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Ah, where to begin? I suppose at Columbia Hospital in Wilkinsburg on May 2, 1941, when my mother (with the assistance of Joan Gibson’s pediatrician father) gave birth to me. The next four years were wonderful. Then on April 12, 1945, my sister, BJ, was born and little Freddy was totally ignored for the rest of his life! Thank God she was my only sibling. My family moved us all from Wilkinsburg to Edgewood in December of 1950 and I entered the 5th grade at Edgewood grade school. My memories of school revolve mostly around music (from getting the lead role in our grade school production of “The HMS Pinafore” to singing first tenor in the award winning quartet called “The Presidents” in 1959). As I recall, I was the only one of the four who was actually stupid enough to pursue a career in show business – Paul McLain became a doctor, Jack Huber became a lawyer and John Merrifield became an industrial chief.

Albitz: Fred and Ann Albitz 479-855-9455 56 Highland Parkway, Bella Vista, AR 72715-2383 [email protected] Cell: 479-685-6054 From Edgewood High school I moved on to Penn State University where I majored in mineral economics (my parent’s idea) and got the crap kicked out of me by half the freshman football team (why I was the only non-team member staying in their dorm I’ll never know). Needless to say, I was not a happy camper and transferred to Carnegie Tech (known today as Carnegie-Mellon) where I wanted to major in drama, but ended up majoring in music (again my parent’s idea – they thought I would have a better chance of making a living in music – where in the hell is the logic in that?). At any rate, from there, I went out in the world to seek my fortune as the next great American Folk Singer! After a couple of years and a couple of hundred crummy bars later, I finally realized that I needed to try to somehow make a real living (did I mention that I was now married and had a young son, Steven, in 1965?). It was then I decided to write jingles and delved headfirst into the wild world of advertising. So, for the next several years, I wrote and produced not only jingles, but full blown radio and TV commercials as well (I also helped to produce my second son, Christian in 1968). During that same time (and totally by accident) I was selected by Sears to be their regional spokesperson for all their radio and television spots. That launched a life-long career of performing both as a voice-over and on-camera specialist in literally thousands of radio, television and non-broadcast productions. Ah, but I got ahead of myself. 1977 was not such a good year. In the space of 13 months, and in this order, I lost my father, got divorced and lost my mother. Of those three events, burying my parents was by far the easiest. So I’m single and raising two boys, while I worked and tried to get back into the dating scene at the same time. Then Ann came along! And she came equipped with two sons, a couple of dogs and a parrot. We were introduced in 1982 by of two of our sons who were friends attending the same school. Our marriage took place in 1984 (we actually called it a merger what with all the children and pets involved) and we will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary this year in August. These latter years have been good to us. We’ve seen three of our boys get married and witnessed the birth of four wonderful grandchildren (2 boys and 2 girls - the oldest boy will be graduating high school in a couple of months and plans to live my dream by majoring in drama this fall – I suppose in some ways, life can come full circle). Almost four years ago, we moved to Northwest Arkansas to semi-retire and haven’t regretted one second of it. Hope to see you all at our fiftieth class reunion in September. If not, at least we’ll have these bios to read and bring us all up to date (someone had a good idea, Joyce?).

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After I left Edgewood, I pursued a not unusual path of one who was raised in an academic family, especially since, in my formative years, I grew up on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University and had a father who was Dean of the business school at Carnegie Mellon. I graduated with degrees from Denison University (B.A.), the University of Pennsylvania (M.A.), and Case Western Reserve University (PhD.), all with an emphasis in economics. I briefly held two teaching positions, one at Lafayette College, the other at Montclair State College where I taught courses in macroeconomics and monetary economics. I also held a research position at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis before taking a position with the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. At BEA, where I have been for the past 34 years, I am both an economist and statistician charged with developing measures of economic activity for use in the gross domestic product accounts; the accounts measure the pace of economic activity in the country. My specialty is in measures of international trade and international financial flows. I direct a staff of about 40 individuals in this endeavor. I am still employed full time and have

continually changing challenges, the most current of which is measuring economic activity during times of a worldwide recession. The assignment keeps me occupied for well over 40 hours per week.

Along the way three children graduated from college, all with degrees in music. However, none chose to

make a career of music. They ended up as a mathematician and computer programmer, a custom furniture maker, and a college librarian. My wife of 40 years is a lecturer for the Bible Study Fellowship Program which is headquartered in San Antonio and has local groups throughout the world for those who wish to study the Bible. My hobbies continue to be classical music, although I no longer actively play the flute which I enjoyed so much in high school, at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan (also in high school), and in college. My more active hobby in recent years has been growing roses. I have not been back to Pittsburgh since graduation but I know the city has changed greatly. It is not likely that I will be at the 50th reunion but I hope all those who can make it have a good time.

Bach: Christopher and Lynn Bach 703-644-0869 6943 Spaniel Road, Springfield, VA 22153 [email protected]

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Life after Edgewood took variety of

interesting and serious turns. Heading off to Cornell to study Architecture, I lasted for four years in a five year program. My love for the fine arts remained but my commitment did not measure up. Leaving the East and going to the Midwest to earn a bachelor degree in business/economics , (212 credit hours), I made it a point to get off campus on the weekends and sought out those I knew in the area, Richard Demore and Carole Rengel. I married Carole in 1964 and went to Chicago to work for 3M Co. After five years and two kids (girls) we moved to Cincinnati to work for U.S. Borax (Rio Tinto). In Cincinnati, God caught up with me and shook me well. We moved back to Chicago where we had our third child and then, eventually moved to Los Angeles. I finished my working days developing products and markets for global markets, staying with U.S. Borax until retirement. (age 62). We enjoy our eight grandchildren and families in California but spend 3-4 months each year in Florida. Our major interest is the family but we are involved with gardening, art, antiques, bible study and outreach boating, stamps, sports and rooting for the Steelers- Bears – Chargers.

Bair: Chuck and Carole (Rengel) Bair 805-493-0723 3577 Radcliff Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 [email protected] (Jan-May) 312 Pier E, Naples, FL 34112 239-793-2505

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After high school, I went to Penn State for six years earning a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering. I then went to work for Westinghouse at East Pittsburgh as an Industrial Engineer. I moved up to sales and moved to Atlanta in 1983 working as a Sales/Application Engineer. I retired in 1997 and moved to Blairsville, GA which is in the mountains close to North Carolina and Tennessee. I'm still living there playing golf as much as possible. My wife Marilyn and I have two children, both boys. We have five grandchildren, four boys and one girl.

Barnes: Bob and Marilyn Barnes 706-745-0641 1744 Kingfisher Lane, Blairsville, GA 30512 [email protected]

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Constance Elizabeth Nelson, 63 of Scottsdale, AZ died suddenly Oct. 6, 2004 at her home in Scottsdale. Born May 16, 1941 in Pittsburgh, PA to Dr. William and Dorothy Fisher Barnett, she had made her home in Riverside California until recently moving to Scottsdale to be near her daughters. Constance was a loving mother to daughters, Maureen (Dan) McDermott-Peterson, Shannon and Mary Bridgett McDermott, and the world's best grandma to Danielle and Samantha. She was preceded in death by her second husband Carl Nelson, and was loved and will be missed by his children and grandchildren. Constance, a devout Catholic, became a friend to all she met. She volunteered at the Mayo Hospital intensive care unit, and was known for the infamous "Barnett" humor she inherited from her father and uncle. A Rosary service will be held 7:00 pm Sunday Oct. 10th at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale with visitation one hour prior. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 am Monday Oct. 11th at Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church, 36811 N. Pima Road, Carefree, AZ. Published in The Arizona Republic on 10/9/2004.

Barnett: Constance (Barnett) Nelson Deceased: October 6, 2004

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After graduating from Pitt with a BA in Speech & Theatre, my extra-curricular activities afforded me a position on the Student Affairs Staff at the Univ of Kentucky as Program Director, advising Student Center Board, Student Government, Homecoming and Little KY Derby (Spring Weekend) Committees. I met Larry there while he was attending UK Law School. Larry decided that a Chinese degree was more to his liking so we started married life at Indiana University in Bloomington. Two years later, we moved with our six-week old daughter, Laura, to Maryland for Larry to begin his 35-year career with the National Security Agency. This offered us two overseas assignments to Taiwan. During the last, the U.S. Government recognized Red China as the ONLY China so we witnessed the American flag lowered at the Embassy to be raised in Beijing. I returned to the workforce in the 80’s with varied and interesting positions

mainly in Human Resources and Recruiting. These led to the opportunity to start a Volunteer Program for the County’s State’s Attorney’s Office in Annapolis. Larry retired in 2002 and we agreed I would

follow in 2006 after my boss’s reelection. (I discovered I enjoy the excitement and pressure of elections.) Fate intervened and Larry died of cancer in April 2006. To keep myself active, I have continued working with no retirement plans – the next election is 2010. (I assume you figured my boss was reelected.) The present financial crisis has no bearing but it is nice to have a salary and 2 retirements. Larry and I traveled to mainland China, Hong Kong, France and Italy. The France Trip, which focused on Paris/Normandy trip was with JUDY BROOKS Levar and her husband, a retired United Airlines pilot who flew Chicago to Paris runs, so we had an experienced guide. Since late 2006, I have traveled with office friends on Christmas Market Cruises: Vienna to Budapest, Vienna to Nuremburg, Paris to Rouen and in December 2009 from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam. My daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter have made two trips to London with me; the last time to see the Opening of the Tour de France in 2007. They live 5 miles away so are my constant support – yard clean-up, moving heavy items, car repair advisor – but most of all companions for three seasons of University of Maryland Lady Terps basketball games. Since I am late writing this, we are presently watching their run to the Final Four. (Pitt lost last night.) One cannot spend four years at Kentucky and two in Bloomington without becoming a college basketball fanatic. I also keep busy altering wedding and bridesmaid dresses for the young attorneys and staff as well as costumes for my granddaughter, Leslie, who has caught the Theater bug. She will enter high school this fall – an excellent student, taking after her father and grandfather. (Grandchildren sure grow faster than when we raised the parent,) Laura is a second grade teacher and an avid Steelers fan – willing to stand up to any local Ravens supporter. Steve is a Director of Information Systems (an IT expert to you and me) – thank goodness I have computer, cell and cable support, especially to get this off to Jim. I’m not sure I’ll see y’all (KY influence) in September but cherish my 13 years of Edgewood education. I now realize how fortunate we were that our parents believed in the best for all of us.

Batchelder: Jane (Batchelder) Strong 410-987-9341 1290 Ammendale Ct., Millersville, MD 21108 [email protected]

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Geoffrey is currently the Director of Finance and Human Resources for Slide Ranch, a small non-profit on the California coast that does environmental education.

He previously worked for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (now known as UNITE). He retired from that job as the Regional Controller after 25 years working for them in New York City and San Francisco.

After a detour into the Navy and early computer programming, Geoffrey graduated from Pitt with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in History. He lives in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco with his long time partner and sweetheart, Abigail and their cat Romper Stomper. In his spare time, Geoffrey serves on the Board of Directors of the Bay Media Federal Credit Union and on the executive committee of the Bernal Heights Democratic Club. He grows roses in the backyard and when he watches the Steelers play he waves a Terrible Towel that was handed down from Abigail’s father.

Bauman: Geoffrey Bauman and Abigail 415-647-5771 543 Prentiss St, San Francisco, CA 94110 [email protected]

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I attended Allegheny College and graduated in 1963 with a BS in Economics. I then joined the Air Force where I was stationed first in Wiesbaden, Germany and then, in Long Beach, CA. After five years, I

returned to Pittsburgh and was hired by Weirton Steel. I married Ann Farnsworth (EHS, Class of ’62) in 1969. We lived in Greentree for about a year. We then moved to Rochester, NY area where I began my career in manufacturing with Xerox. After 40 some years, I am still hard at work! Ann won’t let me quit! Along the way, our children were born: our son, Jeb, in 1971 and our daughter, Lee, in 1973. Jeb, who now lives in Canandaigua, NY (near us) also works for Xerox, is married and has three children: Macy, 9; Samantha, 7; and Mallory, 4. Lee, living in Rochester, is unmarried. Ann and I enjoy some traveling plus, we have a cottage in Maple Springs, Chautauqua, NY. We often see Ginny Morgan Stahlsmith there. I spend a lot of my time fishing and just relaxing. I also am an avid golfer. I hope to retire from Xerox in the near future so I can spend even more time golfing and fishing.

Baxter: Jim and Ann Baxter 585-381-8751 14 Musket Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534 [email protected]

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IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? In my case, there is a resounding “YES”! After graduating from EHS, I spent one year at Westminster College and then transferred to Edinboro State where I married in my junior year, but continued my schooling. One year later, I gave birth to my son Bruce (Nov. 4th, 1962), I student-taught in Erie during the spring semester, and then I graduated after a 3 week summer course with a BS degree in education! I taught Kindergarten in the Erie area for seven years. During that time my daughter Jennifer was born (July 23rd, 1966). In the years following, I raised my children while continuing to teach. We moved our family to Ligonier, PA where I taught reading and worked on my Masters Degree and Reading Certification at the University of Pittsburgh. My first husband and I divorced and my parents passed away during the 70’s…fortunately I had the support of many friends! The 80’s brought many changes in my life: I started teaching at Hempfield Area School District; I started to date Scott Hines and we married on July 12th, 1985; I became a step-mom to his four children (Scott, Jennifer, Ben, and Kelly); and we bought the home where we still reside.

During the next few years it seemed that every time the doorbell rang, a kid with a suitcase was on our doorstep! I retired in 1999 after teaching for 36 years, 22 of those years as a Reading Specialist. Scott retired from teaching in 2002.

We have 11.5 grandchildren (awaiting a September, ’09 birth) plus two step-grandchildren. We often baby-sit and have the grandkids for overnight or longer. When the little ones attend grade school, I have fun being a guest reader in each of their classes. I especially enjoy taking our grandkids on "field trips" to see the interesting sights available to us. Scott and I have two cats, Annie and Pixie, who are becoming seasoned travelers as we drive to and from our “winter haven” in N. Ft. Myers, FL. My life is filled with family, friends, church, travel, and hobbies: golf, shooting sporting clays, reading, volunteering at our local Salvation Army Service Center, keeping our Class of ‘59 in touch with each other, and simply enjoying life! As we face our “golden years” together we realize how blessed we are to have each other. As of July, 2009, Scott and I will begin our 25th year as husband and wife! We manage to keep in close touch with all of our children and grandchildren. At this point, our biggest challenge is trying to outsmart our local bear who scouts out our bird feeders every 3 to 4 days! We are looking ahead to the many adventures and challenges that our future holds. YES, there is life after high school and...we love living it!

Beadling: Joyce (Beadling) and Scott Hines 724-238-4540 117 Heron Lane, Ligonier, PA 15658 [email protected] Cell: 724-689-5175 (Dec.-Apr.) 313 Shrub Lane S, N. Ft. Myers, FL 33917 239-731-3274

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Karen Blashford's mother lived overseas, possibly in Pakistan. Karen missed her mother greatly and eventually she went to live with her. She became violently ill and due to very poor hospital conditions she never recovered. We are not sure whether she passed away there or here in the United

States. Both Sue Shields Kopp and Carol Richards had a very close friendship with her and remember her as being a special friend...very sweet and kind.

Blashford: Karen Blashford Deceased

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After graduating from EHS, I went to Amherst College from which I graduated in 1963. I then went to Stanford University Law School where I earned my law degree in 1966. Went to work for a Pittsburgh firm, made partner and practiced there for about three decades. I moved my practice six years ago to a larger firm, headquartered in

Philadelphia and with offices in 20+ US cities, London, Singapore and Vietnam. I do transactions (popularly called M&A), corporate finance and

general corporate, representing both US and foreign clients. Overseas projects have been in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. I’ve been outside general counsel for companies in various businesses from basic metals to engineering/construction to IT and

medical device manufacture. Aside from law, I’ve served on a lot of client and civic boards, including being national Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation and President of The Mattress Factory Limited, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Foundation and Family Services of Western PA. I married before my third year in law school. Oldest son, Bruce, is V.P. Corporate Development of Nokia, lives in New Canaan, CT, and works in White Plains, Helsinki and wherever the deal of the moment is. He is married with two sons. Son Wade is a lawyer with a firm in West Palm Beach, married to a lawyer and they have two sons. Daughter Laura is in the horse business in Wellington, Fl and Lexington, KY, is married to David, who builds riding rings and does environmental remediation, and they have twin daughters and a son. I divorced and remarried ten years ago and Lisa and I have a son, Chase, who will be eight at the end of August. Have lived in Fox Chapel for 35 years and done lots of international travel (Lisa and I were married on the Amalfi Coast in Italy).

Bowden: Bruce and Lisa Bowden 412-963-1917 115 Haverford Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15238 [email protected] Cell: 412-298-5897 Duane Morris LLP, 600 Grant St., Suite 5010, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2811

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Predicated on my high school academic performance, my father made it clear that I would not be attending college in the fall of 59. Worked a year in Cleveland, but took some night classes at Western Reserve. The following year attended a semester at Waynesburg College. While there, contracted a resistant strain of Staph and lapsed into a coma of 30 days (Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh). My doctor, whose daughter attended the University of Miami,

suggested to my parents the benefits of a moderate climate. I agreed and my recovery was miraculous. Enrolled in the fall of 61 and graduated in the spring of 64 (BBA) with a major in finance and a minor in accounting. I embarked on a professional career with Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (Auditing, Corporate Planning, Computer Programming and Export Accounting). I even recommended firing our economic consultant, Alan Greenspan. Over-ruled! I married a ”Canuck” IBM system engineer. A wash in cash, we skied Aspen (often), Vail, Banff, etc. Jointly against renewing our marriage for a sixth year (no children/no fault), we parted. A combination of a botched marriage and corporate burn-out (1975) resulted in my return to Florida. A venture with a friend in an insurance agency ended in disaster. Aside from a few years with the L.A. Dodgers’ organization in Vero Beach, gravitated back to accounting. Jobs were primarily in the construction industry as a Controller. I became quite knowledgeable in bankruptcy and helped employers successfully survive same. Have had triple bi-pass heart surgery, and to my consternation, must work out weekly. Live to travel. Love Europe (Milan, Paris, Zurich, my favorites) and the Caribbean (Aruba & Curacao). My Achilles heals: Horse racing venues (Saratoga, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise, etc.) Life’s not easy, but interesting!!!

Boynton: Skip Boynton 772-978-0561 PO Box 193, Vero Beach, FL 32961 [email protected]

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After EHS, I attended Cornell University for a fun-filled year. Then, I transferred to the University of Pittsburgh, got serious, and graduated in 1963 (Poli Sci). That summer, a program in international law and political science at the University of Vienna convinced me to go to law school. So, I came back to enter PITT Law School; graduated in 1966.

After law school, carrying on a long family tradition, I joined Westinghouse Electric – at corporate headquarters. After two years, I left to serve my Country (became a Navy JAG officer, which is not nearly as exciting as the TV series!). Came back to the law profession and became assistant legal counsel for Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania. Married Jane (my wife is a saint for having put up with me for the past 40 years). I decided to combine law and business, so I went to Harvard Business School, graduated in 1973 with an MBA. Then became General Counsel for a national retail chain based in Ohio, and also became active in the venture capital field in Pittsburgh. Retired from the law more than fifteen years ago, but still enjoy a little activity in venture capital investing. Took up sailing in the early 1980’s. Kept our boat in the Virgin Islands for eight years, then sailed through the Bahamas to Florida, later sailed up to the Chesapeake Bay where we have been enjoying the summers for the past twenty years. We also enjoy traveling; covered most of Europe, Russia/Ukraine from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, Central America, and the Caribbean. I made two trips to Cuba and met Fidel Castro on both visits (remember, he came to power the year we graduated?). Over the past thirty years it has been my privilege to serve with several non-profit organizations for the improvement of our community, our health, or our culture. Over the years I served on the boards of the Leukemia Society, the Arthritis Foundation, and two Shadyside community groups. Currently I am on the boards of Phipps Conservatory, the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Pittsburgh, as well as a sailing group and a neighborhood organization. My life has been better than I deserve, and I thank the Good Lord above.

Breck: Larry and Jane Breck 412-687-0835 415 Devonshire, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 [email protected]

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After graduating from EHS, I went to Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). I went to night school to complete my degree while working for Westinghouse Research. In 1966, I graduated with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering.

I continued my education there and earned a Master’s Degree in computer Science in 1968. During this time I met and married my first wife. We had a daughter, Gretchen, who was born in 1965. That same year, I began working for Carnegie Mellon as a Computer Engineer.

Between 1963 and 1969, I built and raced motorcycles. (Beau became a National Motorcycle Road Racing Champion) In 1969, we moved to the San Francisco, CA area (Berkeley) where I worked for companies that performed Department of Defense contracts, one of which was mafia funded. My wife and I divorced in 1970 so I left California and returned to Pittsburgh. I opened a VW repair shop in Bloomfield which I ran for about 4 years until the building collapsed! This forced an occupation change; I became the Scientific Consultant at the Western PA School for the Deaf in Edgewood (1974).

