I still own Airfoil Impellers, a cast aluminum fan manufacturer here in Texas, where I've worked for over 30 years now. Time flies when you are having fun. At the same time, I've been a heavy investor in the stock market. I was writing a book on investing that was almost ready for publication, then the October meltdown of the financial market hit like the sting of a bee, and the book was garbage. I still have it on the computer, and making revisions almost daily. We'll have to see what happens over the next couple of years.

I'm still divorced, have two sons, 26 & 14 (imagine that! 12 years between kids) and still have a better relationship with the ex now that we're divorced. We still have a close relationship, and agreed that the kids would always come first. Seems to work! The 26 year old (John) is fulfilling his dream in Computer Animation. He has worked on big screen films like Everyone's Hero, Shrek, Enchanted, and The Wild just to name a few. What a thrill to be in the theater, and watch the credits to see your son's name on the big screen.

Seth, my 14 year old is also artistically talented. He is also into cameras, and asked if he could come to the reunion to take pictures. So everyone smile when he hits you up for your picture. He is doing it for Ellen, so she can take life easier this year.

After living here for 32 years I have not found any replacements for the two longest words in the Texas Language, which are "sheeeeeeeeeeeet" and "godaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam". See Y'all in Columbus!

UPDATE: October, 2013: I have just reached the "Empty Nest" syndrome, having delivered my youngest child Seth to college this last summer. I am taking every opportunity to travel with my ex wife of 14 years (we were married for 20 years before that) and that's all I'm going to say about my ex! I have been hitting the golf course as much as I can, as I've set up my company to run without me.

With my eldest son living in London England, I've become somewhat of an international traveller. Last summer was my first overseas flight ever, and it took two trips over there to feel comfortable. Looking forward to the 45th this year, and with some luck, I will bring my son Seth to do the photo shots again.

EUGENE BEER: Retired from Telecom in 2001. Since then, I'm a musician performing around Ohio as The Piano Peddler. Also serve as Chief Engineer and Producer for several local FM community radio stations:

WGRN (The Green Renaissance) 94.1 & wgrn.org
WCRS (What Cols Radio Strives For) 92.7 & 98.3
WCRM (3PM-3AM) 102.1

LYNDA BERNAYS: My greatest joys are my husband, my children, my grandson, my church and my job - not necessarily in that order, but sometimes.

Back in high school: studious, sorta serious, dated a swimmer, loved to read.
Now: recently retired, mom of 2 and Gran to 3, outdoorsy, love to read, happily married.

SUE BRISLEY HAMPTON: I have a fulltime job as a nurse, but spend a lot of time with volunteer activities. I am active with Scouts BSA, Safety Officer with county dive rescue /recovery water team, transport rescue dogs on Saturdays, and a member of the North Carolina State Medical Assistance Team (as in hurricanes/floods/other disasters.) In UAHS I joined the Civil Air Patrol Program, got involved with the first aid and rescue aspects. That directed my life. I moved to North Carolina to attend college, finished Nursing Degree at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. I have done Emergency and Occupational Health Nursing for 45 years. My "fun stuff" was bringing the state of North Carolina up to the knowledge that women can function in many emergency service programs. I was the first woman in the Charlotte Life Saving Crew and then an officer. One of the first community college instructors in the Emergency Medical Technician courses. Then the first woman graduate of the North Carolina Rescue College and then first female instructor for the College. In 1985 we moved to Greensboro, NC. I continued to teach rescue programs across the state as well as stepping back into scouting with my sons. When our oldest son graduated from high school and started training to be a fire fighter, I joined him to "push that envelope" for women in firefighter careers. Added 20 years of that volunteer life.

UPDATE 2023: Still working as Occupational Health Nurse. Working partime to have some $ for all my hobbies of: high school football manager, Scout leader, rescued dogs transporter, fire fighter, GrandMa for 8 wonderful grandkids.

UPDATE 2024: Got interested in EMS, First Responders with Civil Air Patrol in UAHS. Kept going in college and my career. This year proud to be an EMT and a RN for 50 years. Still working and volunteering.

SYLVIA BROSEND MOORE: (2022 UPDATE):

We have been living in Minnesota over ten years now near our older son and his family.

2024 update: We are living near our grandchildren in Minnesota and so glad we are here.

MICHAEL BROWN: (2014) I have lived in Columbus for 3 years now. After H.S went in the Marine Corps followed by college @ Ohio University and Rutgers University. Currently employed with the City of Columbus @ Franklin County Municipal Courts.

UPDATE 2019: Enjoying grandchildren and retirement

CATHY BUSBY - My family moved to California when I was 16, so I didn't graduate from UAHS, but I grew up there (Wickliffe, Hastings and UAHS). I was one of a pack of girls who did everything together, and some of my fondest memories are of our Girl Scout troop (not considered "cool" in junior high but we had too much fun to care). I am planning to see many of those "girls" at the 40th reunion. I also hope that those who can't make it will see this posting and email me.

1967 was a great year to move to California, and although I cried nonstop for my Arlington friends the entire first year, I quickly got into the lifestyle of sunshine, beaches, hiking, fresh fruits and veggies, and the LA music scene. After graduating from a gigantic open-air-campus high school, I had a few years as a free spirit in the coastal canyons of southern California, riding horses by day and exploring the jazz-rock fusion scene by night. Then I decided I needed to find a discipline I could focus on. Geology has been my passion ever since.

I got to Berkeley after all the excitement had died down, but it was still a fun place to get a BS degree, and it was super-intense academically. I paid my own way through college by giving haircuts to dogs. From there I got a fellowship to go "Ivy League" for a PhD at Princeton. The proximity to NYC also allowed me to informally study the ballet world at one of its greatest zeniths ever. Now my oldest daughter is a dance critic. My PhD research consisted largely of back-packing in Sequoia National Park, making geologic maps. I was lucky enough to get a professorship straight out of graduate school, so I had tenure in the bag when I gave birth to my three children (in my late 30's). A brush with death at 40 (breast cancer) made me more determined than ever to live life big.

I have been on the faculty at the University of California at Santa Barbara for 26 years now. I take students and other professionals on field excursions into remote areas all over the world, and I like volcanoes the best. I really wish there were a lot more women in my field, but I would choose field geology all over again anyway. My three daughters are my happiest and greatest achievement, but Earth exploration is my biggest interest. I am a total travel nut. We just got back from a sabbatical year in Granada, Spain, taking flamenco dance lessons and improving our Spanish (oh yes, and studying rocks). Please visit my geology website here. See you at the reunion!

UPDATE -January 2019: I retired from UC Santa Barbara after 32 years on faculty and am now at UC Davis - still doing geology, the thing I love best besides my 3 grown daughters and my dogs.

GARY CLARK: I married Constance Fisher ('69) after we both graduated from OSU. Our Son, Dan, lives in Hilliard. After 9 yrs at Scotts, I started my own IT business and enjoyed that for 27 years.

I then taught computer science at Columbus State for 8.5 years and just retired. I now get to enjoy long tours on my motorcycle and getting back into shape.

COOK, CANDICE (now known as SHANTI DU COEUR):

Single, blessed and living in San Diego.

