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16 Regis Alumni News had indeed studied physics in preparation for his regency. He told us he left Regis after our senior year to take Russian studies at Georgetown. Thereafter, he spent much of his priesthood at the Vatican’s center for Christian unity. A native of Brooklyn (East New York), Father is now retired and living at the Jesuit residence at America House in New York City. One incidental bit of intelligence gleaned at this lunch: Jim O’Rourke said he had visited Notre Dame and seen Bernie Tracy’s name inscribed at some hallowed academic site; it turns out that Bernie’s distinction is that he was the first engineer (in any field of engineering) to graduate summa cum laude from ND. We mentioned an issue or two back that Manhattan College had made John Lawler an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. More recently we discovered that one of John’s fellow recipients at the same convocation was John Paluszek, who had been briefly in our class at Regis in 1947-48. Some of you may remember him from Freshmen D. Our copy deadline precludes us from reporting on Calvary Hospital’s upcoming June 22 dinner in honor of Tom Fahey. As all of you know, Rich Meyer invited the members of the class to attend as his guests. More about this another time. In keeping with our newly revived tradition, this marks the end of the authentic McCarthy text. 1952 James A. McGough, 12 Highland Ave., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 It was a grand evening indeed!! Seventeen members of the Class gathered for drinks and dinner at the Back Porch Restaurant on May 16th to once again reminisce on our “good old days” at Regis, myriad adventures since graduation, children, grandchildren, retirement pleasures, Church issues, World issues, significant solutions to those issues, etc. Within five minutes, the group was happily chatting away as though we were back in the Quadrangle the week before. In attendance were Larry Boland, Don Corke, Harry DeMaio, John Donohue, Frank Dunn, Ray Johnson, Al Kennecke, John Leo, Gerry Loftus, Charlie Lynch, Ted McAniff, Jim McGough, Frank Neeson, John Peloso, Bob Reuss, Leon Sculti and Gerry Shanley. Lew Bowlby and Bill Sullivan were not able to join in the festivities because of conflicts, but sent regrets and were present in spirit. Long distance travelers were Ted McAniff from Los Angeles, Harry DeMaio from Cincinatti, Gerry Loftus from Cape Cod and Al Kenneke from Bethesda. The rest of the group was spread across various communities in the Metropolitan New York area. Special kudos to Gerry Loftus for having initiated our annual reunions back in 1992 – “May 16th, no matter what day of the week!” Let us look forward to 2006, with the hope that even more of the Class will be able to share in that reunion. 1953 Thomas J. Hickey, 474 Kossuth Street, Paramus, NJ 07652, tjhickey@warpdriveonline.com; Ronald W. Tobin, Office of Academic Programs, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, tobin@oap.ucsb.edu Ed Boyle’s son, Edward III, wrote to us that Ed passed away on March 1, 2005 from complications arising as the result of an outpatient procedure. His son’s message said, in part: “My father cherished not only the education he received at Regis, but the life long relationships which were forged during those years.” Ed had traveled from Dallas for our 50th reunion and many of us enjoyed his company during that weekend. Tragically, Ron and Ann Tobin lost their 38-year-old son, Roger, to heart failure on April 18, 2005. While few of us have known the sorrow that flows from the loss of a child, we pray that Ron and Ann will, in time, find peace. Ron has established a fund in Roger’s name to benefit men’s water polo at UCSB where Roger started for three years. Anyone who cares to help memorialize Roger should send a (tax-free) contribution made to: The Roger W. Tobin Fund, Institutional Advancement, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. May Ed and Roger rest in peace. On a less severe note, John Wallace reports that his daughter, Ann Marie, has recovered from injuries suffered in an auto accident in March. Ann Marie’s young daughter was a passenger in the car but escaped unscathed. Ann Marie spent several days in the hospital where she was treated for serious facial injuries. She is expecting a baby in late May and, despite the trauma of the accident, is maintaining that schedule. Good news from Joe Junker on two fronts: first, Joe reports: “Hallelujah! After a radical surgery and months of chemotherapy and weeks of everyday radiation treatments, the cancer in (Joe’s son) Christopher’s brain is 99% gone!!” Joe’s wife, Holley, had her quilt, “Salt Meadow”, accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum where it will be on exhibit in the Kevin Bowles ‘05 Eddie Walsh ‘06 Matt Walters ‘ 05 Dan DeNicola ‘06 and Peter Gallotta ‘05 at the Volunteer Barbeque. Museum’s Renwick Gallery through July 23rd. On Thursday, June 9th, Regis dedicated a plaque honoring the memory of three of Regis’ sons who gave their lives in the Vietnam conflict. Our classmate Bob Fitzgerald was memorialized at the ceremony led by Fr. O’Hare. The Vietnam Veterans Association website (www.262vietnam.org/Wall) contains the following narrative: “He died on June 1, 1970 in Quang Nam Province. He was the aircraft commander of a CH-46D which crashed on land due to hostile causes. He was participating in a recon insert when a team member stepped on a booby trap in the zone, causing severe damage to the aircraft which then crashed in the