Mark Schmidt:  

Life Update, Oct 2014: Alive and well in CR. Single; co-habit with a Golden Retriever. 2 kids, son 32, (a funeral director) daughter 31, (a jewler) both in Chicagoland. No grandkids at this date. School Some may remember me as one of the Science Center kids (geeks?) where I worked most mornings before school and did a lot of presentations to younger kids at other schools with animals, geology & chemistry shows; related, you might have bumped into me at Hawkeye Seed, where I ran the pet department for most of HS and some of college. I was also one of the co-editors of the Plain Brown Wrapper, and a contributing writer. Some may remember that I was a terrible singer, a mediocre dancer but a damn fine promoter for the summer stock Music Man '75 and sometimes hung with the drama-artsy bunch. I doubt anybody remembers that I was on the track team, where my spikes ran more races than I did. I was a card carrying member of IDGS 75. I liked to do outdoor stuff with a bunch of guys and sometimes hung out with the Enright jazz ensemble when they jammed, but they wouldn't ever let me play (good reason). I guess I tried to touch all the groups possible and make a lot of friends, cruise the Ave a...Expand for more