Margaret Jean Hirumi Fuchigami, aka “Babe” and I were among the second generation of dome residents. We met in the dorms in our sophomore year, 1973. Babe was able to get a place in dome #7 in summer 1974, and I joined her that fall. I graduated in June
1976. She later transferred to Cal Poly SLO. From there she graduated with a degree in physical education.
She was a teacher for the Job Corps in Sparks, NV and Gainesville, FL. She also worked at Macy’s, and managed a Joann’s store in San Jose. She was married to Don Patch in Reno; they later divorced. She was an executive assistant for a cable manufacturer in the Santa Clara area when she was diagnosed with cancer. She died at age 53 in San Jose, CA.
Babe and I enjoyed the outdoor space at the domes. We planted our own garden/yard and enjoyed the relaxed social scene at Baggins End. Babe was a great gardener and cook. I did a lot of dishes. She read science fiction, and loved Star Trek. She was an athlete, competing in gymnastics and swimming. We 
maintained our friendship until her death, and she often came to visit me in Montana.
After I graduated with a BS in Range and Wildlands Science in 1976 I spent a final summer in the Sierras, where I had w
orked at pack stations for several years. In November 1976 I took a job in the Bureau of Land Management in Miles City, MT as a Range Conservationist. I subsequently worked for the USDA Forest Service in several places and different kinds of jobs in Montana, and retired after 33 1/3 years (like a long playing record). I met my true love, Bob Bump, in Miles City and we got married in 1981. We are still together on a little farm outside Dillon, MT. We raise garlic and other produce, and have 2 donkeys, after downsizing from horses and mules. We have one daughter, Amy, who completed a MS in Horticulture at UCD in 2019. She now works for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospital in Huntington, WV as a horticulturist, developing an “agritherapy” program, working with mental health and occupational/vocational rehabilitation folks.
