Shreveport LA

I have retired and now living in Shreveport, Louisiana with wife, Rita and son Robbie. We are having a great time doing absolutely what we want.

Own and run "Around the Bend B&B Alpaca Ranch" in deepest darkest Oregon! See "Around-the-bend.net"

I left samohi before i was able to graduate with my class of 60, but i remember many of my classmates. i now live in davis, ca. and spend my summers in sweden where my husband still maintains a home. i just retired from working with the airlines for 34 years. I was very lucky to have been able to travel all over the world and still enjoy traveling now. would love to hear from anyone who remembers me.
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I left samohi before i was able to graduate with my class of 60, but i remember many of my classmates. i now live in davis, ca. and spend my summers in sweden where my husband still maintains a home. i just retired from working with the airlines for 34 years. I was very lucky to have been able to travel all over the world and still enjoy traveling now. would love to hear from anyone who remembers me.

Retired the past 5 years. Been married for 31 years, have 3 children and 6 grandchildren who all live in the Carlsbad, CA neighborhood.

Upon graduation from Samohi I attended Marymount College in Palos Verdes, Ca and then I married, had one child a daughter then in 72 moved to Vancouver British Columbia Canada and lived there for about 7 years. Then I returned to California where I have enjoyed a career in the retail clothing business. I am now semi retired, single and enjoying life.

After graduating from SAMOHI I spent a year at SMCC. I joined the US Navy for 10 years, I was posted to Holy Loch, Scotland where I married a girl I'd met when I was 4(We've been married 40 years).I was posted to Idaho Fall where our daughter and son were born. I spent 4 years aboard the Enterprise.Went to Western Australia in '71.Worked at the BP oil refinery Kwinana.We returned to The south of England (Dorset)where I gained a HND in electronics, and worked for Plessey/Siemens in the Calibration Department. In May 2000 we returned to Western Australia, our daughter married country police constable, and our son has just migrated back to us here. I now work as a Biomedical service engineer in Perth serving hospitals university klabs and pathology labs, specialising in ultra cold refrigeration. I wish you all good tidings. ps, to see what our area is like, look up Mandurah and the Peel region on the web, it's ver beautiful here and has the climate California thinks it has! jb)

After graduating from Samohi, I served for 3 years in the US Navy, then 4 years in the US Air Force. Came back to live in Malibu in 1967. Worked for cable TV companies for a few years as a technician; apprenticed as a VW mechanic and worked for VW for 4-1/2 years; worked as a boat electrician for 4 years, built 2 39-foot sailboats, then went to Alturas, California to work as a radio D.J. at KCNO (a great way to learn how to starve to death). Worked for operating telephone companies for 4 years as a radio tech, and ended-up working for the City Of L.A. as a "Communications Electrician" since 1984. Due to retire in 2005. We are hoping to sell our home at that time, and spend a few years traveling around North America in either a motorhome or a 5th-wheel trailer. Have been married for 32 years ( to the same person!) and have two children, Brian, 21 and Bonnie, 15. Hope all of you are having happy, healthy and fruitful lives.

Live in State of Washington. Married, 8 children, 10 grandchildren. Retired from a Medical Co. in 1999. Boater.Volunteer with US Coast Gurad Auxiliary for 12 years. Work part time for our school district. Looking for people from Malibu-Zuma Beach area. Bill Melber, Denise Jacobson, Dale & Darrol Smith, Laura Lee Tolley, Claus Zimmermann.

After 28 years of sales and sales management in the Pharmaceutical business with Marion Merrill Dow living primarily in Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, I now live in Jacksonville Beach, Florida with lori, my wife of 10 years. I am still an avid surfer and when not surfing I sell new homes at the beach for a builder who is also my friend and surfing partner. My kids, Ryan and Tyler are in their 30's and not married, Ryan the actor & psychologist, Tyler the lawyer, both are quite successful, and are living in Venice, Ca.

