Joel, thanks so much for setting this up. I was grouping the emails in a folder, but the blog is much easier.
John SP, thanks for your most interesting report on the 45th gathering last fall. I was sorry to miss it, but the notice was much too short for those of us who no longer reside in the Bay Area or even in CA. When the notice first came out in April, there was a two deadline for response!
At the 40th Reunion, I remember standing against a wall the first evening in some noisy bar looking at the sea of faces--there was a good turnout for the 40th--when the guy next to me said, "hello, John." His name tag said Mark, but, not having seen him for 40 years, I didn't immediately make the connection. It was Mark Jorgenson; Diane, his old flame and wife of decades, soon came over and we spent a few minutes catching up. Having had no athletic ability myself, then or now, I was never a team mate and never knew him very well. I used to play in the pep band, however, and knew that he had been the hero of several games. I enjoyed seeing many old friends and classmates, some just for short conversations, coming and going to our tables, and others more in depth. I will definitely plan to attend the 50th, but I hope the organizing committe will give us the dates at least a year in advance.
Greetings to all
John Evans
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