Here we have the before and current pictures, along with your profile. Tell us what you've been doing since graduation (about 150 words) and send me a recent picture...I will add it to our collection below.CLICK HERE to email me your bio and pictures.
The '58 pictures below are from our 58 yearbook. If you did not graduate at Coronado, I don't have your graduation picture...If you want it posted here, please send me your graduation picture along with a current photo.
The ladies are listed by maiden names along with their married name, if we know it, in parenthesis ().
Let me know if I have a typo or an incorrect name...Changes are easy to make.
Walt Albright: Retired from working at San Diego Gas & Electric Company. 2 children and 1 grandchild. Enjoys skiing, fishing, backpacking, biking, traveling and golf.
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Dale Alpert (Bowen): After graduation I went to Stanford on a scholarship and immediately lost it. I was having way too much fun. So I came home, went to USD and San Diego State, was a stewardess for United, came back to SDSU, stewardess for PSA (in the fun days) http://www.psa-history.org/articles/hist.html, got married, adopted Kelly and Michael, went back to school at UCSD in Biology and graduated (premed), got a divorce, sold real estate, built 3 stores, closed them, and went back into real estate in 1986 and have been specializing in luxury condominium sales downtown and La Jolla. And will probably work for many more years. I have been fortunate enough to take many wonderful active vacations - my favorite of which was a biking, hiking and walking trip in Morocco. I have been biking and hiking in New Zealand, walking in Tuscany and Sicily (my other favorite) and to London and Paris for my 60th birthday with friends. And most important my whole family lives here – children, father, brother and his family and most of all my precious granddaughter, Aidyn, 2 1/2 years old. And many, very close friends. Life is good!
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Steve Ashworth: San Jose State College 1965; Probation Officer, San Bernadino County 1966-1975 (9yrs); La Verne College Law Center 1974; Dep District Attorney, San Bernadino County 1975-1990 (16yrs); Superior Court Judge, San Bernadino County 1990-2007 (17yrs); Retired in Coronado...
Married-Norma; three children-Evin, Thomas & Sydney; four grandchildren.
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Bill Bacon: After graduating from Redlands, except for several unremarkable years in the US Army, I've spent the better part of 40 years working in the travel
industry mostly with airlines and cruise lines. Career opportunities have
taken me consistently back and forth from east coast to west coast. Pennsylvania has been home for the past 18 years, however, I still consider myself a Californian through and through. My wife, Kathy, and I have raised two great daughters who live close by and we now have a terrific 5 yr old grandson who we try to spoil as much as his parents let us. I try to play golf as often as I can (whenever I can find someone brave enough to join me) and sailing has been a lifelong passion. I sure wish I could be with you for the reunion. It would be a hoot to see
everyone again!
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Carolyn Bateman (Deceased):
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Tom Bayless: Attended USNA and graduated in 1962 and immediately went into submarine service. From 1970-1998, he was a Federal Research Scientist. From 1990 to the present a psychotherapist/ Life Skills teacher/ Hypnotherapist. Five children and five grandchildren.
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Sally Beauchamp (Makovic): I left Coronado the weekend after graduation for Corpus Christi, TX, where my father was stationed. There I attended Stephens College and the University of Texas. Then on to Oak Harbor, WA. In the midst of all of this I got married, had a daughter, then divorced. I continued my education at Western Washington University with a degree in education and started teaching right away in Oak Harbor. Two years later I moved down to the San Diego area and started teaching in the La Mesa Spring Valley School District where I taught in the primary grades for 15 years. After receiving my masters degree in 1981 I became a Reading Specialist. In 1999 I retired and have enjoyed traveling. Some of the more interesting places I have visited are Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands, New Zealand and Australia, the Amazon, Machu Picchu, China, Russia, Turkey and Europe. My daughter married an Italian and lives in Assisi, Italy with my two beautiful grandchildren therefore giving me even more excuses to travel. I also volunteer at our local library, play bridge and keep busy with friends and family.
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Jim Bewick
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Anna Boccaccio (Poupee)
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Deanna Brue (Hempel): The one and only accomplishment in my life was producing the best son ever! Chris is 40!! and in September will marry his true love, Maria...Walt and I have been married for 28 years and have retired to Lake San Marcos where we have a home on the 15th green. I have been too busy to pick up the game, but Walt golfs a couple of days each week...I foster kittens for two cat rescue groups. Since I have been warned that I will not have grand children, kittens are a nice substitute. I also belong to the Feral Cat Coalition; a group that works to control the feral colonies in San Diego County by offering free spay/neuters at our monthly clinics. I am an avid clogger (Irish dance to Country Western music) and have just returned from a cruise to the Mexican Riviera with 50 fellow cloggers. I'm the Membership Chairman for the Lake San Marcos Republican Women Federated and will be working to register fellow Republicans for the upcoming election.................Go McCain!!
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Gary Bunker (Deceased):
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Charlene Cannell (Gamble): I graduated from San Diego State College in 1962 with a Bachelor’s in Nursing and was married two months later to George Gamble, whom I had met 6 months earlier...We have moved a lot through the years, keeping up with business and jobs needed to take care of eleven children; we have lived, most of the years, in Spokane, WA (12 yrs)/ learned to ski- Park City, UT (2 yrs)- UT County, including Highland and Saratoga Springs and Orem (9 yrs)- San Juan Capistrano, CA (9 yrs)- and now St. George, UT for the last 3 ½ years. George ran for US Congress, against Tom Foley, in 1970; that was a whirlwind experience... We began adopting in 1965 and just never quit ‘till we reached eleven; each child, as a baby or older, was meant for us, and we rose to the task. Throughout this endeavor, I also worked part-time as a Psychiatric Nurse (locked adolescent units) in southern CA and Seattle, & a Public Health Nurse in Provo, UT (home visits to babies and elementary-age children)... Life has been very good to me; I have had many opportunities to learn new skills and rise to the challenges in life.
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Kate Carlson (Dashiell): I attended Mills College for two years, the University of Pacific, and then UC Berkeley, graduating with a BA in English in 1962. I married in 1963 and after my husband graduated from law school in San Francisco, we moved to Sacramento, where I've lived ever since. I began law school when my sons, Daniel and David, were 3 and 1 years old. I left private practice and my husband in 1989 and joined a non-profit appellate program representing indigent criminal defendants, where I have been a staff attorney for almost 20 years. The sixteen attorneys I work with are an unusually intelligent, quixotic, congenial and entertaining group. My son, Daniel, works as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer for Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco, while David, is a CHP officer cruising the Highway of the Giants in Humboldt County in Northern CA. I have five bright and interesting grandchildren.
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Valerie Christian (Quate-Myers): Graduated from University of San Diego 1962. Married Monte Kirven with whom I had 3 children: Kathleen, Kenneth and Brian. Divorced. Married to Larry Quate, an entomologist, in 1974 until his passing in 2002. Joined Larry on his research expeditions all over the world, including, China, Africa and South America. Worked at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the Libray for 31 years, until retirement in 2003. Designed and built 3 homes in Poway. Currently involved in rental property management. Became a Master Gardener in 1990 and have designed many gardens, three of which have been on garden tours and 1 in Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Remarried to Jim Myers September 2007. Am currently a volunteer in the Botany Department at the San Diego Natural History Museum where I prepare plant specimens for the herbarium and work as a parabotanist. Volunteer at Pomerado Hospital. Play in several tennis leagues; Jim and I play on mixed-doubles team, which just went to the Southern CA sectionals after winning in SD area. Have 2 grandchildren and many step-children and step-grandchildren.
