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Jodi Powell-Newell
Graphic designer for Broadcom
Mother of two great kids, 
Amber born in '85 and Michael in '87
Living in Irvine, CA
Married to '69 grad Mark Newell
E-mail:
jodipowell71@aol.com

Personal Web Page:
The Newell Family
Sue Meierotto-Lueck
Teacher
Mother of three.
Living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
susicc1@sbcglobal.net
Greg Lilly
Happily married since 1984 to a Norwegian viking I met in Greece while traveling / living in Europe from 1980-1983. Son born in '87. Daughter in '92. Living 300 mi. north of arctic circle in fantastic nature of northern Norway, on a fjørd w/2 acres, boathouse and beach. Priceless.  Visit CA. often. Love e-mail from old ghosts. Our door is always open to travelers.
LONG MAY YOU RUN 
Skål from Norway
E-mail:
gflilly53@hotmail.com
Greg Wilkinson
Information Officer
for Alaska State Troopers – 
Former radio personality
Father of two
Happily married since 1977
Living in Anchorage, AK
E-mail:
wilkfam@gci.net

  

  

  

 
Grant Geissman
Studio musician, composer, 
and contemporary jazz
recording artist
Living in Southern CA
E-mail:
pokemaloke@aol.com
Personal Web Page:
www.grantgeissman.com
Dave Porter
Electrician, Carpenter, Painter
Father of two
Living Santa Cruz, CA
E-mail:
deport@juno.com
 Barbara Kramer
Mortgage Underwriter
Mother of three
Living in Irvine, CA
E-mail:
twosnooty@aol.com
Art Rizzi
Teacher and Administrator for Berryessa School District/PhD in clinical psychology / private practice in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. 
Married 24 years, two boys 17and 13. Living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
arizzi2410@aol.com

  

 

 

 
Doreen Meierotto-Berning
Violinist with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Mother of two
Living in Norway
E-mail:
jberning@sensewave.com
Bob Nolan
Lieutenant – Marina Public Safety
Married to '73 grad, Nancy Meek 
Father of daughter Courtney
Living in Monterey, CA
E-mail:
hap5413@aol.com
Donny Segerstrom
National Account Manager for an International Wholesale 
Distribution company.
Renting out home in the Bay Area and moving to Scottsdale, Arizona
on 5/1/01. Hoping to slow down and relax a little.
E-mail:
dsegerstrom@core-mark.com
Richard Karnuth
Production and Inventory Controller
Lives in northern CA
E-mail:
rsk_associates@hotmail.com

 

 

 

  
Suzanna Nicolaysen-Story
Parent of five, grandparent of seven.I am a college student now (socialwork major). 
I guess I did itbackwards 
or did I????
E-mail:
jussme@ccmk.org
Business Web Page:
www.ccmk.org
Susan Zimmerer-Burr
After 26 years not knowing the
other still exists, and thanks to
Susie Nicolaysen,Don Burr and I finally got married.
E-mail:
suuc@hotmail.com
Brian Hoffman
Retired from Pacific Bell
Separated and living in Vallejo, CA
E-mail:
bfkhoff@hotmail.com
Joe Kovar
Partner in a CPA firm in 
San Ramon, CA
Married with 2 boys 
Living in Danville, CA
E-mail:
joe@cpask.com
Business Web Page:
www.cpask.com

  

  

 

 
Cindie Bettencourt-Yaste
Working for County of Santa Clara, Fleet Management Division
Mother of three
Living in Milpitas, CA
E-mail:
cyn000@aol.com
Garry Moore
Married with four children
and four grandchildren.
Currently unemployed.
E-mail:
sliderman4@aol.com
Bruce Cogburn
(senior picture not available)
Divorced. 
Living in Madera, CA 
since 1979
E-mail:
bruce6575@yahoo.com
Margy Bailey-Bauman
Financial Analyst for 
San Jose Mercury News
Mother of two daughters
Married 25 years in September
E-mail:
mbauman@sjmercury.com

 

  

  

 
Kathy Mancebo-Esser
Technical Writer for Microsoft
Mother of three sons
Living in Gold Bar, WA
E-mail:
dkesser@integrityol.com
Debbie Arrufat
Enjoy being a Mary Kay consultant and 
a Dairy Lab Tech for Safeway
Happily living in Portland, Oregon
Still riding horses!
E-mail:
darrufat@aol.com
Kathie Brown
Hotel Front Desk Supervisor and 
High School Acting Coach
Two Children -  "Happily Single"
Living in Truckee, CA
Still a BIG kid at heart!
E-mail:
bluemist71@hotmail.com
Jeri McLellen-Sheets
Adjunct Faculty Portland Community College, Home Schools.
Married to Howard. Five kids.
Living in Hillsboro, OR
E-mail:
handjsheet@aol.com

