Erik Halvorson:  

Life Followed our high school counselers advice and went to College where none of my friends or associates went. Got decent grades but was still an accident waiting to happen. Ran aa foul of the law. Dropped out of school to pay lawyers fees, court costs etc. Returned to school but this time at Bellevue Community where I met my best friend in the world and wife to be, Veena Monce. She chased me. I let her. We married in August of 1988. We both transfered our credits to WSU (UW was requiring a freaking 3.8 to get into the ME dept and I only had a 3.6.... Veena got accepted into where ever she applied. She kicked my tail the rest of the way through college. I graduated, 1991 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics. I know, 9-1/2 yrs! But I did it. Spent the summer working as a contract diver, repairing underwater structures and machinery. Veena went to g...Expand for more