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Volume 70 | Number 4 | <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
GREG VADASDI ’94 SUMMITS MOUNT EVEREST!<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> | 55 East 84th Street | New York, NY 10028
Volume 70, Number 4<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
James E. Buggy<br />
Vice President for Development<br />
John W. Prael, Jr. ‘63<br />
Alumni Director<br />
Owen D. Reidy ‘99<br />
Alumni Communications Director<br />
Jennifer Reeder<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Rebecca Taylor<br />
Database & Gift Entry Management<br />
Thomas A. Hein ‘99<br />
Layout & Design<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> grants re pro duc tion rights of all ma te ri al<br />
to qual ified, non-profit institutions. <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> and the Alumni Association reserve<br />
the right to publish and edit all sub mis sions<br />
and letters to the editor as space permits.<br />
Submissions must be sent to:<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Development Office<br />
55 East 84th Street<br />
New York, NY 10028-1221<br />
Phone: (212) 288-1142<br />
Fax: (212) 288-2111<br />
On The<br />
INSIDE<br />
Letter from the President 03<br />
Alumni Senior Luncheon Recap 04<br />
Athletics Year In Review 06<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> Repertory Year In Review 07<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> News and Notes 07<br />
Year In Review Photo Collection 08<br />
Senior College Destinations 10<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> “On Top of the World” (Cover Story) 11<br />
Prowlings 14<br />
Milestones 23<br />
Calendar of Events 24
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 3<br />
Letter From<br />
The President<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> bade farewell to the Class of <strong>2005</strong> on<br />
Saturday morning, June 4, in commencement exercises<br />
held in the great Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Despite<br />
ominous warnings earlier that day of possible thunder<br />
storms, the sun shone brightly on 84 th Street as the<br />
families and friends of the <strong>2005</strong> Regians walked across<br />
from the Church to a reception in the <strong>Regis</strong> auditorium<br />
and quadrangle. On the preceding Thursday night, June<br />
2, a baccalaureate Mass was held in the Church, with a<br />
reception at <strong>Regis</strong> afterwards. Thursday’s crowd of family<br />
and friends was somewhat smaller but no less engaged<br />
and enthusiastic.<br />
As has happened so often in the past year, my mind<br />
wandered back 57 years to my own graduation from<br />
<strong>Regis</strong>. I don’t believe we had anything like a baccalaureate<br />
Mass. Friday morning Mass in St. Ignatius Loyola Church<br />
was a weekly event, not the grand occasion it now is in<br />
the <strong>Regis</strong> school calendar. The commencement exercises<br />
were held not in the Church but in the <strong>Regis</strong> auditorium<br />
with its great vaulted ceiling that reached up two floors<br />
through what is now our much needed gym. In the 1940’s<br />
the <strong>Regis</strong> graduation was always held on the evening<br />
of June 16 th , then the feast of St. John Francis <strong>Regis</strong>.<br />
Alas, liturgical reformers, always a dangerous lot, have<br />
relegated our patron saint to another date in the calendar,<br />
one that he must share with a few other blessed. But in<br />
1948, if memory serves, we wore the same white dinner<br />
jackets that the Class of <strong>2005</strong> sported at their graduation,<br />
and we certainly sang “our marching song” with similar<br />
gusto.<br />
Since I finish my one-year assignment in the President’s<br />
office at the end of this school year, I consider myself a<br />
honorary member of the <strong>Regis</strong> Class of <strong>2005</strong>. This time<br />
around there was no pressure to make the transition to<br />
Sophomore Year as there was in 1945, when the war had<br />
just ended and the Jesuits imprisoned in the Philippines,<br />
whose names were listed in the <strong>Regis</strong> library, came home<br />
and spoke at our assemblies during that Sophomore year.<br />
It’s a different world that today’s men of <strong>Regis</strong> inherit and<br />
create, but the <strong>Regis</strong> idea is alive and well on 84 th Street.<br />
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.
4 <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News<br />
<strong>2005</strong> Alumni Senior<br />
Luncheon Recap<br />
On May 4, <strong>2005</strong> at the Alumni – Senior Luncheon the <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni Association honored Don Gross ’43 with the St.<br />
John Francis <strong>Regis</strong> award. Don received the award in recognition for his lifetime of service and generosity to those in<br />
need. The following is the text of Don’s remarks from that afternoon.<br />
Father O’Hare, members of the<br />
faculty of <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, fellow<br />
Alumni and soon-to-be-graduates<br />
of the class of <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
In reviewing the list of those who<br />
had previously received the “John<br />
Francis <strong>Regis</strong> Award”, I was very<br />
impressed with the credentials<br />
of those individuals who were<br />
honored. I was also very humbled<br />
that <strong>Regis</strong> saw fit to make me this<br />
year’s honoree. Since I am the first<br />
graduate from the 1940’s to be so<br />
honored, I can only assume that the<br />
decision may have had something<br />
to do with respect for the elderly.<br />
I would like to extend my sincere<br />
thanks to Fr. O’Hare and the<br />
administration of <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
for this honor. It means a great deal<br />
to me because <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
has played such an important part<br />
in the formation of my life.<br />
“Each of us<br />
has our own<br />
unique talents<br />
and God given<br />
abilities that we<br />
should be truly<br />
grateful for.“<br />
When told that I would have to say a few<br />
words to you today, I wondered what I<br />
could possibly say to this year’s seniors.<br />
I thought of the Jesuit educational<br />
mantra of preparing “men and women<br />
for others”. While at <strong>Regis</strong>, I was never<br />
a great debater or speaker, so I can’t<br />
expect to say anything to you today<br />
that you’ll find unforgettable. I would,<br />
however, like to talk to you about just<br />
two words and I hope that you will think<br />
about them after you go home today.<br />
The first word is EXAMPLE. A dear<br />
friend of mine, Msgr. Jim McNamara<br />
recently wrote that - “our worth lies<br />
not in what we do, but in who we are”.<br />
He was writing about the life of Pope<br />
John Paul II. Msgr. Jim’s point was that<br />
the Pope was such a great example to<br />
the world. It wasn’t so much what John<br />
Paul accomplished in his life but the<br />
model he was for all to see of a man<br />
living a dedicated life and accepting the<br />
suffering he had to endure.<br />
These words apply to us too. Your<br />
worth and my worth doesn’t come<br />
from the things we do or the goals we<br />
achieve, but in the kind of person that<br />
we are. What kind of an example are<br />
we to those around us? Those who<br />
are in contact with us each day? Our<br />
family? Our friends? Our co-workers or<br />
co-students? Are the people around us<br />
better because we are who we are?<br />
As I was preparing this talk, I thought of<br />
so many people in my life whose example<br />
was such a gift to me. People<br />
whose goodness and kindness and<br />
yes, love made a difference in my<br />
life. I thought of my parents and my<br />
elementary school principal, a nun<br />
who was the one person mainly<br />
responsible for my attending <strong>Regis</strong>.<br />
I thought of the many wonderful<br />
examples that were given to me at<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> by such dedicated Jesuits as<br />
Fr. Dan Burke and his brother Tom<br />
Burke. My freshman year teacher,<br />
Fr. Mike Costello and two presidents<br />
at <strong>Regis</strong> who meant a lot to me, Fr.<br />
Bill Wood, a dear friend and Fr. Ray<br />
Swords. To me these men were<br />
outstanding living examples to be<br />
imitated and followed. There were<br />
wonderful lay teachers like Joe<br />
Quintavalle and Harry Kirwin, who<br />
gave their lives to the students of<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> and were outstanding<br />
examples. You can think of those<br />
people in your own life who are<br />
great examples including those<br />
wonderful teachers at <strong>Regis</strong> today.<br />
Just six weeks ago, <strong>Regis</strong> lost a great<br />
teacher, Fr. Steve Duffy. He gave over<br />
50 years of his life to the students<br />
of <strong>Regis</strong>, but it was his example<br />
of how to live a life joyfully and<br />
humbly that touched so many. To<br />
some, Fr. Stephen Duffy was “just”<br />
a high school teacher but he was<br />
a wonderful example to so many<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> grads. Steve’s worth was not<br />
in what he did~ but in who he was.
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 5<br />
To The Right:<br />
Rob Gross, Kathy Gross, Rev.<br />
Joseph A. O’Hare, SJ ‘48, Don<br />
Gross ‘43, Donne Gross and<br />
Rev. James R. Carney, SJ ‘43<br />
I would like to share with you one<br />
final person who was such a great<br />
example to me. Just over six months<br />
ago, I lost my wife of 51 years. She<br />
was for me the finest living example<br />
of true goodness. She was a gift<br />
to me for which I will be eternally<br />
grateful. This was a woman who<br />
accepted everyone just where they<br />
were. She treated everyone in the<br />
same loving manner. She never<br />
accomplished any great deeds but<br />
she touched many lives because she<br />
treated all she met with respect and<br />
kindness. She was one of the most<br />
loved people I have ever known.<br />
Her example touched many more<br />
people than she ever realized.<br />
I would like you to ask yourself,<br />
“What kind of an example am I<br />
to those in my life?” Do I measure<br />
my worth by the things that I do?<br />
The goals that I accomplish? The<br />
awards I receive? Am I aware of the<br />
Example that I project by the person<br />
I am? Are the people around me<br />
better because of who I am?<br />
I mentioned earlier that there were<br />
two words that I would ask you<br />
to think about when you leave<br />
here today. That second word is<br />
“I encourage you today to be a living<br />
EXAMPLE of goodness and truth and to be<br />
GRATEFUL for your life, your talents, your<br />
family and friends AND for the opportunity to<br />
be an EXAMPLE for others.”<br />
GRATITUDE. I’m told that St. Ignatius<br />
Loyola said that, “the basis of all prayer<br />
is gratitude”.<br />
When you think of the attitude of the<br />
world around us today, it seems that our<br />
main goal is to acquire as much money<br />
as we can, as much power as we can, as<br />
much recognition as we can. We never<br />
seem to be satisfied with what we have.<br />
Every day we ought to set aside some<br />
time to consciously be aware of the gifts<br />
we have been given...to take the time to<br />
thank God for who we are and for the<br />
many blessings we have received. There<br />
is no one here today, who, if you are<br />
completely honest with yourself, can’t<br />
say that I have been much blessed. So<br />
often we concentrate our thoughts on<br />
the things we DON’T have in our lives.<br />
Each of us has our own unique talents<br />
and God given abilities that we should<br />
be truly grateful for. I urge you to<br />
spend a little time thinking about<br />
gratitude. When we are thankful<br />
people, we are happier people.<br />
I have asked you today to consider<br />
what “being a man for others”<br />
really means. I have offered you two<br />
words, EXAMPLE and GRATITUDE,<br />
that will, I hope, make this idea a<br />
little clearer. We can accomplish<br />
many great deeds in our life but we<br />
can sometimes over emphasize our<br />
accomplishments.<br />
I encourage you today to be a living<br />
EXAMPLE of goodness and truth<br />
and to be GRATEFUL for your life,<br />
your talents, your family and friends<br />
AND for the opportunity to be an<br />
EXAMPLE for others. Thank you.
6 <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> Athletics:<br />
A Year In Review<br />
by Brad Serton, Athletic Director<br />
The 2004-<strong>2005</strong> school year was certainly a banner<br />
one for <strong>Regis</strong> athletics. Some teams enjoyed<br />
unprecedented success, while many studentathletes<br />
collected individual achievements. While<br />
we are quite proud of our state championships<br />
and post-season honors, we are even more proud<br />
to continue our tradition of producing studentathletes<br />
who are successful both on and off the<br />
field. As we look back on all we have accomplished<br />
over the past year, let us remember that our success<br />
is not judged by wins and losses but by the effort<br />
we put forth on the playing field.<br />
A number of teams brought home championships<br />
this season. In the fall, the Varsity Cross Country<br />
team won meets on consecutive weekends; The<br />
Mayor’s Cup All-City Cross Country Championships<br />
and the Sacred Heart 5K Invitational. The team<br />
finished in the top 5 in the highly competitive New<br />
York section of the CHSAA (Catholic <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Athletic Association) and in the top 10 in the ultracompetitive<br />
CHSAA Intersectional Championships,<br />
which includes schools from all five boroughs and<br />
Long Island. The Junior Varsity Soccer team won<br />
the CHSAA New York Archdiocesan championship<br />
in route to the semi-finals of the intersectional<br />
tournament.<br />
This winter the basketball program had tremendous<br />
success on both the Junior Varsity and Varsity levels.<br />
The Junior Varsity finished the regular season as<br />
CHSAA Division “B” champions. Unfortunately,<br />
the Raiders lost the City Championship game to<br />
Blessed Sacrament, a team they had beaten twice<br />
during the regular season. These sophomores<br />
certainly seem ready for a move up to the varsity<br />
after enjoying so much success on the JV level.<br />
The Varsity Basketball team had a season to<br />
remember. Not only did they successfully defend<br />
their 2004 CHSAA City Championship, after<br />
being crowned regular season Division “B”<br />
champions, but they captured the CHSAA State<br />
Championship and the New York State Federation<br />
Championship as well. This was the schools first<br />
Federation Championship since 1993. With a 20-9<br />
record and the most post-season hardware of any<br />
Catholic school in New York City, the basketball<br />
program has established itself as one of the<br />
premier programs in any division in the CHSAA.<br />
Both coaches and players were honored with<br />
post-season awards. They included but were not<br />
limited to; Head Coach Kevin Cullen, New York<br />
Newsday Manhattan Coach of the Year, Daily<br />
News Manhattan Coach of the Year; Rob Quinn<br />
’05, CHSAA All Division; Noel Mangan ’05, New<br />
York Newsday All Manhattan Second Team, New<br />
York Daily News All Manhattan First Team; Andrew<br />
Calcagno ’05, New York Daily Star (Oneonta, NY)<br />
All State Fourth Team, New York Daily News All<br />
Manhattan Honorable Mention; Joe McBride ’06,<br />
New York State Federation Tournament MVP, New<br />
York Daily Star (Oneonta, NY) All State First Team.<br />
During the spring the Junior Varsity Baseball team<br />
finished its regular season at 12-5 and took home<br />
the Bronx/Manhattan Division Championship.<br />
While the Varsity did not enjoy the same level of<br />
on the field success as the JV, it was honored by<br />
the North Shore Baseball Umpire’s Assignors with<br />
its Sportsmanship Award for the third consecutive<br />
season.<br />
Some of the more impressive individual<br />
achievements this season included; Brendan<br />
Hannon ’07, Matt Talbot ’05, and Rory Donnelly<br />
’05 all qualified for the New York State Cross<br />
Country Championships, Kevin Cullinan ’05 was<br />
named to Newsday’s All City Soccer Second Team,<br />
Brian Li-a-Ping ’06 set indoor track records for<br />
the 400m and 600m, Rob Ranieri ’06 set indoor<br />
track records for 55m and 100m high hurdles,<br />
Mike Manfred ’05 qualified for CHSAA state golf<br />
championships for the fourth consecutive year.<br />
At the athletic dinner in May senior Mike Gorynski<br />
was awarded the Sean Mannion award for<br />
outstanding student-athlete. Mike was a three<br />
year varsity letter winner for baseball and soccer.<br />
He also played point guard for this year’s state<br />
champion basketball team, was named All Division<br />
in soccer, and was awarded the MVP of the<br />
baseball team. His individual accomplishments are<br />
more impressive in that Mike’s teams were always<br />
competitive and more often that not contended<br />
for championships. He is one of the best athletes<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> has seen in recent years and his talents will<br />
be missed.<br />
The athletic program at <strong>Regis</strong> has never been<br />
stronger. Our student-athletes are talented and<br />
hardworking and our coaching staff is the most<br />
dedicated in the CHSAA. While we will miss the<br />
class of <strong>2005</strong> and their talents that brought about<br />
so much of the success we had this year, a group<br />
of eager underclassmen is ready to take their<br />
place. These talented student-athletes will help<br />
insure success in the <strong>Regis</strong> Athletic Department for<br />
years to come.<br />
To The Right:<br />
<strong>2005</strong> New York State B Division<br />
Federation Basketball Champions.
