Shelton Jackson (Attended 1962-64)
San Angelo, Texas
After going back to the states, I dropped out of high school and worked odd jobs
and played in folk-rock bands until joining the Army in March, 1966. I was sent
to medic school in San Antonio and then to Alaska (Ft. Greeley) where I was
trained in arctic warfare prior to being sent to Viet Nam. I wound up in the
2/27th "Wolfhounds" of the 25th Inf. Div. in Cu Chi as a platoon aid man. I was
shot and hospitalized for 5 months and given a medical discharge. The VA put me
into their "vocational rehab. program" and gave me a battery of tests and got me
into UT El Paso without a HS education. Later, I transferred to U of New Mexico,
where I earned a BUS and MS under the VA program, then went to Medical School
under a Public Health Service Scholarship. I was in family practice for five
years, then went into emergency medicine and became board certified and spent a
20 year career in busy ERs. I have now worked for the State of Texas since 2004
and am currently the Clinical Director at San Angelo State School, where I care
for intellectually disabled patients. I am active in the VFW, and The American
Legion, and serve as local treasurer to the Vietnam Vets of America and am the
commander of the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. My
hobbies are guitar (western swing and jazz), fishing, camping, and we ride
horses and go hunting sometimes. My wife, Diane was a real estate banker in
Dallas in her former life, and is the daughter of a rancher and WW II veteran.
We have two children: Max (28 and single), who works for Scholastic Books in
Manhattan, NY, and Rachel (30 and married), who works as a purchaser for a
defense contractor in Austin. You can contact me at
srjxn@yahoo.com.
Sheila Allen
Jax, Florida
Education: Art School
Song: House of the Rising Sun, as sung by "Tank" at the AYA to the
class of '66
Date: Monday, March 27, 2000
After high school, attended Goethe Inst. in Rothenburg o.d.T. with the idea of
becoming an interpreter down the road. Then dad was sent to Viet Nam and bribed
me into going back to the "states" instead of staying in Germany. Went
back, worked in a hospital 2 years (admitting clerk) saved $, attended a private
Art School, which is now part of Indiana Univ. Married, supported my husband
through his degree, working as a loan officer in a finance company. Raised a
wonderful daughter (now 30), divorced after 15 yrs. We ran away from home in
Indiana, to Florida. Married Mr. Wonderful 12 years ago. Moved with his career
in Mtg. finance, to Baton Rouge, Houston, and back to Florida. Am now a branch
Mgr. for the same finance company, daughter lives here in Fl. also, and Mr.
wonderful and I are starting an in-home business (Sheila's Gift Baskets.com)for
our retirement years. I wasn't planning to attend the reunion after we started
the business, because we need to be ! avail. to any orders that come in, but I'm
re-thinking due to all the '60's and early 70's people showing up! Will see what
works out. Hope to hear from all of you who know me!
Best Memory: hitch hiking to Kitzingen with Linda Blaylock to a dance and
getting a ride in a Mercedes taxi for free because he had a pick up at the other
end! We arrived in style! Or how about the trip to Paris, Tom, Rolph, Randy,and
the Kigers.
Jack Thornburg
Naperville, Illinois
Education: PhD. University of Wisconsin- Madison
Date: January 06, 2000
I went from high school into the army and from there to Vietnam. After several
years of odd jobs and such (trying to find myself, I suppose) I enter enrolled
atVirginia Commonwealth University, received a BS in Sociology and went on to
graduate school at UW- Madison. Got a ph.d in anthropology and after a number of
teaching positions around the country (Univ of Minnesota, Univ of Puget Sound
and others) settled at Benedictine University near Chicago. I am now an
associate
professor of anthropology and also teach in the counseling psychology program.
My email address is JTHORNBURG@BEN.EDU. I have very little memory of my time at
Wurzburg which I attended from 1963 to 1966-- I guess too many adventures over
the years.
Best Memory: I was not too involved in school in those days. My head was
somewhere else and it took me years to finally settle down. I would like to hear
from anyone who remembers me from those days. I look back and have very little
memory of those times.
Judy Doyle (Doughty)
Madison Wisconsin
HI, I left Kitzingen in 1964(?) after my sophomore year and moved to Nebraska. I
graduated from Westside High,1966, then moved to Virginia and attended Old
Dominion U. Norfolk, and Virginia Commonwealth U. Richmond, graduated 1972. Now
married living in Wisconsin, two children both grown, special education teacher,
Best memories (so many) footballs games, being on the softball team, "
making out" on the bus to the games and singing all those crazy songs, and
the AYA, cheerleading, the "stairwells", parties at the housing area,
so many fun people, getting grounded for skipping school, drinking beer in the
forest, sneaking cigarettes in the pool room in the Officer's club,
people..Birdsongs, Kigers, Dickerson Boys, the Smiths, the Talbots, and lots of
kids from Schweinfurt...I can't remember all the names but I'm seeing some of
them as I read the bio's. It was a great and wonderful time and I would love to
go back and see Kitzingen ., what was that ! drink with beer champagne with a
slice of lemon on the top??? We used to be able to walk in anywhere at our age
and get that stuff AMAZING!