Tom Carrato

Profile Updated: January 2, 2015
Tom Carrato
Residing In Salinas, CA USA
Spouse/Partner Melody C. Carrato
Occupation Consultant
Children Nick - 1967
Chris - 1969
Brian - 1973
Military Service U.S. Army - Air Cavalry/Civil Affairs/JAG  
Yes! Attending Reunion
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Been an interesting almost 50 years since graduation!!! Graduated from Stanford...Distinguished Military Graduate - Army ROTC...Armored Cavalry in Germany...flight school...Air Cavalry @ Ft. Lewis, WA...Law School @ University of Puget Sound (since acquired by Seattle University)...private practice in Yakima, WA...Chevron Chemical Co. in Kennewick, WA & San Ramon, CA...Monsanto Company in St. Louis for ~22 years...amazing career in regulatory law and policy of agricultural biotechnology...traveled the world working on developing country regulations & international treaties (e.g. the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol)...2nd lawyer ever to receive Science & Technology Career Achievement Award...1st recipient of Stewardship Lifetime Achievement Award...1st recipient of CropLife International Lifetime Achievement Award...instrumental in creating industry-wide stewardship systems & mechanism to protect biological diversity & solutions to industry-wide issues...just published...retired after 23 years in the Army Reserves.
Met Melody at Chevron and married her 20 years ago @ the Presidio of San Francisco. Promised her over 20 years that I would bring her back to California...and I did! We now live with Frankie & Johnny, our chocolate and yellow labs on the Monterey Peninsula.
Love riding my Harley...on my 4th Harley...a Road Glide Ultra...done about 7 Iron Butt rides...most arduous was a Border-to-Border from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico to Emerson, Canada in under 36 hours! Seen some amazing places on two wheels.

School Story

Wow! I was one of the nerds @ Carlmont. Favorite teacher was Dan Border...tough and demanding. Fun in English doing part of a Shakespeare play. Like I said...I was a nerd...enjoyed the German club and field trips.

Only there two years...moved from Sacramento...but hard to beat the Bay Area!

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Happy New Year to all!
The first year of retirement has been challenging. Hard to change habits developed in almost 50 years of working life, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. In fact, sometimes I can't figure out how I had time to work, with all the things that seem to fill my days now.

The best part is being back in California and getting to know our new home on the Monterey Peninsula after almost 25 years in the Midwest.

Looking forward to catching up at our 50th.

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Happy birthday, Mike. Been a long time, but you must have found the fountain of youth. You haven't changed a bit. Tom Carrato

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With my Angel: Melody - @ our former home in St. Louis - my 60th
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Frankie & Johnny.
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Beijing on business - 2007 - @ the Great Wall
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Athens - Monsanto regulatory meetings - 2007
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Cabo San Lucas vacation - ride to Todos Santos & Hotel California
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At least one "Big Ride" with the Harley (ecumenical) gang almost every year.
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My previous ride in Halifax, Nova Scotia