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THE CLASS OF 1979 |
CLASS SNAPSHOT
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128 of us have added our profiles to the Alumni Directory, so far.

Combined, we have 259 children, 122 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

14 of us served in the U.S. Armed Forces for a combined total of 235 years, including 3 still on active duty.

83 of us spent a combined total of 254 years earning 19 Associates, 55 Bachelors, 15 Masters and 3 Doctorate degrees.

Our most-traveled? One of us has visited 49 U.S. States or Territories, and another has visited 22 foreign countries.

9 of us have birthdays this month, and 10 of us have birthdays in October.

Currently, 10 of us are retired.


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ON THE RADIO |



Top Songs: 1978-1979
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Number One Hits by Week | Top 100 Hits of the Year
Billboard's lists have been the music industry's leading indicator of a song's popularity in the U.S. for nearly 50 years. Use the links above to change betweeen the Number One Hits by Week or the Top 100 Hits of the Year as reported by Billboard Magazine for our Senior Year -- 1978-1979.
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Top 100 Hits of 1978 |
Rank |
Song |
Artist |
1 |
Shadow Dancing |
Andy Gibb |
2 |
Night Fever |
Bee Gees |
3 |
You Light Up My Life |
Debby Boone |
4 |
Stayin' Alive |
Bee Gees |
5 |
Kiss You All Over |
Exile |
6 |
How Deep Is Your Love |
Bee Gees |
7 |
Baby Come Back |
Player |
8 |
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water |
Andy Gibb |
9 |
Boogie Oogie Oogie |
A Taste Of Honey |
10 |
Three Times A Lady |
Commodores |
11 |
Grease |
Frankie Valli |
12 |
I Go Crazy |
Paul Davis |
13 |
You're The One That I Want |
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
14 |
Emotion |
Samantha Sang |
15 |
Lay Down Sally |
Eric Clapton |
16 |
Miss You |
Rolling Stones |
17 |
Just The Way You Are |
Billy Joel |
18 |
With A Little Luck |
Wings |
19 |
If I Can't Have You |
Yvonne Elliman |
20 |
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) |
Chic |
21 |
Feels So Good |
Chuck Mangione |
22 |
Hot Child In The City |
Nick Gilder |
23 |
Love Is Like Oxygen |
Sweet |
24 |
It's A Heartache |
Bonnie Tyler |
25 |
We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You |
Queen |
26 |
Baker Street |
Gerry Rafferty |
27 |
Can't Smile Without You |
Barry Manilow |
28 |
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late |
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams |
29 |
Dance With Me |
Peter Brown |
30 |
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad |
Meat Loaf |
31 |
Jack And Jill |
Raydio |
32 |
Take A Chance On Me |
Abba |
33 |
Sometimes When We Touch |
Dan Hill |
34 |
Last Dance |
Donna Summer |
35 |
Hopelessly Devoted To You |
Olivia Newton-John |
36 |
Hot Blooded |
Foreigner |
37 |
You're In My Heart |
Rod Stewart |
38 |
The Closer I Get To You |
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway |
39 |
Dust In The Wind |
Kansas |
40 |
Magnet And Steel |
Walter Egan |
41 |
Short People |
Randy Newman |
42 |
Use Ta Be My Girl |
O'Jays |
43 |
Our Love |
Natalie Cole |
44 |
Love Will Find A Way |
Pablo Cruise |
45 |
An Everlasting Love |
Andy Gibb |
46 |
Love Is In The Air |
John Paul Young |
47 |
Goodbye Girl |
David Gates |
48 |
Slip Slidin' Away |
Paul Simon |
49 |
The Groove Line |
Heatwave |
50 |
Thunder Island |
Jay Ferguson |
51 |
Imaginary Lover |
Atlanta Rhythm Section |
52 |
Still The Same |
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band |
53 |
My Angel Baby |
Toby Beau |
54 |
Disco Inferno |
Trammps |
55 |
On Broadway |
George Benson |
56 |
Come Sail Away |
Styx |
57 |
Back In Love Again |
L.T.D. |
58 |
This Time I'm In It For Love |
Player |
59 |
You Belong To Me |
Carly Simon |
60 |
Here You Come Again |
Dolly Parton |
61 |
Blue Bayou |
Linda Ronstadt |
62 |
Peg |
Steely Dan |
63 |
You Needed Me |
Anne Murray |
64 |
Shame |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
65 |
Reminiscing |
Little River Band |
66 |
Count On Me |
Jefferson Starship |
67 |
Baby Hold On |
Eddie Money |
68 |
Hey Deanie |
Shaun Cassidy |
69 |
Summer Nights |
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-john |
70 |