Through friends I met my wife, Phyllis, who I married on April 2nd, 1977. Phyllis helped me to raise my daughter Gretchen. In 1981, I pursued my passion for cars by opening Classic Restoration in Pittsburgh’s north side and began restoring foreign sport cars such as Maseratis , Mercedes, Alfas and Porsches primarily from the 1960’s. In 1989 Phyllis and I purchased a 200 year old farm house on four acres in Frombell, PA. (about 15 minutes north of Cranberry and the oldest brick house in Beaver County) It has been a major undertaking! We actually worked on the house 6 months before moving into it. I moved my Classic Restoration business to the barn on our current property in 1996. I am still restoring cars…but at a much slower pace. I have gradually moved into retirement mode. My daughter, Gretchen, is now married and living in California. She has 5 year old twins: Rachael and Max! We love visiting the grandkids, but because of distance we don’t see them nearly as often as we would like. In the late 1970’s Phyllis and I were both involved in amateur auto racing. Cars continue to be my main interest as shown in my reading material…auto magazines and manuals! Our property and two rescue dogs also provide me with lots to do.

Brinker: Beau and Phyllis Brinker 724-758-1805 172 Hart Road, Fombell, PA 16123 [email protected] , [email protected] Alt-Phyllis 724-758-4430

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In the fall of 1959 I started my college career at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon), along with several other EHS 1959 grads. In 1963 I received a BS in Industrial Management, and a year later an MS in Industrial Administration. In 1964 I joined Standard Oil of New Jersey (now ExxonMobil) in New Jersey, working for the Engineering Division doing computer modeling of business operations. (As many of you may remember, back then the computers filled entire rooms!). I went on to have a number of technical and managerial jobs with ExxonMobil in various locations including Houston, Buenos Aires, Miami, London, and New Jersey. I married Frances, a Registered Nurse from Nova Scotia, in 1968. Two years later our first daughter, Joanna, was born in Morristown, NJ, and in 1973 our second daughter, Cheryl, was born in Buenos Aires. Joanna graduated from Northwestern and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and our two grandsons. Cheryl graduated from Yale and went on to get her PhD at UT in Austin. She now lives in Boston with her husband, where her two dogs serve as her children and she works in psychology research. I retired from ExxonMobil in 1998 to start another of life’s phases. I was fortunate to be working in Houston at the time, since we really enjoy living in The Woodlands, about thirty miles north of Houston where there are lots of trees. Since retiring I’ve done extensive corporate consulting in career development, training and eLearning. We also love to travel, and have visited numerous countries in the past ten years via ocean and river cruises. I love to play golf whenever I can, and I’m proof that you don’t have to be good at it to enjoy it.

Browne: Joe and Frances Browne 281-363-3102 6 Halfmoon Court, The Woodlands, TX 77380 [email protected]

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In the fall of ‘59, I began attending Michigan State University along with Pat Coleman. Often my dad (a pilot) would fly us back and forth between East Lansing and Pittsburgh. I graduated with a BS Degree in Divisional Social Science. It was there that I met my husband, Dave Lankin, who was working on his Masters Degree in chemistry. After five months, we were married on June 19, 1965; 44 years this June!

While Dave was working on his degree, I worked at a Mental Health Clinic in Lansing. (My boss, a psychiatrist, was a cousin of Gloria Steinem and I actually met her

several times.) We then moved to Cincinnati, OH where Dave continued on for his Ph.D. Our daughter, Kelly, was born there so I worked only part-time. Then, onto New Orleans while Dave completed post-doctoral work at the University of New Orleans and at Loyola University. We had tons of visitors while there and stayed through three Mardi Gras seasons! We moved to Connecticut in 1974 for one year where our son, Mark, was born. Dave worked for G.D. Searle, a pharmaceutical company, in Skokie, Illinois. We moved to Schaumburg, IL, a northwest suburb of the Chicago area. I worked as an assistant to the Asst. Director of the Schaumburg Park District (municipal gov’t.) for 16 years and retired in 2004.

Our daughter, Kelly, is an intensive care nurse at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Our son, Mark, is married and has one child: Emma, who is 3. Mark owns his own Construction Company and he and his family live about 45 minutes from our home. I baby-sit Emma two days a week. I keep in close touch with my sister, Sharon, who inherited our dad’s plane.. She often flies in for a visit.

In my retirement, I am having fun! (Dave is still working. He is a Research Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Pharmacy.) My closest friend owns a resort on Thee Chain of Lakes called Parrot’s Cove. I often spend weekends there relaxing and having a great time with friends. I also needlepoint; I am a member of a needlepoint group called “Stitch and Bitch” which meets two times a month. Since we introduced wine at our gatherings, we sometimes do more of the latter! I am our local library’s best customer…I love reading!

Wish I could attend the 50th, but Dave and I will be attending his family reunion! Say hello to everyone!

Burch: Christine (Burch) and David Lankin 847-352-8722 109 Haverhill Lane, Schaumburg, IL 60193 [email protected] Cell: 847-882-3391

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After EHS I attended Marietta College for two years then moved to Berkeley, California where I completed my BS at U of CA, Berkeley. I attended graduate school at San Francisco Medical Center in the Physical Therapy program. After graduation I began working at the University of California, Sacramento Medical Center, one of U.C.'s teaching hospitals. A few years later I became the Director of Rehab Services. I retired from UC in 1992 and became Director of Rehab Services in a small hospital in East Central Ohio from which I retired in 2004. A few months later moved I back to Pittsburgh. I have two children and four grandchildren.

Retirement has been truly golden. I had been working with environmental and peace organizations since about 1996 (Friends of Dysart Woods, Ohio Valley PEACE) and also began sponsoring two children in Bolivia through Christian Children's Fund. Since

retirement I have had more time to visit those children in Bolivia and study Spanish at Maryknoll Language Institute in Cochabamba, Bolivia and in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Here in Pittsburgh I teach English as a second language (ESL), through Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Counsel, volunteer for local immigrant organizations, promote Fair Trade, and work with Coalition for Peace and Justice in the Middle East which branched out of several Pittsburgh groups such as the Thomas Merton Center and Palestinian Solidarity. I also grow organic vegetables and fruit, have an interest in bringing back Pennsylvania's native plants and I've built a Monarch Way Station in the garden. I've met wonderful folks through these activities. Eventually, I plan to return to my early passion of art someday in the future when I can't move around as well. Pittsburgh has been great!

Dianne with Sister Joyce, originally from Pittsburgh, now a Maryknoll nun, in her garden, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Burnham: Diane Burnham 412-244-0384 26 Barton Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15221 [email protected]

Sponsored child, Eddy, and family just north of Cochabamba

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After graduating from Edgewood, I entered Slippery Rock University’s physical education program to

become an instructor. While at SRU I played basketball and was on the track team. I also met my wife Valjean who was an elementary education major. Upon graduating from SRU I retained a job at McKeesport Boys Club in McKeesport , PA as physical director. I stayed at McKeesport for

about a year and retained a position as health teacher and assistant basketball coach at Karnes City High School in Butler County. I soon became head basketball coach and later on assistant football coach until leaving after 17 years. I spent a year or two in insurance sales and went back to school to learn about computers in the early 1980’s and landed a job at Duff’s Business Institute in Pittsburgh as microcomputer coordinator/instructor. I helped them computerize their different educational divisions. Next, I took a job with Liken’s Employment Agency in Pittsburgh as a computer instructor for various companies in the Pittsburgh business community. After Lichen’s I became a computer consultant for Westinghouse Nuclear Division in Monroeville, PA and helped them computerize the division’s inventory. I then took a job with Huron Computers out of Michigan to setup and train people to use Huron’s video store software for a large food chain on the east coast. Finally, I became a computer instructor at Butler County Community College where I developed and taught many different computer related subjects and then became the microcomputer and networking technician for the main campus and three satellite campuses. In the meantime, Valjean and I had 3 children Warren, Bethany and Tammy. Valjean and I are both retired and still living in Butler, PA. Warren along with his wife and 3 children live in little Washington, PA and he works for Lockheed Martin as a senior project manager. My daughter Bethany, along with her daughter, lives in Butler and she is a graphic artist for our local newspaper. Tammy along with her husband lives in Butler where she is an assistant professor at Butler County Community College.

Champ: Ron and Valjean Champ 724-287-7382 215 South Duffy Road, Butler, PA 16001 [email protected] , [email protected] Cell: 724-822-3986

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Eddie at the 20th

Stan Vlasak said that Eddie lived in the tower part of Braddock Hills and that Eddie had the one of the best Lionel Train Collections he has ever seen. As an adult, Eddie was in merchandising…he traveled to various cities working with upscale stores. The stores would advertise his arrival and customers would bring their silver pieces to

Eddie; he would then take them to be resilvered and return them to those customers. When traveling to Nashville, Eddie would visit with Pat Coleman Wilson and her husband Jim. He and Jim would have many conversations about a variety of subjects and Ed was warmly welcomed into their home. Eddie and his partner came to our 20th reunion at the Holiday House in Monroeville. He dressed in a white suit and sported a handlebar moustache and a goatee…very different from the boy I knew from jr. high and high school. He looked so debonair. Eddie was open and friendly and we talked for a long time…especially about our years in Forest Hills. He mentioned his good friend Rose Marie Maus , a friendship that continued after high school. One event we particularly discussed was our 9th grade prom, which took place after a long strike at Westinghouse. This strike affected many of our classmates and their families. Would we be allowed to wear suits and formal dresses or not? Who would be our date? How that would play out was controlled by the teaching staff. Forest Hills classmates, do you remember? Jan Earhart remembers Eddie bringing a beautifully displayed poster board with old photos from "The Forest Hills Contingency" to the reunion. Eddie was poised, self-assured, and kind. We were more acquaintances than friends during our school years but through our conversation that night we became more than that. Life happened to both of us and we never pursued a friendship after that reunion, but I do know that he was the kind of person I would want to include in my circle of friends; loyal and giving. I am sure that those with whom he was close miss him terribly. Submitted by Joyce Beadling Hines

Claycomb: Edward Claycomb Deceased

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Upon leaving EHS, I tried out a few schools: Michigan (1 year, didn’t like the size of the school), Carnegie Tech (2 years, didn’t like engineering, but loved the one semester taking just liberal arts courses), and Pitt (which was kind enough to give me BBA, MBA, and Ph.D.) I met my wonderful wife, Cindy, in 1964 and we were married in 1966—Ed Symons and Jack & Russell Huber were nice enough to attend our small ceremony. West Virginia University was my employer from 1971 until I retired in 2005. Besides teaching accounting, I held a variety of administrative positions over those 34 years, including director of graduate programs, director of undergraduate programs, chairman of the marketing department (crazy things happen!!), and dean of the College from a week before “9/11” until my retirement. I absolutely loved every minute of my academic career and my life in a college town. Cindy and I have been lucky enough to visit Europe several times and we thoroughly enjoyed traveling in our motor home in our early retirement years. Some health issues brought my traveling days to a halt, so we bought a winter place in The Villages just outside of Ocala, FL. I’m trying to rekindle my photography hobby. Target shooting with air guns is a new venture, but my interest in auto racing is now almost a 12 month activity between the north in the summer and south in the winter. My brother, Keith (EHS ’52), lives on Marco Island and Cindy’s sister lives in Tampa; other relatives and friends dot the Florida landscape, so we get to see a lot of friends and family. I have always loved our EHS class and Cindy and I both look forward to seeing all of you again in September!!

Coats: Jay and Cindy Coats 304-599-6373 109 Emerald Court, Morgantown, WV 26505 [email protected] , [email protected] Cell: 304-685-1190 (winter) 802 Camelia St. The Villages, Lady Lake, FL 32159

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50 years? Can’t be-I feel 45, don’t you? Let’s see-after we graduated, I went to Westminster College-New Wilmington, Pa., and graduated with a BA in English Literature/minor in secondary education. My career, however, was in banking-fell into it in 1971

and stayed the course, working for Bank of America for 36 years-34 in management of branches, commercial lending groups, and finally in real estate. I retired in 2007 and have been enjoying reading, working part time in a local business (no more commuting on the infamous Southern California freeway systems!), and best of all, spending time with my family and friends. I am the proud “Mom” of 2 children and “Nana” of 2 grandchildren-my finest accomplishments! Amy-now 39-is a nurse and mother of Cole-age 10 and all boy who can take lego pieces and build a helicopter that works without a blueprint (future engineer?), and Aubrey-a beautiful 8 year old girl-top of her class, who is destined to be a knock-out and a parent’s worst nightmare! Amy, Chris (son-in-law) and family live just 8 miles from me, which makes it easy for me to participate in their sports, school programs, plays etc. Tyson, my son, is now 30, and earned is BS in Business Admin./Marketing the same year he had a kidney transplant (his auto immune system attacked both kidneys and destroyed them). He is doing well and loves his job with Dart Corp.-looking forward to a management career with them. He lives close, and he and Melissa-his special lady-stop by often. Life is good and getting better! My plans are simple-much more of the same. My family and friends keep me running and happy. I wish the same for you, and while I cannot join you at the reunion, know that my best wishes are there with you all. Have some fun for me!

Cofer: Nancy (Cofer) Peterson 951-279-0910 3221 Mountainside Dr., Corona, CA 92882 [email protected]

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The Cogbill's are goofing off on the west coast of Florida. We enjoy boating on a Sea Ray 32ft Sundancer and biking all over Florida. We are members of the Bird Key Yacht Club. Spend the summers on Lake Erie at Van Buren Point in New York. Come and see us.

Cogbill: Bill and Karen Cogbill 941-954-7518 418 Meadowlark Dr., Sarasota, FL 34236 [email protected] (Summer) Van Buren Pt., NY 716-679-9008

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After high school I spent four very enjoyable years at Michigan State University. Among other things, I fell in love with a very special fella: Jim Wilson. After graduation, I returned to Pittsburgh and taught second grade at Churchill Elementary School on the Greensburg Pike. Jim and I married that summer and moved to Baltimore for his last two years at Johns Hopkins Medical School. I taught the Mentally Retarded at Dundalk, Maryland. After his graduation, we moved to Nashville, where Jim completed his Internship and Residency at Vanderbilt Medical School. I taught Special Ed. kids in Nashville.

Our daughter, Lori, was born in 1967. In 1970, Jim was sent to Viet Nam. Lori and I spent the year visiting relatives. When Jim came back from 'Nam, we were

stationed in Colorado Springs. This is the time in our lives when we got passionate about down-hill skiing. Then, it was back to Vanderbilt and Nashville. We adopted Jimmy in 1975. I have been a stay at home Mom, a community volunteer, have served on many boards and have chaired major events. Living in Nashville has been absolutely wonderful! In 2007 (after a courageous two year fight) my Jim died of cancer. We had been married for 43 years… hard to believe! Lori lived in San Francisco for many years. She is now back in Nashville and is enrolled in the Vanderbilt Masters Degree Program in Nursing Psychology. Jimmy and his wife, Kim , live in Brooklyn. He designs and builds sets. She is the Style Editor for domino magazine. I am living in Nashville. I enjoy entertaining, reading and football.

Pat and Jim Wilson

Coleman: Pat (Coleman) Wilson 615-297-8404 46 Concord Park East, Nashville, TN 37205 [email protected]

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My Complete Education at EHS notwithstanding, I thought there might yet be something more to learn, so I headed up to Boston and went through undergrad and graduate school at Brandeis University, in math. Then I worked as math faculty at University of Mass at

Boston, until retiring a couple of years ago. Now I have more time to advance two or three math-type projects.

Somewhere in there I married my wife Marian, and then we had a son, Jacob. Besides math my interests would include cello, woodwork, cooking; also I bicycle quite a bit. But most every June I camp for about three weeks on a small island in a lake on western Maine, near the A.T.( Appalachian Trail); accessed by a 3-mile kayak paddle. It's nice: there are loons, spring peepers by the many, many, and now and then a moose. So it goes.

Comenetz: Daniel and Marian Comenetz 617-484-2540 46 Burnham Street, Belmont, MA 02478-1221 [email protected]

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After graduation I started Business School in Pittsburgh then switched to Modeling School. I worked in the office and did runway modeling and photographic fashion modeling. I married and had my daughter, Sherri, an R.N. now lining in Murrysville, Pa. She

married and had 2 boys and a girl. Her older 2 are in graduate school. Two years later I had my son, Dean. After college he started his

own business, Hardt Homes, in McDonald, PA. He is married to an RN and has 1 boy in high school & 1 daughter in Jr. High. All 5 of my grandchildren are great students and athletes. I was a stay at home mom except for some part-time modeling and promotional work for Amana & some cosmetic companies. Now all I could promote is a “Hoveround Scooter” or perhaps “Depends”. I began working full time in ’80 as assistant to the General Manager in Monroeville’s Greater Pittsburgh Merchandise Mart. I got a divorce after 19 years. I met my present husband, Dave and we moved to Seminole, FL. I also acquired 2 more daughters and 4 more grandchildren. Job demands in FL were in the medical field so I went to Tampa Medical College and worked as a medical asst. for a Virologist for 4 years. We moved to Scottsdale, AZ and I worked for 7 years for an Internist. We moved again to Las Vegas, NV and there I worked over 10 years for a home Health Agency as a field staff supervisor. I retired due to illness and had to have a stem cell transplant. We moved to San Antonio, TX near my stepdaughter but I wanted to spend my golden years back in Florida, so after 3 years we moved again to Citrus Springs. I now enjoy gardening, some arts and crafts and reupholstering furniture & making slipcovers. I have been blessed with a loving family and some good friends...not forgetting my two Lhasa Apos. I don’t know if I will be able to come to the reunion, but if not, I send my very best to my old friends and classmates, whom I think of often and fondly.

Conley: Judy (Conley) and David Wolf 352-465-4416 8880 N. Salina Dr., Citrus Springs, FL 34434 [email protected] Cell: 352-615-2039

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I have had a few bumps in the road since high school but for the most part, I have been extremely lucky. I am still fairly healthy and have a great family and many good friends. I am still very close to my sisters – Eileen and Rita. Below is a brief outline of the many phases I have gone through in the past fifty years. Traditional Phase - First job (PNC), engaged, married. Wild Child Phase – Divorced, first apartment, back to school (Pitt), new job (Magee-Women’s Hospital), liberal Democrat, war protester, agnostic.

Personal Development Phase I – New job (Union Railroad), first house, learn to drive, first car, sports -tennis and skiing lessons, crafts – candy making, crochet, and macramé lessons .

Career Girl Phase – New job (Allegheny International), new career (voice telecommunications), promotions (VT – Coordinator, VT – Analyst, VT – Consultant), travel, back to school, and campaign work for Democrats. Personal Development Phase II – Year off work, new mother (adopted a 12 year old girl), crafts - flower arrangement and pattern making classes, Republican, back to church. Working Mother Phase – New job (UPMC) – VT Analyst, VT Supervisor, back to school, campaign work for George Bush. Retirement – Retired (November, 2008), daughter getting married, blond.

With the exception of helping my daughter with her wedding plans, I haven’t done much since retirement. I think I am decompressing but, whatever it is, I am enjoying it. I may do some consulting or volunteer work. I have always wanted to do foster care, so I might do that. Who knows? It is like starting all over.

Cooke: Mary Lou Cooke 412-731-3989 1219 Circle Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15221 [email protected]

My Daughter Tina

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From Edgewood High I went to Indiana State College (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania) for a BA in teaching. Following our college graduations in 1963, Wayne Tamarelli (EHS ’59) and I got married. I taught elementary school while Wayne was getting his graduate degrees at Carnegie Mellon. First I taught in Pittsburgh’s inner city, the Hill District. Then I taught in Forest Hills at Schaffer Elementary School off of Greensburg Pike.

A small world – I had student teachers from Pitt, and their supervisor was none other than Mrs. James, a former geography teacher of Wayne’s from Forest Hills Junior High. We lived in Virginia and Maryland while Wayne was in the Army. I did some teaching in a suburban school system for part of that time. Our daughter Robin was born in 1967 while Wayne was in the Army stationed in Maryland. After we moved to New Jersey our son Alan was born in 1970. At that time we lived in an apartment, but in 1972 we moved to our first house in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Later we moved to our present house in Basking Ridge, NJ in 1977. We also have an apartment in Palo Alto, California and a lakeside house in Bridgewater, New Hampshire. Robin and her husband Jeff have 4 children (Kelsey, Connor, Devon, and Brynn) aged 14, 12, 10, and 8. They live about a half mile from us in Basking Ridge. Alan and his wife Sarah have 3 children (Catherine, Elizabeth, and Alan III) aged 7, 5, and 3. They live in a suburb of Philadelphia, only about a 2 hour drive from us. Wayne and I get to really interact with and enjoy all the kids quite frequently. I enjoy international travel, reading, photography, live theater and opera, wine, etc.

