Thomas Rutenbeck:  

In high school I was the guy always playing the trumpet. I played in college too, but it didn't turn out to be my long term calling. I live in Milwaukee. I am married to Carol Krage Rutenbeck (who went to South Division), since 1980. We have two grown daughters, Melody and Holly. We also have 4 grandchildren. I also have one other grown daughter, Theresa, and 4 grandchildren, from his my first marriage, to Mary Ferber Rutenbeck (Class of '66). My schools include Wauwatosa West High School. I later attended UW-Waukesha, UW- Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). . I went back to UWM, when I was 42 years old, and completed my BA degree by taking classes part time while I worked full time. I am now retired, from the US Postal Service, where I was a manager and technical specialist., Soon after retirement in 2010, I was diagnosed with heptacellular carcinoma.(aka liver cancer). The appropriate long term treatment was a liver transplant, which I had do...Expand for more