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Barbara Smolen (Deitch)
 
FL
Retired
Committed Relationship
2
Emmet
De Albani
5
"Life is not a dress rehearsal"
Since Senn I went to the U of I for a year and then returned to Chicago to pursue a career in interior design and fashion. Married and began a fashion company with my husband, moved to New York and began producing private labeled fashion from all over the world for specialty and department stores. Have 2 wonderful sons both became dr,s and 5 grandchildren. Divorced and moved to Florida and worked in the interior design field and for now retired and doing some volunteer work.
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Ina Ray Solotky (Slobodkin)
 
AZ
Retired
Widowed
2
Hayt
Mr. Hoffman
1
It is what it is - accept gracefully.
Worked for 9 years at Standard Oil on Canal St. Assistant Manager for Special Billing section. Married Len in June 1966. He was the best husband in the world. We have 2 children - my wonderful son and my gorgeous daughter. Len and I were married 41 years. I finally have a grandson - he is the cutest, smartest, most adorable little boy. Jimmy just turned 1 year old and is the spitting image of my daughter and late husband. In my later years I worked at Littelfuse Inc for 19 years. I started as customer service and the last 2 years ran the sample and literature department.
I was terribly skinny all through my school years but, as you can see - I filled out. My hobbies include jigsaw puzzles, mah jong, bingo and hand and foot. Live in a senior community and am active and busy. Send Ina Ray a Message
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Linda Sorokin
OR
Child Therapist
Married
Mrs. Garo
After graduating and teaching high school English for five years I had various jobs from working in a bbq restaurant to substitute teaching. I ended up just off the central coast of Oregon where I married a glass sculptor and helped set up his studio. I now live on 4 acres with my husband, two dogs, one cat, two llamas, and many fish.
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Robyn Speck (Goldman)
 
IL
retired
Married
3
Trumbull
Mrs. Levine
5
Live each day to the fullest as you never know what is going to happen in your life.
Married at 20 years old to a musician and divorced 8 years later. I later married a college professor and have been with him for 38 years. We have 3 daughters (2 are mine biologically and 1 is his biologically). He adopted mine and I adopted his. We have 5 wonderful grandchildren from 14 years old down to 1 year old. I worked as an Executive Administrative Assistant for 25 years at a Telecommunications Company in the western suburbs and am now retired. I also taught dance aerobics, slimnastics, and other forms of exercise for 27 years and am still teaching dance aerobics in the suburbs. I love cross stitch, ceramics, building doll houses and stamping cards. I am a newsletter editor for ORT America, head an organization in my community to assist senior citizens and for the last 15 years, have been the Judge's Chairman for the Illinois Junior Miss Scholarship Program. My husband Richard and I have a very fulfilled, happy existence and even though my husband is ill with Parksinson's Disease, we try to live every day to the fullest.
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Felice Speier (Price)
 
CA
Widowed
2
Mrs. Hackman
3
Go for it – Keep tramping on!
Following high school, I received my BA degree from Indiana University, followed by graduate work at University of Chicago. Soon after, I married and moved to Berkeley CA where I taught school for five years.
I have two children, a son and a daughter, and then, a divorce from Hell. Needing to earn “serious” money, I drifted into financial services – which I believed had the potential to meet my goals – which it has. I have broken a few “glass ceilings” and have had my own successful Certified Financial Planner business for the past 33 years. My children, have turned out well – despite the chaos of their early years. My daughter now operates her own accounting firm and my son has a successful career in Information Technology. I eventually met and married a wonderful man who, sadly, died after just 15 great years. At this time, I still work in my own business and regularly spend time with my three grandchildren. In addition, I travel a good deal, spend time at my beach place, and see opera at every opportunity, in many parts of the world. I have now reached “the age of contentment.” Send Felice a Message
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Barbara Springer (Cooper)
 
