Class of 1968. Janeen Acord. Senior Class Social Chair; Senior Dinner Committee; Pep Club 2-4; High Steppers 2-4; drill mist. 3-4; FHA 3-4; FHA VP 4; Thespians 3-4; Thespian Social Chair 3; Honor Society 4; Symphony Debonaires 3-4; Drama 1, 3; Excellent in state dramatic reading 3; Chorus 4; Wildcat Yearbook 4; Yearbook class editor 4; Softball 2; Track 2; Volleyball 2; BY Jr. High Secretary ; Christmas Queen 2; Harvest Queen 1st attendant 4; Girls' State 3; TAP Chair 4; State FHA Convention 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Christmas Dance Committee 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU BA Education 1972. Married Paul Kelly. Her parents: Clair R. Acord and Idona Acord. Their three children: Newell Acord [BYH Class of 1958] (Pam) of West Bountiful, Utah; Reid Acord [BYH Class of 1962](Nancy), of West Bountiful; and Janeen Acord [BYH Class of 1968] (Paul) Kelly of Newport, Oregon [1997]. [Family Info as of 2001]. @2006

Class of 1968. Michael Ahlander. He was born in 1950 to Joseph F. Ahlander and Anna E. Brown Ahlander. ~ ~ ~ ~ Y Club 3-4; Drama 4; Excellent region pantomime 4; Chorus 4; Band 1-3; Wildcat Yearbook 4; Football 1-4; Football Co-Captain 4; Track 2-4. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Rebecca Maxwell, born 1952 to Elder Neal A. Maxwell and Colleen Hinckley Maxwell. Michael and Rebecca have the following children: Michael Erik Ahlander, born 1977, married Kelli Corbett; Andrea Ahlander, born 1979, married Mike Johnston; and Robert Maxwell Ahlander, born 1986. Mike Ahlander's sister, Ann Ahlander Tucker, attended BYH in the Class of 1971. @2007

Class of 1968. Karen Andersen [not Anderson]. Married Don Redd.

Class of 1968 and 1969, graduating Junior. Lynette Andersen. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU BA Elementary Education, 1974. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Corwin G. Lewis Sr., CPA, Partner, Tax Accountant, Wooten Mischel & Lewis LLP, 72 A Centennial Loop Suite 130, Eugene, Oregon 97401 - (541) 687-1099. Corwin Lewis Sr., BYU BS Accounting 1971, MBA University of Oregon, Eugene 1978. Email: clewis@wmlcpa.net

Class of 1968. Marie G. Andersen. French 2-4; Symphony Debonaires 3; Orchestra 1; Seminary 4th year; Trans. student 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Chanley Vincent Andersen and Adell Marie Jackson Andersen [all spellings are correct]. Her siblings: Dorothy Jean Andersen, (born 10 April 1951 and died 21 February of 1952); George Jackson Andersen; and Robert Lynn Jackson Andersen. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alternate email: marie@cucil.org @2010

Class of 1968. Julie Anderson. Spanish 1-4; Spanish Social Chair 1; Excellent in Language Fair 2; Pep Club 1-4; Junior Varsity Cheerleader 2; Varsity Cheerleader 4; Ski Club 1-4; Thespians 1-4; "7 Sisters" 1; "Annie Get Your Gun" 3; "Harvey" 4; Honor Society 4; Drama 1-4; Excellent in Retold Story 2-3; Superior in Retold Story region 4; Superior in Retold Story state 4; Chorus 2-4; Band 2-4; Wildcat Yearbook 3-4; Yearbook Copy Editor 3-4; Track 1-2, 4; Softball 1-2; Volleyball 1-2; Basketball 1-2; BY Junior High officer; Junior Class Officer 3; Christmas Dance Committee 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Senior Ball Committee 4; Graduation Committee 4. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU BS Elementary Education & Teaching Certificate 1973. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Dan L. Clark, BYH Class of 1967. Dan and Julie have six children: Daniel Heath (Tammy) Clark, Micah J. (Katie) Clark, Peter William (Emily) Clark, Tricialee Clark, Jonathan Rad (Jessica) Clark, and Taralyn Clark. ~ ~ ~ ~ Julie has an ED.D. in Education and she teaches Children's Literature at BYU. ~ ~ ~ ~ Julie was one of two main organizers of the 2001 BYH All-Classes Reunion. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Bill J. Anderson and Norma Patricia Tucker Anderson - Bill and Norma had four children: Julie Anderson (Dan) Clark, Mark T. (Aleca) Anderson, Timothy W. Anderson and Russell B. (Laury) Anderson. Alternate email: forjewels@hotmail.com and julie_clark@byu.edu @July 2010