ROGER DOERING: I've been living in California since 1973. I met Linda at the freshman orientation picnic the first day of college at Case and married her the day after finals in '73. We moved out here so I could go to grad school at U.C. Berkeley. I helped start a company even before finishing my masters degree, and so we stayed. We bought a house in '79 and are still living in it. It's now equipped with 8.4kW of solar photo-voltaic panels, so we are energy neutral. In 2008 the system produced over 13 megawatt hours. We have three children, the first, Heather graduated from MIT in '05 with a BS in Bio-Mechanical Engineering; the middle child, Gretchen, graduated from Lewis & Clark college in '07 with a BA in Religious Studies; the last, Rick, graduated from Case in '09 with three BS degrees: mechanical, electrical and aerospace engineering. None married yet. No grand kids. I went back to Berkeley and finished a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001... now I'm a tenured professor at California State University, East Bay (formerly Hayward) teaching Computer Engineering. You can see some 2005 photos on our family website. See my work web site here.

2014 UPDATE:

Still married to Linda since 5/19/73 - over 40 years
3 kids:
Heather (BSME MIT '05 ),
Gretchen (BA Religous Studies Lewis & Clark College '07; MS Univ. of Gastronomic Science , Italy '11),
Rick (BSME, BSAeroSpace Eng, BSEE CWRU '09, MS ME UC Berkeley, '12) Married 8/26/12 Raksha

2024 UPDATE: I'm still full-time faculty teaching Computer Engineering at California State University, East Bay. See my school web page here. Linda and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2023. Our Children are all married and have given us three grandchildren. Our grandchildren all live nearby, so we can see them frequently.

PETE DIX After graduation from UA went to 'dummy skool' in KY. for one year then to Hillsdale College. Got beat up Wrestling in Div. III for those three years. Got married to Cathi and just celebrated 35 anniversary last August 11, 2008. Went to Florida for 10 months, hated it , came back to Columbus. Worked for Buckeye Steel Castings Co. in Sales Dept until 1990. Moved to Huron OH. and have been here ever since. Two Daughters graduated from Huron High School, both went to OSU for three years. Both are in the medical field. Got my 100t Merchant Marine Masters License three years ago and operate Dixie Jean Charter Service in the spring , summer , and fall. I remain working in the Railroad Industry and will continue to do so until it isn't fun any longer. Thankfully it's my call. They actually think I know what I'm doing. Visit the web site : dixiejeancharters.com

UPDATE, OCTOBER 2013: Pete passed away on July 2, 2013.

VICKI DOWNS McCULLOUCH: It all started with a terrible year in the 6th grade with a teacher named Mrs. McQuire (I'll tell you about it sometime), I fell behind in schooling and eventually failed the 8th grade. In the summer of 1969, however, I took summer-school and I managed to catch up and graduate in 1969. It was such an embarassment to have failed the 8th grade that I was determined to finish with the class of people that I had gone from Wickcliffe, to Fishinger, to Hastings, and finally to U.A. with.

After graduating, I went to Ohio State School of Cosmetology. During that year of schooling, I met my husband to be (Rich Roman). I was married July of 1971 and graduated a month or two later from cosmo. school. I worked as a cosmetologist until I started having children in 1974. We had 7 children (6 boys and 1 girl) and were married for 33 yrs. We split up in 2004,and I was divorced from him in 2006 (his choice), and met a wonderful man (Ed McCullouch). After dating for 2 and a half years we married in September of 2007. He is a 20 year Navy Vet, divorced with 3 older children. He is a truck driver for MBM Customized Food.

After being a stay-at-home mom for 13 years (in my first marriage), my license had expired for my cosmetology (I didn't know, because we had moved and they lost track of me), I began working part-time for Lawn Surgeon as a secretary (14 years now), Victoria's Secret as a material handler (14 years) , and Skyline (11 years) as a server. I also play (rhythm guitar and sing) in a rock band called "Hilljax n Jillz" and I drag race a '72 bigblock Nova. Ed got me into the drag racing thing in '05, and I'm addicted. We have no children at home, so we come and go as we please and have a great time traveling in our RV, going to dragstrips, and doing gigs with the band. Life is good! Especially because we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!

PATRICK DYNES Being involved in organizing our UAHS Class of 1969 35-year reunion has confronted me with trying to understand the importance of place in my life. I have lived in Columbus/Upper Arlington for half of my life and have spent the other half of my life elsewhere. I have concluded that my growing up in Upper Arlington, and what I learned about how people should treat one another and what is important in life, has been the most important influence on my adult life. This conclusion about the importance of place on the way I approach the world and life is not a surprise to me.Probably the most significant event of my early life was during the year when I would have been 8th grader at Jones Junior High, I spent the year at in Cairo, Egypt with my family while my father was a teacher at an Eqyptian University and with the United Nations. Although my suburban Upper Arlington life was my baseline for all I knew about life, and frankly continues to supply me my core values, this international experience really influenced me to want to explore different cultures. Ever since that year I have created opportunities to travel in other cultures either as a tourist or via business travel. I have learned lots in these other places and one of the most important things I have learned is that I still judge the quality of life in each place I visit or live against the Upper Arlington standard. I have learned what a high standard it is and how charmed our early lives were. Looking back my only regret in high school was that I did not play sports because when I did play team sports later in life I created friendships that continue and will endure for a life time. Like many other classmates I went to Ohio State, finished in 1973 and went on to Indiana University for graduate school. After receiving a Masters Degree Philosophy there it was time to get a career and I came back to Ohio State in 1976 and enrolled in the School of Public Policy and Management. I finished in 1979, moved to Washington, DC, and went on to work at the U.S. General Accounting Office--a congressional support agency that prepares reports for congressional committees. It has been a good fit for my ecclectic interests and I'm still there after 25 years. Most of my career I have worked on financial services issues--international finance, banking, securities, and insurance. My education in the Upper Arlington School system was really first rate and I think that much of my success, approach to life, and satisfaction can be attributed to my upbringing there. I have lived in various neighborhoods in Washington, DC, northern Virginia, and Los Angeles in the second half of my life and in each of these communities I am always judging the quality of life by how it compares to Upper Arlington. Patrick has been taken out of Upper Arlington but the Upper Arlington will never be taken out of Patrick!

