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Betty Lynn Kahl Betty Lynn Kahl Robertson
Richmond, Virginia
beau@pdiprint.com
After Atherton, I attended Vanderbilt University and then graduated from the University of Louisville in December 1959 with a degree in Education. I married Beau Robertson December 26, 1959 and then taught in the Jefferson County School System for three years until our daughter was born.
Beau and I moved to Richmond, VA, in 1972 with Bank of Virginia. In 1977 he bought a printing company and it was at that time I went to work for an OB-Gyn group where I’ve done a bit of everything including managing one of our offices.

I am now working part-time and enjoying our four grandchildren, two of whom are here in Richmond and two in Huntersville, NC. Our daughter in NC has two sons and our son in Richmond has a son and a daughter. Do I need to tell you she is spoiled, as she is our only granddaughter?

We love to spend several weeks on Maui in February where we have a timeshare. I look forward to seeing everyone in June.

Betty Lynne Kahl Robertson
Betty Lynne Kahl Robertson


Susie Karp Susie Karp Kirkland
Destin, Florida
paradise@susiekirkland.com
www.susiekirkland.com
When you are only 39, it’s hard to believe it has been 50 years since we-all graduated from Atherton. After graduation, I was at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida for 2 ½ years. Left to get my MRS degree. Moved to Jackson, Mississippi and had 4 wonderful children.

After 10 years, I got divorced. Started my Real Estate career in 1970. Got married again in 1976, divorced in 1988. Moved to Destin, Florida, where I live on the Gulf of Mexico. Waking up every day is like being in paradise. Yes, we have a lot of hurricanes, but you learn to live with it. After 36 years in the Real Estate business, I still love it all, most of all meeting wonderful people and making them happy. You can visit me on my website www.susiekirkland.com.

Susie Karp
The bonus in my life; is my family, my children, and from them, 6 precious grandchildren. Looking forward to seeing you-all at the reunion.

Susie Karp Kirkland 2006

Vicky Kasden Vicky Kasden Moskowitz
Louisville, Ky
alandvick@insightbb.com
My given name is really Abby Victoria Kasdan. After high school I went to Indiana University for 1-½ years, then transferred to the University of Kentucky because of a boyfriend, that I later married. I graduated from U of K in 1960 with a degree in Speech Therapy.

I married the boyfriend. I worked in my field while he went to Medical School at U of K. After that we moved to Ohio for his internship. We separated a few months later. Had a son, Mark Gebrow, (now almost 43 years old).
Vickie Kasden

I moved back to Louisville with our son, found a job and supported my son and myself. Then came Allen. I was fixed up on a blind date in August 1965. We dated a year and married in September 1966. We are still married. Allen was also married before with 2 children (boy/girl). My son Mark lived with us and Allen and I had a daughter Stacie in 1969. Now we had (his, hers, ours).

I worked on and off in my field after I got remarried. Also worked part time in our own Pharmacy (husband is Pharmacist). After 13 years we closed the store and my husband worked for Kroger and presently, Walgreen.

I now baby-sit our youngest grandchild (Stacie’s daughter) once a week; play bridge one or two times a week; go to Louisville Orchestra Coffee Concerts. I’ve gone for about 25 years, movies, plays, and etc. Allen is mostly retired. We have 6 grandchildren, his, ours, and others by our children’s’ marriages to spouses with other children

Billy Keister William Keister

Parker, Colorado
wkeister@comcast.net
William Keister (Bill) On leaving Atherton I started studying something besides music, and majored in Chemical Engineering at the University of Louisville. After a Fulbright year in Germany at the University in Freiburg im Breisgau, I returned to the University of Wisconsin in Madison for advanced degrees, also in Chemical Engineering.
In Madison I met my wife, Martha. We were married in 1965. I took my first real job in Norway, at the research labs of Norsk Hydro in Porsgrunn. Our two children, Thomas and Susanna, were born in Porsgrunn. We stayed there for 7 years.

When we moved back to the states we tried to find a place where we could keep up cross-country skiing – landed just north of New York City, in Ossining. The jobs were good, the skiing not so. Martha became a law librarian, and I migrated from research into engineering computing. Finally, in 1992, we moved to the Denver area, where the skiing is pretty good. Martha continued as a law librarian and I worked in Chemical Process Simulation.

We’ve been in the process of retiring for the last three or so years. I kept up musical activities for a long time - mostly clarinet, but also piano. Some of the most challenging and rewarding years were as clarinet with the Symphony in Norwalk, Connecticut. Now, retirement is supposed to give me more opportunity to get back to music, but that hasn’t happened yet
Bill Keister 2006
Bill Kiester in the Grand Tetons Bill Keister and wife Martha rafting in the Grand Tetons summer 2005.


