1968, UHS, Bloomington, IN

University High School
Class of 1968

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Beverly Watkins

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5/5/11	We need to know if you can come, if you're bringing a guest, and receive your check ($45 per person) by May 15 - see next item below
4/6/11	Beverly Watkins writes: "Greetings to all fellow graduates of UHS Class of '68!! We are desperately searching for many of our classmates to let them know the UHS Class of '68 Class Reunion (yes, our 43rd) is being held this summer on June 25, 2011 at Chapman's in Bloomington, Indiana at 6pm. If you haven't received an invitation it's because we can't find you! If you know the whereabouts of anyone in our class, please find out if they've received an invitation. For any who have not been notified (and the invitations went out by snail mail) PLEASE send mailing addresses along with any questions to [email protected]. We need to know if you can come, if you're bringing a guest, and receive your check ($45 per person) by May 15. We will send you information on other events that day, hotel rooms available, a registration form and questionnaire as soon as we get your address. You DON'T want to miss this and WE don't want to miss you!!! Beverly Watkins Nancy Callaway Fyffe Linda Wisley Williamson .
3/12/11	Marsha Jo (Mahaffey) Deckard, of Bloomington, died March 11, 2011. She was born in Bloomington. A graduate of University High School, she worked for numerous beauty salons in the Bloomington area as a hairstylist and also worked for several years with the Indiana Real Estate Certification Program as an administrative assistant and registration coordinator. She especially enjoyed taking the annual trips to Mexico and other warm climates to help conduct seminars for the company. Marsha especially loved doing for her family. She felt a pride in getting ready for holidays, being the “hostess with the mostess” and preparing Christmas dinner. She took pride in gardening around her home, attending little league baseball games for the grandkids, knitting scarves and just doing crafts. Anything to be more sociable was what she enjoyed. Her survivors include her two daughters and sons-in-law; her longtime companion, Amy Holte of Bloomington; her parents, Richard and Velma Mahaffey; her sister, Sharon (UHS '65) Belcher and husband Chuck; two grandsons; and two nieces.
3/08/10	Meg Arnold Graham (writing from [email protected] - but try leaving .com it that doesn't work) says: "Would like to find out about a future Reunion for the class of 1968. Also would like email addresses of former class mates."
1/15/10	Beverly Watkins posts from Indianapolis: "Hi fellow UHS Graduates of 1968!!! I just met with Nancy Callaway Fyffe and we are beginning to lay the groundwork for a possible reunion in 2011...tentatively June 18 or June 25. .We need contact info (emails or otherwise) so please email me with an update for yourself and anyone else in our class with whom you've been in touch lately. Stay tuned...more info to come!! [email protected]
11/15/09	Chris Westland writes on Nov 14: "I will be visiting Bloomington with my sister (who was Class of 70) on Nov 15-16th 2009 and would like to catch up with old classmates. Please feel free to call me at 312 860 0587 if you would be around and would like to catch up -Chris"
6/29/09	Gregory Lane Mongold, 58, died unexpectedly Tuesday June 23 of an apparent heart attack while riding his tandem bicycle with his wife Linda. He was a longtime math teacher for the MCCSC and currently the Math department chair at Bloomington High School North. He graduated from University High School in 1968 where he played in the Take 5 band. He graduated from the honors math program at I.U. in 1972 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and then received his Master’s of Science from I.U. in 1982. His passion for bicycling and math were only second to the love and dedication towards his family and friends. He was known throughout the community as a devoted parent, son and husband, as well as a gifted teacher. He brought to his students his passion for mathematics and was known for using song and colorful T-shirts to gather his students into his love of mathematics. He was never too busy to help a friend, fix a bike, or just be there for his many friends. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Linda Martin Mongold, of Bloomington; his father; two sons; father-in-law; two sisters-in-law; one brother-in-law; and one nephew. He was preceded in death by his mother.
