Classmate Highlight - Tony Dayton

Each month, we hope to highlight a classmate and find out a little about what they have been up to over the last 20 years. This month…Tony Dayton

Tony writes:
I currently live in Huntersville, NC which is just north of Charlotte. I have been married for 6 years to my lovely wife Jody, who I met after she moved to North Carolina from California. We do not have any kids, but do have three dogs and three cats.

I graduated in 1992 from Lyndon State College with a degree in English. For the last 11 years, I have worked at Bank of America and my current position for the last 8 years is a Securities Operations Analyst.

I have been a reservist in the Navy for almost seven years. As a result, last January Uncle Sam decided to send me to Kuwait for 10 months to work on my tan. In addition to improving my skin tone, I helped support the customs mission which included vehicle inspections and participating in convoys. While in Kuwait, I was chosen as one of two equal opportunity representatives for my unit; tasked to educate senior enlisted and company commanders on dealing with fraternization; and survived a rigorous six hour level 1 swim qualifying class that allowed me to serve as a life guard. Other places of note the military has taken me are Italy (where I had the opportunity to participate in a NATO sponsored mission), New Orleans (Where I completed a Basic Military Instructor Training course), Hawaii, and in November I will be traveling to Singapore.

In my free time, I volunteer for Habitats for Humanity and the Humane Society of Charlotte. I am also an active member of Toastmasters International and am enrolled in a Masters program at the University of Phoenix.

My wife has recently started up a jewelry business and hopes to have a web site up soon.

Jodie and Tony

Tony in Kuwait, holding the line, (and bag), for Vermont. The sign pole is behind him and not part of his hat.

While Tony was away in Kuwait, Jodie got a bronze star for moving them into their new home by herself, including arranging the financing, coordinating the move, hooking up all of the electronics and buying all of the furniture.

Thanks, Tony!! If you enjoyed this Classmate highlight and would like to share what you have been up to with the rest of the class, please contact Eric at ewingericr@aol.com.