Date single man from California, United States. I am a retired civil engineer and senior manager at a local government agency. My wife of 39 years passed away in October 2011 from breast cancer. I have a long way to go in the bereavement process before I would be ready to resume dating. I have a ways to go in figuring out what I really want to do in retirement (although certainly travel, hiking, gardening and woodworking will be part of it) and the characteristics of my future partner. I doubt this will happen before the Spring of 2012. Please do not be offended if I do not respond to attempts to contact me. When I am ready, I will complete my profile, add photos, upgrade to full membership and start reaching out to potential matches. The bereavement process is complex. I don't want to waste your time or mine going after the wrong things.
Here are a few things about me:
I am looking for an intelligent partner. I have a BS in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and MBA from UCLA. I encouraged my children to pursue advanced degrees and my daughter and son-in-law both have Master's degrees. My son is a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is on the faculty at UC Berkeley. His fiancee is an MD. I think saving money towards grandchildrens' educations is better use than spending it partying in Las Vegas.
I have mellowed quite a bit since my days as an Army officer in the late 1960's. I enjoy travel and have lived and worked in Iran, South Korea and Saudi Arabia as well as California, Arizona and Texas. I spent roughly half my career in private industry and then moved to a government agency and in both places worked on major civil works projects.
The woman I am looking for and I will enjoy the outdoors including travel to interesting and remote places, hiking, gardening, wildflowers in the desert and mountains, etc.
My children and future grandchildren are very important to me. My future partner will likely have adult children of her own and possibly grandchildren that are a special part of her life.
It is likely that I will refine the above with regards to who I am looking for as I work my way though the bereavement process. This is a work in progress.