User:Thomas A. Toohey

My name is Tom Toohey.

I was born in Flint Michigan at St. Joseph Hospital in 1950.

I went to Stevenson Elementary School, Civic Park Elementary School, Longfellow Junior High School and Flint Northern High School where I was the School Mascot (The Viking) in my Senior Year.

I went to Ferris State College and due to a SNAFU my student status lapsed and I enlisted into the United States Army Security Agency before the government could finish Drafting me into conscription.

I served as a Morse Code Intercept Operator in Thailand and West Germany and I was Honorably Discharged in 1973 at the age of 23.

Later I went to a Hippie School (Thomas Jefferson College) a college within the Grand Valley State Colleges group.

I learned about the work of Viola Spolin and it changed my life.

I became involved in a group called The United Stage who visited elementary and middle schools sharing story theater.

I moved to New Orleans where I was on television at WGNO daily during the week between cartoons.

I got colon cancer in 2002 and was given an 11% chance of living 5 more years and it's 2019 now.