Richard Collins:
CLASS OF 1960
North Eugene High SchoolClass of 1960
Eugene, OR
University of OregonClass of 1970
Eugene, OR
San Gabriel High SchoolClass of 1960
San gabriel, CA
Washington Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
San gabriel, CA
Richard's Story
First two years of high school at San Garbiel High, then last two at North Eugene High, Oregon, when family moved north. College at Uof O, Army Reserves, then knocked around San Franciso, New York. Boston, married, then back to college with warm up at Harvard Summer sessions , then back to Uof O with cheap resident tuition. Graduated 1970 with B. of Architecture. Recession was underway when graduated, so.... went back to N.Y. where jobs were.
We had two boys, whose 15 minutes of fame came as members of "Whitetrash" a heavy metal band in the early nineties. Both graduated Queens College, one now an Electrical Enginerr for medical devices, married in CT with our grandson, one in the music business in Brighton Beach, NY .
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r local archictect, moved into public service at the Port Authority of NY and NJ as senior architect,, working out of the World Trade Center. How was I to know it was a target? Was out for a retirement lunch the first time ...just missed the bombing. Was out for a root-canal on 9/11.....son was staying over, and called me out of the shower with "Pop, a plane just crashed into your office building! Come look at the tv!" You know the rest. Lost a few friends, many acquaintances out of the 3000. A very sad time.
8 years later retired, and currently spending summers in NY, and winter in West Palm Beach, and flyfishing and surfcasting when I can.
Godspeed, and a prayer for those friends who are no longer with us on this journey....
Rick Collins
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