BRUCE L. KEARNS
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PAULA, DONNA AND BRUCE- HEAVENLY VALLEY, CA
*Attended Drexel University (Day and Evening School) for eight years (1956-61; 1964-67).
* Was an Instrument Technician for Philadelphia Electric Co. (initially from 1959-62).
* Served in the U.S. Army (Headquarters, U.S. Army Armor School, Ft. Knox, KY), 1962-64.
* Captain of the Ft. Knox Pistol Team that competed in the National Pistol Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio (1963).
* Instrument Technician, Philadelphia Electric Co. (1964), after the Army.
* Specification Writer and Advertising Copywriter, Fisher & Porter Co. (1965-66).
* Tech Writer/Editor, Philco Ford Corp. (1966-67).
* Consulting-Subcontracting tech writer/editor (1967-72, 1973-81)
* Advertising Manager, Schaevitz Engineering (1972).
* Founded what became Forum Communications Group, Ltd. in 1982 (Forum
Publishing, Inc., Forum Advertising, Inc., Forum Communications of Nevada, Inc. Published The Nurse's Employment Weekly, Physical Therapy Forum, Occupational Therapy Forum, and Respiratory Therapy Forum).
* Retired from Publishing in 1995, but still retain the corporation.
* Founded SHORT STOP JEANS & KHAKIS (THE SHORT STOP), a Division of Forum Communications Grp., Ltd., in 1997.
* Wrote my first novel, THE RESURRECTION OF THE KING (The Most Compelling Elvis-Is-Alive Story Ever Told), to be published in the late fall or early winter of 2005, by Forum Communications Grp., Ltd.
MOCK INTERVIEW
Q: What do you do with your free time?
A: What free time? Workout, walking, movies and live theater, Oldies concerts, dining with friends, sporting events, travel, writing, watch TV.
Q: What is your current relationship status?
A: Married (Wife, Donna).
Q: Number of children?
A: One stepdaughter, Paula, age 25 (in 2005), a senior at Villanova Law School. Paula has been an integral part of my life since 1986.
Q: Describe your current living arrangement.
A: Own a home adjacent to Valley Forge Historic Park in Tredyffrin Township, PA, where I reside with my wife, Donna.
Q: Any hobbies?
A: Golf, Skiing, Writing, breeding and racing Standardbred race horses.
Q: What outdoor activities do you enjoy?
A: Golf, skiing, walking, watching my horses race.
Q: What are your favorite types of movies?
A: Movies that keep me awake.
Q: What are your favorite movie titles since 2000?
A: The Italian Job; Red Eye, Wedding Crashers, 40 Year-Old Virgin.
Q. What were your least favorite movies since 2000?
A: Sideways; Broken Flowers.
Q: How do you meet most of your friends?
A: Business, through other friends, fellow horsemen, my daughter's friends' parents.
Q: How would your friends describe you?
A: Serious, spontaneous sense of humor, optimistic, opinionated, a loyal friend.
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Prefer several short vacations each year . . each less than a week long; skiing locally or in New England, Colorado or California; motor trips to sights previously unvisited; accompanying my race horses on the Grand Circuit. Not big on cruises - - too much food.
Q: If you won $100 million tomorrow, you would:
A: Run for political office, probably the U.S. House of Representatives. I would try to introduce legislation to permit Initiative and Referendum at the Federal level; restore compulsory government service, e.g., one's choice of the military or Peace Corps; or the option of working for the Federal, state, or local government for just two years, performing those jobs that require little specialized training. This would reduce by 20% to 25%, the currently nearly 20,000,000 Federal, state, and local government employees, most of whom retire after 20 to 30 years of service with generous pensions at taxpayer expense.
Q: What are your biggest pet peeves?
A: Tailgating drivers; hypocritical politicians; bureaucracies; the ACLU.
Q: Describe your political views:
A: Eclectic Conservative
Q: What is your main source of current events?
A: Television, talk radio, newspapers (sports), the Internet.
Q: How do you feel about your life right now?
A: Very optimistic.