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  Class Notes
     
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1990-2000


1944
Francis R. "Frank" Grady has been elected a vice president of the Harrisburg, Pa., Council U.S. Navy League.

1947
Class Chair
George A. Cashman
In July, James J. Callahan III was inducted into the Order of Merlin-Excalibur at the annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians held in Buffalo, N.Y.; the honor recognizes his 50-year membership in the brotherhood and his contributions to the art of magic. A retired executive for Bell Communications Research, Callahan performs magic shows in New Jersey and, also, internationally, as a member of the Telephone Pioneers.

1949
Class Co-Chairs
Donal J. Burns
George F. Cahill
Santo S. Cataudella, D.M.D., who has taught at Boston University Medical Center for the past 13 years, is associate professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the three-time winner of the Proctor and Gamble Teacher of the Year Award; the 1996 Distinguished Alumnus Award "for distinguished service to the school of dental medicine;" and the 1998 Dean Spencer N. Frankl Award for Excellence in Teaching-Boston University School of Dental Medicine. 

1951
Class Co-Chairs
Thomas M. Ganley Jr.
Albert J. McEvoy Jr.
Peter J. Frasca continues to teach golf part time at Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. William F. O'Meara, D.M.D., is a pediatric dentist at the Hill Health Center in New Haven, Conn.

1952
Class Chair
William J. Casey
Philip G. Charest retired in May from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where he had served as the director of computing and information services. James F. Mooney Jr. has been named vice chair and president of The Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of Boston and a member of the Archdiocesan Finance Council. He also serves as a trustee of The Catholic School Foundation of the archdiocese. William H. "Bill" Schrader continues to work as an underwater acoustics engineer. 

1953
Class Chair
Rev. Msgr. John J. Kelliher
Robert E. Cahill Sr. has served on the Baltimore (Md.) County's circuit court since September 1990. Louis G. Murphy has recently been elected vice president of the People's Credit Union, Middletown, R.I. Rev. Edward A. Sweeny has been appointed judicial vicar of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y. John A. Tierney, who serves as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, was profiled in the Aug. 21 edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

1954
Class Chair
Barry R. McDonough
Class Correspondent
Paul F. Dupuis
Henry W. "Harry" Dwyer retired in December as the director of administration for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y. 

1955
Class Chair
Paul F. Coveney
Class Correspondent
Robert F. Danahy
Joseph Lian Jr. received the Probate and Family Court Judicial Excellence Award from the Massachusetts Judges Conference in June and the President's Award from the Worcester County Bar Association for his participation on the committee for the new Worcester County Courthouse.

1956
Class Chair
Daniel M. Dunn
Ronald G. Barry recently retired as an assistant principal of Syosset High School, Long Island, N.Y., after serving 42 years as a teacher and administrator. Thomas R. Beecher Jr. recently became a partner with the law firm of Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine and Huber in its Buffalo, N.Y., office. Peter F. McCloskey retired last year after 21 years as president of the Electronic Industries Association in Arlington, Va.

1957
Class Chair
Franklin M. Hundley
Rev. Richard A. Brobst, who is a senior priest active with the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, is now serving St. Luke Church in Youngstown. 

1958
Class Chair
Braden A. Mechley
Class Correspondent
Arthur J. Andreoli
Louis J. D'Amore is the founder and director of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism, headquartered in Stowe, Vt. Walter P. Engel retired from the position of program manager in the naval reactors division of the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., after 42 years of federal service. Burton J. O'Keefe retired as the director of marketing for AT&T Network Systems in New York City. Thomas J. Ryan, who retired from Maryvale High School, Cheektowaga, N.Y., as a guidance counselor, has been selected for induction into the City of Buffalo Hall of Fame, in October, for baseball. Michael J. Singelyn, M.D., a retired orthopedic surgeon, does expert witness work in Southern California. 

1959
Class Chair
William P. Maloney
Class Correspondent
John J. Ormond
Edward J. Alzapiedi retired last year after 35 years with the General Electric Co. 

1960
Class Co-Chairs
George M. Ford
George F. Sullivan Jr.
Albert J. Attar is the principal of B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River, Mass. 

1961
Class Chair
Joseph E. Dertinger Jr.
Richard F. Connolly Jr., a senior vice president with Paine Webber Inc. in Boston, received this year's Francis J. Ouimet Scholarship Fund award in recognition of his outstanding service to the fund.

1962
Class Chair
William J. O'Leary Jr.
Albert G. Senger Jr., D.M.D., who is now retired from the New Jersey Department of Corrections, had served as the chief of dental services at East Jersey State Prison, Rahway, N.J. 

1963
Class Chair
Charles J. Buchta
Class Correspondent
Michael J. Toner
Wood River Health Services, Hope Valley, R.I., recently announced that Gerald A. Donahue, D.D.S., has joined its dental staff. G. Kenneth McCart recently accepted the position of chief financial officer with Gibson Tube Inc. in North Branch, N.J.