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 7<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> Repertory:<br />
A Year In Review<br />
by Kevin Bowles ‘05<br />
It has been said that the <strong>Regis</strong> Repertory is an activity that gives everyone the chance to shine, to be<br />
a star, be it on the stage, in the ticket booth, designing programs, applying makeup, building sets,<br />
or performing in the orchestra, and <strong>Regis</strong> audiences are continually given extremely professional and<br />
superlative performances that never fail to satisfy even the greatest theatergoer’s hunger for good<br />
drama. In another spectacular year the Repertory proved all of these statements true with its lavish<br />
production of “The Scarlet Pimpernel” and the powerfully heartrending and evocative performance<br />
of “Romeo and Juliet.”<br />
The gifted directorial duo of Tom Kenney and Laurie Haller, both heading to new jobs this fall, made<br />
their debut with “The Scarlet Pimpernel” working side by side with the exceptional creative team of<br />
veterans Jim Phillips, Kris Cupillari, Cristie Tursi, and George Watson. The roof-raising orchestrations<br />
and singing, phenomenal acting—particularly of stars Jeffrey Morris and Lacey Gutekunst, and the<br />
professional costumes, sets and lighting astounded students, faculty, friends and family as “The<br />
Scarlet Pimpernel”, a breathless adventure story filled with love, sacrifice, loyalty, and deception and<br />
set in the dark time of the French Revolution, was brought to the <strong>Regis</strong> stage.<br />
In a grand directorial finale, the exceptionally accomplished Meg Sturiano brought the words of<br />
William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to life in a magical and innovative way in the round,<br />
performing on the theater’s floor. The tragic drama of star-crossed young lovers, starring the gifted<br />
underclassman Tully McLoughlin and the beautiful Caroline Giuliani, supported by an incredible cast<br />
of players, brought the audience laughter and tears and later brought them to their feet in heartfelt<br />
standing ovations during each of the five performances.<br />
The year marked many sad curtain calls for the <strong>Regis</strong> Rep, as the school bids farewell not only to the<br />
incomparable Meg Sturiano after her sixth show, but also directors Tom Kenney and Laurie Haller, as<br />
well as a group of particularly talented and dedicated seniors, including Jeffrey Morris, Kevin Bowles,<br />
David Grunner, Matt Barbot, Fiore Mastroianni, Dani Abatelli, and Emily Lirag. These farewells are made<br />
with the proud confidence that the <strong>Regis</strong> Repertory will continue to thrive as it offers students and<br />
teachers a place to come together and create a world of magic, music, drama and dreams on stage.<br />
Above: Juliet (Caroline Giuliani) and Romeo<br />
(Tully McLoughlin) look out over fair Verona (the<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> auditorium) in a scene from the <strong>Regis</strong> Rep’s<br />
Spring production of Romeo and Juliet.<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> News & Notes<br />
Kevin McCarthy, <strong>Regis</strong> class of 1985, was recently<br />
selected by the Wall Street Journal Best of the Street<br />
Survey as the number one chemical-industry analyst.<br />
When the <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News staff contacted Kevin<br />
to congratulate him he was very modest saying,<br />
“Broken clocks are right twice a day. In my business<br />
you’re lucky to be right twice a year.” Well Kevin was<br />
indeed right twice this year – in a very big way. The<br />
following is the text from the Wall Street Journal<br />
article which cites Kevin for his achievement.<br />
The top performing chemical-industry analysts in<br />
this year’s Best on the Street survey made a good<br />
bet: Strong demand for commodity chemicals<br />
would more than offset the high cost of energy,<br />
which the industry uses for feedstock and to power<br />
its plants.<br />
Kevin W. McCarthy of Bank of America Corp.’s<br />
Banc of America Securities unit in New York made<br />
a smart call on Lyondell Chemical Co., a maker of<br />
plastic resin, rating it a “buy” from July through<br />
the end of the year. Lyondell returned 77% for<br />
the period. Westlake Chemical Corp., which Mr.<br />
McCarthy recommended in September, returned<br />
59% between then and the end of the year.<br />
“Chemicals are a cyclical commodity,” says Mr.<br />
McCarthy, the No. 1 chemicals analyst in this<br />
year’s rankings. “The question is, at what point do<br />
manufacturers gain pricing power?”<br />
Mr. McCarthy watches utilization rates -- how much<br />
manufacturing capacity chemical companies use.<br />
Last year manufacturers were producing at more<br />
than 90% of capacity; two key plants had closed<br />
the year before, and the remaining operations<br />
were ramping up to meet booming demand.<br />
Those high rates signaled to Mr. McCarthy that the<br />
chemical companies had the upper hand with their<br />
customers.<br />
The 37-year-old analyst made an even better<br />
call on niche player Monsanto Co., which he<br />
recommended for the entire year, as it returned<br />
96%. The company achieved significant price<br />
increases for its corn and soybean seeds in 2004,<br />
he says. In addition, Brazil took big steps to allow<br />
its farmers to use Monsanto’s genetically modified<br />
soybeans.<br />
For <strong>2005</strong>, with growth in the demand for<br />
commodity chemicals expected to slow a bit, Mr.<br />
McCarthy is again looking to Monsanto; he expects<br />
its earnings to grow at an average annual rate<br />
of 20% over the next five years. “There’s a rich<br />
pipeline of products,” he says.
8 <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News<br />
2004-<strong>2005</strong>:<br />
A Year In Review<br />
On your mark, get set…<br />
Three of <strong>Regis</strong>’ sprinters toe the line and wait for the “Go” in this outdoor track and<br />
field meet. The <strong>Regis</strong> track and field program had a banner year as two students set<br />
indoor records. Brian Li-a-Ping ’06 set indoor track records for the 400m and 600m<br />
and Rob Ranieri ’06 set indoor track records for 55m and 100m high hurdles.<br />
They’ve got rhythm…<br />
The Senior Prom was held at the Waldorf Astoria this<br />
May since the Plaza is closed for renovations. Despite<br />
the change of scenery, these <strong>Regis</strong> seniors felt<br />
right at home showing off the moves they learned in<br />
Ms. Kristin Cupillari’s senior dance elective.<br />
They’ve got music…<br />
The <strong>Regis</strong> Jazz Band takes a deep breath and prepares for another<br />
show stopping number at this year’s Festival of the Arts.<br />
The Jazz Band, under the direction of Mr. Jim Phillips, performs<br />
at a number of recitals and school events throughout the year.<br />
So, Mr. Lund, about that last exam…<br />
Seniors Anthony Constantine and Lou Foglia share a table with<br />
Mr. Chris Lund ’91 at the Senior Faculty Dinner. The Senior<br />
Faculty Dinner is just one of the many events that Seniors participate<br />
in over their last week of classes at <strong>Regis</strong>. Other events<br />
include a Senior Faculty basketball game and the Senior Prom.
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 9<br />
Ladies and Gentlemen –<br />
The Masquerade Ball.<br />
Stars of the <strong>Regis</strong> repertory production of Romeo and Juliet<br />
take part in a dress rehearsal before opening night. This<br />
year the drama was performed in the round which gave a<br />
more modern, intimate feel to this classic love story.<br />
Bring it in, guys…<br />
Varsity Baseball Coach Dan Dougherty ’86 gathers his squad<br />
for some words of inspiration before their turn at bat in a game<br />
this Spring. Coach Dougherty certainly taught his team how<br />
the game is supposed to be played as the Varsity team was<br />
honored by the North Shore Baseball Umpire’s Assignors with<br />
its Sportsmanship Award for the third consecutive season.<br />
Almost Alumni…<br />
Assistant Principal Dan Lynch (in black) leads the Seniors down<br />
the main aisle in St. Ignatius Loyola at graduation on June 4th.<br />
Graduation is the culmination of four challenging years and<br />
congratulations are certainly in order for the class of <strong>2005</strong>.
10 <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News<br />
The Class of <strong>2005</strong><br />
Who’s Going Where<br />
Amherst College<br />
Douglas Eickman<br />
John Grein, IV<br />
Bates College<br />
Michael Kiyashka<br />
Boston College<br />
Christopher Alvino<br />
John Johnsen<br />
Keenan McBride<br />
Michael Gorynski<br />
Robert Johnsen<br />
Robert Quinn<br />
Gustavo Fajardo<br />
Michael DiSalvo<br />
Carnegie Mellon University<br />
Calvin Saunders<br />
Christopher Borges<br />
James Dougherty<br />
Colgate University<br />
Alexander Brewer<br />
John Cavanagh<br />
Jonathan Spagnola<br />
Teddy Hills<br />
College of the Holy Cross<br />
Brian McGinn<br />
Matthew Talbot<br />
Nicholas Campolettano<br />
Patrick Barnable<br />
Sean O’Reilly<br />
Columbia University<br />
Joshua Narciso<br />
Matthew Guido<br />
Peter Gallotta<br />
Thomas Rory Donnelly<br />
Cooper Union<br />
Anton Dela Cruz<br />
Christopher Mitchell<br />
Cornell University<br />
Joshua Martinez<br />
LeVon James<br />
Nicholas Menillo<br />
Ryan O’Halloran<br />
Dartmouth College<br />
Conlan O’Leary<br />
Davidson College<br />
Brian Aoyama<br />
Stephen Kalin<br />
Fordham University<br />
Angelo Smeragliuolo<br />
Anthony Constantine<br />
Christopher Kerins<br />
David Grunner<br />
Enoch Cary Hooper<br />
Jorge Santiago<br />
Mark Estrellado<br />
Peter Marra<br />
Rrok Rudovic<br />
Franklin & Marshall College<br />
Matthew Barbot<br />
Georgetown University<br />
Benjamin Lindbergh<br />
Brian Farrell<br />
Fiore Mastroianni<br />
James Potepa<br />
Jared Pilosio<br />
Jason Sison<br />
John Polanin III<br />
Kevin Bowles<br />
Kristofer Rodgers<br />
Lawrence Keats Sexton<br />
Luiz Felipe das Neves<br />
Nino Mihatov<br />
Russell Gallaro<br />
Thomas Warwick<br />
Harvard University<br />
Daniel Lee<br />
Emmet McDermott<br />
Evan O’Brien<br />
Evan Rose<br />
Francisco Perese<br />
John Dunn<br />
Normandy Villa<br />
Sabino Ciorciari<br />
Theodore Pak<br />
Kenyon College<br />
Patrick Smyth<br />
Le Moyne College<br />
Kyle Mullins<br />
Loyola College (MD)<br />
James Matamoros<br />
John Fitch<br />
John Magrogan<br />
Karl Bicknese III<br />
Kevin Cullinan<br />
Kyle Sluder<br />
Michael McDonnell<br />
Richard Fogal<br />
Xavier Simon<br />
Mount Saint Mary’s University<br />
Charles Baker<br />
New York University<br />
Andrew Jacob<br />
Anthony Versaci<br />
Carmine Lengua, Jr.<br />
David Plaza<br />
Jeffrey Morris Jr.<br />
Matthew Garippa<br />
Peter Torre<br />
Pomona College<br />
Joshua Lippai<br />
Pratt Institute<br />
Christopher Sweeney<br />
Princeton University<br />
Douglas Ellman<br />
Rice University<br />
Androw Banda<br />
William McGuinness, IV<br />
William Pryor<br />
Rutgers University<br />
Kyle Ramas<br />
Skidmore College<br />
Devin Landry<br />
Stanford University<br />
Christopher York<br />
Stevens Institute of Technology<br />
Kenneth Fajardo<br />
Kevin Ang<br />
Syracuse University<br />
Louis Foglia<br />
Trinity College (CT)<br />
Matthew Bermudez<br />
Tufts University<br />
Mark Fagan<br />
Daniel Sullivan<br />
United States Naval Academy<br />
Michael Wolff<br />
University of Notre Dame<br />
Andrew Nesi<br />
Eugene Leyden, Jr.<br />
Matthew Walters<br />
Timothy Duda<br />
University of Pennsylvania<br />
Andrew Harris<br />
Matthew Abreu<br />
University of Richmond<br />
John Calhoun<br />
University of Scranton<br />
Alan Rojas<br />
University of Virginia<br />
Darius Guc<br />
Joseph Longarino<br />
Stephen Giordano<br />
Vanderbilt University<br />
Peter Madden<br />
Villanova University<br />
Andrew Calcagno<br />
James Loperfido<br />
Matthew Donnelly<br />
Noel Mangan<br />
William Luciani<br />
Wake Forest University<br />
Francis Manfred<br />
Wesleyan University<br />
Harold Flores<br />
Yale University<br />
John Hannon<br />
Emory University<br />
Richie Dubey<br />
Macalester College<br />
Martin Paul<br />
Fairfield University<br />
William Sonnemann<br />
McGill University<br />
Thomas Katavic
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 11<br />
“A Margin of Luck”<br />
By: Greg Vadasdi ‘94<br />
November of 2004 I stood at the top of<br />
In Mt. Ama Dablam (22,494 feet) in the<br />
Nepal Himalaya and looked across the valley<br />
at Mt. Everest (29,028 feet). Hundred mileper-hour<br />
jet winds had scoured the snow<br />
form the upper mountain and the rocky,<br />
dark summit pyramid looked sinister. It was<br />
a breath taking view and at that moment<br />
all my hesitation vanished. I would return to<br />
attempt Everest, despite its regularly tragic<br />
history.<br />
In the summer of 2004 I wrote down an<br />
ambitious list of objectives for my year away<br />
from the corporate world. The list included<br />
some work related items, but in reality it<br />
centered on endurance events around the<br />
globe such as triathlons and mountaineering.<br />
The plan, on paper at least, was to climax<br />
the year with an attempt on Everest. After<br />
leading a successful expedition to Mt.<br />
McKinley (20,320 feet) in May 2004, I felt<br />
that I could mount a credible effort with ten<br />
months to train, prepare and gain additional<br />
experience. I shared my plan with some close<br />
friends and their response was muted; they<br />
thought I was mad. Privately, I was also<br />
apprehensive regarding the dangers and<br />
difficulties of the path I chose.<br />
My confidence increased as I completed<br />
milestones such as Ama Dablam, the aptly<br />
named Epic Camp Australia (a triathlon<br />
training camp), and the Ironman Canada<br />
and New Zealand triathlons. In a sense I had<br />
trained for Everest ever since I started hiking<br />
with my parents at age five and rock climbing<br />
at age thirteen. The idea of attempting<br />
Everest gradually changed from a far fetched<br />
dream into a reasonable proposition. I knew<br />
I needed a strong partner to have a chance<br />
to summit, and sharing the adventure with a<br />
friend would make it much more enjoyable.<br />
Daniel Protz was my college crew teammate,<br />
a world champion rower, investment<br />
colleague, and regular climbing partner. He<br />
was the ideal mate for the ten week journey<br />
and not just because he was my only friend<br />
with the inclination, time and resources to<br />
commit to the venture. We had climbed<br />
Mt. Elbrus (18,510 feet) and Mt. McKinley<br />
together, and we were equally stubborn and<br />
aggressive. Most importantly, we were both<br />
fully committed, willing to do and endure<br />
anything required for success, while climbing<br />
safely. We share a passion for tackling athletic<br />
challenges, and in March we completed the<br />
New Zealand Ironman triathlon and climbed<br />
in the Southern Alps. These were our final<br />
mental and physical preparations for our<br />
Everest expedition. It is critical to have a<br />
compatible team as nothing torpedoes an<br />
expedition faster than personality conflicts.<br />
In January of <strong>2005</strong> we wired the deposit to<br />
Asian Trekking and ordered oxygen bottles<br />
from Russia. Asian Trekking was our Nepal<br />
based expedition support agent. With their<br />
help we acquired government permits,<br />
purchased food, and hired two cooks and<br />
two high altitude climbing Sherpas. The<br />
staff, equipment and support provided<br />
were excellent and essential to our success.<br />
Despite the hardships of living in Tibet and<br />
Nepal, the Sherpas have a positive attitude,<br />
are sharp and possess an immense work<br />
ethic. We called ourselves The Big Green<br />
Everest Expedition after the mascot of our<br />
alma mater, Dartmouth College.<br />
Climbing Everest was an unforgettable<br />
athletic, spiritual, cultural and learning<br />
experience. It was a much broader adventure<br />
than I expected. On June second, after a ten<br />
hour climb from high camp, I stood on the<br />
summit with Dan and our two indefatigable<br />
Sherpas, Ang Mingma and Mingma Dorjee.<br />
I felt joy and satisfaction, but these were<br />
tempered by my fatigue, cold feet and<br />
awareness of the precarious nature of our<br />
position. At the summit the oxygen in the air<br />
was a third of that at sea level, and we had a<br />
long, complicated descent ahead of us.<br />
Climbing at extreme high altitudes, even<br />
with the aid of supplementary oxygen, is<br />
demanding and the margin for error is razor<br />
thin. A climber can feel strong one minute<br />
and suddenly, fall apart the next, struggling to<br />
survive. The four bodies we passed on summit<br />
day were a grim reminder of this. One was<br />
of a Slovenian climber who had run out of<br />
oxygen on his return from the summit. He sat<br />
down, too exhausted to continue and died.<br />
When we passed by two weeks later, he was<br />
still attached to the fixed rope on the summit<br />
pyramid, his anguished face and clawed<br />
fingers were a terrible sight. Thankfully, we<br />
had strength and good health, spare oxygen<br />
bottles in our backpacks, and great support<br />
from our Sherpas. Nevertheless, I have never<br />
felt as tired in my life as I did on summit day,<br />
especially in the last hours of the down climb<br />
to high camp.<br />
While we had been remarkably healthy<br />
throughout the expedition, Everest would<br />
not let us part unscathed. On summit day<br />
I suffered minor frostbite to my toes. Dan<br />
developed a serious chest infection a few<br />
hours after we dragged ourselves into<br />
advanced base camp, shattered from our<br />
summit push. His lungs filled with fluid,<br />
nearly drowning him. I scrambled through<br />
the cold night to find a doctor. At 2 am Dan<br />
received an IV of antibiotics and oxygen. He<br />
was weak, but able to hike to base camp the<br />
next day.<br />
We were lucky on our climb of Everest. Any<br />
number of variables such as high winds,<br />
a faulty oxygen regulator, or a slip at an<br />
inopportune moment could have derailed<br />
our summit bid or worse. I shudder to<br />
think of what could have happened if Dan’s<br />
debilitating infection had struck a day or<br />
even a few hours earlier. There is virtually no<br />
chance of rescue from high on the mountain.<br />
Our margin of luck was just enough for us to<br />
summit and return safely.<br />
I hope the following photo-essay gives a<br />
feel for our experiences. You can find more<br />
photos and information about the expedition<br />
at www.biggreeneverest.com. The website<br />
will soon incorporate our foundation to aid<br />
Sherpa education. Tourism to the Himalaya<br />
brings money and awareness of the region.<br />
<strong>High</strong> altitude climbing Sherpas, who would<br />
otherwise be sustenance farmers, can make<br />
a better living by working on expeditions.<br />
However, many Sherpas would prefer<br />
their children didn’t have to work in such<br />
a hazardous occupation. The foundation<br />
will provide aid for the higher education of<br />
Sherpa children.<br />
PHOTO ESSAY
12 <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News<br />
“A MARGIN OF LUCK”:<br />
A Photo Essay<br />
April 6, Lhasa, Tibet. Elev. 12,000 ft. Greg and<br />
Dan in front of the Potala. Before the Chinese invasion<br />
and illegal annexation of Tibet in 1950, the Potala was<br />
the home of the Dalai Lama and center of Tibetan life<br />
with Buddhist monasteries and government offices.<br />
April 4, <strong>2005</strong>, Kathmandu, Nepal. Elevation<br />
4,000 feet. Dan and Greg spinning prayer wheels at<br />
the Monkey Temple. Buddhists believe that each time<br />
the wheels are spun prayers are sent to the heavens.<br />
We prayed for good weather and a safe journey. Later,<br />
before our summit attempt, we had another prayer<br />
ceremony called a Puja to show our respect to the<br />
mountain, which both the Nepalese and Tibetans<br />
hold sacred.<br />
April 26, Elev. 23,000 ft. Climbers,<br />
clipped to fixed ropes, crossing a<br />
crevasse directly below the North Col.<br />
Large commercial expeditions with<br />
numerous Sherpas, fixed new rope<br />
on the climbing route above ABC to<br />
increase safety. This critical task was<br />
organized by Russell Brice (a.k.a. “Big<br />
Boss”), the most experienced guide<br />
on the mountain and leader of the<br />
Himalayan Experience Expedition. In the<br />
picture, tents of the Russian Team are<br />
visible. Our team’s Camp 1 on the North<br />
Col was a few meters higher, out of sight.<br />
May 2, Camp 1. Elev. 23,000ft. View from the<br />
North Col of our line of ascent. The North Ridge is<br />
directly ahead and connects with the Northeast<br />
Ridge, which leads to the summit. On summit day<br />
the most difficult sections were the First, Second<br />
and Third Steps visible as three bumps on the ridge<br />
crest, just before the final steeper summit pyramid.<br />
The Steps are relatively short, but contain steep<br />
technical rock climbing sections, including a 20<br />
foot vertical ladder on the Second Step.<br />
May 2, Camp 2. Elev. 25,500ft. The view<br />
from the tent at Camp 2, high winds and storm<br />
clouds moving in. The summit pyramid of Pumori<br />
is on the left. Cho Oyu the 6th highest peak in the<br />
world at 26,906 ft. is the broad flat-topped peak<br />
in the distance. The shoulder of Changtse is on the<br />
lower right.