I live near Sacramento, CA. My husband of 10 years passed away a year ago. I have 2 daughters, a son, and 3 granddaughters. They all live close by. I am going to take golf lessons so I can play with my oldest daughter and some friends. We all love motor-homing, boating, jet-skiing etc. Would love to hear from anyone from class of '60 !!!

Graduated from Samohi in 1960. Thereafter attended University of Colorado, Boulder, for one year. Then in U.S. Army in France, for 3 years. Then resumed college at Long Beach State, from which I graduated in 1967. Thereafter, graduated from law school (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley in 1970. Career has been spent primarily as a corporate/securities lawyer with various prominent Los Angeles area law firms, until joining my present firm in San Diego in 2001. But I have also served in senior executive and general counsel positions, in-house with 3 large, publicly traded diversified financial services companies. I now live in Carlsbad, CA (the La Costa section, abutting Encinitas).

Living in Northern California for quite a few years now enjoying the Sierra foothills. Anxious to hear about reunion.
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Santa Rosa CA

I loved Samohi! I was in the drill team, a flag whirler and homecoming princess in my senior year. I attended SMCC for a year and graduated from UCLA in Psychology. I received my teaching credential from Long Beach State and Masters from Azusa Pacific College. I retired from teaching after 31 years (Westminster, CA.) and now live in Sedona, Arizona. I would love to touch base with some of my samohi friends.

My wife, Karen Hinsley Goodrich, '70, and I moved to the Chicago area earlier this year when I assumed the position of President of Arlington Park Race Course. Karen and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary in January and have two grown children and a daughter-in-law who live in California.

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

After graduation from Samohi, went to nearby Pomona College (Mathematics,’64), where I met my wife Barbara Wallace (Art History,’65). On to graduate school at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland (MS ’66). My career has focused on mathematical analysis and developing computer models of physical processes. I still work at SAIC in San Diego, and my specialty is signal processing. I try to take off three months a year. Barb and I raised three children, and have two grandsons. 2004 will be our 39th anniversary year. What a great journey! Empty nesters now, we play tournament bridge, hike, snorkel and kayak, and enjoy viewing the performing arts. Visiting museums and standing in awe of fine arts (painting and sculpture) is the highlight of our traveling. Since 2000, we have been on the oceans a great deal, as Bridge Hosts on cruise ships, teaching and running bridge games. My hobbies are early navigation and navigators, comparative religion, mysticism and digital photography.

An update on me... I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1964. My husband, Jim, and I have been living in Seal Beach for 33 years. We have three sons: Russell is married and lives in San Francisco, Greg is married and lives in Santa Cruz, Kevin is still single and lives here in Orange Co. I am the Summer '60 Class Reporter and I manage our class email list. Contact me if you have an update for the Viking News or want to be added to the email list. I love to hear from old friends!

My husband and I were in Ottawa, KS for a year helping my mother. We have moved back to Reno and our new address is above, along with my new Email address. Would love to hear from classmates anytime. It's good to be "home." We lived in Reno from 2004 to 2006 and liked it well enough to return. Kay Hunskor Harbeck is here, too, and we have rekindled a friendship.

After graduating from Samohi, I went to Santa Monica City College as a Theatre Arts Major. I married my husband Dick (Unihi, 1960) in 1966 and began writing songs. I've written many songs including the #1 country hit, "Sweet Country Woman" (which was recorded by Johnny Duncan and produced by Billy Sherrill.) I've had my songs recorded by Cilla Black, Crystal Gayle, R. B. Greaves, Jan and Dean, Sammy Johns, Vicky Lawrence, Loretta Lynn, Tommy Overstreet, Johnny Paycheck, Sha Na Na, etc. I also wrote songs for a number of television movies.
My husband Dick started the singing duo "Dick and Dee Dee" in 1961 ("The Mountain's High", "Thou Shalt Not Steal", etc.) and I joined him as part of the duo in 1969. We performed together in just about every state in the US until his accidental death in 2003 when he fell from a ladder at our home.
have also written several successful books, "The Rock and Roll Cookbook" and "The Country Music Cookbook."
I was recently contacted by a distant relative who was in the process of doing a genealogical research on my father's mother's side of the family. We E-mailed back and forth and he would keep me informed of the progress that he was making. While working on the project he discovered that Betty Grable is my third cousin! This thrilled me because I was a huge fan of hers when I was a little girl. I had Betty Grable paper dolls, a Betty Grable scrapbook, etc. So, it was pretty exciting to discover that I was actually related to her.
My hobby is collecting dollhouses and miniatures.

