BIOS OF OUR CLASSMATES

We are proud of our classmates and want to show off what they have accomplished. Please read their Bios.

Bios and photos are to be sent to Kim McElvenny Paterson: email 4mcelvenny4 at gmail.com

BARBARA BARTON Van Asdlan

After graduating from HHS I went into nursing and graduated from Northeastern Hospital and the University of Utah.

I married in 1967 and had 4 wonderful children- 1 son, 3 daughters. He was in the military so we lived all over the world and all 4 children were born in different states and the last daughter in Germany.We had the opportunity to travel all over Europe as the 2 older children were on the Kaiserslautern, Germany Swim Team. I worked for the DODDS System while in Germany and went on various field trips with the students. I also had the opportunity to study French cooking in Dieppe, France as this is something I always wanted to do. I returned to the University of Phoenix and received an MS in Nursing.

We divorced in 1987 and I joined the AMEDD Nurse Corps in 1989 at age 46. That is the age most people are retiring from the military. I was fortunate to get a 3 year assignment to NATO Headquarters at S.H.A.P.E., Belgium. I then went into the Reserves and served during Desert Storm and finally got out at age 60. That's mandatory, othewise I would still be serving.

I worked at the University of Utah Medical Center for 23 years and am currently with a transnational comapany as a Multiple Sclerosis Nurse Educator. This is both challenging and rewarding.

In addition to my 4 children I have been blessed with 7 beautiful grandchildren. They live in DC, TN, AZ, and the youngest in Holladay, UT- 15 minutes from me.

In my free time I enjoy traveling, cooking, hiking, biking, x-country skiing and volunteering annually at the Sundance Film Festival, Art & Soup for CNS, and the Greek Festival.

Life is good!

BETSY BEACH MacNamee

After about fourteen major moves, I’ve finally come to rest in Poughkeepsie, NY. After graduation from HHS, I married Dick MacNamee, (HHS 1960), and his pursuit of a PhD in Chemistry and a MA in Business took us to South Carolina, Tacoma, WA, Okinawa, Japan, and Paris, France (among other places). I went to work for Philadelphia Electric right after high school and continued to work wherever we landed, including Paris (I taught for a study abroad program with Alma College). It wasn’t until 1979 that I decided I wanted to be a teacher, and I graduated from Clemson University with my BA in English in 1982.

Once we settled in New York, I completed my MA in English and taught high school and college (freshman) English for 22 years, retiring in 2010. Slogging through English essays was wicked, but I thoroughly enjoyed my students and my career!

Having divorced Dick in 2003, I am enjoying my single life. A good friend and I spend time cycling (on a tandem bicycle), and I volunteer at a local elementary school—reading to kindergarten children in the library and working individually with children who need extra help. I have become a hopeless dog lover and have two at the moment—a Golden Retriever named Maggie, and a black lab/border collie mix named Kaylie (a rescue dog from Georgia). When I’m not rescuing my shoes from Kaylie, I garden, read, and knit. Life is good!

JANET BECK Benson

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Married to Forest 41 years. 2 daughters, 5 grandchildren. Worked at DuPont till 1972; retired to raise daughters and be active in their school activities. In mid 80's went back to work at Suburban Swim Club where our daughters swam in the winter program. Got opportunity for part time work with an Orthodontist that lasted 24 years. In the mid 90's we were lucky enough to buy a condo in Ocean City, N.J.

Forest & I are retired, splitting our time between Glen Mills & O.C., while spending as much time as possible with the grandchildren.

BARBARA BORTH DiFelice

After graduating from HHS, I went to cosmotology school. I worked for several years, and in 1963 I married Al Di Felice, HHS class of 1960. We just celebrated our 48th anniverary. We have 4 children 2 boys and 2 girls, that also graduated from HHS, which by the way, makes the 3rd generation of our family to do this.

We also have 6 grandchildren 3 boys and 3 girls ranging in age from 18 to 2 1/2. Our oldest granddaughter is starting college this Sep., as an art major. They all live an hour away in Chester Co. So we get to see them as often as possible.

We have lived here in Havertown in the same house for 38 years, about a block from the middle school.

After staying home for about 17 years to raise the kids , I decided I needed a change so I went back to work, I worked at several office jobs, ending at Century 21 Real Estate in Havertown, as a receptionist, I retired in 2007 after almost 9 years. My husband who is also retired, is very active in the township, and is on the board of the Brookline Fire House, he also does volunteer work for returning veterns and veteran's assoc.

He restored a 1967 Corvette and we took it to car shows both in state and out, after that he decided he wanted to build a car from scratch, he has just finished building a Shelby Cobra and we will be taking it to the first car shows this fall.

We enjoy spending time with family and friends at our house at Arrowhead Lake in the Poconos ,a year round vacation community, which we bought about 7 years ago

We have a wonderful family and many friends, and relatively good health, which we are greatful for.

We had a great time at Al's HHS 50th reuion last year, and are looking forward to seeing everyone in Oct.

MARILYN L BORTH Steiner

I married C H McDevitt from HHS Class of 1960 shortly after graduation; I have a son and a daughter. I was a stay-at-home Mom for 10 years while the kids were settling into school. Then I went to college - Harcum in Bryn Mawr – for Medical Lab Technologist and graduated Cum Laud in 1974. I was hired prior to graduating – by a local doctor who sent me to Lankeneau to learn Phlebotomy. He later hired a missionary doctor returning from Kenya with his wife. I worked for both until the missionary doctor left and bought a house in Lansdowne with an office attached. I ended up managing his office for the next 6 years.

I left there and began a second career in Real Estate. During this time the marriage ended in divorce. I sold on the Main Line very successfully for 21 years - both new and resale homes.

I met the love of my life in 1990 and we married in 1994. I decided to leave selling –and went into Corporate Relocation as a Coordinator for Century 21 Alliance in West Chester in 2001. I retired from this career in December 2008.

I was contacted by a Doctor in Hockessin DE to do Clinical Drug Studies in his office and started that job in January 2009 – Part-time – which is where I am still employed – waiting for my husband to retire which he will do the end of 2011.

We have 4 children between us - 3 girls and 1 boy – ranging in age from 49 to 29. Our seven grandchildren range in age from 6 to 18 years. We have been blessed with many good friends from our church family and great kids and grandkids, whom we see as often as possible.

We love to travel and have visited Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Bermuda, Aruba, Panama Canal, etc. We also have a vacation Club that allows us to travel all over and we especially love San Francisco, Arizona, and St Simons Island off the coast of Georgia. We are hoping – Lord willing – to retire there sometime in the next few years. The picture is on a beach in Kona, HI.

We are looking forward to a great time with all of you at our Reunion in October.

GEORGE E BROWN

I went into the Army in Oct. 1965, after graduating from Temple, then to VN in June 1966, 2 weeks after getting married to Ellen Dean of Chestnut Hill. I served for 19 months with A Troop, 2/17th Cavalry, 1st. Brigade (separate), 101st Airborne Division, as an Airborne Infantryman. Following that I served with the 82nd Airborne Div. till I got out in Oct. 1968. In '86 or '87 I joined Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 67, which covers Delaware County, Pa. For the last few years I have been Chapter President and this year refused to run again because I do not believe in a leadership dynasty, leaders like diapers need to be changed often or they get smelly!

Since about 1980 I rejoined my fathers Plastering business, and am now co-owner with my brother Tim.

In 1994, a VN nurse started a Homeless Veteran Project called the Phila. Stand Down, which is a weekend off the streets for 300-600 homeless vets of all era's. We provide a safe haven, meals, showers, clothing, medical care, housing and jobs counslers all at one site.

This due to the size and energy, we are ALL volunteers, happens once a year, the weekend after Labor Day. In 2000. I was appointed Chairman of Security, which costs me a full week each year for setup and breakdown. After we had to relocate I became the site layout man, due to previous experience in related fields, and as head of security I had to be on site from begining to end, 24/7.

We are currently planning on this years event which will be in Bucks County.

BARBARA CIMINO Nepi

I worked for Humble Oil & Refining Company (Esso) in Bala-Cynwyd in the wholesale and retail divisions. That is where I met my husband, Tom, and we married in 1965. In 1966, he began employment at the Pentagon and we relocated to Vienna, VA. I was a stay-at-home Mom until the girls were in middle school. After that time, I resumed my career as a Human Resources Director with various companies. My last position was with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy in Park Ridge, IL. We are now retired and live in Sarasota, FL.

