Harvey Allen Mitchell Jr. aka Bugs
I was born in Torrance California on November 5, 1966 to my parents Harvey Sr.
and Dorothy Mitchell. I was raised in Harbor City. My parents both had Christian
backgrounds and they decided to send me to the Southern California Military
Academy. This was a private John Brown school. I received a good education
there in academics as well as in discipline and Christianity. I attended that school
from kindergarten to ninth grade. Their curriculum ended at ninth grade.
This created a bit of a problem for me. Here I had gone to a small private school
for ten years with many of the same friends and now where do I go from 10th grade
on? I was graduated as co-validictorian, chief executive officer of the entire
regiment, and full colonel in 1981. Back in 1977 my family had moved to the city
of Westminster. Therefore, my parents decided that I should attend Marina High
School in Huntington Beach which was closer than Westminster High and had a
better college prepratory program. It didn't take me too long to adjust to the public
school environment even though I started off with zero friends there. I suppose I
had a pretty normal high school experience until I graduated in 1984. So now
it was time to choose a college to attend. I feel fortunate because at an early age,
I knew what I wanted to be and which college I wanted to attend. My father, who
is enjoying his retirement in Nevada, was an Electrical Engineer and specialized in
navigational systems for military aircraft such as the SR-71 and B2 bomber. Since
I loved my father greatly and looked up to him I never had any question about
becoming an Electrical Engineer. As far as choosing a college, well, when I was
still attending the military academy we took a field trip to the University of California
at Irvine. I fell in love with the campus at that time and just knew that was my
college. I applied to a few other colleges but when I was accepted to UCI it almost
felt like destiny was running its course. More to come...
Bugs Bio v2.0
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