Some Highlights of my life (and some ordinary dates)

  Jan. 1941  Born in Michigan
  Aug. 1944  Nancy Kaye Calhoun (my sister and only sibling) was born
  ???? ????  Moved from Michigan to Austin, TX
Summer 1947  Moved from Texas to the Harold-school teacherage in NW Florida
  Fall 1947  Entered 1st grade in 4-room/8-grade Harold school near Harold, FL
  Fall 1949  Lived in teacherage at Chumuckla, FL, school and entered 3rd grade
  Oct. 1949  Halloween "King" (I think my father put $5 in the "vote" jar!-)
Spring 1950  Lived in an apartment while attending Miramar school in Miami, FL
  Fall 1950  Entered 4th grade at Sylvania Heights school in Miami, FL
Spring 1950  Moved to Glen Oaks Farm about 13 miles north of Milton, FL
  Fall 1951  Entered 5th grade at Allentown (now Central) School, FL
  Fall 1955  Entered 9th grade at Milton (FL) High School
  June 1956  Won Florida State 4-H Club Public-Speaking Contest
Summer 1958  Attended Florida Boys' State
   May 1959  Was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist
  June 1959  Graduated MHS as Valedictorian
  Fall 1959  Entered Graceland College (now University), Lamoni, IA
   May 1960  Earned my Novice-class amateur-radio (HAM) license (KN0BCC)
 Sept. 1960  Met Nancy Borland, my (future) wife, in Calculus class
             She changed -- and is still changing -- my whole life!
   May 1961  Received AA degree Summa Cum Laude (earned 78 hours in 4 semesters!)
  June 1961  Earned my General-class amateur-radio license (W4WKV)
  Fall 1961  Entered University of Kansas (Harvard on the Kaw?), Lawrence, KS
       1961  Received small RCA Scholarship while at KU
       1962  Received small Boeing Scholarship while at KU
  June 1963  Received BSEE degree "with Highest Distinction" (KU-speak for Summa Cum Laude)
Summer 1963  MTS @ Bell Telephone Laboratory (a TERRIFIC place to work!)
  Fall 1963  Entered Colorado State University (on a full NSF Scholarship)
  Nov. 1963  Proposed to Nancy on 22 Nov. (JFK had his problems, I had mine)
Spring 1964  Learned to program an IBM 1620 computer; changed my whole life!
  June 1964  Received MS degree in Electrical Engineering from CSU
  June 1964  Married Nancy Jane Borland; "Until death do us part"
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             http://mcalhoun.sdf.org/GiveMeYourHand.mp3
             http://mcalhoun.sdf.org/GiveMeYourHand.mp4
  Fall 1964  Entered Arizona State University (on a full NASA Fellowship)
  Sept 1965  Edith (daughter) born in Phoenix, AZ, hospital
Summer 1966  Engineer @ EG&G (Las Vegas/Jackass Flats; "Q" clearance; don't ask!)
  June 1967  Received PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from ASU
  Fall 1967  Joined Fairchild Semiconductor R&D Lab (SYMBOL computer)
   May 1968  Omner (1st son) born in Stanford, CA, hospital
       1969  Certified for Life to teach in California Adult-Education Program
  Nov. 1970  Aaron (2nd son) born in Stanford, CA, hospital
  Fall 1971  Moved to Kansas (and have never regretted it!-) and became an
             Assistant Professor in CS & EE Depts at Kansas State University
Summer 1973  Consultant, DIT-MCO (8008 microcomputer-based cable testing)
  1973-1974  Consultant, Unified Industries; Alexandria, VA
       1974  Consultant/Reviewer, Science Research Associates; Palo Alto, CA
       1975  Pastor'd a small church in Blue Rapids, KS
       1975  Officiated my first baptism ceremony
       1976  Associate Professor, now just in Computer Science Department
       1977  Officiated my first funeral service
       1978  Consultant, National Semiconductor Corp; Sunnyvale, CA
       1978  Consultant, Irons & Sears (Patent Counsel); Washington, DC
       1979  Consultant/Reviewer, Reston Pub. Co. (Prentice-Hall); Reston, VA
       1980  "Dr. Calhoun is a son of a bitch, but he's good and he's fair."
             (student statement in a Deans-and-students-only meeting.)
Summer 1984  Eglin Air Force Base (Florida) (8086 micro-computer software)
  Oct. 1985  Earned my Advanced-class amateur-radio license (now W0PBV)
Summer 1986  Micro-Electronics & Computer-Technology Corporation (MCC)
  Fall 1986  Fulbright Professor, University of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
  June 1987  Weeklong "detention" in Nigeria (their SS thought I was a spy!)
  Fall 1987  Back at Kansas State University (KSU)
       1990  Officiated my first wedding ceremony
       1990  Received the KSU William Stamey Teaching Award
Summer 1990  Argonne National Laboratory (more atomic stuff; you can ask)
       1992  Became a docent on KPBS, the Konza Prairie Biological Station
  Jan. 1997  Retired from KSU (I got tired of the "Mickey Mouse")
 April 1997  Became a school-bus driver (mornings-only; kids are asleep then!)
Summer 1997  Volunteered at both NRA Whittington Adventure two-week camps
 March 1999  Started helping with planned burns of KPBS watersheds
  Dec. 2000  Served on a Federal-court civil-case jury for 9 days, "acquitted"
Spring 2001  Taught Electronics at Manhattan Area Technical College
Summer 2001  PIT archaeological survey in west-central New Mexico
  Fall 2001  Visiting Professor at Graceland University (my 1st Alma Mater!)
  Jan. 2003  Turned 62 and started receiving Social (in)Security payments;
             all you still-working people have my heartfelt thanks!
  July 2005  Nancy (my wife, not my sister) (finally) retired!
  Jan. 2006  Turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare (Thanks again!)
   May 2006  Retired again (after driving a school-bus for nine years)
  June 2006  Became a Kansas CCH (Concealed-Carry Handgun) Law Instructor
  Nov. 2007  Took my first -- and last -- Caribbean cruise
  Feb. 2009  Tried to remove my left index finger (see my home web page)
 March 2011  Visited a 16-year-old grandson whom I had not seen in 13 years!
  Dec. 2013  Became a GREAT-grandfather! (a girl)
  June 2014  Graduated my 39th/last CCH class and certified my 293rd trainee
  Aug. 2015  Suffered an "eye stroke" (CRAO); my right eye is now blind
 April 2017  Now have TWO great-grandchildren (one girl, one boy)
       2020  Left eye is going blind (glaucoma); getting old "sucks" big time!
  Feb. 2021  Received 1st Covid-19 vaccination (and regular boosters thereafter)
  June 2022  Caught Covid-19 anyway and slept almost 24/7 for two weeks!
   May 2025  I am still married to Nancy (now over 60 years), and while
             I am still above the daisies, I'm beginning to dig ....