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A Louis Alfaro In the fall of 1957, I entered Tulane University and pledged Phi Delta Theta fraternity.  My senior year at Tulane, I met Marianne Mills from Cartersville, GA.  We were married in June 1964 in Bay St. Louis, MS. After completing my undergraduate education with a B.A. in Latin American Studies, I enlisted in the Army 312th Military Intelligence Unit in New Orleans.  Upon completion of my active military duty, I interviewed with the United States Secret Service for the position of Special Agent (Criminal Investigation).  I was hired in January 1964 to be stationed in the Houston, TX office.  During my 31 year career in the Secret Service, I was assigned to field offices in Washington, DC twice, Miami, FL twice, and Tampa, FL, in addition to Houston.  While in Washington on the White House Detail, I was assigned to Presidents Nixon and Ford.  In April 1980 I was transferred to the Charlotte, NC office as Assistant Agent in Charge, and remained in that position until my retirement in November 1995. Marianne and I currently live in Huntersville, NC, 15 miles north of Charlotte.  We are fortunate in that our daughter, son and daughter-in-law, and two grandsons all live in close proximity. For the past five years, I have worked as a starter/ranger at a golf club in my neighborhood.  However, working at the club has not helped my game.  My hope is that some day I will have a score in the 80’s. Eva Augustin Rumpf With memories of a wonderful senior year at Fortier, I left New Orleans in the fall of 1957 to attend Elmhurst College “up North” in suburban Chicago. Carol Stein and John Pecoul from the class of ’57 also enrolled. Elmhurst is a small liberal arts college, affiliated with the United Church of Christ (formerly Evangelical Reformed Church). This was an exciting adventure for me, as I had never been that far north before and had never seen snow. Being a lover of literature, I majored in English and minored in secondary education and speech, planning to teach. I also participated in the college theater and wrote for the campus newspaper. At Elmhurst I met Bill Rumpf, a native of Missouri and the son of a UCC minister. My parents were concerned that I was dating “a Yankee.” We married in New Orleans on August 13, 1961, and settled for a few years at Eden Seminary in Webster Groves, MO, where Bill was studying for the ministry. I began my professional career teaching English in a junior high school in the St. Louis area. The years that followed were interesting and challenging. We lived and worked for a year in Sequoia National Park in California, we lived in the San Francisco Bay area while Bill attended graduate school, and in 1966 we settled in the Milwaukee area, where we started our family. Between 1967 and 1975 we adopted four children from different ethnic backgrounds. We joined with some other parents to start a Montessori pre-school, and I led creative dramatics there. I had a few part-time jobs and did some volunteer work while the kids were little, but I realized I wanted to explore my lifelong passion for writing, so I enrolled in the journalism program at Marquette University and completed a Master’s degree in 1977. This led to several interesting jobs over the next 23 years:  reporter for The Milwaukee Journal, speechwriter for Milwaukee’s mayor, public relations executive for several non-profit organizations, journalism instructor at Marquette and at Texas Christian University while living in Dallas/Fort Worth, and free-lance writer. I co-authored a self-help book for women, Till Divorce Do Us Part (Glenbridge Publishing, 1996).  I officially retired in 2000 to spend more time writing, and I published a novel, Prot U (Booklocker.com, 2004). I am now in the process of completing a memoir about growing up in New Orleans. Bill and I live in Milwaukee, where we enjoy our adult children and four grandchildren, our three cats, gardening, birding, bicycling, cross-country skiing and traveling. We particularly enjoy taking study tours with Elderhostel.

B Jeanne Curtis Boniol   I received my B.S. degree from U.S.L. (now U.L.L.)  and worked as theraputic dietitian at a hospital in New Iberia, La.  After a few years, I headed the dietary department of a large nursing home here in Lafayette.  The first time I retired (in order to be a stay at home Mom), didn't last very long.  A friend convinced me to manage a gift shop that she owned.  I tried again to retire in the mid 1990's and was successful at that time.  Now I am full time grandmother and part time volunteer at our church.   My husband, Darryl, and I have been married for 47 years and have 4 children and 2 grandsons.  One son, Mark, lives in Metairie our other son, Bart, lives in Mesquite, Texas.  Our daughter, Jill, lives with her husband and 5 year old son in Lacombe, La.  Penny lives with her 8 year old around the corner from us.  This gives ample opportunity for babysitting.  LOVE IT !!   Darryl has been retired since 1999 and we have been able to a bit of travelling.  We have taken 2 major trips a year for about the past 18-20 years, and look forward to continuing this for as long as our health and babysitting responsibilites allow.   Our last trip a few months ago was to Russia and Scandinavia, and the next one coming in Jan. 08 will be back to Israel.  I would have never believed when I was back in Fortier with all of my classmates, that my future would be so very BLESSED. Hannah Kaye Berger Pollock      After graduation--I attended Ohio State University where I met my husband, Harlan Pollock. We lived in Columbus until his graduation from medical school then moved to Dallas, Tx where he was a surgery resident at Parkland Hospital, the hospital where President Kennedy died. In 1967 Harlan was drafted into the army & we moved to San Antonio, Tx. and Fort Sam Houston---then to Washington, DC and Walter Reed Medical Center where Harlan did plastic surgery training. Uncle Sam sent him then to Viet Nam & I took my 3 children and dog home to New Orleans. Fifteen months later Harlan was back & we returned to Dallas where he set up practice. That was when I became involved in the community--becoming something of a professional volunteer. I have participated in many organizations as president, board member or chair of a project.  One project I worked on which was particularly meaningful was helping in the resettlement of New Americans from the Soviet Union. I was honored by my synagogue two years ago as a Woman of Achievement for which I am very proud.  I was a volunteer at a local hospital for 11 yrs until I went to work in my husband's office as bookkeeper where I still work part-time.        Harlan & I enjoy travel & had the opportunity to visit Cuba last year bringing medical supplies, clothing, etc. I had the experience of visiting Viet Nam when Harlan was there & we both returned this year.      We have three married children. Our son is also a plastic surgeon in practice with his father. His wife is a nurse & they have our only granddaughter. One daughter is a teacher at a Jewish Day School. Her husband has a manufacturing business & they have 3 sons. Another daughter is a stay at home mother as I was & also a volunteer in many areas. Her husband is an attorney & they have three sons.      Our children & grandchildren held a car wash & bake sail to raise money for Katrina. We also participated in a Christmas party for evacuees.      I feel I have been truly blessed with more than I could ever have dreamed of. I look forward to our reunion & catching up with old friends.   Jeannette (Tillie) Blakely Bisso After graduated, I worked for a year at Tulane Shirt Mfg.  When LSUNO opened I registered and went for two years. Gary Bisso and I dated for 5 yrs. We got married in 1962 and proceeded to have 4 children, 2 boys, Toby and Jody and  2 girls, Susan and Gigi. It was great and we were very happy with our lives until 1983. Gary was picked by the Caesar Krewe to be Caesar IV, with all that went with it, a beautiful costume an a parade. Then every thing fell apart. Jody was killed on Christmas day that year in a auto accident.  He was only 19. Needless to say. it was a hard adjustment. Parents are not supposed to bury their children. Gary went into a depression and needed to be hospitalized.  I did what I had to do. I never had time to grieve for my son for a while.   Our lives went on.  Gary was offered a job as Asst. Commandant of Riverside Military Academy.  This was the High School he attended. We moved to North Ga. and lived and worked there for ten years. I was then diagnosed with MS in 1995. My MS has not been bad until now.  MS doesn't come with a death sentence but it can sure make you crazy.  I have difficulty  walking and now I have a motorized wheel chair.  I can do most anything I want to.  Simple things like cleaning. gardening, shopping, and driving create problems for me. Fortunately I live close to my son and have a good friend that is a great help to me.  Also the US has made it easier for handicapped people. Gary and I then moved to Augusta to be closer to my son.  It is not my favorite place, not friendly nor are the people. Not many things to do except go out to eat. Anyway Gary had a lot of problems,  illness, breathing and then cancer. He passed away May 10, 2006.  I miss him terribly but life goes on.  One thing I have learned,  one is always having to learn how to deal with all the bad things that come along as well as the good things. My life has been good and at 67 what more  can I ask for,  I think it is better than the alternative. Hope this is okay. Please let me know how the reunion turned out and anything else you can tell me.  Sorry I won't be there.  My e-mail address is jabgab@knology.net. Anyone who cares to can drop me an e-mail.  Love you all, and please have a good time. Remember me in your conversations.

