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
David Hermstad
| Comment: | hello to all spartans. hope to see you all at the next reunion...... |
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Donald Hibbits
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Computer Technician |
| Comment: | Still working for Peninsula School District as a computer Technician. My oldest son, Robert, still lives here in WA about 3 blocks from my, along with his wife and 2 children. My other son, James, lives in Lakeville with his 2 children. I worked for Sears for 5 years, Montgomery Ward for 25 years, then spent 2 years with Dean Whitter as a broker, about 6 months with Copy Duplicating Products setting up AutoCad programs and Plotters before moving to Washington. |
Dennis Higgin
| Comment: | I'm busier than ever and farther behind than ever in my life, so I must be retired! |
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Stan Hildestad
Karen Elbjorg Holt (Ulstad)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
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Mary Hoover (witt)
| Marital status: | Divorced |
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| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Retired |
| Comment: | I graduated from St. Barnabus School of Radiology in 1962. I stayed in that field until 2001. My passion was Mammography and lovingly getting the best possible pictures and still make it a fun experience so the patients would come back next year and possibly save their lives. I raised four wonderful kids whom have turned out to be successful, responsible adults any parent would be so proud of. (Bad English). Oh well! My first son is an American Airline pilot. The longest day of my life was 9/11 as he flies out of La Guardia. My second son is with Intel and computers, my daughter is a nurse (those are her twins with me in the picture), and my fourth, a son, is Director of Management for nine offices. I have five Granddaughters and two Grandsons. My world still centers around them, but they live far away so I travel a lot. My Sister lives in Burnsville so I come back home at least a couple times a year. I'll be there for Christmas. I have lived in Arizona since 1986 and finally settled in Sun City where their are many activities and have made many friends. In between traveling my hobbies are quilting, computers, and line dancing. I can't wait to see all of you. It will be so much fun. I would love to hear from you all. Where is spell check? |
Patrick Hoy
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Corporate Pilot |
| Comment: | Married to my wife Susan for 44 yrs. 3 children. Embry-Riddle University 4 yrs. Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics. Corporate pilot for the past 44 yrs. (Retiring Sept. 3rd, 2010). Looking forward to traveling the US in our motorhome |
Steve Hoye
| Comment: | Hello: My name is Lyndi (Hoye) Holland , daughter of Steve and Ardy Hoye. I retrieved your message off my mother's voice mail, for she has been out of town all winter. My dad passed away in May 2006 after a long battle with COPD. He and my mother bought Holiday Haven Resort in Battle Lake , MN in the winter of 1975. My mother still resides there today. My dad opened up Woodlake Welding, in which, he made car wash equipment and electrical enclosures to help get through the long winters when the Resort wasn't open. They made a wonderful life for my sister and I. We all miss him terribly. Enjoy your 50th Reunion . I know my dad would have loved to have been a part of that. Respectfully, Lyndi |
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Susan Hull (Carlson)
| Marital status: | Married |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Comment: | Right after high school, I spent one quarter at the University of Minnesota as a commuter student. It was not a good fit; the University of Minnesota was way too big for this mouse. I then worked at Honeywell for several years before moving to California and getting married. In 1969, we moved to Chicago where Tex was an administrator at The University of Chicago computer center, and I managed a small computer lab on campus (part-time). In 1977, I decided to go back to college, and one week before my 40th birthday, I graduated with my B.A. from The University of Chicago. I highly recommend attending college as a real adult. Being a student also set a good example for the kids: Mom had homework, too. After leaving the University in the mid-70s when he and his partner incorporated their software company, Tex was a computer programmer until 2008 when he fully retired. He’s now semi-unretired, working several hours per week on a new project with his old partner in software development. We have two children who grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago and attended The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools from nursery school through high school, so we insisted that they head either east or west for college. Clifton, Middlebury B.A., Duke M.B.A., worked for 3M for three years before heading for graduate school, after which he worked for Northwest Airlines for about 10 years and is now with Guidant. He lives in Mendota Heights and obviously loves the Twin Cities area. He’s married, has a one year old son and his wife is an entrepreneur. Our daughter, Kate, Yale B.A., lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and five year old daughter. Kate works for the House of Representatives; her husband works for Widelity. After living in Hyde Park for 32 years and being empty-nesters, we moved to a condominium in downtown Chicago in February of 2001. We love the convenience of downtown living and our view of Grant Park and the lake. We took advantage of Lake Michigan by racing a 30-foot sailboat for over 30 seasons but gave it up a few years ago. It had been our summer family sport when the kids were young (my sister Judee, RHS ’62, was also part of our crew). We also used to do a bit of skiing but gave it up in 1992 when we became certified scuba divers, although our daughter convinced us to try skiing again this year (ever seen a disconnected pile of parts trying to negotiate Jackson Hole? Tex did great, however). Although we love living in Chicago, we escape the city by heading to Hayward, WI where we have a cottage. Since we still have close family in the Twin Cities area, we get back there occasionally as well, but after 50 years we need a GPS to get around. And, yes, there is a story behind my email address. |