Laird Rodet:
CLASS OF 1969
Costa Mesa High SchoolClass of 1969
Costa mesa, CA
Laird's Story
Laird Rodet, Associate Director/Kronos Quartet, joined Kronos' management team in 1995 to raise contributions toward the development of new projects. He was previously Assistant Director of the Dance Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, General Manager and CEO of the Oakland Ballet Association, Executive and Producing Director of Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, and Assistant Fine Arts Librarian at the University of Utah's Marriott Library. He is currently a Mayoral appointee for San Francisco's Arts Task Force and serves on the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Special Merit Awards Committee for the Grammys. He has previously served on panels for the California Arts Council, the Arts Commission of Santa Clara County, the City of Oakland Cultural Arts Division, and the San Francisco Arts Commission, among others. He has lived in San Francisco since 1983. He has a daughter, Ashley, who is a family law attorney practicing in San Francisco. Laird's wife, Sharon Shepherd, is a studio artist and is employed by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
"I remember being miserable in high school. The only classes I enjoyed were my music classes with Gerry Schraeder who left to teach at Golden West College. My math teacher, Mr. Corco...Expand for more
ran, was a complete _ _ _ tard and though I got A's in his class, I never took another math class for the rest of my life. The PE teachers were ridiculously and especially stupid. Regardless of a terrible education at CMHS, I was the first of three students to graduate in the school district at the age of 17 as a Junior, after only 3 years of mediocre learning. I became the foster child of the Senior Class of 1969, rejected by those older than I, and hated by those my age I was leaving behind. One particularly devastating memory was being booed down and having pennies thrown at me from the gym bleachers as I gave my speech to the student body about why I was running for Junior Class President. The faculty stood by and did nothing and not one "friend" offered any sympathy to me after this humiliating experience. My hand-painted campaign posters in neon-electric graphics were systematically ripped down and the idiot who won the election as a joke through write-in votes (Robert somebody) turned out to be the Bush of CMHS -- a total idiot and _ _ _ hole who was a complete disaster. I eagerly moved on to college, realizing there was nothing and no one to keep me back. The rest is history and I've had a great life. So f _ _ k Costa Mesa High School."
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