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Alumni28NEWS & NOTES’54It’s your 50-year reunion! Look for morenews in upcoming mailings and save thedate of August 7, 2004!’58Jim Oakesattended his40 th reunionat the UnitedStates NavalAcademy inAnnapolis,Maryland inSeptember of2003.’56After 42 yearsin the insurancebusiness, BenPeralta recentlyretired toIncline Villagein Nevada.’61Richard Reichwas promotedto BrigadierGeneral as Commander of theNevada Army National GuardMedical Detachment on March1, 2003. He lives in Carson City,Nevada.Ben Peralta ’56BankovitchBrotherhoodThe wedding of Chris Bankovitch’85 to Catherine Stefani on August 30,2003 was a mini-reunion for many ofChris’ classmates and fellow Padres.In the top row at right: Pat Kinsella ’86,Larry Dugoni ’86, Russ Bertetta ’67, JohnMifsud ’86, Matt Conneely ’86, and TonyRango ’86. In front: Chuck Rapp ’86 andBrian Ayoob ’86.’62Thomas Constantino recentlyretired after 20 years with VisaInternational in Foster City. Healso served for 31 years in theMarine Corps Reserve, retiringwith the rank of Colonel anda Legion of Merit from thePresident of the United States. For18 years, he was an elected trusteefor the San Mateo CommunityCollegeDistrict, twiceas President.Twenty yearsago, Tomalso served asthe Presidentof the SerraBoard ofEducation.He resideswith his wifeSusan andtheir 12 yearoldtwins inthe EmeraldHills sectionof RedwoodCity. MichaelO’Sullivan,after 34years as alocomotiveengineer onthe SouthernPacific/ Union Pacific Railroad, isnow working as a longshoremanin San Francisco. He and his wifeCynthia live in North Beach, andhe is studying the medieval period.’64It’s your 40-year reunion! Look for morenews in upcoming mailings and save thedate of September 25, 2004!’64Gene Medina is the schooldistrict superintendent for theNorth Kitsap School District inPoulsbo, Washington. MichaelScott retired from the Daly CityPolice Department with therank of Captain after 33 yearsof service. He started his postretirementjob three days lateras the manager of the Securityand Safety Department for LuckyChances Casino in Colma.’65John Gelbert, who was knownbefore his high school graduationas John deBuren, now livesin Denver, Colorado, wherehe works as the General SalesManager for Land Rover DenverSouth. He has two grown sons.After 30 years of practicinglaw with Brobeck, Phleger andHarrison, Stephen Finn joinedMorgan, Lewis and Bockius earlierthis year. He currently practicesout of the law firm’s San Francisco