5/14/09	Sandy Lynch wrote: "I'm glad to see this webpage! A quick update: attended Oberlin College, then IU, taught briefly, spent a few years in publishing in New York City, got homesick for Bloomington, came back, went to work at the RCA television factory in employee relations, then spent 23 happy years at Ford/Visteon in Bedford in human resources. Wrote employee newsletters for nearly 30 years. And guess what, I'm producing a newsletter now for IU's Physical Plant department. Have a great husband of 20+ years, Jack Shelton, and four cats. Spend time with my parents who live in Bell Trace.
6/10/08	David Leffler writes: "After graduating from UHS in '68 I spent two years at IU and then joined the Navy in '70 during the Vietnam conflict. After four years touring the Far East, training and working with nuclear weapons, I returned to the US and worked for eight years as an administrator for Palmcrest Nursing Home in Santa Cruz, CA. I married Sandy Tompkins who was working on the Macintosh project at Apple and began working at Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA in 1983 on the first Apple Macintosh Test Team as a Test Engineer focusing MacPaint and on the LaserWriter project. Later I managed the HyperCard Test Team and various other Apple projects. I moved up to Manager of New Products in the User Programming Group before leaving Apple when Bill Atkinson asked me to lead the test group at General Magic. As "User Champion" I designed and built Video-based Usability Labs all over the world for our business partners (Sony in both Japan and Germany, Phillips Electronics in England, France Telecom, British Cable & Wireless, AT&T in New Jersey, OKI, Fujitsu and others). I wasn't home much and Sandy and I were amicably divorced. I left General Magic and moved to Paradise, CA when Tom Clancy (the author whom I had met when working for Apple) asked me to design computer based teleconferencing systems for the Kyle Foundation. The Kyle Foundation was an organization for little sick or badly burned kids who were home and in bed, generally looked after by distraught parents. Tom thought that we could give their kid a computer and video connect them right back into the classrooms. The Rand Corporation assisted up in determining that the one thing kids feared the most was falling behind in school. For little kids the ability to see and talk to all of their friends and beloved teacher everyday was priceless. I left the Kyle Foundation and created a business plan to open the Apple Macintosh Franchise in Chico. I called in a few favors and ran that business for a few years. I have finally semi-retired and am still living in Paradise, CA just a few miles above Chico. In the evening I still rewrite papers for the Chief Scientist at OKI, Nat Hosono in Tokyo, Japan, for his presentation to various IEEE and HCI conferences. These are mostly based on cutting edge Human Interface experiments using OKI designed medical emergency procedures, hand-held PDAs and kiosk based banking systems. Recently I rewrote his Doctoral Thesis and he gave me credit in his acknowledgments. I was greatly honored. I still have a few Macintosh office based clients these days but mostly I hike in the beautiful surrounding Sierra Foothill area nearly every day and love nothing more than to be away from computers and out in nature. Basically my life is idyllic and I wouldn't change a single second of my whole life as all my diverse experiences have brought me here."
9/02/07	Nancy Wayne Scott (BHS '68) writes: "I went to University School for Kindergarten, 7th, 8th and 9th grades, but the cost to transfer was too high for my parents so had to go to BHS for the rest of high school. It was nice seeing so many people's names I remember. Even though I didn't graduate from UHS, it would be nice if there was a secondary list somewhere for those of us who went there and went to school/were on Bloomington swim team/etc with kids form UHS, but who had to go to another shool for some reason or other later on, but would like to have contact. Also do you know anything about a page like this for BHS? thanks. webmaster comment - We are happy to have anyone with a connection UHS register here. You were part of our lives, as we were of yours. Nancy is now listed and identified below as a BHS grad. If you'll look at the Home Page you will find links to pages for BHS (South and North) . They may help you find more info.
