Ruben Aguilera:
CLASS OF 1970
San Benito High SchoolClass of 1970
San benito, TX
Ruben's Story
Life (edited 7/30/17)
I left San Benito after graduation in May 1970. I went to a junior college (Phoenix College) for 2 years. I met my wife my first year there and we were married in December 1974. By them she and I had both graduated from Arizona State and I was in medical school in Baylor College of Medicine (in Houston). After Baylor, I did a three year residency in internal medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. In 1980 I went into private practice the Sun City/Peoria area where I still practice.
Our first child Lisa was born in 1979. She is a computer systems engineer with Drive Time. She was one of the top women in the world in the 3000 meter steeplechase and went to Helsinki (as did my wife, younger son Tony, my mother and I) to compete in the World Track and Field Championships in 2005. She did not run her best and did not make the finals. She was an 8-time All-American at Arizona State and won 7 state titles in high school in cross country and track and field. She came extremely close to making the US Olympic team in 2008 and 2012.
Our son Nick was born in 1981. He played baske...Expand for more
tball in high school and ran track for 3 years. He also played football or 2 years even though he is way too small to play football.
Our youngest son Tony was born in 1987 and is a senior in high school. He ran cross country and track in high school and is now a photographer.
My wife Chris did transcription for our group practice from home and later worked doing the same for 2 doctor's offices. Before that she worked in a lab as a medical technologist until Lisa was born. In May of 2013 she was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma and she died on 2/10/2017. She was the love of my life and I am heartbroken.
I have been running for years and have run 24 marathons all after the age of 50. I have run the Boston Marathon twice. I did not run much over the 4 years that Chris was ill and i am trying to start again but I have a painful left leg and have gained 20 pounds and that is not helping. I still work full time but I am starting to take more time off.
10/25/17
I have lost 18# of the 20 or so that I gained while Chris was sick. I'm running a little and I miss Chris more than I thought was possible.
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