Class of 1968 and 1969, graduating Junior. David Andrews. Married Julieann. BS BYU Sociology 1976. MBA Arizona State University 1984. Currently working as a tax CPA in Phoenix, Arizona. @2006

Class of 1968 and 1969, graduating Junior. Mark Ashworth. Sports Reporter & Artist of Brigadier student newspaper in 1967-68. BYU BS Psychology 1972. Married Debi. AV Rated Trial Attorney – Focus Areas: Malpractice Defense; Employer Defense; Construction Defect Defense, Business and Real Estate Defense. Mark Ashworth has arbitrated, mediated and litigated through trial more than two thousand cases during the past twenty-nine years. He acts as a Judge Pro Tem and panel arbitrator for the Superior Court of California. ~ ~ ~ ~ Born Provo, Utah, April 20, 1951; admitted to the bar, 1978, California; admitted to United States District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts; admitted to United States District Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. ~ ~ ~ ~ Education: Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Science, 1972); Western State College of Law (JD, 1978). Member: State Bar of California, 1978 to present; Superior Court Arbitrator, 1988 - present. Arbitration: Neutral – over 1,000 cases; Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of California, 1992 – present – over 200 cases. Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California (Litigation Section). American Bar Association. Who’s Who in California, 1986. His parents: Dell Shepherd Ashworth, and Bette Jean Brailsford Ashworth [she is a member of the BYH Class of 1945]. They had four children: Brent Ashworth [BYH Class of 1967] (Charlene), Provo; Mark Ashworth [BYH Class of 1968/69] (Debi), Mission Viejo, California; Anne Ashworth (Kim) Golightly, Bethesda, Maryland; Christopher/Kit Ashworth [BYH Class of 1979] (Barbara), Pleasant Hill, California. Address updated @2007

Class of 1968. Jennifer Austin. Married ______ Sager.

Class of 1968 and 1969, graduating Junior. Barbara Babb. Her parents: Gordon Rex Babb and Josephine Jantzon Babb. Barbara attended BYU in 1993. She married Curtis T. Johnson. @2010

Class of 1968. Elizabeth Bennion. She married Michael D. Olsen.

Class of 1968. Katherine Bennion. She married Dennis Pincock. She attended BYU Idaho (Ricks College) in 1969. @2001

Classes of 1968 and 1969, graduating Junior. Scott Card. BYU BA Theatre and Cinema 1975. University of Utah MA English 1981. Orson Scott Card was born on August 24, 1951, in Richland, Washington, which his parents left to start up a sign company in San Mateo, California. Eventually his father switched careers and became an educator. Scott says he grew up the son of a college professor and in the shadow of a university. Books were always a part of his life, and he learned to read early. He was an intelligent child who got along better with adults than with the children around him. He had been in Salt Lake City, Utah, while his father went to college, and then spent most of his childhood back in San Mateo. However, when his father got a faculty job at BYU, they moved back to Utah, residing in Orem. He attended Brigham Young High School in Provo, where he graduated a year early. He got in with the drama crowd at BYH, and then again in college while at BYU. This is where he began writing stage plays. As he progressed, he developed an understanding for what moves an audience and gives them sympathy for his characters. After he returned from his church mission to Brazil, Card started a theatre company, which soon failed. Because his salary did not offset the loss, he decided to try to make some money by writing. His first story, Tinker, was initially turned down, so he started another story. He wrote Enders Game in a notebook, in longhand, sitting on a lawn outside the Salt Palace, while a circus went on inside. This time his story was purchased immediately. But at that time it was not yet a book, just a short story. It was published in the August 1977 issue of Analog. It came in second on the Hugo ballot, and won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. He wrote several more short stories, published collections of them, as well as several full-length novels. Enders Game, the story, became a novel, and was a big success. It won both the Hugo and Nebula awards in 1985. Then, as if that was not enough, the next year he finished Speaker for the Dead which also won the Hugo and Nebula awards. No other author had won both awards two years in a row. Because of his commitment to family he recently announced that he would no longer be going on book tours, in part because it takes too much time away from his wife (Kristine) and children (Geoffrey, Emily, Benjamin, Zina Margaret and Erin Louisa). As a self-described orthodox member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, religion is important in his life. These factors make his stories not only interesting for their inventiveness, but also for their moral and ethical situations, with characters connected to the world through their families.