C JOHN H. CROUCH, III, Fortier H.S. ‘57 After graduating from Fortier in 1957, I continued my education at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, receiving my Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering degree in June 1961.  I then entered graduate school at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA and received my Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering degree in March 1963. While pursuing my Master’s degree, I began working for The Boeing Company in Seattle in June 1962 as an aerodynamicist on the program for designing, testing and building Air Force Weapons System 133, the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.  I continued in aerodynamics analyses, including conducting subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnel tests, on the Minuteman II missile until early 1964.  At that time, I transferred into flight mechanics analyses pertaining to the Minuteman and to other derivative products including a proposed satellite interceptor missile and the deployment of multiple independently-targeted re-entry vehicles (MIRVs). In the spring of 1963, I met my future wife, Ann (“Andy”) Durham-Shearer, a native of West Wickham, Kent, England who had immigrated to the United States in 1960.  We were married in Seattle on December 27, 1963, and 43+ years later we are still happily married.  We have three children: Karen, a medical transcriptionist in Springfield, MO, and the mother of our three grandchildren; John IV, a lawyer in Dallas, TX; and James, a registered nurse in Dallas, TX. In June 1964, Boeing transferred us to Huntsville, AL to work on the Saturn V Systems Engineering & Integration Contract for the Apollo Project.  Pursuant to that contract, I performed and led significant flight mechanics analyses pertaining to every flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle.  After promotion to group supervisor of the Preflight Trajectories Group in January 1969, I was responsible for the preparation of operational flight guidance and targeting presettings for the Saturn V on-board flight computer and for the preparation of operational preflight trajectory predictions for every manned lunar landing mission and for the launch of the Skylab I Orbiting Laboratory.  I received my Professional Engineer’s license in Alabama in June 1968. In November 1969, I became a member of the NASA Lunar Impact Team responsible for performing in-flight maneuvers to cause empty Saturn V upper stages to impact within target areas of the Moon during the Apollo 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 missions as part of the scientific experiments.  I received the Apollo Astronauts’ Silver Snoopy award for my work on the Apollo 13 Lunar Impact Team in April 1970. In the course of my work on the Apollo Project, I fulfilled a prediction made to me by my English teacher at Fortier, Miss Fortunata Collins, in April 1957.  She told me, “John Crouch, some day you’re going to help put men on the Moon.”  I continue to be amazed by her foresight, because Sputnik wasn’t launched until October 1957, six months after her prediction, and the race to the Moon wasn’t announced by President Kennedy until the spring of 1961. After the amazing rescue of the Apollo 13 crew, the interval between Apollo launches became greater.  During those intervals, my group of flight mechanics engineers and I assisted the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, to which we reported, in seeking new business opportunities among the several NASA centers.  As part of that assistance, I had the privilege of participating in preliminary analyses for the Space Shuttle, the Hubble Space Telescope, and missions to the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).  We also explored the concepts of missions to intercept comets and to land on asteroids.  I have been thrilled to see the successful completion of all of those types of missions during the past 35+ years. After Boeing failed to win any significant Space Shuttle contracts, and during a slump in the aerospace industry generally, I entered law school at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS in August 1973.  I received my Juris Doctor degree from Ole Miss and became a member of the Mississippi Bar in December 1975.  One of my accomplishments at Ole Miss was being Editor of the Journal Of Space Law, which I thought was appropriate considering my background in space exploration. In January 1976, I joined the Jackson, MS law firm of Carter, Mitchell & Robinson.  Five months later, that firm dissolved in the wake of financial problems by its principal client.  I then “hung out my shingle” and began a general practice of law as a sole practitioner which included both civil and criminal matters.  Jackson suffered severe flooding by the Pearl River in April 1979 and my law office was among the businesses damaged by the flood.  While we were repairing the flood damage, I received a job offer from Paceco, Inc., a California corporation that also had a factory in Gulfport, MS.  I accepted that offer, and in July 1979 our family drove to Alameda, CA where I would be working for the next two years. I reported to Paceco in August 1979 to serve as the Division Counsel of a company that was a subsidiary of Fruehauf Corporation, a Fortune 500 industrial giant.  Paceco was a small company that made large steel products including large container-handling cranes and marine craft such as commercial fishing boats, tugboats, barges, and floating cranes.  During the next 10 years I served in the role of Paceco’s in-house counsel, gaining a lot of expertise in corporate legal matters and products liability litigation.  However, because of my engineering background, and because being the company’s lawyer didn’t occupy all of my time, I was gradually assigned to additional responsibilities.  I became a Project Manager for several major projects which included:  building several large container cranes at the Port of Dalian, China; building several types of large watercraft for the U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Seabees; and designing, building and testing the transporter vehicles which carry the Space Shuttle liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen external tank from the Michoud Assembly Facility to the launch site.  I also served as the General Manager, Marine Equipment, selling more than $70 million in marine equipment and vessels to the U.S. Navy. In June 1981, Paceco closed its manufacturing plant in Alameda, CA and moved its headquarters to Gulfport, MS.  Our family moved to Long Beach, MS as part of that move, where Andy and I still reside. In the middle 1980s, Fruehauf Corporation began corporate downsizing.  Paceco’s name and much of its product line were sold in October 1988 to a Japanese company.  The remainder of Paceco was renamed Coast Engineering & Manufacturing Company, and my position as Division Counsel of that company was discontinued in August 1989. I then joined the management team of Arkel International, Inc., in Baton Rouge, LA in August 1989 as Vice President/Finance and Legal Counsel.  Arkel was a small company engaged in sugar-refinery refurbishment and construction in Africa.  My duties with Arkel included a lot of international travel, notably four lengthy trips to Europe and Africa (Kenya) and one trip to Japan before I resigned in February 1990. After briefly working with George Thompson & Associates, an engineering firm, I joined the legal staff of Litton Industries at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company in Pascagoula, MS in December 1990 as a Staff Attorney.  In that capacity, I participated in the building of LHD multi-purpose amphibious assault ships and Aegis cruisers and destroyers for the U.S. Navy.  I also participated in more trial work than during any previous legal employment, often using both legal and engineering knowledge to achieve success at trial. In October 1992, I accepted the position of Chief Engineer of Paceco Corp., the company that had purchased the name and product line of Paceco, Inc., in 1988.  I resigned my Staff Attorney position with Litton Industries, but before I could report to my new position in California, Paceco’s owners in Tokyo, Japan decided that they didn’t want me as part of their team.  I then began the private practice of corporate law in Long Beach, MS.  As time passed, I began to focus more on managing family investments and less on the practice of law.  Nevertheless, I was elected an officer of the Harrison County (Mississippi) Bar Association in December 2002 and served as President of that organization during 2006 as the Mississippi Gulf Coast began its recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. My life hasn’t been all work and no play.  The fun has included: coaching youth baseball; coaching and playing softball; bowling; bridge; model railroading; numismatics; philately; photography; heraldry; travel; and karaoke.  I’ve been granted one U.S. Patent; written several books and professional papers; served the public as a Commissioner of the Long Beach Water Management District and also as a Member and Officer of the Long Beach School Board (President for 4 years).  I was an unsuccessful candidate for Associate Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1988.  I’ve held several leadership positions in my church; taught Sunday School; served as a Director of the Center for International Seamen and Truckers in Gulfport, MS; and served as a mentor for Long Beach elementary school children on the subjects of aircraft and space exploration.  God has truly blessed my life and my family. John H. Crouch 609 Parkwood Drive Long Beach, MS 39560 (228) 864-1886 jhcrouch3@aol.com

D Lester P. Dulitz After graduating from Fortier, I attended Tulane as a pre-med student. I was very active in my fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.  After three years at Tulane, I was accepted to LSU Medical School from which I received my M.D. in 1964. My marriage to Diane (DeeDee) Polunsky from San Antonio was in August 1963, and by the time of Medical School graduation, our first child Stephanie, was on the way.  Our second child, David, was born the next year, 1965, while I was stationed in the Air Force at Luke A.F.B, Phoenix, Arizona.  I retired from the Air Force as a Captain in 1967, having served my two-year term as a General Medical Officer.  From 1967-1971 I completed my residency in Ear, Nose, and Throat at Charity Hospital.  During that residency, our third child, Marla was born (1969). Immediately following my Residency, I opened my own practice in Metairie (and named it East Jefferson Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic).  I continued practice in Metairie until I retired on December 31, 2002. During those very active years from 1971-2002, I stayed very busy building and maintaining a large medical practice.  I was very involved in expanding East Jefferson Hospital serving on their Board of Directors for several years.  I was also one of the owners of Doctor’s Hospital of Jefferson and was totally involved in its growth and success.  The Jefferson Parish Medical Society was another of my interests and I served as its President from 1979-1980. One of my non-medical accomplishments from which I gained much pleasure was serving as Captain of the Carnival Krewe of Argus and bringing the celebration of Mardi Gras to Jefferson Parish. Nowadays I am very happy enjoying my retirement and am able to spend time with my five grandchildren (#6 is on the way).   Dee and I have been married 44 years and are truly enjoying this time of our lives.  We have been fortunate to see our children grow up and succeed in their respective professions:  Stephanie is a benefits consultant in Washington, DC; David is a gastroenterologist in New Orleans, and Marla is a Social worker in Atlanta. Jane Dunn Kolb   Fortier Graduate – 1957 After graduation, I qualified to attend a free school run by IBM. They recommended me for a job at Esso Standard Oil Company working in their Accounts Receivable computer department. Who knew then how computers would totally encompass our lives? While working with them 7 years, I married Sonny Kolb in 1961 and moved to Mandeville. I’m still living on the same property. In 1964, we had our first son, Jep and in 1967, our second son, Eric came along. I was a stay-at-home mom for 4 years. In 1964, my husband’s family built a marine and lawn supply business and I was active in the business until we sold it 12 years later to good friends. I continued to work with them while starting a synchronized swimming group teaching young girls the sport that had given me so much. In fact, I had continued swimming after high school until after we had our first son. I was with my swim coach from 1951 through 1965, traveling all over the Gulf Coast Region competing and performing. My true professional calling had always been accounting, so while working and coaching the swim team, I took college courses and in 1983, I took a job as a Controller at a Northshore restaurant. By 1989 I took a position in Metairie as a Staff Accountant at Tonti Properties and am still working with them. Our older son, Jep, joined the Navy in their nuclear program and was active duty for 10 years. He is living in Mandeville, works in the marine industry, and is in the Navy Reserve as a Chief Petty Officer. He blessed us with a grandson. Our younger son, Eric, was very active in music and worked with the Neville Brothers for 12 years, traveling the world, performing with mega-stars, living his dream. He blessed us with 2 granddaughters. In 1999, Eric lost a long battle with pain pill addiction after a courageous fight. Then 11 months later, we lost my husband, Sonny, to cancer. After Mom died, my dad came to live with me in 2005, fortunately before Katrina. Anyone that used to party at Jerry and Jane Dunn’s house on Argonne Blvd. in Lakeview, will remember my dad and his jokes. He still has them all. As you can see, my life has not been spectacular but very rewarding. I view my years at Lafayette, McMain and Fortier as very vital to the structure and foundation I obtained to make me a productive, positive member of society. What more can we ask of an education? My email address is jkolb7497@charter.net and I would love to hear from anyone that wants to share memories.

