CLASS OF ‘75

50TH REUNION

50 years…it is hard to believe we are coming up on 50 years!

In some ways, this feels like only yesterday and in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago. For those of us that started Breck in lower school, it has been over 60 years. This is a significant milestone we should celebrate together. We are beginning the planning process and hope to see as many people as we can.

It was in November of 2023 that Bill Lydon, Gran Harlow, Joel Stone and Fawn Wilderson met to start organizing our Breck School 1975 50th reunion in 2025.  Over the last thirty years, all 4 of us have organized reunions for the class at one time or another. Past reunions include a Lake Minnetonka boat cruise, The Medina Ballroom, The Nicollet Island Inn and Town Hall brewery in the 7 Corners area. All were unique and fun gatherings in their own way and this one will be no different.

We built this site as a place where we can keep our classmates informed on the latest news as we plan our events…so please stay tuned!

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50TH REUNION

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A Milestone Worth Celebrating!

Dear Breck School Class of 1975 and friends:

We’re excited to confirm the date for our 50th Reunion on Saturday September 20, 2025. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates!

📆 Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
📍: Minneapolis, MN
⏱️ Time: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
🤔 Details: To follow

We are making an effort to locate faculty and invite them to our reunion on September 20. If you know teachers that would be interested, confirm the date, get their email address and we can add them to the mailing list.

Currently we are in contact with Bob Kaitz, Kathryn Harper, Marion Kennnon, Jack Blatherwick and are looking for Wink Rasmussen, Bill Lund, Lee Hesselroth, Jim Martin, Steve Kingsbury, John Stenglein, Grant Hawthorne and Jerry Vollmer.

With warm regards,  Reunion Committee,  Breck Class of 1975

Our classmate Ginnie (Kuechle) Schauss has passed away

11/24/24: We learned of the unexpected passing of Virginia (Kuechle) Schauss ’75 today. She is survived by her brothers, John and Dan. A touching obituary for Virginia is posted here.

Virginia’s service will be held on Saturday, November 23, in St. Paul.

Our classmate Doug Mamer has passed away

6/1/2024  Sadly, a couple of weeks ago Doug passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. Below are the details of the visitation and burial.

Click here to view Doug’s obituary.

We are still Searching for a few Classmates

There are four people who graduated Breck in 1975 that we don’t have contact info / email addresses.

If you communicate with any of these people and have an address, let us know and we will add them to the list. You are also welcome to try and track down any of these people and identify their email address and send it our way.

James Broemer, Dave Crist, Mary Kate McKenna, Tony Walker and Alice Todd

50TH REUNION

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Saturday, September 20th, 2025.

All events will be held in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Considerations include the quality of venue, it's location, parking and safety.

Our organizing committee is Fawn Wilderson, Joel Stone, Granville Harlow and Bill Lydon.

Our goal is approximately $50 - $75 per person.

Yes, we would love to have them join us.

We will send out periodic emails on events and news of interest. The best place, is our very own Breck School 1975 website (breckschool1975.com) Make sure to bookmark the page for all the latest news about our reunion. When time permits will also start a Facebook Breck School 1975 group page.

Email your images to Gran Harlow or Bill Lydon (emails below) who maintain final authority on anything added to the Google Photos Breck 1975 page. On the contact form, there is also a field to attach a photo as well.

Send us a message on the contact form below.

JUNE 1975

Top 10 Songs

  1. “Sister Golden Hair” by America
  2. “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” by John Denver
  3. “How Long” by Ace
  4. “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” by Freddy Fender
  5. “Cut the Cake” by Average White Band
  6. “Rainy Day People” by Gordon Lightfoot
  7. “Jackie Blue” by Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  8. “When Will I Be Loved” by Linda Ronstadt
  9. “Bad Time” by Grand Funk
  10. “Old Days” by Chicago

JUNE 1975

Top 10 Movies

  1. “Jaws”
  2. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
  3. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
  4. “Dog Day Afternoon”
  5. “The Apple Dumpling Gang”
  6. “Breakout”
  7. “The Eiger Sanction”
  8. “The Wind and the Lion”
  9. “The Great Waldo Pepper”
  10. “Shampoo”

50TH REUNION

MEET OUR COMMITTEE

50TH REUNION

Ted Cardozo, Doug Jepson, David Kallstrom, Lee Wells, Tom Staples, Tom Inskip, Wendy McLaughlin, Doug Mamer and Ginnie (Kuechle) Schauss

WHAT’S HAPPENING

NEWS

January 28, 2025

November 11, 2024: We learned of the unexpected passing of Virginia (Kuechle) Schauss '75 today. Virginia's service will be held on Saturday, November 23, in St. Paul.

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September 01, 2024

Charlie Baker did a fantastic job organizing the Breck class of 1974, 50th reunion cruise on the Mississippi River, September 21, 2024.

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June 01, 2024

The last few years Joel has organized and hosted the summer class gatherings (thank you, Joel), but this year the party will be at my house in Minnetonka on Thursday, June 20th.

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