Tony Garramone:
CLASS OF 1967
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Wheat Ridge High SchoolClass of 1967
Wheat ridge, CO
University of Northern ColoradoClass of 1974
Greeley, CO
Colorado State CollegeClass of 1971
Greeley, CO
Tony's Story
A Quick Summary - how about that - my adult life on a couple of pages?!?
Graduated from Wheat Ridge High in ÃÂÿ67
Attended 2 years of college at CSC, now UNC, in Greeley
History major thanks to Mr. Bradley's influence
Sophomore class President- had way too much fun = 1.8 grade point average 2nd quarter
Enlisted in the Army, June 1969 I think my draft number was in the 100's so I didn't wait
Basic Training at Fort Campbell Kentucky ahhh the red clay of Kentucky
Helicopter maintenance schoool CH-47's Fort Eustis VA, basic and advanced courses, graduated top in the class and was awarded E-5 stripes
19 months in RVN
243rd ASH helicopter company Don Ba Tin RVN, Maintenance Team Leader - 3 months, Lead Tech Inspector 5 months
Flight Engineer 4 months
361st AWC - Cobra gunships,Camp Holloway Pleiku RVN, Lead Tech Inspector - 7 months
ETS December 24, 1971 VERY Merry Christmas!
Returned to College
2 years, Graduated with BA in Elementary Ed from UNC - Got married, the first time
Taught in Greeley public schools 5 years elementary fifth & sixth grade - 5 years middle school 6th and 7th grade
Received MA in Educational Media with an emphasis on computer education
Divorced the first time - 13 years of sheer joy?!? LOL
3 years Junior High media & computer...Expand for more
center, 1 year middle school assistant principal Burned out!
Joined a startup printed circuit board, cable and harness manufacturing company Startronics - 1987
Got married the second time 1986 - Moved to Carlsbad/Vista CA RIF,d in 1989
Moved to Grants NM High school media Center and District media coordinator 1 year
My wife was in the NG and went to Desert Storm - I messed up being a single parent to her two kids
Moved Back to Denver
My twin brother Bill died in 1994 from diabetes and it,s complications after 28 years... he was 44 - he just finally had had enough!
Divorced 1995 the second time
Centerline Circuits in Longmont ÃÂÿ PC board manufacturer
Quality & Test Technician, Quality Assurance Manager 1996, married the third time 1996
My father Died in 1997 mostly from cancer, he was 84
Centerline was acquired by Advanced Circuits of Aurora in 2000, closed Longmont in 01 -d ivorced the third time
Currently Quality Systems & Training Manager with AC - I moved back into my parents, house to care for my mother in 2001, she was in a long term care facility for dementia for a few years and passed away in 2010.
I bought the house and have been renovating it ever since...
I think I have most of the dates or years, right not that it really matters.
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