 

  

 

 
Charla (Charlie) Johnson
Work for Beaser Homes, 
mother of 2 boys 
(both Eagle Scouts)
Living in Sacramento 
but moving  to Utah in Aug 2001
Have plenty of room for visitors to
the 2002 Utah Olympics
E-mail:
ccameron@beazer.com
Scott Sitler
Technology Evangelist for
Hewlett Packard
NonStop Enterprise Division
Married Sue Gleb in 1977 (a Saratoga High grad). We have two great sons, Jim (born '81) and Travis (born '87). Spend my free days and weeks competing in ultra-marathon bicycling races. 
Living in San Luis Obispo, CA
E-mail:
scott.sitler@hp.com
Ross Meinhold
TWA Airport Operations - 
Springfield, MO
Married to a great lady, 
who I met while living 
in Munich, Germany. 
We have  two very special 
and challenging teenagers.
E-mail:
rmeinhold45@hotmail.com
Bill Malaun
Software Engineering Manager 
Divorced.
Living in Cupertino, CA
E-mail:
bdwoodem@aol.com

  

 

 

  
Elaine Herrick
Music Therapist in acute care 
hospital in Napa Valley.  Bassist.  Member of Frog Legs, a Cajun band.
E-mail:
elainebeat@aol.com
Web Page:
http://froglegsband.com/
Karen Arnett-Johnson
Employed by Safeway for the 
last 26 years 
Married for 16 years and have been living in Vacaville, CA for 
the last 10 years.
E-mail:
bboop613@aol.com
Dave Aldrich
Employed by the VA Hospital in Gainesville as an Orthotist / Prosthetis
Married since Feb 14th 1979. 
One son born 1981. 
Still riding motorcycle!
Living in Gainesville Florida, home of the Univ. of Florida's Gators!
E-mail:
dave1899@aol.com
Web Page:
http://community.webshots.com/
user/daveshere
Rob Malkin
Self-employed computer consultant and salsa pianist.
Married. 
Living in Saratoga, CA
E-mail:
rob-malkin@attbi.com
Web Page:
http://Rob-Malkin.home.attbi.com

  

 

 

 
Lynne Brady-Koch
Working at CSU, Chico as a Contracts/Financial Asst.
Have 2 daughters, 21 and 18. 
Divorced 5 years
Varsity Field Hockey Coach (asst) Pleasant Valley High School and
I am working on my MBA with an MIS emphasis!
Living in Chico, CA
E-mail:
lynne4771@aol.com
Roberta Robertson-Maher
Hospital Clinical Supervisor
Divorced 12 years. 
No children, just dogs!
 Living in Atascadero, CA
E-mail:
rmaher@digitalputty.com
Penny Clark-Evans
Working full time as an 
Emergency Room R.N.
Happily married for almost twenty years to a man I met while going to nursing school in England.  The parent of two children, a boy 16 and a girl 14.
Living in Exeter, CA
E-mail:
errnpae@aol.com
Cathy Burke-Marquez
Married with five kids.
Living in Clovis, CA
E-mail:
cmarquez1010@cs.com

  

 

  

 
Bob Nickeson
Engineer for Altex Technologies, a small engineering service company in Santa Clara, specializing in environmentally oriented combustion research and development work. 
Unmarried.
Living in Pleasanton, CA
E-mail:
rwnickeson@altavista.com
Ginger Hawkins-Harms
Working as a compliance analyst for 
El Dorado County. 
Have been married for 24 years and have one 17 year old son.
Living in Placerville, CA
E-mail:
inharmswaytoo@pacbell.net
Greg Wessels
Senior Superintendent for a 
commercial construction company.
Divorced 14 years, two daughters 
and four grandchildren. 
Living in Mesa, AZ
“Still having a great time in life”
E-mail:
wessels@it-works.net
Shirley Jones
Assistant Manager for a market research company.
Divorced.
Mother of 2 boys.
Living in Vancouver, WA
E-mail:
snj22@home.com

  

 

  

