In Re the Marriage of Orgren

SNELL, Judge.

The parties were married in 1958. During the next twelve years Carl worked at various jobs while completing his undergraduate education and obtaining two master’s degrees and a doctorate in library science. Bonnie, a high school graduate, was primarily a housewife and mother to the parties’ three children, all of whom are now adults.

At the time of the trial, Carl was 47 years old and Bonnie was 44. Bonnie was a junior in college with aspirations to obtain a master’s degree in social work. She experienced some residual health problems as a result of a 1968 automobile accident. She…