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 13<br />
April 15, Everest Base Camp, Tibet. Elev. 17,000 ft. The team<br />
arrived at base camp on April 10 after a three day jeep ride on dirt roads<br />
from Lhasa and spent several days acclimatizing. Despite being dusty, windy<br />
and cold, BC was the warmest camp on the mountain, and we would<br />
return twice during the expedition to recuperate. In the picture the yellow<br />
dome tents are Dan and Greg’s and the blue a-frame tents belong to the<br />
Sherpas and cooks. Larger dining (green) and cook (blue) tents are on the<br />
right. The team and Tibetans are weighing gear for yak loads to Advanced<br />
Base Camp (ABC). The immense north side of Everest is in the center of the<br />
picture. The Northeast Ridge to the left of the summit was the team’s line of<br />
ascent. The air at BC has half the oxygen of air at sea level.<br />
yak herder for a dzi stone necklace replica. Dzi stones are believed to have<br />
magical properties that bring good luck and ward off evil. Genuine dzi<br />
stones are hundreds, if not thousands of years old and are passed from<br />
generation to generation. Life at base camp revolved around sleeping<br />
and eating, but we also read, played chess, visited other expeditions, and<br />
explored the nearby Rongbuk Monastery.<br />
April 19, Elev. 22,000 ft. The North Col is<br />
at the top of the picture and climbers can be<br />
seen on the steep snow slopes and ice cliffs<br />
winding their way up. Our first acclimatization<br />
climb to the North Col took five hours and we<br />
were completely exhausted. Six weeks later,<br />
during our summit push, it took us under four<br />
hours and we were still fresh, the wonders of<br />
acclimatization. Our near super-human Sherpas,<br />
who live above 12,000 feet most of the year and<br />
have a genetic advantage at high altitude, would<br />
regularly carry 40 pound loads to the North Col<br />
in two and a half hours and sometimes continue<br />
to Camp 2 the same day.<br />
June 2, Summit Elev. 29,028<br />
ft. View from the summit of<br />
Everest toward Tibet, the climber<br />
in red approaching is Greg. We<br />
struggled to stay on our feet on<br />
this final section of the Northeast<br />
ridge as 60 mph crosswind gusts<br />
threatened to blow us down the<br />
corniced, 10,000 ft. Kangshung<br />
Face to the right. The winding river<br />
of ice in the middle of the picture is<br />
the East Rongbuk Glacier, our route<br />
to and from ABC.<br />
June 4, evening, Base<br />
Camp. A close-up farewell<br />
of Everest at dusk, as we<br />
packed into jeeps with our<br />
mountain of equipment<br />
for the drive back to<br />
Kathmandu.<br />
June 2, 9:30 AM, Summit. The Big<br />
Green Everest Expedition on top of the world,<br />
temperatures were below 0 F and windy. From<br />
left, Greg, Ang Mingma Sherpa (5th summit),<br />
Dan, and Mingma Dorjee Sherpa (2nd summit)<br />
with the Nepalese flag. We stayed for a little<br />
less than a half hour taking pictures and gazing<br />
at the incredible views of Nepal, Tibet and India.<br />
We could see five of the six highest mountains<br />
in the world: Kangchenjunga (3rd), Lhotse (4th),<br />
Makalu (5th), and Cho Oyu (6th). The second<br />
highest mountain in the world, K2 (28,250 ft.) is<br />
eight-hundred miles away in Northern Pakistan.
14 <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni News<br />
Prowlings<br />
1930<br />
On April 26, <strong>2005</strong>, Mrs. Edward A. Lord and<br />
Mrs. Raymond J. Ruckel met for the first time<br />
at their 75th and 50th alumnae reunion from St.<br />
Catharine Academy, Pelham Parkway, Bronx. Both<br />
are widows of 1920 <strong>Regis</strong> classmates, and had<br />
many fond memories of the “boys” from <strong>Regis</strong>.<br />
Mrs. Lord’s grandson, Eamon Daul, graduated<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> in 1998 and served as an alumni mentor.<br />
Mrs. Louis Jablonski and Mrs. Ruckel had a good<br />
time touring the Golden Isles of Georgia (St. Simon<br />
and Jekyll) and Savannah for a week in April. They<br />
all wish the class of ’30 peace and good health.<br />
1935<br />
A Power Chair has become part of Jim Flynn’s<br />
travel equipment.<br />
1937<br />
Of about 66 students, eleven have entered the<br />
priesthood. Joe Walsh, Joe Finnerty, Tom Muldoon,<br />
Fred Canavan, Frank McFarland, Ed Kennedy, John<br />
L. Leonard, and Pat Sullivan chose the Society of<br />
Jesus. Matt Reilly became a Dominican, Paul D’Arcy<br />
a Maryknoller, and Henry Kaufman a Diocesan<br />
priest. The class of ’37 has about 20 survivors and<br />
11 unknown.<br />
1939<br />
Kevin G. Tubridy, 3524 Taft St.,<br />
Wantagh, NY, 11793, k.tubridy@att.net<br />
Lou Piro is now living in an adult home in lower<br />
Westchester. Shortly after entering he was<br />
welcomed at an afternoon reception attended<br />
by, among others, his daughter, his brother<br />
John ‘40, Ken McLaughlin and the daughter of<br />
Frank Walters. Most of us will remember Frank’s<br />
untimely death in an auto accident while still a<br />
young man. His daughter shared several fond<br />
recollections of her father. Kevin Tubridy, Lou<br />
and Ken recently lunched together in Yonkers<br />
and in June the same threesome will join Fr.<br />
Tom Golden for lunch somewhere close to his<br />
residence in Maryknoll, NY. Robert J. Flynn and<br />
his wife have been “Snowbirds” for 18 years and<br />
6 months in Huntington L.I. and 6 in Sarasota FL.<br />
They love swimming in the gulf and playing poor<br />
golf. Jim Carney, SJ and Don Gross (both ‘43)<br />
went to Maryknoll Seminary in late May to visit<br />
their classmate Ed Malone, M.M. While waiting<br />
for Ed to arrive, Tom Golden, M.M. showed up<br />
on the scene. Tom, glowing as usual, have a<br />
resounding report of the twelve ‘39ers who had a<br />
luncheon meeting in the Hyatt Hotel next to Grand<br />
Central. He encourages other seniors to go and do<br />
likewise.<br />
1939<br />
Don Gross was kind enough to drive Jim Carney,<br />
SJ up to the beautiful Maryknoll seminary to pay a<br />
visit to our newly returned missionary, Ed Malone,<br />
M.M. The 1943 trio had a most enjoyable lunch<br />
together. Like the other two Ed has slowed down a<br />
bit but is otherwise in fine fettle. On a sadder note<br />
please pray for John Hanigan who had to enter a<br />
nursing home in late May.<br />
1944<br />
Gene Maloney, 31 Almond Tree Lane,<br />
Warwick, NY 10990, Emaloney31@yahoo.com<br />
Jack Scully was laid up for a few months with a<br />
slight breathing problem and vision difficulty. He<br />
reports that all is going pretty well for him now. He<br />
resides at Kohlmann Hall on the Fordham Campus.<br />
Bill Thorwarth is doing fine down in PA. He sends<br />
his best to all. Vin McKenna is working three days<br />
a week as a P.R. consultant. He is leaving for Las<br />
Vegas where he will join forces with his oldest<br />
son who lives in California and they will tour the<br />
Grand Canyon and other national parks. Vin has<br />
chatted a few times with Vic Kenyon who is<br />
retired in Florida. Mac McGarry, the longtime<br />
Quizmaster of “It’s Academic” in the D.C. area,<br />
received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters<br />
Degree from Marymount Univ. in Arlington, VA.<br />
On May 8, <strong>2005</strong>. Tomas Ryan is still practicing<br />
law in NYC. He goes to the office every day. As<br />
you know, Tomas had extremely poor vision in<br />
Margaret and Ron Statile ‘65 and George and Eileen Griffith ‘65 at the class of 1965’s 40th<br />
reunion on April 16 <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
high school as well as in college and law school.<br />
He graduated 1 st in his class at Columbia Law<br />
<strong>School</strong> and was on the law review, in spite of<br />
the handicap. A few years ago, he had surgery<br />
on his eyes at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,<br />
which has since greatly improved his vision. Bill<br />
Dunn is enjoying his retirement up on the Cape.<br />
His son, a <strong>Regis</strong> graduate, is a detective with the<br />
NYPD in Harlem. Sev Ambrosio is cutting back<br />
on his medical practice a little bit in Parlin, N.J.<br />
Dan and Mary Brockway celebrated their 50 th<br />
wedding anniversary with a mass at the National<br />
Shrine Church in D.C. Three daughters live near<br />
him in MD, and their son is an engineer with NASA<br />
in Houston. He passed on information that Dick<br />
Keenan had not been feeling well. Keep him in<br />
your prayers. John McGeechan reports that all<br />
is quiet in Mahwah, N.J. Jack Jackman also says<br />
that all is well down in Piney Woods, Texas. Tom<br />
Glasser reports in from upstate NY. He and Ruth<br />
are doing well. His brother, Frank, <strong>Regis</strong> ’39, died<br />
of cancer at the end of ’04. In the winter, Tom and<br />
his buddies do a lot of skiing. His buddies are 76 to<br />
84 years old. A couple of them are even alive. Tom<br />
has his walker attached to his skis. Bob McGrath<br />
does free clinic work two times a week at his local<br />
hospital in Georgetown, S.C. Elmer Matthews<br />
is working with a law firm in Morristown, N.J.<br />
He spends the winter in Palm Beach, FL, and his<br />
summers at the Jersey Shore.<br />
1945<br />
William J. O’Brien, 92 Riva Ave.,<br />
North Brunswick, NJ 08902<br />
Harry Olmsted’s wife Clare passed away suddenly<br />
on December 12, 2004. They had been married for<br />
40 years. Please remember her in your prayers<br />
1946<br />
Roman N. Chapelsky, 7 Clinton Pl.,<br />
Cranford, NJ 07016, chapelrv@worldnet.att.net<br />
Charles H. Schneider, 112 Fenway,<br />
Rockville Centre, NY 11570<br />
John Haskins had heart surgery in December<br />
and is recuperating from the operation. George<br />
O’Donnel and his wife, Kay Bea, returned from a<br />
six week sojourn in Europe. They visited friends in<br />
London and then toured Czechoslovakia, Poland,<br />
and Hungary. Tom Cross and his wife, Marion,<br />
are busy planning a trip to Alaska this summer.<br />
Al (Larry) Shields died in May after a long illness.<br />
He is survived by his wife, Patty, two sons and<br />
three daughters. Regians who were present at the<br />
funeral mass were Ken and Irene Hickman (’46),<br />
Matty Murtaugh (’44), and Fr. Joe O’Hare (’48),<br />
Celebrant of the Mass.<br />
1947<br />
Joseph C. Miranda, 1270 Plandome Rd.,<br />
Plandome Manor, NY 11030, jcm59@juno.com<br />
Class representative Joseph Miranda writes: I<br />
called Jim Muller’s home and spoke with his<br />
wife Diva. I then spoke to Jim. He is retired as<br />
an accountant and has five children and 13<br />
grandchildren. They are still living in Franklin Lakes,<br />
NJ. Bob and Mary Schumers left on their exotic<br />
European Baltic cruise. Dick Schwendinger is<br />
also retired and in Denver with his wife Jean. Joe<br />
Reilly retired from J.C. Penny after 36 years, and<br />
is living in Delaware. We had a long discussion<br />
about the new Pope, matters in the Church and
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 15<br />
the Jesuits. By the way, who but Joe Reilly still<br />
remembers what the “Paulene Privlege” is? Frank<br />
McCarthy returned my call after playing telephone<br />
tag. After graduation from RPI, Frank worked for<br />
Union Carbide after retiring. Years ago he taught<br />
graduate business courses at Benedictine University.<br />
For the past six years he has sat on the Board of the<br />
Organization that records books for the Blind and<br />
Dyslexic. He has six children and five grandchildren.<br />
He gave me a fascinating history of Benedictine<br />
University - No time to review here but perhaps he<br />
should write me said history and we could print it<br />
here. I finally reached Joe Judge from my office.<br />
He is living in the mountains of Northeast Georgia<br />
with his English wife, Phyllis. Joe started his career<br />
in the “Ad Game”. He later moved to Florida<br />
where he did P.R. for Florida Power and Light<br />
Speechwriting for the CEO. In the process he got<br />
his MBA in Florida. Most interesting (to a fellow<br />
Boater) are his Florida sails from Ft. Lauderdale to<br />
the Bahamas. His wife was a computer engineer<br />
for Southern Bell. She is also retired. Ray Scully<br />
returned my call, unfortunately while I was in<br />
court; but he spoke to my dear wife Joan. Ray<br />
was my best man and Joan grew up with Ray’s<br />
brother John, Ray and his sister Helen, (her close<br />
friend). His points of interest were that brother,<br />
father, John (<strong>Regis</strong> ’43), a Jesuit is well and living at<br />
Fordham. Ray and his wife Babette are very proud<br />
of Ray’s granddaughter who is graduating this<br />
weekend from a private school in New Jersey, and<br />
has been accepted by all of her college choices.<br />
When down to John’s Hopkins and MIT, she chose<br />
MIT. Jackie Byrne, widow of George Byrne, is<br />
leaving St. Simon’s Island, Georgia and relocating<br />
in St. Michael’s Parish in Maryland. As for us,<br />
we are this week following our son in law Rob<br />
Schmidt (’78), partner in Deloitte, as he roams<br />
around Hong Kong, mainland China, and Japan.<br />
We also are hosting next week a dinner for our son<br />
Neal’s (Xavier ’73) 50 th birthday - happy and hard<br />
to believe. I have asked the <strong>Regis</strong> Development<br />
Office to send me an up to date list of our class of<br />
1947 with the status of each of us. Has any one<br />
any knowledge of those we’ve lost track of, like<br />
John Powers who has been in absence since 1947?<br />
1949<br />
Andy J. Hernon, 60 Sutton Place, S., Apt#10AS,<br />
NY, NY 10022, hernon0613@earthlink.net<br />
Class representative Andy Hernon writes: As<br />
noted in the Milestones section of the Spring<br />
issue of the <strong>RAN</strong>, Dave McKean passed away in<br />
January. Dave practiced law in the Washington,<br />
D.C. area for many years and made his home<br />
in Arlington, Virginia. Please remember Dave<br />
in your prayers. Also, please add the family of<br />
Frank Heeney to your prayer list; Frank‘s wife,<br />
