Thank you for setting up a home page. It is a nice way to connect with old friends. I participated in NETDAY96 which attempts to connect California schools to the internet. A great volunteer effort and a way for individuals to sign up to volunteer for various computer related tasks at the schools. I'm not sure how technically NETDAY96 was set up so that everyone who volunteered was added to the school page - but you might want to contact NETDAY and see if SAA could borrow some of the processes so that everytime someone signs up at SAA there isn't a lot of administrative duties.
I live in Berkeley so I can't volunteer at SAMOHI but if there was a page or two in the SAA homepage of requested materials (donations) and volunteer tasks for SAMOHI ALUMNI to help with, I sure that those in the area could volunteer and those of us farther away could send some donations or some materials. Also - A page about missing alumni could be helpful - so that if anyone knew addresses or locations they could write in. Anyway thanks for the HOMEPAGE - and I'll read it once in a while to check in...... :.)
Renton, WA 98058
I left Southern California in 1990 and came to the Northwest...working for Boeing. I have a 17 year old daughter, a small alpaca farm and 3 dogs. I stay very busy! It would be good to hear from some of you if you have time.
Hi! I retired 2004 and am still loving the freedom! My husband Eddie Fisher('65)and I bowl and golf together and we have fun. We are doing quite a bit of traveling these days to visit our kids who are living far away. Our son, Dan Fisher ('90) is living near Detroit with his wife Nickie, and our granddaughters Ellie (4)and Amy Rain (2). Our daughter, Becky Fisher Fernandez ('92) has recently moved near Houston with her husband, Al, and our granddaughters, Toni (2) and Dani (1). Our grandgirls are all so precious to us. We are proud of our growing family! Life is pretty good, and we are well and happy, and thankful for that! Best wishes to all.
Still a U.S. History professor at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Married 38 years to the same great man I met at U.C. Santa Cruz some 40 years ago. Daughter is the journalist in the family and she is married to a neuroscientist. Teaching is great at a school like Grinnell, but I look forward to grandchildren, more time for research and writing, and plenty of time to visit friends and family around the U.S. and the world.
I guess I ended up on a slightly different career path than almost everyone else except Fred Black. I have been in federal law enforcement for more then thirty years and I am a Senior Supervisory Special Agent with a federal law enforcement agency. I now live in Arlington, VA about a stone's throw from DC. I also teach management and criminal justice part-time for several universities. I am hoping that we have a 35th reunion and I would be glad to help out in anyway that I can. I travel about 250K a year with my job so I try to get back to Santa Monica as often as possible. I have a 19 year old daughter who is in the Honors Biology Program at the University of Maryland. Not too shabby, especially since I still can't add.
Still in Guam. Married 30 years. Three kids, all graduated. One lawyer, one urban planner and one planning to go to graduate school in International Affairs. I want to see all my friend, especially the water polo team at the July 14, 2007 reunion at Fantasea Yacht Club in the Marina Del Rey. Perhaps the informal setting will get more of a turn out. I am still playing water polo on the Guam team. We need some 40+ and 50+ water polo players to complete two teams for a masters competition on the Gold Coast of Australia for Nov. 3-6. Please contact me at frederick.black@usdoj.gov or phone 671-479-4141 if you know anyone who can help us.
Mapleton UT
My youngest son just returned from an orchestra competition in Reno, Neveda. He spent two days talking about what a great time he had. He casually mentioned that a school named SAMOHI took first place. It was a blast from the past, to say the least, since I left California almost 38 years ago. I nosed around and found this site. What fun to read the info... Debbie Rathous and Jeanne Wade if you are out there e-mail me.
Malibu, CA 90265
Am a divorced mom of two boyz, Jimmy (15) and Barry (21). Taught with LAUSD for 25 years. Love to beachcomb, collage, and run a small business with Maudie Siebuhr Lattimer. Trying to stay in the present!!!!!
For the past 6 years I've been working as an Executive Recruiter in the West LA area. I now have my own recruting firm, The SearchLight Group, in Santa Monica. My specialties vary with the nature of the economy. At present I'm working with Sales & Marketing Professionals, Web Developers, IT Managers and high level Administrative/ Operations people. I welcome submissions by email.