We have two daughters, Sandra and Lisa, and two teenage granddaughters, Megan and Elizabeth. We enjoy spending time with our family and friends, traveling, ballroom dancing, swimming and just “kicking-back” on Siesta Key. Our photo was taken in June 2011, during an extended Mediterranean cruise/vacation to celebrate our 46th wedding anniversary.

I’m sorry that we can’t attend, as we will be in California. A very special thanks to Gale and the members of the reunion committee who have done a great job in planning and arranging this 50th milestone and to Kim for developing the informative 1961 HHS blog.
I look forward to seeing the photographs on the blog.

A. LAWRENCE CURTIS

Born and raised in Havertown, PA, Larry attended Penn State University on a Naval ROTC scholarship. On June 12th 1965 he was commissioned into the United States Navy and shortly thereafter graduated flight school. He would go on to spend the happiest days of his 24 year military career serving as a Naval Flight Officer, and later as an attache' representing US interests at numerous overseas posts. Following his career in the Armed Forces, Larry was a successful mortgage broker in the Washington, DC, area.

Larry and Geraldine retired to Wilmington, NC, in 2005 where he quickly and enthusiastically involved himself in the community. At the time of his passing, he was actively involved both in the Wilmington-Cape Fear Rotary and the Carolina Canines for Service, a cause which he believed in wholly.

Larry was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

LYNN ENGLUND Sweezy

Following HHS graduation, I studied at Mount Holyoke College for two years, then, enchanted by Cambridge during a Harvard Summer School course, I stayed there and worked, then studied for a semester at American University, but finally graduated with a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Boston University in 1967. I taught both first grade and French, then became involved in political work with New England Free Press during the Vietnam War. In 1969, I married Sam Sweezy, whose family was very influential in my life in relation to politics and economics and arts and crafts. I spent a year as an apprentice at Jugtown Pottery in North Carolina, and this led to a lifetime avocation of making pottery. We have two lovely daughters, now in their late thirties, one of whom graduated from Haverford College! Sam and I divorced in the early 90's.

For many years, I worked for various peace and justice organizations, including Physicians for Social Responsibility, American Friends Service Committee, and the U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Project. At the University of Massachusetts, Boston, I studied in the Masters program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and taught English to adult immigrants in East Boston during most of the 90's. For the past decade I worked as a manager for Borders Books, and currently the management of a new bookstore in the same location has asked me to help them get started. I also have a job doing all necessary studio tasks at Mudville Pottery in Somerville, MA. It's great fun because I enjoy all aspects of the process.

I live in Marblehead, Massachusetts about five minutes from one of my daughters and her family, which includes my four grandsons.

DAVE EVANS

Following graduation from Yale University, I went to work for GE Aerospace in Valley Forge, PA in the finance area. I married, spent six years in the Army Reserve, got divorced, and then in 1974 transferred to Daytona Beach, FL. The GE plant there was directly across the street from the Speedway, home of NASCAR and the Daytona 500, and I became a big racing fan.

In 1984, I remarried and transferred to GE Capital in New York City and then Stamford, CT. I lived in Wilton, CT until 1992, when I left GE and returned to Florida. I tried early retirement, got bored, started a part-time tax practice, became a tennis official, and went back to work as CFO of the local Council on Aging. After another divorce in 2003, I retired from full-time work and now spend the majority of my time as a volunteer for various organizations. One such group is the Antique Automobile Club of America, and I am currently restoring a 1957 Chevy convertible.

When I was contacted about the reunion, I was amazed to learn that there are two other HHS 1961 graduates here in Ormond Beach, and another just down the road in South Daytona. I'm looking forward to seeing more classmates at the reunion.

FRAN FISHER Bubeck

I have been married to Chuck Bubeck for 45 yrs. We have a son and daughter and 4 grandchildren.

I am a R.N. and my husband is an engineering MGR. We live in a geodesic dome home which we built ourselves. We love to travel and have been over seas 20 times. We are active in our church and work with teenagers. That and our kids and grandkids keep us very busy.

Some facts=we live in Medford N.J. I graduated from Women's Medical College, my husband from Drexel. We were married in Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown in 1965. We have been very blessed.

MARY FOSTER Zaitzeff

Following HHS graduation I attended college, spent my junior year at the University of Madrid, Spain and moved to Washington, D.C. after completing my degree. In D.C. I worked for TRW Systems as a librarian.

The following year I took a leave of absence and returned to Spain to live on the northern coast in Santander for awhile. After taking some classes in Spanish art and literature and having a boyfriend on the national soccer team, I traveled around Europe and then Bolivia.

In 1969 I moved to Houston, Texas and married James Zaitzeff (d. 1999), an oceanographer. We lived in Houston, Washington, D.C., spent two wonderful years in Woods Hole, Massachusetts while he was on a post-doctoral program at the Woods Hole Oceanograhic Institute and back to Alexandria, Virginia. I have three daughters, Lara and Elizabeth, both attorneys and graduates of Georgetown Law and Karen, a fashion designer and graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. They lived in New York City and Washington, D.C. I retired two years ago after twenty seven years with the Fairfax County Public Library System specializing in childrens’ literature. During that time I introduced the “Dia de los Libros/Dia de los Ninos” program to the county. The program emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

I enjoy traveling and went to Morocco where two daughters ran the Marathon of the Sands , a six day ultramarathon endurance run across the Sahara Desert. While they were doing that, I crossed the Atlas Mountains and visited Marrakech. Genealogy, swimming, and reading are also interests that I now have time to pursue.

I have enjoyed reading the life adventures of my classmates and it brings to mind Dr. Seuss’s title “Oh, the Places You’ll Go”. Little did we know fifty years ago.

PAUL FRUCHBOM

Managing Member
KDF Communities
Newport Beach, CA.

I have lived in California since 1973 with my wife Norma who is from Ecuador who I met when traveling in South America. We have 2 married sons and one grandson both of whom are now living one hour north in LA. We live in a beach community, Corona del Mar in Newport Beach, about 50 miles south of LA.

I am semi retired from KDF Communities, an apartment developer I founded in 1996. My main hobbies are traveling (we spend about 3 months a year on the road to all parts of the world), racing and collecting vintage cars and fishing in the Pacific ocean with my friends on my boat. We are blessed with a healthy family and an active lifestyle.

I am looking forward to the reunion and would love to meet any of my old friends if they are in town.

HUNTER GAUL

In 2005, my wife, Terry, and I retired from teaching at Downingtown Senior High (West Campus). We’ve been married 17 years, and have three children between us: Derek (39), Jay (28) and Grant (25). Terry and I both enjoyed teaching, but we now delight in sharing the wealth of time retirement provides. We live with our three cats (Goblin, Paris, and Mr. Brando) in Downingtown, Pa. Every day is a new adventure – life is great! We’re very happy! We’re quite busy!

Currently, four interests occupy my attention: magic, music, art, and real estate. I’m presently the president of The International Brotherhood of Magicians, Ring #6 which meets once a month in Springfield, Pa. Magic has been a lifelong passion, and it’s wonderful to be able to actively pursue it in recent years. I’m convinced, “life is tragic without a little magic!” Once a week, I sing and play rock and roll (boogie woogie) piano with a five piece band called Fine Whine. Our repertoire includes more than eighty songs. We’ve recorded a CD and have another in the works.

Before I began teaching (1986), I was a professional artist specializing in corporate portraiture. The urge to draw and paint remains with me, but I no longer worry about having to sell my work – anything I now produce is a “labor of love.”

About twenty years ago, I realized the necessity to do some investing for the future; so, I began to purchase rental properties. We now take pride in renting a number of excellent properties in Chester County which we strive to maintain for the comfort of our tenants and thereby make a positive contribution to the community. We believe our ventures have been a “win-win” situation for all concerned.

In addition to the above activities and interests, I attended West Chester University and earned a BS in Education (1970) and a MA in English (1980). I served, with pride, as a U.S. Army officer (1966 – 1969).

ARLENE GIBBS Eckell

Following graduation from Haverford High, I attended Penn State (Main campus) and then graduated from Temple University with a degree in Education. I taught for 6 years at Strawberry Mansion Junior High in the City of Philadelphia (with my good friend and fellow HHS alum, Bill Grant). I left there to move to Newark, Delaware with my husband Harvey.

