Class Bulletin Board

Since 1973…..wow, a long time ago.  I went to the U of I and graduated with a B of Science through the Physician’s Assistant Program in the medical school there.  I married Dennis McBride in 1980 who I had met while he was going to medical school and I was in PA school.  We moved to California where he did his residency program in ObGyn and I started working in San Francisco.

Currently we live in a bedroom community about 1 hr. north of SF and I work in a family practice clinic up here.  I have two great children, Katie who is 16 and Graham who is 11.  My world was turned upside down about a year and a half ago when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  But, I’ve been through everything….surgery, chemo & radiation and seem to be fine now.  I’ve come to appreciate my life & family all that much more since this experience.  I feel blessed.

Thanks for all of the updates. I was just browsing the website and noticed that my work email you have listed is changed. I got “reorganized” again and have landed back at the company I was working at before. They “reorganized” my job out and are now “reorganizing” it back in! Crazy world.

Just a little update on my world- our middle son/step-son, Nathan, has just completed one year in the Marine Corps. He is stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC but was just deployed this weekend to the Caribbean. He finished basic just before 9-11, his MOS is assault vehicles, so we have been concerned that he would be deployed to combat zones. But we are very proud of our Marine, Semper Fi and Ooorah! The rest of the family is “broiling” here in Arizona!

Sheila (Potter) Cole

I have been doing what I have always done, fixing shoe and leather stuff. I got married to a St. Paul girl in 1975.I’ve lived here since 1974 , first in Minneapolis, then St. Paul in ’75.

I’ve owned a shoe shop in the Midway area of St. Paul for over 14 years.

I worked in the shoe repair, and shoe making business since I worked first at Roger’s Shoe Service when they were on College St. downtown, the I worked at Smitty’s down on lower Gilbert St. for over 4 years. I worked at a shoe factory that made custom outdoor boots.

One fun time I had was to do shoe work for the Grumpy Old Men movies. I just happened to be in my shop at 7:30 on a Monday morning when they called. The rest is history.

I have 2 sons, 24 & 19. My oldest was the athlete that I only wished to be. 1st conference in both football and baseball at Johnson High school in St Paul. He now is in the TV sports of Fox Sports, doing Camera work, and directing the St. Paul Saints Minor League Baseball broadcasts. Also Camera work for both Twins, and Vikings. Wow!

I still play the organ for church, and my wife sings.

My youngest son is a sophomore at Northwestern Bible College in Roseville, Minnesota. He is the assistant editor for the college newspaper.

I still like photography. I have used it for my website for my shoe repair business (Okay, I used templates, But I am still learning!)

My wife Mücki and I moved to Switzerland (we live on Lake Zürich in Küsnacht, about 5 km from the city of Zürich). I have been working for a Swiss IT company since August 1999 called Comicro-Netsys.

Hope everything is fine in Iowa City. Haven’t had a chance to come back there since 1996. Hang in there and thanks for the work with the site.

Yours,

Dan Hackmann

Some facts about me: Married for 20 years to Susan Honning. Met her at Iowa State University. Graduate of ISU – Architecture 1978

Work for Ryko Manufacturing Company for almost 22 years. Three children – Krista (17 and graduating), Valerie (15), Brian (14). Krista is considering going to U of I next year in Pre-Med, despite encouragement from mom and dad to go to ISU!

Brother, Neil is in Marrietta, GA working for Hewlet Packard. Sister, Lori is in St. Louis, MO working for the Gov’t making maps.

My Mom and Dad are retired, have sold the homestead at the top of the hill, and now go back and forth from IC to Mission, TX. They winter down in Texas, and have a nice mobile home. They then come back about the first of May (when there is no chance for snow!) and live in a mobile home on the SE side of Iowa City.

Dave and Becky are Officially Grandparents (We stifle a GROAN!)

On October 1, 1999 at 12:10am Rebekah Marie Tate joined the World Community with her mother, Lily Way, and father, James Tate in attendance. Jim’s appearance was voluntary.

Rebekah (or, as we wantonly corrupt the name after an appropriate time, Bekah) arrived at 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 20-1/4″ after a 16 hour labor during which the value of Lamaze training was called to question and calls home to Mom were deemed useless in the realm of “kiss and make it better”.

Rebekah, Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa (shudder) are living happily as the Iowa City Great Adventure continues through another generation. It might also be worth noting that the birth of this baby makes our 5-year-old son, Kevin, an uncle!

Thank you, God, for the gift of another life!