Michael Drayton:
CLASS OF 1968
Evanston Township High SchoolClass of 1968
Evanston, IL
San Francisco State University - EnglishClass of 2006
San francisco, CA
Sonoma State UniversityClass of 2004
Rohnert park, CA
Grinnell CollegeClass of 1972
Grinnell, IA
Michael's Story
I notice that a few people have visited this page, so I guess I ought to provide something to look at.
OK, here's my last 40 years in a nutshell:
'68-72, attended Grinnell College, majoring in Russian. At Grinnell, I played baroque music and also got into traditional American fiddle.
In Fall of '73, I moved to San Francisco. There I worked in a factory and focused more on music. I played in a band called the Arkansas Sheiks from '74-'87.
Starting in 1978, I worked in manufacturing, starting as a programmer for automated machine tools, and gradually becoming a manufacturing engineer (non-degreed). I married in 1975; we had a son, Colin, in 1983. He's about to graduate from UCLA.
In 1987 I came out. Two years later, I met my partner, Bill. We were married on October 31, 2008, during that brief period when same-sex marriage was available under California law.
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In 2002, I was laid off from Agilent Technologies. I had worked for Agilent, and its parent, HP, for 21 years. I returned to school at San Francisco State and completed an M.A. in English with a focus on teaching English to speakers of other languages. I found studying as a middle-aged adult to be much more fun than as a young person. Now I'm an adjunct instructor in ESL at the local community college. I also teach in a formal machinist apprenticeship program, related to my former line of work.
Since 2000, I've played in a band called The Roadoilers. You can see and hear us at a web site that you can find by searching for the name of the band (since web addresses are not permitted here). The band completed a CD in spring of 2007, and we hope to do another before long.
You can email me at mdrayton[at]sonic[dot]net, if you'd like to be in touch.
Th-th-that's all, folks!
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