RAN - Summer 2005 08.indd - Regis High School

20 Regis Alumni News
in Brazil. Bill Arnone has purchased an apartment
in NYC. John Hunt’s son just graduated from
Fordham, and will pursue a career in acting.
Contacts are welcome. Denis Achacoso plans
to take summer classes in intensive drawing
workshop and intaglio printing. Bob Mollenhauer
is back from his Spring cruise. His divorce will soon
be finalized.
1967
Robert Sharp, 320 E. 50th St., Apt. 4C,
New York, NY, 10022
Fr. Mike Holleran, St. Lucy’s Church-833 Mace Ave.,
Bronx, NY 10467, celestial49@msn.com
Francis X. Clooney, one of the world’s leading
comparative-theology scholars, will become the
Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of
Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School,
effective July 1, 2005, Dean William A. Graham
has announced. Clooney, a Roman Catholic
priest and a member of the Society of Jesus, is
currently Professor of Comparative Theology
at Boston College, where he has taught since
1984. His primary area of scholarship has been
Hindu-Christian studies, and he is the author of
many articles and books in that area, as well as
in comparative theology more generally. His book
Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses
and the Virgin Mary has just been published
by Oxford University Press, and Hindu God,
Christian God: How Reason Helps Break Down
the Boundaries between Religions was published
by Oxford in 2001. John Kelly was happy to have
John Dean as a guest at the weddings of each of
his daughters this past November and May.
1968
Nick Mele just returned from Sri Lanka, where
he participated in an encouraging review of
nonviolent peace for CE’s pilot project in Civilian
nonviolent peacekeeping.
1970
Robert M. Leonard, 56 Highland Ave.,
Chatham, NJ 07928, rleonard@dbr.com
The 35th Reunion was held at Regis on April
2nd. It was a great evening attended by the
following members of the Class of 1970: Allen,
Als, Bachop, Bergin, Bozek, Conboy, Daly,
Dee, DeLeo, DiFonzo, Doherty, Gonzales,
Janeczek, Kellner, Leonard, Loffredo, Logusch,
Martin, McDonald, Osborn, Peiser, Regan,
Sansone, Williamson and Wisniewski. We also
had the pleasure of the company of many wives
and significant others. Hope to see more people
at the next event. Herbie DiFonzo has been
chosen to give the Fall 2005 Distinguished Faculty
Lecture at Hofstra University. His topic will be “The
Surprising Unreliability of DNA Evidence: A Tale of
Bad Labs and Good Statutes of Limitations.” Bert
Sarmiento’s granddaughter Alicia turned 4 on
May 9, while his grandson Christian turned 2 on
February 25. Jack Martin’s son scored his first goal
in a youth hockey league in Elmsford. The coach
of Jack’s son’s team is none other than Larry Vitale
(Regis ’80).
1971
Roger P. Rooney, 203 Carrollwood Dr.,
Tarrytown, NY 10591, rooney414@aol.com
Luke T. Garvey, 3 Ridge Rd.,
Weston, CT 06883, ltgarvey@aol.com
Alexander Moytl’s first novel, Whiskey Priest, was
published by iUniverse in 2005.
1972
Michael J. Davies, 887 Park Ave.,
Huntington, NY 11743, mdavies1@optonline.net
Bob Kelly took 1st place in Rutgers Law-Newark’s
David Cohn Appellate Advocacy Competition, and
will lead a team representing RU-N in the National
Appellate Advocacy competition in the fall. Bob
also had the pleasure of seeing his nephew Tom
Di Napoli (son of his sister Anne and Lou Di
Napoli, ‘74), along with the other members of a
blues band called “The Joliets,” take 1st place in
a section of the Jersey Shore Battle of the Bands in
April. Regians wishing to cheer them on in the next
stage in June should contact Lou. Mike Battiston
showed Bob a DVD of Mike’s daughter Susanna’s
star turn as Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls” this year
(Mike played in the orchestra)- looks like the girl
inherited both parents’ musical and comedic
genes. And Frank Kelly will no doubt be glad
to show you a similar recording of his Moira’s
upcoming performance as Nancy in “Oliver!”
Andy Schilling and his family have returned to
northern Virginia this summer after a three year
tour at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway. They will
be in the U.S. for a year while Andy studies Polish
at the Foreign Service Institute. Then, in 2006,
they are off to Warsaw where Andy will be the
Embassy’s Press Attaché. Doug Redosh’s newest
avocation is playing keyboards in a rock band,
the Bottom Feeders. They play 60s-70s classic
rock, making the 50 th birthday party rounds in the
neighborhood of Golden, CO.
1973
John O’Toole, 4 Haldimann Lane,
Blairstown, NJ 07825,
john.o’toole@morganstanley.com
John Smalley has had a busy year on the health
front. He had a heart valve replaced in January,
then underwent a kidney transplant in May.
Recovery seems to be going well. He’s looking
forward to returning to work in the not-too-distant
future as a senior editor in institutional marketing
for investment firm Alliance Capital Management,
where he’s been for the past 11 years. Meanwhile,
his son Matthew is heading into junior year at
Regis, along with the sons of Tony Sollecito and
Bill Driscoll. They’re waiting for the archivists to
rule on whether three progeny from the same
graduating class entering Regis in the same year
constitutes a school record.
1976
Cornelius Grealy, 17 Overlook Drive,
Greenwich, CT 06830, grealc@ldcorp.com
Andrew Tymocz, 207 Farragut Ave.,
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706, atymocz@nyp.org
Thanks to a gift of free RT passage to London that
neither fellow Regian Lou Jerome nor Lou’s family
could use, and thanks to the moral support of
Lou and other buddies Cinch and Lowney, Peter
Honchaurk spent part of March communing with
the mountain gorillas in Rwanda and dancing
with the Massai in the scrubby hills where early
hominids roamed in Kenya. He also learned of the
vast horror of the Rwandan genocide and of that
poor country’s redemption since.
1977
James Shanahan, MD, 37 Crystal Farm Rd.,
Warwick, NY, 10990, shanahan@warwick.net
Vincent Shiraldi was recently appointed by D.C.’s
mayor and confirmed by the D.C. City Council to
become the first Director of the newly created
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (This is
D.C.’s juvenile justice system). Mark Kolakowski’s
website River2u.com, for which he is a principal
content writer, is attracting increasing amounts of
traffic. After starting to play hockey again last year
after a 10+ year layoff, Mark has regularly played
3-4 times a week. Mark states that: “Father Duffy
taught me that age is a state of mind.”
Co-Class Reps from the class of 1955 John Morriss and Karl Brunhuber at their 50th reunion
on May 21 2005.
1978
Bernard Kilkelly, 595 Scranton Ave.,
Lynbrook NY 11563 , kilkellybj@cs.com
Dr. Michael H. Mendeszoon had been elected
as the President-elect and will be the President of
the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists
starting in December of 2005. An investor
group led by prominent boxing promoter and
entertainment entrepreneur Lou DiBella of
DiBella Entertainment has purchased the Norwich
Navigators Double-A baseball tem. DiBella is the
managing partner and new president of the
Norwich Navigators, the San Francisco Giants
Double A Eastern League affiliate.