Crawford: Carol (Crawford) and Wayne Tamarelli 908-766-2207 49 Wexford Way, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 [email protected] (See Tamarelli Wayne)

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I graduated from Iowa State University, Ames, IA in 1964 and went to work for Kaiser Engineers in Chicago as an Architectural Engineer. In 1967, with Vietnam heating up, I joined the Air Force, completed Officer Training School, and was assigned to the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, CO as an Orbital Analyst tracking and identifying satellites. I met Cindy in 1972, who was the Home Economics teacher at Florence High School, Florence, CO. We were married in 1973 in Paonia, CO. In 1977, I left the Air Force and went to work for my father-in-law on the family dairy farm in Hotchkiss, CO. I didn’t milk cows but helped farm over 250 acres growing alfalfa hay to feed the dairy cows. I returned to active duty in the Air Force on a voluntary recall in 1979 and was assigned to Space Command in Colorado Springs. We moved to Divide and have lived here ever since. I retired from the Air Force in 1990 and went to work for Kaman Sciences Corp. in Colorado Springs as a System Analyst. In 1998, when Kaman Sciences was bought out by ITT, I retired for good. Cindy retired in 2006 after serving 14 years as Colorado State University 4-H Extension Agent for Teller County. Cindy and I have been married for 35 years and have three children: Dillon, 34, President, American National Bank, Eagle, CO; Geoff, 32, Technical Program Manager, McKesson Corp., Broomfield, CO; and Natalie, 27, Administrative Assistant, Simplex-Grinnell, Colorado Springs. The picture shows Dillon with his new bride Katie. My hobbies include gardening and maintaining our home and property. Cindy’s hobby is quilting.

DeMore Family Red Sky Ranch Golf Club, Wolcott, CO July 12, 2008

DeMore: Richard and Cindy DeMore 719-687-9679 741 Efin Glen Drive, Divide, CO 80814 [email protected]

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After graduation from EHS, I joined the Marine Corps and served for four years. I then started college at University of Pittsburgh eventually graduating from Clarion State College in 1967. I began my career in the field of Casualty Insurance with CNA. After 8 years, I began working for Marsh and McLennan and stayed with them for the remainder of my career until retirement in 1999. I married and had two children: David ,who now resides in Pittsburgh, and Jennifer, who is living in England. My first wife passed away. In 1992, I met my present wife, Mary, who has 3 children. We were married in 1993 and we live in Carolina Shores, NC. My hobbies include local biking, golf, and reading.

Dilettuso: Mike and Mary Dilettuso 910-575-5845 4 Canal Way Ct., Carolina Shores, NC 28467

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After high school I went to Bethany College in West Virginia and majored in Elementary Education. I met my future husband at a Christmas party freshman year. He sent me a Christmas card over vacation with a mouse holding a martini glass. I had no idea who "Sim" was but asked my friends when I returned after vacation. I needed a date for an Alpha Zi party so asked him out. The rest is history! (46 Yrs.) We got married July 20, 1963 by Rev. Hollingsworth at Edgewood Presbyterian Church with a reception at Edgewood Country Club. As I approached the altar a big thunderstorm ensued. The car's windows were left down and I left in a puddle of water. Since then we have endured many thunderstorms during our life, but always seem to survive.

John (Sim to me) was an Ensign in the Navy and we lived in Norfolk, VA where I taught 5th grade and he was stationed in the Communication Station. We have moved a few times from Seaford, Delaware,(13) years, where our 2 sons, Scott (41) and Steve (38) were born, to Medfield, MA (5) yrs, Glastonbury, CT (3) yrs., Chadds Ford, PA (1) Yr. and back to Medfield for 11 yrs. The reasons for those moves were E.I. DuPont where

my husband worked for 30 yrs. During those moves I taught school in Delaware, ran a ski club for children in the Boston area, worked in real estate in CT, PA & MA before retiring in 1999. We bought our retirement home in 1999 on Cape Cod, and enjoy an active life in Falmouth with our Old English Sheepdog, Spencer. Our son Scott lives outside of Hartford, working in insurance, with his wife Paula and daughter, Hannah (7). Steve is presently single and lives outside Boston and works in IT. Since retiring, I have been President of both Falmouth Newcomer Club and Encore Club. I am active in the Congregational church and play bridge several times a week. We own a condo at the base of Loon MT, NH and enjoy going there in all seasons. Someone asked me if I still ski, and aren’t I afraid of falling. I told her, " I'm not afraid of falling, just afraid I can't get up" So yes I still ski. We enjoy traveling and in recent years have been to Scandinavia and Russia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and two River Cruises, Prague & the Blue Danube & Christmas Markets on the Rhine. We are planning a cruise the Greek Islands from Istanbul to Athens in May. We're looking forward to the reunion and my husband hopes that he will win one of Roz's famous golf prizes.

Dodd: Sue (Dodd) and John Simchock 508-495-1001 PO Box 943 (61 Luciano Botelho Way), East Falmouth, MA 02536 [email protected] Cell: 617-823-0661

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After high school, I spent the next four years at the University of Pittsburgh graduating with a B.S. degree in nursing. I worked at St. Margaret’s Hospital for three years and then joined the Navy Nurse Corps. While stationed at Newport, RI, I met my husband Tom Nunnally who was also in the Navy. When we left the Navy, we moved to Tuscon, AZ for one year; lived in Los Angeles for 5 years, and in South Lake Tahoe for 1 year. Lake Tahoe was a great place to live…if you like snow! In 1975 we move back to Pittsburgh to be close to our parents. I taught at the Duquesne School of Nursing and graduated with a Masters Degree in Nursing from Pitt in 1979.

That same year our son Matthew was born. Five years later we adopted our daughter Annie, a 2 year old from South Korea. Then in 1992 we added one more special

member to our family; Hope, a 6 year old from Vietnam. Ironically, all three of our children attended our old Edgewood High School which was changed to a primary school. It felt quite strange walking into the third grade classroom and remembering being in that room learning algebra! Hope is living at home and recently graduated from Thiel College. Annie is living in Ashville, North Carolina and Matthew is living in Savannah, Georgia..

My husband Tom started Enterprise Bank in Pittsburgh…a bank to help with loans to small businesses. Although retired, he still remains active by sitting on the bank’s board. Plus Tom is active in Rotary and with the Braddock Carnegie Library. I am recently retired after spending 17 years working for the UPMC Cancer Center. I was fortunate to continue a lifelong friendship with Rose Marie Maus, our Forest Hills/EHS classmate, who passed away in 2007. She is greatly missed. My husband Tom and I are very active in our church; in addition, I enjoy reading, gardening, quilting, and just “hanging out” with friends.

Donkin: Carolyn (Donkin) and Thomas Nunnally 412-241-1822 310 Newport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 [email protected]

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Since 1985, I’ve been headlining my own show in Vegas that is part Joan Rivers and part Streisand to screaming audiences. I’ve recently become somewhat of a You Tube phenomenon and you can get all the latest gossip on me via my Facebook page. (" I am only teasing. I barely know how to do email!")

O.K. so now that I have your attention, here’s what has really been going on with me the last couple o’years. I attended Pitt where I hooked up with a cute older man named, Jim. I was but a budding sophomore when he graduated and was offered a job in Metuchen, NJ. Not to want to miss out on a man that was going places, I married him and we had wonderful babies (three of them, in fact, James, Jamie and Brittany). We took the gypsy way of life moving from NJ to

PA and then back to south Joisey (as they say up north), Chicago and finally settling in the Lone-Star State. In addition to my Martha Stewart dinners and Donna Reed parenting skills, I still managed to graduate from Pitt with a double major in Psychology and Elementary Education.

I’ve taught ‘em all---second, third and fourth graders, but spent the most time educating first graders. They are tons of fun and so creative. I even had one write an ode to me. “Mrs. Carazola, as sweet as a magnolia.” That’s right; I inspired the next great Wilde or Yeats. If there is a hobby out there, I’ve tried it…golfing (Annika Sorenstam, I am not), painting (Picasso need not worry), tennis (I

could give the William’s sisters a run of it if I really wanted), but it was skiing to which I excelled (look out Susie Chapstick---here I come!) Of course, the beauty of Colorado may have been my muse. Although we have had the opportunity over the years to do some International traveling, most of my trips lately have been for family reunions including 18 Earharts on a cruise and 19 Carazolas in a Jersey resort, who went to the greatest show on earth---BROADWAY! Speaking of live theatre, it’s one of the many activities I enjoy with my adult children now that they are all within a stone’s reach of me. Jim and I belong to our neighborhood Dining Out club, and I have monthly lunches with my retired teacher friends, my church group and even my exercise group. And I wonder why I can never lose weight! It’s not all cocktails and cafes; I am doing good in the world by volunteering at a local nursing home and as caregiver for my disabled daughter, Jamie. (We call ourselves the M&M girls—Malls and Movies). I have also taken up scrap booking. Don’t stand still for too long or I might glue you onto a page (and

can I work magic with stickers and glitter). The way I see it, if Stump, the Sussex Spaniel, a 70 year old (in human years) can be named top dog at Westminster, there’s still life left in an old broad like me! The first attached picture is of my family. The other is of Jim and me with Joe Brown and his wife, Frances. We’ve gotten together a few times to discuss the latest movies. Jamie and I call ourselves the new Siskel and Ebert.

Earhart: Jan (Earhart) and Jim Carazola 936-441-5896 8780 Sunset Heights Lane, Conroe, TX 77302 [email protected]

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So Glenn says to me, "Marge, Scotty and Beadling are e-mailing me asking where our obituaries are. I've written enough obituaries, now it's your turn." As most of you know, Fleming and Gillespie married three years after high school graduation. Glenn was just completing mortuary school and looking for a funeral home in which to serve his twelve month internship. We moved to Hollidaysburg where he worked for the Plank Funeral Home and we started our family. Stephen was born a year and a half later on Thanksgiving Day, our "turkey", and Rebecca followed fourteen months later, two days after Valentine's Day, our "sweetheart". Actually those labels could be reversed depending on the situation. During the ten years that we lived in Hollidaysburg, Glenn was a charter member of the Hollidaysburg Jaycees and eventually served as president. He also served on the YMCA Board, including a year as president. I was active in the Hollidaysburg Women's Club, also serving as president. We both were active in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Glenn as vestryman and senior warden while I worked as Sunday school director and teacher. This was a very small parish, so it was a great opportunity to try many different activities. For some reason, neither of us was invited to join the choir!

With many mixed feelings, we moved to Hershey in 1972 where Glenn worked in the Pathology Department of the Hershey Medical Center as a funeral director, facilitating all patient/family activities from the time of death until the person was released from the hospital to a funeral home. Our family enjoyed Glenn's new work schedule. He was home most evenings and every other weekend! It was a year of vacations for all of us. We took many day trips all within a hundred mile radius of Hershey. Just living in Hershey was a vacation.

Because they mulched the grounds with cocoa bean shells, when it rained the ground smelled so good that you wanted to eat the dirt. Shortly after getting settled into the Hershey life style, Glenn was recruited to manage the Koch Funeral Home in State College with the opportunity to purchase a portion of the business. In the fall of 1973, we moved to State College. What a culture shock! From the small sleepy county seat of Hollidaysburg to the bustling town of Hershey, we jumped into the community of a huge university. Penn State sports, theatre, art, education, and youthful energy were overwhelming that first year. As the children settled into the State College school system, I volunteered and worked part time in the schools, just to learn what was going on in this new school setting. In addition, I was a Girl Scout Leader who hated camping, and a youth leader at church with more dreaded camping. Glenn became active in the Kiwanis Club where he continues to chair the holiday basketball tournament. We both became active in the annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts: Glenn was a financial contributor and I was Chairman of the Banner Contest, T-shirt sales and eventually office manager during the festival. Our children were both good swimmers and drew us into active participation with the swimming program. Since we had to be at the Penn State natatorium at 6:00 AM for the team practices, I finally learned how to swim while Glenn passed the lifesaving program as long as he agreed not to be a life guard. In 1986 with two children as students at Penn State, I went to Penn State also, and eventually earned a degree in marketing with a minor in the legal environment of business. Glenn said this was not the life he had envisioned, living with a coed! After graduation, I went to work for Glenn at the funeral home. Not a good idea. After two years, I went to manage a flower shop, which we owned, even a worse idea. Two years later and thousands of dollars gone, health complications brought a close to this venture. After completing the four year Education For Ministry Program from Sewanee University, I have been serving as mentor for this program at church. Quilting and grandchildren have become my passion. During this time, Glenn built a new funeral home on the edge of town. His business has grown and expanded. He has also become active at the state level with the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, and is serving on the board of directors and with the legislative committee. He is currently serving on the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Board of Directors, is currently president of the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, and is a past president of the local chapter of the Easter Seals Society. In the early 1990's, Glenn had the opportunity to go sailing with friends in the Caribbean. Over the years this activity elevated to the point where he became the proud owner of "Sea Dragons" a sailboat that was in charter service with the Moorings Company. The boat was sold and Glenn can now be found gardening, exercising, golfing, hiking and enjoying the four grandchildren when he is not working at the funeral home. We are both looking forward to seeing everyone in September.

Fleming: Glenn and Marge (Gillespie) Fleming 814-237-8615 1303 Deerfield Dr., St. College, PA 16803 [email protected] Cell: 814-237-2712

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Three weeks after graduation from EHS we moved to Philadelphia suburbs where I attended Pierce Junior College. I received a degree in Medical Secretary; we were the first class to graduate with this degree. I was hired by McNeil Labs; I stayed 5 years, married Harry and left 4 hours before our daughter was born. We had a son a couple of years later and I was a stay at home Mom until I trained for a travel agent position. I was employed by two agencies for 8 years and the family benefited from the perks of this job. I then worked at 2 large companies doing their payrolls and decided I liked to work with the 401K . I had this job working for two CPA firms and American Funds. I retired from Siemens Energy and Automation two years ago.

Our children are in AZ and CO so we travel to see them. Our daughter has given us 2 grandchildren, a girl and a boy. Our son loves to ski (as we all do) and mountain biking so being in CO is what he wanted after working on Wall Street for over 7 years. Since November we have been to Greece, the Greek Islands, and AZ for 3 months and just got home from a cruise to the Caribbean in early March. Isn’t retirement heavenly?

Gardiner: Judy (Gardiner) and Harry Naylor 215-822-6814 841 Long Meadow Dr., Chalfont, PA 18914 [email protected]

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When I graduated from E.H.S., I went on to Duquesne University and received a degree in Business Administration. It was then that I met, dated and married a wonderful woman by the name of Peggy. Peg and I had 3 great kids, Susan, J.R. (John Robert) and Jeff. We now have 2 super neat grandchildren; Brandon and Kaelyn. After our marriage, I interviewed with several companies before choosing The Standard Oil Co. of Ohio, Sohio. While with Sohio, I held several positions; sales assistant, retail sales, area supervisor and finally real estate and site development. Then came B.P. Oil Company. B.P. decided that they wanted their own people to

manage their new acquisition. As a result of that typical move, many of the Sohio people were let go and I was one of those people. It was sad to see Sohio taken over by B.P. Sohio was the original Standard Oil Co. as established by John D. Rockefeller.

Peggy had begun her teaching career so I took a little time to look around for employment. While still with Sohio, I would, in my spare time, involve myself with antiques and their restoration. So I though I would, with Peg's approval and support, give antiques and restoration a try. I didn't exactly set the world on fire but I learned more and more as time went along. I did shows in Ohio, WV, KY, IN. and MI. Then unfortunately, the antique business took a substantial down turn. At the same time, true antiques, those made prior to 1850, were becoming harder and harder to find. It was not difficult to read the handwriting on the wall. So I put the antique business on a back burner and started Fireside Reproductions; I made and I am still making reproductions of American country furniture and small items that were made prior to 1850. I was lucky enough to be asked to build a piece for The White House back in 1999 when President and Mrs. Clinton were in office. I also made a large entertainment center for Adrienne Bureau’s new home on the East Coast. Also, I enjoyed making pieces of my furniture for the movie Nell which starred Jody Foster and Liam Neeson. There have also been 5 or 6 national magazines that have featured my work through photos and/or text. I am looking forward to working with the City of Columbus Development Department on restoring one of the few early homes left in the City --1820 I have also enjoyed coaching 8 or 9 baseball teams during the time our boys played. Boy, some of those parents can really be something else. Now, I love to watch our grandkids play every sport available to them; their parents actually have a "sports board" in the kitchen to keep everything running as smooth as possible. Well, I can’t think of anything more to brag about, so I think I'll close now by saying that I hope each and everyone of my Classmates of E.H.S. '59 will have many more years of Good Health and Happiness. May Your God Be With You Always.

Glenn: John and Peggy Glenn 614-451-7695 4727 Winterset Dr., Columbus, OH 43220 [email protected] www.firesidereproductions.com

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After our graduation spent the summer at Chautauqua working two hours a day as a chamber maid which gave me plenty of time to play. Off to Virginia Intermont Junior College in Bristol, Virginia (one side of the street Virginia – the other side Tennessee). It was different with all girls and segregation – something which I was not used to. After that started my working career at Mellon Bank then to a very short stint doing fund raising at Winchester Thurston. I was hired by a consulting firm doing compensation programs for financial institutions throughout the United States. It was strange being the only woman on the early morning flights for business trips but I learned to survive. I used to always have to travel with men as I was the only “professional woman” in the firm. One time I was asked to give a speech at a U. S. League of Savings Association Personnel

conference in New Orleans for 300 plus people. I then received a call from Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Library to work in their Corporate Human Resources Department responsible for their compensation and performance management program for 1000+ employees. I was there for the start of The Andy Warhol

Museum and the Carnegie Science Center. I loved it but after 25 years being connected to voice and e-mail seven days a week and on vacations, only having lunch three times in a year I decided it was time to quit and have Sally time. I gave them two months notice. They wanted me to stay, work part time or consult but I said it was time to play before I got old. I ended up having to stay for six more months but was able to come and go as I wanted. On one of my business trips for the Museum I had to fly over the weekend to save the Museum money. Not bad to have a weekend in New York. Cathy Russell Smith and I had brunch at the Plaza, Museum viewing, and shopping. Lived in Shadyside for a while – one of my rooms was with Glen Grymes Husak and at another time with Jebby Barber Brandt Potter {Jim Baxter’s cousin) and also in Edgewood. Bought a condo in Oakland. - on the top floor with a great view as I am on three sides of the building. Was not so sure about city living but love it as it is so close to universities, restaurants, culture activities. I have been very lucky and have been able to do a lot and have a large network of friends so I am constantly busy. Have taken classes at Pitt and CMU (Carnegie Mellon) – nice being able to walk to them; have season tickets to many culture things, officer at Shadyside Presbyterian Church , eat out a lot, do volunteer work, serve/served on several boards, attend a lot of lectures, play bridge, travel, etc, etc. One of my recent exciting commitments was being Chairman for a two year term as the Lecture Chairman for The Twentieth Century Club. Was responsible for obtaining speakers for 33 lectures from October through June. The speakers were local and national. Some of my most exciting contacts were the White House Pastry Chef, Chief Steward of Air Force One, Tom Jelten, (NPR), Colonel Church Scott (One of the individuals captured in the U. S. Embassy in Iran during the Carter Administration where they were held in captivity for 365+) days, the River Loren from the Mississippi Queen, and newspaper and magazine editors. It was a lot of work but a great experience.

Griggs: Sally Griggs 412-621-7229 4625 Fifth Ave. Apt. 807, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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After college, I taught English at Plum Borough High School (inspired by Miss Ireland, I’m sure.) Later I went back to Pitt, got certified to teach hearing impaired students, and taught English at the School for the Deaf. With two other teachers, I co-published The Work Series and The Money Series, life skills books to help slow learners. I married Al in 1971; we had our two daughters and stayed in Pittsburgh until 1980 when we moved to Houston. Here I taught English again for 25 years and recently finished a book, Passeggiata: Strolling through Italy, about Al’s and my travels to Italy where we go every spring. Our daughters and their families are in Boston so we travel there as often as we can. We still go back to Pittsburgh a couple of times a year to visit family (Al’s) and friends. And, of course, we’re still Steelers fans.

Grymes: Glen (Grymes) and Alan Husak 713 520 0834 1601 Webster St. #1, Houston, TX 77019 [email protected] Cell: 713-248-0511 www.passeggiataitalia.com

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My father passed away two weeks before Christmas the year I graduated from EHS and I moved in with my sister and her husband in Monroeville to finish my senior year. I got a job with PNB after graduation and shortly thereafter married Joe Errera. Joe was still in the Navy, but when he came home we bought a house in Pittsburgh and had two little girls. When they were getting ready to go to school, we decided to foster a little boy so Joe could teach him football and all the other things boys needed to know. We also got involved with drag-racing as a hobby with a ’62 Corvette and soon I became Powder Puff Penny. We

raised the children and moved to Bradford, PA. I took a bookkeeping job part-time while the children still came home for lunch, and then joined my husband and two other couples in owning and operating a mobile concrete business. So

I ended up with a “handle” of “Cookie Monster”. I also worked for Century 21 and learned to write ads for real estate and manage property. I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina 26 years ago after a divorce, to be closer to my sister and worked for a shopping center development company until we had to close the doors 5 years later. I sang for 10 years with the Charlotte Philharmonic Chorus and directed hand bells for many years at our church. I love the sound of the bells so much that I organized a fundraiser to buy a Carillon for the church. I currently work for a large law firm and have been a legal secretary for 19 years. I am a notary with Hospice when needed and will probably become a full time volunteer if I ever retire. My two daughters are married with children and have great careers (one in West Chester, Pa, and one here in Charlotte), my foster son is a carpenter in Pittsburgh and my stepson (from a second marriage) is making a career in the Coast Guard and his family lives in Maine. They have blessed me with seven grandchildren. My oldest granddaughter is attending Pitt and another granddaughter will enter Penn State in September. My domestic partner (isn’t that what we call our boyfriends now?) Gary (who is a tour bus operator) and I love to attend the theater, travel and spend time with our pooch, Miss Mitzi. Neither of us wants to retire yet; we’re too busy remodeling the kitchen, designing a new patio and a shade garden. We are sooooo looking forward to seeing everyone again – Cheers to the reunion committee!

