Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:48 PM
Bill: I just recently signed up for classmates.com and got an email from Jerry Zeiger telling me of your web site. I spent some time looking at the pictures. The pictures of the dorm (I believe it was named "Fred") were a shock. It was also pretty sad to find out who had passed away. I guess I let myself get out of touch yet I think about the New Division a lot. I was amazed to see the photograph of the Jacobs family, especially since I have a duplicate. The last time I saw them was in 1972 when the Navy took me to Lima. Once I start thinking about those times, the memories flood back. (I have been gifted with a pretty good memory). Things have gone well for me. I still live in San Diego and cannot think of a better place to live. I have been a lawyer for 25 years, and am certified as a Family Law Specialist (big words to say I am a divorce lawyer). I have managed to get myself pretty well established in my field. I have never gotten married and being a divorce lawyer doesn't make me want to. Many people cannot understand it but I am very happy in my very tranquil home life, as opposed to the wild life I have each day at the office. I am certainly not as thin as I used to be, but I had a lot of room to expand. My hair is now grey moving quickly into white, but I still have it. I manage to get in a few road trips and have had a lot of fun photographing ghost towns, castles, California Missions, and surfing. (That and many other things that catch my fancy). I am as conservative as I always was. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, I was pretty controversial in San Diego because of my political activities. I have not been as active recently, though I still am quite involved, as I have to attend to business. God has really been good to me, I have essentially no health issues to think about. I am able to do the things I really want to do. I am quite interested in what has been happening with you and the others. The only one I have stayed in touch with is Norm Ross as we still exchange Christmas cards. I was in contact with Art Webster a decade or so ago when he was living in Carlsbad, just up the road. He decided to head off to Mexico and that was the last I heard of him. I hope all is well with you and I often recall the stir you and I would cause as partners in our project in Peru. How many times did we have to show i.d. before they would believe that we carried the last names of the sitting and former president. Once the Peruvians confirmed our names they would usually say: "My name is Belaunde" who you may recall was President then, until he was ousted six months later.
Always, Stanwood
