Nicholas Procaccini:  

Well I am finally fully retired so I thought I should take some time to tell my old friends what I have been up to over the past 40+ years in the hope that they will do the same and in some way refresh those great high school memories. By the way, what has happened to our great school? In sports and academics it has declined dramatically. Following graduation I floundered for 2 years, then decided to volunteer for the draft. While in basic training at Ft Jackson, SC I apparently did well on some test so I was asked if I wanted to attend Officer Candidate School. Let me see should I be a private or lieutenant, tough decision but I finally opted for OCS at Ft Benning Georgia. I had no idea what I was getting into but 6 months later I graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant, infantry. A few months later I was sent to Vietnam as an Infantry Platoon Leader with the 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. With a good deal of luck I survived intact but left the army as quickly as possible. I used the GI Bill and attended URI as a business major. While at URI I met my 1st wife Gail a girl from Bronxville, NY. I enjoyed the academic life and I had more GI Bill credits to use so I decided to pursue a graduate degree. I was graduated from the George Washington University in Washington, DC with an MBA in International Finance. Gail and I had 2 boys; David and Adam, both great kids now leading successful and happy lives in Bristol, RI and Boca Raton, FL respectively. Upon graduation I took a job with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in NYC as a financial analysis with their Int¿l Division. At the time we lived in Bronxville, NY. These were good years for Pfizer so I made a good career there. In fact it is the only company that I have ever worked for. I had assignments in Coral Gables Fl as Controller of our Latin American operation, then 3 years in Santiago, Chile as Finance Director; then back to the NY as Controller of...Expand for more