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The week after our graduation ceremonies, I began a nine-month management training program with Northwester Bell Telephone Company. While working as a switchboard operator in Minneapolis, the responses I often got were, "Is this the telephone company?" or "Are you on strike?" No one expected a male voice on the line! As I was installing dial telephones in rural areas around Sauk Center, an entire farm family would often watch me, fascinated by the new equipment. There was always an invitation for sharing some fresh homemade pie or cookies.

My eight years of military service began with six months of active duty training at the Naval Air Station near Memphis, Tennessee. I had the good fortune of having an uncle and two aunts living in a suburb of Memphis. On a rare weekend pass, I was their guest and enjoyed wearing civilian clothes, visiting "Graceland" and eating lots of Southern fried chicken, grits, and black-eyed peas! As a MAD officer on an anti-submarine aircraft, I served as a "weekend warrior" for seven and a half years on two-week "cruises" at N.A.S. in Minnesota, Illinois, California, and Hawaii until December 1968.

In October of 1961, I began a delightful five-year association with the Toni Company in Saint Paul and Chicago. One of the "perks" of my position for several years was chauffeuring "Miss America." I drove each of them in an Oldsmobile convertible (another sponsor of the Miss America Pageant), to their radio and television appointments, gala luncheons, and visits to children's hospitals in the Twin Cities. A promotion to production coordinator sent me to the "Windy City" where I immersed myself in both the new job responsibilities and the cultural and recreational opportunities available in Chicago.

A life-changing event took place in April of 1965 when at a "College Life" meeting at Northwestern University, I invited Christ into my life. In the following months as fellow employees and friends recognized changes in my attitude, I realized God had a new plan and purpose for my future. So after a very emotional company farewell party in June of 1966, I drove down to Memphis to see my relatives and then into San Bernardino, California, where Campus Crusade for Christ had its international headquarters.

After joining the staff at C.C.C., I had the privilege of serving as the administrative assistant to Dr. Bill Bright, the founder and president of the organization. A few of his friends whom I met when they visited him included Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Billy Graham, Cliff Barrows, and many well-known evangelical pastors. In 1968, I became the administrative director for a new ministry called "Athletes In Action." My responsibilities included traveling across the county to colleges and universities and scheduling our basketball team for games and exhibitions. Our team always played UCLA in a pre-season game and I was trilled to watch Coach John Wooden in action. He always took time to greet our coach and me after the game. Two other highlights of the year were attending the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, and the Summer Olympics in Mexico City to take photos and write stories for our Athletes In Action magazine. In 1970, I visited American and British military bases to set up a schedule for our basketball team, spoke at a staff training conference in Wales, and attend the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

I moved to Dallas, Texas, in August of 1970 to assume my position as director of recruiting for Expo '72. Our efforts were successful, over 100,000 students (high school and college), servicemen, athletes, teachers and laymen attended the weeklong conference in June of 1972. It was the largest gathering of Christians in U.S. history and was featured in Life magazine — on its cover!

While living in Dallas I met my future bride, Susan Lincoln, a beautiful dairy farmer's daughter who was a Delta Airline stewardess. We got married in October 1972, at her home church in Centralia, Missouri, and then flew to Puerto Rico for a romantic ten-day honeymoon.

Susan and I moved to San Bernardino in 1974 where we both returned to the classroom at California State College. She earned her B.S. in Early Childhood Development and I completed the courses for a secondary teaching credential. Two years later we left the smog of Southern California and headed to Sacramento, where in successive years at Victory Christian School I was a teacher, principal, and school administrator.

In the decade of 1980-89, life was challenging, fulfilling, exhilarating, and tumultuous. I earned an master's degree in school administration from Biola University, went through a "friendly" divorce, became director of admissions at Judson Baptist College in The Dalles, Oregon, and participated in a mission trip to the former Mayan city of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico.

The immersion in the Mexican culture rekindled my desire for foreign travel. So, over many of the following 20 summers when I wasn't teaching in the San Juan or Center School Districts, I took a "vacation with a purpose" and taught ESL courses in such fascinating cities as Chendu, China, which Marco Polo visited, and Lipsek, Russia on the historic Don River. Personal adventures included walking on the Great Wall, visiting the Ming tombs, exploring the Forbidden City, hiking around the Red Square in Moscow watching the changing of the Russian guards, and touring the dazzling Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.

As a result of my overseas teaching experiences, I became the alumni director for English Language Institute (ELI). I scheduled and was the facilitator at weekend retreats across America for Christian men and women interested in teaching ESL in China, Mongolia, and Viet Nam. Alumni of ELI, myself included, shared our rich experiences of interacting with Asian students teaching them English, sharing "cultural nights" together, riding bikes to "Peoples Park," and answering their endless questions about our families, homes, food, and life in America.

Here in the States, volunteerism has played a major role through the years. It has included being a junior achievement advisor, Habitat for Humanity crew member, Golden State Museum docent, Sacramento Community theater usher, Loaves and Fishes food server, California Youth Authority counselor, "Clean Our Creeks" crew member, speaker at assisted living centers, men's Bible study leader, and church elder.

I inherited my love of nature and exploration from my father. Hiking and camping in the stately grandeur of our national parks and capturing their images on film is a yearly adventure. He also was my tennis coach in high school and I have enjoyed playing both singles and doubles to this day. And biking along the shores of Lake Tahoe with the fresh Alpine air energizing me or walking barefoot in the wet sand with a Pacific Ocean salt spray blowing in my face are two of my other favorite outdoor pastimes.

"Being a Global Citizen for 50 years" all began for me the first day I saw the United Nations flag flying over the "Mac" campus. It inspired me to meet, talk to, and become friends with numerous international students. I realized how much we shared in common. Thus began my desire not only to learn more about them, their culture and countries but also other nationalities around the world. That "journey" continues to this day.

So the trip I'm really anticipating is returning to "Mac" in June of 2010. As a member of the Promotions Committee, I have enjoyed calling and writing to classmates. Visiting my old friends on campus and reliving our past will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. See you there!

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After leaving Mac I took up teaching science. I received a Bachelor of Education and taught for 12 years; I spent half the time in the country and half the time abroad. I took up public relations and later moved into sales and sales management for 17 years. I married a great gal, Marte. We built a log home and had three kids (two girls and one boy). We just celebrated our 31st anniversary.

I enjoy hunting, tennis, skiing, and racquetball. I’m involved in investments, various conservation groups, and property management. My hobbies include carpentry, stain glass, and pen & ink drawing.

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Through the guidance of Dr. Walters I pursued a degree in Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1965 from the University of Minnesota. I served in the Air Force until 1968 and began small animal practice in the Twin Cities until 1988 when I sold my practice to attend graduate school in Vet Pathology. I completed that degree in 1994. I worked until 2008 in Laboratory Medicine. I am happily married to Betty for 46 years and have three sons.

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Upon graduation, I journeyed in the fields of social work, insurance, corporate human relations, and wage and salary administration. Finally I landed in the financial services industry. I worked in this field for 31 years, retiring as a senior vice president of investments. Not bad for a fellow with a double major in psychology and sociology and a double minor in chemistry and biology. Over this period of time I married Kay and had three children and two grandchildren. Our granddaughter is graduating with honors from high school this weekend, which is why I will not attend the reunion. One of our children, Jill, graduated from Mac in 1987 and truly enjoyed Mac.

I have been retired for nine years, and Kay and I now live in Naples, Fla. on a permanent basis. I keep quite busy with the volunteer scene in Naples. I am an Elder in my church, sing in the choir, paint water colors, play weekly in a bridge league, and do pro bono work in financial services. We have traveled quite extensively in Europe and are looking forward to going to France and Italy.

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Philis and I have a blended family of five grown children and 11 grandchildren living from California to Massachusetts. As a Presbyterian minister I have served congregations in the Midwest and Alaska. Since retiring in 2003 we have enjoyed constructing a home alongside Lynn Canal near Juneau where we watch the whales and cruise ships; served a couple interims including six weeks in the Eskimo village of Shishmaref, 20 miles south of the Arctic Circle; gone twice with Marion Medical Mission installing shallow well pumps in Malawi, Africa; and continue enjoying travel internationally and to see family.

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With a great jump start from Macalester, the past 50 years have provided many wonderful experiences. I married Bob Berquist '58 and we have three daughters, five grandchildren and one great-grandson. We are thriving in retirement, and live on a picturesque lake in northwestern Wisconsin.

My careers centered around education for 27 years as a kindergarten teacher and gifted program coordinator. Sideline ventures included being a MFT counselor for the DSS and a workshop presenter. Our passions these days include major gardening (husband says, "NO more gardens!"), hiking, biking, and a five-year-old shepherd for whom we had to learn German in order to communicate.

Working on ou 50-year reunion committee has been serendipitous in that there is great pleasure in getting to know classmates that I did not know well those many years ago. I will always be proud and thankful to be a Macalester grad.

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I really have not given thought to the class reunion regarding attending. Like most I am retired after spending 40 years in the corporate life, moving some 12 times during those 40 years. I really did not get involved in anything specific since I moved so much during those years, other than the normal involvement with family and friends.

Currently I am involved with The Noisette Foundation in North Charleston as a founding member and Treasurer; now I’m a board member. The Foundation works with the Civil Justice system, working with individuals coming out of prisons and providing them with the opportunity to learn new skills and assimilate back into the community and work place.

The Foundation is also involved in sustainability and conservation of the environment.

