Winter 2015 - Regis High School

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VOLUME 80 | NUMBER 2
WINTER 2015
Contents
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President’s Report
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The Centennial Gala
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The Centennial Mass
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O’Keefe ’57 Awarded Nobel Prize
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Klay ’01 Wins National Book Award
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Annual Fund Corrections
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Leave A Lasting Legacy to Regis
10 Centennial Athletics Homecoming
12 Prowlings
22 Milestones
22 Events Calendar
23 Celebrating the Centennial In Style
23 The 2015 Jubilee Annual Fund
REGIS
James E. Buggy
Vice President for Development
Thomas A. Hein ’99
Director of Communications
Vincent Catapano ’96
Alumni Director
Noel Selegzi ’84
Annual Fund Director
Paul Atkinson ’71
Major Gifts & Planned Giving
Brianne Kilpatrick
Database Manager
Jennifer Reeder
Executive Assistant
Some photographs for Regis publications are
provided by Harisch Studios and the staff of
The Regian, the school yearbook.
Regis High School and The Office of
Development reserve the right to publish
and edit all submissions as space permits.
Submissions must be sent to:
Regis High School
The Office of Development
55 East 84th Street
New York, NY 10028-1221
Phone: (212) 288-1142
Above: A scattered sampling of Regis programs and
giveaways from various Centennial events
On the Cover: A sold-out crowd fills the Waldorf Astoria’s
Grand Ballroom to celebrate the Regis Centennial.
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President’s Report
Party Like It’s 2014!
What a year of celebrations! The
Waldorf Gala surpassed every
expectation I had for it, and those
were pretty high considering how
long in the planning it was. In fact,
the many celebrations during the
year highlighted the best of what
Regis does and the loyalty and love
it inspires from its alumni and
friends. Cardinal Dolan’s line at
the end of the Centennial Mass drew appreciative laughter,
but underlines a great love for this place: “You want to
know how I know I’m surrounded by Regians? They tell
me within five seconds!” So we had a year to celebrate and
reflect with flair and style. I hope it has provided memories
for many more years to come. That said, despite tongue-incheek requests, we will not be attempting a Waldorf party
every year.
Part of the amazing thing about celebrating with a yearlong series of events is that we went through a normal
academic year and its events at the same time. So we need to
highlight and thank the hard work of so many who brought
this together: Artie Minson ’88, the Chair of our Gala
Committee, and its entire membership made the evening
at the Waldorf extraordinary and managed to raise money
for scholarships when we had not originally expected to do
so. While Melanie Seltzer, our Special Events Coordinator
for the centennial year, helped us imagine and create far
more than we thought possible, we also need to express
our gratitude to the entire Development team who took
charge of varied pieces of events and staffed them all: Jim
Buggy our Vice President; Tom Hein ’99 our Director of
Communications, Vin Catapano ’96 our Alumni Director,
Noel Selegzi ’84 our Annual Fund Director, Paul Atkinson
’71 our Director of Planned Giving, Jen Reeder our Office
Manager, and Brianne Kilpatrick our Database Manager.
Whatever their daily titles, for the past year they have served
as creative directors and event staff for all of us! Finally,
Andy Bugas P’06’08, Chair of our Board Development
Committee and that committee as a whole helped shape the
centennial year through more than four years of discussion
leading up to it.
It may seem just a good omen that we saw during the
same year our first Nobel Laureate and our first National
Book Award winner (highlighted further on in this issue).
I like to think, though, that those are the kinds of career
and service achievements for Regians in any year. Some
are more public and elusive than others, but our alumni
have made and continue to make a difference, as well as
make contributions to the arts, sciences, and every field of
endeavor. We celebrated something real and authentic in
our history. As we continue to internalize the prayer Joe
McShane, S.J. ’67 kept weaving through his Gala keynote,
‘teaching new generations of Regians to be generous’
remains a laudable and significant goal for the second
century we have now begun.
I am glad that so many of you joined us for a year of
exceptional events. I ask you to please continue to support
this school we love so much so that its mission in the years
ahead bears as much fruit after a second hundred years.
Ad multos annos!
Philip Judge, S.J. ’80
President
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The Centennial Gala
Alumni and Friends Gather in the Waldorf Astoria’s Grand Ballroom
for an Awe-Inspiring Salute to Alma Mater Regis
The arrival of the last weekend of October
2014 brought with it the highlight of a
year’s worth of centennial celebrations
for Regis High School. On October 25th,
Regis hosted its black tie Centennial Gala
at the historic Waldorf Astoria. The soldout Grand Ballroom hosted approximately
1,200 guests for an evening filled with fond
memories, emotional reflections, and an
overall sense of profound appreciation for
the unparalleled influence Regis has had on
the lives of its graduates and their families.
The night began with a cocktail reception
that spread across the Jade, Astor, and
Basildon rooms on the third floor of the
Waldorf. Before entering, guests were
invited to pose for a photograph in front
of a Regis step-and-repeat board. Following
the cocktail reception, guests were ushered
into the Grand Ballroom across the hall
where they joined Rev. Philip G. Judge, S.J.
’80 and a group of current students in the
singing of the Regis alma mater.
Following the alma mater, Very Rev. John
J. Cecero, S.J., Provincial of the New York
Province of the Society of Jesus, offered
grace for the evening. In his prayer, Fr.
Cecero offered that “this evening we ask
that this same gracious God continue to
bless this treasured school for the next
hundred years in the Jesuit mission of
forming men of competence, conscience,
and compassion.”
Arthur T. Minson, Jr. ’88, chair of the Regis
Centennial Gala Committee, then took to
the stage to formally begin the evening’s
program. Minson began his address
by acknowledging the presence of Rev.
Kenneth J. Gavin, S.J. ’62 and Rev. Thomas
McClain, S.J., two former presidents of
Regis High School. He then acknowledged
the fact that the evening boasted alumni
representing every class from 1949 through
this year’s freshman class of 2018. Minson
also paid tribute to one particular attendee,
Mr. Ovid DiFiore, from the class of 1935. At
96 years of age, DiFiore was the oldest Regis
alum in attendance at the Gala.
“Ovid enrolled in Regis in the Fall of 1931
and commuted from Ft. Lee, New Jersey
which is difficult enough today,” remarked
Minson. “But let me remind you of the fact
that when Ovid started at Regis, the George
Washington Bridge had not yet been opened.”
Following Minson’s remarks, Fr. Judge
offered a toast. “There is one esteemed
guest whom we both miss and especially
celebrate tonight,” stated Fr. Judge, referring
to Julia Grant, the Foundress of Regis.
“Founder. What a short term for such
enormous care and giving. Tonight we can
only stand in awe at the generosity that has
brought us together and that continues to
provide the gift of education for leadership
for new generations of young men.”
Following Fr. Judge, Mr. Peter Labbat
’83, Chair of the Regis Board of Trustees,
offered a second toast. Speaking of Regis,
Labbat stated, “The truly beautiful part
of all of this [is that] Regis always has
been—and continues to be—a gift freely
given: from our Foundress to all of us and,
in turn, through your generosity, to future
generations of Regians. For a century
now (and counting), men and women of
good will have supported an institution
whose mission is to inspire young Catholic
witnesses to make a difference in the world,
to be men for others. Regis is quite literally
the gift that keeps on giving.” “Sometimes,”
Labbat observed, “it’s easy to miss the
miracles that are happening right before
our very eyes.” Before dinner was served, U.S.
Senator Charles Schumer offered a final toast
to “hope and pray that God gives Regis 100
more years of creating great New Yorkers,
great Americans, and great Catholics.”
The program continued after dinner with
Craig DiFolco ’95 and Michael Izquierdo
’96 introducing An Alum’s Guide to Regis,
a short film they produced for the Gala.
Following the film, Mr. Minson introduced
Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J. ’67, President
of Fordham University, to deliver the Gala
keynote address.
“The problem with Regis is that its hype
never lived up to the reality of the Regis
experience,” began McShane. “Now that’s
saying something.”
In an incredibly moving and emotional
speech, Fr. McShane’s address achieved the
almost unattainable goal of putting into
words what so many generations of alumni
feel when reflecting on alma mater Regis.
“Every Regian is haunted by the realization
that his life was transformed by an
unearned gift of pure grace from a woman
whom we only knew as The Foundress. We
were not the children of privilege. Far from
it. We were and are, however, the adopted
sons of generosity. And what boundless and
inexplicable generosity it was. Although
the Foundress never met us, she loved us.
Although she never knew us, she believed
in us. Although she never saw us, she
nurtured high hopes for us. Ultimately, she
and her family gave us all that they had
so that we might have and lead lives filled
with meaning and purpose.”
Perhaps the most emotional moment of the
night came when Fr. McShane detailed a visit
earlier in the week to the Foundress’s grave:
“And there I saw it: her name. I trembled.
Then, I stepped back and prayed. To be
honest, I was not sure if I was praying to her
or for her. But I can tell you this: I spoke
to her from the heart—but not from my
own heart alone. No. No. I told her that I
spoke for every boy whose life had been
forever changed and transformed by the
unmerited gift that she had given to him.
I spoke for every Noble Heart who ever
walked through the Tunnel and discovered
an entirely new world in and through the
school that she had founded in memory of
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the husband who awaits the Resurrection
just next to her. On your behalf, I thanked
her. I assured her that even though we had
never known her name, we tried to live
lives worthy of the love that she had for us,
the faith that she had in us and the hopes
that she nurtured for all of us. I also asked
her to pray that we might always be sons
of fair Regis in deed and not only in name.
That is to say, I asked her to pray that like
herself, we might know how to give and not
to count the cost, to labor and not to ask for
any reward save that of knowing that we do
God’s will—and do it for His greater glory.”
“My friends, with TS Eliot, my end is my
beginning,” concluded McShane. “Of those to
whom much is given, much is expected. As
Regians and therefore as the sons of a great
generosity, our response to these words must
always be: Teach me. Teach me to be generous.”
A rousing, standing ovation ensued for
Fr. McShane in appreciation for remarks
that very clearly resonated in the hearts
and minds of all present. Following the
conclusion of the program, guests were
served dessert and invited to attend the
Gala After-Party in the 18th floor’s Starlight
Roof Ballroom. At the after-party reception,
guests received their commemorative hardcover Gala Journal that included text and
photographs honoring 100 years of lasting
memories. Guests were also able to collect
prints of their cocktail hour photographs,
mounted in commemorative 8”x10”
centennial frames. The after-party reception
offered a DJ, dance floor, and refreshments
well into the night, bringing to a conclusion
the most significant anniversary celebration
in Regis history.
The Centennial Mass
Cardinal Dolan Joins the Regis Family to Celebrate 100 Years
of Tuition-Free Catholic Education
On Sunday, October 26th His Eminence,
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan,
Archbishop of New York, celebrated the
Regis High School Centennial Mass at
the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola. Most
Reverend Frank J. Caggiano ’77, Bishop
of Bridgeport, served as homilist. The
afternoon mass was the capstone centennial
event for a weekend of emotional and
spiritual celebration.
The grand church at 980 Park Avenue was
packed with alumni, family, and friends of
Regis who came to celebrate and pray in
thanksgiving for Regis’s 100-year tradition
of tuition-free Catholic education. Those
lucky enough to obtain a ticket to the mass,
distributed by a lottery system, were able to
attend. Telecare TV also recorded the mass
and aired it both locally on television and
worldwide via the Telecare website.
In an opening prayer, Cardinal Dolan
stated, “Every mass is a great act of
thanksgiving. But this afternoon’s has a
special fervor to it as we praise Almighty
God for a century of magnificent Catholic
education at the school dedicated to Saint
John Francis Regis.”
The Regis community was blessed to have
Bishop Caggiano, from the Regis class
of 1977, deliver the afternoon’s homily.
“What is it that you and I are thankful
for?” questioned Bishop Caggiano. “For
what makes Regis great is not simply it’s
unparalleled academic training, but that it
is preeminently a Catholic education. And
what makes Catholic education Catholic is
that is strives to teach not simply the truths
of life in the plural, the truths that reflect
the mystery and beauty of life, the truths
that unlock the potential of human life,
the truths that you and I have used well to
be successful in society; it is also to teach
the heart of every student the Truth in the
singular, the Truth with a capital “T”, the
Truth that is not some thing but some one;
the Truth who revealed to every Regian
how wildly he is loved by God.”
“As it has been for 100 years,” concluded
Bishop Caggiano, “may it be so for many
more generations to come: that Regis will
forever be Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.”
Before the closing prayer, Cardinal Dolan
took a moment to reflect on Regis’s
centennial celebration. “As the Archbishop
of New York, may I say publicly: praise be
Jesus Christ for the grace and the gift of
Regis High School. What a blessing this
great school has been for a century.”
Concluding his remarks, Cardinal Dolan
quipped, “Saint John Francis Regis was
everywhere, and hear me say I see his sons
from this splendid school dedicated to him
everywhere. Everywhere I go, I see the fruit
of 100 years of Regis. I meet you all over the
place, and I know you are from Regis because
it takes you about 5 seconds to tell me!”
“You are everywhere, and you are bringing
the Truth—the Truth that Bishop Caggiano
eloquently spoke about—you are bringing
Him everywhere. Praise be Jesus Christ for
the gift of Regis.”
A reception for mass attendees took place at
Regis High School immediately following
the Recessional Hymn, “Joyful, Joyful We
Adore You”. The highlight of the reception
was Cardinal Dolan’s eagerness to join the
Regis family in the Quadrangle, where he
shook hands, posed for photographs, and
praised the now century-old school that has
established such a wonderful history in the
Catholic tradition of serving others.
For more, visit
regis.org/gala
WATCH videos of the Gala speakers and
the program’s short film.
BROWSE photos from the Gala and Mass.
READ the speeches delivered and letters of
congratulations from dignitaries.
BUY Visit shop.regis.org to purchase a
copy of the commemorative Gala Journal
and Centennial DVD, featuring video from
Centennial year events.
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O’Keefe ’57 Awarded Nobel Prize
Prize for Medicine Given to John O’Keefe ’57 for His Extraordinary
Research Identifying the “Inner GPS” of the Brain
Pictured: John O’Keefe delivering his speech
at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm
Concert Hall on December 10, 2014.
Add “Nobel Prize” to the list of
distinguished awards earned by Regis
alumni. Early morning on October 6, in
Stockholm, Sweden it was announced
that the Nobel Prize in Medicine
was awarded to John O’Keefe ’57.
O’Keefe earned the award along with
Norwegian scientists May-Britt Moser
and Edvard Moser for their joint efforts
to identify the “inner GPS” that helps
the brain navigate through the world.
The findings in their research have
changed how we understand how cells
work together to perform cognitive
functions. Among other things, this
research could lead scientists to a
better understanding of diseases like
Alzheimer's.
Born in New York City in 1939 to
immigrant Irish parents, O’Keefe
attended Regis High School and
graduated with the class of 1957.
Shortly after graduating, O’Keefe
earned his undergraduate degree from
City College of New York and a Ph.D.
in physiological psychology at McGill
University in Montreal. Postdoctoral
training brought him to London,
where he eventually settled for a career
as a researcher and professor.
“That long-distance move in that time
period made contact with classmates
and institutions back home very
difficult,” said Philip G. Judge, S.J. ’80,
President of Regis. “But as a Jesuit
institution, Regis has for 100 years
inspired its graduates—in the spirit of
Saint Ignatius—to ‘go forth and set the
world on fire.’ John is a testament to
that philosophy and, though his career
has moved him quite some distance
from East 84th Street, we are proud
that he brought the spirit of Regis with
Photo: Alexander Mahmoud/Nobel Media AB
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him as he set out to make a difference
in the world.”
In an interview published the week of
the announcement, O’Keefe stated, “I
am totally delighted and thrilled and
I am probably still in a state of shock.