I am also a Literary Manager for Studio Talent Group. Aside from wading through hundreds of scripts that are submitted to us, I have two projects that I believe are winners that I am currently marketing. In addition, I handle four of the top actors for STG.
Keeps me busy!
After graduating from Chapman University, I worked in advertising marketing for 20+ years developing strategic marketing plans. Although I didn't realize it at the time, I suppose all those SAMOHI term papers made me realize I had a love for research. I left my career, when I married for a 2nd time, to fix up a 1935 beach cottage and to raise my 2 sons: Devon now attends Villanova University outside of Philadelphia and Trent is a Sophomore in high school and plays JV volleyball (remember summer beach volleyball at La Costa Beach Club in Malibu?). I continue my love for research in managing financial portfolios and writing, and occassionally find time for golf. Hal and I live in Laguna Beach. Would enjoy hearing from my SAMOHI pals.
Grad.- UCSB- 1971. Married for 23 years- now divorced. Have two daughters- one- 21- Junior at LMU- civil engineering. Other- 17- senior in high school- Still making up mind about colleges. I've been in the CPA business as an admin assistant for 17 years! Going to remarry in November-- met a great guy-- I'm so lucky to have found him! Heard from Cissy Hall out of the blue--- it was so great!
Howdy folks! alive and well in San Francisco.. hope you are having as much fun as I am. hmmm so with all the promise our generation had... the best we could offer the world is George Bush Jr.??
Moved from Santa Monica 16 years ago. Working as a Hospice nurse fulltime, taking care of terminally ill adults and children. My 4 children all live in Texas. The two youngest are both @ St. Edwards University in Austin. The two oldest are both married with 3 children between them. I visit Santa Monica yearly to see my dad('30)
I have lived in Tucson, Az for 22 years and love it. Been married to Tom for 28 years and we have two daughters, Sarah 22 and Jennifer 25. I would love to hear from you, please email.
Married for 25 yrs to Larry Pearson (class of 67). Working as a Contracts Manager for DIRECTV. Just became a Grandma!! Planning to retire in February of 07 and travel the country in our "big ol'" motorhome - just us and the parrots!!
Retired from education, investment, and agriculture in 2005
Greetings from Baghdad! After 30 years off and on in the California Army National Guard, this is the thanks I get. I am the Command Judge Advocate for the 49th Military Police Brigade, currently deployed to Iraq and stationed at Camp Victory. Needless to say, it is a very different experience over here. In my former life, I was an Assistant Chief Counsel in the Los Angeles Legal Office of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). I fully intend to return to that status if the Army ever lets me outta here!
One more picture submitted...required uniform for my next deployment.
Still running other people's yachts. We spend our summers on Martha's Vineyard and winters in Florida and the Bahamas. I've gone back to college, fitting in a semester here and there when the boating business is slow.
Been in Honolulu for over 30 years! The director of a private preschool and also work for Hana Hou! magazine the inflight for Hawaiian Airlines and World Sake Imports. Loving life, married and love to travel. We should all have a blast at the 40th reunion!! Aloha.
Morro Bay, CA
Still living in Colorful Colorado, now in the Grand Junction area. Been working at home since June of '98 (see Web page) so I can spend more time with my 9-year-old daughter.
This Home Page is a great idea--thanks!
Married right out of high school. Have one daughter, 31. Became single and bounced around between S.Ca and Tahoe in the 70's. Moved to Mammoth in 1981. Remarried in 1991. These days I work as a photographer and a Sierra backcountry fishing and hiking guide. I also do a llama packing backcountry gear and food drop service for hikers on the John Muir and Pacific Crest Trails.
I am involved with production and marketing for independent movies and videos from Fat Albert to Girls Gone Wild. I still have time to coach daughter's softball team and help out The City Of Hope. Enjoy living in Oak Park. I look back fondly at Samo days. Thanks for not beating me up.
It is so good to see my old SamoHi friends again! I will be contacting you soon. I graduated from CSUN with a teaching credential taught in inner-city L.A. Went back to school and became a MFCC. I now live in Paso Robles on a 5 acre ranch. Life is great! All of my old classmates please contact me when you get a chance.
