Randy+Williams

Overview Goals Personal Information

Overview:

I am somewhat asocial and introverted. I do not mind being alone. This probably is part of the reason I am not a Facebook fan. Although I was not around babies when I was young, I truly enjoyed all of the ages of my children from infancy to adulthood. I did not even mind the teen years.

Goals:

I would like our band, //Latitude 40//, to be successful and to record a song that makes it into the top 100. I want to get my degree in Digital Media Design from COTC. I hope to be able to continue running as long as I am alive.

Personal Information:

I have been married to my wife Regina for 39 years and we have three adult children. Adam is 32 and is the Research Librarian at Wheelock College in Boston, MA. You can visited Adam's web page [|here]. Sara is 27 and works at the Second Sole running shoe store in Rocky River, OH. BriAnn is 27 and currently is a VISTA volunteer in the health department in Bozeman, MT. As you can guess, since their age is the same, they are twins, and we just recently confirmed that they are indeed identical. I have lived most of my life in Newark, OH, but I also lived in Columbus, OH, and Kingston, Ontario at one time.

I worked in Information Technology (IT) for the last 15 years and just recently "retired." I put retired in quotations because I do not really see myself as retired, but rather as starting a new direction. Enrolling at COTC is part of that new direction as well as forming a rock and roll band, //Latitude 40//, with my brother. In fact, I have made a career out of having different careers in my life. I have a degree in psychology and have done graduate work in clinical and developmental psychology and worked in the human services field for many years. At one point I started my own photography business and eventually did the catalog photography for a golf club manufacturer. I also have worked as a retail store manager. My hobbies include running, bicycling, motorcycling, rock climbing, photography, and playing guitar. I have completed a marathon, but my favorite distance is the half-marathon. In recent years I have combined my interest in bicycling and running by participating in duathlons (run-bike-run). My favorite distance is the sprint duathlon which consists of a 5K run followed by a 20K bike and then finishes with a 5K run. I have been age-group champion in the HFP Racing Triathlon/Duathlon series three times in the last six years.