Fall ‘66, I began a job in radiological safety at Goddard Space Flight Center and began taking night classes at MJC. In fall ’67, I moved to an Engineering/Consulting Co. in Columbia, MD, doing radiation safety and environmental work. After five semesters of night classes and full time work, I took a job at Purdue University, running the campus radiation safety program, and took classes until I got my BS degree in Radiological Health in ’75. Since I graduated in December and was already moving to another job, I missed that graduation too. My next move was to a nuclear power plant in northeast Ohio, where I was Supervisor of the Radiological Protection Unit. Four winters of more snow than I ever had nightmares about convinced me to move south. I held technical and management position for Carolina Power and Light Co. in Raleigh, NC supporting two operating nuclear power plants and one under construction. In ’83 I transferred to the Brunswick Nuclear Plant on the coast between Wilmington, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC. Here too, I was in technical and management positions supporting the plants radiological safety and chemistry programs. In ’98 I took an early out with a great benefits package and essentially retired. Since then I’ve done some consulting at nuclear power plants, with the Dept. of Energy, and back at the Brunswick Plant. I even tried teaching at the local High School. Trying to teach Biology, Physics and Environmental Science in today’s educational atmosphere made me appreciate how good we had it at WJ.

Life has been great. Describing my wife as my soul mate isn’t justice. She has been my inspiration and support for everything I am. Last December we celebrated our 40^th anniversary. She is a loan officer for the local BB&T bank and looking forward to retiring soon.

My daughter is in Nuclear Medicine at a hospital in Wilmington, NC, and lives about 40 miles away from us. She’s married and has provided us with two outrageous granddaughters (5 and 7).

Our son is a boat Captain and lives about 25 miles from us. He’s also married and has given us a wonderful grandson (10).

For the last 23 years, we have lived on Oak Island, NC, less than a hundred yards from the ocean. Whenever I would get down at work, I’d think about the surfing, sailing, fishing or crabbing I’d be doing after work. I grin when I think of all the people that save a week of vacation so they can do what I do most any day. Life has been very good! Besides boating and the beach, we enjoy going on cruises and taking the grandchildren to Disney and Universal.

Now if I could just do something about those hurricanes…