East High Class of 1962

Dilworth Strasser

Birthday:January 08, 1944 City:Salt Lake City State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:8

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Stephen Snow

Birthday:February 18, 1944 City:Salt Lake City State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Education-Retired Marital Status:Single

From Stephen:I have lived a rather ordinary life surrounded by extraordinary people.

Following EHS graduation I attended the University of Utah for a year, then served LDS Mission to the Eastern States. Mission service included service at LDS Church Pavilion New York World's Fair 1964-65.

Study at U of U followed, interrupted by being drafted into United States Army at age 24 at the height of Viet Nan War. Two years in army, followed by delayed graduation from the U at age 27.

Before graduation I had already begun what would become a 32 year career as Director of Public Events at the U of U School of Music. It was there that I came love, nurture, guide and teach eight generations of young music students. A career on a university campus cannot be beat.

I am single, never married. Now in retirement I spend time in volunteer work and caring for senior citizen mother,
98 years of age. I now live with my mother and may be the only '62 graduate residing in the same home as when he attended EHS.

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Linda Carr (Langley)

Birthday:January 28, 1944 City:Vernal State/Prov.:'Utah Occupation:Wife, Sweetheart and Homemaker Marital Status:Married No. of Children:8

From Linda:

Linda Carr Langley Sunday, January 1, 2012
I am looking forward to bringing my husband of 34 years of marriage and joining the festivities at the reunion. We have 8 children and are retired. My husband graduated from the BYU with a master's degree in Physics. We keep busy tutoring one of our sons in college as well as keeping up with our children and grandchildren and doing personal history. I have attended the University of Utah where I took advanced classes in business and graduated from LDS Business College with an associate degree in Secretarial Science. I have worked as a secretary for the Bureau of Reclamation, Hill Air Force Base, LDS Church/ Missionary and Membership Depts., and the Council of the Twelve office. I also served a mission in the Northern States. My greatest accomplishment has been a mother of 8 children with my husband and a grandmother of 12 wonderful grandchildren. Hope to see many classmates at the upcoming reunion.

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Jane Jackson (Howell)

Birthday:June 27, 1944 City:Salt Lake City State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Housewife, mother Marital Status:Married No. of Children:5

From Jane :How could it possibly be 50 years since we all graduated? I'm grateful that the reunion is in September, we return in August from 23 months serving in the Southeast Africa area as Auditors/trainers for the LDS Church. We trained in 23 different African countries traveling 88,000 miles within the African Continant. What a "ride" it has been. Our 5 children, their spouses and 5 grandchildren are thrilled that we have returned. What life holds for us next is unknown, but I'm sure it will be interesting. Looking forward to seeing old friends!!

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Suzanne Jeppson (Tate)

Birthday:June 12, 1944 City:SLC State/Prov.:UT Occupation:homemaker Marital Status:Married No. of Children:5

From Suzanne:

I loved high school, loved learning and enjoyed the best classmates in the world! Remember when we paid 19 cents/gallon of gas due to neighborhood gas wars!

I experienced a BYU semester in Salzburg, Austria studying voice and piano at the Mozarteum Music Academy and performed in a chamber choir throughout Europe; however, I graduated from the U of U in education having paid tuition by waitressing, teaching piano, ballet and selling clothing at Jak's Bridal Arts.

As a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for 21 years, I performed throughout the USA, Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Israel. Travels have taken me to 38 countries.

Other church service has included serving in most auxilliaries as well as the General Church Music Committee, and as Nevada Las Vegas LDS Mission President's wife, and Area Seventy wife.

Best of all, I married our East High School classmate, Warren Tate. We have 5 children (including a set of twins), have 20 grandchildren (including a set of twins and triplets) and they all live in the Salt Lake Valley area. Whew!!!

Life's meaning, focus, and purpose certainly evolve over a lifetime of joys and heartaches that help stretch us. Raising a family and participating in micro-credit loans to third-world countries have deepened life's meaning.

With age creeping up, I find new ways to attack the day, have slowed down my golf swing, and frequently walk instead of jog. And it's OK!!!

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Wallie Rasmussen

City:Salt Lake City State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Attorney Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4

From Wallie:Following the East High years, I majored in Mining Engineering at the University of Utah, obtaining a BS degree. This was followed by a law degree from the same institution. By that time, Harriet Richards, from Farmington, and I were married and we accepted a position in the Law Department of Humble Oil and Refining Company, a subsidiary of what is now Exxon Mobil Corporation. I spend 37 years with ExxonMobil with assignments in Houston, Denver, and West Virginia. The last few years of my career were with the Exploration group of the company where I had the opportunity to negotiate various oil transactions around the world. I started my career working on the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline and concluded it negotiating with two other oil companies to develop an Alaskan natural gas pipeline. Three of our four children live in the Eastern half of the United States, along with seven of nine grandchildren, so we travel a bit. Both my wife and I served LDS Church missions and recently completed a senior mission with the Temple Department of the Church.

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Katharine Welch (English)

Birthday:June 23, 1944 City:Salt Lake City State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Katharine:After teaching middle school, I became a trial lawyer and then a state court judge in Oregon for 14 years. I retired but, bored, became the Chief Judge for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde in Oregon for 7 more years.. Retired again, and bored again, I earned a Master's in Creative Writing and have now substitute taught and tutored at Rowland Hall in SLC for 8 years. I may never retire again. I am married to our classmate, Cary Griffiths. Our joined families include 5 children.

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Lene Thomassen (Beckstead)

Now

Birthday:July 14, 1944 City:Bountiful State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Homemaker Marital Status:Married No. of Children:6

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Kathryn Lloyd (Stewart)

City:Cottonwood Heights State/Prov.:UT Occupation:Teacher Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

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Jeff Summerhays

Now

Birthday:May 05, 1944 City:Rancho Santa Fe State/Prov.:CA Occupation:Program Manager, Director, Generally in Defense Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4

From Jeff:After Graduation I joined the National Guard. Was in during the Cuban Missile Crisis and of course Vietnam.

LDS Mission to Australia, 63-65.

Graduated from the U with an Electrical Engineering degree (69) at the same time as U of U alum Nolen Bushnell (invented pong) and Ed Catmull (started Pixar). I guess none of it rubbed off on me.

During the next 40 years or so I was in the defense business during the cold war (see the book Blind Man's Bluff), the cell phone world with Qualcomm during the dot com bubble, aviation security during 911, and the unmanned vehicle world now. Been a fun ride.

I married Teri Daynes (Highland Hi). We have 3 daughters a son and a granddaughter. We built our house in Rancho Santa Fe, CA in the early 90's and have raised our family here. I still have two of them at the Y, one a freshman and the other finishing a graduate degree.

I commuted to SLC for 18 months in about 2004 and lived with my brother Terry near East. It was great being around the family again, but decided to stay in San Diego.

I look forward to seeing all of you this fall.

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