Ray Hiestand

 

1964 Born, Saratoga Springs NY 

1964 Moved to Hampton VA 

1966 Moved to Lebanon PA, Attended Jonestown Elem. 

1974 Moved to USNB Guantanamo Bay Cuba Finished up 4th grade, atteneded 6th grade at the "new" elementery school 

1978 Moved to USNB Roosevelt Roads PR, mid 8th grade ( I think ) Played golf, 1 year of Football (Center, Def Line)

 1981 Returned to Lebanon PA

 1982 Graduated from Northern Lebanon HS, Fredericksburg PA Played football, Center and Noseguard Enlisted in the USNavy as a Gas Turbine Systems Tech, Electrical Boot, A and C school at Great Lakes IL 

1983 Assigned to Precomm Unit USS Yorktown CG-48, Pascagoula MS 1984 Commissioned USS Yorktown CG-48, Yorktown VA Shock Trials, 2 Med Cruises, ESWS Qual, Sailer of the year etc. Married Tammy Funck, dating since 1981 

1988 First Son, Christopher born in Williamsburg VA Left the navy as an E-6, started work for Raytheon Service Company, New Castle DE 1989 Started at James River Corp, Digital Field Service, Easton PA 

1990 Second Son, Derrick born in Easton PA 

1991 Purchased our home in Kunkletown PA 

1992 Started night school at Allentown College for Computer Science 

1996 Graduated from Allentown College with a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Business Management Started work for Systems International Inc. as a Systems Engineer. Easton, PA Programmed Allen-Bradley PLC's, Wonderware Systems. 

1999 Started working for Associated Bio-Engineers Inc. Allentown PA. Programmer

2002 started working for Applikon Biotechnology in November, as a Controls Engineer. This  new pic was  taken from the Allentown 1/2 marathon a few weeks ago. I'm now in training for the Steamtown Marathon 26.2 miles, in October!

Rays web page is: home.ptd.net\~rayh