Winifred, suffered a stroke early last year and has<br />
since been in a nursing home. I spoke with Bishop<br />
Ed O’Donnell on May 24. You may recall Ed is<br />
suffering from Parkinson’s disease; Ed says he has<br />
his “good days and bad days”. Please include him<br />
in your prayers; he welcomes calls from his old<br />
classmates. Ed’s number is (314) 863-0173. Paying<br />
their respects at the wake for Fr. Steve Duffy in the<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> Chapel in late March were Gerry Murray,<br />
Art Romagnoli and Audrey and Barry Sullivan;<br />
the next evening gathered at the Church of St.<br />
Ignatius Loyola for the funeral liturgy were the<br />
Sullivans, Mary Jane and Gerry Murray and Bernie<br />
Tracey ’51, brother of Bill. Having survived the<br />
spring floods in Wayne, New Jersey and having<br />
retired after twenty years as a school counselor<br />
in June, Ed Romary is getting ready to move in<br />
early summer to his new home on a two acre site<br />
in Bartlett, Tennessee, just outside of Memphis. Ed<br />
will have plenty of acreage to engage in one of<br />
his favorite pursuits – gardening. Bob Byrnes e-<br />
mailed the following: “My son, Timothy, a Political<br />
Science Professor at Colgate University, was a<br />
recent guest speaker at Harvard at the request<br />
of the Rev. Brian Hehir. He’s a political scientist<br />
who specializes in Religion and Politics (a fairly<br />
topical subject these days.)” Bill Storz and his wife<br />
Eileen celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary<br />
in Hawaii in June with their four children and<br />
seven grandchildren. Their children are spread<br />
throughout the continental U.S. - California, Illinois<br />
and Massachusetts; Bill blames their dispersal on<br />
his “old Navy days”. Joe Garon reports that “Bill<br />
Kearney and I spent a four day mini-reunion with<br />
16 of our fellow classmates of Fordham ‘ 53 on<br />
Cape Cod in May… accompanied by our spouses.”<br />
The reunion has been an on-longing event for<br />
some years held at various locations in the U.S.<br />
and Europe. Dr. George Brennan was given<br />
the Bishop’s Award by the bishop of the diocese<br />
of Metuchen, Bishop Bootkoski, because of his<br />
meritorious dedication to the children for four<br />
decades. George, a pediatrician, was described<br />
by the Bishop as a “champion for the ‘culture of<br />
life.’” Rear Admiral Dave Donohue is serving<br />
as the 2004-<strong>2005</strong> Chairman of the Tidewater,<br />
Virignia section of the American Society of Naval<br />
Engineers. Dave is also completing his fifth year<br />
of service as a National Councilor of ASNE. Barry<br />
Sullivan writes: “With 15 grandchildren we had<br />
the usual first Communion Masses. One was at St.<br />
Ignatius Loyola. The Church is still beautiful and<br />
echoes Memories of Friday Masses long ago.” I<br />
want to thank Art Romagnoli, Bob Byrnes,<br />
Dick Caplice and Al Pinado for their prayers<br />
and messages of hope and encouragement. Dave<br />
O’Keeffe, living in Baltimore, underwent a medical<br />
procedure to correct a bothersome drooping<br />
eyelid condition. During this year’s phonathons<br />
in March and May I had the opportunity to speak<br />
with the following members of the Class of ’49:<br />
Andy Baber, Tom Farley, Paul Kennedy, Jack<br />
O’Connell, Gerry Dolan, Marty Duetsch, Jim<br />
Evrard, Billl Kearney, Dave O’Keeffe and Paul<br />
Geissler. Paul Geissler has been living down<br />
in Louisiana for thirty years. Last but not least,<br />
Bill Kearney wonders how many class members<br />
would be receptive to another class get-together,<br />
possibly this fall. A survey of possible sites has<br />
already begun.<br />
1950<br />
William J. Allingham, 5 Jill Dr.,<br />
Holmdel, NJ 07733, allingb2@yahoo.com<br />
April <strong>2005</strong> was a sad month for the class of ‘50<br />
- within a period of two weeks we lost Leo Walsh<br />
and Vin Vicinanzo. May they rest in peace. On<br />
a happier note, Mickey Carroll was recently<br />
inducted into the Rockland County Sports Hall of<br />
Fame. During Mickey’s long tenure as volleyball<br />
coach in the North Rockland <strong>School</strong> District, his<br />
teams won two New York State championships<br />
and numerous other titles. Howard McCormack<br />
has become counsel at the leading admiralty<br />
law firm of Burke and Parsons in New York. He<br />
also continued his academic career as an adjunct<br />
professor of law at Fordham Law <strong>School</strong> and<br />
Cardozo <strong>School</strong> of Law. Bill and Pat Allingham<br />
welcomed their second great-grandchild, to go<br />
along with the seventeen grandchildren. Our minireunion<br />
at Hurley’s Saloon on 5/26 was attended<br />
by Del Ceroni, Jack Corrigan, Tim Harrington,<br />
Jerry Jarrett, Bill Peloso, Jerry Rubin, Dan<br />
Lavery, Mike O’Connor and Bill Allingham.<br />
Marty Collins was planning to be with us, but<br />
had a last-minute schedule conflict. A fine time<br />
was had by all... Remember to keep September<br />
16 open for our 55th Reunion celebration at the<br />
NYAC. See you then!!!<br />
1951<br />
Donal F. McCarthy, 22 Shorehaven Lane,<br />
Manhasset, NY 11030-1826, finbarr@optonline.net<br />
In May, a number of us attended a lunch at the<br />
NYAC with our old physics teacher, Father John<br />
Long. Bernie Tracy organized it by email, and<br />
Tom Fahey’s membership got us in the door. Also<br />
present were Jim O’Rourke, Jack Reilly, Vincent<br />
Guinee, Bill O’Connor and Don McCarthy. (One<br />
of the attendees savored the beautiful Spring day<br />
by walking to the AC through a corner of Central<br />
Park, where he spotted a Black-crowned Night<br />
Heron). You all remember the folklore of high<br />
school days, that the scholastics had never studied<br />
anything but Latin, and that those who taught the<br />
sciences were keeping just one chapter ahead of<br />
us. Well, it turns out not to be true. Father Long<br />
Susan Evans P’07 Jack Prael ‘63 Pat Taddei P’04’07 and Susan Walters ‘05 at the Volunteer<br />
Barbeque.
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had indeed studied physics in preparation for his<br />
regency. He told us he left <strong>Regis</strong> after our senior year<br />
to take Russian studies at Georgetown. Thereafter,<br />
he spent much of his priesthood at the Vatican’s<br />
center for Christian unity. A native of Brooklyn<br />
(East New York), Father is now retired and living at<br />
the Jesuit residence at America House in New York<br />
City. One incidental bit of intelligence gleaned at<br />
this lunch: Jim O’Rourke said he had visited Notre<br />
Dame and seen Bernie Tracy’s name inscribed at<br />
some hallowed academic site; it turns out that<br />
Bernie’s distinction is that he was the first engineer<br />
(in any field of engineering) to graduate summa<br />
cum laude from ND. We mentioned an issue or<br />
two back that Manhattan College had made John<br />
Lawler an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.<br />
More recently we discovered that one of John’s<br />
fellow recipients at the same convocation was John<br />
Paluszek, who had been briefly in our class at <strong>Regis</strong><br />
in 1947-48. Some of you may remember him from<br />
Freshmen D. Our copy deadline precludes us from<br />
reporting on Calvary Hospital’s upcoming June 22<br />
dinner in honor of Tom Fahey. As all of you know,<br />
Rich Meyer invited the members of the class to<br />
attend as his guests. More about this another time.<br />
In keeping with our newly revived tradition, this<br />
marks the end of the authentic McCarthy text.<br />
1952<br />
James A. McGough, 12 <strong>High</strong>land Ave.,<br />
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591<br />
It was a grand evening indeed!! Seventeen<br />
members of the Class gathered for drinks and<br />
dinner at the Back Porch Restaurant on May 16th<br />
to once again reminisce on our “good old days”<br />
at <strong>Regis</strong>, myriad adventures since graduation,<br />
children, grandchildren, retirement pleasures,<br />
Church issues, World issues, significant solutions<br />
to those issues, etc. Within five minutes, the<br />
group was happily chatting away as though we<br />
were back in the Quadrangle the week before.<br />
In attendance were Larry Boland, Don Corke,<br />
Harry DeMaio, John Donohue, Frank Dunn,<br />
Ray Johnson, Al Kennecke, John Leo, Gerry<br />
Loftus, Charlie Lynch, Ted McAniff, Jim<br />
McGough, Frank Neeson, John Peloso, Bob<br />
Reuss, Leon Sculti and Gerry Shanley. Lew<br />
Bowlby and Bill Sullivan were not able to join<br />
in the festivities because of conflicts, but sent<br />
regrets and were present in spirit. Long distance<br />
travelers were Ted McAniff from Los Angeles,<br />
Harry DeMaio from Cincinatti, Gerry Loftus<br />
from Cape Cod and Al Kenneke from Bethesda.<br />
The rest of the group was spread across various<br />
communities in the Metropolitan New York area.<br />
Special kudos to Gerry Loftus for having initiated<br />
our annual reunions back in 1992 – “May 16th, no<br />
matter what day of the week!” Let us look forward<br />
to 2006, with the hope that even more of the Class<br />
will be able to share in that reunion.<br />
1953<br />
Thomas J. Hickey, 474 Kossuth Street, Paramus, NJ<br />
07652, tjhickey@warpdriveonline.com;<br />
Ronald W. Tobin, Office of Academic Programs,<br />
UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106,<br />
tobin@oap.ucsb.edu<br />
Ed Boyle’s son, Edward III, wrote to us that Ed<br />
passed away on March 1, <strong>2005</strong> from complications<br />
arising as the result of an outpatient procedure. His<br />
son’s message said, in part: “My father cherished<br />
not only the education he received at <strong>Regis</strong>, but<br />
the life long relationships which were forged<br />
during those years.” Ed had traveled from Dallas<br />
for our 50th reunion and many of us enjoyed his<br />
company during that weekend. Tragically, Ron<br />
and Ann Tobin lost their 38-year-old son, Roger,<br />
to heart failure on April 18, <strong>2005</strong>. While few of us<br />
have known the sorrow that flows from the loss<br />
of a child, we pray that Ron and Ann will, in time,<br />
find peace. Ron has established a fund in Roger’s<br />
name to benefit men’s water polo at UCSB where<br />
Roger started for three years. Anyone who cares<br />
to help memorialize Roger should send a (tax-free)<br />
contribution made to: The Roger W. Tobin Fund,<br />
Institutional Advancement, UCSB, Santa Barbara,<br />
CA 93106. May Ed and Roger rest in peace. On<br />
a less severe note, John Wallace reports that<br />
his daughter, Ann Marie, has recovered from<br />
injuries suffered in an auto accident in March.<br />
Ann Marie’s young daughter was a passenger<br />
in the car but escaped unscathed. Ann Marie<br />
spent several days in the hospital where she was<br />
treated for serious facial injuries. She is expecting<br />
a baby in late May and, despite the trauma of the<br />
accident, is maintaining that schedule. Good news<br />
from Joe Junker on two fronts: first, Joe reports:<br />
“Hallelujah! After a radical surgery and months of<br />
chemotherapy and weeks of everyday radiation<br />
treatments, the cancer in (Joe’s son) Christopher’s<br />
brain is 99% gone!!” Joe’s wife, Holley, had<br />
her quilt, “Salt Meadow”, accepted into the<br />
permanent collection of the Smithsonian American<br />
Art Museum where it will be on exhibit in the<br />
Kevin Bowles ‘05 Eddie Walsh ‘06 Matt Walters ‘ 05 Dan DeNicola ‘06 and Peter Gallotta ‘05<br />
at the Volunteer Barbeque.<br />
Museum’s Renwick Gallery through July 23rd.<br />
On Thursday, June 9th, <strong>Regis</strong> dedicated a plaque<br />
honoring the memory of three of <strong>Regis</strong>’ sons<br />
who gave their lives in the Vietnam conflict. Our<br />
classmate Bob Fitzgerald was memorialized at the<br />
ceremony led by Fr. O’Hare. The Vietnam Veterans<br />
Association website (www.262vietnam.org/Wall)<br />
contains the following narrative: “He died on<br />
June 1, 1970 in Quang Nam Province. He was the<br />
aircraft commander of a CH-46D which crashed on<br />
land due to hostile causes. He was participating in<br />
a recon insert when a team member stepped on a<br />
booby trap in the zone, causing severe damage to<br />
the aircraft which then crashed in the zone, causing<br />
Fitzgerald’s death and minor injuries to his crew.”<br />
Fr. John Sullivan reports that he recently lost his<br />
fellow Bronxite when Msgr. Tom Bergin moved<br />
from St. Raymond’s to take up pastoral duties at<br />
the Church of St. Charles in Staten Island. Nine<br />
members of our class celebrated the beginning<br />
of spring with a lunch at Pasquale’s Rigoletto<br />
restaurant on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx. The<br />
late March gathering brought together John<br />
Cannon, John Duffy, Bob Golden, Ken Lally,<br />
Joe McDonald, Jim McGuire, Kevin Naughton,<br />
John Sullivan and Tom Hickey. Joe Barbosa<br />
(moot court judge duties), Fr. Gerry Ettlinger<br />
(dental work), Gerry Karg (family obligations)<br />
and Tom Rossano were last minute drop-outs<br />
but we hope to see them at our next Metro-<strong>Regis</strong><br />
get-together – perhaps mid-summer. Tom and<br />
his wife, Pamela, traveled to Florida, instead, to<br />
greet their nephew, a U.S. Marine who was just<br />
returning from his third hitch in Iraq – Fallujah, no<br />
less. Although his work schedule doesn’t bring<br />
him to New York “except for the good parts<br />
of the summer,” Bruce McAllister asked to be<br />
notified of any future Arthur Avenue outings. Will<br />
do, Bruce. In early March, Ron Tobin enjoyed a<br />
“riotous” lunch with fellow Santa Barbara resident<br />
John Cleese. Mr. Cleese will participate in Ron’s<br />
Moliere seminar next year. Fred Gluck published<br />
an article entitled “God’s line manager” in the<br />
Financial Times, an interesting and challenging<br />
analysis examining the state of the Church from<br />
the standpoint of a McKinsey consultant. Vic<br />
Figurelli’s oldest son, Gerard, has received a<br />