I taught Special Ed. for a few years and was a part time administrator/principal for a synagogue. In 1979, my husband and I bought a store that sold newspapers, books, and sundries. We later opened a large bookstore and ran both until we sold them in 1997. Too young to retire, I took a part time job as an administrator for a small accounting firm. I retired in 2006.

I have one son, Lee, who is an attorney and lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey with his wife and 8 year old daughter. We have been in the same house since 1971. We love living in a college town, home to the University of Delaware Blue Hens.

In retirement I enjoy traveling, attending concerts, playing mahjongg, volunteering, and just having fun with our friends and family.

HARRY GLASSMAN

I had a wonderful start in life by attending Haverford High School.

After Franklin and Marshall, medical school and internship, I moved to Los Angeles for my general and plastic surgery training at UCLA. During that time I lived in Paris for six months to study reconstruction of children’s birth defects.

For the past 30 years I have been living and practicing plastic surgery in Beverly Hills. I am recently remarried and have a lovely family including four grandchildren. When I am not working, I travel a lot. I remain physically active by skiing and playing competitive tennis.

My mother and my brother and sister and their families still live in Philadelphia so I visit from time to time. Every once in a while I drive by Haverford and reminisce about the friends I made and the good times I had fifty years ago.

WILLIAM C. GRANT, Jr.

Bill graduated from Millersville State Teacher’s College and began a 30+ year career with the School District of Philadelphia. He taught Social Studies at Strawberry Mansion Junior High School and University City High School.

He lived in downtown Philadelphia for years and then moved back to his boyhood home in Havertown to take care of his parents. Following their deaths and his early retirement he moved to Rowan, N.J. with his three dogs. Bill loved to eat in fine restaurants and take cruises, especially to Bermuda. Although he never married he was blessed with many life long friends who feel they lost a “good buddy” when he passed away on December 8, 2010.

PATTY GREEN Connell

After Haverford I attended Philadelphia School of Office Training. Traveled through Europe for a little while and returned to get a job. Worked as a receptionist and had a couple of apartments with Gay Hoover. We had a blast and now we could drink, legally. When Gay married, her sister and I decided to move to Hawaii. This part of my “fun” life lasted for about a year but my friendship with Gay has lasted 52 years. We still know how to have fun. Returned to the Main Line and worked at Valley Forge Military Academy as the Secretary to the Commadant of Cadets. In 1968 I married Dave Connell who had attended Bonner and Villanova University. Dave worked for Bell and Howell and moved up to VP of Sales. We lived in York, Pa., Harrisburg, and then Fairfax, Virginia, where we lived for 13 years.

We have 3 children Laurie, Carol and David III. and 3 grandsons. Once the children started arriving I retired from the paying work force and became a domestic diva. As the children grew up I became a “professional volunteer”. Brownie Leader, Soccer Coach to Soccer Commissioner, parent volunteer at all levels of our children’s schools to Volunteer Coordinator for 120 volunteers at the high school. All 3 children live in the Northern Virginia area in Reston, Leesburg and Middleburg. Carol, our second child, has my love of animals. She finished college and worked for Sea World in San Antonio, Texas as a Head Trainer of dolphins and Beluga Whales. I always say,” we paid a ton of money for a small private college so she could swim with the fishes for minimum wage.” But she was happy and doing what she wanted. After 9/11 she chose to move back to Virginia. All 3 children have married.

After more than 20 years with Bell and Howell Dave took a job as VP of Sales for Joerns Health Care which took us to Stevens Point, WI. We were there for 10 years until Dave retired. We moved to our condo in Boca Raton, Florida while looking for a golfing community where there wasn’t so much traffic. We found our perfect spot at an over 55 Dell Webb Community in Ocala, Florida. No, John Travolta is not my neighbor. My husband golfs 7 days a week and I limit myself to 3 or 4 times a week. I volunteer at animal shelters. Life is good and I still enjoy traveling, decorating, babysitting for the grandchildren, being with family and friends, and doing whatever I feel like.

Now I challenge all my classmates to write a more exciting bio. It shouldn’t be hard.

GAY HOOVER Hartwell

After high school I attended Palm Beach Junior College. When I completed college, I returned to the Main Line and worked at Dupont in administration. During this time I lived in an apartment with Patty Green Connell. Patty and I have remained close friends since high school. While working at Dupont, I met my future husband, Ed, who was also employed at Dupont. We were married in 1965.

In 1966, Ed was transferred to Ohio and in 1970 to Madison, CT. We lived there until 1977 when another transfer from his company moved us to Kennett Square, PA. Since then we have remained in this area. I have had numerous jobs, which included being a customer service representative for Clark-Bostonian Shoe Co., sales representative for Kennett newspaper, and head receptionist for Deloitte Consulting. Currently, I am a bailiff for the Chester County Courthouse.

We have three children, two boys and a girl and 5 grandchildren. The latest grandson was born in May, 2011. My husband and I spend time between our PA home and our home in Fenwick Island, DE. In my leisure time I enjoy playing golf, going boating, relaxing on the beach, spending time with friends and babysitting my grandchildren. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!

DEBBIE KNORR Haavik

After high school I attended the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, for four years, majored in history, and continued to play field hockey. (I was the first woman from there to play in a national field hockey tournament.) In the summers before, during, and after college, I worked as a waitress. Following college, I attended graduate school at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, and earned a masters degree in elementary teaching. A tuition scholarship, a research assistantship, a National Defense Loan, and a job as a live-in babysitter for a three your old made it possible for me to do that. For the next three years I taught fourth and fifth grades in the Rochester area before marrying Stan Haavik in the summer of 1969 after he returned from Viet Nam. Stan and I met while we were graduate students.

Now it's 42 years later! We have lived in Bethesda, MD; Watertown, MA; Albany, NY; Baltimore, MD; Cookham Dean, UK, and for the past 25 years in Millersville, MD. I have taught in 4 more schools, a total of 27 years covering second through sixth grades. Stan has electrical engineering degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Rochester and an MBA from Harvard and has worked most of his career in marketing, software, and healthcare. He now works for Medidata Solutions, a company headquartered in NYC. We have 2 daughters. Amy lives in the Italian Market area of Philly, and is writing her dissertation for a ph.d. in the history of art at Bryn Mawr College. Her husband, Ross MacKinnon, and she are the proud parents of Fiona Rose born this year. Caroline is 29 years old, was in the Peace Corps in China, is engaged to be married next summer to Rob Zebroswki, works part time in DC, and goes to University of Md part time studying to become an elementary school librarian.

I retired from teaching four years ago. I have done some pottery, making things out of clay on the wheel and by hand. I volunteer with a reading progam at a low income housing recreation center in Annapolis, MD. I love to read and belong to two book groups. I knit tea coseys. I love to travel. Stan introduced me to world travel, starting with our honeymoon to Europe. Then we lived in the United Kingdom for two years in the 1980s and traveled some more in Europe. We still travel together, but I have gone to China, Holland, and Belgium with friends. When he retires, we can do more traveling together!

JOHN K. LANDIS

Graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in art, then worked for three years as art director of Mortimer and Associates, a Wilmington, Delaware based design office with clients E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Armstrong World Industries, Atlantic Aviation, Moen Incorporated, and others. After obtaining a graduate degree also at Delaware, in 1970 he was hired as an instructor at Kutztown State College, now Kutztown University of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, where he taught Communication Design courses until his retirement thirty-three years later in 2003. Based on his graduate degree in design, additional graduate credits, and extensive participation in freelance design, he advanced through the academic ranks to Full Professor and now has the title Professor Emeritus.

After 27 years of marriage to his first wife, Kathryn, with whom he had two children, Alison (now 37) and Steve (now 31), he divorced and remarried Barbara Schulman who recently retired after a 41-year teaching career, nineteen of them at Kutztown University where she was head of the Fiberarts program.

Both John and Barbara are now full-time artists and travelers, and John does occasional presentations on creativity for Boston-based American Graphics Institute.

