Deceased (4/1993)

Dan was one of my best friends in high school. To this day I think of him when I take the backroad (Hiway 9) to Santa Cruz. Dan, Guy Dudley and I traveled that road many times in his red bug (which he never forgave Guy for putting a dent in whilst doing wheelies on Guy's Dad's riding lawnmower), listening to Cream's "Disraeli Gears". I reconnected with Dan- tracked him down in SLC living with his wife and kids. I thought I had him tallked in to coming to the 25th reunion. He had a heart attack before he could do that. Congenital heart murmur, apparently. He was nutty, a blindingly quick wit, always funny (even the inveterate puns), and I miss him. - Rob Karr (4/10/08)

San Jose, CA.

Confirmed for the reunion .

Cassel, CA. Planning on attending the 40th.

(married to Michelle DiTore)

Plymonth, MN. Will not be attending.

Deceased (10/2007)

Feel free to offer a memory of our departed classmate.

Hollister, CA.

Confirmed for the reunion.

Santa Cruz, CA.

Confirmed for the reunion.

San Jose, CA. Confirmed for the reunion .

After an early marriage at age 19 (yikes, what was I thinking!), a year in Germany as an army wife supporting my husband through college, working full time and going to SJSU part-time...I finally got a BA degree in Journalism and Advertising from San Diego State.  Of course by then I was divorced and launched into my mid-20's working for ad agencies in Palo Alto and San Francisco.  This was the beginning of the tech boom and what a glorious and memorable time it was!  In the 80's I worked in sales in the printing industry specializing in high tech product manuals.  In 1990 I started my promotional products company (Ad Dimensions) and was a partner in the Original Silicon Valley Map & Calendar, a high tech logo map of the Silicon Valley.  Whenever possible, I traveled: U.S., Hong Kong & mainland China, Greece, Italy, Canada, Caribbean. After 25 years, I decided to give marriage another try.  I met a wonderful man with traditional values who wouldn't even consider living together without being married, so we did in 2000.  Since he's the manager of GM's Grand Am racing/powertrain division, he does most of the traveling now. Soon we hope to find that retirement utopia somewhere away from the maddening crowds of Silicon Valley. Any suggestions? (8/1/08)

Placerville, CA. A maybe for the 40th.

(Married to Mike Meynig)

Irvine, CA. Confirmed for the reunion.

My wife Bette and I will be attending the 40th. We live in Irvine where I work as a Deputy District Attorney for Orange County. I'll be the old guy with gray hair- no, wait, that could be anyone of us (except for the bald guys)! (7/29/08)

Deceased (11/1993)

Feel free to offer a memory of our departed classmate.

Deceased (9/2006)

Feel free to offer a memory of our departed classmate.

Truckee, CA. A maybe for the 40th

After HS, I started studying Architecture at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, but was caught in the Draft with #162 in a year they went to #172 (the San Jose Draft Board took 2,000 II-S students and changed them to I-A as a test – lucky me).  I opted for Canada, but my truck crapped out in King City, so I returned to SLO and joined the Navy thinking I was safer on a ship than in a jungle.  I ended up as a navigator on a nuclear submarine (long story) and spent 2 1/2 years of my life under water (still better than a jungle).  I was married to a girlfriend from Cal Poly while stationed in Connecticut and did seven patrols out of Holyloch, Scotland and Rota, Spain.  We had our first daughter shortly before returning to San Luis Obispo. At Cal Poly once again, I got my BS in Accounting and through some audit clients ended up in Healthcare Finance after my second daughter was born.  I found myself as a CPA who hated income taxation and I couldn’t get far enough away from it in a local practice.  I have worked primarily in Central California hospitals from Tulare to Redding and had planned to retire in San Luis Obispo or near Lake Tahoe; so here we are in Truckee.  It’s about the most perfect area for fly fishing other than 209 inches of snow per year.  I married Connie (one of my better lifetime decisions) after my divorce in 1996 and we moved here about three years ago as we were coming up to the lake about every other weekend anyway. Our youngest daughter is now a paramedic/fire-fighter rescue lieutenant near Fort Lauderdale.  Her sister is a money broker in NY, married to a really nice guy and they have provided us with our first grandchild, Conner James (six months old).  Being closer to them may be the best reason for us to leave California when we retire in the next few years. Enough of this – I’ll be fishing in about 15 minutes… (6/12/08)

Coeur D'Alene, ID. A maybe for the 40th.