scholarship to Baylor University to pursue a PhD<br />
in Church-State studies. He is doing this while<br />
engaged in a full-time job and being a father<br />
of 5. Vic and his wife are very proud of Gerard<br />
and his wife. George Bouvet recently lectured<br />
on International Marketing to second year MBA<br />
students at the University of Washington. He was<br />
shocked to learn that all 40 of the students were<br />
from Asian countries. Jim and Phyllis Shea visited<br />
the Big Apple in late February. In a whirlwind of<br />
activity, they experienced Christo’s “The Gates”<br />
in Central Park and enjoyed Verdi’s “Nabucco”<br />
at the Met as well as a Rubens exhibit at the<br />
Metropolitan Museum of Art. And that was just<br />
Saturday. On Sunday they followed Pete Hamill’s<br />
guidance in his terrific new book, “Downtown<br />
– my Manhattan”, to discover for themselves<br />
some of New York’s less-famous landmarks such<br />
as the Customs House and Bowling Green. Tom<br />
and Patrizia Hickey returned from a two-week<br />
land-sea visit to Greece but, it turned out, not<br />
the Cyclades due to high winds in the Aegean.<br />
Although he unknowingly traveled with a case of<br />
pneumonia, Tom believes that he’d rather learn of<br />
things Greek first hand rather than by three years
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in the classroom. If you have a new or updated<br />
e-mail or residential address; please send the<br />
information to either Ron or Tom who will make<br />
certain it gets circulated.<br />
1954<br />
John Conroy, 180 Forest Ave.,<br />
New Rochelle, NY, 10804, jmconroy1@aol.com<br />
Class representative Jack Conroy writes: During<br />
my spring phone encounters with many of you I<br />
picked up the following news: George Majeska is<br />
leading a river trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg<br />
this fall with the University of Maryland. Traug<br />
Lawler will be doing the same for Yale in the<br />
Greek Isles. Tom Tierney is able to bear life in Sun<br />
Valley reasonably well and he and Peg travel the<br />
country frequently to visit their dispersed children.<br />
This summer he hopes to get on the golf course<br />
with Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate and fellow<br />
Holy Cross alum. Tom was just elected chairman<br />
of the board of the Hospice of the Wood River<br />
Valley. The Hospice provides end-of-life care free<br />
of charge to residents of Blaine County, Idaho. It<br />
also conducts grief support groups and summer<br />
bereavement camp for children (all free). Ed<br />
Wilson has come along very well since his open<br />
heart surgery and continues as an outpatient<br />
at Rusk Institute. Frank O’Regan has settled in<br />
at Hilton Head although he frequently travels<br />
to civilization (NYC) for continuing trials and<br />
arbitration. Fred Burgess just moved, literally<br />
across the street, to accommodate his expanding<br />
family on visits. With the birth of their latest<br />
grandson, they are now up to 8 grandchildren from<br />
three of their four married children-their “third<br />
caboose” is at Loyola University in New Orleans<br />
and is graduating in 2006, into the Navy like his<br />
eldest brother. Their kids are spread out: one in<br />
Fairfax, VA; one in San Diego, CA; one at the US<br />
Naval Academy en route to a Port Hueneme, CA<br />
command this summer. While Fred is still doing<br />
some consulting and expert work, Patty is a nurse<br />
Practitioner and Acupuncturist. Fred still gets to do<br />
some big boat competitive sailing, as a navigator.<br />
James J. O’Brien’s daughter Eileen graduated<br />
from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, on Sunday,<br />
June 12 with Master of Education and Master of<br />
Computer Science degrees (Summa Cum Laude).<br />
Her goal is to develop computer software for<br />
those with learning disabilities. Phil Trainor flew<br />
up for Father Duffy’s funeral and, together with<br />
Traug Lawler and me, had a mini-reunion in New<br />
Rochelle where he was able to tour his ancestral<br />
home. Ben Trigani continues to relish his teaching<br />
at Convent Station and the company of his many<br />
grandchildren who all live nearby. He sends<br />
warm regards to all. John McLaughlin and his<br />
wife have moved into an assisted living facility in<br />
Pennsylvania because of the neuropathy which has<br />
limited his walking. Chris McKenna is abandoning<br />
Nieman Marcus and San Francisco to take up<br />
residence in Connecticut. Jim Perrone’s son is a<br />
junior at Fordham and joined Jim, Jim Carr, Bill<br />
Monaghan, Tom Cahill and me at the Fordham<br />
Gym when <strong>Regis</strong> beat Niagra Prep for the Catholic<br />
high schools state championship in March. These<br />
past months have been a time of significant loss<br />
for us which has brought a host of memories from<br />
that time that Hank Radowski described so well,<br />
“Vanished are the youths, unkempt in shirt and<br />
tie, / Who hurled their boundless energy at the<br />
rectangular sky.” The “J”, Don Kennedy, and Father<br />
Duffy were all in different ways both sources and<br />
objects of that energy. The variety of responses to<br />
our experiences with them makes clear the lasting<br />
significance of those four years which come alive<br />
so easily in conversation sparked by their deaths.<br />
More immediately the loss of Gerry Cahill, Steve<br />
Sarsfield and Joe Binsack on the heels of our 50th<br />
make the progress of time all too real. Gerry was in<br />
the midst of chemo in the winter and spring of ‘04<br />
but was determined to get to the reunion which he<br />
did. He was especially delighted because it was his<br />
wife’s first trip to NYC. He died in October. Steve<br />
looked so well both at the Reunion and at Jug<br />
Night that his death in December came as a real<br />
shock. Jim Carr, Traug Lawler, Jim McGroddy,<br />
Bob Stibler, Ben Trigani and myself were able to<br />
get to Steve’s funeral and there were many stories<br />
of Steve’s basketball wonders and his exploits on<br />
City Island. Thomas Finnegan and his wife Mandy<br />
wish to thank all of the members of the Class of<br />
1954 and the other classes for their expressions<br />
on the death of Steve, Mandy’s brother. Joe<br />
Binsack regaled many of us at the reunion with his<br />
outdoor exploits, especially his biking trip to the<br />
north country with one of his grandsons. He died<br />
suddenly on May 30 after “a walk in the woods at<br />
the base of his beloved mountain, Mt. Chocorua,<br />
in Tamworth, NH.” Dick Ward recalled playing<br />
basketball with Joe on the courts at the pier in<br />
New Dorp. Sam Milana remembered Joe cutting<br />
his nails in a serrated pattern so that he could<br />
throw a better curveball when he was pitching for<br />
the Varsity. Please keep in touch; the easiest way is<br />
by e-mail to: jmconroy1@aol.com<br />
1955<br />
Karl Brunhuber, 35-44 167 th St.,<br />
Flushing, NY 11358<br />
John M. Morriss, 3 Salem Pl.,<br />
Valhalla, NY 10505, jmorriss11@aol.com<br />
Father Stephen Duffy, S.J., was a special friend<br />
of the Class of 1955, especially those of us who<br />
studied Greek with him for three years. The respect<br />
and affection were mutual during and after <strong>Regis</strong>.<br />
Our deepest condolences to the Duffy Family.<br />
Father Duffy was a superb teacher of Religion and<br />
Greek who taught thousands of students with<br />
scholarship, excitement, wonder, insight, precision,<br />
and humor. Those traits were also instilled in<br />
his students in a life-long way. He had a keen<br />
understanding of the maturing and development<br />
of teenage American boys. He also had a deep<br />
interest in Catholic Jesuit missions and in all the<br />
developments of the post-Vatican II Church. He will<br />
be missed, will not be forgotten, and will always<br />
remembered as one of us! R.I.P.<br />
‘55 TAKES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE TOP!<br />
Reported by the Co-Class Rep, John Morriss<br />
Our 50th Reunion took place on May 20-22, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
On Friday, we had a delightful evening at Moran’s<br />
Restaurant on West 19th Street, in Old New York<br />
(fitting for a school that opened its doors in 1914).<br />
There was much bonding, storytelling, a speech<br />
by Gene McGuire, and singing from Arthur<br />
Weisenseel. On Saturday, we had a great tour<br />
of the school, which is very state-of-the-art and<br />
very 21st Century. Mass was concelebrated by<br />
Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, SJ ’48, Ned Murphy, S.J.;<br />
and the Rev. Harry Burke. We prayed for our<br />
deceased classmates (21), by name, during the<br />
Mass. The singing of the <strong>School</strong> song at the end of<br />
Mass was full-throated and particularly poignant.<br />
The weather was picture perfect for the cocktail<br />
hour en plein air in the Courtyard. Dinner in the<br />
Auditorium was first-rate, accompanied by stirring<br />
speeches from Paul Anderson, Bill Brennan,<br />
Bill Delaney, Peter McNamee, John Morriss,<br />
Ron Polant, and Joel Sherlock. All speakers<br />
and classmates agreed that in a unique way <strong>Regis</strong><br />
prepared and motivated us toward excellence<br />
(“magis”) in all areas, love for God and country<br />
(“Deo et Patriae”), and concern for others and the<br />
rest of the world (Ignatian, or “Men for Others”).<br />
Dessert was topped off by the singing of Arthur<br />
Weisenseel. On Sunday, we had a wonderful<br />
brunch at the home of Arthur and Connie<br />
Weisenseel in West Nyack, NY, in a seaside setting<br />
reminiscent of the Bay of Naples. Many thanks to<br />
all who attended the Reunion and best wishes to<br />
those who could not. Preliminary planning is under<br />
way for mini-reunions and our 55th. Attendees<br />
came from 11 states, plus South America. Joe<br />
Ramos came 10,000 miles from Chile. The Class<br />
sent get-well cards to Jim Carney, S.J. ‘43, who<br />
was recuperating from pneumonia. During the<br />
evening, John Morriss lauded “Mr. Carney,” in<br />
absentia, for his highly positive and motivational<br />
influence on the Class, both in the classroom and<br />
on the basketball court. John also pointed out that<br />
the Class has acquired over 200 academic degrees<br />
and has produced over 200 children and over 200<br />
grandchildren, and thus our legacy will endure<br />
forever. We have lived in 30 States and worked<br />
Kevin Dumbach ‘80 Paul Squitieri ‘80 Marty Barry ‘80 John DeGregorio ‘80 and Mark Moss ‘80<br />
at the class of 1980’s Silver Anniversary Reunion on April 30 <strong>2005</strong>.
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in, or traveled to, 30 countries. Our professional<br />
careers include doctors, lawyers, educators,<br />
professional religious, U.S. military personnel,<br />
entrepreneurs, investors, inventors, company<br />
presidents, business managers, sports specialists,<br />
publishers, translators, theater reviewers, book<br />
writers, etc. Half of our surviving class (joined by<br />
wives/guests) attended the Reunion. Many thanks<br />
to all the ‘55 Committee members who put our<br />
Reunion together. Jerry and Marcia Ambrose<br />
live in Bradenton, FL, and traveled to Oregon and<br />
New York before returning to the Sunshine State.<br />
Michael and Trish Ambrose enjoy Millersville, MD.<br />
Paul and Mary Anderson enjoy life and activities<br />
in Chicago. Mike Aratingi sends greetings from<br />
Hamburg, NJ. Tom and Bridget Atkinson enjoy<br />
retirement living in Lynbrook, NY. Karl (Co-Class<br />
Rep) and Jane Brunhuber enjoy life in Flushing,<br />
NY; Karl continues to practice accounting. John<br />
and Andrea Brannelly live in Draper, UT (suburb<br />
of Salt Lake City) and stay in touch with children<br />
and grandchildren. Dom and Helen Buffa enjoy<br />
Mount Sinai, NY; Dom continues to practice<br />
medicine. Bill and Rochelle Brennan enjoy<br />
Tucson, AZ, where Bill swims, golfs, jogs, and does<br />
digital photography. Harry and Ellen Blair enjoy<br />
New York and Florida, with Harry practicing law.<br />
Juan Del Rosario sends his greetings from San<br />
Francisco. Roland and Marsha Donohue enjoy<br />
Point Lookout, NY, and live near the Blairs. Rev.<br />
Harry Burke ministers at Cardinal Hayes <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> in New York City. Bill Clare enjoys life in<br />
Chadds Ford, PA. Jim and Pat Crovello enjoy<br />
condominium living in Port Jefferson, NY; Jim<br />
continues to practice medecine. Bob Kral came all<br />
the way from Decatur, GA; his spirit is indomitable<br />
and inspired us all. Joe and Ellen Foley enjoy<br />
suburban life in Irvington, NY. Bill Hayes sends his<br />
best wishes from Beverly, MA. Mike and Diane<br />
Hynes enjoy balmy Escondido, CA. Gerry and<br />
Beverly Gillia moved to Rockaway, Queens, and<br />
enjoy life by the sea. Vincent Manganiello is a<br />
biomedical researcher with the National Institutes<br />
of Health in Bethesda, MD. Ben and Nancy<br />
Mastrototaro enjoy retirement in Rensselaer,<br />
NY, where Ben bikes, jogs, plays tennis, etc. Tom<br />
McBride and family enjoy Bellmore, NY.<br />
Gene and Rosemary McGuire enjoy life in<br />
Albuquerque, NM. Ed and Michele Ahearn<br />
enjoy life in Providence, RI, where Ed chairs the<br />
Department of French at Brown University. Bill<br />
Delaney lives in Capitola, CA, where he does<br />
genealogical research. Pat and Thea Bannon<br />
moved to Breezy Point, Queens, and will look for a<br />
new residence in New York or Connecticut. John<br />
Githens enjoys living and translating in New York<br />
City. Bob Goodman practices law in New Jersey<br />
and he and Andrea brought to the Reunion great<br />
photos of our high school years. Vinny Malito<br />
and Pat Filiberto brought a student-signed 1955<br />
Yearbook, which we all enjoyed. Peter and<br />
Tereza McNamee enjoy Menlo Park, CA, where<br />
Peter is a co-founder and director of SmartOrg,<br />
Inc. Ned Murphy, S.J., directs POTS (Part of the<br />
Solution), which assists the needy in the Bronx.<br />
