SHS1965

Be watching the blog the next couple of days. Donna's bringing me the last of the registrations today, so I'll probably put up more than the usual bios by tomorrow. Then, I'll run what I have off and make copies for those classmates who don't have access to Internet.

Wherever you are, have a safe trip to Sandpoint. We're meeting tonight to take care of final details at 6 on the Edgewater deck. If you're in town early, come and join us.

Dann Hall:

Official Version

DANN HALL (1947- ) is the owner of the Hallans Gallery and the Dann Hall Studio in Sandpoint, Idaho. He is curator of the Ross Hall Collection. Dann established the Hallans in 1988 to preserve and explore the works of Dick Himes and Ross Hall.

Dann studied Political Science, Behavioral Science and Art at the University of Idaho, UCLA, and the University of Florence, Italy. Dann worked for Eastman Kodak, Xerox, and Litton Systems before establishing his own business. He studied photography through the Sun Valley Art Center, Hiro of New York, the Air Force Photography Dept. and various film projects as well as with his father, Ross. He was an associate professor of photography for the University of Washington. He has been hired for many extended photographic field trips in Canada, Alaska, and elsewhere by Dexter Press of New York and H.S. Crocker of San Francisco.

Unoffical Authentic Version

I left Sandpoint for Oakland, CA, shortly after High School graduation and was immediately snapped up by Granny Goose Potato Chips. The fellow who hired me, too, was from Idaho, and explained that all Californian business superiors understand that as Idahoans, we must surely be potato experts.

Several years later I ended up living in Florence, Italy, proud owner of a $25 Harley-Davidson, and garnerer of many tales of the insanity that is Rome.

That winter, I lived with Steve Walker and Gary Johnson, ski bumming in Brand, Austria. Which led to two more years of ski bumming in Vail CO, and an additional couple in Sun Valley. Most of that time was also spent bouncing between the Army and Air National Guard, skirting the peripheries of Viet Nam.

I also spent two summers smokejumping in Fairbanks and McGrath, Alaska, where I earned the legendary nick name "Freefall Hall" for almost failing to hook up my static line. I spent two years in LA working in internal security in a think tank. Although that drove me nuts, the company, to their credit (or disappointment), paid my way to UCLA.

I was also in the Van Nuys Air Natl Guard, where Jerry Mathers, (yes, THE BEAVER!) was a Sergeant.
I dreamed nightly of The Daily Bee Headlines: YOUNG SANDPOINT HERO (Class of '65) GOES TO VIET NAM AND SAVES THE BEAVER!

Sincerely,

Dann Hall

Andrea Venishnick Carlson: After 20 years of rain on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, I left the darkness for the light and moved to glorious Bend, Ore.

To make payments on my newfound lifestyle, I became a slave of the State of Oregon, helping rural Eastern Oregon communities to create and finance economic development projects.

I have three kids and five grandchildren.

See you soon!