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GARY EGER

Updated 7/8/19:

Sorry but I'm going to miss another reunion. Hopefully, I be alive for the 50th. Just wanted to give a quick update in case anyone was curious or wanted to contact me.

Life really hasn't changed much. We are still on Maui but are now empty-nesters. On that note, our only daughter just graduated from Dartmouth this June and is now employed by a laboratory at Stanford researching Alzheimer's. She has a 2 year commitment in this position and is hopeful to enroll in grad school at Stanford after that and get her Ph.D. In a word, she is "amazing" and I still am shocked that she came from my gene pool. Speaking of my gene pool, I recently found out that my Grandfather was an enforcer and hit man for the mob. I guess my family really did start from humble beginnings and has lived the American dream. Aloha, Gary


Updated 6/15/14: I really enjoyed catching up with everybody via email prior to the last reunion and special thanks to all of you who stopped by while vacationing on Maui. My home is always welcome to all of my classmates. Unfortunately, I can't make it to this reunion either so please feel free to contact me via email. Life is pretty much the same with only a few changes: My wife, Linda, finally retired. I was feeling a little guilty as I retired 17 years ago. We spend the bulk of our time on home improvement projects and raising our daughter. Sarah is 17 now and beginning the hunt for a college with the proper fit. At present her interest is in the field of neuropharmacology (brain drugs). She has been doing research on medical Marijuana. As parents, the one rule we insist upon is no self-experimentation. Aloha, Gary


Aloha from Hawaii, Wow - where have the 30 years gone? Well as you may or may not have been aware, my Senior year was not my finest hour. Fortunately, I matured and turned my life around. The "Cliff Notes" version of my life since highschool is that I tooled around Europe, Alaska and Napa Valley for several years "finding myself". I finally ended up graduating from California State University Long Beach with 2 degrees (Marketing and Surveying & Mapping). I was even a candidate for valedictorian but, never used either degree! However, I did get my head screwed on straight.

I met my soul-mate my junior year and we married after graduation. As she is a "local girl" (from Hawaii), we moved to Maui. We've lived here 20 years now. After 10 years of marriage, I finally gave in to my wife's ticking biological clock. While my wife is the love of my life, my daughter is the joy of my life. She is 11 and enrolled in a S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Academy. As I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, it is difficult to keep up with her. She is a computer whiz.

As far as employment goes, I put myself though college waiting tables and then made this occupation my career. I worked my way up to fine dining and was a head waiter, sommelier (wine geek) and maitre d'. I even had the privilage of working at a five star restaurant. I finished my career at the Four Seasons Resort, Maui. Through the years, I did very well financially and made some good investments. I was able to retire 12 years ago. We are not wealthy, just comfortable. It was important to find a balance between spending time with the people I care about and just accumulating money.

Presently, most of my time is spent caring for my daughter, collecting antiques and art, and restoring our historic home. The home is from the 1920s and belonged to the station master of the Maui Railroad. Antiques and art are my passions and our home resembles a museum.

Please send me an email. It can get lonely living on a rock and I would love to hear from you. Also, it seems that everybody someday ends up vacationing on Maui. Please feel welcome to stop by for a glass of wine. Sorry, I don't make tourist drinks with umbrellas in them. Aloha, Gary

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