Boonton High School - 50th Reunion Dick Ballard Linda 22300 Kenwood Isle Dr Bonita Springs, Florida 34135 Home 239-992-4796 Cell 239-989-7993 [email protected] Education Number of Children Number of Grandchildren BA- George Washington University 2 3 MBA- Ohio State University One item from your Bucket List Visit the Coast of Italy and the Greek Isles Favorite Job/Occupation I am having a great time selling real estate in Florida. It's fun to help people find a vacation or retirement home they are really excited about. Favorite Vacation Place I really enjoy spending time with the family at our summer place in Michigan. Since 1963 this happened... Married for 46 years to Linda Grono from Lincoln Park. We have two sons, Michael and Jim, and three grandchildren Audrey(8), Evan (3) and Graham (3 months). We spend most of our time in Florida, but have a summer place on a large lake in Michigan about 30 miles south of Mackinac Island. Favorite Food/Dessert Your Favorite Restaurant Ice Cream USS Nemo Naples Fl-Best Chilean sea bass I have ever had. Favorite Things to do Golf, read, travel, spend time with the grandchildren Favorite Book Current/Classic Favorite Movies Year of Wonders Flash Dance, Three Amigos Atlas Shrugged Forest Gump, Top Gun, Hoosiers, Momma Mia, Seabiscuit If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy? I retired for about 5 years but got restless so I started selling real estate with Keller Williams in Southwest Florida. I also enjoy playing golf, traveling and spending time with the grandchildren. Al Beradino Shelly 12927 Juniper Canyon Trail NE Albuquerque, NM [email protected] Education Number of Children Number of Grandchildren BA, MS, Ph.D. 2 1 grandson 5 Years all in Mathematics 1 granddaughter due this year My primary university is Saint Louis University Go Billikins!! One item from your Bucket List Establish two annual (permanent) scholarships: one at Saint Louis University and one at TBD in memory of Coach Glenn Moore. The recipient would be the winner of the annual Dave Levin memorial. Favorite Job/Occupation The good old days at Bell Telephone Laboratories (designed and made telephones) then Sandia National Laboratories (design and make nuclear weapons). Total years of service-34. Favorite Vacation Place New Mexico - every day is a vacation - so much to do and see! Cruises all over the world and West coast travel. Since 1963 this happened... I posted most of the following to the BHS Blog: Since 1963- Married my college sweetheart in 1967. Finished a Ph.D. in Mathematics and my dad would say “you got a BA, MS, and Ph.D.? - well that’s only seven letters of the alphabet – come back when you get the rest of the letters.” Two married kids and one grandson with a granddaughter due later this year. Retired Nuclear Weapons Scientist (a recluse here in New Mexico). At BHS, Bob Kane, Joe Molitoris, and Glenn Moore were my Trinity. I am convinced that without their influence I would never have gone to college. Glenn Moore, Marty Henry, and I have been donating to the annual Dave Levin Memorial award. I have explored options to make the award more “permanent” and concluded that it takes $25K to establish an ongoing scholarship at any NJ University, College, or Jr. College. I hope I can someday (estate planning) manage to establish such a fund and name this award the Coach Glenn Moore memorial. Dave died December 23, 1962 in an auto accident, and I took over his starting position. I was given the first Dave Levin memorial at graduation. In 1995 I published an article in the WAMPUS: “There’s a flag in our gym”. It recounted Dave’s childhood with the late Pete Makosky’s as we grew up playing BB at the Y, then John Hill, then BHS and the flag in the gym is a memorial for Dave. Our greatest victory was an upset win over Mt. Lakes on their court on January 29. 1963. (This was Coach Moore’s son’s birthday.) This broke a 34-game win streak that the powerful Lakers had started on their home court two years earlier. We were undefeated in the month of January 1963! BB was not my best sport and Coach Kane was happy if I hit the rim from outside; however, I did make lay-ups on a regular basis. We lost the magic we had in January 1963, but I still have dreams of those games and wake up tired. Sweet memories. Any Military Service? Branch/Dates/General Discussion and/or Deployments I was granted an educational deferment since I was teaching in East Saint Louis at a special Jr. College for mostly African Americans. There were gangs, gunshots all day and night, and I have a recurring dream that my car breaks down