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Classmates 1972
Patrick Moore, AIS class of 1972, with his daughter in Albuquerque, NM, September 2006.
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Patrick Moore patrickmoore531@comcast.net
I happened across the AIS/American Embassy School website this evening, wholly by accident, and was strongly smitten by a fit of nostalgia upon finding that the school I attended some 40 years ago is still up and running.
I entered 4th grade (Mrs. Chaudhury) in 1964, remained half way through fifth (Wendy Aswath) at which point my father was sent for 18 months or so to Bangalore, came back in August of 1967 to begin and finish 7th grade (let's see: Swoveland, Science, Warren, English, and Rickert, Social Studies, are the ones I remember), before my father was transferred to Nairobi, Kenya, where I graduated from the local American School.
Read more from Patrick.
Cathy Chance drcathyc@verizon.net
I graduated high school in Stamford, CT, then went, briefly to McGill and got married in December 1972 - a marriage which lasted about 2 years. I finally went back to school at the University of Connecticut, but in my senior year, moved to Florida (again for a guy!). I got my bachelor's and master's degree at Florida Atlantic University, in psychology and went on to Auburn University for my doctorate.
As part of the requirement for my doctorate, I had to do an internship, so I ended up joining the US Air Force. Served 4 years. Was finally awarded my Ph.D. in 1989. Got married in December 1998 to a Navy officer. Again it didn't work. I ended up in California. Read more from Cathy.
Dave McCabe dcmccabetc@aol.com
Dave left AIS just before his senior year and completed his last year at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. He is presently the pastor of the Center Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock, PA (about an hour north of Pittsburgh) and recently celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary with his wife, Cyndi. Cyndi and Dave have three children and a 3-year old granddaughter. His youngest daughter, Caiti, just started college at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, so he and his wife are now "empty-nesters." Read more from Dave.
 Sandra Green Sullivan Slsullivan@juno.com
After Delhi, we ended up in Honolulu (Hawaii) after six months in New Jersey. I graduated from Kalini High School and, small world that it is, discovered that Steve Worrel was in my graduating class of over 800 students! My most embarrassing moment that year - I had to ask what homecoming was.
I went to college at Iowa State University, graduating with a degree in Elementary Education. I went to Iowa because that was where I was born, and my parents were from Iowa and we had lots of relatives there. I had only lived there a few years before Delhi and wanted to know more about where I came from. Read more from Sandra.
Andrea Lykens Owens
Is still living in West Virginia. She is doing well and loving being a grandmother to three.
Becky Ide Lowe, blowe@west.net writes,
The year my youngest daughter headed off for UC Berkeley, I went back to grad school. On June 19, 2005 I will receive a master's degree in clinical psychology. As part of slogging away at the 3,000 intern hours it takes to have the honor of sitting for the California marriage and family therapist licensure exam, I am working primarily with foster and kinship care families and will soon join a private practice. This is challenging but rewarding work, and has certainly given me a new perspective on families and the experiences of parenting and being parented. I am grateful to have the opportunity to re-create myself at age 50, and delighted to be entering a field in which age presumably equates with useful life experience and wisdom.
 Chikako Tsuruta ctsuruta@tufs.ac.jp
Hi, this Chikako Tsuruta, of class of 72. How time
flies. It is so nice to be able to communicate on line. I have just talked
with my sister Haruko Tsuruta Morimoto (two years younger than me, she
also attended AIS) about how nice it is to be connected electronically,
and just who would have imagined back then that this kind of communication
is possible now, to have a homepage posted on the web, and to exchange
e-mails, and to chat on line! Read Chikako's letter.
Theo Tettero ttettero@planet.nl
Theo's wife Liesbeth gave birth - in water - to a beautiful daughter Charmine Rafaela on Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 7:53 PM. Everything is great and the new parents are in the clouds for now! Theo and his fmily live in The Netherlands. Theo writes: "After India I went through medical and business studies, a working career in international trade and my own commercial business importing foodstuffs into Holland. Some 3 years ago I closed the business and am now having a great time as a personal coach living and practicing in Amsterdam. My instruments are Rebirthing and the Fourth Way teachings of G.I.Gurdjieff, which includes the practice of the Movements. I have been involved with these disciplines for the past 10 years and am now also giving seminars in the Gurdjieff work and the Movements. (You can find some information on our website: www.gurdjieff-movements.net.)"
Susan Maull Jones lilli4u@earthlink.net has
been living in Arlington, Oregon (150 miles east of Portland on the
Columbia River) for the last 4 years, after living in the Portland area
for 16 years. Susan and her husband Craig will be celebrating their 20th
wedding anniversary this July. No kids, however they have 2 horses, 1 dog,
2 cats and a fish! Susan works for the Bank of Eastern Oregon and her
husband works at Cargill Louis Driffus as a grain elevator operator. Her
friends from Delhi will be happy to hear that Susan has remained
passionate about horseback riding and has owned her own horses for a long
time. She also is the treasurer of the Saddle Club in Arlington. Craig is
a member of the Lions Club and his interest are guns, hunting and his
Triumph motorcycle.
Kathryn Gregg Dunderdale kathyd48@msn.com lives in
Clarksville, Tennessee. She is the proud mother of a 31-year old son,
Colin, who is a doctor in the Army stationed in Iraq. Kathy writes, "Thank
you for the email about the reunion and the link to the AISAES Alumni
News. Also, if anyone wants to get in touch with Sherry Hjort, or her sisters Kim and Valerie, my sister, Lisa (nacooper@webtv.net), keeps in frequent touch with Sherry and can give them their email address.
 Found! Yolande “Lynn” Hoogendyke Henry yhenry@judicom.gc.ca lives with her family in the Gatineau Hills outside of Ottawa, Canada and works for the Canadian Association of Superior Court judges, as well as writing and working on a few literary projects. Read a letter from Lynn (who now goes by her birth name “Yolande”) about life since graduation from AIS, as well as a Canadian Embassy magazine article she wrote about her life growing up overseas. Also, check the Class of 1975 news for information on her brother Guy.
Lester Knutsen lester@advancedatatools.com and his wife Linda live in Falls Church, VA and have a database consulting company which focuses on financial and performance management data warehouse systems for government agencies and corporations. After Delhi, Lester went to college in Chicago and Milwaukee and after marrying Linda, spent seven years in the Philippines before returning to the States. Lester and Linda have three children.
 Suzanne Bakey Fricke suzanne.fricke@verizon.net
I’m still living in Silver Spring, Maryland, and still working for the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). My older daughter has graduated from Penn State and younger daughter is now 15 and totally boy crazy! Other than working, playing tennis and having fun with my kids, I’ve been working with KC Gray Siebert, Tim Brown and other AISers with the 2005 reunion and this website. One of my hobbies has been looking for some of our “lost” Class of ’72 alumni. I’ve had some success, but am still looking for Diana Parker, Susan Brown, Liz Ellis, and others. If you have contact information for any of these people or were in the Class of ’72 please e-mail me!"
 We've heard from Don LaBrecque, who is living in Live Oak near the North Florida/Georgia border. Don and his wife Teri have four children and four grandchildren. Their youngest daughter, Arielle, is now fourteen and grew up hearing Don's stories of India. Don has been working for the last 22 years for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches as Director of Quality Improvement. His sister, Denise, also lives in Florida and works as a nurse. Shown in picture: Don LaBrecque with his wife Teri and daughter Arielle. Don can be reached at dlabrecque@alltel.net.
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