Eugene & Judy Marquart

Since our collective retirements, Alex and Donna Ratka, Barbara and Lou Wolf, and Judy and I decided that we did not want to lose track of one another. So a pact was made that we would get together at least once a year for a mini-conference. We have lost Lou Wolf, but we still gather and carry him in our hearts. We call ourselves the GOOFS (Gathering of Old Friends) and have that printed on our official shirts. We have been convening for the past eight years, with the ninth coming up in October, when we will take a repositioning ship from Vancouver, BC, to San Francisco, CA. Our conferences have taken us to Canada, Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Colorado, and to Canada again for the Eastern Provinces. For those who may not remember, Alex was the risk manager for USC, Barbara was the risk manager for Cal Tech, and I was the risk manager for the State of California, which included the CSU system.

Judy and I continue to keep very busy with a new and larger home. I say that so you won’t think we are in a retirement home. In addition, I am on the board of directors for the Sacramento Childrens Home and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society. I still do some risk management consulting for the CSUS Foundation, the Childrens Home, the Jazz Society, and the American River Natural History Association.