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1939
Class Chair
George J. White
Class Correspondent
William J. O'Connor Jr.
Rev. Francis W. Sweeney, S.J., retired in the spring as the
director of Boston College's Humanities Series, a program
he founded
in 1957.
1945
Class Chair
Francis J. McCabe Jr.
John E. McAuliffe, D.D.S., who was recently elected national
commander of the 87th Infantry Division Association in Birmingham,
Ala., is also president of
the Central Massachusetts Chapter of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge,
Inc.
1946
Class Chair
Thomas H. Smith
Thomas M. Stark retired Jan. 1, 1998, after 35 years
on the bench.
1947
Class Chair
George A. Cashman
Donald V. Dolan retired from teaching at Quinsigamond Community
College in Worcester. William B. Houston, with other family
members, has incorporated a new venture,
Sierra Hose & Rubber Co., Denver, Colo., which imports and sells hose from
Malaysia, China, Taiwan and India for
distribution in 11 western states.
1950
Class Chair
James P. Diggins
Penguin Putnam has recently published John A. Butler's third book, Cyber Search:
Research Techniques in the Electronic Age.
1951
Class Co-Chairs
Thomas M. Ganley Jr.
Albert J. McEvoy Jr.
Rev. Paul G. Henne is currently assistant to the pastor at
the Word of God Parish in Pittsburgh, Pa. Richard G. Possenti,
who is in his 32nd year as professor
of psychology at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, has been with the national
ski patrol system for 37 years; he was recently chosen Ski Patroller of the Year.
Richard M. Wall has been named senior vice president, general counsel and assistant
to the chairman and chief executive officer of FLEXcon Co. Inc. in Spencer, Mass.;
he represents
FLEXcon in all legal matters and serves on the board of directors.
1952
Class Chair
William J. Casey
Class Correspondent
Rev. John R. Mulvehill, S.T.D.
Since his retirement five years ago, Carl C. Kaczmarek has
been active in the Knights of Columbus and community service.
In June, Robert F. Mooney was appointed
to a five-year term on the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. John
H. Treanor Jr. continues to serve on the bench of the District of Columbia Superior
Court, primarily in Small
Claims Court.
1953
Class Chair
Rev. Msgr. John J. Kelliher
James T. (Jim) Larkin has been elected a trustee and member
of the executive committee of the Naval War College Foundation
in Newport, R.I.; in April, he
was named a trustee of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society in Boston.
1954 45th
Reunion
Class Chair
Barry R. McDonough
Class Correspondent
Paul F. Dupuis
John E. Corcoran Jr. practices law in Newport News, Va. Joseph
T. Culverwell, M.D., is the department head of orthopedic
surgery at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx,
N.Y. Russell E. Johnson has retired after 35 years with the Los Angeles (Calif.)
City Administrative Office. Thomas E. Mitchell, who retired from CPC International
Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is now in the antique business, specializing in
golf, tennis and other sports memorabilia. John G. Phelan, president of Fletcher
Thompson Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., received the Distinguished Achievement Award
from
the University of Hartford's Construction Institute. Recognized for contributions
and dedicated service to the construction industry and community, Phelan received
the award at the Construction Institute's 23rd annual membership and awards meeting.
Joseph Purtell, who retired as director, international business, from Sikorsky
Aircraft Canada Inc. in March, continues to do consulting work on international
sales of aircraft. James R. Tobin, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Trenton,
N.J., was the first participant in the
Medical Center of Ocean County, N.J.'s, adjunct chaplaincy program; he ministers
to patients in the dialysis unit.
MARRIED: Joseph Purtell and Elizabeth W. Williams in
June.
1955
Class Chair
Paul F. Coveney
Class Correspondent
Robert F. Danahy
Richard C. Casey, a judge of the U.S. Court House in New
York City, delivered a talk to the National Federation of
the Blind at its national convention held
recently in Dallas, Texas. Carl M. Foley, president of Botany Bay Construction
Co. Inc., Worcester, was named "Builder
of the Year" by the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts at its annual
award ceremony held recently in Westboro. F. Kurt Hugelmeyer, D.D.S., who retired
from the practice of dentistry in December 1997, has relocated to North Carolina.