Class of 1968. Paul V. Christensen. BYU BA German & Teaching Certificate 1977. BYU MED Community Education Administration 1979. Married Lorie L. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS PARENTS: Gunnar Charles Christensen and Paula Vandborg Christensen, married in 1944 in Denmark. They immigrated to the United States in 1948 with their first two children. They had a total of six children, all raised in the Provo-Orem Area. Mother, Paula died in 1983, and father, Gunnar, next married Afton, then he died in 2003. The six children of Gunnar and Paula: Finn Vandborg Christensen [BYH Class of 1963] (Jane) of Orem, Ole Vandborg Christensen [BYH Class of 1965] of Sandy, Lis Vandborg Christensen [BYH Class of 1967] (Kenneth B.) Larsen of Sandy, Roy Vandborg Christensen [BYH Class of 1969] of Spanish Fork, Paul Vandborg Christensen [BYH Class of 1968] of Phoenix, Arizona, and Jane Vandborg Christensen of Bloomfield, New Mexico. @2010

Class of 1968. Bill Christiansen. Served an LDS mission to South Korea 1969-1971. BYU BA Economics & Asian Studies 1974. BYU MS Economics 1976. University of Utah PHD Finance 1983. ~ ~ ~ ~ In 1972 he married Ann Tippetts, also BYH Class of 1968. They have four children: Nathan, Shawn, Brandon, Alissa. ~ ~ ~ ~ Dr. Bill Christiansen is employed at Florida State University, Finance Department, College of Business. He assumed Department Chairmanship in August 2005. He was awarded the Florida State University Distinguished Teacher Award in 2008. He was named the Director of the BB&T Institute for Free Enterprise and also the Director of the Gene Taylor-Bank of America Center for Banking and Financial Studies in 2008. @2009

Class of 1968. Drexel Clark. OBITUARY: Dr. Bradley Drexel Clark, 54, prominent and beloved teacher at Brigham Young University-Idaho, died suddenly and unexpectedly of natural causes at his home in Sugar City, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. Bradley Drexel Clark was born April 6, 1950, in Salt Lake City, to Bruce B. and Ouida Raphiel Clark. After graduating from Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah, he served a mission for the LDS Church in the Argentina North Mission from 1969-1971. In 1974, he received a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Brigham Young University, graduating as college valedictorian. He then attended law school at BYU for three semesters before deciding to pursue advanced degrees in Spanish. In 1979, Bradley served as a teaching assistant in the BYU study abroad program in Spain. There he met Janette Robinson, daughter of Donald W. and Helen Sorensen Robinson, who was a student in the program. Brad and Janette fell in love, recognized they wanted to be together forever and were married in the Provo LDS Temple in Provo, Utah, Aug, 23, 1979. They have been constantly together for more than 25 years, through Bradley's graduate studies at Brigham Young University and the University of Texas, his teaching career in Utah, Texas and Idaho, and the birth and education of their five children. Dr. Clark completed his master's degree in Spanish literature in August 1981 and his doctorate in Spanish language, literature, and culture at the University of Texas (Austin) in August 1988. He has taught part-time at BYU and the University of Texas in Austin and full time at Texas A&M University in College Station (1986-87), Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas (1988-1994), where he was head of the Spanish and Foreign Language program, and since 1997 at BYU-I, as a professor of Spanish Language and Literature, where he was head of the Spanish section. He was a superb teacher. In every teaching position he has ever held, both in college and in multiple church assignments, he has been recognized as a popular and excellent teacher, with a quick wit and mastery of language. Bradley has been a faithful member of the LDS Church all of his life. As a boy he was an Eagle Scout, then served a mission in Argentina, and since then has filled many callings: Scoutmaster, stake clerk, on the stake high council, as a counselor in a bishopric, ward mission leader, he has had extensive teaching assignments, was a member of the high priest quorum, a home teacher and various other positions. Bradley's interests and activities throughout his life have been widespread: entomology (he has collected insects all of his life), genealogy, fishing, physical fitness with daily exercising and jogging, travel (United States, Europe, and South America), Hispanic culture and food, camping, hiking, gardening, and archaeology (especially Book of Mormon archaeology). Above all, his interest and concern have always been his family. Bradley is survived by his wife, Janette; children, Daniel, Richard, Rebecca, Steven and Deborah; parents, Bruce and Ouida Clark of Orem, Utah; brothers, Robert Clark [BYH Class of 1970]of Orem, Utah, Jeffrey (Anne) Clark [BYH Class of 1971] of Washington, D.C., and Shawn (Barbara) Clark of Spanish Fork, Utah; sisters, Lorraine (Vencil) Clark [BYH Class of 1965] Skarda of Provo, Utah and Sandra Clark of Orem, Utah; father-in-law, Donald Robinson of Provo; and many nephews and nieces. Funeral services were held Wednesday November 24, 2004 in Sugar City, Idaho. Interment, Orem City Cemetery in Orem, Utah. [Rexburg Standard Journal, Tuesday, November 23, 2004.]

