RAN - Summer 2005 08.indd - Regis High School

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.