about my biggest crush. Mrs. Christel inspired me most. She believed in me and my potential. She drove me hard when I needed it. Later in English classes in college, I excelled because I finally "GOT IT". Thanks Mrs C. Next in line would be Mr. Quigley, the trainer. He helped shape the paramedical professional I would become in my Navy career. College I started college after about three years in the Navy. I took many night courses over a long period of time. I received an Associates Degree from George Washington University in Allied Health in 1979. A few years after leaving the Navy, I went back to college full time in 1991. I had to take a number of classes over again. I graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA in May 1993 with a BS in Business Administration, majoring in Management Information Systems/Decision Sciences. It was 23 years from the time I took my first college class until I graduated at 46 years old. I worked part time while finiishing school at a Funeral Home, but that's another story. Work After my career in the Navy, I earned my college degree and then went to the corporate information technology world in the Washington, DC area.I worked in the IT profession for many years and then moved into Process Engineering. in April 2005, I left the cold of the north and government...Expand for more