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Gregory Lane

My Profile – Greg Lane
What does one write when describing their life to others after 50 years? Well, I guess a timeline. After leaving Washington High School, I, like many went to college, ASU. Some of my friends went to UA and that made for what a lot of us experienced a beginning of finding new friends and relationships. I spent 5 years at ASU to get my BSEE and then accepted a job with Bunker Ramo in California. With the draft situation I was a week away from deployment when my clearance came through and I then began my career as a Field Engineer to fix navigational computer systems on board ships and submarines.
I was sent to Newport News, Virginia for my first assignment. Bought a 5 string banjo, joined a folk group, and met my wife to be, Ann, from Kentucky. We married in 1969, moved to Charleston, SC., Huntington, NY., and had our first kid, Brian. In 1976, hurricane Bell ran through our area as we were about to move to California. We took up residence in California and had Rena in 1977.
Having roots now in California, I changed jobs from being a Field Engineer, to Systems Engineer, and left Bunker Ramo in 1980 to work for Litton Data Systems for the Saudi communications systems being installed in that country. Never made it to Saudi as I got my MBA from Pepperdine in 1982 and then went to work for Raytheon Electromagnetic Systems in Goleta, California. Spent some time there until their contracts were drying up, so then I took on a job with Teledyne Systems Division, which made the commute a lot shorter. I left that job after three years to work with Northrop Grumman on the YF-23 jet airplane and then jumped around inside the company on various programs and projects with the B-2 bomber being my last one that I can talk about.
After serving 45 years with DOD companies and 20 years of them being with Northrop Grumman, I retired to a comfortable life of leisure, heh heh. Most of my retirement has been with helping out in emergency communications with our local Amateur Radio groups and the American Red Cross. Ann and I both help when we can with the Red Cross and she has been on many of the past hurricane and flood disasters while I stayed home taking care of two cats and a dog. Our Daughter works for Baxter in Newbury Park, and our Son, Brian, works for Goldline in Santa Monica.
Other than taking care of our animals we are now enjoying our “NEW” and only Grandson, Grayson, who at the time of this profile is 11 months old. I have taken much pleasure in spoiling him and trying to teach him how to play the Uke as well as harmonicas. I have to admit I have been “re-bitten” by the music bug and have dabbled in both the brass and string instruments without ever taking a lesson. Ann and I both like road touring and cruising, so in 2014 we plan to go on a Baltic tour. This 50th WHS reunion worked into our plans as we are on our way to attend our Niece’s wedding in Kentucky and maybe, pick up a few more mandolins and banjos, heh heh. Love you all, it was a great educational school. Sorry if any of you remember being smoked out of your room on 6th period. That was Richard and I setting off a magnesium bomb. Guess I never did stop clowning around!
You can follow me on my travels going to www.aprs.fi and typing in k7sdw-13 when I am on road tour. I like Morse code, so I am usually working with the group www.skcc.org when at home. May you all have another 50 years of life.

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