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Dave Chrivia: After graduating from Coronado High School 1958/59 I took a trip to Hawaii for a year of surfing, returning to Coronado to join the CA National Guard (Hey the unit was located down by the boathouse and everyone was from Coronado) went to basic Training at Fort Ord. Attended S.D City College and then S.D. State. Married and moved to San Barbara, worked at the collage Hospital where my son was born. Graduated from Long Beach State with a B. A. in Recreation. I worked with the Boy's Club of America for 10 years. My last position as Executive Director of the Boy's of Corona 1972-75. After my divorce I returned to Coronado and sold Real Estate until the bottom fell out in the early 80's. I retired from Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department of the Navy located at Naval Station San Diego after 25 years. Currently my son and daughter are living in San Diego. I enjoy golf, tennis, kayaking and skiing and I love to travel and surf the internet. " life is good"
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Armando Cisneros
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Steve Clarey: I only attended CMS in 6th and 7th grade, but have spent almost half my life in Coronado since first arriving in March of 1942 and have fond memories and attachments to many CHS '58ers. Graduated from Punahou in Honolulu and attended Williams College where I met and later married Bonnie Rouzee (Smith College '63) of Manhasset, NY. Joined the Navy via OCS and completed a 30-year career. Retired in 1992 as a Rear Admiral after commanding the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Forces during the first Gulf War. Navy had sent me to Harvard for an MBA, which afforded post-Navy business opportunities in San Diego. Retired again in 2006 after 12 years with General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard as Director of Marketing and Corporate Relations, and an over-committed community volunteer. Two marvelous CHS children: Chris '82 (3 daughters) and Ashley '87. Both attended Williams and now live in Boston and NYC respectively. Bonnie and I are grateful for good health and enjoy traveling the world, caring for her Arabian gelding in IB, and downhill skiing throughout the West.
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Dan Clifford: Dan is a never to retire attorney!!! Five children and five grandchildren. As shown in the photo, enjoys horse trail riding and has four Tennessee walking horses.
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Dennis Connell (Deceased):
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Jim Corley
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Fred Cox
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Bruce Crawford: Lives in his RV near Mission Bay, when in San Diego. He worked for Kennecott Explorations, Inc for 12 years with Ocean Mining and miscellaneous survival. Enjoys trekking, RV travels, fishing, jogging, kayaking, biking and swimming.
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Chuck Cummiskey
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Bonnie Daniels (Gardner): Lives in San Diego and is retired from management. Has one daughter, Lisa Marie and two grand children. She enjoys scrap booking and working in the garden.
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Peter Davis
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Paul Dodson: Having joined the Navy Reserves in high school, I went on active duty 10 days after graduation. Following an honorable discharge, I became involved with the Coronado Police Department as a Police Reserve Officer in 1961. In 1966, I became a regular officer and worked in all aspects of the department, including patrol, traffic and investigations. Ispent several years establishing the Neighbor-Hood-Watch Program. At the time of my retirement (1966), I was responsible for the city's Emergency Management Program. Following my retirement from CPB, I worked at the Coronado Shores as their Director of Security, until I fully retired in 1992. Along the way, I married my wife of today "Ginger" and raised two boys, Phillip and David. We have been members of the Coronado Yacht Club for 20 years. Currently, I am the 2008 Commodore, and Ginger and I are very busy with Commodore Responsibilities. As I recall, I came to Coronado in 1954 and Ginger came in 1961, and we never left. We bought our home in 1966, the same year we were married. Ginger retired as the bookkeeper for Central Drug after 25 years and we are very proud to remain Coronado Residents today.
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Dan Donahoe (Deceased): Dan attended the University of Missouri, enlisted in the Navy and served in Vietnam and areas of the far east. Worked for McDonald Douglas for a while then moved to Dayton, Ohio. Employed there by General Motors Acceptance Corp. for 30 years he lived in Dayton, Dallas, Detroit during his career. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and swapping lies with all his buddies. Three children, two grandchildren and loving wife survived and mourn him.
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Penny Doukas:
Retired from: San Bernardino County, Dept. Human Social Services
Children: Kellee Michele Beck
GChild: Zoe Michele Beck
Divorced
Hobbies etc: Harley Owners Group, seeing theWest Coast on 2 wheels, fabricating fine jewelry
Favorite teacher: Mr. Burton
Vivid HS memory: Social gatherings at the Pig Farm
Although I have looked forward to this event I will be unable to attend due to undergoing chemo therapy for breast cancer. Prognosis is good.
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Ginger Dowden (Palmer)
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Cookie Durflinger (Tubielewicz): Lives in Merritt Island, FL with a view of the launching pad for the space program, with her husband, Bob. Three children, Michael, Susan and Margaret. Retired from working in public relations at St. John Hospital in Houston, Texas. She has one grandson, Jackson, who lives in San Diego. She loves to travel, read and visit family.
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Antonio Eclavia
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Roberta Eis (Ling): BA and MA in Spanish from UCLA. MLS and PhD from University of Texas at Austin. Worked at the Humanities Research Center of the University of Texas. Moved to Washington, DC, to the Library of Congress (lots of adventures there!). After retirement took job at Graduate Library at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, where I currently live. In 1982 married Rex Ling, an engineer who is originally from Hubei, China. Since neither of us is working now, we spend our time in travel and with wildlife conservation projects, particularly with bats and with the problems caused the by importation of non-native species.
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Sue Emrick (James):
UCSB BA Economics/Tanning/Partying.
1963 Traveled around world, socialite Johannesburg bored became programmer Leo Computers. Hitchhiked Kenya, Uganda. Serengeti with Dr. Leakey. Cairo. Skied St. Moritz, Orient Express to Istanbul.
1965 IBM SF. IT professional/manager/consultant in US/abroad.
1967 Sausalito married Bill Kelley, commercial insurance broker. Daughter Kassandra. Divorced. Attended Bill’s 65th.
1979 Steve Castoldi, Marketing Director, Washington State University. Backpacked, white water rafted Salmon River, Cougar Club.
1989 NY Eve Hotel Laguna married Roger, political activist/Social worker, my tennis coach.
2000s.
-Skied St Moritz, English relatives.
-Road warrior AZ, OH, TN, NC.
-Toured South with husband or daughter - she converting systems throughout US. “Steel Magnolias” tennis leagues.
-Chattanooga Tennessee River Gorge waterfront house. (Like “Deliverance”). Tornado took boat house...
-Became Obese Southerner--due to ability to fit in—Atlanta look good—but San Francisco humongous... Working with Personal Trainer fitness/ tennis/ diet.
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Marvine Epp (Crutcher)
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Ann Farwell
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Laurie Ferguson (Sanders): Left my heart in Coronado in December '57 after attending CHS long enough to warm a chair in Nottingham's office, but not long enough to graduate. The gig was brief, but memorable. Chose work over college, my last career being that of a travel professional. Bounced around between Hawaii, California, Connecticut, Canada and Pennsylvania. Currently residing in Palm Coast, FL, with frequent trips to Coronado and as much international travel as the checkbook will allow. My life has been enriched by two sons, four grandchildren, my brother and his family, a collection of canines, lifelong friends and my darlin' Paul. His favorite toast was: 'Here's to us...and those like us. Damn' few!'
