Alpha Sigma Phi - University of Washington

12 marketing in Chicago. I also spend time with brothers Gene Fol- kestad '68, Lee Blankenship '66, and Mike McNeil '66. RANDY JOHNSON '69 After seeing bios from other brothers, I felt inspired to write a little bio of someone who, with mediocre talent, achieved some cool things. After my undergraduate years at the Old Gal, I bought an old boat to live on. I started teaching music at Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale while playing in bands in Seattle on the week- ends…mostly The Blue Banjo and Doc Maynards. With the "huge wealth" as a high school teacher, I bought a different boat. Fortunately, my high school students forced me to go back and get a DMA so I quit teaching and bought a third boat. In 1982, my band started playing music for different agencies in the U.S. military. We went on 17 two- and three-month tours in 35 different countries up until 2000. It was a shameful waste of your taxpayer dollars but, hey, it's for the troops. I think I actually cried when the tours died as they were SOOO much fun. In 1992, I finished my DMA and started teaching music at the University of Guam… and, of course, bought another boat to live on. In 2003, I married one of my students, as professors often do, and moved off the boat and lived in a small place on the beach on Guam. I would have been retired like many of you, but I have a 6-year-old daughter, so I'm putting in at least another four years. The university gave me a great deal. I only have to teach a couple of classes that I enjoy, including a choir that I take to international festivals/contest most summers. So all is good! Most of my life still revolves around teaching, publishing, and playing music, but I've geared back a lot to spend time with my small family. LARRY STUMES '69 I have one son, Aaron, who is 38. I have been with my partner (I call her my wife, even though we're not married) for 23 years. She has two daughters, 38 and 42, whom I love like my own. MIKE ESTES '69 I was part of the FUBAR pledge class of 1966, but left UW after the second quarter of my freshman year to return to Kennewick to sort out my thoughts and plans for the future. I returned to UW and the fraternity at the beginning of my junior year, which explains my delayed initiation date into the fraternity. Some brothers were amazed when I returned and said that they thought they would never see me again. My first jobs after graduation were as a shift supervisor for a food processor in Quincy, the owner of a land- scape company in Moses Lake, and a construction superintendent on jobs throughout the northwest. My next job was a purchasing manager for the City of Richland, which lasted 19 years and was followed by another 19-year stint in contract management for sub- contractors to the U.S. Department of Energy at Hanford. My wife, Karen, and I are now happily retired and busier than ever. We bought a house in Kennewick in 1974, where we still live. Our home is the same house that I was brought home to from the hospital when I was born. Do you think that I can walk through this house on the darkest of nights without turning on a light and not stubbing my toes? My favorite hobbies have been hunting and fishing. We have also raised a garden for the past 40-plus years. I have been fortunate to hunt birds and big game from Arizona to Alaska, from Montana to Hawaii, and in western Canada and South Africa. Most of my volunteer time is wildlife-oriented, primarily for Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and for organizations that support these agencies. I started a game recovery program several years ago where clean, edible meat is donated to the needy. I was recognized by WDFW as its Volunteer of the Year in 2008. I am a Washington certified Master Hunter and a life member of the NRA. We enjoy traveling, camping, and spoiling our four grandkids. DAN SCHOTTLANDER '70 After Alpha Sigma Phi, I took a break from college and became a ski instructor in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Actually, it was brother John Bredvik '70 who helped me get my first teaching gig with skiing. Eventually, I graduated with an ar- chitecture degree. After college, I did more full time skiing. In the off season, I worked in the mountains building houses. Then, I got a job at Boeing working as a technician. Boeing offered a scholarship program with UW, which I was accepted into and earned a second degree in engineering. Afterward, I worked on various construction projects in Washington and Alaska. Then, my job took me to Los Angeles. I have been living in southern California since the 1980s. I married a non-athletic California girl who didn't like the snow or the moun- tains, so I took up golf, which I still play on a regular basis. I was married for over 25 years and lost my wife to breast cancer seven years ago. Recently, I married a widow who also lost her husband to cancer. I have two adult stepchildren. I live in Orange County, California, about three miles from the Pacific Ocean. We enjoy taking walks on the beach or driving along the coast highway. Other interests include home wine making, driving my Jeep on dirt roads, and traveling. I'm still working as a consultant for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on marine construction projects. Not sure when I will retire, as I still enjoy what I'm doing. LANCE MORRISON '71 I am retired from Boeing and enjoying retirement. Nedra and I volunteer each week at the PAWS animal shelter in Lynnwood. I help transport animals to their dental appointments and walk dogs. Nedra attends to cats. Beats working any day.

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