Skip and Mother, Jeanne L. Conover, on the Painted Desert, 1949
with 1st Collie, Desert Holly, at Inyokern, CA, about 1951
At InyoKern, CA about 1951.
On the beach of Atlantic City, New Jersey, about August, 1952, before my Mother and siblings left on our solo drive across the country in a Jeep Station Wagon (early version of an SUV), on our way to Dad's assignment at Kodiak, Alaska.
As I was during Yo-Hi days—about 1963.
With “Pa san” and Japanese ski club at Mt. Zao, Japan, probably at Christmas 1963.
As a 2nd Lt. USMC, about September 1968
With our daughters at Washington Cherry Blossom Festival, about Spring 1987.
Debbi and Skip's wedding, October 21, 1989.  My parents are to the right of my head in this photo.  Some Yo-Hi folks will remember them.
At my Yo-Hi home town of Kamakura, Japan, about 1996.
Skip relaxed before the storm: December 31, 2008
In my usual attire for Saudi Arabia (where I've visited 23 times since 2002—except usually it's white), October 31, 2009.  This is my “Yankee Thobe with Bisht”—it's red,white and blue!
At funeral of Rear Admiral Henry Morgan (grandson of J.P. Morgan) at Arlington Cemetery, November 3, 2012.  Debbi and I play Bridge with his wife, who is the sister of John McCain.

 

 

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I live in Annapolis, MD with my wife, Debbi ( Deborah McGlauflin)

Have three full time jobs: 
I am currently building up to bring a major Healthcare IT provider into the USA.  I'm not being paid for this work as yet.  The original company is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

I am Founder and primary curator of a website: http://archetypeinaction.com   The primary focus of the site is to show how the work of Dr. Carl Jung applies to everyday life today.  Many of my essays will be published in a book in September on Amazon.  The book I wrote in 2007, Tsunami of Blood , is available on Amazon.  No one paid any attention to me then, but it is proving strangely prophetic given what's currently happening in Iraq and Syria.
 
I am fighting foreclosure on my home.  The banks have managed to pull off one of the greatest scams in American history.  They built risk on risk in the mortgage industry, paying themselves $100 million bonuses along the way, which caused the economy to crash on September 15, 2008.  They were bailed out, but millions of Americans lost their jobs and their ability to pay.  They got the value of the mortgages from the bailouts, through the credit default swaps AIG was unable to cover, and through mortgage insurance, so they had no damages.  Nonetheless, whenever anyone was high and dry, they also foreclosed on their homes fraudulently.  I now have undeniable proof that they are attempting to do this to me.
 
This is an important fight for all of us, because now that the investment banking industry knows that it can crash the economy and get paid DOUBLE on mortgages, they'll do it again to our children.  Just think about it!  Investment bankers on Wall Street are thinking, “Wow! That was profitable!  I wonder how long we have to wait before we do it again!”
 
This is a big fight, and I've had to go it alone, because no practicing attorney wants to stand up against banks they will have to work with for a career, and judges are dependent for deep pockets banks for their elections.  In the process, I've discovered how badly our fundamental rights of Due Process of Law and Equal Protection of the Law have been eroded.  The case is in the Maryland Court of Appeals on this issue only, has been denied once, and they are currently looking at my Motion for Reconsideration.  The appeal is really moot now, because of the proofs of fraud that I received last week from opposing Counsel (go figure), but because of the Due Process and Equal Protection issues, I'll have to take it to the Supreme Court next.  Obviously, this is the fight of my life!  I could just give up on the appeal, since it's now moot, but I won't because the Rights involved are what all of us fought for, and many of our friends died in the process.  More on this at the reunion …

Deb and I could have given up long ago, but since I'm blessed with a broad education, I was able to figure out the scam, and I want everyone else to know so that changes can be made.  If I weren't an attorney myself (in NY), I would have had to pay over $400K for the time I've spent to get this far.  Obviously, that's beyond the reach of average Americans, which is why Wall Street has been able to run the tables on so many.  Since I know others can't, I'm in this thing until the last dog is hung (legally), and then I will say, “I have not yet begun to fight!”  They're messing with the wrong hard-headed Navy Junior here!
 
The last 50 years in 1 sentence:  I was sucked into Vietnam, like the rest of the male members of our class; I survived to go to law school but hated the practice of law (still do!); went to business school and back to Japan for 5 years, and earned my stripes as a serial entrepreneur, which I've done ever since.  I've had to create my own job since I was 39.
 
We have 3 daughters, Natasha, Alyssa, and Cassandra.  Natasha married a radiologist, Alyssa a lawyer (who was Staff Secretary to Richard Cheney when he was Vice President and is now VP for Domestic and Economic Affairs at the Heritage Foundation), and Cassandra (who will marry a competitor of mine in Ireland in March 2015).  We have 7 grandchildren.  I have had to reluctantly renew my skills as an attorney (kicking and screaming), and have been called to show why the work of Dr. Carl Jung is still important and relevant to our lives as we face them today.  As you see, I have been and still am a tad busy.

Since April 2014, I have completed the 90-lesson Arabic course from Pimsleur, and I'm now 9 lessons into Spanish.  I'm planning to make much use of these in the coming 2-5 years.
 
See the boring stuff here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldconover

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