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Mary Coffey Moran ’77 majored in economics at the College and received a master of science degree in accounting from Northeastern University. She worked as a certified public accountant for Peat Marwick & Co., before becoming senior vice president of Boston Sand & Gravel Co. A member of the 1843 Society, Moran is also an admissions advisor, a career counselor, an alumni job network advisor and a member of the President’s Council. In 2002, she established the F. Grant Waite and Mary Coffey Moran ’77 Merit Scholarship at the College with a gift of $500,000. A member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, Moran is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Financial Executive’s Institute and The Treasurer’s Club. She resides in Andover, Mass.

Rev. Gregory C. Chisholm, S.J., who was born in New York City, attended Catholic schools there. He has a bachelor of science degree, a master of science degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fr. Chisholm also has a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and theology from the University of London and a licentiate in sacred theology (S.T.L.) from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. A member of the New England Province of the Jesuits since 1980, he is currently an administrator at the Holy Name of Jesus Church, Los Angeles, Calif. His theological interests include theologies of liberation and the history of black Catholics. Fr. Chisholm serves on the governing boards of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., and at St. Anne’ s Maternity Home in Los Angeles. He is a 4th-degree member of the Knights of St. Peter Claver and chaplain of the Western States District of the Knights of St. Peter Claver.

Matthew J. Chmura ’03 is the manager of communications for the MetroStars, the major league soccer team that plays its games at Giants Stadium. Prior to graduation from Holy Cross, Chmura was both station manager and sports director for WCHC, the campus radio station. He also served as sports editor of The Crusader, concert committee chairman for the Campus Activity Board and reserve board chair of the Student Government Association. Chmura worked as an intern for the New England Patriots, the Tennessee Titans, the New England Revolution and The Boston Herald.

Roberto Quarta ’71 is a partner in the firm of Clayton Dubilier & Rice, one of the world’s leading private equity firms. As chief operating officer of CD&R Europe, he is responsible for leading potential acquisitions and actively chairing the fully constituted boards of portfolio companies. He also serves as non-executive chairman of the BBA Group plc; as chairman and chief executive officer of Italtel Holdings SpA; and as non-executive director of Equant NV. Born in Italy, Quarta emigrated to the United States at age 15. The father of Elizabeth Quarta ’97, he now resides in London.

John T. Sinnott ’61 retired in July 2003 from his position as chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh Inc., the world’s leading risk and insurance services firm – and a division of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a global professional services company with annual revenues of more than $10 billion. After graduating from Holy Cross and serving two years as a naval officer, Sinnott joined Marsh & McLennan as a trainee in New York. Over the next 40 years, he served in various capacities, culminating in his appointment as co-chief executive officer in 1992 and his promotion to chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh Inc. in 1999. He was recently chosen as the “2003 Insurance Leader of the Year” by The School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University. A member of the President’s Council and the Varsity Club, he resides in Bedford, N.Y., with his wife, Eileen.

Clarence Thomas ’71, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born in the Pin Point community of Georgia near Savannah. Attending Conception Seminary from 1967-68, he received a bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, from Holy Cross in 1971, and a juris doctor from Yale Law School in 1974. Following admission to law practice in Missouri in 1974, Thomas served three years as an assistant attorney general of Missouri. He then worked as an attorney with the Monsanto Company from 1977-79 and as a legislative assistant to Sen. John Danforth from 1979-81. From 1981-82 he was assistant secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and, from 1982-90, chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From 1990-91, Thomas served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Nominated an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George Bush, he took his seat Oct. 23, 1991. Thomas married Virginia Lamp on May 30, 1987; he has one child, Jamal Adeen, from a previous marriage.