Richard Elwood:  

Life After AUHS I went to L.A. for good surf, school and work. Met my wife in art school and studied some engineering. Worked as a commercial and fine artist for a few years and then became a machinist and model maker, although keeping an art studio on the side. At Gulf&Western I became an electro-mechanical design engineer, inventing new machines. I then worked as an automation engineer at Teledyne Relays for 8 years. We started going to Europe once or twice a year for 3-5 weeks at a time. Always rent a car and take the back roads to avoid the tourist traps. In '85 I got a job in Petaluma, Ca. for a Swiss hi-tech company. They make microscopically-detailed, high-precision components in ultra-hard materials like ruby, sapphire and diamond for micro-electronic and bio-medical industries. I invented and developed new processes, machines and products. Since they have facilities in Switzerland, Singapore, China and the Phillipines I got to visit some of these to install new systems and train the staff. I was also invited by the Debeers Diamond Research Facility in Ascot, England as a guest researcher fo...Expand for more