I am flying the FEDEX Airbus 310 out here in Asia. I enjoy scuba diving, exploring wild and wooley places like Myanmar, planning to build steel trawlers here in Subic for passage-making, higher education, and assorted tropical delights ;-) . I have assembled what I believe to be a first class Hawaiian shirt collection over the years, and try to model them on a daily basis. Shorts, tropical shirt, and dark glasses are sort of the uniform of the day at Subic Bay, anyway. Shoes are optional. I am writing my dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Omaha campus Aviation Institute (UNOAI), in Educational Administration. Who would have thought?! The sun does such strange things to one,...and the rain!...The rain!.....
All the best.
Allen "Buddha" Hamilton
I live in Annapolis, Maryland, a terrific East coast town on the Chesapeake Bay and am a Professor of Oceanography at the University of Maryland. I've been in Maryland for 21 years and do a lot of work with NASA using aircraft and satellites to study plankton. Work is always too hectic and I relax by flying a Piper Arrow III I've had for many years, mostly in the northeast and to beaches with airstrips near the ocean. Best wishes. Time has flown by, Samohi seems like yesterday.
I live in Boston, I am married and have three children, 17, 14 and 2.5, so I'm looking at colleges and nursery schools. I have worked in the computer industry in R&D, Marketing and management for 29 years. I travel frequently, and enjoy cooking, diving, and games. I haven't kept up with anybody, but this might be a nice way to start.
Married to Warren Duffour. Work together as Realtors. One daughter,
Autumn.
"KEEP ROCKIN"
Ontario, CA 91761
I have now returned to California from 15 months in Baltimore. What an adventure! I also now have 8 grandchildren, 3 girls and 5 boys and couldn't be happier. Hope to see some of you at a reunion soon.
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
I'm living the rural life in Atascadero, just north of San Luis Obispo. I keep contact with Roger Theodos, Doug Horton, Gene Breckner, and my brother John ('69). I've been married for 34 yrs to Monica (Moline '68). We have 2 children (Kara, 23 and Tyler, 21). Kara is a Psych Tech working at the Atascadero State Hospital for about 1 year. Our son, Tyler, recently moved to the Mission District in San Francisco. He is pursuing the music scence and majoring in Political Science. I've been a marine biologist since graduating from San Diego State in '72 and '80. I work as a consultant to various power plants requiring research and testing to monitor and evaluate the environmental effects associated with the intake and discharge of cooling waters. I keep very active running, cycling, swimming, and SCUBA diving a variety of miles and hours each week. I have to stay in shape to keep up with my 8 yr old granddaughter, Katia Rose. Like many of you have reported, our grandchild is very special. Write if you still have a vauge memory of my presence during the 3 years at Samohi and earlier years at John Adams or Will Rogers.
Married and divorced twice; Three daughters (1 married and 2 to go); Practiced optometry for 25yrs in San Diego (Poway); Now living, semi retired, a happy healthy single life in Las Vegas.
I have been involved in the entertainment industry for approximately
20 years, the last 15 years in personal management. I would love
to converse with anyone who remembers me.
After over 20 years in the mortgage lending business I switched careers and now own and operate Venice Beach Suites & Hotel on Venice Beach. My wife, Rose Marie, and I have been married for 32 years and have lived in the same Santa Monica house for 30! If you are ever walking on the boardwalk in Venice and pass our hotel, please stop in and say hi!
www.dalesrails.com
Nipinnawasee Ca
What a flashback! This is the first time I've looked at the Samo web site and actually saw a couple of names I remember. I didn't graduate from Samo but I did go there health permitting for 2 years. I think I should have graduated in '67. GTE was part of my life for 14 years then took the package and ran. Floated for a few years then met Tess, had a kid who's 12 now, moved to the Yosemite area and opened a toy store in Mariposa, Ca. Now I'm 55, got my midlife crisis but still having fun (trouble). Thats all for now, Dale...........
