(Seated from bottom left clockwise) Jan Olcott, Harold Olcott, Pari Gerber, Dennis Gerber, Henriette Maroney, Joe Maroney, Leroy Lester, Tetyana Lester, Imelda Huhnke, Don Gerke, Margery Gerke, and Diane Conley. (Standing L-R) Art Thomas, Eileen Thomas, Kwan Hai Mao, Tom Conley, Roger Huhnke and not pictured, our photographer, Diana K. Mao.
Former MariPros employees include: Colene Keefer ’11 and retirees Richard Hegeman ‘60, Dave Schiefen ‘60, and John Wightman ’60.
CLASS OF 1965 Class Scribe: Bob Piazza, rwpiazza@comcast.net Richard “Twig” Branch spends part of his time remodeling around Vallejo. Dan Curry still has a 5 o’clock shadow by noon and retired after many years with Crowley.
(Left to right) Tony Guild (instructor), Chief Warrant Officer Timothy J. Hahn (Sector Guam), and Captain Eric Christensen (Chief, Office of Vessel Activities, CGHQ) Captain Eric Christensen ’87 presented the first-ever Captain Ken Franke Award (named after alum Ken Franke ‘57) to Chief Warrant Officer Timothy J. Hahn of Coast Guard Sector Guam. The award recognizes the outstanding student in the Coast Guard’s Wood and Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Inspection Course.
CLASS OF 1960 Class Scribe: Lloyd Sorenson, lloyds48s@hotmail.com Larry Burkhalter continues to be happily settled in Santiago, Chile. He is retired after 22 years with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The past five years he has been a visiting professor of business law at the University of Chile and the Catholic University, Schools of Law, Santiago, Chile. Lloyd Sorenson shares that, in addition to himself, Geoff Ball ’89, Kirk Connally ‘73, Peter Yinger ‘82 are also employed at L-3 MariPro in Goleta.
Carl Engle is still selling real estate and is a wine aficionado. Miles Davis is now with H. Beck Inc. Miles serves as an active member of the CMA Foundation. Dennis Duke kept his boat in Mexico and did all kinds of neat stuff commissioning yachts and is the go to guy for that industry. Gordon Gimbel is the all time racing man and has a great rig that he hauls from track to track including a vintage Shelby Cobra. Dennis “Gramps” Gregor has been selling boilers and boiler equipment for decades. He still does not like people fussing with his pillow! Bob Hall is the all time MARPOL guy as he and his partner David Hiller provide training and consultation for folks in the marine industry so that they do not get tagged by the USCG or any Port State Control. He is living on his ranch out between Napa Valley and Lake County. Walt Hayashi is still the all time athletic one skiing in the winter and riding his bike and running in the warmer seasons.
Richard Hogan is still trying to find a desk to put his foot on and go....”Arggghhhh!” Bud Jacque has found a hide-away hunting lodge in Alaska where he can shoot his own elk and fish his own fish. Ray Jubitz is in the Portland area and manages his cousin’s trust. Their latest endeavor is to stop war by 2030. Good Luck Ray! Omar Kerns, who sends out more emails than Bob Piazza, is in the wilds of Shasta County and still has a real job. Chuck Lane was out in lower 40 checking on trees they are going to have logged off. Brian Maxwell puts his wife in the trailer and hauls her around to their favorite haunts throughout the lower 48. He is the most relaxed of us pre-Baby Boomers, I think! Jan “4.0” Moehl is the financial wizard for one of the nation’s notable families and believes we are smartest because we are the “Sputnik” generation. Bob Piazza is on the airways trying to convert us to something that has never been quite understood but he says it is good ...so it must be? You can never put down the Piaz! Last year Jim Sundfors, Mike Miller and Larry Russon visited with Bob for a couple of hours in the San Diego area. Mike still works as a consultant for the Navy as a port engineer and Larry is retired — retired. Jim is an avid supporter of the cadets at the Academy and participated in the Fall Senior/Junior Class and Alumni mixer in Vallejo. John Porter is still doing ship inspections and some expert witness work.
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