Richard McNearny:  

I initially joined Classmates.com as a way of communication with some of my classmates from 1965 before attending the 50th class reunion in Colorado next June. So here is my life in a nutshell: After graduating from Widefield in 1965, I attended the University of Colorado, Boulder, for two years. I dropped out of CU, got married, and went into the U.S. Army for four years, where I was a hospital medic, stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, and Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver. I also had two children, a girl and a boy. After my discharge from the Army, I returned to the University of Colorado, Denver, where I received a B.A. degree in Biology and a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. I then hired on with the Bureau of Reclamation in Denver. This was very interesting work as I was able to work on some massive civil engineering projects. During this 12-year period, I was divorced and remarried. I have been married to my second wife for 26 years now. I also earned an M.S. degree in civil engineering from UCD and continued my spare-time graduate studies at the Colorado School of Mines. Tiring of civil service, I left to fi...Expand for more