Darrell Hansen

THEN	NOW

Email: Darrell@youwho.net
 

Married?  Kids?
I married Rosemary Tucker from Claremont High. We've been married almost
28 years now. We have six children and two grandchildren. Our oldest son
Jacob would have been 25 this year. He died in a swimming accident in
1998. Emily is 23, married and has a son Porter (3) and Charise (2).
Chad is our next son. He is 20 and is currently serving a mission for
our church in Buenos Aires. Marc, our 4th child is 17. Heidi, our 5th is
almost 12 and Megan our 6th is almost 7.

The death of our son was a major crisis in our life. Rosemary and I made
it through with a lot of help from friends and family. Then our son Marc
turned out to have a major problem with drugs some of which was a result
of Jake's death. We turned our lives upside down, pull out all the stops
and moved from Mesa, Az. to Utah to get help for Marc at a treatment
center. All looks well as Marc has overcome most of his problems and is
back on track dealing with life.

Career? Job?
I've been in the software business since graduating from college. I've
worked primarily in the medical field although I spent about 9 years
building semi-conductor manufacturing equipment. My kids fondly refer to
me as a geek. I've had a lot of fun designing and developing systems. It
has been a bit of challenge staying ahead of things. I've gone from
writing assembly language code on punch cards for anti-submarine warfare
systems to writing Java code and building web sites that allow users to
manipulate x-ray images. Mr. Weizcorek, our Pomona High School calculus
teacher wouldn't like to know how little math I've been able get away
without doing though :-).

Where do you live?
Layton, Utah. I telecommute from my home to Mesa, Arizona. We lived in
Mesa for almost 20 years until moving to Utah.

Which of your classmates are you most curious about?
Mostly I am wondering if Bill O'Keefe can still dance like he did at the
20th reunion.
 

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