Classmate Profiles
Sixty Plus years since we graduated!
Please create or update your biography.
Tell classmates about yourself! Click on "Add Your Profile" and fill out the form so that we have up-to-date contact information. You may also wish to add a short bio about what you've been up to the last 50 years. It's a great way to "reacquaint" ourselves with one another. Please note that there is a limit of 220 words - about 22 lines.
It's recommended that you not share upcoming vacation dates, day & month of your birth, financial information and other sensitive information on the internet.
Important: Your contact information will not be posted on the site (however, others will be able to send you an email if you include your email address in the setup information of your profile).
Some ideas when writing: Did you attend college/where? What do/did you do for a living? What kinds of things do you like to do for fun? Have you done any traveling? Any other thoughts/memories would be great too.
Don't forget to add a recent picture (can be individual, with significant other, family, etc.)! We will upload your yearbook picture for the "then" picture, but if you would prefer to use an alternative picture, you may do so as well. Just click "Edit Entry."
Our paths began as a blank page to be written on by experience. Our parents and friends escorted us down the path that curved and rose and fell shaping the person we are today. Like the proverbial moss we gathered acquaintances and life longfriends to traveldown our mutual paths. Each footway had epiphanous moments perhaps changing our path.
A pivotal event in our lives was graduation from our twelve years of education - from there we looked toward the future with hopes and dreams. Within this set of reflections are some of examples of how these dreams manifested themselves into fruition. Stories, memories, education, family, activism, etc. all of that brought us to here pondering is that all there is?
...pondering by Patricia Strot and Carolyn Turner; Photo by Loren Nelson
Bill Campbell
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | Wow, I remember how old I thought my dad was when he received the invitation to his 50th re-union and now here we are! After graduation I attended Dunwoody Industrial Insitute. I became an electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 292 in Mpls. My wife Linnea and I were married in 1964. We have a daughter Wendy and son Jeremy and now four wonderful grandchildren. We returned to Colorado in 1968 where I worked on various construction projects in the Rocky Mountain region. I served as President of IBEW Local 113 in Colorado Springs and also worked as their Organizer until my retirement in late 2008. Since retirement I have been building a new house which is now nearing completion. Linnea and I love spending time with our daughter and her family in Denver and our son and his family in Arizona. We are thankful for God's blessings on our family all these years. |
Wallace Campbell
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | After graduation I enlisted in the Air Force for four years, got married and had two children, Adrian and Heather. A year after release from the Air Force, I enrolled in College with help of GI Bill, and graduated in June of 1970 with a BS in Education from the Universtiy of Minnesota . I was divorced after 13 years. I taught Marketing in High Schools for six years and then was employd by Hennepin Technical College where I taught for 26 years. During that time I married my wife Jane, with whom I have two children, Ryan and Morgan. We Just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary in May. I retired in 2004 and moved to Fort Myers FL. My current hobbies are golf, fishing and family. Some of my favorite memories were working on the tile RHS mural, the state basketball game against Edgerton, state Hockey and Baseball games, Prom, and the senior class trip. My favorite teachers were Mr Carlson and Mr Brett. I have many fond memories of my high school years and the friends I had. |
Pat Carlson (Ripley)
| Marital status: | Widowed |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | John and I were married in 1965. We have three children (1 son and 2 daughters) and eight grandchildren. John passed away in December of 2003. We moved to Eagan in 1971, where I currently live. After owning our own business and working for others, I decided that the retired life is the way to go! I enjoy spending time with my family, reading and traveling. My family keeps me busy with all of the grandkids activities. Life is good! |
Mike Carpenter
Linda Christensen (Olson)
| Marital status: | Divorced |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Artist |
| Comment: | I didn't exactly graduate in 1960: I spent most of my senior year in the hospital. Then one thing led to another and I married Earl Christensen (RHS 1959 aka "Grease"). Twelve years and two daughters later I got a degree in the visual arts with a concentration in sculpture. Earl and I divorced in 1985. As do most artists I scrambled together a living in a variety of ways: taught art in a number of venues (including Richfield adult ed.), designed my own line of greeting cards "Elderberries", owned a sculpture studio/gift shop in northern Wisconsin. One project I've done for the past 38 years is the annual butter carving of Princess Kaye contestants at the Minnesota State Fair. Seven years ago I moved to California (where my hair suddenly turned blonde) but I still come back every year for the fair. I continue to study various subjects: in 2000 I received a masters degree in theology from the University of St. Catherine in St. Paul. I took poetry classes at The Loft in Minneapolis and continue to write and study in an online group. This fall I will attend workshops to become a Zumba fitness instructor and classes at a local college in kinesiology for special populations i.e. age, fitness level or medical related issues. I will be in the cooler at the Great Minnesota Get-together again this year as well as our great get-together shortly after. |
Sandy Clark
Virginia Conway (Hoffman)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
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Carol Cotter
| Marital status: | Divorced |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | IT/Accounting Consultant |
| Comment: | 50 years after high school have been fabulous. I have two wonderful sons, both professionals. |
George Daniels (Danielski)
| Comment: | Wow, 55 years and we're all alive and hopefully enjoying life to the fullest! Still working and enjoying the commercial real estate business however it's certainly at a more leisurely pace. I take time for Tennis, lunches and world travel to far off places. I still have a wonderlust for this facinating earth so each trip and there are many,is an adventure. Have a wonderful wife and friends, great kids and grandchildren and health, happiness with enought money in my pocket do enjoy each day and not worry about the next! Looking forward to seeing everyone on September 19, 2015 |
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Thomas Davis
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
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