Timelines
My Life
ð“…ª 1930 July 19: Atlanta, GA, Born: St. Joseph's Hospital - Mother: Constance Berry Currie (8/2/1994 - 12/7/1987); Father: Charles James Currie (8/28/1992 - 3/22/1967)
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ð“…ª 1930-34: Atlanta, Morningside Drive, Drury Jervey - first friend, until his death in 2023
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ð“…ª 1934-1951, 1953: Atlanta, 7 West Wesley Rd (changed to 87): Friends: Stocky Broome; Jim Manry; Preston Stevens; Bruno Stein & Fritz Orr’s Camps; E. Rivers School; North Fulton High; Mary Stone (1st girlfriend) @ E. Rivers
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ð“…ª 1943-47: Chattanooga TN, McCallie School: military school, learned to study
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ð“…ª 1947-51: Atlanta, GA Tech, BSIE, AFROTC, Chi Phi Fraternity, Alpha Pi Mu (IE Honorary Societ), Notable girlfriends: "Butterfly" (Margaret Ellis (Langford)), Mary Bondurant (Scurry)
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ð“…ª 1951-53: Mobile, AL, USAF, Brookley AFB, 2nd -1st Lt, Phil Atkinson (& Thea); Bud Bullock (& Carol), Tal Harris, Ben Williams (& Linda), Bill & Lorelei Stroble
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ð“…ª 1953-54: Atlanta; Spotswood Parker: Frank Hudson, Spot, Ben, introduced Mary Bondurant to Bill Scurry
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ð“…ª 1954-56: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, MBA, Section Leader, met Sally Churchill
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ð“…ª 1955 June 10: W, Hartford, CT, married Sally Churchill, Cambridge flat
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ð“…ª 1956-59: Inglewood, Westchester, CA, Ramo-Wooldridge Guided Missile Research Division; Thompson Ramo Wolldridge Products Co
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ð“…ª 1958 Sept. 10: Los Angeles: Steven Currie born! Diagnosed with cerebral palsy by Dr. Parmalee in 1960
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ð“…ª 1959-62: Houston, TX: TRWP, Bonner & Moore
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ð“…ª 1961 July 31: David Currie born!
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ð“…ª 1963: Atlanta, Bunker Ramo
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ð“…ª 1964-81: SDS & Xerox: Pacific Palisades, Darien, Potomac, Santa Monica, Weston/Westport, Palo Alto
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ð“…ª 1979: Palo Alto: Divorce with Sally final & remarriage to Trish Johnson [+ Christopher (11) & Alexis (8)]
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ð“…ª 1980-2000: Self Employment (consultant), Pacific Venture Partners, MK Global Ventures
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ð“…ª 1994-2013: Inverness: my best years!
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ð“…ª 1995: Mt Vision Fire
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ð“…ª 2000: Retirement (final)
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ð“…ª 2013-2021: Carlsbad
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ð“…ª 2021-?: Pacific Beach: Wesley Palms Retirement Village
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My Career & Military
ð“…ª 1934: First job as model at Davison Paxon Department Store, got Social Security #
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ð“…ª 1939 & 40s: odd jobs: cutting lawn, etc.
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ð“…ª 1946 summer: Coca Cola Bottling Company of Atlanta assembling metal signs
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ð“…ª 1948-51: Georgia Air National Guard, Dobbins AFB Marietta, GA, Sergeant
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ð“…ª 1951: Air Force ROTC at GA Tech, 2nd Lieutenant
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ð“…ª 1951-53: USAF, Brookley AFB, Mobile, AL, Maintenance Division under Robert Cohen, Colonel; Discharged as 1st Lt.
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ð“…ª 1953-4: Spotswood Parker & Co., Atlanta, designed & and fabricated complex boiler control safety systems; Frank Hudson,
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ð“…ª 1953-56: USAF Reserve, Atlanta & Boston MA
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ð“…ª 1955: Summer job at Electronic Corporation of America, Fire-eye Division, Larry Sibley, GM, marketing.
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ð“…ª 1956-62: USAF Reserve; discharged as Captain
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ð“…ª 1956-1958: Ramo Wooldridge Corporation, Guided Missile Research Division; set up laboratory, connected Univac 1103A digital computer to Electronic Associates analog computer to enable simulation of rocket flight
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ð“…ª 1958-1959: Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Products Co., Los Angeles, CA; Marketing material and support; Sales
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ð“…ª 1959--1961: TRWP, Houston, TX; Regional Manager; installed 1st-ever digital process control computer at Texaco Port Arthur; sold systems to several other petrochemical companies
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ð“…ª 1961-1962: Bonner & Morre Associates, Houston, TX; process control consultant
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ð“…ª 1962-1964: TRWP/Bunker Ramo Corp. Regional Manager; installed first digital control system on a utility boiler generator at TVA
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ð“…ª 1964-1966: Scientific Data Systems, Santa Monica, CA; marketing manager
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ð“…ª 1966-1968: SDS, Eastern Regional Manager, NYC & Bethesda, MD
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ð“…ª 1968-1972: SDS/Xerox Data Systems, VP Sales & Marketing, Santa Monica CA
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ð“…ª 1972-1978: Xerox Corporate Staff; marketing. Xerox participant in US vs IBM Anti Trust trial; Co-sold Xerox computer business to Honeywell, recovering over $900M
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ð“…ª 1978-1979: VP Marketing & Sales, Diablo (Xerox) Systems, Haywood, CA
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ð“…ª 1980-2000: self employed consultant, Pacific Venture Partners & MK Global Ventures (Venture Capital firms)
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ð“…ª 2000: Retirement
My Education
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ð“…ª 1935: Mrs. Bloodworth’s Kindergarten - Peachtree Road & Peachtree Battle Ave., Atlanta
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ð“…ª 1936 - 1942: E. Rivers School, Ms. Osterhaus Principal - Peachtree Road & Peachtree Battle Ave., Atlanta
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ð“…ª 1936: 1st Grade: Ms Hines
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ð“…ª 1937: 2nd Grade: Ms Camp
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ð“…ª 1938: 3rd Grade: Ms Boyd
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ð“…ª 1939: 4th Grade: Ms Seavy
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ð“…ª 1940: 5th Grade: Ms Folks
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ð“…ª 1941: 6th Grade: Ms Sutton
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ð“…ª 1942: 7th Grade: Ms Davenport
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ð“…ª 1943: High School: N. Fulton High School, Garden Hills, Ms Gunn, Latin (threw eraser); Ms Miller Algebra (“blue-face” from mercury poisoning)
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ð“…ª 1944-47: McCallie School, Chattanooga, Billy Fisch, Sylvester Woodward (roommates), English: Mr Ernest & "Mr. Bob" McCallie; Chemistry & Physics: Mr Purdy; Algebra, CMS McIlwaine
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ð“…ª 1947-51: GA Tech: BSIE; Dean of Students: George Griffin
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ð“…ª 1954-56: Harvard University, MBA; Section C Representative to student government