From Slidell to Japan-Konnichiwa
It amazes us when we get emails from you and you live so far away. I'm sure there are others other than Paul and Robert who live abroad - we can't wait to hear from you. Robert Sloan emailed us from Japan and this is what he had to say:
Since graduation I have moved around having a bit of Hemingway life…
After receiving a football scholarship at Marion Military Institute I transferred to Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. My Masters degree was completed at SLU in Health Promotion and Exercise Science. From there I worked for the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, TX and then Ochsner’s Heart and Cardiovascular Institute in NOLA.
At age 25 I was recruited and hired by the DoD to develop and manage wellness centers and disease prevention programs. Currently I have been living in the Tokyo area for the last 6 years, prior to that I worked in California and Florida. Believe it or not along the way I continued to play football in various minor league organizations, Arena football, and 5 years for the Japanese professional X-league that I just retired from this summer. I am 2 years away from completing a PhD in Public Health and most recently I was offered a position in New Orleans that I am considering. My family still lives in Slidell and my father is still a Captain of the New Orleans Fire Department. Mike Albarado and Scott Wadleigh (Class of ’88) remain to be two of my very good friends and we stay in touch and speak quite often.
Look forward to seeing all ya’ll next year!
Rob Sloan
Since graduation I have moved around having a bit of Hemingway life…
After receiving a football scholarship at Marion Military Institute I transferred to Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. My Masters degree was completed at SLU in Health Promotion and Exercise Science. From there I worked for the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, TX and then Ochsner’s Heart and Cardiovascular Institute in NOLA.
At age 25 I was recruited and hired by the DoD to develop and manage wellness centers and disease prevention programs. Currently I have been living in the Tokyo area for the last 6 years, prior to that I worked in California and Florida. Believe it or not along the way I continued to play football in various minor league organizations, Arena football, and 5 years for the Japanese professional X-league that I just retired from this summer. I am 2 years away from completing a PhD in Public Health and most recently I was offered a position in New Orleans that I am considering. My family still lives in Slidell and my father is still a Captain of the New Orleans Fire Department. Mike Albarado and Scott Wadleigh (Class of ’88) remain to be two of my very good friends and we stay in touch and speak quite often.
Look forward to seeing all ya’ll next year!
Rob Sloan
posted by Heidi & Kim at 6:11 AM
2 Comments:
Wow...talk about from sea to shining sea...I always wondered whatever happened to Scott Wadleigh....great to hear from you!
Rob! Why is it that I never realized you graduated Slidell High? Last I knew you were in Florida and I wondered if you were still doing anything with all that info. from Dr. Gillan's (oh and Kramer's)classes at SLU! Glad to see you stayed in the health field.
Michelle Fields Pierce
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