Walter and Patricia Mack Walter and Patricia...

Walter and Patricia Mack

Walter and Patricia Mack of Glendale celebrated their 50th wedding

anniversary with a cruise through the Hawaiian islands.

The couple were married in 1954 at the Wee Kirk o’ the Heather

Church in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. A garden reception

followed at the bride’s family home where the couple is currently

residing.

Walter retired after teaching 35 years at John Muir High School in

Pasadena.

Patricia retired after 43 years of teaching -- 42 of which were at

Glendale High School.

Walter and Patricia met in the principal’s office of their first

teaching position at Eliot Junior High School in Altadena.

During World War II, Walter served as a Naval medical corpsman,

attached to the First Marine Division in the South Pacific. Now he is

a life member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the First Marine Division

Assn. Walter is from Buffalo, N.Y. and graduated from Michigan State

College. He obtained his master’s degree from Columbia University in

New York City and completed graduate work at UC Berkeley.

Patricia graduated from Occidental College and obtained her

master’s degree at Cal State Los Angeles. She is a past president of

the Patrons Club of Glendale Community College and Glendale

Beautiful. She is also an active member of the American Assn. of

University Women, Assistance League, California Retired Teachers

Assn. and the Philanthropic Educational Organization.