Grosse Pointe North High School Class of 1971

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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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!

Karen Walker (Dionne)

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

From Karen:Karen Dionne is the author of the international bestseller The Marsh King’s Daughter, a psychological suspense novel set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the U.S. and 25 other languages.

A Michigan Notable Book and winner of the Barry Award for Best Novel and Suspense Magazine's Crimson Scribe Award, The Marsh King’s Daughter was also named one of the best books of 2017 by iBooks, Hudson Booksellers, Powell's Books, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Irish Independent, Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, and many other booksellers and reviewers.

The Marsh King's Daughter is currently in development as a major motion picture directed by Oscar-nominated Morten Tyldum (Passengers; The Imitation Game).

When she's not writing, Karen enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband in Detroit’s northern suburbs.

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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

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Nancy Wilton (Ernst)

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Email:qvccrazyme@aol.com City:BOYNTON BEACH State/Prov.:FL Country:US Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse / significant other name:David No. of grandchildren:4

From Nancy :I started my banking career with Detroit Bank & Trust/ Comerica in 1973. I moved to Florida in 1990 and continued in banking here. Found banking in Florida very different. I started as an Asst Mgr then became a Manager and a Regional Manager. I now manage a branch of Iberiabank which is headquartered in New Iberia, LA. We are known as "The Hottest Bank in Town" because our headquarters is the home of tabasco sauce. I have two step-children who live in St. Louis with their families and one natural daughter that lives in Hibbing MN with her family. I am an advocate of community involvement. I have been the President of a local Children's non-profit, I serve on the Governing Board of a Charter School and I am Chairman of the Board of the Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce. Since this last mini biography, I retired. However, my husband and I enjoy traveling around the state doing craft shows. I make jewelry and sell at shows all over Florida. Enjoying the heck out of life!

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Bob Woolley

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Email:wbobwoolley@aol.com City:Clarkston State/Prov.:MI Country:US Occupation:Engineer Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse / significant other name:Judi No. of grandchildren:One - boy Undergrad & graduate schools:Oakland University

From Bob:

I will be married 30 years this coming summer. I have three well adjusted adult children, two of which were married within 4 days of each other last year. One grandson that just blessed us last November; which I was able to visit on Hawaii, thank you oldest son for joining and staying in the Air Force. My daughter married a pro golfer and is living down in Clearwater. Yes we alter visits between Florida and Hawaii, only way to see the kids. Third boy is gaining momentum in life, I just need to be patient. I have the best job ever at this point in my life, responsible for coordinating shared tooling @ GM for the new Malibu and Cadillac between United States, Korea and China. Lots of opportunity to save GM investment dollars.

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