What's Your Name |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
71 |
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue |
Crystal Gayle |
72 |
Because The Night |
Patti Smith |
73 |
Every Kinda People |
Robert Palmer |
74 |
Copacabana |
Barry Manilow |
75 |
Always And Forever |
Heatwave |
76 |
You And I |
Rick James |
77 |
Serpentine Fire |
Earth, Wind and Fire |
78 |
Sentimental Lady |
Bob Welch |
79 |
Falling |
LeBlanc and Carr |
80 |
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood |
Santa Esmeralda |
81 |
Bluer Than Blue |
Michael Johnson |
82 |
Running On Empty |
Jackson Browne |
83 |
Whenever I Call You "Friend" |
Kenny Loggins |
84 |
Fool (If You Think It's Over) |
Chris Rea |
85 |
Get Off |
Foxy |
86 |
Sweet Talking Woman |
Electric Light Orchestra |
87 |
Life's Been Good |
Joe Walsh |
88 |
I Love The Night Life |
Alicia Bridges |
89 |
You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) |
High Inergy |
90 |
It's So Easy |
Linda Ronstadt |
91 |
Native New Yorker |
Odyssey |
92 |
Flashlight |
Parliament |
93 |
Don't Look Back |
Boston |
94 |
Turn To Stone |
Electric Light Orchestra |
95 |
I Can't Stand The Rain |
Eruption |
96 |
Ebony Eyes |
Bob Welch |
97 |
The Name Of The Game |
Abba |
98 |
We're All Alone |
Rita Coolidge |
99 |
Hollywood Nights |
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band |
100 |
Deacon Blues |
Steely Dan |
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Top 100 Hits of 1979 |
Rank |
Song |
Artist |
1 |
My Sharona |
The Knack |
2 |
Bad Girls |
Donna Summer |
3 |
Le Freak |
Chic |
4 |
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy |
Rod Stewart |
5 |
Reunited |
Peaches and Herb |
6 |
I Will Survive |
Gloria Gaynor |
7 |
Hot Stuff |
Donna Summer |
8 |
Y.M.C.A. |
Village People |
9 |
Ring My Bell |
Anita Ward |
10 |
Sad Eyes |
Robert John |
11 |
Too Much Heaven |
Bee Gees |
12 |
MacArthur Park |
Donna Summer |
13 |
When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman |
Dr. Hook |
14 |
Makin' It |
David Naughton |
15 |
Fire |
Pointer Sisters |
16 |
Tragedy |
Bee Gees |
17 |
A Little More Love |
Olivia Newton-John |
18 |
Heart Of Glass |
Blondie |
19 |
What A Fool Believes |
Doobie Brothers |
20 |
Good Times |
Chic |
21 |
You Don't Bring Me Flowers |
Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond |
22 |
Knock On Wood |
Amii Stewart |
23 |
Stumblin' In |
Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman |
24 |
Lead Me On |
Maxine Nightingale |
25 |
Shake Your Body |
Jacksons |
26 |
Don't Cry Out Loud |
Melissa Manchester |
27 |
The Logical Song |
Supertramp |
28 |
My Life |
Billy Joel |
29 |
Just When I Needed You Most |
Randy Vanwarmer |
30 |
You Can't Change That |
Raydio |
31 |
Shake Your Groove Thing |
Peaches and Herb |
32 |
I'll Never Love This Way Again |
Dionne Warwick |
33 |
Love You Inside Out |
Bee Gees |
34 |
I Want You To Want Me |
Cheap Trick |
35 |
The Main Event (Fight) |
Barbra Streisand |
36 |
Mama Can't Buy You Love |
Elton John |
37 |
I Was Made For Dancin' |
Leif Garrett |
38 |
After The Love Has Gone |
Earth, Wind and Fire |
39 |
Heaven Knows |
Donna Summer and Brooklyn Dreams |
40 |
The Gambler |
Kenny Rogers |
41 |
Lotta Love |
Nicolette Larson |
42 |
Lady |
Little River Band |
43 |
Heaven Must Have Sent You |
Bonnie Pointer |
44 |
Hold The Line |
Toto |
45 |
He's The Greatest Dancer |
Sister Sledge |
46 |
Sharing The Night Together |
Dr. Hook |
47 |
She Believes In Me |
Kenny Rogers |
48 |
In The Navy |
Village People |
49 |
Music Box Dancer |
Frank Mills |
50 |
The Devil Went Down To Georgia |
Charlie Daniels Band |
51 |
Gold |
John Stewart |
52 |
Goodnight Tonight |
Wings |
53 |
We Are Family |
Sister Sledge |
54 |
Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy |
Bad Company |
55 |
Every 1's A Winner |
Hot Chocolate |
56 |
Take Me Home |
Cher |
57 |
Boogie Wonderland |
Earth, Wind and Fire |
58 |
(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away |
Andy Gibb |
59 |
What You Won't Do For Love |
Bobby Caldwell |
60 |
New York Groove |
Ace Frehley |
61 |
Sultans Of Swing |
Dire Straits |
62 |
I Want Your Love |
Chic |
63 |
Chuck E's In Love |
Rickie Lee Jones |
64 |
I Love The Night Life |
Alicia Bridges |
65 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
McFadden and Whitehead |
66 |
Lonesome Loser |
Little River Band |
67 |
Renegade |
Styx |
68 |
