Sorry I can’t make it to the reunion as I am recovering from knee replacement surgery three weeks ago. I am getting around OK and was able to be out on my own today but pain and rehab will keep me close to home. I was on the list to attend the 40th Reunion but I guess it never came together.

After graduation from BCC I attended the University of South Florida in Tampa and received a degree in geology. Through a series of coincidences I ended up in a job I loved with the US Geological Survey but upon graduation the Selective Service didn’t consider that job patriotic enough. I then took a job with the Navy in the DC area making top secret charts and the Navy requested a deferment for me but again, that was not good enough for Selective Service. Soon after that I ended up in the USAF (and averaged a 20-hour work week for four years – lol).

After serving, I went back to the USGS but this time in Orlando Florida. I also had a marine aquarium business called Oceans Unlimited for seven years and actually once had a BCC classmate as a customer. I also worked with a geotechnical consulting firm for several years and in 1989 took a position as Senior Hydrogeologist for Lake County Florida (just west of Orlando) in their environmental protection agency. Most of my work was in contamination studies, landfills and water quality monitoring. Two years ago that position was eliminated in a round of budget cuts and I am semi-retired and doing free-lance consulting. Additionally from 2001-2003 I was honored to serve as President of the Florida Association of Professional Geologists. I am currently living in the Apopka FL area just north of Orlando.

I have four great children and two grandsons. The kids are scattered all over: a son in Alexandria VA, a son with the grandsons in Georgetown SC, a daughter in Atlanta and a daughter in Palm Bay FL. They are all great kids and doing well. My wonderful wife Sylvia (see photo) and we celebrate our 28 anniversary in Nov. (2018). My personal (and family history) website can be found at http://mywoodfamily.us and I can be contacted through the website.