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14 Regis Alumni News Prowlings 1930 On April 26, 2005, Mrs. Edward A. Lord and Mrs. Raymond J. Ruckel met for the first time at their 75th and 50th alumnae reunion from St. Catharine Academy, Pelham Parkway, Bronx. Both are widows of 1920 Regis classmates, and had many fond memories of the “boys” from Regis. Mrs. Lord’s grandson, Eamon Daul, graduated Regis in 1998 and served as an alumni mentor. Mrs. Louis Jablonski and Mrs. Ruckel had a good time touring the Golden Isles of Georgia (St. Simon and Jekyll) and Savannah for a week in April. They all wish the class of ’30 peace and good health. 1935 A Power Chair has become part of Jim Flynn’s travel equipment. 1937 Of about 66 students, eleven have entered the priesthood. Joe Walsh, Joe Finnerty, Tom Muldoon, Fred Canavan, Frank McFarland, Ed Kennedy, John L. Leonard, and Pat Sullivan chose the Society of Jesus. Matt Reilly became a Dominican, Paul D’Arcy a Maryknoller, and Henry Kaufman a Diocesan priest. The class of ’37 has about 20 survivors and 11 unknown. 1939 Kevin G. Tubridy, 3524 Taft St., Wantagh, NY, 11793, k.tubridy@att.net Lou Piro is now living in an adult home in lower Westchester. Shortly after entering he was welcomed at an afternoon reception attended by, among others, his daughter, his brother John ‘40, Ken McLaughlin and the daughter of Frank Walters. Most of us will remember Frank’s untimely death in an auto accident while still a young man. His daughter shared several fond recollections of her father. Kevin Tubridy, Lou and Ken recently lunched together in Yonkers and in June the same threesome will join Fr. Tom Golden for lunch somewhere close to his residence in Maryknoll, NY. Robert J. Flynn and his wife have been “Snowbirds” for 18 years and 6 months in Huntington L.I. and 6 in Sarasota FL. They love swimming in the gulf and playing poor golf. Jim Carney, SJ and Don Gross (both ‘43) went to Maryknoll Seminary in late May to visit their classmate Ed Malone, M.M. While waiting for Ed to arrive, Tom Golden, M.M. showed up on the scene. Tom, glowing as usual, have a resounding report of the twelve ‘39ers who had a luncheon meeting in the Hyatt Hotel next to Grand Central. He encourages other seniors to go and do likewise. 1939 Don Gross was kind enough to drive Jim Carney, SJ up to the beautiful Maryknoll seminary to pay a visit to our newly returned missionary, Ed Malone, M.M. The 1943 trio had a most enjoyable lunch together. Like the other two Ed has slowed down a bit but is otherwise in fine fettle. On a sadder note please pray for John Hanigan who had to enter a nursing home in late May. 1944 Gene Maloney, 31 Almond Tree Lane, Warwick, NY 10990, Emaloney31@yahoo.com Jack Scully was laid up for a few months with a slight breathing problem and vision difficulty. He reports that all is going pretty well for him now. He resides at Kohlmann Hall on the Fordham Campus. Bill Thorwarth is doing fine down in PA. He sends his best to all. Vin McKenna is working three days a week as a P.R. consultant. He is leaving for Las Vegas where he will join forces with his oldest son who lives in California and they will tour the Grand Canyon and other national parks. Vin has chatted a few times with Vic Kenyon who is retired in Florida. Mac McGarry, the longtime Quizmaster of “It’s Academic” in the D.C. area, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Marymount Univ. in Arlington, VA. On May 8, 2005. Tomas Ryan is still practicing law in NYC. He goes to the office every day. As you know, Tomas had extremely poor vision in Margaret and Ron Statile ‘65 and George and Eileen Griffith ‘65 at the class of 1965’s 40th reunion on April 16 2005. high school as well as in college and law school. He graduated 1 st in his class at Columbia Law School and was on the law review, in spite of the handicap. A few years ago, he had surgery on his eyes at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, which has since greatly improved his vision. Bill Dunn is enjoying his retirement up on the Cape. His son, a Regis graduate, is a detective with the NYPD in Harlem. Sev Ambrosio is cutting back on his medical practice a little bit in Parlin, N.J. Dan and Mary Brockway celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary with a mass at the National Shrine Church in D.C. Three daughters live near him in MD, and their son is an engineer with NASA in Houston. He passed on information that Dick Keenan had not been feeling well. Keep him in your prayers. John McGeechan reports that all is quiet in Mahwah, N.J. Jack Jackman also says that all is well down in Piney Woods, Texas. Tom Glasser reports in from upstate NY. He and Ruth are doing well. His brother, Frank, Regis ’39, died of cancer at the end of ’04. In the winter, Tom and his buddies do a lot of skiing. His buddies are 76 to 84 years old. A couple of them are even alive. Tom has his walker attached to his skis. Bob McGrath does free clinic work two times a week at his local hospital in Georgetown, S.C. Elmer Matthews is working with a law firm in Morristown, N.J. He spends the winter in Palm Beach, FL, and his summers at the Jersey Shore. 