It’s a terrific accolade. It is the highest
accolade you can get and I think it’s a
terrific sign of the way the world thinks
about the work.”
O’Keefe delivered his Nobel Lecture on
December 7 at Aula Medica, Karolinska
Institutet in Stockholm. Then, on
December 10, O’Keefe received his
Nobel Prize from His Majesty King
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the
ceremony held in the Stockholm
Concert Hall.
For more coverage, including video of John
O’Keefe’s Nobel lecture, visit regis.org/nobel
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Klay ’01 Wins National Book Award
Short Story Collection Redeployment by Phil Klay ’01 Described by
President Obama as “Really Powerful”
On November 19, Phil Klay ’01 won
the 2014 National Book Award for
Fiction for his short story collection
titled Redeployment. Klay, a veteran of
the United States Marine Corps, says
his stories were inspired by his time
in service. Klay served in Iraq’s Anbar
Province from January 2007 to February
2008 as a Public Affairs Officer. In
addition to his book, which is now
a New York Times best-seller, Klay’s
writing has appeared in Granta, The
New York Times, Newsweek, The Daily
Beast, New York Daily News, Tin House,
and The Best American Nonrequired
Reading 2012. Klay is also a 2014
National Book Foundation’s 5 Under
35 Honoree. Klay was also one of a
number of distinguished alumni who
presented at the Centennial Classroom
Revisited event in the spring of 2014.
Following the announcement of the
award, Klay appeared on a variety of
news programs, including a December
17 interview on The Colbert Report. Klay
was the final scheduled guest before
Colbert ended his show to succeed David
Letterman on The Late Show.
In a recent interview with People
Magazine, President Obama was asked
what books were on his nightstand.
“I’m in the middle of a wonderful
book that was recently released called
Redeployment, by Phil Klay,” said
Obama. “He’s an Iraq War veteran
who’s written a series of short stories.
Really good. Really powerful.”
Annual Report
Corrections
Leave a Lasting Legacy To Regis
The 2014 Annual Report,
published in the last issue of the
RAN, contained some errors
and omissions which are noted
here. Corrections to errors in
the expanded online Annual
Report have also been made.
We apologize for these and
any other errors, and for any
confusion they may have caused.
Regis High School could not
exist without your generosity,
and we extend to you our
sincerest gratitude. For a digital
copy of the revised 2014 Annual
Report, visit regis.org/RAN.
ORDER OF THE OWL
Member
Mr. John D. James ’62
FRIENDS & WIDOWS
ORDER OF THE OWL
Member
Mrs. Kathleen Morris W’29
STRONG TO ENDURE
SECOND CENTURY
CAMPAIGN
Mr. Daniel Dougherty ’86 and
Ms. Hee-Sun Hong
Include a Bequest in Your Will
or Establish a Planned Giving Vehicle
• A significant gift to Regis
can be made by simply
adding one paragraph to
your will specifying
a bequest
• Designating Regis the
beneficiary of retirement
assets from your IRA or
other tax deferred plan is
another tax efficient way
to make a gift
• A Charitable Gift Annuity
transfers cash or
appreciated property to
Regis in exchange for
fixed income payments
for the rest of your life
• Making Regis the
beneficiary or owner of
your life insurance policy is
tax efficient and creates a
substantial gift opportunity
For more information contact:
Paul Atkinson, Planned Giving Director
(212) 288-1142 | legacy@regis.org | www.regis.org/legacy
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Centennial Athletics Homecoming
Alumni athletes return to Regis for the Centennial year’s concluding event celebrating 100 years of sports at Regis
On Monday, December 15, Regis
concluded its year-long centennial
celebrations with the Centennial Athletics
Homecoming. The event attracted an
overwhelming number of Regians,
ranging from the class of 1948 to current
students. All in attendance participated in
a night of honoring the history of Regis
varsity sports. Prior to the beginning of
the formal program, mini reunions for
varsity athletes from each sport took
place throughout the building. Once all
attendees arrived in the auditorium, Mike
Walczewski ’73 began the program by
providing a brief overview of a century of
Regis athletics. Walczewski, best known as
the voice of Madison Square Garden, has
served as MSG’s public address announcer
for the past 25 years. Bringing a bit of
humor to his delivery, Walczewski—who
is accustomed to announcing from what
is known as “the world’s most famous
arena”—noted that for this evening he
would be lending his voice to “the world’s
most famous high school”.
“Whenever Regis comes up in
conversation, rarely do the words ‘athletic
dominance’ enter the discussion,” began
Walczewski. “But that probably has less
to do with athletic triumph and more
to do with the academic rigor that is
synonymous with a Regis education.
Because let’s be honest: 100 years of
competitive sports has led to some pretty
remarkable accomplishments for a small
Catholic school. Our alumni include an
Olympic fencer, an NBA forward, an MLB
draft pick, and a multitude of graduates
who competed at the NCAA level.”
He then took time to highlight some of
the major accomplishments earned by the
various sports teams throughout the past
100 years. Those accomplishments were
also showcased in the event program and
on large-scale team banners that hung
from the “rafters” of the Regis auditorium,
adding to the event’s sports theme.
A highlight of the overview included an
acknowledgement of Joe Breen ’48, who
was an integral member of the 1948 varsity
basketball team that earned the title of
National Champions. Breen received a
standing ovation from the entire audience.
“It was quite a memorable moment,” said
Breen afterwards about the unexpected
ovation. “I never had anything like that
before in my life.” Walczewski also took
a moment to acknowledge that the class
of 1948 is also the eldest of three classes
to produce a future President of Regis, Fr.
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J. ’48. Fr. O’Hare, who
was also in attendance, received a rousing
standing ovation from the crowd as well.
Walczewski concluded his time by
introducing his MSG colleagues and
esteemed speakers for the evening, Mike
Breen P’09’15 and Walt “Clyde” Frazier.
The signature voice of the NBA, Mike
Breen is the lead play-by-play announcer
for New York Knicks telecasts on MSG.
Breen is also the lead national play-caller
for the NBA, including the NBA Finals, on
ABC and ESPN. Walt “Clyde” Frazier, the
New York Knicks’ first round draft pick
in 1967, played in New York for 10 years
and helped the Knicks capture two World
Championships. Along the way he was
named to the NBA’s All-Star Team seven
times. In 1996, Frazier was named one of
the fifty greatest players in NBA history.
Breen proceeded to conduct a conversational
interview with Frazier that included a
healthy amount of audience participation
with questions posed to Frazier. The talk
covered a variety of topics, ranging from
Frazier’s time as an athlete, critiques of
the current New York Knicks team, and
thoughts on the accomplished broadcasting
careers of the two presenters.
At the conclusion of the event, all in
attendance were invited to a reception in
the rear of the auditorium. But before the
program officially ended, Frazier took to
the podium to make it clear that he would
stay as long as necessary to take photos
and sign autographs. An appreciative
audience took him up on his offer, and a
great evening was preserved for many with
photographs and signed programs.
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Top Right: Frazier demonstrates a defensive strategy.
Middle Right: Frazier and Breen share a moment with Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J. ’48.
Bottom Left: Mike Walczewski ’73, voice of Madison Square Garden, introduces Frazier
and Breen; Joe Breen ’48, member of the 1948 National Championship Team, poses for
a photograph with Walt “Clyde” Frazier.
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Prowlings
1938
Jim Holahan, 5 Mohegan Trail,
Saddle River, NJ 07458
1939
Kevin Tubridy, Kevingt@verizon.net
3524 Taft St., Wantagh, NY 11793
1941
William Carroll, trudylpt@hotmail.com
4254 Via Verde, Cypress, CA 90630
1943
Don Gross, buhlbaden@msn.com
41 Strickland Place, Manhasset, NY 11030
1944
Tom Sheridan, S.J., tsheridansj@gmail.com
515 East Fordham Rd, Bronx NY 10458
We’re still pursuing Jake’s suggestion that
surviving vets from our class send at least a
postcard to Tom Sheridan “listing data like
when, where, whom we saw, etc.” Marty
Murtagh reports that in July 1944 the
Sampson book camp introduced him to the
U.S. Navy. It was there that a meeting with
Bob Brophy did a lot to lift his spirits, as
anyone who knew Broph can well imagine!
Marty was assigned to the 29th NCB
(Seabees), veterans of the D-Day landing
in France, who were then being dispatched
to the Pacific War Zone. This meant a
sixty-day crossing of the Pacific and South
Coral Sea, stopping at Borneo, Perry Island
and finally Samar in the Philippines. It
was there that Marty met Nick Segulic’s
brother John and had a great reunion with
his “grade-school classmate of basketball
fame, Jake O’Connell.” Also at Samar
he met Navy Chief Lester Fuchs, who
had refereed numerous Regis basketball
games and remembered Jake well. Fuchs
also recalled Marty’s antics about bad
referee calls. August 1945 saw them
aboard a Navy aircraft carrier, which took
them to China as part of the plan for the
dismantling of the Japanese occupation. In
January 1946 the NCB European veterans
were rotated home, while Marty and the
others were sent to Guam to monitor the
Japanese prisoners until their rotation
time arrived. Then it was home across
the Pacific, through the Panama Canal,
and up the Atlantic into New York Harbor,
happy finally to be greeted by the Statue
of Liberty. Marty said he would feel remiss
if he did not add something about our
classmate Bill O’Connell. Bill was a West
Point graduate and Air Force bomber pilot,
who shot down the first Yak fighter in the
Korean War. Two days later, however, Bill
was killed after he flew low and destroyed
a tank and a bridge before crashing into
a mountaintop as he feathered his wings.
He and his navigator are buried in the
same grave in Arlington Cemetery, which
Marty and his wife and children have
visited. What struck Marty most in the
information he received from West Point
about Bill were remarks by Bill’s fellow Air
Force pilots and crews. They said that no
matter when, where, or how, Bill O’Connell
always made it to Sunday Mass, duty or
no duty. May he rest in peace with all our
other Regis war heroes. After graduation Ed
Ritter qualified for the V-5 Naval Air Force
Program and, along with Gene Maloney,
was sent to St. Lawrence U. in Canton, N.Y.
But with the need for flyers diminishing
he and Gene were switched into the V-12
at St. Lawrence. Ed eventually went to
Holy Cross, and thence to boot camp at
Great Lakes, now as an enlisted man. After
shore duty in San Francisco on a light
cruiser he travelled across the country to
be processed for discharge. The low point
of that trip was coming out of the Moffat
Tunnel in the Rockies blackened from head
to foot with soot. He was called up again
during the Korean war and assigned to
the Atlantic fleet, including three months
at Guantanamo Bay. After the war, having
had enough travel, he went to St. Francis
College near his home in Brooklyn and then
went to work as an underwriter at the Royal
Insurance Company, where he eventually
was promoted to underwriting manager.
Ed married his wife Helen in 1952, and
they eventually adopted four children.
In 1958 Ed’s company sent him back to
San Francisco, but in 1967 he and Helen
returned back East and settled in Denville,
N.J., where they live today. Approached
by a headhunter in 1980 he left Royal for
Crum and Foster in nearby Morristown.
It was there that he retired in May 1990.
Back in the Spring issue Bob Morison
suggested that, since this was Alma
Seven members of the clas of 1944 met for lunch at Murray-Weigel Hall on the Fordham
Campus, and a good time was had by Jack Cronin, Don Dougherty, Tom Murphy, Marty
Murtagh, Jake O’Connell, Bud O’Mara, and Tom Sheridan.
Mater’s centennial year, we should have a
reunion to celebrate the seventieth year of
our graduation. Unfortunately, almost no
one showed any interest (does anybody
read these pages?). But, nothing daunted,
seven of us from the Metropolitan area
met for lunch at Murray-Weigel Hall on the
Fordham Campus, and a good time was
had by Jack Cronin, Don Dougherty, Tom
Murphy, Marty Murtagh, Jake O’Connell,
Bud O’Mara, and Tom Sheridan. There
should be a picture documenting the event
somewhere in this issue. Marty was one
of our classmates who attended the Regis
Centennial Gala at the Waldorf. Also in
attendance were Elmer Matthews and
Franklyn Gerard, M.D. More about Frank
in the next edition of Prowlings.
1945
Will O’Brien, willjobrien@yahoo.com
92 Riva Ave., North Brunswick, NJ 08902
1946
Roman Chapelsky, chapelrn@verizon.net
7 Clinton Pl., Cranford, NJ 07016-1938
Charles Schneider,
chazz.schneider@gmail.com
112 Fenway, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
1947
Joe Miranda, 269 Sparrow Dr. Estates I,
Manhasset, NY 11030, jcm59@optonline.net
1948
Joseph Breen, yof1798@yahoo.com
960A Heritage Hills, Somers, NY 10589
1949
Andy Hernon, hernon0613@earthlink.net
60 Sutton Place S., Apt.#10, NY, NY 10022
In attendance at the mid-October MiniReunion were Frank Cryan, Frances and
Ray Lamb and Joe Mulqueen; Gerry
Watson had signed up but was unable
to join us. It certainly was not a huge
turnout but we will persevere. Another
Mini is planned for sometime next May,
again at Hurley’s Saloon. The good
news is, no longer will we be climbing
the steep staircase to the second floor
area which Hurley’s refers to as the
library. Bob Byrnes and I attended the
Regis Centennial Gala in the packed
Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria
in late October. Seated with us was
Elmer Matthews’44, brother of our late
classmate Don Matthews; also seated at
the table was the oldest living alumnus
present at the dinner, Ovid D. DiFiore’35.
His middle initial stands for Dante;
his home in 1931 was in the area near
Fort Lee, New Jersey, but the George
Washington Bridge had not opened
when he began his studies at the school.
For a month or more, he commuted by
heading down to Edgewater, boarding
the 125th Street ferry and then, upon
disembarking, finding his way over to
East 84th Street. Al Pinado did visit
Los Angeles at Thanksgiving, attended
the Notre Dame –USC game and then
journeyed to the Village at NorthRidge
to have lunch and to spend some quality
time with his good buddy Jack O’Connell
and his wife Bernice. Bob Byrnes sent
in a note that his son, Timothy, had a
major article published in the National
Catholic Reporter commemorating the
25th anniversary of the murders of the
six Jesuits and their housekeeper in El
Salvador. Evidently Art Romagnoli has
returned from China. I received an email
stating that he was wintering in Florida.
I do not know where or, even, on which
coast. I received a post card from Gerry
Watson who was in the West Palm Beach
area at Thanksgiving time. I believe
Bob Byrnes will again be Florida-bound
sometime after the Holidays to avoid the
chilling wintry blasts.Dave O’Keeffe and
Al Cavagnaro checked in but had no news
to share.
1950
William Allingham, allingb2@yahoo.com
5 Jill Drive, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Mike O’Connor reports a very enjoyable
lunch in Congers, NY with Bob Dalury,
Ted Harrington, Dan Lavery, Tom O’Brien
and Frank Tarsney. Another group having
a pleasant, nostalgic lunch was Jack
Corrigan, Marty Collins, Bill Allingham
and Jay Jones, this one in Basking Ridge,
NJ where JAY now lives after long stays
in the south and west. Joe Marchese
notes that he and Tillie still are regular
participants in parish, community and
social outreach activities, and Joe continues
to write a column in the newsletter of the
NYS Retired School Administrators. For
those of you who watch the TV drama
Sleepy Hollow, Joe advises that it is filmed
near him in Wilmington, NC and the river
shown in the series is actually Cape Fear,
not the Hudson. Thanks, Joe, for spoiling
another illusion. Larry McKearney and
Joe Purtell send their best wishes to all.
