7. Work history
and positions held: |
make a timeline of all the places you worked
Growing up in Newport:
Mowed Cemetery Lawns in Newport, New Hampshire at age 14.
Bagged groceries at Grand Union Champaign Stores in High School.
Delivered Flows at the Newport Flower Shop in High School (inherited the
job from my brother Bill).
Movie projectionist (35 mm) at the Latchis Theater in Newport through
High School. Off to College:
Stock Room at Machinists Dry Goods Store, in Manchester, New
Hampshire.
Several jobs at the Manchester Boys Club (Main Desk, Wood Working, and
Group Leader - Chicago Trip, met Jessy Owens).
OCS at the New Hampshire National Guard in Concord, New Hampshire.
Immediately After Graduation:
1969 -
Sold Life Insurance (poorly) at the Equitable Life Assurance Society of
New York - worked for Jack Cheny.
Executive Office in Plymouth ARNG.
Commander at the Lebanon ARNG.
1969 -
Attended Artillery Basic Course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma.
Active Duty Military Career:
1971 -
State Headquarters, Selective Service System, Chief of Local Board
Operations, Concord, New Hampshire.
1973 -
National Headquarters, Selective Service System, Joint Military Service
Personnel Officer, Washington, DC.
1975 -
Assistant to the Regional Director, SSS, Region 1, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
1980 -
National Headquarters, SSS, National Training Officer, Washington, DC.
1983 -
Assistant to the Regional Director, SSS, Region 4, Dallas, Texas.
1986 -
National Director, Organization Effectiveness Center, Camp Robinson,
ARNG Professional Education Center, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
1989 -
ARNG Liaison Officer, US Army Training Support Center, Fort Eustis,
Virginia.
1992 -
Retired: with 26 years active service in March-ish 1992
Private Companies - ODI and QWLC:
Newport News, Virginia
My Desk
1st Library
1st - In Home Office - 205 Ford Court, Newport News,
Virginia
Front
Back
2nd Office - Commercial Space - Piccadilly Office Park,
Warwick Blvd, Newport News, Virginia - Second Floor plus one
large suite next door.
External
Break Room
3rd Office - Quality of WorkLife Center (5,000+ SqFt),
on the Harbor Front, Hampton, Virginia
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9. Major
geographic moves: |
list dates, places you lived over the years
Neighborhood
14 Walnut Street, Newport, New Hampshire - Grew up here. Purchased
just before I was born in 1945.
Middle upstairs and right upstairs were mine at one time or another.
Back
Spent time at High Street - Pop and Grams house on East Mountain,
Newport, New Hampshire (long after their death)
Spent time in Avon Massachusetts at Uncle Als Home - week or so in the
summer months.
Manchester, New Hampshire Lawton, Oklahoma Goffstown, New Hampshire
Arlington, Virginia - Washington, DC
Mantua, New Jersey 30-day Temporary
Back
2303 D Patrol Road,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Back
Kensington, MD Transition - Temporary
Back
Fort Washington, Maryland - Washington, DC
Arlington, Texas
7216 Geronimo Circle,
North Little Rock, Arkansas
205 Ford Court,
Newport News, Virginia
Back
35 Waters Edge, Hampton, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia
Coventry
York County, Virginia
then
923 Ivystone,
Newport News, Virginia
809 Greystone Trace, Newport News, Virginia
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14. Travel,
special vacations and events: |
places and dates as well as significant sites and
stories
Early tent camping with the family in New Hampshire.
1976 Vacations
Plus
Married - February 28, 1976
Moved into first home at 2815 South 12th
St., Arlington, Virginia
Honeymoon in Williamsburg
Bought boat Doesnt leak, not one drop!
Bought Sammy Car 1976 Blue Chevy Wagon
1977 Vacation Plus
Dads Testimonial Retirement (June 25th),
Cottage at Lake Sunapee with , Elizabeths Folks Home.
Disney World (July) with Jess and Jenn, military
installations SUNBURN! at Patrick AFB.
Through Chatanooga, TN Go home Yankees!! (NH Plates).
Got pilots license
1978 Vacation Plus
Disney World Camper with Rain almost every day!
Moved To Mantua, New Jersey ( less than 30 days
temporary)
Moved into home at 2303 D Patrol Road, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
While in Philadelphia visited local sites: Valley
Forge, Liberty Bell, Sesame Street,
1979 Vacations Plus
Pregnant with Abby Hypoglycemia.