And we are."
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Fritz Fichter:
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George Freese: I married my high school sweetheart, Cara Bonar and we have three children and twelve grandchildren. I graduated with honors with a BS degree in Agricultural Education and Science from South Dakota State University, earned a Master of Agricultural Education degree from the University of Arizona and also did post graduate work at several other universities. I taught primarily high school Agriculture and Biology in South Dakota, Iowa and Massachusetts for 25 years and was named Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teacher of the year in 1985. Then I worked with developmentally disabled adults in Massachusetts and Minnesota for 15 years. Currently I am working part time as a delivery driver for a grocery superstore. I have been quite active in a variety of professional, church and community organizations and activities. We currently live in Little Falls, Minnesota in a house that we designed and had built for us.
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Jim Fuller: After June 58 off to Navy with Mustin, Roy Newton & Bayless.
Four years living with Bayless was a singular experience, not unlike "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest." After Navy, Flight School and flew out of Alameda, CA for four years, three tours to Wespac and Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club. One year instructing at Corpus Christi...Enough Navy. Went to Pan American, was furloughed, Northwest, was furloughed, flew with Eastern Airlines till it went Bankrupt. (Do you
see a trend here?) After three years one winter in Minneapolis, (Northwest Airlines) I found Florida and have been here since 1970, off and on. Went to University of Miami School of Law (Did you notice the number of lawyers in this class??? Is this another disturbing trend??). I've been practicing law, off and on since 1977 or so, and still have to plod along faking a reasonable semblance of a litigator...I got very lucky and on the second try married, Betty Jim Sadler, a girl I dated in Junior High School and College from Virginia Beach, VA. We have four kids (2 each) and 5 grandchildren and live in Lake Mary, FL; north of Orlando. I've always been happy to have graduated from Coronado High, or Norte Tiajuana High as I've had to explain to those who dont know where it is. We are coming out for the reunion and hope to see as many folks as possible. I keep hearing that old song..... I left my Hair in Coronado... Best Wishes, Jim a/k/a "J.D." Fuller
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Bill Gallaher (Deceased): As the son of a naval aviator, Bill traveled alot while growing up, but found his home when he attended grade school, junior high and high school in Coronado, class of '58. He moved away after his freshman year and graduated from Menlo HS in northern California. He attended Menlo College and later studied at San Jose State College. Bill went through Army basic training at Fort Ord in 1962 and served six years in the CA National Guard. He moved to Sydney, Australia in the '60s, where he worked for several years in the restaurant business. Returned to the US and began work in the medical business in the LA area. Later he switched to a new career, providing party materials and services for social gatherings in the entertainment business; each year he delighted in arranging festivities related to the Academy Award ceremonies. He finally returned to his beloved Coronado in 2002. Bill was hospitalized 3 Feb 08 after an apparent heart attack. He died 20 Feb 08 at the age of 68.
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Jose Garrido
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Barbara Geiler (Coley)
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Art Giesser (Deceased):
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Shirley Greenlee
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Denny Grimaud: Nine years after graduating from CHS, I met my wife, Carol Ann Milligan in 1967, and we have been married for 41 years. We have two married sons, amd we also have two grandsons, Micah, age 3 and Leo, 8-weeks old. Most of my career was spent here in Coronado with the Coronado Police Department where I worked until 1982. After that I worked part time in several areas before retiring in 2003. Today I play a lot of golf, and I spend as much time as possible with our two grandkids.
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Mardi Hack: After leaving CHS in 1956 I Graduated from Santa Catalina School in Monterey, I completed my BA at St. Mary's College , Notre Dame, then I got an MA from ND, after which I spent several years teaching High School. and serving as a Vice Principal in San Francisco... I came to Raleigh NC in 1988 as the Dean of Students for Saint Mary's College. I stayed for 4 years before joining Drake Beam Morin (DBM) as a Career Management Consultant I retired in 2005 , and now am a free lance Career Management Coach. (www.careerwheelcoach.com) In my leisure time , I travel some: last Spring I went to Italy and the Greek Islands; and in January 2009 I will take a cruise to New Zealand and Australia. I also come to Coronado frequently... usually in the summer and at Christmas time. I love to play tennis. I am an active Rotarian... and like to walk taking photgraphs of lovely gardens... which I make into photo cards. I am eager to see all of you. And catch up with where you have been over these many many years.
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Nancy Hansen Helms
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Diane Hartman
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Patti Haught (Cassity): Attended CA Western University (now Pt. Loma U.). Married - 1 daughter (follows the family tradition - teacher) 2 sons and 7 grandchildren. Divorced in '85 after they all graduated from H.S. Worked - School Dist. for 25 yrs. in Child Welfare and Attendance. Many "interesting" home visits and meetings w/kids at risk and their families. Truancy Mediations w/ D.D.A. in Riverside. Member Y.E.S. - Youth Evaluation Service - Probation, School Rep., police, sheriff working with first time Juv. offenders. Summers visiting parents in Coronado. Not a world traveler but some wonderful trips in U.S. Love gardens/ gardening, history, museums, art,(CA missions, The Huntington, Getty Malibu,Colonial Williamsburg, etc. - musical theater and beautiful places like Yosemite, Monterey, Coastal Redwoods, etc. - and naturally... Coronado. Belong to S.D. Zoological Society, ACLJ, Heritage Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg, Naval Special Warfare Foundation and Christian groups that reach out to other countries including Israel. God has blessed me and taught me so much through life experiences. It has been my joy to give back.
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Tom Heath (Deceased):
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Shirley Heinz (Ashworth): First came to Coronado in 7th grade. My Navy Dr. Dad was ordered back in the middle of my senior year. I still think of it as home. Attended University of Miami, FL... Married/ Divorced- Barry Ashworth... Children: Debra, a stay at home Mom with a Masters in Psychology and Philip, an Attorney... Granddaughters: Brooke & Jordan both girls in college... I always said if they had counted on me to roll out with the wagon trains in the old days, we'd be calling Ohio the "West Coast." But, moving around turned out to be a way of life for me... Barry and I served the National Park Service & BLM at Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park, Dinosaur National Mnt, Cape Hatteras National Seashore and in the CA Desert... My second career after wife and mom was as VP of Henrix Radio Telephone Service, San Diego to Yuma: 13yrs. Regional General Manager Paging Division: 10 yrs. #1-5 Northern CA offices & 2 in NV. #2-State of UT, UD & NV: 4 yrs. Lobbiest, AZ, CA and National Trade Assoc., Washington, DC... I'm now enjoying being a real estate Broker in my own company in Salt Lake City... There is still time for another adventure or two though, so if the wagon trains roll again, count me in.
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Sandy Hess: I lived in Coronado several times during the fifties. Fortunately the last time was our junior and senior years. After attending college for two years, and changing my major three times I decided to take a break and joined the Navy. After getting excellent computer programming skills in the Navy I joined the Copley Newspaper Corporate computer staff for a 39 year career. I have been married twice, have six wonderful children and seven grandchildren. It took sometime, but all the children are finally located on the West Coast. Traveling in Baja California, and racing off-road vehicles accross Baja and Nevada for many years was a big high-light, but having family close is the most important thing to me.
