ALUMNI NEWS PHOTOS COURTESY OF SCOTT ARMACOST ’82
Class notes Class notes reflect submissions from Sept. 8, 2021, to Jan. 19, 2022.
The College ↘ 1954 Elvin Bartel ’54 and his wife, Jayne, are still enjoying the desert life in Rancho Mirage, California. Elvin retired from the Bonita Unified School District and Jayne from the Covina-Valley Unified School District and Foothill Christian School in 1991. They are enjoying time with their four children and eight grandchildren living in Chino Hills, Goleta, and Los Osos, as well as traveling in the summer. Additional travel plans for 2022 include Big Bear and Solvang. They said they are very thankful for God’s blessings of good health. Jim Crow ’54 retired after four years as the associate superintendent of the Morgan Hill Unified School District in 1996. He and his wife, Laraine Roberts, moved to Pacifica, California, where he came out of retirement in 1997 to become the interim superintendent of the Laguna Salada School District. In 1998, he taught English classes, consulted, and copyedited at the area community college. Laraine died in 2012, and in 2020, Jim lost his son, Warne, from complications from melanoma. His three other children, two stepsons, and numerous grandchildren are all doing fine. He is staying busy and “always learning” but has not traveled out of the Bay Area since March 2020. Ron Davis ’54 and his wife, Dionne, are still living in the desert community of La Quinta, California, and staying as active and healthy as they can during these pandemic years. While not able to have “normal” visits with friends, they are doing a good job of communicating via email and always trying to keep things on the lighter side. Don Ruh ’54 (your “old” Class of ’54 reporter) and Sandra Luchsinger Ruh ’57 are still “hanging in there,” while wondering how they ever made it when they were once working. Time spent visiting doctors consumes more time than they wish, but they remain active at Mt. San Antonio College and its various events, including the new and almost unbelievable athletic complex and Hall of Fame building, soon to be completed for the April Mt. SAC relays. They wish all classmates and U of R’s new president a happy and healthy new year. George Russell ’54 and Mary Rector Russell ’54 will be heading to Alaska again in June, accompanied by their two daughters and son-in-law. It is a Holland America Cruise they have fallen in love with (they’ve also fallen in love with the lobster served on board). In March, they also stayed at the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, but otherwise, they are “staying put” in their Sun Lakes, California, home.
↘ 1958 Rod Stephens ’58, his wife, Shirley, and son, Jim, stay in their homes and wear their N95 masks when going out. Rod enjoys keeping in touch with
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