In April, John and Judy Morriss visited Italy; in<br />
August, Ireland (45th wedding anniversary); and in<br />
September, Spain. Joe Murray enjoys retirement<br />
in Whitestone, NY, along with parenting and<br />
grandparenting. In May, Charley Meehan visited<br />
England to join American friends from Israel and<br />
Holland and also visited York and Oxford. George<br />
Royall lives in McLean, VA, where his son was<br />
married in June. Chuck and Mary Ann Vaughan<br />
enjoy life in Cary, NC. Ron and Bev Polant<br />
brought a book of Ron’s paintings containing<br />
land and sea scapes. Bill and Lillian O’Leary<br />
enjoy Sarasota, FL, where Bill owns and operates a<br />
sailing school and restaurant. John Pelletieri and<br />
his wife enjoy Manhasset, NY; John continues to<br />
practice medicine. Herb and Jan Raymond enjoy<br />
life in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Joe Ramos is<br />
Dean of the <strong>School</strong> of Economics and Business at<br />
the University of Chile. Charley and Pat Riordan<br />
enjoy Madison, CT; Charley continues to practice<br />
medecine. Paul and Rita Rosso enjoy Lompoc,<br />
CA. Tom Sheehan sends warm greetings from<br />
Rixeyville, VA. John and Mary Srnecz enjoy<br />
Germantown, MD. Joel and Roberta Sherlock<br />
do considerable sailing from Northport, NY;<br />
Joel continues to practice medicine. Tom and<br />
Trudy Smith enjoy Tappan, NY; Tom teaches<br />
mathematics at Manhattan College. Don Swallow<br />
enjoys Fleetwood, NY, and travels to Europe. Lou<br />
and Carole Umscheid enjoy Pennington, NJ, and<br />
traveling. Arthur and Connie Weisenseel enjoy<br />
West Nyack, NY; Arthur practices medicine in New<br />
York City. John Yacobellis sends greetings from<br />
Wheat Ridge, CO.<br />
Join us for the Golden Owls Breakfast and Jug Night<br />
in October to continue our Reunion conversations.<br />
We, Band of Brothers! Let’s continue to e-mail,<br />
contact, and visit with one another to keep the<br />
conversations going! Much to be said for caring<br />
and sharing, mutually informing and maturing!<br />
There’s a big future and world out there and we<br />
should be part of it! ‘55, Keep the Spirit Alive! Take<br />
Pride in ‘55! ‘55, Rock on!<br />
P.S. Apart from the professional achievements of<br />
the Class, it was soul-stirring to observe the ‘55ers<br />
obvious devotion to God, Church, country, and<br />
family; their conviviality and camaraderie; their<br />
ever present sense of humor; and their lifelong<br />
sense of duty, honor, and responsibility. The<br />
Reunion was truly a “Kodak moment” and very<br />
reflective of <strong>Regis</strong>, 1951-1955!<br />
1956<br />
Paul T. Lennon, 17 Pine Ridge Road,<br />
Larchmont, NY 10538, pault.lennon@verizon.net<br />
The Class of 1956 will conduct its 50th reunion on<br />
September 29 and 30, and October 1, 2006. Save<br />
the date.<br />
1957<br />
William P. Gillen, 30 Clinton St., Apt. 2-J,<br />
Brooklyn, NY 11201, wpgillen@aol.com<br />
John J. Hannaway, 67 Ridge Rd.,<br />
New Rochelle, NY 10804, hannawayjj@aol.com<br />
Jim Cox reports that his last day of work as a<br />
local veterans employment representative with the<br />
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry<br />
was June 17. Jim has worked there nearly 35 years.<br />
He says he has an endless list of unfinished chores<br />
to start his retirement. Fr. Pat Ryan, S.J., will return<br />
to New York in August to fill the new position of<br />
vice president for university mission and ministry at<br />
Fordham University. He leaves Loyola Jesuit College<br />
in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after six years as<br />
president of that Jesuit high school. Fr. Peter<br />
Schineller, S.J., who also has served in Africa for<br />
many years, will succeed Pat as president of the<br />
nine-year-old school. Jack Hannon has retired<br />
as General Counsel, American Rivers, Inc., and is<br />
enjoying his new role as a first-time grandfather to<br />
Anna Klimenko, born February 18, <strong>2005</strong>. Patrick<br />
C. FitzPatrick is now fully retired and is taking up<br />
his life-long wish to learn how to play the piano.<br />
1958<br />
Gerard M. McKenna, 7 Hilltop Rd.,<br />
Katonah, NY 10536, colmckenna0715@aol.com<br />
Matt Hassett has retired from his latest industry<br />
job in order to write actuaries Study Materials. He<br />
just finished the new Actex Study Guide for the<br />
exam of the Society of Actuaries.<br />
Eileen Flood Thomas Flood ‘85 Pat Bannon ‘85 and Susan Bannon at the class of 1985’s 20th<br />
reunion on April 16 <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
1959<br />
Leo F. Tymon, Jr., 6 Greenwood Rd.,<br />
Mountainside, NJ 07092, lftymon@msn.com<br />
Rich Loeffler and a St. Peter’s College classmate<br />
took a river boat trip in Germany this past March.<br />
They had some ice problems in the locks, so Rich<br />
suggested that warmer weather would have<br />
been a better choice. He’s also considering a trip<br />
to Fatima, Portugal in the fall. Meanwhile, he<br />
keeps busy with his grandchildren and volunteer<br />
activities. His younger daughter is starting nursing<br />
school this September. Rich Olszewski notes that<br />
his wife has been diagnosed with cancer and was<br />
treated at Sloan Kettering earlier this year. His<br />
daughter is the assistant manager at the flagship<br />
Home Depot store in Brooklyn, and her picture
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 19<br />
appears on the Home depot billboard on the BQE<br />
going south as you go over the Gowanus Canal.<br />
Jim Bonnell on the move again. As of July 1,<br />
<strong>2005</strong>, he’s relocating near Auburn, PA. His son<br />
just celebrated his first birthday. Mike Shef on<br />
the mend after falling on the ice at home during<br />
a March storm. He tore the quadriceps and had<br />
a small fracture of the knee-cap He had to work<br />
from home while the New York law office in which<br />
he is a partner split from its Texas headquarters<br />
and merged with Trautman Sanders LLP, an<br />
Atlanta based firm. Frank Figlozzi reports the<br />
birth of his first grandchild last December. A busy<br />
winter and spring for the O’Leary family; two<br />
daughters married (December and February) and<br />
their son engaged on Valentine’s day. They are<br />
also expecting their second grandchild. Dan still<br />
commuting from Southampton LI to his Chicago<br />
law office. Marty Gavin reports that Chris Daly is<br />
now toiling at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.<br />
Marty’s wife now almost fully recovered from last<br />
year’s accident. Leo Tymon visited San Francisco<br />
in May for the wedding of his younger daughter<br />
Severine.<br />
1962<br />
Carl P. Saunders, 32 W. 82 nd St.,<br />
New York, NY 10024, csaun31644@cs.com<br />
After 38 years of circling the Globe for Bechtel<br />
Corp. of San Francisco, William G. Leunig has<br />
finally retired on June 30. He will remain in the San<br />
Francisco area and look forward to seeing fellow<br />
Regians.<br />
1963<br />
John W. Prael, Jr., 34-06 81 St.<br />
Jackson Heights, NY 11372, johnprael@yahoo.com<br />
John F. Tweedy, Jr., 26 Huron Rd.,<br />
Floral Park, NY 11001, john.tweedy@verizon.net<br />
13 classmates and 11 spouses spent an enjoyable<br />
evening at O’Reilly’s Pub and Restaurant in<br />
Manhattan May 14th for our 42nd reunion dinner.<br />
Tim and Hyon O’Brien got the award for the<br />
longest distance, coming all the way from Seoul,<br />
Korea. John and Bernice Sesody came in second,<br />
traveling from Phoenix, AZ. Bernice has recovered<br />
from some very serious illness over the past few<br />
years so we were happy to see her doing well. Also<br />
attending were Jim Trezza, Jack and Pat Prael,<br />
Tom Mullaney, John Timm and his wife Jeanne,<br />
John and Denise Stack, John and Pat Tweedy,<br />
John and Trudi Kelly, John Tuccillo and his wife<br />
Jane, Kevin and Mary Ellen Morris, Fred and<br />
Jill Kuehn, and Ken and Mary Lynch. Tim and<br />
Hyon O’Brien recently moved from Hong Kong to<br />
Seoul. Tim joined the Korean law firm Shin & Kim<br />
in March, <strong>2005</strong> as senior foreign legal consultant<br />
after completing 25 years with Coudert Brothers in<br />
New York and Hong Kong. They came to New York<br />
for their daughter Jane’s graduation from NYU Law<br />
<strong>School</strong>, the third birthday of granddaughter Esme,<br />
and most importantly, the Class of ‘63 dinner!<br />
Bob Kelly notes that he is enjoying teaching<br />
software engineering and information systems at<br />
Monmouth University and Stevens Institute. Len<br />
Smiley is still teaching in Anchorage and invites<br />
any classmates traveling to Alaska to visit him.<br />
Dennis M. Moulton, 326 E. 90 th St., #4-E,<br />
New York, NY 10128,<br />
moultond@saintignatiusloyola.org<br />
Ken Beirne is allowing his wife Susan to carry him<br />
off to Ireland for four months, starting in June,<br />
while she does an executive exchange with the<br />
Irish Commission for Energy Regulation. Ken will<br />
be writing and reading in the land of poet-warriors,<br />
and may even do something gainful himself, if he<br />
can tear himself away from the visions of the<br />
Wicklow Mountains and the Blessington Lakes.<br />
1965<br />
George T. Griffith, 73 Sunset Rd.,<br />
Blauvelt, NY 10913, GTG1ESQ@aol.com<br />
The class of 1965 celebrated their 40th reunion on<br />
April 16, <strong>2005</strong>. Efforts were made to contact all<br />
members of the class and those efforts paid off as<br />
the class enjoyed a record turnout. The following<br />
people were at the reunion: James Barry, Joan<br />
and Joel Bonamo, Paul Bressan, Francis and<br />
Georgia Browne, Kevin and Joan Carey,<br />
Andrew Cavanaugh, Patrick and Jane Dallet,<br />
Vincent de Daly, Jeffrey Davis, James Derham,<br />
Kenneth Dillon, Dennis During, Richard<br />
FitzGerald, John and Deborah Fogarty, George<br />
and Eileen Griffith, Kenneth and Patricia Heid,<br />
Betty Jordan Huysman, Michael and Karen<br />
Ingrisani, Robert and Allyson Kalisch, William<br />
Keane, James Klein, Edmund Kulsick, Harry<br />
Kutner Jr., William and Patricia Leininger,<br />
Robert Logan, Joseph and Miriam Lyons, Paul<br />
McAuliffe, James and Karen McCann, Robert<br />
McCarthy, Joseph and Webster McEvoy, Kevin<br />
McKenna, Winifred McNeill, Richard Merz,<br />
David O’Brien, James and Ginger Ross, John<br />
Seta, Ronald and Margaret Statile, John and<br />
Alana Steffen, Donald Ulisse, Marinus and<br />
Marita Van der Have, Melanie Wilson and<br />
John Woodruff. Many thanks to all those who<br />
made the effort to attend – please keep in touch<br />
and remember the 45 th is just around the corner,<br />
Spring 2010! Joseph Featherstone was recently<br />
awarded the Borough President’s Declaration of<br />
Honor Award due to his efforts and achievements<br />
on behalf of persons with disabilities, most visible<br />
through his service in the Special Olympics.<br />
1966<br />
James E. Maguire, 419 Third Ave., #4D,<br />
New York, NY 10016, jmaguire@courts.state.ny.us<br />
Rick Service is recovering nicely from cancer<br />
surgery and without major interruption to his<br />
divinity studies at General Theological Seminary<br />
in Chelsea (NYC) in preparation for ordination to<br />
the Episcopal priesthood. His son, Tim, is engaged<br />
and teaching high school in Maine. Jim Mullany<br />
is traveling to China working on a venture that<br />
will bring children’s and lifestyle programming<br />
to Shanghai. According to Lemoine classmate<br />
Terry McDonough, Jim is also deeply involved in<br />
pulling together Lemoine’70s 35 th reunion. Tom<br />
Sullivan, his wife Patricia, and their youngest<br />
son, now in high school, have moved back to<br />
Albuquerque where Tom is now serving as the<br />
Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition<br />
of <strong>School</strong> Administrators. This is a natural step<br />
for Tom who was voted Superintendent of<br />
the Year two years ago by his peers serving as<br />
superintendents of New Mexico’s eighty-nine<br />
school districts. Terry McDonough is alive and well<br />
and in Ada, Michingan (close to the Grand Rapids)<br />
with his wife and youngest child, now a college<br />
student. His insurance business is doing well and<br />
if it continues to thrive, Terry hopes that he will<br />
be joined in the business by the oldest of his three<br />
children, currently living back East. Vinny Hevern,<br />
SJ, will be living at Holy Cross and working on a<br />
book at Clark University in Worcester, MA during a<br />
sabbatical leave from Le Moyne during the <strong>2005</strong>-<br />
2006 academic year. William H. Mulligan Jr. was<br />
awarded the <strong>2005</strong> Murray State University Board<br />
of Regent’s Award for Teaching Excellence. He was<br />
also appointed newsletter editor for the American<br />
Council for Irish studies, and had an article in the<br />
Tipperary Historical Journal in 2004. Larry Sheerin<br />
writes: I guess the one season of the year for shutdown<br />
and hibernation is the winter. (Remembering<br />
hiberna from J.Caesar!) NOPE! This winter we<br />
have exploded with two new grandchildren Sean<br />
Patrick Irwin was born on Jan 15, 05 and Katherine<br />
Rose Mayer was born on Mar 6, 05. Mothers and<br />
children and especially grandparents are doing<br />
fine! Sean joins his brother Brendan Jones Irwin<br />
who will enter the two’s on May 7. Can’t wait<br />
to see what next winter brings! Charles Webel<br />
writes: My latest book, Terror, Terrorism, and the<br />
Human Condition was just published in the UK<br />
and the rest of the world by Palgrave-Macmillan.<br />
I will be traveling to Cape Town in June to deliver<br />
a lecture at the International Society of Theoretical<br />
Psychology. And in July, I will be giving another<br />
lecture at the World Congress of Psychoanalysis<br />
1964<br />
Kenneth J. Beirne, 417 N. St. Asaph St.,<br />
Alexandria, VA 22314, kjbeirne@mindspring.com<br />
Ed Kulsick ‘65 Andy Cavanaugh ‘65 and Jack Prael ‘63 at the class of 1965’s 40th reunion on<br />
April 16 <strong>2005</strong>.
