Michael N ReadMichael was born in London, England, on January 9, 1940, just after the outbreak of WWII, and survived the London bombing Blitz by sleeping at night in an underground air raid shelter. In 1946, the family moved to Sandhurst, Berkshire, and in 1951, h attended Woodley Hill Grammar School in Earley, near Reading, Berkshire.In 1956, he attended the Royal Aircraft Establishment Technical College, now known as Farnborough College of Technology. He graduated in 1961, attended two more years part-time, and was accepted as a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1963.From 1961 to 1963, he worked at several aerospace companies in Bracknell, Berkshire, and was involved with missile guidance systems. In 1966, The Boeing Company recruited him and he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he worked on avionics systems for the 747 airplane. He recently retired as a General Certified Real Estate Appraiser licensed in Washington and Oregon and moved to Salem, Oregon, in 2007, where he currently resides. Read More Read Less