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Mike Heyn:After studies at Stanford, I joined the Peace Corps, worked with villagers to raise and sell chickens in the high mountains of Peru. Following further graduate studies at the London School of Economics, I joined the UN Development Programme in New York, supporting ‘rural development’ in many countries. I later took up a UN assignment in India, a life-changing experience in innumerable ways. I served as Consultant to the Chancellor at UC Medical Center in San Francisco before returning to the UN Population Fund in Fiji, Nepal and Kenya. I served as the UN Representative in Liberia, Malawi, Thailand/ Asia Region, and Kosovo, where I witnessed the devastating impact and recovery from war. I spent 5 years in Bangladesh managing a UN ‘post conflict’ peace building program among hill tribal peoples. I am now retired in Oregon, married to a UN colleague (Suvira Chaturvedi from India), enjoying 3 terrific daughters, immersed in US politics, treks in the mountains, and occasional UN missions (Sudan and Kenya). I truly believe none of this would have happened without my roots in Coronado and CHS where I learned the ultimate importance of human relations.
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Nancy Hirsch
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Brad Holcombe: 58-62 University of Redlands, CA - BS in Geology; 63 Married Jan Friddle (CHS'60) and was promptly drafted; 63-65 US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; 65 Joined Texaco, Anchorage District, located in Long Beach, CA; 68 Cyndi born in Long Beach - married, currently living in Coronado; 69 Transferred to Houston, TX - processed geophysical data; 71 Dianna born in Houston - married, currently living in Seattle, WA; 74 Transferred to Brisbane Australia to work in Papua New Guinea jungle; 75 Sherilyn born in Brisbane - married, one grandson '06, in Portland, OR; 76 Transferred to London England - to work the North Sea area; 76-96 Various geophysical management positions in UK; 96 Transferred back to Houston to work in Caspian Sea and Middle East; 98 Retired from Texaco - searched for a place to settle; 00 Found White Salmon, WA with a view of the Columbia River Gorge; 00-Present - Work in the garden. Play, teach and direct Bridge games. Host whisk(e)y tasting functions.
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Sandie Holmes (Chrivia): Semi-retired from being an accountant and living in Upland, CA. Three children and four grandchildren. Loves golfing, walking, swimming and collecting coins.
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Pam Holt (Swain): After graduation from CHS, I attended SDSU and earned a B.A. in Political Science, with High Honors and Distinction in Political Science. I was also voted into Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. I then married, had 2 sons, and divorced. I remarried in 1973 and divorced 20 years later. My son, Kevin (38) and 2 grandchildren, Bradley (17) and Courtney (12) live in Ohio, where I just returned from attending his high school graduation. In the 60's and 70's and again in the 90's, I worked for the County of San Diego as a social worker. After almost 30 years I retired in 3/2001. In the 80's, I lived in Englewood, FL where I worked part time in banking and pursued multiple volunteer opportunties. Being retired, I am again active in several organizations: College Park Townhomes, Vice-President; Past Grand Jurors Association of San Diego, Board member (I served on the 2003/2004 SD County Grand Jury); Navajo Canyon Republican Women's Club, Member; Z-Club of San Diego, Board member; Retired Teachers Association of East County, Member.
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Franny Iwata (Heatherington)
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Norb Jachimiak (Deceased):
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Peggy Jenne (Schoneboom)
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Terry Jones: I attended Occidental College and received a BA in Diplomacy. Joined the California National Guard for 6 months of active duty, later served 6 years of inactive duty and my only active stint was 2 weeks in Watts during the riots. Joined the Bank of America management training program and worked in various branches including Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Mid-Wilshire and Hollywood. I left BofA and became a branch manager for Home Savings of America. I managed branches in Alhambra, Pasadena, Anaheim, Hollywood, Century City, Santa Monica and Westlake Village. My last 7 years was 10 minutes from our home...How GREAT was that? I retired after 32 yrs when Wa Mu was taking over Home Savings. After that I was into business management and consulting for nine years. I officially retired in October 2007. I married Gage Dennett (Class of 1959) and we had, Tami and Kari. We divorced after 20 years and I remarried Joan who had 2 children, Natasha and Tyler. We have 5 grandchildren residing in Princeton, NJ, Dunwoody, Atlanta; and Manhattan Beach. We are blessed with good health and a fabulous family.
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Al Kait
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Judith Kelly
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Connie Kiernan (Warlick): Married Jack Warlick (CHS'54) February 1959, moved to North OC. We have 3 sons; Steven, 48, Riverside PD, his son Randy 20, 3rd yr -UCI. Todd 44, Realtor lives in Naples, CA and is constantly traveling. Vincent 42, his wife DiAnne live in Austin TX with Russell 21(Grad.2007-UTI) and Country 17 (UT-Fresh). Moved to Riverside and retired in 2002 after 30 years of corporate life - V.P. of Orthopedic Equipment Company, Martin USA and Care Group Healthcare - National Director Managed Care, Gambro Inc., Alliance Imaging and Charter Hospitals. Realtor since 2003, in 2007 established Resumes on Request. I'm still a workaholic and enjoy every minute of it - sometimes you can find me with a good book or in the garden trying to figure out plants from weeds - it's all been spontaneous and great. I can't wait to see what comes next! Jack and I are enjoying great times with our family and friends, especially Duke our newest addition, a mighty mini-Doxie. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!
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Charles Koenig
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Dan Lavery: I entered Duke University in a pre-ministerial program that paid my tuition. My studies made me an agnostic. I received an appointment to the Naval Academy in July 1960. I graduated in 1964 and entered naval aviation. Then I became a navigator of a ship destined for Vietnam. Friends and research convinced me the Vietnam War was a tragic mistake. I became a peace activist. I met Joan, entered Hastings College of Law and graduated in 1972. I obtained a Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship, worked for legal aid, then as a staff attorney for Cesar Chavez. I headed an ACLU project as counsel on 17 class actions and a series of lawsuits to aid farm workers. I married Joan and we had 3 wonderful children. I became a private civil rights attorney in 1978 for the rest of my career and had many victories in court retiring in 2007.
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Kathryn Lewis (Crane):
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Dave Livingston
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Ed Lopez
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Oliver Lynch: Graduated SDSC 1963 (BS-Physics), SDSC 1965 (MS-Nuclear Physics), Harvard Kennedy School, 1993 (SMG). 31 years Federal service with Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Electric Boat Division, at locations in Nevada; Amchitca, Alaska; Eniwetok, Bikini, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands; Cairo, Egypt; Vienna, Austria; and Washington, D.C., in nuclear weapons development, nuclear submarines, nuclear reactors, and all forms of safety. Retired at Federal Senior Executive Service Level 4 in 1996. Concurrently, served 42 years in USCG Aux, with national programmatic responsibility for operations, training, and public education for the organization. Instructor in navigation, seamanship, meteorology, leadership, at various Coast Guard facilities, including U. S. Coast Guard Academy (and on USCG Barque EAGLE). Married to former Lyn Lloyd (CHS Class of 1962) for 42 years; two sons (Robert and David), three grandchildren (Ariana, Megan, and Ryan). Hobbies include sailing, motorboating, shooting, and teaching.