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in Brazil. Bill Arnone has purchased an apartment<br />
in NYC. John Hunt’s son just graduated from<br />
Fordham, and will pursue a career in acting.<br />
Contacts are welcome. Denis Achacoso plans<br />
to take summer classes in intensive drawing<br />
workshop and intaglio printing. Bob Mollenhauer<br />
is back from his Spring cruise. His divorce will soon<br />
be finalized.<br />
1967<br />
Robert Sharp, 320 E. 50th St., Apt. 4C,<br />
New York, NY, 10022<br />
Fr. Mike Holleran, St. Lucy’s Church-833 Mace Ave.,<br />
Bronx, NY 10467, celestial49@msn.com<br />
Francis X. Clooney, one of the world’s leading<br />
comparative-theology scholars, will become the<br />
Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of<br />
Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity <strong>School</strong>,<br />
effective July 1, <strong>2005</strong>, Dean William A. Graham<br />
has announced. Clooney, a Roman Catholic<br />
priest and a member of the Society of Jesus, is<br />
currently Professor of Comparative Theology<br />
at Boston College, where he has taught since<br />
1984. His primary area of scholarship has been<br />
Hindu-Christian studies, and he is the author of<br />
many articles and books in that area, as well as<br />
in comparative theology more generally. His book<br />
Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses<br />
and the Virgin Mary has just been published<br />
by Oxford University Press, and Hindu God,<br />
Christian God: How Reason Helps Break Down<br />
the Boundaries between Religions was published<br />
by Oxford in 2001. John Kelly was happy to have<br />
John Dean as a guest at the weddings of each of<br />
his daughters this past November and May.<br />
1968<br />
Nick Mele just returned from Sri Lanka, where<br />
he participated in an encouraging review of<br />
nonviolent peace for CE’s pilot project in Civilian<br />
nonviolent peacekeeping.<br />
1970<br />
Robert M. Leonard, 56 <strong>High</strong>land Ave.,<br />
Chatham, NJ 07928, rleonard@dbr.com<br />
The 35th Reunion was held at <strong>Regis</strong> on April<br />
2nd. It was a great evening attended by the<br />
following members of the Class of 1970: Allen,<br />
Als, Bachop, Bergin, Bozek, Conboy, Daly,<br />
Dee, DeLeo, DiFonzo, Doherty, Gonzales,<br />
Janeczek, Kellner, Leonard, Loffredo, Logusch,<br />
Martin, McDonald, Osborn, Peiser, Regan,<br />
Sansone, Williamson and Wisniewski. We also<br />
had the pleasure of the company of many wives<br />
and significant others. Hope to see more people<br />
at the next event. Herbie DiFonzo has been<br />
chosen to give the Fall <strong>2005</strong> Distinguished Faculty<br />
Lecture at Hofstra University. His topic will be “The<br />
Surprising Unreliability of DNA Evidence: A Tale of<br />
Bad Labs and Good Statutes of Limitations.” Bert<br />
Sarmiento’s granddaughter Alicia turned 4 on<br />
May 9, while his grandson Christian turned 2 on<br />
February 25. Jack Martin’s son scored his first goal<br />
in a youth hockey league in Elmsford. The coach<br />
of Jack’s son’s team is none other than Larry Vitale<br />
(<strong>Regis</strong> ’80).<br />
1971<br />
Roger P. Rooney, 203 Carrollwood Dr.,<br />
Tarrytown, NY 10591, rooney414@aol.com<br />
Luke T. Garvey, 3 Ridge Rd.,<br />
Weston, CT 06883, ltgarvey@aol.com<br />
Alexander Moytl’s first novel, Whiskey Priest, was<br />
published by iUniverse in <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
1972<br />
Michael J. Davies, 887 Park Ave.,<br />
Huntington, NY 11743, mdavies1@optonline.net<br />
Bob Kelly took 1st place in Rutgers Law-Newark’s<br />
David Cohn Appellate Advocacy Competition, and<br />
will lead a team representing RU-N in the National<br />
Appellate Advocacy competition in the fall. Bob<br />
also had the pleasure of seeing his nephew Tom<br />
Di Napoli (son of his sister Anne and Lou Di<br />
Napoli, ‘74), along with the other members of a<br />
blues band called “The Joliets,” take 1st place in<br />
a section of the Jersey Shore Battle of the Bands in<br />
April. Regians wishing to cheer them on in the next<br />
stage in June should contact Lou. Mike Battiston<br />
showed Bob a DVD of Mike’s daughter Susanna’s<br />
star turn as Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls” this year<br />
(Mike played in the orchestra)- looks like the girl<br />
inherited both parents’ musical and comedic<br />
genes. And Frank Kelly will no doubt be glad<br />
to show you a similar recording of his Moira’s<br />
upcoming performance as Nancy in “Oliver!”<br />
Andy Schilling and his family have returned to<br />
northern Virginia this summer after a three year<br />
tour at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway. They will<br />
be in the U.S. for a year while Andy studies Polish<br />
at the Foreign Service Institute. Then, in 2006,<br />
they are off to Warsaw where Andy will be the<br />
Embassy’s Press Attaché. Doug Redosh’s newest<br />
avocation is playing keyboards in a rock band,<br />
the Bottom Feeders. They play 60s-70s classic<br />
rock, making the 50 th birthday party rounds in the<br />
neighborhood of Golden, CO.<br />
1973<br />
John O’Toole, 4 Haldimann Lane,<br />
Blairstown, NJ 07825,<br />
john.o’toole@morganstanley.com<br />
John Smalley has had a busy year on the health<br />
front. He had a heart valve replaced in January,<br />
then underwent a kidney transplant in May.<br />
Recovery seems to be going well. He’s looking<br />
forward to returning to work in the not-too-distant<br />
future as a senior editor in institutional marketing<br />
for investment firm Alliance Capital Management,<br />
where he’s been for the past 11 years. Meanwhile,<br />
his son Matthew is heading into junior year at<br />
<strong>Regis</strong>, along with the sons of Tony Sollecito and<br />
Bill Driscoll. They’re waiting for the archivists to<br />
rule on whether three progeny from the same<br />
graduating class entering <strong>Regis</strong> in the same year<br />
constitutes a school record.<br />
1976<br />
Cornelius Grealy, 17 Overlook Drive,<br />
Greenwich, CT 06830, grealc@ldcorp.com<br />
Andrew Tymocz, 207 Farragut Ave.,<br />
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706, atymocz@nyp.org<br />
Thanks to a gift of free RT passage to London that<br />
neither fellow Regian Lou Jerome nor Lou’s family<br />
could use, and thanks to the moral support of<br />
Lou and other buddies Cinch and Lowney, Peter<br />
Honchaurk spent part of March communing with<br />
the mountain gorillas in Rwanda and dancing<br />
with the Massai in the scrubby hills where early<br />
hominids roamed in Kenya. He also learned of the<br />
vast horror of the Rwandan genocide and of that<br />
poor country’s redemption since.<br />
1977<br />
James Shanahan, MD, 37 Crystal Farm Rd.,<br />
Warwick, NY, 10990, shanahan@warwick.net<br />
Vincent Shiraldi was recently appointed by D.C.’s<br />
mayor and confirmed by the D.C. City Council to<br />
become the first Director of the newly created<br />
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (This is<br />
D.C.’s juvenile justice system). Mark Kolakowski’s<br />
website River2u.com, for which he is a principal<br />
content writer, is attracting increasing amounts of<br />
traffic. After starting to play hockey again last year<br />
after a 10+ year layoff, Mark has regularly played<br />
3-4 times a week. Mark states that: “Father Duffy<br />
taught me that age is a state of mind.”<br />
Co-Class Reps from the class of 1955 John Morriss and Karl Brunhuber at their 50th reunion<br />
on May 21 <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
1978<br />
Bernard Kilkelly, 595 Scranton Ave.,<br />
Lynbrook NY 11563 , kilkellybj@cs.com<br />
Dr. Michael H. Mendeszoon had been elected<br />
as the President-elect and will be the President of<br />
the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists<br />
starting in December of <strong>2005</strong>. An investor<br />
group led by prominent boxing promoter and<br />
entertainment entrepreneur Lou DiBella of<br />
DiBella Entertainment has purchased the Norwich<br />
Navigators Double-A baseball tem. DiBella is the<br />
managing partner and new president of the<br />
Norwich Navigators, the San Francisco Giants<br />
Double A Eastern League affiliate.
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 21<br />
1979<br />
Richard J. Weber, 240 W. 102 St., #24,<br />
New York, NY 10025, weberrick@rcn.com<br />
Duane Blue Spruce will soon be moving<br />
back to the NC area from D.C. to work at the<br />
National Museum of the American Indian in lower<br />
Manhattan. He looks forward to catching up<br />
with old <strong>Regis</strong> contacts. Brian Scully’s daughter<br />
Amanda will be attending Rider University in the<br />
Fall on both soccer and academic scholarships.<br />
Wife Madeline has been recovering from brain<br />
tumor, meningitis, and heart attack over the last<br />
eighteen months. Rough times, but things are<br />
looking better.<br />
1980<br />
William G. Passannante, Anderson Kill & Olick, PC<br />
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY<br />
10020, wpassannante@andersonkill.com<br />
The Class of 1980 held a very successful 25th<br />
Reunion get-together, starting with tours of the<br />
<strong>School</strong>, Mass in the Chapel and Dinner at the<br />
Heartland Chophouse. Over 100 people attended<br />
including 52 members of the Class of 1980.<br />
Several class members (Ken Berger, Hubie Lem<br />
and Tim Wong) literally flew around the world<br />
from China and Hong Kong to attend. Many<br />
friendships were rekindled, and a good time was<br />
had by all. In attendance were: Marty Barry,<br />
Patricia Barry, Edie Belcastro, Peter Belcastro, Ken<br />
Berger, Jean-Luc Briguet, John Buckheit, Kevin<br />
Cahill, John Cannon, Kyran Cassidy, Thomas<br />
Clancy, Brian Coll, Anne Marie Collum, Robert<br />
Collum, Cate DeGraw, Jim DeGraw, Joe Del<br />
Priore, Men-Jean Del Priore, Arthur DeLuca, Kely<br />
DeLuca, Andrew DeMaio, Lorraine DeMaio, John<br />
DiGregorio, Anthony DiNovi, Deanna DiNovi,<br />
Anthony Domino, Linda Doyle, Thomas Doyle,<br />
Kevin Dumbach, Jimmy Galla, Helen Garbowski,<br />
Mark Garbowski, Thomas Giugliano, Cynthia<br />
Harisch, John Hayden, Philip Judge, Denis<br />
Keane, Leah Keane, Marianne Kirwan, William<br />
Kirwan, Alexander LaBianca, Maureen LaBianca,<br />
Allison Lavallato, Michael Lavallato, Hubie<br />
Lem, Joycelyn Lem, Yolanda Leonard, Jonathan<br />
Lucas, Maria Lucas, Richard Macksoud, Patrick<br />
Mahoney, Thomas Mandia, Timo McGillicuddy,<br />
Una McGillicuddy, Ginny McGovern, Michael<br />
McGovern, Amanda McGowan, Jennifer<br />
McLoughlin, Michael McLoughlin, Denise<br />
McNicholas, John McNicholas, David Mollon,<br />
Rachel Mollon, Robert Morahan, Mark Moss,<br />
Patrick Muldowney, James Nobile, Peter<br />
O’Driscoll, John Parr, Yasmin Parr, Judith<br />
Passannante, William Passannante, Thomas<br />
Pecorini, Penny Pitaro, Vincent Pitaro, Christine<br />
Reesor, Cheryl Reilly, Manuel Ribot, Catherine<br />
Schorn, John Schorn, Kevin Schweers, Susan<br />
Schweers, Patty Shwartz, Paul Sidoti, John<br />
Singler, Shawna Singler, JoAlice Smyth, Matthew<br />
Smyth, Robert Snow, Paul Squire, Jeremiah<br />
Sullivan, Judy Sullivan, Joseph Tito, Lisa Tito,<br />
Lawrence Vitale, Frank Whelan, Joellen Whelan<br />
and Timothy Wong.<br />
agency in Westport, CT, as EVP, Account Director.<br />
Ed lives in Trumbull, CT with his wife Eileen and<br />
three children Brian, Meaghan and Erin.<br />
1982<br />
John O. McGuinness, 33-21 82 nd St.,<br />
Jackson Heights, NY 11372,<br />
john.o.mcguinness@chase.com<br />
Tom Kwiatkowski married Cindy Jaeger on<br />
October 2, 2004 in Boston. Many Regians from<br />
the classes of ’82 and ’83 were in attendance.<br />
Tom works at Massachusetts General Hospital as<br />
a Neurologist, primarily in ALS research. His new<br />
wife Cindy is a writer.<br />
1983<br />
Joseph M. Accetta, Esq., 24 Agnola St.,<br />
Tuckahoe, NY 10707, jsaccetta@aol.com<br />
Bob Gallagher reports that Nora Constance<br />
Gallagher was born the week of April 15th. Bob<br />
writes, “She’s a beautiful daughter to me and wife<br />
Jean.” Rich MacEwen recently relocated his wife<br />
Mary Lou and their daughter Antonia Valentina<br />
to Trumbull, CT. After 6 years of commuting<br />
from Carmel, NY to the office in Shelton CT, the<br />
motivation was pure and simple - Rich did not have<br />
enough time with his daughter (aka, “Peanut”)<br />
at the end of the work day. Now he’s about 15<br />
minutes from the office and enjoying every extra<br />
minute of quality time with the family. All’s well<br />
and the whole family - including Mary Lou’s Mom<br />
Clara - are settled in and just celebrated Antonia’s<br />
2nd birthday. Hope everyone is well and healthy.<br />
Pax vobiscum! Michael Kelly’s fourth son Henry<br />
Thomas was born December 16, 2004.<br />
1984<br />
Emanuel C. Grillo, 130 Aldershot Ln., Manhasset,<br />
NY 11030, lgrillo@optonline.net<br />
Michael Murphy, 39 St. Agnes Lane, Loudonville,<br />
NY 12211, mmurphy@bnysecurities.com<br />
Patrick Coffey will see the first of his three<br />
daughters graduate from grammar school this<br />
June. Ashling will be attending Mt. St. Mary<br />
Academy in Watchung, NJ where Pat was recently<br />
overheard reminiscing about dances he attended<br />
there with fellow Regian, Joe Carrollb. Glory<br />
Days!!!<br />
1985<br />
Thomas F. Flood, 5 Reed Ave.,<br />
Floral Park, NY 11001, tomflood@earthlink.net<br />
Class representative Tom Flood writes: Class of<br />
1985 Reunion a SMASHING SUCCESS! What a<br />
GREAT turnout! What a Great event! Certainly<br />
GREAT to see those that could make it! We really<br />
enjoyed returning to alma mater for our 20th<br />
reunion and seeing you all. We know that many<br />
traveled a great distance to attend. Classmates<br />
came from Wellesley, MA, Cambridge, MA,<br />
Groveland, MA, Burlington, CT, Kensington, MD,<br />
Houston, TX, Miami, FL, Evanston, IL, <strong>High</strong>land,<br />
CA, Telluride, Colorado and others made the trip<br />
in from their tri-state homes. Bottom-line, we are<br />
glad that you made the trip and happy to hear<br />
some of the news that was shared ranging from<br />
wedding plans, to pending parenthood, to new<br />
career opportunities, etc. Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, SJ<br />
’48, President of <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>, captured the<br />
day perfectly in his welcoming statements - “it’s<br />
a day to recollect and reinvent your high school<br />
memories.” That it was. Please join us in thanking<br />
the <strong>Regis</strong> Alumni Office for all the planning and<br />
preparation that went into the day. The liturgy, the<br />
tour (the school has changed hasn’t it - all for the<br />
better we might add) the food and spirits (GREAT<br />
JOB Antonio from Divino’s Restaurant located on<br />
81 st St. and Second Ave - we are counting on a<br />
freebee for the plug Antonio), and of course, the<br />
company - ALL TOP NOTCH. Those of you that<br />
could not make it - know YOU WERE MISSED.<br />
The 25th is right around the corner - so block<br />
out April and May in 2010 on your calendars.<br />
There are plenty of opportunities for us all to get<br />
together whether in a formal setting (Jug Night) or<br />
an informal setting (Sully’s Annual Happy Hour. If<br />
you are coming to town, let us know, we will try<br />
and hook up. May ours be the noble heart - no<br />
matter how old we get and let us remember the<br />
gift that is <strong>Regis</strong>. Let’s continue to treasure it (the<br />
education, the experience and the friendships) and<br />
share it with others. Speaking of gifts, yours truly<br />
and wife, Eileen, welcomed our third child to the<br />
Flood family. Luke Thomas was born on April 30th.<br />
And yes, I used the “Luke, I am your father” line<br />
in the delivery room. Mom, Luke and siblings are<br />
well.<br />
1981<br />
Robert Schirling, 63-46 252 St.,<br />
Little Neck, NY 11362, rschirling@nyc.rr.com<br />
Bob Scott recently accepted a position as a staff<br />
attorney with the United States Court of Appeals<br />
for the tenth Circuit in Denver. Ed Gillespie has<br />
recently joined VogtGoldstein, a full-service ad<br />
Charlie Nastro ‘60 John Werwaiss ‘60 Jim Paduano ‘60 and Jack Barnosky ‘60 at the 45th<br />
reunion of the class of 1960 on April 16 <strong>2005</strong>.
