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Loretta (Benton) McCollum -
Charles McCollum and I met again as hippies in
1969 and have been together ever since. We married in 1970 and have four children and
four grandchildren. Charles quit UC Berkeley during the protest years and became a finish
contractor. He made beautiful things and never worked a day in his life. He retired at 62.
I went back to school in 1975 and became an RN, and then a nurse practitioner. I'm set to
retire the end of November, 2016. We moved to the mountains of Southern California in 2011.
[Charles died 31 May 2020.]
Lorraine (Brown) Welch - Married
since 1967 to Ralph Welch. I'm a retired Jewelers' assistant and a
published poet. We lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since for many years,
then moved to Oregon in 2002 and Fairfield, California in 2004.
We have two sons, one daughter and 4 beautiful grandchildren.
Margaret (Eseltine) Shelleda -
Went to UC Davis, got married, started organizing unions in 1969, while still
a student at UCD. Had a daughter (Jessica), got divorced, moved to Oakland.
Remarried in 1985. Became a grandmother (Sydney) in 1997.] I finished my paid
union career when I retired from my position as Executive Director of the California
Federation of Teachers in 2011. After 35 years of organizing and representing
unions, I’m still committed to the labor movement. I do what I can to keep retired
union members active in their unions and communities, and am active on the board of
the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA). I'm still married to Louie
Shelleda, who's also retired. We still live in Oakland, travel a lot, volunteer to
provide food to the homeless, and work on political campaigns where needed.
Margie (Stormer) Scoggins -
Margie married
David Scoggins. She writes:
Dave and I live in the foothills near Jackson, California. We've been
on our hillside acreage since 1987. We've been married since 1967.
We have 2 beautiful granddaughters and 2 terrific grandsons. But our
sorrow is that they all reside out of California. I am retired and
Dave is planning his now that he has reached his 30 years with
PG and E.
Mari (Blackmore) Beck -
Living in Ft. Collins, Colorado;
Marie (Scholes) Westbury -
sent us an update and a picture in August 2010.
She has travelled all over Europe, lived in Idaho and the wine country of
Northern California, and sold muzzle-loading supplies. She and her husband Ian
have a 36-foot sailboat. They blog about it on old-matelot.blogspot.com.
Pay them a visit for pictures of sailing on SF Bay!
Marilyn (McGuiness) Tomlin - has lost her husband and two children.
She has her family, friends and faith to keep her going. She works as a
hairdresser, making making the ladies of our community beautiful and loving it.
She'd like to hear from you.
She sent us an update in July 2009, with a great
picture of herself at Tumalo Falls in Bend, Oregon.
(1965 yearbook)
Marsha (Marinello) Heaston -
Married the love of my life, Steve Heaston. Graduated from Fresno
State with a BSN. Have 3 adult children, no grandchildren yet. Working
in the field of Neonatal Intensive Care.
Martin Draznin -
My wife Tacie and I have been living in Kalamazoo since 1991,
the longest I've lived anywhere since I was a kid in Concord. I'm
still essentially running a racket. I do academic medicine (Pediatric
Endocrinology, don't ask) at a community medical school campus, lots
of interesting kids to see, medical students and residents to teach,
the odd article to publish so my colleagues at other institutions
don't think I've retired or died, and, and, and, I get PAID for this!
I'm still dabbling at amateur radio (N5TRF). Had to stop the Tae Kwon Do
after getting to Third Dan and mostly teaching adult beginners for awhile,
knees got too sore. Studied Samurai Sword for four years, until my shoulder
wouldn't take it any more. Too bad, it's a great art. Beer brewing stopped
when I finally got too much steam from boiling up into the over the range
microwave, which died a spectacular and smoky death. Had a chance to hunt
plains game in South Africa. It was eye opening, and mind-boggling in MANY ways.
Our son just (2009) got married to a classmate from medical school, after he
finishes his residency in emergency medicine and she finishes her post residency in
Master of Public Health, they hope to work for the Indian Health Service in
New Mexico for a few years. Life in Michigan has been pretty darn good to us.
Martin contributed The Brain
(He loved to learn) to our "What Was It Like?" essay collection.
Mary (Brighton) Borrelli
sent us an update in 2006, and another in 2013.
She graduated from Cal Berkeley, became a partner in Chez Panisse
restaurant, married Jim Borrelli. They divorced. She went into
documentary films, won a Golden Globe, an Oscar nomination and an Emmy.
She is now Tucson, where she does marketing and communications.
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