Classmates
The most important part of this effort is to reconnect with friends in the great class of 1966. As Baby Boomers, think about what we’ve experienced, from learning cursive with cartridge pens to posting Instagram images with our smart phones; from learning about JFK’s assassination during the school day to watching the Twin Towers fall on 9/11; and for many of us, going from worrying about prom dates to welcoming grandchildren into our lives. It’s an amazing time to be living! Let’s celebrate and share.
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Your contact information will be hidden, and secure. This website is maintained by our committee, not an outside commercial outfit. It will only be used with your permission for the 50th Reunion Book we will put together for attendees of the 50th Reunion.Those who are unable to attend the Reunion in the spring of 2016 will be able to order the Reunion Book.
Please post your bio and comments. Confirm your name, add your memories, observations, and reflections. Upload a recent picture. With your permission, these will be included in the 50th reunion memory book. THINK BACK and share your thoughts about last 50 years: high school, friends, the '60s, family, growing up in Bethesda. Have fun with this! Also, take a look at the “High School Life” section. We’d love to use those in our class book as well. It’s easy to upload and caption them.
Use the "send a message" feature to contact friends, and your email will appear for them to respond. HAVE FUN RECONNECTING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!
Please note: the reunion committee reserves the option to edit or revise entries for spelling, grammar, and length.
Bruce O'Neal
Then
Suzanne O'Toole (Leef)
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Thomas O'Toole
Then
Thomas J. Oakley
Then
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Comment:
Served in the Navy for 4 years, then went to Georgetown U for a business degree. Have been an independent contractor/consultant since then. Now happily living aboard my boat “Vigilante,” and not dead yet as previously reported. |
Robert Phillip (Skip) Okamoto
Then
| Comment: I lost touch with pretty much everyone shortly after graduating WJ. The one semester at UVA and I was off to Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces Group after nearly a year of training (Basic, Intelligence School, Jump School & Green Beret training at the JFK Special Warfare Center). 14 months, 6 days and about 8 hours later I came back, but not the same guy. I was messed up. Physically I was in pretty good shape, although wounded a couple of times, but my head was not so good. There was no such thing as PTSD in those days. |
Gail Olson
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Vivian Ormsby
Then
Lisa Orr (Rubenstein)
Then
Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Occupation: | PAWLEYS ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT |
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Comment:
Greetings After a year at Wake Forest, a good ole southern baptist school where my last name didn't earn me many points, I transferred back to the University of MD, where I majored in English. I had the choice of going to work for relatives who owned Ringling Brothers Circus or doing Child Protective Services in Frederick County. I chose the latter and that led to lots of coursework in counseling at U of M and 30 years as a Juvenile Probation Officer. Twenty of those were in Montgomery County and ten in Georgetown County , SC where I moved in 1993, fulfilling my dream to live in Pawleys Island. After I figured out I only wanted to work with kids and had no desire to supervise, I ditched the Masters program. Needless to say I never got rich but had an incredibly rewarding career and have a storehouse of wild stories to tell. After retiring in 2003, I went to work part-time as a Family Court Bailiff for four years. Those stories are far wilder than the ones I collected in the previous 30 years. I also got certified as a Police Officer Class III which in SC is for specific assignments. For the price of 4 weeks of legal training, and getting tased, I get to shoot guns and drive really fast a couple times a year. I left the Court in 2008 and walked into the entirely best job in the universe. I work as a seasonal police officer for the Town of Pawleys Island, where I am for some reason paid to ride an ATV on the beach and a Jet Ski when I feel like it. The stories from this job are the wildest yet. If I was any kind of writer at all. I'd have published them and finally gotten rich! I have one daughter. Sally, who is an RN. She also lives here in Pawleys. And I have one grandson, Adrian who is an avid surfer and artist. He splits his time between Pawleys and Charleston. I married my partner, Tracie in 2005, in Toronto. And then one morning not too long ago woke up one day to find us married in SC as well. Even the IRS says so, so it must be true. I know there are more than a few of you out there who were sure we'd never see it in our lifetimes! I am a bit creaky at times but healthy, and thankful. It feels like we've lost more than our share of classmates. Here's wishing you all well and if you are in Pawleys, the door is always open. |
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Preston Padden
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Now
| Occupation: | Retired |
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| Comment: U of MD B.A.; George Washington U J.D.. Married Barbara in 1973. Three kids - Kelly, Jenny and Joey. Two grandkids and two more on the way. 12 years at Metromedia as Ass't General Counsel. 5 years as President, Association Of Independent TV Stations. 7 years as President, Network Distribution, Fox Broadcasting Company. 2 years as President, ABC Television Network. 12 years as executive VP Worldwide Government Relations, The Walt Disney Company. 3 years teaching Communications Law at U of Colorado Law School. Currently Executive Director, Expanding Opportunities For Broadcasters Coalition (part time). | |
Linda Paddison (Bethke)
Then
Now
| Comment: No, I don’t own the gift shops (Something Else!! Inc.) anymore. They pretty much died when the Challenger crashed. I then moved back to DC, then moved to Austin, TX for 10 years, then DC, then Asheville, NC, then back to Melbourne Beach 4 years ago. We will probably stay here another year or two until my daughter finishes some design classes here, then go to another state with more courses available. Actually the Blue Iris Inn is at 8804 Garfield Street in Bethesda. It is an old log cabin which was one of the first places in Bethesda. One of the presidents used to travel there to have clandestine meetings with his mistress. When I was in 6th grade my dad bought the two lots between the Inn and Greentree Road, which was still loaded with Blue Irises. He build our house at 8806 Garfield and another on the corner which was Dr. Nattel’s office (dentist) for many years and I think Mrs. Nattel still lives there. We sold our house after Mom died in 1996 and Dad in 2000. I was the oldest of 8, but my younger siblings all went to St. Jane’s and then some WJ and some Whitman. So, the long and short of it is BlueIrisInn means home to me. My sister, Laura, moved to CA for about a year around 1975 and I moved there in 1976-1977 but then back to DC. I am the only sibling who lives away from the area, so you may run into Bethke’s still. My brother Ronnie has a lawn maintenance business in the area. I did send an email to Karen Kreshover Davis this morning, who lives nearby, so we will see if we get together. I really hope to be able to make the reunion in May and hope you keep me updated. |