(Married to Dave Schneider)

Chico, CA.

Confirmed for the reunion .

Placerville, CA. A maybe for the 40th.

(Married to Cathy McCloskey)

Deceased (9/2007)

Feel free to offer a memory of our departed classmate.

Unlikely that it will happen this summer (attend reunion).

In a nutshell, I am a Professor  of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, and the Director of the Center for Computational Biology at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. I do a lot of neurophysiology research, which is as much a hobby as it is a job.   There is more information about my Center and my Dept. at http://cns.montana.edu and http://www.montana.edu. Also, check out another website for another group I am involved with: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/  I get to do a lot of traveling to scientific meetings in association with my research (just got back from 2 weeks in Barcelona and the surrounding area.)
Bozeman is paradise... I love it, and I am "living happily ever after". It is like living in a vacation paradise every day. As you may remember, I was a professor at U.C. Berkeley for 15 years but got fed up with the city life and crowded conditions (I am a hermit at heart), and decided to do something totally different. So here I am. Bozeman is surrounded by great skiing, hiking, fly-fishing (though I don't do that...), etc. Plus great driving... Rob, you should come on up in that Ferrari... 1 hour from each of 2 entrances to Yellowstone park. 4 hours from Glacier park. (or 2 hours in Rob's buggy).
I am re-married to a retired school principal (Sally), and have 2 beautiful daughters by my previous marriage: Kelsey (now finishing her 2nd year as an Anthro major at UBC in Vancouver, Canada, and Haley (17) finishing her Junior year in High school.
I still play guitar, off- and on. Though Bozeman is the home of acoustic Gibson guitars, I have a couple of Taylors. (4/15/08)

Sebastian, FL. 40th planning commitee. Confirmed for the reunion.

Married with two daughters Jacque 34 and Jaime 31; four grand-daughters, and two grandsons newborn to 9 1/2 yrs old. I worked in healthcare as a CEO and CFO for over 35 years. Traveled most of the world, and there is no place like home. Family and friends - good relationships are the most important asset one can have in life.  I love my work and helping others as well. Looking forward to seeing my classmates and wish them all the best. (6/18/08)

Saratoga, CA.

Confirmed for the reunion.

Deceased.

Feel free to offer a memory of our departed classmate.

Palm Desert, CA. Confirmed for the reunion.

I work as a consultant for Arbonne International dealing in skin care products. (7/29/08)

Davis, CA.

Confirmed for the reunion.

San Jose, CA. 40th reunion commitee. Confirmed for the reunion.

What have I been doing since graduation? Hummm, graduated, had a baby, got married, got divorced. Married an airline pilot, traveled, had a baby, and got divorced. Married a Deputy Sheriff, worked as a San Jose Police Dispatcher for 20 yrs, was injured, retired. Became a massage practitioner, worked for a chiropractor and retired again. I now have fun with my hobby, belly dancing.  I am in two troupes and dance at festivals, restaurants and do shows for senior centers. Life is good. (4/20/08)

Gresham, OR. Confirmed for the reunion.

7 interrupted years to get through college; during that time I married Carol Bertossa (class of '71); 5 years as a ski bum in Tahoe; turned respectable(?) after the first child and went to work for Lockheed for 10 years working both technical and business operations jobs; Carol and I had child number 2 during this period while living in Campbell; we bailed out of the Bay Area and moved to Oregon - it's great here, I went into local government finance and am still doing that; intend to retire to central Oregon and Aptos within 3 years. The kids, strangely enough, both moved to Santa Cruz after college, are gainfully employed using their college degrees and not living at home. ( 5/18/08)