Jerry Langnes:  

Life after graduation went to university of wisconsin 1956 to 1961. met my wife there - married june,1960. graduated w/b.s.-mining engineering in 1961. went to u.s.c. for graduate studies -1961 to 1970. finished m.s.-petroleum engineering in 1963 ; m.b.a. in 1970 and engineers degree in petr.engr. in 1970. my wife(mary) finished her b.s. in child development and added 3 daughters along the way. the girls went with us to norway where they attended an int'l school in stavanger till they returned to the u.s for univ. all married and now living in fl. - 4 grandsons(5 to 19). worked in the oil industry from 1957 till 1993 around the u.s.(calif.,alaska and n.y.) and world (norway-9 years and indonesia -10 years). worked for a major oil co - mobil; the norwegian state oil co.-statoil; an independent oil co.-petromer trend in indonesia and in 1989 bought into a hong kong/singapore company(dragon pacific) with a canadian partner doing business all over southeast asia(primarily working with the oil industry). returned to u.s. in 1993 when the oil industry went into the "crapper". continued our buying and selling of art,antiques and collectibles(which has been a side line since 1971). we have lived just outside tampa since our return. lots of traveling in the 1990's doing shows mainly in the southeast - did get out to texas a couple of times. now some shows here in fl. and more selling on ebay(started 1999). see our store on ebay under "it's your deal". the name comes from our collection of playing cards which we started in 1971. so to wrap it up: we will be marr...Expand for more