Orval Bower:
CLASS OF 1972
Mt. Vernon High SchoolClass of 1972
Mt. vernon, OH
Ohio State University - CriminologyClass of 1983
Columbus, OH
Ohio UniversityClass of 1976
Athens, OH
Fredericktown High SchoolClass of 1972
Fredericktown, OH
Fredericktown Primary SchoolClass of 1967
Fredericktown, OH
Orval's Story
Life
After MTV I attend Ohio University for 1 year - then it was off to the Coast Guard for 4. I was on the Icebreaker Mackinaw in upper Michigan then at the Search & Rescue Station in Oswego, NY. I returned to Ohio in 1977 and bought a house with the Mosholder twins in Columbus and attended Ohio State where I became a part-time student and full-time police officer until 1983. I married a Cuban-American classmate from there (Lourdes Simon - pronounced Simone) and became Orval Simon-Bower. We moved to Newark where she worked as a Social Worker for Mound builders Guidance Center. On our one-year anniversary Lourdes transferred to West Palm Beach, FL. I tagged along, attended Grad school for four years at FL Atlantic University and came out a History Teacher / School Administrator. I have been teaching for the School District of Palm Beach County ever since.
I lost a bit of my hearing in 1993 so went up to The University of North Florida during the summ...Expand for more
ers until 1996 when I finished a Master's degree in Deaf Education and switched to teaching Deaf kids. I continued to teacher History part-time at Palm Beach Community College and just retired after 19 years with them last May. I completed a Doctorate in 2001 (Medieval History) in Scotland (a life-long dream come true) after spending 5 summers with them. When I came home at the end of every August everyone said that I talked really funny.
Some-how along the way Lourdes and I made time for a family. We have two girls - Lauren, born in 1987, attending the University of Central FL (Chemistry) and Jilian in 1990, at Florida Gulf Coast University (Business).
If you have the 1972 yearbook; look up my father, Donald Bower in the "Teacher" section. That is how I look today. If you had him for senior English - he passed away in 1990.
Feel free to write. I enjoy hearing from all of you. I am on Facebook. Add me as a friend if you are too.
Ciao 4 now.
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