FRANK LeCATES

Following HHS, Princeton and Harvard Business School, I spent 40 years in the investment business in New York City, primarily as an analyst and director of research. I was very lucky to find a career that contained so many elements that I liked: running my own business (albeit as part of a larger entity), analyzing and evaluating strategies of companies, explaining my reasoning to customers, and competing intensely. So like anybody doing what he likes, I became good at it and had a happy career, although it was also stressful from time to time. In mid-2007, I retired, despite warnings of how traumatic that could be. Forget that idea...I love being retired! I play golf, run so that I can eat too much, walk around, eat, do a little investment research, and generally avoid anything too constructive.

My wife Carol and I live in Palm Beach but still have a house in NJ which we go to in the summer. We have two daughters, Caroline 25 and Kathy 22, who now live in apartments in Manhattan working in investment research and commercial real estate, respectively. I also have two sons, Frank 39 and Christopher 36. Frank and Justine live in Hoboken and have two daughters who are delightful. Chris just married Jen and is moving to Montclair NJ, near Essex Fells where we live in the summer. Everybody gets along very well, which is a blessing.

ANN LUNKER Goldstein

I have been married to Paul for 47 years. We live in Upper Montclair, NJ, 15 miles from New York City, and enjoy being so close to all the activities that city has to offer. We have two daughters, Sydnie and Harriet, and four grandchildren, all of whom live within a one hour drive. After receiving my PhD in cell biology, I worked at Hoffmann La-Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, for 23 years. The work was interesting and diverse, starting in a research lab and ending in business development.

Now we are retired and enjoy this phase of life very much. I swim year round, and garden when weather permits. I read all the time and love my Kindle. Paul and I compromise on travel. I am more adventurous; he likes North America. Occasionally, I go off with friends, as I did last year while visiting Thailand and Viet Nam. We are lucky to have friends of all ages and nationalities who keep us connected to other ideas and cultures in a wonderful way.

A few former classmates have stayed connected with me over the years and I see many names that I remember on the current attendees list. I hope to spend time with many of you at the reunion.

KIM McELVENNY Paterson

After high school, I worked at various jobs and moved frequently around the country. I finally settled in Ithaca, NY and raised two children. My son has moved to Philadelphia with his wife and three children. My daughter is in law school and interning for the summer at the Department of Justice in DC. She will be getting married after she graduates.

While living in NY, I enrolled in a Master Gardener's course at Cornell and started my own business. I became a garden designer, specializing in herbs and rare plants. I also had a mini organic farm just north of Ithaca, NY, and was one of the original members of the Northern Organic Farmers Association. Another move took me to Wilton, CT and I changed my business to designing with rare plants. I had a crew who did the maintenance on the gardens. The highlight of this career was that I worked at some wonderful old estates in CT. I also lectured at various Botanic Gardens, garden clubs, etc.

Unfortunately, I was in an automobile accident and had to give up the business. I was not able to work for two years. At the end of that time I decided to go back to school and educate myself in technology and how to use a computer. This knowledge enabled me to find employment in a dot com firm. It was financially oriented and just starting up on the web. The whole WWW concept was new at this time. I remained at this job for several years until the big dot com crash.

In 2001, I moved back to PA and worked at various jobs. Since I did not find any of these jobs to be fulfilling, I decided on an early retirement in 2006.

Since retirement I have also taught "Computerized Genealogy" at a Senior Citizens school in Wilmington, DE. and also do volunteer website work for a nationwide genealogy site. Now I find that there are not enough hours in the day to enjoy my "hobbies" (website building, genealogy, photography) and travel.

WILLIAM J McKEMEY

After graduating from HHS, I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1965 with a BS and a Commission in the US Army.

I married Marcia Tyler in 1966 and had two children, Deborah and William. The marriage ended in divorce. During 21 years of military service, I served overseas in Korea, Germany and Vietnam; and in the United States in Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New York where I spent 4 ½ years in Ithaca first as a graduate student (MBA) and then as military science instructor at Cornell University.

In 1979 I married Deborah Kroll, a career federal executive. Retiring from the Army in 1986, we moved to Silver Spring, Maryland where I was employed by Duron Paints and Wallcoverings as their Vice President of Store Operations. In 1992 I was hired by Volunteers of America Chesapeake, a faith based, not for profit, human services corporation as the Executive Vice President and in 1995 became their President and Chief Executive Officer. I remained at that position until both Debbie and I retired in 2006. We have one grandchild, Kristofer,15.

We currently reside in Fleming Island, Florida where our goal is to travel as much as we can.

BRUCE MARMON

After high school I attended and graduated from Temple University. I did a stint in the US Army reserves as a weekend warrior.

I have been in Public Accounting for the last 46 years. I am currently working part-time and still enjoying what I do.

I have been married to my wonderful wife for 42 years, have 2 sons and one grandson.

When I am not working and riding around in my Corvette, I enjoy hanging out with my family and friends.

MARK MERIN

After getting my BA from Cornell, My J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, and an LLM in Urban and Poverty Law from NYU, for the last 42 years I’ve been focused on civil rights law, working out of Sacramento where I’ve lived and raised two children (Noah Merin, 34 – Ph.D. in Neuroscience and M.D. in internal medicine, with a subspecialty in Hematology/Oncology, in process; and Maia Merin, 32 – teacher in NYC and Ph.D. candidate in History of Education at NYU, recently married) with wife, Cathleen Williams, a brilliant lawyer and acclaimed poet and organizer of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade (can’t you tell we live in California?)

I love my work and the people I work with. Most recently I’ve been involved with organizations of homeless people trying to get “Safe Ground” where homeless people can “be” without fear of arrest. I’ve also been suing jails and prisons for various abuses, including strip searching people without reasonable suspicion they are concealing contraband or weapons. But I also represent the chain of feminist women’s health centers (offering abortion services) against anti-abortion protesters; unions; petitioners; and juveniles seeking to change the way juvenile halls function. I’m excited about “Occupy Wall Street” which has spawned “Occupy Sacramento which will be in progress as we celebrate our reunion.

Stained glass is my main hobby.

STUART MORSE

After graduation and spending the summer working on Long Beach Island, I spent four years in the Air Force working in air and combat operations. I spent the next four years working for United Air Lines at the Philadelphia International Airport and going to Temple University. In June of ’69 I married Sherry Fletcher (‘62) and moved to Ronkonkoma NY to work for the FAA in the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center as an Air Traffic Controller.

From June of ’69 to August of ’81, I worked as a controller. My son, Jeremy, was born in October ‘71. I was fired in the infamous PATCO controllers strike and spent the next six years in various jobs, ending up as a program manager installing turn key earth stations for satellite communications. Ironically, I was the program manager responsible for installing the White House communications system for Ronald Regan. I actually won my firing case in the Court of Appeals and was reinstated back into the FAA in January of ’87. I continued to work as a controller until my retirement in December of “01. During that period, Sherry and I divorced (’97), and I met and married my current bride Jean on June 10, 2000. We moved to the Spruce Creek Fly-in near Daytona Beach, FL in July of ‘02.

In June ’05 I accepted a position as a contract Instructor at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City and worked there for four and a half years. In August of 2010, I took a job as a contract Air traffic Controller in the Kabul Center, Kabul Afghanistan. Quite an interesting experience! I returned home this September.

My primary outside activities includes racing my airplane, formation flying, and running. Jean and I still reside here in Spruce Creek enjoying the good life.

MARSHALL OSBORNE

After four years in the Air Force, mostly overseas. I attended the University of Pennsylvania in Phila., followed by Art Center College of Design in Los Angles. After graduation, I returned to Pa. with a degree in Illustration, and embarked on a career involving advertising, marketing and communications, but always involving artwork creation.

I’ve worked for a variety of organizations in Pennsylvania, including a nine-year period of self-employment. While working for myself, I accomplished a life-long ambition and learned to fly (my business was profitable, and the boss let me have off as much as I wanted.)

I ran the Philadelphia Marathon in 1983, and continue to run, albeit at slower speeds and for shorter distances. Same story for bicycling. Several years ago I wrote a novel and have been collecting rejection letters from publishers ever since. My vegetable garden is a place to putter when I can’t afford to rent an airplane. I also dabble in woodworking and all manner of mechanical and creative pursuits.

I’m paying for these pleasures with my continued employment in Harrisburg, where I slave over a hot computer (or occasionally an easel), creating electronic and traditional artwork for the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection.

