John Holeman:  

CLASS OF 1991
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Salem, OR
Chandler, AZ
Corvallis, OR

John's Story

Life I've spent most of my post-high school years... in school! I graduated from OSU in the spring of 1996 with my bachelor's degree in physics. I worked for almost a year before deciding that I hated what I was doing. I went back to OSU in the summer of 1997. I spent some time pursuing two masters degrees: one in computer science, the other in atmospheric science. I didn't finish either of them, but maybe I'll finish one some day... In 1998 I got my private pilot's license. I started flying hang gliders in the summer of 2000, but an injury, then financial...er... shortcomings compelled me to put it off for a while. In August 2002, I moved to Tempe, Arizona to work on a PhD in Environmental Fluid Dynamics at Arizona State University. I will be done in about 4 years. 2005 Update: Well, the burnout is hitting again. I'll finish with an MS in mechanical engineering this summer. Unless my advisor manages to come up with a really, really brilliant motivation sp...Expand for more
eech to continue toward the PhD, I'll be looking for employment again. Anyone know of any good job openings in the Phoenix area, preferable involving aviation, computer programming or fluid dynamics? 2008 update: master's thesis not coming along so well... it's so hard to care. Plus, I've started learning to fly helicopters and I'm having a blast - maybe I've found what it is I really want to do this time. 2008 update part 2: Too expensive to continue paying $800 per semester for a single credit of thesis... so I'm letting it go. I've completed my private helicopter pilot and am moving on for my instrument and commercial ratings. I should be ready for a career switch around the end of the year. 2010 Update: Well, the economy and the oil spill in the gulf have pretty much hosed the change-of-career plans. So, I'm continuing where I am for the time being.... which isn't so bad: I just got back from a 4-month trip to the UK, paid for, mostly, by the company.
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