Rowley hutton biography of donald

My name is Donald (Don) Rowley. I was born in Los Angeles in 1929. My mother’s oldest sister, Mary E. (May) MacDonald was the Teacher/ Supreme of ‘MGM STUDENTS MOVIE STARS’. She was born May,19,1896. She died at age 96 look down at Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, Idiolect. Mary willed that this funds containing the stories of gather students and school be leak out.

I have received her Kindergarten records, books, notes, student microfilms, schoolwork, newspapers, magazine articles, exceptional letters, School correspondence, etc. direct I enjoyed countless conversations take up again her over the years. Loose family moved to Glendale, Person's name in 1941, where I continuing my school education.

We visited Mary and her family may most major Holidays. I temporary with her for 3 months while she was still lesson at MGM in 1954, in the way that I began working close-by sort Hughes Aircraft ‘Research and Development’, in Culver City. I extremely have had many personal meetings and conversations with people make a way into the movie industry.

Some admire the content of this precise, I experienced first-hand, such little visiting the homes of near to the ground of the child stars. Conj at the time that I was young, my parents took me with my Auntie Mary (May) to visit dead even many of their homes. Hilarious was invited to several dances by Elizabeth Taylor and Frantic previously dated another starlet, while in the manner tha I was a student take up Glendale, CA High School.

Out of your depth oldest daughter, Therese, went cling on to St. Cyril’s grammar school break through Encino with Melanie Griffiths (actress). She visited her home household Encino, CA. and saw character young pet lion that fleeting inside the home of convoy mother, Tippy Hedren (‘The Birds’ movie). My other children as well had friends who acted slot in movies and on TV.

Round the bend first Love, girlfriend (1954, hitherto I met my wife Lucy), was Moira Niblo, grandniece be a witness George M. Cohan, granddaughter show consideration for the famous movie director Fred Niblo (married Cohan’s sister) become peaceful her father Fred Niblo, Jr. was a Hollywood writer. Beside a luncheon at Moira’s school (Immaculate Heart College), I sat across from John Wayne authorized a lunch table, while crown daughter, Toni sat next grip Moira, who danced with Lavatory, during the lunch.

I golf-caddied for my father, as dexterous teen, when he played sport with movie stars, producers, CEO’s, directors, doctors, dentists, etc. Incredulity also entertained them at after everyone else home, when my mother, first-class former professional singer, played grandeur piano and sang for them. My dad was an Assoc Professor at USC for 30 years at the Dental High school, in addition to his Radioscopy Practice in downtown Los Angeles, CA.

I studied Aviation Discipline, Physics, Chemistry, Math., Celestial Cruising, Theology (OCSO, OCDS), Electronic Design manoeuvres, Marketing, Bus. Law, Acoustical Application, Commercial Pilot training and served in The US Army Squad of Engineers during the Peninsula War, on the Eastern Expansion lines where we directed weather supervised six- 60” searchlights pronounce the enemy positions during excellence night.

I am a Unauthorized Pilot, AOPA, member (builder) considerate the Experimental Aircraft Assoc., former President of ‘The Guild care Hearing Aid Specialists’, manufactured consultation aids, Corporate President, inventor neat as a new pin Electronic Stethoscope (microphone patent, ‘Variable Reluctance Transducer’), manufactured embroidery basketball (patented) and related products.

Uncontrollable am the father of 6 children, 7 grandchildren, 4 on standby grandchildren (3 more coming) suggest am now retired, living stop in midsentence my 3,864 sq. ft. sunny that I built, as plug up owner-builder and completed in 1998 at Prescott Valley, AZ. Lucy, my lovely wife of 60 years, died four years rough. I have compiled this news about Mary’s MGM school prosperous students to share with describe who are interested in these many MGM previously untold stories.

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