Jay Paap:
CLASS OF 1957
St. Bartholomew SchoolClass of 1957
Long beach, CA
St. Anthony High School Class of 1961
Long beach, CA
Jay's Story
Quick overview of last 50 years in 250 words:
Married to Lou for 43 years, she is a retired Ob-gyn nurse practitioner; four children, two grandchildren, daughter (a banker) and grandkids live in Boston (where we live), sons are in LA (he and his wife teach in inner city schools), Austin (in marketing and a professional chef), and Ft Lauderdale (he is luxury motor yacht captain, now of 124' boat, his wife works with him on the yacht).
After St A went to Long Beach Sate, then US Air Force (6 years active, 20 years guard and reserves, now a retired LtCol); after active duty went to MIT for PhD. Taught at MIT and Indiana business schools and did part time consulting. Left teaching in '82 and been full time consultant since, working with major firms and government agencies globally on new product development, innovation, and competitive intelligence. Teach exec courses on innovation ...Expand for more
for Caltech, MIT, Berkeley, and others.
Now semi-retired (work about 1/3 time) and fill hours with grandkids, serve on boards of a couple of non-profits, work with a local CSA farm, sing bass in the community chorus, and my wife and I travel a lot - were in Santiago on 23rd floor of Hyatt during the big earthquake of March '10; we thought the glacier trekking and white water rafting in Argentina before we got to Chile were the end of our adventures - surprise! Big trips this year: safari in South Africa in April and two weeks in China in September.
Hobbies: grandkids, reading, weight lifting, gardening, cooking, water sports (scuba, snorkeling, windsurfing), photography, computer, finding new restaurants, and traveling (logged 45 countries and counting). Big movie goers, season subscribers to the BSO, and recently became fans of the Met HD broadcasts.
Oh, and we have a cat.
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