Mitchell Pratt

Idaho; Herzliya, Israel

mitch@mitchpratt.com

No, but my son Harrison lives in Chico.

Probably not. We enjoy Utah (although as we get older, the cold seems to get colder).

Went to Butte College-graduated 1971. Got married to a girl from Chico in 1973. Transferred from Chico State to Brigham Young University in Provo, UT where I graduated in 1975 with an Elementary Ed major and a Music minor. Moved back to Oroville and taught for the Palermo School District until 1980.

Spent summers in Israel doing archaeological fieldwork. I graduated from Chico State with a Master's Degree in Middle East Studies and Archaeology in 1984. We had three children by then: Kryslyn, Andrew, and Harrison

I moved to Utah to teach school in the Alpine School District. After 15 years my first wife and I got divorced in 1985. They moved back to Chico and I stayed in Utah. I got remarried in 1988 to my current wife, Cindy. I adopted her daughter, Tiffany. I got involved in using computers in education, so in 1999 I completed a Ph.D. in Computing Technology in Education at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale Florida.

Cindy and I retired from teaching in May 2009. The retirement plan we came up with, that works for both of us, is that she does whatever she wants and I pay for it! After a few years of being bored, I went back to the classroom teaching 5th Grade. I also teach graduate students online for Walden University.

No. That's why this reunion is going to be so fun...to catch up with everyone. I have been so out of the loop with everyone that it will be great to see everyone again (although Mike McLogan occasionally asks my brother Monte when do I ever come to Oroville - I must apologize to Mike for not getting connected - sorry Mike, we will make up for it in the future).

Education, Ancient History, Archaeology and Anthropology (including Forensic Archaeology). I am currently (in my spare time -yeah right) I am in an online certificate program with the Institute of Biblical Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem studying the Hebraic Context of the Bible; learning Hebrew, etc., etc.

Never as much as I would like. I am now in "rehirement" - got bored, so I went back to work.

Cindy is from Maine, so we spend as much time as we can there. We have a house on a lake in central Maine.

Well, I thought Utah was a foreign country when I first moved here, lol. I have traveled to England, Jordan, and Israel.

Living summers in Israel and doing archaeological field work there in the late 70s. Digging up dead people may be unusual. Working on some forensic archaeology projects will also be forthcoming. We are trying to establish some forensic archaeology courses at a university where some of my digging buddies are professors.

Anything by the Beatles, Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, Doors, Jefferson Airplane, etc.