Hi kids! Hope all is well with everyone. Life is wonderful. At least we haven't found a reasonable alternative. Terri (Tuttle) Loewy (also Samohi Class of 67) and I are preparing for our 38th wedding anniversary in Aug. this year. Two beautiful daughters, both professionals, married with children. First 20 years for me was in Power Plant Projects around the world. Terri was an animator working on your children's favorite cartoon programs. Next 20 years for ourselves in the Film Industry working together on many of your favorite films. We both will be attending the reunion on July 14th. Hope to see everyone there. Pictures later. Best to all. Please feel free to write liberally. We will respond. Tom and Terri Loewy
"Hello to all my classmates! Since the last reunion, I
have had many opportunities to rekindle some old (and new) friendships
with "our gang". I am still living happily here in beautiful
Fallbrook, still lovin' life with the "4-on-the-Floor-Gang"
(the Dachshunds). Giving consideration to all the consuming hours
and events in my life, I will always manage to find the time to
enjoy the
sweet sound of 'low-slung' Blues Music. Ah, yes! I will be posting
a new e-mail address quite soon, so until then, as my good
buddy
Nick Henry says: Keep Rockin'! Deb
Just received the latest Viking News. What a flash of nostalgia! Would love to hear from old friends from Santa Monica. I have been in Anchorage, Alaska since March of 1975. Please drop me a line, on-line, anshm@uaa.alaska.edu
Suzette Mashburn Executive Director UAA Alumni Association
Look forward to hearing from class mates!
(7/97)
Find me on Classmates.com under Santa Monica High.
Tracy MCDONALD Georgeson , Class of '67
tracygeo@earthlink.net
San Anselmo CA
Co 80905
Im still alive and have lived in Colorado Springs, CO for the past 11 years in my 102 year old Victorian house. As I've always said..I wanted a house not a spouse and that's what I've got. Before I go any further I want to see if this info gets through. Couldn't seem to change to my new eaddress which is paulamck2@adelphia.net. Send me a line!
After 18 years with the University of Alaska Anchorage as the Alumni Director, I have retired! Looking forward to my time with family, travel and new adventures.
Can it possibly be 35 years since we graduated from high school? Perhaps I'll make it to this reunion. We visit Southern CA quite often. One son is in the Marines stationed at Pendleton...going to Iraq soon and one married daughter lives in Redlands.
The usual cool stuff....wife, kid, job.
After 22 years of school, I finally moved into the working world. Married 25 years, 1 son who is at UCSC. We relocated to Santa Barbara in 1981. I work of a diagnostic company that is focused on cancer diagnostics. I lost my sister to cancer in 2000 (Adeline). Still see Patty Sperling, Lynn Cowell, and correspond with Martha Sward.
Hi,
My name is Mardelle (Mardi) Milton, Class of '67. Most of my friends were in
Class of '66 so I want to address my notes to them mostly. I'm in contact with
Kenny Bussey and am wondering where Ginny Yarber is. Ken has been in contact
with Noreen Simmons and tells me that Steve Mayhew ( I think ) was looking for
me. I was impressed and entertained to find Alumni info on the web; thanks for
all your efforts. I'm planning to go to the 30 year reunion for class of '66
if possible. I can be contacted at above address for now. Thanks,mm
After graduation, I continued with my race cars for 2 years and then bummed around the US for 2 more. Came back to Southern California in about 1972. Went to work at Southern California Edison and was in field construction the entire 30+ years, keeping the lights on. Married in '76 to Linda Lokey (Malibu), have two adult kids. We live just south of Marina Del Rey. Although more people move to Southern California everyday, it's tuff to beat the beach weather. Alan
My brother spoke often of the time he spent at SAMOHI. He enjoyed playing basketball and participated in the plays on campus. He ejoyed student government. Tom Graduated Whitman College in Walla Walla Washington. Tom spent a year teaching in the Seattle area. Tom spent his last years in Real Estate. Tom enjoyed hicking, and as a member of the Lyons Club organized and provided transportation to the Sea Hawks games for the disable. Tom loved children and animales. He was a gentle soul. Tom passed on at the age of 29. I have never since known a finer man, brother, or son. His brother and I will miss him always. Just thought you would like to know.
I graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and taught tennis at several clubs in the LA area. I eventuallly got a real job and worked as a aerospace and consumer materials engineer during the 70's and early 80's. I started my own company in 1982 (Westside Engineering.com) specializing in materials. I have been married for 18 years and recently adopted a girl, now age 5 and attentding kindergarden. This is a real life change, but all good.
