From Hospital to High or "Here Is a Steve"

This Book, titled, "From Hospital To High" or "Here Is A Steve", A Story of Steven Reise, Plus, Poetry Analysis and Poems by yours truly, Steven Paul Reise actually consists of three separate sections. Section 1, as I will refer to it, consists of the Foreword/Introduction/Acknowledgements/Philosophies and Page 1 of Volume 1 of my memoir, "Here Is A Steve". This first volume, probably of four or five volumes of the autobiography of my life, is comprised of: 1. Earliest Memories (of my childhood) and, 2. Scrap Book Years, entailing my scholastic and athletic achievements up to and including high school. Section 2: Is "my first book ever", and is entitled, "From Hospital To High". This book was written by me, sometime in the 6th grade of elementary school. As I would enter junior HIGH school the following year, this is the significance of "HIgh". This would have taken place sometime in the fall of 1969 and the spring of 1970. This book encompasses the years from my birth to the age of twelve. Section 3: Has a cover with labels stating: Steve Reise English Poetry Notebook The poetry notebook was written in Junior High School around 1970-1972. It has six original poems of different forms of poetry, authored by, again, yours truly, Steven Reise around the age of thirteen or fourteen. The notebook also contains analysis of poetry types written by notable poets, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, E. E. Cummings, Howard Nemerov, Ernest Kroll, John Ciardi, and one poem by an anonymous author.

This Book, titled, "From Hospital To High" or "Here Is A Steve", A Story of Steven Reise, Plus, Poetry Analysis and Poems by yours truly, Steven Paul Reise, actually consists of three separate sections. Section 1, as I will refer to it, consists of the Foreword/Introduction/Acknowledgements/Philosophies and Page 1 of Volume 1 of my memoir, "Here Is A Steve". This first volume, probably of four or five volumes of the autobiography of my life, is comprised of: 1. Earliest Memories (of my childhood) and, 2. Scrap Book Years, entailing my scholastic and athletic achievements up to and including high school. Section 2: Is "my first book ever", and is entitled, "From Hospital To High". This book was written by me, sometime in the 6th grade of elementary school. As I would enter junior HIGH school the following year, this is the significance of "High". This would have taken place sometime in the fall of 1969 and spring of 1970. This book encompasses the years from my birth to the age of twelve. Section 3: Has a cover with labels stating: Steve Reise English Poetry Notebook The poetry notebook was written in Junior High School around 1970-1972. It has six original poems of different forms of poetry, authored by, again, yours truly, Steven Reise around the age of thirteen or fourteen. The notebook also contains analysis of poetry types written by notable poets, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, E. E. Cummings, Howard Nemerov, Ernest Kroll, John Ciardi, and one poem by an anonymous author. This book is not the end. It is just the beginning of a series of books I plan to write in the future. As I have stated, I will be writing a memoir of my life which may encapsulate four or five volumes. Volume 1 should be published in early spring of of 2024. As I had some forms of relationships with women from Russia; Ukraine, and to a lesser extent, most recently, three women from the former Soviet/Russia satellite country, Kazakhstan, I would like to write of my experiences with these interesting women. Without further ado, here we go...

Steven Reise was born on September 23, 1957, to Ralph & Charline Resetarits. (parents legally changed last name of them, Steve, and Steve's older brother, Michael, to "Reise" on October 10, 1958, after Steven was born in St. Louis, MO. Steven was an accomplished student and athlete. In little league baseball, Steven once struck out 17 batters in a 7-inning game, and in another, pitched a two-hit shutout for his first-place team. As a freshman in high school, Steven set several rebounding records, once recording 17 rebounds in one game. Steven was named Captain by the Varsity football team at Mehlville Senior High School (St. Louis County) his Senior year and was named 1st Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-District as an Outside Linebacker. Steven attended Washington University in St. Louis and received a BSBA in Business Administration and a BSME in Mechanical Engineering in May 1980 & 1982, respectively. Steven received his MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Maryville College (now University) in 1990, receiving tuition reimbursement from former employer Chrysler Motors and McDonnell Douglas. Steven worked part-time and summers at the tool & die company, Colonial Engineering & Tool Company, his father, Ralph, managed for twenty-five years, attaining the union job title of Apprentice Tool & Diemaker. In June 1974, the Monday following his sophomore year of high school, Steve suffered a serious industrial accident at this father's above mentioned employer, requiring a skin graft and leaving a noticeable scar on his right hand which remains to this day. Steven's mother, Charline, was employed as the secretary to the president of the candy maker, Sunmark Inc. (they make "SweeTarts", which was later bought by Nestle and Charline retired as a Nestle retiree pensioner. During his college years, Steven worked at the Amoco Oil (now British Petroleum--BP) Refinery in Wood River, IL and General Electric (St. Louis) in the capacity as an engineer. During his career as various functions as an engineer, Steve was employed (again) at Amoco Oil Refinery (BP) in Whiting, IN, while living on the Near North Side of Chicago taking Lake Shore Drive to and from the Amoco Oil Refinery. Steve was employed as a sales engineer for Borg-Warner (LaGrange, IL--Chicagoland). Steve worked for Chrysler as a Body Shop Tooling Engineer (Fenton, MO) on various Chrysler minivans, the production of which saved Chrysler from bankruptcy and going out of business. Steven worked as design engineer for McDonnell Aircraft, on F-15 Eagle, F-18 Hornet, and Harrier. Steven also had a Top-Secret Clearance for black hole fighter aircraft A-12 Avenger, which was eventually cancelled after Steven had transferred to another McDonnell Douglas division which built flight simulators for other companies' fighter aircraft, including the Grumman Northrup F-14 Tomcat which Tom Cruise flew in the original Top Gun film. Reise worked for Saudi Aramco (the world's largest oil company) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia as Technical Advisor/Consultant in 1992-1993. Mr. Reise has traveled and set foot in some 28 countries, including Russia-(Moscow). He purchased a 28-acre estate outside Potosi, MO in 1995. In April 1997 an individual tortured and murdered Steve's beagle, "Phantom", named after the jet fighter. On September 11, 1998, Reise was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane (NON-VIOLENT OFFENDER) officially designated NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF MENTAL ILLNESS. 3 years later to the day, September 11, 2001, mainly Saudi Arabian citizens, trained on commercial simulators, commandeered 3 jets in what became known as 9/11. Reise spent 5 years confined. He was released with a Conditional Release in 2003, the year in which US Army uniform flag was changed. Received Unconditional Release in 2008. By his count, 19 criminal counts, "0" convictions. Living quietly in deceased parent's home in South St. Louis County at age 66, 12/2023