Bill Pruim:  

CLASS OF 1969
La habra, CA
Carmel High SchoolClass of 1969
Carmel, IN

Bill's Story

Hi, I had never attended any reunion, but suddenly got urgent need to reconnect... Previously there was a separate set of people that I was looking to hear from That included Bill Lafollette, Kevin Gerner, Larry Morrison, no one knew.. Also new Ken Carnahan -- just before I left for Cali, Ken's rich uncle gave us his main Grandstand Tix for the 1967 500... The one Parnelli Jones had the Turbine car, but broke down five laps from the end... Became AJ Foyt's 4th victory,, Also a gal named Anne Shaw also anne shashou.. She moved to Ft Wayne the same time I went to CALI... she attended AZUSA Pacific College when I was ten miles from there.. We visited once but I never heard from her again... Her mother was ultra-religious so there was no where to go from there... Also I had a Huge Crush on Carol Meserve who I figure could be a rocket scientist now... There were some gals that I gossiped with about the Biology Teacher running away with the Foxiest lady teacher -- PE Teacher he had to run after... The name was Bob Love... That may have happened in La Habra... I can only say his name was not Mile Love or Carl Wilson.. Pun of the day --Life is a Beach, Boy -------------------------------- Now back to La Habra... I was friends with a lot of the "nerds", but still looking to reconnect with Walt Kelley, Dan Sterling, Mike Davis, Marianne Metcalf ('70)... I have been retired from Lockheed since 2008. Travelled a lot with Lorraine, my wife of 29 years. She has mobility challenges. We live in both Lancaster and Oxnard,...Expand for more
which makes mobility an even bigger challenge. (no time for Vegas or San Diego lately) I met Lorraine when she was injured on job at Yuba City Del Monte peach factory. I drove fork lift during summer for ten years 72-81. Finished BS in Comp Sci at Sac State 12/81 but was out of school 73-79 after misadventures at Cal Berkeley in 72. Forklift, duplicate bridge, knowledge acquisition (reading and schmoozing) and socializing were my life. I never could make "Bridge Gigolo" work as a paying gig.... So I returned to college. Third job after graduation was General Dynamics, Sacto support of F-111 led to grandfathering with Lockheed in 1992 and a relocation to Marietta GA in 1998 where the company was hemorrhaging red ink over the C-130J. It made the 13 years at Sacramento look like kindergarten... Achievements brought me to Palmdale Skunkworks in 2002... I felt like an aging pitcher getting traded to the NY Yankees long after my fastball was gone. It is possible that that lack of enthusiasm and 40 years of smoking led to a near fatal heart attack in 2006 (I finally quit cold turkey 12/31/2013..!!!). My dad and I had the identical heart attack at same age 40 years apart 1966 and 2006. Both arriving at hospital doorstep in full cardiac arrest .... not a good family tradition..!! Dad live to 90 in 2002 and I am still kicking so that part is good. So what is the future??? Maybe inspiration will strike before the class reunion.. Let me hear from Y'all --- that was my four years in Georgia talking... Bill Pruim
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