2016 Update:  Peggy passed away this year. The following is the biographical information she wanted to share with her Roy-Hart classmates at the time of our 50th Reunion in September 2015:

It all started with AFS and a year in Italy which included school (in Italian), play and travel. I returned to watch you all graduate except me - go figure! I don't know how I thought it would count toward college but I finally went on to SUNY Albany a year later...little to know that beside Dan and I, there were other alumni tucked away in the quads. I graduated from Albany in 3 years with a double major since the 'powers' at large determined my academic achievements in Italy were equivalent to a freshman year at Albany. Therefore my forth year (2 summers and an academic year) resulted in a Master's Degree.

In October 1970, I left for OCS in Newport, Rhode Island and was commissioned an Ensign. Highlights of that adventure included (1)requirement to wear a girdle regardless of being underweight (2)requirement to wear scarlet red lipstick regardless of how becoming and (3)my leading the drill squad up and down the gym until I ended up as the only one at one end of the gym and everyone else laughing at the other end.

My first two tours were in D.C. as a counterintelligence officer, then as a collection operations briefer for the ADM in charge of Naval Intelligence - talk about an oxymoron! In both of these tours, I was the first and only woman in an intelligence command. I left a lasting impression when I greeted our brand new ADM as CAPT much to my boss's horror. ADM Rectanus reassured me there was no harm/no foul since his Aide had just greeted him as CDR.

From there I went to Denver as a student in the Intelligence Training Center. I loved skiing so you can imagine what laborious duty that was. At least the cost of living was a huge improvement from D.C. I was the first designated female intelligence specialist. From there I went to a P-3 antisubmarine warfare squadron stationed in Brunswick, Maine. We deployed to Andoya, Norway and flew down thru fjords to land. I went on to Rota, Spain and finally the Azores.

After completing that tour I returned to Denver as an instructor and bought a house. Bad Mistake! Five months later, without a chance to sell, I had orders to Hawaii. As you can see, I kept moving A LOT!

From the lush sand beaches and the shift work I was sent to Germany. That was an Army Headquarter and I spent a lot of time touring Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Greece.

When I left Europe and returned to USA, I finally got orders to Norfolk, VA. My last three tours were spent in a location I had yet to set foot on. Last of all was the Contract Quality Control Officer for a 5 million dollar intelligence facility with all the wires, whistles, bells and special features. I thoroughly enjoyed wearing steel toed boots and a hard hat and getting filthy dirty!

I retired in 1992 after three operations on my back. Few thought I would enjoy retirement but I have. I finally married in 1993. We took a course as Master Gardeners and volunteered many hours. Over the next period of time, my husband Arvin and I spent many hours traveling to Calabash, NC to care for Mom and Dad and selling their home there.

A new chapter began and I started classes in pottery which I love. We also drove across country to visit Arvin's son, wife, granddaughter, and twin grandsons. We also visited lots of landmarks that I could not see when crisscrossing the country on order. I continued my volunteer work delivering meals on wheels, working in the church food pantry and working on the altar society.

In 2006 I got MRSA pneumonia and spent some real quality time in ICU. I recovered well only to repeat with a second case of MRSA pneumonia plus some additional bugs in 2012 and ICU became my home away from home. To make it worse I was in isolation and was very sad. Simply put, I am now on oxygen around the clock and a wheelchair is my primary mode of transportation.

So now you know where Peggy has been and why she isn't there with you for the 50th Reunion.