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G Shirley Gerber Stone What has happened to me since leaving Fortier?  Let's see how I can sum up 50 years. I went to the University of Illinois and fell in love. Returned to Newcomb for 1 year, married and graduated from a teacher's college in Chicago. Taught until the first of my 3 children were born. My oldest daughter is married and a philosophy professor at Ohio Wesleyn,. My middle daughter is married with 2 of my grand daughters living in Carbondale, Colorado. My son is married with my youngest grand daughter, also living in Carbondale, Colorado. My husband and I celebrated our 47th anniversary this summer. We lived in a suburb of Chicago, Highland Park, where we raised our family. Two years ago we moved full time to Frisco, Colorado where we play – ski, snowboard and snow shoe all winter and bike and hike all summer. (If anyone is in my neighborhood, please call 970-668-8205.) My mother and brother continue to live in New Orleans. They both evacuated when Katrina hit. My mom spent 10 ½ months with us in Colorado while her condo in Metairie was being repaired. I have continued to return to New Orleans throughout the years to visit my family. Regretfully, I will not be able to attend the reunion.

H Collin Hamer Born in New Orleans, Collin attended parochial and public schools.  He attended Tulane University, received a B.A. from L.S.U.N.O. in 1963 and an M.S. in Library Science from L.S.U. in 1966.  He joined the staff of the New Orleans Public Library in 1963 and headed the Louisiana Division, including the New Orleans City Archives and Genealogy Collections, from 1968 until his retirement in 2004.  In 2000 he was awarded the 1999 Charles E. Dunbar, Jr. Career Civil Service Award by the Louisiana Civil Service League in recognition of service through the merit system of public employment.  He is married to Jacqulin T. Grant, a now retired career elementary school teacher, and is the father of three children: Jan, Bruce and Grant and grand-father of seven: Rory, Kory and Kyle Hamer, Jerrod Songy, Blaise, Connor and Duncan Pinero.

I John Irion Education             Tulane University School of Architecture: Class of ‘62 Professional History Architecture, Mausoleum Development, Corporate Credit, Oil & Gas Leasing  Community service Organizations and affiliations Transit Connections Inc.- Chairman of the Board Tangipahoa Parish Crimestoppers- Chairman of the Board South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission- Treasurer Eisenhower Commission-Member Republican National Committee-Member Republican Senatorial Committee-Member Republican Presidential task Force- Member Louisiana State Crimestoppers Association- Founding Board Member City of Ponchatoula Historic District Commission- Member Knights of Columbus- 4th Degree, Grand Knight Hammond Chamber of Commerce- Member Ponchatouloa Chamber of Commerce-Member Ponchatoula Rotary Club St. Joseph Parish- lecturer and Eucharistic Minister Tangipahoa Parish Republican Party Executive Committee- Chairman Tangipahoa Parish Republican Organization- Chairman and founder Tangipahoa Parish Economic Development Foundation- Board Member CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)- Child advocate volunteer North Oaks Hospital Hospice Program- Volunteer Krewe of Omega Carnival Club Council On Aging-Board Member

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L Marjorie Loeb Gottsegen Jaar Hi classmates How do I put 50 inc readable years into one short page.! My five biggest accomplishments are: Having 2 successful marriages with the second going strong in our 12 Th year. Giving birth and raising 2 beautiful sons. Selling real estate for almost 15 years .Was a million dollar agent in the days when expensive homes went for $35,000.That was in 1967 Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in my own French Amel  53ft.sailboat .Traveling and living in the Med.for 2 years. Living 10 years in a third world country,Domiican Republic.Learning to speak Spanish.Living like a second class citizen while having all the luxury of living with the upper class,What an experience. I have enjoyed living on the edge and having the guts to take on so many things.My life was never dull, that's for sure.! I married my high school sweetheart, Arthur Gottsegen in 1959 after 2 years of college for me and upon his college graduation. We lived a normal happy life until we found out in 1974 that Arthur had cancer of the prostate. He lived 17and 1/2 years with it and we probably lived 2 lifetimes because of it. Started sailing in lake Pontchartrain on a Cal 20 in 1967. Loved it and were all consumed with sailing many lakes,seas and finally an ocean. Out 6Th boat was the Amel 53. My oldest son.Danny, died at 26.It was a very sad time in our lives.....a void that can never be filled.Paul,youngest finished school at Wharton and is now a vice president at Hewitt Packet.He loves it and has given me three beautiful grandchildren.That is why I moved to Houston, Met my second husband 2 years after Arthur died.I was going on a 52day boat trip around South America and round the horn.I met him the first night and after 52 days ,he proposed but I made him wait 2 more years until I was really sure.He was 70 years old,Palestinian, Catholic,Latin American ,looked 55 and ,acted 55,and was to die for.How was a Jewish girl going to take him home to my family.Well I did and all fell for this wonderful man.We traveled the world 10 more years and now live in Houston and am really enjoying my whole family here,Joel,is 15 and a joy to be around.Claire is 12 going on21 and we shop till we drop.Leah is almost 8 months and I can't get enough of her.Am also blessed with two wonderful daughter in laws. I can't wait to see you all at the reunion .....I feel like a kid again and hope to hug and kiss all of you. Margie

