JOHN R ERBES

Played bass and guitar for a couple of years in rock bands after high school.
Worked as a precision machinist and a motorcycle mechanic.
Did a bit of motorcycle racing.
Got a degree in automotive technology.
When my draft letter came in the mail during Vietnam I enlisted in the Navy Seabees for a couple of years as a heavy construction vehicle mechanic.
Got married and had a couple of daughters, Jennifer and Stephanie.
Worked in a Tiffany-style stained glass art studio. Worked on pipe organ installation and repair.
Got a bachelor's in engineering and had a son, Christopher.
Did some more motorcycle racing and had another daughter, Elizabeth.
Taught computer science at UWM and UW-Waukesha for seven years, and had another son, Timothy.
Got a master's in computer science engineering and had another daughter, Catherine, and a son, Thomas.
Spent 20 years as a manager/director in IT. Retired in '03.
Currently hobbies include child maintenance (of my own kids), photography, computers, electronics, garage band guitar playing, woodworking, home repair, motorcycles and auto mechanics.
I'm getting old.

I have a memory of Jim Sernovitz wandering around with a shorted-out extension cord and tripping all of the circuit breakers in the physics classroom to confuse the physics teacher.

The only other memory I have is how bad the macaroni and cheese lunch was.

Email me at john.erbes@att.net or call 414-771-9554