Classmate Profiles

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1) Enter information into all the fields below and then click the Register button. Be sure to write down your Password so you can come back later and edit your profile.

2) A new form will allow you to enter information about your time at Senn.  

3) Enter information related to the questions asked if you can - but PLEASE include a little about yourself in the Life Since Senn question. 

4) Please do NOT enter your own pictures - I will enter photos AFTER you create your profile.  See instructions below for pictures.

 

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Sandee Keane (Faust)

Then Then
State / Province: IL
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: retired
Grammar (feeder) School: Stone
Division Teacher: Mr Bayer
No. of Grandchildren: 11
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: This to will pass.
My Life Since Senn ...: After graduation I attended Northern IL. University. After a year I quit and went to beauty school, got engaged and married. We had 2 boys Richard (42) and Dave (40). After 24 years of marriage I got divorced. I helped start a support group for widowed and divorced adults at our church in Inverness, IL.

I remarried 17 years ago to a wonderful man Tom Keane and we are having a great time. We have a total of 6 boys, 4 daughter in laws, and 11 grandchildren. Our summers are spent going from one game to another.

I had a catering business for a couple of years called "Magic Pantry Catering" in the northwest suburbs. When I got divorced I decided a needed a 9 to 5 job and went to work for a packaging company, going from customer service to customer service manager and company trainer. Stayed there for 22 years until my retirement in 2007. since then we spend our winters in Florida and Summers here in IL.

Larry Keller

Then Then
Now Now
State / Province: IL
Marital status: Married
Children: 4
Occupation: Sales
Grammar (feeder) School: Clinton
Division Teacher: Ms. Forsland
No. of Grandchildren: 3
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: One day at a time
My Life Since Senn ...: Graduate of University of Wisconsin, Madison, classof 1964. One divorce, one great marriage #2.

Sharon Keller (Weinberg)

Then Then
State / Province: AZ
Marital status: Divorced
Occupation: Retired/Pet Sitting part time
Comment:  
Grammar (feeder) School: Boone
Division Teacher: Mrs. Collins
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: Go with the flow
My Life Since Senn ...: Lived in Santa Monica, California, then moved to Santa Cruz, California, a beautiful beach town. Lived there for 20 years - was a law librarian for 12 years. Moved to Prescott, Arizona in 2002 on my 60th B-day. Drove myself and my dog to Arizona to start a new life.

I was married in 1988 for 5 years. While married, my husband and I travelled around the US and lived like gypsies. It was a wonderful eye-opening experience.

My interests are dogs. I am a free spirit.

Oscar Kenshur

Then Then
Now Now
State / Province: IN
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Professor
Grammar (feeder) School: Clinton
Division Teacher: T. Kennedy
No. of Grandchildren: 0 (My sons are 14 and 11)
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: He who knows himself to be deep strives for clarity of expression; he who wishes to seem deep strives for obscurity.
My Life Since Senn ...: I got my B.A. at Northwestern in timely fashion, and then started doing things belatedly. In 1971 I became a "mature" graduate student, working on my doctorate in Comparative Literature, having in the intervening years, been a social worker, cab-driver, and editor; and having spent nearly three years in Europe. In 1978, I became a somewhat older beginning faculty member at Indiana University. In 1990, when I returned to Bloomington after a research year spent in Santa Barbara, Rome, Paris, and Frankfurt, I met and fell in love with someone who lived a few houses down from me - Margot Gray, a professor of French. (My previous marriage had ended in divorce when I was in graduate school.) With the birth of Joseph in 1995, I became an older father. (Our second son, Nathan, was born in 1998.) Having spent my entire career at Indiana, I retired at the end of 2006. My retirement was not belated, but neither was it complete: I continue to mentor students, to do research and to write (about belatedness, among other things), and to lecture, provided that the venue is right. (The last was in Paris.)

June Kerstein (Furlett)

Then Then
Now Now
State / Province: IL
Marital status: Widowed
Children: 1
Occupation: Elementary School Teacher
Grammar (feeder) School: Swift
Division Teacher: Anne Levine
No. of Grandchildren: 2
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: Don't waste time on things you can't control.
My Life Since Senn ...: I received my BA in Early Childhood Education and my MA in Reading from Roosevelt University. I have been teaching second grade in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

I was married to Bernie for 43 years. Bernie and I loved to travel and we visited many wonderful places. He passed away in 2007. We had two daughters, Lysa, and Susan who passed away in 2006 at age 39. I miss them both terribly. But life goes on.

My hobbies are knitting, reading and travel.

Larry Kessler

Then Then
Now Now
State / Province: IL
Marital status: Married
Children: 7
Occupation: President, Sonoscan, Inc
Comment:

Tough to remember everyone who signed my yearbook without their last name
Grammar (feeder) School: Funston (logan square)
Division Teacher: Mrs. Hackman
No. of Grandchildren: 10
My Life Since Senn ...: Received BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue and then PhD from U Illinois-Urbana. Worked in research for 5 years before starting my company, Sonoscan Inc., that I am still running. I have been remarried for 24 years and have 7 kids ranging in age from 20 to 42. Three are still in college so I am still working (but enjoying it.

