Family
My wife Nancy and I live in Lakeshore, Ontario (Good Shepherd Parish) with our two sons: Connor & Liam
Our son Aidan now lives in Queens, New York & our daughter Claire, in Toronto
Born
To Donald and Frances (Toomey) Gorey in El Paso, Texas
Citizenship
United States of America (Landed Canadian Immigrant)
Elementary Education
Holy Spirit School, Buffalo, New York
High School
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo, New York
Honor Graduate in Science
Member
The Endorphins Road Runners of St. Clair Beach, Ontario
Past Member
The Shin Splinters of Bethesda, Maryland
Best Road Races
Naval District of Washington, DC 7-Mile, 1980, 1st place
National Capital Marathon, Ottawa, ON, 1978, 2 hrs 44 min
Finger Lakes Marathon, Ithaca, NY, 1978, 5th place
Nickel City 50-Mile, Buffalo, NY, 1985, 16th place
Military Service
Six years of service, including 18 months in the United States Navy Reserve
Hospital Corpsman Second Class (E-5), United States Navy
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 1978-1980
3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, "America's Battalion," Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii, 1980-1982 (2 Western Pacific deployments)
Service Medals: Humanitarian Service, 2 Navy Expeditionary, Good Conduct and Fleet Marine Force Ribbon
Honor Graduate, Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, IL
Honor Graduate, Field Medical Service School, Camp Pendleton, CA
Maxed the Marine Corps physical fitness test
Fun & Adventures
Touring the world with my love, Nancy
Proudly managed our sons' (Aidan, Liam & Connor) baseball team, the 2007 Tecumseh Rookieball Champions
Cheering on our daughter and sons' athletic, artistic & academic pursuits
North American camping and worldwide family snorkeling trips
Growing up, raced Tonnie II (a 19-foot 'Lightning' sailing sloop named after my mother) with my father, brother Mark and sisters Meg, Karen and Ruthanne
Lived with the Ashaninca People of Central Peru for 6 months
Climbed Mt. Hood, Oregon with my brother-in-law Andy
Jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. Once was enough.