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After graduating from Macalester I attended the University of Illinois for a degree in library science. My first professional position was in a public library in Edmonton, Alberta. Next I went to Germany as a librarian for the U.S. Army Special Services. While in Germany, I met and married Edward (Ted) Brownell who was then a lieutenant in the army. We returned “stateside” in 1966 and lived briefly in Maryland, N. Carolina, and Texas before Ted went to Vietnam. I returned to St. Paul and lived with my parents where Ted joined me after his tour of duty. He left active duty and decided he wouldn’t mind life in the cold north even though he was born and raised in Alabama. We have remained in this area ever since then, although we have moved five times.

Life has been good. While our two sons, Andrew and Mark, were growing up we participated in typical family activities such as t-ball, Boy Scouts, church, etc.

In addition we cared for both Ted’s father and my mother in our home. I continued to work part time until I retired from Hennepin County Library in 2001. My husband Ted worked in the investment business specializing in municipal bonds and retired in 2003. Our son Andrew and his wife live in Minneapolis and have one son (our first and, so far, only grandchild). Mark is living in Europe and working for Cereal Partners Worldwide. We went to Germany to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary and again for our 40th anniversary, and hope to visit our son in Switzerland someday soon.

We are enjoying retirement with a little travel, a little gardening, a few projects now and then, trips to our condo in the Florida panhandle and, of course, our grandson.

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After graduation, I married Winona area resident Gary Bundy. Our teaching careers included over 30 years in the St. Paul Public School system. We raised three daughters, who now live in Craig, Alaska, Vadnais Heights and Brooklyn Park, Minn. We treasure eight grandchildren ranging in ages from 6 to 19.

I taught in a variety of educational programs (nursery school through sixth grade); coached beginning teachers; and supervised student teachers in a joint program between St. Paul and the University of Minnesota. I took classes for kindergarten certification at the U. and earned my master's degree from Mankato. Another Mac grad, Gayle Nelson Lopez, and I created curriculum and programs, first for desegregation purposes, then to plan a magnet school, coordinate special events, and to team-teach. Enriching classroom instruction included International Children’s Style Shows, Book Events, International Fairs and a Peppermint Pals Service Project with Seniors. Teaching was not just to achieve high test scores in those days, but a creative challenge to meet individual student needs.

Over the years, my husband and I have been active members of Central Presbyterian Church. We’ve also worked on political campaigns, first the GOP, and then we were strong DFL advocates! We led scout and youth church groups; raised money for charitable organizations; and served on non-profit boards. Working for women’s issues included organizing a mother’s discussion group, a homemaker’s group, and most recently a Red Hat Group (for fun and frivolity). I actively support a welfare-to-work clothing program for women. I have gained skills through Community Education classes. Golf, tennis, drapery making, beginning guitar, massage, and calligraphy classes are some that have especially enriched my life.

Now my passions include walking daily with friends (followed by Panera coffee breaks), taking care of family members, giving themed birthday parties, and writing books with and for grandchildren. What fun!

As I reflect on my life, I am amazed that coming from a small town to a big city, not knowing anyone, and working to make money to stay in college did not discourage me. After earning my Elementary Education degree in three and a half years I felt confident to teach children, and I did! Thanks Macalester!

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At Macalester I got my degree in business administration with a minor in education and sociology. My plan was to teach business education, but at graduation, I was offered a program director position at the St. Paul YWCA. In 1967 at the University of Minnesota, I earned an M.S.W. with specialty areas in group work and community organization.

I also worked for the Cleveland YWCA for 16 years in various positions, where we worked on issues of school desegregation, housing discrimination and racial justice. My horizons were further broadened as I served in positions at another local YWCA and at the National YWCA in New York.

The last 15 years of my YWCA career were in Geneva, Switzerland with the World YWCA. I was fortunate to work with volunteers and staff from around the world, with opportunities to visit many different countries.

I am now retired in St. Paul, and have enjoyed reconnecting with my large family of siblings, nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews. I continue as a volunteer with the YWCA nationally and internationally, as well as facilitate a support group for caretakers with family members who have Lewy body dementia. I also work part-time as executive director for the Minnesota Gerontological Society. The third age, or retirement phase, of life is a wonderful time for exploring new avenues. It has been fun to connect with Mac classmates on the Reunion Committee, as we reminisce about the foundations built at Mac and plan for our 50th reunion.

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I was one of Macalester's first International Relations majors, thanks to Dr. Dodge, Dr. Mitau, and Dean Dupre. After graduation I started work immediately as a military reports analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. My three years with the Agency coincided with the "Kennedy Years" and I lived just a couple blocks from their pre-White House abode, sharing a house in Georgetown with five other gals. We were caught up in a lot of fun and exciting experiences. I loved my job and D.C. – "Potomac Fever" they call it.

During my senior year at Mac I met Bill Christianson, a first-year student at William Mitchell College of Law, which was on Summit across from St. Thomas back then. We kept the post office in business for three years, and after he graduated he proposed that we marry and settle in his hometown of Red Wing, Minn. That sure beat out the alternative, a posting in Saigon, South Vietnam. Definitely one of my better decisions!

We have been in Red Wing for 47 years and have three daughters, one who graduated from Carleton and two who graduated from Concordia-Moorhead. I am starting Macalester recruitment efforts with my seven-year-old granddaughter now!

I was fortunate to be able to be an at-home mother, so I became a full-time volunteer after the girls started school. I was a founder of a preschool, served on the Red Wing School Board for sixteen years, am still involved with our Southeast Technical College, served as president for our local and state Lawyers' Wives organizations and for the Minnesota Historical Society Women's organization, was a docent at the Governor's Residence (on Summit!), ran a Children and the Law program in Goodhue County for twenty-five years, served on the board of the Sheldon Theatre, and was on countless committees and commissions. I was one of the founders of the Anderson Center at Tower View in Red Wing, Minnesota's largest residential artist retreat. I am very proud of its success. We are celebrating our 15th anniversary this year.

I consider it a great honor to be our 50th Reunion Chairperson and can hardly wait for June and a chance to reminisce with everyone!

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My 50 years since Mac:

M—Minneapolis—I have lived here most of that time.
A—Alum—I have enjoyed my many ties to Mac.
C—Church—I have gained a great deal from my church membership.
A—Author—I have written many books for teachers, texts and now I am writing books for children.
L—Life-long-learner—I continue to like to learn new things.
E—Educated—I earned a PhD.
S—SPAN—I have had many wonderful opportunities to travel since my SPAN experience in Scotland.
T—Teacher—I taught in a number of elementary schools and at the University of Minnesota for over 30 years. I have an ITQ Grant and I am still teaching.
E—Educational consultant—I have worked with school districts around the US and in other parts of the world.
R—Reunion—I am on our 50th Reunion Committee.

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I began my teaching career in September of '59 after graduating from Mac in August. I taught in the St. Paul school system for 35 years. I worked with second, third, fourth, and fifth graders in the classroom for 30 years and with K-6 Title One children my last five years.

The best thing that happened to me was marrying my wonderful husband Jim, who was also a St. Paul teacher. I was blessed with a ready-made family. I enjoy my two stepchildren, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

We have traveled throughout many states in our country and an impressive highlight was being in the audience at the dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D. C. over Memorial Day weekend in 2004.

Every month I look forward to lunch with Macalester friends.

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I taught first grade from 1960-1965 at White Bear Lake. I married Darryl Dawson from N.E. Minneapolis in 1962. We built our home in New Brighton in 1966. We adopted our son Kurt in 1968 and adopted our daughter Connie in 1970. I taught as lead teacher in a private nursery school in St. Anthony from 1977-1998.

I sang with a touring choir in England and St. Giles Cathedral in Scotland in 2002. I have one grandson, Tyler, born in 1998 to my daughter. Another grandchild (a girl) will be born this December to my son Kurt and his wife Seema who live in Houston. We built our present town home in 2004. I am currently very active in the American Heart Association. I was the featured speaker at 2008 Gala for Heart and Stroke, am on committee to choose 2009 Heart and Stroke Heroes, and attend the Patron Parties. I have been a featured speaker for AGA medical corp. I have had many write-ups including ones in Star Tribune and Minnesota Monthly Magazine. Just google my name, Merrilyn Dawson, and you'll find out much more information. I have done much traveling to many countries and have wintered in Florida from 1999-2007. We now winter in Texas to be near our son and his family.

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After graduating with a BS in Elementary Education I taught in St. Paul for 34 years. I enjoyed the challenge of working with the increasing diversity that existed in the schools during those years along with the ever-present unpredictability of the students. I later received a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

Extra hours are now filled with volunteering in the community and at my church which is involved in the Project Home Shelter Program and sponsors a summer program in reading and science for neighborhood children. I've enjoyed traveling in the states and in Europe and like to spend my leisure time attending plays, going to concerts at Orchestra Hall, reading, and having lunch with my friends.

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I married Duane Pishney just after graduating. I taught high school English and drama while Duane finished his degree in Denver. We moved back to Minneapolis where we had two children. Duane taught in elementary schools, and then became Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools. We divorced in ’69, and I came to Madison, Wis. where I've been ever since. I taught high school, co-founded a public alternative school where I taught, counseled, and directed plays for six years. I went back to school to get my Master of Science and Social Work degree and have been working as a psychotherapist at an HMO for the past 22 years.