M Mel Mallory          111 Cactus Dr          Bourg, La. 70343 E-  melanbert@msn.com      mmallory4253@bellsouth.net 1957------ Graduate Fortier 1957-1958- Freshman year at Tulane 1958-1961-Remaining college years - USL Lafayette.                 Major in Business Management.                  Commissioned USAF Medical Service Corps. 1961-1963- First assignment - USAF Hospital Eglin AFB Florida.                  Administrative Services Officer- great first                 job for a new guy to get his feet wet. 1963-1967  Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical                 Center, Washington, D.C.- Public Relations job coordinating                 visiting medics from other countries. 1967-1968  South East Asian Tour. 1968-1970  Masters in Hospital Administration. 1970-1983  Hospital Administrator assignments in England, Germany and stateside.                 From 78-81 I held the commander's job with the European Aeromedical                 Evacuation Squadron. Really got to see most of Europe. 1983------ Retired from the USAF. 1984-1995 Manager, Houma-Terrebonne Airport.                 1995------ Retired. FAMILY-     In 1961 I married Bertha Lynn Andrepont in Opelousas, La.                  We have four sons (DEAN, MIKE, CHRIS, & ERIC), and seven                  grandchildren. Gillis T. (Tim) Melancon, Jr.   Following graduation from Fortier, I attended LSU Baton Rouge, interrupted by a stint with the United States Coast Guard. In 1965 I received an LLB from Tulane University, and became a member of the Louisiana Bar. Following a couple of years of private law practice in Lafayette, LA, I began an insurance career with Hardware Mutuals Company’s New Orleans office, where I served as House Counsel and Litigation Supervisor. Moving to Highlands Insurance Group’s local office in 1970, my career continued with a specialization in maritime insurance and claims, as well as management. In 1986 I was transferred to the Houston Home Office as Vice President - Claims, finally retiring in 1996 as Senior Vice President, when Halliburton divested the company. On returning to New Orleans, I joined Central Claims Service, Inc., a local claim service and continue to work with them as Claim Manager and Counsel. We have had a bit of a trying time through Katrina, but were fortunate to be in an industry that could be of service. In addition to my day job, I served for several years as a member of the Board of Commissioners of St. Tammany Fire District No. 4, which covers the greater Mandeville area. With my wife of 33 years, Mitzi Baltazor Melancon, I make my home in Beau Chene, where we have been since returning from Houston. Mitzi is an avid gardener, with my function limited to accepting direction and providing support. To get even, I do the cooking and she gives me direction and support.  When we start having too much fun, I take off for fishing, my primary recreational endeavor. Our daughter, Christine Smith, lives with her husband Kyle in New Orleans, where they own and operate a marine surveying company. Our son, Gillis III, is a systems engineer with Florida Power and Light, where he has been employed for the past ten years. He and his wife, Isabela, live in Jupiter, where they are active with the Greyhound Association of America. It has been interesting reading the bios of old classmates; I am struck by how much so many have accomplished with the foundation received at Fortier. A special thanks should also go to the organizing committee that has so ably put all this together; no small task. See ya on Saturday night! CARL MERLIN After completing Fortier I entered Tulane University in the School of Arts and Sciences to fulfill the requirements to get into medical school.  While at Tulane I joined Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. It had about 85 members and was the center of my social life while I was in college.  After three years, I was accepted into LSU School of Medicine where I spent four years before graduating in 1964.  My medical history became important at that time.  I had a history of a duodenal ulcer since age 12. It bothered me intermittently, usually after stressful situations.  I began my internship at Charity but on day eight I had gastrointestinal bleeding which required three transfusions.  I was assigned to periods of duty on ”easy” services where I would not be up at night or have to work extreme hours. Some of these rotations included Radiology, Dermatology, and Psychiatry.  I enjoyed Radiology the most and secured a three-year residency in Radiology at Big Charity. However, six months later I bled again and then required a gastric resection. At that time, the Radiology residency was three years.  The first and third were spent reading X-rays.  The Second year was spent treating Cancer patients with various forms of radiation.  As soon as I began face to face contact with people, I realized that one of the reasons I went into medicine was to have one-on-one relationships with people and I realized that I had found my place in Medicine as a Cancer specialist.     During the Summer between finishing college and starting Medical School, I worked in the operating room at Touro as a surgical technician.  While there, I met Shirley Baham,a Fortier grad of 1958 who was entering her senior year of Nurses training.  We had not Known each other while at Fortier.  We dated for two years and married in 1962.  We have three adult children (Mitzi-42;Mark-40;Julie-37) and five grandchildren.  All of us are well except for the usual aches and pains.  Our daughters and their three children are here but our son had to move to Atlanta with his family after Katrina.    I completed my three-year residency in 1968.  Since I only had one year of Radiation Cancer experience, I took a position at Charity as a Fellow in the Radiation Therapy Department.  While there I sharpened my abilities, taught residents, taught LSU Medical Students and did the Radiation Oncology for the nearby VA Hospital. I was Board certified in Radiology by examination in 1969.  I was then Board certified in Nuclear Medicine by examination in 1972.  I left academia after five years to go into private practice.  At the time I entered private practice, there were already three private practices in the city and most referral patterns had already been set.  I am happy to say that within twelve months, I had the largest Radiation Oncology private practice in the city and it only grew from then.  I had to add partners in 1979, 1990 and 1997 to accommodate the increasing number of patients referred.  Eventually our group did all the Radiation Oncology procedures at Mercy, East Jefferson, Methodist, and Slidell Memorial.  I retired from practice on April fool’s day in 2001. My life is very busy every day.  I play duplicate bridge about twice a week and have attained the rank of life master.  I occasionally play very low stakes hold-em poker at Harrah’s Casino.  I eat lunch weekly with six or seven retired physicians.  We visit with the five grandchildren as frequently as possible and have lots of “sleep-overs” during the summer.  My three siblings live in the Metro area so our Families get together about six times a year for a holiday or some other celebration.  This keeps all the little cousins in touch.  Shirley and I travel, but not so much as we did in prior years. Mary Moore Gandolfo Montz Jumonville As anyone can see from the string of names, I've been busy for fifty years! I married Jay Gandolfo when I was 19 years old and had one child, Gigi,  on January 11, 1960.  At the time, I was the store model for the Canal Street store Godchaux’s.  I loved my work and after Gigi was born, I became a free-lance model in New Orleans, which gave me the flexibility I needed to be a full-time Mom and still model.  Unfortunately, I did not  have the opportunity to go to college.  When Gigi was three years old, her Father, Jay, was killed in a private airplane crash in Mexico.  Jay was in the real estate business and had traveled with Glen Gardner, Jr. to Mexico to look at property.  Glen had only just qualified for his twin-engine license and had never flown that plane alone before.  They crashed into the top of a mountain on their departure from Mexico City and the bodies had to be brought down by burro.  I then married Edward Montz (from Metairie) and moved to Winter Park, FL for business purposes.  Edward was a manufacturer's rep for orthopaedic implants and traveled the State of Florida.  However, as is the usual case with folks from New Orleans, we missed Louisiana.  So, in 1965 we moved to Lafayette, LA, and started another business of the sale of implants.  At this time, Gigi was in first grade and I operated the office for our business.  However, I enrolled at USL and took classes during the day, at night and through the mail towards a Business Degree.  I got as far as my Junior year and tragedy struck once more.  Edward and I were sailing fanatics and kept a sailboat in a fishing marina outside of Abbeville, LA.  In 1974, USL was offering night courses in scuba diving and so, we enrolled in the course so we could carry our equipment on board and look at the fish whenever we wanted to do so.  Our class was a fall semester class and when the course was completed in December, it was too cold for a Acheck-out@ dive in open water.  Our instructor decided to 'check-out' his fall and spring classes at the completion of the spring semester.  In April of 1975, the two classes went to a place named Toledo Bend reservoir, which is a man-made body of water which serves as a boundary for a certain section of Louisiana and Texas.  It was a very cold April day and the winds were howling.  None of the students had wet suits, so we wore warm-up suits to try to stay warm!  I was one of only two girls in the classes, so instructor took us Adown@ first.  The water was so dirty that one couldn't see one's hand in front of one=s face.  We shimmed down the anchor line and then went through the necessary steps for certification.  Afterward, I tried to stay warm by laying on the bank while the rest were checked-out.  After Edward's check-out, he asked me to buddy-up with him and try out our equipment.  No way!  I was frozen by then.  So, he joined a group of three other guys and went back into the water.  After about 15 minutes, the other three guys surfaced and asked if Edward had come back on his own.  His body was found at the bottom of the reservoir.  It seems that he became entangled in some undetected electrical cords and drowned.  By now, Gigi was 15 and I had learned the orthopaedic business quite well.  I assumed ownership of  our business and became (in 1975) the first female in the United States to market these products (total hips, etc.).  Much to my regret, I had to stop taking courses toward my degree and throw myself into the business full time.  I loved it!  In 1977, I renewed an old acquaintance of mine, Jack Jumonville, whom I had met when I first moved to Lafayette.  He was, by then, divorced and was the head of the largest Law Firm in Lafayette.  An absolutely brilliant man.  We married in April of 1978 and are still happily married today.  I retired from my business two years after the marriage and have enjoyed being with Jack, Gigi, and his five children.  We now have 13 grandchildren (the oldest is 27 and the youngest is 6).  We have been living on Lake Ponchartrain in Mandeville since 1986 and love it here.  I'm so sorry I couldn=t make our reunion, but Jack and I will be in Washington, D.C. for his 50th Marine Corps Reunion.  I will miss seeing all of my old friends and wish you all HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. John D. Morvant Graduated Fortier High School 1957 Graduated University of Mississippi 1962 Graduated Tulane University Law School 1965 Practiced law for three-four years beginning in 1965. Also worked part-time for The Times Picayune.  Moved into media work full time in the early 70’s. Held several newspaper positions and editorships in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas during the next several years. Moved into television news in the late 70’s. During television career worked in all positions, to wit: reporter, anchor, TV personality, assistant news director. In 1985 was named news director of Western Systems, Inc., a chain of television and radio stations in Micronesia, Hawaii and California. As news director won several local and regional awards and two competitive national ACE awards. Retired from Western Systems in 1990 and worked as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Guam and was also assistant to the president of the University of Guam until retiring and returning to the US Mainland in 2000. Founding president of several associations including the Micronesia Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist, the Public Relations Society In Micronesia and a founding member of the Guam Humanities Council among others. Married to Helena “Sis” Carriere who graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1958 and Loyola University in 1962. No children. Displaced by Katrina. Family home in New Orleans but currently live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

N THOMAS C. NAUGLE, Jr., M.D. Tommy is an ophthalmic plastic surgeon.  He is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery section at Tulane School of Medicine.  He has lectured and published worldwide, including nine original surgical procedures and two medical instruments he has invented, including one he has patented.  His hobbies include exercising, reading, art, poetry, photography, and foreign languages. Bonnie Nelson Am looking forward to seeing you. After Fortier, I attended Loyola U. and graduated in education and then received my M.Ed. from the  University of New Orleans. I taught for fifteen years and then was an administrator and principal of Airline Park Elementary School in Jefferson Parish--stayed in education for 39 years and loved every minute of it  (except the very tense times that one can never anticipate). Never married but met many great people in life--played tennis, love bridge, reading, travel (just returned from Russia), New Orleans architecture, and am active in my church. After retiring in l960, have enjoyed activities, volunteering, and having more time with family and friends--but  miss the fulfillment of education--hands on. My best to all of us for a rich, healthy and  happy rest of life.       Bonnie Nelson

