Kenneth Schrettner

Worked at GM in Linden for a few years assembling cars before realizing it would be better to work with your brain rather than your brawn especially later on in life. After getting an engineering degree, I sold my soul to the corporate world by taking a terrific job with Exxon in Baton Rouge. After getting my professional engineering license, they sent us to Alaska for the Trans Alaskan Pipeline. Returned to Louisiana before being sent for the obligatory corporate tour of duty in Houston. This was when we had gas shortages and President Carter was declaring a moral equivalent of war (MEOW). All the oil companies were developing projects to become energy independent. Moved to Colorado to be the owners engineer for an oil shale project. Spent the next ten years proving it could be done before closing all work and then off to Los Angeles. Never had a dull moment the 5 years we were there. Then it was off to Alabama for a manager's job in a cement plant followed by a move to Oklahoma. Ended up building the first commercial Gas to Liquids plant in the country. Got tired and decided to move back to Colorado to be near the kids and grandkids. Everyone has now moved on after 12 years in Colorado, so Carol and I decided to relocate to Northern California. In 2024we decided to relocate to Texas. We now live in Texas City which is on Galveston Bay. It is hot, humid but allows for trips to the beach. We are enjoying our new house and the things that the area offers. However, after age 80, you really have to want to pack up and move cross country.