After graduating SAMOHI in 1960, I went to SMCC for 2 years before joining the Army during the Viet Nam War. Stationed in Germany where I married my wife in 1966. Then moved back to SM, graduated from Northridge U. 1969 and became a Probation Officer. Graduated from Pepperdine U. 1973 and now work in the SM Superior Courts just accross the street from SAMOHI. My passions are Tai-Chi, Chi-Gong, Chinese Brush Painting, and Yosemite camping. Plan to retire in a few years and spend more time in Yosemite.

I'm been retired for about a year now and totally enjoying it in Tucson, AZ! Last month (Apr'09)I met up with Carol Brumm and Betty Lutz-Kienitz and we had a little semi-reunion...lots of fun. Looking forward to a 50th reunion next year. Love to hear from anyone who remembers me!

My life in a nutshell....been married 44 yrs, raised four children, have seven grandchildren. My husband spent 28 yrs in the Navy. We left CA in '68 and have not been back to live since. We've grown accustomed to a slower pace. After Navy retirement we lived in Springfield, MO for 13 yrs (loved it), but moved onto family property in Pensacola, FL after in-laws died in 2002. After Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis, & Katrina, the indomitable heat and humidity, we plan on selling and moving back to MO. I do wish we had 8.5 acres in CA....but, oh well, RE is cheaper in our area of FL and MO and what we do get will go far.

I'm now living in Spokane, WA

After 30 plus years as a CPA, I retired, went back to school and became a graphic designer. My wife of 34 years is a private fiduciary (conservator and probate administrator).

Moved to WA in 1986. Work in an accounting office of a finance company which finances large trucks that are built by another Div. of our Corp. Husband works for a large communications company as an engineer. Live east of Seattle in unincorporated area with a 20 minute commute to work.

I AM PRESENTLY WORK ON A PROJECT THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD IT WILL ELIMINATE ANG COMBUSTION ENGINS I'M PRESENTLY MARRIED AND HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND 4 GANDCHILDREN.

We just purchased a used Lance camper and plan to do some short term traveling to campgrounds and places where the 5th wheel toy hauler (the 747) is too large to maneuver. And a-w-a-a-a-y we go!

I guess you could say being Mom was my big career. I have also taught here and there, written some prize winning song, and am currently writing a children's book. I have 7 grandkids

Hello to all! We are finally out of the "West side". My mother passed away in December 2004 at 97. My wife and I have since moved to Prescott, AZ and just love it. Still a kid a heart I enjoy the mechanical and driving aspects of drag racing. I have also carried on my mother's genealogy research with about 3000 family members in my database. If you have considered doing your family genealogy, 5dollarsoftware.com has "Family Tree Maker 9" for (what else) $5.00.(As of 10/05) For those who attended with my kids: Michael is moving to Vermillion, KS in December '05, Tara has moved to Cleveland, OH and Kari is working for an architectural firm in Santa Monica. Keep in touch! Ed

Am just ending a 3 month sabaticle from my emergency medicine practice at ElCamino Hospital and Stanford University Hospital,CA.Maeva,wife of 20 years,and I went with my dad,88 years, to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) for Tapati (annual song and dance...festival). Going to see sister Ann Gillen (class 64) and her tribe for dinner tonight in Yountville, if we can get a reservation. Hoping to find the time to learn enough about golf to converse with Bob Thomas.