zone, causing Fitzgerald’s death and minor injuries to his crew.” Fr. John Sullivan reports that he recently lost his fellow Bronxite when Msgr. Tom Bergin moved from St. Raymond’s to take up pastoral duties at the Church of St. Charles in Staten Island. Nine members of our class celebrated the beginning of spring with a lunch at Pasquale’s Rigoletto restaurant on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx. The late March gathering brought together John Cannon, John Duffy, Bob Golden, Ken Lally, Joe McDonald, Jim McGuire, Kevin Naughton, John Sullivan and Tom Hickey. Joe Barbosa (moot court judge duties), Fr. Gerry Ettlinger (dental work), Gerry Karg (family obligations) and Tom Rossano were last minute drop-outs but we hope to see them at our next Metro-Regis get-together – perhaps mid-summer. Tom and his wife, Pamela, traveled to Florida, instead, to greet their nephew, a U.S. Marine who was just returning from his third hitch in Iraq – Fallujah, no less. Although his work schedule doesn’t bring him to New York “except for the good parts of the summer,” Bruce McAllister asked to be notified of any future Arthur Avenue outings. Will do, Bruce. In early March, Ron Tobin enjoyed a “riotous” lunch with fellow Santa Barbara resident John Cleese. Mr. Cleese will participate in Ron’s Moliere seminar next year. Fred Gluck published an article entitled “God’s line manager” in the Financial Times, an interesting and challenging analysis examining the state of the Church from the standpoint of a McKinsey consultant. Vic Figurelli’s oldest son, Gerard, has received a scholarship to Baylor University to pursue a PhD in Church-State studies. He is doing this while engaged in a full-time job and being a father of 5. Vic and his wife are very proud of Gerard and his wife. George Bouvet recently lectured on International Marketing to second year MBA students at the University of Washington. He was shocked to learn that all 40 of the students were from Asian countries. Jim and Phyllis Shea visited the Big Apple in late February. In a whirlwind of activity, they experienced Christo’s “The Gates” in Central Park and enjoyed Verdi’s “Nabucco” at the Met as well as a Rubens exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And that was just Saturday. On Sunday they followed Pete Hamill’s guidance in his terrific new book, “Downtown – my Manhattan”, to discover for themselves some of New York’s less-famous landmarks such as the Customs House and Bowling Green. Tom and Patrizia Hickey returned from a two-week land-sea visit to Greece but, it turned out, not the Cyclades due to high winds in the Aegean. Although he unknowingly traveled with a case of pneumonia, Tom believes that he’d rather learn of things Greek first hand rather than by three years
Summer 2005 17 in the classroom. If you have a new or updated e-mail or residential address; please send the information to either Ron or Tom who will make certain it gets circulated. 1954 John Conroy, 180 Forest Ave., New Rochelle, NY, 10804, jmconroy1@aol.com Class representative Jack Conroy writes: During my spring phone encounters with many of you I picked up the following news: George Majeska is leading a river trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg this fall with the University of Maryland. Traug Lawler will be doing the same for Yale in the Greek Isles. Tom Tierney is able to bear life in Sun Valley reasonably well and he and Peg travel the country frequently to visit their dispersed children. This summer he hopes to get on the golf course with Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate and fellow Holy Cross alum. Tom was just elected chairman of the board of the Hospice of the Wood River Valley. The Hospice provides end-of-life care free of charge to residents of Blaine County, Idaho. It also conducts grief support groups and summer bereavement camp for children (all free). Ed Wilson has come along very well since his open heart surgery and continues as an outpatient at Rusk Institute. Frank O’Regan has settled in at Hilton Head although he frequently travels to civilization (NYC) for continuing trials and arbitration. Fred Burgess just moved, literally across the street, to accommodate his expanding family on visits. With the birth of their latest grandson, they are now up to 8 grandchildren from three of their four married children-their “third caboose” is at Loyola University in New Orleans and is graduating in 2006, into the Navy like his eldest brother. Their kids are spread out: one in Fairfax, VA; one in San Diego, CA; one at the US Naval Academy en route to a Port Hueneme, CA command this summer. While Fred is still doing some consulting and expert work, Patty is a nurse Practitioner and Acupuncturist. Fred still gets to do some big boat competitive sailing, as a navigator. James J. O’Brien’s daughter Eileen graduated from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, on Sunday, June 12 with Master of Education and Master of Computer Science degrees (Summa Cum Laude). Her goal is to develop computer software for those with learning disabilities. Phil Trainor flew up for Father Duffy’s funeral and, together with Traug Lawler and me, had a mini-reunion in New Rochelle where he was able to tour his ancestral home. Ben Trigani continues to relish his teaching at Convent Station and the company of his many grandchildren who all live nearby. He sends warm regards to all. John McLaughlin and his wife have moved into an assisted living facility in Pennsylvania because of the neuropathy which has limited his walking. Chris McKenna is abandoning