F/O David G. Lemon graduated from Harvard Law School and went on to serve as President of the Pacific Maritime Association, retiring in 1982. His wife, Jean, passed away in 1992. In 1994, he married Noriko "Nikki" Sawada Bridges, who unfortunately passed away in February 2003. Later that year, David moved from Pescadero, CA, where he and Nikki had lived, to Colorado Springs, CO, to be closer to his son.