Oak Park River Forest High School

Anthony (Tony) Scott

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Birthday:July 05, 1952 City:Washington State/Prov.:DC Occupation:Federal CIO - United States Government Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Anthony (Tony):
Went to college at UofI in Champaign-Urbana for two years then fled the midwest for Silicon Valley. Graduated from University of San Francisco, and then Law School at Santa Clara University. Passed the bar in California (still an active member), but never practiced (except to fight my own traffic tickets!), and have worked at Marriott Corporation, Sun Microsystems, two startups, Bristol Myers Squibb, General Motors, and was CIO at The Walt Disney Company for three years before going to Microsoft as CIO. After 5 years at Microsoft, left to go back to Silicon Valley for two years working at VMware, and then in February 2015 joined the Obama White House as Federal Chief Information Officer. Have lived in California, New Jersey, Michigan, and currently have houses in Northern California, Florida and Washington D.C. Two sons, Ryan (32), and Devin (30), both doing well, and not married yet. Current passions include Sailing, Motorcycling, Scuba diving, and flying my airplane (A Cirrus SR22). Looking forward to reconnecting!

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John Sfondilias

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Birthday:May 27, 1952 City:Champaign State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Retired/Computer Based Education/Photography Website:sfondilias.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1

From John:Oh, heck...let's have some fun with this. I just couldn't bring myself to scan in that old yearbook photo. So, the THEN shot is what I became shortly after OPRFHS. NOW there is much less hair. I've spent most of my adult life in Champaign-Urbana. Did a brief stint back in Chicago in '92-'96 at Oakton Community College. Got way too many college degrees (Ph.D. + 2nd Master's) probably because I was living in a college town for so long. My wife, Sheila, and I lived in Durango, CO (Four Corners area) for 7 years where I did some photography (web site, above) skied and hiked. We've returned home and are now living in Champaign once again.

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Thomas Sheehan

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City:Sarasota State/Prov.:FL Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

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Ron Sherman

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Birthday:April 09, 1952 City:River Forest State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Emergency Management Consultant Website:ronsherm@aol.com Marital Status:Married

From Ron:After our graduation, I followed several paths before landing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. I stayed with FEMA for 29 years, retiring in June of '07. At 56 y/o, I completed my masters degree at DePaul and am now an Emergency Management Consultant. And, a volunteer interpretive guide at Brookfield Zoo. The bucket list is not even half done! Life is good.

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Ellen Starkey (Ribe)

Birthday:June 20, 1952 City:West Chicago State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Chaplain Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

From Ellen:It's been a wild ride. Armed with a BA from Kenyon College, went to teach math at Episcopal High School in Florida. Married a guy from Alabama, moved into the exciting world of IT and back to River Forest and Oak Park, then out to the hinterlands. Had 3 kids along the way. Got my MDiv from Northern Seminary and ordained in the UCC in 2007, did a chaplain residency at Loyola University Medical Center...and am now working as the chaplain at the DuPage Convalescent Center...7 minutes from home. Kids are far afield: Christopher (32) in Florida (IT, wouldn't you know), Elizabeth (28) in Germany working on her PhD in Computer Science, and James (20) majoring in Computer Science at St Olaf in Minnesota - and singing in the choir. Oh! and 3.4 grandchildren.

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Dean Sterling

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Birthday:April 13, 1952 City:Walnut State/Prov.:CA Occupation:Sales Website:www.velocityvehiclegroup.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1

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Eric Swanson

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Birthday:April 07, 1952 City:Oak Park State/Prov.:IL Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:5

From Eric:I stayed in Oak Park after graduation and attended UIC completing at Bachelors degree in Biology in 1975. While in school I started working at M&M Mars in 1972. It was a great place to work and I grew with the business until my retirement in 2007. In the meantime I married my high school sweetheart Peggy Edwalds (OPRF '69) in 1974 and we had 5 kids who are all graduates of OPRF. We are now grandparents of 6 beautiful children and are lucky to spend quality time with all of them. We also love to travel and volunteer our time to local organizations.

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Janet Swenson (Rubin)

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Birthday:May 24, 1952 City:Hemet Occupation:Retired Oncology Nurse Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

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It is amazing to think that it has been 40 years since graduation. After raising our children in Libertyville, IL my wonderful husband of 38 years and I have retired and moved to sunny Southern California. Life continues to be good ... :-)

Elizabeth tieman (anderson)

Birthday:April 07, 1951 City:Lake in the Hills State/Prov.:IL Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3

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William Till

Birthday:November 06, 1952 State/Prov.:AZ Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married

From William:After graduation I served a 5 year apprenticeship in moldmaking and machining, and went on to work 42 years in the die cast mold and aerospace machining trades. I got married to Melanie in 1983, and we just celebrated our 31st anniversary this past December. We never had children, and after living 38 years in Illinois, we both got fed up with the lousy weather and high taxes in Illinois, and moved to Arizona in 1991.

We spent 6 years living in Lake Havasu City, then moved to the Phoenix (Glendale) area in 1997, where we still reside today. I retired this past December, and have not woke up to an alarm clock since. We will most likely move back to the Colorado River area in the next year, to get away from the big city once and for all. We both really love the desert southwest. We spend a lot of time on the range shooting most anything that goes bang, and spend time by the pool when it gets too hot. Hard to believe I'm 62 years old. Time really flies.