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After graduating with most of y'all in 77, I stayed at Tech for two more years and earned an MBA in 79. I went to work for a steel fabricator in Bethlehem, Pa, starting on the second shift as a floor foreman. By the time I worked my way up to project manager and was working on a GM Assembly Plant in Lake Orion Mi., the union went on strike. I don't know if they ever settled that strike, because after six months of crossing the line and wrapping up the project, I found work in South Carolina, a non union state.
My first wife, from Bethlehem, and I moved here in 82 where I worked as a project manager for a steel fabricator who did a lot of work up north. I spent a lot of time traveling to Boston, New York, Chicago, St Louis... After a few years of flying around every week, I went to work for a local general contractor and made it home every night. I started working with Martin Engineering 18 years ago. The boss, a WVU graduate, died a few years back and the family is keeping the business going. We are one of the largest school builders in the state.
Soon after starting work here, I ended up divorcing my first wife. I met Sherrie and Tara a few months later. We were married nearly sixteen years ago, when Tara was 2 1\2 years old. Tara will start at Winthrop college in elementary education next fall.
Mitch came along a few years later. He was born on the day before my fortieth birthday. What a present!!
I didn't get squat for my fiftieth.
Mitch is presently in the sixth grade and hopes to make the school football team next year. While I was watching a VT football game on TV about four or five years ago, Mitch told me he wanted to go see a game on campus. So, we have had a tradition for the last few years to attend at least one game a year.
These three are the center of my life and the reason I keep getting up in the morning.
For the record, I have never had to serve any involuntary community service nor jail time. Apparently, it is acceptable in South Carolina if your back is turned to the road.