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Jan MacGregor: You were captain of a nuclear submarine. You were a lawyer for a fancy-shmancy corporate law firm. you are the father of three wonderful children who are scattered all over the world doing completely different and amazing things, including a daughter who lives in Coronado, somehow finding her way back there. You have four grandchildren, two of whom have British accents. You hold an annual opera party that is a highpoint of your year. You sing in opera choruses and other groups and run the Connecticut Early Music Festival. You built an amazing Japanese-style house with your wife. You love singing, music generally, fishing, running, tennis, skiing, Naples (Italy), your Boston Whaler, garlic and butter. God is the center of your life.
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Jerry Madden (Miller): I'm preparing to leave the little Missouri town I've lived in for 8 years. I was caretaking two separate country homes 6 yrs before buying a 100 yr old house that needed TLC in town to lovingly renovate and extensively landscape. It's now on the market and I'm off on another adventure. Since coming back to MO 14 yrs ago (from Santa Cruz where I lived for 10 yrs) I've been seriously involved with the U. of MO Master Gardener program, environmental groups, birdwatching, on the board at a non-profit group that administers grant funding, nature book group, political actions and maintaining some much-loved artwork and calligraphy in my studio. I have 6 grandchildren that are the dearest hearts and live too far away. When the house sells I'll find a city again and be "connected" to all the things I've come to miss. I'll reduce my gardening radically instead of expanding my two lots (ha) and simplify, simplify. My Coronado days are always in my heart...
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Linda Marshall
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Bill David Martin: I attended CHS my last year of high school (my 17th school). I was on my way to Canoe U. with Bayless, et al, but had knee surgery instead and watched Tobin at USC while getting a B. of Architecture. Five years in CEC including Company Commander with MCB 58 in Da Nang in '66-'67. Developed a model CIvic Action program to provide housing for Vietnamese refugees. Left the Navy for MIT, got two Masters Degrees, worked for SOM the next 7 years in Boston, DC and NYC as senior urban designer on Boston's Big Dig and a new city and international airport in Saudi Arabia. Left the corporate world in NYC in search of myself, "real" life and roots and discovered all three in Monterey where I've been designing "spaces that nurture and inspire," mostly small hotels, churches and homes, for the last 31 years with no plans to retire. I have two amazing kids with my former wife, Charlene: Jonathan, 27, and Mariesa, 23. My wife, Annee, the love of my life, has had careers as a therapist, chef/innkeeper, interior designer and real estate investor. I live a very blessed life, wealthy on the inside and with family, friends and community.
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Joanne Mason
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Marilyn McBurney
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Dennis McCall (Deceased): After graduation from CHS, Dennis attended the University of Redlands, with fellow ’58 grads, Jim Corley, Brad Holcombe, Bill Bacon, and Rich Townsend. Following the U of R, Dennis completed a M.A. in mathematics. He worked in robotics research at Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, while pursing a Ph.D. in mathematics at UCSD. He married Annetta, who he met at the University of Redlands. He and Annetta returned to Coronado, where they had two children. Darren is now a Vice President of commercial lending with Union Bank of California, and Nathan is a GIS Project Manager at Environmental Sciences Research Institute, in Redlands, California. Dennis was an active participant in the Coronado community, including Youth Soccer Coach, 20/30 Club (President), Cub Scout and Boy Scout Scoutmaster, Youth Soccer coach, Deacon at Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church, and the Masters Swim Team. Dennis passed away in 1988, after a two year battle with brain cancer. He will be with us in spirit.
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Betty McDonaugh (Hamilton)
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Don Meek: After graduation from CHS I attended San Diego State for a semester and decided it was not my time to be in college. I joined the Air Force in 1959 and spent the next 4 years in TX, CO, Merced CA, and Northern MI. The best thing about being in MI was I met my wife Mary Elin. After the service I was in Torrance CA and decided to go back to college. I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1968 with a B.S. in Marketing. The B.S. portion was great for me as I went into sales for the balance of my career. Specifically, I sold flexible packaging materials for several major corporations. You name it and I have probably packaged it. For the last 13 years I have been in business for myself here in Plantation, FL. Mary Elin & I celebrated our 44th anniversary this year. We have one son, Brian, married with 2 grandkids in Redmond, WA. Once the housing market improves we plan on moving to the Seattle, WA area to be closer to the grandkids. We are spending July to Oct. out there this year. Life is good.
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John Miller: Living in Boise, ID retired from business in sales and chasing women. Married Jerre Madden in 1960. Never knew each other in the Class of ’58, but met at a post-graduation pool party. We had 3 children; Kevin, David and Margaret and now have 6 grandchildren. I am big on gardening but bigger on golf. Playing golf for over 40 years and have maintained 8-13 handicap for the past 20 years. Not much play this year (injuries, cold weather) but held a 10.6 handicap last year---if I could putt it would be better. Favorite Teacher: Bill Davis, History. When I first came to Coronado High from Hawaii, I was getting an F in World History. After one semester with Mr. Davis, I was making an A. That's a good teacher! Most vivid H.S. memory: Baseball Team!
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Jerry Murphy: I went to work right after H.S. for G.D. Astronautics, and worked there off & on between College for 5 years.. I then went to work for the U.C. San Diego, in the Campus computer center. After about 25 years, I left U.C., and worked teaching Golf for 8 years. I then worked for First Am. Title Co., for 7 years, and Retired in 05. I'm married to a wonderful lady named Jeannie, and we travel around in our RV with our dog Mickey. We live in the old gold mine town of Folsom CA, about 20 miles east of Sacramento, along the American River. I have 2 children by a previous marriage.. a daughter Maria, a son Tim, and a grand daughter Melody. Life is good.
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Tom Mustin: Went to the Naval Academy upon graduation (along with Jim Fuller, Roy Newton and Tom Bayless) and we all graduated in 1962. I spent eleven years as a naval officer before resigning to attend Harvard Law School. Upon graduating from law school I joined Latham & Watkins in LA, where I became a litigating partner. On January 1, 1994 I married Jean Root, whom I had known since 1975, and immediately became the stepfather of four, including three grown daughters and 9-year-old Andy. In the summer of that year we moved to Coronado, moved into a house I had purchased a while earlier, and I gradually phased out the practice of law. We’ve been fully retired since 1996. Andy has graduated from CHS and CU at Boulder, and the three girls are all married, each with two kids, including a pair of eleven-month old twins in LA.
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Nancy Naureckas
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Bob Nelson
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Linda Nelson
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Doug Newman (Deceased 1940-1999): Doug left CHS in 1957, graduated from Millington High School in Tennessee before attending SMU, where he played football for nearly two years. He returned to San Diego and graduated from San Diego State with a degree in Accounting. He attended OCS, commissioned Lieutenant, served in Vietnam. Doug settled in North California, working several years in the corporate world. He & Irene lived on Maui for 12 years and then settled in La Honda, in the redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He established his own Tax and Accounting company in 1980. He was known to have a wonderful garden of vegetables and outstanding tomatoes. Other lifelong interests of Doug¹s were; playing the guitar and banjo, traveling with Irene, body surfing (especially in Hawaii!) and returning often to Coronado for the July 4th events and to visit dear friends and family... Contributed by Irene Hassel -- His love over 25 years.
