Bruce Bender:  

Life After barely graduating in 1963, I went to work in Aerospace at Litten Industries in Beverly Hills and began taking night classes at Long Beach City College. I left Litton and got another job at TRW Systems in Redondo Beach in 1966 . I Met Ruth Coffland (PHS class of 1967) in 1969. We were married in 1970. At that time we were both attending California State University Long Beach. We both graduated in 1972, Ruth received her B.A. degree in Geography and mine was a B.S. degree in Business Administration. with a major in Management. It took me 9 years part time to earn that degree. She became a teacher at Capt. Raymond Collins School and I went to work for Northrop Corp. in Century City at their Corporate office as a Buyer..( In my teens I had a girlfriend named Anne who also became a teacher at the same school that Ruth taught at. I always knew teachers would be a great life companion !!!) After several years, we decided to go into business for ourselves. We opened a State Farm Agency in 1975. We are licensed by California and have a contract with State Farm to offer only their approved products. Sort of like a Franchise. We still own that Agency, after 44 years, located in La Habra, CA. . In 1976 and 1977, along came two beautiful children, James and Michelle. 49 years later, we are still married, have 1 granddaughter and 1 grandson. Life has been good to us. We cannot believe we have been so fortunate. The years slip by so quickly. "Turn...Expand for more