San Francisco, California, USA 16 - 18 June, 2000

With the help of the ACS on-line Alumni & Friends database, Mark Clark co-ordinated a reunion for the Knightsbridge Class of '75. Scroll here for his photos, guest list and report.

The theme, "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" was appropriate. Over the past 25 years, we have scattered to the 4 corners, gotten married, had children, developed careers, and nobody feels 40-something. Here's the scoop:

We all arrived on June 16 and gathered at Bucco Di Beppos, an Italian eatery. Special Thanks to Terri Sarappo for organizing the event. After a noisy visit, we adjourned to Cynthia Crann's rooftop apartment in the heart of downtown San Francisco.

Many smaller groups took in the sites of SF on Saturday. Sat. evening, we gathered at the Occidental Grill which had a very "pub-like" feel. Lot's of good catered food and fun. Cynthia Crann gets a high five for arranging a very nice evening.

Top honors included:

Lindsey Ericson -- most children (10....so far)
Lee Poscente -- traveled the furthest (Tunisia)
Mark Webb -- Most changed (the goatee and long hair made him almost unrecognizable)
Karen Gray -- Least changed (she stepped right out of the yearbook)
Michael Paulin -- Least hair
Bert Rushford -- Biggest Party Animal

A few stragglers stayed through Monday and gathered at various outings. With the aid of everyone, we were able to piece together a good deal of lost memories from 1975:

Year in Review: Led Zepplin played Earls Court, Western Counties (now the Sawyer Arms) at Paddington Station was the pub de jour, the Great American Disaster had the best burgers, all the Beatles were living, Watergate and Viet Nam were history, the Cold War loomed and the amount of nuclear missiles skyrocketed, Saturday Night Live was a brand new show, All In The Family was the top TV Show, Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected to lead Britain's Conservative Party, Egypt reopened the Suez Canal after eight years, President Ford escaped assassination twice within 17 days, the Supreme Court ruled that paddling of unruly students is acceptable under certain circumstances, the Personal Computer wasn't, and gasoline was about 75 cents a gallon.