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1940s
Martin
H. Brix '40
reports that at the age of 87 he is moving to the continuing
care facility at the Solvang Lutheran Home (in Solvang, Calif.)
and that he is still in the best of health.
James
Phillip Sr., '48, of Westmont, Ill., founded Phillip's Flower
Shops, Inc., which now has 12 locations and is managed with
his brother and their five sons. It has been chosen by the Illinois
Retail Association as the Illinois Retailer of 2005, out of
23,000 possible candidates. One of his sons is James Phillip
Jr. '76.
James Sr.'s wife is Mary Louise Baxter Phillip '50 and his sister
is Lee Phillip Bell '50 who has produced and managed two of
the CBS soap operas.
Kenneth Roman '48 of Northbrook, Ill., retired from his
position as National Accounts Manager of Prentice Hall in Chicago.
He and his wife Mary have two children and four grandchildren.
Though they no longer make long trips, they still enjoy their
vacation home in Jo Davies County in northwestern Illinois.
Walter Roth '48 of Lake Forest, Ill., and his wife enjoyed
a family of two children and six grandchildren. Some of them
still manage his company, Weco Trading Inc., in Lake Bluff,
Ill.
Karl W. Abt, class representative for '48, who resides
in Rolling Meadows, Ill., is author of a book published last
February. Its title is A Few Who Made a Difference, published
by Vantage Press. Its subtitle, The World War II Teams of
the MIlitary Intelligence Service, explains more, as the
book covers the author's service on three different teams which
operated In France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany in 1945-46.
Natalie Saltiel '48 of Chicago, Ill., has been married to
Sidney Levin '48 since 1963. Both are CPAs. Natalie has
been the recipient of the Illinois ACLU's Anetta Bieckmann Award
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