My partner of 33 years is Michael Brockmeyer who was a cofounder of the school and is now a retired teacher. Between us we have four grown children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. We have a great love of travel which we are indulging as long as we can. I still work part time, because I love the opportunity to share these deep, important moments with people. Life is complicated but rich, and I'm grateful.

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I worked in the medical device business for 25 years and the competitive exposure from Mac was very helpful. I travelled world wide and owned a travel business with my wife for 24 years in Dallas. It was an award winning firm specializing in cruises. We have five children. I enjoy hunting and fishing and have a great life.

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Following graduation, in August 1960, I married Allan Fredrickson, a veterinary student at University of Minnesota. I combined a short stint at public school music teaching, then private piano lessons and a church organist position, while Al finished his DVM degree.

Al took an associate position at a veterinary clinic in Mount Vernon, Washington, still our hometown today. Caring for our four children was my primary "job." However, we soon became active in Jaycees and Jaycee "Wives(!)." I also got involved in musical endeavors as a church choir director and substitute organist for 25 years, and accompanist for the Bellingham Whatcom Chorale for 18 years. During this period I also earned a master's degree in English from Western Washington University.

Since Al retired four years ago, we have the opportunity to spend more time with our four children and their families, which include seven grandchildren. Much of our time also involves traveling in the U.S. and abroad. Though not completely retired, I've found the ideal organist position to complement our retirement lifestyle, a job-sharing situation. I'm not ready to walk away from my love of music ministry.

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I taught sixth grade at Westview Elementary school in Hopkins for five years before serving in the Peace Corps as a language arts teacher in Liberia, West Africa.

After two years in the Peace Corps, I moved to the Philadelphia area in September, 1967 with the intention of pursuing a teaching career, which didn't work out for various reasons.

I then sought a new career in retailing, which spanned 42 years with three different companies: 13 years with Korvettes, 17 years with Best Products, and most recently 12 years (part time) with Kmart in Strafford, Penn.

I recently moved back to Minnesota and am currently living in my mother's house in Oronoco, near Rochester, where my 94-year-old mother, Harriet, is living in the Samaritan Bethany Heights Nursing Home.

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I taught sixth grade at Westview Elementary school in Hopkins for five years before serving in the Peace Corps as a language arts teacher in Liberia, West Africa.

After two years in the Peace Corps, I moved to the Philadelphia area in September, 1967 with the intention of pursuing a teaching career, which didn't work out for various reasons.

I then sought a new career in retailing, which spanned 42 years with three different companies: 13 years with Korvettes, 17 years with Best Products, and most recently 12 years (part time) with Kmart in Strafford, Penn.

I recently moved back to Minnesota and am currently living in my mother's house in Oronoco, near Rochester, where my 94-year-old mother, Harriet, is living in the Samaritan Bethany Heights Nursing Home.

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I began my connection with the Class of 60 in 1956 in my freshman year and left at the end of my sophomore year in 1958. I had planned to attend Mac for three years and then attend Lafayette College for two years and get a Liberal Arts degree from Mac and an Engineering degree from Lafayette. It didn t work out and I transferred to the U of M in September, 1958. I eventually received a BS in Business Administration at the U in 1965 and an MS in Management Information Systems at the U in 1982. I have often regretted that I didn t stay at Mac and graduate with the rest of you in 1960. But I still feel very connected to the class of 1960.

In the meantime and beyond, I worked at P & O, Orient Lines, the world s largest steamship company at the time, in San Francisco from 1961 to 1963. I was an officer in the U. S. Naval Supply Corps, teaching Computer Training at the U. S. Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA from 1965 to 1967 and was attached to the U.S. Naval Supply Center in Oakland, CA from 1968 to 1969. I worked at Com-Share, a computer time sharing company from the end of grad study coursework in 1971 to 1975, and was an independent Information Systems consultant from 1975 to 1992. In 1992, I entered the transportation Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) field as an employee and a part time consultant. I am currently a Transportation EDI Consultant.

I married an English lass in 1965 in San Francisco. Our marriage lasted until 1994. We are still good friends and can do many things together including being grandma and grandpa; we just can t be partners. It is the best that it can be under the circumstances. I have two sons. One, Mike. has been in the graphic arts field, and now owns a party and tour bus company and is working on opening a bar and grill in Murdoch, MN. The other, Jamie, is a senior lecturer and assistant director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. I have two grandkids, Zoe 6, and Max, 9, in Shorewood, WI. Being a grandfather is just about the best thing in the world!

I have attended many Scottish Country Fairs at Mac and have enjoyed being back on campus for them. I even kissed a coed for the first time, under the Bell Tower in 2001 at the end of the Fair. (I was a little bashful when I was young). In 2003, I attended the meeting of Scottish community members to discuss the options for continuing a Scottish gathering in the Twin Cities after Mac decided to terminate their involvement. I joined the Board of Directors of the 501 C(3) corporation that we created called the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games, first as the treasurer and later as the Chair of the British Car Display at the Games. We just held our seventh Fair and Games on May 22nd at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. BTW, the Mac Pipe Band has won several awards at this and many previous Games.

I have two hobbies that I am working into being sources of retirement income. I have a website, www.LutfiskLoversLifeline.com, that contains a list of over 200 locations where one can have a lutfisk dinner. (I am only half Scottish. The other half is Swedish.) I am very pleased that I keep meeting folks at these dinners that are there only because they found out about the dinner from my website. (Everyone has there own little niche, don t they).

I Have three old classic British cars, a 1955 Riley RME, a 1966 Morris Minor Traveller, and a 1967 Jaguar Mark II, that I am making available to the public for chauffeured trips for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. The website is www.ChauffeuredBritishClassics.com and is available for email now but the website content has not been built yet.

I currently sing in the Senior Choir at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. I never sang at Mac (except late at night at parties). Again, I wish I had.

I am very much looking forward to seeing some of you again at the Reunion and meeting others that I just didn t have the opportunity to get to know back when we were young in the 1950s.

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Jim and I were married the summer of 1961. I taught junior high English in Richfield until our first child was born.

We raised four daughters and a son in St. Paul; Binghamton, NY; and Longmeadow, Mass. and then settled in Edina, Minn. for 25 years. Now that the children are established around the country with their families, Jim and I are enjoying life in Naples, Fla.

We travel to keep in touch with our seven grandchildren. The Gulf of Mexico attracts the grandchildren to Naples in the winter months. In addition, we play golf, read, and watch baseball at least a game a day during the season. We cheer for the Tampa Bay Rays, the Florida Marlins, and the Minnesota Twins.

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I married classmate Anita R. Shisler, and we are blessed with five children and seven grandchildren. Two live within blocks of Macalester, two are in New York City and one lives in Pasadena, Calif. We take great pleasure in their lives.

I started work at Investors Diversified Services, Inc. in Minneapolis. We went on to live in New York and Massachusetts where I managed insurance company investments in commercial real estate and mortgages. We returned to Minnesota and lived in Edina for 25 years. I was self-employed as a real estate developer and investor.

I retired early and since 1995 we've lived full-time in Naples, Fla. Heart problems and melanoma cancer have slowed me down a bit and Anita is now the golfer in the family.

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I coached in high school and college for 26 years. I then went into the financial services industry for 20 years and now own two Snap Fitness gyms.

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After college I took a parish education position. I married Kenley; we have three children and five grandchildren.

I was an at-home-mother with various paid, interesting, part-time positions through the years. My non-salaried positions include working for the crisis hotline and doing community work with New Life Homes and Family Services, including field work. I also held leadership and teaching positions in Bible Study Fellowship, CBS and local churches and church organizations.

I travel and am now retired in the Brainerd Lakes area.

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Following graduation I became a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District for 37 years. During that time I served as teacher, department chair coordinator of student activities, assistant principal, and principal. Additionally for more than 40 years I've been heavily involved in Phi Delta Kappa, an international association of educators with chapters throughout the world. As a part of that organization, I served as district director, international vice president, and international president from 1991-1993. In total, I spent 12 years as a member of the International Board of Directors. This experience was most rewarding as it provided me with the opportunity to meet and serve with educational leaders as we carried out projects throughout the world. The education and experiences I had at Macalester did much to prepare me for a most rewarding and meaningful career. For that, I will always be grateful.

On a personal note, I have been married for 48 years to my wonderful wife Inaz and have been blessed with two sons and four grandchildren.

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A fourth grade classroom in a Spanish speaking neighborhood in St. Paul was the beginning of my 38 year teaching career with the Saint Paul public schools. A joint appointment with the University of Minnesota, selecting and supervising student teachers assigned to inner city schools in St. Paul, gave me the opportunity to work with another Mac grad, Virgie Bundy. We went on to develop and implement programs for elementary students in a citywide integration program and later a new communications magnet. Together we wrote curriculum on career exploration, labor education and even an award-winning economic curriculum for elementary students. I was fortunate to teach in several different schools and enjoyed working with the kids, families, and staffs of those schools.

Being a teacher allowed for summer travel, which led me to Valencia, Spain and additional Spanish classes. In 1964 I married a Spaniard from Madrid, and in 1966 I became a mom. My daughter, Annette, went on to become a Mac "Chip" (so she tells me) and graduated from Macalester in 1988 with a degree in International Studies and Economics. She is now married to Andrew, an Englishman, who is a Swiss resident. Annette obtained a Masters in Education and now teaches third grade at an International School near Basel, Switzerland. Although my marriage didn't work out as I had hoped, life has been good. Many trips to Spain and Norway to visit relatives and travel to other countries ¬– including Annette and Andrew's winter wedding in Iceland – have been highlights since graduation. Switzerland has now become the main destination.