Maine to folks Camper in York Campground
Abby Born September 17th at Navy Hospital in
South Philly
Travel to/from Jess Jenn pickup in Virginia
Took up golf with Ed Pagano.
Bought Airplane N7986U
Took in Heather Jean
Inheritance
Dad diagnosed with cancer surgery
1980 Vacations
Life with Abby
2nd Pregnancy - Joe Born December 21st
Navy Wives Club President
1981 Vacations and events
Transferred back to SSS Headquarters - moved
temporarily to a three-month rental in Kennsington, Maryland;
temporary quarters at Bolling AFB, Maryland, and ???
Alexandria, Vriginia.
April - Roswell, NM; Carlesbad, NM; El Paso, TX;
Mexico; amd home.
FINALLY moved into home at 12803 Falkirk Circle,
Tantallon, Fort Washington, Maryland
Promoted to Major in summer
Molly and Betty visit from England
Elizabeth joined Beta Sigma Phi
Abby to WV for potty training
Custody case Sarah came down to testify
Jess and Jenn taken to Florida - total surprise
DDT last Christmas
1982 Vacations Plus
Bunco Squad - called the real estate company on illegal
fees!
Normans first haircut
Dad (Thomas) died in West Virginia.
First miniature computer WOW!
1983 Vacations Plus
Moved to 1900 Bedrock Lane, Arlington, Texas.
Redskills won superbowl - we attended the party with
sorority friends.
Beta Sigma Phi
Gita - betrothed before birth in India
Visited Roswell, NM, with Mom
Mom married Bill trip to Las Vegas
First real computer
1984 Vacation Plus
Trips to Washington
Moved to
2214 Crooked Oak Court, Arlington, Texas.
Telepathic phone calls between
Joe and Liza from Eugene, Oregon Workshop Communicated with a rose!
Humpty Dumpty Day School
Resigned Selective Service (Joe Black a catalyst).
New Hampshire Massachusetts Home to Arlington, TX
Job Hunt, NHARNG
Started two new businesses (TechSys [texas] and Home
Assistant)
Helped Joan Kinscherrif on thesis.
Running out of
employment options Called Ed Pagano at Elizabeths insistence Headed
for Ft. Ord
Visited Ralph on the way in California.
1985 Vacation Plus
Showed up for
OEC School without orders for first three weeks.
Brack on the other side of the wall at Ft. Ord and
Roommate from West Point.
Elizabeth to Big Sur for a long weekend.
OECS in Monterey, California Fort Lewis, Washington
Yakama Firing Center, Washington,
Met family in San Francisco Airport and on to Monterey.
OECS Graduation Fort Ord Monterey Aquarium Sea
Coast Route 5 Disneyland Universal Studios
Long Beach Queen Mary and Howard Hughes Spruce Goose
Knotts Berry Farm Carlsbad Caverns
Home (Arlington, TX)
Moved to 7216 Geronimo Circle, North Little Rock,
Arkansas bought it.
Poison Oak
First trip to Alaska Anchorage, Bethel, Nome,
Kotzebue, Anchorage home!
Timber Abby stitches!
Travelled a lot.
1986 Vacations
Plus
Promotion to Major
Business trip to Germany with a stop in Ireland,
Atlanta, on to Home, Little Rock.
Command and General Staff completed eligible for
promotion.
JJ turned 40!!!
Joseph Norman entered kintergarden
Chicken pox.
Wives Club at North Little rock AFB Hillary Clinton a
guest speaker.
1987(?) Vacation
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas and Attractions
Home to N. Little Rock, AR
Started visiting Arkansas State Parks Lake Catherine,
etc.
Death and Dying
? Puerto Rico Met Bob Butehorn.
Arkansas Diamond Mine (State Quarter site)
JJ Stopped Smoking -
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Heard God for the first time Help My People!
Technology as fast as I could.
NLP certification.
1988 Vacations
Plus
? JJ visit to Germany
San Antonio NG Convention Graduation for PEC Class
Rough times Holidays
Lisa in or out of PPD?
Abby and Joey to 7th Street School.
Hamster
1989 Events
Transferred to ATSC in Newport News, Virginia at Fort
Eustis
Moved to 205 Ford Court, Newport News, Virginia
OFFICIAL GUEST USS Abraham Lincoln, November 11, 1989
Zenith Computer
R. O. Nelson Elementary School
Wrote the initial "Master Plan and Initial Library" for
Leadagement Technologies, Inc.
