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:
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.
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