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Roy Newton: After graduation, went to the Naval Academy for four years. Served in nuclear submarines and Engineering Duty assignments involved with all types of nuclear ships. Met my bride to be at a CHS dance at the Hotel Del while home at Christmas '58 and Glenda Tolleson (CHS'59) and I were married in December '63. We have been lucky to have three great sons. After 20 years in the Navy, I 'retired' and started a second career with Brown & Root (21) years in civil engineering consulting on local, national and international projects and then a short time (3 years) with a small local firm. I now work with Glenda helping with her residential real estate sales and we have a great life with all the friends we have made in Texas. The boys have all done well and we have 10 neat grandchildren.
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Julianne North
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Janet Nygaard (Deceased):
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Jerry Parker: In the ’60s I traveled a lot in Mexico, and the Caribbean, worked fire control for the US Forest Service on the Cleveland N.F. and Tahoe. I graduated from San Diego State in biology, married Salty and moved to Humboldt County. I completed a MA in biology with my thesis on sand dune ecology and a second MA in educational leadership. We had a boy and a girl. After teaching for 19 years in public schools, and playing a lot of adult soccer, we went overseas to teach. I remarried (Lucinda) gaining two step-sons, and we worked for the next 13 years in international schools in the Middle East, South Asia, South America, and Central America, and were able to travel. On a lake in Eastern Washington I have build two homes on wooded acreage. I thank Mr. Bunker for the start in woodworking. We have four grandchildren, all boys, three of which are triplets. Today we are relocating to Desert Aire in central Washington, and starting a third house. Sorry I will not be able to make it to Coronado this June.
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Ed Patterson:
After graduating from CHS, I went to SDSU for 2 years before running out of money. I then went to work for Astronautics as a missile inspector where I worked on John Glenn's ride. Then I went back to school for a while before deciding to take a couple of years off for travel. Bruce Crawford and I went to Australia. We worked and traveled the east coast of Australia from Tasmania to Darwin. We dove on the Great Barrier Reef, worked on the railroad and in the canneries. It was a terrific experience. We even ran into Jack Purdum in Hong Kong on the way back to the states. I completed school at SDSU, graduating with a teaching credential. I taught for 30 years before retiring. I married my wonderful wife Susy and we have one son Sean. He and his wife Serena are expecting their first child in July. These days I enjoy hunting, fishing, Jack Daniels and spending time with family and friends.
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Bernita Penn
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Jim Pridmore
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Bill Privette
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Jack Purdum
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Ralph Rader: After graduation, I attended City College, worked for Co-O-Van and hung around with friends in Ocean Beach. I was drafted by the Army in 1963 and served two years of active duty at West Point Military Academy. While on the East coast, I met my wife, Virginia. We lived in New Jersey for three years, during which time I learned the roofing trade. In 1970 we returned to California, started a family, a roofing business and built custom homes. We have two lovely daughters, two great son-in-laws, and four young grandchildren who keep us on our toes. I currently own one of San Diego's premier roofing companies, R.C. Young Roofing Company, Inc. Over the years, I have been President of the local Roofer's Union, a member of the San Diego (Downtown) Rotary and a member of the Executives' Association of San Diego. My passions are my family, traveling the world, golfing, fishing, and my latest endeavor, starting a vineyard.
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Beau Reifenrath: U.S Army 1960 to 1963... Graduated San Francisco State major Marketing minor Accounting 1967. Degrees in Hotel Restaurant and Food Service Management. Spent most of my working life in the hospitality business building, owning, and managing or teaching management in the aforementioned field. I am from a Navy family. My grandparents were stationed in Coronado in the 1930's and I was raised here from 1940's thru the first grade 1946, when my dad receive orders to the east coast after WWII. We moved to Rhode Island, MA and VA. My family returned to Coronado for my Junior year of high school in 1957. I have had an affair with Coronado my whole life and am grateful to have lived here and met so many nice people. Having lived all over the world and experienced so many cultures and people you know why Coronado is referred to as fantasy Island.
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Don Reiter
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Diane Reynolds (Cole)
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Grace Rivera (Clifton): Retired from Sunstar, IN, married to Bruce Clifton. Has five children and nine grandchildren. Currently living in Flint, Texas. Enjoys gardening, sewing, fishing and taking life easy.
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Don Rodee: Major in surfing and a minor in volleyball at USD; off to Pensacola in 1961. Became a SPAD driver in the AD-7 Skyraider... Two tours on the Ticonderoga and Oriskany out of North Island to the Far East was enough Navy for me. Lucky connections got me a job at American Airlines where I flew 6 Boeing models, 3 Douglas models and the most fun... the L188 Electra. After 34 years and number 12 on the seniority list of 13,500 pilots—I flew the Japan, Europe and South America routes. I was a chief pilot, flight instructor and FAA inspector. My oddest job was flying Shamo the whale to Orlando with 23 veterinarians who stood up for take-off and landing to hold Shamo in his special bathtub. I made it to Fallbrook where I have been growing Avocados for 32 years. Returned to Boeing to instruct on the B777 and to check pilots as a CAA inspector. After 4 years I was ready for the ultra-slow life. Most of the year I am on my 165 acre avocado grove on the Bay of Tauranga, New Zealand. One daughter an IBMer in Boulder, CO. and wife Cherie from Incheon, KR, keep me on the run and hound me to loose weight.
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Sara Romberg (Worthington): I graduated in 1962 from San Diego State with a degree in Fine Arts. Then I became an art teacher for National City Jr High, then Sweetwater High. During that time I became engaged to Jim Worthington, CHS '56, an impressive Naval officer!! Soon we were married in Coronado. In the ensuing years we lived in Coronado, San Juan Capistrano, Sunset Cliffs, Alexandria, VA, (twice), Coronado again, Portland, OR, Coronado again, and then on to Worthington, OH where we've been for 25 years.
I continued, off and on, for 25 years to teach various grade levels and subjects, but am now retired. My continuing Interest in painting keeps me very busy. One son, his wife and two little boys live an hour from us, and the other son, his wife and two daugthers live in Boca Raton, Fla. We enjoy visiting Coronado and our second home at Black Butte Ranch, OR I feel such gratitude to my beloved family and friends. I am truly blessed.
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Dusty Rose (Deceased): Dusty graduated from Parsons College and married his college love, Gail Petty in 1963. He attended California Western Law School and passed the bar in 1966. Dusty practiced law with his Dad and Frank Rockwell at Rose, Rockwell & Rose on Isabella Ave in Coronado. He had two children, Dustin Bicknell, Jr. and Mary Marcielle (Marci) who continue to own property in Coronado. Dusty was very active in Rotary and was the representative for Active 20-30 at the International Level. He founded and was a member of the Board of Directors for the first local bank, the Bank of Coronado. He died on April 12, 1989 at 49 years old after two bypass surgeries.
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Laura Rose: Living in Coronado since 1943 makes me a true native! Along the way past high school, I used up my allotted career choices. I graduated from the University of Arizona in Immunology, graduated from the MT program and worked as a Medical Technologist at Sharp Hospital, received my Blood Bank Specialist Certification from Irwin Memorial Blood Bank in SF, opened the Medical Laboratory at Children's Hospital San Diego, received my Masters from University of Redlands, became a Paralegal at the University of San Diego, supervised the Toxicology Department at Nichols Laboratories and then became a professional City of Coronado volunteer. I am truly blessed to have reconnected with the love of my life and very first boyfriend (remember those rings around our necks!), Robin Crenshaw in 2001. To make it extra perfect, my life remains in Coronado. My two daughters are my special friends and my two grandsons my inspiration…and lucky me, I can see them every weekend. Life is good!
