{"id":10423,"date":"2020-10-20T16:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/?page_id=10423"},"modified":"2020-10-20T16:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:09:54","slug":"personal-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/about\/memoirs\/personal-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>30 Aug 1955: I was born, at Phyllis Memorial Home in Melton, England, while parents living in Felixstowe (father serving as Air Force weatherman at R.A.F. Woodbridge)<\/li>\n<li>29 Mar 1957: Parents and Mark returned to US, settled eventually in Apple Valley CA; began school at Yuca Loma Elementary, Fall 1960<\/li>\n<li>26 Jul 1958: sister Susan born in Apple Valley<\/li>\n<li>20 Jan 1962: sister Lisa born in Apple Valley<\/li>\n<li>Early 1962: Family moved to Santa Monica, 2335 21<sup>st<\/sup> Street, lived there 6 months; attended Grant Elementary<\/li>\n<li>Summer 1962: Family moved to Reseda, 6516 Rhea Avenue, lived there 6 years<\/li>\n<li>16 Jan 1964: brother Kevin born, in Northridge CA<\/li>\n<li>Finished elementary school at Vanalden Elementary, half 7<sup>th<\/sup> grade at Sequoia Junior High\n<ul>\n<li>(22 Nov 1963: JFK assassinated. I was in third grade. They sent us home early)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fall 1965: discovered <em>Lost in Space<\/em> part way through 1<sup>st<\/sup> season<\/li>\n<li>Fall 1966: <em>Star Trek<\/em> debuted, watched it from the beginning<\/li>\n<li>Early 1968: Family moved initially to Cambridge, IL, to live with my grandfather and finish school year<\/li>\n<li>Summer 1968: Family settled in Glen Ellyn, IL. Live there 3 years; attended 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 10<sup>th<\/sup> grades, at Glencrest Junior High and Glenbard East High School\n<ul>\n<li>Mid-1968: saw <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em> twice in theaters (months after debut, once it was in general release); had read Clarke\u2019s novel version<\/li>\n<li>(20 Jul 1969: Apollo 11 landed on the moon; we watched the grainy images on our black and white TV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Summer 1971: Family moved back to California; after several week layover in Apple Valley, family settled in Sepulveda (now North Hills) at 9340 Hayvenhurst Ave.<\/li>\n<li>Finished 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup> grades at James Monroe High School; finished in top 3 on PSAT; attended UCLA, graduated with B.A. in math Spring 1977<\/li>\n<li>Jan 1978 \u2013 mid 1980: worked for LA County Department of Public Social Services (i.e. welfare office)<\/li>\n<li>Feb 1978: Parents, Lisa, and Kevin moved to Tullahoma TN; Sue and I stayed in LA, living on our own.<\/li>\n<li>Fall 1980 \u2013 late 1982: attended Cal State University Northridge (CSUN) pursuing grad degree in computer science<\/li>\n<li>Jun 1982: began professional job at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocketdyne\">Rocketdyne<\/a> as software engineer, continued 30 \u00bd years\n<ul>\n<li>The site was owned by Rockwell International, then Boeing, then United Technologies\/Pratt &amp; Whitney, over that time, and then by Aerojet just after I was laid off in late 2012<\/li>\n<li>Supported Space Shuttle Main Engine software in the 1980s; International Space Station electrical power system test procedures in the early \u201890s; then supported implementation of industry best practices via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capability_Maturity_Model_Integration\">CMMI<\/a> for over a decade; and at the end, support for Pratt &amp; Whitney\u2019s next generation jet engine (for passenger planes)<\/li>\n<li>(28 Jan 1986: shuttle Challenger exploded just after launch; I was home sick with a cold and saw it on TV)<\/li>\n<li>(1 Feb 2003: shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry; it was a Saturday morning and I had just turned on the TV)<\/li>\n<li>Laid off in November 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lived in single room apartment in Northridge, 1978-1984; shared apartment in North Hollywood 1984-1985; lived alone in apartment in Tarzana 1985-1989; shared house in Granada Hills with Larry Kramer (met 1983) 1989-1998, until I bought him out; remained in Granada Hills until 2003.<\/li>\n<li>Apr 1988: Began short fiction review column for <em>Locus<\/em> Magazine, after a decade or more of sending them letters; continued monthly (with a one-year break) until late 2001<\/li>\n<li>With creds from my Locus column, attended SF conventions 3 or 4 or sometimes more a year, and met many SF professionals, for the following 20 years<\/li>\n<li>1990: First trip to Europe, for Worldcon in The Hague; later trips to Europe 1993, 1995, 2005, 2013, 2016, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Apr 1997: Launched online version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/\"><em>Locus<\/em> Magazine<\/a>, <em>Locus Online<\/em>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/locusmag.com\/20Years\/\">ran it single-handedly for 20 years<\/a>, posting samples of the magazine and original material, until the magazine staff took it over in Oct 2017.\n<ul>\n<li>29 Jun 2000: Posted initial SF Awards Index on Locus Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>26 May 2001: Met Yeong Wang. Moved together to Woodland Hills Aug 2003.\n<ul>\n<li>(11 Sep 2001: Terrorist attacks in NYC; it was a Tuesday, I was getting ready for work and saw it on TV. We went to work anyway.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sep 2002: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2002\/News\/News09Log1.html\">Won Hugo Award for Best Website<\/a> at Worldcon in San Jose<\/li>\n<li>5 Jul 2012: Posted much-expanded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfadb.com\/\">Science Fiction Awards Database<\/a> at its own URL, maintaining it since, with expansion projects in work<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2015: Moved to the hills of Oakland CA after Yeong found new job at Novartis in San Carlos<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2015: Posted initial draft of \u201cProvisional Conclusions\u201d with plans to write a book about the intersection of science fiction with ancient and contemporary knowledge. Still in work.<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2020: Began biweekly reviews at <em>Black Gate<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>(Mar 2020: Coronavirus pandemic spread across world)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 Aug 1955: I was born, at Phyllis Memorial Home in Melton, England, while parents living in Felixstowe (father serving as Air Force weatherman at R.A.F. 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