Tom Carrato

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.

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!