Thomas Tucker:  

After graduation I started my college education at Cleary College in Ypsilanti. After two years I transferred to Walsh College of Accountancy in Troy where I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. After a couple of years I went back to Walsh and ultimately completed my Master's degree in Professional Accountancy. If I never take another night-time college class, it will be too soon. While I think that I hid it pretty well for many, many years, I am gay and I finally stopped hiding from that myself in 1991. I was married for a while, and while I regret the pain I caused my ex-wife, I would never change the fact that I finally came to terms with my sexual orientation. Looking back, I was a fool to have thought that I could change such a fundamental thing, but there were very few resources at that time and I didn't know a single person that was gay, so it was kind of hard to face up to. I spent 21 years in various positions in the accounting department of an industrial cutting tool manufacturer - is anyone familiar with Modco Tools or Valenite Metals? Those were our two larges divisions. In 1998 I moved to Arizona with my then-boyfriend, primarily to escape the snow and the cold of Michigan winters. Yes, the summers here are rather brutal, but the rest of the year ...Expand for more