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Terry Schwaner

After graduation I attended Palomar Community College in CA. After marrying Lila in our senior year, we moved on to Southeast LA College and graduated in 1967. Earned a MS degree in Biology at Auburn in 1969, and worked for the USAF Civil Service as a Research Biologist in survival training until 1975; during that time Amy and Jenni were born. Entered the University of Kansas and received a Ph.D. in Biology in 1979. After a post-doctoral stint in molecular biology and LSUNO Medical Center, we spent 9 years in Australia, where Lila continued to teach and I worked as Curator of Reptiles at the South Australian Muesum. We left Australia in 1990 and for a brief time lived in Virginia. The kids by this time were in college. I left museum work in 1991 and started teaching HS AP Biology at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. After 4 years we left the humidity of Mobile for the pleasantries of Southern Utah, where I was appointed Assistant Professor of Biology - stayed 7 years earning tenure and Associate Professor - by this time the girls had both graduated from university with terminal degrees, Amy a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry and Jenni an MFA in Costume Design, and Lila earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership. So we all were educated far beyond our intelligence! We moved on to North Georgia College and State University - both of us in department head roles. I earned tenure (again) and full-professorship, and Lila decided it was time to retire. We moved again to Ohio, where I became Dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Findlay, earning tenure for a 3rd time! We have two grandchildren, Cameron (9) and Cassie (6), and I decided to semi-retire to NY to be near them - surprisingly, I was asked to be Dean of Life and Health Sciences at a Community College nearby! Lila and I have been married for 46 years and we hope for many more. Thanks to Jim for setting this up, and to Judy for keeping us up-to-date. So sorry to hear about the deceased members of our class - they were good friends to all of us and even after all these years faint memories of them still shine through. All the best to everyone.

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