 
Margie Ito-Mitchell
Recently left Campbell Union School District. as Dir. of Admin. Services.  Now employed as 
Sr. Acct Mgr. with Pacific Bell.
Married 25 yearswith two children.
Living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
m49rfan@aol.com
Margaret Zeek-Gresham
Self-employed
Water Well Drilling company
Married to Craig Gresham
(class of 72) for 27 years.
2 Children and 2 Grandchildren.
Living in Poulsbo, WA
E-mail:
mgresham1@sinclair.net
Bob Steiner
Theatre Technician
Santa Clara University
Center of Performing Arts
Mayer Theatre
Married, one child
Living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
rsteiner@scu.edu
Gary Tritt
Flying for TWA.
Living in Santa Cruz, CA
E-mail:
gft101@earthlink.net

  

 

 

 
Christa Webb
Recently promoted to Lead Software Test Engineer. Responsible for the 
QA of each new version of 
software for hospitals.
Living in the woods east of the Cascade mountainsand working in downtown Seattle, WA
E-mail:
idiot@inlandnet.com
Franciose Visscher
Have been managing teacher supply store for past 18 years and loving it! 
Happily married, 2 children, daughter 25, son 21, 2 dogs each 12 years old. Love the outdoors, wildlife, gardening, traveling.
E-mail:
franske12@hotmail.com
Linda Finlay-Jenkins
Executive Director of the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce.
Divorced, mother of three kids, daughter Carrie, age 22, 
daughter Sarah, age 18 and son Brian, age 14.
Living in Iowa for the past eight years. 
E-mail:
info@wdmchamber.org
Mario (Tony) Romero
Retired from the Air Force, 
after 23 years! 
I now manage a real estate office
-  who would have thought...
Living in San Antonia, TX
E-mail:
tonyromero1@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 
Terry Trigilio-Wall
Living in Santa Rosa, CA
E-mail:
terrywall@softcom.net
Mark Simms
Work as a Defense Contractor for 
the US Army at Fort Hood, TX
Divorced with one son, 
13 years old.
Living in Killeen, TX
E-mail:
markmsimms@aol.com
Shirley Mausser-Maier
Have worked at Intel Corp. the past 8 years in their Human Resource Dept.
Married for 29 years, have two children Stacey 24 and Scott 20.
Living in Granite Bay, CA
E-mail:
shirley.maier@intel.com
Sheryl Alexander-Burgess
Worked in the wine industry for 13 years and am now with Sebastiani Vineyards in Sonoma. 
Am blessed with one really wonderful son, Eric, 19.  I enjoy bicycling (did the Calif. AIDS Ride in '98), hiking, reading; and learning to play the fiddle, which will be a challenge for the 
rest of my days!
Living in Napa, CA
E-mail:
sheryl@napanet.net

 

 

  

  
John Casey
Pilot for United Parcel Service.
Married 26 years to Jaslynn Meyer from Westmont. No children.
Living 65 miles north 
of Anchorage, AK
Life is good!
E-mail:
alaskanart@worldnet.att.net
Sharon Lund-Rodriguez
Business Manager of a Honda dealership in Los Gatos.
Happily married to the most wonderful man on the earth.  Our children are grown, married and doing well.  Devoted Mom and Dad to our Siberian Husky, Smokey, who is 11 years old.   
We're at a wonderful time in our lives doing extensive traveling and seeking new adventures.
E-mail:
ronandsharonr@aol.com
Mike Tice
Building satellites in Palo Alto.
Married, no children. 
Catch me at a Vegas craps 
table or Burning Man.
Life is very good!
E-mail:
tice.mike@ssd.loral.com
Lynn Lowry-Perez
Working at HP as Admin.
Happily divorced, one son, 
Stephen (21).
Living in Sacramento 
last 12 years.
E-mail:
lynn_r_perez@hp.com

 

 

 

  
Chris Burnside-Hindenes
12 years at Racore Technology 
as National Sales Mgr. 
Have 4 children, Dan: 24, Jeff:20, Andy: 15 and Emily 6 years. 
Still living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
chindenes@racore.com
Scott Pearson
20 yrs in Submarine Service, retired from Navy in 1996.  Now working for Corrosion Eng. Services as Coatings Inspector and Planner/Surveyor for Navy onboard Subs and Ships 
in the San Diego area. 
Wife Becky is a 15 year Navy veteran and currently works for a San Diego Private Investigator. 
Living in San Diego, CA
E-mail:
scottpear619@home.com
Diane Rockey
Analyst for Varian Asso., Inc. 
in Palo Alto. Currently Sr Acct , Americas Accounting Services dept at Palm, Inc. in Santa Clara. 
Married Ron Miller (class of '70), 
now divorced. Second marriage for 22 years, separated for the last two. No children, just dogs. 
Living in a beautiful home in 
Danville, CA, set on a golf course. 
Work hard and play harder!
E-mail:
diane_rockey@palm.com
Gary Spoon
Enjoying life in Aptos with Laurie, my partner of 11 years. Employed with Lockheed Martin for 29 years, 
twice divorced, one 20 year 
old step daughter.
I still love Rock 'n Roll!
E-mail:
garydspoon@cs.com

