Larry Jensen

In 2026, I've been retired for 12 years now and I live quietly with my spouse in a cottage in Draper, Utah. At 72, we are happy, healthy and grateful.

After Skyline I married Holly Anderson (class of 73) and went to college at the U. of U. and I worked for Procter and Gamble Distributing Company, in various positions for 20 years. I got divorced in 1981 and I remarried Kathleen Johnson (Viewmont 73) that same year. I lived in Sandy Utah from 1974-2004 and in Draper to the present.

In the 1990's, I made a sharp career turn, left P&G and expanded my wife's business, The Newcastle School. We worked happily together for 20 years from 1994-2014, at which time we both retired.

These days, now in our 70s, we travel a little but spend most of our time at home, living day-day. We walk 10K most days and we are fortunate to be in great health. Our grandchildren are all adults now and so far, all live locally in the Salt Lake Valley so we see them regularly.

Though no longer LDS, I am an obsessive and lifetime BYU fan, I (football, basketball, volleyball, track). I am also obsessed with current world events.

High school was difficult and lonely for me. In retrospect, one reason was I had OCD and undiagnosed low-level Autism which made it difficult to make and retain friendships. To compensate, I worked full-time all through high school and college and spent little time developing relationships, dating and enjoying youth. I should have been a better friend to many people but I did not (and still do not) have those skills. Being uniquely "atypical" turned out to be and advantage to me professionally but its a significant social disability.

I kept in contact with a few people over the years but after I left the church in 2015, I quietly tip-toed away. I went on a couple of hikes with my childhood friend Jeff Grant in 2021. I went to lunch once in 2025 with Scott Howell but I don't think I've talked to a Skyline classmate in the last few years.

I seem to remember only the margins of high school, mostly football with Ken Schmidt and Ron Haun who were patient with me. Seriously, I cannot remember any teachers except Ted Wilson (who graciously gave me all As) and Stan Dodds, who mercifully gave me all Ds, a pitiful upgrade from the Fs I really deserved.

However, my time at Morningside Elementary and Churchill Jr High I remember like yesterday, but Skyline high school is very fuzzy.