Ben Kennedy Ben Kennedy
Hiawassee, Georgia
BHOG@ALLTEL.net
Ben Kennedy went to Georgetown College after AHS where he studied French and History, made his first of many visits to Paris in 1957 with Glen Johnson and other Louisvillians. After his B.A., Ben received an M.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1962 and PhD. from Univ. of Georgia in 1966, with a specialization in French history. He took a position at West Georgia College in Carrollton (now the University of West Georgia) and taught there for 38 years til retirement in 1999. Did some post-doctoral study at Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Univ. of Iowa.

Right: Ben Kennedy at Reunion 2006 submitted by Bill Baer.
Ben Kennedy 2006
Married Claudia in 1995 and melded our families together. We have five children: Sarah, Tommy and Jeff (mine) and Annamaria and John (hers) and 13 grandchildren ranging in age from one to 21. All of them live here in Georgia and come to visit us at our home in the mountains near the N.C. line.
Ben has done some traveling: France 9 times (research usually), Spain, Israel, Mexico, Central America, Austria, Germany, Ireland. Claudia and I have visited Ireland often, went on our honeymoon there. Ben plays high handicap golf, likes to hike in nearby mountains, has covered about 900 miles of the Appalachian Trail in the last 20 years. Still teach part-time at nearby Young Harris College and we are active in the local Episcopal Church. We live in a beautiful mountain valley on a dead-end road in a remodeled farm house. In summer with windows open we can hear the creek burbling down below our deck.

BEN KENNEDY 2006
Ben Kennedy Teaching


Carolyn Kessel Carolyn Kessel Russman
Louisville,KY
rerckr@bellsouth.net
My adult life has been wonderful. One paragraph will be an effort: Married one year after graduation from AHS. Took several business classes during that year, and used some of those skills working for a Colonel and General in headquarters at Fort Polk where my husband, Raymond, was a Captain in the Dental Corps.

Upon returning to Louisville, Raymond set up his dental practice, and we began our family. Kim was born in 1961, and Steve in 1964. Kim has been married for 20 years and is the mother of our 2 grand daughters, and has lived just 7 doors from us for almost 20 years. Her oldest, Jennifer, is a freshman at Georgia Tech in their architecture school. The youngest, Emily, is a sophomore at Ballard High School. Steve has never married, but lives and works here in Louisville.
I have owned a knitting and needlepoint store, Carma, for almost 31 years.

Raymond and I love to travel and have seen every state but 4 in these wonderful United Stated. We have been fortunate to see almost all of Canada, most Caribbean islands, and a good deal of Central and South America. Have also seen all of Europe, all of Israel and spent almost 2 weeks in Egypt. Now our health keeps us from doing a lot of traveling (we're more selective), but we do some.

We still both work almost every day. Hope you all make it to the 50th reunion. Can't wait to see you.

CKR 2006
Carolyn Kessel Russman
 
David Kaiser
David Kaiser
Deceased


Betty Kelley Betty Ann Kelley Gardner
Louisville, Ky
j7bgardner@aol.com
Phyllis Kiefer Phyllis Kiefer
Iris Kiel Iris Kiel Harkavy
Memphis, Tennessee
RON111934@aol.com
After graduating from Atherton, I attended Vanderbilt University for two years. In 1958 I married Ronald Harkavy and moved to Memphis, TN.

Between 1959 and 1968, I gave birth to my four children. One year prior to the birth of my fourth child, 1967, I received my BS in chemistry. In 1974 I received a MA in counseling. For eleven years, I was a social worker and did family counseling.

In 1985 I returned to Memphis College of Art, and earned a BFA in painting in 1988. Since that time, I have been a professional artist.

I have been blessed with a wonderful life; a terrific husband, four wonderful children married to great spouses; twelve magnificent grandchildren. Throughout my life I have been a community volunteer. My husband and I have been lucky enough to have traveled many interesting places across the world

IRIS KIEL HARKAVY
Iris Kiel
Betty Kirchdorfer Betty Kirchdorfer Plum
Lake Forest, Illinois
bplum1188@aol.com
Graduated from North Central College, Naperville, Il in 1960 with a major in sociology. Worked ten years full time for the YMCA in Chicago and St. Louis, then taught pre-school gym and swim classes and adult aerobics. Later, I worked for Deloitte & Touche, doing the administration at a large audit client in Chicago from September to May while I taught swimming at home during the summer.

