Michael Mills 

A few photos from my mis-spent  youth,
and early career...
 

Playa del Rey lagoon.

With next door neighbor, Hoot.

   
Sailboat racing at the Los Angeles Harbor, Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club.

Santa Monica bay.

The Vision rock band performing at a school dance.

King's River / Sailboat races at the LA Harbor.

Friends Jocelyn, Keith, and Hoot.

Playa del Rey beach and lagoon, circa 1970 (from a postcard)

Westchester High School theatrical production of "The Odd Couple."   With Kent Insay -- rivals, both
for the lead roles in the school plays, as well as for the affection of the same girl. 
 

  
Playa del Rey beach.  

Westchester High School track team.

Halloween party.

 
UCLA undergraduate ID.

College flop house.  Freedom is just a word for nothing left to lose --  no mortgage, no taxes, no career, no kids, no relationship. 
Primary interest? Surfing, dude.

Huntington Beach Pier.  

UC Santa Cruz, with dorm mates at Kresge College.  

         
    Doctoral dissertation research at UCSB. 
 

El Encanto Hotel, over looking Santa Barbara, with fellow UCSB graduate students.

Loyola Marymount University. Office in Seaver Hall.

From LMU yearbook.

LMU Psychology Department Faculty
 

Second cousins at extended family reunion, Santa Barbara
(Note the family resemblance?)

 

With some more distant cousins, at the Santa Barbara Zoo.
(Note the  family resemblance?)
 

Wedding of former LMU Psychology Department colleague, Lee Swenson.
 

Tornado chasing in Texas.  

Faculty and spouses party, after serving as Chair of the LMU Psychology Department (circa 1991).

San Simeon -- elephant seal mate competition and rookery beach.
 

High school reunion -- human mate competition rivalries live on...

My favorite spot on the planet -- Gunsite Butte, Lake Powell, Southern Utah. 
North 37 03.079 West 111 20.685. 

Aunt Jean's 90th birthday.
 

Zaca Lake, and Lake San Antonio
 

Ellwood Mesa bluffs   ...scroll to the right for panorama.  (See more panorama photos here.)

Santa Barbara Zoo -- a fleeting glimpse of an indigenous, dangerous wild primate.