Class of 1968. Dave Clark. Photographer & Business Manager of Brigadier Newspaper in 1967-68. ~ ~ ~ ~ David Crawford Clark was born on June 13, 1950 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Dr. Stanley Newell Clark and Dorothy Corbin Clark. David married but was divorced. He was a military veteran. David C. Clark died on August 5, 1978 in Provo, Utah. His interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah.

Class of 1968. Gregory D. Clark. BYU MA English 1972. Rensselaer Poly-Tech Institute PhD 1985. Greg Clark lives in Provo and teaches in the English Department at BYU. He and Linda (Nelson) were married in 1972 and have three daughters. Alternate address: Brigham Young University, 4002 JFSB, Provo, Utah 84602 - (801) 422-3581 News: Prof. Greg Clark Named Executive Director of the Rhetoric Society of America, beginning July 1. He has served as editor of RSQ. Dr. Clark succeeds David Henry, the first RSA executive director. ~ ~ ~ ~ Greg Clark has taught at BYU since 1985. During that time he has taught courses in American literature, writing, and rhetoric. He has directed the English Composition and American Studies programs, has chaired the English Department, and now serves as an Associate Dean of the College of Humanities.Professor Clark has published a number of books and shorter pieces on rhetoric and rhetorical studies of American culture, and has served as editor of the journal Rhetoric Society Quarterly. He now serves as executive director of the RSA. @Dec 2008

Class of 1968. Mary Cox. She married Bryce Christensen.

Class of 1968. Steve Cruze. Basketball Center 1967-68. ~ ~ ~ ~ Stephen LeGrande Cruze was born on June 30, 1950 in Tempe, Arizona. His parents were Union Jerome Cruze and Ruth Alta Spears Cruze. He married Marie on September 28, 1972, in Logan, Utah. Steve Cruze died on August 2, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada. His interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS MOTHER'S OBITUARY: Ruth Alta Spears Cruze, age 81, of Provo, Utah returned to Heavenly Father on Tuesday August 23, 2005 surrounded by her loving family at her home. She was born February 5, 1924 in Cookeville, Tennessee, daughter of Charlie Denton and Frances Joanna Sherrell Spears. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her dearly loved only son, Stephen LeGrande Cruze and a great-grandson, James Michael Adamson. Also gone on before Ruth are her beloved siblings, five brothers, and six sisters. She is survived by her husband, Union Jerome Cruze, who she met in Knoxville, Tennessee, and later married on March 8, 1946. She is also survived by her five daughters, Phyllis and Jay Adamson of Orem, Utah; Carolyn and Robert Eyre of Orem, Utah; Marilyn and James B. Sorensen of Kaysville, Utah; Debbie and Tim Tingey of Provo, Utah; and Victoria and Mark Kowalk of South Jordan, Utah; 26 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is her dear brother Aubrey Hosea Spears of Sparta, Tennessee. Ruth is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She graduated in 1943 from Pleasant Hill Academy in Cumberland, Tennessee. Soon after she was a "Rosie the Riveter" in Phoenix, Arizona. She fulfilled many church callings in the Relief Society and Primary organizations. She especially enjoyed teaching the spiritual living lessons in Relief Society. She served an LDS Mission to Wales England in 1984-85. She served faithfully in the Provo Temple for 23 years. As a mother, she instilled a love of the gospel in her 6 children. Being a mother was her most important priority. She considered her home the Garden of Eden. She loved to garden and enjoyed the outdoors. Ruth loved to visit her birthplace of Tennessee and the Great Smokey Mountains. She was known for her beautiful, sweet smile and her positive attitude and outlook on life. She will be remembered for being a devoted wife and mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed by those she left behind and joyfully received by those who have gone on before her. Funeral services were held August 27, 2005 in the Edgemont 12th Ward Chapel, 350 East 2850 North, Provo. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald, August 25, 2005.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS FATHER'S OBITUARY: Union Jerome Cruze passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 15, 2008. He was 86 years old. Jerome was born November 30, 1921 in Neuberts Springs, Knox County, Tennessee to Floyd Emerson and Clementine McCammon Cruze. He was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, graduating from Gibbs High School. He was stationed in England while serving in the U.S. Military during World War II. He later was assigned to Hickam AFB in Honolulu, Hawaii and also fulfilled many assignments in the States. He married his sweetheart, Ruth Alta Spears, March 8, 1946 in Knoxville, Tennessee. They were sealed the following year in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. They were married 59 years before Ruth passed away. Jerome received his Bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in Psychology. He earned his M.A. from Brigham Young University in Education, his PhD in Philosophy from Brantridge Forest School, London, England and has a degree in law. He enjoyed learning and teaching and taught for many years, part of that time being the Principal for the South Park Academy for the Utah State Prison. He was an avid reader and loved to travel. He has seen much of the world but his most frequent travels were those to South America. He placed copies of the Book of Mormon in many hotels throughout the world. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had a great love of the Book of Mormon and desired to share his testimony of this great book. Jerome loved and cared about others, he made friends easily, his humor and compassion were traits people loved about him most. Jerome is survived by his children: Phyllis Adamson (Jay), Marie Munns (wife of the late Stephen Cruze), Carolyn Eyre (Robert), Marilyn Sorensen (Jim), Debbie Tingey (Tim), Vicki Kowalk (Mark), 26 grand-children, 28 great-grandchildren with four on the way; a sister Ophelia Cox, brothers-in-law James Buchanan, Clifford Webb, Aubrey Spears and sisters-in-law Mildred and Carol Cruze, Libby Daniels and Ruby Belle Spears. He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth, his son Stephen, his parents, his brothers, Dewey, Grover and Ellis, and a great-grandson James Michael Adamson. Funeral services were held April 21, 2008 at the Edgemont South Stake Center (12th Ward), 2950 North Canyon Road, Provo. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills, 4800 N. 650 E., Provo. [Deseret News, Saturday, April 19, 2008.]

