Sue Lyddon Hall

HS graduation, off to Stanford, degrees in Psychology and Human Biology, met future husband, graduate school at Boston University (master's in social work), marriage for 27 years, ultimately entered med school at UMKC, training at Children's Mercy Hospital, moved to Los Angeles, stayed for 19 years, had two kids, survived breast cancer, got divorced, was on UCLA Med School faculty for 15 years, lived by the water, moved back to Topeka in 2007 for a job as Medical Director of a 36 bed NICU at Stormont-Vail Hospital. In November, 2014, I moved back to California yet again and now live in Ventura, where I have a daily view of the Pacific Ocean. I went back to my "old" job as "just" a neonatologist (no longer Director). It's time to just enjoy life!

My oldest daughter graduated honors and Phi Beta Kappa UC-San Diego, did research on chimps at Jane Goodall Institute in Uganda, and received her Ph.D. in Evolutionary Psychology at University of St. Andrews in Scotland in June, 2012. She did her research at the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta with Frans de Waal where she studied deception in chimpanzees. Her work was featured on a Nova TV special called "Animal Minds", and she has presented findings of her research at conferences all over the world and has several scientific publications. She married Tim Eppley in May, 2015 in Austin. They now live near Chicago and have a "Sweet Baby James" Lyddon Eppley, born in 2017. My youngest daughter graduated Summa Cum Laude from Washburn University in 2014 with a degree in English Literature. She lives in KC where she works as a copy editor and aspires to become a book editor.

I love to sail, kayak, read, pursue creative writing, photography and travel. My book, "For the Love of Babies: One Doctor's Stories About Life in the Neonatal ICU," was published in June, 2011.

I remember chocolate cream pie from the cafeteria, dissecting a fetal pig in biology class, passing notes in senior math class to Molly and barely passing the class, cheerleading practices all summer long, Pep assemblies, attending dances in the cafeteria, loving concert choir, hating our horribly tacky orange dresses from Indian Belles, Camelot, a coed sleepover at Roger Rowan's senior year, "swimming" in the Meyer Circle fountain at the end of the year, ditch days, taking the SATs in the cafeteria, Ms. Brooks' 8th grade class, Monsieur Selvy, 5 years of French and the French Club (I became a devoted Francophile, thanks to him!!), double dates, slo mo football in the snow at night, getting caught by Wylie Mitchell's parents while tp-ing his house (horror of horrors!!), synchronized swim club (Miss Deets!) in those incredibly ugly school swim suits that clung to our bodies, student council meetings, football games and our fantastic team!, BCCT, swim meets with Carl Noback and Coach Weyforth (state champs!), walking to school with Becky, Melanie, Katherine, Nan, Jane, and Karen, and going to Winstead's whenever we got the chance!!

Anyone who comes!! Chris Cooper, Wylie Mitchell, Carl Noback, all those who have been MIA all these years!