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  Class Notes
     
    1937-1979

1980-1989

1990-1998


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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