It's been a while since I last looked over the list of folks who have posted to this site. It's great to see the list much longer now! I've been living in Northern Ca most of the years since graduating from CSU Northridge and after VISTA stints in Phiadelphia, Pa and Redding, Ca. I'm still working as a real estate appraiser and am looking forward to retiring in the near future. Cycling, backpacking, hiking, photography, gardening, travel, and cooking are my interests these days. My son Paul is a computer engineer (CalPoly SLO 2003) and works for Boeing on the defense side in St. Louis (F-18's). We'll be spending the week after Father's Day in Yosemite hiking and shooting the scenery. He just purchased a very nice 10 mp digital SLR camera. Now, I have camera envy....:( But, I'm happy that he can afford to buy better toys than I can. The week of July 4th will be my annual backpack trip to the Trinty Alps near Weaverville. In August a trip to Lolita in Humboldt County. ! Twenty of us from the local bike club spent 3 weeks in Sept/Oct 2006 cycling in Tuscany & Umbria. Suffice it to say, it was fabulous! Half the fun thinking about retiring is thinking about a great trip to take...any ideas??? If you are ever in the area (Woodland, just north of Sacramento) give a holler....I'm in the phone book. Current e-mail adress is above. My apologies reagrding canceling on the 40th reunion. Plans have changed. Best regards, Bill
I am working as a chemical engineer for Fluor Daniel in Houston. I have lived here for about twenty years. I am married and have two daughters. One is a junior in college. The other is a sophomore in high school.
Tom SHAW, Class of '67
SchickShaw@msn.com
Has it been 40 years since we graduated dear old Samohi! YIKES!!! Where has the time gone? I just retired from teaching elementary school for the Santa Monica Malibu Schools, after 33 years. I think that's time enough for doing most anything, no? Anyway, I'm still selling real estate in Los Angeles, and will probably continue. I plan to do more of the following: travel, read, jog, hit the gym, bike, hike, and nothing at all:) Hope to see you at the reunion!
Cranial- sacral therapist,have a School of Massage to train Fijians in Hawaiian Lomilomi, married with two grown children, developing a surf resort and land development at present
Moorpark, CA 93021
I graduated from Samohi in 1967. My sister who I see has added her name graduated the year before. I am a Vietnam Vet and immediately upon leaving the service got married and started working with computers. I have four children two of which will be getting married in 1998 how quickly time passes. I have one grandson whom we are raising (what a blessing he is). Recently I started writing poetry again and will soon have some published in some anthology's. I have a few in some online magazines and forums. It's nice to be able to see names of some our classmates hope more will view these pages and add their names.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
I am still a Santa Monica resident.
Married for 29 years. Grandmother of two.
I have three SAMOHI graduates, ('87,'90,'99) and maybe one more.
('2000)
Hope to see some smiling faces at the next reunion
Certainly looking forward to the 40th. reunion. I'm single at the moment, but I'll be getting married to Louise Fong in San Francisco on August 3. Fred Black will be my best man. (He's done it for me every 30 years or so..) Cheers!
I only went to Samohi for about a year,(I was moved to four different High School before I dropped out)but it brings back many fond memories. I ended up finishing high School at North Hollywood High Adult School and having a career as a firefighter with the Torrance Fire Dept. When I retired from the fire Dept.I got accepted at UCLA, and I ended up finishing a degree in Ethnomusicolgy there. I now live with my family in Moorpark and teach guitar part time for the school district here. The person who works in the school office where I teach is also an alumni of Samohi (Same year).
Looking for any of the guys or gals Eastside Paterson
I am living in Sherman Oaks and I work for the Federal Government as a contracts administrator. I hope to hear from my classmates.
Married to James Miller (class of 66) in 1970. Two grown children, Greg (born'76) and Jillian (born'78) Happy, healthy and loving life.
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Still drawing pictures of houses in Santa Cruz and beyond. Divorced three years and already back living in sin and loving it. Two daughters, one at Stanford and one about to apply. Life is definitely an E ticket, definitely. Just ask Buddha.
Steven VAN ARSDEL, Class of '67
svanarsdel@comcast.net
am still in santa monica after all these years but hardly ever run into anyone from the " good old days " of high school. have done a lot of travelling and golfing since then---would love to hear from people from my class.
HC 77 Box 11
Abiquiu NM
We moved to Ghost Ranch in northern New Mexico in June 07. Living in the midst of great beauty. Very fortunate. Son Luke is 21 and seeing the world.
It was great seeing everyone at the 40th reunion. Stay happy and healthy and see you at the 50th!
San Francisco, CA 94122