I've stumbled across a cartoonist named Leigh Rubin. I'll share some of his work.
Horace Mann librarian Marie Vaughn was one of two hot babes who gave me an autographed photo of herself in 8th grade. Click HERE to see who the other one was.
Virginia Irvine ’60 passed away April 4, 2023. We shared a childhood in Minneapolis and Alabama, and a summer in Montana before our younger siblings arrived in San Diego in 1955 and 1961. After graduating from San Diego State in1964, where she was President of Kappa Alpha Theta, a homecoming Queen nominee and Best Dressed Coed contest chairman, she embarked on an over-40 year career with Los Angeles County. She began as a Social Worker in Long Beach, moved to a supervisor in Los Angeles, then a Legislative Analyst. She became Chief Legislative Analyst for the county and was then selected to start their first protocol department. It was there that her fabulous wardrobe, engaging personality and organizational skills made her fit right in with diplomats, royalty and world leaders. She was a key player in the International Protocol group. In 2019 she was chosen Junior League of Los Angeles’ Volunteer of the Year. She was President of the Ebell Club, the oldest women’s club in California, for two years. We celebrated with the whole family at Thanksgiving and Christmas and the interaction invigorated her, in spite of her declining health. She is loved and will be missed by many -- Janis Irvine Ricards ’64
It wasn’t a coincidence that the West Point Glee Club performed before an audience of homeless people in downtown San Diego last month. It involved two members of Crawford’s Class of ’73. Retired BGEN Gary Krahn, a 1977 West Point graduate, and principal of La Jolla Country Day School, suggested the choir play at the Alpha Project shelter run by his classmate Bob McElroy. Click HERE to read the article in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Terry Hill ’60 died March 3, 2023. The son of a career US Navy man, Terry was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended elementary school in East San Diego, middle school near Denver, Colorado before entering Crawford. He graduated with honors from San Bernardino Valley College, and returned there later to get certificates in Industrial Supervision. After his Honorable Discharge from the Air Force, he went to work for General Telephone (now Verizon) working his way up from lineman to Head Engineer before retiring in 1991. Before moving to Arizona, he worked as a Telecommunications Engineer for San Bernardino County for two years. After taking computer classes at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, he worked in their IT department for a couple of years. Terry enjoyed riding his Harley, going fishing and camping, and building and fixing computers. He was able to survive a double lung transplant received at age 75 for just over five years.
Jerry Lovelady ’63 died March 31, 2023 from bile duct cancer. He attended the University of Redlands where he got a BA in History and a Teaching Credential. He taught K-6 for 35 years in the Chula Vista City School District. In addition to teaching, Jerry and another teacher read a book on home construction and built two houses in Idlewild -- bottom to top without additional help. Jerry loved surfing and camping. In retirement Jerry puttered in the garden and with various house projects. He is survived by his wife Nancy, two children, and four grandchildren. He met Nancy on a blind date at the home of Phil ’63 and Sharon Angus Piscopo ’64. They became such good friends that they called themselves the Lovecopos. Jerry’s first wife, Stefanie Bedillion ’63, passed away from ovarian cancer in 1976.