Don Hinfey writes from Africa that he will
still be teaching and active in his ministry,
and so will not be able to join us for the
festivities relating to the 65th anniversary of
our graduation from Regis. Don adds that
his health is good and he sends his warm
greetings to all of his “brother” classmates.
SAVE THE DATES—mark your calendars
for our annual reunion at Hurley’s Saloon
on June 4, 2015 and especially for the
gala anniversary celebration at Regis on
September 19. Details of both events will be
sent out in the near future.
1951
Donal McCarthy, finbarrhimself@gmail.com
22 Shorehaven Ln., Manhasset, NY 11030
The official McCarthy class notes begin
thus: Here in front of me sits a reminder
note, a slip of paper long hidden away as
a bookmark and discovered just last week:
a 718 phone number and a cryptic “Call
Jack, after 4:30.” I know probably a dozen
Jacks. Why no last name? Then I realized
that it was Jack Reilly, possibly the only
“Jack” who required no surname in my
mind. A great American patriot and fervent
Irishman, he disagreed with me on all sorts
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of social and political matters, but we still
remained the two Boy Scouts of 1947’s
Freshman A. Also in 1A was Ken Hellwig,
whose hobby in retirement was the stock
market. Ken had no family, so his Will gave
it all to Regis, an estate worth well in excess
of $2 million. How’s that for a noble heart!
He once explained his investing system
to me; the essence was to set a goal for
a (very carefully researched) stock, say a
20% increase, then to force oneself to sell
it, without sentimentality, when it reaches
that goal. This year’s September Jug Night
was celebrated by seven of our classmates,
thanks to the promotional efforts of Bernie
Tracey. Present besides Bernie were Don
Butterfield, Bill Foote (no longer in trouble
with the Alumni Association brass), John
Lawler, Tom Fahey, Dave LaBelle and Jim
O’Rourke. Bernie says that our class was
the oldest class at Jug Night, and we had
a larger group than many of the younger
classes. On October 25 came the school’s
Centennial dinner, sparsely attended by ’51:
Messrs O’Rourke, Fahey and McCarthy. It
was quite an inspirational event and was
worth going to. Another Episode of How
We Nearly Lost The Cold War: The place is
Fort Lewis, early April 1957. It is raining; it
is always raining in the Pacific Northwest.
A large meeting room in a World War II era
wooden barracks-type building. Perhaps
200 GIs sit, awaiting their fate (will it be
Japan or Korea?); a few more GIs stand in
back near the exit. Up front, the sergeant
says – If you go across the street, you’ll
get your assignments. Closest to the exit
door, having awaited this moment, stand
Pvt. Frank Lynch US51378337 and Pvt.
Don McCarthy US51378338. Race across
the street, followed by a howling mob
that has at last realized that something
is up. Stand at a counter where Lynch
gives his name. The sergeant at the desk
intones – 8th Army Personnel Center,
Inchon. McCarthy, then: What did you
get, Frank? – the sergeant looks at both
and says – McCarthy, 8th Army Personnel
Center, Inchon. Next in line, a certain Rossi
looks straight ahead, pretending to know
no one. The sergeant says: Rossi, Oppama
Ordnance Depot. Japan. Later, McCarthy:
It doesn’t figure. Maloney said it worked
for him in ’55. First guys in line get Japan.
Lynch replies: Did you notice how I beat
you out? Just in case they only had one slot
for Japan. Thus did the patriots conspire,
even against one another: Anything but
Korea. The good turnout at Jug Night (and
the good personal experience that the guys
had) should inspire all of us New York
locals to strive to attend next year. At our
age, the likelihood of being sidelined for a
day or a week is great. But most of us will
manage to get there. See you in the Fall of
2015. In the meantime, there is a chance
we can do a repeat of last May’s Lucullan
lunch at Arthur Avenue, or perhaps
something similar. Here ends the official
authorized McCarthy text.
1952
On the passing of Jim McGough, Frank
Neeson writes, “With the passing of our
beloved Jim McGough, the Class of ’52 has
its special representative with the Lord. In
addition to those who attended the wake,
on Dec. 19th family, friends and classmates
including the Boland’s, Brennan’s, J.
Kappes, Moore’s, Neeson’s, Peloso’s and
Sullivan’s were there for the tributes paid
so eloquently and lovingly by longtime
friend Jack Mayer, daughter Sarina and
son Matthew. All agreed that Jim, the great
story teller, traveler and perpetual class rep
was smiling and proud of his offspring and
the love of his earthly garden, “Rose”. Jim
was a “do the right thing” kind of a guy
and leaves us with a lifetime of wonderful
memories from Regis, his profession and
that which was most important, family.
Much of this was captured in a generously
shared personal interview of Jim by son
Matthew and which Bill Sullivan hopes to
provide each of you in the near future. Jim’s
travels started with the daily subway ride
with co-conspirator Tom Flavin from Bay
Ridge to 55 East 84th. and entry through
the “tunnel”. From his experience as an
advance man for RFK, Jim had already
passed the baton of Class Rep to dear
friend and published author Harry DeMaio.
Jim is off to a quick game of pool with Tom
Flavin and then starts organizing for that
May 16th down the road when we will all “
Noble Hearts” meet again. Rest in Peace,
Jim.” Adding his own reflections, Jerry
Kappes writes, “His goodwill, sharp sense
of humor, and devotion to Regis have kept
the class of 1952 together; his spirit will be
sorely missed.” On the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of graduation, Jim wrote: “God
has been extraordinarily kind to my family
and myself—and we are grateful indeed!
The seeds of that deep relationship were
nurtured each morning upon entering the
narrow door at the end of the tunnel that
brought me into Regis—and its chapel. A
rich blessing indeed that has carried over
these 50 years.” George Restrepo, S.J.
write, “Next year I will be celebrating my
Golden Anniversary in the Priesthood in
the Jesuit Order. I’ve spent over 40 years
working in two Baltimore parishes, 4 years
teaching at Colegio San Ignacio, Puerto
Rico and working at the Gesu parish for
4 years, and at present am living with the
Jesuit Community in Buffalo, NY where I
work in 2 parishes, teach some courses at
Canisius College, and serve as chaplain of
the Catholic Academy of West Buffalo, a
Grammar School where I teach grades 3
thru 8. Some of my favorite pilgrimages:
The Holy Land, Lourdes (France), Fatima
(Portugal), the Island of Molokai (Hawaian
Islands), Lisieux (France), Rome and Assisi
(Italy). I really miss all you guys! How
time passes! I have at present 81 years of
memories—wow! God bless you.”
1953
Thomas Hickey, tjhickey2@verizon.net
474 Kossuth Street, Paramus, NJ 07652
My gratitude to whomever prepared the
Fall 2014 Prowlings while I was indisposed
with my fractured hip. Mucho gracias! Our
class was well represented at the October
25th centennial gala. In attendance (all
accompanied by spouses or a friend) were
John Cannon, Jim McGuire (NJ), Bob
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Members of the class of 1952, the oldest class represented at the Centennial Jug Night.
Thirteen members of the class of 1956 met at the Park Avenue Tavern for their annual
Christmas luncheon on December 2nd.
Golden, Jack Hanlon, Brian Fitzgerald, Jim
Whelan, Jack Wallace and yours truly. On
July 23d, twelve ’53ers gathered at Pasquale
Rigoletto Restaurant in the Belmont section
of The Bronx. Joe Barbosa, John Cannon,
Ray Conrad, John Duffy, Bob Golden, Jack
Hanlon, Bruce McAllister, Joe McDonald,
Jim McGuire (NJ), Msgr. John Sullivan,
Jack Wallace and Tom Hickey enjoyed the
repast. Gerry Karg was unable to dine
with us due to his ongoing commitment
to Habitat for Humanity. Msgr. George
Michell would have joined us were he not
in Alaska at the time photographing wild
life. Fr. Gerry Ettlinger, George Bouvet
and Joe Junker sent their best wishes.
Fred Gluck was in the metropolitan area
but despite his best efforts couldn’t make
it. Several of us went on a post-prandial
bread and cheese shopping spree along
Arthur Avenue. Joe Barbosa ended up
with both arms full, explaining that there’s
no decent food to be had on Fire Island.
John Schlapkohl writes: “Recently we
experienced a hospice for the first time
when our sister-in-law, Thelma Mayer,
87, died there. We were all given time
to see the hospice help ease her way to
eternal life. Also a priest saw Thelma while
in hospice. The following couplet was
displayed on the hospice office wall ‘Life
began in a garden called Eden; Let mine
end in that garden called Hospice.’” Vic
Figurelli reports: “This fall, I taught a class
on nonprofit management at Southwestern
University, a local liberal arts college.
Students applied what they learned in class
by interacting with three local communityservice organizations. They were also
required to serve a minimum amount
of volunteer hours. Sixteen students
registered. I hope to repeat the class next
fall. In January, I return to the board of
Senior University, a local organization
that provides life-long learning to adults
50 and older through travel and classes.
I left the board after two full terms as an
officer in 2004. I have been asked to serve
as president again. My primary objective
will be to ensure the organization’s longterm viability and relevance. A number of
challenges, not the least of which is the
different attitudes of baby-boomers (the
primary audience in the next 10 years)
about life-long learning and how it is
delivered. On a sadder note, I ask for your
prayers for my wife, Camille, who is battling
Alzheimer’s. It seems that each week,
her cognitive ability is diminished just a
bit more. We did manage a long driving
trip from Texas to Wisconsin in August to
participate in a Road Scholar (Elderhostel)
program on the ’50s... I also read Fr.
Andreassi’s book Teach Me to be Generous
which chronicles the history of Regis and
the dramatic changes that took place in the
60’s and later regarding Jesuit and Catholic
education in general and in Regis students’
attitudes about their religion. A pretty good
read.” Gerry Ettlinger emailed, “Tomorrow
(12 Nov.) is the 25th anniversary of Ray
Adams’s death in Ghana. We usually
don’t do this, but since Ray’s death was
so untimely, and unnecessary and tragic,
I thought we should recall him. Ray and I
went through our Jesuit training and off to
Oxford together. He switched to London
after a year or two, but we grew much
closer than we had been in high school. Ray
never quite got over playing Beverly Carlton
in “The Man who came to Dinner”, so he
felt a bit more at home with the English
than I did and flourished in London. By the
end of my stay, I had become good friends
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with some non-Oxford English laypeople
and a good number of young Jesuits.
Among non-Jesuit/Catholic university
people, I still correspond with my thesis
director. I was helped immensely for years
by the late Henry Chadwick who was at
that time the best early Church historian
alive. Say a prayer or have a good thought
for Ray who was a great man and who
was brutally murdered while living and
working with people who were definitely
not Beverly Carlton types. His parents were
still alive when he died, and they took it
hard.” Gerry Karg: “It is with great joy that
we welcome a new granddaughter, Kaia,
born September 20, 2014 to our son, Mike
and his wife, Chris, their third child and
second daughter. All are doing well. Kaia
is grandchild number 17.” George Bouvet
informed us that his new e-book, Traveling
to the Colorado Plateau National Parks in
Utah with George & Toni will shortly be
available on Amazon. Joe Junker’s memoir
piece, Billie Holiday and Me, was accepted
for publication in The Bookends Review
and his Naval Academy memoir piece,
Honor, was published in the December
edition of Hippocampus Magazine. Jim
and Phyllis Shea enjoyed Thanksgiving
with daughter Phyllis and her family in
Albany, NY. While there they celebrated
granddaughter Grace’s confirmation in the
Albany Cathedral. A 3-day stay in NYC at the
NYAC, courtesy of John Duffy, included a
visit to the Met where they took in the great
art as well as the Met’s beautiful Christmas
tree decorated with Baroque figures. They
also visited Grand Central and the Chelsea
Market, a food and shopping mall that
once was a National Biscuit Company
factory. After hearing legendary violinist
Itzhak Perlman in concert at Lincoln Center,
they took Ron Tobin’s advice and enjoyed
dining at nearby Fiorello’s restaurant.
Before returning to Virginia, the Sheas had
lunch with Fukiko and Pete Hamill. Pete
is working on his new novel but has been
slowed by health issues since 2012. This
year he was hospitalized for two months
with very serious problems, including
fracturing both hips while in the hospital.
Pete is slowly improving with help from
physical therapy and his devoted wife but,
for now, has limited mobility. On the bright
side, Pete received several major awards
this year for lifetime achievements in
journalism. Get well soon Pete – and keep
on writing! In mid-November, Tom and
Patrizia Hickey enjoyed a week’s break from
retirement in Mazatlán, Mexico. If there
is a change in either your e-mail or home
address, please let us know and, if possible,
update your entry in the Regis Alumni
database at www.regis.org.
1954
John Conroy, jmconroy1@aol.com
180 Forest Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804
Hard to believe that our 60th reunion is
behind us and that we have been part of
the Regis family for more than half of its
life as well as our own. How lucky we have
been! We gathered at Regis on October
18th for a tour of a building vastly different
in layout and technology than the one we
entered in 1950. Father Judge celebrated
mass for us and the class of 1959 at which
we remembered the deceased of each class
by name. This was followed by cocktails and
dinner. From South Carolina came Maureen
and Bob Bergen and Roberta Wood and
Phil Trainor; from North Carolina Tom
Finnegan; from Long Island George
Breen, Mike Lanzarone, Bill Monahan
and Ruth and Tom Smith; from the Bronx
George Culliney; from Manhattan Joe
Sullivan; from Brooklyn Marie and Charlie
McDermott and Ann and Ed Wilson;
from Queens Eileen and Steve Popp; from
California Kiki Sammarcelli and Don Dodd
and Ann and Dick Ward; from Westchester
Bonnie Lu and Jim McGroddy and Kathy
and Jack Conroy; from the northern regions
of New York Peg and Walter Doherty and
Tom Cahill; from Connecticut Jim Perrone,
Peggy and Traug Lawler, and Gerard
Donellan and Chris McKenna; from New
Jersey Bob O’Connor, Ben Trigani and
Virginia and Bob Stibler; from Virginia
Taffy and Fred Burgess, Carole and Dave
Nicholas and Ed Malloy; from Idaho Peg
and Tom Tierney; and from Canada Pat
Lee . The evening is perhaps best summed
up in lines from Hank Radoski’s poem
“Fair Regis”: “…an evening brightened with
esprit/Agelessly conjoined in camaraderie.”
The weekend concluded with a champagne
brunch for 28 hardy souls hosted by Ed
and Ann Wilson in his ancestral home in
Brooklyn Heights overlooking NY harbor.
It was wonderful! One of the continuing
gifts of the Reunion is the anthology of
our lives that Ben Trigani singlehandedly
put together and distributed. The most
amazing statistic is that out of a possible
return from about 65 classmates, Ben got
a full 58. Dick Emmons summed it up well:
“I’ve been meaning to thank you and Ben,
in particular, for all you did to keep those of
us who couldn’t attend the reunion up-todate. In an uncanny bit of timing, I received
the package Ben sent at dinnertime that
Saturday (October 18th). Needless to say I
1961’s Bob Crimmins and Tom Walsh on New Year’s Eve 2013 in
Baltimore.
spent the rest of the evening thumbing
through the book of recollections and
mumbling to myself about the exploits of all
my classmates. My wife thought the whole
concept was really cool. So did I. Thanks
to all our classmates who made the whole
Regis experience something we’ll treasure
for a lifetime.” The following weekend was
the Regis gala, a spectacular event at the
Waldorf Astoria attended by hundreds of
Regians and their guests. Three of our
number were able to get there: Ann and
Ed Wilson, Kathy and Jack Conroy and Ann
and Dick Ward. The following morning
the Centennial Mass saw the Wards, the
Conroys and the Popps in attendance.
