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  Class Notes
     
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1990-1999


1929 
Class Chair 
Justin J. Murphy 
The Rev. Francis P. Harrity, who retired from active ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester in November 1982, recently celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The Rev. Msgr. John J. O'Brien, who retired from active ministry in July 1983, recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.  

1933 
The Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Daley, who retired from active ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester in July 1982, recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.  

1936 
James R. Gilson served as Lord Mayor in Torrington, Conn., during the St. Patrick's Day festivities at City Hall.  

1938  
Class Chair  
Gerald R. Anderson  
Paul F. X. Powers, a practicing attorney with a local office in Belmont, Mass., has been appointed to serve as a member of the State Ballot Law Commission. 

1939  
Class Chair  
George J. White  
Class Correspondent  
William J. O'Connor Jr.  
In January, John J. Carroll, retired chief probation officer, was one of six individuals to have their portraits unveiled at the Attleboro (Mass.) District Court. His predecessor, the late Daniel J. Kiley Jr. '35, was also honored in this way.  

1940 
Class Chair  
Paul F. Saint  
Class Correspondent  
Charles M. Callahan Jr.  
The Rev. Charles T. Duggan Jr. was named "Irishman of the Year" by the Friendly Knights of St. Patrick at a dinner in Lynn, Mass., on March 12.  

1942  
Class Chair  
Thomas P. O'Boyle  
Class Correspondent  
Robert J.M. O'Hare  
Daniel F. O'Keeffe, M.D., who has practiced medicine in Glens Falls, N.Y., for 45 years, has written a book, One Heartbeat from Heaven, which recounts Adirondack hunting history and tradition.  

1943  
Class Chair  
James L. Garrity  
Class Correspondent  
Anthony N. Tomasiello  
J. Edward (Jay) Conners continues to testify in various courts for seriously disabled clients.  

1945 
Class Chair  
Francis J. McCabe Jr.  
The Rev. Henry S. Banach, who retired from active ministry on May 28, 1993, recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The Rev. Msgr. Leo J. Battista, who retired from active ministry on May 1, 1995, also recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.  

1950 
Class Chair  
James P. Diggins 
Henry A. Sullivan Jr., who taught 41 years in Shrewsbury, Mass., retired in June 1997 after 47 years of teaching Latin on the high school level.  

1951  
Class Co-Chairs  
Thomas M. Ganley Jr.  
Albert J. McEvoy Jr.  
David P. Anderson, New York Times columnist and author of more than 350 magazine articles and 22 books, has been named the recipient of the 1998 Professional Golfer's Association of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. John S. Fallon serves as mediator and juvenile arbitrator for the 19th judicial circuit in Florida. 

Lancaster '52 named special prosecutor 
Ralph I. Lancaster '52 was recently named special prosecutor to investigate allegations of campaign finance impropriety against United States Labor Secretary Alexis Herman. Lancaster was chosen by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to head the investigation. A 1955 Harvard Law School graduate, he is a managing partner of Pierce, Atwood, Lancaster of Portland, Maine, that state's largest law firm. In 1984, Lancaster represented the United States in a boundary dispute with Canada that was heard by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He is former president of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Lancaster and his wife, Mary Lou, live in Falmouth, Maine.  

1953     45th Reunion  
Class Chair  
Rev. Msgr. John J. Kelliher  
Edward T. Duffy, who had owned Crowell's Market in Canton, Mass., sold the business in January after 43 years of operation, and retired. The Rev. Msgr. John J. Kelliher, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Worcester, co-director of the diocesan Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and current moderator of the Bishops' Fund, recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Paul R. Szlyk,, D.M.D., who closed his dental practice in Worcester in May 1997, is now working part time with two other dentists. 

1954
Class Chair  
Barry R. McDonough  
Class Correspondent  
Paul F. Dupuis  
The Rev. Joseph H. Ash, who retired from active ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester in November 1993, recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The Rev. George L. O'Brien, who is currently pastor of Holy Cross Parish, East Templeton, Mass., recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.  

1956 
Class Chair  
Daniel M. Dunn  
Paul K. Maloney Jr., M.D., chief of staff at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital, has been appointed to the hospital's board of trustees.  

1957  
Class Chair  
Franklin M. Hundley  
Class Correspondent  
Joseph W. Mullen Jr.  
Joseph T. Hannigan, who taught mathematics at Framingham (Mass.) High School and served as department chair since 1986, retired in January after more than 32 years of service.  

