Jerry Gable
Date Submitted: May 16, 2008
Plan To Attend 50th Class Reunion?
Spouse's Name: Lois (Smith)
Years Married: 43
Where I Live In Now: Oak Island, NC
Number of Children: 3 boys
Number of Grandchildren: 5
Number of Great Grandchildren: 0
Work history: From ’66 to ’76 I was on the research
faculty and staff at Michigan State University, Department of Physics.
’76-’78 I was a research manager at PRD a Navy Research lab at Brooklyn
Poly. ’78-’84 I held several senior management positions with Grumman Aerospace
Corp. the last being Director of Advanced Development. In 1982 I suffered
a small stroke which led to a mid-life retirement in 1984. With the children
all off to college my wife and I cruised the Caribbean in our sailboat
until 1990 when we settled on Oak Island and built a home. In 1992 we started
Oak Island Press, a book, catalog and magazine publishing company. We sold
most of OIP in 2002. We still own the unit called The Map Makers, a map
publishing firm, but I consider myself semi-retired at this point. I also
have a small aviation consulting firm and do some part-time charter flying.
I have been a pilot since 1962.
When retired, plan to move to: We are now both fully retired and enjoying every second of it. Most of our time is spent traveling far and wide in our little airplane mostly visiting kids and grand-kids who are scattered all over. We also have some regular haunts in Florida, the Bahamas and Montana. Three years ago we moved off Oak Island (just barely) to a new golf, marina and airport community in Southport, NC – just seven miles from our old island home of twenty years. We built a new house on the 18th green and enjoy it hugely. The ocean is still only about half a mile away so we can hear the surf.
Hobbies: I have been a boater and sailor all my life
having built a sailboat when I was 10 many will remember. My family and
I have been involved in yacht clubs for many years. I am currently Commodore
of the Cape Fear Yacht Club. I have also been involved in private and commercial
flying for 40 years even though I have never really thought of flying as
a hobby. I also like to hike, bike, canoe and camp with my family as well
as do woodwork in my workshop.
Have traveled to: Extensively in North and South America,
some in Europe.
Of interest to other classmates: I met my wife at Albion
College and we got married in our sophomore year, 1960. My entire family
moved to California that year so I haven’t had a continuing relationship
with the town where I was born and grew up. My mother-in-law stills lives
in Lansing so we are in Michigan several times a year and occasionally
come down and wonder around Albion. I’m always fascinated by what has changed
and what hasn’t in 50 years.
Things I remember about Albion High School:
E-mail address: Jerry@GableWorks.com
Personal website:
Work website: www.gableworks.com and www.the-map-makers.com
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