Classmate Profiles
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Once registered, your profile will be appear in the classmates list on the website. We will upload a "Then" photo of you from the yearbook (if it exists).
Classmates can message you through your profile on the site, and your general location will be shown on the "Where Are They Now" map.
We'll also be able to send you updates to keep you updated on all reunion happenings.
Dave Coyne
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | Most classmates probably won't remember me as I only went to Madison West my senior year and only needed a couple of classes to graduate. I worked full time at St. Mary's Hospital most of my senior year. I went to UW Madison for a couple of years before starting work. At age 19 I was flipping houses before that was even a thing! I have been self employed most of my life, starting a number of successful businesses. My first job was working for an insurance and investment company. I started a restaurant/bar on Regent Street across from Camp Randall called Grace E's Grille named after my oldest daughter. We were the first restaurant in our category to receive a 4 star rating by the Capital Times. I lived on Lake Monona at the time and decided I wanted to raise my girls in the country so I sold my restaurant and home and bought a farm outside of Barneveld, Wisconsin. For about 10 years I raised and bred horses. I spent those same years as head of the equine board for Iowa County 4H. I started a construction company, ABCO Contracting, LLC and built it up to a point where we were doing federal contracts all over the United States. I recently semi retired from that company and only do a small amount of work retrofitting homes to make them accessible for the handicap. I have a hard time actually acting like I'm retired! In addition to that company, my wife and I started A Helping Heart, Inc. which sets up and staffs homes for people with disabilities, mostly on the autism scale. We still run that business supporting numerous clients in the Madison and Mt. Horeb area. We employ about 40 to 50 employees with that company. |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | Married to Joy. I have two daughters, Grace and Hannah. Joy has a daughter, Alisha, and a son, Aaron. No grandkids yet. (I am way too young to have grandkids!) The thing I am most proud of is that my two daughter's both are college grads with my oldest being the valedictorian of her class! While successful in business, I couldn't manage to graduate from college myself! Maybe there's still time...not! |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | When not working, we spend almost every available day off riding our horses in multiple states. Last year alone we logged almost 2,000 miles while trail riding on horseback. We currently live in our 9,000 sq. ft. log home(a little overkill!) which I built as a model for the home building part of my business overlooking Blue Mounds State Park. We are very excited that we just purchased 160 acres of off grid property in the San Juan National Forest outside of Pagosa Springs Colorado where we will trail ride, hike, camp, and hunt as often as possible. Pagosa Springs is about 30 miles away and has the deepest hot sulphur springs in the world. Great for old aching joints! |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | We are very lucky to be pretty much living the dream now. We take numerous trips every year exploring new areas. We hope to find someone to take over our business, A Helping Heart in the next few years. (Taking applications! LOL) We feel very strongly to keep the business going as we have many families that depend on A Helping Heart. I hope to make the reunion, but we are usually traveling with our horses in the summer months so I am not sure if we will make it. |
Robert Curry
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | Creative Writing, Literature and film instructor at Madison College, UW Division of Continuing Studies. Professional Freelance Actor. Still teaching, part-time. rcurry319@gmail.com |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | Married Deborah Heaney from Maple Bluff in 1983, and had three terrific kids, Georgia, Finn and Peter. No grandkids but for two standard schnauzers. |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | Living on the east side of Madison with a new partner, Jamie England. Still skiing, skating, swimming, mountain biking regularly, often with Remington and Schiro, doing an occasional stage show and auditioning for commercials and corporate acting work. Still get the occasional job, but as we all know, we are no longer in the leading-man demographic. Years ago, my agent called me and said "I have a great job for you, great money, but I don't know if you're going to want to take it." I said, "Well, what is it?" She said, "Depends." I said, "Depends on what?" "No ... Depends." Sheesh, I was only 48. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | Let's see ... live in Portugal? Merida? Amsterdam?Ecuador? Get the motor home and hit the road? The sailboat? More Europe, for sure. |
Diana Davison