Joseph Lian Jr. has been appointed the first justice of the Worcester division
of the Probate and Family Court for a five-year term, effective Jan. 1, 1999;
Lian has been an associate justice of the same court since 1990. Richard A. Walsh,
a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court since 1990, has been elected a fellow
of the Connecticut Bar Foundation
James W. Cooper Fellows Program.
1957
Class Chair
Franklin M. Hundley
Mark A. Delaney has been selected for the fifth consecutive
year to serve as co-chairman of the annual Precision Strike
Technology Symposium held at Johns
Hopkins University's applied physics laboratory, Baltimore, Md.; the event brings
together over 300 key members of the government, academia and the defense scientific
community to review precision weapons technology. James J. Haggerty continues
to practice law in Scranton, Pa.
1958
Class Chair
Braden A. Mechley
Class Correspondent
Arthur J. Andreoli
James H. Daughan is the president and chief executive officer
of Insurance Examiners and Consulting Inc. Herbert G. Keene
Jr., who is with the Philadelphia, Pa.,
law firm of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, was awarded the papal honor
of Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. David L. Sullivan
is the director of finance with Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland in Baltimore.
James H. (Pat) Woods Jr., who retired after 34 years as a teacher/guidance counselor
at Holyoke (Mass.) High School, is currently the owner of the John H. Woods Co.
in
Holyoke.
1959 40th
Reunion
Class Chair
William P. Maloney
Class Correspondent
John J. Ormond
James T. Higgins retired after more than 30 years of service
in the Boston public schools. John J. (Jack) Scanlan is now
working part time giving lectures and
conducting group therapy sessions at the Hanley-Hazelden Center in West Palm
Beach, Fla.
1961
Class Chair
Joseph E. Dertinger Jr.
In June, Kevin J. Collins was elected vice chairman of the
board of governors of Rutgers the State University of New
Jersey, New Brunswick/Piscataway. The
Boston Center for International Visitors honored John P. Hamill, president, Fleet
National Bank - Massachusetts, at its annual International Citizen Award dinner
held Oct. 6 in Boston; the award was presented in recognition of his contributions
in promoting Boston as a center of commerce, education and culture. Paul E. Pedisich,
who received his Ph.D. in history from SUNY-Stony Brook, is now an assistant
professor at Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas. F. Michael Stapleton has
been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer of Cortland
(N.Y.) Savings Bank; his responsibilities include directing retail banking operations,
branch administration, marketing, sales and human resources.
1962
Class Chair
William J. O'Leary Jr.
Howard F. Angione, an attorney in private practice, has been
named editor in chief of the New York State Bar Journal,
the association's scholarly and research
publication. Raymond B. Lombardo continues to teach healthcare administration
at LaVerne (Calif.) University. Robert M. Pipchick is now working for Lockheed
Martin in Tinton Falls, N.J., as the contract manager on the Maneuver Control
System program. Matthew M. Sheridan is vice president for public relations and
communications at Medic Alert, an emergency medical information service located
in Turlock, Calif.
1963
Class Chair
Charles J. Buchta
Class Correspondent
Michael J. Toner
Since 1995, Richard F. Casten has been a professor in the
physics department and director of the Wright Nuclear Structure
Laboratory at Yale University in
New Haven, Conn. The UniBank for Savings in Whitinsville, Mass., has named William
A. Dempsey as its new municipal officer; he is
also the chairman of the O'Callahan NROTC Scholarship Committee at Holy Cross.
Thomas F. Harrison, a partner in the Hartford, Conn.-based law firm
of Day, Berry & Howard LLP, has been named chairman of the environmental
law section of the Connecticut bar association. Philip R. Martorelli is now with
the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, ALZA Pharmaceuticals. James A. Prendergast
has been named director of sales, marketing and service with Triton Thalassic
Technologies Inc. in Ridgefield, Conn. In December 1997, Francis J. Scarpa, M.D.,
was elected a Connecticut delegate to the American Medical Association for a
two-year term; he was also elected the president of Fairfield County Medical
Association in April.
