IN MEMORY - BILL STRAUSS (1947 - 2007)

In response to the loss of classmate Bill Strauss, a "Class of '65 Memorial Fund" has been established in memory of all  fallen classmates.  Donations to the fund are entirely tax deductible and benefit educational programs at Burlingame High School  To learn more, click on the red Memorial Fund navigation bar at left.  Bill came from Mount Olympus.  As for the rest of us...

We came from Burlingame, Hillsborough and parts of San Mateo and Millbrae, California.

At lunchtime, if we weren't in line at the cafeteria or brown bagging it in Washington Park, you might find us munching a Deluxe Burger at the Hasty Tasty or a BLT at Towle's Cafe.

We were MPL football champions and wore buttons exclaiming "Mash Mateo."  Our Thanksgiving Day tradition was to attend the "Little Big Game" followed by Thanksgiving dinner.

We went crazy over the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Righteous Brothers, and the Supremes, though we also made hits of songs by Petula Clark and Herman's Hermits.  Why remains a mystery.

We didn't know that the muscle cars we drove back then would be classics. Had we, we'd be rich.

The issues of the day were civil rights and the Cold War.  Viet Nam wasn't yet a concern, though our classmates were among the first to serve there.

There was only one screen at the Peninsula Theater, later named the Fox Theater.  On any given Saturday night in our senior year, it might be showing Help!, Cat Ballou or The Sound of Music.

We were the Class of '65.

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