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | Retired from the Department of Justice and living back in the little house on Midvale. |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | No spouse, no kids. Just two nieces living in Italy. |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | Have been trying my hand at gardening. On September 11th I will celebrate 22 years as a cancer survivor! |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | Hope to someday feel safe enough to, once again, fulfill my passion for travel. So many more places I would like to experience. |
James Dott
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | I attended UW-Madison and graduated with a degree in Anthropology in 1977 then moved to Oregon doing some construction before taking a job on a US Forest Service fire fighting crew in New Mexico. I moved back to Oregon in 1980 and enrolled in the Elementary Education program at the University of Oregon. After graduating in 1982 I began teaching first in Roseburg and then in rural NW Oregon. I taught first through fourth grade but spent most of my years in third grade. In 2010 I took a job overseas at an international school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My family and I spent three years there and returned to Oregon in 2012. I did some subbing and taught at a small cooperative school until retiring in 2014. |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | I married my wife, Ann, in 1989. We lived in a small house in the rural community of Brownsmead, Oregon until 1997 when we bought a larger craftsman style house in Astoria, Oregon. We rented our house while we were overseas and then moved back into it on our return and have lived there since. In 2002 we adopted our daughter, MeiLi, from China. She is will be a senior this fall at Pacific University, majoring in Chemistry. |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | Since childhood I have been a writer, mostly of poetry but also a few short stories and non-fiction. Upon retirement I was able to put more time into writing projects and have now published two poetry collections and am seeking a publisher for a third. See my website jamesdott.com for details and examples of my work. We have a large yard and garden space here in Astoria and a small flock of chickens. I am a volunteer producer and programmer for our local community radio station, KMUN. Since 1984 I have been a reader for a kids' program called Bedtime Stories. During the pandemic live programming was shut down so all shows had to be prerecorded. I did the editing for my own show and seven other readers. I have had a few roles in local community theater productions. We bought a Sprinter RV a few years ago and have been camping with friends around Oregon and Washington. Last summer we drove it to Colorado for my niece's wedding. While in Malaysia we traveled around Southeast Asia visiting Bali, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. We more recently we have traveled to Hawaii and Costa Rica. We like to hike near and far. I enjoy crabbing and digging razor clams. I read widely, enjoy a good beer, seeing a play and listening to live music. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | We have tickets to several shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (very similar to American Players Theater in Spring Green) in southern Oregon in September. We are looking forward to traveling to Hawaii and Costa Rica again in next year. Perhaps a trip to the redwoods this fall. I hope to get my next book published in the next year and get started on another project or finally finish the murder mystery I started 30 years ago. One elusive goal is clearing our basement of years of inherited and acquired accumulation. We continue to add native plants to our yard. |
Betsy Duren (Payton)
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | I was a nurse at the Madison Veterans Hospital for 41 years at which point I retired. After 4 years of retirement, COVID hit and I was asked to return to work. |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | I have been married to Dan Duren for 40 years. We have 3 daughters and 4 grandsons. I have lived in Middleton since graduating from nursing school. |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | I work full time between my job at the VA and babysitting and my 3 and 6 year old grandsons. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | My plans include retiring again! |
Maureen Durkin
Shelly Dutch
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | Founder, Director & Therapist, Connections Counseling, Madison WI Outpatient mental health & Substance Abuse Disorders Clinic, 55 staff Founder of Horizon High School & Recovery Foundation |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | Married to Chuck Callender Two adult children, Alex, 32 lives in Minneapolis, Carly, 30, lives in Denver Golden Retriever, Daisy Dutch Have lived in Eugene OR, Davis, CA, Lexington, KY |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | I am still doing some clinical work, love being a therapist! Have been working remotely winter months in Laguna Beach & Solana Beach. We have an awesome cabin in Northern WI and love to cross country ski, bike & paddle! Chuck and I have done amazing cycling trips through Israel, Greece, Peru, Croatia, Spain, New Zealand and soon South Africa. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | I would like to continue doing service work both in the US and abroad. |
