When I moved back to Oklahoma from Rhode Island I went to work for Coburn Optical. Their main line of business is the manufacturing of the machines that other companies use to modify lenses to mount in eye glasses. They also have a division that takes orders to modify and mount lenses. I was young, still working on my education, and my work experience had been in restaurants, factories and warehouses. I was a warehouseman there. I worked there from 1973 to 1976, leaving to move to Oklahoma City to pursue my educational goals.
My father had left his position with Kaman Aerospace and moved back to Muskogee, OK where my mother had been living for a while. Looking around for a job he found one with Coburn and started there shortly after I left. He moved up rapidly and after a while was managing the division that prepared lenses for other companies. Part of his responsibilities involved making Continue reading “The Year I Almost Went to The Masters”