*Barbara Bukovac Landsman celebrates her 65th birthday on May 14, 2007 at the Rock, painted by her younger sisters Laura and Katrina, and her niece Annie. The Oberlin native returns to town annually in May to visit family and attend a standing lunch date for OHS class of ’60. The Miami University grad worked in Washington DC teaching 4th, 5th grades, then writing for a trade magazine before moving with her family to California in 1976, where she worked in real estate, lending, and as an appraiser prior to retirement. Her comments: “Oberlin is such a special place to live. I always check the Rocks to see if someone I know is highlighted. I enjoy the Big Parade when I am there; it is priceless Americana.”

Shipherd/Stewart monument. Painted and photographed 5/14/2007.
Full disclosure Barbara is my sister.