1958     40th Reunion  
Class Chair  
Braden A. Mechley  
Class Correspondent  
Arthur J. Andreoli  
Thomas F. Bennett retired in November as general counsel of Veda Inc., in Alexandria, Va. The New England Theatre Company in Paxton, Mass., has named Kenneth F. Happe, associate professor of classics at Holy Cross, as its new artistic director. The Rev. Paul T. Keyes, pastor of St. Michael's Church in North Andover, Mass., is currently overseeing the construction of a new parish church and elementary school. In recognition of his years of community service, Kenneth F. Kunzman was honored recently by the Sons of St. Patrick Honor Guard in West Orange, N.J., as "Irishman of the Year." Joseph W. Sokolowski Jr., M.D., was elected president of the Alumni Association of Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He was also elected chairman of the Medical Review and Accrediting Committee Inc., a subsidiary of the Medical Society of New Jersey, and was appointed by the American Medical Association Board of Trustees to the Governing Body of the American Medical Accreditation Program. 

MARRIED: James J. Murdocco, M.D., and the Rev. Sandra Haines on Oct. 18.  

1959
Class Chair  
William P. Maloney  
Class Correspondent  
John J. Ormond  
Robert J. Bartlett is a business education/technology teacher at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester. Richard J. Berardino manages the Lowell (Mass.) Spinners Baseball Club, Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Richard P. Donohue is an assistant principal at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester. Leonard R. Dorrien, who retired from Kimberly-Clark Corp., Roswell, Ga., in December 1996, is now director of sales with National Industries for the Blind. The Rev. Msgr. Francis D. Kelly is president/rector of Pope John XXIII National Seminary for "mature vocations" in Weston, Mass. David B. Perini is chief executive with Perini Corp. in Framingham, Mass.  

1960  
Class Co-Chairs  
George M. Ford  
George F. Sullivan Jr.  
Louis F. Cumming has been appointed regional vice president for South Orange County, Calif., at Sun Country Bank. He also continues to serve as board member emeritus for the San Diego Rescue Mission. James D. FitzPatrick, a partner in the Syracuse, N.Y., law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, was recently named to the Marquis publication of "Who's Who in the World" edition. He was selected in recognition of his international endeavors which include the introduction of the "Plain Language Law" to Russia in 1992 and his association with the Women's Literacy Movement in India. John M. Greaney, associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, was guest speaker at the fourth annual celebration of Law Day held April 20 at Bay Path College in Longmeadow.  

1961  
Class Chair  
Joseph E. Dertinger Jr.  
Daniel T. McAneny volunteers with the Monticello Area Community Action Agency's "Cars and Taxes and Turnarounds" program in Albemarle County, Va. Paul J. Roy, co-owner and principal of Elliott, Whittier, Hardy & Roy Insurance Agency in Winthrop, Mass., was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce's Beautification Award.  

1962  
Class Chair  
William J. O'Leary Jr.  
Class Correspondent  
Michael J. Leding Jr.   
Jerome M. Comcowich was recently appointed director of technology development for the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. In January, the Rev. John E. Crean Jr. was received as a confrater in the Order of St. Benedict, at St. Gregory's (Anglican) Benedictine Abbey in Three Rivers, Mich. Kevin P. Greene is now west regional manager-sales with APV Homogenizer Group, based in San Diego, Calif. Michael G. Smith retired from Schroder, Wertheim & Co., New York City, in February.  

1963     35th Reunion  
Class Chair  
Charles J. Buchta  
Class Correspondent  
Michael J. Toner  
Paul H. Durnan, president of the Durnan Brindley Agency in Rockville Centre, N.Y., was elected chairman of the board of trustees of Molloy College, also in Rockville Centre. In May 1997, Warren P. Howe received his Ph.D. in education administration from the Fordham University Graduate School of Education in New York City. A portion of his dissertation concerning education equity financing during the 1990-93 administration of New Jersey Gov. James Florio was published by JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn., in 1996. George J. Miller, M.D., continues to practice orthopedic surgery in Washington, N.C.  

1964  
Class Co-Chairs  
Ronald T. Maheu  
Robert P. Trudel  
The Rev. George H. Hill Jr. is in his fourth year as chaplain for Bailey House in New York City, which provides housing and related services for people living with AIDS. He also does some parish work, pastoral counseling and spiritual direction at St. Bernard's and St. Veronica's churches in Greenwich Village.  

1965  
Class Co-Chairs  
David J. Martel  
Thomas F. McCabe  
Dennis B. Kelly, M.D., continues to practice cardiology in Lexington, Ky.  

