50th Wrap up, Pics & Participants

IT'S A WRAP!

Group Video! 50th!!

REUNION WEEKEND PICTURES!

MORE PICTURES OF ALL KINDS:  PHOTO BLAST!

 

   TOMORROW SPECIAL EVENT!    FREE!

   THURSDAY, SEPT. 3rd @ 10:30am PDT

    ZOOM IN:           the fate of the Class of 1976   zoom link   

And / or preview all 42 survey pie charts and results here:  (click on "Slideshow" button to view it on full screen):    SLIDESHOW OF RESULTS OF 42 CLASS SURVEY QUESTIONS

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11rJ0oFis98pSCgl0TgGtfvsARvWV-OILkncjrxIu3Sk/edit?usp=sharing

 

ADD MORE PICTURES HERE: 

           MADRONO YEARBOOK 2026  (SO FAR)

FOR OUR REUNION YEARBOOK:  send your short bio, words of wisdom, and / or favorite picture to:

benjmsher@gmail.com

also: please send art submissions and poems; we are going to self publish !!  Stay Tuned!

 

GET YOUR GEAR ON:  www.PalyAlumniStore.com  Cups, Caps, Shirts, amazing things!  Order today so they arrive before Reunion!  Classmate James Kelly set this up specially for our 50th!  Check it out for your favorite item!

 

 

LIST OF ALL ATTENDEES TO SATURDAY NIGHT EVENT

   
1 Ben Sher
2 Diana Dole
4 Eddie and Lori Scher
5 Lori Monasmith Hay
7 Sonya and Gary Bradski
8 Leslie Mills
9 Anne Nachtsheim Forburger
10 Polly Walton Timmerman
11 James Kelly
12 Lara Tierney Wilent
13 Oets Emmons
14 Joan Markoff
15 Charles Ponce De Leon
16 Mary Aarts Zweng
17 Susan Gloystein
18 Nancy Rogers Brady
19 Lucinda Waggener Abbott
20 Diane Benham Sampson
21 Tom Carlson
22 Jan Schmidt Spano
23 Margo Monson Staton
24 Cheryll Acton
25 Erica Prince
26 Jay Schlumpberger
27 Thomas Buzzard
28 Phil Sisson
29 Erin Dede Swezey
31 Tom and Mary Simanek
32 Randy Hall
34 Pete & Diana Hallesy
35 Leila Jacobson Noel
36 Sandra Joo Wagner
37 Mark Bell
38 Steve Corchado
39 Mark Satterlee
41 Jerrry Brown & Judy Kraus Brown
42 Julie Fiene Yeager
43 Nina Peschcke-Koedt
44 Mike Birkes
46 Ron & Kim Kramer
47 Joanne Brumbaugh Archer
49 Abby Grossman and Glen Dayton
50 Deborah Lawder Sullivan
51 Richard Cuevas
52 Tad Williams
53 Betsy Britton Abraham
54 Mary Del Favero Page
55 Steve Brennan
57 Doug & Carol Heckinger
58 Marie Olsen
60 Mark Allen and Katie Mason
61 Barbara Weis
62 Michael Birkes
63 Eric Cretarolo
64 Monique Vescia
66 Jim and Enid (Baumgardner) Greenfield
67 Donn Paulk
68 Robert Schlaefli
69 Martha Mann Sedgley
71 Ronald Nitz, Brett Farnam
73 Jean Roberta Leong and guest
75 Mark and Ellyn Wong
76 Jim Lehman
77 Christy Crews
79 Mary Lowe
80 Paul Jaqua
81 Donny Lobree
82 Charles Cullen
83 Eric Nordman
84 John Rovegno
85 Dene Rowell
86 Diane Cuccia Peterson
87 Judy Alexander
88 Lise Sorenson Brunhart
89 Boris Zuboz
91 Richard and Jill Lee 
92 Christopher Pittman
93 Steve Lum
94 Amy Alleman
96 Vanessa Hemphill 
97 Sandra Joo Wagner and Kevin Crane
98 Janine Bisharat
99 Keith Nordman

100 Erik Towle
101 Bruce Dewing
102  Holly Thuman
103  Harrison and Karen Roth
104 Rosanna Davis
106 Gretchen Diether Haake and Tom Haake
107 Cici Lipset
109 Tim and Kathy Slatterley
110 Jennifer Long

111 Martin Johnson

113 Karen Chequer Pfeiffer and Jeff 

114 Maile Buker

115 Kathy Jones Berg and Doug

116 Robert Sloan

117 Chris Best

118  Mara Salter Brill and Bryan Brill

119  Stuart Spaulding

120  Scott Mellberg

121  Glenn Barrall

122 James Harrow

123  Cathy Cumberpatch Ogle

124  Don Holland

125  Cormac and Rhonda Kelly

126  Paul and Michelle Price

127  Peter Bistrup

128  Dana Mills

129  Ernestor Mexicano

130  Bart Greene

131  Ken Kendrick

132 Joe Ryan

133 Kurt Abrams

134 Apologies to anyone missing!

135 People who attended Friday or Sunday but not Saturday evening 

FIRST EVENT, FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 21st, 7 to 10pm

No host food and drinks at the Patio in downtown Palo Alto: 412 Emerson St.

(YOU CAN ARRIVE EARLY AND ORDER A LEISURELY DINNER OR GET FOOD AT 7 OR LATER, EITHER WAY)

https://www.thepatiopa.com/

Free parking across the street or in the nearby City of Palo Alto garage at Bryant / Lytton Garage (tesla chargers) or anywhere on the streets of Palo Alto after 5pm.

 

SECOND EVENT, SATURDAY MORNING, 10:45 AM:

TOUR OF THE PALY CAMPUS! 

Gather at 10:45 a.m. at the (fabulous, new Peery Gym) off of Churchill St.

2 hour tour -- bring water

Optional: brunch / lunch at Town & Country, before or after the tour. Keep in mind that our main event is only four hours after the tour is over. So plan accordingly.
(We will be starting the tour with the great Class of 1956!)

 

THIRD EVENT, BANQUET AT MICHAELS (by the Bay):

5pm - 11pm

2960 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA  

https://shorelinelinks.com/michaels-bar-grill/

Great food, curated music by your classmates, slideshow reels, and other fun stuff!

 

FOURTH and FINAL EVENT--PICNIC AT FOOTHILLS PARK (Foothills Nature Preserve)

11am - 3pm

3300 Page Mill Rd., Los Altos, CA -- proceed to the Oak Grove picnic area at far end of the lawn

$6 entry fee per car (carpoolers meet at main Paly parking lot at 10:30am)

Bring your own lunch and / or bbq gear 

There are flush toilets at the picnic site as well as a water fountain/water bottle fill station.

Park rules:  No smoking/vaping  No alcohol  No drones  No dogs on weekends