Rock (Roderick Lee) Dennison:  

The above pictures show I've gone from a one horsepower ride to a four hundred horsepower ride! Life has been good for me! By the way, The first picture was taken up in the Traverse City, Michigan area adjacent to Long Lake. The 'Vette picture is out in the Medical Lake, Washington area.. That was my retirement gift to myself! I attended 13 different schools before graduating from Portage HS in May 1961. I remember only having a very few close friends at any of those schools, if at all, so you probably never got to really know me as I was mostly a loner and bitter, because of moving so much. My loss, I'm sure. If you do remember me, please reach out, I'd like to hear from you! My birth name is Roderick Lee, over the years I've gone by Roddy, Rodney, Rod and now as a senior citizen I am, Rock... I’ve been to all of our fifty United States including WA DC and lived in nine of the states. My Dad's career was working in Industrial Construction, so we moved quite often during my elementary and high school years. After graduating HS, I attended Indiana University NW campus starting in Sept 1961 for one semester, that definitely wasn't for me, so dropped that! In Mar 1962 enrolled in a four-year Boilermaker Apprenticeship at U.S. Steel Corp's Sheet and Tin Mill in Gary, IN. which was administered and accredited by Purdue University NW. Then In Oct 1962 married my PHS girlfriend. In the spring of 1964 my wife and I had an opportunity to purchase the local Beauty Salon where she had been working. I received my Structural Engineering and 'Boilermaker Journeyman’ degree in Dec 1965. Life seemed very good then. I had my College Degree and a great job. we owned a very successful Beauty Salon. In Aug 1966 my life crashed when we divorced! So, in Oct 1966, single and no more college deferment and of course, with US Steel's sincere recommendation (in order to avoid the imminent military draft into the U.S. Army). I was to fulfill my initial 4yr enlistment and...Expand for more