Gopher hockey, Vikings football, Twins baseball, trying to grow blueberries – and other gardening adventures – now occupy some of my time. I volunteer at Building Blocks, an after-school tutorial program on the west side of St. Paul near the school where I began teaching. After losing my pal, a 12-year-old beagle, I now look forward to daily walks with the neighbor's yellow lab and taking care of a cousin's beagle from time to time. Solving our, and the world’s, problems, my friends and I talk and laugh our way along a wooded path almost daily, and then head for coffee. It's as much a routine as getting up to go to school for all those years. A few of us have been friends since childhood.

Macalester also gave me friends that have remained for 50 years. A group of us, all who lived off-campus during our years at Mac, all teachers at one time or another, still get together once a month for lunch or dinner, and we never run out of things to talk about, including the years at Macalester.

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Richard and I were married while I was still in college, and we recently celebrated our 50th anniversary. Richard had a career at Honeywell. Starting in 1963 Richard received a series of promotions which took us from Minneapolis to Nebraska, to California, back to Minneapolis, to the Boston area and finally, 31 years ago, to Florida. Because of our frequent moves my career was varied and unusually interesting. I never finished my Masters Degree, but because of the courses in Sociology and particularly the Social Work classes with Elsie Weinlick at Macalester, plus the research, reading and studying I did through the years, I have fulfilled my various counseling jobs with the same skill as my co-workers with Masters.

Just out of college I worked at Ramsey and Hennepin County Welfare in their Services for the Mentally Challenged department with my specialty being teenage and young adult delinquent females. Starting in 1963 I spent the next 12 years raising our babies; I loved this time in my life. Melissa Anne, a computer engineer, lives in Arizona with her husband and two daughters, April Michele (16) and Amy Marie (12). Stephanie Lynne is a classical musician and teacher and lives in Maryland with her husband and daughters Callista Anne (6) and Cassandra Michele (2).

By the time we got to Massachusetts in 1972, I was ready to go back to work outside of the home. There, I designed and ran an innovative truancy counseling program for the Westborough School system. In 1979 we moved to Florida, and I worked at Suncoast Hospice as a Social Worker for over 22 years. There I designed the bereavement program, presented nationally at Hospice and Church conferences and taught other professional counselors how to provide comprehensive individual and group bereavement counseling. Bereavement counseling represents my true calling in this world. I later took a Volunteer Coordinator position. Since retirement in 2003, I have worked with my husband in his management consulting business. We work nine months a year and then in the summers we travel around the USA in our RV.

My singing career over the years consisted of church work, and in Massachusetts I sang with a community choral group that put on performances of song and dance. During this time I took tap and jazz dancing classes so I could dance in the shows. I am not singing now due to a vocal cord problem, but in the 1990s and early 2000s it seemed I was constantly singing “It is Well with My Soul” at frequent family funerals (I guess this is the age we find ourselves in). I am looking forward to returning to Macalester and seeing classmates in June.

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Since graduating from Macalester in 1960 with a degree in elementary education, I taught second grade for four years at Lincoln School in Saint Paul. I stopped teaching to raise two children, a boy David and a girl Julie. Years later, when I was ready to return to teaching, the education field was full, and I took a part-time job from Byerly’s store and retired from there 23 years later.

My favorite things to do are socializing with my family and friends, reading, and traveling.

I have been fortunate all these years to stay in contact with six other Macalester graduates and we meet once a month to solve the problems of the world. So far we haven t quite succeeded, but we are still working on it. My life’s journey has been wonderful, and I look forward to what lies ahead.

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My education at Macalester prepared me for what became a long career as a science teacher in Rochester, Minn. I spent most of my career teaching chemistry and physics at John Marshall High School and eventually became department chairman. After retirement in 1994, I was hired by the National Park Service and worked for eight years as a seasonal national park ranger at Glacier National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and Fort Matanzas National Monument in St. Augustine, Fla. My husband Mac ’60 and I split our time now between Tucson, Ariz. and Mendota Heights, Minn. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary this past December with our family in Tucson.

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After graduation, Jo Ellen Taylor and I set out in my ’58 Chevrolet convertible for our first teaching jobs in Garden Grove, California. We roomed with former Mac classmates Kay Jones and Pat Burr in a two bedroom apartment in Anaheim with a swimming pool. The pool was a big deal for me being a swimmer at Mac. Ah! – the good life! The next year, after Dale graduated from Iowa State in industrial engineering, we were married at the Glass Chapel in Portuguese Bend, Calif. December 28, 1961.

We left California early that summer – thinking we would surely return someday – for St. Louis where we lived for two and a half years. Dale worked as an engineer at McDonnell Aircraft, and I taught kindergarten in suburban St. Ann, Missouri.

In 1965 Dale decided to further his education and pursue his masters and doctorate at Arizona State University, and I tagged along. I taught one more year in Scottsdale. We rented in the then small town (30,000) of Tempe with cotton fields in our backyard. Then came the children – Todd (1966), Tommy (1968) and Trissa (1970) – and a full time job at ASU for Dale.

Volunteerism has been a big part of my life. I was Tempe Junior Women’s Club President and was honored by being selected State Club President of the year in 1975. I was our Sister Cities 2nd Vice President for over 30 years and Dale and I are in the Sister City Ring of Honor in Tempe’s Kiwanis Park. In 1995 we were the Sister City Oktoberfest King and Queen. In 1977 we hosted a ‘Fiesta’ Arizona Macalester get-together in our home that the Macalester President and Mrs. Davis attended.

In 1974 we bought Merriam’s Midway Shows from Dale’s folks – the family carnival business continued. In that same year we bought a house at Shalimar Country Club and we’re still there. Our children are grown and now have families of their own. Todd and his wife Robby live in San Antonio and have one daughter Jamie (17). Tommy and his wife Jenifer live in nearby Gilbert, Ariz. and have two daughters Anissa (12) and Mariah (10) and one son Tylan Storm (3) and Trissa lives in nearby Chandler, Ariz. and has one daughter, Abby (10). They all have the usual and fun assortments of dogs, cats, goldfish, turtles, etc., and all bring us great joy sharing their busy lives with us.

With the end of 2002 we retired and sold the business to our son Todd. The show must go on, you know. The business now operates from Somerset, Texas where we have property for storage and winter quarters. Trissa is active in the business. Tommy is an IT professional with the Arizona Board of Regents which governs the three state universities. Dale and I still travel with the show during the summer, living in our fifth-wheel travel trailer, and visiting many familiar Minnesota towns. The carnival goes to Pine Island – my home town – which lets me see old friends. We were honored recently by being chosen Grand Marshalls of the Pine Island Cheese Festival Parade. These summer travels keeps Dale active, helps the kids (we hope) and gets me out of the Arizona heat.

With our participation in Sister City and a couple cruises, we have been blessed to enjoy some international travel. Before ‘buckling down’ to grad school and family raising we went to Europe for a month in 1965. Sister City trips have allowed us to visit New Zealand, Australia, China, Paris, the French Riviera, Timbuktu (Mali, Africa) and cruise the Mexican Riviera. We just completed our latest trip in March on a cruise through the Panama Canal.

I will be forever grateful for the “Miss Woods” training at Macalester. I remember synchronized swimming shows, the big choir singing with the Minneapolis Symphony, the fashion shows, playing “Dear Old Macalester” on the piano at Turck Hall, and performing with our trio, The Rhythmettes – myself, Joyce Mickelson, Margie Simpson and, alter, Evie Goldenman. All golden memories.

Where have 50 years gone? We never made it back to California, Tempe has grown to a population of 155,000, and we’re all living lives we could not have imagined in 1960. I’m anxious to see you all. Have your name tags on!

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After graduation, Jo Ellen Taylor and I set out in my ’58 Chevrolet convertible for our first teaching jobs in Garden Grove, California. We roomed with former Mac classmates Kay Jones and Pat Burr in a two bedroom apartment in Anaheim with a swimming pool. The pool was a big deal for me being a swimmer at Mac. Ah! – the good life! The next year, after Dale graduated from Iowa State in industrial engineering, we were married at the Glass Chapel in Portuguese Bend, Calif. December 28, 1961.

We left California early that summer – thinking we would surely return someday – for St. Louis where we lived for two and a half years. Dale worked as an engineer at McDonnell Aircraft, and I taught kindergarten in suburban St. Ann, Missouri.

In 1965 Dale decided to further his education and pursue his masters and doctorate at Arizona State University, and I tagged along. I taught one more year in Scottsdale. We rented in the then small town (30,000) of Tempe with cotton fields in our backyard. Then came the children – Todd (1966), Tommy (1968) and Trissa (1970) – and a full time job at ASU for Dale.

Volunteerism has been a big part of my life. I was Tempe Junior Women’s Club President and was honored by being selected State Club President of the year in 1975. I was our Sister Cities 2nd Vice President for over 30 years and Dale and I are in the Sister City Ring of Honor in Tempe’s Kiwanis Park. In 1995 we were the Sister City Oktoberfest King and Queen. In 1977 we hosted a ‘Fiesta’ Arizona Macalester get-together in our home that the Macalester President and Mrs. Davis attended.

