Cox,+Jim

4822 West Avenue, L-2 Quartz Hill, CA 93536 661-478-1698 k7jaj@earthlink.net
 * Jim Cox**

**1999:**There have been no major changes in my life since our 35th.My wife and I have been married 15 years now, and our daughter will enter high school in the fall.I am still employed by Northrop Grumman Corporation as a Senior Technical Specialist in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC Engineer).Most of my work is on the B-2 Spirit, as I am now responsible for EMC for all avionics on that airplane. I have lived in the same house in Orange County, California, for 15 years now, but by the time of the reunion my employer will be moving us to Lancaster, CA in the Mojave Desert.I spend quite a bit of my time there now, and I really like the area and the climate, although it is a lot different than Mount Vernon. I still enjoy the same hobbies—amateur radio, home remodeling and repair, and of course computers.I am still very active in the church we attend, where I am responsible for all technical activities, such as sound reinforcement and video projection.

Of course I occasionally think how nice it would be to just putter around home every day, but my wife takes a dim view of that! We have been married 25 years now and still live in Quartz Hill in the Antelope Valley. Our daughter graduated from college two years ago and is currently teaching school in Palmdale, California. We have a rarity in Southern California – an acre of ground, so I have a very large yard to maintain, even though only half of it is in lawn and garden. I am really looking forward to the reunion in August and I hope to see all of you there.
 * **2009:** ** Again I can say there have been no major changes in my life. I haven’t retired yet, since they still pay me to have fun every day. I am now the lead EMC engineer for the B-2 Program and continue to travel to different parts of the country every few weeks.

**2014:** There have been some changes to my status, so I will pass them along.

First of all, my phone is changed. (Like many others, I got rid of my wired phone several years ago.)

I retired from Northrop Grumman at the end of 2011, mostly because I just couldn’t find enough time to do the things I //wanted// to do each day. I stay in touch with former co-workers, and answer technical questions from time to time, but I can’t imagine doing the daily grind any longer.

My wife Laura and I will have been married 30 years in July. We have a daughter who still lives at home and teaches in the Palmdale CA school system. She is planning to return to college in the fall for an advanced degree.

My three older children all live in western WA, and I have three grandchildren and one great-grandson.

I still use a significant portion of my time doing technical things at the church we attend, such as equipment repair, sound reinforcement, and recording. Another portion is spent repairing amateur radios from all over the country, just for fun. I am still quite active in amateur radio, as far as operating is concerned, and I have made friends all over in that regard.

Another activity that consumes a certain amount of time is my connection with the Burton Island Association, a group of men who served on the same icebreaker that I did when I was in the Navy. I am the secretary and newsletter editor for that elite group, so I get to publish a quarterly newsletter for them. We have reunions around the country every two years, so that allows me to travel some too.

I am looking forward to attending our reunion in September.