Janis Duin:
CLASS OF 1971
Severna Park High SchoolClass of 1971
Severna park, MD
University of North Carolina Class of 1975
Greensboro, NC
Severn SchoolClass of 1969
Severna park, MD
Severna Park Elementary SchoolClass of 1965
Severna park, MD
Janis's Story
Received Bachelors and Masters at UNC-Greensboro in Speech Pathology. Worked at that for a while, got married (15 years/military) had two kids, moved around a bit including living in Germany for a couple of years. Came back to Maryland in 1990, got divorced and career migrated into Health Care Management. Currently the Manager of an Imaging Center: MRI, CT, X-Ray etc. Enjoy it very much and now I have time for LIFE!
Loved our 10th, 20th, and 30th reunion (worked on the committee for 30th). Been busy with kids but now both are out on their own. Daughter Lisa is married and finished her Masters at GW. Son Scott graduated from Virginia Tech and moved to Austin, Texas and is getting married in August.
Update: January 2011
Worked on the Reunion Committee for the Sept 2010 Reunion of Classes 1969, 1970, and 1971 at Sandy Point. Reconnected with lots of old friends at the Reunion...but one very special one in particular. Rob Duin and I became good friends back in the 8th grade when we were being bussed over to Northeast.
We never dated but were always good friends all the way through highschool.
We reconnected at the reunion, now both divorced, and the rest is, as they say...history. 43 years in the making, our relationship has grown, despite some terrific complications and odds, and Rob proposed and I said YES! We will be married in the next few months and couldn't be any happier!
Update March 30, 2011
Wedding is next month! We are very happy and looking forward to the wedding. Some old SPHS friends will join us.
Also working on the 40th reunion for the Class of 1971 to be held this fall. Stay tuned for further details about the reunion.
Update April 25, 2011
Rob and I got married this past Saturday. We had a wonderful wedding at Kent Manor in Stevensville, Maryland right across the Bay Bridge. Had a wonderful small ceremony followed by a great...Expand for more
party with lots of family and friends. Everything was perfect and we are so very happy together.
Update October 21, 2011
40th Reunion for Class of 1971 (with 69-73 also attending) was great fun. Was 10 months in the planning and organizing but was great fun! Alumni Happy Hours continue monthly...great way to keep in touch.
On a personal note...in just a few days I hit my first anniversary...not of marriage (that's not till April 2012) but of my Breast Cancer Diagnosis. To be able to say that I am a ONE YEAR BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR is more emotional then you can imagine! Let's keep raising money for research to cure this nasty disease that effects so many people...not just the women...but everyone in their lives.
Thank you my sweet Rob for being there for me every step of the way! ILYR
Update February 2020
We RETIRED in 2016 and moved to Washington State to be closer to our children and grandchildren. Rob's 2 daughters, Mom, and sister lived in the Seattle area and my son and his wife moved to Bainbridge Island. We moved to Sequim, Washington (out on the Olympic Peninsula) in January 2017 and love it here. My son moved to Luxembourg last January 2019) along with his wife and my granddaughter but we have visited and they are currently back here for a visit!
Beginning the planning for our 50th reunion in 2021!
July 2021
We have added 2 more grandchildren...my son and wife had another daughter in 2020 in Luxembourg but then moved back to the states (Texas) earlier this year. Then Rob's youngest daughter had a baby boy just a few weeks ago.
We took a road trip in April to see all the grandchildren (except for the newest grandson who wasn't born yet) and had a great trip!
Planning for our 50th Reunion is going well and we are ALL having great fun going down Memory Lane on the Facebook Reunion Page. Can't wait until September to see everyone!
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