50 TH CLASS REUNION

Alumni 50 TH CLASS REUNION

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Roeper hosted its first ever 50 th class reunion on October 19, 2019! Twenty-two alumni from the classes of 1968 – 1970, along with their significant others and a few teachers from the era, traveled from as far as Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey for a full day of activities. It was a wonderful and highly emotional event since many had not seen each other, or the school, for nearly 50 years. Attendees enjoyed a 1960’s schoolthemed lunch, tours of the Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham campuses, a special dedication of the new Jimmy and Vi’s Kitchen, historical highlights from our School Historian and an intimate reunion dinner. The Class of 1969 was Roeper’s first senior graduation class. However, because class sizes were so small at the time, a combined reunion was held including alumni who graduated in 1970 as well as those who would have graduated in 1968 (but Roeper only went up to 9 th grade at the time). Asterisks (in lists and captions) denote alumni who attended Roeper but graduated from 12 th grade at another school.

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20 1 - Alumni Relations Director Juliette Olejnik with Tess Schafer Sullivan ’69* and Denita Banks-Sims, Director of Development. 2 - From the top step: Gray Booth ‘69*, Marc Bergeron ’69, Michael White ’69, Lonnie King, Anne Peterson ‘70*, Michael Dinwiddie ‘73*, Bonnie Crawford, Marko Slusarczuk ’70, Dale Scarlett ’70, David Jaffe ’74, Arthur Ensroth ‘68*, Bob Russell ’69, Corey Krause ’70, Barbara Boraks Samson ’70, Curtis Blessing ’69, Linda Thomas ‘68*, Pete Crawford ‘70*, Keith Carpenter ‘68*, Tess Schafer Sullivan ‘69*, Debbra Herrmann, Bruce Rogge ‘70. 3 - Linda Thomas ’68*, Bob Russell ’69, Arthur Ensroth ’68*, Michael White ’69. 4 - Marko Sluszarek ’70, Ruth Rosen Greenwood ’70, Pete Crawford ’70*. 5 - Michael Dinwiddie ’73 and David Jaffe ’75 celebrate jimmy & Vi’s Kitchen. 6 - The gathering toasts the opening of Jimmy & Vi’s Kitchen. 7 - Alumni visiting with Roeper’s Middle/Upper School Librarian Cori Hatcher. 8 - Former Roeper football players holding an iconic photo of themselves placing one of the new Domes on its foundation. Curtis Blessing ’69, Michael White ’69, Dale Scarlett ’70, Peter Crawford ‘70*, Bob Russell ’69, Corey Krause ‘70. 9 - Rochelle McGowan, Alan McGowan (former faculty), Gray Booth ’69*, Anita Zaleski Weinraub ’69, Curtis Blessing ’69, Amanda Van Dusen. 10 - Riding the Roeper bus to the Birmingham campus. 11 - Barbara Boraks Samson ’70 & Pete Crawford ‘70* in front of what was their Middle Building Science classroom. 12 - A toast at the closing dinner to each other, the reunion & Roeper.

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