I spent my years at Mt Lebanon rather quietly, mostly hanging with neighborhood friends who were in the class of ‘71.   But I did meet my wife – now of 33 years.  In those days, she was known as Janet Jurik, Class of ‘74 and one of the costumed Blue Devils on the cheerleading squad. 

For about 30 years we lived right next door in Upper St. Clair where we raised our 3 boys.   Our sons turned out to be fairly good basketball players and there were some classic games between the USC Panthers and the Mt. Lebo Blue Devils.  Our son Dale was a pretty good player and was truly disliked by the student body fans of Mt Lebanon.  Some of my classmates from ‘72 also had sons playing basketball so it made for some interesting talks at halftime.  Mostly me being called a traitor.   Some of my ‘72 brethren also relocated out to USC.  A few that come to mind are Mark McKenna, Chip Young and John Surma.

Four years ago we moved to Bonita Springs, Florida, just north of Naples.   Enjoying the year round beautiful weather and waiting for our first hurricane. 

Only one of our sons is married at this point – no we are not yet grandparents.  Our oldest is in Maryland.  Dale, our middle son who disappointed the Lebo basketball fans, recently bought a house in Mt. Lebanon.  What goes around, comes around I guess.  Our youngest is down here having just graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University. 

Janet and I enjoy our time riding bikes and walking the beach at sunset.  I spend my free time playing golf and “fishing the flats”.

Spent most of my career with a Japanese paper company as Eastern Regional Manager selling technical papers.  The bulk of my business was in Canada, so I spent a lot of time in both Toronto and Montreal.

It’s been great to catch up on the class of ‘72 and seeing where life’s journey has taken everyone.