Sally Austin
After graduating high school on a wing and a prayer, I displayed the audacity to go to college. Much of the same continued at SUNY New Paltz until God threw me a life raft. Going nowhere fast, my Dad picked me up after the second year (1.75 GPA) and offered a way out.He was retiring, my […]
Shari (Cohen) Chase
Well, I’ve been busy over the past 50 years. I went to the University of Maryland, College Park on a running scholarship, and focused on track. Prior to graduating I was on the United States track team at the Maccabiah Games and brought home 2 medals. I married at 21 and we were together for 35 […]
Jackie (Dicks) Jenkins
During my years at Tappan Zee, I was actively involved in the Foreign Student Exchange Club, becoming its president in senior year and going to France as an exchange student the summer of 1975. True to form, I received my BA from Binghamton University with a double major in French and Political Science and my […]
Mavis (Dugan) Ronayne
With Jay After graduating, I spent the early part of my career in IT, earning a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science along the way. At 42, I took a leap and went to law school, launching a second career in law that has been both challenging and fulfilling. I’m not quite ready to retire, but […]
Donna Jacobowitz
The last 50 years have been filled with a variety of interesting adventures . . . I started out after high school going into the Air Force National Guard studying photography which I have always loved . . . I came back home and shortly after decided to move to Portland, Oregon, staying there for […]
Michael LaPlaca
My goal, after High School, was to become a fashion illustrator so I went to the Fashion Institute of Technology. I spent 3 years majoring in general illustration and graphic design and then did my final year at Marymount Manhattan College. I spent my 20’s working for publishers and advertising agencies doing mostly illustration work. […]
Joe Printz
The Life and Times of Me Since graduation I attended Cooking school in Brooklyn and graduated with honors in 1979. I became chef of a small catering company in Manhattan, cooked for celebrities and went back to school for marketing and economics until discovering Europe in 1984. When I returned in late 1984 I went […]
Carol (Rubin) Shwidock
My life since TZHS . . . many ups and downs for sure. After college I got my first job as an Occupational Therapist in Taiwan! My college sweet heart Eric had been living there so, off I went. We actually had been engaged then unengaged . . . Fast forward, I fell in love […]
Karen (Weinberg) Wartell
With Joel As wonderful as the years were at TZHS I was in a rush to begin the rest of my life. My senior year of TZHS was spent at Rockland Community College trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life before going off to college. I remember considering becoming an […]
John Scaringe
With Christine Fifty years later, still guided by the lessons of teamwork, community, and lifelong learning. It’s hard to believe that 50 years have passed since we walked the halls of Tappan Zee. Back then, I never could have imagined the journey ahead — and how much those early experiences would shape my life. After […]