OLD Family Timeline – 1985 thru 1994 – Page 3

1990

Oct 08

August Wilson wins Pulitzer Prize for the Piano Lesson

Karen and Mark have seen quite a few of Wilson’s plays, many from the Pittsburgh cycle. Most at the Huntington Theater in Boston in the 1980s and ‘90s.

Oct 09

Mark moves again – VP Marketing IPD at Augat

Nov 04

Berlin Wall torn down

1991

Mar 04

Karen and Mark go to Mexico

Mexico City then on to a REI tour of Mezo-American ruins. Chiapas. Continuation of education about the peoples of the Americas before Columbus.

Mar 09

Jonathan sets off on another around the world adventure

3/9/1991 from Jonathan’s Facebook page on 3/9/2021: 30 years ago… NYC… about to get on the bus to Kennedy Airport then on to Oslo (for two months), then by train to Budapest, Moscow, and via the Trans-Siberian to Beijing. Then, still by train on to Chengdu for three months, by…
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Jun 04

Andrea moves to NYC

Continues work for NewsEdge. Settles at 72 St and Amsterdam??

Jun 04

Jonathan graduates from Hofstra

Jun 22

Karen and Mark exchange wedding rings for 2nd time.

Gold replaces copper. Inspired by Ed and Meredith’s double ring ceremony.

Sep 04

Karen hikes hut to hut in White Mountains

Sep 04

Karen works for Industrial Services Program

Oct 08

Head of the Charles Regatta Party

1992

Feb 09

Mark changes job again at Augat

Named VP Strategic Planning and Business Development – a position without budget or staff.

May 08

Riots in Los Angeles after Rodney King verdict

Jun 08

Larry Bird retires from Celtics

Jun 08

Karen and Mark travel to Glacier National Park with Ed and Meredith

Jul 08

Surprise 50th Birthday Party for Karen

at the Cambridge Community Center where Mark and Karen were married and many other events have taken place. And it really was a SURPRISE to Karen.

Aug 08

Augat fires Mark

When the third CEO showed up Mark knew within a few minutes of meeting him that there was little synergy. Took a while, but after naming Mark VP of Business Development without a portfolio, budget,or staff, it was clear they direction.

Sep 04

Jonathan starts graduate school at University of Wisconsin

Sep 30

Karen takes a sabbatical

Karen says she wants to take time off from work to focus on writing and other projects. Downsize to one car and no children on the family payroll.

Oct 04

Pope admits error in Galileo affair in 1630’s

Pope Paul fessed up that the church might have been in the wrong.

Oct 04

Karen and Andrea trip to Southwest and Albuquerque Balloon Festival

1993

Jan 09

Mark starts consulting firm – Riverside Consulting Group

Apr 08

FBI burns Branch Davidians in Waco, TX

From Wikipedia on the Waco Siege: The Waco siege was the siege of a compound belonging to the Branch Davidians, carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as the U.S. military, between February 28 and April 19, 1993.[4] The Branch Davidians were led by David…
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Jun 01

Parker Orton born – June 1, 1993

Jun 04

1st Darkroom at 52 Kinnaird

Karen gets first darkroom in closet on first floor. Sink built out of marine plywood coated with epoxy paint last through a relocation and ten years of use.