FLORENCE (FLOSSIE) PARKER Best

My travels after H.H.S. led to Bryn Mawr School of Nursing, and The University of Pennsylvania, for a B.S. in Nursing followed by a three year obligation with the Army Nurse Corps, spent primarily at Carlisle Barracks, PA. – home of the Army War College. While stationed at Carlisle, I completed a masters degree in Guidance and Counseling, and also met my husband, Ed, a Viet Nam veteran; we were married in 1972. We spent his final year in the Army stationed in Germany, and came back to his home town of Toledo, Ohio to settle down.

The better part of my work history includes teaching Psychiatric Nursing for28 years, with retirement in 2006. Since then, I’ve maintained a part time job working in a Pain Management Program doing biofeedback, relaxation, and health education. We have three children. The oldest son, wife, and two year old grandson live in Las Vegas, and work in the casino industry. Our middle daughter (30 yrs) and youngest son (25 yrs) graduated from the University of Toledo, and Bowling Green University, live in Toledo, are not married, have no children, and are currently working in communications, and visual communications technology, respectively.

Our neighborhood in Toledo, is reminiscent of Havertown, so actually not much has changed, but we remain grateful for all our many blessings.

SANDRA PARKS Holmwood

After graduating I worked for a Life insurance co in Phila. In 1962 I married my first boyfriend, Hugh, a 2nd Lt., Army. Our son, Hugh Jr. was born at Ft. Lewis, WA; Hugh went on active duty in Korea. Our marriage did not survive. I worked several jobs, in Phila, raising my son and going to school at Temple and St. Joe's at night. After being laid off in 1976, I attended Delaware Co. Community College, receiving an associate's degree in 77. I transferred to University of Pennsylvania; graduated with BA in Communications in 1979 and hired on with DuPont in Wilmington, as a Marketing Communications rep. Worked there for five years, promoting products. In '82 married the love of my life - Jim Holmwood. Marriage was full....lots of kids, his, fair amount of travel, and a very comfortable and laugh out loud lifestyle. He was supportive of my long term interest in photography and encouraged me to quit Dupont to pursue photography degree from Antonelli Institute. Graduated in 1985 and became a free-lancer portratist and sometime published stock photographer.

Life went well for us until Jim contracted lymphoma, went through lengthy chemo treatment, fighting his disease the way he lived, with determination, humor and grace. He went into a four year remission but, sadly, relapsed and died in '94. Devastating loss. Picked myself up, sold our house, and began reconnecting with life . Ran into an old friend from DuPont. She and her husband produced "indy movies" and asked me to work as the still photographer. It was life affirming work that got me back to my passion, photography, but with a twist: had to learn how to work with others, which was an adjustment after working solo for years.

After my mother died, I decided to make a "geographical" change. My son had moved to Charleston SC, he suggested I rent a house in Charleston and "try it for a year, Mom." I bought an old, small "single house" and began an extensive renovation of a beautiful but decaying property while trying to preserve its original historic features. I went on to renovate 4 more properties as the real estate market "heated up." To say I had a lot to learn and learned a lot, is an understatement. To keep my photography skills up, I became a location scout (one of several) for the SC film office for ten years, scouting locations for several films being made in and around Charleston. I have since retired from scouting work -- too little work and too many "scouts". Still live in Charleston..but my "single house" is up for sale. Ready for next chapter in my life; the southwest is calling me. Or is it the northwest?

JACK PATTERSON

After graduation, I moved down to Long Beach Island. I worked as a mate on charter and headboats for a short period, then started as a deckhand on a commercial clam dragger, out of Barnegat Light, NJ. In September, l965, two wonderful things happened--I was made captain and married my best friend, Dolly Noonan.

We had our son, Chris Patterson in April, l968, and our daughter, Tracy, in December 1970. We are very fortunate to have them both live nearby, along with our 4 granddaughters. Unlike me, Chris completed college and dental school, and is a well-respected dentist in Barnegat. Tracy has her Masters in Psychology and teaches AP Psychology at Southern Regional High School, Manahawkin, NJ.

We bought our first clammer "Myrtle Virginia" in 1972. In 1976, I sold "Myrtle" and purchased an 86' steel shrimpboat "Green Acres". I brought her up from Bayou LaBatre, Alabama (before Forrest Gump made that town popular!!!) and converted it over to clamming, while docked in Atlantic City. In 1999, after spending 37 years on the ocean, I sold "Green Acres" and retired.

In 2000, we bought a home in Jupiter, FL, which we enjoy every winter. I keep busy by playing golf several times a week in Florida, and when we return home to Long Beach Island! I have been known to enjoy cars. There have been times when I took a car in to be serviced and returned with a new one!! Dolly never knew what to expect! At a surprise 60th birthday for me, a friend surprised me with a box of business cards for "Patterson Motors" and tee shirts listing the 50+ cars I had owned up to then. I am in the 60's now!!

Our world was rocked July 28, 2004, when our son was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He spent the majority of the next four months at U of P. On January 11, 2005, he had a bone marrow transplant donated by our daughter. Yes, she was a PERFECT match. It will be seven years this January, and he is just fine. PHEWIE!!! We have been blessed!

JAY PIERCE

Primary Address:
Eagleville , PA
Job Title:Retired Sr. Diagnostics Rep.
Employer:Bristol-Myers Squibb

I attended California State University for 1 year following high school. Then, I spent 3 years in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. That was followed by returning to college at West Chester State University and using the GI Bill to complete my education. Class of 1970.

My 3 grown children are: Carrie, Brad & Matt and I'm happily married to Janet Oakes from Tucson, AZ.

After WCSU, I spent 22 years working in pharmaceutical sales at E. R, Squibb & Sons and later with Bristol Myers Squibb. I retired early in Sept, 1991 after the merger between SQB & BMY.

Now, we do whatever, whenever — life is good.

RENEE PLANK Savacool

After receiving my HHS diploma, I spent the summer in Ocean City, NJ, as was my family’s summer-time custom. That September, I packed up my things and moved into a dormitory at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. I spent my next 4 years at ‘Berg, and was graduated in June of 1965, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and psychology. While the ink was still drying on my college diploma, I married Winston C. Heron (HHS class of 1960). During this marriage, my son, Kenneth, and daughter, Julie, were born. After 8 years of marriage, followed by a good, ole Texas divorce, my children and I moved back north.

I worked for 4 years in advertising for the headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America, then in North Brunswick, NJ. I liked the position; however, when the BSA made the decision to relocate to the Dallas, Texas, area, I chose not to go. I’d already “done” the Texas thing. (I didn’t have to start repeating mistakes; I felt certain that I could find plenty of new ones elsewhere.) The kids and I then moved to Drexel Hill, PA, and, after several intensive courses and license exams, I became a real estate appraiser so I could work in my father’s office, which specialized in condemnation work. While it was rewarding to work with my father, I craved a more creative endeavor. I went on to work as an editor for a publishing company in Broomall for several years before securing my dream job: administrative editor at The American College in Bryn Mawr, PA.

In 2002, I reconnected with a man with whom I’d been best friends all during my Muhlenberg College days. In January, 2004, I married that best friend, William A. Savacool, in the chapel at Muhlenberg. We live in Allentown, PA.

I retired early from The American College in June of 2004 and dedicated myself to achieving one of my life’s dreams: to have a novel published. That dream came true in 2007 with the publication of my first novel, Thank Heaven! (an humorous, romantic mystery) and, again in 2009, with the publication of my second novel, Wave Song Circle (humor and romance). I am currently working on my third novel.

Bill and I enjoy four grandchildren: Nicholas (12) and his sister, Sage (11), who live in Massachusetts, and Madeline (8) and her brother, Luke (2), who live in Tennessee. Bill has been retired for several years now. We like to travel, and our timeshare affords us an additional opportunity to visit many interesting places each year. I look forward to our reunion in October!

[About my photo: I’ve no nice headshot in my files, as so many of you appear to have, so you get to see Samson, the bear, along with me. Before my husband helped him reach his potential as a rug, Samson lived near our all-season cabin on Blue Heron Lake, Pike County, PA. He weighed 569 pounds.]

JOANNE PRINTZ Woodruff

After graduating from Haverford, I attended West Chester University and graduated with a B.S. degree in Health & Physical Education. I then taught Elementary P.E. for a year in Maryland. Then an opportunity to travel came up and I joined the Red Cross and spent a year in Korea and a year in Boston.

