Ron Jarman:  

I was one of the twin brothers who went there originally, however, I completed school at Washington. My twin brother Rich did not. I married Julie Lawrence from the class of 1984 in December 1985 and it definitely was too early to get married. We divorced about 7 years later with one boy. Another classmate from 1983, Sukarno Mcpherson asked me to join the Navy with him in the "buddy system". (supposed to go in together to same bootcamp) Anyone who was in the military knows they lie and I have never seen Sukarno since before bootcamp back in 1984. I went to Chicago for bootcamp, then to Memphis for duty and ended up in Camp Pendleton (Just north of San Diego) for my military time. I then left and went back to Sioux Falls after my enlistment. After messing around and not getting anyplace for a long time (and that divorce I mentioned), I finally met Desiree who was from Rochester Minnesota in about 1998. I took the plunge again and married her and had 3 more kids. This woman saved me from a lot of self doubt over my life. She has never waivered in her love for me. I had a heart attack in October 2003 and it was pretty major in severity. Thank goodness I was in Rochester at the time where the Mayo Clinic could turn me around. They literally saved my life. Since then, I have been in management at one of the fastest growing high tech companies in the United States while also getting a degree. I will be a manager of programmers when all is said and done, but I can run circles around most already in the major programm...Expand for more