Rick Kelly:  

I am one of the rare natives of Pasdena and Altadena. Though born in Pasadena, my parents and I moved to Altadena when I was 6yrs old. I graduated from Sacred Heart grammar school in 1961, after which I attended Don Bosco Tech HS. After graduating from there I attended Pasadena City College, and then moved on to Cal-State LA. While at Cal-State LA, I lost my student deferment and got a draft notice. Instead of going into the Army or Marines, I enlisted into the Air Force. I served in the Air Force for 24 years and retired from the Pentagon in 1994. Though I worked in the weather field at the start of my military career, I spent most of the time in the computer field. After retiring, I became a "hands on geek". My career after the Air Force varied from doing IT Customer Support (help desk), to network engineering and design, to management. Currently, I work for the Apollo Group in Phoenix as a Network Administrator and am loving it. Regarding my family, my wife Barbara is a Physical Therapist who grew up in West LA. She and I met at Cal-State LA. We married in May 1971, shortly after I joined the Air Force. We have a wonderful Son, Aaron, 33, who recently married a fantastic lady named Kortni from the O'Grodnick family in Chantilly, Virginia. Maybe a grand child will come along....who knows? I love to relax by working in my hobbies: photography, cooking, model trains, model airplanes, woodworking, playing and listening to music, and watching good movies. Also, I love going to the beach and just relaxing and watching people while sitting on the sand. I also like to go on long drives and take in the ...Expand for more