In 1974 we bought Merriam’s Midway Shows from Dale’s folks – the family carnival business continued. In that same year we bought a house at Shalimar Country Club and we’re still there. Our children are grown and now have families of their own. Todd and his wife Robby live in San Antonio and have one daughter Jamie (17). Tommy and his wife Jenifer live in nearby Gilbert, Ariz. and have two daughters Anissa (12) and Mariah (10) and one son Tylan Storm (3) and Trissa lives in nearby Chandler, Ariz. and has one daughter, Abby (10). They all have the usual and fun assortments of dogs, cats, goldfish, turtles, etc., and all bring us great joy sharing their busy lives with us.

With the end of 2002 we retired and sold the business to our son Todd. The show must go on, you know. The business now operates from Somerset, Texas where we have property for storage and winter quarters. Trissa is active in the business. Tommy is an IT professional with the Arizona Board of Regents which governs the three state universities. Dale and I still travel with the show during the summer, living in our fifth-wheel travel trailer, and visiting many familiar Minnesota towns. The carnival goes to Pine Island – my home town – which lets me see old friends. We were honored recently by being chosen Grand Marshalls of the Pine Island Cheese Festival Parade. These summer travels keeps Dale active, helps the kids (we hope) and gets me out of the Arizona heat.

With our participation in Sister City and a couple cruises, we have been blessed to enjoy some international travel. Before ‘buckling down’ to grad school and family raising we went to Europe for a month in 1965. Sister City trips have allowed us to visit New Zealand, Australia, China, Paris, the French Riviera, Timbuktu (Mali, Africa) and cruise the Mexican Riviera. We just completed our latest trip in March on a cruise through the Panama Canal.

I will be forever grateful for the “Miss Woods” training at Macalester. I remember synchronized swimming shows, the big choir singing with the Minneapolis Symphony, the fashion shows, playing “Dear Old Macalester” on the piano at Turck Hall, and performing with our trio, The Rhythmettes – myself, Joyce Mickelson, Margie Simpson and, alter, Evie Goldenman. All golden memories.

Where have 50 years gone? We never made it back to California, Tempe has grown to a population of 155,000, and we’re all living lives we could not have imagined in 1960. I’m anxious to see you all. Have your name tags on!

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I married Evan Seymour (Class of ’62), moved to Delaware, and earned a master’s degree at the University of Delaware. Subsequently we moved to Philadelphia. I have two children, Chris and Suzanne. I now live happily with my life partner, Susan McLeer, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia.

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The first highlight after graduation was getting married to Stan Meyer '59 and we are now looking forward to our 50th Anniversary on July 1, 2010. We have two children, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, and two grandsons (one per family).

Traveling has always been a favorite activity and in recent years Elderhostel has combined the love of travel with wonderful learning experiences. So far, we have been on 17 such adventures from Costa Rica, New Zealand/Australia, Alaska, Hawaii, and across the U.S.

We also enjoy camping — took many trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and later sailing, both on White Bear Lake and Lake Superior's Apostle Islands.

Professionally speaking, I spent one year as an art teacher, then did homebound and substitute teaching while being a mom. Eventually I was employed by First Bank (now U.S. Bank) and retired as a stockbroker with U.S. Bancorp Investments.

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Little did I realize, in the spring of 1956, what an impact that acceptance letter into the class of 1960 at Macalester College would have. The most recent impact has been the guidance of my oldest granddaughter into a liberal arts education.

Kent Miller (’61) and I married in July, 1961 after I had spent one year as the educator at the Federated Church in Owatonna, Minn. We soon headed west, in a Red Rambler station wagon filled with all of our possessions, to San Francisco Seminary in San Anselmo, Calif. It was three children later, in 1970, that we moved to Chico, Calif. While Kent taught at Chico State University, I got involved with the Chico Council on Women's Rights, singing with Helen Reddy "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar." While auditing a class in Christian art from Jane Dillenberger, my lifelong passion for the visual arts was born.

Texas called to us in 1974. I can't believe that I now self-identify as a Texan. All of our children consider themselves natives of this wonderful state. While living in San Antonio for 11 years I worked for the PCUSA Mission Presbytery as resource director and program staff person. That led to a master's degree in adult education at the University of Texas in Austin. Following stints in two congregations as director of education, I accepted the call as educator on the staff of the PCUSA Synod of the Sun in the Dallas area.

Lifetime learning has been my motto, largely because the greatest benefit of my Macalester education has been knowing how to learn in a variety of situations. A deep commitment to feminist issues in theology, women's rights and world peace continue to guide my choices when giving time, talent and financial resources. Openness to world travel, other cultures and the pursuit of all unexpected open doors can be traced back to my time at Mac.

Retirement from paid employment has given me time to pursue life-writing through the Story Circle Network. Artistic expression comes through watercolor and collage. Four grandchildren also claim a great deal of my time, energy and love. Kent and I will celebrate 49 years together in July. Neither of us are the same people who left Macalester almost fifty years ago. The joys and trials of all these years hopefully have made us wiser, less caught by cultural expectations and more willing to be open to the gifts of each day.

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I taught English at Mounds View High School for three years. I moved to Oregon for nine years where I worked in the development office at Lewis and Clark College and as a writer, editor, and trainer for Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. I traveled in Europe for eight months. I married Dr. Kenneth Simon in 1972 and moved to Kalamazoo, Mich. I earned a master's and doctorate in Organizational Planning and Management at Western Michigan University. I was widowed in 1982. I directed the YWCA domestic assault program in Kalamazoo for 23 years. I am currently employed as quality assurance project manager for the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board.

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I chose Macalester for their excellent nursing program and because my brother was already at Mac. Following nurses training, I returned to Macalester in 1959 to earn my B.S. degree and experience college life on campus. Twelve days after graduation, I married Tom Morgan '61.

After working for two years at Children's Hospital in St. Paul, and the birth of our first child, I became a stay-at-home mom until our children were in high school. Those were busy years. Raising a family and volunteering at our church, the school and other community organizations filled much of my time.

We lived in Golden Valley for 12 years until my husband accepted a job in Richfield, Minn. as Public Safety Director. This move opened doors for me. After almost 17 years at home, I courageously returned to nursing in long term care. Caring for the elderly is very fulfilling. Their wit, wisdom and appreciation make the job fun.

In 1984, I earned my master's degree at St. Mary's College and soon after was employed by Normandale Community College to teach nursing. For the past 22 years, I have taught the nurse refresher course and helped 900 nurses reactivate their license so they could return to a profession they love. The combination of nursing and education has been a great career.

Along the way, we were a host family for an AFS Intercultural Studies student from England, a good learning experience for the whole family. In 1991, while serving on Richfield Sister City Committee, I helped to establish a Sister City relationship with Heredia, Costa Rica which maintains strong ties between the two cities.

After thirty years of living in the metro area, and my husband's retirement in 1987, we were eager for change, so we moved to the beautiful small town of Cannon Falls. Soon after, my husband and I tackled a most ambitious project of restoring a neglected Victorian home to its original grandeur, and then opening a Bed and Breakfast which we ran for ten years. A fascinating business, we learned from conversation around the breakfast table that people are the very best teachers. We were privileged to welcome guests from around the world.

Currently I write human interest stories for our local newspaper and continue to teach part time at both Normandale College and at an assisted living facility. Besides working, we enjoy traveling both in the United States and abroad.

Life has been good. We have been blessed with two wonderful daughters, two terrific sons-in-law and five lively grandchildren that keep us young. Small town life is the best.

I am proud to be a Mac grad with fond Memories of those years. Macalester provided a good foundation for meeting the challenges that lay ahead.

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I regret not being able to join you and other classmates, but I do wish you all a huge success.

As a student, my name was Colleen Kim. My husband, Hideyuki Murakami, passed away eight years ago. We have two daughters and four grandchildren and they reside here in Hawaii.

For the past 16 years, I've been a retiree from our State's Department of Education. I taught social studies, focusing on teaching Hawaiian history to 7th graders.

Again, I wish you all a successful 50th class reunion.

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After completing my college courses at Macalester in January 1960, I began teaching at Como Park Elementary School in St. Paul. A year later I married Douglas Nelson and the following year our daughter, Debbie, was born. Shortly after her birth we moved to Amarillo, Texas, where Doug practiced dentistry for two years in the Air Force. Near the end of our time there, our son, Scott, was born. We moved from Amarillo to Rochester, Minnesota, where we have lived for the past 45 years. Our third son, Mike, was born in 1969. We now have seven grandchildren, with our eighth due in November.

After my three-year career as a teacher, I became a "stay at home Mom," was active in the Presbyterian Church, became involved with community volunteer work, and found time to play the piano, sing in choral groups, and play tennis.

As a family we traveled through much of the United States. One summer the five of us spent a month in Europe seeing England, Germany, Switzerland, and France. Other times we hiked in the mountains and canoed in the Boundary Waters. After our children left home, Doug and I made trips to Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Puerto Rico, Grand Cayman, St. John, and were part of church work trips in Venezuela and Alaska. Doug was part of a medical team that went to Haiti as well. Our strangest trip was a winter Wolf Trek in Ely, Minnesota.

In April of 2005, our lives changed when Doug fell from a tree and suffered a spinal cord injury. He was in the hospital three months and in therapy for several years after. Doug can no longer drive and needs some daily care which I provide. We have found great pleasure in spending time at our cabin. We've also done some traveling and enjoy spending time with family and friends.

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I got married in 1964. We have three boys and one girl. Someone once told me, "Four kids and not a clunker in the bunch." We built a house in Stillwater in 1967. We had some horses and a few cattle and I did some farming.

I taught school in St. Paul for 18 years. I quit teaching and went into building and remodeling offices and residential properties. I owned the Davian Spa and Health Club for 10 years and also owned "A Better Way" dating service.

