Burroughs High School Alumni
Ridgecrest, California (CA)
Alan (joseph) Garrett
Burroughs High School
Class of 1958
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ALAN (JOSEPH)'S PROFILE
First Name | Alan (joseph) |
Last Name | Garrett |
Graduation Year | Class of 1958 |
Gender | Male |
City | N/A |
State/Province | CA |
Country | United States |
Occupation | Retired |
Married | Yes |
Favorite School Memory | Spending time with friends and their families I knew throughout grammer school and high school. |
About Me | One month to the day following graduation, I joined the Army with my long time friend, Joel Adams. We went to basic training at Fort Ord. Following eight weeks of basic, we were both assigned to the Air Defense Command in Los Angeles. I was assigned to a Nike Ajax anti missile site in Malibu. Joel was assigned to a similar site in Garden Grove. After eight months on formal and on the job training in ordinance and missiles, I volunteered for deployment to Germany, where I spent the next twenty eight months in various capacities in Nike Hercules and Nike Hawk units. This was a very positive experience. I was beginning to appreciate learning and was able to travel throughout much of Europe. After returning from the Army in April 1961 and not yet twenty one years of age, I worked at China Lake. For one and a half years, I worked at G Range as an Ordinanceman. Although this was a good job, I found the hurry up and wait situation, too much like my Army experience. I simply was not sufficiently challenged. Once again, Joel and I decided to go back to school, where we enrollled at Bakersfield Junior College. Before graduating, I ran out of money and decided to find employment in Bakersfield, finishing my undergraduate studies mostly at night, but the last year, full time at San Jose State University, where I obtained my BS Degree in Business Administration. I was hired by Pacific Telephone as a management trainee. This was the beginning of thirty years on employment in the telecommunications industry, where I worked in many different facets of the business. Initially I worked in Customer Service, Sales, Sales Management, Marketing, Customer Service Management, Operations Management and ultimately COO for a public long distance company. Geographically, I migrated from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Cupertino, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Santa Monica, where I have resided for the past twenty five years - longer than any other place of residence. Upon retiring from the telecommunications industry, I utilized my Real Estate Brokers license to actively participate in the mortgage business. This I have been doing for the past seven years. I'm not working aggressively these days, bu...(read more) |
Class of 1958 Alumni and Other Nearby Classes
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Randy Crook
Class of 1991
Doug Atkinson
Class of 1974
Shirley Estes
Class of 1993
Michael Brazelton
Class of 1984
Sandy Patel
Class of 1987
Terri Chew
Class of 1974
Sandi Koenig
Class of 1962
Amanda Jarrett
Class of 2006
Shirley Crouse
Class of 1968
Stella Renner
Class of 1975
Robert Rumpp
Class of 1960
Jean Rosecrans
Class of 1966
Shelley Hulsey
Class of 1989
Sylvia Luehr
Class of 2003
Rebecca Wisdom
Class of 1972
Chris Hart
Class of 1988
Tom Jordan
Class of 1955
M. Annette Peyton
Class of 1966
Crystal Stewart
Class of 2002
Linda Johnson
Class of 1972
Charles Williams
Class of 1967
Mike Crom
Class of 1955
Chris Dewittbonner
Class of 1950
Clark Reed
Class of 1974
Recent Class of 1958 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1958 Reunion for Free
Sherman E. Burroughs HS All Class Reunion
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Nov 06, 2021
Description: One evening party only. No cost to attend. No RSVP needed. No Host Bar will be available. Appetizers will be served and ...(read more)
All 50's class reunion/ class of '57
Invited Classes: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Date: Nov 01, 2014
Description: We can get together on Friday nite, is anyone wants to, altho it is Halloween. And also Sunday am if anyone wants to me...(read more)
Class of 1957 reunion
Invited Classes: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Date: Oct 24, 2014
Description: Don't have all the information yet, this is just to determine if there is enough interest in getting together.