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P-Q John A. Pecoul John A. Pecoul served at Xavier University of Louisiana from 1967 until his retirement in 2003, except for eight years at the New Orleans Mayor’s Office from 1978-1986.  In April 2000, Mr. Pecoul was named Special Assistant to the President with responsibility for high priority special projects assigned by President Norman C. Francis.  They have included: coordination of  Xavier’s partnerships with Tulane (such as the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research and the National Center for the Urban Community); initiating or maintaining other university, government, or private organization relationships (such as Xavier’s non-profit management program partnership with the University of New Orleans, its membership in the New Orleans Medical Complex, and its cooperation with the Urban Technical Assistance Program of Columbia University;  maintaining communications with key staff of public officeholders or Xavier affiliates (such as the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities);representing the President at special events or on certain boards (such as Xavier Triangle Neighborhood Development Corporation and the Gert Town Revival Initiative); andotherwise facilitating the President’s involvement in or oversight of important university or community projects and initiatives.  During this time, Mr. Pecoul has also been a part-time faculty member in political science, where he had taught previously from 1967-78. From 1986-2000, John Pecoul served Xavier as a development officer.  During the tenure of the late Clarence Jupiter as chief development officer, he became Associate Director of Development in 1986 and then, beginning in 1991, Associate Vice President for Development.  In January 1997, Mr. Pecoul was asked to serve as Acting Vice President for Development and, upon Mr. Jupiter’s retirement, was designated Vice President for Institutional Advancement in April, 1998 by President Norman C. Francis and the Board of Trustees. As a development officer, Mr. Pecoul’s achievements and duties included: Serving as Xavier’s chief advancement officer and fundraising staffer for a successful $20.2 million capital campaign to construct the Science Building Addition (1997-1999). Major involvement as Mr. Jupiter’s associate in staffing the Future Fund campaign (1987-1992) which exceeded its initial $35 million goal by raising $51 million, including construction of a new Xavier library, pharmacy laboratories, and the Center for Advancement of Teaching. Writing or editing numerous successful proposals to obtain major grants and gifts from foundation, government, corporate, and individual sources, and initiating, cultivating, and maintaining relationships with them. Clearance and approval of all Xavier faculty and staff grant proposals, initially through his role as a development officer and subsequently through proposing and securing establishment of an Office of Sponsored Programs and participation in its review process.  (Mr. Pecoul also served the National Endowment for the Humanities as a reviewer of challenge grant proposals.) Representing President Norman Francis on working groups to build new relationships in support of Xavier’s mission, including the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, the Tulane/Xavier National Center for Urban Community and the Xavier Triangle Neighborhood Development Corporation, and on the boards of the New Orleans Medical Center (NORMC) and the local United Negro College Fund (UNCF). As chief advancement officer (1998-2000), preparing and executing strategic plans for capital and annual fundraising, reporting performance to the President and the Board of Trustees, and supervising advancement staff and programs in Planned Giving and Donor Relations and in Xavier’s Alumni Office and its Office of Public Affairs and Communications. Mr. Pecoul served previously on the faculty of Xavier University, working part-time in the Department of History and Political Science from 1967-1971 and full-time in the Department of Political Science from 1971-1978.  President Francis tapped Mr. Pecoul to coordinate establishment of that department and the development of the University’s first academic program in urban studies and service learning, “Urbinvolve.”  He was on the University’s academic council and its planning council, and has taught political science courses in American government and politics, international relations, political thought, organization theory, public administration, urban politics and government, public policy, and community organization. Mr. Pecoul has also been employed in urban affairs and with the Mayor’s Office of the City of New Orleans as: Special Assistant to the Mayor (1980-1986) and Administrative Assistant for Community Services (1978-1980) under Mayor Ernest N. Morial. Responsibilities included: serving as principal staff person in New Orleans for the Mayor’s work with national urban organizations such as the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and the National Center for Municipal Development; developing or supervising staff for special programs such as Jazzfest Task Force, Latin American Task Force, Clean City Committee, arts grants, VIGOR (Volunteers in Government), Citizen Action Center and the Women’s and Human Rights Offices;  significant involvement in creating the city’s Anti-Truancy program, the Office of Municipal Investigation, and the Neighborhood-Police Anti-Crime Councils (NONPACC) and making the Arts Council of New Orleans the city’s arts grant administrator; and representing the Mayor at the Arts Council, on the Board of the New Orleans Museum of Art, and with the New Orleans Symphony. Executive Director of the Human Relations Committee of the City of New Orleans (1969-1971). Mr. Pecoul was the first Director of the city’s Human Relations Committee. Begun under Mayor Victor Schiro through the leadership of then Councilman-At-Large Moon Landrieu, and given enhanced influence by Mr. Landrieu when he was elected Mayor, the Committee spearheaded successful efforts to desegregate the city’s employment and service delivery practices and to pass the city’s first civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction era, a public accommodations ordinance to end racial and other discrimination in businesses open to the public. Director of Housing and Community Services, Urban League of Greater New Orleans (1967-1969) Work included leadership in organizing the coalition which secured the state’s first legislation to permit use of urban renewal funds for housing renovation by local option, and writing a citizen guidebook on housing issues and opportunities in 1967. Research Staff, Southern Regional Council, Atlanta (1966-1967); Resident Director and Campus Minister, Church and World Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia (1964-1966) Mr. Pecoul’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy with highest honor (1961) from Elmhurst College in Illinois and advanced programs at Union Theological Seminary in New York for the Master of Divinity magna cum laude (1964), at Columbia University for the International Fellows certificate (1964) and at Temple University for the Master of Arts in political science (1967).  He also completed requirements for doctoral candidacy in political science at Tulane University in 1973.  Professional development courses have included Loyola Institute of Politics, U.S. Conference of Mayors Executive Staff Institute, and the Fund Raising School. As a citizen, Mr. Pecoul has been active in efforts to improve public policy and the quality of life in New Orleans and other communities.  He serves currently as Vice President of the Central Carrollton Association and as a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Advisory Board.  He has served previously as a board member or officer of groups such as the Louisiana Interchurch Conference, Friends of the Library, Gert Town Revival Initiative, Xavier Triangle Neighborhood Development Corporation, the New Orleans Coalition, Biloxi Back Bay Mission, New Orleans Association of the United Church of Christ and other community and church organizations. He was also a leader of first term transition task forces for Mayor Ernest Morial and for Mayor Ray Nagin. Mr. Pecoul is a member of the United Church of Christ, holding clerical standing in its New Orleans Association and belonging to St. Matthew United Church of Church. John Pecoul was born in New Orleans, September 7, 1939, and attended local public schools, graduating as valedictorian from Alcee Fortier High School in 1957.  In 1963, he married Ellen Rasche Pecoul (B.A., M.Ed., M.L.I.S.), originally of Belleville, Illinois.  Beginning her career as a teacher and reading specialist, Mrs. Pecoul moved into the library field, culminating in a graduate degree from Louisiana State University and service for nearly two decades as school librarian at McMain Magnet High School.  The Pecouls reside in the Carrollton area of New Orleans. They have two daughters, Camille Pecoul Carter of South Orange, NJ and Rachel Pecoul Dietz of Austin, TX, and four grandchildren. ROY A. PERRIN, JR. is President and CEO of Perrin Companies, a grouping of investment activities in engineered equipment sales and services, commercial real estate, and other entrepreneurial ventures.  He is former President and COO of Stewart Commercial Real Estate, Inc., Senior Vice President of Stewart Enterprises, Inc., and President and CEO of Alexander Industries, Inc.  He served as an engineering officer in the U.S. Air Force, and has held professional registrations in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Mr. Perrin holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.  While at Tulane, he was President of the engineering student body, recipient of the James M. Robert Leadership Award, recipient of the University President’s Cup, and recognized in Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. He is a founding member and Past President of the Tulane Engineering Society. In 1977 he was elected President of the Propeller Club – Port of New Orleans, and in such capacity was instrumental in the formation of the School of Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of New Orleans. In 1982 he was appointed by Louisiana Governor David Treen to the Governor’s Task Force on the Port of New Orleans, and named Honorary Harbor Master.  He has served as President of the Metairie Rotary Club, and named a Paul Harris Fellow for his service.  He is a founding member and Past President of the Metairie Rotary Club Scholarship Foundation. He is an Eagle Scout serving as Vice President on the Boy Scouts Southeast Louisiana Council, and is a recipient of the Silver Beaver award to distinguished service.  Other professional and civic activities have included (a) the Board of the World Trade Center, (b) the Board of Advisors for the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, (c) the Board of Advisors for the UNO School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, (d) Baptist Community Ministries, (e) Christian Health Ministries Foundation (Past President), (f) Healthy Lifestyle Choices (Past President), and (g) Westminster Foundation.  He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Louisiana Engineering Society, a graduate member of the Young President’s Organization, and is listed in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest. Since Hurricane Katrina he has been active in restoration projects including Lakeview Presbyterian Church, Metairie Country Club, BSA Camp V-Bar, a family residence, and construction of a swimming pool and bathhouse. Mr. Perrin is married to the former Kathleen Munch, is the father of two married children, and has three grandchildren. Elinor Plotkin Sussman It will be so good to see everyone.  It has been a long time. I graduated Newcomb College-Tulane University with a B.S. in Zoology.  I worked at Tulane Medical School doing research.  When my Professor took a faculty position at Harvard, he asked me to head his research laboratory as his research assistant.  Our work together resulted in several publications.  After a few years, I married a true Bostonian and we resided in Brookline, Massachusetts.  Then after having children, I began working at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital doing research on decreasing scar tissue on heart attack patients.  This led to a number of publications.  After living in Boston for 17 years – and three children later, our family moved to Palos Verdes, California for my husband’s new business.  After three years there, we divorced and I moved to Houston, Texas with our three children – Jodi, Marci and Bryan.  In Houston, I began working at Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center doing pediatric research.  We focused primarily on the rotorvirus which makes children seriously ill. Being a single mom required more flexibility in my work schedule and I changed my career path to have more time with my children.  My new career began with Pitney Bowes for several years and then I helped establish one of the first HMOs in Houston.  Soon after I joined American General’s VALIC division (now AIG) and became a Retirement Plan Specialist.  It was a good fit as I was now addressing the retirement needs of the doctors in the Texas Medical Center where I had worked before.  This was one of my favorite jobs and I stayed there for 12 years until my retirement in 2002. In 1983, I met and married Dr. Gerald Sussman, President of the Southwest Center for the Study of Hospital and Health Care Systems.  He had 3 teen age children, Ellen, Marge and Karen.  From these 6 children, we now have 8 wonderful grandchildren following 25 years of married life.  Our eldest grandsons are at Rice University in Houston and at Brandeis in Waltham.  We our expecting our ninth grandchild this month. We retired to a lovely community in Coral Springs, Florida near Boca Raton where we are both very active in community affairs.  I do volunteer work for Make-A-Wish Foundation, interviewing the wish children and seeing that their wishes come true.  I also volunteer for their Speaker’s Bureau.  In addition, I help my husband in his continuing work with Israel in strengthening their trauma care facilities, a work which has been ongoing since 1989.  We have held 3 successful fundraisers in the past 4 years to provide life saving equipment to Israel’s hospitals and to train surgeons in trauma care management.  Life remains interesting, rewarding and fulfilling.  See you soon! Jeanette Posey Sullivan After leaving Fortier I attended MSCW (now MUW) in Columbus, MS. There I met Stanley Sullivan who was a student at Mississippi State University.  We married during my second year at the "W" and will celebrate our 49th wedding anniversary this year. At the end of the semester we moved to Jackson, MS to start a family business with his dad in January of 1960. It is still going very well, and since then we have begun other related ventures that are also going well. . In March of 1980 we bought a farm with an ante-bellum on it, and  have been restoring ever since!! On the farm, we raise beef cattle and hay. There is good deer, turkey and dove hunting, and well-stocked ponds for fishing. It's a great place for family and friends to gather! We have six children, three boys and three girls who are all now good parents and good citizens of their respective communities.  They have given us nineteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild (1 month old).  The grandchildren range in age from 2 - 23 years old. Over the years I have been very active in various civic and charitable organizations --- DAR (Outstanding Junior Member of Ms, 1976), church groups, garden clubs, and still do some, but, have slowed down. I am a Master Gardner, love to play bridge, antiquing, enjoy cooking, sewing, reading and traveling. My sincere thanks to you and your committee for planning the 50th reunion. I deeply regret that I cannot be there to see everyone.....

