Idaho Falls High School, Class of 1950
 
 
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  Douglas O'Brien
 

  
 
 After graduating from Idaho Falls High School, I went to the University of Idaho School of Business to get a B.S. in Accounting.  I pledged Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and was President of the Inter fraternity Council.  To help finance my college education, I worked on my father's farms south of Roberts & also rented  about from 800 to 1,500 acres of dry farm ground to raise wheat. 

While at college, I worked in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house serving meals & washing dishes and met a nice cute blond by the name of Nancy Jutila from Mullan, Idaho. She was also an Accounting major and we frequently got to sit by each other  We were married on August 29, 1954 & will soon celebrate our 56th anniversary.  
    
After graduating from the U. of I. and getting married,  I spent 2 years in the Army Military Police Corps in Colorado Springs, Colorado where, appropriately,  our first address was 119 Lover's Lane! From there we moved to Denver, Colorado where I enrolled in the University of Denver graduate school, obtained an M.B.A. in accounting and also passed the CPA examination (on the first attempt) in December 1957.  

I was  very fortunate to have been offered a job with a CPA in Idaho Falls because that is where we eventually wanted  to live anyway.  In 1976,  I founded my own firm of O'Brien, Tomchak & Co. at 432 Shoup Avenue.  I held offices in several CPA & tax organizations during the 41 years that I was in practice and in 1998 retired completely. Now we spend the winter 6 months in our home in Lake Havasu City, AZ & the summer 6 months between our Idaho Falls town home & cabin on Island Park Reservoir.

Our main hobbies have been traveling in 46 countries, all 50 states (motor homing in 49 states, Mexico & Canada), bridge & card playing, dancing (square, round & ballroom).  We have 2 married sons (one is a professor of cardiology at the U. of Washington in Seattle & one is a nuclear engineer-manager at the INL),  4 granddaughters, and one grandson (graduated from good old IF High School June 2, 2010).  We are still too young to have any Great Grandchildren!  

 

 
60th Class Reunion -   August 20, 2010,
 

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