1945 William J. O’Brien, 92 Riva Ave., North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Harry Olmsted’s wife Clare passed away suddenly on December 12, 2004. They had been married for 40 years. Please remember her in your prayers 1946 Roman N. Chapelsky, 7 Clinton Pl., Cranford, NJ 07016, chapelrv@worldnet.att.net Charles H. Schneider, 112 Fenway, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 John Haskins had heart surgery in December and is recuperating from the operation. George O’Donnel and his wife, Kay Bea, returned from a six week sojourn in Europe. They visited friends in London and then toured Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary. Tom Cross and his wife, Marion, are busy planning a trip to Alaska this summer. Al (Larry) Shields died in May after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Patty, two sons and three daughters. Regians who were present at the funeral mass were Ken and Irene Hickman (’46), Matty Murtaugh (’44), and Fr. Joe O’Hare (’48), Celebrant of the Mass. 1947 Joseph C. Miranda, 1270 Plandome Rd., Plandome Manor, NY 11030, jcm59@juno.com Class representative Joseph Miranda writes: I called Jim Muller’s home and spoke with his wife Diva. I then spoke to Jim. He is retired as an accountant and has five children and 13 grandchildren. They are still living in Franklin Lakes, NJ. Bob and Mary Schumers left on their exotic European Baltic cruise. Dick Schwendinger is also retired and in Denver with his wife Jean. Joe Reilly retired from J.C. Penny after 36 years, and is living in Delaware. We had a long discussion about the new Pope, matters in the Church and
Summer 2005 15 the Jesuits. By the way, who but Joe Reilly still remembers what the “Paulene Privlege” is? Frank McCarthy returned my call after playing telephone tag. After graduation from RPI, Frank worked for Union Carbide after retiring. Years ago he taught graduate business courses at Benedictine University. For the past six years he has sat on the Board of the Organization that records books for the Blind and Dyslexic. He has six children and five grandchildren. He gave me a fascinating history of Benedictine University - No time to review here but perhaps he should write me said history and we could print it here. I finally reached Joe Judge from my office. He is living in the mountains of Northeast Georgia with his English wife, Phyllis. Joe started his career in the “Ad Game”. He later moved to Florida where he did P.R. for Florida Power and Light Speechwriting for the CEO. In the process he got his MBA in Florida. Most interesting (to a fellow Boater) are his Florida sails from Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas. His wife was a computer engineer for Southern Bell. She is also retired. Ray Scully returned my call, unfortunately while I was in court; but he spoke to my dear wife Joan. Ray was my best man and Joan grew up with Ray’s brother John, Ray and his sister Helen, (her close friend). His points of interest were that brother, father, John (Regis ’43), a Jesuit is well and living at Fordham. Ray and his wife Babette are very proud of Ray’s granddaughter who is graduating this weekend from a private school in New Jersey, and has been accepted by all of her college choices. When down to John’s Hopkins and MIT, she chose MIT. Jackie Byrne, widow of George Byrne, is leaving St. Simon’s Island, Georgia and relocating in St. Michael’s Parish in Maryland. As for us, we are this week following our son in law Rob Schmidt (’78), partner in Deloitte, as he roams around Hong Kong, mainland China, and Japan. We also are hosting next week a dinner for our son Neal’s (Xavier ’73) 50 th birthday - happy and hard to believe. I have asked the Regis Development Office to send me an up to date list of our class of 1947 with the status of each of us. Has any one any knowledge of those we’ve lost track of, like John Powers who has been in absence since 1947? 1949 Andy J. Hernon, 60 Sutton Place, S., Apt#10AS, NY, NY 10022, hernon0613@earthlink.net Class representative Andy Hernon writes: As noted in the Milestones section of the Spring issue of the RAN, Dave McKean passed away in January. Dave practiced law in the Washington, D.C. area for many years and made his home in Arlington, Virginia. Please remember Dave in your prayers. Also, please add the family of Frank Heeney to your prayer list; Frank‘s wife, Winifred, suffered a stroke early last year and has since been in a nursing home. I spoke with Bishop Ed O’Donnell on May 24. You may recall Ed is suffering from Parkinson’s disease; Ed says he has his “good days and bad days”. Please include him in your prayers; he welcomes calls from his old classmates. Ed’s number is (314) 863-0173. Paying their respects at the wake for Fr. Steve Duffy in the Regis Chapel in late March were Gerry Murray, Art Romagnoli and Audrey and Barry