IL
Semi-Retired
Married
4
Boone
Coorlas
5
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Every day appreciate what you have. Don't envy anyone else, you don't know what they're dealing with. After graduating Senn, I went to the University of Illinois and Roosevelt University. Got married, had two children, got divorced. In 1985, married a great guy and gained two more children. We now have 5 wonderful (of course) grandchildren. I owned my own insurance broker agency, that I am slowing phasing out. I take alot of trips to see family, and travel out of the country. When I'm here I'm involved with organization work, some political, some women's issues. I'm also busy doing art quilts and other fabric art work for my family. Life has been good. Can't wait to see everyone! Send Barbara a Message
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Jerry Starr
 
IL
CEO
Married
6
Hayt
Hackman
8
Give me an uneducated who is a hard worker and I will educate him. Give me an educated who is lazy and I will hire the hard worker.
After college I worked as an accountant. I married Nancy Santo (from our class) and had 4 children. I purchased one of my client's companies, Aargus Plastics, a plastic bag manufacturing company and built it into one of the top 100 companies in the plastics field. Nancy & I divorced after 19 years and we still remain friends to this day. I remarried, Sherry, and adopted her 2 children and have been married the 2nd time for 27 years. Two of my children work in the business with me. We live on 5-1/2 acres with 4 dogs and 5 horses.
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Mike Steinman
 
DC
Retired
Married
1
Stone
Hassel
1 (Eva)
Went to college in DC (GWU) and came back to Chicago for grad school (U of C). Married Linda (DeKoven) in '67 and spent two years in London where I worked on my dissertation and Linda worked as a fashion designer. Returned to the US and took a position in the Poli Sci Department at the U of Nebraska in Lincoln; I also did time there as an associate dean. We were in Lincoln for 31 years and then moved to join the UMass system where I was a dean and associate provost. We left Mass after five years so I could take a provost position in NYC. We moved to DC recently to be near our son, Jon, his wife Aparna, and their little girl Eva. We live on Capitol Hill and like it a lot. We hope to see our old friends when they visit DC. Give me a call or send me an email to let me know you're on your way.
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Jackie Stern (Goodman)
 
IL
Captionist for Deaf Students; former owner of Medical Transcription Service
Married
2
Goudy
Miss Maher (until senior year) then Mrs. LaPera (DeAlbani)
2 granddaughters, and 2 granddogs
"Better to be ready and not asked than to be asked and not ready."
After graduating with a BA from Roosevelt and heading toward a Master's in psych, I decided to do something I really wanted - medical transcription - in spite of discouragement from everyone I knew. After a 3-year "internship" at Weiss Hospital, I opened a medical transcription service which served me (and many employees) well for over 45 years, working at home and raising my two wonderful daughters.
I especially loved the training aspect of the business, and taught Medical Transcription at both Harper and Oakton Colleges. After 45 years on the job my kids took over the business and I began a less stressful career as a computer notetaker for deaf and hard of hearing students and closed captionist at Harper, a job which I enjoyed almost as much as organizing our reunions!
Now I'm fortunate enough to continue my note taking remotely - from home - via the Internet, for many colleges and universities.
I'm grateful for my health, for my supportive and loving husband, and for the blessings I've been given in my life.
We SO look forward to seeing you again at our reunion. We have many folks who are working very hard to make it successful, but without your attendance, something will be lacking. Thanks to our committee - Elaine, Bobbie, Maddy, Alan, Arde, Larry, Sharon, Arlene and especially our computer maven, Lou Gross - you are the BEST!
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Jerrold Stock
 
NJ
physician/endocrinologist
Married
3
Clinton
Mrs. Collins
4
exercise 3-4 x per week and you have a chance of keeping your brain and body
I left Chicago in 1968 after med school, planning to go west, but wound up in New Jersey (of all places) after training in New York. Still married (39 years) and have 3 kids and 4 grandchildren. I'm still working which seems to maintain stability in life. Strangely, I still think of Senn friends (Ungerleider, Pete Kaplan, Artie Rubin, Marty Behr,etc.) and wonder if I missed a singing career by not pursuing our group (The Spokesmen- still have the record we made). Will never forget words to West side story, football coach(Loverde), Basketball coach (Leighton) even though I never played for them.
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