Robert Briggs:  

Life I was born in San Francisco and spent my first two years in Oakland. Then in 1951 my parents moved to Via Lucas in San Lorenzo. I started at David E. Martin in 1954, moved on to seventh grade at Barrett Junior High in 1961. During that time I played Little League on the U.A.W. Local 333 and Westinghouse teams. At Barrett, Mrs. Hall was my Core teacher for 7th grade and Mr. Caswell for 8th. I started at Arroyo in fall 1963. The Beach Boys were singing "Surfing USA." In high school I became less interested in baseball & more & more interested in girls, cars & rock & roll. No surprise there. I went out for X-country my frosh & soph years and for swimming my junior & senior years. Teachers I particularly recall were Senorita Powell for Spanish, Messrs. Tandowsky & Bachus for English, Mr. Vanos for Biology, Mrs. K for Typing, Mrs. Koundakjian (sp?) for Social Studies, Ms. Bissell for U.S. History and Mr. ?? for History (my memory's a bit fuzzy on some of these - I'll make corrections and add to it later). Some of the coaches were Oden, Ryan, Thornock & Gastineau. Ryan was the X-country coach. Who was our swimming coach? Ryan, I believe. I recall going to see "The Crucible" in San Francisco with our Senior (or was it Junior?) English class. I graduated in June 1967 and started college in the fall. Then from 1968 to 1970 I served a mission for my church in Guatemala & El Salvador. Fascinating experience. I returned to college in 1971, transferred to BYU in 1972 and graduated in poly sci. in 1974. Along the way I met Linda Nielsen of Portland, OR and we got marrie...Expand for more