Dave Kling

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Residing In	Miami, FL USA

Spouse/Partner	Barbara Kling

Occupation	Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, Univ. of Miami

Children	Elizabeth, born 1978 Justin, born 1979 Phillip, born 1980 Hannah, born 1991

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Attended Trinity College in Deerfield, IL; attended graduate school, University of Edinburgh (Scotland); Northern Illinois University (MA); University of Chicago (PhD); began at University of Miami in 1986; chaired the department of Religious Studies for 11 years. See http://www.as.miami.edu/religion/faculty/DavidKling

Living in Miami has opened me up to a vibrant multi-cultural world, although I must say, I remain a Midwesterner at heart.

We just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Presently, we have 6 grandchildren (hope more to come!). I continue to work at the U of Miami.

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Piecemeal recollection of people, events, and circumstances come to mind: "The Millionaires Club," Coach Swenson; reading the works of Fyoder Dostoyevsky, John Bunyan, and Theodore Dreiser in Mr. Tarpley's class; Gant shirts; saddle shoes (yep!); a capella choir; innocence; German class without a text; treasured teammates and caring classmates.

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Apr 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM

My guess is, we now have a full 76 trombones in the Class of '68 for the parade, though at our age, I'm not sure if we all could make it through the entire parade!!

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Happy birthday, Harry!

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Happy Birthday, Ron. I recently was looking through some high school basketball action photos (I have 3 or 4), and there you were--a reminder of the star that you were!

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Happy birthday, Marie!

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Welcome to three-score and 15! Enjoy the day, and thanks for keeping the Class of '68 together. Happy birthday, Mary Ann.

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Dec 13, 2024 at 9:46 AM

Mike Van said it so well. I remember Bob as "Tiny" with a big heart.

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A very happy birthday to you, Harry. Great to see you and your wife at the reunion. Will we make it to 60?!!!

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Happy Birthday, Mary Ann. Thanks for helping to keep the class of '68 together.

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I plan to be at all events for the 55th. For some reason, my name didn't appear in the list of attendees.

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A belated happy birthday, Mary Ann. Thank you for your updates and keeping the Class of '68 together!

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