Stephen Koletty:
CLASS OF 1966
Rolling Hills High SchoolClass of 1966
Rolling hills estates, CA
University of Southern California - GeographyClass of 2000
Los angeles, CA
California State University - Dominguez HillsClass of 1992
Carson, CA
University of Hawaii - Arts & SciencesClass of 1983
Manoa, HI
Stephen's Story
I donât have many fond memories of Rolling Hills High. To be sure there were friends, some good times, a first love and a first broken heart. But largely I felt terribly out of place, bored and socially inept. I wasnât really part of any group. When I would run into former classmates years later no one much remembered me from then. After high school I attended LA Harbor College then Cal State Dominguez Hills. Exciting times then; I was stimulated in many different ways. I went on to do graduate study in Geography at the University of Hawaiâi. I returned to California to work at Dominguez Hills in Student Affairs and teaching a course from time to time. It was at Dominguez I met my wife and best friend who worked in the office across from mine. After a dozen years, two kids, two dogs a...Expand for more
nd mortgage I joined the Geography PhD program at USC. Afterward, I taught at USC for eight years. Loved USC, but it wasnât tenure track and wasnât likely to be. Today I am Professor of Geography and Chair at East Los Angeles College, and until recently President of the Los Angeles Geographic Society. It has been a good life and an interesting one. My wife and I have travelled the world, the Pacific, SouthEast Asia, Europe, Central America. My first born attended Harvard and afterward led an earthquake relief program in Central Java where he rebuilt 23 schools. Today he is back in Indonesia working for an international consultancy firm. My next born took a different route and became a chef. He spent a year in Australia and now works in the restaurant of an up-scale hotel in Santa Monica.
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