Favorite Memories

Titan football
There was nothing like Hell Week on a late August afternoon, particularly doing crab crawls back and forth on the field.  However, all that agony made us a good football team.

 

Titan theater

"Why don't you jump up and down?"  I played the Nazi guard in Stalag 17.  Great fun, and a memorable experience under the tutelage of Paul Clopper.

 

Titan education

On-the-road Driver's Ed with Coach Bob Mahoney. What a trip!  Then, getting my license and cruising Colorado Boulevard with classmates looking for that "Little old lady from Pasadena."  I'm still looking.

 

Titan good deeds

Trip with classmates to Chinle, AZ senior year. Good deeds, plus a great group experience. No place on earth like the Chinle/Canyon de Chelly area. IMHO it's better than the Grand Canyon. 

After Graduation

I attended the University of Redlands along with five other SMHS classmates. I majored in Economics, and because of a great experience in the University’s Salzburg Semester, I got excited about living and working internationally.

I also met Kit, who would become my wife.

After Redlands, I attended USC’s Graduate School of Business, earning an MBA in International Business and Finance. I was onto a career path that led to living and working experiences in Bern, Switzerland; Nha Trang, Vietnam; Sydney, Australia; Manila, Philippines; Frankfurt, Germany; Milan, Italy and the most foreign posting of all  Chicago, IL.

I eventually returned to Southern California for the second half of my career, still focused on international banking and trade finance activities. I became reacquainted with a number of friends from the good ol’ days in San Marino, learned how to play mediocre golf, and otherwise tried to stay in shape by jogging regularly. I advanced my interest in trains and railroading with classmate Martin Udell, going on what we call “Rusty Rail” adventures a couple of times a year. We explore off-the-beaten-track parts of the US, Mexico and Canada, riding unique, interesting and/or historic trains.

Now retired from the banking industry, I’ve increased my involvement with golf and railroading. Golf remains ‘mediocre’ despite the best efforts of classmate Linda Christiansen’s occasional instruction. However, the train stuff has taken on new dimensions as I am now involved at board level in a railroad museum based in the San Diego area. I am also a semi-professional locomotive engineer.

Great fun. Come along for a ride with me. Toot! Toot!