Awalt Alumni Directory

Valerie J. Haskins (now Skala) '66

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:20:50 GMT

Updated 1-Sep-2010. Hello to all the wonderful classmates I have missed. I am living in Auburn,CA with my husband and two cats and awesome little doggiel I am currently working at home (as little as possible) and hoping to win the lottery. My husband and I love to travel and enjoy our friends and children. I cannot believe we are all over 60!!?? But, I guess we can say, "We did it!" Wishing all the best of times forever... Valerie

Robert (Bob) E. Wake , Jr. '67

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:41:57 GMT

Updated 31-Aug-2010. Married (34 years), four children, seven grandchildren. Residing in Redmond, Washington. Retired from FedEx as commercial pilot President and Founder, Wings World Wide - The Air Medcial Foundation Partner in ZERK INC. When you see it on the stock market, buy it; when you need a job on the internet, use it! Enjoying retirement, which means sailing, golf, playing water-polo again,performing humanitarian work throughout the world (come join with us)and watching the geeks at Zerk create the E-Bay of jobs online. Life just couldn't be any better!

Christine Owens (now Gaspich) '70

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:40:47 GMT

Updated 30-Aug-2010. There is a group of about 12, Class of '70 Grads, planning the 40 year Reunion. We have a Facebook Page set up: Awalt High School Class of '70 Reunion. There is an email account to contact with your email address to insure we get the information to you. The date is Oct. 16th, 6:30pm at Michael's Shoreline Restaurant (same location as 30 year reunion.) Check the Facebook Page soon for menu options and the price per person. Spread the word to any other Alums you know.

Jill A. Garcia (now Dunbar) '70

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:26:38 GMT

Updated 27-Aug-2010. The 40th Class of '70 reunion date will be held on Saturday, October 16th at Michael's at Shoreline in Mountain View. You can join our Facebook page (Awalt High School Class of '70 Reunion) and RSVP to me at jill.a.dunbar@gmail.com, or send a message via Classmates. More details to come.

Doug Weller '75

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:47:19 GMT

Updated 26-Aug-2010. I am currently living in Santa Clara and work as a patent attorney. I remain married to my sweetheart Frances and my son Weston now attends the King's Academy in Sunnyvale.

Donald Butters '64

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:08:07 GMT

Updated 25-Aug-2010. Was supposed to graduate in '64 at Awalt but dad was transfered to Westfield, NJ in winter of '63. Graduated from there but my heart was at Awalt. Like everyone I went to college, a JC in San Bernadino in 64-65 then transfered to Cal Poly at Pomona and graduated with a BS in Horticulture in '68. My wife also graduated from Cal Poly in 69 and we were married in June. We were in the SF bay area for about 7 years with her as a Lab Technologist at Kaiser-Permanente hospital in San Jose and I changed occupations 3 times. I went from commercial rose grower foreman to an apartment repair person to a general contractor. In '76 we moved to Lake Tahoe where I built houses and my wife ran a laboratory there. We lived there for 18 years, in various houses, and in '93 we moved to Reno, where we are presently. We have 2 daughters, Andrea(30) an RN in town, and Amie(27) a paralegal here in town. Andrea married John Raimo in July of '09 and Amie married Calob Juve in Sept. of '08. Calob works for Granite Construction in Reno and John works for an L.A. company overseeing rehabilitation facilities in Northern California. Went to a terrific Waterpolo reunion for the '63/'64 champions and had a terrific time and enjoyed seeing all the maturing classmates. Thanks to Annette Neilsen for coordinating the reunion. Hope more to occur.

