The following is taken directly from the June 9, 1983 issue of the CUTLASS.  Let’s see who was the best with their prediction of his or herself:

 Where will they be in 2003?

The Class of ’83 looks into their crystal balls to see where they might be in the year 2003.

 In twenty years I will be…

 …married to Pat Lubinski with two children. (Nancy Wochinski)

 …a successful, rich, married woman with two to four kids. (Liz Potempa)

 …president of IBM or head delivery person at Pizza Polus, or something in between. (Kevin Stipe)

 …traveling around the world, operating and owning my own business. (Scott Jensen)

 …living in Hawaii, eating quiche, of course. (Tim Arnold)

 …have just had my third novel published and be the first full-time anchor woman for the CBS evening news. (Deborah Pankey)

 …an executive in Chicago and married to Doug Steffens with three kids.  (Sandy Badenoch)

 …lounging on the beach. (Mike Abry) 

…20 years older and the president of IBM. (Tom Rogowski)

 …a beer drinking officer out in the field killing commies! (Rob Burns)

 …have made enough money to open an elegant restaurant. (Jami Whittemore)

 …on the Channel 7 News or an editor of the Chicago Tribune. (Sandy Bauman)

 …wishing I was married, and planning my next trip. (Kari Groberg)

 …happy and healthy. (Beth Stein)

 …No. 34 years old. (Linda Nowichi) 

…in the computer science field with a family. (John McKeown)

 …married to Barry with three boys and two girls. (Cheryl Ricordati)

 …living on my own, with my own beauty shop, and be a swinging single! (Kim Fronzcak)

 …married and have two children living somewhere warm, with servants to take care of everything. (Liz Bender)

…a CPA, unmarried, very rich and having the best time of my life. (Lisa Maher)

 …hopefully politically involved, perhaps mayor or an ambassador. (Colleen E. Murphy)

 …working in some office doing heaven knows what. (Janice Obermayer)

 …married with four kids (Melissa, Brandon, Patrick, Christina) and living somewhere warm. (Amy Pieper)

…the mother of ten in a small pink and white house in Schaumburg. (Mary Kruger)

 …a CPA with a job overseas – West Germany. (Brian Herlihy)

 …a M.D. (Doctor) at Good Shepherd Hospital. (Skip Martin)

 …teaching Mr. Finfrock my name’s John Lundin, NOT Tommy London! (John Lundin)

 …38 years old, going on seventy. (Tim Russell)

 …a justice on the United States Supreme Court. (Tom Falkenburg)

 …an executive in a large company and possibly married. (Jean Krzeminski)

 …in a dance company. (Kelly Purcell)

 …an award-winning novelist vacationing in the Bahamas. (Don Leonard)

 …a billionaire. (Mark Greenman)

 …working. (Jody Gross)

 …married to Greg Gildea and hopefully having our fifth kid. (Jill VanVieren)

 …very, very happily married with one or more children and working part-time somewhere helping people (Jeanne Vastine)

 …making bucks and coaching Palatine’s Varsity soccer teams to be the state champs with my own kids on the team. (Eric Bo-Hansen) 

…married to Roger Hulliger and living in a chalet in the Swiss Alps. (Allison Becque)

 …a successful business woman, living on Michigan Avenue. (Denise Gopon)

 …probably helping the president cut taxes. (Randy Smith)

 …a millionaire and married to the girl of my dreams. (Scott Shaver)

 …married with at least tow kids back in San Diego, summers at the beach living in our condo. (Sandra Aleshire)

 …married and living happily with my husband and three kids somewhere!! (Tracy Brown)

 …the first person to break Hank Aarons all-time home run record of 806. (Tim Lazzarotto)

 …broadcasting the news for a station in Los Angeles. (Sheryl Gallagher)

 …married, three kids, rich and a doctor. (Lynn Hollander)

 …living on Malibu Beach with a Porsche. (John Bridges)

 …married, I hope. (Jill Slipper)

 …teaching elementary education and being on the same brain level as the kids. (Wendy Copeland)

 …living in the Swiss Alps. (Isobell Kowalski)

 …hopefully a corporate lawyer for a big company. (Wayne Rau)

 …married, living anywhere my husband is based, be a professional photographer, have at least one kid, probably more. (Lisa Robinson)

 …a successful doctor at John Hopkins (or in case of first semester drop out, a comedian performing in high school classes all over the U.S.). (Jim Luke)

 …working successfully in whatever I plan to pursue in college. (Maria McWilliams)

 …fat, dumb, and happy! (Colleen Merlihan)

 …a successful woman engineer, married for 13 years and have a 9-year-old girl, a 7-year-old girl and a dog. (Lisa Logeman)

 …married, have 4 kids, earned my first few thousand, and have a few medals under my belt. (Mike Hogan)

 …the richest lawyer ever. (Katie Sevey)

 …a killer businesswoman.  I’ll be on my yacht on the French Riviera, sipping champagne with Tom Selleck and all the wild people from the Class of ’83. (Mary Ellen Cairns)

 …in a cheap studio apartment in New York starving with Chris Johnson, Phil Riderelli, and Kelly Purcell. (Laura Daugherty)

 …retired and living in St. Croix. (Laura Troester)

 …farming rhubarb on a small farm in Omaha, Nebraska. (Jeff Siekmann).

 …ALIVE. (Kevin Parsons)

 …living in a penthouse apartment in New York or a mansion in Atlanta. (Rosemary Adams)

 …a famous accountant. (Beth Caminiti)

 …a successful lawyer or a garbageman. (Brian Butler)

 …hopefully married with 3-4 kids, living in Michigan with a business degree. (Stephanie Borgman)