Keith Bates:
CLASS OF 1972
Jackson Middle SchoolClass of 1972
Titusville, FL
Titusville High SchoolClass of 1975
Titusville, FL
McHenry Community High SchoolClass of 1975
Mchenry, IL
McHenry Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Mchenry, IL
Valley View Elementary SchoolClass of 1969
Mchenry, IL
Keith's Story
Life
Contact me on Face Book (one word) When I hit fifty I contemplated my life. All things considered I've done well and life is good. What I missed was long term relationships with many of the friends I've made and sharing our experiences. Its been noones fault but mine. I kept moving on and was too absorbed in my current situation to look back. I hope to correct it by tracking some of you down and stiking up at least a exchange of experiences and opinions. There are others who I briefly knew and lacked the fortitude to pursue as a friend perhaps I will find some of you and correct that as well. I hope to broaden myself through this and hopefully rekindle old relationships and make a few new ones. To help you all catch up:
In 1972 my family moved from McHenry to Titusville. My senior year of high school I got a couple of scholarships to go U of Illionois and study engineering. While there I joined a fraternity house and made many life long friends. Then I served 6 years as a naval officer, first on warships then as a air/naval gunfire liasion officer. For a variety of reasons I got out before going back to a second sea tour.
Then, I got a graduate degree and an engineering license and built telecommunications facilities and other corporate buildings for GTE in the midwest and elsewhere. After that I worked for ARINC near Washington buiding overseas, mostly in the Pacific, Far East, and the breakup Soviet States. When we had children I quit and got a job as manager of construction for a Federal Agency. Since then I've been promoted several times and have broa...Expand for more
der responsibilitiies.
Happily married, two boys,cat dog. etc. Slightly right of center politically. Eclectic tastes in music and literature. I try to play the violin and banjo. Member of International Facilities Managers Association, American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers and Association of Energy Engineers. Registered Engineer, Certified Facilites Manager, Certified Energy Manager.
As I said, I would appreciate carrying on correspondence with old aquaintences/even casual ones. A way of gaining other viewpoints and vicariously adding to my life experiences. I love to swap sea stories. You can get my work electronic mail address at the Titusville High School website. People have also gotten me through military . com, (use the buddy finder) you don't need to be x - militiary to use it.
Keith
College
At the University of Illinios I studied engineering changing from electrical to civil my sophmore year. I was a member of Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity and the NROTC.
After the Navy I attended Illinios State University and received an MBA
Military
Started with JROTC in high school. I received a NROTC scholarship. Did midshipman summer tours on the USS Towers, 2nd class summer (training camp) at Corpus Christie, and 1st class cruise on the USS San Bernadino. Selected Surface warfare was on the USS LaSalle as an engineering division officer in the Persian gulf and Indian Ocean, then the Uss O'Bannon as Electronics Officer/Electronics Warfare Officer out of Charleston. Finished as a Naval Gunfire Liasion Officer with Second Marines at Camp LeJeune.
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