George Makrauer

352-399-8876

2013 - Having a great time as drummer in the Beatles Tribute Band of The Beatlemaniacs of The Villages, Florida
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Varied senior management positions, for-profit and not-for profit board positions, and consulting engagements to commercial, academic and government bodies (domestic and international including Japan, Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Canada, Dominican Republic) on plastics, manufacturing, printing, pollution prevention, communications, and government regulations and relations dealing with those activities.

Elected public official: Commissioner of District 1, Treasure Island, Florida (One term; that's all they could take; I would not tell them what they wanted to hear, only what they needed to hear. Lousy politician; great government representative.)

Personal recognitions and awards include:
1. 1994 Ohio Governor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pollution Prevention.
2. 1990 National Market Development Award, National Corn Growers Association.
3. 1983 Guest of Christian Democratic Union, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Exchange Program, Federal Republic of Germany.
4. 1982 National Weather Service Public Service Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Too many great stories to retell, looking back, about how my -- I think "all our" -- Walnut Hills experiences led to a different appreciation for life's responsibility, accountability and public service than we see in most public school students today.

For the most part, we were fortunate to have capable and caring teachers who were committed to our learning how to learn and getting an education, not ever just a "pass" to the next grade or just a diploma at WHHS and beyond.

I KNOW that the methods of discipline used in those days -- including a swat with a yard-stick or paddle or a detention -- made a positive difference, compared to the disgraceful behaviors we see today in school, at work and in the police logs.

I had no appreciation at the time for the long-term value of studying Latin (for five years). Never needed it in shul, of course, but have relied on its language foundation throughout my life.

I'm afraid some of my "funny story" memories resulted in a detention -- either mine or someone else's -- but my most vivid recollection is when in Senior year, a few weeks prior to graduation, one of our popular classmates used an M-80 firecracker to flush it down and blow a toilet off the wall of one of the second floor "boys" rooms. It was such an outrageous and unique event in 1962, the explosion, noise, smoke and water pouring under the door into the hall was "funny". Today, that's just a normal part of disgraceful public school vandalism.

Oh, yeah. What's a "hall monitor"?