Lee Fuller

I graduated from Fullerton High after finishing junior year at Montgomery and moving. After getting my degree from UC-Santa Barbara I spent almost 4 years in the Air Force, great training and duty at Hickham AFB, Hawaii. After getting out I went straight back to college (CSUF) and got an MA in the Institute of Molecular Biology. I started my PhD at UCI, but then went to work in a specialty testing lab when we had our first child. After a few years I joined two colleagues in starting Microbiology Reference Laboratory (MRL), where I stayed for over 10 years before starting a diagnostics manufacturing company in Fullerton. I love the work and don't plan on ever retiring, as most of you have already done.

My family moved back to Fullerton after only 3 years in Santa Rosa, 1 at Herbert Slater and 2 at Montgomery. So I missed my senior year and so many friends I loved being with. During my junior year at UCSB we came up to Sacramento to march on Gov. Reagan and we stayed with several guys from UC-Davis (Bill Bartholomay, Greg Smith and some others). My memory will come back, but I also came up to see Rich Hepler and Jim Fish on two occasions (neither of whom have joined this site). I also miss my other neighbors from Monte Verde, Tanya Schisler and Charlie Blake. Apparently nobody has been in touch with Roger Evje, my hiking buddy, since he also moved away before senior year. Luckily Steve Raymond, the world traveler, has kept in touch since 9th grade.