I served on our town board for thirty five years and recently quit. I got tired of trying to solve other people's problems.

I presently raise chickens. I also do remodeling and home repairs. I work just enough to appreciate the days I don't work. Life is good!

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After Macalester, I went to the University of Iowa where I earned my graduate degrees. In 1966, I joined Humble Oil and Refining Co. (now ExxonMobil) and moved to Texas to work. My employment took me through several company organizations and locations — as diverse as “well sitting” in South Texas, field work in Alaska, and acting as liaison between Exxon and geological entities in both Russian and Kazakhstan. I retired after more than a 30-year career and settled down in The Woodlands, a planned community just north of Houston.

On a personal basis, I met my significant other more than 25 years ago. She also worked for, and retired from, Exxon. Nikky and I like to travel here and abroad. Last year, I took her on a cruise of the Baltic Sea which included a visit to St. Petersburg — a place I wanted to revisit, having been there on business trips without her.

Even though we have lived in Texas for 40-plus years, we both enjoy coming back to Minnesota several times a year to visit friends, family and the Mac campus.

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I married Bernie Reisberg, a University of Minnesota Law student, and taught in Minneapolis and El Paso, Texas. After raising three children I pursued my love of writing and was published in numerous national children's magazines.

I inherited an 1890 first edition book, “Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars” from my great-grandfather. Reading he was listed as a member of a Minnesota regiment, inspired me to write my first book, “Save the Colors,” which was published by White Mane in 2001. “Zachary Zormer Shape Transformer: a math adventure” about the Moebius strip and perimeters, came next. I have had the fun of returning to classrooms and demonstrating those math principles. “Zachary” has also been published by Gimm-Young Inc., Seoul, in the Korean language. “Webster's Coming Home Today” came out in 2006, and a play, “The Joy of Christmas in Biblical Times,” will be released in March 2010. I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to attend and graduate from Macalester and earn a second degree.

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• Seminary studies at Oberlin (Ohio) Graduate School of Theology ’63 B.D. and United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities D.Min. ’84. United Church of Christ ordained minister serving parishes in Alden, Iowa; Dexter, Mich.; Owatonna, Minn.; Hopkins, Minn.; and Savage, Minn.; plus three interim judicatory positions (UCC & Presbyterian Church USA) until retirement in 2003.
• Married 50 years to Marion Thelemann (Swedish Hospital School of Nursing), with two children and three grandsons, ages 14, 10 and 1.
• Beginning in 1992, we have taken annual winter getaways to Palm Springs, California, where since retirement we’ve been going for up to three months.

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1963, Flew as co-pilot in a Ford Tri-Motor under contract to TWA to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Civil Aeronautics Act. Los Angeles, CA to Newark, NJ

1963, Married Lana Millman Class of 1961

1963, Hired by United Airlines

1999, retired from Untied Airlines as a 747-400 Captain

1999, Hiked to the 14,300 ft. level of Mt. Everest

2005, Hiked to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro 19,320 ft.

2010, Rode my bicycle from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL in six weeks beginning Feb. 27, 2010 finishing April 10, 2010

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Following graduation, I began work in the Child Welfare Division of the Ramsey County Welfare Department working with unwed mothers, supervising children in foster placement, and placing children in adoptive homes. When Bob finished naval officer candidate school and a six month deployment to the western Pacific, we got married in January of 1963. He was stationed in San Diego, and I worked at San Diego County Welfare Department. He got out of the Navy in spring 1965, and we returned to Minnesota to see family. He got a job in Duluth and we’ve lived here ever since.

While high school and college friends knew me as “Muggs,” my family nickname was always Marree (accent on the first syllable). When I got married I dropped the “Muggs” and became Marree Seitz.

After settling in Duluth I got involved in a variety of community organizations particularly League of Women Voters and our Unitarian Church. I also raised two daughters. When they were grown, I began a part-time position as scholarship administrator for our local Community Foundation

Our lives changed dramatically in August 1996 when our younger daughter was murdered by her estranged husband. Since then we have sought a “new normal” way to live and I am an active member of the Million Mom March chapter/Brady Campaign working for sensible gun laws and safe kids.

Through the years I have continued with my long-time hobbies of knitting and sewing; we both love to cook and bake; to paddle canoes; to travel around the US (11 Elder hostels so far), and keep in touch with friends.

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Following graduation, I began work in the Child Welfare Division of the Ramsey County Welfare Department working with unwed mothers, supervising children in foster placement, and placing children in adoptive homes. When Bob finished naval officer candidate school and a six month deployment to the western Pacific, we got married in January of 1963. He was stationed in San Diego, and I worked at San Diego County Welfare Department. He got out of the Navy in spring 1965, and we returned to Minnesota to see family. He got a job in Duluth and we’ve lived here ever since.

While high school and college friends knew me as “Muggs,” my family nickname was always Marree (accent on the first syllable). When I got married I dropped the “Muggs” and became Marree Seitz.

After settling in Duluth I got involved in a variety of community organizations particularly League of Women Voters and our Unitarian Church. I also raised two daughters. When they were grown, I began a part-time position as scholarship administrator for our local Community Foundation

Our lives changed dramatically in August 1996 when our younger daughter was murdered by her estranged husband. Since then we have sought a “new normal” way to live and I am an active member of the Million Mom March chapter/Brady Campaign working for sensible gun laws and safe kids.

Through the years I have continued with my long-time hobbies of knitting and sewing; we both love to cook and bake; to paddle canoes; to travel around the US (11 Elder hostels so far), and keep in touch with friends.

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I was in the US Navy for three years and the reserves for 17 years. I worked for Minnesota Power for 30 years. Since retirement I’ve stayed in 12 Elderhostels and taken several river canoe trips. I also built several canoes and a kayak.

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I was married for forty years to Donald Showers. I taught school for eleven years, and worked as a CNA for thirty-one years. I am now retired. We adopted three girls, all of whom are now grown. And I now have six grandchildren.

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After graduation I went to the University of Minnesota to work in a research laboratory for a number of years. During that time I married a Macalester girl, Mary Beran. We had two sons and they graduated from Macalester. In the 1980's our family started a photography business. It has brought us to many adventures along the way.

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In 1960 after graduating from Macalester I went to Germany to join Roger who was in the Army. We lived in Germany for 2 1/2 years where our first son Mark was born. When we returned to the U.S. we settled in Minnesota and had two more children, Mike and Barbara, who were born in Fairmont, Minn. We lived in Fairmont, Sleepy Eye, Marshall, Minn. and Des Moines, Iowa before retiring to Red Cedar Lake near Birchwood, Wis.

Our children have always been the love of my life and we are fortunate to have them all living in Minnesota where they are close enough for frequent visits with our four grandchildren.

I taught fourth grade for 29 years and loved every minute in the classroom. Now that we are retired we are very active in community and church activities. I have been quilting, golfing, gardening (I am a master gardener.) I still enjoy singing and sing with a couple of groups. I also enjoy my book club. I have recently taken up the game of Mah Jongg and that is fun too. I have a group of girlfriends I travel with, and I do love to travel.

I will not be attending the reunion because I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in March and I will be having chemo at the Mayo clinic on June 3. I will be with you in spirit and hope you all have a wonderful time. See you at the next one.

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After graduation from Macalester I worked my last summer at Glacier Park East as beverage manager, and in September, 1960 I went with Pat (Jache) Keck ('60) to Europe for over three months. In September, 1961 Bill Spangenberg ('58) and I got married; we ended up having four wonderful children: Susan, Pete, Joe and Kari. We lived in New York City for one year, Elmhurst, Ill. for 10 years, and we moved to Michigan in ’72 where I continue to live on beautiful Lake Columbia.

I worked doing adoption and foster care for four years before we had the children. I stayed home for 17 years before returning to work for the Jackson District Library as a branch librarian. I retired in ’04. I love to read, travel and garden, and I am active at the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. Bill worked for the Joe Lowe Corporation and The American Institute of Baking as a licensed sanitarian, and he passed away of cancer in ’04. I spend time with our five grandchildren all of whom live in Michigan.

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Before leaving Macalester, George Edberg (a former high school principal) hired me to teach elementary grades for the Saint Paul Public Schools.

In 1964 I resigned in order to accept a third grade assignment at Lakenheath/Mildenhall, England, an Air Force SAC base for the dependent schools.

Returning in 1965, I was rehired by the Saint Paul Public Schools, taught elementary grades for three years, and then enjoyed almost 30 years developing and coordinating the first School Volunteer Program for the district. I enjoyed working with volunteers, staff, families and students. It was a fantastic opportunity!

Traveling has been a passion since an outstanding Mexican Caravan experience! We were 17 Macites in five cars exploring that marvelous country.

This made me ready to tackle more worldly travel including Europe, Scandinavia, Taiwan, China, Guatemala, Greece, Turkey, Oberammergau, Alaska, Hawaii, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (every winter now) and excellent Elderhostels throughout the United States and Paris, and hopefully many more.

I retired in June, 1997 and absolutely love retirement. I am busier now than I ever was and feel so very lucky.

In addition to my wonderful family, I have kept in touch with dear friends from Mechanic Arts H.S. (daily walks), and Mac; we have been meeting monthly for 50 years. Now that we re retired, we meet for lunch! What could be better?