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S Ronnie Schneider First, I'm sorry I won't be able to attend the reunion,. Hope  there will be another one in 5 years and we'll all be around to celebrate. From Fortier to Tulane undergraduate school and then to LSU Medical School.  After my 2nd year of med school I married my wife of 45 years, Sandy Goldstein. We have two children and two granddaughters. Completed my training in pediatrics at Charity Hospital.   Then on to Mineral Wells Tx, Fort Wolters, a primary helicopter training center, for 2 years. Back to New Orleans where I practiced pediatrics for 40 years, the first two with Sandy's mom, Bertha Wexler, one of my pediatricians. I joined Rothschild Pediatric Group in '71 and our group joined Ochsner in '94. We built a home in New Orleans,  about a block from the 17th St Canal. After evacuating for Katrina,  we returned to  New Orleans where I continued working for about a year. I retired December 1, '06 and my wife and I packed it up, what was left of it anyway after the flooding, and moved to our dream of 35+ years, Napa, CA. We're here with the grapes, mountains and earthquakes. Seems like Katrina should have taught us something. Miss our family and friends, the oysters, sno-balls, and po-boys. We import our coffee, French Market with chicory. Retirement is good. Good luck and good health to all. Jacquelyn Selph Wharton Married three months after graduation, had son, Steven, 2 years later. In 1964 worked at St Christopher’s School in Metairie as teachers’ aid/substitute. From 1965-67 worked at St Jerome School in Kenner as Kindergarten teacher/assistant.  1966-69 joined Cub Scouts as den mother, later became den leader coach. 1968-70 worked as agent for Nat’l Car Rental, airport and CBD locations. 1969-75 started home ceramics’ business, taught adult and children classes. Divorced in 1976. Worked for George Lehleitner as telephone sales rep from 1976-77. Relocated to Carpet Wholesale (1977-78) where I installed new filing system, ordered stock from distributors, set up daily jobs for installers, monitored warehouse inventory and was all around girl Friday. 1978-80 started work at East Bank Guide Newspaper as girl Friday to manager, moved up as circulation manager from 79-80. I married my present hubby in 1980.  Worked as front desk receptionist at Assembly of God Church in Kenner from 1986-88. Worked for Destrehan Veterinary Clinic (1989-93) starting as front desk clerk advanced to Vet-tech and later became office manager. Destrehan’s satellite office was closed; I leased the building and opened my own grooming and boarding business: Pet Parlour. Have 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Have numerous pets, 5 cats, 1 dog and 1 new puppy pending. Very content where I am at this time of my life, retired and now living in downtown Ponchatoula, La. Rosalie Signorelli Totaro What has happened to me since I left Fortier. Two years after graduation, I married. The marriage didn't work out and I later divorced. I am the mother of 2 children and the grandmother of 4. In 1999 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing surgery, chemo and radiation , I am now cancer free. Thank God, it has been eight years. I am currently employed at Oschner Clinic where I have worked for thirty years. Roger Simon Hi Tarpons! First off, I want to say that it truly breaks my heart that I am unable to be with you all at the reunion. We live in Playa del Carmen, Mexico (see pix) during the fall and winter, and so I’m unable to attend. Here’s a brief summary of my life since Fortier: 1961      LSU:  B.S. Geology 1962      U.S. Army: Commanding Officer / Ordnance / Ft Lewis, Washington 1966      LSU:  Master of Business Administration 1967      Shell Oil (New Orleans)- Scientific Computer Programmer (Exploration) 1968      Shell Development (Houston) – Geologic Computer Research (Exploration) 1975      Castle Creek (Austin, TX) – Owned music showcase night club. Introduced national jazz talent to Austin. 1979      Advertising (New Orleans) 1990      Controller (Boulder, CO) Design Fabricators, Inc 2002- Present: Retired to San Antonio, TX and Playa del Carmen, Mexico Scuba Diving, snorkeling in the “Mayan Riviera,” (See lots of real tarpons!)

