Marvin Theobald

Allied Inst of Tech in Chicago '64-'66. Army Sep '66-Sep '69 including a year in Vietnam (awarded Bronze Star). Career in Engineering '69-'06. Retired Nov 2006.

Married in Dec '68 and divorced in '90. Had a son in '69 and a daughter in '72. Now have 5 grand-children in Texas and New Hampshire.

Lived in Chicago suburbs 10 years after Army and then moved to Texas until 2007. Now at Heritage Lake near Mackinaw, IL and am enjoying the freedom of retirement and doing what I want when I want.

Have been in 47 states and have traveled to many countries (Japan, Thailand, Italy, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Belize, Jamaica, Mexico, Canada, Vietnam, and others) enjoying the cultures, Scuba diving and sightseeing.

Plan to do a lot more traveling in the coming years.

Have designed and built 3 houses, a barn, a large 2 story garage not to mention dabbling in many hobbies including photography, stained glass projects, woodworking, gardening, and so much more.

Have put up with that crazy twin brother of mine all of these years (you know the one: Mel) and still managed to maintain some level of sanity (I think). We have had great fun over the years and still do.

Remember the "Flicker Ball" field? During an intramural game in our Jr year Chuck Jenkins and I collided chasing the football resulting in his dad sewing 21 stitches into my upper lip. I always kidded that Chuck did it to drum up business for his dad (it really was an accident that Chuck probably has long ago forgotten).

At Oakland School in the 6th grade after school one day Anne Wylie jumped on my back and started beating on me. In my effort to defend myself I wrestled her to the ground trying to keep her from hitting me. I was taken to the Princpal's Office while she went home. The reason for her attack on me remained a total mystery to me until a phone conversation I had with her May 2009, 50 years later. I now know that it was for something I supposedly said about her that I think Mel actually said and she thought it was me. Anne brought it up and offered her sincerest applology after 50 years and I feel terrible that she seems to have carried the guilt of that with her for all of these years. For me it has been a great story to tell over the years and a long time mystery that is a treasured memory.