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John Ryan
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Jon Sanford: After completing CHS, I attended SDSU and graduated with a BA and MA in education. In 2005 I retired from 33 years of teaching 6th grade in the Chula Vista Elementary School District. In 1968 I married my wonderful wife Mary Ann and we started our beautiful family of five children (3 girls, 2 boys), in Coronado. Presently, I still teach GATE students once a week at my old school, travel and RV whenever we can and enjoy our kids and grandchildren who are still all local. I do a lot a volunteer work with The SD Burn Institute and Mag 7 Racing Team, which supports racers in the Baja Racing series. I'm looking forward to the reunion and seeing old friends and reminisce about old times.
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Sue Schade (Ward): I married Sam (Chiefie) Ward 48 years ago just after he graduated from USNA. We spent 26 years in the Navy, mostly stationed on the east coast. I worked at various jobs usually part-time while raising 4 kids and doing the Navy wife thing. After Sam retired from the Navy we moved to Baltimore for 8 years, the longest I’d lived anywhere in my life at that point. There I had time to go back to school for a nursing degree and worked as a home health RN. I also co-wrote a book on discernment called Listening Hearts. We returned to Coronado in 1996 thinking we’d retire here. Then we realized Sam still needed to be working if we expected to be able to buy a house and not have the banks laugh at us. He still does some work for SAIC. I stopped nursing to settle into Coronado and never returned to work. I’m still involved in the Listening Hearts Ministry; work at the Christ Church Thrift Shop; read, take classes and travel for fun and to visit scattered family. We have 4 grown married offspring and 14 grandchildren, the oldest graduates from UCSD June 21 and the youngest enters kindergarten in the fall. Life is good.
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Mary Schroeder (Carpenter):
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Sally Sears (Burgess): After grad, family moved up to Saratoga CA. Graduated Mills College, Oakland, CA, as did both younger Sears gals... all three of us K-8 teaching credentials as well. Sad note: Sister Sudie passed away quite suddenly in S.F., age 55, due to complications of pneumonia. Married at age 19 (!), ended in divorce in 1972. Still single, but kept married surname. Husband was drafted after dental school. He was in the Air Force in Japan; one year southern and one year outside Tokyo. I had a fun job at MNHK-TV... nice break from the classroom. Loved Japan, then 4 month driving trip through Europe & Middle East (Beirut before bombs... lovely city). Retired since 2000. Two years ago a quite unexpected stroke interrupted my life. John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek saved my life. After a 2-1/2 week "vacation" there, the cause was determined to be an hereditary clotting disorder... methylene tetra hydro folate reductase (a mutant gene).
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John Shellenberger
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Pat Sherman (Friend): We recently returned to Missouri from a month's visit with my parents in Coronado to find a most welcome invitation to return to Coronado for the 50th reunion events! Unfortunately we've already purchased airline tickets for one of our twice a year visits to our second home in Costa Rica. Wish we could attend: I'd love to see all of you. We've had an exciting life: 8 children, 43 grandkids, and 2 great grandsons. We've lived on a small family farm and taught our children how to survive on what we've raised, grown, hunted, fished or found. After the kids were grown we opted to live in a converted pole barn w/o electricity, running water or indoor plumbing for ten years... and LOVED it! For 16 years we were surrogate parents to around 500 boys at Boys and Girls Town of MO; we've driven teams of mules on 16 wagon trains (thousands of miles for Michael - hundreds for me), and we've traveled the world. Our 5 sons are a teacher, a computer science Phd, a CPA and minister, an Microsoft executive, a bank officer in computer systems security, and the 3 girls are great moms. We've discovered we're busier in retirement than we thought we'd be... maybe our priorities have changed ?? We both paint- Michael in watercolors and I in oils. I don't think my degree in psychology was as worth as much as life's experiences! My best to all!
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Lynne Smith
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Statia Stanford (Carey): Let’s see… a 50-year synopsis in 50 words, more or less! San Diego State…KAO… Florida State University graduate... married... ’round the world trip... Air Force husband... Wichita… teacher… Cyprus... Miami… son’s birth... Pan American Airways... Antigua… travel… daughter arrives… New York City… Denver… University of Denver… teacher… restaurant owner… divorced… Coronado… church administrator… Del Mar… non-profit fundraiser… married/divorced… Lake Arrowhead… married… hotel marketer… Newport Beach… travel, travel and more travel… more hotel business… Balboa Island… more travel… Alamos, Mexico B&B/ restaurant owner… back to US… hotel GM… more travel… North Georgia… widowed… Glacier National Park guide (Jammer)… Vail concierge… Bolivia mission… Atlanta = great life, the BEST memories, two wonderful children (a GA stay-at-home mom and a CO lawyer)… five darling grand kids… AND, still, so much more waiting to be experienced and/or visited.
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Joan Stephan (Cathcart): Went to the University of FL, joined ZTA, left after two years. Went to Virginia and worked at the pentagon. Being out on my own was not so great. Went back to UF and settled down. Got a BS in nursing. Worked Pediatrics. I met the love of my life (for 44 Years), Ned, the Chief Resident of OB-GYN. We married and moved to Spartanburg, SC. He started a medical practice, I raised our 4 children. Joined the Junior League and did volunteer work. In 1977 two friends established the SC ETV Endowment where I worked for 27 years. I also went back to nursing in the well baby nursery, NICU, and the maternal and child unit. Ned and I also traveled all over the world. Ned is now retired. Our daughter and her husband live across the street from us. My youngest son is in a "special school" in Frankfort, KY. We have 4 grandchildren. I have truly been blessed. Wish I could be with you for this reunion.
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Kathy Stevens (Clark): My dad¹s first Coronado tour of duty with the Navy was in June, 1952. After attending 7th and 8th grades here, I thought my heart would break when Dad announced we were heading back to the East Coast. There I attended Oxon Hill High School and Quantico Post High School. Then came the blessed news that we would be coming back to Coronado for my senior year! It was so wonderful to come back and reconnect with so many of my old friends from 8th grade. After graduating from CHS I attended SDSU and joined Kappa Alpha Theta, making many new friends with whom I am still very close. I graduated in 1962 and began teaching at our old junior high (now Coronado Middle School) in 1963. My husband Ron Clark, former Marine Korean War vet, was an English teacher at the high school at the time, which is how we met. I taught American History and English for 38 years and retired in 2001. Now I volunteer for our church, the Armed Services YMCA and the middle school library, so I am busier than ever, but receive no pay check! Ron and I have been married 42 years and have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. We did a lot of SCUBA diving and snow skiing as well as running, back when our bodies would permit such activity! Over the years we have been fortunate enough to travel to Europe, Great Britain, Africa, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Canada, but now we are happy to stay at home where I can work on my scrapbooks and we can watch old black and white movies.
