Rim Of The World High School Alumni
Lake Arrowhead, California (CA)
Fred Larson
Rim Of The World High School
Class of 1960
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FRED'S PROFILE
| First Name | Fred |
| Last Name | Larson |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1960 |
| Current Location | Cutler Bay, Florida |
| Hometown | Lake Arrowhead |
| Relationship Status | Widowed |
| About Me | Following Rim I attended Cal Poly for two years studying engineering. I worked for Speed Donaldson as a logger, equipment operator, and sawmiller at his mill at the Scout Camp on weekends and summers. I really enjoyed forestry work and one day it hit me, "do I want to spend my life going to the same building wearing a white shirt with a pocket protecter and shiny shoes, or do I want to work in the forest wearing Levis and work boots with a picnic in a different location nearly every day, enjoying the fresh air, viewing wildlife". Well, duh, I checked out of Cal Poly and studied forestry at Northern Arizona University. Received BS and MS degrees in Forestry. Worked on the Kaibab National Forest for several years, then switched to forest research at the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Research Station. The Station sent me to Fort Collins, Colorado. to attend Colorado State University to learn more about forest modeling and build a computer model for projecting growth, regeneration, and mortality, and for simulating different scenarios of harvests in order to select the best management practice. built a very successful model that was used by foresters throughout the southwest. The Forest Service used th model, as did Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, The University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona University. I earned a PhD for that effort and in 1975 I published it and set it up on the Forest Service main frame computer in Albuquerque, NM. I transferred to Alaska in January of 1978 and spent the next 22 years overseeing the inventory of the Stats's renewable resources. Great jobs, wonderful experiences. Came face to face with a Mountain Lion, couple of Grizzle Bears, a Black Bear, Bob Cat, and one Mad Moose. While in Alaska my wife, daughter, and I developed a business where I would fly us out to Eskimo villages and buy the native artwork, walrus ivory and whale bone carvings, dolls, skin sewing. grass and baleen baskets, etc. We sold to collectors, gift shops, museums, cruise ships, and at trade shows. I retired in 2000 and moved to Hawaii where we bought a home near Kailua Beach on Oahu. Remodeled the home and built a small apartment on a second floor that we rented to tourists. I also picked up a job teaching mathematics at Hawaii Pacific University. The political turmoil over vacation rentals made life difficult and combining that with family health issues we decided to move on to where better health care could be obtained, so here we are in Florida. I lost my wife a couple of years ago, but my daughter lives with me and she is a really special. When she was young, I would tell her she was a great kid and maybe I would keep her another day or so. Now I tell her "Don't you dare run away". She cooks, cleans, makes me take my pills, pays all the bills (with my money of course) and really looks after me. And that is a ...(read more) |
Class of 1960 Alumni and Other Nearby Classes
Scott Pilgrim
Class of 2009
Tom Pilkington
Class of 1985
Brandi Taege-tougas
Class of 2001
Jason Lang
Class of 2008
Kristin Mcculloch
Class of 1993
Alice Stanfill
Class of 1973
Tina Belmont
Class of 1975
Marinko Skroce
Class of 1985
Jenny Morgan
Class of 2002
Michael Bennett
Class of 1999
Brad Mayo
Class of 1982
Sabrina Lewis
Class of 2002
Ben Goodwin
Class of 1993
Derek Wallace
Class of 1988
Kathaleen O'bosky
Class of 1985
Eryn Armendarez
Class of 1997
Richard Connally
Class of 1973
Wayne Davis
Class of 1983
Recent Class of 1960 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1960 Reunion for Free
Classes 1958-1964
Invited Classes: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Date: Oct 03, 2014
Description: This is just to get as many of the early Rim classes on the Hill as possible over that weekend.- really just an FYI
Class of 1965 Class Reunion
Invited Classes: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
Description: No plans have been made for our next class reunion. If plans are made I'll post the information here or send out indivi...(read more)