Sydney C. Matheson (now Avey) '64

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:02:54 GMT

Updated 23-Aug-2010. BA in English, Berkeley; graduate studies in Mass Communications, SJSU; employed by HP for 18 years as a writer/editor until the economy soured. Married Joel Avey right after college. We lived in Los Gatos for many years before making our our home in Groveland, near Yosemite. Now I'm a writer; my work recently appeared on the AARP website and in a Sonora Writers' Group anthology, Second Saturday. Daughter April lives on Bainbridge Island, WA with her husband Jeff and our grandchildren, 6-year-old Audrey and 4-year-old Tristan. April is in arts marketing. Son Devin and his wife Victoria live in Soquel. Devin teaches 6th grade, coaches surfing and plays guitar with a local Irish pub band, the Wild Rovers. I'm active in church (singing, deacon ministry)and enjoy yoga and flying trips in our Cessna 206 with Joel. I've stayed in touch with Diane Shizuru, Sue Becker, Judy Hirscher and Sharon Dudley. Very fun to find this website! My mom just passed away so I'm getting ready to sell the house in Mountain View. How come we stopped having reunions? Favorite teacher? Definitely Mrs. Knutson.

Patrick E. Frasier '76

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:35:05 GMT

Updated 18-Aug-2010. Married and father of three girls Joined the US Coast Guard Sr year and spent 5 years on Cape Cod MA and Key West FL. Attended Washington College and San Diego State University BS in Business entered Computer field in 1981 and been selling tech ever since Since HS lived in MA, CA, IL and now UT. Best snow on Earth

Eric From '80

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:02:26 GMT

Updated 17-Aug-2010.

Shielah A. Crockett (now Mosely) '70

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:38:56 GMT

Updated 16-Aug-2010. Gary and I married in 1975 and have been happily married ever since. We have 3 children, Heather (31) and Matt & Cassie(25). We also have one adorable grandson, Mason (3). Gary retired in Nov. of 2008 after 30 years with Cal Fire. I am planning on retiring next March and then off for some much deserved traveling. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 40th reunion!

Steve Walker '73

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:05:04 GMT

Updated 15-Aug-2010. Just living life, same as everyone. Married, 2 kids (all grown up and moved out). Divorced. Remarried, 3 step kids (all grown up and out). Looking for some of my old friends. I know your out there.

Donna E. Carlson (now Gardner) '71

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:02:42 GMT

Updated 11-Aug-2010. (entered in 2010) A lot happens in a decade - mostly kids grow up and people die - my mother passed away last year, and I've lost an aunt, a cousin, a precious sister-in-law, too many co-workers... but life goes in. One of my two sons is in Sacramento, the other is moving to Texas; both are trained as mechanics. I split my time between living with my father in Los Altos weekdays (I still work at Apple) and taking Dad with me to our Moss Beach home on weekends. Never underestimate the value of finding your soul- mate. None of this would have been possible without my husband, Bruce. We are blessed to have each other. (entered in 1999) Hello, all. After graduation from Awalt, I lived with my family in Canada, Spain, Algeria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Finally made it back to the U.S. in 1975, to attend the University of Kansas. I married R. Bruce Gardner the year before completing a BFA in Industrial Design. We both worked in Kansas City for a few years, where our two sons (Patrick and Christopher) were born. Then in 1987 we moved to San Mateo, CA. Bruce is an Art Director, and has worked for the SF Newspaper Agency, the SF Giants, and IDG Publications. I'm currently working as an Engineering Project Manager for Apple Computer in Cupertino. We recently bought our dream house (anyone buying a house in the Bay Area has to be dreaming!) in Moss Beach, just north of Half Moon Bay, and just east of the Pacific Ocean. See you at the next reunion? Hope so! Donna

Susan E. Cashion (now Gillam) '83

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:19:41 GMT

Updated 8-Aug-2010. Attended Awalt through 82'. Living in Mtn View and have 2 girls- 17 and 23. I am currently working at Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Brad MacNamara '79

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:25:27 GMT

Updated 6-Aug-2010.

Mark Liedstrand '77

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:33:52 GMT

Updated 6-Aug-2010.

