class Comings & goings
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e’ll catch the big news about you: Nobel Prize nominations, when you take your company public or if you’re the first T-bird in space. But we can only know about your less publicized news if you tell us. We’re not too particular; we want to hear it all. Send your information to tbirdalumni@thunderbird.asu.edu.
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1940s
Jack Rokahr ’47, Jack has been mentoring a boy who wanted to ask Jack questions about WW II. They became friends and Jack has been mentoring for the past three years. … Chuck Palmeter ’49, finally quit motor-homing, fishing and camping in Baja, but he and his wife are still up, around and relatively healthy. He’s been retired from AT&T for about as long as he worked for them, 30+ years. He has many great memories of Thunderbird and the subsequent years in Brazil!
1950s Where are you?
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Harry Turner ’51, had a stroke and broke his leg but he is working it out and celebrated his 92nd birthday on August 31. … Donald Carley ’55, is living in Sun Valley, ID at age 90. He has occasional correspondence with Howard Crooks ’55 who is 93. … Dan (aka Horst) Daniels ’56, fully retired after two previous attempts. Just celebrated his 86th birthday living at a retirement community where he often gets the feeling he is on a cruise ship. … William Rodgers ’56, after graduation took a
job with EBASCO, in New York. I was posted to Chile, tried ranching in New Mexico, but I missed life overseas. I joined the Peace Corps, went to Bogota, joined the State Department and was posted to Lima, Peru. Then came Brazil, Ecuador and Guatemala. … Narce Caliva ’56, continues to spend time volunteering, mainly with the Korean War Veterans Association and Red Cross. He and his wife, Leslie, now have a total of 104 years of Red Cross service. … Stanley Ely ’57, has lived in New York City since graduation. He retired after time in advertising and teaching, has written seven books, the latest published in April. … Jerome Firsty ’57,
Donald Klein and I were roommates. We lived in the quad, and every Saturday morning, we would give our living quarters a real G.I. cleaning. A large percentage of my class were veterans. … Richard Jackson ’57, remains physically active and is trying to keep the parts together. … George Blake ’59, spent 25 years in Mexico. Since retiring 30 years ago, we have travelled the world. We now live in a retirement community where I teach robotics and artificial intelligence and Bev line dances. Both of us will be turning 90 at the end of this year. … Dan Schell ’59, in 1962 I took a job with Ames Irrigation International in Milpitas, CA. My
George Blake ’59 winter 2018