Class of 1968. Janet Vee Curtis. BYU 1973. My husband Bob and I have 5 children and 13 grandchildren. We have returned from living in Japan for 26 months. A wonderful experience. On September 4, 2005 Bob & I will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. We have 5 children and 17 grandchildren, the real joy of our lives. We are back in our home in Yorba Linda, California. I am 55 years old and life is GREAT! @2005 Janet has two sisters who also attended BYH: Karen Curtis Johnson, BYH Class of 1960; and JoAnn Curtis Henderson, BYH Class of 1963.

Class of 1968. Larry Curtis (Rat to some of his friends). Managing Editor of the BY Junior High newspaper. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Sherri Lynn Peterson, BYH Class of 1969, in 1970. Larry received his BA in University Studies from BYU. He has a Masters degree from the University of Utah in Middle East Studies - Persian. For the past ten years he has taught developmental English part time at Utah Valley University. He and Sherri are the parents of three children. They have one grandchild. @2008 ~ ~ ~ ~ Email sent to slcutah@msn.com bounced back. @2010

Class of 1968. Lani DeHart. BYU BS Elementary Education 1972. Married Joseph West, BYH Class of 1968. Nine children. ~ ~ ~ ~ Wife, Lani DeHart, BYH Class of 1968. Nine children. ~ ~ ~ ~ Husband Joseph A. West was called as mission president of Portugal Porto Mission in 1996. Lani DeHart West had served as Relief Society compassionate service leader; former stake girls camp director, Primary president's counselor, Relief Society teacher, Primary teacher, Beehive teacher, and Cub Scout den leader; received bachelor's degree in elementary education from BYU; born in Payson, Utah, to Louis Kershaw DeHart and Virginia McNamara Halladay DeHart.

Class of 1968. Frank Edmunds.

Class of 1968. Linda Egbert. BYU 1973. Married Wendell R. Gubler, and they have nine children. Her parents: Dr. Robert L. Egbert and Gretchen Johnson Egbert, married 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had nine children: Stephen L. (Kathryn) Egbert [BYH Class of 1965], Lawrence, Kansas; Timothy P. Egbert [BYH Class of 1966], Salt Lake City, Utah; Robert J. (Sherie) Egbert, LaVista, Nebraska; Matthew K. (Heather) Egbert, Omaha, Nebraska; Linda G. Egbert [BYH Class of 1968] (Wendell) Gubler, Santa Clara, Utah; Kristin K. Egbert [BYH Class of 1971] (Ronald) Bates, Malaga, Washington; Sandra J. Egbert (John) Clark, Orem, Utah; Rebecca J. Egbert (Scott) Hinckley, Omaha, Nebraska; and Barbara G. Egbert (Kyle) Hettinger, Phoenix, Arizona [2001].