LOUIS E. SMITH After my birth in San Antonio and early years in Oklahoma City and Chicago, my family moved to New Orleans in time for my high school years to be at Fortier.  Like many in the ROTC unit, I did not live in the Fortier district, but we believed it to be the best of the public schools at that time.  My college years were at Rice University in Houston where I earned a BA degree in 1961 and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1962.  While there I also met a beautiful Rice girl, Mary Kay Manning, who became my wife in 1963.  She was a French major, earning a BA from Rice and a MA from Stanford. After working for Humble Oil & Refining Company (Exxon) for a year in Kingsville, Texas, I served two years in the US Army to fulfill my ROTC obligation.  In its wisdom, the Army decided that my service would be in France, first in La Rochelle on the west coast and then near the Loire Valley between Tours and Poitiers.  With my new bride being totally fluent in French, it was like a two-year honeymoon. In 1965 we returned to south Texas with Exxon, but the international bug had bitten us.  In 1970, when the North Sea oil boom was just beginning, the company sent me to London for six years and then to Stavanger, Norway for five and one-half years.  The work was exciting, and the locations were exceptional.  Our children, both boys, were born in London and experienced with us the wonders of living as an expatriate in Europe. In 1971 we were transferred to Miami (which seemed more foreign than London or Stavanger!), and in 1973 to Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.  The Saudi assignment was meant to be about three years, but a reorganization cut it to only six months.  Nevertheless, we appreciated the opportunity to experience living in that part of the world for a while. The rest of my Exxon career was technically in the US (Houston, New Jersey, and Houston, again), but I spent much of my time in airplanes and in foreign countries negotiating oil exploration agreements with governments throughout the world.  Much to my wife's chagrin, she could not go on most of those trips since they were often very short and almost always subject to the scheduling whims of the host governments. I retired in 1998.  We still live in Houston, and we fill our time with travel, church activities, golf, investments, and watching the Houston Astros.  Our older son, Matthew, lives in Minneapolis with his wife and our two grandchildren; our younger son, Andrew, is a bachelor living in Houston. Carol Stein Hopson How does one put 50 years of an exciting and very interesting adventure into one short page?  I have no idea, but I do know that I am still grateful for many of the teachers and friends at Fortier who helped prepare me for life after high school. Fortunata Collins taught me so much English in my last two years that college English was a breeze. Virginia Camp and Arden Cox introduced me to the classics and rhetorical criticism as well as debate and public speaking.  Now fifty years later I am still teaching public speaking at Southeastern Louisiana University.  Not only did I obtain a PhD in Oral Communication, but both of my daughters did also.  I have been fortunate in that I taught with my older daughter at Xavier University for several years and now I teach with my younger daughter ay SLU. Both my son and younger daughter studied band at Franklin under Peter Dombourian and learned much about my younger days. Alma Bittenbring made Algebra the most fun class I ever took and Rose Capraro made history come alive, especially when she ventured to Washington D.C. with so many of us.  I still enjoy trips to the Capitol and love history.  It is a good thing I do because my husband is an historian. I now divide my life into 2 periods, life before Katrina and life after Katrina. Before the storm I had pretty much flowed through life on a cloud.  After Fortier, I attended Elmhurst College in Illinois, but returned to Louisiana and started LSU in my junior year when my father took ill.  I stayed there and completed both my BA and MA degrees.  I received a fellowship to the University of Vienna to study geopolitics.  I taught at Morehead State University and Georgia Southern before returning to LSU to earn my PhD.  Hal, my husband, was in the Army and I spent the next few years moving- 18 times in five years.  We lived in many parts of the US and in Germany, but one of the longest tours we shared was the one year he was in Viet Nam and I returned home. After teaching at Central Texas College while Hal was at Ft. Hood, he left the Army and we returned home for good. After working for a major consulting firm and teaching part time at Tulane for several years, I took a position at Delgado where I taught and eventually took several administrative positions.  In 1992, I was asked to take the position of Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the soon to be created Nunez Community College. It was the most challenging opportunity of my career.  I spent six weeks blending faculty and staff from St. Bernard’s 13th and 14th grades school and Nunez vo-tech into a comprehensive community college.  The result was the first new college in Louisiana in 25 years.  I became president in 1993 and held that position until 1999.  I was elected to the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and served two terms.   After a collision with Louisiana Politics, I returned to my position as Professor at Delgado.  I retired for the first time in 2002 and started teaching at Xavier University.  I then became the Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Baton Rouge Community College. Then, like many of us, my life turned upside down.  Katrina hit and the other part of our lives began.  We had over 6 feet of water in our home in Eden Isles.  The first floor was destroyed, but fortunately, the second story was saved.  For the past two years we have rebuilt our home and our lives.  Hal retired from Delgado where he was an academic counselor and became the force behind getting our house back to one piece.  No experience can describe how we felt on September 2, when we drove down tree filled streets and Hwy. 11 with the house moved to the wrong side of the road.   I couldn’t believe what we saw when we finally approached our house.  In spite of the devastation, we were thankful to be alive, to have each other, and to have three wonderful children, their spouses and our grandchildren.   All came together to help us make our way through the muck of nature and then the muck of red tape that followed. We know we were much better off than so many others, but still we could have down without Katrina.  Life took on new meaning after the storm.  Health problems have emerged, many brought on by the stress.  Yet we live each day thankful for the many blessings we have.

T FREIDA TRESTMAN GOTTSEGEN graduated from Fortier in 1957 and continued her education at Tulane University … the campus located just a few blocks down on Freret Street. (The Tulane campus extended from Willow Street all the way down Freret and offered additional entrances on St. Charles Ave.) Do you remember some of the barracks  on that campus that were used as classrooms? Upon graduation from Tulane University with dual degrees in Psychology and Education, she taught in the public and private sector in New Orleans, Louisiana. Freida traveled extensively and was also a housewife and is the proud mother of two incredible children: Jennifer  Gottsegen Cordover born in  September,1965 and Jonathan Gottsegen born in January, 1967. An additional proud accomplishment is that she is a grandmother of five exquisite grandchildren…Alex who is 13, Jake age 11, Emma who is almost 9 and Eli and Eric both of whom are 6. FREIDA received dual Masters Degrees in 1971.in Counseling and in Special Education with certification in Behavioral Disorders and the Learning Disabilities.  As a Licensed Professional Counselor she has the expertise in personal counseling as well as career and college counseling and the final college placement. She is also a qualified crisis intervention specialist and a has also worked with international students. Freida has been in the educational field for over forty years in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Georgia. She enjoys guiding students and assisting them in exploring their future choices. FREIDA has written several papers on Peer Support and Counseling Dynamics and Career Assessment and presented topics at various educational conferences. FREIDA has been honored to serve on various high school councils, most recently at the University of Georgia. She is also honored to be a part of the Coca Cola Scholars Foundations She is currently an Independent Educational Consultant, living and in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. She enjoys travel always with a hiking or biking component, exercising, baking and of course, playing with her grandchildren. She is thrilled to be a part of the FORTIER 50th REUNION and looks forward to Nov. 10, 2007

U-V John Ulmer All in all it’s been a fun ride since I last saw you guys back in 1957.  Seems like a hundred years ago.  In those days I was into things military, so there was only one choice of college I really even considered.  It took a couple of tries and a year at a service academy prep school in Washington, D.C, but I finally entered West Point in July of 1958 along with another Fortier grad, Jim Redmond from ’58.  It was an extremely tough and life changing experience.  After graduation in 1962 I had fully intended to become a career officer, but I had my own 9/11 experience.  As a young 2nd LT with the 101st Airborne Division, my 13th jump on 9/11/1963 was a career ender.  A freak accident on a night jump sent me to the hospital with a broken back and internal injuries.  Career wise I struggled with it for awhile, but an infantry officer with a medical profile is about as useful as a fifth wheel.  I tried changing career branches, and in fact, went to Vietnam as an intelligence officer.  By that time, however, I had met and married Martha (Martie) McEwan of Signal Mountain, TN.  We both read the tea leaves and decided we were better off in civilian life. We left the Army in 1967 to go to graduate school at the University of Tennessee and never looked back.  That is how we wound up in Knoxville.  Martie got a degree in Social Work and mine was in Urban Planning.  Out of graduate school I worked for awhile for the local planning commission, until I was recruited to run Knoxville’s urban renewal program.  Those were really fun days.  We literally took the guts out of downtown Knoxville and put them back together again. If you ever pass through Knoxville, the downtown skyline is filled with some of the projects I was responsible for. Meanwhile, Martie took time off to raise our two sons, and later became a school social worker. Fun does not last forever, however.  The things we were doing, or attempting to do, were locally controversial.  Most projects we were undertaking, like the 1982 World’s Fair, were hotly contested.  I got fed up (maybe burned out is a better term) and moved on to try my hand at real estate development.  I worked for a couple of local firms over a 10 year period, mostly planning and developing office buildings.   Meanwhile, I started a little business storing business records and back up computer tapes, more or less as a sideline. Then in the early nineties, the real estate market was on a downward spiral, but my storage business was beginning to take off.  I made another change of career horses, and eventually set up branches operations in Nashville and Chattanooga in addition to Knoxville.  Working for myself was very rewarding, but building a successful business was even more rewarding.  It’s the most fun I have had in any career.  I am still having fun, but I sold the business back in 2004 and retired.  Martie has just retired from her career as a school social worker.  We have a number of trips planned and want to focus on some fun things. Many of those trips will be to Chicago to see our grandson Max, who at this writing is only 18 months old   We both enjoy the out of doors and love to bike and hike.  So the other trips are likely to be to the Rockies or equally scenic attractions, maybe even Alaska.  Perhaps we’ll run into some of you along the way.