1990 Vacation Plus
Oozle Finch
ATSC Exhibit in Reno, Nevada Home to Newport News,
Virginia
Howard and Terry
Drug Issues
ETL stopped smoking.
Joe Denbigh Youth Baseball.
Beginning of Fort Story visits
1991 Vacations Plus
Serious Illness appendix 11 days in ICU
Snip Snip!!
Mrs. McCallum
Class Mom
Psuedo parents Charlie and Patty
Abby Class President
Joey Karate
Still at Fort Story and Youth Baseball
1992 Vacations Plus
Retired from USA
Got first cell phone
Trip to New Hampshire Moms funeral D: April
21, 1992.
Got Buster Dawg!
Started at St. Stephens
Started ODI and LTI born
Continued with Fort Story visits
Started as a HOME office at 205 Ford Court.
1993 Vacation
Originally destined for Jan Juan on Space-A from
Andrews AFB, BUT ended up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Brother Tom died.
Joined ASTD
Bought RED convertible
Joseph Norman continued Baseball, Tae Kwan Do
Bought Black Tank Pontiac
Continued Fort Story
1994 Vacation
Abby in District Chorus
Carnival Festivale San Juan St. Thomas Martinique
St. Martian Barbados
Bill Shupe died
Started with James City County
ETL turned 40
1995
Vacations Plus
Dallas San
Francisco Lake Tahoe CA National Guard Convention
(Oklahoma City Bombing
weekend).
July Lake Sunapee with Grampy for a week (video
available).
August Granny in West Virginia (video available).
1996 Vacations
Totally consumed with developing a workforce for ODI
from scratch.
Wrote the book on "Cultural Facilitation" and practiced
it!
Engaged NASA through 20000
1997 Events
Miss Hampton-Newport News Festival Scholarship Pageant,
March 8th.
Virginia Stage Company, Always... Patsy Cline, April
13th
Atlantic City, NJ Paul Anka (September 28th)
Arnstein (exchange student from Norway) for the School
Year
1998 Vacations and Events
Atlantic City Brenda Lee Concert (Feb 28th)
with Autograph,
Abby Graduated High School
Abby to Radford, Virginia (3 trips one with Joes
party)
1999 Vacations and Events
Hampton Coliseum John Anderson with Heather Myles,
Feb 23rd
Chrysler Hall The Phantom of the Opera, April 21st
Moved to 35 Waters Edge, Hampton, Virginia
Joe Graduated High School
Joe Enlisted and off to Basic at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Pick up Joe St. Louis Arch Fort Leonard Wood - Home
2000 Vacation
Consumed with NNPS, NASA, CSB, and a few others!
Extrememly preoccupied with the development of the
Quality of WorkLife Center
on the Harbor in Hampton
(under the old Radisson Parking Garage.
2001 Vacations Plus
Joe got married to Pam. Bill Sarah and Family
attended Wedding. Jennifer came to wedding.
2002 Vacation Plus
San Diego,
California Melissa and Niall Wedding with Mom.
Joe got orders to Bagdad! - It was a tense
year until he got home.
Abby got married to Brandon.
Vacated the Center in Hampton
Opened the Office in the Mariners Building on Warwick
Blvd. in Newport News.
2003 Vacation
Chrysler Hall Riverdance, Jan 28th
Hampton Coliseum Better Midler, March 6th
Savannah,
Georgia Joe returned from Bagdad, Iraq
Moved to 102 Linden Court, Yorktown, Virginia
Naples, Florida - Edison and Ford Winter Estates, April
4th
American Theater John Amos Special Event, December 12th
2004 Events
American Theater Love Letters with Robert Wagner and
Jill St. John, Feb 15th
Moved to 923 Ivystone Way, Newport News, Virginia
2005 Vacation
Plus
Hawaii
Ferguson The Oak Ridge Boys, November 13th
Ferguson USAF Heritage of America Band, Dec 8th
Dad Died in December.
2006 Vacation
Week-long Caribbean Anniversary Cruise Key West, Mel
Fishers Chisel -
Carnival GLORY
Chrysler Hall So You Think You Can Dance, Oct 21st
Paul and Mary Anns Anniversary
Visit from brother Ralph
Visit with Jennifer and family in Florida.