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In Anthony Caponi’s art class I met my future husband, Al Taylor. We were married two weeks after my June graduation. Soon after our wedding, we traveled to Israel for a six-month post grad study; en route we stopped in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, and Syria. We took part in archeological digs, went on field trips, studied church history from the Middle Eastern vantage point, and learned some basic Hebrew.

Our daughter Katherine was born a year later and was soon joined by her brother David. We soon noticed that David was slow to develop and then learned that he was mentally challenged. Thus began a long series of therapies, special programs, and schools. This was a lifelong challenge and yet a delight in both of our kids.

In 1971 Al accepted a transfer with the Forest Service to Juneau, Ala. where we gradually adjusted to year-round, rainy, chilly weather. The bonuses were exquisite glaciers and alpine forests and meadows. We decided to do foster care for three Thlingit Natives, along with our own two and made the Salvation Army our home church. We traveled widely throughout southeast Alaska, visiting Native villages and driving to the Interior as well. Our Native friendships were precious and added much to our life in Alaska. Two of our foster children are now adults and remain close to us to this day. I completed my Master of Education in Juneau, watching glacial lakes and mountains while listening to lectures.

We returned to Minnesota and were just getting settled when our son David died from a seizure in 1980. We were understandably shocked and devastated, but we recouped; life goes on. Things were going well but then we got another shock; our adopted daughter, one of the three foster children, was killed in a car accident in 1990: again, despair beyond description. Yet with prayer, Scriptures, friends, and time we recovered. God is merciful and in Him all things are possible.

Al retired from the Forest Service in 1992 and a few years later I also retired from teaching kindergarten and special education in Minneapolis. I have loved retirement. We have made many trips to Europe, the Middle East, China, Laos, and Japan, as well as trips to Mexico and Florida. I volunteer frequently in music ministry at Presbyterian Homes and take part in an outreach program for international women, teaching language, crafts, cooking, etc. I’ve found time for mission trips to Guinea and Kenya and am now involved in a ministry to Native Americans in Minneapolis.

Life has been good. We will celebrate our 50th anniversary in June, soon after my Macalester 50th Reunion.

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I received an MBA from the University of Minnesota.
I became certified in system analysis and design.
I became certified in production control & inventory management.
I became certified in critical resources management.
I stay active in wildlife and environmental causes.
I enjoy horseback riding in the mountains.
I developed, designed, implemented, and managed computer systems.

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I was one of the “Miss Woods” graduates in the field of Elementary Education. My first year of teaching was an adventure. Four of us Mac grads accepted teaching assignments in Garden Grove, Calif. The other gals were Alicia Ahneman, Patrica Burr and Jo Ellyn Taylor. The four of us rented an apartment in Anaheim, near Disney World, and began our teaching careers and exploring the exciting new world of California. At the end of the school year, I returned to Minneapolis to be near my sweetheart, Roger Thyr, and we married in the fall.

I taught third grade for a total of three years, before becoming a stay-at-home mother with our two children, Lisa and Brian. Around 1968, I began doing a little substitute teaching, gradually becoming more interested in working with children with learning difficulties. I commuted to St. Cloud State College while subbing and later, while teaching full time, to earn my master’s degree in special education. I then taught in the Osseo, Maple Grove School District for 24 years, working with children with various learning difficulties. This work with special needs children was very dear to my heart, and I felt a real calling to work with these children.

Roger and I and the children, when young, had the opportunity to vacation in many parts of America and Canada. Since the empty nest, Roger and I have been fortunate to do considerable traveling in Europe as well as Mexico and China. Over the years I have been involved in many activities at our church, served as a Deacon and Elder, and played in the bell choir. Currently I am the secretary on the board for our condominium, and I have been working on this 50th Mac reunion.

Roger and I have four grandchildren that we are delighted with. Our daughter Lisa has two young adults who grew up in Wisconsin and now live here in Minneapolis, and we enjoy having them near. Our son Brian's family lives nearby and has two younger children. They are very busy with schoolwork, school activities and music lessons. They also have a wonderful grand dog Suzy that I happily walk when the family is at school and work.

Three years ago, Roger and I moved to downtown Minneapolis to a condominium and enjoy walking to church, symphony, restaurants, Loring Park, as well as the easy access to the museums and theatre in the Twin Cities.

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I graduated from Macalester with an English major and a speech minor. Of course, like most of the women of my generation, I looked for a job teaching. Hallelujah! I got a job teaching English and speech and directing the senior play in Farmington, Minnesota. I commuted each day from St. Paul because I did not want the watchful eyes of what was then a small town, taking note of my every move. After two years of teaching and learning in Farmington, I accepted a job teaching in Richfield Senior High School. My years teaching in Richfield were years of challenge and professional growth. In all my years in education I have not experienced a more supportive teaching environment. I learned from committed educators, was offered in-service training that added richness to the curriculum we were constantly developing and improving, and matured personally and professionally. It was during this time that I worked on a political campaign. President Kennedy came to the Twin Cities in support of Minnesota candidates. The candidate for whom I was working was one of them. I had stories to tell for days (years) afterward: I rode throughout the Cities in his caravan! Months later, while teaching a junior English class, the principal interrupted to announce that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas!

Instead of telling me that I had plenty of time to get married, my sweet grandmother had begun asking about boyfriends. Did I have any? Who were they? Where did they come from? At the ripe old age of 29 I married a Norwegian fella from North Dakota. We met in the Twin Cities, married and moved to Madison, Wisconsin. Earl sold his boat. We used that money for a honeymoon in Norway. Earl said the good thing about boats was that they didn't talk back (go figure?). And I said that I met more relatives on my honeymoon than any bride should have to. That was the beginning of our 42 years of marriage. We have journeyed together from Madison, Wisconsin, to Edina, Minnesota, from there to Crystal Lake, Illinois and, finally, to Atlanta, Georgia. Earl started out working for Allied Chemical, then Cargill and, after our move to Atlanta, became a partner in a small company called McCullough & Associates. We have two bright and beautiful daughters, Tanya and Mary. They are both married, are small business owners and have children. Tanya and Michael have three children: Ethan, Parker and Katie. Mary and Brian have Henry.

Since our move to Georgia I have worked as a teacher and returned to college to get a theater degree at Agnes Scott College,. (I decided I was old enough to do what I really loved.) I have received awards for my acting. One of the awards was for playing Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I have also worked on independent films and local and regional commercials. In addition, I have become an "activist." I lobby at the Georgia State Legislature, serve as an elder in our church, am a board member of a local theater and an active member of WAND.

For my Act III, I intend to continue to work for issues involving women and children, the arts and education. I hope that my Norwegian and I will travel more, continue to hug those we love fiercely and work toward a world of peace and justice for all God's children. (High ideals but a Macalester education helps you think big, even when you're 70!)

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I graduated from Macalester College in 1960 with a degree in Social Work.

I was a stay-at-home mom until 1966 when I entered the work force as a secretary for United Sprinkler Fire Protection Company where I worked for 9.5 years. In 1976, I joined Hoerner-Waldorf/Champion/Waldorf Corporation, working various positions for 20 years. My last position was executive assistant for the CEO. I decided to retire when the company was sold in 1996.

I met my soul mate in 1983 and we have been married over 20 years. Norman and I have been very active in and held offices in two Norwegian organizations – Synnøve Nordkap Lodge of the Sons of Norway and The Norseman Federation. I currently co-edit a monthly newsletter for Synnøve Nordkap. I am also secretary for the St. Paul chapter of The Norseman Federation. Since moving into a senior cooperative residence, I organized a committee to establish a library within our building. I am also a fire warden, a member of the marketing team and enjoy the many activities within the building.

Norman and I have particularly enjoyed cruising to Norway, Alaska, and the Mexican Riviera and along the New England coast and the Canadian Maritime Provinces to Quebec. We have traveled numerous times to California to visit family, driving through the southwest. We hope to do more traveling in the future to see the Mediterranean countries, Scotland and England to name a few.

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In the fall of 1960 I entered the University of Minnesota to prepare for graduate school. In April 1961 I joined the management training program at The First National Bank of St. Paul. I spent the next 28 years there. After a stint in various departments, learning the banking business, I settled in the credit department and became a junior commercial loan officer in 1964. In 1968 I moved to the Investment Department and spent the rest of my banking career there. As an investment banker I underwrote and traded tax-exempt municipal bonds, which provided financing for various state, county, city and school district projects throughout the upper Midwest including a couple of Macalester projects. When The First National Bank of St. Paul and The First National Bank of Minneapolis merged in 1986 the investment department was spun off into a separate subsidiary called FBS Capital Markets and relocated in Minneapolis. I retired from the bank in 1989.

In August of 1960 I married my high school sweetheart Mary, a nurse who graduated from Hamline in 1960, when she finished her schooling. We raised and educated two children and have two granddaughters.

In 1990 we moved to Hot Springs Village, Ark. and built a new home on Lake Coronado. We currently spend our winters there. While in Arkansas I try to play a little golf, and I operate Vagstad Tax Service LLC, an income tax preparation service. The rest of the year we spend on Dunn Lake near Spooner, Wis., which we discovered in 1967 and where we subsequently built our lake home. In Wisconsin I also try to play a little golf, garden, tend the lawn, and build projects for the family. My wife raises flowers, lots of flowers.

Since leaving Macalester I have done volunteer work with the Jaycees, Junior Achievement, Boy Scouts, church, Merriam Park Community Center, and Lion s International.

