My husband Bill and I have been happily married for 36 yrs. We bought our home in the

Princeton Heights neighborhood in South St. Louis. We have lived here 35 yrs. I retired

at 55 and Bill recently retired at 65, after working 37 yrs with the same employer.

We have one son who got married during the pandemic. Bill and I are looking forward

to some day becoming grandparents.

I will sadly miss yet another reunion, so I'll try to share life after WGHS. I graduated from Mizzou in 1977 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. It could not have been a better time as no one was going into engineering school post-Vietnam, but our Middle Eastern friends gave us an oil embargo, so if you had a BSChE and blood flowing through your veins, every oil company would give you an offer. I was the only Mizzou graduate who did not go into oil .... I joined Procter & Gamble in R&D/new product development in Cincinnati.  I married a girl from Mizzou right out of school, but she proved to be quite an error, and so we ended it a couple years later. I worked on products for international markets .... skin care, deodorants, shampoo/body wash, Pampers/Luvs and orange juice. I shut down Duncan Hine cookies, and I managed the Pringles business the first year it turned a profit.  I married a wonderful woman, Debbie, from Cincinnati, and we will be celebrating our 40th anniversary this fall.  We had three sons (Matt, Jon and Andrew) in the late 1980's. P&G shipped our family off to live in London, England for three years where I managed the European respiratory and gastrointestinal medicines businesses. We then moved to Toronto for a couple years where I managed the health & beauty care business in Canada.  We returned to Cincinnati in late 1993, back into the same house we bought in 1983 (and we still live in!). In the 90's, I worked on specialized health care projects and the global skin care brands (Olay, Clearasil, etc.) Starting in 2000 through the end of my career, I managed P&G's global flavor & fragrance business. I was lucky enough to travel the world in my career. I retired from P&G in late 2012. I taught in the graduate school at the University of Cincinnati for about 10 semesters, and I ran my own consulting business in the fragrance and biotech industries until the pandemic shut down travel. Our boys are spread all over and are living successful Iives of their own.  Our eldest is an engineer (4th generation!) holding an executive position at Northrop Grumman.  Our middle son is a director at the trade association that represents the personal care products industry in Washington DC.  Our youngest is a senior data scientist at a telecommunications giant. We've been blessed with two grandchildren (so far!). We spend our summers in a home on the Chesapeake in Annapolis MD to be close to two of our kids' families. We are enjoying retirement and trying to stay healthy. My family traces its roots in WG since the late 1800's, and I am a third generation WGHS graduate on both sides of the family.  My experience growing up there and knowing all of you has been a permanent imprint on who I am and what I do. With a few exceptions, I have not stayed close to WGHS classmates, and I regret that now.  I miss you all. Steve Hicks, Class of '73

I am John Kuziel fellow classmate married to a beautiful California blonde.

EDUCATION:  I graduated from Forrest Park CC in 1982 with an  Associate in Applied Science in Automotive Technology. Presently I am taking another Associate major in Applied Science but it is in Residential and Commercial air conditioning and heating which I should graduate in 2019 from San Bernardino Valley CC.

MILITARY:  My first enlistment in the Army was from 1975-1978 which was only a three year obligation at FT.Bragg NC. I was a Multi-Channel Communication Operator with a secret clearance. During that time I went down to Fort Sherman Panama and went through a grueling month training to receive my Jungle Expert Patch.

My second enlistment started in 1983-2004. The following 17 years sort of defined the person I am today. The field I went into was 63TD3 a Bradley Fighting System Maintainer, since I had a strong mechanical background which made everything so easy for me in that field. During the following years I was stationed at the following places Ft. Irwin CA; Ft. Carson CO; Ft. Knox KY; Ft. Stewart GA; went to Korea twice and Germany. I was part of the first element across the SAVA River into Bosnia December 95-November 96.  In 2002 I was deployed to Kuwait for a training mission with the Army of Kuwait. It all changed to the preparation to invade IRAQ in 2003 . I sort of missed another class reunion.

I retired from the military after coming back do to an injury to my spine. I spent from 2004 - 2012 working for the DOD as a contractor. I worked for Ft.Irwin CA. for Northrop Grumman as a Maintenance Supervisor. I left and went to Bagram Airbase Afghanistan for AECOM as a Maintenance Manager ll operating two seperate facilities. I look back at my life as a boy graduating high school. I have been in so many countries and met so many different people that I can say I have been very blessed. I’m presently  forced retired now but it will not define me. I plan on making the half century class reunion to see my fellow classmates.

I am Janice Webb and still single.  Never got married never had any children.  Was engaged 3 times but known as a “runaway bride”.    I am a Breast Cancer Survivor.

Education:  I became a Computer Programmer/Analyst while going to school to receive my Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Management Science from Metropolitan State College of Denver where I graduated in 1988. I became a Computer Specialist/Analyst while going to school to receive my Master’s Degree in Computer Resource and Information Management from Webster University where I graduated in 2000. 

Military:  I Joined the United States Air Force from 1974 – 1978 and was stationed at F. E. Warren in Cheyenne, Wyoming.   I was a vehicle operator dispatcher  where I drove rations to missile cycloes for 3 years and then drove base taxi, was a taxi dispatcher and drove base shuttle bus  my last year before I got out.

Civilian Service:   I have been a Civil Servant since 1978.

After I got out of the military, I moved to Denver, CO in hopes of getting a job.  Two weeks later I did.

Employed at Lowry AFB in Denver, CO from 1978 – 1990 and worked at the Accounting and Finance Center.   I began as a clerk typist and worked my way up to 9 years programming financial applications.

Employed at Peterson AFB, CO from 1990 – 2001.  I worked as a version release manager for programs at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station (CMAS) and programmed other missile warning applications.

I am currently working at Schriever AFB in Colorado Springs, Co and have been since 2001.  I worked as a Communications Requirements Manager for the Operations Group and currently a Communications Requirements Manager for the Space Communications Squadron.

 I am looking forward to retiring with a 40 year retirement certificate in September 2014.  I am ready to retire.  After I retire, I would like to travel to the rest of the 50 United States that I have not been to.  I will volunteer at either nursing homes or food pantries, or go wherever my path leads me.  No plans of moving back to StL unless I have to take care of family. 

Travel:  I have taken 3 Alaskan cruises, 1 Hawaiian cruise, 1 Panama Canal cruise, 2 Caribbean cruises, flew to Jamaica, multiple trips to Las Vegas.  The next cruise I want to take is to the Virgin Islands.

Hello former classmates,

My name is Bill Livingston, remember me the little guy that was picked on by alot of folks.  Well I went in the U.S. Navy right after our graduation in September 1973. I served over 32 years in federal service for the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration.  I became a Director for this agency serving as a National Cemetery Director over 18 years at various national cemeteries in the country.  An honor to care for those who served our great country.

My wife and I retired in 2007 and live in San Marcos, CA.  I have fond memories of my days at Plymouth junior high and the big school WGHS.  Wish I could be there maybe the 50th.

Only the best to all!

Bill Livingston

Radioman second class USN

National Cemetery Director, retired at 52!