1964 35th
Reunion
Class Co-Chairs
Ronald T. Maheu
Robert P. Trudel
Kevin E. Booth, a judge of the Superior Court in Willimantic,
was elected a fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation James
W. Cooper Fellows program. Raymond R.
Lagesse is the assistant to the vice president for academic affairs at the State
Technical Institute, Memphis, Tenn.
1965
Class Co-Chairs
David J. Martel
Thomas F. McCabe
Peter T. Beaudette, M.D., who has maintained a private practice
in ophthalmology in Albuquerque, N.M., since 1977, was recently
elected president of the New Mexico
Medical Society at its annual meeting. Frederick R. Bleakley is now the managing
editor of the international edition of Institutional Investor magazine in New
York City. James G. Hammond Jr. is president of Dura-Belt Inc. in Hilliard, Ohio.
Edward P. Toffolon, M.D., has opened a gastroenterology practice in Southington,
Conn. Board-certified in both internal medicine and gastroenterology, he is an
attending physician at Bradley Memorial Hospital and chief of gastroenterology
at New Britain General Hospital; he is also an associate clinical professor of
medicine
at the University of Connecticut Medical School.
1966
Class Chair
William L. Juska Jr.
James S. Carletti retired in April from the U.S. Navy Reserve
as captain-JAG Corps. Carletti, who served almost 31 years,
was awarded the Legion of Merit at a retirement ceremony
held in San Diego, Calif. In July, Robert Somma was elected
the managing attorney of the Boston law firm, Goldstein & Manello;
Somma, who joined the firm in 1978, currently serves as chairman
of its bankruptcy department.
1967
Class Co-Chairs
P. Kevin Condron
John P. Sindoni
In July, Michael J. Maloney, M.D., was appointed the medical
director of CPC Health Corp. in Rockville, Md. David A. Ticchi
was named "Blind Educator of
the Year" by the National Federation of the Blind at its national convention
held recently in Dallas, Texas.
1968
Class Co-Chairs
John T. Collins
Brian W. Hotarek
Edward D. Boylan, who has been promoted to the position of
vice president of human resources for the Braintree, Mass.-based
company, All Seasons Services
Inc., has also been appointed to a three-year term on the personnel board for
the town of Hingham. Richard L. Dervan is vice president of Chase Manhattan
Bank, Global Trust Services, in New York City.
1969 30th
Reunion
Class Chair
David H. Drinan
Peter I. Broeman has joined Ullman, Furhman, Platt & Koy, a professional
corporation with offices in Morristown, N.J., and New York City; his practice
includes commercial litigation, insurance coverage, fidelity, professional
liability, directors' and officers' liability and international law. Stephen
H. Keller has recently been appointed the dean of humanities at Springfield
(Mass.) Technical Community College. U.S. Rep. Michael R. McNulty, who is currently
serving his fifth term in Congress, has joined the Italian American Congressional
Delegation as an associate member. Ronald J. Statile is now chief financial
officer of the Zinc Corp. of America in Monaca, Pa.
1971
Class Chair
Robert T. Bonagura
Class Correspondent
Jerome J. Cura Jr.
Richard W. Komuniecki has been named "Distinguished University of Toledo (Ohio)
Professor of Biology" by the university's board of trustees for his extensive
research in tropical medicine and parasitology. A faculty member at the university
since 1980, his teaching efforts have included lectureships at the Medical
College of Ohio and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. Thomas
N. Lyons, who is with the Newark, N.J., law firm of Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan,
Griffinger & Vecchione in its labor and employment law department, was
recently confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate as a judge of the Superior
Court in Union County.
1972
Class Co-Chairs
Allan F. Kramer II
Mark L. Monty
Kevin C. Carroll is currently serving as athletic director
and head football coach at the Albuquerque (N.M.) Academy.
Webster Bank in Waterbury, Conn.,
has named Thomas N. Howe chief executive officer of its subsidiary, Webster
Trust, and executive vice president of trust and investment services for the
bank. Joseph P. (Pat) Ward Jr. is now a senior associate (compliance banking)
with Price Waterhouse Coopers in New York City.