Another outcome of the Reunion has been
the establishment of a class prayer group,
something that at this point in our lives
has proven very helpful. You read in the
last Prowlings about George Jeffers son
who is struggling with possible pancreatic
cancer. The struggle is certainly not over
but George had good news to report on
November 23rd : “Two weeks ago, Jeff
completed his first round of chemo and
took a second set of tests to determine the
results of this treatment by checking his
‘evidence of cancer score’. The results of
this test were, as follows: Evidence of cancer
score: 32-(a person without cancer should test
35 or below on this test)- He was down to 32
from 177! …Needless to say, Jeff, Fran, and I
are elated and believe the strong support of
the Class of 1954’s Prayer Group, together
with the other prayers and novenas
that have been said for him have been
heard!” On November 29th Lou Luceri
writes:“Thanks to the Prayer Group for all
their support. It’s helped me both physically
and spiritually.The leg is still in the process
of healing...it’s going to be a slow process.I
thought I was out of the woods in the
beginning of November, but a new lesion
opened up behind the calf just above the
ankle. The doctor said that I could expect
these things to happen, because the skin
is so tender. He put my leg back in the
una-boot for two weeks. So far, so good....
the lesion closed and there doesn’t seem
to be any morebreaks in the skin. I will be
wearing a compression stocking to support
the leg. I will also have to take time to
elevate the leg during the day. That seems
to be the best cure. It’s a long process and
requires a lot of patience, but it’s better
than losing the leg!” Sam Milana asks for
prayers for Ross Villardo who is not doing
too well and who would love to hear from
classmates His number is 904-269-0407.
Forward intentions for the Prayer Group to
jmconroy1@aol.com. On to the 65th!
Kathleen and Bob Serow ’65 with Pat and Jack Prael ’63 out for
dinner in Raleigh, N.C.
1955
John Morriss, jmorriss11@optonline.net
3 Salem Pl., Valhalla, NY 10595
Thanks to all who contributed to the
Annual Fund (2013-2014) and/or the
Capital Campaign (Ensure the Legacy).
Our Class Participation Rate was 59.4%.
Among 89 Classes, the Class of 1955
ranked 11th! A phenomenal, Hall of Fame
number! Congratulations to John O’Keefe
’57, co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in
Medicine (Regis’s first Nobel!). John had
the same teachers we had, and is the son
of Irish immigrant parents from Co. Cork,
Ireland. John is Director of the Sainsbury
Wellcome Center in Neural Circuits and
Behavior at University College in London.
He has lived in England for 30+ years.
He holds a doctorate in physiological
psychology from McGill University in
Montreal. He has studied the working of
the brain and is trying to unlock the mystery
of Alzheimer’s. Being Irish and a Regian,
he will unlock it! Amazing the number of
first-generation Americans educated by
Regis over 100 years, proving that Regis
has been a gateway to the nation and the
world. The same teacher/ethnic comment
could be made of Dr. Anthony Fauci ’58.
He is Director of the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a
prominent spokesperson during the Ebola
Crisis. Hailing from Regis/Holy Cross/
Cornell, his presentation style has been one
of “Reddere audientes attentos, dociles,
et benevolos!” Attending the Centennial
Jug Night were Tom Atkinson, Harry Blair,
Roland Donohue, John Morriss, Don
Swallow, Charley Vaughan. To attend Jug
Night, Charley flew on Friday from Carey,
NC, and returned home on Saturday.
Epic/Homeric! Attending the Centennial
Dinner at the Waldorf were Paul Anderson,
Rosemary and Gene McGuire, Judy and
John Morriss, Maryann and Charley
Vaughan. The Centennial Dinner had 1,200
attendees; a great video of Regis and its
current Regis students in action; student
singing of Alma Mater (bone-chilling).
Joseph McShane, SJ, ’67 (President of
Fordham), delivered the main address,
lauding the generosity of the Founding
Family and the Foundress and the mission
of Regis and of Regians. As usual, Fr.
McShane’s address was pointed, witty,
uplifting, and soul-stirring. Attending the
Centennial Mass were John Githens, Judy
and John Morriss, Maryann and Charley
Vaughan. The Centennial Mass was St.
Ignatius of Loyola Church Classy! Some
1966’s Bob Cartwright visited classmate
Gerry Moran in early August at Gerry’s
place in Barjac, France.
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900 people attended. Cardinal Dolan
presided at a concelebrated Mass (50
priests in procession and on the altar). Also
present were the Regis staff and faculty;
the Regis Schola Cantorum and the Choir
of St. Ignatius Church. The organ, trumpet,
piano, violin, and singing (including the
congregation) were full-throated. The
Bishop of Bridgeport, CT, Frank Caggiano
’77, delivered the homily and lauded the
generosity of the Founding Family, their
creation of Regis, and its unparalleled effect
on himself and on 12,000 Regians over
100 years. Bishop Caggiano’s address was
Fulton Sheen-like: in-depth, very reflective,
personal, and uplifting. He stressed
the importance of Catholic and Jesuit
education. He will be heard from in the
future! Bridgeport will not be his last stop!
Cardinal Dolan lavished enormous praise
on Regis and Regians. His comment on
meeting Regians in all walks of life and that
Regians tell him they’re Regians “in the first
five seconds!” was a howler and brought
down the house! Laughter in church is
great medicine for the soul! Following the
Mass, the School Reception was a nice
complement to a thrilling, breathtaking
occasion! On that day and in that church,
the Foundress and the Founding Family
had to be beaming. AMDG.
1956
Paul Lennon, PTL@paultlennon.com
17 Pine Ridge Road, Larchmont, NY 10538
“Wimpy” goes “Windy”: Kate and Bill
Kelly have moved from sunny Virginia to
Chicago. Last October, Bill had a stroke
which he described in some detail to
your class rep. From the ER an Irishman
pushed his gurney into the ‘lift’; they
arrived at the 7th floor ICU singing songs
from the ‘auld sod.’ Nurses wondering,
‘If he’s well enough to sing why is he in
ICU?’ Considered calling for restraints.
And gag. Bill thought the two lovely nurses
regularly plumping his pillows a right
treat. Kate had grown up in “Chicagoland”
and still has family there, so the Kelly’s
have transitioned from New Yorkers to
Virginians and now to the Midwest. On
December 2nd, thirteen of our classmates
met at the Park Avenue Tavern for our
annual Christmas luncheon, a nice turnout
when considering the geographical spread
of our members. The “long distance
award” went to—you guessed it—Bill
Kelly, who flew in from Chicago to join us.
One of the co-owners of the restaurant,
Regis ’91 graduate Rob McGovern, made
a point to greet us warmly and had a
chance to see what his own classmates
will look like 35 years from now! We
received regrets from several west coast
classmates, including Paul Schroeder,
who told your class rep he was going to
be in Panama, perhaps cheering on the
expansion of the canal, and Greg Leiher,
who has been globe-trotting to museums
and art exhibits all around the world. The
swim team was well represented with John
Daltner, Charlie Lynch, Jack Connelly,
Bob Neuner, and your class rep. The
“hoops” crowd showed up in force, with
Bob Goldstein, Bill Bautz, John Flynn, and
Ray McGuire. Tom Kelly made the long
journey to 99 Park from his apartment at
40 Park, and listened to the many stories
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(a few of which might have been true!) of
Jack Raha and Neil Coughlan.
1957
Packy Lawler, pjjal@verizon.net
44 Beaver Pond Rd, Lincoln MA 01773
Jug Night moved to the last Friday in
September this year, to make way for the
Centennial Gala at the Waldorf. The biggest
turnout in years for the class of ’57 included
Bill Bartlett, Ray Begin, Bill Gillen, John
Hannaway, Packy Lawler, Bill McGeveran,
Ted O’Neill, Jim Power, Pat Ryan, S.J.,
Dion Ryle (from Philadelphia), Peter
Schineller, S.J., Florian Storch, Bob Tobin
(from Cape Cod), and Willie Werwaiss.
All sorts of memories were stimulated,
some with photographic verification, and
updates provided. An only slightly smaller
contingent of the class hosted Rev. Ron
Sams, S.J. at lunch on October 23 at
the Union League Club in the City. Ron
was homeroom teacher and bookstore
moderator in our freshman year, which
was also his first year as a Jesuit scholastic.
Although he was at Regis for only one year,
“Mr. Sams” has maintained close contact
with us over the years and has attended a
number of class of ’57 reunions. Ron was
in town to attend the Regis Centennial
celebrations that culminated with Mass
at St. Ignatius that he concelebrated with
Cardinal Dolan. In attendance at the
lunch were Mike Crimmins, Bill Gillen,
John Hannaway, Jack Hyland, Jim Power,
Manfred Rein, Pat Ryan, Peter Schineller,
Florian Storch and Willie Werwaiss. Pat
and Peter were also concelebrants at the
Mass. Art Mattei and wife Jo-Ann were
unable to attend the luncheon so they met
Father Ron for lunch a week later, just a
block from Regis, to add to the nostalgia.
On October 6, the world learned that our
classmate John O’Keefe won the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014. John
has been resident in London, England
for most of his career as a teaching and
research physician, and was awarded
the Prize for his research into cells that
constitute a positioning system in the
brain. He is Regis’ first Nobel Prize winner.
Dennis Flannery’s granddaughter Judy
(15) was selected as the best prosecuting
attorney in Los Angeles County’s 37th
Annual Mock Trial competition. Judy, a
Santa Monica High School freshman (!)
won over more than 280 prosecutors,
representing 94 teams from 80 high
schools. Where does she go from here,
the Supreme Court? Congratulations, Judy
and Dennis. Pat Ryan, S.J. visited Nigeria
in December to preside at the Catholic
wedding of his former student at Loyola
Jesuit College in Nigeria, Tony Akande and
his fiancée Amina Lawal. Dick Flaherty was
laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery
on September 29, attended by Larry
Brekka, Bill Byrnes, Paddy FitzPatrick, Jack
Hannon and Packy Lawler. Dick’s service
in the Marine Corps earned him full honors
for his funeral and burial: two platoons of
Marines, pallbearers, marching band, color
guard and 21 gun salute, all Marines in
dress uniforms. It was very moving for all
of us. We have sadly learned of the deaths
of four of our classmates this summer and
fall: Bob Buckley, Ed Foster, Rich Minasz,
and Sean O’Reilly. Please remember them
Alan Lupack ’64, Ed Murphy ’64 and Tom Reilly ’64 at Ed and Amy Henry’s wedding
reception on August 30, 2014.
The Class of 1967 crew at the Gala: Standing L-to-R: Art Bender, S.J., Kieran and Donna
Quinn; Vince and Donna Hartnett; Bob and Cathy Rienzo. Seated: Joseph McShane, S.J., Bill
Armbruster, Father Michael Holleran. Not shown: Chris Connell.
and their families in your thoughts and
prayers.
1958
Michael Napoliello, mjnapoliello@comcast.net
George Garces writes on the late Paul
O’Keefe’s funeral: “Melinda and Bob
Nobbs and I were there on Friday and
Saturday. The gatherings really turned
into a celebration of Paul’s life though
there were occasional tears shed. In all, it
was just the way Paul would have wanted
it - food, drinks, music and good feelings.
By the end of Friday evening, the viewing
room was filled with guitar music and
song. Choruses were enthusiastically
provided by his family and all of us who
loved and knew how much Paul enjoyed
a gig. Among other songs, we sang ‘Bye,
Bye Miss American Pie’. Eventually we
were asked to leave. Not the first time for
Paul and his troupe to have turned out
the lights and gone their way. When the
casket was closed for Mass on Saturday,
the banjo was removed but a guitar pick
rested on Paul’s chest and was buried
with him on Monday. Oh, God! How we
will miss him!” Carlos Arnaldo has come
out of “retirement” and is “running on all
four new tires” to teach 150 freshmen and
freshwomen at Enderun College of Culinary
Arts in McKinley, Taguig, Philippines. He
taught a semester of General Education,
much like our Regis orientation week, but
extending to preparation of theses and
electronic presentation. In the next two
semesters he teaches English as a second
language to a mixed class of Koreans,
Japanese, Chinese and several other
nationalities. As Carlos says: “It’s not so
easy when your students know more than
you, and have to be weaned from iPads
and iPhones to books again!” John Friia
writes: “As President of the Suffolk Classical
Society, I decided to set aside my toga for
a moment and dress in the ‘finery’ of 21st
Century technology to create an interactive
website for the Society. Based on current
progress, it should be functional sometime
in January. Feriis fruaris!” From Arthur
Henry: “I do have an entry this month and
that relates to some efforts I am doing for
a pastor of a parish on the Oregon coast
that has two locations. It is an involved
story of wonderful ‘coincidences’ (St. JPII
says there are none for God :) :)) in which
the pastor’s desire for a Family Religious
Education program matched my interests
and skills. And so, I am writing and
delivering (at least till the end of the year,
though still writing) a catechetical series
that is designed to be given in a period set
aside 120 minutes before every Mass on
the weekends (there are 6 Masses in the
summer and 4 in the winter, the change
due to the greater summer tourism). The
catechesis is designed to cover the Creed
line by line -- even word by word-- and was
to begin this weekend in the new liturgical
year. We are taking a little time up front
to discuss ‘the Incarnation’ for it being
Advent, but that will be covered more fully
later in the course of considering the Creed.
I have already given 5 ‘preparatory sessions’
to (1) get people used to coming early and
being taught and (2) to show them what
the program is designed to do: namely to
show that when we say ‘I believe...’ in this
or that specific point of doctrine, that that
belief has implications for how we are to
carry out our daily living. Most people love
the idea, some... have other views. This
priest is LONG overdue for a reassignment
so who knows how long it will continue; for
now it is a great idea I love doing.”
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REGIS HIGH SCHOOL
1959
Leo Tymon, lftymon@msn.com
6 Greenwood Rd., Mountainside, NJ 07092
In September, we had our largest
turnout for quite some time at Jug
Night with six attendees - Jack Godfrey,
Don McDonough, Jim Bonnell, John
Miscione, Mike Shef and Leo Tymon.
Early in October, I received word from
Pat Villani that Paul Volpe had passed
away in Florida. Paul moved there in 2008
after retiring from a career in medical
management systems technology. Soon
after, Paul began suffering from various
forms of cancer. He has no surviving
immediate family (he never married),
and Pat has been handling the settlement
of his estate. Pat commented that “Paul
always spoke of his years at Regis as
among the most significant in his life.
He faced his illness with characteristic
dignity and calm.” On Saturday, October
18th, we had a gathering at Regis to
celebrate our 55th year reunion (in fact,
a few brave souls started celebrating
the evening before). For the Saturday
evening soiree, we had a group of 21 (13
class members and 8 spouses), including
Trudy and Jim Alexander, Joanne and
Tom Beirne, Chris Conroy, Marty Gavin,
Jack Godfrey, Ann and John Lynagh, Don
MacVeigh, Roseanne and John Miscione,
Marilyn and Dan O’Leary, Lorraine and
Mike Shef, Regina and Ralph Thomann,
Marie-France and Leo Tymon, and Bob
Wiggers. Subsequent feedback indicates
that a good time was had by all. Jim
Bonnell was also scheduled to attend but
got derailed while travelling in Europe
by a German engineers train strike. Pat
Monahan notes that his grandson, O’Neill
Monahan, has had a large number of
hits on a commercial he appeared in
for the company NEST Dropcam (catch
it on YouTube). His dad Sean has also
appeared in some acting gigs. Could this
be the start of a new acting dynasty? In
other news: John Nugent reports that his
daughter was married in mid-October;
Don McDonough has celebrated a tenyear association with the New York Society
Library by leading a recent seminar on
Lyric Poetry, and he also recently visited
Joe Boyle at St.Benedict’s Monastery in
Snowmass, Colorado.
