Please provide your name as it appears in our '73 yearbook, and add any other name(s) you may go by now.
Benny (Ben) Maese
Relationship status - husbands/wives/domestic partners/divorces/deaths/children/grandchildren? Tell us about your other family members we might know.
I am the youngest of 11 children. Very happily married to my very lovely wife Tiffany from Arcadia, California. This great marriage follows a 25 year marriage to Kris McCullough who graduated Duarte high class of 1972. I have three children from my 1st marriage, two daughters and one son and a son from my second marriage. Six grandchildren, four girls and two boys. Other siblings that graduated Duarte High, Rueben, class of 71, Lucy, class of 67, Velma, class of 66, Robert, class of 65, Joe, class of 64, Emma, class of 62
Please upload a few recent pictures here. Family pictures are of course welcome!
Alabama 4th of July
Watching our weight
First in two weight classes, the beast
Tucker with three of my six grandchildren
Shelby Mustang, Boosted to 1200 hp, 960 ftlbs of torque on 85% ethanol
Job history? What jobs have you had over the last 50 years?
Following high school, I attended and graduated from San Diego State along with two of my very good friends, Dominic Hyatt and Mark Joncich, both of which were graduates of Duarte High, of course, class of 73. Dominic and I were roommates in San Diego and Mark roomed with Nancy Cross, no fun for him. I started college as a Chemistry major and switched to Accounting in year three. I received a Bachelors of Science degree in accounting, and two years later became a Certified Public Accountant. Forty years later I am still a CPA. I lived in San Luis Obispo for 25 years where I had four CPA practices. I have owned and operated many businesses throughout the years, Biodiesel Plants, Construction Company, Fiber Optic installation business, commodity trading in the areas of alternative fuels, waste vegetable oil collection and processing refineries in Nevada, California, Texas and Alabama, Equipment Purchases and Sales with my buddy Mark Joncich. Home refurbishing in Puerto Rico.
Are you currently working, retired or somewhere in-between?
Currently own and operate a CPA practice in the suburbs of Austin, Texas with a 2nd office coming soon in the Waco, Texas area. No plans of retiring anytime soon from Accounting. Other businesses still owned and running are a Lumber Yard in Louisiana, a Tiny home manufacturing facility in Louisiana, a Drag Strip in Alabama and a petroleum trading company in Texas.
Did you pursue any further education after High School?
San Diego State, Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting
Certified Public Accountant
What hobbies/interests/pastimes have you engaged in?
Martial Arts, Weight Training, Golf, Cycling, Automobile and Motorcycle Enthusiast, Dirt Bike Riding, Shooting, Collecting Knives, Guns and Rifles, Chasing Women (Wait is my wife ever going to see this? If so, please delete.)
What city do you currently live in.....for how long? Where else have you lived?
Currently live in Leander, Texas, past three years. Lived in San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Eagle, Idaho, Selma, Alabama, San Luis Obispo, Las Vegas, Nevada, Cayucos, California, Fullerton, San Diego, Huntington Harbor, California, Huntington Beach, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Deming New Mexico.
Over the last 50 years, what other cities/states/countries have you visited?
Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Washington D.C., Alabama, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Tennessee, Hawaii, Iowa, Ohio
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand
Share with us your most memorable experiences of the last 50 years?
The births of my four children, Mitzi, Benjamin and Natalie, all in their 30’s and Tucker, age 11.
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Relationship status - husbands/wives/domestic partners/divorces/deaths/children/grandchildren? Tell us about your other family members we might know.
I am the youngest of 11 children. Very happily married to my very lovely wife Tiffany from Arcadia, California. This great marriage follows a 25 year marriage to Kris McCullough who graduated Duarte high class of 1972. I have three children from my 1st marriage, two daughters and one son and a son from my second marriage. Six grandchildren, four girls and two boys. Other siblings that graduated Duarte High, Rueben, class of 71, Lucy, class of 67, Velma, class of 66, Robert, class of 65, Joe, class of 64, Emma, class of 62
Please upload a few recent pictures here. Family pictures are of course welcome!
Alabama 4th of July
Watching our weight
First in two weight classes, the beast
Tucker with three of my six grandchildren
Shelby Mustang, Boosted to 1200 hp, 960 ftlbs of torque on 85% ethanol
Job history? What jobs have you had over the last 50 years?
Following high school, I attended and graduated from San Diego State along with two of my very good friends, Dominic Hyatt and Mark Joncich, both of which were graduates of Duarte High, of course, class of 73. Dominic and I were roommates in San Diego and Mark roomed with Nancy Cross, no fun for him. I started college as a Chemistry major and switched to Accounting in year three. I received a Bachelors of Science degree in accounting, and two years later became a Certified Public Accountant. Forty years later I am still a CPA. I lived in San Luis Obispo for 25 years where I had four CPA practices. I have owned and operated many businesses throughout the years, Biodiesel Plants, Construction Company, Fiber Optic installation business, commodity trading in the areas of alternative fuels, waste vegetable oil collection and processing refineries in Nevada, California, Texas and Alabama, Equipment Purchases and Sales with my buddy Mark Joncich. Home refurbishing in Puerto Rico.
Are you currently working, retired or somewhere in-between?
Currently own and operate a CPA practice in the suburbs of Austin, Texas with a 2nd office coming soon in the Waco, Texas area. No plans of retiring anytime soon from Accounting. Other businesses still owned and running are a Lumber Yard in Louisiana, a Tiny home manufacturing facility in Louisiana, a Drag Strip in Alabama and a petroleum trading company in Texas.
Did you pursue any further education after High School?
San Diego State, Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting Certified Public Accountant
What hobbies/interests/pastimes have you engaged in?
Martial Arts, Weight Training, Golf, Cycling, Automobile and Motorcycle Enthusiast, Dirt Bike Riding, Shooting, Collecting Knives, Guns and Rifles, Chasing Women (Wait is my wife ever going to see this? If so, please delete.)
What city do you currently live in.....for how long? Where else have you lived?
Currently live in Leander, Texas, past three years. Lived in San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Eagle, Idaho, Selma, Alabama, San Luis Obispo, Las Vegas, Nevada, Cayucos, California, Fullerton, San Diego, Huntington Harbor, California, Huntington Beach, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Deming New Mexico.
Over the last 50 years, what other cities/states/countries have you visited?
Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Washington D.C., Alabama, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Tennessee, Hawaii, Iowa, Ohio Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand
Share with us your most memorable experiences of the last 50 years?
The births of my four children, Mitzi, Benjamin and Natalie, all in their 30’s and Tucker, age 11.
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