Captions are below each photo. Last names are sometimes
omitted after their first mention, so it is recommended to read in
sequence and pay attention ☺.
90% of the TEAA-er attendees are on this page. For those who
are missing or for whom the angle is not fabulous, check out the
→ Photos from Seattle, 2007.
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Keynote Speaker Professor Perezi Kamunanwire, the Ugandan Ambassador
to the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean arrives with
briefcase in hand, escorted by Conference Chair Shelby Lewis
(second from right). Additional TEAA-ers in the group are: Marva
Kester (left), who flew in from Panama, Treasurer Henry Hamburger
(center) and Hank Hector of the Conference committee. [photo:
Betty Castor]
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Peerless conference chair Shelby Lewis, at work managing
(among other things) 18 guest presenters who helped us explore the
conference theme of "Understanding and Supporting Education in
East Africa." As noted in her report "Approximately 75 people
from the United Kingdom, Panama, East Africa and a variety of
cities in approximately 20 U.S. states took part in the conference
as planners, presenters, registrants and single session
participants." [photo: Betsey Anderson]
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Peerless leader Brooks Goddard, sporting the famous Mwalimu
T-shirt that he produced for our 2001 gathering, warms up to the
task at hand at the marvelous reception at the home of Keith and
Ron Schuchard. [photo: Betty Castor]
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Marva Kester provided the photos for the collage above and
appears (right) in the one at top center along with Shelby (left)
and Priscilla Lane. To the right are Mary Ann and Gus Lewis with,
visible in the background, Mary Ryan and Bill Jones, he of the
2008 school-visiting trip and the TEAA reading project. Below
that appear Jerry Barr and Larry Olds (foreground), Bill Cahill
(center) and, further back, having flown in from England, Don and
Maureen Knies. That's one of Bill C's books in the overall
center, Swahili Readings, Children's Book 4. At left is Brooks,
addressing the multitude. In the center of the bottom row are
Sharon Hartmann, co-chair of Seattle-07, with Joan and Jerry
Schieber, who for that conference provided the raffle prize won by
your faithful webguy and Marsh (see below), a weekend at their
great home in wonderful Brooklyn. The King Center fountain is at
the lower left.
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Joan Schieber is the source of photos for the above
collage. The four photos in its upper left are from our day at
the Carter Center. Identifiable are Ambassador Kamunanwire giving
his keynote speech and, below him, Betty Castor, a 2009
school visitor, major fundraiser for TEAA and source of many
photos you see on this web page.
The rest of the photos in the above collage are from our visit to
the (Martin Luther) King Center. Because that's a National
Historic Site, our tourguide was a ranger, distinguished in the
top center photo by his cool ranger hat. Also discernible in that
photo, though from behind, are Betty Coxson (near left edge, in
pink-red jacket and hat) and to the right of her, Linda Donaldson
(black jacket and dark brown bag).
The coffin (upper right) bears the famous words, "Free at last,
free at last,..." Across the bottom are eight of us socializing
over lunch: Jerry Schieber (cool hat), Linda Kunz (cool boots),
the Lewises, Henry (with black bag, badge of the volunteer trash
warrior), Leal Dickson (see below), Carol Heath (cool sandals) and
Marsh McJunkin (totally cool).
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Betsey Anderson took the photos above at the Carter Center.
Across the top are Marva Kester, Ambassador Perezi Kamunanwire and
his country's flag. The middle row features Gene Child, co-sponsor
of the TEAA MacKay scholarship initiative, Lois Carwile and Bob
Ashcraft, sponsor of his own scholarship program at Machakos
Secondary. Rounding out this collage are Bill Jones, Betty Castor,
Audrey and Leal Dickson and Keith Schuchard.
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Bill Cahill caught fellow photographer Betsey Anderson in
action. Continuing across the top we see Pat Mische, Marty Lemke,
Carol Heath, Don Knies, John Dwyer and Maureen Knies. In the
second row are Gene Child and then Brooks with TEAA trophies.
That banner has been present at all 5 of our reunion/conferences,
2001-09, including the two in East Africa.
About that flag, Ed reports that "The Union Jack is the one that
came down at the Kakamega stadium during Kenya's independence
celebration. I found it the next morning thrown on the high fence
surrounding the stadium."
The pairs of people are Fran Cahill with Linda Donaldson and
Sharon Hepburn with Brooks. Across the bottom are Priscilla Lane,
Pat Gill, Fran Cahill, Marva Kester and Bill Cahill.
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...and a few more including two not yet mentioned, Jim
Weikart in the upper right and Jonne Robinson in the lower right.
That's Betsey Anderson with Jim. Also shown are my technical guru
and great friend Marsh McJunkin in the upper left, Gene Child and
Priscilla Lane.
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Luncheon at the Carter Center. Nola Stover is at the right.
Next is her friend Pat, originally from American Samoa now living
in the US, then Leal Dickson, Peace Corps alumna Karen Schaefer
and Audrey Dickson. Leal and Audrey handled the local
arrangements for Seattle-07 and Leal has organized funding and
implementation of the Nyakato school project. That's John Dwyer
of the local committee for this conference standing in the
background toward the left.
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The Schuchard reception is the locale of this photo and the
two below, all three from the camera of Betty Castor. Here, Ron
Schuchard appears in the semi-darkness of his porch while Leal and
Sam Bell smile for the camera. Sam - with Betty - was a TEAA
school visitor this year and in 2006. He personally funded and
orchestrated the delivery of 30 excellent computers to East Africa
in the name of TEAA.
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Writers unite as authors Emilee Cantieri (East African
Odyssey) and Don Knies (book on his worldwide travels) link up
with TEAA scribe, Newsletter editor and people finder Ed Schmidt.
The Newsletter is now 10 years old and going as strong as ever,
while on the finding front, 400 of us have been tracked down.
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East Africa travelers: Pat Gill, just back from her fifth
East Africa trip in a decade, gives her I-can-do-anything smile
here with Henry who has gone annually since 2003 and Ed who went
back twice in the 1980s and more recently in odd-numbered years
since 2003. Together with fellow TEAA school-visitors Betty
Castor and Bill Jones, they reported on TEAA's assistance
projects.
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Also available are → Photos from Seattle, 2007.
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