1960
Ken Bailie, kfbailie@yahoo.com
32 Country Ridge Drive, Rye Brook, NY 10573
Our class was well represented and
thoroughly enjoyed the Regis Centennial
Gala at the Waldorf: Gail & Brian Morrow,
Frances & Ken Bailie, Catherine & Henry
Ricardo, Christina & Bob Cronin, Lisa &
Jack Barnosky, Maggie & Charlie Nastro,
Joyce & Joe Russo, Jill & Brendan Ryan
and Beth & John Werwaiss.
1961
Dave Eitelbach, deitelbach@gmail.com
2830 Cascadia Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144
Thanks to the many people who got back
to me with news and help finding some of
our missing classmates. We rediscovered
Jim Cunningham in Belle Mead, NJ (and
hope to get a Bio page from him.) I found
email addresses for Nick Pingitore (now
a professor at Univ of Texas in El Paso),
and Charles Sweeney (with Aramco in
Houston, Texas.) I’m now tracking down
leads for Walter Samul, Frank Terranova,
Dr. Crescens Pellechia, and Dr. Peter
Utsinger. Sadly, we also discovered that
Robert Kettle had died in 2013. His obituary
highlighted Regis and ended with the note
Members of the class of 1970 at the Centennial Jug Night.
Four Regians from 1976 join Chris Lowney at his wedding in Germany. (L to R) Lou Jerome,
Chris Lynch, Angelika Lowney, Chris Lowney, Peter Honchaurk, and Paul Kiernan.
that “Bob is survived by his two daughters,
two cats…and his big-screen TV.” Clearly, he
loved that TV! People also sent a long list
of books and scholarly publications - too
many to list here - which I have passed on
to the Regis Centennial team for publication
on the web site. Alan Peter Ryan, who died
in 2011, may have been our most prolific
author. He wrote for the New York Times
Book Review, the Smithsonian, and other
publications, did time as a music critic and
ballet critic, and wrote monthly columns
for Knave Magazine. He began writing
science fiction and horror fiction in the early
1980’s and published numerous books and
stories, including a 36 book Young-Adult
horror series called Shivers. Brian O’Brien
sent email in October “[This is] a photo
of me [with the traveling Owl] in front of
the village church in Boutenac in the Aude
department of France in September. This
was my fourth visit to this lovely village in
the last eight years. I have friends who own
several houses in Boutenac and I rent one
of them. The reason for the shot in front
of the church? It’s dedicated to St. Jean
Francois Regis! This trip was very much a
Regis pilgrimage as I visited Fontcouverte
(his birthplace), Beziers (where he was
educated at the Jesuit college), and
Toulouse (where he took his vows). In
addition, I also ate the wonderful French
pastry, “jesuite” at every opportunity.
Languedoc has some of the most beautiful
scenery in France and is much less touristy
than Provence. Boutenac wine has an AOC
designation and the Chateau Boutenac is
the headquarters for Boutenac wine sales,
information, and tastings. Unfortunately,
every time I visit, it’s open but no one is
there!” Peter Thornton wrote “I’m quite
enjoying retirement. I’m going for my
annual three weeks in Mexico next month.
A former federal regulator in the electric
industry told me after she retired, ‘I find I’m
quite easily amused,’ and that’s the way it is
with me. I am writing now. In fact, I have a
book on Dante coming out next year from a
British publisher, and am currently working
on a book on Petrarch.” Successfully cured
of head and neck cancer last year, Peter
says: “Being cancer-free after you’ve had
cancer is so good, it’s almost better than
never having had cancer.” Robert Crimmins
filed this report for the Washington, DC
contingent. “The nation’s 200th celebration
of the Star Spangled Banner in Baltimore
[in September] included tall ships, Navy
and Coast Guard vessels, parties, a rock
show, the Blue Angels and a great fireworks
show, which Bill Hannon, John Lively and
Tom Walsh, omni et ux., and Buck Favorini
from Pittsburgh bravely gave witness to in
part from the deck of my sailboat. We had
rockets’ red glare and the broad stripes
and bright stars of the 1814 American
flag bursting aglow over Fort McHenry.”
Tom Walsh and Bob Crimmins recalled
an old injustice and its recent retribution.
Tom explained that “back in the day, I sat
near the window in French class with Mr.
Clancy and to amuse myself I would coo
at the pigeons on the ledge outside and
they in turn would ‘converse’ with me, all
on the QT. Crimmins got a big kick out
of it, but one day Mr. Clancy, en francais,
called me out on it. Flash forward 53 years
to New Years Eve in Baltimore in 2013
at Bob’s condo - elegant dinner, elegant
guests, and Bob serves me (and me only),
an appetizer course of dainty proportions,
viz., SQUAB, with great cackling glee, as
only he can cackle. Mr.Clancy would have
been proud to know that Crimmins had
retained something from his efforts to
mold our minds, n’est-ce pas? Crimmins
corrected Tom’s recall with this. “I pretty
much remember the pigeon story as Tom
does except that the first time Mr. Clancy
called anybody out on it, he mistakenly
blamed me. Tom might not have known
this either because his French wasn’t up to
it or because he was too intent on getting
the pigeons’ response to his cooing. I took
the fall but made it an “affaire d’honneur” to
reclaim my reputation someday as a man
who does not talk to pigeons. It just took
a little longer than I thought!” Phil Rossi,
SJ actually wrote back himself (rather than
letting his computer do it). “I am back in
my full-time faculty position at Marquette,
as well as continuing (and, in a couple
of cases, completing!) work on various
writing projects. My sabbatical was quite
productive, and some of the results have
gotten into the publication “pipeline”-which in the humanities tends to be quite
slow-moving. There is some travel on the
docket for 2015—an intercultural trip to
Turkey with some Marquette colleagues
in early January, a conference in Rome in
March, and a return to Arrupe College in
Zimbabwe for a week or so after the end
of our semester to serve as an External
Examiner for their programs.” Dennis
O’Connor is still working in the space
programs. He started with Grumman on
Long Island on the Lunar Module in 1965,
moved to Kennedy Space Center in 1966,
and is now on the International Space
Station Program. His wife Mary retired from
the space program in 2013, so they moved
from Houston/Clear Lake to Austin to be
near the grandkids. Dennis is still working some from Austin and some from Johnson
Space Center. “Next year will be 50 years
in the industry - it has been great.” Cosmo
Salibello has retired from Optometry and
is still in Portland launching a second
career. “I’ve acquired full control of the
Marinara sauce company based on my
Mother’s recipe, and am launching a new
marketing/promotion campaign. Learning
a lot and looking to execute well. We’ll see.”
George and Jean Dowdall will be spending
January through March in San Francisco.
They would be happy to hear from any
classmates in the Bay Area.” (gdowdall@
sju.edu, 215-876-7775) And finally, John
Moran reports that Ed Harasek is quite ill.
Please remember him in your prayers.
1962
Ron Ferreri, rferreri@comcast.net
4776 Alberton Court #2702, Naples, FL 34105
The Centennial Weekend has come and
gone but certainly not forgotten. Kudos to
the Regis Alumni Office for running a first
rate affair which many of our classmates
enjoyed. A major thank you goes to Beth
and Bob Sheehan for sponsoring a cocktail
reception at the Penn Club on Friday
evening, thus allowing Greg Burke, Carl
Saunders and Louise and Frank Segreto
to catch up with the rest us since they did
not get to the big show on Saturday. The
following group did get to the Waldorf:
Regis Amann, Dave & Mary Ann Birch,
W I N T E R 2015
Curtis & Judy Brand, Ned & Bobbi Butler.
Eddie Curtin & Jeanne Lemlin, John
Docherty, Ron & Pat Ferreri, Felix and
Patty Fraraccio, Jim & Margaret O’Boyle,
Gary & Rosalind Kendellen, Charlie Lynch,
Tony & Lynn McGuire, Kieran & Judyth
Meagher, George & Cathy Moussally, John
& Adeline O’Rourke, John & Joy Racanelli,
Allan Service & Esther Mills, John Shay,
Bob & Beth Sheehan, Brendan & Sandy
Thomson and, of course, the former
President of Regis, Rev. Ken Gavin, S.J. In
post dinner conversations Tony McGuire
reported that there is great sentiment to do
a 55th Reunion in 2017. Venues other than
NYC drew mention among the assembled
group, including Boston, Chicago, Jersey
City, Paris and Rome. For those of you who
didn’t see Tony’s email on the subject,
I’m sure he will send it again. Peter
Mooney responded to the suggestion,
“I don’t know if the suggestions of Paris
and Rome are serious. I suspect most of
us are still based either in the NYC area
or close enough. So why not see if NYC
or Boston might not attract more class
members.” Felix Fraraccio reported his
new email address: ffraraccio8@gmail.
com. A chance meeting at the Centennial
with John Donvan ’73 allowed this writer
to attend a presentation by John, a highly
honored newsman for ABC, in Naples,
FL in November. John spoke about the
difficulties that he confronted as a reporter
in the Middle East and how they have
become far worse in recent years. Bill
Gallaher has returned to the laboratory
to work on an antidote to the Ebola
outbreak. Bill’s training in microbiology
and immunology made him a natural to
resume working in this area. Edward Ryan
writes that “the most interesting adventure
of late was a week in Yellowstone, our
fantastic first national park: two nights
inside the park, three outside. See it before
it explodes! [The] return trip required a
detour around a cattle herd - did not know
they drive them down the highway in
this country. Thanksgiving traffic seemed
especially heavy - anyone else notice an
effect of our ‘cheap’ gasoline?” As some
of you read in an email blast Vin Scoppa
reported “We were hit badly by Sandy. We
lived for a while with my wife’s daughter
until Jan 2013 then moved to an apartment
we had upstairs in our Massapequa
home. It took until April 2013 to finish the
house and move back. I retired August
2013. Since then we bought a Condo in
Copiague NY. I kept busy project managing
the new condo and we finally moved in
April. I am still working as a consultant
for Eaton Electrical on major projects, but
I’m spending most of the time traveling,
reading and doing puzzles. I don’t miss
work at all.” Dick Wendt checked in with
this update: “I’ve been retired since 2006
and have been in Philadelphia since 1972.
I’m now moving to Palm Harbor, Fl to take
advantage of the warm weather. I’ll have a
second home in Atlanta, where my older
son and his family (two grandchildren.)
are living.” Most importantly, please keep
Judy and Curtis Brand in your prayers as he
continues treatment to deal with ALS. We
look forward to seeing them in Southwest
Florida in January.
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1963
John Tweedy, john.tweedy@verizon.net
26 Huron Rd., Floral Park, NY 11001
Jack Prael, john.prael@gmail.com
34-06 81 St.,Apt.#1, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
The 100th anniversary Jug Night in
September had a fine turnout from our
class. Among those present were Dave
Cordes, Fred Kuehn, Jack Prael, Luke
MacCarthy, Kevin Morris, Ed Villani, John
Tweedy, Brian Sullivan, Tom Mullaney
and Jim Higgins. In October six members
of our class travelled to the Waldorf to
celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Regis.
Present were Barbara and Jim Higgins,
Hon. John Koeltl, Christine and Tom
Mullaney, Pat and Jack Prael, Jane and
John Tuccillo and Pat and John Tweedy.
Pat and Jack Prael visited Raleigh, NC in
October for the International Bluegrass
Association Awards and Wide Open
Bluegrass Fan Festival for the second
year in a row. They joined Kathleen and
Bob Serow ’65 at Sitti for dinner. Bob is
classmate Bill Serow’s brother and has
lived in the Raleigh area for more than
twenty-five years. He is a retired professor
from North Carolina State University. It
was great seeing Bob and Kathleen after a
few years and, once again, the festival was
tremendous. Dick Chiarello is one step
closer to retirement after selling his medical
practice and is now an employee two days
a week. Dick says: “Daughter Elizabeth
is now a sociology professor at St. Louis
University and daughter Stephanie has
added Improv to her resume. Daughter
Katherine is the best lawyer mom of the
best granddaughter Olivia, and I have a
great son-in-law Craig. Although she will be
sad to leave her teaching position at UTA
Barbara and I are looking forward to our
move next summer to Austin. Who knew
it would take almost a year to renovate a
home?” In December Fr. Ray Sweitzer,
S.J. joined Pat and John Tweedy and our
former French teacher Gregory Rapisarda
at the home of our former English teacher
Jerry Kappes ’52 for a very enjoyable
dinner prepared by Jerry. Old times were
remembered and new connections created.
1964
Jeff Weinlandt, jeff_weinlandt@msn.com
We never got a class picture taken at our
50th Reunion but something just as good
must have come out of it…I’m talking about
the generous contributions made by the
members of our class to this past year’s
Annual Fund. The Fall issue of the RAN was
the Annual Fund issue and it shows that we
had two classmates this year in the Alumni
Order of the Owl category designated the
“David H. Hearn, S.J., Circle.” Classmates
at the Friday evening cocktail party the
weekend of the Reunion will recall John
Steinmuller, our class representative,
standing on a chair to exhort all of us to
give generously in 2014 to the Annual Fund.
It obviously worked since we jumped to
# 12 in terms of total class contributions
($74,018) and to # 20 in terms of total class
participation (52.0%). We also ranked fifth
in terms of “Most Improved Class Giving
Total” with an increase of $23,845. Nicely
done! Jug Night this year was pushed
forward from October to September 26th
Class of ’78 at Centennial Jug Night with our former teacher: (l to r) Dave Rodriguez, Paul
Hoy, Rob McKenna, Sal Santoro ’65, Mark Dieffenbach.
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 at least 27 members of the class of 1980 attended the Regis
Centennial Gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
due to the many Centennial celebrations in
October. Fifteen classmates registered for
the gathering but only nine of us made an
appearance. Vince Alline made his annual
Jug Night trek up from Loudon, Tennessee
and he was his usual enlightening self. It
was great to have Paul Czuchlewski attend
since he was not present at the last three
Jug Nights. The rest of the attendees were
among the usual suspects who show up for
the steak sandwiches and pitchers of beer…
without the annual $30 cover charge this
year since we are now Golden Owls. These
included Frank Michel, Dennis Moulton,
Bob Shullman, John Steinmuller, Jeff
Weinlandt, Jim Pielli and Louis Scheeder. A
great many classmates sent regrets having
already committed to other obligations.
Kevin Rodgers was vacationing in Hawaii
but his son, Kris Rodgers ’05, stopped by
our table as is his wont each year to chat
with his Dad’s friends. Joe Cirrito sent a
note that “Unfortunately, I will miss Jug
Night. Fortunately, my reason for doing
so is that Mike (Maureen) and I are in
Europe for more than three weeks. Please
give my best to all and share my beef
equitably.” Lou Fuoco sent word that “I’ll be
whitewater rafting in Maine. Have a great
time.” Brian O’Leary wrote “My best to all.
Unfortunately, I will be out of town for a
wedding.” Ken Kelly emailed “I waited 50
years to get a free beer at Jug Night, and
now I can’t make it! But I’ll raise a glass
to the Class of ’64 while in Oslo on the
26th, to be sure, and be thinking of all of
you.” Joe Coyne, a practicing psychologist,
commented “Ken moves me to confess…I
too will be away – at the 17th Annual
Convention on Addiction and Gambling
in…Las Vegas! Please raise a few for me.”
