Robert Gunderson:
CLASS OF 1957
Murray County Central High SchoolClass of 1957
Slayton, MN
Columbia High SchoolClass of 1997
East greenbush, NY
Wiesbaden American Middle SchoolClass of 1970
Wiesbaden,
Naha Middle SchoolClass of 1965
Okinawa,
St. James High SchoolClass of 1964
St. james, MN
Robert's Story
Life
After graduation in 1961 with a German major and math and biology minors, I taught for 3 years in St. James, MN.
Wanting to improve my spoken German I applied for a position teaching for the DOD in Germany. With my German background I was offered Okinawa, which I accepted. This allowed me to travel throughout Asia. My application for transfer to Germany came through and I left for Europe.
In Wiesbaden I met my wife and we became parents
After 5 years teaching in Wiesbaden, Germany, we returned to the USA. Shortly thereafter we again became parents giving us two sons.(I refer to the son born in Germany as our import model and the son born in Albay, NY as the domestic.) I again taught German in upstate New York (130 miles) north of NYC and r...Expand for more
etired after 36 years of teaching in 1997 from East Greenbush Central Schools. We downsized in 2005 and now have a townhouse in Rensselaer, NY. Our son and daughter-in-law in Manhattan made us grandparents several years ago and this year (2007) our son in Switzerland and his wife had a son in January. In March (2010) we acquired a Swiss granddaughter. That causes problems with trips to Switzerland for grandchildren birthdays. Once again the son from Manhattan, who now lives in Charlottesville , VA gave us a third grandson in 2012.
Although our "downsizing" resulted in 200 more square feet than our house had, we finished the basement in the the summer of 2012. Now we have room for both sons and their families and 3 1/2 bathrooms!
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