UPDATE 2008: OK, it's time to be reflective and update the autobiography that I wrote 5 years ago. I'm hoping I will not write anything that no one wants to hear or that swerves into bogusness. I have reread many of my classmate's autobiographies and am challenging my facile brain by creating this update. I'm so proud of my class mates because all of you seem to be doing great. We were given much and much was expected of us. There were some big brains in our class. One thing I am sure of is that I am worried about the security of our country now that Ken Pfeiffer has retired from our military-Columbus may be sacked soon. Most have had multiple jobs, lived in many places, and alas more than one spouse. Many original marriages seem to have ended. How did love's majesty evaporate? As we get older I think most of us do a better job of adjusting our expectations about what is going to happen in life. Perhaps we get better at admitting our ability to control events around us is lower than we would like. Someone said that the greatest lies are told before the marriage, after the hunt, and before the election. I believe this person. My life, or journey of discovery, thankfully continues. In my autobiography written for our 35th reunion, like most of you, I talked about my educational matriculation, international travel, and how my experiences growing up in Upper Arlington determined how I view the world. Glad I wrote it because someone who was unbiased would not be as effusive as I could be about myself. This is the beauty of autobiography. Real biography is the revenge of small people on big people. But like a stone in a river of time, I have changed. In spite of what I am writing here I, as a matter of principle, try not to be self-absorbed or prone to hyperbole. So how am I different now that I have aged 5 more years? I see the answer to this question every day when I look in the mirror and get on the scale. I feel like I'm playing a bit part in some low budget vampire movie. Yikes! If anyone has any good ideas about how to slow down the deterioration and increasing girth I am all ears. Let me ask you this-why are overeating and alcohol the preferred means of escape? My life's drama has had its share of comedy, farce, and luckily very little tragedy. I would characterize it as La Dolce Vita. By this I mean the sweet life and not the movie-although come to think of it from what little I remember about the movie I would like to be standing next to Anita Ekberg as she jumps in the Trevi fountain in Rome. See, having a big imagination can be a good thing. I think I am in denial that I am 57 because I don't think I am ready to enter the last stage of my life-our post-season. Increasing age has certainly brought on nostalgia. I'm already reading way too many obituaries and thinking that I am more virtuous because I outlived that guy or that this guy's life was much more interesting than mine. If I could change myself to be the younger me I would as long as I could bring what I know now with me. But, alas, I can't. Someone said that when you get old it is what is inside that matters and people stop caring about how you look. That guy was lying! I'm really enjoying learning from others around me and seeing my children grow and develop their own personalities. Luckily their personalities seem well balanced. Have I been successful in my quotidian life? When answering this question it is useful to have multiple measures of success because if you score low on one measure you can just conveniently ignore that one. I love checking back in with my tribal homeland in Upper Arlington to see what is going on! Even though it looks physically much the same, I know the people have changed and grown wiser. Sometimes at night between sleep and awake I can go through the door into my childhood in Upper Arlington and everything is as it was-people, sights, and sounds. Our 40th reunion is a time for celebration. Like a bird flying home for the winter I find comfort in coming home too.

KAY ELLENWOOD HETZER: (2022): I did musical things in High School and I still am!

I'm retired from teaching and Bill (UA class of '68) spend a good deal of time in Florida. Bill and I celebrated our 50th anniversary this year! We have 4 grandchildren.

DOUG EZELL : Update 2024: My wife, Cathy, and I just moved to Hinckley (near Cleveland) to remain close to our grandkids who moved to Hudson (also near Cleveland).

I practice Ob-Gyn (like my dad did). It's really great to work and live in Montana.....lots of open spaces, mountains, and trout fishing. Billings is considered a major metropolitan area out here (100,000 people) but it's still small enough to be like a small town. I like it because it's small enough that one's presence can have an impact. My practice involves a lot of infertility work, and almost everyday I run into families that may not be here if it weren't for me (or someone like me). It's very gratifying. Outside of my professional life, here's an update. I married a beautiful Minnesota nurse, Sharon Christensen, when I did my residency at U. of Minn. We now have two wonderful children: Molly, 8th grade. She likes to sing and swims on the YMCA team. Andy is in 4th grade. He likes soccer and acting. I also produce a radio program on our local public radio station....it's called Strings and Things and it's a bluegrass program. And recently I've started playing in a rock/country band. It's 4 doctors and two other of our age peers. We're called "The Midlife Chryslers" and we play benefits and raise money for charities around town. It's more fun than ought to be legal. For your entertainment, please visit the web site for the Midlife Chryslers.

PAM FRALEY NEIMANN -

Hello Golden Bears! Hope this finds everyone healthy. I'm living in Cincinnati (for the past 24 years), have always been in the human resources "biz", now I'm a regional recruiting manager for a financial services corp. - doing lots of travelling for business, and trying to spend some quality time with my new (born 8/01) gorgeous granddaughter. She has indeed stolen my heart! My husband, Gunther, is a part-time retired, part-time mechanical design engineer who invents things. We love to travel to the Southwest - especially New Mexico, and have a beach condo on Anna Maria Island off the west coast of Florida. We'll offer a special UA discount to those who wish to vacation there!

NOTE: Pam Fraley Niemann passed away unexpedtedly on February 24, 2014.

DEAN GRINCH - Upon graduation, I entered the Marine Corps serving two years, including a brief stint in Viet Nam. A highlight was running into Jeff Stridsberg at Camp Pendleton, CA. Upon honorable discharge (surprising many), I enrolled at OSU in electrical engineering and roomed with Jeff Kettrey for a while. During our glory years at OSU, Archie Griffin and I averaged one Heisman Trophy apiece (I played in the band, too - Archie didn't). Upon graduating, I worked for Rockwell Int'l and then started a small electronics manufacturing firm in Gahanna which was just like the start-ups at Hewlett-Packard and Apple, the main difference being that they made it out of the garage. I worked as a contract engineer for many years traveling throughout the U.S. until I married the "Dave Shelby of Dublin High School." Kathy was an assistant principal and highly skilled at dealing with troubled adolescents: a perfect match. We now have two fine kids for whom there is still hope. I presently maintain a consulting office in Dublin, Three Ring Circuits, Inc., wherein I design and analyze electronic products for various clients.

UPDATE 2019: Retired and living in the country.

BIRTIE HARDIE After graduating from OU, I moved back to Columbus and taught in Westerville. Married and moved to Michigan, then Raleigh, NC. Loved it there but when the first grandchild came the parents lobbied hard for us to move closer to home. As fate would have it two great job offers came and they were both in Columbus. So in 1983, I'm back in UA. Daughter # 2 arrived in '84. Life has come full circle. I'm a single mom and currently roam the halls of Jones Middle School. As a teacher there, it's sometimes really spooky to see little clones of my classmates in the same classrooms we misbehaved in! I still see Mr. Shelby, though in church, Senora Sherer, Mr. Pritchett and believe it or not my daughters Paige (a senior) and Carly (sophomore) are interacting with some of the same faculty we did! And we thought they were old back in '69! I hope this rollercoaster we call life has given you more ups than downs.

2022 UPDATE: Retired from teaching and moved to Dublin to a lovely condo community in Muirfield.

I do travel to see my youngest daughter and family in San Diego and my oldest in Boston.

We do a special family trip each year. I love keeping up with classmates on Facebook. Hope all are well.

KATHY HART SIGRIST I graduated from Kenyon College in 1973 with a BA in Psych. and was married in August 1974. Chuck and I have 3 sons. Our youngest son (23) was married in 2008 – it is a thrill for me to have a daughter-in-law I dearly love. David & Katie live in Wisconsin where David is attending Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (to be a Lutheran pastor). Our 2 older sons live in Arlington, VA. Stephen (28) is sr. research associate at Investment Company Institute in DC and working toward PhD (Economics) at George Mason Univ. Michael (32) teaches Philosophy at George Washington Univ. and is scheduled to defend his dissertation in August; he is engaged so next summer I look forward to gaining another beautiful daughter-in-law. My husband retired last year. Next month we will celebrate our 35th anniversary in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida (our honeymoon spot).

