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Margo Raedel
Then
Birdie Rand
Then
Now
| Grade School: | Kenwood |
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| Marital status: | Married |
| Spouse /Partner Name: | Tony Lowe |
| Children: | 3 |
| Grandchildren: | 1 |
| Occupation: | Retired - Was a Buyer at Target for 20 years and then part owner of a Sales Rep firm for another 20 years that sold to Target |
| Most unique school memory: I was challenged to a fight at "the wall" when at Jefferson. | |
| Favorite hobbies or pastimes?: | Golf, walking, traveling, hanging out with friends and family. |
| Have you traveled or lived in any other countries?: Traveled quite a lot as a Target buyer - China, India, Taiwan, Korea, Paris, London, Frankfurt. For fun we like to travel in Europe. Had to cancel 3 trips during Covid so need to play catch up now. | |
| What have been your greatest joys, challenges, or accomplishments?: Raised 2 fabulous sons and acquired a lovely step daughter in my second marriage. I had a really great career. Greatest challenge was getting a divorce when boys were very little and then being a single mom for many years before marrying again. | |
| What would people be surprised to know about you?: I discovered a decade ago that I am a medium. Yes, I communicate with the spirit world. They want to talk to us. Pretty crazy after a work life of analyzing numbers. | |
| Are you still in contact with any fellow classmates?: Yes - many, which is great. Many of them are in my grade school pictures! | |
| Please share a favorite high school memory?: Being an under performer on our fabulous winning swim team; Yearbook staff; Parties at private beach; Skiing in Aspen senior year with Anne S, Betsy L, Cinda J. | |
Shayne Ratner
Then
Peter Rauma
Then
Robert Rees
Then
| Grade School: | Kenwood |
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| Marital status: | Married |
| Spouse /Partner Name: | Anne Cronmiller |
| Children: | 0 |
| Occupation: | Journalist, high school English teacher |
| Most unique school memory: Seeing on the front page of the Minneapolis Tribune a photograph of Danny Edwards and Shari Gill drinking at Williams Pub on the day after the state lowered the drinking age to 18. (Was there a third person in that photo I'm not remembering? Probably.) | |
| Favorite hobbies or pastimes?: | Travel, hiking, reading |
| Have you traveled or lived in any other countries?: Israel, Ireland, Italy | |
| What have been your greatest joys, challenges, or accomplishments?: I was an English teacher at Washburn and then Southwest, for nearly 30 years. I would like to believe that I was a positive influence on students, at least until when cell phones invaded the classroom. | |
| What would people be surprised to know about you?: That most of my professional years were spent teaching high school English in the Minneapolis Public Schools, something I NEVER would have predicted when I was in high school (or in the years that followed). | |
| Are you still in contact with any fellow classmates?: I most certainly am in touch with a number of fellow classmates, but they have threatened to inflict bodily damage should I reveal their identities. | |
| Please share a favorite high school memory?: Having had the privilege of studying Humanities with Miss Westby | |
Paul Rivenburg
Then
Now
| Grade School: | Powderhorn Park Christian Day School |
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| Marital status: | Married |
| Spouse /Partner Name: | Delores |
| Children: | 2 |
| Grandchildren: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired. Worked at Robins Kaplan |
| Most unique school memory: Being in Art class and the teacher told us to go outside and draw something. So I walked to Lake of the Isles and drew the lake. It was a beautiful spring day. | |
| Favorite hobbies or pastimes?: | Reading history. Watching old movies on TCM with Delores. |
| Have you traveled or lived in any other countries?: I went to Mexico in December of '74 for a service project with a group of fellow college students. | |
| What have been your greatest joys, challenges, or accomplishments?: Greatest joys are my family. Delores and I are celebrating 46 years of marriage in June. I have two sons, Mark and Scott. Mark is married to Erin and they have two sons, Michael and Caleb. Since I was an only child and grew up with a single mom (my dad died when I was 3), having a family is a real blessing. | |
| What would people be surprised to know about you?: My interest in history, literature and theology. I'm always reading. I love processing information and learning. | |
| Are you still in contact with any fellow classmates?: Yes, Paul Olson and I have been in contact on and off over the years. | |
| Please share a favorite high school memory?: Nothing in particular. I just remember hanging out with people and getting caught up in the craziness of the times. | |
Kim Roden (Roden)
Then
Now
| Grade School: | Douglass School |
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| Marital status: | Married |
| Spouse /Partner Name: | Jerry |
| Children: | 1 |
| Grandchildren: | 1 |
| Occupation: | www.LinkedIn.com/in/kimberlyroden |
| Most unique school memory: Obtaining the Uptown Business Women’s Association. | |
| Favorite hobbies or pastimes?: | Please see my LinkedIn page |
| Have you traveled or lived in any other countries?: Many! | |
| What have been your greatest joys, challenges, or accomplishments?: Please see my LinkedIn page | |
| What would people be surprised to know about you?: Please see my LinkedIn page | |
| Are you still in contact with any fellow classmates?: Not actively at this time | |
| Please share a favorite high school memory?: Graduating | |
James Romlin
Then
Now
| Grade School: | Kenwood |
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| Marital status: | Married |
| Spouse /Partner Name: | Judy |
| Children: | 3 |
| Grandchildren: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Retired advertising executive |
| Favorite hobbies or pastimes?: | Skiing, boating, traveling, walking |
| Have you traveled or lived in any other countries?: Argentina and New Zealand recently. | |
| What have been your greatest joys, challenges, or accomplishments?: Raising 3 wonderful kids, and sharing the joy of playing hide&seek with 3 sweet and beautiful grandchildren. Oh, yeah, 42 years of marriage and 38 years thriving in the ad biz. | |
| Are you still in contact with any fellow classmates?: Yes, many. | |
Sheryl RothRogers (Roth)
Then
Now
| Grade School: | Clara Barton |
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| Marital status: | Married |
| Spouse /Partner Name: | George Rogers |
| Children: | 2 |
| Grandchildren: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired for 7 years |
| Most unique school memory: So Happy with Minneapolis West. Lots of good, important memories. Most unique? Too hard! Perhaps Ms Westby? | |
| Favorite hobbies or pastimes?: | Quiet, Walking, Reading, Waves/Clouds/Rocks/Trees no commitments! |
| Have you traveled or lived in any other countries?: Traveled to England, Holland/the Netherlands, Malaysia, and Japan on business, and France, Germany, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Chile on vacation! | |
| What have been your greatest joys, challenges, or accomplishments?: My husband and daughters, Smith College and Columbia Business School, great companies and work employee memories and a good life so far! | |
| What would people be surprised to know about you?: After a great college and grad school experience and a great career, I love reflecting on all the personal and work memories.... | |
| Are you still in contact with any fellow classmates?: Don't get back too often and usually see family, so sadly, no...... | |
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Please share a favorite high school memory?:
There are too many.... Cowboys games? Dances? West hallways and steps? Classes? Mrs. Plant, our debate coach, driving us to a debate, smoking a cigarette and looking in the back seat while driving, while talking to us... |
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John Rovick
Then