Axelrod and daughters, 2008: from left, Arianna, 25, Joel, 61, and Aleza, 27
(2009) Joel with his wife, Dr Judy Yin Shih, in front of the Apple Pan. "Judy and I met on a 90-minute connecting flight to Phoenix....she was still living in Maryland, working for a think tank just outside of DC (she's got her PhD in Health Policy). She gave me her e mail on a barf bag...I started writing... we met in San Diego when she had to make a presentation... then I flew back to MD...we fell in love...Judy came out west...we sold our houses, got married and moved to San Marino. Judy has a recently-married daughter working on a PhD at Hopkins in Neurobiochemistry, and a son who just got his masters in Public Policy at Brown in RI and will be attending law school (health law)...My two daughters are in So Cal: one in Ventura, in school to get a teaching credential and runs her own Malibu preschool and the other is finishing up at UCSB in anthro."
Update December 2012:
Joel with lifeguard Fred Portney, the day Joel got his Junior Lifeguard patch.
Judy and Joel at the upper Rogue River.
Joel’s daughters, Aleza, 31, and Arianna, 29, at an indoor gun range.