Even though my body tells me I am not 18 anymore -- I am having trouble comprehending it’s been 40 years since I graduated from UAHS! It is fascinating to read about the varied and interesting paths my classmates have traveled during those 40 years. A big thank-you to Ellen for keeping up our class’ great website and to those who contribute to it. I will not be able to attend this reunion, but hope to make it to the next reunion. In the meantime I will keep up with class news via the website. (How DID we live without internet?)

UPDATE 3-14: I'm a Grandma! My husband and I recently visited Vancouver, BC, Canada to meet our new grandson (born December 14, 2013), born to our youngest son and his wife. Our oldest son and his wife live in Washington DC and our middle son lives in Arlington, VA.

RAY HEAP: Took an Aviation class in 11 th grade from Mrs Comption and became a Naval Aviator. Carrier based attack pilot flying the A-6 Intruder. I also flew the T2Buckeye in basic flight school which was made by North American Aviation in Columbus.

I now live on the beach in Panama City with Pamela Hayes and truly am s blessed person. Go Bears.

CRAIG HESELTON: 2024: Retired Chemical Engineer / Pastor. 28 Years Management Pharma & Fine Chemical manufacturing.

20 Years Executive Pastor of Vineyard Columbus.

Married with 4 children and 12 grandchildren

STEVE HOLLOWAY:
· PhD from OSU in Political Science (International Relations)
· Taught at Ohio Dominion and St Johns Univ in Minnesota
· Married a woman from Westerville and moved to Canada
· Early eighties began teaching at St F Xavier in Nova Scotia
· Became a Canadian citizen
· Our daughter Cathy was born in 1989 (a Canadian native!) and she's now finishing a physics degree in Halifax
· Over the years we have lived -
For a couple years + in Halifax
For a year and a half in Bristol, England
For half a year at Stanford (Palo Alto, California)
For half a year in Vancouver
Just spent half of 2008 in Tucson (at U of A)
And now for something completely different: See my photo biography- "My 2nd Career in the Theatre" from High School to present

Update 2019:

University life has been very good to me. Lots of publications, great students, and fantastic travel possibilities. My wife Donna and I spent a half year sabbatical at Victoria University on Vancouver Island [2012] and Haifa University in Israel [2015]. Through sister universities, I was able to teach courses in China [Changzhou 2012 and Wuhan 2014] and France [Sciences Po Lille 2015]. After I retired from StFXU [2018], my wife and I moved into beautiful Halifax, NS on the Atlantic. We live just across the street from Dalhousie University where I still play French Horn in a Concert Band and sing in the Dal Chorus. I’m still a research fellow at the Centre for Security and Development there – you can follow this link for a review of my academic career.

My daughter Catherine and her husband moved from Sarasota, Fl to NYC recently. She now works for Bloomberg Financial. We’ll miss being snowbirds to Florida, but now can visit Big Apple frequently. But we think of ourselves as being mostly Canadians now, eh?

JOELLEN HUDDY: Then- UA was a great place to grow up - happy memories of friends and family. Now- Moved to Florida in 85 .

2024: I retired from Hospice nursing 2 years ago and am now a Volunteer for them for ceramonies to honor Veterans.

RICK HUNT: Average High School student, but excelled at OSU.

5+ year pilot/aircraft owner, having landed in all Ohio airports and all Ohio counties, flown to Bahamas, and every state.

Free flights for kids ages 8 to 17 - see EAA9.org for our schedule (I've been known to take some adults, too).

UPDATE 2022: New grandfather this year. I retired from my IT career, and I am an active small airplane owner/pilot flying out of OSU (since 1972).

SUE JONES PATTERSON - After UA, I went to college at Kent State, had too much fun for 3 + years, left and married (UA 69) Candy Patterson's older brother Jim (UA 67). We bought a house in Grandview, while the GI Bill (from his 4 years as an Army Cobra pilot) and I put him thru OSU. We went to my 5 year UA reunion, where (UA 69) Diana Borden's husband recruited Jim into the US Navy. He graduated from OSU, and then we found I was pregnant, but had to move the next week to Pensacola, FL, to begin AOCS. We continued for 17 years, in Naval Aviation, thru many jets, culminating with Jim instructing in the F/A-18 Hornet, training the Blue Angels, 3 trips to "Top Gun", several Mediterranean deployments and a lot of detachments, to "good air space." Jim did the Right Stuff, while the girls and I did the Navy Family Left Stuff, left alone & left behind! Jim was gone for 10 years of the 17, we were in the Navy. During our Navy life, I went back to college in Jacksonville, FL, and got my degree in Interior Design, worked for a couple design firms in FL, and opened my Design consultation business in Orange Park, Florida, continued in Dallas, and currently work with special clients in Georgia, Dallas, and Columbus. We had a wonderful life in the Navy, which I miss very much, and go on occasion to Virginia Beach, Key West, Jacksonville, Dallas, and GA to visit our friends. When Jim retired from the Navy in 1992, he had to go to work for a living! Our 10th move in 17 years was back to UA. He is a VP with JPMorgan, Chase & co. Both girls graduated from UA, then one from OSU, and one a 4 year stint at KSU. Both have married, have careers they love, and each has two children. Being a Grandma is soo much fun! My work is limited due to my Multiple Sclerosis, diagnosed in 1991. Since my MS diagnosis, I seem to have joined the "disease a year" club. I have lived pretty well with MS, survived Hyper-parathyroidism, multiple tumors, am a 5 year Cancer survivor, and though it's a daily battle with Lymphadema, I seem to be doing ok with it, too. Last year, after several weeks as an outpatient at the Riverside Hospital Critical Limb Care Center & "Wound Clinic", I was diagnosed with my newest disease, Diabetes 2. ugh. Truly, a "math hater's hell on earth"! What has tickled me is even though Jim began life in Pennsylvania, me in UA, our oldest daughter, Janeen, in Corpus Christi, Texas, our youngest daughter, Jamie, in Jacksonville, FL; all 4 of us graduated from Upper Arlington High School. How did that happen? Jim and I will have been married for 36 years, Sept 2, 2008. (But, with him gone for 10, that's really only 26!) Did I mention that we have FOUR, 4 Grandchildren?

UPDATE: January, 2019: Yikes! 50 years since high school! I am surprised and very fortunate to have lived this long! Seriously, the stuff we did in college, we were lucky to survive. I'm a 16 year colon cancer survivor, and 8 year breast cancer survivor, as of this August. My MS, Thankfully, still remains in the mildest version of relapsing-remitting, and I have very little permanent disability. All that, is thanks to a terrific team of physicians, and great friends, mostly from UA69, who drove me to Radiation treatments, on a daily basis, for months, to get thru the breast cancer events.

Have not really been doing any design work, other than in my own home, and Jim is fully retired as well. We continue to keep our home full of Vizslas. Only two dogs, right now. But, they are active enough, to make us think we have, at least, three!