Longing for a warmer climate, a friend and I traveled to southern California and we both got teaching jobs there. I found a job teaching Adapted P.E for the Los Angeles Unified School District. While teaching I went to Cal State University Northridge and acquired an Elementary and an Adapted P.E. teaching credential. After 22 years of teaching, I went on disability retirement and was able to work part-time as an administrative assistant at 3 different Presbyterian churches in the Los Angeles area. I finally retired at the end of January this year.

In my retirement I enjoy babysitting for my grand niece and nephew, hiking, gardening, volunteering and photography. I look forward to seeing many of my classmates after 50 years.

SUE RICHARDS Sloane

The 1st year after graduating I worked in Phila. to pay for a trip to France. I stayed with a French family, and the trip is a wonderful memory. I then enrolled at Susquehanna U., but after 3 semesters transferred to Penn State so Jim Sloane wouldn’t have to keep riding his motor scooter through the mts. to visit. During the last trimester at PSU I went on a study abroad back to France and was able to connect with my French hosts again.

Jim Sloane had taken a job at Westinghouse and was a trainee in Osaka, Japan. When we both returned from overseas, we married (Sept. ’65) and Rita Butchko was my maid-of-honor.

Our first 2 children (girl and boy) were born in New Jersey. We lived in Houston for 2 years, then moved to Florida. I was graduated from Bethune-Cookman College in 1978, and began teaching in Volusia Co. Schools. Our 3rd child was born in Fl in 1981, and in ’82 I had the unexpected “pleasure” of becoming a single parent. Jim and I remarried in 1985 and had 6 ½ nice years together.

Operating as a single parent with a good church family and a lot of active friends has worked for me.

The last 15 yrs of my teaching career was with pre-school handicapped---an area I really love. During my 5 years of retirement I have joined a local chapter of Sweet Adelines, Intn’l, and have partnered with my adorable pom-a-poo Ted in visiting alf’s , nursing homes, and hospice centers.

Reconnecting with high school pals has been very meaningful to me. When Rita Butchko Kerr heard that I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, she and Austin came to Fl to distract me the few days before my surgery. What a treat---especially since I had neither seen nor kept in touch with her for so many years.

I wish you all well at the reunion. My radiation schedule keeps me from attending, but life is good. Think of me: I am thinking of you. God Bless

JANE SCHOFIELD

After graduation from HHS, I headed to Pittsburgh, the total other end of the state and I’ve been here since then. I graduated from University of Pittsburgh and the DT Watson School with my credentials as a Physical Therapist. I worked 40+ years as a PT with a specialty in Rheumatology.

In 1966 I married Bob Brandenstein who I had met playing in the concert and pep bands at Pitt. Remember, at that time many college bands were all men. Bob plays all of the woodwinds and still plays in a 7 piece jazz band and a 16 piece big band. We have 2 grown sons (both here in Pittsburgh) Bill and Jen have 10 and 12 year old boys and a daughter, Bellamy, 10 mo. (I finally got my girl). Ed and Kristin have a 6 year old son. We spent many hours child rearing in ice rinks in the area and now all grandsons are playing hockey and their Dad’s are coaching and playing. During that time Bob and I were doing ice dancing. We were not Olympics material. Needless to say, we are huge Pittsburgh Penguins fans. Bob (Pitt EE, MBA) worked as an engineer and later Banker till he retired 8 years ago.

I retired 2 years ago from a subsidiary of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. We are enjoying as much time as possible on our 35’ Sailboat, Green Flash which we keep on Lake Erie in Ohio. We teach safe boating classes for the United States Power Squadrons, it has been fun for me to return to the water after being a Sea Scout in High School and years on swim team. I remain active as Chair of Board of Directors of the local Arthritis Foundation and am doing several research projects in that area. It was wonderful when I received the National Service Award from the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals in 2008 in Philadelphia to have high school friend Barbara Orwig come and join me for the honor. I enjoyed my working years and supervised many PT students over the years. I did return to graduate school at Pitt for a MS in Health Administration. It was rather painful to send one son to Syracuse University and the other to Penn State. Football season is rather fun in our family.

We downsized 4 years ago into a Condo plan of ‘old people’, all but us. This fall we will be married 45 years. I cannot wait to see everyone in October.

PENNY SIMON

When I left Haverford, I attended Harcum Junior College and studied merchandising. After graduation from Harcum, I married in December. I worked as a Department Store Manager at Lit Brothers until I became pregnant. My husband and I moved to Rockville, Maryland and soon our first son was born. I stayed home raising our son and became active doing charity work for “Women’s American Ort”. I was also on their bowling team for 7 years. We lived in Maryland for 18 years and another son and a daughter were born. We moved to Florida and I took care of my husband’s personal corp. books. In 1987, I divorced after 23 years of marriage. I have remained single since that time. After my divorce, I worked part-time at various jobs for the next ten years.

I now live in Boca Raton and love it. I am blessed to have 2 sons and 2 grandchildren living in Tampa and my daughter and 2 grandchildren live In Boca Raton. I enjoy spending my time with my children and grandchildren as often as I can.

I am looking forward to seeing and reconnecting with my classmates at the reunion. If you come to Boca Raton, give me a call.

ALOISE SKROUD Jones

After leaving HHS, already married, I moved to Cape May, NJ where my husband, Lonnie was stationed in the USCG.

We started our family that summer, had a son, David. Then Lonnie was transferred to a USCG icebreaker, gone for 6 months; I moved back home and had my daughter, Michelle at Haverford Hospital. Next, on to NY City for 8 years and had Christopher.

In 1972 we moved to Oklahoma City, OK and I divorced, stayed and raised my kids, went to RN school and became an "old graduate" at age 37.

I retired 3 years ago and am loving it; accidents/spinal surgeries have slowed me down over the last 20 years but life is good. The kids are in Texas and Alabama and have given me 8 grandkids, ages 8 to 28.

BOB SMITH

After college at Penn State, I joined the Peace Corps in 1965 in Ivory Coast, French West Africa. Ivory Coast had been independent for only five years and Peace Corps was three years old, a perfect match for a young volunteer.

After some travel, back to the US in 1967 and I started a boys camp for Caribbean and US kids in Virgin Gorda, BVI, sponsored by a small group from the Society of Friends. I went to Columbia in NYC to get a Masters in Medical/Hospital Admin. I interned with the Health & Hospitals Corp in NY, and did several years consulting for the Appalachian Regional Commission.

In the late 70s I ran a large federal contract in the hospital field, got married to Ellen Hartney Perna, an all-around terrific woman whom I had met in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, who, unlike most of us, grew up around the world since her dad was military and diplomatic corps. We settled in Bear Creek Village, PA, a beautiful historic Pocono community.

My career from that point was in health care executive type management, specializing in company “turn-arounds”, in a variety of health related business ventures, private and public, in the US, and ultimately was VP for Concord Health Systems CEO and President of National Healthcare, Inc.

I retired a few years ago and Ellen and I have divided our time between Bear Creek Village and Anguilla, BWI. We raised two children, distinctly left and right brained boys, a comedy writer in NYC, and a chemical engineer based in Washington, DC. Throughout our active and retired years Ellen and I have been active in community, service, and humanitarian activities, e.g., land conservation projects, social, philanthropic and non-profit boards, and have had leadership roles in philanthropic fund raising efforts.

It is great to read these bios and connect with you all from across the ages. By the way did we have internet in high school? Did we have calculators? How about paper and pencil?

BARRY SNYDER

After graduation from Haverford High School, I attended the Drexel Institute Of Technology (now Drexel University) and was graduated in 1967 with a BS degree in civil engineering. Following graduation from college I was employed by the Pennsylvania Department Of Transportation (PennDOT). While employed by PennDOT, I took three graduate engineering courses at Villanova University. In 1971 I resigned my position with PennDOT, transferred my Villanova credits, and entered Oklahoma State University (OSU) as a graduate student in civil engineering with a major in structures. I was graduated from OSU in 1972 with a master's degree. Thereafter, I was employed by two structural engineering firms but decided that structural engineering was too confining for me. I returned to PennDOT as a traffic engineer where I stayed until I retired in 2003 with a total of 32 years of service.

