Days to Remember discusses our National Holidays and days that we will always remember. Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Valentines Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are unforgettable days in our life. We will never forget the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor or when the towers fell on 9/11. We will remember our school days and the fun we had on vacations. We must remember our founding fathers and their sacrifice. We stand proud and salute the Stars and Stripes and give thanks for our country and for those who gave their all to protect it. We remember those special days in our lives that the memories were burned in our mind that will last forever. The days remembered in this book are the days that will never end.

Dean Rippetoe was born and raised in Comanche County Texas. He served in the US Air Force in the Korean Conflict. He joined the Shell Oil Company in 1956 and served in various capacities and retired in 1990 as a senior safety advisor for Shell's western division. Dean was heavily involved in the development of Shell's Safety Management System in the 1970s and 1980s and developed numerous supervisory and management training courses that were taught throughout the world. Dean served as a spokesman for Shell Oil Company, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Texas Oil and Gas Information Committee during the energy crisis created by the Arab embargo in the 1970s. Dean retired from Shell in 1990 and started Dean Rippetoe Enterprises, a safety management consulting firm, and has traveled worldwide, teaching, training, and auditing for numerous firms in the petroleum business. Dean continues to work as a full-time consultant in the Permian Basin Petroleum industry. He lives in Midland with his wife, Jean, of sixty-seven years.