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Dr. Don E. Corbin moved to Albuquerque in 1951, and earned teaching credentials at UNM. He and his first wife, June Corbin, taught in a two room school house for Albuquerque Public Schools in Chilili, NM for ten years. He commuted from his ranch in Estancia, NM where his family resided. He was born in Delta, OH in 1918. He attended school in Delta and at Riverside Military Academy and Culver Military Academy. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Toledo and his Masters degree from the University of New Mexico. He returned to school in his seventies to complete his doctorate at Sarasota University. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. As a young man, he worked as a musician and for Delta Novelty Company, before embarking on his career as an educator. In addition to teaching in Chilili, he also taught in Albuquerque before moving to Puerto Rico in 1963, where he worked as a principal in the Antilles Consolidated Schools at Antilles Elementary School and Roosevelt Roads Elementary School until his retirement. He is survived by his second wife Naomi, Guaynabo, PR; and their children, Samantha B. Corbin, Guaynabo, PR, Gian V. Corbin and wife Dilsette Zayas-Moreno, Orlando, FL; and his children from his first marriage, Don E. Corbin, Jr. and wife Judy, Los Lunas, NM, Charles B. Corbin and wife Cathie, Phoenix, AZ, David E. Corbin and wife Josie Metal-Corbin, Omaha, NE; plus 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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