Huffman will be recognized Friday for his physics major and Saturday for his English major. His high school education was interrupted during World War II by his draft notice. After more than two years in the Navy, he married Florence, a Fresno beautician, and joined the Army, which trained him in radio and microwave electronics during a four-year stint. Northrop Corp. As a non-degreed engineer, he learned early in his career, he needed further education if he wanted to advance in position and salary beyond certain levels. Huffman took four years to earn an associate of arts degree from Los Angeles Harbor College and then enrolled at Cal State Fullerton as a physics major with a keen interest in laser spectroscopy and electron optics.
Any scientific discipline is about facts, facts, facts.
In English classes, I got to study the fiction and poetry written by the important English authors of the past, all the way back to Shakespeare and forward to the present day. Huffman will rise early Friday and Saturday, in order to make the trek from his home in Rancho Cucamonga to Fullerton for the days' 8 a.m. ceremonies. Although his wife, Florence, passed away a few years ago, he expects his two grown children and a granddaughter to attend Saturday's ceremony. Not one to rest on his diplomas and laurels, Huffman has been accepted into the university's graduate program in physics. Once he has earned his master's degree, he still won't pack away his textbooks.