COMMODORES

Formed in 1961 by students attending General Douglas MacArthur HS, Levittown NY.


This blog is an attempt to bring the members of the Commodores back together via a virtual reunion. A volunteer(s) is needed to organize a real reunion. Blogger: John McCormick, johnmc03301@yahoo.com

Thursday, June 7, 2007

John McCormick

Forty years later and I have nothing outstanding or outrageous to report. However, I have survived and there is still time. Here is a brief summary of my life so far.

Quit college after my junior year and enlisted in the US Air Force for 3 years and 10 months. I was stationed in Texas, the Philippines ( 2 months in Vietnam) and in Utah. ( Ran into PFC Ray Leitner at the airport at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. He was playing cards, waiting to go to Vietnam.) I returned to college and received my undergraduate degree. Got a job as claim adjuster for insurance company where I worked for five years. Following in the footsteps of Mr. Savage, went back to school under the GI bill and received a Masters degree in Library and Information Science. Worked at Spartanburg County Public Library (SC) and then, starting in 1980 for the New Hampshire State Library, Concord NH. Retired in 2004.

Married for over 33 years to Sharon, an elementary school teacher who just retired this year. Have 2 sons. Mike , married with one son, is an attorney for the state of New York and resides in Syracuse, NY. Matt, after working as a newspaper reporter for three years, is presently living
in Montana, and is headed to University of Alaska at Fairbanks to get his teacher certification.

I still enjoy living, including eating, drinking, skiing, golf, tennis, reading, traveling, the internet, etc.

In 2008 moved to Dunmore PA (adjacent to Scranton) which is two hours from Corning NY where my in-laws live, and 2 hours from the NY area . My brother Dick lives in New Rochelle, my sister Kathy in NYC.