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Carol Meier (Jespersen )
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Spouse's Name (including Maiden): | Wayne Meier |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | No |
| What I have learned about life since 1970: Don’t sweat the small stuff. | |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: Survived! | |
| Favorite song from HS that brings back a specific memory: Cherish reminds me of one of our proms (senior year maybe)? | |
| Your favorite TV show or movie from 1966-1970: Don’t remember any specific show or movie from that time, other than maybe Laugh In! | |
| Tell about your most memorable high school memory: So many. The dances, The friendships. Meeting my future husband! | |
| Name a teacher that had an influence on you and perhaps why: Mr. Stelk because he was fun and a great teacher. Mr. Schwartz because he made the early morning Contemporary Fiction class fun with his pre-discussion monologues! | |
| Information about myself that I would like to share: Wayne and I have spent almost 45 years here in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve both retired from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. | |
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About my children and my grandchildren:
Matthew Meier (son) Age 34 |
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Higher Education:
BA in English Education Western Illinois University 1974 |
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Former and/or Current Occupation:
Administrator Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1976 - 2014 |
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Wayne Meier
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Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | Retired research engineer |
| Spouse's Name (including Maiden): | Carol (Jespersen) Meier |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | No |
| What I have learned about life since 1970: Family, friends and good health are really, really important. You're lucky if you have a career you love; I did. Things don't always work out the way you expect when you are young, but you can accept and adapt. | |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: After college, I moved to San Francisco Bay area in 1976 to take a job at LLNL. I worked there and another R&D company until I retired in 2016. I'm still married to my HS sweetheart Carol Jespersen. We have one son Matt, now 34. Never lost my passion for golf and play quite a bit since retirement. I've had 5 hole-in-ones! I took up running in my 30's, mostly for exercise but ran many 5k and 10k races. | |
| Favorite song from HS that brings back a specific memory: Sounds of Silence | |
| Your favorite TV show or movie from 1966-1970: All in the Family and Mash. | |
| Tell about your most memorable high school memory: Most of my best memories are from the football and basketball games and golf matches. My teammates were the best. But the greatest was meeting Carol and how our relationship grew. | |
| Name a teacher that had an influence on you and perhaps why: My basketball coach Mr. Arneson. He taught me a lot about hard work and discipline. | |
| Information about myself that I would like to share: I feel blessed in so many ways. | |
| About my children and my grandchildren: Matt age 34 | |
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Higher Education:
BS Western Illinois University MS University of Illinois PhD University of California Berkeley |
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| Former and/or Current Occupation: Research Engineer Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | |
William Michalek
| Marital status: | Committed Relationship |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | college professor (retired) |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | undecided |
| What I have learned about life since 1970: life is like a roll of toilet paper -- the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes | |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: trying to enjoy the ride | |
| Favorite song from HS that brings back a specific memory: Doors' Light My Fire | |
| Your favorite TV show or movie from 1966-1970: Laugh - in | |
| Tell about your most memorable high school memory: all the friends I had | |
| Name a teacher that had an influence on you and perhaps why: too many to mention | |
| Information about myself that I would like to share: it's been a helluva ride! | |
| About my children and my grandchildren: 1 daughter and 1 grandson | |
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Higher Education:
BA - Valparaiso Univ,1974 MS - AZ State Univ, 1979 PhD - Cornell Univ, 1986 |
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| Former and/or Current Occupation: college professor teaching classes in psych, criminology and law | |
Irene Militello (Hamann)
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| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Personnel Coordinator |
| Spouse's Name (including Maiden): | Rocco Militello |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | yes |
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What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years:
I WENT PART-TIME IN MY POSITION AT WORK SO I'M ENJOYING THE EXTRA TIME WITH MY 4 GRANDCHILDREN AND TRAVELING. I'M A BOARD MEMBER WITH OUR ASSOCIATION IN HAWTHORN WOODS FOR 10 YEARS. MY PASSION IS GARDENING! WE ARE ON 1 ACRE SO THAT KEEPS ME BUSY DURING SPRING AND SUMMER. |
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Howard Mock
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Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | Self |
Joan Mojonnier (Sorlie)
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| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | RN-retired |
| Spouse's Name (including Maiden): | Mark |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | unsure |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: I retired from nursing 9 years ago. I worked at Lake Forest Hospital(and others) in the OB and NICU depts. It was a great job, but now I stay home and play with my grandkidlets and travel whenever I can. I was a transfer student to FV my senior year so I don't know a lot of people, but my first memory of being there was being introduced to the girls in the senior lunchroom! It was a great time. | |
Mike Morgan
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Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: Really sorry that I can't attend number 50. Hope some of you all remeber me from back when.... | |
| Spouse's Name (including Maiden): | Patricia Hampton Morgan |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | No - have a Danube cruise planned |