Jim rides his Harley as often as he can, is a member of the CVMA, Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, and a member of the Patriot Guard. He has been having fun doing genealogy research, and found a connection, to the American Revolution. He is now, a member, of the Sons of the American Revolution. He tried to do searches, of my family, but it appears we were dropped, on earth, from space, in the mid 1800s.

On September 2, 2018, Jim and I celebrated our 46th year, of marriage. Our 2 daughters, and their families continue, to be, very important, in our lives. They both live within ten minutes, of our home, with our four Grandones. Anxious to see everyone at the reunion!

We do not have any children. We raise and train dogs. Originally, we raised and trained Alaskan Malamutes, the big sled dogs. Although they were always our pets first, they were show dogs, sled dogs and did weight pulls. The dogs got old, passed away and we just got older! From there we started raising and training guide dogs for the blind. In a job interview, a perspective employer asked what have I done in my life that I am most proud of and I told her raising and training guide dogs. I still think that is what secured the job offer! We have trained 8 dogs and I'm very happy to say all 8 became working guide dogs which is above the national average as only about 40% become working guides.

We moved to Tucson in 2000. We dearly miss family and friends, but we love the weather! Don't feel bad for us when you hear on the national weather that it is 112 in Phoenix as Tucson is generally 10 degrees cooler. The heat isn't all that bad because the humidity is single digit unlike Ohio with 80 degree temps but 90+ humidity. There is nothing better than mornings and evenings during the summer in the desert.

After 45 years, I guess it's finally time to write my bio. In 1973, I graduated with a major in journalism from OSU and got married. Moving up the ranks from "Twixt Teen" columnist, I became a reporter for The Suburban News Publications, and a contributor to USA Today and The Columbus Dispatch. Later, I earned a masters degree in media research and developed media and marketing strategies as director of consumer research for a division of Federated Department Stores. In 1985, we moved to Dublin, Ohio where our two daughters were raised. For 20 years, I worked as a free-lance writer and volunteer for several non-profits.

Since the divorce, I've spent over a decade volunteering as a mentor to survivors of domestic violence and abuse. I write the stories of trauma survivors and I'm currently writing a book about healing from abuse. One of my goals is to provide awareness of domestic violence occurring in educated, affluent and influential families.

While most of my friends are retiring, I've started a new career. As an advocate, author and professional speaker, I help people impacted by domestic violence and abuse move from hurting to healing. I joined Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association which helped me get over my fear of public speaking. I'm excited that I recently presented my first keynote to an audience of 400 in the Archie Griffin ballroom at the new Ohio Union.

In 2014, my oldest daughter, Kristen, 31, married her high school sweetheart and they live in San Francisco. My youngest daughter, Ashley is 23 and works at the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office. As a third generation Buckeye, she will start at OSU Moritz College of Law this fall.

I'm an avid (borderline fanatic) football fan and loyally support my fav teams: UA, OSU, and the much maligned, Cleveland Browns.

I always enjoy reminiscing with my Wickliffe friends-Valerie Lancia, Anne Littlefield, Sue Jones, Patty Furney and Sheryl Stafford. Spending time with Delta Gamma sisters, Ellen Isaly and Libbie Pfefferle, local chums Julie May, Lyn Skillman and Ginger Richards and out-of-town friends Stella Brown and Lynne Kanatas makes life worthwhile.

Special thanks to Ellen, Julie and Pat and the committee members who worked diligently to plan another outstanding reunion with more wonderful memories. I'm especially grateful to all the classmates who have generously contributed over the years to our Friendship Fund.

I truly look forward to seeing everyone!

CARTER LEWIS: Carter is the Playwright-in-Residence at Washington University in St. Louis.

His work has been published and produced across the US and around the world. He is a golfer, a runner, a horse handicapper, and has a dog named Bucket.

2014 Note: I miss the Chef-O-Nette!

LINDA MACKLIN YODER: Recently retired after 38 years in education. We have three children and four small grandchildren, which are the "ultimate". We live in Buffalo and have no relatives left in Columbus. Can't wait to see you all and share good times and of course have a Tommy's pizza and go to Schmidt's.

UPDATE 2019: Always proud to say that I was from Upper Arlington and I look forward to my visit back there. I have no family left in Columbus and really miss my Midwest roots and friends!

BETH MADDEN SALIMBENE I just wanted you to know that Jim and I officially retired from the Wendy's business after being franchisees for 18 years. We sold all of our restaurants and now have to decide what we want to be when we grow up:) We will celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2007. Wow, time goes fast! I also wanted to give you and my fellow classmates an update on our children. Nicholas (22 years) was commissioned into The United States Army as a 2nd LT. by Senator John McCain at the OSU graduation in June. He will leave for Ft. Benning this Friday, with hopes of pursuing Rangers or Special Forces. He is scheduled to leave for Korea next year.

Michael graduated from The American Musical & Dramatic Academy last month and will begin touring with The American Family Tours as Bob Cratchit in "A Christmas Carol: The Musical." This is a children's theater group, so if anyone is interested in attending, I can provide the cities and dates and perhaps complimentary tickets. He will tour NY, NJ, PA, OH, LA, MS, NM, and TX. Presently he is appearing in a Broadway Workshop (there were 550 auditions only about 10 actor/singers selected for the cast) in Sleepy Hollow: The Musical Adaptation at the York Theater on Nov. 2nd. Michael will also appear in Law & Order Criminal Intent with Vincent D'Nofrio (he plays a disgruntled teenager) this season and regular Law & Order. He also completed a movie called Gracie, directed by Reese Witherspoon, which will be out in spring 2007.
Mary Elizabeth (Michael's twin) is a sophomore in pre-med at The University of Dayton, where she is being trained as an EMT and is even driving the ambulances, which we find hysterical since all of us are a bit afraid to drive with Mary:) She has been shadowing physicians in the Columbus area and working at the OSU Madden Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease (which my parents founded) during her summers. I would love to hear from any and all classmates. Life is short and way too precious not to hear from old friends. God bless you all.

JULIE MAY JONES I still live in Upper Arlington. I have taught school for many years in Columbus Public, and in Upper Arlington; in regular ed. and in special ed. Presently I'm teaching a first grader at home for Southwestern Schools. He has a rare medical condition and will never be able to attend public school.I am increasingly interested in child advocacy issues as they pertain to special education services. I met my husband ,Everett, when we attended Capital University. We adopted three special needs sons-two of them with immune deficiencies.Our middle son, Zach, had an extremely rare immune deficiency and died in October of 2001 after battling three years of complications from a ruptured appendix.We miss him a lot. Oldest son ,Tim, lives and works in Grandview. Youngest son, Nat , will graduate from UAHS in 2005.He plays several Special Olympic sports, and has also played on the UA football and track teams.

2009: Here is a quick update on our last 5 years. Oldest son Tim got married in October of 2005, and he and wife ,Christy presented us with our first grand-daughter in April of 2006. Kacey is now 4 and has a little sister,Kaley, who turned 1 this past March. They live near us and we adore them. Nat graduated from UAHS in 2006,so we decided to sell our house on Guilford Road. We moved across the river to The Lakes at Mill Run and love it here. I serve on the condo board, and take care of our gardens. We like the area so much we purchased a second condo -this time at The Millington- for Nat to rent from us. I retired from teaching and work part-time at The Paper Flower at Tremont Shopping Center. It is owned by Lesley Beeson Tate.We do weddings,flowers,and custom stationary work. Come visit us!My husband Everett is still a District Manager with Huntington Bank.