1965
Class Co-Chairs
David J. Martel
Thomas F. McCabe
Joseph T. Coyle Jr., M.D., director of the Harvard Medical School Consolidated Department of Psychiatry and professor of psychology at McLean Hospital, has been elected president of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. William A. McQueeney, who retired from Osram Sylvania Inc. (formerly G.T.E. Corp.) after 30 years of service, is now the director of general merchandise for a metro-New York food broker. In July, Robert C. Wright, president and chief executive officer of NBC, was named vice chairman of the board, executive officer and a member of the Corporate Executive Office of the General Electric Co.

1966
Class Chair
Kenneth M. Padgett
Class Correspondent
William L. Juska Jr.
Richard M. Barron is an attorney for Genesee County in Flint, Mich. Nicholas T. Chiorazzi, M.D., was recently appointed the first director and chief executive officer of the newly formed North Shore-LIJ Research Institute. Chiorazzi, who is also a professor of medicine and pathology in the New York University School of Medicine, has been elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians. George J. Gilson, M.D., is an associate professor of obstetrics/gynecology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. In March, Joseph F. Gorski III became the director of advancement at Xavier High School in New York City. Walter T. McPhee, M.D., practices internal medicine in Willimantic, Conn. 

1967
Class Co-Chairs
John J. McLaughlin Jr.
John P. Sindoni
George W. Conk has been named a visiting professor at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, N.J. Robert J. Maldonis is currently working as a regional staffing manager at Raytheon Corp., Tewskbury, Mass.

1968
Class Co-Chairs
John T. Collins
Brian W. Hotarek
Edward L. Bartlett Jr., M.D., has received his M.B.A. in medical services management from Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education, Baltimore, Md. Peter J. Giammalvo is now the corporate director of leadership formation with Catholic Health East in Newton Square, Pa. Frederick H. Grein Jr., a member of the Boston law firm of Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, has been elected to a second three-year term on the National Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. In addition to serving as vice chairman of the board, his responsibilities include membership on the Executive and Finance Committees and chairmanship of the Strategic Planning Committee. Grein's election was announced at the national convention of the American Red Cross held in Columbus, Ohio, in May. Thomas G. Kavanagh recently rejoined the Hillsdale College development staff as director of the Southwest regional office in San Diego, Calif. Philip J. Rettig, M.D., continues to serve as a professor of pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City. 
MARRIED: Philip J. Rettig, M.D., and Sana Srouji Bahoutu, on May 20. 

1969
Class Chair
David H. Drinan
John T. Broderick Jr. is currently serving as an associate justice of the New Hampshire State Supreme Court. In April, Alan F. Dowling was named the president of the Web-based technology company, HealthMagic Inc. Jeffrey N. Lyons is now the principal of Notre Dame Junior-Senior High School in East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

1970
William F. Drexler recently merged his law practice with the firm of Meggesto Crossett & Valerino, Syracuse, N.Y., where he is a full partner. Frank D. Haines has been named the chief investment officer of Christian Brothers Investment Services Inc., New York City. William E. Walsh, president and chief executive officer of Sippican Inc., Marion, Mass., is serving as the chair of this year's fund-raising campaign for the United Way of Greater New Bedford. 

1971
C
lass Chair
Robert T. Bonagura
Class Correspondent
Jerome J. Cura Jr.
The April 25 edition of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette featured a story about the efforts of Michael F. Forhan to relieve the suffering of refugees living in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, formerly Burma. His initiatives have included forming Burma Border Projects to provide medical care, drug treatment and job training; enlisting the assistance of medical specialists to volunteer their services in Myanmar; and producing a documentary with his daughter about the thousands of refugees living along the country's border with Thailand. Forhan works as a consultant for the Center for Technology Commercialization in Westboro, Mass. Robert E. Goss, chair of the department of religious studies at Webster University, St. Louis, Mo., has recently been selected by the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences as a winner of the 2000 science and religion course award competition for his course, "Problem of Evil." Kevin J. Plunkett is now a partner with the law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood in its White Plains, N.Y., office. 

1972
Class Chair
Allan F. Kramer II
Rev. Robert F. Slesinski, a member of the Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic, N.J., recently completed his first year as an instructor of philosophy at Mary Queen of the Apostles Seminary in St. Petersburg, Russia. The National Law Journal included Theodore V. Wells Jr. on its latest list of the nation's 100 most influential lawyers; Wells is a partner with the New York City law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

1973
Class Co-Chairs
Gregory C. Flynn
Edward P. Meyers
Dominick R. Calgi is now administrator and executive vice president of Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va. Richard P. Cambria, M.D., has recently been promoted to professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, where he is a senior vascular surgeon. Col. Gerald F. Dreher, M.D., USAR, is an assistant professor of orthopedics at Texas A&M University and Central Texas Veterans Hospital. Stephen H. Foster is a human resource manager for the engineering division of Rohm & Haas Co., a major chemical manufacturer on the Houston (Texas) Ship Channel. He was quoted in a newly released book, Office Politics for the Utterly Confused, by William and Rosemary Salmon (McGraw-Hill Publishers). Col. Kevin M. Gureckis, D.M.D., USAF, has recently been assigned to Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, as program director for the two-year advanced education in general dentistry residency and as special consultant in general dentistry to the assistant surgeon general for dental services. EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass., recently announced the promotion of William J. Teuber to senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company. 

