HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1957

CLASSMATES A-E

NAME (at HHS): Carolyn Crouch
MARRIED NAME: Coughlin
NICKNAME: Carol
CURRENT ADDRESS: 27 Candee Lane
HOME PHONE: 828 926 7530
OFFICE PHONE:
CELL PHONE: 828 371 1775
E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
HIGHLIGHTS OF LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL: Followed Mrs. Abbott's prophecy in her American History class that each year two seniors marry from her class....well I married classmate Bob Coughlin in 1961 and 46 years later have 5 children who have given us the highlight of our life, 7 grandchildren. Bob was a banker for 46 years and after a few years I entered the insurance world for 20 years. We lived in Florida for 32 years in both Miami, Coral Springs, Boca Raton then after retiring have settled in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. I dabble in watercolors and drawing while Bob has taken up wood working and both enjoy golf and sitting on our deck watching the sun set over the mountains.
MESSAGES TO CLASSMATES: Looking back have only wonderful memories of a carefree time at HHS. Looking to the future, may these times translate to all of our grandchildren. I am so thrilled to be able to reconnect with old friends at the reunion....see you all there.

NAME (at HHS): Larry Dauch

CURRENT ADDRESS: Almaden Valley south of San Jose, California

HOME PHONE:

CELL PHONE 408-612-1830

E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]

HIGHLIGHTS OF LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:

I have lived in the Almaden Valley south of San Jose, California for the past 37 years. I have been retired for six years. I worked at American Institutes for Research in Palo Alto, California. In the 70's I was a school principal and Assistant Superintendent of Schools in San Jose. I received my BA from Hofstra University, my MA from New York University and worked on my Doctorate at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. I was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army and served at Fort Polk, Louisiana during the Vietnam War. I married my wife Carol whom I met at Hofstra University in 1963. She is a teacher. We have two children: Andrew, a School Principal in Portland, Oregon; and our daughter Kristin, who lives in San Mateo, is Director of Recruiting for Spencer Stuart. We have two grandchildren, Lauren and Sean.

I spend most of my time playing golf in Almaden and in the summer in Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. My wife Carol and I like to travel. We are going to Europe in September and October. I also like road bicycling to keep in good shape.

I like California Red Wine and we spend a lot of time in Napa and St. Helena, California.

MESSAGES TO CLASSMATES:

Unfortunately we will not be able to attend the reunion; we had planned a European trip and will be in Paris the night of the reunion. I would love to come back to the East Coast and see people. We did come back a few years ago for the US Open in Shinnecock Hills. I was at the 1st tee and I overheard one of the marshals say he was from Hempstead. It was fun to reminisce. We talked about the ivy league clothing store in Hempstead, and I couldn't remember the name. Found out the store in Hempstead that I couldn't remember the name of was Ed Miller Clothing Store.

Would you let me know if Thomas Schmitt and his wife, Sally Dunsmore Schmitt attend. I have tried over the years to find them but to no avail. Thanks to you guys I found Tom and Sally Schmitt. They are living in Yakima, Washington

I really liked your web site. I was really saddened by the number of people who had passed away. I knew a lot of them.

NAME (at HHS): Mary Elizabeth Drewal

MARRIED NAME: Regan (Mrs. Victor M.)

CURRENT ADDRESS: 1142 Lake Shore Drive

Massapequa Park, NY 11762 17078

HOME PHONE: (516) 799-7810

CELL PHONE (516) 680-0280

E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]

HIGHLIGHTS OF LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:

I graduated from Hood College in 1961 with a major in Early Childhood Education and married my high school sweetheart, Vic Regan, on June 17th. In September, I began my short teaching career in the 3rd grade at the John Lewis Childs School in Floral Park. Our first child, Skip, was born in January, 1963; Jennifer was born in April, 1965, and Kevin in May, 1968. In 1977, after enjoying my years as a stay-at-home mom. I returned to work as a library assistant at the Willets Road Middle School in the East Williston School District. I realized I preferred working in the library to being a classroom teacher and soon after, I enrolled in the C. W. Post School of Library and Information Science. I received my Masters in Library Science in 1984. After a year of long-term substituting in three different school libraries, I returned to Willets Road in 1986 as librarian and remained there until I retired.

Meanwhile, my children grew up; two of them married and had children of their own. Jennifer and her husband, Michael, have three children—Christina-15, Joey-13, and Rebecca-10. Kevin and Stephanie have two children—Elia-14 and Tatiana-11. Skip lives out in Watsonville, California with his significant other, Marcy.

Vic worked as an assistant district attorney for the Nassau District Attorney for many years, then went into private practice for a few years. He returned to the court system as law secretary, doing legal research for two judges. Unfortunately, he developed a fast spreading lung cancer and died in January 2000.

I continued to work until 2002, loving every minute of my job. But I retired then because there were many other things I wanted to do, and I wanted to be young and healthy enough to do them. I am thoroughly enjoying my retirement—traveling, visiting with friends and family, working on various crafts and always trying to keep active and learn new things. .

MESSAGES TO CLASSMATES:

Hempstead in the fifties was a great place to have grown up. I have such wonderful memories of my high school years, and I look forward to re-connecting with “old” friends to share some of those memories.