WX Lynne Welch Nagler I'm sorry I won't be with you on the 10th. I have to be in Atlanta for a wedding that weekend. I was really looking forward to being there and catching up with everyone. I will be in Metairie at my mother's for the two weeks before. Well here goes! Looking over my life thus far, it seems slow but I have always felt busy. I went to the University of Colorado for two and a half years. I left in 1960 to get married. Bob and I lived in NY and NO before moviing to the Philadelphia area. We lived in Cherry Hill NJ and were divorced in 1978. I have two boys. Keith is 43 and is a food broker and the mayor of Eastampton, NJ.He's married and has a son, Alec who is 8. He's the light of my life and brilliant.(just like a grandma) Craig is 36 and lives in Phoenixville, Pa" He is an EE for ITT Flight. He graduated Drexel with a BS and Penn State with an MS in Project engineering. I finally graduated from Rutgers with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Pol.Sci and Econ. I taught for six years in Camden,NJ. It's as bad as advertised but the kids were great. When the school closed I moved into high school and spent 20 years there, I enjoyed almost every minute, but teachers do know when it is time to retire which I did two years ago. I have worked part rime for my chiropractor for about 15 years and I recently began to miss the kids so I started substituting in the same school where I taught, I was the vice-president for the Deer Park Volunteer Fire Dept, and a volunteer at the St. Agnes Burn  Center for the Burn Center Volunteers of S. Jersey. You can't do that for very long because you become too attached to the patients and it can be very depressing.While I was teaching, I was co-cordinator for the school'sForensic League and a judge for the Dioscesan Forensic Championship.It was challanging because for the life of me I have a problem speaking in public except in front of my students. Now I'm looking for other interests.I moved from Cherry Hill to Mt Laurel two years ago, and Iove condo living. Not a care in the world. I would love to here from everyone and visit with anyone who comes to the Phil. area. I' just 9 miles across the Delaware River. the phone  no. is 856-222-0218 aqnd my address is 105 Harwood Ct. Mt. Laurel , NJ08054. Don't hesitate to let me know if you are in the area. Thomas A. Wells After graduation from Fortier, I played at Purdue for a year and then got serious and went to Tulane, graduating in Mechanical Engineering. Worked on the Saturn S1C moon rocket for a while, then back to Tulane for a Masters in ME. Married first wife, had three kids. Worked in South Carolina and Georgia in tire R&D for Milliken for over a decade. Married Kay, my second wife, in 1983, acquired a couple of stepchildren and moved to DC for the next 20 years, where I did computers and networks for SAIC. Retired and moved to St Augustine, FL in 2003. We love it here, and happily pursue several expensive but rewarding hobbies. I built a 1966 Ford Cobra replica and drive it on the street and on the racetrack when I get the chance. We both are avid divers, and have managed to see a lot of underwater life in various parts of the world. We have three of the greatest granddaughters in the world, ages 3, 4 and 6. (thomaswells@bellsouth.net) Jane Wilensky Ravid, Fortier “57 What have I done since I left Fortier? In the fall of “57, I began Newcomb College amidst the outbreak of the Asian flu. I majored in Zoology and did my student teaching at Fortier in a familiar Biology class (Ms. Haas). I graduated from Newcomb College with all kinds of honors and arrived as a graduate student at Brandeis in the fall of ’61. There I was confronted with a different universe. I had to enroll in undergraduate courses to fill my knowledge gaps: I learned about the double helix, the trinity: DNA makes RNA makes protein. As a resident counselor, I witnessed different behavior patterns: students high on pot and hallucinogens. And then there was the cold New England Weather – I slept in my coat that first year. I completed my research project for my Master’s degree and let for New York the day that JFK was assassinated. I worked as a research technician in the Neurology Department at Colombia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. I coauthored a couple of publications on the use of a glaucoma medication phospholine iodide, a cholinesterase inhibitor. Living in NY through the unrest of the sixties, the assassinations, the war protests, the Six Day War, the Civil Rights Movement led me to change directions and I studied for an MSW in Social Group Work. In the summer of 1970 I married Benjamin Ravid and moved to join him in Montreal. There I worked at an amazing Senior Citizen Organization, the Golden Age Association. Unrest in Canada, specifically the LaPorte kidnapping and killing and Quebequois legislation that meant our children could not attend English speaking schools prompted us to return to the US in the fall of 1973. Since then the years have flown by. We first lived in Waltham and then in Newton, MA. My husband teaches Jewish history at Brandeis specializing in the legal and economic history of the Jews of the Venetian Republic. Thanks to him, I’ve traveled frequently to Israel and Venice, to Croatia and London. As a second language mother of Sara and Michael during our sabbatical year in Israel twenty years ago, I became sympathetic to the plight of second language learners. Upon our return, I became a MA Certified Bilingual Hebrew (had to have a special amendment drafted to do so!) and ESL Teacher. I taught ESL in the Newton Public Schools for a few years. Then I returned to Simmons for a MATESL degree and shifted to teaching adults; I was in charge of the MGH/JVS Workplace Education Program until I retired in August ’06. Since then, I’ve enjoyed traveling, and being a “free-lance” ESL teacher and consultant. Katrina was certainly another unsettling event in my life. My brothers and I and our families all had tickets to go to New Orleans that fateful week to memorialize our mother who had passed the previous January. Needless to say we didn’t make it then, but we returned last July for our pilgrimage to remember her and to memorialize those lost in the devastation wrought by Katrina and the human failings of the authorities. I hope the next 50 years will be less unsettling for New Orleans and for all of our families. Myron (Mike) Wish After graduating from Fortier fifty years ago, I began my college studies at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland.  My fraternity brothers in Phi Sigma Delta called me Mike, and since then hardly anybody other than my mother calls me Myron.   Four years later I graduated Magna cum Laude in Psychology and went directly to graduate school at the University of Michigan.  While at Michigan I married my college sweetheart, Naomi Bailin from Cleveland.  My Ph.D. was in Mathematical and Social Psychology, with a strong emphasis on statistics and logic.  Naomi and I moved to New York City after graduation where I began my career as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University teaching statistics, measurement and mathematical models.  Our first son, Jerry, was born in 1966 right after the move.  To reduce my teaching load I got a part time job at AT&T Bell Laboratories Research, and decided to leave Columbia shortly afterwards to devote full time to Research there.    In 1972 our second son, David, was born in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and two years later I was promoted to department head of Interpersonal Communications Research.  In addition to a number of publications about measurement and effectiveness of communications, I coauthored a book on Multidimensional Scaling. In order to keep up with the emerging information revolution, I enrolled as a part-time graduate student in computer science at Columbia.  Shortly after graduation and the breakup of the Bell System, I became head of Computer-aided Information Systems Research at AT&T Labs.  My current responsibility is Executive Director of Customer Information Research and the Consumer InfoLab which is a blend of statistics, computer science, psychology and marketing.  This entails more data than most people can imagine:  100s of terabytes including every telephone call hitting the AT&T network, internet traffic, customer care, billing, marketing promotions and response, etc.  Mining these voluminous data helps us to retain customers, grow revenue and decrease costs.  I was awarded an AT&T Science and Technology Medal and became an AT&T Fellow. Having the latitude to choose what to do and how, along with extraordinary technical resources, is so satisfying that I intend to continue this work for at least 5 more years.  My wife, Naomi received her Ph.D. in International Relations as Rutgers, and is now a Professor at Seton Hall University.  She also directs the Center for Public Service and Nonprofit Management and is chair of the department of Public Administration.  Jerry is now married to Karen Kurtzberg with a daughter, Sarah, who is 8 and twins, Abbey and Jack, who will be 5 at the end of October.  He’s a Vice President of Thomson Legal and Regulatory which merges his legal and business background.  David had his bachelor party in New Orleans a couple of months before Katrina.  He is now married to Melissa Gelb with a 4-month old son, Max.  David is a Client Partner in online advertising at Aquantive which was recently acquired by Microsoft.  All in all, we’ve had a great life with our family who all live nearby and very stimulating work.  Naomi and I look forward to seeing, sharing and reminiscing with all of you at the reunion.

Y-Z EMMA YOUNG THOMPSON,  CLASS of 1957 I thoroughly enjoyed my years at Fortier High School!  My husband and I have often remarked that growing up in the 50’s was really “Happy Days!”  Some of my favorite memories are the Orchestra, which I continued in college, Sports, which I also continued in college, and to this day play tennis every week, Pelican Girls State, the trip to Washington for Eisenhower’s 2nd  Presidential Inauguration, when I received the dubious “gift” of a white mouse from some “friends”!  It was rather intriguing carrying it into the Russian Embassy tour in a paper bag.  The direction of my life was changed by my Chemistry Class, when I won the State Science Fair with my crude, but working Geiger Counter, and went on to the National Science Fair. After Graduation, I went to Southwestern At Memphis (now Rhodes College), rather than L.S.U., majored in Chemistry, and graduated with a B.S. Degree in 1961.  It was there that I met my husband, Jack L. Thompson III, who grew up in Blytheville, Arkansas.  We married the summer after graduation, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he attended Vanderbilt University Law School and joined a Law firm upon receiving his degree.  I worked as a research Biochemist for a Doctor at the V.A. Hospital for 5½ years until retiring when our first son was born.  We have two sons, the oldest is a cabinet maker of fine furniture (one  piece is in the permanent collection at the Tennessee State Museum), has a wonderful wife and five children, ages 16 to 5 years, all of whom play soccer (wish we had), many musical instruments, and are home schooled.  Our youngest son is an agriculturalist, GPS/GIS specialist with applications for farmers, foresters and other land or inventory needs. He and his wife have 10 children, ages 16 to 1½, home school, love horses and active in 4-H.  Both families live on small farms, have goats, chickens, etc.  When we all get together at our barn house, we have wonderful soccer, volleyball, softball games, concerts and plays!  We love being grandparents! We live on a farm near Ashland City, in Cheatham County, just outside Nashville, TN.  We raise horses and hay, and Jack has moved his law office to our farm, and is more and more becoming a Country Lawyer.  When he isn’t on the phone or in court, he is on the tractor, or building something.  I enjoy country living, small garden, playing tennis weekly, and most of all teaching Bible Studies at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville.  I also helped start the Volunteer organization there which now numbers 350 volunteers helping with tutoring for GED, religious services, parenting classes, etc. My husband and I have been on many Missions trips through our Church (PCA), all over the world.  We’ve been to Ukraine, Russia (Siberia in December ’97) and Belarus with CoMission, a cooperative effort of many Churches and Missions, teaching a “Curriculum for Christian Values and Ethics” to the school teachers, using the Bible as our textbook.  At first we were greeted cautiously by these former communists, but after a few days, the love of Christ Jesus penetrated even the hardest heart. We found their teachers to be very bright, with a real heart for their students; how many of our teachers would continue teaching even when they weren’t paid for several months at a time?!  We have been on many hurricane relief teams over the years, including Katrina. Jack’s class got together last summer, and had a blast.  We look forward to renewing friendships, and meeting spouses.  It was so fun to go back through the ’57 Tarpon Yearbook!

Jack & Emma on right, with 2 sons, daughters-in-law and 15 grandchildren.  Thanksgiving 2006