1957 yearbook
Pat Smoote, Ken Underwood (class of '60), Patrick Koehler, Clara Krehling Schoen.
After leaving Foley in 1957, I married Malcolm �Mack� McAliley. We moved to California and I attended El Camino Jr. College while he attended the University of Southern California. I received an associate�s degree in business and Mack received a BS degree in industrial engineering. Mack worked for the government for several years and we traveled quite a bit - Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Florida, Nebraska and Long Island, NY to name a few. We eventually ended up in Sylacauga, AL and were divorced later on that year.
I remained in Sylacauga for several years with our four children, Laura, Karen, Elaine and Robert. My oldest daughter, Laura, graduated from high school in Sylacauga and was selected as the first female from Alabama to attend the West Point Academy. She attended the Academy for a year before deciding the Army was not for her. She now resides in Daphne, AL and is a Rehabilitation Specialist specializing in special seating for the handicapped. My other three children and I moved to Birmingham (Homewood) in 1976 and I have lived here ever since.
I initially worked for the Financial Director of OB/GYN at UAB as his assistant. I attended many classes (computer and business) while employed there. I worked there until 1984 when I married Charles Beard. We lived in Homewood and owned and operated a durable medical equipment company together until our divorce three years ago. We sold our home in Homewood and I purchased a condo in Vestavia Hills where I currently reside.
My second daughter, Karen, attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham and graduated with a degree in Marketing. She and her husband, Greg Otwell, live in Nashville, TN and both are Rehab Specialists specializing in handicapped children�s seating. They are both vice-presidents of National Seating & Mobility, Inc.
My third daughter, Elaine, attended Milsaps College in Jackson, MS and currently lives in Birmingham. She works in the office of Homewood High School. She and her husband, Clay Bryan, have two children - Jeremy, 9 years old and Lauren, 4 years old. Needless to say, the two grandchildren are the apples of their grandmother�s eye!
My son, Robert, graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and was working on his graduate degree from Columbia University in New York City when he became ill. He died in 1991 after a brief illness. He was a playwright and had written several plays; some of which were �read� and produced in New York off-Broadway. I plan to pursue the production of his plays eventually.
I currently work at Regions Operations Center in Birmingham as an Executive Assistant to the senior Vice-president and Regional Financial Officer of the Support Group Financial Management Department. Our department manages Regions� money (budgeting, financial reporting and tracking).
My interests include reading, visiting the beach as often as I can, travelling and my grandchildren. I plan to retire in the next few years and want to settle near Foley - perhaps Daphne/Fairhope area. As I stated above, my life has been rather routine and mundane; however, I have enjoyed most of it and am glad to be alive and fairly healthy. I just cannot believe so much time has passed so quickly!