Cynthia Eid
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | Jeweler/Metalsmith/Author/Educator. MFA Indiana University, Bloomington. Worked at custom jewelers and gold jewelry factory before going solo in home studio making metal art and teaching. Have taught all over US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Australia |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | Two married sons |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | Lexington, MA. Still teaching Metalsmithing and Jewelry classes, both in-person & on-line. Still making Art Jewelry and Hollowware. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | Travel! Tanzania 2021. ??? 2022 |
Bob Emmerich
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | Civil Engineer by Education, UW Madison 1976. Construction and project management. Worked primarily in Construction for Railroads, Highways, Buildings and Industrial. Transitioned to Safety over 25 years ago with a Construction Emphasis. I am an Independent Consultant in Safety and own my own firm. I now am a National Trainer and Expert Consultant and Witness in Accident cases. I have worked in all 50 states and other North American Countries. Headed to Retirement |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | Married, wife Jane, UW Platteville, Retired teacher One daughter Brittany; UW Stout; PGA Golf Professional and Ass't Pro at a Country Club. High School golf coach. I have lived in Chicago,IL: Campaign, IL: Bloomington, IN: and Meridian, MS. |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | Living in Madison (Fitchburg). Have travelled extensively throughout my career in the United States and Caribean. Love to play golf, work on hands on projects. Still like to do an occasional Scuba Dive in warm salt water. On the Class of 1972 50th Reunion Committee. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | Retiring this year and actually stay home more. Some travel and spend some time down south in winter. Plan to play more golf and maybe even get at least good at it. Would love to go back to Scotland and Ireland. |
Ellen Emmitt (Roenneburg)
| Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): | BA-Education, UW-Madison Taught K-8 and Special Ed Went back into school for Nursing shortly after my father was diagnosed with cancer. BS-Nursing, UW-Madison I have worked mostly ICU, telemetry, and Hospice, for close to 30 years. I did 'traveling nursing' for three years. Also, I am a 'Clinical Specialist"/RN, working in surgery providing specialty services of PRP-Platelet Rich Plasma, and stem cells-(BMAC)-Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate. I am very much into holistic and preventative medicine, and believe that people should take a certain amount of responsibility for their health and lifestyle choices. Simultaneously, with my nursing career, I also had the opportunity to be an entrepreneur and own my own Kaffeehaus/Gift Shoppe in Germantown, WI, called "Beanjuice Kaffeehaus" |
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| Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): | Widowed, one daughter Four grandchildren, the eldest of which just graduated with her Masters this last May, and whom I had the pleasure of backpacking throughout Panama with, for almost 2 weeks this past June. The second eldest is an electrician. The third in the line-up works for a concrete company and has been known frequently to think "out of the box". The youngest of my grandchildren, co-owns a farm and business known as "B's Bouquets" in the West Bend area of Wisconsin. I have five great-grandchildren, with two more on the way. I have lived in several states since high school, including Texas, Colorado, Arizona, California, and Wisconsin, plus several other states while 'traveling nursing'. |
| Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): | I currently live in Delavan, WI and am still working in surgery as a 'Clinical Specialist'. I am not looking to retire anytime soon, as I love the idea of using our own bodies to help heal ourselves. I am currently in the process of setting up an AirBNB in the Delavan/Lake Geneva area entitled "Get Hooked Cabina"-Glamping at it's finest. Hobbies: I love to paint(mostly watercolors), as well as many other creative endeavors. I love propagating plants and am an avid gardener. My garden(no pesticides, no processing), provides me with food not only throughout the summer, but all winter long, as well. Travels: I have had the pleasure of traveling and spending time in most of our beautiful United States. I have traveled to parts of Central America, South America, Canada, and Europe. |
| Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): | Before my father died, he always wanted to go back to the Philippines. My granddaughter and I were planning a trip earlier this year, 2021, but because of COVID, weren't able to go. Someday, I am hoping to go as my father's proxy. Last, but not least, I've always wanted to go to Australia to ride in a kangaroo's pocket. Okay, we all have our fantasies. This one is mine! But, seriously, on the home front, I would be totally satisfied and happy to put some of these creative ideas that are running around in my head into projects and be a part of a community coop/business with several artists and take the time to do a lot more art work. |