1967  
Class Co-Chairs  
P. Kevin Condron  
John P. Sindoni  
The Rev. Edward R. Dufresne is now the executive minister of the Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, Mass., an ecumenical ministry of 41 congregations. Robert D. Kavanaugh, professor and chair of the psychology department at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., has been awarded "fellow of American College of Psychology" at Williams College.  

1968     30th Reunion  
Class Co-Chairs  
John T. Collins  
Brian W. Hotarek  
John J. Cogan, M.D., who is in a cardiology group practice in Honolulu, Hawaii, is the chief of cardiology at Queen's Medical Center, the major tertiary care center of the Pacific. James P. Dillon, who now works in operations at the Boston Edison Co., manages construction and services for the company's distribution and generation businesses and RCN Fiber network. R. Kelly Gray, who has completed law school and retired from the Navy, is now director, city services for Augusta, Maine. Brian W. Heller, a cinematographer specializing in aerial images, was the second-unit director of photography for the movie, "Good Will Hunting." Thomas J. Lada is professor of mathematics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Francis A. Reed Jr., M.D., who has relocated to DeLand, Fla., is associated with a group cardiology practice headquartered in Daytona Beach.  

1969  
Class Chair  
David H. Drinan  
Robert J. Clancy Jr. has been promoted to vice president of financial planning and analysis at Elizabethtown Gas Co., in Union, N.J. The Rev. Joseph J. Jurgelonis, who is currently pastor of St. Denis Parish in Ashburnham and St. Anne Parish, South Ashburnham, Mass., recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Col. Thomas P. Maguire Jr., USAF, 105th Airlift Wing commander, has been promoted to brigadier general. Maguire received the silver stars signifying his new rank during a pinning ceremony in March. The Rev. Chester J. Misiewicz, who is currently pastor of St. Aloysius Parish in Gilbertville, Mass., recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Paul F. Scopetski, who owns a specialized hobby store, the Spare Time Shop, in Marlboro, Mass., is celebrating his 25th year in business. Peter F. Welch, senior partner in the law firm of Welch, Graham & Manby, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Vermont Council on the Humanities.  

1970  
Class Co-Chairs  
Brian T. Mahon  
James O. Walsh  
Stephen J. Bier is now managing director, chief financial officer of North America for Westdeutsche Landesbank in New York City. Richard S. Dufresne is in his third year of providing management training and team-building programs for the directors, managers and supervisors of Optima Healthcare, Southern Division, in Nashua, N.H. His human resources consulting firm specializes in providing programs for schools, health care facilities and nonprofit organizations. Kevin M. Hume was recently promoted to executive vice president of Public Employer Risk Management Association in Albany, N.Y. Thomas J. Kelley, who has been associated with Arthur Andersen for 14 years in Orange County, Calif., transferred to Moscow in September to assume responsibility for the company's financial markets practice in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Thomas J. Neagle has been named director of administration for Nationwide General Insurance Co., in Columbus, Ohio. Michael C. Parkin continues to work at Bill Johnson Agency in Lewiston, Maine. At the October 1997 meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology held in Chicago, Peter F. Purcell, M.D., was appointed chair of the college's national patient care committee, established to educate the membership in the areas of office management, patient education and the practice of gastroenterology. He was also elected to represent the board of governors on the nominating committee. Timothy O'Grady Sheehan, who retired in June 1996 from the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve as commander and earned a master's degree in education, now teaches bilingual Spanish, fourth grade, in Lowell, Mass.  

1971  
Class Chair  
Robert T. Bonagura  
Class Correspondent  
Jerome J. Cura Jr.  
Ronald D. Beaudoin is director of operations with Isaacson Steel Inc. in Berlin, N.H. Daniel A. Capen, M.D., who maintains a practice in orthopedic surgery in Los Angeles, Calif., is also an associate clinical professor at the University of Southern California. Stephen W. Lilienthal, U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty's chief underwriting officer, has been named president of its Commercial Insurance Group in Baltimore, Md. He is responsible for leading the company's specialty and core commercial operations. Michael M. McLaughlin, who practices law in Nashua, N.H., is the owner of Capitol Insights Group of Concord, N.H., a government relations lobbying firm.  

1972  
Class Co-Chairs  
Allan F. Kramer II  
Mark L. Monty  
Rabbi Norman M. Cohen of Bet Shalom Congregation in Minneapolis, Minn., was recently elected president of the Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis at its annual meeting. Leonard P. Cooper is area director-Sturbridge, for the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission. David P. Maslen, who is a senior vice president with Aon Consulting in Newburyport, Mass., manages research and technical services for the firm. His group supports 3,400 human resources and employee benefits consultants in the United States. 

