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Otis Johnson

I got involved in playing tennis during my Junior year at Reagan and because of that I managed to get a job as Assistant Manager at Memorial Park Tennis Center in 1980. I had been going to college after graduating from Reagan and changed my major a few times before settling on a general business degree. My father convinced me to go full time and as a result, I quit my job and worked as his typist and word-processor for his real estate appraisal reports. Unfortunately, my dad passed away in 1985 and my mother and I had no means of income. A friend of mine I met from playing tennis at Memorial Park got me a job as a word-processor at Hughes Drilling Fluids and this led to a computer operations position that lasted six months before the company dissolved. My mother found work as a live-in companion for an elderly lady who stayed at a senior citizens luxury building off San Felipe. Eventually, she retired and moved to her hometown La Proyor in 1990. I managed to get a few other jobs that enabled me to finally graduate with a business administration degree from the University of Houston-Downtown in 1987. After getting my degree, I worked various computer operator jobs, as well as contract data entry work and the tennis department at two Sun and Ski locations. It was 8 years later before fate allowed me to return to the one job I loved-working at Memorial Park Tennis Center in 1995. I resumed my original job title as assistant manager and also started teaching tennis. Three years later, I was able to secure my current title as the Manager and Head Pro at the center. I moved to an apartment complex off Mangum and 34th street where I met my ex-wife-to-be, Renee' Holloway. We married in November of 2000 and spent 7 years together before we realized we had a better relationship as friends. I now live about five minutes from the park and life couldn't be much better. I still go saltwater fishing like I have most of my life. Of all the people who were in our class, I still talk to Omar Leal on a regular basis and I have also gone bowling with Rudy and Theresa Guzman. I have seen Gayle Pollard on the tennis court and I also ran across Nancy Puente at the 290 Target. I managed to attend the ten and twenty year reunions and I look forward to seeing everyone at some future date. I am grateful for this website so that we can all stay in touch.

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