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Personal Information:
 
 • Name when in high school yearbook:  Preston Davis
 • What do people call you now? :    Grampa
 • Address (please provide at least a city and state):  Pittsboro, NC
 • Email contact:   jinsydavis@mac.com

Current life situation (retired working, volunteering, etc.):
 
Loving retirement
 

Family history (spouse, children, dogs, etc.):
 
Married 46 years to my best friend, two kids, four grandkids

 

Current hobbies and interests:
 
Grandkids, sailing, cooking, woodturning

 

Claims to fame (books, awards, etc.):
 
I am the only known graduate of ELHS to ever have forwarded to me in care of American Express in Paris permission from the Ingham County Draft Board to leave the country.
 
Education, Military Service or Training After ELHS:
  • BA from MSU
  • USAF
Work History (dates, company name, location, title/job function):
  • Paper route when in High School (delivered Lansing State Journal to the homes of several classmates)
  • Education interrupted by stint in USAF as radar operator
  • Several menial jobs in the hospitality industry while completing BS in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management
  • Measured houses in Carteret County, NC for property reappraisal
  • Office manager of The Speed Shop (high performance automotive aftermarket equipment – no mary jane involved) in Wilmington, NC
  • Office of Institutional Research of the 16 campus consortium of the University of North Carolina (not to be confused with UNC-Chapel Hill which is one of the 16 campuses though our office is in Chapel Hill).  We collected statewide data on faculty, staff, and students to meet federal and state reporting requirements and respond to management needs of the president of the university and state legislators.
 
Preston and grandkids