Married Timothy in 1964, no children but lots of dogs over the years.
We have had some adventurous vacations, like three Outward Bound experiences and summer trips to Steamboat Springs, CO, as well as nature-oriented trips to Mexico and Central America. French has been my passion and I have been to France probably 20 times, poking around a different small section of the country each time.

My other love is gardening. Besides gardening at home, I volunteer at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Naples Botanical Garden. I also spend lots of time at the health club taking a variety of classes.

Have not been in Louisville much since graduating from Atherton except to visit my parents, who are both now deceased
Betty Kirchdorfer
. Unfortunately, previous plans for a trip mean that I will not be able to attend the 50th. I wish it were not so! Have fun renewing old friendships. Betty Kirchdorfer Plum

Carole Kleinjohn
Carol Kleinjohn Goffinet
Deceased
1-22-1989
Obituary:
Carol A. Goffinet, 50, died Sunday at her home. She was the former Carol A. Kleinjohn, and a purchasing agent for Hillerich & Bradsbury Co., where she worked 25 years. She was member of Immanuel United Church of Christ and the Purchasing Management Association of Louisville.

Survivors: her husband, William E. Goffinet; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Isaacs; and a sister, Betty L. Kleinjohn of Frankfort. Expressions of sympathy: the church memorial fund, James Graham Brown Regional Cancer Research Center or Hospice of Louisville.
Martin Klotz Martin Klotz
Louisville,Ky
martin.klotz@insightbb.com
In 1961, I received my B.S. Degree from Ball State University; in 1965, I received my Masters Degree from Indiana University; and, in 1971, I received my J.D. Degree from the University of Louisville School of Law.
From 1961 through 1970, I was a high school teacher and coach in Louisville, Jeffersonville and Piedmont, California. From 1972 though 2004, when I retired, I was employed by the United States Department of the Treasury and the United States Justice Department with posts of duty in Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington, D.C.

My wife, Mary, and I have been married since 1967 and we have two sons. Kevin, age 32, is an Assistant Athletic Director at the University of Akron and David, age 30, is the Director of Sports Photography and Graphic Design for the University of Louisville's Athletic Department.

Mary and I moved back to Louisville in September of 2005. MARTIN KLOTZ 2006
Martin Klotz
Clifford Klumb Clifford Klumb
Mt. Washington, KY
Married to: Patricia A. Klumb Children: Melissa Jeffrey Grandchildren: Emily & Ted Madisyn
1957 - 1960 Graduated from University of Louisville School of Business with a BS in Business Management.

1960 - 1963 Served 3 years on active duty at Margh AFB as a Medical Supply Officer at base hospital in Riverside, California.

1963 - 1968 Worked at Curtis 1000, Inc. in office and sales in Louisville, KY.

1968 - 1975 Transferred to Chicago area as Office Manager.

Clifford Klumb
1975 - 2000 Left Curtis 1000, Inc and moved to Mt. Washington, Ky. I went into credit management at various Louisville companies. Retiring as the credit manager of Masters’ Supply in June 2000.

2000 - Present Retired, and loving it! Spend time working around the house, visiting children and their families in Mt. Washington and traveling with my wife on vacations.

CLIFFORD A. KLUMB

Barbara Knosp Barbara Knosp Boyce
Louisville, Ky
Barboyce@insightbb.com
 
After graduating from Atherton I attended Mary Washington College for three years.

I then married and had three children. During this time I lived in North Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, New York, Illinois (3 times), Iowa, California, Pennsylvania, and back to Kentucky. I’ve been divorced about 20 years. I spend time playing lots of tennis, bridge, reading, and doing volunteer work. The best part of my life is time spent with my two grandchildren, John 3 and Clare 1 who live in Annapolis, Maryland.

BARBARA KNOSP BOYCE
Barbara Knosp
Melvin Koby Melvin Koby
Louisville, Ky
mmk4561@mindspring.com
Melvin Koby carving turkey Melvin Koby Melvin went to Vanderbilt University and graduated in 1960. He began Medical school at University of Louisville, graduating in 1964. He interned at Barnes Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis, and did a Residency in Internal Medicine there for two years. The Viet Nam War was raging, and he went into the Air Force for two years, then went back to Barnes Hospital to complete a Residency in Ophthalmology.

In 1971 he returned to Louisville, and started a practice of Ophthalmology, where he continues to be active and in full time private practice. He teaches at the University of Louisville, where he is an Associate Clinical Professor on the medical school faculty. Melvyn is divorced and has two sons living in New York. .

He has multiple interests, including a great wine cellar. He likes to travel, and has been in many parts of the world

This Fifty Year celebration of our Graduation from High School is very exciting –JUST TO BE HERE!! (And KNOW it!!)