Lawrence Kirkwood

Then Then
State / Province: FL
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Circuit Court Judge
Comment:




        



Grammar (feeder) School: George Manierre Elementary School
Division Teacher: Peter T. Coorlas
No. of Grandchildren: None
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: It's a Wonderful Life!
My Life Since Senn ...: I have been a Florida Circuit Judge since January 1981 and currently serve at the Orange County Courthouse. After high school, I worked for a year and then went into the military. I served in the United States Marine Corps from 1961 to 1965 and attained the rank of Corporal.

I earned a B.A. degree from Florida Southern College, in Lakeland (1969), and was President of the Student Body (1968-1969), and a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Social Fraternity. I received a J.D. degree from the University of Florida, College of Law in Gainesville, December 1971. Later, I pursued and earned a Masters Degree (MJS) from the University of Nevada-Reno during breaks and vacations while on the bench.

I began the practice of law in Orange and Osceola County, Florida in 1972. I was elected to the Florida House of Representatives and served two terms, 1976-1980. I was elected as a Circuit Judge in 1980, for a term beginning January 6, 1981, and was re-elected subsequently without opposition, 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004. Since becoming a Circuit Court Judge, I have served in every division of the Circuit Court.

I am active in the Orange County Bar Association, The Florida Bar, the Conference of Circuit Court Judges, and the Rotary Club of Orlando. I am a past President the Rotary Club Orlando, the Florida State Genealogical Society, Inc., and the Central Florida Genealogical Society. I have been married for 40 years to Deborah Garrison Kirkwood and we have two daughters. One is an attorney and the other is a vascular surgeon. I serve as an Adjunct Professor at Valencia Community College and Barry University - School of Law.

I have been recognized as "Trial Judge of the Year" by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in 2007 and as "Judge of the Year" by The Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida in 2003. In 2009, The Family Network on Disabilities of Florida awarded me with the first "Judicial Hero Award" for my work in improving access to the Courts for Disable Citizens and their families. In 2010, I was awarded "The Elected Official of the Year" Award by the Central Florida Unit for the National Association Social Workers, as well as the statewide, "Elected Official of the Year" Award by the National Association Social Workers. In 2010, I also received the James G. Glazebrook Memorial Bar Service Award from the Orange County Bar Association for Judicial Professionalism.

Ellyn Klein (Robins)

Then Then
Now Now
State / Province: CO
Marital status: Single again
Children: 4
Occupation: Insurance Broker
Comment: It isn't possible, that 50 years ago
we were graduating from High School.
I thought it was just a few years ago.
Looking forward to seeing all!
Grammar (feeder) School: Stone
No. of Grandchildren: I have 6 grandchildren
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: I might be getting older but I refuse to grow up
My Life Since Senn ...: Married in 1961, and remained in Illinois till 1969, them moved to California. 1983 I divorced and stayed in California till 1991 when I moved back to Chicago. 1996 I moved to Las Vegas, 1998 moved to Colorado, 2000 moved to Arizona and then in 2001 moved back to Colorado, where I've been for the past 9 years. I've been in the insurance business for the past 5 years. I travel a lot to see grandchildren and children. I've been to Europe, Israel, South America.

When I travel in the States, I usually go by car. I like the freedom to stop and see the sights.

Richard Kriozere

Then Then
Now Now
State / Province: IL
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: CEO
Comment: I have 3 boys ages 41, 39, 37.  One in Chicago with 2 children, one in Los Angeles and one in San Francisco.
Grammar (feeder) School: Stone
Division Teacher: Ms. Forsland
No. of Grandchildren: 2
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: If you have your your health you have everything.
My Life Since Senn ...: University of Illinois, BA Industrial Design, US Naval Air Reserve, Married 1967, 3 children, 2 grandchildren, 3 jobs before starting my own company in 1986. Still working as CEO and living part time in Highland Park, Il and part time in Rancho Mirage, CA. Read, play tennis, golf and cycle.

Merle Langston (formerly Berman) (Reseen)

Then Then
State / Province: CA
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Elder Placement Services
Grammar (feeder) School: Nettlehorst
Division Teacher: Miss Ashland
No. of Grandchildren: 26
Your Favorite Piece Of Wisdom: From my mother (who passed at 96): "Be happy with who you are, not how much you have". "Take advantage of your good health while you can, wear colorful clothes and keep dancing"
From my father (who passed at 92, lived in poverty as a young person, lived through The Great Depression and also his own 2 year mental depression): "No matter how bleak something may appear to be hold on to hope because if you don't you give up any chances of things turning around".
My Life Since Senn ...: Very shy in high school then became an English teacher, had to fake it until I believed in myself. Married at 22 to nice guy for 26 years, pediatrician, father of my 2 boys. Moved to San Diego; fell in love with it after visiting it on our honeymoon. Taught high school English until my children were born, then lots of fund-raisng and volunteer work until kids older, then ran my own residential interior design company for 5 years, then went to work in sales/design for a major commercial design/furnishings company. Workaholic. Did a lot of travelling. Now semi retired but have an elder placement agency, am a volunteer driver for Jewish Family Services, work out in aerobics class at the JCC and am learning to play Mah Jong.
Divorced in 1990, happily remmarried in 2014 to a great guy, another workaholic, w/5 kids, 24 grandchildren, who loves to visit his grandchildren (me too), loves to play the guitar, ukelele, rub board, harmonica and digerrydo, runs a successful team in commercial real estate and still has time for me. Visited Alaska, India, China, So. Korea, Japan and Taiwan; more places to go. Life is good.