Hawley: Penny (Hawley) Barr and Gary Tate 704-556-9621 2435 Dryden Lane, Charlotte, NC 28210 [email protected] , [email protected] Cell 704-293-6979

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I attended Point Park College where I earned an Associates Degree in Business Administration. I then was hired by Alling and Cory Paper Company where I worked in Sales. During that time, I married Sue Matsik, who was from EHS, Class of "60. We had three children: David, John, and Kristen. Sue and I divorced after 10 years of marriage. Eventually I met and married my wife Barbara and we have been married 16 years. After 32 years at Alling and Cory Paper I took an early retirement , but soon decided I was too young to retire from the work force. I then began to work for Coldwell Bankers. There I was a Real Estate Sales

Manager. A year ago I left Coldwell Bankers with 10 years service: I am now officially retired!

David , my oldest son is married and resides in West Bend, WI. They have three children: Emma, Sarah, and Griffin. John and his wife live in Lower Burrell, PA with their two children, Christian and Alexsandra. My youngest and only daughter and her husband live in Cape Cod. They have a boy, Ben and a girl, Olivia.

In our retirement, Barbara and I keep busy with our seven grandchildren. But… I also enjoy golf, walking, travel and bike riding (This spring, I can often be found on a Sunday biking along the Rails to Trails trail in Pittsburgh). Barbara and I have a condo in Ft. Myers , FL which we originally rented out, but now we are using it ourselves. This year we spent four winter months there enjoying the sunny weather. There are quite a few widows in the complex to whom I have become the “Handyman”…doing odd jobs for them when needed! We often drive to meet our northern friends who winter on the east coast by traveling half way in between for lunch and a visit.

My advice to my classmates is to enjoy your retirement and especially your grandkids…they keep you young!

Heller: Ron and Barbara Heller 724-327-1230 1254 Murry Chase Lane, Murrysville PA 15668 [email protected] Cell: 724-448-5487 13001 Crosscreek Blvd. Unit 6, Ft. Myers, FL 33912 239-768-1567

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After high school, I did what I thought was expected of me…went to college (University of Kentucky), graduated (BA, MFL), married (Tommy T. Hamm, Ph.D. History, UK, IU, and had children (Todd, Lt. Col., USAF, Craig CE, and Ted an ordained minister). Though I thought marriage and children would fulfill my life, I found life to be deceiving, meaningless, and hard. I slowly lost hope.

Then a miracle changed my life. Through circumstances, God wooed me to Himself. At 3:00 a.m., January 25, 1982, Jesus Christ stood at the foot my bed and said, “Susan, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” He came and touched the top of my head, and the most glorious helium-like feeling flooded my being…and my life has never been the same. I lead a neighborhood Bible study, am an officer in our community, and I care for my aged Dad. My hobbies are swimming, walking, reading, playing tennis, bridge, and gardening. Tommy in his retirement enjoys reading, and playing both tennis and golf. Our shared love is our condo at the Pawleys Island community, where we love to walk the beach and bicycle. Todd, our eldest, lives in Baltimore, MD, with his wife and four children. He has orders for Iraq in October. Craig, unmarried, works for a company named “Shaw” in Charlotte, NC. Ted, the youngest, lives in Sarasota, FL, with his wife and four children. He has a side ministry in the tsunami area of India.

Susan ( front center)

With sisters Nancy and Carol and her Dad

Holden: Susan (Holden) and Tommy Hamm 803-782-6948 2144 Winsor Hills Drive, Columbia, SC 29204 [email protected] Cell: 803-304-8654

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After graduating from EHS I completed a

secretarial degree from Marjorie Webster Jr. College in Washington D.C. I married Burt Riviere in 1964, and we moved to southern California. I worked for an aerial survey company as a secretary for about a year or so, and quit to start a family. We have one son, and two daughters. After the 71 earthquake, we moved to Evergreen, Colorado. We have lived in Colorado for about 30 years. Our children, and 5 grandchildren, all live in Denver. We currently live 7 months in Sun City Grand, Surprise, AZ., and summer in Woodland Park, Colorado. It's a wonderful life! I am active with golf, tennis, and pickle ball. Many, many happy and fond memories of my grade school, jr. high, and high school in Edgewood. What a wonderful time I had, such good friends.

Holt: Carol (Holt) and Burt Riviere 719-687-2477 1033 King Crown Rd., Woodland Park, CO 80863 [email protected] Cell: 719 322 4917 (Winter) 19969 N. Tealstone, Surprise, AZ 85374

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Went to Mount Union College (of Division III football fame), social work in Pittsburgh, off to

Albany, NY to begin married life and a number of years of frequent moves (via AT & T) and the birth of two children. Back to college for computer courses, move to Dallas, TX to the corporate world, working as an operations analyst. First grandchild born in Las Vegas, traveled there as often as possible...finally gave up and moved there in 2000. What a place to live! Three more grandkids; two in Seattle, another here. Such fun. Again changing careers, I studied for license in Commercial Surety Bonding and became a bond agent for next 7 years. Good financial planning allowed for retiring...yeah! Free time allowed for involvement in my church (yes, there are churches in Las Vegas)...a rewarding endeavor. Love to travel and have recently been to Alaska, Hawaii and Guatemala. Rarely return to Pittsburgh but am frequently on the east coast visiting family & friends in NC and FL. Good financial planning currently playing havoc with continued travel but I will prevail! Off to FL before long. Sure hope everyone has a great time at the reunion. I look forward to seeing pictures.

Hoover: Iva (Hoover) and Bob Hinkelman 702-341-1826 7819 Canoe Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89145 [email protected]

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After Edgewood, I attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1963. While there I was a government / economics major, sang in the glee club, but focused my energies on rugby, with a tour to Ireland, and captaining the Dartmouth team my senior year. I then attended Duke University Law School, graduating in 1966. While there I met my wonderful wife-to-be, Russell, who was an undergraduate, and we were married in her hometown, Chattanooga, in 1965. After law school I returned to Pittsburgh and practiced law with

Kirkpatrick, Pomeroy, Lockhart & Johnson for two years before deciding that I wanted to relocate to Atlanta and enter the investment field. For the next 20 years I was with several large investment firms

before founding my own investment counseling firm in 1985, where I remain semi-active with a small and delightful client base. Russell and I have two children, Heather (41), unmarried, and Brian (38), married with two sons. Both children live in Atlanta. We are blessed that our grandsons, Campbell and Jamie, are 1/4 mile from us so we are actively involved with carpooling, sitting, their sports, and frequent dinners and celebrations. We enjoy family vacations at our cottage on the Georgian Bay.....the Iron City Fishing Club, a Pittsburgh-based club founded in 1881, where I worked 3 summers during high school. I am a past president and board member of ICFC, and Brian and I are devoted muskellunge, or muskie "hunters", and having a ball passing along this passion to the youngsters..... We have lived in the same home for 40 years and love landscape gardening, walking, bicycling, golf, and travel. Last year we visited Holland and Belgium at tulip time, and Paris, Gascony, Barcelona and Madrid in the fall. (Our picture was taken while in Paris). This spring we are going to Turkey with a group of Dartmouth alumni. Our other passion is collecting American impressionism, and being affiliated with the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and various other national museums. I was recently elected to a 3 year term as a chapter member of our Episcopal cathedral, St. Philip. So we stay busy. We eagerly anticipate seeing and visiting with all of you at the Oglebay reunion, and toasting the great Edgewood class of 1959.

Huber: Jack and Russell Huber 404-237-7851 1050 East Club Lane NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 [email protected]

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After graduation...so long ago...I attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and graduated with a BS in English and Education. Looking back, I wish I had chosen something like horticulture, but back then what did we know? Two weeks after graduation I married Jim Leatham and became pregnant right away. Our first daughter, Kerry, was born 9 months later, followed shortly by Kate and Susan. By 26, I had 3 beautiful daughters and 5 years later I gave birth to Jamie, our son. So life was very busy and fun. We settled in the 4th oldest house in Hinsdale, IL and I spent the 18 years we lived there “re-habbing”. I have a real “this old house” addiction...the older the better. I also collected antiques and learned to quilt and developed my love for cooking.

After getting everyone through high school and into college, we moved to Doylestown in eastern PA in 1985. We settled in the country, although it isn’t really country any more. I worked for an adult education agency, VITA, for 10 years developing decision-making and problem solving curricula for inmates, high-

risk youth, welfare recipients and others. I loved the work and especially the teaching. I loved living in the country and the “east” and during that time all of our kids were married. Jim decided he wanted to work and live in Florida, so in 1991 he moved there and I remained in Doylestown. I was always hopeful we would resolve our separation, but it all ended, not well, in divorce in 2001. I moved “back” to Pittsburgh in 1997 to be near my family, especially my Mom. I continued my work with inmates at the Allegheny County Jail and then on to a teaching position with Goodwill. By 2000 I was “burned out” dealing with the Criminal Justice System and Welfare and decided a change was in order. Before we moved “east” I worked for 4 years as a manager of the deli department in a high end grocery store in Hinsdale. Thus, began my entry into the world of food service and food preparation and my passion for real food and cooking from scratch. This led to a passion for gardening and to all things organic. So in 2000 I opened The Green Chef’s Deli, an organic-to-go eatery in Sewickley, PA...what was I thinking? 61 years old and had never started a business? It was a wild journey, huge learning curve, very rewarding but in the end too much hard work for me, and so I closed it Christmas, 2007. Here I sit in my beautifully restored 1857 Victorian, which is in foreclosure, the victim of the economic downturn. I am launching a new business “Cooking with the Green Chef” with another gal who worked for me. We are offering catering, cooking clubs, and workshops in peoples’ homes in an effort to get people back into the kitchen cooking again...sort of a sustainable thing to do. I’ve had many victories and some defeats, but my very best “thing” is my family; my 4 great kids and their spouses and the wonderful 11 grandchildren they have given me and the world.

Hughes: Kitty (Hughes) Leatham 412-860-2555 406 Peebles St., Sewickley, PA 15143 [email protected]

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1959-1961 Pittsburgh Institute Of Aeronautics (Junior College Aviation Maintenance) 1961-1963 United Aircraft Hartford Conn. Quality Control Aircraft Engines 1964-1967 US Army Helicopter Mechanic Vietnam 1967-1968 Instructor Pgh Institute Of Aeronautics / began flying lessons 1968-1970 Flight instructor/charter pilot and continued education as pilot

1970-1972 Began career as corporate pilot H. K. Porter in Pgh. 1972-1978 Corporate pilot - Alcoa inc. In Pgh 1978-1979 Corporate pilot - American Industries and Resources in Pgh. 1979-1984 Corporate pilot- Kraft Foods- Dayton Ohio 1984-1994 Director of Aviation CTC of Dayton, Dayton Ohio 1994-1996 Chief Pilot FoxMeyer Health Care-Pgh 1996-present Senior Manager/ Associate Director Of Aviation Alcoa-Pgh Public service: Allegheny County Sheriffs Reserve; Firearms instructor. Masters Degree completed 1981. Married to most wonderful woman in the world, Nina, in 1974 and adopted her first child of previous marriage, Stephanie, now 39 and mother of two grandchildren, Ellie and Edie. Nina gave birth to our second daughter, Peep, in 1976. Significant hobbies - Nina and I rode Harleys for ten years and switched to a Corvette in 2004. (Jim Scott did not approve of the Harleys, thought I was too old!)

Hughes: Robert and Nina Hughes 412-653-3220 934 Bideford Drive, Library, PA 15129 [email protected] , [email protected]

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I graduated from PSU in Dec. of 1963 with an Engineering Mechanics Degree and in Jan. 1964 I started my long career with U.S. Steel that lasted for 35 years. In Feb. 1964, I married my junior high sweetheart, Sandy Daw. I received an MBA from Duquesne University in 1971. Our son, Matthew, was born in 1966 and two years later his sister, Hayley, arrived. Matthew is now a father of two daughters and one son and is an attorney for Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir in downtown Pittsburgh. Hayley is the proud mother of Chloe & Trent and is president/owner of HDJ & Associates, Inc. (a placement firm) in Wexford, PA. Sandy & I enjoy bicycling, playing golf, taking Tai Chi lessons, babysitting, volunteering for Meals on Wheels, and I enjoy painting. However, my days of building playhouses, railroad platforms, beds, desks, chests, etc. are no longer because, unfortunately, I have recently been diagnosed with mild FTD (Frontotemporal Dementia). It has been quite an adjustment (especially for Sandy) but, thank goodness, we are still able to enjoy all the above mentioned activities. Looking forward to seeing all of you in September.

Jameson: Don (DJ) and Sandy (Daw) Jameson 412-372-3912 102 Heritage Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146 [email protected] Cell: 412-303-1868

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After Edgewood, I went to Carnegie Mellon to major in electrical engineering. At the first mixer in my sophomore year, I met Margaret Fulwiler, an incoming first year student at Chatham College. Lots of dating followed! I discovered psychology at the end of my junior year. I then went to Johns Hopkins to earn my PhD in experimental psychology, driving most weekends of my first year there back to Pittsburgh to be with Margaret. We were engaged during her senior year and married the summer after she graduated. We lived in Baltimore while I did my graduate work and Margaret began a graduate program in social work at the University of Pennsylvania. Our daughter, Greta, was born in Baltimore, and we moved to my first job (and, it turns out, only job) at Dartmouth on the day of Greta's first birthday. Heidi was born a year later. During the next few years, Margaret taught kindergarten in White River Junction, VT, and I continued at Dartmouth. After high school, Greta

left to go to Brown University and, after graduation,

to live in New York City and work for a law firm. She married Jim McCahan, from Tyrone, PA, and they have a son, Aidan. Heidi left to go to Carlton College, and liked the Midwest so much that she stayed to finish graduate school in social work and live in St. Paul as a therapist. Margaret and I continue to live in Hanover, NH, a small town of about 9,000 residents. I am a professor in the Psychological and Brain Science Department at Dartmouth and also in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. For more than a decade, Dr. C. E. Koop and I worked together on K-16 and medical education when he moved to Dartmouth after finishing as Surgeon General. I will retire from Dartmouth in 2010, but will continue my traveling for consulting and speaking. For the past 25 years, Margaret taught a combined kindergarten and first grade class in the elementary school in Hanover, with grants to travel to such places as the Arctic and New Zealand. She retired from teaching in 2008. We designed our own house, and our backyard connects to a trail system so we can hike and ski out the back door. Today Margaret and I spend our time in such activities as volunteering for our president’s campaign, organizing a hospice singing group, advising in the training of K-12 teachers, and other community work. We are more active with our bikes and kayaks now that we have more time, and we continue to love travel, tennis, hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing.

Jernstedt: Chris and Margaret Ann Jernstedt 603-643-3663 28 Rip Road, Hanover, NH 03755 [email protected]

Margaret Greta Jim Chris Heidi

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After I didn’t graduate with the class of ’59, I went to Shadyside Academy and got enough hours together to get a diploma. I was lucky enough to get a summer scholarship to a little art colony on the coast of Maine for the remainder of the summer. Begged my way into Carnegie Tech Fine Arts Department for a trial semester after which Henry Gray and I went to Houston in his big blue Buick. I worked as a busboy at a Phillips 66 plant, spent one year as a tree trimmer, married my high school sweetheart, opened a pizza place, and was divorced by my high school sweetheart. I was way too immature to be married. The pizza place didn’t work out either, except for one thing. The girl of my dreams, Artie Ann, came in and ordered a pizza one day. She was from Galveston, so I moved to Galveston. We married in the Episcopal Church and our first child, David, kept me from being drafted for service in Vietnam. I got a job in the engineering department of the City of Galveston as a rodman on the survey crew, became a civil engineering drafter, transferred to the Tax Department and became a tax inspector, a real hard lesson in conflict resolution.

We moved to Houston where our second boy, Michael, was born. I worked for a drafting service that sent me all over the Houston area. One day, I was sent to the Johnson Space Center to do radar installation

electrical drawings. I really liked it at JSC and soon got a job with the contractor doing “Technical Information and Public Affairs.” I worked there from late Mercury through early shuttle programs. During this time, I got some hours at the University of Houston. Here is how the “Pearl of Great Price” came to be mine. The guy sitting at the drawing table next to mine, Ted Dealing, was a Jehovah’s Witness, and he sure took his mission seriously. He frequently (seemed like constantly) showed me articles from his Watchtower Magazine and interpreted the scripture verses for me. (Seemed pretty dire.) Well, what did I know about the Bible? I was an Episcopalian. So in desperation, I read the Bible from cover to cover. From “In the beginning…” to “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” I discovered it is the very word of God. I was hooked. I’m still hooked. Our third child, Joshua, was born at home (by design). Artie Ann and I were beginning to weird out. You know, health food, non-electric tools, etc. I worked a year as supervisor of the medical illustration group at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. I got some hours at Alvin Community College, a big garden, and finally a little GIRL, Susan. Then thinking my luck had changed, Benjamin. So we were surprised twice, once with a girl and then with a boy. About the time I got a tax refund, we got an invitation for two weeks vacation at Fairfield Bay, a time-share in Arkansas. We went thinking we might buy a lot there. Instead, we looked at some of the towns nearby and ended up buying 40 acres near Batesville for about the same price as a lot at Fairfield Bay. We sold the cow and goats and moved up here, pitched a tent (camping is pretty big with health food people), while I built a house. It was a two-story tarpaper shack in the woods. When I ran slap out of money building the house, I got a job as drafter at an Eastman Chemical plant near Batesville. Got some hours at Lyon College, worked as a CAD drafter for Eastman nineteen years and retired. My son Joshua finished the house where he and his wife and three (going on four) girls live. Artie Ann and I bought a double wide and live about 100 yards down the hill. My son Benjamin and his wife recently bought a singlewide and moved it a couple hundred yards further down the hill. He has a little girl and his wife is expecting. So we’re strung out like a band of gypsies down the hillside in North Central Arkansas. It’s a sight to behold. Bible thumpers. Intolerant rednecks. David lives in Humble, Texas, wife, no kids. Michael lives in St. Paul, no wife, one boy. Susan lives near Atlanta, husband, no kids. I have a job in Cave City as parts inspector for Gemini Engineering. We make non-flight critical parts for Dassault Falcon Jet in Little Rock. We used to have Internet, but the satellite company quit servicing this area. We do have TV (one channel), mail delivery, lights, clean water, fresh air, and good health.

Karns: Bob and Artie Ann Karns 870-283-5456 148 Cougar Rd., Sulphur Rock, AK 72579

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Walter McKee Leighton, of Ojai, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2004, at his home in his favorite chair, with his wife, Claudia Leighton, singing to him. Walter was born in Houston, Texas, in 1942, receiving his B.A. degree from Hillsdale College in Michigan, and a degree of Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He came to California in 1965, where he worked many years as an attorney for the Los Angeles County Council. In the mid-1970's, he settled in Cayucos, where he was well-known in the courthouse and coached the Cayucos Women's Tennis Team and the Cayucos Women's Softball Team. He and Claudia met there and moved together to Southern California, where he had practiced law since 1981, making his home in Ojai in 1986. Walter was a man with many passions. Among them was watching cartoons with his 11-year-old son, Walter Judd Leighton "Judd", the wise little boy who stole his heart. He spent his life enjoying fishing, taught to him by his father, Walter Woods Leighton. He loved the Lakers and Chick Hearn, the colors purple and pink, great liver and onions, and stimulating talk with many wonderful friends. Walter was an avid horseman and served as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society for 14 very fulfilling years. His mother, Mary Virginia Leighton, and sister, Nancy Buttermore, are both living in Westlake, Ohio. Many of Walter's accomplishments could be listed, but to those of us especially touched by him, it was his selflessness that meant so much. He was a truly compassionate man and a loving, caring husband, father and friend. A memorial celebration will be held at his home in Ojai on Saturday, April 24, at 2:00 p.m.

Leighton: Walter Leighton Deceased: April 10, 2004

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Following my graduation from Edgewood High School, I enrolled at Penn State University majoring in Forestry. After one year I left Penn State and enlisted in the United States Navy where I completed a seven year commitment as a machinist mate / engineering laboratory technician on diesel and nuclear submarines plus a three year tour as an instructor at a nuclear power training facility in upstate New York. After leaving the Navy, I was briefly employed as a project engineer and, subsequently, assistant to the

president at Somerset Power Sweepers Inc. in Somerset, PA.

