Richard Allard:
CLASS OF 1962
McMinnville High SchoolClass of 1962
Mcminnville, OR
Richard's Story
Life
In my younger years I lived by the motto "If your not living life on the edge, your taking up to much space". Now as a grandfather of 4, I have taken a few steps back from the edge and am taking up much more space than my doctor would prefer. Thirty years in the Navy afforded me a chance to do and see more then I could have ever dreamed. In 1986 I was was selected as a member of a team that went to the Great Barrier Reef to dive the wreck of the HMS Pandora. The Pandora struck the reef in 1789 with 32 of the HMS Bounty crew onboard (after the mutiny). A hundred miles from the nearest town and a hundred feet below the surface of the ocean with twenty sharks swimming around you is about th...Expand for more
e most fun one can have with clothes on. While in Australia I also was able to dive "The Cod Hole" at Lizzard Island, Green Island and Brampton Island near the town of Mackay.
I have 4 wonderful daughters (two by my first marriage and two step with my wife now). Victoria is a great lawyer, Alicia is a gentle teacher of special children, Anaya has been busy making grand children and Ninon is a senior at San Diego State.
Although San Diego is now my home, I am grateful to have grown up in Mac, and a bit of my heart still remains there.
For fun, we keep a place on the Colorado River near Yuma Az. It allows me to enjoy a little speed on the water and a place for our children and grandchildren.
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