Dan Speece:  

Life After spending a great childhood in Louisville OH, I attended Kent State (Biology.) When Kent was shut down following the 1970 shootings, I was unable to start my regular summer job, and instead got a job at Aultman Hospital in Canton OH as an orderly...my Mother was a nurse there, and thought I might like it. I really enjoyed the work, and eventually completed a BSN at Case Western Reserve, and then I joined the Navy as a Registered Nurse in 1976, staying for 23 years until 1999 when I retired. In 1980 I met my wife (then a Navy Dietitian) while stationed in Okinawa...we got married in Hong Kong in 1981. Upon our return to the states, we had boy-girl twins in 1982 who graduated from college a year ago and are now working (!) I have been stationed in Charleston SC, Okinawa, Oakland CA, San Diego Ca, and Bethesda MD. I am living in the Washington DC area and working as a healthcare systems consultant for several companies. My son Robbie is a CPA and...Expand for more