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Ronnie(Ron) Evans
25 things:
1. Went to Texas Tech majored in accounting, tried to change my major after 2 years to Anthropology, my Dad talked me out of that. Graduated from Texas Tech in 73, passed all 4 parts of the CPA exam on my first try in 75.
2. Susan & I moved to Dallas in 78, divorced in 80.
3. Married again in Dallas and divorced again in 86, both my exs live in Texas (as far as I know).
4. Quit my job in 88 and moved to Dillon, Co spent most of a year skiing & climbing before the money ran out and I had to get a job in Denver.
5. Married again in 89, she’s more stubborn than the first two and won’t be run off.
6. Mom died of cancer in 94, first child, Vicky, was born a few months later, second child, Kenny, in 97.
7. We moved to Montana in 2004 for my ‘dream job’ offer, and it has been.
8. My college roommate & I almost got arrested for blasting people across campus with a laser he built in the E.E. laser lab. The cops did take away the laser though.
9. I loved being a trombone player (I know I was terrible) on football nights marching into the stadium was such a gas.
10. Bought my first motorcycle in 1980 and my first sailboat in 1985, and I’ve never been without something fun to do. Sailing is my love, and I hope to retire ‘offshore’.
11. In college I got into rock climbing and became an adrenaline addict. The habit got worse as I got older, trying to find new ways to scare myself more than the time before. Got into skiing, and marathon running, even tried ultra-marathons. Knee surgery after a fall in 2005 was the end of all that, but it is hard to quit. I can still ski a little but am restricted to green/blue runs.
12. My favorite things today: skiing with my kids, sailing with my kids, riding my motorcycle.
13. My favorite things 20 years ago: skiing, running, climbing, sailing, interviewing applicants to be my next ex-wife.
14. My favorite things 40 years ago: I’ve no idea
15. I’ve been married 3 times. Some of you may remember Susan Bell(Brazoswood ’71) was first for 5 years, the second was Donna, who I met in Dallas, 4 years. Judy holds the record for tolerating me, 20 years.
16. I’ve had more jobs than I can remember. I wrote the book on technology job hopping.
17. I moved out of accounting into IT in 1978, back then it was call ‘data processing’. I know the programming languages of the dinosaurs, COBOL, RPG, and some new stuff, JAVA, javascript, etc. I drive my employees crazy because I always want us to do new things that we don’t have time for.
18. When I was a senior and didn’t have a date on Saturday (most Saturdays!) I’d drive over to Galveston and drag up and down …. Damn, I used to remember the name of that street.
19. A little known fact, in my senior year I won both Texas State Rifle Asso. Junior Gallery and Junior High Power championships.
20. Best TV show ever: West Wing
21. Favorite movie: Out of Africa
22. Favorite female singer: Joan Jett
23. Favorite male singer: Willy Nelson (cause I sound GOOD next to him).
24. Saddest thing I’ve heard … ever, the loss of Doris McGown.
25. I am more proud of my children than anything else in my life. Both our kids had problems at birth. Vicky with a foot problem and Kenny with a club hand. They both have had multiple surgeries, even open heart surgery, in their lives, and there has been scoliosis, hip dysplasia, and 4 broken arms. But they won’t quit or get down on life. Kenny with a deformed arm is on a club swim team and swims better than kids with two good arms and is our straight ‘A’ student. Vicky with all her problems was voted MVP of her school swim team this year, and is National Honor Society. Okay, that fulfills my quota of crazy parent stuff.
I tag Bev Grisham.
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