Robert Reid

Profile Updated: September 19, 2024

In what city/state do you currently live?	Eau Claire, WI USA

Spouse/Partner?	Jayne Freij

What former classmates have you stayed in touch with? Do you still get together?	Mark Heninger Brian Usher others on FB

Children / Grandchildren? (Great Grandchildren?!)	Children: Laura, Julia, Alice, Sam Grandchildren: Parker, Wesley, Harris, Ruth

What are your favorite school stories from your time at LPHS?

Crowning Tom Meier Miss Lake Park on a band trip to Winnipeg.
Hanging out in the band practice rooms.
Having Heninger, Mark Quandee, and others over to my house to meet Martin Mull.

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What have you been doing since leaving high school?

English Teacher 9th grade, Worthington MN; children's librarian Pueblo CO and Eau Claire WI, Senior Lecturer University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for 24 years - now retired. Author of 18 books on different aspects of children's literature and 2 picture books - one of them Wave Goodbye - is part of a statue in the Itasca Public Library. WI Librarian of the Year, WI Storyteller of the Year.

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What Junior High did you go to?

Itasca (now Peacock)

Have you lived in any other states?

Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin

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Did you have a favorite teacher? Who was it, and how did they impact your life?

Joe Bosslet, encouraged my writing; Mike Dice, encouraged my acting, John Macarek, tennis team

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