  

 

 

 
Cathy Larson-Berg
Library Public Service Clerk 
for the city of Anacortes.
     Married in 1972 to Martin (Westmont class of 68)
Mother of two sons 
ages 18 and 22
 Living in Anacortes, WA which is North of Seattle on Fidalgo Island.
E-mail:
cjberg49@hotmail.com
Jessie Ferguson-DeSmidt
Very happily married to 
a great guy. 
We have three girls and a boy.
Jessi (27) is married and lives in Vancouver WA
Shilo (22) is getting 
married this MAY!
Joey (16) Junior in high school
Shane (14) is getting ready for 8th grade graduation.
Living in Loomis, CA
E-mail:
jessie.desmidt@intel.com
Susan Bowen-Walton 
Keepin busy with our 
Walton Art Glass in Campbell. 
Happily married since 74! 
7 beautiful children, 3 married, 2 grandchildren.  I'm enjoying art, 
being outdoors and most of all love being with my family. 
I'm a happy girl!
Living in Campbell, CA
E-mail:
susan_walton@hotmail.com
Greg McNeal
Currently RV sales.
Married 19yrs. Semi-retired...
doing a lot of salmon fishing.
Living in Bothell, WA
E-mail:
jigntime99@yahoo.com 

  

 

  

  
John Pizzo
Work for Microsoft's Product 
Support for 2.5 years now.
My second marriage is wonderful. 
Have a 20 year old son attending the Univ. of San Francisco and a 15
year old daughter attending high school in San Jose.
Living in the Seattle, WA area.
E-mail:
johnpizzo@hotmail.com 
Steve Ball
Program Manager for Solectron Corp (formally Memorex) 
in Santa Clara.
Married late in life, at the ripe old age of 40. Have a 9-year-old daughter.  We are a Christian home school family and love it and the Lord. Ride a cruiser Kawasaki motorcycle and have 
an old ski boat that we take out once in a while.  Looking forward to retirement and will do so the very first day I am eligible or can afford it. I will not be the one who works until the last day of his or her life, unless that’s today. 
E-mail:
steveball@ca.slr.com
Carolyn Kerr
Regional rep. for a foreign student exchange program. 
I also sell LOTS of AVON on the side. Married 9/11/76 to Randy.
Two wonderful kids, Tanya, branch mgr for a financial institution and Steve, a Sgt in the US Army, presently in Iraq. 
Bummer -- no grandkids so far.
Living in Hesperia, CA since 1983
E-mail:
carolsorenson@msn.com
Terri Sakamoto
Teacher at Westmont for 24 year
(Business and Special Ed)
Married and have 2 children, Matt 21 (Jr. at SDSU) and Kevin (
Sophomore at Pioneer)
E-mail:
tota@ix.netcom.com

 

 

 

  
Elvin Reamey
22 years as a software developer and systems consultant. Six years in the Navy as an Electrician. Two years as a civilian electrician.
Married in July 1979 ... oops
Son Brian, born 10/10/81
Married in May 1987 ... OOPS.
   Daughter Rachael born 8/25/90
Married Dawn Elizabeth Hurd 17 March 2001 ... life is good
E-mail:
merek@merek.com 
Gracie Garcia-Hendrix
Have been working with various startups in the valley.
Two daughters, living on their 
own now.
Living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
gracehen@ricochet.net 
Georgia Van Kirk-Earley
In CA I owned a greenhouse nurserybus. Moving to Idaho in '79. For the past 15 yrs have worked with an ambulance co. For 12 yrs have been a state EMS pre-hospital care instructor and evaluator.  The past 4 yrs have worked in a local hospital ER as an RN . After leaving high school I went to college for 2 years, married and had 3 boys.  Divorced in 1987. I love to snow ski, play guitar, bike, hike, garden, and just about anything else involving the outdoors.
Living in Bonners Ferry. ID
E-mail:
georgia@coldreams.com
Jill Vasquez-Wertman
Corporate career: 
Medical device industry
Married for 24 years.
Retired 2 years ago to raise 
my 6 year old son and enjoy life
Living in San Jose, CA
E-mail:
jwer229850@aol.com