I met my wife, Debbie, at OSU where she earned her BS in mathematics. We got married in 1972 immediately after graduation. We have two sons. Rob, our oldest at 32, is married and works for the Treasury Department. Brett (29) is single and works for Giant Supermarkets. We have one grandchild, a girl, and expect to have a boy in February. Debbie is the head of the mathematics department at a local high school and expects to retire in 2012.

As a few of you may remember, I played tennis on the HHS team and, thereafter, in college. After school, I continued playing tennis in local tournaments and played on interclub teams. I have been captain of my current team for eight years and I have been the commissioner of the Philadelphia Area Senior 60+ League for the last four years. Unfortunately, I have had to quit tennis this year because of a back problem. I guess I will be spending more time with my Labrador Retriever, Sandy, who is an 80# lap dog.

The picture was taken in 2010 on a side excursion during our cruise to Alaska.

J. KENNETH STANZ, JR

After graduating from Haveford High School, I attended Drexel Institute of Technology and received my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. I then stayed on at Drexel and received my Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing. My business career began as an advertising salesman at the Philadelphia Inquirer. After 11 years I accepted a promotion to Suburban Sales manager for the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper. The Bulletin closed shop in February of 1983 and I began a new career selling bath towels and health care products for a company based in Griffin, Georgia known as Dundee Mills. I worked out of the New York Office and attained the position of Vice President of Merchandising.

In 1995, Springs Industries bought out Dundee Mills and for the next 10 years, I handled all of the casinos and hotels in Atlantic City and Las Vegas for Springs. I was downsized in 2005 and my career selling towels and sheets came to an abrupt end. You have heard the old addage" that when one door closes, another opens", well, in my case I am now semi-retired working for a Mortgage Broker in Washington Township New Jersey, refinancing mortgages and loving every minute of it.

I have been married to my lovely wife Julia for 43 years. We have three children, Brian, Jacqueline and John. We have eight grandchildren and they keep us hopping. My interests inclulde church work, I am currently Finance Chairman for St. James Lutheran Church in Pitman, NJ. I am very active in Rotary International having served as club president in 2000-2001.

We currently reside in an over 55 community in Deptfor,d NJ, enjoying the new home we built last year. I am looking forward to the 50th reunion.

JANET STEWART Genovese

After graduation, I attended St. Joseph’s college in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. From there I worked at the Burroughs Corp. in the Contracts Department of the Military Field Service Division, that was located in Radnor, Pa. It was there that I met my husband. We have been married for 47 years and have 2 sons and one granddaughter who fills our hearts with joy and excitement!

We moved to Scottsdale, Az. in 1973 and have our own commercial real estate company which has been recognized in the magazine “Ranking Arizona” in 2011 as the No. 1 brokerage in Az. with under 25 brokers. I am happy to say that both of our sons are working in the business and are currently running the Corporation.

For leisure times we enjoy family, traveling and sailing in and around San Diego, Ca. We currently have our boat docked at Harbor Island in San Diego and enjoy going there as frequently as possible.

RANDY SWISHER Jonsson

After high school I attended West Chester State College where I earned a degree In Health and Physical Education. I taught for two years in Haddon Twp., NJ before moving to Staten Island, NY with my husband Dave. We had a great couple of years enjoying New York City!

We have three sons--Peter, Matthew, Eric; we moved to a different city when each child was born. I was a stay at home Mom and Dave commuted and worked in Manhattan in the brokerage business.

Finally in 1984 we decided to move to sunny Florida. (No, we didn't have another baby!) We have been happy residents of Seminole FL for 27 years. It was a great place to raise three active boys, who were heavily involved in sports. Our youngest son Eric went on to play football at the University of FL. Go Gators!

I went back to work as a dropout prevention teacher and retired from the Pinellas County School System in 2005. I taught middle and high school females in a juvenile justice program. Interesting work, to say the least!

We are both retired. Life is good! We enjoy traveling, trying new restaraunts. We have three granddaughters, which is quite a joy after three boys. Of course our two grandsons are special too.

I play tennis three or four times a week. Our senior team went to Daytona Beach for the regional tournament two years ago. I also like to read and garden. My 92 yr. old Mom lives five minutes from us in her own place, but I do a lot for her as far as shoppin, doctors, etc.

My brother and sister still live in the Philadelphia area, so we get back there every so often. We are planning a trip up there for a wedding at the beginning of Oct., so I won't be at the reunion. I'm sure all of you "oldies but goodies" will enjoy yourselves. I still can't believe it's been fifty years!

ANDY TALLEY

After graduating from Haverford Andy attended Southern Connecticut University where he played defensive back for 4 years. He graduated, with honors in 1967, and earned his Masters Degree in Education from there in 1969. His football coaching career began in 1967 which culminated with him becoming Head Coach for Villanova in 1985.

During his 26 year career at Villanova the Wildcats have attended 8 NCAA play-offs, has won 5 Conference Championships, 3 Lambert Meadowlands Cups, 3 ECAC Team of the Year awards, has made 2 National Semifinal appearances and the 2009 National Championship. In 1997 and 2009 he was awarded the AFCA National Coach of the Year and in 2009 The CAA Coach of the Year. He was also chosen to be a coach in the 1998 Hula Bowl.

Andy and his wife, Arlene, reside in Berwyn. They are the proud parents of 2 children. Josh, a graduate of Brown Univ. and Villanova Law School is currently practicing law in Philadelphia. Gina, earned her undergraduate degree from the Univ. of PA. and a Masters Degree from N.Y. University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in history from the Univ. of Mass.

One of his proudest achievements is the work he has done with the National Bone Marrow Donor Program. He organized the “Football United for Life” campaign and the “Get In The Game And Save A Life” campaign. Through his efforts, over 35,000 potential donors have been tested.

RICK WEHR

After leaving HHS I went to Drexel in Philadelphia where I received a BS in Metallurgical Engineering; an MS in Materials Engineering in 1968. I started work for Esso Research and Engineering Company (now Exxon Mobile) in Morristown NJ and was married.

My wife and I had three children Marcia, David and Amy. I worked for a number of different companies as a Mechanical design engineer. I was granted a Professional Engineering License for the state of Pa and an MS degree in Computer Science from Villanova in 1984.

My first marriage ended in divorce. In the same time period I located a number of members of my birth family (I am adopted). Both of these happenings required a lot of interpersonal work.

In 1996 I married Mary Chidsey Smith (with two children Katie and Michele) and we started a new phase of our lives. Mary went to Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA. After Mary’s ordination we moved to Greencastle, PA, where she was pastor. That church was too stressful and Mary went back to being an executive assistant and hospital Chaplin.

In 2007 I retired and I started working for Lowe’s part time. We took a three months trip in our RV in 2008-2009. This took us across the southern states on I-10 from the Atlantic to the Pacific. We stayed several weeks in Las Vegas with my daughter Marcia and her son. We returned on I-40. We decided that we would sell the house and become full time RVers.

We sold our house and took off in our RV for a northern loop around the US and part of Canada. The picture was taken in Yellowstone National Park last summer. We picked up NJ, all of New England, NY, part of Ontario Canada, all of the northern tier states, NE, WY, part of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, WA, OR and northern CA and Florida.

In March we came to Louisville, KY to look for a new “grounded” home. I am designing a model railroad that I want to build in part of the basement of our new home.

I enjoyed reading the bios and I look forward to seeing my classmates at the reunion.

NANCY WEIDEMANN Volk

After HHS, 2 colleges…Shippensburg 1st, then, U of Del. Where I earned my degree in Elementary Education. Teaching was not what I was meant to do, after working for the state of PA for a year, I followed my dream to live and work on an island & did…at a small harbour’s edge hotel in Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI. Never regretted the year of living a fantasy life, marrying there to a Philadelphian, but the marriage wasn’t meant to be.

Back to & working for the state of PA till I remarried, Doug, HHS ’59, in 1978, who within 2 weeks of our wedding went back to college for a 2nd degree, a BSN from Jefferson where I was working in personnel. Tired of the commute, I taught myself to paint needlepoint designs for a small company in Wayne, PA, with both retail & wholesale divisions.

Missing the people connection, I took a job at a travel agency in Haverford, 25 years ago.
Just prior to our HHS 25th reunion, a co-worker thought I was SO old then ! It’s been a great career of making clients dreams come true. Two more years and I will take down the shingle for travel consultant.

