Dave Robertson

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Dave Robertson

Class of 1968

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Hello there!

Welcome to my page on the VHHS Alumni WebSite. It is great to be here with my fellow classmates. Below, is a short biography of what has happened in my life since the days of VHHS.

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Wow! This whole reunion thing, both electronic and in person last July, has really been an experience for me. I left Tujunga in August of 1968 to go away to college, and then my folks moved while I was away at school (old joke, but true story). So, I had no real ongoing connections with Tujunga and VHHS since then, until very recently.

I had been in touch with Al LaGreen from time to time, but we now correspond regularly, and in fact spent some time together before the reunion last year. But it was sheer chance back in the 80's that re-connected me with Verdugo. I was channel surfing and came across someone on The People's Court that looked so familiar, I was sure it was a former neighbor here in Kentucky. Turns out it was Norm Ray, our chemistry teacher from Verdugo. Then a couple of years ago, I was playing around with a web search engine and entered "Verdugo". There, among the nursing home, real estate companies, etc. was VHHS! I found the web pages then, and have been in contact ever since, and I've been honored to be part of the effort for the veterans memorial there. Speaking of veterans, I sure hope that I can use the photo from our 1968 yearbook, because that's the last time I had hair! I was either in ROTC, on active duty, or in the Army Reserve from 1968 until 1993 and now there's no hair left to grow.

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In civilian life, I've been with IBM since 1974, and am currently a Project
Manager with IBM Global Services.   I graduated from the University of Kentucky, and married Jean in 1978. Our daughter Jenny was born in 1981 and is now also at UK - Class of 2003; our son Jason was born in 1986 and is currently in Middle School (Junior High as we knew it).   Being here in the heart of the Bluegrass, we have 5 horses running around our place.   Everyone rides but me - though I did fall rather well (and regularly) and therefore lost any interest in continuing.

In closing, perhaps it's a natural part of the aging process that we now are reaching out to each other and finding so much enjoyment in this undertaking. But I like to think that part of it, a large part in fact, goes all the way back to the "magical times". In fact, Jenny is a huge Doors fan, and fully understands that L.A. in the sixties, and all that went with it, was magic. Did we know how lucky we were at the time?   How cool was it that "On Verdugo" was included in the Beach Boys' song "Be True To Your School"?    Of course, we later learned that it was really "On Wisconsin", but that didn't diminish our enjoyment at the time, and I still find myself singing along when it comes on the oldies station today.    So many great memories from those days!

Very best wishes to all my fellow baby -boomer-Dons.    Please feel free to drop me a line anytime:

JDROB@US.IBM.COM