Rock Bridge High School Alumni
Columbia, Missouri (MO)
Jay Schroeder
Rock Bridge High School
Class of 1978
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JAY'S PROFILE
| First Name | Jay |
| Last Name | Schroeder |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1978 |
| Gender | Male |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | MI |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Scientist & Teacher |
| Married | Yes |
| Favorite School Memory | Hanging with the Mystic 7+ (i.e., Hobie Crane, Mark Cady, Mike Hall, Steve Scofield, Terry Whitney, Will Young, & myself plus Chuck Foley, Dawn Ford, & Heather Pace) |
| About Me | I've done a little bit of everything & been blessed every step of the way - Competed for Mizzou's cross-country team (7th man as a Freshman); earned a BS in Biochemistry & an MS in Nutritional Biochemistry under Dr. Dennis Gordon at Mizzou; married Stephanie Lynn Zeek of Lake Ozark, MO; earned a PhD in Cellular Nutrition under Dr. Robert Cousins at the University of Florida in Gainesville; completed postdoctoral work under Dr. Alfred Merrill at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta while Steph worked as Assistant Director of Human Resources for Jimmy Carter at the Carter Presidential Center; served as a member of the Human Nutrition faculty at Michigan State University in East Lansing & worked in research & development at Pfizer in Ann Arbor. Steph earned a BA in Economics at Mizzou & an MS in Human Resources at Florida. She is Senior Director of Human Resources at Michigan Medicine. We've raised 2 great children, Nick & Natalie, and I coached some of their youth basketball & soccer teams. Both were honor students at Brighton High School & in college. Nat was All-County in basketball & qualified for the state track meet as a senior. Nick was All-State in both basketball & soccer, a state top 20 free throw & 3-point shooter, & Detroit Free Press Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Nat turned down an NAIA basketball scholarship to instead earn a BS in Kinesiology at Michigan State in 2016. At MSU she was active in student government on Junior and Senior Class Council & as a representative to the General Assembly. In May 2018 she completed a second BS, this one in Nursing, at Valparaiso University in Indiana and is currently a Pediatric nurse at Mott Children's Hospital at Michigan Medicine. She married Derek Talaga who holds a BS from Alma College and an MBA from Northwood University. and is employed by National Food Group. In May 2015 Nick graduated summa cum laude from the University of Evansville School of Public Health in Indiana with a BS in Exercise Science & minor in Public Health. Nicknamed "Big Cat" by his teammates, he was an All-Missouri Valley Conference player & scholar-athlete for the school's NCAA D1 soccer team. As a senior, he earned the league's top scholar-athlete accolade, the Presidents Academic Excellence Award, as well as Missouri Valley Conference and NCAA postgraduate scholarships. He put the scholarships to work at the #1 Physical Therapy program in the nation, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he was a Merit Scholar and Research Assistant. In May 2018 Nick earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and is currently blurring the line between physical therapy and performance training at UC Health's Steadman Hawkins facility in Denve...(read more) |
Class of 1978 Alumni
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Class of 1976
Bill Corwin
Class of 1984
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Class of 1989
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Class of 2002
Robin Wenneker
Class of 1987
Mario Denson
Class of 1983
Jeffrey Lummis
Class of 1981
Tom Wolken
Class of 1980
Kari Childers
Class of 2000
Brittany Cope
Class of 2014
Robert Schenck
Class of 1993
Jalene Vincent
Class of 1995
David David Jolly
Class of 2007
Chris Blow
Class of 2006
Shawn Payne
Class of 1989
Rick Howard
Class of 1998
Andrea Tapp
Class of 1985
Frank Bowman
Class of 2010
Scott Mcconnell
Class of 1994
Kurt Wallace
Class of 1983
Richard Shewmaker
Class of 2011
Debra Davis
Class of 1993
Nathan Sapp
Class of 1989
Sarah Leatham
Class of 1981
Recent Class of 1978 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1978 Reunion for Free
Rock Bridge Class of 1978 - 40 years
Invited Classes: All Classes
Date: Jul 27, 2018
Description: update: December 2017 Tentative plans: Friday Night July 27th @ the Roof, located on top of the Broadway Hotel downtown ...(read more)
Class of 1978 40th reunion
Invited Classes: 1978
Date: Jul 27, 2017
Description: Class of 1978 40th reunion committee is sending out information this week - Dec. 11-15, 2017. We need to know level of ...(read more)