Barry Silverman:  

Hello out there!! Not sure if anybody would remember me, but honored to have you visit! After Grant, I attended LAVC, where I became active in student government, forensics, and political activism; managed to win a few competitive speech events and was on the LAVC Monarch Speech squad that took the top prize at Nationals in Chicago in 1976. During those years '74-'76 I also served in LAVC student gov't., and as Pres. of the LAVC Young Democrats. Completed an AA in Speech and Journalism, transferred to UC Santa Cruz, there becoming involved in Theater and Film production. My shift in interests brought me back to the Valley to work on some local film projects with friends. Worked in the family business while continuing part-time evening studies at CSUN, also continuing to work on songwriting and fiction writing; In 1980 I became a feature writer and Managing Editor for several magazines in the Rona Barrett Hollywood group of gossip rags. After they were bought out by the Toronto Star/Harlequin Books I found myself out of work, married with a baby on the way, and in search of a bread-and-butter steady job. This led to stints in graphics, phototypesetting work, real estate/property management, and sales, eventually landing at the old Bendix plant in North Hollywood in 1984. From there I built a professional career in the Purchasing fi...Expand for more