1973     25th Reunion  
Class Co-Chairs  
Gregory C. Flynn  
Edward P. Meyers  
Col. Philip J. Crowley, USAF, has moved from the Department of Defense to the White House, where he is a staff member of the National Security Council and assistant press secretary for Foreign Affairs. David A. Eagle is now principal of Lake George (N.Y.) Junior-Senior High School. Michael C. Farrell recently completed his master of arts degree in organizational leadership from Chapman University in Orange, Calif. William M. Hughes has been appointed to the disaster assistance stress management cadre of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Capt. Paul A. Laedlein, USN, is deputy chief of staff for support/logistics at the headquarters of the U.S. Naval Force, Europe, in London. Citizens Bank of Providence, R.I., has named Joseph J. MarcAurele executive vice president/commercial banking. Charles M. O'Neill Jr. has been named vice president of technical consulting services for Vality Technology Inc. in Boston. John L. Tierney is currently vice president - finance, with Energia Global International in Wakefield, Mass.  

1974 
Class Co-Chairs  
Stanley J. Kostka Jr.  
Edward J. Sullivan  
Michael F. Audette has been appointed the principal of Clara T. O'Connell Elementary School in Bristol, Conn. Johan G. (Hans) Blickman, M.D., who is vice chairman and director of education, radiology department, at Boston Medical Center, also does pediatric radiology clinical and teaching work. Phillip M. Daniels is the compensation manager at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Francisco Fernandez, M.D., is now chairman, department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. James J. Spach has been promoted to senior vice president, re-engineering and organization development, at the Thomson Corp., a publishing conglomerate based in Stamford, Conn. Michael J. Winslow, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 1997 after 23 years of service, is now working in the private information systems industry. Roger A. Zalneraitis has left radio station WXLO in Worcester to be a marketing representative with John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Florida.  

MARRIED: Christine M. Bania and Robert Kesten on June 6, 1997.  

1975  
Class Co-Chairs  
Joseph W. Cummings  
Joseph A. Sasso Jr.  
Michael R. Dulac was named conductor of the South Hadley (Mass.) Chorale in January. Louis C. Galdieri, M.D., has been named chief of urology at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J.  
Quinlan '76 named G.M. of Weekend Journal  
Mary Donahue Quinlan '76 was recently named general manager of Weekend Journal, a new fourth section of The Wall Street Journal. Quinlan will be responsible for the section's advertising, sales and marketing. She was formerly publisher of New Woman Magazine and corporate sales director of The Conde Nast Publications. Weekend Journal will feature a wide range of personal, business and leisure pursuits including movies, books, wine, cars, fitness, fashion, and personal technology.  

1976  
Class Chair  
Thomas E. Ryan  
Class Correspondent  
Thomas C. Healey  
Jeanine (Pyrzenski) Audette owns the Village Florist in Terryville, Conn. Maryann D'Amato Wood and her husband, Ian, announce the birth of their son, Stephen Anthony, on Feb. 24. Zdenek Zak, O.D., is a self-employed optometrist in Webster, Mass.  

1977  
Class Co-Chairs  
Kathleen T. Connolly  
Shaun P. Mathews  
Michele E. Chausse has been named public relations manager for the Mind/Body Medical Institute of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston.  

1978     20th Reunion  
Class Co-Chairs  
Marcia Hennelly Moran  
Mark T. Murray  
Michael H. Shanahan  
Stephen L. Bresnahan, M.D., and his wife, Jocelyn, announce the birth of their son, Gabriel, on May 6, 1997. Paul F. Lynch and his wife, Kathy, announce the birth of their daughter, Kayla, on April 11, 1997. Paul maintains a private law practice in Boston. Jane L. Moore is now a credit officer with the Bank of Western Massachusetts in Springfield, Mass. Mary Pax-Lenney, a research assistant professor at the Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, is working on a project to develop algorithms to monitor temperate conifer forests with satellite images. Cmdr. Matthew E. Schellhorn, USN, recently returned to his home port of Norfolk, Va., after a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Guam. 

1979  
Class Co-Chairs  
George A. Ashur  
Deborah Pelles  
Margaret A. Sweeny-McDonald and her husband, Donogh, announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline Marie, on Oct. 23.  

MARRIED: Deirdre Scudellari and George F. Schlosser at the Bretton Woods, Morris Plains, N.J.  

 

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