Classmates

If you would like to be included on the Classmates page, click on the "Add Your Profile" button below.  Include as much (or as little) about yourself as you choose.  Don't be shy! 

"Then" Photos:  We are scanning the '75 yearbook photos and uploading for the "then" photo (note:  your photo must have appeared in the Seniors section of the 1975 yearbook for us to upload a "then" photo).  

Privacy note:  Your email address, phone number(s) and street address will not be published on the web, (but will be available to the Webmeister).  We promise, NO SPAM or BACON; this is a commercial free website!!

A word to the Reluctant:  If you are reluctant to sign in, please send your name, address and email in confidence to the Webmeister using the "Contact Us" tab.  We will not publish, but will notify you of the details of this and future reunions.

Sort Options:  "Sort By" beneath the Add Your Profile button allows you to sort by maiden name.  
Old and In The Way! (L-R: John Osborne, Peter Laughlin, Guthrie Burke, John Mencke. New Vernon - April '10).
Old and In The Way! (L-R: John Osborne, Peter Laughlin, Guthrie Burke, John Mencke. New Vernon - April '10).

Recent Trouble in Florida. (L-R: Gary Bragar SHS '76, Jimmy Mallon, Danny Helme and Matt Swanson SHS '75. South Beach - July '09)
Recent Trouble in Florida. (L-R: Gary Bragar SHS '76, Jimmy Mallon, Danny Helme and Matt Swanson SHS '75. South Beach - July '09)


Wendy Kelly (Hack )

Tom Kelly

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: General Manager of Product Development
Comment:




What can I say, 35 years on…  First and foremost I am the proud father of my wonderful 12 year old daughter Clare.  Sheila and I were married 14 years before she was born, now 26 years and counting.  Our wedding day was the best day of my life (and probably the worst of Sheila’s) other than the day Clare was born.  We have been in West Orange for 7 years plus and love it.  Before that, 5 years in the wilderness of central Illinois.  In Monmouth County before that move, close to Hazlet where Sheila grew up (Raritan HS class of ’75).  


 


After SHS, a year and a half at Geddis Taxi, trying to figure out what to do with “the rest of my life”.  Bachelors degree at Kean in Industrial Arts Education, graduated with honors (barely).  I taught for two years, first in Paterson at PCCC, one of the greatest working years of my life, then a year at Cedar Grove Memorial HS, probably the worst working year of my life.  So now I have a teaching degree and hate teaching, what next?  I took a job as a Prototype Model Maker and found out I was really good at it.  Making things from scratch was fun and rewarding.  After six years I was offered a job running the prototype shop at Frigidaire’s Home Comfort Division in Edison.  One thing leads to another and I find myself in product development.  23 years later, I am now what one of my friends in the air conditioning biz calls “an industry veteran”.  


 


Spare time is spent cross-country skiing (see the pic with Clare at Prospect Mountain near Bennington VT), cycling and trying to prevent myself from becoming what Clare refers to as “Big Fat Daddy”.  Family is relatively close, Jack with his partner Buck in West Hartford, CT, Tracy, her husband Chris and their 2 boys in Berkeley Heights, Christy and husband John live on their organic farm in Wawarsing, NY.  






 So, since I wrote the above, our 35th reunion, my 27th anniversary and Clare's 13th birthday have passed.  What a great reunion, great turn out, great to see everyone looking so good.  Funny how quickly the weekend passed.  Here's to seeing everyone in 5 years time, Tom
Name of Elementary School: St. Catherine's, Burlingame, CA/Washington
Favorite Music/Recording Artists: U2, Springsteen, The Beatles

Maurice Kelly

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: Pension Management
Comment: WHAT I DID ON MY 35 YEAR SUMMER VACATION  - by M. Kelly



1) Graduated from Villanova.



2) Became an American citizen (was a British subject  prior to that). 



3) Started out working for an actuarial firm ( Walton Simons ...if you're up there, just shake your head and grin  !) 



4) Studied guitar with the late great Dave Van Ronk. 



5) Started losing my hair.



6) Worked on Wall Street ( REALLY, REALLY started losing my hair - but never my shirt  !! ).



7) Competed in US Masters swimming.



8) Joined a musical club called "The Off Wall Street Jam"  and played in various "alt country" bands at  NYC venues such as the Lone Star Roadhouse , Red Lion,  Knitting Factory,  etc..... 



9) Got kicked out of all of the aforementioned venues after the  third song, or soon thereafter ..(nah , just kidding !!). 



10) Met my wonderful wife (Lynn) over the course of several summers in Shelter Island,  New York.



11) Took a hiking/rafting  trip with my future spouse to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, proceeded to get stung by a bark scorpion, became ill, and initially thought  I was having a SHS homeroom hallucination/ flashback because I kept seeing visions of Alan Kaiser......until I realized it really WAS Alan standing there, in the flesh, at the bottom of the Canyon !!  All in all, a very cool mini reunion ...and Alan, if you're reading this - you did a great job of steering the raft through those class 4-5 rapids !! 

 

12) Spent several years living/working  in Connecticut ( Yes folks,  it's true - Hartford REALLY is the filing cabinet of the Northeast ) .



13) Settled back in Montclair,  NJ.



14) Had a beautiful daughter (Caroline) ....who LOVES to ride horses. 



15) Currently managing a pension product platform for a very well known US Financial Services firm.



16) Greatly enjoying my life/family and humbly thankful for everything thus far.
Name of Elementary School: Saint Teresa's
Favorite Music/Recording Artists: All thing 6 and 12 string guitar..and then some.

Loch Kelly

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Psychotherapist, Author and Meditation Teacher
Comment: Life is good. I am still breathing and happy to see you all at the Reunion!
Name of Elementary School: Lincoln
Favorite Music/Recording Artists: Beatles, Bruce Atkinson, Damien Rice,Sigur Ros,Steely Dan,Pink Floyd,John Coltrane,Sarah McLachlan,Phiip Glass,Santana, Stanley Clarke,Coldplay,Claude Debussy,Radiohead

Donald Kennedy

Thomas Kennedy

Patricia Kinch (Brinkman )

Patricia Kirshner (Berner )

Carol Kizzia

Paul Kocian

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Account Executive
Name of Elementary School: Washington

Classmates

If you would like to be included on the Classmates page, click on the "Add Your Profile" button below.  Include as much (or as little) about yourself as you choose.  Don't be shy! 

"Then" Photos:  We are scanning the '75 yearbook photos and uploading for the "then" photo (note:  your photo must have appeared in the Seniors section of the 1975 yearbook for us to upload a "then" photo).  

Privacy note:  Your email address, phone number(s) and street address will not be published on the web, (but will be available to the Webmeister).  We promise, NO SPAM or BACON; this is a commercial free website!!

A word to the Reluctant:  If you are reluctant to sign in, please send your name, address and email in confidence to the Webmeister using the "Contact Us" tab.  We will not publish, but will notify you of the details of this and future reunions.

Sort Options:  "Sort By" beneath the Add Your Profile button allows you to sort by maiden name.  
Old and In The Way! (L-R: John Osborne, Peter Laughlin, Guthrie Burke, John Mencke. New Vernon - April '10).
Old and In The Way! (L-R: John Osborne, Peter Laughlin, Guthrie Burke, John Mencke. New Vernon - April '10).

Recent Trouble in Florida. (L-R: Gary Bragar SHS '76, Jimmy Mallon, Danny Helme and Matt Swanson SHS '75. South Beach - July '09)
Recent Trouble in Florida. (L-R: Gary Bragar SHS '76, Jimmy Mallon, Danny Helme and Matt Swanson SHS '75. South Beach - July '09)