Carol A. Johnson (now Brooks) '67

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:51:49 GMT

Updated 5-Aug-2010. I think it's about time to update my bio. It's only been 4 years since the last time! My daughter Amy is 35 and she's living in Olympia with her partner PJ and my two beautiful grandchildren, Riley 11 years and Mackenzie 9 years. My son Jeff is 24, he got his degree in Psychology and is working for a private company as a house manager for the mentally disabled. He also is a pitching coach for a team of 18 and 19 year old men. My son Cody is 22, going to be a senior at St. Martins University in the Fall, his major is business. He is also playing baseball this summer for the Kitsap Blue Jackets. This summer we traveled around watching him play baseball. I retired in May 2003 from United Airlines, after almost 34 years. I was ready and very happy about it. My husband Denny and I will be celebrating our 30 year anniversary in Nov. 2010. He has a web site for runners. You should check it out! I completed my college studies and got an Associate of Arts degree (Liberal Arts) at South Puget Sound Community College in Dec 2007. It's never too late. I am now a para-educator in the deaf education dept. and also work with the developmentally delayed children at an elementary school for the North Thurston School District. I love working with the younger kids. I have been working there for 7 years. My goal is to go back to college again and take American Sign Language so I can sign better to our hearing impaired kids. I hope everyone is Healthy and Happy, I AM! God Bless You All, Love Carol

Dick Martin '71

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:59:52 GMT

Updated 3-Aug-2010. After Awalt I attended 4-5 JC's around the State. Ended up at UC-Davis where I graduated in Food Science and Technology. This eventually lead to a Quality Control Managers job with the Smucker company in Watsonville\Salinas. Got an MBA. After 19-years with Smuckers we got tired of each other. So before they fired me I quit and in 1999 we left for Israel where I became the manager of a 165 ac garden, along the lines of Golden Gate Park. Half teh staff is local Arab- Israelis and the other half youth from all over teh world. It was a real special time. We left in 2006, traveled through Asia then landed in Santa Cruz. I got my real estate brokers license and have been selling real estate. Have been married since 1973, have two kids and three grandkids. Easing into retirement. Life has been very good to me.

Suzanne Lettis (now Epstein) '69

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:37:36 GMT

Updated 3-Aug-2010. Hi! It's fun reading the career paths we've all taken - quite a diversity. I have a BA and MBA from UCBerkeley, then spent nine years as a Director of Marketing for first a medical equipment company, then a computer peripheral company. I started Suzanne's Muffins in 1986 which grew to ten Bay Area stores, a wholesale division and a national mail-order division. It was getting to be way too much so in 2001 I closed the business. My husband Allan and I live in Los Altos Hills and Atherton (currently building the Atherton home while we live in LAH) and have three wonderful kids. Aaron (27) attended Harvard and Boalt and is an attorney at Davis Polk in Menlo Park. Aimee (25) received both BS and MS at Stanford, and is working as an environmental scientist at Aspen in SF. Jordan (22) just graduated from Carleton College. I now spend the majority of my time volunteering for various groups and causes including the Stanford Parents Club, the Friends of the Library, League of Women Voters, Organizing for America, the MVLA Community Center and various food banks.

Carol Weisheimer (now Bearden) '82

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:00:31 GMT

Updated 31-Jul-2010. Hi Everyone! I think everyone knows I went to Foothill College for a number of years as I was competing 3-Day Eventing, working for my trainer full-time, and working at Long's full-time. I got married in '92, had our daughter in '95, and have been training horses and riders ever since. Our daughter is in USPC and is a competitive Event rider. We live in the valley next to the Briones Resv. in the outskirts of Martinez. It is incredible weather out here, beautiful country, and life is good! Hope everyone is well! =)

Bradley M. Gray '80

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:14:04 GMT

Updated 30-Jul-2010. Hmm Thought I would check out the site and see hi to all. Been so long. Some how I do remember lots of you guys. Well, so much has happened to me in all these years: 1) BA / MS economics UC Santa Cruz 1984/85 2) Phd Economics University of Wisconsin Madison 1997 3) I was a prof at Tulane and University of Ill Chicago 4) Now am doing research at the American Board of Internal Medicine Lived: Santa Cruz SF Sacramento Madison WI Chicago IL Washington DC Philadelphia PA New Orleans Wow!!! I got to stay in one place No kids that I know of.