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A bit about myself...
Geneva Com. High School, Geneva Illinois.
2 yrs. Wabash College, Crawfordsville Indiana. Zoology.
1 sem. U. of Ill. at Navy Pier.
1 yr. West Virginia U. Morgantown, WVA. Zoology.
4 yrs. U.S.Navy. Hospital corpsman; Oak Knoll N.H.; USS Bayfield, APA 33; End of Korea; N.Viet Nam evacuation.
1 yr. WVa. U. Political Science.
1 yr. School for Am. Craftsmen, R.I.T. Rochester N.Y. Ceramics.
1 yr. U. of Illinois, Chicago Circle. B.A. Philosophy.
Aircraft painter; Iron foundry pattern maker; Indust. Tech. Rep. and architect’s consult., The Glidden Co.; Machine tool inspector; Invest.casting engr.
Married Lorraine S. Balles of Chicago. Best thing I ever did!
Staff research, U.Calif. Berkeley, entomology; Bio. Control; pop. dynam.
Lots of jobs: pumping gas; construction; jewelry design; physician’s assist.,(lic.); gold/ bronze casting; (member Mensa, A.C.L.U.); sewer cleaning; more.
2 kids: Andrew J. Osborn (28), (creator and web-master of this site)- and Heather D.Osborn Ogston (25), (m. to Alec Ogston).
Did figurative tiles 1988-1994. Resuming now?
Enduring interests: Critical rationalism a la K.Popper; Darwinian evol. theory; the eschatology of life; snorkeling; animals; longevity; enjoying life.
HUMILITY
Lest my humility ever take flight,
Let me put my mistake in plain sight:
I once thought I was wrong,
But as things went along,
I found I was wrong! I was right.
by humble John A. L. Osborn, 4 / 18 / 2002
