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Walter (Walt) Huntsman
I've bounced around quite a bit. After graduation, I headed to the University of Puget Sound for four years. In 1978 (no degree in hand), I left school for a radio job in Raymond, WA. When the radio station was sold, I quit and went to work for the Fred Meyer store in Midway (now closed, I think).
In 1982, I went to work for a TV station in Miles City, MT. The next year, I moved to Rapid City, SD, where I worked for a TV station, then a radio station and, along the way, became a Catholic.
In 1986, I was fired from my radio station job and hit the road again, landing at a TV station in Alexandria, LA. I went from there to a TV station in Lafayette, LA. In 1988, I went to work for a radio station in Kalispell, MT, returning to the Lafayette TV station a year later.
In September, 1989, I moved to Huntsville, AL to go to work for a TV station as a news producer. In 1993, I married my wife Teresa. At the same time, I returned to college after a 15-year absence.
In 1995, I received my bachelor's degree and liked school so much, I decided to keep going and received a master's degree in English in 1997. In between, in 1996, our son Christopher was born. He has since been diagnosed as high-functioning autistic, although he is a bright young boy with a great sense of humor. As in everything else, even in the area of autism, Christopher is not a typical child.
In 1997, I moved to Urbana, IL to begin work toward a PhD in English. After four years of teaching and studying, I decided it was time to put that dream to bed once and for all. Since January, 2002, I've worked as a computer phone support person at the University, having first provided support to the English Department while a graduate student.
In June, my wife, son, and I are making a clean break from the Midwest. We are moving to Boise, ID. We don't have jobs yet, so if you know anyone in the Boise area, please pass those names and phone numbers along :)
If you've read this far, you realize I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Perhaps I shouldn't, but I still have dreams I hope to fulfill. Lately, hearing from some of the voices of my past is on that list of unfulfilled dreams.
If you remember me (even if you don't), I'd love to hear from you. (I'll likely know of you even if you don't remember me - there were a lot of people I wanted to get to know but couldn't.) Take care, everyone.
Walt Huntsman
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