7/27/07	Michael McDonald Yoakam of Bloomington, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at his home surrounded by his wife, Caroline Beebe, and daughters Crystal Yoakam and Genevieve Pritchard. He is preceded in death by his parents Mary Bob and Dick Yoakam. He is survived by his brothers Rick Yoakam (UHS '66) and Steve Yoakam (UHS '71) and sisters-in-law; a nephew and a niece; and his mother-in-law; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family that he cherished dearly. Michael was one of the early managers and builders of the original Bloomingfoods on Kirkwood Ave. in Bloomington, then continued for a number of years as Campbell-Yoakam General Contractors, building and remodeling homes and offices in the greater Bloomington area. He shifted gears in 1992 after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications and worked as Director of Distance Education in Continuing Studies at Indiana University and later at North Carolina State University. He coordinated cooperative training programs with a coalition of universities in Russia and travelled there several times to establish technology for early classroom links between the U.S. and cities such as St. Petersburg, Moscow, as well as the MIR Space Station. Michael was an amazingly gentle man with fierce convictions about the power of peace and understanding as opposed to war and ignorance. He had a subtle off-key sense of humor which kept his family and friends in stitches, and a personal honesty and integrity that was admired by all. He loved swimming, gardening, and mowing on his tractor. He had a great talent for re-using and recycling materials in his homes and as a craftsman was a funky minimalist. He will be greatly missed by his loving family and fondly remembered by his friends and colleagues near and afar. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends commemorate Michael’s interests in learning, media and young people with a gift to the Harmony Education Center’s Youth Media Project. Please send contributions to P.O. Box 1787, Bloomington IN 47402.
5/19/07	I just found a resistration left last September by Chris Westland giving an address in Hong Kong. Be sure to check his web page. -- Margaret (webmaster) who apologizes
4/8/07	Antonio Amaral found this web page and says in email: "Hi - It was nice to find in these WebPages my name and that of some of classmates."
10/22/05	Subject: [UHS] DeAngelo's Pizzeria Co - Friday night (28) for class of '67 and '68 and friends Hello '67-'68 fellow guineapigs, How about meeting at 6 p.m. at DeAngelo's Pizzeria at Eastland Plaza. I will go there at 5:30 p.m. to stake out space for all of us as they don't take reservations. If you could let me know at [email protected] if you will be there it will give me an idea of how many places to obtain. Also, I will have my cell phone 801-916-0341. Also, for anyone - tea at Border's at 9 p.m. (also at Eastland) - Ciao, Elaine Caldwell Emmi <[email protected]> 2620 E 3RD ST BLOOMINGTON, IN 47401 - 5339 (812) 961-0008
6/17/05	Greg Mongold writes "Regarding what I'm doing - I'm still teaching mathematics in the local schools: Bloomington HS South in particular. I also work with the other schools as the corporation's math curriculum coordinator. My wife and I are active bicycle riders. We began taking dance lessons two years ago - wish we had done that years ago. Our oldest son has graduated from IU and our youngest son is a sophomore at Purdue."
4/8/05	Ann McDonald Clark writes: I spent two years at IU. Then I moved to Texas and graduated with a degree in Nursing from Texas Woman's University. I married at age 28 and spent the next 17 years traveling in the Army with my husband. We spent 7 years overseas. I have four children. My oldest daugher just graduated from IU with a degree in computer science and math. My middle daughter is a manager for a fine jewelry department in Bloomington. My third daughter and son are still at home in High School. We live in a multi-generational home (three separate living quarters) with my sister, and my aging mother. I am currently the director of Lactation Services for Bloomington Hospital.
2/18/05	Stephen Burks writes: " I am currently an assitant professor of economics and management at the University of Minnesota, Morris, a small liberal arts college in the west central Minnesota prairie run by the University of Minnesota. My wife Laura and I have a daughter, 6, and a son, 3."
10/14/04	Laura Gilligan Reed writes that Cathy McNamara Korenich died on Oct 12, 2004 at University Hospital in Cleveland. Laura had written that Cathy was waiting for a lung transplant.
10/1/04	Hallie White Sepsi writes: "I spent four years at the University school as a member of the class of '68, when my father was stationed at N.A.D. Crane IN. He was then due to be transferred to a new base, which would have meant that I would be a senior in a new school (perish the thought!). So I took Jr.& Sr. English during my final year at UHS, and graduated early, with the class of '67. Made many wonderful friends in both classes.

