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VIRGINIA HOFFMAN MORTHLAND
I..met my husband, Dave, at Cornell. We married in July '63 and spent two years in Charlottesvile, VA while he attended law school and I worked in research at the U Va Medical School. We then moved to Portland, OR, his home. I have loved living in the NW for almost 40 years, except for being so far from family and some old friends. I continued my career as a Research Associate in Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology at Oregon Health Sciences University for almost 30 years.Dave retired two years ago ( he practiced labor law for 20 yrs. then was VP of Human Resources/Labor Relations at Willamette Industries, a forest products company) and we are now splitting our year equally between Oregon and Tucson, AZ.
[As of May '04] We have two sons, Bryce (35) and Cam (34). They are both married, and each has a son, 9 months and 18 months respectively. Cam is a network consultant in Portland and Bryce is a graphic designer in Tucson, AZ so we are enjoying having part of the year with each little family and are loving being grandparents!
Because we had sons and Dave has a myriad of interests, I have amazed myself by learning to play golf, tennis, ski, run, sail, hike, backpack and long-distance bicycle (never having done ANYTHING athletic in NY !). However, my favorite hobby is gardening. Dave and I love to travel and have been lucky to have seen quite a bit of the world as well as having lived in the SW of France for several months, in both ‘83 and’02. Last summer, we bought a 47’ trawler and are enjoying cruising during the summer from Olympia, WA to northern British Columbia. Next year we hope to do the Inside Passage to Alaska.
I have been fortunate to have kept in touch with several classmates over all these years, including Carole Ferguson Schneider, Mitzi Single Nelsen, Pete Johnson, Janet Chaize Kopac, Alice Malinkowski Herrall....and more recently Dennis Prindle, Garret Church and Herb Swain. I am very much looking forward to seeing many more old friends in June!
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