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Carol Hass Perkins

The 50th reunion is today so I feel the pressure to update my bio. I contribute my success in life by acknowledging my childhood activities in Piedmont whether it was with friends, at school, church, Camp Augusta, my family, the Bagpipe band and of course the teachers.
I still 'work' as a dental hygienist. I take a lot of photos of people's mouths and I have contributed to a total of 26 dental articles. I collaborate with the scientific writer Nancy W. Burkhart, EdD, BSDH AFAAOM and contribute to dental hygiene magazine called RDHmag and also Crest Procter & Gamble called dentalcare.com. Thank you along Mr. Killian and the other English teachers. Nowadays articles are just email and publication happens a lot faster than years ago when I would simply snail mail article.
I am married to the most wonderful man on earth. We have 4 grandchildren and one more on the way. In our spare time we like to garden and travel. We are entertained by our 16- month-old labradoodle named Maui. My 95-year-old Mom said, "I had a friend named Sydney once." Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight. Carol

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I am grateful for such a rewarding start in life that Piedmont has provided. A few highlights of the past forty years include the fact that I have not worn a white or black pleated skirt since high school.

I graduated from Fresno State College 1973 in Health Science. I received my dental hygiene degree in 1975 from Fresno City College. I felt like Miss America when my name was announced as the winner of the Leadership and Professionalism Award from hygiene school. I truly have enjoyed my thirty four years of work. The use of computers in a dental office has made my work so much easier and better.

Later, I volunteered at many events. I taught at my kid’s schools about brushing, flossing and CATS which is Children Against Tobacco and Smoking. I was Vice President of the PTA and helped out in the kids classrooms. Next, I published a few times in a dental hygiene journal. I went meeting in Sacramento at the Department of Health Services to help hundreds to thousands of people with tick borne diseases such as Lyme. This event got my picture, in color, on the front page, above the fold, of the Oakland Tribune and four other newspapers.

My daughter graduated from San Diego State and works for Fidelity. My son graduated from UCLA and is employed with Chevron. I feel so proud of their accomplishments.

The love of my life and husband is a geologist. His oldest son works at an airport for TSA. His daughter sells school bonds. The youngest son is just getting started and working a little after recently graduating from college.

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