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Victoria Van Voorhis

Marital status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Retired
So, what have you been doing for the last 50 years?: Always: Worked at ISU, 3 years in Econ and 43 years in Apparel, Events, & Hospitality Management
Always: Single
Always: Lived in Ames
Always: Sang for church, community theatre, and myself
Finally: Retired (2020)

Larry Voelker (Voelker)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Engineering & Manufacturing Management

Peter Voss

William Wagner (Wagner)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Retired

Bill Walsh

Marital status: Married
Children: 4
Occupation: Equipment Sales
So, what have you been doing for the last 50 years?: Graduated Iowa State. Married 49 years. In Indy area since 1980. Worked in electronics manufacturing as cost analyst & sales manager for 6 years. Sold Kubota tractors & commercial landscape & turf equipment. Currently at a Caterpillar dealer in Indy area. Soon to retire.

Bruce Warg

Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 7
Occupation: Retired
So, what have you been doing for the last 50 years?: Joined the Navy as a Seabee. Married and had 5 children. Divorced in 2002. Remarried in 2006 to Jean. She has 2 children. I have 10 grandchildren. I worked at the USDA for 30 years, retiring in 2020. Enjoy golfing, fishing and working in my yard.

Dave Warner

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 0
So, what have you been doing for the last 50 years?: Moved to Colorado, was a ski bum for a few years, graduated from CU with a major in Environmental Conservation. Worked most of my career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as the Director of Communications. Met my wife, Cecile, and we have been married for 28 years. We still live in Boulder.

Kim Wass

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: orthodontist
So, what have you been doing for the last 50 years?: After high school I attended college at the University of Iowa where I earned a bachelor’s degree, a dental degree and an orthodontic certificate. I returned home to Ames where I joined my boyhood orthodontist, Dr. Jack Sturdivant. We practiced together for 3 years before he retired due to health reasons. Almost 40 years later I am still working as an orthodontist in private practice in Ames. My wife, Joan, and I have been married 44 year and we have two grown children (both Ames High graduates) and 3 grandchildren who live in Lubbock, Texas. We enjoy golfing, going to concerts and vacationing at a family cabin on Gull Lake in Minnesota.
Comment: Thank you to everyone who has made the effort to come back to our 50th class reunion to remember our fun days in high school.

Steve Webber

Marital status: Married
Children: 4

Randy Wedin

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 6
Occupation: Science writer (retired)
So, what have you been doing for the last 50 years?: After completing my education (B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D. in Chemistry, Harvard University), I got married and moved to Washington, D.C., where I worked for a year with the U.S. House of Representatives and then eight years with the American Chemical Society. Then, in 1991, it was time to return to the Midwest, and I’ve been living in the Twin Cities ever since. In Minnesota, I started a career as a freelance science writer and also assumed the primary parenting role for my four children. After my divorce in 1998, I met Jeanette, who has two children. After dating for 15 years (2000-2015), we finally got married.

Since retiring from science writing nearly two years ago, I’ve been enjoying a busy life and not regretting retirement for a moment. One focus in retirement has been volunteer work at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, where I’ve been teaching classes (“Introduction to Zen Meditation” and a six-week class on “Zen and Science”). Another significant activity, especially from May to October, is camping. My wife and I bought a pop-up camper three years ago, and we’re taking full advantage of our wonderful state and national park systems. In our combined family, we have six adult children (three living locally in the Twin Cities) and five granddaughters (four of them in the Twin Cities), so family also figures importantly in my life these days. Hobbies include singing in a church choir, occasionally playing my trombone in a brass group at church, reading (mostly mysteries and thrillers), and napping.