Melvyn M. Koby, M.D.
Melvin Koby at wedding
Murrel Kohn Murrel Kohn
Jerusalem Israel
mlk@bezeqint.net
After graduating from Atherton, I attended the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania, where I majored in Accounting. After graduating in 1960, I returned to Louisville where I was employed by Yeager, Ford and Warren, CPAs, which became part of Coopers & Lybrand, which is today part of Price Waterhouse-Coopers (shows the consolidation in this field!) where I passed all parts of the November, 1962 CPA examination the first time, and received an award for attaining the highest grades in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For such, I was listed in Who's Who in the South and South-East.
In June, 1963 I became controller of Tri-City Industrial Services, Inc. and later Industrial Services of America, Inc. a mini-conglomerate dealing in solid waste disposal equipment and services, scrap metals, and fork lifts. I was in the Kentucky Air National Guard for 3 years as a week-end warrior. I took two courses in the U of L Law School at night and in the fall of 1968; I took a year leave of absence from my job to travel around the world. Murrel Kohn 2006
After Europe, I got as far as Israel, where I decided to stay and learn Hebrew. I met my wife of 37 years, Irit, a sabra, and decided to give Israel a try. I closely identified with Israel, as the home of the Jewish people, and becoming a part of the Zionist enterprise after 2000 years in the Diaspora gave purposeful meaning to my life, a feeling of being a participant rather than just a spectator in this world of ours.

Initially I worked as Treasurer of the Israel Program for Scientific Translations and later Keter Publishing, Ltd., which publishes the Encyclopedia Judaica and other books. During this time I passed the Israeli CPA Exam and went to work for the Investment Authority of the Israeli Ministry of Finance as a liaison officer encouraging foreign investment in Israel and edited the Israel Investors' Manual a compilation of the various benefits, laws and regulations designed to encourage foreign investors. During this period, I was a member of the Jerusalem Rotary Club.

In 1974, I was drafted into the Israeli army where after basic training; I spent a month in Sinai and the Gaza Strip. I was then assigned to the Infantry patrolling the Negev border with Jordan and before my discharge, the Town Major's office in Jerusalem.

Irit graduated from Hebrew University Law School in 1968 and retired a year ago as Director of the Department of International Affairs of the Israeli Ministry of Justice. As the co-coordinator for the defense of Prime Minister Sharon in Belgium in 2002-2003, she became known and today lectures and teaches the subjects of Universal Jurisdiction and Extradition. She volunteers as the Vice-President of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.
Irit Kohn

Irit wife of Murrel Kohn
Murrel Kohn's Granddaughter

Adorable granddaughter
We have three lovely children; Yael (35) married to Ronen and their daughter Einav (2), Dani (32), and Maya (23). All are Israelis born here, but they also have US citizenship as well.

In 1978, after gradually working outside the Investment Authority preparing US tax returns, I started my own Accounting practice dealing with US-Israeli taxation and audits. Until a year ago, we lived in Jerusalem, where I still have an office and have started accepting a limited number of clients in Tel-Aviv, mainly dealing with off-shore structures, as I am Treasurer of the Israeli branch of STEP-Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, an 11,000 world-wide member organization based in London. You might say that I am semi-retired, but I seem to be busy constantly.

While my parents were alive in Louisville, we visited quite often and have enjoyed many trips to Europe, as well as the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. We hope to visit Russia this year and my nephew's wedding in CA in October, after Mexico.

Irit and I extend a hearty welcome to all visitors to Israel and we would love to have you visit us in our new apartment on Rothschild Boulevard in the heart of Tel-Aviv.

MURREL KOHN

Larry Koons Larry Koons
Robert Kraha Robert Kraha
Louisville, Ky
Herman Kreitman Herbert Kreitman
Germantown, Maryland
SKREITMAN@COMCAST.NET
Sonny graduated from the University of Louisville in 1960, was in public accounting (Welenken and Masters) briefly after graduation, and was with the Federal government in positions encompassing internal and external auditing, financial management, grants policy, and program management, retiring in 1999 with over 37 years of service. He served with the Internal Revenue Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), his employer for nearly 26 of those years.
Currently, Sonny works part-time at NIH, providing professional support services to the Office of Extramural Research, Office of the Director, NIH.

Sonny and Kaye (who graduated from Fern Creek High in 1958) were married in 1962, have three children (one of whom is Manager of Macaroni Grill in Louisville), and five grandchildren. With working, grand parenting, and some traveling, life continues to be full of activities that generate sufficient “hustle and bustle!”

Herbert J. (Sonny) Kreitman 2006
Sonny Kreitman


Dorothy Kroopkin Dorothy Kroopkin Schulman

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