Carl Albert High School Alumni
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OK)
Mark Griffin-Johns
Carl Albert High School
Class of 1971
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MARK'S PROFILE
First Name | Mark |
Last Name | Griffin-johns |
Graduation Year | Class of 1971 |
Current Location | Guthrie'ish Oklahoma |
About Me | Most folks at Carl Albert knew me as Mark Griffin (long story). After graduation I ... Got married and had 2 daughters. Joined the Army Reserves (to stay out of Vietnam). :-) Worked at odd jobs for awhile. In 1973, I went to work at Star Manufacturing (Metal buildings) in office services delivering mail. Sometime during my "career" there they asked if I wanted to be a computer operator on their IBM 370-138 mainframe. I said "sure". (I didn't even know they had a computer). In 1979, General Motors opened a plant in Midwest City. They called me and asked if I wanted to go to work for GM as a computer operator. Oh, you bet! Long story short, I worked at the GM plant (first under GM, then EDS, then Hewlett Packard) until the plant closed in 2007 (I think). HP offered me an early retirement which I took. They then hired me back to finish closing the GM plant. Myself and 4 others were the last out the door. Went to work at Tinker for 6 months as a computer consultant for the DOD (hated it). During that time, my first wife (Terri) passed away from breast cancer. After a couple of years I remarried, sold everything, bought a truck and 36 foot 5th wheel camper and took off across the country. The traveling unfortunately, didn't last long. Sold the truck and 5th wheel, bought 2 acres between Edmond and Guthrie and built a house. Been there ever since. I'm doing good. Try to exercise every day. Try to eat right. Go to church at Community Nazarene in Midwest City (Post and 15th next to Braums) and play guitar in the Worship group every sunday. Got my PADI diver certification (In 2007). Travel around to different parts of the Caribbean when I can (mostly Mexico) to scuba dive. Haven't done much of that since Covid. If I could get this ankle monitor off it ...(read more) |
Class of 1971 Alumni and Other Nearby Classes
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Class of 1980
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Class of 1966
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Class of 1977
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Class of 1989
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Class of 1990
Patty Brown
Class of 1995
David Knight
Class of 1984
Kim Moore
Class of 1995
Brad Williams
Class of 1988
Scott Young
Class of 1998
Michael Miller
Class of 2006
Karl Monroe
Class of 1981
Whitney Ashcraft
Class of 1996
Sonja Rollings
Class of 2004
Phillip Chatmon
Class of 1977
Kim Day
Class of 1988
Tracey Smith
Class of 1998
Latrice Braxton
Class of 2001
Jeri Bradley
Class of 1992
Eva Garcia
Class of 1995
Mark Volk
Class of 1975
David Manison
Class of 1999
Robert Mortimer
Class of 1979
Kenyon Paarks
Class of 2008
Recent Class of 1971 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1971 Reunion for Free
CAHS 50th Anniversary Celebration
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Oct 12, 2012
Description: 5-7 pm Pat Price's sons are hosting a hamburger and hotdog ($5) at the fieldhouse 5:00 Dinner at Spencers - Need RSVP 7:...(read more)