1974
Class Co-Chairs
Stanley J. Kostka Jr.
Edward J. Sullivan
In July, Financial Institutions Inc. announced the appointment of John R. Koelmel as chief administrative officer; in this position, Koelmel is responsible for the company's finance, risk management, operations and human resources departments, as well as for overseeing its investment brokerage subsidiary, The FI Group. 

1975
Class Co-Chairs
Joseph W. Cummings
Joseph A. Sasso Jr.
In May, Sybase Inc., a global independent software company headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., announced that Stephen J. Dahill has been named vice president of its North American field operations; his responsibilities include sales programs, embedded and integrated solutions and technical support. 

1976
Class Chair
Thomas E. Ryan
Class Correspondent
Thomas C. Healey
Rev. John T. Brown, who went on a mission and service trip to Mexico in June, received the Tulsa, Okla., Rerum Novarum award for his work with the rural poor and immigrants; he recently hosted the 10th year of spring-break service trips at Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. John C. Hampsey and his wife, Patricia, announce the birth of their daughter, Maya, on May 16. Capt. William J. McCarthy, USN, recently departed on a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier, USS George Washington. 

1977
Class Co-Chairs
Kathleen T. Connolly
Shaun P. Mathews
Jeanne A. Donado has been appointed vice president of the Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, Miss., a community-based visual arts and history museum. William A. Eagan III and his wife, Ann '87, announce the birth of their son, Christopher William, on Feb. 22. Brian G. Leary, who served 20 years as the newscaster/reporter for WCVB-TV, Channel 5, is now the president and chief executive officer of Mogall, an Internet company based in Newton, Mass. McGraw-Hill Higher Education announced in July that John Paul Lenney has been appointed president of McGraw-Hill/Irwin, the business and economics segment of the company. Frank P. Maguire II, M.D., and his wife, Regina, announce the birth of their daughter, Ellen Frances, on March 1. Susan McDonough, vice president of Elder Services at Covenant Health Systems in Lexington, Mass., has been elected to the Catholic Health Association board of trustees. 

1978
Class Co-Chairs
Marcia Hennelly Moran
Mark T. Murray
Michael H. Shanahan
Bruce A. Cardello currently serves as judge for the Newport, N.H., District Court. Mary C. Connerty and her husband, Frank Singer, announce the birth of their son, Ari Nestor Connerty-Singer, on Jan. 8. Connerty is a member of the English faculty at the Erie campus of Penn State University. Toya Alek Graham announces the birth of her daughter, Danica Victoria, on April 6, 1999. Graham, who joined the legal staff of the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union in May, practices civil rights law for the CCLU in Hartford. On July 1, William L. Hennrikus Jr., M.D., was promoted to the rank of captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Hennrikus, who serves at the San Bruno, Calif., Naval Reserve Unit, performs his annual training as an orthopedic surgeon at the Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Wash. Mary K. Joyce, M.D., maintains a solo family medical practice in Claremont, N.H. Thomas J. Lynch and his wife, Maureen, announce the birth of their daughter, Josephine Eleanor, on Jan. 31. Lynch, who maintains a private legal practice in Quincy, Mass., specializes in civil litigation. Karen (Brassard) Vezina has been promoted to account manager with the Professional Exchange, a company located in Virginia Beach, Va., that produces technical career fairs in 18 cities nationwide. 
MARRIED: Karen T. Brassard and Kevin M. Vezina, on Sept. 19, 1999, at Fort Monroe, Va., on the Chesapeake Bay. 

1979
Class Co-Chairs
George A. Ashur
Deborah Pelles
Ronald D. Almendrales, who works for Berlex Laboratories, Wayne, N.J., has been promoted to regional director for the Southeastern area. Peter M. Annicelli, a director with Deutsche Bank, has been appointed a member of the board of the Duxbury (Mass.) Education Foundation for the 2000-01 term. Winifred B. "Wini" (Hannan) Ashooh, who lives in Stafford, Va., works with special education children in grades K-2. David J. Fickett-Wilbar delivered a paper entitled, "Cernunnos: Iconography and Ideology," at the 22nd U.C.L.A. Celtic Conference held in March. Kevin M. Fitzgerald is now the planning director of the Center for Public Technology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, at its Institute of Government. Arthur C. LaPlace, who is a child psychologist at Kaiser Permanente in Ohio, also serves as the lead moderator for Ohio for the company's medical Web site. Frederick R. McGaughan, who continues to work as the director of admission at Newark Academy in Livingston, N.J., is also a speaker for the National Association of Independent Schools. Nancy Bixter McGaughan has a new gift and care package company, MomMailOnline.com. Lt. Col. LynnAnne (Merten) Robinson, USAF, teaches flying and manages operations for the 84th Flying Training Squadron at Laughlin AFB, Texas. Deirdre Scudellari Schlosser and her husband, George, announce the birth of their son, Evan Flanagan, on Jan. 11. David A. Shea III now works for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs. On May 19, Lt. Col. Dean N. Trudeau, USAF, took command of the 58th Fighter Squadron at Eglin AFB, Fla.

 

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