My wife Anne and I are retired, and have lived in the San Bernardino Mountains for 20 years. We have six daughters, and nine grandchildren between us, and enjoy spending time with them. I am an active Rotarian, and automotive hobbyist. We are active in the local Baptist church and enjoy the church family there. If you remember me, please send me some "E" mail, and we can "chat." Anne and I will be married 27 years in November, and although we are both heart patients, we enjoy every day to the max. I hope you will say "Hi" soon.

After being with a theater group in L.A. for 5 years, in 1972 I ventured to South America where I lived first in Peru and then Colombia for 25 years. My wife is from there and our children are completely bilingual. Besides teaching school abroad and having the pleasure of playing Don Quijote in Man of La Mancha (in both Eng. and Span. it is wonderful to be a citizen of the world. The spirit of the Baha'i Faith has animated our lives. "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens."

Deceased
Sunday, July 14, 2005.

Moved to Oregon.

WOFFORD HIGHTS, CA

I MOVED FROM HAWAII LAST YEAR BACK TO CALIFORNIA AND I MISS MY ISLANDS.

Home Teacher with LAUSD. Recently celebrated 35th anniversary with Rich (Merriman'59). Daughter Heidi was in D.C. a few years, first as the "other White House intern" the year before Monica, later as a grad student at Geo.Wash.U. and then, finally employed. We're glad that she has returned to Southern CA and is now closer to home - working for KPMG Consulting in San Diego.

hey, spears and I would like to know where the 40 year reunion (Y2K special edition) is being held. Or, are we all dead?
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Left sunny California for sunnier Arizona in 1969. Then, after many years of desert beauty but "green tree deprivation syndrome", moved on to southern Illinois for seven years. In 1999 retired to northern Wisconsin which is my husband's homeland. I am adjusting to some sub zero temperatures but sometimes, as I shovel snow from the driveway, ask myself: what's a California girl doing here?
Does anyone out there know anything about Margot Stilwell or Judy Selmyhr? These are two old buddies of mine I'd love to contact.

I am like so many others, wonder where the time has gone. I still feel very young, but I know better. Had 2 children of my own and 2 step daughters. All of our children are doing very well and in this day and age we feel very fortunate for that. Between all 4 of them we now have 11 grand children. Going for a dozen may be difficult. I have had 2 bouts of Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer and in Dec. 02 I had a stem cell transplant (using my own stem cells) at Stanford hospital. I am now thankfully cancer free, but I did have to retire as a result of the extensive treatments. Modern medicine is absolutely amazing and so was my husband who took care of me for months. Look forward to seeing all of you at the reunion Ginny

Some of you might remember my weekly Evening Outlook columns about Samohi students and events. I also wrote for the Samohi paper. One year out of high school, while attending Santa Monica City College, I ran into an former junior high classmate and we wound up recording a record together. The Mountain's High started the decade long career of Dick and Dee Dee. We performed with high profile artists like the Beach Boys, Rolling Stones and many others. Dick and I were fortunate to tour the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan during our Sixties career. To view vintage videos and see excerpts of my book, "Vinyl Highway," singing as Dick and Dee Dee, you can visit www.dickanddeedee.com. I spent the Seventies in Big Sur, sort of a "back-to-the-land" endeavor, not without it's challenges (I'm currently writing another memoir "Love From Big Sur."). Returning to the Los Angeles area in the Eighties, I've lived in Pacific Palisades for most of the time (except for three years in Santa Monica and one in Benedict Canyon)where my husband Kane and I raised three children. I worked in fashion tv product placement, bookeeping, helping produce major charity fashion events, and had a 21 year career in property management before taking up the challenge of writing a book. It took four and a half years to complete Vinyl Highway. It should hit the book stores by Fall 2007, but advance copies are available on the web and also at Village Books in Pacific Palisades. I'm glad we have a web site for Samohi High and honor all those who put it together. Hope to see some of you in the future.
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After graduation I entered SMCC went on to San Jose State. I became a middle school teacher, earned a doctorate, became a public school administrator and recently retired after 35 years of service. I am free to ride my harley all over the country, and visit friends. So pop a cold one if ya see me coming.

