Steve Wheeler
      
 

11/22/2009 ... Immediately after graduation I spent three years as a Sonar Technician in the U.S. Navy. The majority of my time was spent at sea aboard the submarine rescue vessel USS Chanticleer touring various locations in the western pacific including two short assignments in Viet Nam.

After the Navy I attended Sierra College for two semesters on the GI Bill and then accepted an offer to tour with a San Francisco rock band as an assistant manager/ roadie.  That gig lasted a couple of years at which time I decided to move on. I then spent a year exploring possibilities on the north coast in and around Mendocino. In 1972 I made my way back to good old Grass Valley and have been here ever since.

I recently retired from my position as Engineering Manger of Serra Corporation located on the old Grass Valley Group site on Bitney Springs Road. Serra is a manufacturer of precision sheet metal products and purchased the metal manufacturing division from GVG in 1995. I went to work for GVG in 1977 after several years in the local construction industry.

I enjoy playing music (guitar and recently banjo) and golf. A current member of Nevada County Country Club, I play several times a week.   Steve Wheeler