I left that position to form Ligonier Appliance & Television, Inc. in Ligonier PA where I served as president and CEO for seventeen years. After that, I served a period of time as a special court judge in Pennsylvania magisterial district 10-03-09 before becoming a member of the Westmoreland County PA board of assessment appeals, director of assessment and, finally, a Westmoreland County commissioner. Along the way, I served my community as tax collector and mayor and served on numerous boards and commissions of local, regional and statewide organizations such as Jaycees, Rotary, Westmoreland County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Assessor’s Association of PA and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. Last but not least while not busy fishing I, along with my keyboards, had the privilege to be involved with a number of local bands over the years. Now retired, Gladys, my wife of 45 years, and I reside in Laurel Mountain Borough, PA where I continue to serve as mayor and also serve on the boards of the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau, the Westmoreland County Historical Society and the Westmoreland Heritage Group. We both volunteer our services as Penn State master gardeners and enjoy our five grandchildren that were graciously provided to us by our two sons and my daughter-in-laws.

Light: Philip and Gladys Light 724-238-4096 Box 84 (Mailing address), Laughlintown, PA 15655 [email protected] 23 Beechwood Rd.(Residence),

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After EHS I attended West Virginia Weslyan. (George was a football All-American at WVW!) While at WVW, I not only earned a BS in Business, I also met my wife, Marjorie Fulmer. I tried many times to date

her but found out later that she thought I was a “big bore”. Finally, one Saturday night she gave in because she didn’t want to sit at her

dorm all alone. We went out and the rest is history. We were married in 1964. After graduation I joined the Army Reserves and served for one year. General Foods in Pittsburgh then hired me. During that time we lived in Delmont and had our first two children. Michael was born in 1966 and our daughter Kelsey was born in 1967. I was then transferred to Nebraska and we lived there for eight years. Our son, Mark, was born there in 1970. I left General Foods to work in sales marketing for Continental Coffee located in Yorba Linda, California. Eventually I took a position in food sales and moved to Rhode Island. Soon after, Southern Tea in Atlanta hired me as their Vice President of Sales and Marketing. After eight years with Southern Tea, I took a position with Eastern Tea in Jasper, Georgia. During this time period I finally tired of the constant travel involved with sales so I returned to school at the age of 55 to study computers. I got a job as a computer instructor at a local college. I retired in 2007. Our son Michael and his wife are married with 3 children: Chastity, 20; Aaron, 16; and Elizabeth, 11. Kelsey and her husband, Eric, have 1 child: Hannah, 13. Our son Mark is a single parent raising his son, Tyler, who is 6. All of our children and grandchildren live close by! Although Margie is still working we do take time to travel. When visiting Las Vegas during my working years, I became interested in riding “cutting horses”. I immediately bought a cutting horse in Texas and had it shipped to Atlanta! I frequently participated in competitions with my children, Michael and Kelsey. At one time we owned 14 horses. We still have a few and I enjoy teaching my granddaughter, Hannah, how to ride. I keep in touch frequently with my brother, Fritz (Frances), who lives in Reno. I garden, hunt, and I am still an avid Steelers Fan as noted by the huge banner on our pasture fence which states: You’re in Steelers Country! Margie and I have been together for 45 years and have had a great life!

Lohman: George and Margie Lohman 706-692-3690 PO Box 41, Jasper, GA 30143 [email protected] , [email protected]

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Tom went to Fairmont State in West Virginia for one year; he then joined the Air Force. He served for four years and was stationed mainly in Nova Scotia. After his years in the service, Tom went to Robert Morris. After completing school he was hired by U. S. Steel and worked in interdepartmental sales. After several years, he was moved to Tulsa, OK. When another company bought his division of U.S. Steel, Tom remained with that company and sold oil pipeline to be used in oil fields.

Tom married Tracy Walmer who lived on Maple Avenue in Edgewood. They had two children: Richard and Maggie. Richard has one son and Maggie is married and has two children.

On Memorial Day weekend in 2000, Tom passed away suddenly after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Although his twin brother George and Tom were separated by distance, they spoke at least once a week by phone. George and his family miss Tom daily. Tom’s family still lives in Tulsa.

Lohman: Thomas Lohman Deceased: Memorial Day weekend, 2000

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Lord: Hardie and Marian Lord 828-926-8289 PO Box 671, Maggie Valley, NC 28751 [email protected] (Nov. - Mar.) 9252 San Jose Blvd. Apt.2903, Jacksonville, FL 32257 904-731-1167 Dear Class of ’59, I am sorry I will not be attending the reunion but do hope you have a good time. Am now retired and divide our time between Florida, North Carolina, and travel. I spent most of my career in hospital management with a stop at the Graduate School of Public Health at Tulane University. I was with hospitals in five different states. Have been married for thirty plus years, and we have no children. I have enjoyed good health. I belong to many social and fraternal clubs, play golf, and tennis. Enjoy Miata rallies, reading and travel.

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Maus: Rose Marie Maus Deceased: May 24, 2006 After high school Rose Marie eventually married. Two year later she divorced and returned home to live with her parents. Rose Marie cared for her parents in later years with love and compassion. She worked as a reporter for the Penn Hills Progress, a local weekly newspaper and she was also politically active in local Forest Hills politics. She could be seen frequenting "garage sales"! . She passed away in 2007 after a short illness. Rose Marie was a friendly, sweet natured person who was always smiling. She is missed by her family and friends.

Rose Marie at the 20th

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After I graduated from high school, I went to work at Mellon Bank. I was there for 4 years. In 1960, I married Tom Clark and we went into the used car business. I was very active in the business and we very successfully ran that business for 15 years. We then purchased a Chevrolet dealership which we still run. Over the years, we were Chrysler, Ford, Motor Homes, and Motor Sports. We sold most of those dealerships and currently only have the Motor Sports and Chevrolet dealerships.

This is part of our lives that we are most proud of. We have been happily married for 49 years this fall. We have 4 children. Tom Jr, our oldest son, is 46 with 8 children. He has 3 biological daughters and 5 adopted Chinese children, all with varying disabilities. He has a 4-year-old girl, two 7-year-old boys, and a boy and girl, both 15 years old. Our daughter, Barb, is next. She is married and has two sons, 19 and 15. Our son Joe has 5 children, ranging in age from 9 months to 17 years old. Our youngest daughter, Becky, is married and has 7-year-old triplets, two girls and a boy. The number of grandchildren stands at 19 as of now, but who knows, this number could grow.

I guess retirement is not in our vocabulary, we really enjoy what we do. If you ever need a motorcycle or a new Chevy, come see us at Tom Clark Chevrolet or Tom Clark Motor Sports.

McCullough: Peggy (McCullough) and Thomas Clark 412-751-5825 2410 Inglewood Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15131 [email protected] Cell: 412-855-8269 1560 Gulf Blvd. Apt.1616, Clearwater, FL 33767 727-596-3289 FL Alt. Cell: 727-409-2438

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My husband, Bob, and I have been living on Kiawah Island, near Charleston, SC, for the last ten years. We have three grown children scattered from Florida to Illinois to Colorado, and at the moment (in March) we have five and a half grandchildren. Bob is the cousin of Bill Townsend, who introduced us during our senior year in high school. We’ve now been married 45 years. We raised our children in Chatham Borough and Short Hills, New Jersey. After Bob started retiring, we moved to Marshall Twp, north of Pittsburgh for several years, and then to Birmingham, AL, before moving here. My checkered working life included teaching middle-school art, teaching fourth grade, substitute teaching, doing pastel portraits, working in a bank branch and bank marketing research, and doing the accounting for a church. These days I volunteer with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League, trying to help our local orchestra stay afloat. I also help tutor at a nearby elementary school. Those worthwhile activities lend balance to a number of fun groups on the island and playing high-handicap golf. In addition, biking, walking the beach, reading, painting and traveling round out the fun.

McIntosh: Cathy (McIntosh) and Robert Hill 843-768-8663 721 Virginia Rail Road, Kiawah Island, SC 29455 [email protected]

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Following our departure from the hallowed halls of EHS and a short separation for the first year of college, we married and lived in Squirrel Hill, and during the Pitt years were blessed by the arrival of our daughter Barbara. Medical school was the goal for Paul, so after finishing at Pitt, we moved to west Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania for four years. We left Philly with the hard-won MD degree and a new son, Bruce, born the spring of Mc’s senior year at Penn Med. Then it was off to northern New Jersey for two years of residency, living in Flemington. Military service was mandatory for physicians, and we next journeyed west with two little children and all we owned packed into a green Ford wagon which landed us at Ft. Huachuca in the hills of southern Arizona. Army housing was the best we’d had in a long time, but when Mc was ordered to Vietnam, Joan moved to an off-post rental and stayed in Arizona with the kids to await his return. Through a med school preceptorship served in Oregon, we had become interested in living in the Great Northwest, and so when Army days were done, we packed up again and moved to Davenport, Washington to start a private medical practice in a small town. This wheat-farming community of 1500 people and its eastern Washington environs became our medical practice, our residence, and our children’s education and nurture for the next 30 years, and was a wonderful place to call

home. Busy times with school, work, friends, church, and outdoor recreation marked our time in Davenport. Joan was an active scout leader and sports and music Mom, and taught many youngsters in the town how to swim. She was locally-renowned for her large and productive vegetable garden. Our kids got through school and off to regional colleges -- Barb to the Peace Corps, then to work in the state legislature and marriage -- Bruce to Culinary Arts and

Criminal Justice then work in farming. Joan had a machine-quilting business in our home for several years which was a nice complement to a life-long hobby and skill. Mc became a lay preacher when he wasn’t delivering babies and treating pneumonia and heart disease and was co-pastor of a small church in an old logging and mining town about an hour north of our home. We worked part-time as a couple on the cruise ships of Holland-America for several years and were able to travel to many places all over the world which we probably would not have seen otherwise. The Davenport years were good, enriching, and rewarding times, and then suddenly we had been there for thirty years, and it was time for a change. What a change indeed which God called us to as missionaries for the next four years!! Packed up and sold out of Davenport, we became mission workers for the Presbyterian Church, and moved off to a three-year assignment in Haiti. Mc was medical director of a small remote mission hospital in the mountains of this poorest-of-the-poor country, and Joan ran the guest-house for missionary teams and helped in administration of the hospital. It was tremendously hard yet rewarding work, and we became very fond of our Haitian friends and this tragic little country. Although we left the mission field sick and burned-out, we would not trade the experience and God’s blessing in the work He gave us to do there. A year of travel through the US to visit supporting churches and tell our tales concluded our formal mission service, and then we realized we were homeless and needed to start looking all over again. Proximity of children (same state, anyway) and our genuine fondness for eastern Washington, plus a job opportunity for Mc led us three years ago to settle in Walla Walla, in the southeastern corner of Washington state. We again have a home and good neighbors and a few possessions. We still enjoy outdoor recreation in the mountains and trails and historic sites. Joan has a somewhat scaled-back garden, we have the busyness and fulfillment of serving with an active church family, professional satisfaction in Mc’s work in Urgent Care and the local charity clinic, and occasional much-treasured visits with our children when we get a chance to briefly share in their own busy lives. Barbara and David still live in Tacoma on the west side of the state, and we get together on their sailboat. Bruce has married, and he and Heather have recently moved to take a job with a power company in Houston, so we will have to plan a bit farther journey to see them. Mother McLain (Charlotte, the class advisor – remember?) died at 94 in 2004, and Gibby’s Mom, Barbara, died at 92 in January of this year. Fond life-highlights include taking advantage of Northwest living with hiking, camping, skiing, flying trips, and living and vacationing in majestic scenery. We greatly enjoyed traveling with the cruise ships in all kinds of weather and locations, and were able to enlarge so much our understanding of other countries, their histories, geographies, and people, and enjoyed the comradeship of fellow cruise workers of many nationalities. Our Haiti experience was life-changing. God has been amazingly constant with us and abundant in His blessings to us over all these wonderful years. We’re looking forward to sharing adventures with all of our classmates from those great EHS times – not so long ago !!

McLain: Paul and Joan (Gibson) McLain 509-725-3852 723 Crestview Place, Walla Walla, WA 99362 [email protected] Cell: 509-240-1414

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My husband Ron Coudriet & I met during my senior year at Edgewood High. Ron was in his third year at Duquesne University when he took me to the Senior Prom at Edgewood, Class of ’59. Ron’s a graduate of Duquesne University and I graduated from the University of Wisconsin. I went to Washington, D.C. for Protocol/Etiquette training in accordance with the International Protocol Officer’s Assoc. This led me into the corporate training arena where I privately tutored business executives, ran seminars for universities and the State of Delaware training in social interaction here and abroad. Over the years as our culture changed and continued to relax in propriety, socially, and in business dress, I went back to my business financial background for employment. Last year I retired from Citi Group, where I worked the past 10 years as Sr. Financial Operations Analyst. My husband Ron will retire the end of this year from his commercial insurance business. We’ve been married 46 years, have 2 wonderful sons, Jim & Tom, and two wonderful grandsons, Christopher 24 and Justin 13. We look forward to seeing our grandsons in N.C. more often. My husband hopes to continue golfing when his back allows it! I have taken up sketching & water color, painting… maybe another Grandma Moses in the making.

Mead: Roberta (Mead) and Ron Coudriet 302-698-3008 35 N Ellison Lane, Camden, DE 19934 [email protected]

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I left Pennsylvania in 1969 and have lived in the SF Bayarea ever since, except for about five years (1977 - 1982) during which time I lived in Cloudcroft, NM. I've taught and researched extensively in the field of education. College and professional reading are my areas of expertise. Anthropological and sociological approaches to studying education are my passions. A couple of years ago I retired from the San Mateo Community College District. There I was a resource instructor, associate community college professor, lead faculty of the ESL/Reading Center and a professional development specialist. (I have taught remedial, developmental and advanced reading from kindergarten to adults.) But, now I am even busier developing the distance learning department and coaching faculty at the College of Marin. My focus at

this college is developing online instructional structures (website registration for distance learning class assessments...) and working with faculty to develop their use of online curricula that will support the courses they teach.

I also occasionally work with colleagues at the Univ of Amsterdam and a Zurich business consortium. In both cases they are using a professional growth program for administrators/managers in educational and business settings that I developed with 2 other people at WestEd, San Francisco (a learning and research center). This program offers an ethnographic approach to self-evaluating one's on-the-job effectiveness and in many cases sets up collaborative partnerships that have lasted well beyond the initial work. I found great relaxation in working for the forest service as a Youth Conservation Core crew boss, fire lookout, part of a forest thinning crew and a fire suppression crew. I enjoyed being co-captain of the Cloudcroft ski patrol and crew-chief of the village's emergency medical ambulance. There are other odd jobs I have done when not teaching or researching but I'll spare you the details. My photo is of a chilly day, and as a beginner I was very concerned about doing kayak rollover escape practice. But, it turned out to be an all time great experience: lots of up-close otters, seals, and a big variety of marsh birds. AND, I didn't have to do the kayak escape. That will come in another lesson!!!? Most important and significant to me is my husband, Lucien Delia. I had to wait a long time to find him but find him I did in 1984. Almost from the beginning we were soul mates. He is the love of my life and has been my most positive influence throughout these years; truly my better half. Since being with him, we have traveled. His family lives in Chile, Argentina and the NYC area. His original homeland was Egypt (and yes we did go back but only once). We did not have any children and don't anticipate any at this point!! But, we have my niece, her wonderful husband and two boys (7 and 9) to visit and dote over.

Miller: Faye (Miller) and Lucien Delia 510-841-8103 PO Box 4000H, Berkley, CA 94704 [email protected]

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Where have the last 50 years gone?!

Since my days at Edgewood, I have lived in Oklahoma, Utah,

Nevada, and now I’m back in Utah enjoying my “golden years”. I have three daughters and four grandchildren. My daughters are spread out living in Las Vegas, Denver, and London. We, however, are together frequently. I worked in sales for Moore Business Forms for 26 years. The last six years of my career, I was the sales manager in Nevada. I retired in 1999 and looked for an active place to live and found it two hours up the road from Las Vegas. I fell in love with Sun River St. George, so I built a house in 2004 and here I am enjoying golf, pickleball, swimming, walking, etc., and much more that is offered at this beautiful 55+ community. It is like being on vacation all the time. The recent picture of me is with my sister Ginnie. She moved here in 2005 and how unique it is, as we have always been so close and this is the first time we have lived near each other. I wish everyone good health and happiness.

Arlene and sister Ginnie

Moore: Arlene (Moore) Rosetta 435-656-2689 1454 W. Summer Poppy Dr., St. George, UT 84790 [email protected]

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Hi 59ers. I decided I've had a "wonderful life". I have 2 adult children, Brian and Leah. We moved to Western Mass. in 1968, raised the children there in the small town of Huntington, MA. Where there weren’t any Jones' but many good friends. I divorced, one of my better decisions, and landed the best job for my lifestyle, School Library Media Specialist at Chicopee High School, rather like the town and schools in Wilkinsburg the way we remember them. I was there for 30 years. I got back to the burg at least for Thanksgiving and

Christmas so kept in touch with Sally Griggs all those years.

I returned permanently in June of 2005 and live in a condo, no snow shoveling or lawn work, right across the courtyard from my sister, Ann Morgan Slonaker '54. Meanwhile we've had a family summer home at Chautauqua and oh poor me just had to spend at least 2 weeks there a summer and since the early 90's spent the whole summer there. Brian and Leah spent every summer there enjoying the lake and their grandparents. Brian still lives in the area with his wife Dennie and their 4 kids, Zach 15, Megan 14, Ben 11, and Will 8. They stay at the Chautauqua house often and are around in or on the lake or going to activities at Chautauqua almost daily. It is great fun to hear "Hi Nana, we're here!!" The address and phone # there are Box 485 Chautauqua, NY 14722, 716-357-3345. My cell is 412-600-1877. My Golden Years started 4 years ago with a trip with Ann and many others from Pgh. through the Panama Canal and cruising the Caribbean. Fabulous. Then it was off the Disney World with the whole family. What a thrill to be with those grands at that spectacular family place. It surpassed all of our expectations. I went

on to spend another 3 weeks in Boynton Beach, Fl. 2008 found Ann and me on the high seas again going around the tip of South America with stops to see penguins, glaciers, and Rio. It is off to Florida again in 2009 and an expected Grand Trip to Australia and New Zealand and a rest stop in Hawaii in 2010. Not too bad right??

Kitty Glenn Sally Ginny

Morgan: Ginny (Morgan) Stahlsmith 412-968-9769 211 Kensington Ct., Pittsburgh, PA 15238 [email protected] Cell: 412-600-1877 (summer) Box 485, Chautauqua, NY 14722 716-357-3345 Cell: 412-600-1877

Megan Ginny Zack Will Ben

Brian Leah

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After Edgewood I graduated from University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical School. I did my residency at St. Margaret's Hospital in Pittsburgh, after which I was sent to Viet Nam by the Army for 1 yr. of trauma surgery. After a second yr. with the Army at Walter Reed Army Hospital I returned to Pittsburgh and St. Margaret's. I taught family practice residents for 7 yrs. while starting a practice of 35 yrs. in clinical medicine. I met my wife Janet in Ocean City, NJ and we married in 1966. We have 4 children: John, Heather, Daniel, and Amber, and 4 grandchildren. We moved from Pittsburgh. to Lititz, Pa. near Lancaster after I retired from medicine in 2001. I still go to work every day helping my sons run an antique gallery and auction house. Anyone interested can view us at www.morphyauctions.com.

Morphy: John and Janet Morphy 717-581-1258 304 Cobbler Ct., Lititz, PA 17534 [email protected] www.morphyauctions.com. I have fond memories of Edgewood High School and attribute any successes I have had to those wonderful teachers at Edgewood. I will never forget Mrs. McClure telling me that I would never graduate from high school if I continued being such a misfit. Miss Ireland would give me a "B" on a paper even when I would get 100% on a test, so I would purposely miss all of the multiple choice questions, being off by one letter. When she called me in I showed her that if she moved my answers by 1 letter she would see my real score. She gave me so many days of early detention, and that is when Mrs. McClure straightened me out. I cannot remember having a bad teacher at Edgewood but did not realize how great they were until years later. I hope everyone has a great time at the reunion and remains in good health!

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After high school, I first went to Marjorie Webster Jr. College in Washington, DC. I then took courses at the University of Pittsburgh and eventually at Columbia in New York City. I studied art, art history, languages, and fine arts. When I married

in 1963, my husband and I moved to Virginia Beach, VA where we lived for 17 years. During three of those years, we spent January to June in Puerto Rico where we sailed the Caribbean. We would then sail from either St. Croix or St. Thomas to North East

Harbor, Maine where we would stay from July through August. (We have spent every summer in North East Harbor since 1972.) Then it was back to Virginia Beach until we left for Puerto Rico again. I worked throughout my marriage. I designed dresses, created food products, and designed needlepoint. After seeing my home in Virginia Beach, friends and acquaintances began asking me for decorating advice. When we moved to Dallas in 1981, I decided to venture into interior design working first for a small interior design firm. In the late 80's I worked for a larger firm. Finally, in the 90's, I decided to open my own interior design business. I am still working full time at that business and loving it! I have three children. My oldest, Bruce Webster (Gregory) , was born in 1964. He is now living in New York City and in East Hampton, Long Island with his wife and four daughters. Bruce works as an investment banker. Ashley Hogarth (my mother's maiden name) was born in November,1965. She lives in North East Harbor, ME and works in a genetics laboratory. Ashley has two daughters. My youngest daughter is Sarah Sibley Trexler. She and her husband Jason have one son, one daughter, and are presently awaiting the birth of my ninth grandchild! They have a horse farm in New Town Square, PA. The horse farm is Sarah's project. Jason started a company in Philadelphia called Greener Partners which is on the front edge of "going green". (Check out the website: greenerpartners.com) I have exceptional health and have lived a very blessed life! I am happy and grateful.

