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Andrew, our oldest, is a rising senior at Dartmouth; "Ali" is a sophomore at the Peck School of Arts, part of UW-Milwaukee; and Kate is a Middleton HS sophomore (and member of the Middleton wrestling team!). Returning to the tax/economic policy work I did early in my career, I head a 75-year-old nonprofit research organization, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. During the ten years prior, I was marketing manager for a privately-held Wisconsin food manufacturer.

In my spare time over the years, I have attended lots of kids' sporting events, especially soccer and diving (Andrew still dives in college); continually gobbled up parts of our yard for additional garden space; served on a school and a county board; and enjoyed the adventures that come with a Welsh Corgi. After West, I attended UW-Madison and later did graduate work at Harvard and the U. of Chicago's business school. 4/07
 

Well-- here goes the daunting task of putting down a brief bio of the last 35+ years.

After graduating from the UW-- it was off to an idyllic few years in Hawaii and then on to San Francisco. I was fortunate in that several of my best buds from high school and college were already living in the Bay area--including Karin Purcell and Mona Oppreicht. I don't think that I have to elaborate to say that the mid 70's was quite the interesting time to be living in that part of the world.

It was also in the Bay area that I met my husband to be, Bob, and his two children. At the time, I did not realize that a CPA could have such a wanderlust personality. His job took us to 7 different homes on the West Coast-- and then gasp-- back to the Midwest. We have been living happily ever after just east of Minneapolis for the last nine years. Nice and close to my family and friends that still live in the Madison area. Luckily, my career as a sales rep and meeting planner--gave me the flexibility it took for these relocations.

As for recent updates--Bob and I have a home in the PGA West Golf Club in the Palm Springs area where we can get together with my stepchildren and 4 grandkids. We plan on retiring there within the next several years to hone our golf game. The picture that I have included was taken by my husband on our 25th Wedding Anniversary this last year in Venice.

I also would like to thank Rick Gullick and Bill Schultz for all of their hard work keeping our class of "69" in touch-- and in such style! I am looking forward to our 40th reunion-- and hope that many more of our fellow alumni show up this time around.