Susan Rendahl:  

Life Attended Sam Levy (2nd grade) and Torrance Elemantary (3rd -6th grades) schools in Torrance CA. Family moved to Tempe, AZ in 1975. I went to Powell Jr High and Mesa High. Followed up at ASU where I received a Master of Architecture degree in 1987. I moved to California working for a home builder designing homes. I married Bill Rendahl (MHS class '82) in 1990 and together we have a beautiful daughter now25 years old, a Red Mountain HS, NAU and Belmont University (Nashville) graduate.. We moved back to Mesa in 1996 and enjoy running our own businesses. I also teach architecture classes at Mesa Community College. College I remember riding my bicycle the six miles to ASU most days as gas was expensive in 1981 - $1.25 per gallon!! Dodging traffic was not fun but at least I didn't have the hassle of finding parking or walking from lot 59. (This was before ASU built all the parking garages) The most fun during my college days was a semester of study in London, England. It was an independent study program with the Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln. We lived in a "flat" in an apartment building called Portsea Hall. The place was located above and behind a middle-eastern mens club which had belly dancing all night. The music poured into our paper thin walls - all night, every night! After our studies were complete my ASU group traveled for another 4 weeks in Europe. We rode night trains, showered at the train stations and saw all the architectural sites. The year was 1986. The...Expand for more