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Roy Johannesen |
| Residence: |
411 Hawthorne Rd, Colfax, CA 95713
E-MAIL
ROY |
| CCS Class
Year |
1975 |
| Graduated
from |
Seminole High School,
Seminole, FL |
| Marital Status: |
Married |
| Spouse: |
Carla Johannesen |
| Children: |
Kate Lydie Johannesen (22)
and Alexander Johannesen (21) |
| Grandkids: |
Not yet |
| College/Schools |
Master of Science and PhD
coursework (ABD NO dissertation-too many kids to feed) |
| Occupation: |
Webinar Course Developer for
Professional Engineers and Architects (present endeavour)
Writing, including technical papers and editorials dealing with energy; as
well as biographical sketches that might contain a "stretcher" or
two.......... or three..... |
| Past Residences: |
Seminole, FL
US Navy - USS Butte-AE-27 homeported in Earle, NJ and
deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea; with occasional liberty to the
countries of that ancient region of history and culture;
(also based in Orlando, FL; Charleston, SC; (Saratoga
Springs!) NY; Groton, CN; Brooklyn, NY; Earle, NJ; and last but not least;
Philadelphia, PA)
after my enlistment was up, life took me to:
Gainesville, FL
Cincinnati, OH
St. Petersburg, FL
Pensacola, FL
Cary, NC
Colfax, CA
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| Past Jobs: |
Research Engineer I - General Electric Aircraft Engines
Research Assistant - NASA & University of Florida
Extension Faculty - College of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Florida
Senior Engineer - New Products & Services, Florida
Power Corp.
Extension Faculty - College of Agricultural
Engineering, University of Florida
Director of New Products & Services, NOPEC (Biodiesel -
i.e. "No OPEC" - we were ahead of our time in 1997, but this is an
exploding field now)
Vice President of Research, Solmates Corp ("Solar for
Schools" web development - check out "solar for schools" on the web; this
utility-fielded solar program has now spread across the country!)
Performance Contract Engineer - Honeywell International
Inc. (engineering multi-million dollar self-paying energy-savings projects
for the US Air Force, et al; ex: Travis AFB)
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| Other Activities |
long-distance runner, biker,
hiker, backpacker, solar development, writing, working with at-risk youth,
staying married, and launching two exceptional children who are now
finishing-up their degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Environmental
Science; respectively, at UVM. |
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Favorite Teacher(s): |
Mr. Otis (5th grade); Mr.
Luke (6th Grade); Ms. Idleman (7th-grade History) |
| Memories: |
'Growing-up tramping through the verdant woods and
fields that surround and envelope Cambridge, as well as attending school
at CCS from kindergarten - to - 10th grade leaves an indelible impression
upon one's psyche and soul; at least it did for me. So I would very much
like to re-connect with my roots, and the fine people I grew-up with. One
memory that makes me smile is listed here:
I love history: So I LOVED the history of our little
village and to this day, Cambridge remains to me a place out-of-time.
When young, I casually walked down the local roads that
were so vital 200 hundred years ago to the founding of our Country. From
arrow-heads found during spring-planting, to the Earth-shaking Battle of
Saratoga that happened all around Cambridge, to the 18th century
grave-yard and its headstones of revolutionary war soldiers and
militia-farmers that rest forever just a few hundred yards up the Turnpike
road from our old house.; Cambridge simply drips with the most decisive
history of the Revolutionary War that founded our nation; even as it has
managed to sit-out most of the unchecked and rampant development that has
over-run so many other beautiful and historic birth-marks of our great
land.
I still remember when my cousin Dave's older teen-aged
brother, Mike, was waiting at that Historic Marker (the "Dinondawaha -
Trail"; located at the End of Academy St. and the Beginning of Turnpike
Road) to rendezvous with a girl that he did NOT want to introduce to
young-me and my two even-younger brothers. So of course my brothers and I
pesticated him unmercifully as he tried-in-vain to shoo-away our
soon-to-be embarrassing presence.
We were very curious about this impending meeting; but
Mike eventually did manage to keep us un-educated as to guy/girl
interactions, as we finally gave-up and left him in peace to meet this
mysterious female (who seemed to be rather late in arriving). I suspect
that Mike has no recollection of this event, but I still think of him and
that beginning-of-the-End-of-Innocence Episode (for me) that took place
so many years ago, in front of that Historical Marker-sign, one fine
summer evening. At the edge of our little town. RJ
There is so much more to say; but time and space limit
me to saying that Cambridge will ALWAYS feel like home to me; even though
I became yet another unwilling expatriate, whose family moved away for
economic reasons when I was in 10th grade. But I must thank all those
many fine friends; many that I didn't even know I had, who helped me cope
with growing-up, (like when Dick Cummings got me through that horrible
first day of coming to school wearing brand-new and quite-stylish
black-plastic horn-rimmed glasses - when we were about half-way through
sixth grade); and for all the many kindnesses I received from so many
more wonderful people. Note to Bill Moses: We STILL have to make good on
our pact to travel to Alaska that we made back in 6th grade!. (And I
STILL have lead in my knee from the pencil-point you inserted there!)
Finally, I am compelled to ask for the forgiveness of
all those who I hurt through any of my many immature actions, committed in
large part during those dreadful early teen-years when I was struggling
to find my place in the world, and didn't care who I hurt to do it.
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Military Service |
'US Navy enlisted in 1975,
discharged in 1981; went to school on the GI Bill ASAP |
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Comments: |
There are too many "favorite" teachers to do them
proper justice; but I would also like to mention Ms. Rymph (Latin -7th &
8th grade). And ESPECIALLY Bob Cheney, who now lives in the house next to
the one I grew up in in Cambridge, and who was both my mentor (even if he
didn't know it) as well as my soccer coach.
When I was young, I could not conceive of living
anywhere else than Cambridge. And in retrospect; it seems that in ways
both physical (Colfax. CA is hill-country) and mental; I have ever-sought
to return to that Place I was born and that is part of my DNA; ever since
I left so long ago. So it is a delight to fill-out this form, and to say
to all the people I parted company with so long ago; that you all helped
me act upon the better angels of my nature as these years continue to roll
by; many thanks!. RJ
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