EMP-39

	Anne Marie (MacPherson) Davis, and husband Chris prepare to cut the cake at their October wedding.

Dick Lunde reports "wife Sue is great, still with Pharmacia - and I am with Lucent as senior finance manager. Son Andrew is taking karate and will be tested for his first gup level this Friday. I so hope he makes it. Daughter Amelia is a treat, as always. I actually made dinner for Mother's Day, (garlic is our friend) and it was quite a hit. Seems I may turn it into a once-a-week gig, on Sundays. The pay? Incalculable. a happy, relaxed wife! "On a darker note, my mom is nearing the end of a six-year fight with colon cancer. She has certainly personified what it means to display 'grace under fire' in her own way. I only hope I learn from her example of how to live gracefully, in order to die gracefully but not too soon. Checkups all around. You too, OK?"

Dennis Blyly reports that "in spite of the abysmal stock market performance over the last two years, our firm has done quite well. Our client base is both happy and growing. My children are now 6, 8, and 10 and family life just keeps getting better and better. I figure I have a few more years of that so we're trying to take advantage of it. I could use some help from my classmates!

"We were never smart enough (even after Paoni's class!) to figure out the whole technology bubble and avoided the sector. With the industry's stock prices in the tank, we're interested in learning more about the best companies in the industry. I would love to have a conversation with the technology cognoscenti of our group. Stan Woo, Cheryl Duda-Harte, Pat Foy, Robert Farrar, et al, are you out there? Dennis 574.293.2077.

Juli Caltrider is now the Mercury chief engineer, a product with the tagline "Rebels With A Cause!"

Chris Storm

Chris Storm and wife Grite and have been really busy. "I'm still fully engaged at Boys Ranch and she's studying for a graduate certification in translation. Our six kids, spread out as they are, keep us busy as well. Grite's oldest married last year and lives in Lyon. We acquired a 7-year-old grandson in the process, who was joined by a new arrival, Marc, in January. I went from a standing start to two grandsons in less than a year. Not bad, huh?

"My oldest son graduates from college this May and will enter the graduate school at Dartmouth to study for his PhD in Math. My youngest graduates from high school and will enter Vanderbilt next year. George, my second son, is a sophomore at Dartmouth and has become an avid kayaker. I don't know where he got that idea, as he never saw any water, other than in the sink, before he left West Texas. He's going to work with a friend of mine in South Africa as a river guide next Jan-Mar.

"Grite's No. 2 lives in Santa Fe and her daughter will be a senior at Lewis & Clark next year. Life's busy, but great."

One of my lasting memories of Chris was the belly dance lesson he received in front of the entire EMP-39 class on his birthday. For those who were not there, when Chris gets a belly dance lesson, he is not afraid to dress the part. The memory of Chris working the abs with his instructor is forever etched in my mind - thanks Marti Correa! I am going to send you my therapy bills!

Well, Chris is at it again. He has entered an Ernest Hemingway look-alike
contest in Key West this July. See his picture on this page and draw your own conclusions on his chances.

Finally a Tim Wulf update. Life is busy, but very rewarding. Daughter Brie (23) is an account clerk and part-time waitress. She is slowly realizing that while going back to school is tough, there is a big upside. Son Erik (21) has nearly finished his associates degree in computer graphics (3.96 GPA to date) and working full-time running a printing press. He is contemplating his choices of a four-year degree vs. full-time work with his live-in girlfriend (does that mean grandpa Tim sometime in the next few years!). Son Matt is five and in his first year of team soccer, which provided the opportunity to stand in a downpour watching him run around. He starts kindergarten in the fall. Daughter Emily is three and still the wild lefty. She learns so much from her brother, which is very rewarding to watch. I recently changed jobs and now work in the medical device industry as a business unit manager for ACMI. For me, it was time to get out of heavy industry. It is a little stressful, as I walked into a $1,000,000+ backlog, many irate customers and desperate sales reps (many orders six-to-nine months past due). Lots to clean up fast, but a tremendous upside.