Frank Silvestri was scheduled to be there
but on the morning of Jug Night he emailed
“unfortunately I have to cancel. I’ve come
down with a nasty cold, which makes the
thought of beer particularly unappealing,
and I would just make everyone else sick—
all those hands reaching for food from the
same tray.” Tom Griffin sent a note to our
group the week after Jug Night to say “I
was in Madrid for Jug Night (for a major
scientific presentation). I’m still having great
luck with my research and continue to work
like a dog. Miss you all and hope to see you
soon.” Word came from Peter Rattiger in
California that “At the moment Etsuko and
I are hanging out among the bears, salmon
and eagles in Ucluelet up on the wild
west coast of Vancouver Island. No owls
so far, golden or otherwise, but we have
the rainforest in our back yard, so we may
spot one yet. Mary and Tom Kelly had me
over to their place in Seattle for a delicious
seafood chowder dinner and a good blether
on the drive up from California. It was a
real pleasure catching up with so many of
you back in April, but it will likely be a while
before I find myself ‘back east.’ I’ll hoist one
in your direction come Jug Night. If you find
yourself in San Francisco somewhere down
the road, give me a shout. Walnut Creek is
closer to SF than Regis was from Staten
Island. Or a quicker commute, anyway.”
With so many regrets pouring in, Marty
Quigley chimed in “And I’ll be working in
Riverside CA – sounds like it wasn’t a great
date for our class.” Our class distinguished
itself once again at Jug Night by being the
“last man standing”…or should we say
“last group sitting?” By the time 11:00 PM
rolled around everyone else had deserted
the old gym and all the other tables and
chairs had been stacked up by the Regis
support staff. When they started flashing
the lights in the gym on and off it became
apparent to Frank Michel, Jeff Weinlandt,
Jim Pielli and Bob Shullman that we were
being asked to kindly leave. It was a good
night for all who attended. Regis hosted
a night with the Yankees on September
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10th, two weeks prior to Jug Night. The
only classmate who saw the game was
Jim Hoolahan who emailed “I went to
Regis night at Yankee Stadium Wednesday.
Didn’t see any familiar faces. Must all be
Mets fans.” Recent news updates include
a note from Joe Coyne mentioning “that
I was elected by the members of the NJ
Psychological Association to serve on
the American Psychological Association
Council of Representatives, the governing
body of APA, as the representative from
NJ. I was then appointed as one of nine
members out of 162 Council members as
part of a ‘Council Structure Workgroup’
to provide advice to the Council. This
led to the 2015 President-Elect of APA
appointing me as Parliamentarian to
the Council of Representatives! Since a
trusted colleague can serve out my last
year as Representative, I accepted this
appointment.” On a final note, you are
all urged to view two videos from the
Centennial celebration…one of 11 minutes
and one of 18 minutes. Simply log on to
www.regis-nyc.org and on the left side,
under “Latest News,” click on “Awe
Inspiring Salute to Regis etc.” Scroll down
to the last two videos on the page…“An
Album’s Guide to Regis Story (from
Sunnyside Films)” and then the “Keynote
Address by Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. ’67.”
They are both incredible pieces…and thanks
go to John Boden for pointing them out to
those of us who never would have bothered
to view them.
1965
George Griffith, gtg1esq@aol.com
1966
Bob Mollenhauer, yobob928@aol.com
Bob Cartwright visited Gerry Moran in
early August at Gerry’s place in Barjac,
France. Bob was on a “Tour de France”
of several weeks. Among other things in
Gerry’s area, they went to visit the famous
Roman aqueduct, the “Pont du Gard”
(see photo), built in the first-century AD
to bring water to the city of Nimes. From
Gerry’s, Bob went on to the Alps and
then to Colmar in Alsace before heading
home.”
1967
Chris Connell, cconnell@cceditorial.com
The Centennial Gala was a special night for
all 1,200 Regians, spouses and guests who
filled the cavernous Grand Ballroom of the
Waldorf Astoria, but the proudest people
in the bunch may have been the Class of
1967 crew who got to bask in the reflected
glory of keynote speaker Joe McShane, S.J.
Cathie and Bob Rienzo, Bill Armbruster,
Donna and Vince Hartnett, Art Bender,
S.J., Father Michael Holleran, Donna and
Kieran Quinn and Chris Connell made
up our company. Joe betrayed no anxiety
as he kibitzed with us beforehand, but
later confessed it was “one of the most
difficult talks that I have ever had to give.”
His remarks left everyone in stitches and
tears, and since they can be read and
watched on the school website, we will
refrain from gilding that lily, except to add
a small footnote to Joe’s moving tribute to
Julia Murphy Grant, whose mausoleum he
had visited two days earlier. Remarkably,
while in the sacristy at the Church of St.
Ignatius Loyola before the Centennial Mass
on Sunday afternoon, McShane learned
something new about the Foundress:
“She left instructions in her will that if
there were any vaults left empty in the
Left to right: James Sullivan ’85, Thomas Pluta ’85, Rocco Papandrea ’85, Thomas Flood ’85,
Peter Labatt ’83, and Martin Russo ’86.
Left to right: 1989’s Marco Ricci, Roger Rigaud, host Jerry Russello, Brian McDermott, Kevin
Fox, Lolan P. Adan, and Mark Ustin.
family mausoleum after the death of the
last member of the family, they were to
be given to the St Vincent de Paul Society.
She wanted her family to be buried among
the poor.” Bill McLaughlin journeyed
from Boston for the Centennial Mass, and
George McCann came in from Manalapan,
N.J., with his daughter. The Quinns were
joined at the gala by Kieran’s sister Kathleen
Q. Murray, her son Andrew Murray ’94 and
his wife Emily, and other guests, including
the new assistant headmaster, Ian Gibbons,
S.J. In freshman year our class attended the
50th anniversary Mass. “It’s hard to believe
51 years ago we were going through the
famous Regis tunnel as freshman and now
a few of us were privileged to witness the
100th birthday celebration of our school,”
Bob Rienzo summed up afterwards. He
added “a few personal notes: Cathie and
I paid our last tuition bill to Notre Dame
last May as our youngest son Bobby
graduated and is now pursuing a master’s
degree in education while teaching in D.C.
His older brother Michael is living and
working in Tokyo. His sisters Colleen and
Kelly are both nurses and live near us in
eastern PA. Cathie and I currently live in
Allentown with our 3-year-old mini golden
doodle Echo and my 99-year-old father
Jim. Cathie is a professor of Diagnostic
Medical Sonography at Northampton
Community College and I am still working
as a radiologist at Lehigh Valley Hospital.
Retirement is still a dream but getting
closer. Looking forward to our 50th reunion
in 2017. Also I highly recommend reading
Teach Me to Be Generous by Anthony
Andreassi which made me appreciate how
much the Foundress Mrs. Grant did for
all Regians. Carpe Diem!” Connell recently
reviewed Teach Me to Be Generous for
Commonweal. It’s online at: http://bit.
ly/1GIYJQo. After 40 years in the newspaper
business, Tom Curran retired on Dec. 31
as associate editor of The Star-Ledger in
Newark, N.J. He is looking forward to living
in Avon-by-the-Sea on the Jersey Shore
and traveling from time to time to visit his
daughter, son-in-law and grandson on the
west coast. He and wife Mary Ann, plan
to stop by as many baseball stadiums and
national parks between New Jersey and
Seattle as they can find on blue highways.
John Dean relayed this news: “Madeline
and I welcomed our first grandchild Ryan Patrick Sinclair, born November 7.
Ryan already has established solid Jesuit
connections. His Dad is a graduate of St.
Joseph High School in Philadelphia, and
the family lives in St. Ignatius Loyola parish
in Denver.” Sal DeLuca writes, “I retired
in April after 41 years of running around
the globe [for FedEx], but still busy doing
the things I didn’t have time to do before.
Only other news is the September arrival
of my second grandchild (a girl this time).”
Bebe and Peter Landis now are back from
their around-the-world adventure. Peter
filed this dispatch in mid-December from
Southeast Asia: “We’re now in Myanmar or
Burma, which is still relatively untouched
by tourism (for the record, Bebe and I
despise tourists--unless they happen to
be us). The ancient city of Bagan is one
of the most remarkable places we’ve
seen in our six-plus months on the road.
Literally thousands of pagodas, stupas
and temples, a breathtaking landscape,
with few tourists to alter the equation of
what we see. There are still issues with
the military government, although people
we’ve spoken with in what we hope were
candid conversations seem to believe the
move is towards more democracy. Perhaps,
they say, the generals realize that’s the only
way to bring Burma into the 21st century.
We fly to Mandalay in the morning, and
soon enough back to Bangkok, then on
to Australia and New Zealand and then...
home, our new home in Asheville, N.C.”
Each intrepid traveler weathered brief bouts
of ill health in Vietnam. “Bebe saw more
of (the country) than I did, as I was pretty
much confined to our hotel during our visit
to Hanoi and Hue. But we both made it to
the Cu Chi tunnels north of Saigon, a vast
underground network where opponents of
the South Vietnamese government lived,
hid and emerged every evening to fight.
We came away believing there is no way
the U.S. and the South could ever have
prevailed.” The now retired newsman sends
“my warmest regards to all fellow Regians.
We are fortunate indeed.” You can see
extraordinary pictures from their journey
at: https://twitter.com/PnBExplore. Finally,
our thoughts and prayers go to Stephen
Malone and Father Joe Neville, who each
lost a brother this fall.
1968
James Sherwood, jcs@schlamstone.com
1969
Bart Robbett, Bart@robbett.com
1970
Kevin Conboy, kevinpatrickconboy@gmail.com
Jack Regan, fmfats@comcast.net
Thanks for the many of you who have
been in touch with Jack Regan and
myself. This is fun, a labor of love. Merry
Christmas, and Happy New Year, to
you and yours. This just in from Charlie
(“Charles”) Radcliffe: “I was at the
Centennial. The event opened up with the
group singing the school song- hadn’t
done that in 40+ years but the words
seemed to flow naturally. Ran into John
(“Jack”) Martin, Buzz (“Adrian”) Doherty,
Richard (“Rick”) Peiser (in true form),
Ted Janeczek, and Kevin Bannon. All of us
looked great.” Steve Nevins’ younger son
Patrick graduated from Texas Tech with a
BS in Mechanical Engineering and is off to
graduate school in California. A wedding
is planned for his younger daughter,
Stephanie, in May. Frank Carroll has a
wedding coming up, of his eldest daughter
Anne. And your writer, Conboy, had a
wedding of his eldest daughter Meghan
on Nov. 29th in Atlanta. Two down, one to
go, for Frank and myself. Herbie DiFonzo
delivered the University Distinguished
Faculty Lecture at Hofstra U. in October.
The topic was “Dilemmas of Shared
Parenting in the 21st Century: How Law
and Culture Shape Child Custody.” Gerry
(“Gerald”) McDermott and Thomas
(“Muggs”) O Dalaigh both report “the
grandkids are coming” and love it. Bruce
Williamson continues his part-time
hockey career in Charlottesville, VA with
the Charlottesville Geezers-- strictly
recreational and for 50 and older ! Bill Lee
reported from Jug Night: 7 members of
W I N T E R 2015
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our class joined the beefsteak festivities:
Bill, Dan Gonzalez, Tom Derise, Frank
DeLeo, Herbie DiFonzo, Bob Leonard,
and Joe DiCarlo.
1971
Luke Garvey, garvluke22@gmail.com
Roger Rooney, rooney414@aol.com
1972
Michael Davies, mdavies1@optonline.net
1973
Robert Billings, giacomin@aol.com
We had an excellent turnout for the
Yankees game in September—15 guys!
Too many to list; you know who you
are. The evening began with sherry at a
local gentlemen’s club before taking our
seats behind the right field foul pole.
When the Yanks fell behind 4-0 in the
first inning, the attorneys in our group
offered to bring a class action suit. Tom
Hein ’99 stopped by to congratulate Mike
Walczewski on the great job he does
with these notes. Meanwhile, the Yankee
bullpen restored order and Bombers bats
awoke to forge a comeback victory. The
only disappointing part of the evening
was when Tim McCarthy went for 4 beers
and came back with 2 boxes of popcorn.
Under regular news, John Hum bumped
into Ed McGovern at a Chinatown
restaurant in NYC. Ed is a Maryknoll priest
and was in town for the order’s General
Council. Happy to report a check-in from
a classmate many of us see but haven’t
heard from (Huh?) The mystery guest is
John Donvan of ABC News. John lives
in D.C. but gets to New York regularly.
He even made it to the Gala Dinner.
Classmates Al Casale and Bill Driscoll
were also in attendance. The rest of us are
holding out for the 125th. Maybe the price
will go down, like gasoline. Bill worked
the whole room, buttonholing teachers
John Connelly, Greg Rapisarda and old
friends from the Development Office.
He’s teaching English at the Convent
of the Sacred Heart and grows more
profound every day. (Did I get that right,
Bill?) Roving ambassador and regular
contributor Vin Maher will return to the
University of Caen (France) this coming
spring to teach in their MBA program.
Daughter Elisabeth graduated from Case
Western with her Masters in psychiatric
nursing. Taking his cue from Derek Jeter,
Mike Giattino has informed Citibank
that he is hanging up his green eyeshade
in 2015; his 37th year with the bank.
Congrats, Mike! I assume you’ll want all
of Christmas Day off? Son David recently
joined the firm of Cole Schotz in their
bankruptcy and corporate restructuring
department. We finish with another
classmate thought to be in Witness
Protection. Bob Dillon is safely retired in
Maryland, near his son and grandkids,
with a reliable email address. Thanks for
your help, Vin!
1974
John Canavan, Canavan180@aol.com
Jim Solloway’s daughter Joanna will be
inducted into the Maryland State Bar
1990’s Fred Baptiste and Jim Donohue,
both of whom work for E*TRADE, enjoyed
catching up at the company holiday party.
Association on Dec. 18th. On a sadder note
his mother passed away on November
24th. Jim Hiemann is still working as a
radiologist at Clara Maass Medical Center
in NJ until the end of the year. He has been
there for almost 28 years and chairman for
25 years. Married for 30+ years as of last
June to his wonderful wife, Linda,with two
daughters, Melissa and Amanda. Enjoys
traveling, going out to dinner, tasting
good wines, and working out. Has given
up basketball for the most part due to the
usual aches and pains but throws the ball
at the hoop from time to time. Can’t jam
the basketball but never could. John Hall
and family will be celebrating the wedding
of their oldest son, Ryan to his long time
significant other, Jen Flannery in Key West
Florida over the Christmas holiday. Both
are internationally ranked Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
competitors (www.5050bjj.com). John is
certain some type of fight will break out
after the ceremony. He also hopes to get
in some good fishing too. Andy Harris
was elected to his third term in Congress,
and will continue to serve on the House
Appropriations Committee. Andy Turezyn’s
daughter Kelly is getting married at
Villanova in June 2015 and his son Kevin
(a medical resident in anesthesiology at
NYU) is getting married in spring of 2016.
Mike McCauley sent in a photo of his RHS
t-shirt from Ed Lata’s gym class. Sorry I
can’t share it with all. Steve Sullivan and his
wife of 31 years, Roberta, are still living in
Brooklyn (in Dyker Heights, a “suburb” of
Bay Ridge). His son, Eric, a CPA/Manager
at PwC, just moved back to New York after a
3-year stint for that company in London. His
daughter, Rachel, has one more semester
before her MSW from the Silver School at
NYU. Ralph Menendez, Don Ende, Mike
McEwan, Dom Pagnozzi, Kevin Moffit,
Cello Sozio and Steve still stay in touch,
meeting up at least once or twice a year
for good food & drink. (Did they invite the
rest of us? Ed.) Mark Koltko-Rivera writes
the last few years have been busy on the
professional, family, and personal fronts.
Professional: As the CEO of The Ontos
Companies, he is currently seeking angel
investor funding to develop a business
idea in the virtual reality entertainment
space. Family: Last July, he was pleased to
see his son, Ensign Viktor Koltko (USN),
graduate from the Officer Training Program
in Newport, RI, preparatory to beginning his
doctoral program in clinical psychology at
the Uniformed Services University of Health
Sciences. He now has four grandchildren,
including two grandsons born in 2014.