Mossman: Robin (Mossman) Gregory 214-366-7747 4653 Livingston Ave., Dallas, TX 75209 [email protected] Cell: 214-632-1119

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Greetings from Minnesota, where we have 2 seasons - winter and road construction! Right now (Feb. 26) we’re having winter, but I just spotted a dozen robins outside so there is hope for spring. (Yes, I’ve developed the Minnesota habit of obsessing about the weather - as we have so much of it.) My wonderful husband Joe and I settled in the St. Paul area after graduation from Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Joe taught biology in high school, including 23 years at his near-by Alma Mater, St. Thomas Academy. Our 2 sons attended STA , too, and had their Dad for a teacher, which made for interesting dinner table conversation. (Paul McLain can surely relate.) Before our 3 children were born (Joan, Jerry and Steve), I taught junior high math in Minneapolis. When our youngest started kindergarten, I re-entered

the work force and took a part time job at our church as junior high religious education coordinator, which I held for 25 years until our retirement in 1999. Currently, I give piano

lessons 2 evenings a week, as I have for many years. We enjoy traveling (London and Kauai are favorites), reading, attending the theater and gardening. A year and a half ago we stumbled upon our dream home- a log house on a small lake - and moved just two miles. What a chore to clear out all that stuff accumulated during 43 years - but it was well worth it! Happily, it took only 3 weeks to sell our other house. Our three adult children are married, gainfully employed (thankfully) and residing in the area. They were outstanding helpers when we moved. Our daughter has an interesting job as an Administrative Secretary at the Medical Examiner’s Office, which was on the front lines of the recovery operation after the 35 W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis in 2007. It was a very stressful time but it brought out the best in people. (Sad to say, I know the mother of one of the victims.) We have 11 amazing grandchildren - his, hers, and theirs - ranging in age from 3 to 24. Last year our only granddaughter (Brianna) was married to a sweet Georgia boy (Matt), our eldest (Dave) joined the military after college and may be deployed soon, and our 21-year old (Joe) died from drugs. (Prayers appreciated) Matt has an 8-year old daughter (Triniti), so that makes us great-grandparents! How can that be when we feel only 39? In 2001 (after successful treatment for uterine cancer), I earned my designation as a Professional Registered Parliamentarian (an “expert” on Robert’s Rules of Order), which means I can charge through the nose to serve during meetings, teach classes, and consult regarding bylaws and the like. Which brings me to the reason I cannot be at our reunion. The National Council of Catholic Women is having their convention in Jacksonville that weekend, and I am their Parliamentarian. So... Sorry, I cannot be with you. You were a great bunch of people to grow up with!

Mount: Patsy (Mount) and Joe Reymann 651-454-4702 526 Chapel Lane, Eagan, MN 55121 [email protected]

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Moyer: Charlene (Moyer) Simqu 412-824-4572 158 Gilmore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 Charlene describes her life following high school as: worked, got married, raised a family, worked and is working still. Charlene started her career following Edgewood graduation at Rockwell Manufacturing Co. She married her Central Catholic High School sweetheart, Robert Simqu. They had two sons; Robert Jr. who is married to Tracey and has Charlene’s three grandchildren: Kyle – 12; Erin – 10; and Kayle – 4. Steven is her second son who has had to cope with some medical issues and continues to live with Charlene. After 38 happy years Robert died. Charlene went back to work once her sons were grown. First it was to Liken Services where she was the payroll supervisor for 10 years. Now she works at a small office supply business. She also likes to bowl in what spare time she has.

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Myers: Linda (Myers) Filbern 412-371-6748 222 Oakview Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15218 [email protected] Life has blessed me with three passions, children, nursing and sewing, that I have been able to pursue. I received my nursing diploma from Grant Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio. Then I worked on inpatient infant unit at Childers’s Mercy Hospital. After moving back to Pittsburgh to be with my Father I worked at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the Primary Care Clinic for those with HIV. I retired after working there for 13 years. All of these brought me great joy. My sewing has brought me great pleasure since I was in junior high school. I have made dolls, baby clothes, prom dresses and wedding gowns, each for someone special. I have been and continue to be richly blessed.

Grandson Kyle Linda

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Fifty years ago I graduated from EHS (YIKES!!). I went to Pitt and married Art Pape in my senior year after being a dorm counselor for half a year and finishing my student teaching. We set off for Cambridge, Massachusetts and I worked for the Harvard Heart Program. That summer we returned to Pittsburgh and I finished my degree. After law school Art practiced commercial real estate law in Cleveland and I taught English, Speech and Drama and directed plays at Orange High School. One of the plays was “Father of the Bride”. Remember that?

My teaching career was short. Our two girls, Ann and Amy, were born less than 15 month apart and I stayed home to raise them, along with many memorable pets, and to do lots of volunteer work

with the Junior League, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Head Start Follow-Through Program. We moved to Chicago in 1975 and have lived in Wheaton in the same house ever since. While we lived in Cleveland, we bought a farm in Pennsylvania with family and have enjoyed going there for almost 40 years. We especially like to have family and extended family there at Thanksgiving. Art and I both like traveling, together and separately. One of my favorite trips is taking each of my grandchildren to Williamsburg when they finish second grade. We have four of them -- Hannah, 13, Emma, 10, Grace, 8, John, 6 – and, of course, they are all brilliant and beautiful. I will be happy to fill you in on them at the reunion. I also enjoy taking my daughters on a short trip for their fortieth birthdays. Last year on Ann’s birthday she chose to go to Arizona (Grand Canyon, Taliesin West, etc). Amy is considering a cruise for hers. In the meantime, Art and I will steal them for a few days in March and they will join us in Puerto Rico while their wonderful husbands, Pete and Neil (so far they each have one apiece) watch the children. I keep busy at church (assisting minister, choir, lector, deacon, outreach), League of Women Voters Board, Pitt alumni groups, playing bridge, bowling, doing therapy dog work with our Sheltie, Gordie (who will be with us at the reunion), fly fishing, playing the piano, reading, and enjoying all my children and grandchildren. Since I am writing this on January 20, I am thinking Inauguration. I am pleased to have Barack Obama as our President and was fortunate to meet him at a party in a friend’s backyard when he was running for Senate and saw him again after he had held his Senate office for 100 days. He really is an amazing person. My children have chastised me for not having my picture taken with him, but Art did get him to autograph one of his books. Although I am not good at keeping in touch with everyone (I really appreciate the wonderful job Joyce and others have done), I think of EHS more than you can imagine and am looking forward to seeing everyone in September-- even if we don’t immediately recognize one another. P.S. Art’s 52nd EHS class reunion is in May and some of you may like to crash that one. Contact us for further information.

Nichols: Barbara (Nichols) and Art Pape 630-690-1677 1002 South Wheaton Ave., Wheaton, IL 60189 [email protected] Cell: 630-750-3422

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Following graduation from EHS, I attended and graduated from Bethany College located in the rolling hills of West Virginia. This is the place I earned a BA with a degree in Elementary Education and also developed “motion sickness” while riding back and forth to Pittsburgh in the back seat of the family car.

Graduation from Bethany brought new adventures. My parents moved to Aiken, SC, but I elected to stay in Pittsburgh

and begin my teaching career in Perrysville School, North Hills School District. During my four years tenure teaching fifth grade I met and married Jim Ferguson.

The fourth year at Perrysville: I became pregnant with our eldest son, Jimmy, President Kennedy was assassinated, and I retired from

teaching for the first time. (In those days you may remember one just did NOT get pregnant, have children, and keep teaching.)

We moved to Verona a month before Fred (our second son) was born in February 1969. This was

my stay at home raising sons period. When Fred was about 3 or 4 years old I, began substituting in Verona School District, which later

became Riverview School District and at St. Joseph School, which is a block from our home. As the years (15) passed I substituted more and more. Finally I decided to return to the classroom.

This was the time of attrition. I was lucky enough to be offered a job as a science and math teacher (5 – 8) at St. Scholastica School in Aspinwall. I continued to teach there for 24 years, retiring last June 2008. Other adventures have included writing a newspaper column for 30 ½ years until their presses stopped rolling. I continue to write “blogs” for their on-line version of the paper – yourtwinboros.com. I was a Verona Councilperson for about six years in the ‘90s. Plus there were all the other activities that one becomes involved with while raising children.

Jim and I remain in the same Verona home. Jim IV is married. He and Debbie and our grandson Steve (10) live in West View, which is about 30/35

minutes away. Fred is still single and lives in Ashville, North Carolina. Life goes on! Opportunities and adventures present themselves to make life interesting and challenging

Niesemann: Kathi (Niesemann) and Jim Ferguson 412-828-6508 701 Third Street, Verona, PA 15147 [email protected]

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September 19, 1959, I packed my trunk and headed to Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, determined to change from the shy lass that haunted the halls of Edgewood High into the spirited woman I knew inside. At Clark, I majored in history and English, accepted my crown as Crescent Girl of Lambda Chi Alpha (good-bye shyness!), and won a scholarship to earn my MA in Education. My dream came true. I started teaching English at Stoneham High School in 1966; it was a perfect match. I loved teaching at SHS, teaching not just literature but also great ideas. I continued my studies, earning 60 credits beyond my MA and certification in administration. In 1990, I

became program supervisor of English and foreign languages but always kept one class to teach. The energy of the classroom and the excitement of sudden insights fed my soul.

I retired in 2002 but continued to teach AP English until 2004. My career honors were small and local, but I treasure them. Students made me an honorary member of the National Honor Society. More meaningful to me, they asked me to give the keynote address at several NHS induction ceremonies. I was also one of eleven New England teachers to receive the 1994 Harvard Prize Book for inspiring excellence and curiosity in students. The love of my life is Ralph Rowell. He was the vice-principal at SHS. I fell in love with his nutty humor and bad boy spirit. He was everyone’s favorite person, because he knew how to add humor to his job of disciplinarian. We never bothered to get married. He was divorced with two children, and I loved my career, my house, and my freedom. Now that I am retired, I am pursuing my second love: quantum physics. This is not so nuts for an English teacher. Robert Frost’s poem, “Choose Something Like a Star” reveals the relationship among science, literature, and religious understanding. My favorite writer this past year has been the physicist Michio Kaku. His well-written book, Parallel Worlds, is filled with the magic and mystery of quantum physics. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Norelli: Patricia Norelli 781-665-0491 3 Harrison St., Stoneham, MA 02180 [email protected]

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After graduation, I headed East, ending up as far east as England for the last 10 years. My first stop was MA where I graduated from Wellesley and married an MIT grad from Florence, Italy. He taught Math at private secondary schools in MA and ME, and I had children: 5 in 6 years (including a set of twins). When I was divorced, I found myself with 5 children under 12 and “no marketable skills”, but managed to get a job as a research assistant at the local university in Portland. With a lot of help from my parents, the kids grew up in one piece and got fabulous scholarships to various schools and colleges. In 1980, tired of interminable winters, my two youngest sons and I moved to New York City where I was a copywriter for JCPenney. I loved the buzz of living in NYC: going to plays, concerts, museums, and lectures, etc. When JCPenney moved headquarters to Texas in 1988, I declined to go, and so had to find another job. Under the illusion that working in the legal field would be civilized, I became a paralegal. I was wrong about the civility, but I did enjoy working in the area of labor and employment law. I returned to Maine in 1990 to a job researching and writing a client newsletter for a large law firm in Portland. By that time the

kids were all off and establishing themselves. They had scattered over the country from Ohio to California, and I unfortunately saw very little of them. Having been an Anglophile since birth, I decided I wanted to live in England. I ended up as an assistant to an American doctor who lived near

London and who needed someone to edit his memoirs. Unfortunately, he became very ill before finishing his book, so I moved on to became a companion to an elderly lady. While in England, I traveled extensively, both in the UK and on the Continent, sang in a chorus, taught bridge, ran a book group, did on-site genealogical research, cultivated a gorgeous garden, “popped up” to London at will, had a group of wonderful friends – I loved living in England – the perfect place for someone whose favorite color is green and who was a history major! After 10 happy years there, I returned to Portland last summer to care for my mother, 91. Her mind, fortunately, is still very sharp, but her sight and hearing are not. Here I pursue my lifelong interests: genealogy, bridge, music, history, writing, needlework, rooting for the Red Sox and visiting grandchildren as often as I can. My eldest son Fil(ippo), is an investment counselor and lives in Columbus, OH with 2 daughters, the oldest of whom just graduated from high school! #2 son, Nico(las) owns a brewpub in San Francisco, The 21st Amendment, and sells his beer in cans nationwide. He and his surgeon wife have 2 daughters, 7 and 4. Son #3, Toby is an artist, interior designer and author, and lives in Palo Alto with his wife and 3 children, aged 5, 3 and 1. Check out his website at artsparx.com. #4 is daughter Elena who is vice-president of an international head-hunting firm. #5 son Daniel lives outside Kansas City with wife and 3 sons. So a total of 10 grandchildren, all of them exceedingly precocious, talented and handsome!

Offill: Linda (Offill) Freccia 207-899-3159 151 Allen Ave, Apt 162, Portland, ME 04103 [email protected] Cell: 207-415-6497

Paris, 2005 with son Toby, oldest granddaughter Lucy and youngest, Ilaria

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Following graduation from EHS I went on to earn degrees in nursing: BSN and MSN and then got my PhD in curriculum and supervision, also from The University of Pittsburgh. I recently passed a certification exam for nurse educators (CNE) given by the National League of Nursing. It was the first certification offered for nurse educators.

My husband, Jim, and I live in Forest Hills not far from our old high school. I have one daughter, Tabitha, and two

granddaughters, Melanie age 12 and Allena age 8. Tabitha and her husband, Rich Riggio, and the girls live close so I get to see them often.

I am now semi-retired, still teaching 2 courses a semester at Duquesne University for a total of 6 courses a year. As a School of Nursing Distinguished Professor Emeritus, I do take some doctoral students for their dissertation work but only if they are working with my bioethical theory called Symphonology – the study of agreements.

Jim and I have written many articles and book chapters through the years at Duquesne. My book, Ethical Decision Making in Nursing and Health Care: The Symphonological Approach, is now in its 4th edition – 2007. My husband is my co-author and, believe it or not, the marriage has survived.

Parella: Gladys Lou (Parella) and James Husted 412-731-0736 853 Sherwood Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 [email protected]

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In the summer of '59' I started with Bell Telephone as a Long Distance Operator and after a few months was promoted to the business office as a Service Rep. I met my husband Gene in 1961 who came to Pittsburgh via Penn State to work for Duquesne Light. We have 2 children, Deborah, who is the CFO of a health policy group in Washington DC. and lives in Chevy Chase, MD., and our son Paul, who owns a construction business in Silver Spring, Md. has given us 2 grandchildren, Ava [9] and Rhys [3]. By 1970 we had moved to Monroeville where I became involved in the Municipal Parks & Recreation Association Women’s Volleyball activities, first as a player, then as the program co-coordinator for 27 yrs. eventually expanding it into a co-ed program. My working career has been varied, 10 yrs. as a telephone secretary for Monroeville Answering Service, 5 yrs. as receptionist for an optometric association. and 10 years. in retail consignment shops. We have been retired for over 10 yrs. which has been spent traveling throughout the USA and pounding [ losing ] a lot of golf balls wherever we stop. Our winters are spent in the South, initially in Florida but currently in Myrtle Beach. One of my fondest memories is recalling sitting in the bleachers at Forbes Field the day " Maz " hit the home run to beat the Yankees for the 1960 World Series [ I called in sick that day ].

Petras: Jo Anne (Petras) and Gene Edwards 412-373-2806 1030 Harvard Road, Monroeville, PA 15146 [email protected]

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Raisig: Chuck Raisig Deceased: June 4, 2000 Age 58, of Middletown, Pa., formerly of Edgewood, died on Sunday, June 4, 2000. He was the former owner of Dudley's Restaurant & was a chef for Karns Quality Foods, both of Lemoyne, Pa. He was a graduate of Penn State, where he excelled as a punter for the Nittany Lions Football Team '59-'62. He enjoyed cooking, tennis, golf, skiing, making bird baths, and was an avid Steelers Fan. He was a Member of Susquehanna Businessmen's Association and Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania. Husband of Debra M. Skasko Raisig; father of Charles Christopher Raisig of Felton, PA, Heather A. Yohe of Carlisle & Tyler C. Raisig; son of Charles C. Sr., and Edna Hagy Raisig of Edgewood; brother of Russell Raisig of Forest Hills, Nancy Johnson of Chatham, NJ, and Mary Jo Fulton of Acworth, GA; five grandchildren. Memorial services were held at Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown, Pa. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association., 3455 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg, Pa. 17110. Chuck's mother died this year and his sisters, Nancy and Mary Jo, have also passed away. Russell is the only member of the family still living. This is all the information that we have, however, Mrs. Raisig went to all the EHS football games and she could be heard shouting from the stands: "Get the ball, Chucky!"

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I earned a BS in Industrial Management and MS in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University) in five years. My first job was Special Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, replacing an Associate Dean who went on leave at CIT. I was also waiting for my fiancé to graduate. I joined 3M Co. in St. Paul a year later as an internal marketing research consultant in a new corporate marketing department. Two years later I moved into a line division

where I grew from being a product manager to an international marketing manager. The latter was the start of an extensive international career with 3M. My last job was program leader for a new, dry color imaging technology

3M was developing. But at age 49 I had an opportunity to join a small company in Albuquerque as a General Manager. This didn't work out. My boss, the CEO, was an ogre. I left to become the sales and marketing manager for a new imaging program at Harris, Melbourne. This business was terminated after seven years. I then joined a small electronics contract manufacturer, Delta Group Electronics, as Marketing Director. I grew the business from less than $1M to over $18M in seven years, at which point I retired. Guess I did a good job. They hired me back as a consultant for a lot more money. It's great...no boss, lots of freedom to travel and do my own thing, and lots of opportunities to close major deals. Our business is booming despite the poor economy. I plan to continue sales and marketing consulting for small companies and helping them to grow their businesses. I'm doing this to keep my brain active. My wife and I have been doing a lot of traveling throughout the U.S. plus internationally. We plan to continue doing this with a minimum two trips a year. I will become more involved in the Sports Car Club of America as an official. Unfortunately my driving days are history. High performance sports cars and street rods remain a passion. I'm debating whether to build a kit car vs. upgrading my street machine (currently a BMW M3). My other passion is our five grandchildren. We do a lot with them, especially with the theme parks so close. Both of our sons with their children live fairly close. One son with two daughters lives in Raleigh; the other son with three boys lives in Melbourne. I’m really proud of both of our sons. They earned engineering degrees at Cornell University and advanced degrees elsewhere. Both have excellent, high paying jobs with lots of growth potential. It’s a joy to be with them because it’s always intellectually challenging.

Reed: Ron and Claire Reed 321-253-9142 960 Glen Abbey Way, Melbourne, FL 32940 [email protected] Cell: 321-403-8271

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After Edgewood, I returned to my native country to attend the University of the Philippines, but I left the university to marry and become a Navy wife. I resumed my studies with University of Maryland while married, getting a BA in English, and then attended the University of Hawaii for a Masters in Social Work, graduating with distinction. My first professional employment was with the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington DC as a cross-cultural specialist and human services consultant. There I wrote, edited and coordinated print and audio-visual materials to help refugees adapt to their new lives in this country. Then I joined CONNECTIONS, an agency of Commonwealth Catholic Charities in northern Virginia where I spent eighteen years, retiring as the Regional Director. CONNECTIONS’ primary mission was to place, support, and manage refugee children and other foreign children in foster care. For ten years, I also taught graduate level courses in Social Work for Virginia Commonwealth University. I now volunteer as a job counselor with Senior Employment Resources, helping the over-fifty population find work; concentrate on my children and grand children, keep involved with my church, can the vegetables that we grow each summer, and share my days with my friend who is also my husband. My greatest accomplishments are my three children: the oldest who is a judge in Los Angeles (the youngest judge ever appointed to a California appeals court); my only daughter who is special in many ways (she has Williams Syndrome); and the youngest who is the general manager of Applebee’s Restaurant in Farmville, VA.