Sullivan; the next evening gathered at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola for the funeral liturgy were the Sullivans, Mary Jane and Gerry Murray and Bernie Tracey ’51, brother of Bill. Having survived the spring floods in Wayne, New Jersey and having retired after twenty years as a school counselor in June, Ed Romary is getting ready to move in early summer to his new home on a two acre site in Bartlett, Tennessee, just outside of Memphis. Ed will have plenty of acreage to engage in one of his favorite pursuits – gardening. Bob Byrnes e- mailed the following: “My son, Timothy, a Political Science Professor at Colgate University, was a recent guest speaker at Harvard at the request of the Rev. Brian Hehir. He’s a political scientist who specializes in Religion and Politics (a fairly topical subject these days.)” Bill Storz and his wife Eileen celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary in Hawaii in June with their four children and seven grandchildren. Their children are spread throughout the continental U.S. - California, Illinois and Massachusetts; Bill blames their dispersal on his “old Navy days”. Joe Garon reports that “Bill Kearney and I spent a four day mini-reunion with 16 of our fellow classmates of Fordham ‘ 53 on Cape Cod in May… accompanied by our spouses.” The reunion has been an on-longing event for some years held at various locations in the U.S. and Europe. Dr. George Brennan was given the Bishop’s Award by the bishop of the diocese of Metuchen, Bishop Bootkoski, because of his meritorious dedication to the children for four decades. George, a pediatrician, was described by the Bishop as a “champion for the ‘culture of life.’” Rear Admiral Dave Donohue is serving as the 2004-2005 Chairman of the Tidewater, Virignia section of the American Society of Naval Engineers. Dave is also completing his fifth year of service as a National Councilor of ASNE. Barry Sullivan writes: “With 15 grandchildren we had the usual first Communion Masses. One was at St. Ignatius Loyola. The Church is still beautiful and echoes Memories of Friday Masses long ago.” I want to thank Art Romagnoli, Bob Byrnes, Dick Caplice and Al Pinado for their prayers and messages of hope and encouragement. Dave O’Keeffe, living in Baltimore, underwent a medical procedure to correct a bothersome drooping eyelid condition. During this year’s phonathons in March and May I had the opportunity to speak with the following members of the Class of ’49: Andy Baber, Tom Farley, Paul Kennedy, Jack O’Connell, Gerry Dolan, Marty Duetsch, Jim Evrard, Billl Kearney, Dave O’Keeffe and Paul Geissler. Paul Geissler has been living down in Louisiana for thirty years. Last but not least, Bill Kearney wonders how many class members would be receptive to another class get-together, possibly this fall. A survey of possible sites has already begun. 1950 William J. Allingham, 5 Jill Dr., Holmdel, NJ 07733, allingb2@yahoo.com April 2005 was a sad month for the class of ‘50 - within a period of two weeks we lost Leo Walsh and Vin Vicinanzo. May they rest in peace. On a happier note, Mickey Carroll was recently inducted into the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame. During Mickey’s long tenure as volleyball coach in the North Rockland School District, his teams won two New York State championships and numerous other titles. Howard McCormack has become counsel at the leading admiralty law firm of Burke and Parsons in New York. He also continued his academic career as an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School and Cardozo School of Law. Bill and Pat Allingham welcomed their second great-grandchild, to go along with the seventeen grandchildren. Our minireunion at Hurley’s Saloon on 5/26 was attended by Del Ceroni, Jack Corrigan, Tim Harrington, Jerry Jarrett, Bill Peloso, Jerry Rubin, Dan Lavery, Mike O’Connor and Bill Allingham. Marty Collins was planning to be with us, but had a last-minute schedule conflict. A fine time was had by all... Remember to keep September 16 open for our 55th Reunion celebration at the NYAC. See you then!!! 1951 Donal F. McCarthy, 22 Shorehaven Lane, Manhasset, NY 11030-1826, finbarr@optonline.net In May, a number of us attended a lunch at the NYAC with our old physics teacher, Father John Long. Bernie Tracy organized it by email, and Tom Fahey’s membership got us in the door. Also present were Jim O’Rourke, Jack Reilly, Vincent Guinee, Bill O’Connor and Don McCarthy. (One of the attendees savored the beautiful Spring day by walking to the AC through a corner of Central Park, where he spotted a Black-crowned Night Heron). You all remember the folklore of high school days, that the scholastics had never studied anything but Latin, and that those who taught the sciences were keeping just one chapter ahead of us. Well, it turns out not to be true. Father Long Susan Evans P’07 Jack Prael ‘63 Pat Taddei P’04’07 and Susan Walters ‘05 at the Volunteer Barbeque.
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