Personal: He published his first book of
short fiction, _Out of the Alley and other
stories_, available on Amazon. (a shameless
Classmates gather to celebrate at Michael Mulreany ’90’s wedding reception.
plug Ed.) He considers himself blessed to
have seen both Peter Rivera, ’74, and Joseph
Ochoa, ’74, during 2014. Bob McGrath
writes that he and his wife enjoyed a visit
with Jim McConnell and his husband. Pat
Nolan is living in Nanuet, NY with his wife
of 27 years, Kathleen and three children:
Andrew, 20, Kerrianne, 21 and Caitlin, 24
who just got engaged. God willing, he turns
60 on 5/15/16 and oldest child gets married
6 days later. Tom Dudar writes: “I’m still
learning new things after 32 years with
Baxter Healthcare, travelling to China, Italy,
Germany, Malta, and Belgium this past year.
My wife Mary and I also enjoyed vacationing
with our three children in Mexico, Argentina,
Chile, and Uruguay. Jessica recently moved
from Nashville to New York working on the
business side of the music industry; Kelly is
a freshman at University of Iowa studying
nursing; and Ryan is a junior in high school
interested in engineering.” Mark Mac Laren
has been working on a project for Sony, to
help launch and increase market share for
their Action Cams, Sony’s version of the Go
Pro. Sony ended the project early in certain
areas, and 2014 was a difficult, uneven year
work wise. Marc is yearning for a stable,
consistent job, preferably in Marketing,
Business Development, Creative Services,
or Account Management. All career leads
welcome. He may also be looking for a
roommate in a nice, sunny, apartment in
Stuyvesant Town, at a very reasonable rent,
well below market rate, probably starting
around February/ March 2015, so if anyone
hears of anyone looking, please call. John
Canavan and wife Gail had a wonderful
time at the Centennial dinner catching up
with their fellow class of ’74 attendees.
1975
Steve Tranchina, satmd@hotmail.com
Michael Del Rosso, m.j.delrosso@ieee.org
1976
Jon Powers, jonpowersny@aol.com
Some family updates first. Andrew
Tymocz reports his youngest daughter
Marianne is a freshman at Cooper Union
majoring in chemical engineering. Pat
Mauro’s son Jamie married Carol in May
and honeymooned in Disney. Jamie works
as an associate editor for ONE magazine.
Congratulations to Chris Lowney, who
married Angelika Mendes on June 21 in
her home town of Meissen, Germany.
Chris met her in the Kakuma Refugee
camp in northern Kenya, where he was
helping launch an online education
project and she was working for the Jesuit
Refugee Service. Chris was delighted that
76rs Lou Jerome, Chris Lynch, Peter
Honchaurk, and Paul Kiernan, (together
with spouses Holly, Natasha, and Leslie),
journeyed over for the service and served
as witnesses and readers at the wedding
mass. “What a joy in my life”, Chris writes,
“both to meet Angelika and to have close
Regis friends for more than 40 years.”
Tony Cunningham writes a ‘not dead
yet’ update (his words)… “I teamed up
with two young guys this fall to see if we
could lift 1,000,000 pounds together in
60 minutes. We did over 1,200,000, and
old man that I am, I out-lifted my two
partners put together. WooHoo. Not dead
yet.” Leo Sullivan published an article
In Phlebology December 2014 issue.
“Retrograde mechanico-chemical ablation
of infrageniculate greater saphenous veins
for persistent venous ulcers” (That title
may be a puzzle on Wheel of Fortune next
month). Leo is now an associate professor
of surgery at Upstate Medical school.
His son Jack is an accountant with Ernst
and Young in Manhattan, and an avid
sky diver. Daughter Cecilia works in Real
estate in Manhattan, and his “little guy”,
TJ is in his second year at Siena college.
Richard Koestner has a scoop for the
class of 1976. He found the coordinates
for our classmate Artie Cavanaugh. Artie
is a rheumotologist at the University of
California at San Diego. He has been out
of touch with our classmates since 1980
or so -- but has met Lionel Ivashkev who
is also a doctor in a related area. Artie said
he would welcome hearing from people,
and can be reached at akavanaugh@
ucsd.edu. If you have not joined the Regis
76er’s Facebook page, you should. Good
group photos posted frequently, and you
get Jim Marchwinski’s BC-flavored college
football commentary with Paul O’Brien’s
Duke-mania responses. A future reality TV
show is likely.
1977
James Shanahan, shanahan@warwick.net
1978
Bernie Kilkelly, bjkilkelly@gmail.com
The Class of ’78 enjoyed getting together
and celebrating at the Centennial events
during the fall. Attending Jug Night in
September were Tom Burgess, Paul
Hoy, Bernie Kilkelly, Jim Rohan, Seamus
Carroll, Rob McKenna and for the
first time in many many years, Mark
Dieffenbach. A special treat was catching
up with our former teacher, Sal Santoro.
The Centennial Gala at the Waldorf Astoria
in October was a wonderful evening
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and several classmates took part in the
festivities joined by our lovely spouses:
Sheila and John Goggins, Carolyn and Al
Rocco, Suzanne and Brendan Heneghan,
Marie Wieck and Seamus Carroll,
Maureen and Bernie Kilkelly, Adrienne
Barr and Jim Murphy, and Pat Fitzgerald.
1983
1979
Mark Leeds recently refereed a Regis
freshmen basketball scrimmage against All
Hallows. He reported that the game was
quite competitive and though he couldn’t
recall how we did as freshmen against All
Hallows back in 1980, the game brought
back fond memories. Well, as a matter of
fact Mark, I looked it up…in our freshman
year, we lost to All Hallows, by 21 points,
and the leading scorers in that game,
with 15 points apiece, happened to be this
column’s two authors! A second game
that year was lost by a similar score, and
Gerry Noone led the way with 21 points.
Not a bad showing against one of the
CHSAA’s powerhouses. Bob Venchiarutti
is living in San Francisco and working for
the State of California as a lawyer involved
with bank regulation. He lives with his wife
Pia, who is also a lawyer, and their two
girls—Talia and Layla. Bob says that life is
good, with his only complaint centering
on his enlarging prostate and the resulting
overnight trips to the bathroom! And, just
like he used to mooch knishes and sodas
in the Regis cafeteria many years ago, he
tried to get free advice from class urologist
Raymond McGoldrick. Unfortunately, Bob
found out the advice was worth about the
amount he paid! For the second issue in
a row, we have a marriage to report! Rob
Vollkommer informs us that, “Tommy
DeGregorio married the lovely Claudia
Manchola on October 16th and their
handsome three year old son, Frankie, was
the ring bearer.” Rob was the best man.
And finally, a couple of stories about the
next generation… Kieran O’Connor’s son,
Rich Weber, weberrick@earthlink.net
1980
William Passannante,
Wpassannante@andersonkill.com
On Saturday, October 25, 2014 at least
twenty-seven (27) of the Great Class
of 1980 attended the Regis black tie
Centennial Gala at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel. Among our class included were:
Martin Barry, Ken Berger, Kyran Cassidy,
Bob Collum, Jim DeGraw, Giuseppe Del
Priore, Andrew DeMaio, Tony DiNovi,
Anthony Domino, Anthony Falcone,
Mark Garbowski, Rev. Philip Judge, SJ,
Billy Kirwan, Michael Lavallato, Mike
McGovern, Patrick McGreal, John
McNicholas, Mike Meaden, David
Mollon, Mark Moss, Jim Nobile, John
Parr, Bill Passannante, Manuel Ribot,
Paul Squire, Larry Vitale, and Michael
Waters. Kyran Cassidy’s son Declan ’18
got through his first trimester at Regis,
even with many early morning practices
for the Jazz Ensemble and some late
nights with the Hearn, and somehow
he got on the cover of Catholic NY with
Cardinal Dolan.
1981
John Dieffenbach, jjdief@verizon.net
1982
John McGuiness, mcgjo@verizon.net
Joe Accetta, jsaccetta@aol.com
1984
Michael Horowitz, macwitz@aol.com
Ray McGoldrick, rmcgoldrick@yahoo.com
In Morocco, left to right: 2000’s Ollie Browne, Toma Dedaj, Divino Paran, Frank Novick,
Chris O’Leary, and Rory Boyle.
Regians celebrating the October 18 wedding of Edward Garnett and Julia Faye Baron at St.
Peter’s on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Matthew, is a nationally rated Scrabble
player. He went to the North American
Scrabble championship in Buffalo. Kieran
added, “I’d like to say I can take credit for
it, but he’s way out of my league. He’s
20th in North America; check http://
cross-tables.com/ on the right where it
says ‘CSW players’.” When not struggling
to find better words than “the” or “and,”
in duels against his son, Kieran is also
gearing up for the fun world of college
applications, as his daughter, Emily, will be
heading into the world of higher education
in a few months! And, Mike Horowitz’s
twin boys, Thomas and Robert, recently
participated in a Regional Video Game
Competition in Massachusetts. They
out-battled much of the field of over 150
competitors to finishes of 3rd and 25th,
respectively, whilst playing Pokemon (ask
your kids!). Although Dad wasn’t too into
it at first, when he heard that in a previous
year Nintendo had held the national
championships in Hawaii and the whole
family got a free ride, he became much
more interested!
1985
Thomas Flood, thomasflood@sfc.edu
Our sincere condolences to James P.
Nunes and family on the passing of his
mom. According to Jim, “mom’s heart
gave out and she joined dad in her just and
deserved place in heaven.” Know all of your
classmates join me in prayer for you and
yours. May mom and dad rest in peace and
continue to watch over you from above.
They are your forever guardian angels. A
nice gesture made to honor the lifelong
coaching efforts of one of our classmates
was made on the St. Joseph’s College
Brooklyn Campus at its brand new Hill
Center. Through the generosity and naming
opportunity of an alumnus, Frank Carbone,
St. Joseph’s Athletic Director, now has his
name attached to the gymnasium and
basketball court at the 40,000 square foot
state-of-the-art facility located on Vanderbilt
Ave. Humbled by this overwhelming
gesture, Frank had very few words to share
other than, “thank you!” Congratulations
Frank – you deserve the recognition. Keep
up your great work in offering life lessons
on and off the court. Pat Walsh and his
partner, Kara, who is on the faculty at
Xavier, welcomed Nuala Marianne to the
world in October. Pat wrote soon after
Nuala was born: “Just like her old man, she
turned up at 1am, got a snack and crashed
out.” As best we can tell, Pat has taken
the mantle from Ed Straka as most recent
first-time dad among ’85ers (but if we’re
wrong about that, we want to hear from
you!) Best wishes and congratulations to
Pat and Kara! Speaking of congratulations
and recognition, congratulations to Peter
Labbat ’83, Artie Minson ’88, the Gala
committee, all on the Board of Trustees,
and in a special way to Fr. Judge ’80 and
all at Regis for a spectacular, memorable
Gala evening. In the great lyrics of the Four
Season song of “December, 1963” - “oh
what a night!” The spirit, the memories,
the attitude of gratitude to a woman who
made it all possible, the commitment to
move her vision forward, the recognition
of the faculty who have changed our
lives, the meaningful reflections and
candor of all speakers and singers live
and in the video, and then the keynote
speech given by Fr. Joseph McShane,
S.J. ’67 – VERY POWERFUL! It was a
special night with brothers who get it
and live it. Attendees and non-attendees
should be very proud of alma mater.
The Class of 1985 was well-represented
having the following in attendance: Dave
Barbrack, Thomas Burke, Tony Calenda,
Bill Hogan, Brian Kavanagh, John Kelsh,
Jim Krebs, Tony Larino, Kevin McCarthy,
Vernon McDermott, Henry Ricardo, Ken
Rosenquest, John Schiavone, James
Sullivan, Dan Twohig, Pat J. Walsh,
John Wiencek and yours truly. The
aforementioned names were bold enough
to share their voices in an impromptu
version of the alma mater. The celebration
continued with perhaps the ultimate
expression of gratitude for the blessings all
of us have received from Regis - the mass
of thanksgiving. Some true shepherds
leading the liturgical celebration. Cardinal
Dolan as celebrant and then homily by
Bishop Frank Caggiano ’77 - WOW. Fr.
McShane and Bishop Caggiano gave us
words that will motivate and inspire us for
the next 100 years. It really was a night (and
afternoon) for the ages - what else can be
said other than - “oh what a night, oh what
a school!” My closing remark is simply, all
should celebrate one of the greatest gifts
we have ever received, one of the gifts that
we should always work hard to share with
others.
1986
Bob Sciarrone, rob_bxny@yahoo.com
Allan Powe, allanpowe@gmail.com
Joe Sack writes, “A number of our
classmates and spouses attended the
Regis 100th anniversary Gala at the
Waldorf-Astoria, including Ron Chung-AFung, Chris Conroy, Francis Cuttita, Dan
Dougherty, Mark Hannafey, Joe Hart,
Mike Higgins, Kevin Kavanagh, John
Marshall, Marty Russo, Bob Sumberac
and myself. It was great to catch up with
each other and to celebrate, and to hear
Father McShane ’67 remind us that ‘from
those to whom much has been given,
much is expected.’”
1987
Dave Curley, curleydave@gmail.com
1988
John Middleton, johnrmiddletonjr@gmail.com
1989
Lolan Adan, Lolan.Adan@bmo.com
Jerry Russello and wife Lexi hosted several
89’ers at their new home in Pelham, NY
this past September. The families of Brian
McDermott and Mark Ustin trekked
downstate from the Albany area for the
day. Roger Rigaud and family were in
town for the weekend from Virginia and
joined the day’s festivities. I hitched a
ride with Marco Ricci and his two kids
from Brooklyn, while Kevin Fox and
family drove in from Long Island. Ken
Kwiatkowski reports his son, Roman, is
now 1 ½ years old.
W I N T E R 2015
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1990
James Donohue, jimdonohue@gmail.com
Joseph Sciabica, JSciabica@wagroupllc.com
Mike King, Gary Fitzgerald, Jason Creux
and Tony Sanchez caught up recently at
a get-together for Regis alumns working
at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Mike Mulreany got married on November
8, 2014 to Maureen Elizabeth Harrison.
In the spirit of the big brother always
remaining “senior” to his “freshman”
brother, John Mulreany S.J. ’87 said the
mass. Rich Chun, Eugene Holdcroft, Mike
King, John Lee and Tom Scully were also in
attendance. Rich writes that, “We had a ball
and witnessed Mike bust-a-move on the
dance floor with his beautiful bride. He’s
come a long way from the Regis dances.”
Fred Baptiste and Jim Donohue, both of
whom work for E*TRADE, enjoyed catching
up at the company holiday party. And from
the land of Hollywood, Eddie Gamarra
had a very busy autumn with the debut of
“The Maze Runner.” Eddie is the literary
agent to the author, James Dasher. Eddie
helped guide the story to the big screen
and was an executive producer on the film.
Congrats, Eddie!
1991
Nolan Shanahan, Nolan@theshanahans.org
1992
Mike McCarthy,
McCarthyM@stpetersprep.org
Chris Dougherty writes: “I am pilot with
United Airlines, as well as in the Air Force.
Just finished another tour in the Middle
East, rank of Lt. Col. and am back home
enjoying my son, Kane, who turned one
in September. Was on alert for firefighting
in Calif, the only group qualified in that
state. Spent a week in July on the east
coast visiting family in the Hamptons and
in Virginia, then R & R in Hawaii. It was
the first time my wife, Leeann, had seen
Long Island in warm weather, other than
Christmas. We both are involved with
wounded warriors in Los Angeles.”
1993
Brendan Loonan, loonambk@yahoo.com
Dan Roche, droche@talkpoint.com
Michael Gately married Laura Kent in the
Princeton University Chapel on August
23, 2014, in a ceremony conducted by
Fr. Daniel O’Reilly. Matthew Thomas
did a reading, and the newlyweds gave
copies of his newly-published novel We
Are Not Ourselves as wedding favors.