Reunion Information

November 5, 2011 All School Reunion
June 25, 2011 - 43'd Reunion Chapman's, B'ton 6:00 pm	contact Beverly Watkins with addresses and to get information
October 29, 2005 All School Reunion	Reservations Received as of 11/01/2005 for: '68 - Ed Caldwell & Pauline, Laura Gilligan Reed, Gary McGee, Judy Reiberg, Linda Wisley Williamson & Randy
2008 - Fortieth
2003 - Thirty fifth

Class Members


						email address
68	Carol	Acord	Lavender	IN	Bloomington
68	John	Adams		IN	Bloomington
68	Stephen	Alexander		OH	Cortland	[email protected]
68	Bonnie	Allen	Walsdorf	OR	Portland
68	Antonio	Amaral		Italy	Milan	[email protected]
68	Derrell	Barriger		IN	Ellettsville
68	Kathy	Barrow	Lorimer	IL	Chicago
68	Steve	Barrow		IN	Bloomington
68	David	Bartlett		IN	Bloomington
68	Jacqueline	Batson		IL	Romeoville
68	Ronald	Baugh		AL	Birmingham
68	Erich	Brewer		NC	Raleigh
68	Lance	Brinson		IN	Greenwood	[email protected]
68	Diana	Brisley	Holloway	CA	Sebastopol
68	Joseph P (JP)	Bruce		AZ	Tucson	[email protected] Web
68	Larry	Bruce		IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	Stephen	Burks		MN	Morris	[email protected]
68	Jim	Burton		IN	Bloomington
68	Edwin	Caldwell		IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	Nancy	Callaway	Fyffe	IN	Indianapolis	[email protected]
68	Paul	Chasteen		IN	Bloomington
68	Julie	Chih	Staresnick	IN	Indianapolis	[email protected]
68	James	Clayton		WI	Kewaunee
68	Betty	Cochrane	Terjesen	FL	Tavares
68	Russell	Colbert		IN	Bloomington
68	James	Connors		IN	Bloomington
68	Frederic (Rick)	Contino		MN	Saint Paul	[email protected]
68	Stephen	Cook		IN	Bloomington
68	Sylvia	Corvalan		Argentina	Buenos Aires	[email protected]
68	James	Curts		CA	Fallbrook
68	Antonia	D'Amico	Demas	NY	Trumansburg
68	Jack	Davis		IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	Phil	Dawson		MI	Richland	[email protected]
68	Mark	Dowling		AZ	Mesa	[email protected]
68	Betty	Dugger		IN	Indianapolis
68	Thomas	Elam		IA	Fairfield
68	Peggy	Evans	Curry	IN	Bloomington
68	Shahrokh	Fardoust		MD	Rockville
68	Pat	Garcia		IN	Indianapolis
68	Laura	Gilligan	Reed	IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	Virginia	Gilligan		PA	Oreland
68	Margaret (Meg)	Graham	Arnold	IN	Columbus	[email protected]
68	Bonnie	Gray	Boulding	IN	Bloomington
68	Linda	Hammond	Colbert	IN	Bloomington
68	Robin	Harruff		AZ	Phoenix
68	James	Hood		IN	Bloomington
68	Robert	Howell		CA	San Luis Obispo
68	Verne Patricia	Jack		GA	Milledgeville	[email protected]
68	Phillip	Julch		IA	Hinton
68	Kathryn	Koch		FL	Jacksonville
68	Walter	Konetzka		IN	Bloomington
68	David	Leffler		CA	Paradise	[email protected]
68	Jeffrey	Lloyd		IN	Bloomington
68	Alison	Lumbra	Gibbs	MD	Westminster	[email protected]
68	Alexandra (Sandy)	Lynch		IN	Bloomington	[email protected]