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Andy Szymanski
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Linda Talerico
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Hal Tobin: USC in 1959 on a football scholarship, finished in 1962 with a degree in Business Administration. Finishing in 4 yrs was more important to me than playing on the USC 1962 national football championship team. My college love, Carolyn and I have been married for 44 yrs. Two sons...two grandsons, 3 & 6... Aerospace industry 1962-1971. Started real estate development company in 1972 at age 32. Retired in 1977 and stayed that way until 1986, again getting restless. 1986-1995 started another real estate development company, building over 1,800 homes in Southern California and Las Vegas. I took a setback when the 1990-1996 CA real estate depression put me in a financial hole in 1995. I finally dug out in 5 yrs. In 2000 I started another business helping homeowners in foreclosure save their homes. I developed a rescue loan program in 2003 to help desparate homeowners. We paid their mortgage payments for one full year until they got back up on their feet. In 2007 the sub-prime mortgage melt down began putting an end to our rescue loan business. I am now working with banks to help them sell all their foreclosed homes. Life certainly has its ups and downs, but things are looking up. Life has been a journey and I am thankful for everything I have been given, good and bad.
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Dick Townsend: After CHS, five of us (Brad Holcombe, Dennis McCall, Jim Corley, Bill Bacon, and me) entered the University of Redlands. Graduate school was next, leading to a Ph.D. in medical psychology from Duke University. The Naval Health Research Center in San Diego occupied the next 8 years, with very interesting research projects involving USN special environments, including the Deep Submergence Systems Project, SEAL teams, and submarine crews. A shift to private practice occurred in the 1980's, where I continue to work part-time, with offices in Coronado and National City, doing inpatient and outpatient treatment, and evaluation of patients in clinical medication trials. While work is enjoyable, the "best of times" are found with Annetta on our C-400 sailboat, cruising between Ensenada and the northern Channel Islands, with Cherry Cove on Catalina Island being our favorite hide-out. Ham radio emergency services and time with our kids takes care of any uncommitted time.
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Kathy Wadley (Smith)
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Karen Wanless (Rand): We departed Coronado shortly after graduation, bound for Wash, DC where my father had recently been assigned. The following Sept. I enrolled at the U. of Illinois, from which I received a BS in Psychology. Soon after graduation I began working the "Friendly Skies" of United Airlines. (I even crossed paths with Deanna Brue once or twice.) In 1964 I met Joe Rand, a law student at Northwestern U. We were married in 1965. Three children quickly ensued in 1967,1969 and 1970... and again in 1978! (No grandchildren yet; we're not old enough!) Through the years, I've immersed myself in church, school and civic volunteer responsibilities. Presently, I work part time with a group of fun, creative women at a local monogram shop. I also volunteer my time as an advocate in Domestic Violence Court; and work with an organization bringing art appreciation to disadvantaged elementary school children. As the years go by I appreciate more and more the carefree moment in time that was our high school experience in idyllic Coronado. It's always such a pleasure to return for these reunions. Here's to the next 50!
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Barbara Waugh
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Joe Wesson
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Earl Ray Whiteley (Deceased 3/18/07): Attended Berkeley, then took a year off to visit New Zealand and Australia working on sheep ranches, tobacco farms, etc. Upon returning to the US he graduated from San Diego State with the highest grade-point average in his class, then enlisted in the Army and served two years as a paratrooper before starting his career in data processing. He worked for Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox Film and several other companies before joining a long time friend as Vice President/ Partner of Sucaba Company, Inc. At Fox Film, he met Mary who later became his wife. They loved to travel and visited many countries before he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May, 2005. Earl was a very generous person whose favorite charities were for children. He supported a foster son in Senegal and donated generously to Smile Train who surgically corrects cleft lips for children and to Feed the Children. He will be forever missed by many but especially by his soul-mate and best friend, Mary.
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Paul Whiting:
After graduation..SJSU BS Aeronautics and AF commission.. then to flight training and 3+ years in SAC-B52's as Electronics Countermeasure Officer..6 months Vietnam. After AF to high tech Sales in Silicon Valley. 1990 Sherry and I moved to England and I started a Rep firm for Chips and Technologies. Spent 4 years there and travelled all over Europe. Returned to US and Silicon Valley working for Trident Micro, ESS, and Auvitek, territory consistently North and South America (OMG-Brazil), Europe and Turkey. Currently work for Network Attached Storage company covering same territory. Haven't decided if I've had enough yet. Took 2 son in laws to the World Cup in Germany. 3 weeks of beer, soccer, and entertainment. Sherry and I have 4 Children, Mark, Identical twins Melissa and Michelle, and Megan. All are married and own their own homes (no easy chore in this area) and all live within 5 miles of Sherry and I. We have 4 grandchildren, Sarah Rose (15), Mikayla(13), Madeline(9), and Natale (3). Update: My daughter Megan has had her baby. He was born on 5/21/08 and his name is Nathan Paul. Megan and baby are doing fine... To sum up, I'm very blessed and have a great family.
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Susan Wilkens (Koso): Bachelors Degree in Education, Master Degree in Education. Taught Elementary Reading for 14 years then switched to the family profession of Human Resources...I’ve lived in Missouri, Florida, Japan and Massachusetts. Currently I am the Director of Human Resources at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. I have two sons, Will who is in Human Resources, married, with a daughter, Madelyn; and Jeff who owns two restaurants in Crested Butte, CO and has a son, Harken. For the last 25 years I have been involved in carriage driving (that’s with horses), and am Secretary of the American Driving Society, a Licensed Judge, and the owner of one horse, two carriages, a sleigh, three harnesses and enough horse paraphernalia to stock a tack shop. My husband, Alex, is a saint for putting up with me, for which I am eternally grateful. One of these days we will both retire.
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Carol Williams (Tener):
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Susan Wilson
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James Wood
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Darlene Wright
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Sam Wright: After CHS, La Mesa JC and odd jobs, joined Jerry Parker in '59-60 working on 125' sailing schooner in West Indies, then USMC 61-64 Japan & SE Asia, SDSU grad '69, 4 year Regents Fellowship UCLA, Ph.D. Sociology '75, Chairman 17 member Soc/Anthro Department U of Wisconsin-Parkside until mom's illness in NC '80, family farming until mom's passing, then 20+ years of land development in NC, between projects traveled and lived at least 4 months in 9 countries, married Waan in Thailand '98, Sammy born 2000, for 3 years assistant to book publisher in Thailand, presently semi-retired with family in Bangkok.
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Bruce Yates (Deceased):
From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
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BRUCE EDGAR YATES
1LT - O2 - Army - Reserve
Length of service 2 years
His tour began on Mar 28, 1966
Casualty was on Nov 7, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
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Contributed by Connie Warlick..."I noticed you didn't have any information on Bruce Yates -- I didn't know him very well, but during a trip to DC I went to 'The Wall' and found his name. Today, I was thinking about that and copied the attached piece from the online site; maybe you would like to add it. I have a great memory of a class field trip to the snow and Bruce loaned me his military cold weather jacket -- Sweet guy!"
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Rufus Young: Best move/accomplishment was to marry Carole Buenger in 1963. (John Shellenberger was best man.) We have two daughters and seven grandchildren, ranging from 21 to 4. Commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduation from San Diego State, June, 1962, but deferred from active duty to attend law school at University of San Diego. Ordered to active duty in August, 1965. Retired as Colonel, September, 1987. Duty stations included MCRD San Diego, Vietnam, Hawaii, Japan, Washington, D.C., graduate law school at George Washington University, Japan (again), Camp Pendleton and MCRD San Diego (again). Now Of Counsel, in law firm. Practice environmental law very part time. (Of Counsel in my firm means former senior partner who no longer has to go to the office.)