Summer 2011-I am currently working part-time at Coldwater Creek at Lane Ave.I still serve on my condo board and maintain all of the gardens in our community. I am a member of the Palliative Care Working Group at Children's Hospital.And- after participating in the rescue of 369 dogs this March ,I have starting volunteering at Capital Area Humane Society. Everett and I have been married 37 years. The granddaughters are 6 and 3, the grandson is 1.

January, 2018: I work at Talbots at Lane Avenue. I am a Master Gardener through the Ohio State University Extension program. I have 2 granddaughters and a grandson. My husband, Everett, passed away May 20, 2016. I'm looking forward to our 50 th class reunion and all of the organizational activities leading up to it.

UPDATE, June 2019: I retired from Talbots in July of 2018. I am currently serving as president of the Union County Master Gardeners. I am also in a yearlong Volunteer Pollinator Specialist program through the Ohio State University Extension. In short that means I'm learning a lot about pollinators with a focus on bees. My grandchildren are now 14, 11, and 8.

PAUL MEISEL: VP Engineering, Kinetics Noise Control. Married, 2 children.

Have hosted 23 Exchange students for all areas of the world.

Hobbies: Cars, Travel.

TISH MINTZER HOPKINS  

2014 UPDATE:

Reflecting back on how my life has changed since I wrote the 1st bio for this …. First Major update is my marital Status-- I was recently divorced (nov 2013) after 42 years marriage. A very hard decision, but one I know is right for me today. My daughter still lives in Chicago as her plans for San Francisco changed. She enjoys being a artist in residence in after school programming in Chicago and performing artist in many ways in addition to working on certification in Thai Body Work.

I am continuing to enjoy my retirement from teaching, but do occasional substituting to fund a lot of traveling :) and volunteer at a local retirement home helping with their marketing photography and assisting in the sewing/craft room and with their computer needs.
In December, 2012, I Volunteered for Clean up Efforts in New Jersey for Storm Sandy which was a life changing experience for me. I joined the "Occupy Sandy" organization having no idea their connection to the group that Occupied Wall Street!!! I met wonderful selfless people who were founders of that original organization-- several of who had been arrested in that Endeavor--- however I found them very "giving" individuals and not a bit militant as they had once been described.

I spent a great deal of my time setting up their main distribution warehouse for donations in Philadelphia initially and then embarked on quite the adventure into covering areas up and down coastal new jersey which included not knowing from day to day where i would be or sleep. This part was actually quite fun-- I had a blow up mattress and most of my food in my car-- even slept 2 nights in a pastor's office while helping with distributions of donations in several coastal towns. The devastation was beyond words-- I will eventually finish my blog and photos from this trip and hopefully post. I continued to do phone-banking for them via google phone system when I returned home. To this day I wish I could have done more-- as this area still struggles to rebound from this storm.

My other major trip was last October to the Grand Canyon (on my bucket list) but as they say "timing is everything"-- I arrived just as the Government Shut Down the National Parks!! Needless to say a return trip is in order-- didn't get to see all that I went for. My health has improved 10 fold as I changed my lifestyle to pretty much Vegan eating and Walking 2 miles a day if possible. Feel best I ever have and many ailments all but gone!!
I continue to enjoy my passion of photography-- and hope to put this to a higher use in the future. I continue to look for other opportunities where I might volunteer service to others. Other recent life-altering experiences have given me "pause" to cherish every moment of every day as all We have is the Present Moment.

ORIGINAL BIO: With the upcoming 40th (wow-- hard to believe) reunion, I am adding this update since several events have changed since the last one. First and most important-I have joined the ranks of the "retired" teachers! yeah--31 one years of mostly high school and the last two years teaching middle school-- computer integrated technology. We also successfully sold our cottage near Lake Erie and exchanged it (1031 tax exchange) for a condo in Myrtle Beach (fingers crossed); we have been able to rent out for the past 2 years. Also sold the 1970 restored Corvette on Ebay no less! Have been very successful entreprenuers on Ebay since and I have returned to school for a 3rd degree ???!! majoring in Interactive Multimedia Design (attending both BGSU and LCCC). Ellen--I need to do an internship with you LOL! Since the stock market has taken its firm grip on our retirement savings--figured I better find another career I could be happy doing....time will tell. For those of you who know, just 6mos after the last reunion, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer-underwent total thyroidectomy and RAI treatment-- still clean-- but this may have caused a (benign) brain tumor on the VIII cranial nerve (hearing)-as I am now the proud owner of a hearing aide! .... I have arrived...now my only hope is that "depends" arent sure to follow LOL.. Dave continues to be the Chef and enjoys this business and our daughter, Lindsay was accepted at a graduate school and moves from Chicago to San Francisco in August... Just wish the stock market would allow us to follow :) That's about it for now.. Wishing everyone the best of health and happiness in times of unpredictability. We all need to embrace the moment!

JAY MOFFITT: After leaving UA in ‘69, I went to Miami Univ to play golf and of course study. Played in the 1970 NCAA Championship as a freshman for the now Red Hawks who finished in the top 15 in the NCAA that year. Decided to take a sojourn around the country with my thumb and quit school but landed back in Cbus in 71 to enroll at OSU. Graduated with a Geokigy degree then went directly to San Jose State Univ. With an MS in Geology. I have been in Houston since ‘77 working in the energy business for 42 years. I currently am slowing down after drilling and operating several hundred wells in Texas and Louisiana - My wife of 39 years, Laura, is from Louisiana and we have 4 grown children and 2 grand daughters. We spend much of the summers in Jackson Hole where we hike, kayak, play some golf and tennis. Keeping in touch with as many UA friends as possible and look forward to seeing everyone in ‘19!!

A rather shy but mischievous high schooler at UA, I am now quite comfortable in my own skin, enjoying life in the wilds of Montana, having lived here for 40 years. I love to ski, hike and bike with BWAGS (outdoor amazons - can't keep up with the 70 yr. olds!). My work in the Children's Room of our local library fits me to a T as well! Rob, my husband, is as wonderful as the day we met, and our almost 20 year old daughter, Emma, who is a sophomore at Elon University in North Carolina, lights up our lives. We miss her but she is thriving as a Theater Production and Design major there. Since my folks and my brother, Todd, passed away, I don't get back to UA, and my life has definitely moved beyond high school, I do have some fond memories of friendships formed at UA and wish everyone the best when you gather at reunions. Enjoy!

UPDATE 2018: Having lived, worked and played in Montana for the past 45 years, I now call Bozeman, MT home. My husband, Robert, and I have a 24 year old daughter, Emma, who is a stage manager. Rob works for the post office as a letter carrier and I now work at the Bozeman Public Library as a Children's Librarian after years of teaching elementary school, Spanish at a Montessori school, and Social Studies and Health Ed. at an alternative high school. I love playing Pickleball, hiking, biking and skiing with a women's group called the BWAGS, and am involved in two book groups. I also volunteer every week with our local Food Bank, and for our local symphony. I've done a great deal of non-profit work over the years here which has been quite rewarding. Life is great out here in Montana so I'm grateful for good health and all our blessings.