Reyes: Esy (Reyes) and Robert Reny 703-642-5536 3901 Melvern Place, Alexandria, VA 22312 [email protected]

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I am single, retired from working 41-1/2 years at Duquesne Light Company (retired early to become full-time

caregiver to my beloved Father), and for past 4 years have been working part time jobs. I suppose I will be working for the rest of my life because I need to keep busy, enjoy being around people, and it keeps my mind and body active. Of course some days I hate the thoughts of going to work but then again, it is part of me. I have been working since I was 17 years old. I love animals; presently have a 9 yr old border collie and will be getting another Border collie puppy in July. I also have a cat. I still play the organ and piano, used to play a 4-string plectrum banjo (also tried playing the zither), and I love going to the musical productions at the Benedum and Heinz Hall. Over the years, I traveled overseas 4 times, took cruises to the different islands, went to Panama Canal, plus traveled throughout the States. I love the beach and hopefully some day I will live near one. I loved growing up on Greendale Avenue because the playground was right behind my house, so I spent hours over there having great fun. I lived a very rich life because I was blessed with having two wonderful parents who I dearly loved, admired and respected plus I was so proud of them for their generosity, kindness, empathy and sympathy towards family, friends, and anyone else. I was the lucky one to have had them in my life. Hope all is well with you.

Richards: Carol Richards 412-241-0282 300 Dewey Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15218 [email protected]

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Yes, there is life after high school! After graduation from Pitt, I went into elementary education and became a reading specialist. I married Phil Sky in 1963 and we lived in NYC. Phil was a chef at The Four Seasons. We then moved back to Altoona where we were both involved with Sky Bros. a very successful food distribution business. I handled the pizza at the shows. We were blessed with two wonderful children, Tobi and Israel. They each married Italians! A Rispoli from Altoona and a Pettinato from Scranton. They, in turn blessed us with four super grandchildren: Sam, Tyler, Mandy and Casey. Fortunately, they all live in the area.

Some little known facts about me-----there’s a sandwich named after me at our golf club. It’s a portabella mushroom with roasted red peppers covered with mozzarella cheese. I also was responsible for naming a men’s

urinal toy called the “pee shooter”. Phil and I started another company after we sold Sky Bros. We named it to Market Two Markets. Because of the name, I started collecting pigs. Some of my mottos are: Life is uncertain, eat dessert first. Live well, love much and laugh often. We will pass this way only once so try not to miss any of the fun stuff. I try to give back to my community in many ways. I’ve been awarded the Pinnacle Award for my involvement with the cancer society. I was given Honorary Alumni for my work with Penn State Altoona. I also received the Israel Bond Award and was featured as the Monday Spotlite in the Altoona mirror. Phil and I belong to a gourmet group but when he wants a hot breakfast I set his Cheerios on fire! I am known for my crazy telephone answering machine messages and am called upon by many organizations to help develop new fun raisers. My 92 year old mom, Ruth sends her love to all. I have changed quite a bit since you’ve last seen me. My new bra size is 36 long. I am also proud to tell you that I won a wet tee shirt contest. I came in 1st and 2nd!!!! We are looking forward to celebrating our 50th…..though it’s truly hard to believe. It seems like only yesterday when we drove Gillespie’s Nash Metropolitan convertible down Maple Avenue to the exciting football games. The good old days! But, I’m still having fun after all those years!!!!!

Roth: Roz (Roth) and Phil Sky 814-943-1897 1131 Amelia Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 [email protected] Cell: 814-935-3288

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Two days after our EHS graduation I departed for a summer in Colorado working as a "cabin maid" in Grand Lake. It was wonderful and I decided there and then that I would return after college. After graduating from Western Michigan University I returned to Edgewood for a year. Wearing my hat and gloves I interviewed with and was hired by Jones and Laughlin Steel

Corporation. Living at home in Edgewood I diligently saved enough to enable me to move to Denver. Staying with friends of my parents in Denver, I went to work for IBM, bought a car and reunited with 3 college friends who became my apartment mates. Very shortly thereafter I met Frank Smith who

became my husband and best buddy for the last 42 years. Frank was working for a mutual fund in Denver at the time but was also an Eastern transplant to Colorado. A different mutual fund brought us to Madison, NJ where we have lived for the last 41 years. We were lucky enough to have 2 sons (one of which now lives with his wife in Denver) and fortunately the other is close by where he lives with his wife and 3 children. When David and Rob (our sons) had gone off to college I became enamored with starting a little floral design business. Gardening and flower arranging were my favorite pastimes, so I began taking classes at the NY Botanical Garden and soon the shop PETALS was born in our basement. The rewards weren't financial but it was a wonderfully rewarding experience. About 15 years later my delivery person (Frank) quit and it was time to move forward. Now we spend our time between Madison and Schroon Lake, NY where we have a 100-year-old lake house. We both love to garden and with the help of our grandchildren are looking forward to creating a new garden this summer. I am delighted to say that I am never bored.

Russell: Kathy (Russell) and Frank Smith 973-377-6814 35 Green Hill Road, Madison, NJ 07940 [email protected] Cell: 973-610-3929 (May - Sep.) P.O. Box 55, Schroon Lake, NY 12870 12870 518-532-7205

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I attended Carnegie Mellon University after leaving Edgewood and I married soon after. My first husband and I had two children, a son Nick and a daughter Gale. We lived in North Versailles. After 20 years of marriage my husband and I divorced. I then moved to Cape Coral, Florida where I took care of my parents for 14 years. I attended the University of Miami and worked as a medical transcriber and then as a secretary to the Vice-president of Florida National Bank. During that time I met and married Carl Hartley who was a Real Estate owner, broker, and appraiser. After 10 years we moved to Spring Hill (north of Tampa) where I currently live. Carl was a horseman and tennis player and taught me the game of tennis. We often played mixed doubles…one of the many activities we enjoyed together. Carl suffered from Alzheimer’s for the last five years of his life. He passed away a year and a half ago after over 17 years of marriage; I miss him terribly. He was my “sweetie pie” and was a loving and caring husband. Both my children are married and still reside in North Versailles, PA. Nick has two children: a boy, Cory and a girl, Alice. My daughter Gale also has one daughter, Nicki. I don’t get to see them very often but we keep in touch constantly by phone! I enjoyed a multitude of hobbies and activities: I play the organ, quilt, oil paint…mainly portraits, and play tennis. I am very involved at my Episcopal Church as a lay reader plus I often take the sacraments to patients at the local hospital. I am also extremely active in the Elks Club. I am now holding the office of Esteemed Lecturing Knight which is one of the steps taken to becoming The Exulted Ruler. At our Elks I am known as the “Hamburger Queen”, having fried hundreds of mini-burgers; I am a fish fryer, and "the soup ladler"! I enjoy line dancing and I drink my scotch “neat in a snifter”! My motto is: Do the best you can with what you’ve got!

Savage: Nancy (Savage) Hartley 352-688-2803 1314 Henry Ave., Spring Hill, FL 34608 [email protected]

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Savas: Mary Ann Savas Deceased: Dec. 18, 1995 After graduating from Edgewood High School Mary Anne Savas Dominici worked in the chemistry lab at the University of Pittsburgh, where she met and married Ron E. Dominici. Mary Anne then went to work in the insurance business where she remained throughout her short life. She had two children, Jason Jonathan who is a Pitt graduate and works in the computer business and Danielle who is married to Tom Belan and has two children. Although Mary Anne and her children stayed in the Pittsburgh area, her siblings did not. Her sister Demetra Savas Broskovic lives in Scottsdale, AZ and her brother Constantine (Dean ) Savas lives in Southlake, TX. Mary Anne died of cancer on Dec 18, 1995 at the age of 53.

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Schrock: William and Gisela Schrock 865- 691-5784 10127 Bellflower Way, Knoxville, TN 37932 [email protected] After graduation in September of ‘59 (which is why you don't see my photo in the yearbook) I enlisted in the Navy. During the next 10 years I visited most Mediterranean countries, the Middle Eastern countries, the Caribbean Islands and lived in Athens, Greece, and oh yes, met my wife of 45 years, a German girl, on the French Riviera of all places. After leaving the Navy, (Vietnam and all the baggage that went with it) we moved to what was then a small community of Deltona, Fla. During the next 11 years I was a manager and district manager for Howard Johnson's, living in St Pete, Punta Gorda, Key Largo, Miami, Vero Beach, and finally Daytona, before signing up with Sambos Restaurants, doing much the same in Glens Falls and later Nashville. When they went belly up, I went with Holiday Inn before trying my hand at car sales. Finally I spent my last 11 working years as a tour guide in Nashville showing the stars’ homes and history of the area. Today Gisela and I live two doors away from my oldest daughter in Knoxville who a single mother of twins. My youngest is still in Nashville with her husband and our other granddaughter. My parents have both passed on as has my oldest sister. My other sister lives with her husband in Taos, NM.

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After Edgewood graduation, Bob attended the University of Pittsburgh, and earned a Bachelor of Arts, which some years later he complimented with a Master of Information Science, also from Pitt. He worked for Pitt's Department of Community Medicine until 1988 when he accepted a position as a programmer analyst for Highmark. He retired from Highmark in early 2004.

Karen entered Allegheny College after Edgewood, and graduated from there with a Bachelor of Arts. She taught third grade for the Penn Hills School District for two years before becoming a stay at home mom for nine years. In 1975 she began to work for the YMCA of Pittsburgh as a preschool teacher and director, and later went on to manage government contracts providing various child care services. She retired from the YMCA in late 2003. We married in 1964 and welcomed a daughter, Beth Ellen in 1966, and a son, James Robert in 1968. Beth now lives with her husband Dan and three sons in Reston VA, and Jim lives with his wife Roberta and two sons and a daughter in Hampton PA. Yes, we have five grandsons and one granddaughter. The testosterone runs rampant. Somehow, our granddaughter manages to take pretty good care of herself. Now that we are retired, Bob is able to bowl several times a week, and Karen has lots of time to indulge in her love of gardening and cooking. Together, we are volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels, belong to a fantasy football league, help with grandkids and do a little traveling.

Schwarzbach: Bob and Karen (Kennon) Schwarzbach 412-793-8347 249 Laurie Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 [email protected] Cell: B:412-609-4739

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It was a dark Tuesday night, June 2, 1959, when I escaped high school; then up Maple Avenue and across the bridge to await the challenge of college. In only six years, I again escaped from the five-year Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Youngstown State University. Equipped with a sturdy slide rule, I turned down exciting high paying jobs with Caterpillar and Boeing, and cut the big city ties to work for Fiberglas in the little town of Newark, Ohio. Then the fun began. I married Mary Lou, a local girl, promising her that we would be moving on to Atlanta in a short year or two. While raising son Greg and daughter Misty, we managed to play on most of

the east coast on various vacations. My 50th birthday gift to myself was a golfing tour of Scotland and England. Since Mary Lou doesn’t golf, I had to play St. Andrews twice to make partners come out even. The

transfer to Atlanta never happened. Instead it was off to the Research Center, just eight miles down the road. Here I crafted a 24-year career that involved travel to Canada, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, England, Japan and Italy. Greg earned a Masters of Divinity Degree and planted his own Church in Gallipolis, Ohio. Misty earned a Masters Degree in Business and is now an officer with Fifth Third Bank. The nest is finally empty. Soon I found time for early retirement, to insure I could travel before any illness could cheat me of the opportunity. Being free, I explored hiking the Appalachian Trail for a day, and I biked down the Virginia Creeper Trail. Then

salvaging a family Jeep, I learned about off-roading and Jeep Jamborees. Then it was time to head west for some serious exploring.

In the beginning my Mom dressed me in striped T-shirts and short pants and sent me to first grade; now 50+ years later, I am retracing the Lewis and Clark Trail and am again in striped T-shirts and short pants. Mary Lou retired also, and after nine years we recorded over 95 thousand miles camping through the landmarks from Currituck, North Carolina, to the tall sequoias of California and from Yuma, Arizona, to Glacier National Park in Montana. Trips are planned in a matter of hours, and the destination is determined by chasing the sun. The clever part of this strategy is to travel in the summer when it’s 112F then return home to

winter where it’s 0F. This allows us to enjoy our Steelers season tickets and babysitting the grand kids. Each year we wait for the call to chase the sun again.

Scott: Jim and Mary Lou Scott 740-366-5474 1738 Stonewall Drive, Newark, OH 43055 [email protected] Cell: 740-973-6719

Exploring up high

Exploring down low

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After graduation from Edgewood High School, Sandy went to work for Mellon Bank as a key punch operator. After a year Robert “Herky” Karnes and she married and went to Texas. Within a year they divorced and went their separate ways. In Texas she worked at Gulf Oil as Supervisor of Data Entry. During that time she married Woody Bartlett. Following 16 happy years, Woody died of a heart attack at age 46. Sandy worked a total of 25 years and is now enjoying retirement and all that Houston has to offer.

Scranton: Sandy (Scranton) Bartlett 713-721-4310 5400 Braesvalley #78, Houston, TX 77096

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Betsy graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in June of 1963. She went on to get a Master’s in audiology.

Shepler: Betsy Shepler Deceased: March 21, 2002 She and Len Greetis married and lived in Barrington, Illinois. They had two sons; Adam and Christopher. Adam is now married and has two children. Betsy got to know her first grandchild and the second was expected when she died.

Betsy worked in the field of audiology for many years. Later she managed several group practices for doctors. When she was 40, Betsy ran and completed a full marathon. She was also an accomplished artist. She liked to work in oils and watercolors. She was also a seamstress and made Teddy Bears for folks in the hospitals. As a community service she delivered Meals-on-Wheels.

Betsy died March 21, 2002 of cancer at the age of 60.

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I actually was a member of the EHS Class of ‘59 for only one year before my family moved from Forest Hills to Murrysville in 1957. I graduated from Franklin Area Joint High School, what is now called Franklin Regional. Through Stan Vlasak I made contact with the EHS class and I actually attended the picnic at the 45th reunion. Thanks, Stan!

After high school, I attended Penn State for one year and decided I just wasn’t yet ready for college. I joined the Marine Corps Reserves and served with them for six years. During that period, I was a member of the National Marine Corps Rifle Team and fired in the National Matches at Camp Perry, OH for two years. I started back to school attending Allegheny

Community College studying banking and finance, Robert Morris where I received a degree in accounting, and finally Indiana University of Pennsylvania where I received an MBA. After Penn State, all of my education was earned in night school while working full time.

I worked for a finance company and a structural clay products manufacturer for a while and then moved on to Parker Hunter. I became a Vice President and remained with P/H for ten years. I left there and took the position of Chief Accountant at Jeannette Hospital starting in 1978. I eventually became their CFO and remained there until 1993. I left JDMH to enter a business supplying therapists to nursing homes. After a brief period there, I took a position with Quorum Health Resources, a hospital management company. Through Quorum, I became the CFO at Miner’s Hospital in Spangler, PA. and was there until 2003. My last year there I was actually employed by the hospital itself. Upon leaving there, I decided to try something new so I purchased a franchise from Budget Blinds and opened Budget Blinds of Cranberry. After two and a half years I sold the franchise and officially retired in 2005 collecting my various pensions!

I met my wife Sandy in 1962 and we were married in 1965. We have two children: our daughter, Kristi, who is now married and has a girl, Maggie (7) and a boy, Philip (3); our son, Michael, who is also married and has two daughters, Anastasia (5) and Alexandra (2).

In my retirement, I am somewhat active in family businesses, I do tax work, and I do grounds maintenance at buildings that my brothers own. I enjoy gardening, cooking, hunting, fishing, motorcycles (Have a Harley!), golf, etc., etc. and so forth! Anything to keep busy…we live on 20 acres so there is always “lots to do”.

Shevchik: Mike (Mickey) and Sandy Shevchik 724-325-3305 3399 Hills Church Rd., Export, PA 15632 [email protected] Cell: 724-816-3877

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After leaving Pittsburgh I went to work in federal Civil Service and met my future husband, who was career Navy. Glenn & I married, had a son and a daughter and lived in various places according to where the Navy sent us. We really enjoyed the Navy assignments with the exception of Glenn’s time off the coast of Vietnam during the Vietnamese war. Upon his retirement we chose San Diego as our permanent home, mostly because of the area’s great weather. We spent the post-Navy years working in schools. I was an elementary teacher for about 25 years, and Glenn held several positions in a local high school. For many of my years teaching, I studied Spanish in order to receive a bilingual certificate. Many of the classes I taught were composed of bilingual students. There are many local neighborhoods here where Spanish is the primary language. I found public education in Southern California to be very different from what we experienced in Pennsylvania; that’s a long story. Moving along to the present, we spend our time traveling, enjoying our favorite hobbies and keeping busy—actually too busy. Luckily, our son and daughter and their families including our two grandchildren all live nearby, and we see them often. It would be good to hear from other classmates who visit San Diego.

Shields: Sue (Shields) and Glenn Kopp 619-475-0872 5809 Whirlybird Way, Bonita, CA 92002 [email protected]

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After 17 years of being surrounded by the beauty, love, and safety of Edgewood, I was off to Penn State for college and Pitt for grad school. Marriage, a son, Brian, and a daughter, Natasha, and the move to New Jersey came next. Staying at home while raising the children gave me many volunteer opportunities, including chairing the Princeton Hospital “fete” and serving as national president of my college sorority for seven years. I divorced and moved to Bloomfield Hills, MI, with a high school and junior high child.

In 1984, I married Michael Wenzel and we all moved to Boulder, CO. In 1987, I bought a restaurant, Café Central, in Boulder, which I had until 2001 when I sold my business. Michael and I travel annually to our time-shares in Snowbird, UT to ski and in the Grand Bahamas to relax. We also pursue our passion for hiking in National Parks, having hiked down the Grand Canyon three times, among others. I still do some catering but save time for my grandson Tanner’s summer month with us, entertaining, mountain gardening, tennis, skiing, and visiting the wine regions of the US and abroad.

Sidehammer: Mary Ann (Sidehammer) and Michael Wenzel 303-545-6053 P.O. Box 17184, Boulder , CO 80308

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After graduating from EHS, I attended Grove City College and got a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. During college I married Barbara Klemm (class of ‘60), my high school sweetheart, and still the love of my life. After GCC, I began a 39-year carrier with The Lincoln Electric Co. headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. I was assigned to their Syracuse office for 4 1/2 years, and then to the Johnstown, PA. office serving welding users and distributors on applications of arc welding processes, welding metallurgy, and cost reducing solutions. I retired in 2002 and began a new life enjoying family, travel, and church service, including mission trips to New Orleans after Katrina. I have enjoyed numerous scuba diving trips to the Caribbean and Micronesia (Palau). We enjoy staying at our cottage in The 1000 Islands during summer months. Spring and fall is for fishing and hunting, and winter has been great for skiing at Seven Springs. Our daughter attended Grove City College; she married a Navel Academy grad from her high school. They now live about ½ mile away and have two lovely daughters, Sarah-14, Katy-l2, and son Noah - 13. All are very athletic, and play soccer and basketball. Our younger daughter attended Washington & Jefferson College, and married a Drexel University grad, also from our community here in Westmont. He is the plant maintenance manager for Alcoa at the Alcoa Tennessee plant. They live in Knoxville, and have Sophie, a highly intelligent 5 ½ year old (Grandpa can't fool her), and Ben, a tough 4 year old son.

Snyder: Eldan and Barbara (Klemm) Snyder 814-535-5895 92 Bucknell Ave., Johnstown, PA 15905 [email protected] Cell: 814-241-1220

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After high school, I attended and graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, with a BA in Elementary Education. I married Tony, the love in my life, in 1963. I taught school in Chicago, IL; Staten Island, NY; and Saginaw, MI.

Other jobs included foster mother; assistant library director; children’s librarian; extended care program director; playgroup director; church organist; children’s music director for church; secretary and accountant for Tony’s business. We moved quite a bit while following Tony’s teaching ministry calls and his working on his Masters. Tony & I have 4 children – 2 boys and 2 girls. The last one was born while I was in my 40’s and kept us young! We have 7 grandchildren. Tony’s import lumber business was at one time the largest US importer of softwoods from Russia, where he frequently traveled. We fulfilled a dream by designing and building a log home on the shores of Lake Superior in upper Michigan. I learned to “mush” a dog team, loved being out with my dogs in the woods, and learning about the sport from attending races. I still go to the dog sled races every year. After retiring, we left the Upper Peninsula and returned to the Frankenmuth area to be more involved with grandchildren, closer to children, and to be able to do more traveling. We now spend a lot of time traveling, doing church work, volunteering at school, gardening, woodworking, and keeping up with the grandchildren. Who can be bored when you are retired?