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1987<br />
John J. Wing, 309 Avenue ‘C’#10B,<br />
New York, NY 10009, johnw@tzell.com<br />
Peter Geis writes: I had an eventful Spring. In<br />
March I moved to Cozen O’Connor Attorneys<br />
where I will continue to specialize in NYC Land<br />
Use Law and Government Relations. In April we<br />
adopted our third child, Rebecca Lynn (formerly<br />
Fu Ai Qiu) from Sichuan Province, China. Rebecca<br />
(DOB April 11, 2004) is adjusting well and getting<br />
along with big sister Jessica and big brother<br />
Thomas.<br />
1988<br />
John R, Middleton, Jr., 411 E. 53 rd St., Apt. 8G,<br />
New York, NY 10022, jrmiddleton@pbwt.com<br />
Mark Mascia was recently granted tenure and<br />
promotion to the rank of Associate Professor<br />
at Sacred Heart University where he continues<br />
to teach Spanish. Lily Julia Mulhall was born to<br />
Martin Mulhall & Jodilynn Greico-Mulhall on<br />
February, 2, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
1989<br />
Joseph J. Macchiarola, Esq., 116 New Hyde Park Rd.,<br />
Garden City, NY 10022, jmacchiarola@rmefpc.com<br />
Jim McCue and his wife Molly had a baby, Jack<br />
McCue in November 2004. Matthew Christian<br />
Dowd, son of Matthew Dowd and his wife<br />
Cyndi, turned 1 in May. Kieran O’Shea and his<br />
wife Katie are expecting their first child in the fall.<br />
On January 12, <strong>2005</strong>, Alec Passantino and his<br />
wife Kristin welcomed their daughter, Mia Isabella,<br />
into the world.<br />
1991<br />
Chris J. Caslin, 770 Elm Ave.,<br />
River Edge, NJ 07091, ccaslin@ddanyc.com<br />
Nolan E. Shanahan, 61 Hillcrest Rd,<br />
Warren, NY 07059, Nolan@TheShanahans.org<br />
Robert Porada and his wife are pleased to<br />
announce that they had a baby girl in January,<br />
born Amanda Stephanie Porada.<br />
1992<br />
Michael J.B. McCarthy, 35-35 82 St., Apt.52,<br />
Jackson Heights, NY 11372,<br />
michaeljbmccarthy@hotmail.com<br />
Thomas Sullivan was honored with The Young<br />
Alumni Award in April <strong>2005</strong> for his dedication to<br />
the Notre Dame Club of San Francisco. He has been<br />
particularly successful in drawing young alumni to<br />
club activities and coordinating multiple events.<br />
Mickey Brons and his wife Lynne are expecting<br />
their 3 rd child in December. Mickey’s submarine is<br />
finishing a year-long overhaul in Portsmouth, NH,<br />
after which the family will move back to Virginia<br />
Beach, VA. Jacob Sheehan is an associate in the<br />
Chicago office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe, and Maw<br />
LLP along with fellow Regian Tom Geraghty. He<br />
is loving life in the windy city. Matthew Bolton<br />
received his PhD in English literature this spring.<br />
1993<br />
Brendan K. Loonam, 227 E. 88 th St., Apt. 5W,<br />
New York, NY 10128, loonambk@yahoo.com<br />
Daniel W. Roche, 4966 Broadway #8,<br />
New York, NY 10034, Daniel.roche@vnci.net<br />
Matt McGough writes: “Doubleday had a small<br />
book party on May 23rd for “Bat Boy” at Mickey<br />
Mantle’s Restaurant, and a number of Regians<br />
were in attendance: Matt Thomas and John<br />
James ‘93, Tom Downey and John Werwaiss ‘91,<br />
Pete McEntegart ‘87 (author of SI.com’s “The<br />
10 Spot” column), Mike Molyneux ‘71, John<br />
Werwaiss ‘60, my Dad Jim McGough ‘52, and<br />
the President of the school, Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.<br />
‘48. I’d love to reconnect with other classmates at<br />
any of the various readings I’ll be doing over the<br />
next few months -- a schedule of readings and<br />
events, which I’ll update through the summer,<br />
www.batboybook.com.” Christian Talbot will take<br />
over as Chair of the English Department starting in<br />
September of <strong>2005</strong>. In spite of Christian’s best<br />
efforts to hire Ed Cap as Mike Vode’s sabbatical<br />
replacement, Matt Thomas will be covering<br />
for Mr. Vode in the Spring Semester of 2006.<br />
1994<br />
Basil R. Kolani, 18 E. 23 rd St., Apt. 4C,<br />
New York, NY 10010, bkolani@panix.com<br />
Christian P. Browne, 150 West 47th Street Apt. 5A,<br />
NY, NY 10036, cb9498@yahoo.com<br />
Dan Russo and his wife Megan just purchased<br />
their first house. Dan is also in the process of<br />
convincing Megan to let him turn the basement<br />
into a recording studio. Check out his music at<br />
www.sonicbids.com/dannrusso<br />
1995<br />
Stephen McGrath, 1421 Hemlock Farms,<br />
Hawley, PA 18428, mcgrath@columbia.edu<br />
John Zadrozny, 16 Second Pl., Apt 3,<br />
Brooklyn, NY, 11231, zadroznyj@dany.nyc.gov<br />
Michael Brown is graduating from Suffolk<br />
University Law <strong>School</strong>. Michael Spinelli was<br />
married to his high school sweetheart, Victoria<br />
in June 2002. He graduated from Georgetown<br />
Medical <strong>School</strong> and is currently completing his<br />
residency at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. He<br />
also became a father in January 2004 to Kaylin<br />
Marie. Tom Kelley writes: Hello <strong>Regis</strong>! After<br />
almost 6 and a half years in the Navy, I have decided<br />
to submit my request for release form active duty!<br />
Until I find out when I’m finished, I”ll be stationed<br />
in Bangor, Washington at Trident Training Facility. I<br />
finished my 3 year tour aboard USS NEVADA (SSBN<br />
733B) in late 2003, and for the past year and a<br />
half I’ve been teaching other Submarine Officers.<br />
First I was teaching nuclear reactor design and<br />
operation, and more recently strategic weapons<br />
policy and procedure. If all goes well I will be<br />
getting out of the Navy in December and traveling<br />
to Southeast Asia with my girlfriend for a month.<br />
Upon my return stateside I’ll be getting a job doing<br />
something... but who knows what. Anyone in<br />
Seattle want to give me a job? In the mean time<br />
I’m keeping busy living aboard my boat (check<br />
out bigbadboatblog.blogspot.com to track the<br />
craziness) and enjoying the outdoorsy life up here<br />
in the Pacific Nothwest. Come on out and visit! And<br />
sadly, I was unable to attend our 10 year reunion<br />
as I was climbing Mt. Hood on June 11th and 12th<br />
to raise money for breast cancer research (check<br />
out tipk99.pledgepage.org for more info). I must<br />
say I was really looking forward to seeing all of you<br />
again then... I suppose it’ll have to wait until the<br />
15 year! Frank Cowan writes: First, I would like to<br />
say that I am happily married now. My wife Kaoru<br />
and I had our ceremony on 23 April in Yokohama<br />
Japan at her church. It was our third try at having<br />
a wedding ceremony (the last two fell through due<br />
to my deployments). I am in my third tour out here<br />
in Japan aboard the 7th Fleet Flagship USS BLUE<br />
RIDGE. I will not be coming back to the states until<br />
2007 at the earliest. My friend LT Oscar Simmons<br />
posted some pictures from the wedding at<br />
http://homepage.mac.com/simmons_ke/Cowan_Wedding/.<br />
I am sorry I couldn’t make the reunion, I am/was in<br />
Australia for an exercise for May, June and July.<br />
1997<br />
John M. Rossiello, im2bigred@yahoo.com<br />
John Sullivan writes: I am currently working at<br />
GE Commercial Finance and I can be contacted at<br />
john.sullivan4@ge.com. Also, I am getting married<br />
to Alexandra Williams on October 14, <strong>2005</strong> in<br />
Valley Stream, NY. George Alvarado graduated<br />
from New York Medical College on May 23, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
George will be starting his residency in Psychiatry<br />
at St. Vincent’s Hospital in NYC on July<br />
1, <strong>2005</strong>. Sean Greene graduated from<br />
Georgetown Law Center in May 2004<br />
and had been working as an attorney<br />
in Manhattan since August 2004. In<br />
November, he passed the NY Bar. Kieran<br />
Boyle is finishing his 3 rd year at Graduate<br />
<strong>School</strong> in Stonybrook, getting his PhD in<br />
Physics. He was married on May 28 to<br />
Amy Lau. Both were graduates of Vassar<br />
in 2001 and 2002. James Barsi just<br />
graduated New York University <strong>School</strong><br />
of Medicine and will start a residency<br />
in orthopaedic surgery at St. Luke’s<br />
Roosevelt Hospital.<br />
Tom Mandia ‘80 Pat Muldowney ‘80 Tony DiNovi ‘80 Bob Collum ‘80 Hubert Lem ‘80 and Ken Berger<br />
‘80 at the class of 1980’s Silver Anniversary Reunion on April 30 <strong>2005</strong>.
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 23<br />
1998<br />
Daniel D. Kirchoff, 630 W. 168 th St., Box 583,<br />
New York, NY 10032, ddkircho@yahoo.com<br />
John P. Morris, 33-67 161st St.,<br />
Flushing, NY 11358, morrisj@alum.rpi.edu<br />
Rich Paulis, M.D. started his residency in<br />
emergency medicine in Hartford, CT. Tony<br />
Chow has started his third year medical school<br />
rotations; he’s learning the nuances of surgery<br />
in Philadelphia. Russell Capone graduated from<br />
Harvard; he’s spending his summer studying for the<br />
bar exam. Luis Barrera will be attending Michigan<br />
Law <strong>School</strong> in the fall. The class of 1998 hoisted<br />
high the Alumni Basketball League Championship<br />
trophy. The team consisted of Luke Amentas,<br />
Kenny Cunningham, Brian Foley, Geoff Clyne,<br />
Ari MacKinnon, Dan Ennis, Gerard Carita, Paul<br />
Challan, Thomas Lennon, Chris Walsh, and<br />
John Cagney. Vladimir Sentome has wandered<br />
into the “lost alumni” category; if anyone has<br />
contact information for him, please pass it along<br />
to the alumni office. Mike Zanetti has completed<br />
a one year tour in Iraq with the Field Artillery and is<br />
currently stationed in Germany. He sends along the<br />
following news: After I graduated from the Virginia<br />
Military Institute, I went off to Fort Sill, Oklahoma<br />
for further training as a Field Artillery Officer. My<br />
first assignment landed me in Bamberg, Germany<br />
in July 2003. While it was my third time living in<br />
Europe (I studied for a bit at L’Ecole Polytechnique<br />
outside Paris and at St. Anne’s College in Oxford)<br />
traveling never gets boring. However, my fun was<br />
cut short with a year-long deployment to Iraq<br />
with 1/33 Field Artillery, part of the 1st Infantry<br />
Division. I was based just north of Tikrit, in a<br />
key oil-production city of Bayji. During my year<br />
there I commanded over 300 combat patrols,<br />
was involved in countless actions with insurgents<br />
ranging from small arms firefights to being<br />
blown up by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs),<br />
Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) and suicide car<br />
bombers. My men and I were credited with saving<br />
the lives of numerous American soldiers who were<br />
wounded under fire and we directly engaged and<br />
eliminated a sizeable number of Anti-Iraqi Forces<br />
(AIF). I have been awarded the Bronze Star for my<br />
actions and will be receiving the Combat Action<br />
Badge (CAB) later this summer when the design<br />
is finalized. I returned to Germany in February of<br />
this year, will be stationed here until at least July<br />
2006 pending further deployments. If anyone is in<br />
Europe in the near future, feel free to contact me.<br />
I can be reached at zanettimr@hotmail.com, 773-<br />
290-2385, or 0179-840-4568 in Germany.<br />
1999<br />
Thomas A. Hein, 400 Kneeland Ave.,<br />
Yonkers, NY, 10704, thein@fordhamgrad.com<br />
Brian C. Hughes, 149 Park Drive North,<br />
Staten Island, NY 10314, rwiggum99@aol.com<br />
Dave and Amanda Bonagura would like to<br />
announce the birth of their first child, Joseph<br />
Gerard, born 24 April <strong>2005</strong>, and weighing six and<br />
a half pounds. Michael Aherne has been working<br />
for the Office of Commercial Space Transportation<br />
(AST) for the past two years, licensing rockets and<br />
being a safety inspector at many launches. His first<br />
year there he received several awards, including<br />
Employee of the Year. He is having a great time and<br />
he appreciates <strong>Regis</strong> more and more each day.<br />
2000<br />
Christopher Nooney, 339 East 240th St.,<br />
Bronx, NY 10470, chrisnooney@optonline.net<br />
Francis T. Fallon completed his final thesis at<br />
Cambridge University for the Masters in the History<br />
of Intellectual Thought. He is returning to consider<br />
his options here in his home town of NYC in June.<br />
2001<br />
Kevin G. Galligan, 19 Rutgers Pl.,<br />
Scarsdale, NY 10583, kgg2001@columbia.edu<br />
Brian Nadres, 116 Congress Rd.,<br />
Emerson, NJ 07630<br />
Michael M. Schimel, 23-23 144th St.,<br />
Whitestone, NY 11357, MMSchimel@aol.com<br />
Sean P. Mannion will be graduating Loyola<br />
College of Maryland this May (he had a Full<br />
Scholarship thanks to his hard work and the great<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> education). He was also recently accepted to<br />
Notre Dame for a PhD graduate program, again,<br />
full scholarship. Justin Gallagher married Melissa<br />
McGrady of Colorado Springs, CO, at the Basilica<br />
of the Sacred Heart in Notre Dame, IN, on June<br />
11, <strong>2005</strong>. They will be moving to Charleston,<br />
SC, in October where he will begin Navy Nuclear<br />
Power <strong>School</strong> in preparation for deployment in the<br />
submarine force.<br />
2002<br />
Anthony Manganiello, mangan@cooper.edu<br />
Calogero Castania has just completed his junior<br />
year at Cooper Union studying civil engineering.<br />
Ned Hanlon can be heard this summer<br />
throughout the Adirondacks singing the roles of<br />
Il Commendatore in Mozart’s “Don Giovani”, as<br />
Trutolpino in Ariaone aut Naxos, and as the strong<br />
man in Sid the Serpent. Check seigheColony.com<br />
for dates and times. Rick Fasano has been<br />
wrapping up a very busy junior year at Fairfield<br />
University. After starring in the short play<br />
“Variations on the Death of Trotsky,” Rick traded<br />
in his Leon Trotsky wig for the politician’s gavel,<br />
and ran for Class Senator of the Fairfield University<br />
Student Association. When he is not making life<br />
difficult for the administration from the well of the<br />
Senate, he can be found studying furiously for the<br />
upcoming LSAT examination.<br />
2003<br />
Bennet Chan, bcc2101@columbia.edu<br />
John Latella is a sophomore U.S. History major at<br />
UChicago. He spent last summer in Washington,<br />
D.C. at the Cato Institute working for the Project<br />
on Social Security Choice as a Research Intern.<br />
This summer, he will work as an intern for the<br />
Michigan Land Use Institute in Beulah, Michigan<br />
as a writer/reporter and researcher focusing on<br />
urban development and environmental policy<br />
issues. He hopes his classmates keep in touch<br />
while he is away in Michigan, and that he gets to<br />
see everyone at the next JUG Night.<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
Mr. Kevin Bowles, 14-21 144th Place,<br />
Whitestone, NY, 11357<br />
Mr. Peter Gallotta, 152 Rolling Hills Road,<br />
Thornwood, NY, 10594, PeteNYC343@aol.com<br />
Daniel Sullivan was accepted into the Honors<br />
Program in Biology at the Tulane University in New<br />
Orleans, LA. Daniel also received his Eagle Scout<br />
award in May ’05.<br />
Milestones<br />
BIRTHS<br />
Nora Constance on April 12, <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Jean and Bob Gallagher ‘83<br />
Henry Thomas on December 16, 2004<br />
to Tara and Michael Kelly ‘83<br />
Nicholas Charles on May 27, <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Karen and Peter Labbat ‘83<br />
Luke Thomas on April 30, <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Eileen and Thomas Flood ‘85<br />
Lily Julia on February 2, <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Jodilynn and Martin Mulhall ‘88<br />
Jack McCue in November 2004<br />
to Molly and Jim McCue ‘89<br />
Mia Isabella on January 12, <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Kristin and Alec Passantino ‘89<br />
Amanda Stephanie in January <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porada ‘91<br />
Kaylin Marie in January 2004<br />
to Victoria and Michael Spinelli ‘95<br />
Joseph Gerard on April 24, <strong>2005</strong><br />
to Amanda and Dave Bonagura ‘99<br />
MARRIAGES<br />
Tom Kwiatkowski ’82 married Cindy Jaeger<br />
on October 2, 2004<br />
Frank Cowan ’95 married Kaoru Cowan<br />
on April 23, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Kieran Boyle ’97 married Amy Lau<br />
on May 28, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Justin Gallagher ’01 married Melissa McGrady<br />
on June 11, <strong>2005</strong><br />
DEATHS<br />
Hon. Thomas P. Farley ’26 on April 29, <strong>2005</strong><br />
James S. Conway ’29 on April 12, <strong>2005</strong><br />
John D. Boyd, SJ ’34 on May 6, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Charles X. McCarthy ’34 in April <strong>2005</strong><br />
Alfred L. Shiels ’46 on May 19, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Vincent E. Vicinanzo ’50 in April <strong>2005</strong><br />
John H. Qualey ’52 on February 4, 2004<br />
Joseph H. Binsack ’54 on June 1, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Jon E. Vomacka ’65 in December 2004<br />
John J. Kusalavage ’66 on January 22, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Gerard J. Lieb ’67 on April 18, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Tom Smith ‘55 and Vin Malito ‘55 at the class<br />
of 1955’s 50th Reunion on May 21 <strong>2005</strong>.
CALENDAR OF<br />
EVENTS<br />
August 3<br />
Young Alumni Happy Hour at Red Sky Bar &<br />
Lounge (47 East 29th St, between Park and<br />
Madison Ave.)<br />
September 23<br />
Deo et Patriae Dinner at the New York<br />
Athletic Club<br />
October 3<br />
Stephen V. Duffy, SJ Memorial Golf Outing<br />
at Sleepy Hollow Country Club<br />
October 23<br />
Golden Owls Brunch & Mass at <strong>Regis</strong><br />
October 28<br />
JUG Night at <strong>Regis</strong><br />
November 4<br />
Alumni Parents Reception at <strong>Regis</strong><br />
November 7-10<br />
Fall Phonathon at <strong>Regis</strong><br />
<strong>Regis</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
55 East 84th Street<br />
New York, NY 10028<br />
Address Service Requested<br />
NON-PROFIT<br />
ORGANIZATION<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
PERMIT NO. 314<br />
JERSEY CITY, NJ