Then -
Now -
After Central;
I went to UL Speed Scientific School with Ken Fischer and Tom Fuchs.
Thanks Ken and Tom for pulling me through the first year (I was freaking out).
I love you guys!
I partied a lot in college and am very fortunate to have graduated with my Master
of Engineering in Civil Engineering. Some think I really fooled them there! I took
a job in Nashville, TN, in 1985 practicing geotechnical engineering (huh?). I moved
back to Louisville in 1990, with the same company and received my Professional
Engineer registration (I am currently a PE in 6 states). I moved to Cincinnati in 1995,
to start a geotechnical engineering business for the same company. I returned to
Louisville for good in 1997, but left my long time employer in 2003.
Now I'm;
I work for the US Army Corps of Engineers where I am a Project Engineer with a
nationwide mission to restore aging US Army Reserve training centers. I made the
change for 2 reasons, with all of the crap going on in the world I thought I could use
my experience to contribute to the cause since I was never in the military and
second, in the consulting business "You are only as good as your last time sheet".
Seniority means nothing.
I have always had a rough time with women. I have been married 3x and divorced
twice. I have been with Allison since 1994, and we were married in 1998. We have
a wonderful daughter, who was born on November 14, 2001. We are doing very well.
Kids are so cool.
Memorable CHS Moments;
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I can remember so many parties, jumping over the bonfires at the nursery, the pig roast,
Kurt Bendl's, Brooke Allen's (this is where Amy and I hooked up; wow what a night!) and
don't forget my FARM PARTIES!! Lots of alumni were hooking up there! Me included!
"P A R T Y, party hearty with Ray Frye!"
- Herbie, my 1974 maroon Nova with the Schlitz beer shifter.
- Voted Vice President of the class.
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Hogathas, Karen Alexander, Beth Buechler, Amy and Christy Borgman! Picking up Amy, Carol
Bell, Jenny Baker and Ginger Brown to head out to the parties! (I had great luck with women then,
what happened? Don't answer that!)
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The class poem. I remember giving it to Brooke to read and she cried; I really miss her.
I remember reading it at the graduation celebration in the auditorium and I got choked up
and a standing O.
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The class play and everyone laughed when I said my one line "Get up there and hit him in the head".
I didn't know it was supposed to be funny! It felt so weird.
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Steve Slade and his graphic demonstration of how sodium reacts with water, quite violently I might
add as it made a rather loud explosion in class. What fun! (Don't forget the Sons of Slade!)
- Buying liquor (not beer) at various liquor stores around town, mostly downtown.
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Having Greg Page as my shot put and discus coach when I was on the track team. What a
great guy.
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Football. We really sucked, but the bees were great! Coach Love. Pep rallies. Homecoming week.
Having Laura Boone as my date for the football homecoming and she was crowned queen.
- Being a guy cheerleader for the basketball team "Intimidate the forwards, intimidate the guards...."
- Being voted Mr. Central.
- Prom with Midnight Star and the rock band.
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Frantically trying to get as many friends to sign my yearbook as possible, saying goodbye to those
that I may never see again.
- Amy breaking up with me to go away to college.
- And there are more memories...
We really had an amazing class. Thrown together by busing, we made the very best of it.
It was a very special time in my life I am very proud to have been a part of it. The reason
it is so special to me is that it represents my youth, my passage to adulthood. Kind of like
losing something you can't get it back. High school is a bittersweet memory now really,
but I wouldn't have changed anything.
In closing, I wish all of our alumni continued success, success in trusting in the things
that makes the biggest difference in your life, yourself, your family, and close friends.
YELLOWJACKETS '78
Email -
Raymond.E.Frye@lrl02.usace.army.mil