50TH REUNION RECAP
On May 5-6, 2000, the Alohans — summer class of
1950, decided it was time to see who was still out there
— and gather. We picked the Radisson Hotel, as have
a few other Uni alums — near LAX. We picked that
particular weekend to tie into Uni's 75th anniversary
celebration.
We mingled with the Jubileers, winter class of 1950,
who celebrated their 50th in an adjacent ballroom. What a
great time everyone had! No one dreamed it could have
been such a success. The room rocked with squeals, gasps,
tears and laughter. So many memories were rekindled and
shared. Everyone had such a great time that we're
planning to do it again in 2005. One hundred twenty five
(125) Alohans attended, including 25 from outside of
California. Those coming the farthest were Roger
SAFDEYE all the way from Colombia, and Chuck
SASSARA from Alaska. The alums were joined by 65
enthusiastic spouses and friends.
Each of the Alohans attending received a "50th Reunion
Bio Book," a collection of contributed single-page
questionnaires on "life highlights" and "fondest
memories."
Activities included a Friday evening Cocktail Party, a
tour of the J. Paul Getty Museum on Saturday, followed by
a Gala Dinner Dance, and then on Sunday a picnic at the
All-Alumni Day at Uni.
Following the reunion, a full-color Memory Book was
prepared with many photographs taken at the reunion. Also
included was "The Class Directory" with current contact
information. Photomontages from the Memory Book are
reproduced here.
Grayne FERGUSON Price and Lew LEEBURG
took the lead in organizing the reunion. Pictured below are most of
their enthusiastic and effective committee,
Front Row: Pat PRICE Kaspar, Ann RALSTON Carter, Barbara DANN Lindquist,
Grayne FERGUSON Price, Barbara ADAMS Unruh, and Lenette DE LAMAR Ogulnick
Back Row: Ed ZWIEBACK, Ivan FINKLE, Lewis LEEBURG, David HAND,
and Larry PORTER
Not Pictured: Tony BENNETT, Malcolm RILEY, Natalie WELLS Eilerton,
and Jane WANOUS Biel
Nearly thirty years ago we had a 21st reunion, but
somehow didn't manage to pull ourselves together until it
was time for our 50th. Since 30 years passed lots of
folks had moved, changed names, etc., and were hard to
locate. Thanks to our super tracking team led by Larry
PORTER, we amazingly located nearly 75% of our
class, 300 out of 410. We are still working to locate
every classmate. A list of the current missing can be
found elsewhere on this
site.
Last updated on 04/27/03 by CEC
