Lois Potratz:  

Life I am not quite sure how I got on to Classmates.com but here I am and here goes... After High School I hit the road to Tucson AZ and received my degree from U of A in 1980. At various times I roomed with Diane McGregor and Sue Rothrock. Having a rather "narrow" degree in Theatre Design I moved to NYC to work with a Broadway designer. One thing led to another and I acheived my goal of becoming a starving artist in the city. Part of that particular lifestyle is moving around from job to job and I worked in Tucson,, Michigan, California and Forida while maintaining a residence in NYC. Sounds better that it actually was... While in Fla. I worked for Ringling Bros designing clowns (yep -that is really a job..) and had a bit of an accident while I was out with some clowns one night ( no I am not making it up ) Anyhoo - I lost the use of my right arm for awhile so I moved back to NYC where I would not have to drive and was hired by Ford Models as a lowly agent. After 5 years of clawing my way upward in a nasty business I was running several tv depts for them but quickly burning out. Somehow Oil of Olay hired me to be their Spokesperson ( I was a "beauty expert ) so I did that and filled in my time teaching some classes in NY and hosting Fashion segments for QVC. Enter my future husband. We m...Expand for more