I will be pretty surprised if I know anyone at the reunion. But since it will be only minutes from me, I assume someone, " really wanted Jerry to come." 

I attended the UW and Seattle Pacific until I married in 1974 and moved back to Alaska to a small village on Kodiak. We lived a very rustic life for 10 years as a commercial fisherman and raising 4 cool daughters. Lived in suburban Kodiak for 10 years until the Exxon spill which disrupted many lives, including mine. 

Divorced, I changed my occupation to making Alutiiq Native Art and moved to Anchorage, Squim WA, and eventually Granite Falls. Have been here for about 12 years trying not to be a "Starving Artist". It has been a real satisfying adventure with a lot of success professionally. Have attended many shows and markets nationwide and have sold in galleries from Alaska to New York. Please visit my website.

Needless to say, in a poor economy, the artist is the canary in the coal mine. I am attempting to have the canary become the phoenix. I have expanded into new art forms that have promise. I am primarily a contemporary native carver, but am now having some fun playing with pottery. Basically I am always inspired, which is the coolest thing for an artist.

I am so happy to have lived long enough to look back and actually have what must be wisdom. After having survived a career as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. I have been blessed.

I have 4 great daughters and 3 grand daughters. 

I think the reunion will be more of a chance to meet new people rather than see old friends.

Jerry

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Undergrad: Seattle Pacific, MS: Michigan Tech, PhD: Univ Wisconsin Madison, MBA Univ Phoenix Faculty: Bioengineering, Univ Washington. Co-chair international symposium. Invented, built, ran scientific instrument product line and world-wide speaker for Beckman Coulter, then Dir of Project Management for molecular diagnostic tests (first HIV, Hep C, Hep B) at Chiron/Bayer, then Group Marketing Mgr for first large scale DNA sequencer ar Molecular Dynamics/Amersham/GE, on to Dir of Sales/Marketing/Bus Dev at a SNP genotyping shop. Invited speaker world-wide. Decided to stay in Seattle so now brokering Real Estate. A bit of a change. One son and the best wife in the world. Spending most of my free time cooking and traveling. Rebuilt the house this year. And on to meeting old friends at the reunion.