1965 Reunion Book

San DiegoROBERT ADAMSONPrinceville, KauaiI entered the U.S. Naval Academy in June of 1965, graduatingin 1969, with a BS in Physics. My first duty station aftergraduation was Naval Flight Training in Pensacola, Florida. I leftthe flight program in May of 1970, having failed the hearing testand was assigned to the USS Berkeley, a guided missile destroyerin Long Beach, California. Prior to joining the ship I went to SanDiego for training and met my soon to be wife, Gail. We weremarried in March of 1971.I deployed to WestPac (Western Pacific-Vietnam) in the springof 1971, and returned to San Diego in September. Our daughterKaren was born in San Diego in 1971. I made two moredeployments in the Navy from San Diego to WestPac. The lastdeployment was in 1975, when I participated in the evacuations ofCambodia and Vietnam in April 1975, aboard the USS Vancouver.After getting out of the Navy in 1977, I got an MBA from SanDiego State University and went to work for Chevron in SanFrancisco. We had a second daughter, Katie in 1981. I worked forChevron for 25 years and retired in 2003, and then moved back toSan Diego. Most of my career with Chevron was in the SanFrancisco Bay area but we did spend 2 years in LA and 3 years inJakarta, Indonesia. Since retirement I have been doing projectmanagement consulting and charity work. I am a Director of acharity that has raised over 3 million dollars over the last 10years. We have given 100% of that money to seriously woundedMarines, Sailors and Soldiers in individual grants.Gail and I have 5 grandchildren who we love and enjoy verymuch along with our daughters and their families. Our favoritevacation spot is Princeville, Kauai. For fun I play golf severaltimes a week and go to Charger and Padre games. We hopeeveryone has a great time at the reunion, unfortunately we willmiss the festivities.