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Gerald Clough
Gerald Clough took up hydroponic growing in retirement, following diverse careers. After high school, he worked as a broadcast announcer, television news reporter, news presenter a...view moreGerald Clough took up hydroponic growing in retirement, following diverse careers. After high school, he worked as a broadcast announcer, television news reporter, news presenter and radio news director.He went on to earn a degree in Mathematics and a Master of Arts degree in Computer Science from Texas State University. Before that, he worked as a firefighter/EMT and trained in high-angle rescue methods, and continued for thirteen years as a volunteer firefighter and many more as a volunteer Paramedic and still holds a Paramedic License. He also holds licenses as a law enforcement instructor and fire service instructor.He served as an instructor in Mathematics and Computer Science at Texas State until being informed that he could not stay without being on a doctoral track. Full time programming held little appeal. But about that time, the Sheriff, after watching him treating a vehicle trauma patient, recruited him as a Deputy Sheriff.He then became a city police detective for ten years and commanded the Criminal Investigation Division. He served as a latent fingerprint examiner, Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst, Forensic Hypnotist, Criminal Analyst, psychological profiler, forensic photographer, legal analyst and policy planner. He developed and obtained grant funding for projects in computing, youth services, community policing and victim services.After leaving the police department, he served as judge of the Municipal Court before returning to law enforcement as a county detective, followed by ten years as a child abuse special investigator and state police investigator until his retirement from government.He is unsure what he wants to be when he grows up.view less