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MARK
WHEELER
The SAC facilities manager is an ordained
minister and former rugby referee
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NEWS
Getting ready to reenlist
in the South African army,
Mark Wheeler received the
news that he would emigrate with his family to the
United States.
Wheeler is the facilities
manager at SAC and you
might spot him running
around campus fixing things.
Upon arriving in the U.S. in
1981, Wheeler joined the U.S.
Navy because he wanted to
serve his new country.
His interest in working for
colleges began while working for the UC system.
While there, he started
playing rugby, a sport that
he grew to love as a child
in South Africa. He refereed internationally, a job
that took him to countries
including England, Japan
and the Netherlands.
When the facilities manager position became available
in 2013 at SAC, Wheeler
jumped at the chance to
return to work in a college
environment.
“At the end of the day it’s
all about student success. If
it’s not getting done then
students aren’t getting the
educational experience that
they deserve,” Wheeler said.
While attending classes at
UC Irvine, Wheeler took up
mountain biking.
“It’s exercise, it’s beautiful
out there, the weather is
killer and you’re at one with
nature,” Wheeler said.
A father of four girls,
Wheeler and his wife are
foster parents for Orange
County Social Services and
licensed to care for infants
in need of shelter.
“We thought it would be
a good form of birth control to get my daughters
to experience what motherhood is like first hand.”
Wheeler said. “It’s working
so far.”
Wheeler, also an ordained
minister, has married about
140 couples.
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