68	Jim	Maire		UT	Salt Lake City
68	Alex	Majewski		AK	Juneau	[email protected]
68	Gayle	McCullough	Grissom	IN	Bloomington
68	Ann	McDonald	Clark	IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	Gary	McGee		PA	Glen Mills	[email protected]
68	Tom	McNamara		IN	Indianapolis
68	Ellen	Miller	Snyder	IN	Bloomington
68	Thomas	Miller		IN	Bloomington
68	Elaine	Motsinger	Sholty	IN	Indianapolis	[email protected]
68	Chavette	Nichols	Fye	IN	Kokomo
68	Frederick	Oppenlander		IN	Indianapolis
68	Clinton	Osborne		UT	Park City
68	Gayle	O'Toole	Watari	OR	Clackemas
68	Karn	Otteson	Lucero	IN	Indianapolis
68	Nancy	Owens	Bundy	FL	Pompano Beach
68	Ron	Purtlebaugh		IN	Muncie
68	Beverly	Putnam	Gordon	PA	Allentown
68	Judy	Reiberg	Diggle	NY	New York	[email protected]
68	Patricia	Richie		OH	Cincinnati
68	Glenn	Riggs		IN	Memphis	[email protected]
68	Otto	Rogers		NC	Cameron
68	Susan	Rose	Lehr	OH	Cincinnati
68	Helen	Rothfuss		IN	Indianapolis
68	Christopher	Rouse		FL	Sarasota
68	Linda	Runkle		IN	Bloomington
68	Ebie	Ryder	Napier	VT	Middlebury
68	Mike	Shiflet		IN	Bloomigton
68	Mark	Siffin		CA	Los Angeles
68	Riki	Sipe		AK	Fairbanks	[email protected]
68	Janet	Squire		CO	Broomfield
68	Sabra	Sullivan	Bickell	IN	Indianapolis
68	Robert	Tatlock		IN	Bloomington
68	Judith	Teraspulski		MA	Amherst
68	Joanne	Thompson		MA	Sudbury	[email protected]
68	Janine	Tjardes	Bullock	IN	Bloomington
68	Joe	Tyree		IL	Oak Brook
68	Brad	Wampler		IN	Sellersburg
68	Jacki	Wampler	Ferguson	TX	Fort Worth	[email protected]
68	Robert (Robb)	Wardrop		FL	Atlantic Beach	[email protected]
68	Beverly	Watkins		IN	Indianapolis	[email protected]
68B	Nancy	Wayne	Scott	NE	Bellevue	[email protected]
68	Chris	Westland		IL	Chicago	[email protected] Web
68	Suzan	Wetmore	Branam	IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	David	Whaley		IN	Indianapolis	[email protected]
68	Randall	Wilson		IN	Bloomington	[email protected]
68	Linda	Wisley	Williamson	IN	Bloomington
68	Mary Beth	Zych	Prox	IN	Terre Haute

	m=moved before graduation; x=graduated early; B=BHS graduate; s=spouse of class member

Information Needed


				last known location
68	Thansarn	Ampatamee
68	James	Anderson
68	David	Boch
68	William	Bowers		Indianapolis IN
68	Thomas	Burnham
68	Vera	Chitwood	McGuire	Stafford VA
68	Patricia	Christman
68	Erasmo	Cisneros
68	Jennifer	Cox
68	Jane	Davis	Holcomb	Clear Creek, IN
68	Deborah	Dixon
68	Brian	Donnell
68	Holly	Fancher
68	Mike	Fleener		Indianapolis IN
68	Mike	Gest		Jamaica Plain MA
68	Chris	Gilliam		Milwaukee WI
68	Donna	Hall
68	Bjorn	Halsteen		Malmo, Sweden
68	David	Henline		Ventura CA
68	John	Hickman		Littleton CO
68	Marcia	King
68	Linda	Kohr
68	Anita	Kube
68	Victor	LeRoy		Lexington KY
68	Michael	Manley
68	Linda	Mason
68	Judy	Nelson	Sydor	Indianapolis IN
68	Becky	Nickless	Owings	Bloomington IN
68	Cesar	Orosco
68	Kathy	Pett	Adams	Westboro MA
68	John	Ridge
68	Steven	Riggs
68	Bo	Smith
68	Paul	Stringer
68	Gayle	Toole
68	Randy	White
68	Cathy	Wier

Deceased


				death date	last residence
68	James	Councilman
68	Marsha Jo	Mahaffey	Deckard	2011/3/20	Bloomington, IN
68	David	Mahigian
68	Cathy	McNamara		10/12/2004	Bloomington, IN
68	Gregory	Mongold		6/23/2009	Bloomington IN
68	Dennis	Neal		10//1973	Bloomington IN
68	Linda	Niciejewski	Nichols	Fall 1989
68	Robin	Parker
68	Michael	Yoakam		7/25/2007	Bloomington, IN

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