Michael Allen:  

Life Like many of my classmates I was born in United Hospital in Port Chester, New York. After living my first two years in Rye we moved to my childhood home at 49 Rose Ave in Harrison next door to my grandmother. My grandparents moved to Harrison from Brooklyn with my father in 1905. My early schooling was almost exclusively in Harrison, with a two year stint at Stepinac High School, finally graduating from Harrison High in 1958. With the encouragement of my homeroom teacher Mr. Bernard Auerbach I continued my education into higher learning. I married Pat Carino (Class of 1960) in 1961 and left Harrison for good to attend college, serve in the Navy, and find work. We've lived in Michigan, California, upstate New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, and New Mexico. I taught for Admiral Rickover in the Naval Nuclear Power School, was a radio physicist engaged in ionospheric research, and worked for NORAD as a radar data analyst and system engineer. We now live on 2 1/2 acres about 40 miles east of Albuquerque where at one time I raised llamas. Once we moved west it was where the family settled. I have three children living in Colorado and one in New Mexico. They have given us four grandchildren. My oldest child has a developmental disability and because of her needs I became a community activist in the late 1980's. Since activists are not in demand I retired early in 2002. Now Pat and I travel the country in our RV and indulge my passion for genealogy. In fact, we made two passes through Harrison in the past two years. When last visiting Harrison, Pat and I walked by my old house on Rose Ave, but to my dismay found that it was replaced by a large two story duplex manufactured house. They cut down many of the maple trees that lined the street. The same was true for other homes in the neighborhood. In the future I plan to continue my genealogy research into my Irish past and Pat’s Italian heritage. We hope to trav...Expand for more