2007 Vacation Plus
Columbia, SC Joes Graduation from DI School Ft
Jackson
Cherokee Train Tour - Great Smoky Mountains
Biltmore Estate
Little Switzerland Gem Mountain Mt Airy Home
Fort Story w/Brandon and Abby
Sturbridge Myott Casino Mystic Pizza Newport,
RI Plymouth Rock
Avon Home
Ferguson Mannheim Steamroller, April 12th
New England Foliage Tour Mt. Washington (4 days) with
Bill and Sarah.
Mom (Dorothy Louise) died in December.
2007 Vacations COPY:
Columbia Joes Graduation from DI School Ft Jackson
Cherokee Train Tour - Great Smoky Mountains
Biltmore Estate
Little Swizerland Gem Mountain Mt Airy
2008 Vacations
Manapause, the
Musical in Norfolk
Dover Downs, Feb 28th
Western...
Phoenix Meteor Crater
NP Petrified Forest NP Four Corners
Mesa Verde NP Contental
Divide Marker - Royal Gorge Railroad
Wind Cave NP Mt
Rushmore NP Crazy Horse Jewel Cave NP
Devils Tower NP Little
Big Horn NP Yellowstone NP
Golden Spike NP Zion NP
North Rim Grand Canyon NP
Grand Canyon South NP
Tempe Arizona, Joes Lunch Home
Visit From Ralph and Family from CA.
Fall in Fairfax!
Ferguson Manheim Steamroller, December 9th
Ferguson Glenn Miller Orchestra December 20th
Atlantic City, NJ (Cape May Ferry Ticket (December 27th)
Moved around the corner to 809 Greystone Trace, Newport
News, Virginia.
2009 Vacations
Ferguson
Drumline, Feb 15th
Western...
Las Vegas (Caesars
Palace, ) Zion Bryce Cedar Breaks Pipe Springs NP
Grand Canyon North
Santa Fe Trail - Las Vegas Penn and Teller Show
Home (7 days)
AMTRAK - July 4th Washington Pentagon
Smithsonian National Mall
Flight Test at old
National Airport Old Neighborhood Mount Vernon
Metro Subway - (3 days)
Delaware Boundary Marker Caesar Rodney Statue (DE
Quarter)
Pennsylvania Washington
Crossing - Narrow Bridge - New Jersey (NJ Quarter)
Maryland State House (MD
Quarter) General Washingtons Commission Resignation Floor Spot
Washington Headquarters
(French and Indian War) Western Maryland Dinner Train - Lafayette
Canon Gift
Thurgood Marshall
Memorial - Virginia C&O Canal NHP Washingtons FIRST Monument
Cumberland Road Gap
Display Home - (5 days).
Disney World and Universal Studios ( 8 days)
Abby Inducted into Scholastic Sorority - Beta Gamma
Sigma ??
Outer Banks, NC (4 Days).
Myott Funeral - Minuteman Memorial NP (MA Quarter)
Dinner with Bill and Sarah.
The Golden Boys, Oct 16th
Birthday Cruise to Nowhere (3 days).
Ferguson George Jones, November 13th
Dover (Dec 30th) New York City, with Mamma
Mia Broadway Show Times Square -
Statue of Liberty NP -
Subway Battery Park NP Dover (5 days)
Obama Campaign - Hard Work!!
2009 Vacations COPY:
Las Vegas Zion
Bryce Cedar Breaks Grand Canyon (7 days)
July 4th Washington, D.C. (3 days)
Delaware Pennsylvania, New Jersey Maryland,
Virginia (5 days)
Disney World and Universal Studios Elizabeth's B-day (
8 days)
Outer Banks, NC (4 Days)
Birthday (Joe) Cruise to Nowhere (3 days).
Dover, DE New York City Dover (5 days)
2010 Vacations
Atlantic City, NJ Andre Reiu Concert.
Outer Banks, NC Fort Raleigh NP Inn at Rodanthe
Acquarium
Wright Brothers First Flight NP Two Light House
Visits (5 days).
Ferguson TAO, Martial Arts of Drumming, April 3rd
Ferguson A 1940s Review, April 8th
Ringling Brothers Circus, April 23rd
Ferguson The Smothers Brothers, April 30th
Western...
