Dear Family,

Time to catch up on Pat Innes’s children, Susan and Mark “Buzz” Masters, their interesting lives and careers.

SUSAN MASTERS (Pat, Minnie, Elmer). lives in Boulder, Colorado.  She and her husband Lawrence “Larry” Schmidt love the western United States which brought them to Boulder in 2009. Previously they had both graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. which was their longtime home.

Susan is a V.P. for the National Speakers Bureau where she finds the perfect speakers and entertainers for their meetings and conferences.  Larry is in the banking business and loves to prepare gourmet food.

Susan’s hobby is photography.  Below are some photographs she received recognition for while living in Chicago.

Fireworks at Sunrise

cloud-moving-thru-forest

They both love hiking and today they are in one of their favorite vacation spots, Santa Fé, New Mexico.  (Also a spot where Jane and I spend most of our vacations.)

Connect with Susan at work, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

MARK “BUZZ” MASTERS (Pat, Minnie, Elmer) lives in Springfield MO.  Growing up in Springfield he was involved in the Boy Scouts, receiving his Eagle Scout award in 1969.  He went to the Air Force Academy and said he hated pretty much every minute of it except for the little bit of flying he got to do.  He spent 23 years in the Air Force where he flew the F-16 for nine years, culminating in a tour with the USAF Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team in 1985-86.

Buzz Masters - Thunderbird

The Thunderbirds performed in 165 shows for over 10 million people  in that two years.  He also flew the F-15E Strike Eagle, had a tour in the Pentagon, then flew from Saudi Arabia in the No Fly Zone.

Buzz retired from the Pentagon as a Colonel in 1998 and is currently a Captain with Southwest Airlines.  He spends his spare time playing golf, competing in rifle, pistol and shotgun competitions and driving with friends from a local car club on various racetracks in the midwest.

Buzz Masters - SW Airlines Pilot

His wife Gere keeps him busy as well, along with their daughter Britt who lives in San Francisco.

Britt's College Graduation from Missouri State Univ. - 2009

Gere and Buzz spend time with a charitable project to provide medications and equipment to kids in Costa Rica with Cystic Fibrosis.  In three trips in as many years, his group has been blessed with over three million dollars worth of donated materials to distribute, resulting in a marked improvement into the health and lifespan of scores of children.

Thankful for all the cousins,

Jim Lee