Jim Morano:  

I piddled around town after graduation trying to get grants and loans to go to college. That didn¿t pan out, so I joined Uncle Sam¿s canoe club. I spent the next 6 years on active duty in Admiral Rickover¿s Nuclear Navy. I served in USS Will Rogers, SSBN659, a fleet ballistic missile submarine. She was the last of the ¿41 For Freedom¿ I spent another 5 years in the Navy Reserve after leaving active duty. After failing in a Machine Shop business with my Dad, I¿ve spent the last 25 years or so working in the Process Engineering and Quality Assurance Field. One of these days I¿ll throw a University some cash and get a piece of paper that says I know what I¿m doing. Currently, I am a Project Leader for a company that manufactures composite components for airframes and engines. Prior to this position, I was an application, design, and process engineer for several companies that manufactured Hermetic Connectors. Even did a short stint as a QA Manager. I got married the day of our 10 year High School Reunion. Married in the morning, Reunion that night. Don¿t knock it, we got a bottle of Ripple for being the ¿newlyweds¿ I married Lisa Gossard, a 1987...Expand for more