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JIM (James E.) GUIGLI

My family moved from Northbrook northwest to Cary, IL during the summer of ’59. In the fall I began a one-year term at Bradley University in Peoria. After that I worked in Cary until I enlisted in the Army in December, 1962. I spent 1963 in Missouri and Monterey (Russian), and then two years in northern Japan (USASA).

After the Army I returned to Cary for a year, working in Barrington and Lake Forest before heading to California to attend the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA Photography ’70). Except for two years in Arcata, CA (Humboldt State U. MA Art ’73) and two years in Portland, OR, I lived in the SF Bay Area until 2003 when I and my wife moved to Carmichael near Sacramento.
I met Fran, a fellow volunteer, at the dog park in Richmond in 1993. We were married in Carmel in May of 1995 (first marriage for each). Her work, after her degrees in English from UW in Seattle and UC Berkeley, has been in university development administration at UC Berkeley and now at Sacramento State U. We like to spend time together traveling, or at home with our pets, just relaxing and growing heirloom tomatoes.

The February Reunion was our first cruise, something we want to do again. We have traveled together to GB and France, and are planning a trip to Italy. (We are studying Italian together.)

My work since leaving Glenbrook, with the exception of the Army and some time at the Post Office, has all been in some kind of engineering, for private firms and UC Berkeley, including 22 years at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

Before meeting Fran I did a lot of single-guy stuff, in part explaining why it took so long to get married. I spent more than a decade in firearms competition and decades playing basketball (GS Warriors fantasy camps with Don Nelson in ’91, ’92, and ’93).

Currently I am trying to finish our new kitchen. We also have a ’64 Chris-Craft to restore. Finally, I am at the beginning of a new career, mystery writing.

I am looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in IL in June.
    

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