Pomona High School "Red Devils" Class of 1972 ~ Pomona, Calif.
Dedicated to the Memory of Our Classmate, Richard Grant
Feb. 5, 1955 to Nov. 9, 2000

Matthew Rainbow
Voted Smartest

THEN NOW
Name in School: Matt Rainbow
Email: mrainbow@avc.edu

Tell us what's happened to you since high school
(Feel free to tell us THE WHOLE STORY):

I have lived in Lancaster, California for the past twenty years and am still loving my job teaching classes in General Biology and Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Antelope Valley College. I have a whopping six children, three through my ex-wife Suzanne (Jordan is finishing at UC Santa Cruz, and Jared and Dylan are in High School) and three more small children through a girlfriend named Esther (Christopher is 5, Michael is 4, and Sarah is coming up on 2). I should probably win some sort of a prize at the Reunion for having children with the widest spread in age, from 25 to less than 2. I am enjoying life a great deal, spending time with my kids, reading lots of books, working out, hiking, occasionally surfing with my boys, playing the guitar, and gardening. I like people to know that about twenty years ago I renounced Christianity as a result of intensive historical criticism of the Judeo-Christian scriptures, which brought me to the conclusion that all the supernatural stuff in the Bible is clearly documental creative fiction. Now I believe that in order to be happy all you have to do is display personal integrity, keep your promises, enjoy nature, and love people. Intellectually I am most interested in two topics: How spontaneous changes to DNA cause embryos to develop differently and lead to new forms of organisms in evolution, and how the books of the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament came to be written by some forty different authors over about a thousand year period. I occasionally give extensive public lectures on those topics at the college, and am working on two books on those subjects which I am determined to publish. I am greatly looking forward to the 40 year reunion and can't wait to see everybody again!
 

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Which of your classmates
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What was your favorite music then? Favorite song?

 

What is the best music you've listened to recently?

 

What is the best book you have read lately?

 

What is the best movie you've seen lately?

 

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