SCHOOL / JAPAN ACTIVITIESATTENDED1965-1970. SIBLINGSSiblings attended ASIJ, YIS, CAJ. ACTIVITIESFootball, Basketball, All School Play, "Echoes" and "Trident" staff; Freshman Class President '66-'67; Student Body President '69-'70 . RESIDENCESOn the "Bluff" in Yokohama . FAVORITE TEACHERMr. Burrill (speech & drama) . HUMOROUS (depends) EXPERIENCERoad trips during football games that probably gave inspiration to some of the scenes from "Animal House." SECRET CRUSH/ESAnyone who was the object of my affection eventually knew about it! FONDEST MEMORYBeating Kubasaki for the 1968 Far East Basketball Championship. SADDEST MEMORYLosing to Johnson in the 1969 Far East Basketball Championship game after blowing an 8 point lead and fouling out with 1:30 left. YOHI IMPACT ON MY LIFEI didn't realize it while there, but Yo-Hi was one of the formative experiences in my life. While all hell was breaking loose in the states in the late '60's, we (Caucasian, African-American, Asian-American) were actually living together as people should with respect, admiration and a whole lotta love! BEST FRIEND NOT YET "FOUND"Darryl Nelson, Bruce Watt, Cyndee Anderson (attended Yo-Hi '66-'68). BEST FRIENDS AT YOHIPaul Hoerr, Darryl Nelson, Bruce Watt. BEST FRIENDS IN CONTACT WITH Laura Stephens Schisler (and others occasionally). FAVORITE SONGSThere were so many! After all, that's when they really knew how to write music. Maybe Jimi Hendrix's "Fire". CLASS ADVENTUREJr. Class trip to Nikko; I think they canceled any class trips for quite a while after ours! POST SCHOOL ACTIVITIESEDUCATIONB.A. Hope College, 1974; Master of Divinity, Western Theological Seminary, 1978 . OCCUPATION Clergy. SPOUSEJean (did not attend Yo-Hi; met her in college). She is a Clinic Aide in the local school system. RESIDENCESHolland, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; Dublin (Columbus), OH . ODDS AND ENDSI suppose that my life would fall in the "truth is stranger than fiction" category. Few of my contemporaries while I was at Yo-Hi would have predicted that I would one day be a minister. Perhaps it proves that God always gets the last laugh! WEBSITE If you remember me -- drop me a line! I look forward to hearing from my classmates!
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