Sylvia Gowen Gilbert:  

Life Immediately following high school I left for Europe 3 weeks and six countries. The following February 1968 I married my first husband David Smotherman. In March 1969 I had my first son David Glenn Smotherman Jr. I worked after high school at G.C. Murphy Company. In 1971 I went to work as a secretary at American Manufacturing Company. In 1972 my 1st marriage ended. 1976 I went to work at Vincent Printing as a Credit Manager worked there for 2 years. In 1977 I went to work for IBM as a service rep. My job was traveling around the city repairing typewriters, word processors and later personal computers. 1982 I married Bill Pollard and in 1985 IBM crossed-trained me into the intermediate systems division where I worked on almost anything IBM made from monitors, printers, tape drives, point of sale and intermediate systems. I am on call 24/7 and my territory extends from Chattanooga, west to Tullahoma Tn and South to N. Georgia. I am subject to being called out at 2 am to drive to Tullahoma or some other fun place. In 1990 I divorced again and in 1993 I married my current husband Rick Gilbert (a keeper). At forty, I went to UTC for about a year, to experience college life. I discovered it was tough to work full-time and try to go to school. I learned a lot and hey, now I can say "some college" whenever I fill out any profile!!! I have now been with IBM 30 years and eligible to retire, which I plan to do in 2009. My job is working on the larger systems, but my hobby is messing with personal computers. Up until recently, I had been running since 1978 and have competed in hundreds of road races in 28 years. Several 1/2 marathons ...Expand for more