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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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.
Eric Schmader
Suzanne Schneider
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| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | nonprofit executive (retired); jewelry artist |
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Comment:
Here's a brief update of what I've done post-WJ. I did my undergraduate work at Harvard-Radcliffe, majoring in British History and Literature; earned a doctorate in English Language and Literature at Yale; joined the Yale faculty as an assistant professor and taught there for 5 years; decided to leave academia for a career in public policy; returned to DC and got a job as a junior analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, where I worked for 4 years; in 1986 moved to the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the non-profit National Academies (National Academy of Sciences et al), where I spent the rest of my career. In the fall of 2013 I retired as Associate Executive Director of TRB, which is an organization that coordinates, manages, and conducts research on all modes and aspects of transportation. After retirement, I decided to open an online shop for my handcrafted jewelry on the Etsy marketplace (TheStoriedBead.etsy.com). I also am an active member of the Lake Barcroft Art League, and I exhibit and sell my work at local art and craft shows in the DC area.
When I returned to DC after teaching at Yale, I met my husband, Robert (Bob) Levy, a senior economist with the Center for Naval Analyses in Arlington, Virginia. Bob (B.S. University of Pennsylvania , Ph.D. Northwestern) and I have been married for 33 years and have two wonderful daughters, Alexandra and Robin. Alex is an historian (A.B. University of Pennsylvania, M.A. University of Virginia) and serves as Program Director at the Atomic Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC. She and her boyfriend Michael Korschek plan to marry in September. Robin (A.B. Northwestern University) is an aspiring writer who is currently living in Jerusalem and writing a book about her experiences in the Middle East. I really enjoyed our 40th reunion and hope to see many old friends at the 50th! It will be fun to reminisce together about the things we still love from our high school days and to catch up on the less expected turns our lives have taken. |
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Sally Schofield (Burtner)
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Now
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Retired from Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics |
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Comment:
Some of you may remember that my Air Force Dad had orders to move two weeks before Christmas in 1965...and two weeks later there we were - in Tokyo! It was a very difficult adjustment for me at the time but a great experience since our parents traveled with my younger brother and me as much as they could to see and appreciate the culture. I am officially graduated from both WJ and Yamato Dependents School that was in Tachikawa, about 20 miles from Tokyo. I started college at Western College for Women in Oxford, OH, now part of Miami University then transferred to Boston University for Jr and Sr years. I studied studio, fine arts and art history. I met my husband, Russ, through my college roommate (who also transferred with me to Boston) and we've been sharing all of lifes ups and downs ever since. Russ and I were married in 1970. My first job was as one of three Graphic Artists for The Air Line Pilots Assn in Washington, DC, where we produced their monthly magazine and all graphic needs (and where I was reunited with Mike Burroughs, a printers rep who handed the ALPA magazine!); seven years later, I started my own company, Tandem Graphics, when our daughter Maggie was born. Russ was in banking but also an artist so the business helped promote his work, as well as, allow me to work at home. We added Andy and Lizzy within five years so it was an incredibly busy, but wonderful time. I went back to full time work at Georgetown University's Printing and Graphics Dept, then became an Administrative Assistant in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at GU. It was a handful of Philosophy Professors whose particular area of interest was biomedical ethics. The first Members Day event was a discussion involving four or five of the professors who clearly disagreed on some points but were so respectful of the other's arguments and positions, that I remarked on it to Russ that evening. I have never heard such civil, well-argued disagreement and I long to hear it in today's troubled world. We had researchers come from around the world to use the Bioethics Library and who would stop at my desk to remark on the rarity of encountering such respect amoung colleagues, students and visitors. It was truly the highlight of my working experience and I wish more young people could be exposed to how it can work. 2014 was a Big Year, first