Diane Dale:  

Hi. I was that girl in the background without a clue about pretty much anything. I can't say that CHS was all that great for me and I have been out of touch since I left New City 37 years ago. The reunion invite came at an interesting time for me as my Dad died earlier this year and it has been a time of reflection. I've enjoyed scrolling down the names of former classmates and reading the posted stories. I now live in Charlottesville, VA with my husband Jack Robertson and our 17 yr old daughter Olivia. After a slow start. I managed to pull it together and have been living a pretty interesting life. I took a class in Ecology at RCC and discovered my inner-environmentalist. I studied landscape architecture (BLA, SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry; MLA, University of Pennsylvania; post-grad, Universita di Genova, Italy) and have focused on environmental planning and design at the city and regional scale. I returned from studies in Europe in 1981 to what had been the worst recession, reluctantly moved Nashville for employment, and have been in the South ever since. I spent a number of years in Washington DC before moving to Charlottesville for my husband's employment at University of Virginia. I've been Director of Community Design at William McDonough + Partners for ten plus years. In that capac...Expand for more