Vegas w/Cher Lake
Meade Hoover Dam Sky Walk
Grand Canyon West
Grand Canyon Caverns Kingman Route 66 Museum
London Bridge
Quartzsite/Blythe Patton Museum Joshua Tree Hemet/Hospital
Tar Pits Regan Library
Channel Islands MASH Park Hearst Castle -
Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon
NP Winery Chuckchansey Yosemite NP
Sierra Dinner Train
Incline Village South Tahoe Mono Lake NP - Independence -
Mansenar NP LA Aquaduct
Death Valley NP Scotts Castle NP
Las Vegas Donnie and
Marie Show Home
Atlantic City, NJ Caesars, Ballys, Showboat, Atlantic
City, June 19th
St. Augustine, FL and Tallassee.
Tallahassee, FL Jessica Reunion Kendall First
Visit.
Washington DC National Zoo Home.
Appomattox Court House NP Mountain Lake, Filming of
Dirty Dancing
New River Bridge, WV (WV Quarter) - Home
Niagra Falls...
Casinos x3 Whirlpool
Gull Mom - Filming Location, Maryln Monroe -
Butterfly House Bio
Clock Home.
2010 Vacations:
Vegas w/Cher Lake Meade Hoover Dam Grand Canyon
West
Grand Canyon Caverns Kingman Route 66 Museum London
Bridge
Quartzsite/Blythe Patton Museum Joshua Tree
Hemet/Hospital
Tar Pits Regan Library Channel Islands MASH Park
Hearst Castle
Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP Winery Chuckchansey
Yosemite NP
Sierra Dinner Train Incline Village South Tahoe
Mono Lake NP
Independence - Mansenar NP LA Aquaduct Death Valley
NP
Scotts Castle NP Las Vegas Donnie and Marie Show
2011 Vacations Plus
Hot Springs SHRM Conference
Naples, Florida Anniversary Trip Everglades NP Big
Cypress NP
Joe at Fort Benning and Jump School.
Civil War sites: Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg,
Chansellorsville
Abby Graduated SUMMA CUM LAUDE from CNU
Colonial Beach Washingtons Birthplace NP -
Smith Mountain Lake Poplar Forrest
Washington DC Dover Ocean City (Poison Ivy)
Ferguson Lewis Black, November 17th
Elizabeth on Board of Directors at SEVA-ATSC
Family Christmas Photo!
2012 Vacations
Hot Springs SHRM Conference
San Juan Puerto Rico: El Fort, Stellaris Casino (Feb 23rd),
Ponce (Hilton Casino, Feb
26th), Old San Juan Casinos (Condado Plaze Casino, Feb 27th)
-
Ft. McHenry NP Home
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thanksgiving!
Ferguson Bob Newhart, March 16th
Ferguson American Big Band, March 18th
American Theater House at Pooh Corner, April 21st
Ferguson Willie Nelson (2nd time), May 18th
Madi Gras Casino (May 22nd) We are
Marshall Old Kentucky Home
Lincolns Birthplace NP
Mammouth Caves Indianpolis 500 National Neighborhood Conference
South Bend: Notre Dame,
Rudys, and North South Continal Divide
4 Winds in MI, (May 26th)
Wright Brothers Museum NP Cumberland Gap NP
Cherokee (May 29th)
Andersonville NP Carter NP Doc Hollywood
Jessicas Graduation
Home
Obama Campaign hard work!
Wilmington NC: One Tree Hill River Court Charleston,
SC Ft. Sumter NP
Jenniferss Place -
Jessicas Place Casinos - San Juan at Thanksgiving
Dorado Casino, November
26th - Ft. Buchanan and Joes Office -
Arecebo RadioTelescope,
and Contact Movie site Home
Abby Graduated Masters Degree!!!
2013 Vacations
Hot Springs SHRM Conference
San Juan - Joe got married - March
Levi Norman born on September 29th
2014 Vacations
Hot Springs SHRM Conference
Family Reunion in Florida - Home - St. Augustine, FL;
Tampa, FL; Ft. Meyer, FL; Naples, FL;
Melbourne, FL; Leesburg,
FL; Tallassee, FL (over 40 accidents); Savannah, GA; Congaree NP;
Camden, SC; Home.
Maryland LIVE! - Pennsylvania landmarks - York, Hersey,
Harrisburg (PA State Quarter).
50th High School Reunion - Home - Atlantic City -
Sunapee Lodge - Newport - Lebanon - Newport - Home.
Home to Tallassee, FL for Thanksgiving; Alabama for
State Quarter;
N. Kentucky for SHRM
State Conference; home.
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