on my way home from the ghettos. I was actually scared a few times in that dangerous environment. Favorite Food/Dessert Your Favorite Restaurant Wife's Irish Stew Tampa - Bern's Steak House KC - BBQ Smoke House Indy - Glass Chimney Albuquerque - Scalo's Italian Grill Are You on any Social Media? Poor user on FB - but enjoy getting email: [email protected] Favorite Book Current/Classic Favorite Movies Real, Functional, and Complex Analysis, History Related Topology, Abstract Algebra, Distance Geometry, and the monthly Math Association Bulletin. If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy? Shopping, cooking, spending lots of time with my grandson and wife, writing the "perfect" math book (Advanced Calculus that everyone can understand), and the usual grunt-work of gardening, house chores, and washing cars. Robert Bednar Patricia [email protected] 973-687-2624 Education Trenton State College BA Montclair State MA Number of Children Number of Grandchildren 3 - Boy 39, boy 36, girl 32 5 - boy 9, boy 8, girl 5, girl 4, boy 8 months One item from your Bucket List Favorite Job/Occupation Play golf at Augusta Teacher - middle school math in Boonton Favorite Vacation Place Italy, everything about it: food, people, and different parts of the country. Since 1963 this happened... I met my wife in college. We will be married 43 years this month. I taught math, was a vice-principal and principal for 33 years and retired in 2001. I have also been in construction for over 40 years. I have built over 20 houses since 1985. My wife is still working as a 3rd grade teacher in Boonton. Two boys went to BHS. My one son, Kevin, is on the BHS wall of fame. In his senior year he was MVP in basketball of Morris County, 1st team all-state, and took Boonton to the state finals. He presently works in New York and is a partner in the bond market for Morgan Stanley. He has 2 children. My other son, Keith, also played basketball for BHS. He has a successful landscaping business in the Boonton area. He has 3 children. My daughter Jill went to Mountain Lakes. (We live in Boonton Township, and she was affected by the pull out of Boonton Township to Mountain Lakes.) She was also a four-year starter in basketball. She is married and lives in Rhode Island. She is a project manager for a marketing firm in Connecticut. Her husband is a lawyer in Newport. Your Favorite Restaurant Italian. There are so many in the area. A lot of bring your own wine places. Most of them are very good. Favorite Things to do Spend time with my grandchildren. Travel and play golf. I am a member of Rockaway River Country Club and also belong to the New Jersey Seniors for private clubs. I am presently a 5 handicap and won the NJ Seniors in 2010 shooting one over par in a two day tournament at Canoe Brook in Summit, NJ If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy? I am still building a house once in a while. I play a lot of golf, go out for dinner with my wife and sometime friends 3 or 4 days a week. I don’t spend much time on the computer. This is why I am late filling this out. I work around my house or my children's houses. My daughter is presently building a house in Rhode Island, so I am spending more time up there now. I am enjoying my family and my life now. We are all on the back nine and we should make the best of it. Debbie Belsky McCracken Dick 12 Hancock Drive West Milford, NJ 07480 973-202-3998 [email protected] Education Number of Children Number of Grandchildren Montclair State College - BA 2 5 William Paterson University - MEd Favorite Job/Occupation Hopatcong High School special education teacher I loved my job for many years especially our Project Adventure activities including ropes course, rock climbing and rappelling and white water canoeing on the Delaware River. I worked with a wonderful group of people who were all excellent teachers as well as great friends. Favorite Vacation Place Nantucket Island and Cape Porpoise, Maine Since 1963 this happened... My husband Dick and I love to travel to places where we can photograph the beautiful natural places in the world, especially national parks. We love our lives and do not plan to slow down or change our address. Favorite Things to do Nature photography, reading, gardening, crafts, kick boxing, Zumba, lots of time at the gym, spending time with friends and family Are You on any Social Media? Facebook Favorite Book Current/Classic Favorite Movies "Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy Monty Python and the Holy Grail If Retired, What do you do to keep Busy? Retirement rocks.