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John Patton
Hello Everyone. Post graduation from NCHS I attended UW on a football scholarship, and also wrestled and threw the shot put and discus. I did not graduate. I tried to play in the NFL for the next few years with tryouts with Atlanta and Seattle in 1980, and 81, without success. Mom died of breast cancer in 1978, and I enlisted in the army in 1983 and served in the Sudan and Germany (FRG when there was still that designation) for the next four years. In 1986 I spent the spring and Summer in Casper working for my Dad's company, I saw several of you during these months. I went back to school at UNLV where my brother Marshall was working as a cameraman for the local Las Vegas TV station. Marsh let me live in his condo across the street from the University. I had been sort of an international bum for the last four years traveling around the world with the U.S. Army, and Marsh Jr. helped me get in-state tuition status, and even signed for my first credit card, and I must have been what, 26?. Marsh Jr. always gave unconditionally to me and over the years he has never stopped being a great brother. Of call Marsh Jrs accomplishments, he excelled at this most, I would say. I graduated with a BS in Business Admin in 1988. I was serving with the 221st Armor Brigade in Las Vegas and in 1988 and I received my Commission from Congress and attended the Army leadership college in Fort Knox, KY in 1988. I went to work in the oil patch in CA for the next few years working for Citgo, UNOCAL and ConocoPhillips in succession. While serving with the California National Guard in San Diego (40th Inf., 185th Armor BN) I volunteered for assignment to the Saudi Arabian theatre during the Desert Shield build up prior to Desert Storm. I received my orders for mobilization to Bahrain in 1990 and ultimately would also serve in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait over the next year. While working for UNOCAL in Los Angeles I completed my MS in Production Engineering at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Ultimately, I completed my PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University, Terre Haute and with this terminal degree and two Master's degrees I was able to set my education failures at UW far behind me. Google my dissertation at "Task Diminishment". I have two wonderful children Conner born in 1999 on New Year's Eve (A millennium baby, remember that nonsense?), and Savana who was born in 2002. They are my life. We lost Clay (my younger brother) in 2009 to cancer. Clay had sort of withdrawn from the family after mom died and resisted efforts from me to re-connect, he was living in Texas at the time – Arlington. It was odd how all the family separately migrated back to Texas of the years with Dad first going to San Antonio, my sister going to Irving, Clay going to Arlington and much later Marshall Jr going to Midland. I think we ultimately failed Clay while he was growing up. It was easy for Clay to get lost in the shadows while Marshall and I enjoyed heady times. I don't think – looking back, Clay ever forgot these slights, he has never been bitter, but he never responded to the outreach either and his responses to my letters and visits must be interpreted as cool., as was probably his right. All of us lacked gregariousness, especially after mom died, but Clay took this to hermitic lengths, at least as far as the rest of the family was concerned. He was intent on living in his own world with a new family. He is survived by a son Nicolas and his wife. My Dad died a few months ago (Easter, 2013) and I miss him terribly. Every time I want to share something great my kids have done I miss him even more. We had wonderfully deep, enriching discussions about politics, history, stock markets and economics, etc. He is the only person I have ever known that could talk in depth about almost any topic. I remember as a kid walking into a barn one evening after a summer working at my uncle’s ranch. Dad and his brothers, all dressed in coveralls and dirty t-shirts, churning ice cream and discussing the finer points of “Taming the Shrew”. I read a book by Philip Caputo called "Horn of Africa" in 1996 or thereabouts. This book changed my life and I gave a copy to Dad and to anyone else who would listen to me prater on about it. In Dad's last months, down in San Antonio I quoted the book without citation during one of our discussions. He never even paused and remembered the line from the book and the context it was in. I was never even sure he read that book, and almost 20 years later he picked up my obscure reference and developed it further. That man had a mind as strong as his grip. He loved many of you. He had special memories of you all has young kids, even younger than our high school days. For some reason he always thought of Mark Demattia has a very polite and respectful kid. He was always proud of what Shane Tweety could do on the Sports field, and he indulged the mischievousness of the Barrett boys, Brett and Matt. He would always shake his head about how those two would run headlong into trouble without a second glance. He liked Marty C and Lisa E and most of the other friends I sometimes brought to house. He liked Eric Fleming too, mostly for his accomplishments on the swim team. Since dad died I have had bouts of nostalgia and thus this rather long-winded profile. I will attend the next reunion no matter what. I have enjoyed reviewing the pictures from the last few reunions and you all look wonderful and makes this nostalgia even worse. I remember you all as 16 year olds. Best Wishes to all.
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