Grosse Pointe North High School Class of 1971

John Tellis

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Email:jatellis@netscape.net City:Mt. Pleasant State/Prov.:MI Country:US Occupation:Undersheriff Marital Status:Single No. of Children:1 Undergrad & graduate schools:Michigan State University, B.S. Portland State University, M.S.

From John:

After graduating from Michigan State I moved west to Oregon. There I dabbled in a couple of fields (social work and logging) before landing on law enforcement. The Portland Police Bureau provided the opportunity to serve and for 26 years I did everything from uniform patrol to division commander. Michigan always beckoned to me and upon my retirement from the Police Bureau I returned to be with family (dad and two sisters) and to continue my work with the Isabella County Sheriff Department. It has been one year and everything is as good as I remember.

My son is still in Portland so my annual trip will be going west instead of heading east to Michigan as I did for so many years (my Portland friends never understood the idea of going to the mid west for a vacation).

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Gay Titterington (Nibling)

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Email:gnosek6849@comcast.net City:Rochester Hills State/Prov.:MI Country:US Occupation:Court Reporter Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse / significant other name:Greg Nibling No. of grandchildren:4

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Roger Ulmer

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Email:rwulmer@comcast.net City:Grosse Pointe Woods State/Prov.:MI Country:US Occupation:Quality Engineer Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 Spouse / significant other name:Susan No. of grandchildren:0 Undergrad & graduate schools:WMU and Lawrence Tech.

From Roger:There are a lot of old classmates that I would really love to see again, even if only for a few hours. I hope everyone that reads this can attend. I'm looking forward to it.

Cheers,

Roger

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Diane Venettis (Peers)

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Email:dpeers@att.net UNDEL 1/19/16 City:Charlotte State/Prov.:NC Country:US Occupation:Special Assets - Fffth Third Bank Marital Status:Divorced No. of Children:2 Undergrad & graduate schools:Western Michigan/Wayne State

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Mary Vitale (Dermody)

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Email:mbvitale@rmi.net City:Denver State/Prov.:CO Country:US Occupation:Board of Director Website:. Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1 Spouse / significant other name:Neil Dermody Undergrad & graduate schools:Hillsdale College, U of Colorado, Wharton@ U of Penn

From Mary:After GPN I went to Hillsdale College and I recieved a BA in education where I played varsity tennis and was a cheerleader, then off to grad school at the U of Colorado in Boulder, as a teaching assistant and recieved an Masters in Science. I fell in love with the mountains and the dry, sunny weather and stayed. I was a ski bum at Winter Park then off to sales with Carnation company. Moved up the ranks to National Sales Manager in wholesale then Regional VP of Sales for Adolf Coors Company. Met Neil Dermody and married in 1988. Our daughter Kathleen was born on Christmas Day in 1991. Went back to school at Wharton and received an Advanced Management degree. I then worked at US west cellular, then AT&T as President and corporate officer for their local business in the West. I then ran a few internet start ups and after the tech bubble settled into sitting on public boards of directors. Currently I chair the Nominating and Governance Committee for a $3.6 billion financial holding company as well as past Chair of the National Association of Corporate Directors-Colorado Chapter and Co-Chair of Women Corporate Directors. I also train boards across the world on cyber security and corporate governance. My daughter attended Santa Clara University and played lacrosse. She works in San Francisco as an e-commerce analytics manager. I still play competitive USTA tennis, ski at our home in Vail and love to entertain. Can't wait to see everyone at the reunion.

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Anthony Viviani

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Email:aviviani@atamichigan.com City:Grosse Pointe Woods State/Prov.:MI Country:US Occupation:Attorney Website:www.ajvivianipllc.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4 Spouse / significant other name:Karleen Undergrad & graduate schools:University of Detroit/Detroit College of Law

From Anthony:It's been a long, but rewarding journey. After graduation from North, I attended the University of Detroit where I earned a degree in History/Philosphy and post graduation I worked in the family business for about twenty years. In 1978 I made the best decision in my whole life and married my wife Karleen who has put up with me for the past wonderful 33 years. In 1986 I decided to go to law school in the evenings and entered Detroit College of Law and received my Juris Doctor in 1990 with concentrations in Real Estate and Tax. Over the years, I've worked as Regional and National Underwriting Counsel for almost every title insurer, Past President of the Michigan Land Title Association and have been published on several occassions by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan on various real estate topics as well as being a member of the Michigan Land Title Standards committee. Karleen and I have four children, Mario, Christina, A.J. and Michael. Mario has his own insurance agency in the metro area, Christina is Lead Designer for Adrienne Vittidini in New York, A.J. is a Computer Animator in Orlando and Michael is a chef at the Capital Grille in Troy. My wife Karleen retired from Grosse Pointe Public Schools in 2010 after teaching for 34 years and now helps me with my law firm and title company, American Title Agency where we are opening our newest office on Notre Dame in the Village this May. We have been blessed with a wonderful life and I hope yours has been wonderful too!

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Karen Walker (Dionne)

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Email:karendionne@bksp.org City:Shelby Township State/Prov.:MI Occupation:novelist Website:www.karendionne.net Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4

From Karen:First off, I just want to say how cool it is to read the various notes and find out what folks are up to.

Secondly, I want to say how sorry I am that I'll miss the reunion - I'll be running a writers conference in NYC that weekend.

And thirdly, here's a little about me and what I'm up to now (please excuse the formality of the language - this is from my official bio):

Karen Dionne is the internationally published author of Freezing Point, a science thriller nominated by RT Book Reviews as Best First Mystery of 2008. A second environmental thriller, Boiling Point, about an erupting volcano, a missing researcher, and a radical scheme to end global warming is forthcoming from Berkley December 28, 2010, and in audio from Audible.com.

Karen is cofounder of the online writers community Backspace, which has over 1,400 members in a dozen countries, and organizes the Backspace Writers Conferences held in New York City every year. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers, where she serves on the board of directors as Vice President, Technology. She is also Managing Editor of the International Thriller Writers’ newsletter and webzine, The Big Thrill.

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Debi Wegner (Ihrie)

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Email:bihrie@aol.com City:Grosse Pointe Woods State/Prov.:MI Country:US Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse / significant other name:Bob Ihrie No. of grandchildren:1 grandson with another on the way Undergrad & graduate schools:Hillsdale/ Marygrove

From Debi:

After graduation, I attended Hillsdale College and Marygrove College where I graduated with a degree in Human Ecology and proceeded to work in the retail world spending most of my working years at Saks Fifth Avenue downtown. I married Bob,an attorney in the area in 1975 and we have stayed in Grosse Pointe for the past 35 years. We have 3 children all graduated from GPN with lots of the same teachers- pretty weird. My oldest, Meredith a U-M grad, went on to be a middle school teacher in Brighton before having the cutest little boy on earth- Will. They now have moved into Grosse Pointe so they are nice and close. Second child, Tom, graduated from Northwood University and has done alot of traveling, living in the Dominican Republic and Buenos Aires. Youngest son, Parker, is in law school at WSU and is now clerking for the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.

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Martha Whitehouse (Gray)

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Email:plgray@umich.edu City:ann arbor State/Prov.:MI Country:US Occupation:physician internist Website:www.piim.org Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse / significant other name:Larry Gray No. of grandchildren:one Undergrad & graduate schools:University of Michigan undergrad and medical school

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John Whiteley

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Email:liljon@bellsouth.net City:Buford State/Prov.:GA Country:US Marital Status:Divorced No. of Children:1 No. of grandchildren:1

From John:simi retired

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