VICKIE MURPHY WOW! 40 years! Since the 35th, I've married Daniel L Davis, PhD (Grandview Heights High School, 1969) who played against UA in 1967 in the final Grandview/UA football game…he remembers it well and can even tell you the score in case you don't recall. Music is still on my agenda as I assist in leading music at First Community Church at the 10:25 service. I'm employed at Real Living HER…yes, the office on the corner of Kenny and Fishinger. And I'm in my 5th and final semester of a program called Wellstreams (see spiritualitynetwork.org) where I'm training to become a Spiritual Director. My 5 children are doing well and Dan and I are delighting in finally being empty nesters.

UPDATE: 50 years! 50 years! I still feel like I'm 18 despite the creaking bones and deepening wrinkles (I call them lines of wisdom HAH!). What joy to spend this upcoming 4th of July holiday with many of you, my longtime friends. All is Well. 5 kids: Chicago, Annapolis, Bozeman, East Lansing and even one in Columbus. 3 Grandkids and expecting more. Husband Dan, Grandview Class of '69, still has a busy psychology practice and I'm his office manager which means I'm the "boss." Although I didn't know Gary Baird 5 years ago, we're now related since my daughter married his son in 2018. We both plan to walk the parade route again. Enjoying music and travel and life!

DAVE MURRAY: David graduated from Denison University in 1973 and completed his doctorate in Experimental Psychology at the University of Tennessee in 1978. He took a postdoc in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota and stayed for 20 years, finishing as a tenured Professor of Epidemiology. That same year, he moved to the University of Memphis where he held an endowed chair in the Psychology Department. In 2005, he became Chair of the Division of Epidemiology at The Ohio State University. Throughout his academic career he focused on the design and analysis of trials to evaluate the impact of health promotion and disease prevention interventions. In 2012, he became the Associate Director for Prevention at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC, where he is also the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention. In those roles, he is responsible for stimulating prevention research across all of the Institutes and Centers at NIH. More information is available at the ODP website (https://prevention.nih.gov/about-odp). David is married and enjoys sailing, travel, and cooking. He has no plans to retire.

UPDATE 2023: Just finished my 10th year as NIH Associate Director for Prevention. Love the work and the Agency.

UPDATE 2024: Serving as the NIH Associate Director for Prevention since 2012, after 33 years teaching and conducting research at the University of Minnesota, University of Memphis, and Ohio State University. Love sailing, cooking, all things Italian, travel, hiking, birding.

JOHN NEALE

Interestingly, while I have not lived in Ohio since 1977, my Consulting business has brought me back to the state numerous times in the past decade. In 2001, I began work on a project with the Division of Oral Health (DOH) of the Ohio Department of health. Over the next two years, we created a website designed to help Safety Net Dental Clinics (i.e., non-profit clinics that serve the uninsured and Medicaid populations). The Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual at DentalClinicManual.com has been up and running since 2003 and has helped thousands of clinics around the world improve their operations. We continue to get several thousand hits on the website and several thousand downloads from it each month. I wrote and am responsible for continuously updating 2 of the 5 chapters of the manual, on Clinic Operations and on Quality Assessment, and will soon be adding a 6th chapter on Clinic Sustainability. Since 2006, I have also been working on the Oral Health Capacity Building Project, another project in partnership with the Ohio DOH and several charitable foundations in Ohio to improve the capacity and sustainability of Dental Safety Net clinics in the state. This project has brought me back to Ohio 3 to 4 times a year since then to review clinics and develop performance improvement plans to help then keep their doors open. To date, I have reviewed 17 clinics around the State serving over 200,000 people who have no other access to dental care. Remember, Oral Health Isn't Optional. My wife Susan and I have no children. We currently have 2 dogs, 1 cat, two miniature horses, three pygmy goats, and some chickens. My wife is the true animal lover in the family and volunteers as the Director of the Spay/Neuter Program for the San Juan Animal League, a local animal welfare non-profit.

In my free time, I have become a runner (I did the Columbus Marathon in 1987), bicyclist, and triathlete. In 1998, I was the Rocky Mountain Regional Masters Champion at the Olympic distance triathlon for USA Triathlon, the national sanctioning body. Last year (2008), I succeeded in crossing the #1 item off my bucket list by competing in and finishing an Ironman triathlon in Tempe, Arizona (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run).

SUSAN PERRY SMITH: I'm a retired Registered nurse. I lost my sweetheart, Rick, 4 years ago. I am blessed with 5 children and 8 grandchildren.

I enjoy training my German Shepherds, and spend time with my Grandkids, who are the loves of my life. I enjoy traveling and have traveled internationally.

LIBBIE PFEFFERLE TROTT: After I graduated from UA, I went to OSU and became an Art Teacher. I married Bruce Trott, 35 years, who I met through a blind date arranged by Cathy Calderone (thanks Cathy!). I have two children, Jason, 33 and Holly, 28. We have moved and made homes in Rochester, NY, Orlando, Florida, and Worthington, Ohio. I am still teaching art, in Worthington. I live in the Worthington/Dublin area with Bruce and 2 dogs. I keep in contact with my high school/college buddies, Ellen Isaly and Denise Kontras.

UPDATE 2019: After 28 years of teaching Art, I've retired and moved to sunny Florida with my husband of 43 years (1974). I enjoy my Grandkids, Reading, Art, Crafts & Beaches!

KEN PFEIFER: Kenneth R. Pfeifer, a top performing Account Executive and Recruiter for Stone Search Services, Inc., has a long record of success in management, sales and leadership within the business community and the US Armed Forces.

Prior to beginning his career at Stone Search Services, Ken developed his client-centered approach to business in the Insurance Industry. With ten years of experience as a multi-line insurance agency owner and fifteen years in large corporate property and casualty insurance. Four of those years as a Vice President for Frank B. Hall of Ohio, Inc. the 5th largest international brokerage firm in the world. He has learned to understand the needs of small business owners and large corporate clients. Ken has many years of experience creating customized solutions which exceed the expectations of his clientele.

Ken's has successful experience recruiting management and staff professionals across industries which include Professional Services, E-Business, Software Development, and Financial Services.

During his 30 year military career, Ken earned the rank of Brigade Command Sergeant Major and has extensive Leadership Identification and Development experience. Ken's last 14 years in the Army were spent as a Command Sergeant Major, holding that position in 4 different commands, 2 battalions and 2 brigades. He was deployed from both brigade commands, first to Kosovo as the Command Sergeant Major for Task Force Medical Falcon IV, in 2001 for 8 months, and then to Ft. Polk, Lousiana in 2004 as the Command Sergeant Major for the Mobilization Training Command for 14 months. He is certified to deliver all Army non-commissioned officer Professional Leadership Development courses, and has received numerous awards and commendations including three Meritorious Service Medals and six Army Commendation Medals. Ken retired from the Army in 2007.