Sommerfeld: Ardith (Sommerfeld) and Anthony Gutkowski 989-652-6569 10345 S. Block Dr., Birch Run, MI 48415 [email protected]

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After graduation from EHS I attended Cornell University in electrical engineering. Three summers of working on sonar research at the Westinghouse Research Laboratories convinced me to get out of engineering as quickly as possible. I graduated from Cornell in 1963 with a major in history (it required the fewest credit hours of any major). I worked on and off at Pittsburgh National Bank before and after the Army and other ventures. In the Army I was in HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) guided missiles, spending one year in Korea defending you against Red China, and one year in South Florida defending you against nuclear attack from Cuba. I attended Pitt Law School, where I met my wife Louise while I was serving as the night law librarian, graduated in 1969, got married in 1970, worked for a Pittsburgh law firm for three years, and then served for two years as general counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of

Banking. In 1974 I became a professor of law at Pitt Law School, staying until 1997, and co-authoring five books, three of which were used as principal texts in American law schools. Louise and I have two children. Amy Symons Hughes has worked in collegiate athletics, ultimately serving as the Assistant Sports Information

Director for UCLA. Amy now lives in Pittsburgh in the home where she grew up, and works as media director for the U.S. College Softball Coaches Association, while also working part-time for the Steelers, ESPN and other sports entities, while her husband works at Carnegie Mellon University. Our son Colin also lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, who is expecting their first child in April, 2009. A lifelong sideline of mine was stock research. What is now Symons Capital Management (www.symonscapital.com) was formed in 1983 as a part-time equity investment management firm. In 1997 I resigned from the Pitt Law faculty and Colin left his work as a world-class computer programmer to work at Symons Capital fulltime where, with eight other colleagues, we engage solely in intellectually independent stock research to build and manage long-term equity portfolios for clients. Louise graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in three years, and finished the West Virginia University College of Law in two years. When we met, Louise was working full-time as a lawyer in Pittsburgh, while also working on a PhD in political science at Pitt. She never finished her PhD, but became a leading in-house litigator for Dravo Corporation, US Steel Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Corporation before retiring at the end of 1996. Louise is now a world-class traveler and quilter, while also serving as President of the Van Buren Point Homeowners Association, where we have a summer home, and as President-elect of the St. Clair Hospital Auxiliary, near our home in Mt. Lebanon. My hobbies are playing golf for laughs, reading books, goofing off, and serving as a director of St. Clair Hospital.

Symons: Ed and Louise Symons 412-854-1977 200 Allenberry Circle, Pittsburgh, PA 15234 [email protected] Cell: 412-860-3037 www.symonscapital.com

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After EHS I went to Carnegie Mellon University for a BS in engineering. I stayed for graduate school (MS, PhD) and was a professor there for a while. Carol Crawford (EHS ’59) and I were married in 1963. We have been happily married ever since then. We have 2 wonderful children and 7 terrific grandchildren, as more fully described in Carol’s bio. I joined Exxon as a research engineer in 1966 in new ventures. On leave from Exxon I spent a couple of years as a Captain in the US Army during the Vietnam War managing R&D projects. I returned to Exxon as research manager in petrochemicals. I got an MBA in international business at New York University at

night while working at Exxon and Engelhard. Starting at Engelhard in 1970 as a corporate

planner, I worked up to Senior Vice President, responsible for worldwide businesses in energy, environment, chemicals, mergers and acquisitions, and R&D. However I got the entrepreneurial bug in 1983. Thus I owned and was CEO of an advanced polymers development and manufacturing company from 1983 to 1997. I sold the company to a public company in 1997 and joined the acquiring company as a Senior Vice President while remaining CEO of my company, which had become a subsidiary. I retired from those companies in 2000, but realized I would fail full time retirement. So I started a venture capital investing business, specializing in early stage technology companies in a wide range of industries. I am still doing venture capital on a half-time basis because I enjoy the intellectual challenge and the entrepreneurial environment. Serving on for-profit and non-profit boards of directors is worthwhile and stimulating. My activities are in both the east coast and San Francisco bay areas. Our major hobby is international travel. We have traveled to about 125 countries, some many times. It is exciting, educational, and fun. I also play tennis, attend live theater and opera, invest in wineries, etc.

Tamarelli: Wayne and Carol (Crawford) Tamarelli 908-766-2207 49 Wexford Way, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 [email protected] , [email protected] Cell: 908-581-4308 www.awtprivateinvestments.com

Wayne and Carol in Venice

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My college years were spent at Western Reserve University which is now Case Western Reserve. I received a BA in Biology in 1963. I joined the Navy at that time, but was able to continue my schooling. I continued my education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine and graduated from there in 1967. Shortly after graduation on June 24th, 1967, I married my wife Kathi. Two very short weeks later, I left for Vietnam, where I spent two years of active duty on the carrier, USS Constellation CVA -64. We lived in San Diego, but nineteen months of that was spent in the Tonkin Gulf. I actually enjoyed the Navy and stayed in the Navy Reserves for fourteen more years. When I left active duty, we returned to Pittsburgh and I had an internship at Leech Farm Veteran’s Hospital for one year. I then completed a three year residency at Allegheny General Hospital concentrating on oral and maxillofacial surgery (facial trauma surgery). Finally I opened a private practice in Upper St. Clair in Nov., 1974. A year later, I opened a second office in Uniontown. I retired in 2002.

Thomas: Foster and Kathi Thomas 480-664-0154 9800 E Lofty Point Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85262 [email protected] Cell: 480-586-0032 During those years, Kathi and I had two children. Richard, our son, was born Sept. 11, 1973. He lives in San Francisco and works in advertising and marketing. Kirsten, our daughter, was born April 7, 1977. She was married to Justin Curley in 2005; they recently had a baby boy, who, as of the end of May, 2009, is 3 months old…our first grandchild. Kirsten and her family live in Seattle where she works for Google. Over the years, we would vacation “out west”…an interest that was probably passed down from my parents who were both born in Montana. We had a condo in Scottsdale, Arizona at that point. We thought we would put our house up for sale and see what would happen…well, something did! Our house sold immediately and there we were with a house full of “stuff” and no place large enough to put it. We moved into our condo and started making plans to have a house built in Scottsdale; the house where we now reside! We can sit in our house and watch the coyotes wander by. We enjoy frequenting Harold’s Steelers Bar in Cave Creek. I own a horse named Gideon whom I enjoy riding. Kathi and I enjoy hiking on the numerous beautiful trails in our area. We also enjoy traveling.

Richard Justen Kirsten Kathi Foster (son) (son-in-law) (daughter)

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I think of my school years and have fond memories of Atlantic Avenue Elementary School, Forest Hills Junior High and, of course, Edgewood High. Each school experience had a lasting effect, with most memories related to classmates. Upon graduation, I entered West Penn Hospital School of Nursing and began a wonderful journey in nursing. I was a staff nurse in an intensive care unit and a men’s surgical unit at West Penn until I moved to Columbus, Ohio to complete a bachelor’s degree at The Ohio State University. I worked for a short time as an industrial nurse at General Motors but my career took a major turn when I went into nursing education, where I have remained for the past forty-one years. Maternity nursing was my first teaching job at Grant Hospital School of Nursing. During the four years that I taught at Grant, I also completed a masters’ degree in nursing at OSU. In 1971, I joined the faculty at the College of Nursing at Ohio State and remained there for thirty-five years

until retirement in 2006. The latter part of my teaching career has been in the specialty area of psychiatric-mental health nursing. Two particularly enjoyable experiences were five years as a Faculty Fellow at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and five years as a Substance Abuse Specialist with the US Department of Education Safe Schools Healthy Students Project implemented in the Columbus Public Schools. In 1980, I completed my doctorate in Counselor Education from the College of Education at Ohio State, and began a private counseling practice in 1984. Currently I teach part time as a nursing professor emeritus and provide clinical supervision for students in an inpatient psychiatric hospital, an adolescent substance abuse treatment facility, and a homeless families shelter. I also continue to maintain my part time counseling practice. I think I am one of those folks that will never fully retire as I truly enjoy both teaching and counseling! My ties to Pittsburgh are related to visits with my brother Craig and his family who reside in Murrysville. I have a special “family” of friends in Columbus, and have enjoyed living here all of these years. Two of my very good friends live on my street which provides me with a lot of fun times with them. I’m not very athletic, but I do enjoy following the OSU Buckeyes each season. I enjoy listening to all types of music, especially classical, gospel, and jazz. I look forward to sharing good times and good memories at the reunion.

Thompson: Arlene Thompson 614 487-1703 1433 Westminster Drive, Columbus, OH 43221 [email protected]

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After EHS, I attended Allegheny College and graduated in 1963 with a BA in Economics. That was during the Vietnam War so I joined the PA Army National Guard and actively served from Sep., 1963 to March, 1964. In May of ’64, I started to work for Western PA National Bank (later Equibank). I was enrolled in their management training program; eventually I served as the Mortgage Officer and the Account and Loan Officer of WPNB”s national division. At that time, my wife Barbara and I lived on Lehigh Street in Edgewood. I spent the last 8 years with Equibank in the Investment Department as manager of their investment operations. In 1980 we moved to New Jersey and lived about a quarter of a mile from the bay outside of Atlantic City. There I worked for the First National State Bank of South Jersey as their Vice President and Investment Officer. I managed their investment portfolio. In 1985, we returned to PA living in the Westmont area of Johnston. I worked as the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for the Ameriserve Financial Co., later to move into Trust Investment. I retired from Ameriserve on

Nov. 30th, 2002.

During the early years, I met my future wife, Peggy Tillman of Brookline. We

were married on July 15th, 1967. Our adopted daughter Barbara was born in Feb., 1973 and she joined our family in July of that year. My wife was an amazing homemaker…multi-talented…great cook, skilled at handiwork, did all the painting, papering, etc. in our homes…she did it all! Barbara also earned an Executive MBA Master’s Degree. She eventually worked as the Human Resources Officer at Windber Hospital and at one time was extremely active in ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens). She served as the President of the Cambria County ARC. Peggy was a wonderful wife to me and a loving mother to our daughter Barbara. She passed away in Oct. of 2001.

My retirement is structured around getting Barbara, who lives with me, to her various activities. We now live in Harrisburg in a large ranch house (a fixer-upper) near my sister, Jane, and her husband. Reading is my passion plus, Barbara and I always enjoyed having Minature Schnauzers. Our current family member is called “Willa”! I plan to attend our 50th!

Barbara Bill Peggy

Townsend: William Townsend 717-545-3689 921 Colonial Club Dr., Harrisburg, PA 17112

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After graduating from EHS, within three months I enrolled at Robert Morris Business College. When I graduated, I took a job with Rogal Insurance Company (They were in the Grant Building.). I only worked there for a short while, as I was getting married in six months. (They didn’t know.) Married in

November, 1960 and moved to Miami the next month. My first job in Miami was for the 7-11 Food Chain. I worked in their office; a secretary for their buyer. A really fun job, I blew them away by wearing a hat and gloves, along with my dress,

for the interview. I learned a MUST from the charm class at Robert Morris. Needless to say, charm wasn’t ever in my vocabulary. I worked for 7-11 for about a year, until my husband graduated from Electronics Training School. After his graduation, he got a job with RCA troubleshooting RCA computers. The job was located in Palm Beach Gardens, and I found work with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. We started our family in 1966 – TWIN boys. Our third son was born in 1970. I was able to be a stay at home mom, as my husband had an income which allowed me to be home. I went back to Pratt & Whitney when RCA decided to get out of the computer business. When I checked with my old bosses at P&W where I had been working when I left to have our family, they had no jobs open at the time. Amazingly, (my work ethic was so good) P&W created a job just for me, so I could get rehired! I was diagnosed with MS in 1983, but I was able to continue to work until 1990. I remarried in 1995 to Fred Stengel. We spent 7 golden years together until he passed away in September, 1990. I miss him everyday. One of the boys is in the FBI! My youngest is a Lieutenant for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department. My third son works for the city of Palm Beach Gardens.

Uram: Florence (Uram) Stengel 561-776-0870 11501 Myrtle Oak Ct., Palm Beach Garden, FL 33410 [email protected]

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Will make this short and sweet ! Graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine: Dental hygienist for 21 years PA, to NC. After my hands wore out; bilateral carpal tunnel surgery Graduated from UNC: BA social sciences, ECU MAed, master teacher, NC, VA, 10 years Retired from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia .

Married to Henry Woodard Smith, III. Children: Yvette Anne, Erik Franklin and Erin Victoria Grandchildren: Kate and Michael Henry of Raleigh, NC Joseph Gordon of Richmond, VA Nina Cerice of Pilot Mountain, NC Pets: All abandoned rescues, only dogs and cats at this point. I presently live in Spartanburg, SC, due to husband’s career in management. We’re hoping to return home to Richmond, VA as soon as house is sold. Prayers and good thoughts appreciated. Retirement career: Folk artist, mainly painted furniture, Landscape artist, and Grandmother known as "Mimi" every chance I get.

Vicki with Grandchildren, Kate and Michael

Varner: Vicki (Varner) and Henry Smith 864-574-6979 8 Drayton Ct., Spartanburg, SC 29301 [email protected]

and Husband

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Sept 1959 – Jun 1964, I attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA (all male at the time) - joined Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity – sang in the Glee Club - graduated in 1964 with at BS in Electrical Engineering and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. Sept 1964 – Jul 1969, Drove my 1959 MGA cross country (took me seven days!) to my first duty station at the Air Force Space Systems Division, Los Angeles, CA – promoted to First Lieutenant and then Captain - worked on the Manned Orbiting Laboratory and Titan family of space boosters – enjoyed snow skiing, surfing, water skiing, hiking, mountain climbing. Jul 1969 – Dec 1969, Assigned to Project Operational Experience in Colorado Springs, CO – traveled to many Air Force Bases

throughout the US, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea and Japan – flew operational missions as an observer over Vietnam. Jan 1970 – Oct 1976, Assigned to the Airborne Warning And Control System

(AWACS) Program Office Hanscom AFB, MA – earned an MS Degree in Engineering Management from Northeastern University, Boston, MA – married Susan in December 1973 – son, Scott, born Oct 1976. Oct 1976 – Aug 1982, Assigned to Andrews AFB, MD, Fort Belvior, VA and the Pentagon, Washington, DC – daughter, Sara, born Jan 1980 - promoted to Major and then Lieutenant Colonel. Sept 1982 – Jun 1985, Assigned to Hanscom AFB, MA – worked on Tri-Service Tactical Communications Program and retired from the Air Force. Sept 1985 – July 1992, Worked for Raytheon Corp, Marlboro, MA as a Test Director. Aug 1992 – Aug 1993, Taught Systems Engineering at various Air Force Bases as an independent contractor. Sept 1993 – present, Support Contractor in systems engineering and program management at Hanscom AFB, MA. Currently, Susan and I are working full time – both Scott, an architect, and Sara, special needs elementary school teacher, are married and thankfully living nearby - we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first grandchild to be born to Scott and Karen in April. I still enjoy skiing – both, downhill (although I’ve slowed down quite a bit) and cross-country; singing in our church choir; working on (and occasionally driving) my 1954 MGTF (that I’ve had since 1970); playing acoustic bass and guitar and singing in a Kingston Trio-like folk group (we call ourselves “Recycled Folk”); playing electric bass and singing in a Beach Boys-like electric band (we call ourselves “Off Our Rockers”; helping my long-time buddy (met in the AF in 1965) sail his 23’ sailboat off the coast of Portsmouth, NH; and my latest passion, riding motorcycles.

Vlasak: Stan and Susan Vlasak 978-692-3382 4 Cobbler Road, Westford, MA 01886 [email protected] Cell: 508-574-8440

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I moved to California in 1977 and

have thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I remarried to Ms. Judy Cochran and have spent the last 25 years with her. We have two wonderful Standard Poodles as our

current family. I had two children by my first wife and have a total of 6 grandchildren, 5 with my Texas son John and one with my DC son Doug and wives. I just started a new company, Proven Fields Energy, LLC and am drilling OIL wells in Texas. I have no plans for retirement at this time as I am enjoying the excitement of this new business!

Ward: Jack and Judy Ward 415-251-6287 20 Trailview Ct., Novato, CA 94945 [email protected] www.provenfields.com

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Winton: Patty Winton Deceased: Feb. 1, 2000 Patricia Winton of Cahasset, MA died February 1, 2000 at the age of 58 at the South Shore Hospital, Weymouth, MA after a brief illness. Patty was born in Grove City, PA she was the daughter of J. Evelyn (Heaton) Winton of Allentown, PA, and the late Charles F. Winton, D.O. She is also survived by sister Charlotte L. Hogan of Allentown, PA, nephew John Hogan of Atlanta and niece Meredith Birkett of Seattle. Raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Forest Hills, Ms. Winton received her BA degree from Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA and MEd degree from Pitt. A linguist and translator, her career included positions with Sumitomo Electric Company in Osaka, Japan and New York City as well as with Mitsubishi, Xerox and Westinghouse. She was a founder of the Japan-America Society of Pittsburgh and Executive Director for that business group in both Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. In 1997 she joined the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston as a translator and administrator. She resided in Cohasset, MA for the past two years and was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Hingham, MA. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations to the New England Wildlife Center, 19 Fort Hill Street, Hingham, MA 10143 or the American Cancer Society.

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After graduating from EHS I attended Elmira College in Elmira, New York and received a BS in Education in 1963. I moved back to Pittsburgh and taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Social Studies in Wilkinsburg for one year. Elliot and I were married in August, 1964 and moved to Greenville, S.C. where he worked in Mortgage lending. We lived in Greenville and Atlanta until 1973 when we were transferred to Phoenix where he was named President of a Savings and Loan. I taught 2nd grade in Greenville for about 3 or 4 years and... I was the only "Yankee" on the staff! At that time, integration was just being initiated. My principal told me that I would get the black students because no one else would take them! I am still proud to have been a part of that movement! Very interesting time to be a Yankee in the South!

While living in Greenville, our two sons were born: Roger in 1966 and Stephen in 1968. In 1973 Elliot was transferred to Phoenix and we have lived in this area ever since. He has been president of several savings and loans. Although now retired, he was recently called out of retirement to help some of the failing banks. He did this work from July of last year to this January. He still receives calls asking for his expertise. We love living in Arizona!!! In the early 80"s I returned to college (A.S.U.) to work on my Masters of Early Childhood Development...never graduated with it!! I taught 1st and 2nd grade on and off until our boys graduated from college. Both of our sons are married. Roger (an attorney) lives in our area and he and his wife have three little girls: Abby, 8; Sophie, 6; and my namesake Grace Margaret nicknamed Gigi, age 4. Stephen (a techie in Silicon Valley) and his wife live in California and just blessed us with another granddaughter, Amy Ingrid, in April of this year. We are fortunate to have two homes: one in Scottsdale, AZ and one in Flagstaff, AZ! In both places I have the opportunity to pursue my love of gardening...tropical-type plants in Scottsdale; northern type plants in Flagstaff! I also play bridge, read constantly, and baby-sit our granddaughters. Elliot and I are very active in our churches...both in Scottsdale and in Flagstaff. I was in our Bell Choir for many years. We are the "Head Chefs" in a program to help feed the homeless. Wish we could join you at the 50th but we will be in Flagstaff doing just that! Very best wishes to all.

Anna Peg Cece

Wolcott: Peggy (Wolcott) and Elliot Riviere 480-948-7606 6701 N. Scottsdale Road #23, Scottsdale, AZ 85250 [email protected] Cell: 928-714-9758 (Summer) 5000 E. Palomino Ln. #28, Flagstaff, AZ 86004 928-714-9758

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I have lived in New York since the day I graduated from Vassar and have

been married to my wonderful husband, Bill Lewis, for 30 years. Although Bill and I met in New York we share a common Western Pennsylvania heritage -- his father’s family was from Donora. Bill has one son who also lives in New York, along with his wife

and our two adorable granddaughters, ages 6 and 1. Bill’s job as a lawyer with a multinational corporation took him to many international destinations and I was able join him on trips to parts of Europe and the Far East which I never imagined I would see. My work life has consisted of careers in a number of industries. After college I worked for a few years in film and TV production and then attended Fordham Law School in the evening while working at CBS during the day. In 1974 I joined a large law firm and practiced there for ten years. I then joined the Law Department of the City of New York and worked there for an exciting twelve years during which I defended large commercial and civil rights cases brought against the City. I retired from the practice of law in 1996 and returned to a childhood love of drawing and painting. I studied Botanical Illustration for six years at the New York Botanical Garden and in England and am now a certified Botanical Illustrator. I have had paintings in shows throughout the US and also sell paintings to private collectors. Bill and I have a house in the northwest corner of Connecticut where we spend a lot of time in the summer. In the winter we try to get away to sunnier spots. Although I love living in New York I still have great affection for all things Pittsburgh.

Yessel: Barbara (Yessel) Lewis 212-689-4386 55 Park Ave., New York City, NY 10016 [email protected]

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Other Classmates

Alexander: Carole (Alexander) Barrett 941-484-8124 403 Auburn Cove Circle, Venice, FL 34292

Huck: Larry and Mary Ann Huck 412-242-6380 2410 Collins Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15235

Patterson: George Patterson New York, NY

Rouse: Suzanne (Rouse) Missing

Sullivan: Jim and Delores (Lolly) Sullivan 717-533-6886 181 Lamp Post Lane, Hershey, PA 17033 [email protected] Cell: 717-982-2425 (Winter) 5316 53rd Ave. E,

Bradenton, FL 34203 941-739-7894

Twaddle: Dona Twaddle PO Box 0136, Pomona, NJ 08240 [email protected]

Visser: Jan Visser 843-884-2424 242 Beresford Creek St., Charleston, SC 29492

Wahl: Marilyn (Wahl) and Richard Williams 412-885-3355 4620 N. Emblem Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15227

Woodside: George Woodside 412-441-3903 5810 Kentucky Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232 [email protected]

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IN MEMORIAM

Constance Barnett

Karen Blashford

Edward Claycomb

Richard Herron

Walter Leighton

Thomas Lohman

Rosemary Maus

Chuck Raisig

Mary Ann Savas

Betsy Shepler

Patty Winton

They are our classmates.... They are our friends.... They are missed....

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