 

 

  

 
Ron Dutton
E-mail:
rond@quicklogic.com
Nick Gobets
I never forget my year at Prospect as a foreign exchange student. I stayed till '73 enjoying life as a hippie before returning to Europe. I have never have been back to the States. This might change in 2003. I was asked to lecture at a couple of Univ. in Michigan and N.Y. I live a colorful life, so to speak. I dropped out of Univ., was married twice, no kids and until 12 years ago worked several jobs. 12 years ago I was hired as a sales & management trainer in Vienna, Austria. I travel a lot throughout western and eastern Europe doing training, lectures and speeches on the subject of Sales, Presentations, Human Resources, Management, etc.
I live in Vienna, Austria and in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail:
nicolas.gobets@door.at
Laura Aronson-Aue
Music teacher in a private Christian school. Also work part-time teaching teachers to teach at Univ. of Phoenix.
After graduating from Prospect, I went to UOP, spent my sophomore year in Austria on the exchange program, trans to UCB, and graduated in '75. I married and earned a teaching credential from UCB. Still married to Tom (27 years), have 5 daughters, age 17, 19,  21, 23, 25. Our 25 year old has been married 3 years, has a masters in psychology and is having our grandchild in July. Our 23 year old is earning her teaching credential, our third daughter is in her 3rd year of UCSB, is married, and our 4th daughter is at the Brooks Institute of Photography.  My husband and I became Christians in '75 and are very involved in a wonderful church in Danville, CA
E-mail:
auegirls@aol.com
Cathy Bonner-Wilkins
Worked in the Human Resources field for 20 years.
Married for 14 years and have three children. A son who is 24 and two daughters ages 12 and 5, yes, that's right I have had a child in each of the last 3 decades! 
I have lived on the East Coast and Newport Beach in Southern CA, but I always return to the Bay Area. I now live in Alamo next to Danville.
E-mail:
cathybwilkins@cs.com

 

 

 

 
Jan E. Hoffman-Aull
 CEO of Aull-N-Aull WebWinery.
Happily married with 2 children
Living in Fairfax, VA.
E-mail:
aull@aull-n-aull.com
Web Page:
http://www.webwinery.com
Lorraine Morgan
 Currently teaching ESL at the junior high level. 
Dating a wonderful man which has renewed my hope and faith in relationships.
My 21 year marriage ended in divorce 3 years ago. I have 3 wonderful children. 
I keep busy teaching and decorating my new home.
Living in Modesto, CA
E-mail:
holcomb1@prodigy.net
 Kathleen Cantwell-Reddis
 Married with two sons-18 and 13
living in Madera, CA
E-mail:
reddis@madnet.net
Carol Pickert-Curry
 Reading Teacher
Married in 1975 to Steve Curry '70
Son Brian born 1979. Twin sons Chris and Scott born 1981.
Adopted daughter Anna at birth in 1993. Grandson Chase 
(Brian's) born 2001.
Living in Corning, CA
E-mail:
curry@tco.net

 

 

 

 
Cynithia L. Knapp
 Retired after 21 years in military.
Currently working for AZ Dept of Transportation as a Software instructor in their Fleet Management Program. 
Single. BS from University 
of Maryland in CIS
Living in Surprise, AZ
E-mail:
cynthia.knapp@cox.net
Debbie Tibbetts
Living in Camarillo, CA
E-mail:
pasobypaso@earthlink.net
Ron Helmonds
Living in Campbell, CA
E-mail:
oakslr@aol.com
Kerri Ullfers-Knapp
E-mail
kerrik@pacifier.com




Roslynn Baker
Own a small cleaning business, track sex offenders, and co-parent my oldest daughter's, daughter. Married Tom Berubee, class of 67' Cupertino High in '70. Divorced since '91. Three children ages 29, 26 & 17. In my spare time, I dig up old dump sites, collect anything old and rusty, garden, and try my best to enjoy life! I haven't done-it-all yet! Living in Cave Junction, OR
E-mail:
rozberubee@yahoo.com
John Fixler
USAF 6 years, 
Space Shuttle support Team
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Guide Supervisor at Hearst Castle, CA State Parks
Married, 2 Kids 
Living in Paso Robles CA
E-mail:
Jfixler52@aol.com




 
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