Classmates P - R

BRYANT PARKER - BIO

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RONNIE PEEBLES - BIO

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JAMES PINERO - BIO

Nick name: Jim     Children: One son and twin daughters 

Married: Yes, to Susan for 42 years. Susan is a radiologist and works part time at Baylor Medical School.   

Work: I owned restaurants in Dallas/Ft. Worth (Uncle Julio's) and some in the D.C. area (Rio Grande Cafe). I sold my restaurants in 1992 and retired to The Woodlands.    Hobbies: I enjoy playing golf and fishing.  Susan and I travel quite a lot.

After college, I worked at Baylor Medical School in experimental biology department for a few years then decided to open a restaurant. I ran those until 1992 when I sold my business and retired.

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JEROME PORTELE - BIO

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VERNON PREGEANT - BIO

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JOSEPH RAIA - BIO

Nick name: Joe     Children: Jennifer,  Angela     Married: Yes, Jacqueline, IWA'59

Work: City of Houston - Environmental Health   

Hobbies: Fishing, Boating, Golf, Travel

After high school, I attended St.Thomas University, received a BA degree in 1962, and then an MS in chemistry from the University of Houston. In 1965, I married Saana Barzilla, Mt. Carmel ’61 (deceased in 1996). Our two children are Jennifer and Angela. I worked at NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Clear Lake, then joined Shell Oil Company in 1967 and worked in Corporate Research and Development 1967-1993.  After taking early retirement, I began consulting and contract work in analytical chemistry for the oil and gas industry.  Currently I am working for the City of Houston Environmental Health Division in food inspection.  In 2004, I married Jacqueline Tamburello who was also widowed after being married to Joe Tamburello (deceased in 1999). Their three children are Joseph, Jerry, Rosalyn.  We are gratefully blessed with our family and friends and a total of ten wonderful grandchildren.  Jacqueline and I are involved in parish activities and enjoy traveling.

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LUTHER KEITH REEVES

1940 - 2000

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JAMES ROARK - BIO

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JOHN ROBINSON - BIO

Children: Brian, Donna, Keith and 1 granddaughter, Charleigh 

Married: Jo Ann Gay in 1966  Work: Still active in the chemical industry

Hobbies: Fast cars, water sports and travel

Attended U of St Thomas (BA), Rice (PhD) and later U of H (MBA).  Career in international chemicals.  Retired from BP in 2000 as President, BP Chemicals, Inc.  Was CEO of ChemConnect from then until the company was acquired last year.  Looking for another ride.

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RICHARD ROBSON - BIO

Nick name: Dick (in the army they called me "Robby")  Children: Boy/girl twins 37 and daughter 34 (All UT Grads)   Married: Yes, (Nancy from Indianapolis)   Work: Akili Systems Group, Dallas   Hobbies: Computers, electronics, ham radio, golf

After disastrous freshman math course at Rice, I gave up physics for economics (with a minor in German and a big service obligation in ROTC).  Spent a summer with a family outside of Genoa and learned to speak Italian pretty well.  Went on to complete UT Law School and briefly practiced law until I began 20+ yrs of military service (Vietnam, Germany twice, all over the US, even picking up an MSBA at Boston U.) After retiring as a LTC, I joined Mobil in Dallas in their systems shop, moving on to their E&P tech labs to round out nearly 10 yrs with them.  Then left Mobil to join a "boutique" consulting firm as a Data Architect/database consultant.  Retired in 2005.  Still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

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DANIEL ROSPRIM - BIO

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WILLIAM RYAN - BIO

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