full year of retirement from Georgetown University, son Andy and his wife Caroline had Floyd Duncan in January; daughter Maggie and husband Mike had Lilah Margaret, joining Little Rusty (named after my husband Russ), Katie and Jake. July 2015 daugher Lizzy married married fellow GU alum Doug on Bainbridge Island near their new Seattle home. Another wedding in September took place in Buffalo for our nephew Jon, who served with honor in Afghanistan. He married a hometown sweetheart, Shawn. May 2016 brought Lizzy and Doug's beautiful baby Zoe! We were able to visit for several weeks and look forward to having all three kids, families and friends here at Thanksgiving! We have all experienced so much with our own health and caring for family members and friends that, as one of the "Seekers" trying to reconnect with classmates for this reunion, I found it so heartening to talk to so many who had such good memories of our WJ days. I heard many say they were so happy they did come! I reunited with Karen Malamphy Carter and Marlena Campagna Keenan, my first friends when I moved here in the middle of 7th grade when we attended North Bethesda Jr High. We're looking forward to getting together again over the summer and beyond! |
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Barbara Schwartz (Nelson)
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Katherine Schwering
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Karen Seals (Nordenson)
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Comment:
After graduation, I went to Montgomery (JR) College, Takoma Park for Dental Assisting (AA degree). Was accepted at Penn State, U of MD, Elon College, etc. but didn't know what I wanted to be, so took the "short way" to a career! Spent 1968-1976 as a dental assistant in DC and Md. area. Met #1, Jim Seals (a Navy vet returning to school) at MJC. Married in 1970. Assisted Jim with MJC, Univ of MD, (education major-taught 4th grade in MONT CO 30 yrs)and two graduate degrees in education from George Washington University. First daughter, Alysa born in 1976. Second daughter, Kajsa born in 1981. Karen's never ending saga: I can't tell you all how many times I’ve tried to write this story from the last reunion 10 years ago. I hope this is the last version. |
Delores Sellner
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Charles (Doug) Sentlingar
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Rosabelle Shames (Goldkind)
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Judith Shapiro (Crockett)
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I married the first time and had a daughter who is now 28. She was just married at Chevy Chase Methodist on Aug. 5. She graduated from University of Delaware in Economics and is the Fine Jewelry Manager at Nordstrom-Pentagon City. (She learned well from her Mom!) She and her new husband live near Deale on the Chesapeake Bay. My, how much that area has changed! I have had several incarnations, first as a music arranger for the National Symphony and early Saturday Night Live shows, Isaac Stern, Pearl Bailey, etc. It was a great life, but taxing. Most memorably, I worked at the Supreme Court for Chief Justice Burger coordinating activities for the Bicentennial of the Constitution, as liasson between staff and the Chief. After his retirement I went to work for the Curator's office and finally the Public Information Office.(Press office) In 1972 I had a major auto accident on the Washington Beltway which crushed my leg and subsequently took 9 surgeries to put me back on my feet and out of a wheel chair. I still walk with a cane but, strange as it may seem, in the years since the accident, I feel I have grown most. I now teach quilting both nationally and internationally and am working on a book on "extreme" beading techniques. I have been artist-in-residence at Wesley Seminary which was instrumental in introducing me to the liturgical arts field and have work in the National Cathedral and make liturgical Vestments for many mostly Episcopal churchs. I have a studio locally and in addition, Galesville, MD on the West River in a sailing marina. My work is in galleries as well as museums. Sometimes the best things come out of the worst situations! Two and one half years prior to my accident, I married my second and final husband, Bert Shapiro. I met him just after he moved to Washington to follow his former wife as an anti-trust attorney at the FTC. He loved his work in the lab at Harvard, where he received his PhD. in Neurobiology. He has twin daughters, now 39, who also graduated from WJ. One is an epidemiologist (Ph.D. Univ. Washington) at the CDC in Atlanta, and the other daughter, Brenda got her PhD. at U. Conn. in Clinical Psychology. She married and practices in Connecticut with a specialty in autism. Each of his daughters have two children. Bert is very active in the neurobiology community and is director of the Medical Scientist Training Program at NIH, a program designed to fund universities in training students in a dual degree/MD and PhD. His love is singing at Strathmore Arts Center for the Washington Philharmonic. |