Jo Paoletti:
CLASS OF 1967
New Milford High SchoolClass of 1967
New milford, CT
Syracuse UniversityClass of 1971
Syracuse, NY
North Platte High SchoolClass of 1967
North platte, NE
Westwood High SchoolClass of 1967
Westwood, NJ
Jo's Story
Born in Nebraska while my father was attending college on the G.I. Bill, I spent my first eight years worshipping my big brother and dreaming about growing up to be a cowboy. We moved to New Jersey and then to Connecticut, and after high school graduation I headed to Syracuse University to major in journalism. By graduation, I had changed majors twice and married a very nice fellow I met at a dining hall protest our freshman year. Unable to shake my interest in the history of dress, I finally took the graduate school plunge at the University of Rhode Island, where the research bug bit me hard.In 1976 I accepted a one-year teaching appointment at a university I'd never heard of in a state I had never visited, and I have been here in Maryland ever since.
I enjoy all kinds of mu...Expand for more
sic, sampling craft beer, watching Hindi films, and playing tourist in the Washington-Baltimore area. Our daughter, Maria lives nearby with her family, including our teenaged granddaughter and grandson Solomon, who is nearly six. Our son Danny lives and works in Baltimore, when he isn't off playing in an Ultimate tournament.
I retired from the University of Maryland in July, 2017. Looking forward to more writing, more train travel, and more beer! I attended my 50th high school reunion in both Connecticut (New Milford, where I actually graduated) and Nebraska (North Platte, to see grade school classmates and to figure out who I'd be if I hadn't moved away). I couldn't make it to the Westwood HS reunion, but would love to hear from old classmates from Ketler Elementary School.
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