Norman Landerman:  

Life I was born June 27th 1940 in Sacramento, California. I am the first born of nine children and any of you who are a first born to large families know what that means...you are held accountable for everything that happens when the folks are away! I figured it out one day, we lived in 22 different homes by the time I was 16. We moved to Chico when I was in the 4th grade at Oakdale Elementary. Our home was at 430 West 10th Street. Carol Gottschalk lived across the street as did Tracy Schaffer. We moved to the north side of Chico and I spent the 5th grade at Shasta Union Elementary. We then lived in Feather Falls, Bald Rock and Oroville where I attended the 6th, 7th and 8th grades, graduating with three others from the Rockerfeller School at Bald Rock above Oroville. My mom, Ritta Jeanette Landerman was the teacher for all eight grades of that one room school. The freshman year and part of my second year was at Oroville High. We moved back to Chico where I attended Chico Senior High (1955-1957) before joining the Marine Corps along with seven of my friends including Tom Jenkins, Bob Williams, Bill Bechtel, Skip Diamantine, Dan O'Malley, Marvin Olson and Larry Pannell. I served in the 5th Marine Regiment, Ist Division at Camp Pendelton, California. After the Marines, I attended College, worked for a few years and then returned to the university life at Califotnia State Polytechnic University earning an undergraduate degree in Urban Planning. My Masters work is in Urban Economics and I decided to pick up a couple of years of law school so as to comprehend "lawyer speak" in the various meetings I attended. I was Chief o...Expand for more