Nieman Marcus and San Francisco to take up residence in Connecticut. Jim Perrone’s son is a junior at Fordham and joined Jim, Jim Carr, Bill Monaghan, Tom Cahill and me at the Fordham Gym when Regis beat Niagra Prep for the Catholic high schools state championship in March. These past months have been a time of significant loss for us which has brought a host of memories from that time that Hank Radowski described so well, “Vanished are the youths, unkempt in shirt and tie, / Who hurled their boundless energy at the rectangular sky.” The “J”, Don Kennedy, and Father Duffy were all in different ways both sources and objects of that energy. The variety of responses to our experiences with them makes clear the lasting significance of those four years which come alive so easily in conversation sparked by their deaths. More immediately the loss of Gerry Cahill, Steve Sarsfield and Joe Binsack on the heels of our 50th make the progress of time all too real. Gerry was in the midst of chemo in the winter and spring of ‘04 but was determined to get to the reunion which he did. He was especially delighted because it was his wife’s first trip to NYC. He died in October. Steve looked so well both at the Reunion and at Jug Night that his death in December came as a real shock. Jim Carr, Traug Lawler, Jim McGroddy, Bob Stibler, Ben Trigani and myself were able to get to Steve’s funeral and there were many stories of Steve’s basketball wonders and his exploits on City Island. Thomas Finnegan and his wife Mandy wish to thank all of the members of the Class of 1954 and the other classes for their expressions on the death of Steve, Mandy’s brother. Joe Binsack regaled many of us at the reunion with his outdoor exploits, especially his biking trip to the north country with one of his grandsons. He died suddenly on May 30 after “a walk in the woods at the base of his beloved mountain, Mt. Chocorua, in Tamworth, NH.” Dick Ward recalled playing basketball with Joe on the courts at the pier in New Dorp. Sam Milana remembered Joe cutting his nails in a serrated pattern so that he could throw a better curveball when he was pitching for the Varsity. Please keep in touch; the easiest way is by e-mail to: jmconroy1@aol.com 1955 Karl Brunhuber, 35-44 167 th St., Flushing, NY 11358 John M. Morriss, 3 Salem Pl., Valhalla, NY 10505, jmorriss11@aol.com Father Stephen Duffy, S.J., was a special friend of the Class of 1955, especially those of us who studied Greek with him for three years. The respect and affection were mutual during and after Regis. Our deepest condolences to the Duffy Family. Father Duffy was a superb teacher of Religion and Greek who taught thousands of students with scholarship, excitement, wonder, insight, precision, and humor. Those traits were also instilled in his students in a life-long way. He had a keen understanding of the maturing and development of teenage American boys. He also had a deep interest in Catholic Jesuit missions and in all the developments of the post-Vatican II Church. He will be missed, will not be forgotten, and will always remembered as one of us! R.I.P. ‘55 TAKES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE TOP! Reported by the Co-Class Rep, John Morriss Our 50th Reunion took place on May 20-22, 2005. On Friday, we had a delightful evening at Moran’s Restaurant on West 19th Street, in Old New York (fitting for a school that opened its doors in 1914). There was much bonding, storytelling, a speech by Gene McGuire, and singing from Arthur Weisenseel. On Saturday, we had a great tour of the school, which is very state-of-the-art and very 21st Century. Mass was concelebrated by Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, SJ ’48, Ned Murphy, S.J.; and the Rev. Harry Burke. We prayed for our deceased classmates (21), by name, during the Mass. The singing of the School song at the end of Mass was full-throated and particularly poignant. The weather was picture perfect for the cocktail hour en plein air in the Courtyard. Dinner in the Auditorium was first-rate, accompanied by stirring speeches from Paul Anderson, Bill Brennan, Bill Delaney, Peter McNamee, John Morriss, Ron Polant, and Joel Sherlock. All speakers and classmates agreed that in a unique way Regis prepared and motivated us toward excellence (“magis”) in all areas, love for God and country (“Deo et Patriae”), and concern for others and the rest of the world (Ignatian, or “Men for Others”). Dessert was topped off by the singing of Arthur Weisenseel. On Sunday, we had a wonderful brunch at the home of Arthur and Connie Weisenseel in West Nyack, NY, in a seaside setting reminiscent of the Bay of Naples. Many thanks to all who attended the Reunion and best wishes to those who could not. Preliminary planning is under way for mini-reunions and our 55th. Attendees came from 11 states, plus South America. Joe Ramos came 10,000 miles from Chile. The Class sent get-well cards to Jim Carney, S.J. ‘43, who was recuperating from pneumonia. During the evening, John Morriss lauded “Mr. Carney,” in absentia, for his highly positive and motivational influence on the Class, both in the classroom and on the basketball court. John also pointed out that the Class has acquired over 200 academic degrees and has produced over 200 children and over 200 grandchildren, and thus our legacy will endure forever. We have lived in 30 States and worked Kevin Dumbach ‘80 Paul Squitieri ‘80 Marty Barry ‘80 John DeGregorio ‘80 and Mark Moss ‘80 at the class of 1980’s Silver Anniversary Reunion on April 30 2005.
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