User:Kenton adler

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Kenton Adler was born April 2, 1956 in Camden, Arkansas. He attended Cleveland Avenue Elementary School until December, 1965 at which time his family moved to Aurora, Colorado. He was enrolled at Virginia Court Elementary School, followed by South Junior High School, Hinkley High School, and he eventually graduated from Gateway High School in 1974. Ken played soccer, was president of concert choir, and was Gateway's first Prom King.

Ken attended the University of Northern Colorado in Fall of 1974, until he was asked to leave. In Spring of 1975 they insisted. He worked for a year for Sky Chefs at Stapleton International Airport, then joined the United States Navy. He served four years as an Aerographers Mate (meteorology), achieveing the rank of AG2(E-5). He was stationed in such diverse locations at NAS Memphis, Diego Garcia, and USS Enterprise in dry dock at the Bremerton Naval Shipyard in Washington state.

After being honorably discharged, Adler returned to Colorado and was employed by United Printing Corporation, a family-owned commercial printing business run by his dad, Lenard Adler. Simultaneously he attended Metropolitan State College, and played guitar with a variety of rock bands including The Nacho Men, The Mechanics, and The Korvettes. Ken graduated from Metro in 1987 with a B.A. in Visual Communications and Psychology.

His mother, Jeane Adler Mary, died in 1988 of cancer in Tucson, AZ. His younger brother, Barry, died in 1992 as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning at his home in Lakewood, CO. Ken moved to Fayetteville, AR shortly thereafter. He ran a music store, and studied History in the M.A. program at The University of Arkansas.

In 1995 Kenton began studying the Great Highland Bagpipe and worked for Computing Sevices at the university. In 1998 he accepted a position as Instructional Technologist at Lyon College in Batesville, AR in order to play with The Lyon College Pipe Band. In 2004 he was elected to the Executive Committee of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association as Officer At Large. Ken's dad died in 2005 of prostate cancer at his home in lakewood CO.

Adler continues to work at Lyon and play with the pipe band. He also continues to play guitar, write songs, sing, and make some occasional recordings. His song, "I've Had Enough" was featured on Neil Young's "Living With War" website. He has a sister, Lauren, who resides in Aurora, CO.