Doug and I enjoy annual winter visits to St. Barths our favorite go-to place where we have rented villas for years instead of staying in hotels, we become French for the time we’re there, drink lots of good cheap wine, shop each day, occasionally recognize a star.

Doug and I moved to Bluffton, SC, in October of 2005, after he retired from his 2nd career of nursing and medical malpractice investigations. No snow here, we enjoy the 1 floor home we built with a bonus room for Doug & his model trains, the charm of Savannah, GA, just a half hour from our door, Beaufort, Hilton Head and Charleston are great for lunch, shopping trips. Sun, beaches, friends new and old, great weather, our health, Doug with 2 knee replacements, we both have been successful in weight loss…we’re happy as we recently celebrated our 33rd anniversary in June. No kids, neither of us regret our decision, we had 2 great dogs, now have 2 PA rescue cats via Main Line Animal Rescue who enjoy looking out our many windows at the many birds visiting the trees and lagoon & occasional ‘gator. Life is good, no it’s truly great !

Looking forward to seeing y’all at the 50th !

GORDON M WEINER

Gordon M. Weiner, professor emeritus at Arizona State University until 2001 and former director of the school's Jewish studies program, died July 5, 2007. He was 63.

Weiner was hired as a history professor by ASU in 1968. After arriving, he began teaching courses in Judaica and pushing the administration to establish a full-time position in Jewish studies, said Joel Gereboff, religious studies and Jewish studies chairman. Weiner continued to push for the establishment of a Jewish studies program, which was officially recognized by ASU in the early 1980s, said Gereboff.

Weiner's colleagues remember him as a devoted professor.

By... 1972, Weiner had "already developed his reputation as a very popular and really fabulous teacher," said Lee. "He loved entertaining, socializing and loved debates, which he started if nobody else started them. ... They were always intellectually stimulating."

"From what I know, he was a very good lecturer and pushed students to work at their highest level," said Gereboff, "and was also very accessible and devoted to students who really were interested" in the subject matter being taught.

And Weiner's teaching was often not relegated to the classroom. He was a frequent contributor to the opinion pages of Jewish News, The Arizona Republic and The East Valley Tribune, where he wrote about topics ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to the anti-Semitic views espoused by Henry Ford.

"He was always an interesting, if often critical voice on all kinds of Jewish issues," said Lee. He said Weiner originally leaned to the right in terms of Israel's policies toward Palestinians but "moved leftward and very much in favor of more negotiation and greater forthcomingness with Israel and the Palestinians, about which we would debate rather vigorously.

Weiner's involvement with the Jewish community also extended to the Anti-Defamation League, with which he served as a guest lecturer, at the now-defunct Valley Jewish Day School.

Weiner is survived by his wife, Allison P. Coudert; his brother, Rabbi Henry Weiner; his son, Joshua; step-daughter, Polly Gottisman; and five grandchildren. A memorial service is planned for early August in Philadelphia.

TOM WILKINSON (Plank)

Following graduation from the Air Force Academy in 1965, I married my high school sweetheart, Diane Loux (Class of 1963). We celebrate our 46th wedding anniversary this year and enjoy spending time with our three children and seven grandchildren.

During my 23 years in the Air Force I logged 3900 hours as a fighter pilot and also served as a staff officer. My most memorable assignments include a combat tour in the F-4C Phantom at Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam; graduating from the USAF Fighter Weapons School (Air Force’s equivalent to the Navy’s Top Gun School) at Nellis AFB, NV; serving as an exchange pilot flying the Harrier “Jump Jet” with the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom; participating in the 1974 Farnborough Air Show (near London) as a Harrier display pilot; and a tour as an A-10 Warthog Squadron Commander at Myrtle Beach AFB, SC. I retired in 1988 as a Lt Col at Eglin AFB, FL.

After my Air Force retirement Diane and I remained in our home in Niceville, FL. Diane continued her career as a high school economics teacher and I pursued a second career as a defense contractor. I worked for Jacobs Engineering as a project manager and deputy director supporting electronic warfare test and evaluation programs at Eglin AFB. Diane retired in 2005 after 20 years of teaching and I fully retired in 2007 after 19 years as a defense contractor. In my retirement years I enjoy traveling, walking, puttering around our yard and dock, boating, and most of all visiting with family and friends.

DAVID LORENZ WINSTON

is an award winning photographer, internationally recognized for his nature photography. His crisp winter landscapes and stunning images of trees enhance art and photography collections around the world.

David is well known for "Solitude," his image of a zigzag fence and tree taken after a fresh coat of snow in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To date, more than 280,000 posters of this quietly tranquil image have been published.

David’s images are not limited to the natural landscape. He is equally skilled at capturing human nature, manmade landscapes and animals. He brings a unique way of seeing to his work, which is expressed through humor, irony, timing and mystery.

Periodically, David publishes The Winston Eye photoletter that features his recent work. To see more work, check out David's blog: http://thewinstonweekly.blogspot.com

J. PETER YIENGST

After graduation I went to technical school for a year and then for a six month stint in the Naval Air Reserve. In 1963 I went to work for Philadelphia Electric Company where I experienced multiple positions for thirty one and a half years.

In 1967 I married my present wife Madeline who was a RN and we just celebrated forty four years together. We have two great daughters one living only eight miles from us in Annapolis Md. She is a teacher in our county and she and her husband gave us our only granddaughter. Our other daughter lives near Denver Colorado and she and her husband have two sons, We try to see them at least three times per year.

Our passion in life has always been for boating. In 1985 we downsized our boat and built a house on the Chester River where we hoped to retire at age 55. In 1995 PECO offered an early retirement which I took and we moved to Chestertown four years early and enjoyed every moment of it. In 2001 we built a house in Crownsville Md on the Severn River to be closer to our daughter and civilization. In 2004 we started going to Punta Gorda Florida and in 2007 acquired a house there where we now spend the winters. We now can boat twelve months a year. Life has been good!

JUDY YOUNG Moyer

I graduated from Penn State University main campus in March of 1966 with a degree in medical technology. While in school I was the Creamery Lab Tech.

In September of 1964 I married my best friend, Gary Moyer, whom I met at Penn State, and in 1967 we started our family. We have a daughter, Lori; a son Steve; and a son Andy. We are blessed to have 4 grandchildren: Ethan 10, Leah 8, Luna 6, and River 4.

In 1987 I wrote and published a cookbook for children with food allergies entitled "Cooking for the Allergic Child". For several years prior to the publishing of the book, the Nutrition Dept .at Penn State provided me with nutrition majors to help with letter writing to food companies, research and coding for the computer; so that we could include a nutrient analysis for each recipe.

In 1994 I designed and supervised the construction of a beach house in Corolla N.C. We rent it most of the time, and enjoy the home for two weeks each year with all of our family. Everyone loves the beach.

Most of my working years have been with my husband in our businesses: Moyer Jewelers; Lions Pride, selling every thing for Penn State; Collegiate Pride, an ad specialty division; and The Animal Kingdom which sells stuffed animals and children's clothing.

I run the pension plan for all of our employees and The Animal Kingdom. We are selling The Animal Kingdom, so that I can retire and travel with my husband.

We love living in State College also known as "Happy Valley". It is a small town with the cultural ammenities of a larger city due to the diverse offerings of the university. We enjoy going to the many sporting events that P.S.U. has to offer. We especially love taking our grandchildren to some of these events.

I am truly blessed.

LOU ZOTO

After graduating from Haverford High School, I attended Temple University. During my time as a Temple Owl I met the love of my life, Missy. We married in 1962 and have 2 beautiful daughters and 5 wonderful grandchildren.

I began working in management at the National Can Company. Soon after, I decided I needed to make some changes. In 1971, Missy and I opened Warminster West Diner in Warminster, Bucks County and in 1981 we opened our 2nd restaurant, B. Maxwell’s, in Doylestown, Bucks County. For 31 years we worked side by side in the restaurant business. In 2003, we hung up our spatulas and entered the wonderful world of retirement.

For the last 8 years, we have enjoyed traveling to far and exciting places and spending time with our friends and family. I enjoy playing golf and being with my grandchildren. For 42 years we have spent our summers in Longport, New Jersey. It is our little piece of heaven! On any given weekend during the summer, you can find me with my spatula making pancakes for all my grandchildren!

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