North Hagerstown High School Alumni
Hagerstown, Maryland (MD)
Chris Schlotterbeck
North Hagerstown High School
Class of 1979
→ Join 2750 Alumni from North Hagerstown High School that have already claimed their alumni profiles.
→ There are 70 classes, starting with the class of 1933 all the way up to class of 2017.
CHRIS' PROFILE
| First Name | Chris |
| Last Name | Schlotterbeck |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1979 |
| Gender | Male |
| Current Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Hometown | Hagerstown |
| Relationship Status | Married |
| About Me | "Life has taken me down a long and winding road. I have been many places and done many things. I am a Pirate, Poet, and Part-Time Philosopher who now contemplates his own mortality and looks back on his life nostalgically. I have been very, very fortunate. I have , as they say, lived, laughed, loved, and been loved. I am a hopeless romantic with my heart pinned to my sleeve. Most of my life I have felt like Don Quixote, a man out of time, marching to the beat of his own drum, desperately clinging to values and a belief system that those around him find archaic and out dated, with no place in the modern world. I have spent much of my time following an impossible dream and tilting at windmills. I joined the United States Army right after high school and had the honor and privilege to wear my nations uniform and serve its flag for 20 years, 2 months, and 14 days...but who's counting! During my military career I served in Germany (there were two Germanys then) for 4 years and then in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 3 years (3 & 1/2 if you count Gulf War time.) and numerous post throughout the continental United States (CONUS). I served in every duty position in line infantry and scout platoons from Scout Rifleman to First Sergeant. I served in the 14th, 16th and 31st Infantry Regiments (1st Infantry Division / 10th Mountain Division) as well as two tours in the 3rd U.S Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard"; the Army's Official Ceremonial Unit and Escort to the President. (You may have seen us in Arlington National Cemetery or in a ceremony in the National Capital Region.) I also served as an Instructor/Sr. Instructor at NCO Academies, Non-Commission Officer in Charge (NCIOC) of an Air Assault School, as well as a Foreign Military Adviser with the Saudi Arabian military. I am airborne, air assault, rappel master, and pathfinder qualified . An 11B Infantryman with a 19D Cavalry Scout secondary (MOS). I was fortunate enough, while I was in the Army, to be afforded the opportunity to attend university full time (for 2 years) in order to finish my degree. I received my B.A. in History from Salisbury State University in December of 1989. When I left the Army in 1999 I went back to school at S.U.N.Y. to purse an M.A. and teaching certificate and then 9-11 occurred. I felt "left out" my country was at war and I wanted to do my part. So...I got a job as a Defense Contractor and spent the next 12 years working for the army as a civilian. Ironically, I went to more Army posts and spent more time in combat zones as a civilian contractor than I had done as a soldier. I married my first love in December of 1981 and we were married for 25 years. I have two grown sons, both better men than their "old man'; no man could ask for more than this from his children. Additionally, I have six grandchildren. In 2011 I married the 3d, and whom I very much expect to be the last, love of my life (My second love was not so much "the one that got away" but "the one I just let slip away" but that is , as they say, another story.) She is a Canadian and was very insistent that I live in same country, go figure! And so... I now find myself a resident of "the great white north" not only a U.S. citizen but a subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as well. Who doesn't like having two passports! I am and avid reader and am usually into 5-6 books at a time. I love the places that books can take you without ever leaving home. I especially love old books, the way they look, feel and smell (especially leather bounds). I love the things that one finds in old books, lists, notes, pictures, etc. The flotsam and jetsam of human existence. I listen to a lot of jazz, Boney James, Dav Koz, Isiah Katumwa, and , of course, John Coltrane. I love good food, great wine and interesting conversation. But what I really love is travel. I love exploring new places and experiencing new cultures. I have been exceptionally fortunate to have been able to visit 30 countries and 41 U.S. states in my lifetime. In fact I have spent 19 of the last 40 years living outside of the United States. I am a Master Mason, a member of The Veteran's of Foreign Wars, The American Legion and The Royal Canadian Legion. I am a certified first aid instructor, a certified pool operator, and I possess both a security services and investigators license, I am currently pursuing my sommeliers certification. Wilderness First Aid and Ballroom dancing are on my "list of things to do" in 2020. So...that's me in a nut shell. if you took the time to read this I thank you. (though i am not sure anyone else on here even fills this part out or if they do that anyone actually reads it.) For those who knew me in high school you are probably saying to yourself, "that's not the guy I remember". For those of you who didn't know me it suffices to say that I was the quiet, self conscious, self doubting, guy completely lacking in self-confidence, who assumed that he just wasn't well liked. Looking back I don't think it was that I wasn't liked it was that I didn't give people a chance to know me. So here I am on the back side of life's hill. I reckon that I probably have twelve to fifteen good years left. I am not done living yet but i realize most of life's moments that take ones breath away have come and gone. But, you know what, if i were to get hit by a bus tomorrow....I am ok with that. Life has been very, very good to me.. I am a very lucky man. Life is short make it sweet! No longer possessing "boyish good looks" I must now rely on charm, wit, and intellect. Boy am I in trouble! I am also on classmates....(read more) |
Class of 1979 Alumni
→ Reunite with 46 class of 1979 alumni that have joined.
Pat Swomley
Class of 1968
Jessica Dews
Class of 2007
Gregory Trumpower
Class of 1966
Andrew Smith
Class of 1980
Kristin Mowery
Class of 1990
Jerry Swartz
Class of 1971
Deven Brooks
Class of 2012
Jennifer Harvey
Class of 1998
Anthony (tony) Morgan
Class of 1977
Stephanie Itnyre
Class of 2003
Todd Evans
Class of 1992
Darsd Line
Class of 2012
Dimitra Douglas
Class of 1992
Brooke Burnett
Class of 2008
Robin Harmon
Class of 1975
Jeffrey Elliott
Class of 1962
Jane Dobbie
Class of 1968
Niki Kendrick
Class of 2008
Nicole Gelwicks
Class of 2005
Lorraine Wells
Class of 1981
Freda Delouney
Class of 1975
Mallory Geesaman
Class of 2005
Jackie Martz
Class of 1982
Tim Humphries
Class of 1981
Recent Class of 1979 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1979 Reunion for Free
Washington County Alumni Band
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Oct 27, 2012
Description: This is a ONE TIME ONLY alumni band for North High and the other county high schools to participate in the 2012 Mummer's...(read more)
30th Class Reunion
Invited Classes: 1979
Date: Oct 03, 2009
Description: Please send you email address to Carol Metzner, metznergroup@aol.com as we will be sending email invites and payment inf...(read more)