Michael Rice:
CLASS OF 1973
Woodrow Wilson High SchoolClass of 1973
Long beach, CA
Michael's Story
Academically, one of the worst students in my class...happy to be freed from the routine of going to school.
What an idiot.
Race cars, Indianapolis cars specifically, was all I could think about. It was my goal to drive there. I did end up working on the cars starting less than 4 years after graduation. Experienced much of the country via this early career decision, which was split into two segments of about 3+ years each, separated by about 10 years.
In between, owned a small business in Oregon, returned to So CA in '82, Lots of mind-numbing details that I won't go into here...suffice to say that it was a very long and winding journey.
Ultimately, returned to LBCC in a...Expand for more
Nursing program in 2004, Pre-reqs and program itself completed in '06. Surprisingly (to some) I was among the top students. Go figure...when I actually applied myself, I could do fairly well in the classroom.
Settled again in Oregon in 2009, married a wonderful (patient and gracious) woman, Waunda, in 2011.
Wound out my relatively brief nursing career and retired at the end of 2020, having finished it in service at (of all places) the Cuckoo's Nest aka Oregon State Hospital in Salem - perhaps a fitting place to complete the career.
Anyway, on with life, trying to serve my Lord as best I am able for the remainder of my sojourn here.
God bless y'all...Love and peace 🕊️
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