1978 Graduates of Garfield HS in Seattle, WA
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- About Me:
- Lisa and I married in 1982 and we live in Bellevue with Max, Nate, and Lauren. Max will be a freshman at Northwestern this fall, and Nate and Lauren will be in 9th and 7th grades at Eastside Prep.
I'm Chairman and Co-Founder of DreamBox Learning. Before that I spent 14 years at Microsoft, where I worked on OS/2, MS-DOS 6, Windows 95, the Java VM, and MSN. I started the Internet Explorer team in 1994 and led it through the release of IE version 3.0 in 1996. I also worked briefly at Amazon.com and IBM.
I earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and a B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University, where I have served as a Trustee since 1998.
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- Dan Fredrickson (calculus), Jack Babani (alg/trig), Dimodica (geometry).
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- walking, biking, strength training, cooking
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--Ben
Posted on September 8, 2008 at 5:42pm —
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Posted on July 31, 2008 at 6:53pm —
Focusing our Reunion for Success
Your reunion committee did a lot of work starting with a March 1st kick-off meeting and came up with a very ambitious reunion schedule for July 25-27: a Friday casual party, a Saturday dinner, and a Sunday picnic. But for all our enthusiasm, we found it difficult to make progress on a number of fronts, and by mid-May we realized that we were not on track to hold a successful, well-attended reunion. The two biggest factors in that decision:
a) Committee members all have busy liv… Continue
Posted on May 30, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
May 18th, 4:00 p.m. -- Reunion Planning Meeting #4
17920 Southcenter Parkway
Tukwila, WA 98188
Agenda:
+ Sub-Committee/Activity Reports
+ Review Assigned Actions Items
+ Resolve any open issues (picnic potluck? DJ?)
+ Discuss plan to ensure maximum participation and attendance
Posted on April 23, 2008 at 4:46pm —
Minutes of 4/20/2008 Reunion Committee Meeting
Garfield High Class of 1978
30th Reunion Planning
Newport Bay Restaurant, Tukwila, WA
April 20, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Committee Members Present
Ben Slivka
Carmel Smith
Cynthia Palmer Coleman
David Daniels
Glen Warner
Karen Lanier
Marilyn Donley
Marlene Williams
Subcommittees
DoubleTree (Fri/Sat): Cynthia, Marlene
Picnic (Sun): Carmel, Chester, Glen
InfoTech: Ben
Action Items
- DoubleTree Committee will check out Maxi's as a "d
Posted on April 23, 2008 at 4:30pm —
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Thanks for the welcome..with the committee members that I see that are on board... I am sure everything will work out just fine.
The photo is square. Can you shrink it?
Thank you!
Thank you,
--gdw
Here's the breakdown from our committee meeting this past Saturday:
We picked July 25, 26 & 27, 2008 as the dates for the reunion weekend.
Marlene Williams is going to check out the Marriott Hotel at Sea Tac regarding rates (possibly for a Friday night gathering).
Cynthia Palmer is going to check on the Argosy to see what they charge, for the formal Saturday night affair.
Chester West is going to check out parks in the area, including Lincoln Park, where we had the last reunion. He also spoke with Clarence Acox, who is very interested in coming. We're going to see if there's a chance the Garfield Jazz Band might want to play at one of our events. He also wants to talk to Paul Carlson ('79) about advertising on Jazz 98.9. There was talk about even inviting that class too - to get more participation.
I'm delegated to design a "Save the Date" card (almost done) and to let you know what's going on.
Karen Lanier is going to talk to the Facts newspaper about advertising.
David Daniels is going to look at a location and date for our next committee meeting (possibly his firehouse in Renton?)
Suzie Maze is going to see about advertising on ClassMates.com, to get the word out, since many have signed up as Alumni over there.
Marlene and Cynthia are also going to look into a possible photographer, and Kim Glover is going to talk to a friend of her's (Craig King) about being a DJ.
That's what we've accomplished so far :)
Did you get my email the other day, outlining what we discussed at the Reunion Committee gathering? MJ
I don't know how possible it is, but could you add a spot for othere activities in high school? I actually remember more folks from the activities we particpated asmuch or more in some cases than I do from classes. Just a thought.
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