Gary Nash:
CLASS OF 1971
Nogales High SchoolClass of 1971
La puente, CA
University of California at San DiegoClass of 1977
La jolla, CA
Mt. San Antonio CollegeClass of 1974
Walnut, CA
Utah Street Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Los angeles, CA
Dolores Mission SchoolClass of 1965
Los angeles, CA
Gary's Story
Life
I grew up in downtown Los Angeles in the projects called Aliso Village. I lived there until I was 10, then moved to Compton where I attended Jr. High School.
Our family then moved to La Puente where I attended Nogales High School. I graduated in 1971. After attending three different colleges, I graduated from UCSD in 1977.
After that, I held various jobs, working as a salesman, clerk, lighting grip in Hollywood, recreation leader, coach, and finally illustrator and technical writer.
I am currently a senior technical writer at QUALCOMM, Inc. in San Diego and have a wife and two wonderful boys ages 14 and 11.
I've had my ups and downs like everyone else, so I can't complain (much).
School
I didn't enjoy myself very much in High school. I was picked on, and was generally unhappy. I couldn't hide either, because I was 6'8" my senior year.
The only bright spot was when I joined the A Capella Choir in my junior year and the Photo Club in my senior year. Mrs. Flannery and Mr. Berteaux were the only sympathetic teachers I had.
College
I started my college career at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA. I was on the Basketball team, where, in 1974 I became the Captain of the team, the team MVP, and led the league in rebounding and was fourth in scoring. I graduated in 1974 with a degree in Communications.
I then went to ...Expand for more
Fullerton State College. What a debacle! I got a basketball scholarship, but got injured in the second game of the season and missed nine games. My coach thought I was "faking it," and subsequently dropped me from the roster. What a meat market!
After 1 1/2 semesters at Cal State Fullerton, I was offered a spot on the team at UC San Diego. I jumped at the chance to change my fortunes - even if I didn't play basketball. UCSD had a reputation even then as a top-drawer university.
I went to UCSD in the spring quarter of 1975. As it turned out, I was ruled ineligible to play basketball because I played my first year at Mt. SAC. I was not unhappy, though, because now that I was at UCSD, I found my niche. I persued a degree in Communications and enjoyed (and was challenged by) the high degree of scholarship necessary to graduate.
I pledged Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in the spring of 1976 with seven other resolute brothers. We crossed on April 17th, and I have been more or less active in the Fraternity since then, working with the undergrad chapter while in school, and later, working with the grad chapter in San Diego.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my college career. I am still working in my field. And from my offices in Sorrento Valley, I can look west across Interstate 5 and can still see UCSD through the eucalyptus trees and the fog...
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