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After graduating from Macalester with a BA in international relations, I attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota and worked as a graduate assistant for the Agricultural Extension Service developing a program on local government. During my senior year at Mac, I met my husband Chuck Wally in the furnace room of his fraternity at Hamline (it was a hot romance). We were married in l961 and moved to Wells, Minnesota. I went back to school at Mankato State to get a degree in education and then taught in Albert Lea. We moved to Pine Island in 1965 where I taught English while Chuck taught in Rochester (they didn't hire teaching couples in Rochester in those days). In 1967, we headed to Tripoli, Libya, to teach for the Oil Companies School. After four wonderful years, which included two cholera scares and a revolution, we returned to Rochester in 1971. Ten years later we moved to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where Chuck was employed as the computer facilitator for the ARAMCO(Arab-American Oil Company) schools and I worked in the training department as a project controller for a dental contract ARAMCO had with the University of Kentucky. While there, I earned my master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Oklahoma.

I was very involved in a Toastmaster's Group, which included people from many nations including Saudi men and women. In 1983, I was awarded a trophy for Toastmaster of the Year in Saudi Arabia.

In 1986, we returned to Rochester where both of us finished our teaching careers. We retired in 1997 and purchased a condo in Park City, Utah, where we now spend our winters. Chuck works part-time at Gorgoza Park, a tubing park owned by Park City Mountain (he tells people that he's a hooker and a pusher), and I work for Park City Mountain Reservations. Both of us usher at the Eccles Performing Arts Center and work at the Sundance Film Festival, which is held in Park City in January.

During the summer we live on East Battle Lake near Vining, Minnesota. We traveled extensively throughout the world while living in foreign countries and continue to travel whenever we have the opportunity.

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Currently I am on leave from Nassau Community College in Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. I have been a Spanish instructor there since 1993. Prior to that, I taught Spanish and French in grades 6-12 in the Bayport-Blue Point School District on Long Island from 1965-1993. Additional college experience includes courses at Hofstra University from 1994-2001.

Prior to coming to New York, I taught Spanish and applied math at the Grand Rapids Senior High School in Grand Rapids, Minn. from 1960-1963. In the fall of 1963, I was employed in an American dependent school in Nuremberg, Germany.

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I’m now retired; my professional life was spent teaching in various capacities (elementary education, ESL, gifted education) in California, France, New York City and Upstate New York, where I now live with my husband Ed. We have a son and a daughter and two grandchildren. My volunteer life has been in political action and social service. At the present time I volunteer at two agencies (counseling and food distribution; and driving the elderly and indigent). My husband and I still enjoy cycling, having recently completed a wonderful 22 day trip from the coast of Virginia to the Mississippi River, as well as skiing and wilderness canoeing. We gave up triathlons two summers ago after barely completing the run portion in heat of over 85 degrees. My other leisure activities include four hand piano; reading and book group; scrabble; and all word puzzles.

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My "post Macalester bio" had already begun by the time of my August graduation. Loren Westby ('61) and I were married by that time and had a son. We moved to Willmar in 1961, where we raised our four children. Our family of six has now grown to 20. Last summer we celebrated our 50th anniversary, one grandson's college graduation, and another grandson's wedding.

I became what is now known as a "stay at home" mom. This status gave me the chance to enjoy volunteering in various arenas. My favorite was Girl Scouts. I progressed from troop leader, to service unit chair, to board member and officer of Peacepipe Council. I also served as a volunteer and board member of the hospital auxiliary, and in various church, presbytery, and synod positions. Being elected to the Willmar City Council was one of my greatest honors.

At various times throughout those years our family was lucky enough to host a number of foreign exchange students. Our first was a boy from Belfast, Ireland. He was part of a program that brought some children to the U.S. for a summer away from the violence in their city. Over the years, we hosted young people from Greenland, Japan, Australia, and Spain. Foreign college students sometimes spent Christmas break at our home.

Three years ago Loren and I "downsized" and moved to Arkansas. We now live in Mountain Home, a city of 11,000 residents. It is located in north central Arkansas, on the eastern edge of the Ozarks. The hills and hollows here make for some interesting road signs ("crooked and steep next 15 miles - drive with care"). I have scraped the rust off of my elementary education training and now volunteer at the Twin Lakes Literacy Council, tutoring elementary school age children who are having difficulties with reading. One of the best things I've discovered about our new location is that spring is a season, not a state of mind!

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My "post Macalester bio" had already begun by the time of my August graduation. Loren Westby ('61) and I were married by that time and had a son. We moved to Willmar in 1961, where we raised our four children. Our family of six has now grown to 20. Last summer we celebrated our 50th anniversary, one grandson's college graduation, and another grandson's wedding.

I became what is now known as a "stay at home" mom. This status gave me the chance to enjoy volunteering in various arenas. My favorite was Girl Scouts. I progressed from troop leader, to service unit chair, to board member and officer of Peacepipe Council. I also served as a volunteer and board member of the hospital auxiliary, and in various church, presbytery, and synod positions. Being elected to the Willmar City Council was one of my greatest honors.

At various times throughout those years our family was lucky enough to host a number of foreign exchange students. Our first was a boy from Belfast, Ireland. He was part of a program that brought some children to the U.S. for a summer away from the violence in their city. Over the years, we hosted young people from Greenland, Japan, Australia, and Spain. Foreign college students sometimes spent Christmas break at our home.

Three years ago Loren and I "downsized" and moved to Arkansas. We now live in Mountain Home, a city of 11,000 residents. It is located in north central Arkansas, on the eastern edge of the Ozarks. The hills and hollows here make for some interesting road signs ("crooked and steep next 15 miles - drive with care"). I have scraped the rust off of my elementary education training and now volunteer at the Twin Lakes Literacy Council, tutoring elementary school age children who are having difficulties with reading. One of the best things I've discovered about our new location is that spring is a season, not a state of mind!

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My "post Macalester bio" had already begun by the time of my August graduation. Loren Westby ('61) and I were married by that time and had a son. We moved to Willmar in 1961, where we raised our four children. Our family of six has now grown to 20. Last summer we celebrated our 50th anniversary, one grandson's college graduation, and another grandson's wedding.

I became what is now known as a "stay at home" mom. This status gave me the chance to enjoy volunteering in various arenas. My favorite was Girl Scouts. I progressed from troop leader, to service unit chair, to board member and officer of Peacepipe Council. I also served as a volunteer and board member of the hospital auxiliary, and in various church, presbytery, and synod positions. Being elected to the Willmar City Council was one of my greatest honors.

At various times throughout those years our family was lucky enough to host a number of foreign exchange students. Our first was a boy from Belfast, Ireland. He was part of a program that brought some children to the U.S. for a summer away from the violence in their city. Over the years, we hosted young people from Greenland, Japan, Australia, and Spain. Foreign college students sometimes spent Christmas break at our home.

Three years ago Loren and I "downsized" and moved to Arkansas. We now live in Mountain Home, a city of 11,000 residents. It is located in north central Arkansas, on the eastern edge of the Ozarks. The hills and hollows here make for some interesting road signs ("crooked and steep next 15 miles - drive with care"). I have scraped the rust off of my elementary education training and now volunteer at the Twin Lakes Literacy Council, tutoring elementary school age children who are having difficulties with reading. One of the best things I've discovered about our new location is that spring is a season, not a state of mind!

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After Macalester I worked four years at the Univ. of Calif., Davis library, two years in social work, and retired after 35 years with the State of California Employment Department (job services and unemployment insurance). During the 1970's I was active in the non-smokers' rights movement, having struggled daily to earn a living and breathe simultaneously.

My main interests are music and mountains. In the 1960's I rock climbed in Yosemite Valley; mountaineering adventures included Mt. Shasta, Mt. Ranier, and the Tetons. Since 1983 I've gone to Glacier National Park almost every July to hike and climb with the Glacier Mountaineering Society. In the winter I downhill ski.

The San Francisco Opera Co. is a major part of my life as a subscriber, donor, volunteer in various capacities, and as a supernumerary; being on stage with world renowned artists and our S.F. Opera chorus is an exhilarating experience. I also attend oodles of theater, concerts, and lectures; I have often wished I'd studied more humanities at Mac.

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I married Gordon P. Wright in 1961 and taught elementary school 1960-1967 and 1987-2001. Our daughter Teresa was born in 1966, and our granddaughter, Nicole, was born in 2000. We lived in Amherst, Mass., Ohio, Illinois, and West Lafayette, Ind. for 30 years. We had sabbaticals in Hanover, N.H. (Dartmouth) and in Westwood, Calif. (UCLA). We traveled around Europe, often staying several weeks at different Universities where Gordy taught. We also traveled to Capetown, South Africa; Yakohoma, Japan; and French Polynesia. Gordy and I were in a gourmet group for 25 years too. Delicious!

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I worked as a research forester in the U.S. Forest Service for 40 years in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

I’ve been married for over 40 years and have two kids who live in Oregon and Alaska.

I moved back to my hometown in 1999 with the Forest Service and retired in 2003.

In retirement I have been teaching about the harvest and use of tree work in basketry. I mainly weave with birch bark using traditional Scandinavian/Russian methods.

It's been a great life!

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I worked as a research forester in the U.S. Forest Service for 40 years in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

I’ve been married for over 40 years and have two kids who live in Oregon and Alaska.

I moved back to my hometown in 1999 with the Forest Service and retired in 2003.

In retirement I have been teaching about the harvest and use of tree work in basketry. I mainly weave with birch bark using traditional Scandinavian/Russian methods.

It's been a great life!

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