Occupation:  Teacher
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
From Bill:
I saw so many bios I had to add something.  After high school there were two years of college then four years of the navy.  After that I became a professional student.  I married while in the navy in '72  and managed to live in California, Colorado and Indiana.  I have twin boys who both graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana.  We have been in Valparaiso for the past 17 years.  I am a high school Special education teacher and Sandy is a professor in the Business school at Valparaiso University. 
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Occupation:  Administrative Assistant
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  1
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Birthday:  September 24, 1948
Occupation:  Builder/Retired
Marital Status:  Divorced
No. of Children:  2
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Birthday:  January 11, 1949
Occupation:  College 
Faculty/Writer/Coach
Website:  howiethompsononline.com
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  5
From Howie:
Thanks to Dyanne Roper for sending me this site.  Sorry I missed the 40th, but I am glad to have found this site.  I read almost all the comments, and we are still the greatest class to come out of DHS.  I am married to a wonderful woman who is an OR Nurse and together we have a small LLC, SMART CORP.  So much has happened to us all.  Who knew Gary could act, and that so many of us would turn to be  so successful in so many different careers.

So, here ya go.  I graduated from the University of Tampa with Chuck Conti and became a Phys. Ed. teacher as I had always wanted to be.  Life takes many different twists and turns, and with some arm twisting, I finally formed a partnership with Mark Taylor and directed my own Insurance Agency in Wilton, Ct.  Mark and I enjoyed some success, but after 12 year, I wanted to go back to teaching.  I had become a fairly successful Soccer and Basketball coach and the south was calling. (Frankly Scarlet I don't give a damn) I moved to Durham, NC and met my wife there.  I continued to coach and wrote the first of three published books.  Two other books would follow in 2004 and 2007.  I am currently working on the sequel to "A game for All Seasons" and "Overtime."

I have been coaching Basketball and Soccer for over 30 years.  I coached all 3 of my own kids in Weston, Ct., and both of my wife's girls in Durham, NC.  We moved to Little River, SC which is in North Myrtle Beach in 2007, and I am on the faculty at Southeastern Community College, in Whiteville, NC. I am helping build a new Soccer Club in Myrtle Beach, where I am the Tournament Director for the Myrtle Beach Cup.

I'm sorry I missed ya'll, geesh that is so southern, hopefully we will all be around for 50.  I am in touch with Bob Radocy, who lives in Boulder, Co. and Mark Taylor who is on the Cape, and now Dyanne.  I am always proudest of the fact that I graduated from DHS, played for John Maher and Vic Crump, and grew up in a time that was exciting in Darien, Ct.  I love this site, and wish you all the best.  Especially Dallas, whom without his great hands, I would have never been "the toe."  I will meet you on the field at our 50th for a P.A.T. Dallas, we'll get John to snap the ball.

Best to you all
Howie "the toe" Thompson   
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Occupation:  scientist
Marital Status:  Single Again
From christopher kit:
I always love to party, Isn't life fun.
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Birthday:  December 06, 1948
Occupation:  Attorney
Website:  www.townelaw.com
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
From James:

Wow...it's been a few years.  It was fun reading what you all have been up to-all in all sounds as if life has been pretty good to most of us.  Looks like the reunion was fun-Pat Lillis invited me to the 45th-so I hope to make that in 4 years.

I have a great life-a wonderful wife who deserves much better, 2 great boys and their families-life is good.  As much as I love what I do here in the US practicing law, my real passions are a trust in the Laikipiak area of Kenya and sailing.  I don't seem to get enough time to do either to the extent I'd like-but they are fun and rewarding.

We live on a small "farmette" outside Saratoga Springs in upstate NY.  I finally ended my foray into  thoroughbreds-we bred and raced a number before I awoke to the economic insanity I had created-but it was fun while it lasted.  Chris Orrick came up for a week last year-it was great to see him.  We have a lot of space and spare bedrooms and if anyone is in the area feel free to stop in and grab an empty bedroom. 

Here is a link to the trust in Kenya-please visit and if you can't help, perhaps you know someone who can. www.loisabaccf.org.

I've conned Gary Barker into helping out at a dental clinic in February and we plan on getting together in Maasai Mara as I will be nearby at the same time.  I'll post pictures of Barker for you when I return.  I get the feeling he really doesn't know what he's in for!

Photo: Gary Barker and Jim Towne, in Kenya.


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From Peter:
Its been fun reading about everyone. It seems amazing to me that so much time has passed since High School - many memories are still strong.

The quick version...

From DHS to University of Delaware for Electrical Engineering. Two years later took a two year hiatus to visit the scenic Mekong River. Had as much fun as I could there, came back to Darien, married a high school sweatheart from Norwalk, went back to Delaware to finish school - this time with a combo EE and Bus Admin major.

Got a job with Hewlett Packard (where I ran into Dick Myrick years later) after graduation. Worked at HP (and its spinoff Agilent Technologies) for 30 years before being "right-sized" (It was OK, 30 years is long enough). My tour of duty with HP took me to Paramus, NJ, Rockville, MD, back to NJ (Rockaway) then to White Plains, Bridgeport and Wappinger Falls, NY. Finally I relocated to Fort Collins, CO in 1991 where I remain.

Today I am starting up a new business selling therapeutic lasers to manual therapists, PTs, chripractors and the like. My business partner is my wife Cathy who is a PT and a Rolfer herself.

Family-wise had a daughter Sara and son Blake but finally divorced after 16+ years of marriage. Married again, this time to my soul mate, after moving to Colorado.

My daughter blessed me with a grandson last year and now makes her home in a suburb of Raleigh, NC, but my son remains an eligible bachelor in the process of relocating from Cleveland to Miami where he will be the tournament director for a new LPGA event.

I hope you all have a wonderful time at the reunion. Its been great reconnecting with Alan and others. Best to all.
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Occupation:  Information Technology
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
From A. James:

Lived in Pittsburgh, working as a design engineer for an optical company, Moved to NYC and worked in the Audio Visual field designing and building AV systems.  Activly played Rugby until I was 40, gave it up, got married and started working with computers.  Have a daughter, Katie at William & Mary and a son, Andrew in High School and a wife Jane who puts up with me.

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Occupation:  Mortgage Banking - 
Citigroup
Marital Status:  Married
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