Deceased
I am sad to report that my sister, Carolyn Sutton, a Samohi graduate of the class of 1960, passed away on April 8th after a valient struggle with cancer. Always a seeker, she moved to Sequim, Washington, a little more than a year ago. She was a retired secondary education teacher and had two sons, Greg Schmidt of Seattle, and Alex Rizzo of Mexico. Peace.

Semi retired. Husband Bill has gone back to Promise Keepers to prepare for special honoring time for women in Boulder near the end of July 09. I continue to write weekly devotionals and try to keep up with 10 grandchildren. All four children involved with ministry or some form or football. One son - high school football coach in Boulder CO, one son - sports agent with Priority Sports in Chicago. Youngest son director of events with Right Now Ministry in Dallas, only daughter, administrative assistand at Faith Christian Academy Son shine Center in Arvada CO. Oldest grandson #17 sporting National Championship ring from LSU. I'm still searching for that retirement rocking chair. Elusive little sucker.

Renton WA

I'm a retired software engineer. The most interesting job was working at Cape Kennedy during the first lunar launch. In high school we took a field trip to UCLA to look at a computer. Things have changed greatly since graduation!

After SAMOHI, I graduated from UCLA and taught for Los Angeles Unified Schools until 2003. Positions included elementary classroom, performing arts magnet school, adult education, and progam administrator for teacher intern program with Cal State Dominguez Hills. Performed in semi-professional musical productions with various Southern California Civic Light Operas. From 2003-2005, I worked to develop a charter high school in San Pedro, CA, where I currently live. Now I am involved in the restoration of the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro and traveling whenever I can.

VP Manufacturing Litel Instruments, San Diego BS ENGR UCLA, MS ENGR ASU,MBA PEPPERDINE

After Samohi I went to Stanford and MIT studying mechanical engineering and human factors. I have enjoyed teaching on and off at MIT and Stanford. I was 8 years at Xerox doing computer-user interface design, then 6 years at ID-TWO which became IDEO a world-wide industrial design consultancy. I have just been "retired" from 8 years at Interval Research where we did a lot of exciting research on people and computers but missed the web.
Twenty years ago I married Dolly Templin and we have a son William Jansen Verplank who will graduate from high school this year. He is a jazz pianist and just bought a '55 Chevy (project car). Anybody out there who can help?
We live in Menlo Park, California near where my parents moved in '62. I continue to teach one classes a year at Stanford University and sing there with the Early Music Singers.
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Have lived in Washington State since 1962 and love it here. I recently married my high school sweetheart Buce Olsen '54. Together we have 5 adult children and 4 grandchildren. We are both retired and enjoying life every day.

Moved to North Idaho in 1988, pursuing a career as a fine artist.

I retired in 2001 after 33 years of teaching. I live in Oregon, play golf, some Hold'em now and then and just started chain saw carving. Remarried July 2004. Have a winter place in Phx. Loving life.

I graduated in the Winter Class of 1960-- Just went to the reunion for the Winter and Summer Class but didn't see too many of the Winter Class graduates! Where were you???

After leaving Syracuse,NY for Virginia I have crossed alot of our country. My daughter promised me that Virginia would be alot like California weather wise and in accessing many forms of entertainment. Add to that the amazing amout of American history im my area. The only difference is the humidity and that I see Hurricane Evacutaion signs every where I go. I WILL TAKE MY FEW SECONDS OF AN EARTHQUAKE to having warnings from June until November. California is still the best. Take care and Stay Cool.

Curt Zimmerman recently completed his ministry as Interim Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Wheaton, IL. He has now taken up his fifth intentional interim position as Interim Rector, St Patrick's Episcopal Church, Incline Village, NV on the shore of Lake Tahoe. He continues to enjoy walking the journey with people at important times in their lives, so leading congregations of the Eiscopal Church during times of change, conflict, or transition is challenging and never dull.