Love Is The Answer |
England Dan and John Ford Coley |
69 |
Got To Be Real |
Cheryl Lynn |
70 |
Born To Be Alive |
Patrick Hernandez |
71 |
Shine A Little Love |
Electric Light Orchestra |
72 |
I Just Fall In Love Again |
Anne Murray |
73 |
Shake It |
Ian Matthews |
74 |
I Was Made For Lovin' You |
Kiss |
75 |
I Just Wanna Stop |
Gino Vannelli |
76 |
Disco Nights |
G.Q. |
77 |
Ooh Baby Baby |
Linda Ronstadt |
78 |
September |
Earth, Wind and Fire |
79 |
Time Passages |
Al Stewart |
80 |
Rise |
Herb Alpert |
81 |
Don't Bring Me Down |
Electric Light Orchestra |
82 |
Promises |
Eric Clapton |
83 |
Get Used To It |
Roger Voudouris |
84 |
How Much I Feel |
Ambrosia |
85 |
Suspicions |
Eddie Rabbitt |
86 |
You Take My Breath Away |
Rex Smith |
87 |
How You Gonna See Me Now |
Alice Cooper |
88 |
Double Vision |
Foreigner |
89 |
Every Time I Think Of You |
Babys |
90 |
I Got My Mind Made Up |
Instant Funk |
91 |
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough |
Michael Jackson |
92 |
Bad Case Of Lovin' You |
Robert Palmer |
93 |
Somewhere In The Night |
Barry Manilow |
94 |
We've Got Tonite |
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band |
95 |
Dance The Night Away |
Van Halen |
96 |
Dancing Shoes |
Nigel Olsson |
97 |
The Boss |
Diana Ross |
98 |
Sail On |
Commodores |
99 |
I Do Love You |
G.Q. |
100 |
Strange Way |
Firefall |
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BIRTHDAYS
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David Beason |
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Bill Blankenship |
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Gina Caso Williams |
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Wendy Frasca Pennington |
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Kim Greene Heslep |
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Donald Hoggard |
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Sherry Jones Pruitt |
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Abbe Kemack Halikman |
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Marcella Leach Ray |
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Mike London |
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Robert Marshall |
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Paul McCrickard |
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Sheryl Porter Gray |
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Robert Spring |
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Terrence Stevens |
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David Austin |
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Harry Covert |
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Sean Gatz |
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Richard Jackson |
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Glenn Jones |
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Marcella Leach Ray |
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Mark Roberts |
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Robert Spring |
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Rudy Tingelhoff |
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Daniel Treacy |
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Frederick Whittington, Jr. |
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Joseph Wingard |
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WHERE ARE WE?
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Classmates in the U.S.
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Alabama |
1 |
Arizona |
2 |
Arkansas |
1 |
California |
4 |
Colorado |
4 |
Connecticut |
1 |
District of Columbia |
3 |
Florida |
12 |
Georgia |
11 |
Idaho |
1 |
Illinois |
2 |
Kentucky |
2 |
Louisiana |
1 |
Maryland |
12 |
Massachusetts |
2 |
Minnesota |
1 |
Mississippi |
1 |
New Hampshire |
1 |
New Jersey |
2 |
New Mexico |
1 |
North Carolina |
19 |
Ohio |
2 |
Pennsylvania |
1 |
South Carolina |
3 |
Tennessee |
1 |
Texas |
4 |
Virginia |
262 |
Washington |
1 |
West Virginia |
1 |
Wisconsin |
1 |

Classmates Abroad:
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U.S. ARMED FORCES
APO/FPO REGIONAL
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Totals include confirmed and unconfirmed addresses as input by the reunion committee.
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