Ken holds an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University, and has received his Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) designation and he lives in Dublin with his wife Dawn and 13 year old daughter Sarah.

CRAIG RENKERT:I'm retired and recently returned to Oregon; central Oregon this time. We are building a home and establishing roots here. It's a great area of the country with lots of active outdoor opportunities.

Update 2019: Since graduating, I lived in Colorado, Alaska, and Oregon. From 2006 to 2017 I lived in Hilliard, before returning to Oregon in 2018. Barbara Renkert (Fenner, Nygren) and I got married in 2008.

JUDITH ROOF: Back home in central Ohio after 37 years of teaching English, modern drama, and film studies at universities ranging from Illinois State to the University of Delaware, Indiana University, Bloomington, Michigan State University, and finally Rice University where I was the "William Shakespeare Chair in English" even though I never taught Shakespeare. Very happy to be back in civilization!

UPDATE 2023: I retired from my position as the William Shakespeare Chair in English at Rice University last year. Since then I have been still writing and painting.

ELIZABETH (JANE) SHERIFF Update 2024: Love to travel; not retiring anytime soon; have a puppyy named Yoda; love experiences that are fun like ziplining, kayaking, hiking, white water rafting and really love roller coasters.

I am currently living in beautiful and very hot Las Vegas, Nevada. I have been living in various places around the United States over the years - Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, etc. Over the years I have had various jobs including geologist, chemist, park ranger and teacher. I currently am teaching high school science at Sunrise Mountain High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, and during the summers I work as a seasonal park ranger for the National Park Service (I have worked in various parks - Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Salem Maritime, Cape Hatteras, etc) and normally work in a different park each summer - great for getting to know the area! Over the course of time I have attended 11 different colleges and universities (still taking courses) and earned a couple of degrees. I have been married a couple of times and had some significant others but am currently single. I have one son, Nicholas Alexander Sheriff (yes, he has my name because I raised him, not his dad) who is currently a United States Marine intelligence person (he did make Eagle Scout for those who saw the previous bio) and is thrilled to be serving our country (I must have done something right along the way). I am still an expert on moving (due to all the various moves) so if anyone needs helpful hints if they are moving, I am glad to help out. I have been fortunate to have good health for the most part and love being here in the western states. Overall, with a few ups and downs here and there, I have had a great life so far and hope to continue in that mode.
UPDATE 2014: Currently a geologist and a high school teacher in Las Vegas. I have worked as a park ranger for the National Park Service. I have a wounded warrior Marine son that did some tours in Iraq. I am also a breast cancer survivor.

UPDATE 2024: So far lots of adventures and still adding them. Been to all 50 states, and some of the territories as well as about 25-30 countries; hope to add more this year. I love to travel and learn about other places in person. Also love to try new things - favorite is zip lining and parasailing but white water rafting is good as well. Go and do what you/ve always wanted to do - life is short, so make the most of it.

STEVE SIMS - I was graduated from Univ of CO in 1988 with a double major (English/Interpersonal Communication), and minors in Journalism and Geology, and worked as a consultant/technical writer until 2008. I moved from Co Spgs to Denver in 1992, and to GA in 1998. I remarried in 2004 to Patricia (nee) Reagan, and we raised my two children.

During the years 1971-75, I raced motorcycles off-road. In 1976, I tried hang-gliding--until a close friend nearly died in an hang-gliding accident. In 1977, I was certified in sky diving. From 1977-1983, I mountain climbed, and toured the US and parts of Mexico by motorcycle. During the years 1983-1993, I became heavily involved in caving (as we who do it, call it!), traveling to many states and exploring/mapping many caves. I became certified as a cave (SCUBA) diver in 1989, and was pictured in the April, 1991 National Geographic magazine (featuring Lechuguilla Cave, in NM) on the title page (I am the caver climbing the rope). I've been in several caving video productions that have been nationally televised. In 1993 (at age 44), I rappeled the deepest open-air pit in the world (Golandrinas, in Central Mexico; 1200' deep).

I retired in 2011, but am still very active outdoors and in good health. My wife and I are very involved in our church (we are Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ).

SHERYL STAFFORD KIBBEY: After UAHS, I started working, a job at OSU Administrative Systems, and married Ken (North HS, class of 1968) in 1971. Ken taught school in Columbus. I stayed home with kids, then later rejoining the workforce selling children's books to schools and libraries.We have 3 grown kids, 2 in the Columbus area. Our youngest is in the Air Force, so he has been all over the world. Currently, he is in San Antonio and that is where we visit our 4 grandkids. We love to travel, quite a bit was done on sailboats all over the Great Lakes. Now we enjoy traveling across the US, especially National Parks, with our travel trailer. Life is good.

(2022 UPDATE): Still going at this old age, 71! Like all of my classmates LOL! Just celebrated our 51st Anniversary!! Can't wait to see all of you!

ANNE TAYLOR: 2024 - 55-year reunion:

Life is good. I became a newlywed at 71 to the love of my life. Traveling the world is still my passion. I have visited all the continents and 157 countries...still counting...still going.

50 tear reunion: I continue to serve as a judge and I've climbed a mountain on every continent. Nothing really changes.

40 years ago: I went off to college (OU&OSU) in the golden age of activism and adventure.

30 years ago: I opened my law practice and bought a briefcase that was embossed with "serve the people".

18 years ago: I was elected Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court and I started traveling the world.

TWINK VON ROHR: Retired Art teacher. Live in a resort town on 2 lakes in Indiana. Have 3 sons and 1 grandson. Still spend my summer on Pickerel Lake in South Dakota. Travel to Texas quite a lot as 2 of my sons and grandson live there. Still ride and own a Friesian gelding.

My BFF is still Birti Hardie, so I come back to Columbus a lot as well. Thats’s it in a nutshell!

I recently retired from OhioHealth after 44 years in Health Care. I worked 24 years at Riverside Methodist Hospital and my last 20 years for Ohio Heath Hospice at the Kobacker House-our free standing Inpatient Unit for our hospice patients.

JOHN WILLIAMS : In June, 1969 I couldn't wait another second to get out of UAHS and out of my house. I was rebellious and looking to spring free of what I perceived to be the bonds holding me back. I left UA and I left family and I left the state and started the course to what would become my life. I moved to Michigan to attend Michigan State University. I pursued a degree in Finance, spent a summer as a chef in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and another summer in Europe freely traveling on a Eurail pass. Back in the USA I found a job in banking and then pursued a Masters Degree in Management. Throughout my life I have been a compulsive volunteer. Kiwanis. Salvation Army. Main Street. Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts. Soccer. Baseball. Crisis Intervention. SCORE and Chamber of Commerce. I left banking in 1995 after 20 years and pursued my dream to own my own business by purchasing a manufacturing company. I have had highs and lows. I have been almost bankrupt twice but have persevered and love what I do. I love the manufacturing process and love seeing the results of what I build. I recently retired after 11 years as the local scoutmaster and proudly recognized six Eagle Scouts graduating from the Class of 2009. I have been married 33 years and have two sons and one grand daughter. I recently started two new businesses and am optimistic that the best times of my life are ahead.