I was born and raised in the Fingers Lakes area of Upstate New York. For my parents Jack & Charlotte Fraser, I was the oldest of 7 kids (brothers Jack
& Dave and sisters Sharon, Ruth, Lynda & Ellen). We lived on a
farm in Honeoye Falls until the summer before I started 5th
grade. Then we moved to 37 Main St in East Bloomfield.
Growing up with summers filled with playing baseball all day,
everyday. I graduated from Bloomfield Central School.
After high school I joined the US Navy in Jan’61. I went to
Electronic, Computer and Submarine training. I was assigned
to the USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617 from 62-66. I was
then assigned to the USS Lafayette SSBN-616 until discharge in Jul’69. Both of these submarines were nuclear powered and carried 16 long-range missiles.
I then started in the computer industry carrying a tool case
to corporate customers for various companies. The jobs
moved me from Cananaduiga to Corning to Syracuse to
Boston to Minneapolis. I arrived in Minnesota in 1976 as
National Tech Support, the top of a technical career. I soon
moved on to International Support, then International Sales
Engineer, then to National Sales Manager, Director of
Marketing, the top of my Sales & Marketing career. Next
I changed to programming and was on top of the world
until after the Y2K scare was past, my old programming language was being replaced
by new graphical languages that were Windows compatible. So for the last four years I’ve been paying the bills designing websites and computer support. Currently I'm with a small company in a computer sales position.
I was married in 76 and divorced in 93, resulting in one son
(John) that is now 22 and 6’5”. In 2001, I married the most
wonderful girl in the world. She is from China near Beijing
and she is a computer programmer for NW Airlines. We travel
very frequently since it’s a free benefit. From all my travels for
both business and pleasure, I have been on every continent
except for Anti-Artic, extensively thru Asia, North & South
America and Europe. In the US I’ve been in 48 states, with
only Idaho and Oregon remaining to get them all.
I have finally grown up and discovered the secrets of life. I
have a fantastic day every day, I have friends all around the
world that I keep in touch with, I have a wonderful son (he
could use a little motivation) and I have the most perfect love
and life partner. My only wealth is in the many, many friends
that I made where ever I lived or visited. I am enjoying the
riches of a wonderful life.