| What I have learned about life since 1970: Mainly that young folks are ususally well intentioned, but do not know nearly as much about things as they think they do. Also that time passes very quickly (where did the 90s go!), so relax and enjoy the things that are really important in life, especially your family and old friends | |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: After graduating Miami and spending short time in the banking and car business, I spent 35 years in building materials business, living in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Dallas, Philadelphia, and now here in Bozeman, MT. Retired in 2017 and am having a blast with my wife of 44 years Patti. Lots of traveling along with golf, skiing, grandkids, and old friends. | |
| Favorite song from HS that brings back a specific memory: Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour from Freshman year Mixers. | |
| Your favorite TV show or movie from 1966-1970: The Graduate was my favorite movie. TV shoes included Man From Uncle, Wild Wild West, Star Trek and Get Smart. | |
| Tell about your most memorable high school memory: I best remember playing on the golf team with some great guys. We won the Conference my junior year and I tied for 3rd place individually (almost went to state) at the district tournament in Skokie. | |
| Name a teacher that had an influence on you and perhaps why: I have the best memories of Mr. Stelk (English), Mr Llerandi (Spanish), Mrs Porter (Biology), Mr Klein (golf coach), Mr. Porowski (Physical Sci), and The Clouse in Chemistry. Regret not getting experience 12th grade teachers. | |
| Information about myself that I would like to share: I had the misfortune of having to move to Cincinnati prior to my senior year at FVHS, so I missed a lot of fun there. Who knows how my life would be different if I had stayed. I really did miss you all but my life has turned out great. | |
| About my children and my grandchildren: We have 3 beautiful daughters. Our oldest (42) Allison is in the heart monitoring business in Atlanta with her husband and 2 of our grandchildren. Our next Whitney (39) is an attorney here in Bozeman with her husband and 3 of our grandchildren (including identical twin 3 year olds!). Our youngest Kelly (36) is still available and lives in SF where manages the business for Constellation Brands in Northern CA | |
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Higher Education:
BS Business Miami University Oxford, OH |
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| Former and/or Current Occupation: Retired in 2017 after spending 35 years in the building materials business with Celotex and then CertainTeed. Now focusing on golf, skiing, and travel. | |
Michael Muller
| Occupation: | old and broken |
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| What I have learned about life since 1970: Never thought it would go by so fast. | |
| Tell about your most memorable high school memory: Leaving. | |
| Name a teacher that had an influence on you and perhaps why: You have to have a better memory than mine to remember the names, I remember the faces especially when they were screaming at me. | |
| Information about myself that I would like to share: I never got arrested. Quite an accomplishment considering my behavior as a young man. | |
| Higher Education: I barely got thru High School. | |
| Former and/or Current Occupation: Joined the Marine Corps when I was 18 and retired from the Army when I was 47. Started with a rifle in the infantry and ended up with a laptop in some hqs building. | |
Georgia Nelson (Steffens)
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| Marital status: | Committed Relationship |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Teacher - Retired |
| I am planning to attend the reunion: | Yessiree! |
| What I have learned about life since 1970: Your house doesn't matter, your car doesn't matter, your stuff doesn't matter. You matter, people matter, what you stand for and stand up for matters. | |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: It's been a nonstop riot, wiping noses, cooking, teaching, cleaning, working, washing, seeing the world through new eyes, laughing until my ribs hurt at least once a day, a heart full and sometimes breaking; amazing travels and adventures. I wouldn't trade a single day. | |
| Favorite song from HS that brings back a specific memory: Anything by The Beatles. Still my favorite group. | |
| Your favorite TV show or movie from 1966-1970: Hmmm - from The Singing Nun to The Good the Bad and the Ugly . . . who can choose? | |
| Tell about your most memorable high school memory: There are so many. Among my favorites is building a man with Michael Dorosh and hiding out in Ela Rd. cemetery for an hour or so waiting for a carful of cronies to pull up so we could scare the pants off of them. Worked pretty well. | |
| Name a teacher that had an influence on you and perhaps why: Jimmy Allen - He was passionate, optimistic and during our discussions (he supervised several Independent Study classes for me) he helped me to shape my politics, and my belief that I could do something to make a difference. | |
| Information about myself that I would like to share: I'm currently volunteering with an organization called Ingage Unlimited. We take teams of teachers (mostly) to places of extreme poverty and work with teachers, providing training etc. I've worked in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, with the Maasai in Tanzania, with the garbage dump children in Guatemala City. I've also been to Egypt, Jordan, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru. | |
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About my children and my grandchildren:
Children: David, Grace, Sally (two of these are over 40 - How did that happen?) Grandchildren: John (15), Mary (7), Mayala (4), Milo (3), Pele (10 mo.) Pele Georgia - after the Hawaiian goddess of fire and the volcano and well, me. How nice is that? |
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| Higher Education: B.A. Psychology, M.A. Education, M.A. Gifted Education | |
| Former and/or Current Occupation: Teacher - Loved every minute of it. | |
Mark Nelson
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | Sr. 3d Environment Artist |
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| I am planning to attend the reunion: | No, scheduling conflict |
| What I have been doing for fun the last 50 years: Ten years ago I was asked to join a team working on a title for the first XBOX. I had no idea where that would lead, and to this day I'm not a gamer, but I was looking for something new and I was able to put some of my skills as an artist to use as a 3d environment artist for video games. I build everything in a game except for the characters and vehicles. Basically I would call it sculpting on a computer. A few years later I was working for a small game production company, which was eventually acquired by Sony, and now I work on PS3 titles exclusively. And it really does rain in the Seattle area all the time, seriously. | |