Other Regians in attendance were John
Miller, John Kuhner ’94, and Mr. Eric
DiMichele. Congratulations to the happy
couple! Billy Black and his wife Christine
welcomed their son, Sean Michael, on
Nov. 18th, 2014. He joins older siblings
Billy, Christian, and Taylor. Brian O’Neill
and his wife Dot are proud parents again
as daughter Bree Elizabeth arrived on
December 9th, 2014. She was born at
11:01 a.m. and weighed in at a healthy 7lbs
9oz. Disappointingly, she was born in the
hospital and we are deprived of another
MacGruber like episode in The Brian
O’Neill Story.
Barbara and Kevin Clancy ’99 with son
Daniel Callao, born November 23.
Another wedding overpopulated by Regis men. Left to right: 2006’s Chris Wienberg, Paul
Caravelli, Brendan Johannsen, Allison O’Rourke, Kevin Windels, Matthew Windels ’09,
Conor Halloran, Kamil Stefanowski, and Dave Gregory.
1994
1998
2001
Matt Guiney, mattguiney@hotmail.com
Bill Foley, wdfole@gmail.com
John Morris, johnpmorris@gmail.com
Mike Schimel, michael.schimel@gmail.com
Kevin Galligan, kevin.galligan@hotmail.com
The Class of ’94 was well represented
at the Centennial Gala at the Waldorf.
Foley, Giordano, Hooper, Javier,
Machado, McGuire, Murray, O’Neill,
Peveraro, Remeza, Sardinas, Vadasdi
and Vermillion were all in attendance,
all decked out in their fathers’ tuxedos.
And one of our own even made an
appearance in the Centennial video, not
only leading off the a cappella version of
the alma mater, but also discussing his
arduous eight-minute commute to Regis,
“depending on the lights.” On behalf of
the Class of ’94, we can all join in saying
“screw you Brendan.” A number of others
gathered for the annual steak dinner in
mid-December. Rosario Devito, ignoring
the explicit advice of the waiter Mike Gaga,
had the swordfish.
1995
Stephen McGrath, sdm25@columbia.edu
John Zadrozny, zadrozny@gmail.com
Catherine and Glen Gregorio ’98 are proud
parents to a baby boy, Carsen Neville, born
January 7, 2015.
1999
Tom Hein, tomhein@heindesign.org
Brian Hughes, rwiggum99@aol.com
Barbara and Kevin Clancy are very excited
to report the birth of their son, Daniel
Callao. He was born November 23, at 6lbs
10 oz and 19.5 inches, for those of you
who like to keep track of newborn baby
sizes. More importantly, he and mom are
both happy and healthy. (Dad is good too,
thanks for asking.) Richie Lopez writes
that he and Courtney Jaffe tied the knot on
July 11, 2014. Alex Patterson writes that he
is living and working in Brooklyn. He is VP
of Brand at Tough Mudder, now based in
Metrotech. He adds, “I hope everyone is
doing well, and looking forward to being
in touch in 2015 as I consider creating my
own start-up company (to connect please
find me on LinkedIn).
Joe King writes: “My wife Susan and I
welcomed Lucy Bell King on August 19th.”
2000
1996
James Walsh, james.walsh3317@gmail.com
Mike Boyle, boylemj@gmail.com
Brian Lennon, brlennon@gmail.com
John Cahalan writes that son Ryan James
Cahalan was born on November 1, 2014.
Big brother Patrick Cahalan, who also just
turned 3 years old, was thrilled to welcome
Ryan to the family.
1997
Erik Netcher, erik.netcher@gmail.com
Jen and James Barsi welcomed thier
second child, Lily Elizabeth, on October
12th. She is healthy and doing well. Korina
and John Stufano welcomed Savannah
Anne on June 16, 2014 in Bronxville, NY.
Shane Conway changed jobs from AQR
Capital in Greenwich, to Kepos Capital
in NYC. In September, Scott Moringiello
moved with his family to Chicago so that
he could begin a tenure-track position
in the Department of Catholic Studies
at DePaul University. He hasn’t yet met
up with Mike Stefanelli ’96 and John
Shivickas ’97, but he looks forward to
seeing them and other Regians in the
Chicagoland area.
This fall, Joe Forte began teaching
philosophy at Boston College and
Bridgewater State University. He was
also awarded a Weaver Fellowship by the
Intercollegiate Studies Institute. As they
say, those who can, do, those who can’t,
teach philosophy. Joe recently got cable
after 7 years of Netflix-only living because
even that was too ascetic for him. He
has discovered the wonders of HGTV
and dreams of flipping houses in his
future. Several dozen Regians attended
the 11th (or 12th?) annual Thanksgiving
Throwdown at Off the Wagon on
November 29th. It was preceded by pub
golf, with Terence Kannengieser emerging
as the “winner” for the second consecutive
year. No word on whether his liver will
boycott next year’s event. Brendan Burke
got married in June at the Regis chapel.
His new wife, Zoe, is pregnant and due in
April. When not working at Birchbox as a
Software Engineer, Ariel Perez moonlights
as a salsa dancer and instructor, waiting
for his shot at the big time on Dancing
with the Stars. James Walsh recently
bought a decorative fern.
Mike Palitz writes, “On August 28, my
wife Virginia (daughter of John Dowd ’67)
gave birth to our first child, Finley Michael.
Everyone is doing well, and we are getting
settled with Finley in our new home in
Rockville Centre.
2002
John Hein, john.r.hein@gmail.com
Luigi Naguit, jlnaguit@gmail.com
Through a stroke of divine humor, a
daughter was born to Tim McGinn; Tim
and his wife, Natalie welcomed Beatriz
Grace, on October 7. Both Mom and
daughter are doing well. This started a bit
of a snowball effect for our classmates.
On October 10, Ryan Huber and his
wife, Lisa, welcomed to the world Owen
Ryan. Ryan reports that his son has
brought incredible joy to the family in
exchange for severe sleep deprivation. Dan
McCarthy and his wife, Elise, are proud to
announce the birth of their second son,
Jack, on October 21. Jack looks forward
to joining big brother, Conor, on the
mini basketball hoop at their Northern
Virginia home. Pete Czerechowski got
married to Julia E. Vogl on July19, 2014 in
Harrisburg, PA. On the work front, Tom
Chen recently started a new job as the
Assistant Director of Athletics for Digital
Media & Communications at Seton Hall
University. Bobby Heaney has recently
started a new entrepreneurial enterprise
in Boston that should be near and dear to
most Regians’ hearts: Boston Crawling,
a sightseeing pub crawl company. If
you’re visiting Boston and want to take
part in some Historic Drinking, Bobby
invites you to check out their Freedom
Trail Pub Crawl where they crawl to some
of the most famous and historic bars
in America. Visit BostonCrawling.com
for more details or just email Bobby at
bobby@bostoncrawling.com. Cheers!
Jim Garnevicus relocated from Brooklyn
to sunny Los Angeles in November. He
managed to convince Timothy McKernan
to accompany him as he drove cross
country (they somehow remained friends).
The trip through Chicago, Wisconsin,
the Badlands, Denver, the Grand Canyon
allowed Jim to take roughly 8 billion
pictures, while Tim countered by taking
roughly 4 billion selfies. Yet they still found
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time to listen to “1989” an equally absurd
number of times in between the picture
taking. Jim looks forward to attending
Regis-Los Angeles alumni events with Luigi
Naguit when he’s not hiking or relaxing
on the beach. Twenty-four members of
the Class of 2002 returned to play Survival
Football in our annual Knockout League.
Abdicating his role as football czar, Steve
Wyszinski joined two others with the
unfortunate distinction of being eliminated
in the first week. His replacement as league
commissioner, Luigi Naguit, went for a
laissez-faire approach, which resulted in
a quarter of the league bowing out in the
second week alone with the ignominious
pick of “N/A.” Things stabilized with no
eliminations occurring in Weeks 3 & 4. Last
year’s victor, Neil Keenan, went out in Week
5 along with “Joe Biden,” who mysteriously
left no other contact info on his team
page. When a trio of college blockmates
classmates wrongly picked the Browns
in Week 7, the stage was set for the final
matchup between Tim “Little Mermaid
Fan” McKernan and Ned “Can’t think of a
clever name” Hanlon. Befitting the league
strategy this year, Ned could not think of
a clever pick either in Week 8 and joins a
third of his brethren—Rick Fasano, Mike
Botta, Ted Stenger, Barry Keung, John
Lamp, Chris Plentus—who did not make
a pick in time before Thursday kickoff. And
with the walk over, Tim McKernan finally
experiences a championship in a Regis
alumni league. The Class of 2002 had a
strong showing at the Regis Centennial
Gala: Gabe Diaz, Mike Fox, John Hein,
Neil Keenan, James Kennedy, Anthony
Manganiello, Matt Meyer, Luigi Naguit,
Ted Stenger, Anthony Tavormina, Eric
Tseng, and A.J. Ursillo joined for a night
filled with camaraderie, fond memories,
and most of all, thanksgiving for the gift of
Regis. Mango’s wife Julie joined to provide
the usual 12:1 male to female ratio. Tav and
A.J. stole the show on the dance floor with
no small help from Ms. Kristin Cupillari,
although Gabe put on a one-man-show of
his own worthy of remembrance. We look
forward to filling in everyone at our next
gathering.
2003
Nick Nikic, Nicholas.Nikic@gmail.com
Bennet Chan, bennett.c.chan@gmail.com
Will Marra, will.marra@gmail.com
Conor Mulroe moved to Washington,
DC to begin work as a prosecutor in
the Department of Justice’s Organized
Crime and Gang Section. He is eager to
reconnect with any Regians in the area.
After completing his pediatric residency
at Jacobi Medical Center and passing
his pediatric boards, Bennett Chan is
currently working at the Charles B. Wang
Community Health Center in Flushing as
a primary care pediatrician. Nick Nikic
was recently promoted to Vice President
at KKR (where he works in the Legal/
Compliance group with Mark Guffanti).
Edward Garnett was married to the
former Julia Faye Baron on October 18 at
St. Peter’s on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC. Among the attendees were Pat
Clifford, Conor Mulroe, Sean McElroy,
Dr. Nick Zimick, Brian Matthews, Bobby
Marcoux, Kevin Ward, Ryan Harris,
Kevin Begley, and Steve Murphy. It’s
Events
Calendar
Milestones
BIRTHS
DEATHS
FEBRUARY
Sean Michael on November 18, 2014 to
Christine and Billy Black ’93
John P. Graebener ’33
on May 31, 2014
10 RBA & Open Regis Reception
28 Regis Day at MSG
Bree Elizabeth on December 9, 2014 to
Dot and Brian O’Neill ’93
William H. Clarke ’46
on November 8, 2014
MARCH
Lucy Bell on August 19, 2014 to
Susan and Joe King ’95
J. Ken Hickman ’46
on December 10, 2014
Ryan James on November 1, 2014 to
Jackie and John Cahalan ’96
James McGough ’52 P’93
on December 13, 2014
Lily Elizabeth on October 12, 2014 to
Jen and James Barsi ’97
Sean B. O’Reilly ’57
on November 15, 2014
Savannah Anne on June 16, 2014 to
Korina and John Stufano ’97
Paul R. O’Keefe ’58
on November 3, 2014
Carsen Neville on January 7, 2015 to
Catherine and Glen Gregorio ’98
Paul Volpe ’59
on October6, 2014
Daniel Callao on November 23, 2014 to
Barbara and Kevin Clancy ’99
Kenneth W. Kalbfell ’65
on December 12, 2011
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APRIL
11 Alumni Parents Reunion
18 2005 and 2010 Reunion
25 1990 Reunion
M AY
14 President’s Dinner
30 1985, 1995 & 2000 Reunion
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Finley Michael on August 28, 2014 to
Virginia and Mike Palitz ’01
Owen Ryan on October 10, 2014 to
Lisa and Ryan Huber ’02
Jack on October 21, 2014 to
Elise and Dan McCarthy ’02
Stephen J. McGrath ’67 P’00’03
on January 4, 2015
Thomas E. Fleischer ’68
on September 19, 2014
Joseph R. Amico ’80
on September 27, 2014
Beatriz Grace on October 7, 2014 to
Natalie and Tim McGinn ’02
MARRIAGES
Chris Lowney ’76 and Angelika Mendes
on June 21, 2014
Brendan Burke ’00 and Zoe Twitt
on June 12, 2014
Tommy DeGregorio ’84 and Claudia
Manchola
on October 16, 2014
Pete Czerechowski ’02 and Julia E. Vogl
on July 19, 2014
Mike Mulreany ’90 and Maureen
Elizabeth Harrison
on November 8, 2014
Edward Garnett ’03 and Julia Faye Baron
on October 18, 2014
Kevin Windels ’06 and Allison O’Rourke
on May 24, 2014
Michael Gately ’93 and Laura Kent
on August 23, 2014
been a whirlwind year of weddings as
Murphy (Half Moon Bay, California) and
Begley (Deep Creek Lake) got married this
summer and Clifford is engaged to be
married next year.
2004
Chris Seneca, cjs58@georgetown.edu
2005
Evan O’Brien, evanjobrien@gmail.com
John Calhoun, floatyourboat23@gmail.com
Over the summer, Ben Lindbergh
stepped down as editor-in-chief of
Baseball Prospectus to become a staff
writer at Grantland, the ESPN-owned
sports and culture website, where he
writes about baseball and dabbles in
pop-culture coverage. He continues to
co-host Effectively Wild, the daily Baseball
Prospectus podcast, from his home in
Manhattan. Christopher Alvino is a CPA
and Audit Manager in the New York
Financial Services Group at KPMG LLP.
2006
Ed Walsh, etw5@georgetown.edu
Daniel Denicola, dan.denicola@gmail.com
Joseph Villarin and Olya Yarychkivska
are pleased to announce that they are
engaged to be married. The happy couple
are both doctoral candidates at Columbia
University—Olya in genetics and
development and Joseph for a combined
MD/PhD in neurobiology. Kevin Windels
’06 married Allison O’Rourke at Holy
Trinity Parish in Washington, DC. Kevin’s
brother, Matthew Windels ’09, was
his best man, and Brendan Johannsen
’06, Conor Halloran ’06, and Kamil
Stefanowski ’06 were groomsmen. Kevin
also graduated from Georgetown with
a Master’s in International Affairs and
Allison graduated from Georgetown Med-both a week before the wedding. They live
in Washington, DC where Kevin spends
way too much time with Brendan, Conor,
and Kamil. Other VIP attendees from the
Class of ’06 included Chris Wienberg,
Dave Gregory, and Paul Caravelli.
2007
Jimmy Burbage, jhburbage@gmail.com
Tully McLoughlin, tully.mcloughlin@gmail.com
2008
Nick Domino, nicholdd@mail.bc.edu
John Wachowicz, jwachowicz90@gmail.com
2009
Phil Gillen, philipmgillen@gmail.com
Justin Hunte, jah2@williams.edu
2010
Tim Leddy, timothy.leddy@gmail.com
Aidan Tansey, Aidan.p.tansey@gmail.com
2011
Bobby Hausen, rjh86@georgetown.edu
Eddie Kelly, ejk1@williams.edu
2012
Evan Lumbra, elumbra@live.unc.edu
Joe Pollicino, jap242@georgetown.edu
2013
Hao Lam, chuchinfu@gmail.com
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W I N T E R 2015
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gratitude, celebrates in hope,
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remit the debts of gratitude all of us owe for the
gift that is Regis High School.
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covered by annual giving, with the other half
coming from invested monies we hold in the
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fallow for a year and not take any proceeds from
it, as ancient Israel did its fields in Jubilee years,
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