Judith McKee:  

The summer after I graduated from ISTC (now University of Northern Iowa) in 1961 I was waitressing at the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Hwy 218 between Waterloo and Cedar Falls when Arlo Courter from the East High Waterloo Class of '55 brought Bernie McKee from that class in to get some of their delicious ice cream and to meet me. Bernie and I hit it off right away and began dating that evening. We both wound up in the Chicago area where I got my first teaching job. We were married in October 1962 and started a wonderful life together. After my retirement from 30 years of classroom work with mostly first and second graders I worked as an education consultant for 17 years. I taught courses at DePaul University and National Louis University for ten years. One course was on tropical rain forests for teachers. Bernie and I had an amazing time traveling all over the world visiting rain forests so I would be well informed about the subject. The most fun was our trip down the Amazon River in Peru, fishing for piranha, having breakfast with river dolphins, and other simply astounding experiences. As a science consultant I worked in various capacities including a good deal of professional writing and travel. Presenting at conferences, running workshops for teachers, ...Expand for more