1973
Class Co-Chairs
Gregory C. Flynn
Edward P. Meyers
Robert W. Flynn is now vice president-finance with Weather
Services International in Billerica, Mass. After 17 years
in Africa and Latin America, Peter F. Kranstover
has been assigned to USAID in Washington, D.C., as the deputy in the Latin
American Bureau for South American Affairs. Paul H. Loeffler was honored in
June as "Professional Lawyer of the Year" by the Somerset County Bar Association
and the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law. Paul T. Przybyla
has been promoted to the position of senior operations and technology officer
at Fidelity Co-operative Bank which is based in Fitchburg, Mass. Louis F. Saviano
Jr. has begun his own public relations and corporate communications firm, Maita/Saviano,
in Fremont, Calif.; he and his partner specialize in media relations and communications
strategy and planning.
1974 25th
Reunion
Class Co-Chairs
Stanley J. Kostka Jr.
Edward J. Sullivan
Francis A. Ford, who maintains a private law practice in
Worcester, has been elected an at-large delegate to the Massachusetts
Bar Association's Board of
Delegates.
1975
Class Co-Chairs
Joseph W. Cummings
Joseph A. Sasso Jr.
Daniel P. Romanello, who is a partner with Spencer Stuart
in Stamford, Conn., leads the firm's North American software practice. In January 1998, Romanello
traveled to Haiti to help establish a private school for homeless children
as part of a program sponsored by the campus ministry at Fairfield University.
David J. Saint has been named artistic director of the George Street Playhouse
in New Brunswick, N.J.
1976
Class Chair
Thomas E. Ryan
Class Correspondent
Thomas C. Healey
Joseph P. Reidy is a partner in the Worcester real estate
firm, Maurice F. Reidy & Co.
1977
Class Co-Chairs
Kathleen T. Connolly
Shaun P. Mathews
William A. Eagan III, and his wife, Ann '87, announce the birth of their daughter,
Catherine Elizabeth, on May 9. Jonathan M. Kruk, a master storyteller and frequent
guest at many historic sites, schools and festivals, presented "Legends of
the Hudson Valley during the Revolutionary War," at the New Windsor (N.Y.)
Cantonment on July 4. Karen Furey Liebert, M.D., an obstetrician-gynecologist,
maintains a full-time practice in Bradenton, Fla.
1978
Class Co-Chairs
Marcia Hennelly Moran
Mark T. Murray
Michael H. Shanahan
Marianne (Canedo) Bohr was recently named vice president
of marketing for the National Book Network which is based
outside Washington, D.C. In January 1998,
Richard E. Carlstrom began his own corporate and special events company, "Carlstrom
Productions," creating new product launch events, sales meetings and celebrity
entertainment for corporations and charity fund-raising gala events. Carole
(Derewianka) Konrad is now working as a development coordinator for Klingberg
Family Centers, a non-profit treatment center in New Britain, Conn. Cmdr. Matthew
E. Schellhorn, USN, recently participated in the decommissioning ceremony of
the amphibious assault ship, USS Guam, home-ported in Norfolk, Va. The departments
of radiation oncology at the New England Medical Center, Boston, and Rhode
Island Hospital have been joined together under the leadership of David E.
Wazer, M.D., of the New England Medical Center. Wazer has also been appointed
professor and chairman of the department of radiation oncology at Brown University,
Providence, R.I., while retaining an equivalent post at the Tufts University
School of Medicine, Boston.
1979 20th
Reunion
Class Co-Chairs
George A. Ashur
Deborah Pelles
Robert J. Knowles has been elected to the Scranton (Pa.)
Preparatory School board of trustees. Mary Kay (Wall) Latz
and her husband, Leo, announce the
birth of their daughter, Bridget Moira, on July 6. Cmdr. Miles C. Quigley III,
USN, has taken command of the USS Stephen W. Groves, a guided missile frigate
home-ported in Pascagoula, Miss. John E. Scola, M.D., is an internist in geriatrics
at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. Richard H. Wehman Jr. is with the Stepan
Co. in Northfield, Ill.
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