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<\/a>Memory Book \u2013 Jack Wagner Class of 1962<\/strong><\/p>\nIt is hard to believe that 50 years has passed since graduating from Kenyon. I have tried to highlight my memories in terms of the five decades that followed:<\/p>\n
1960\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 As a member of the ROTC program at Kenyon, I started my career as a Lieutenant in the USAF with my 1st<\/sup> duty assignment in Sacramento, CA, and was trained in the new field of Data Processing:<\/p>\n\n- Met and married my lovely wife Suzanne, a 4th<\/sup> generation Californian (47 yrs in September).<\/li>\n
- Received orders for Viet Nam \u2013 Cancelled \u2013 Moved to Wiesbaden, Germany for 4 years.<\/li>\n
- Travelled extensively throughout Europe in our new 1968 911 Porsche Targa.<\/li>\n
- Received my MBA from University of Utah \u2013 4.0 GPA. (A lot higher than my Kenyon GPA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
1970\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 Wanted to return to the East Coast, so naturally the USAF sent me to Colorado Springs, CO. With my Wife teaching on the Air Force Academy, I decided to leave the Air Force and further my career in the private sector of Information Processing:<\/p>\n\n- Became a Business\/Technology Consultant with Touche Ross, predecessor or Deloitte-Touche.<\/li>\n
- Had many wonderful get-togethers with Doug & Sarah Armbrust, becoming God-Parents to two of their beautiful Daughters.<\/li>\n
- My Wife and I took up Ice-Skating and Ice Dancing at the Broadmoor World Arena.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
1980\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 Continued to advance my career in Consulting which led me to a VP\/Information Systems position in the Farm Credit System. Following the implementation of an International Banking System, I had the opportunity to move to New Jersey to assume responsibility for the Company responsible for its development and support:<\/p>\n\n- Following relocation, I became President & General Manager of Financial Services International.<\/li>\n
- Travelling internationally, my wife and I had the opportunity to see additional parts of the world.<\/li>\n
- After the Company was sold, I became the National Banking Manager for Coopers & Lybrand, the predecessor of PWC, headquartered in NY City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
1990\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 As a result of a consulting project, I had the opportunity to become the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the $27B Dime Savings Bank in New York City, where I remained throughout the 90\u2019s:<\/p>\n\n- My Wife and I both began Golf and left the ice to take up Ballroom Dancing.<\/li>\n
- I got involved in our local Theatre Group, culminating with my role as Felix in the Odd Couple.<\/li>\n
- I also became a member of a local Rock Band \u201cIn-Denial\u201d as their drummer and back-up singer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2000 – 2012<\/strong> \u2013 After Washington Mutual bought the Dime, I went back into Consulting working initially for EDS, and then becoming an Independent Contractor. Realizing that 70 is the new 50, I have continued in this capacity, with a recent focus on Business Continuity\/Disaster Recovery Planning.<\/p>\n\n- Joined the local Italian American Club and travelled extensively throughout Italy.<\/li>\n
- Bought a Time-Share in Mexico, allowing many trips there with Doug & Sarah Armbrust.<\/li>\n
- Continued with my interest in Golf, Tennis, Music, and Travel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Someday I may actually think about retiring, or not.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memory Book \u2013 Jack Wagner Class of 1962 It is hard to believe that 50 years has passed since graduating from Kenyon. I have tried to highlight my memories in terms of the five decades that followed: 1960\u2019s \u2013 As … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kenyon62.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}