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1937
Class Chair
Charles H. Keenan
Class Correspondent
Joseph W. Daly

Last October, The John Paul II Newman Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago honored Monsignor Edward J. Duncan, STD, on the occasion of his 90th birthday and, also, in honor of his longtime service to the university. Appointed director and chaplain of St. John's Catholic Chapel and the Newman Foundation in 1943, he served in this capacity for more than 50 years; Monsignor Duncan had also been chaplain of the Fighting Illini athletic teams.

1947
Class Chair
George A. Cashman

Last September, the city of Newburyport, Mass., recognized George A. Cashman for his work in establishing Newburyport as the birthplace of the United States Coast Guard—enabling the city to hold an annual U.S. Coast Guard Day celebration and establishing its place in American and maritime history. A civic leader and Navy veteran of World War II, Cashman served as chairman in 1958 of the Yankee Homecoming celebration; his efforts led to the dedication of a monument in Newburyport to the U.S. Coast Guard and to the city as its birthplace—Congress formally recognized this distinction by joint resolution in 1965; President Johnson subsequently signed it into law; and the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp—which was first sold in Newburyport. Cashman is a recipient of the Coast Guard's Meritorious Public Service Award. John J Gibbons, a director in the Newark, N.J., law firm of Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, was recently the recipient of several honors: Named "Lawyer of the Year" last January by the New Jersey Law Journal, he was presented the American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award at a dinner in New York in March; on April 7, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey bestowed on him its pro bono award—in recognition of his efforts on behalf of indigent clients.

1950
Class Chair
Kirby Hendee

John S. Conroy is a member of the board of directors of the international health and aid organization, Concern America; after 16 years of service, he also continues to be involved in the Habitat for Humanity program. The Sports Museum honored Robert J. "Bob" Cousy at its fourth annual "The Tradition" event, held last June at the FleetCenter in Boston; Cousy was the recipient of a legacy award.

1951
Class Chair
Albert J. McEvoy Jr.
Edwin J. Madden, M.D., retired from the practice of orthopedic surgery in 2001; he and his wife, Dorothy, have owned and operated the Stella Maris Inn in Newport, R.I., since 1990. The Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA) recently honored James F. Meehan with its 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award. A former president of MATA and a longtime trial attorney, Meehan had been a principal in the Boston law firm of Meehan, Boyle, Black & Fitzgerald; from 1957-84, he had served as a partner in the Boston firm of Parker, Coulter Daley & White. An active member of the American, Massachusetts and Boston bar associations as well as MATA, Meehan had been a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International College of Trial Lawyers. In addition, he had been president of the Federal Bar Association; member of the National Panel of Arbitration for the American Arbitration Association; Massachusetts chairman of the Defense Research Institute; and a member of the board of directors for the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association. The July 18 edition of the Hartford(Conn.) Courant included an article about Leo V. Willett Jr., M.D., and his retirement as public health director for the town of Durham, Conn., following 35 years of service.

1952
Class Co-Chairs
James E. Hayes
Bertram U. Mount Jr.
Joseph F. Whalen Jr.
Class Correspondent
Rev. John R. Mulvehill

The Oct. 31 issue of the Jesuit magazine America included an article by Joseph A. Califano Jr., titled "Parent Power/The price young people pay for parental pessimism and nonchalance is high"—about the results of the 10th annual survey of 12-to-17 year olds, undertaken by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in New York City; Califano is the chairman and president of CASA. Andrew J. Kalinski was one of the attorneys profiled in the June 17 edition of New Hampshire Bar News, in honor of his 50-year membership in the New Hampshire Bar Association; Kalinski continues to maintain a private practice in Manchester.

1953
Class Chair
Rev. Earle L. Markey, S.J.

David P. Donohue is the corporate technical director of Thermal Spray and Machine, Inc., in Norfolk, Va. A retired rear admiral of the Navy, Donohue served as the 2004-05 chairman of the Tidewater, Va., section of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE); he is in his sixth year of service on the National Council of ASNE. Last October, John S.T. "Jack" Gallagher was appointed interim director and chief executive officer of Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital; he also serves as a deputy county executive of Nassau Health and Human Services in New York. Robert J. "Bob" Meyer writes that he has been elected to a second term as a trustee of The Players Guild of Leonia in New Jersey. Salvatore J. Parlato Jr. writes that, for the 10th consecutive year, he taught "Sign Language of the Deaf" to 8-to-11-year-old children for Greece (N.Y.) Community Education.

1954
Class Chair
Barry R. McDonough
Class Correspondent
Paul F. Dupuis

Cornelius F. "Neal" Murphy Jr. writes that his book, Theories of World Governance: A Study in the History of Ideas (Catholic University of America Press, 1999), is being translated into Chinese. Raymond L.H. Murphy, M.D., who retired as chief of pulmonary services at two Boston hospitals, continues to teach—at Tufts, Harvard and Northeastern universities—and conduct research on "methods to improve non-invasive diagnosis using computerized acoustic analysis"; he started his own company, Stethographics Inc., in Westborough, Mass.

1955
Class Chair
Joseph J. Reilly Jr.
Class Correspondent
Robert F. Danahy

Paul H. Kerin works for the real estate firm Benchmark Property Management Services, located in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

1956
Class Chair
Daniel M. Dunn

The St. Thomas More Society of Worcester County honored Richard M. Creamer with its Distinguished Attorney Award at the 48th annual Red Mass, celebrated in November at St. Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Creamer is a partner in the Worcester law firm of Peters & Creamer. The Sept. 1 edition of the weekly newspaper, Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette, included an article about the life of Pasquale A. "Pat" Emiro, who had worked many years at Haverhill High School as a guidance counselor and evening principal and, during World War II, had served as a U.S. Marine Raider. Cornelius B. "Neil" Prior Jr. is chairman of Atlantic Tele-Network Inc., chairman of the Caribbean Association of National Telephone Organizations and a member of the Harvard Law School Visiting Committee.

1957
Class Co-Chairs
William J. Ellis
Raymond A. Nothnagle

John E. Alberghini is an adjunct professor of physics at the Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Mass. Mark A. Delaney writes that he was presented with the President's Award from the Association of Former Intelligence Officers at a ceremony in Las Vegas, Nev.—in recognition of his community outreach program, which has provided counseling services to teenagers in Las Vegas. Rev. John E. "Jack" Kelley is now a "senior priest," working halftime at St. Mary's Parish in Uxbridge, Mass. Bruce E. Zawacki, M.D., writes that, since his retirement in 1998 as associate professor of surgery and, of religion/social ethics, at the University of Southern California (U.S.C.) in Los Angeles, he has been teaching healthcare ethics to premedical and medical students, and, to surgical residents—in association with faculty from the U.S.C. Schools of Medicine, Religion and Law.

1958
Class Chair
Braden A. Mechley
Class Correspondent
Arthur J. Andreoli

Peter J. Filicetti is professor emeritus, department of graduate psychology, at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. The Aug. 28 edition of the Cape Cod Times included a profile of Joseph J. Reardon who serves as the first justice of the Barnstable (Mass.) District Court.
MARRIED: Richard A. Cody and Joan Forbes Erhard, on July 23.

1960
Class Co-Chairs
George M. Ford
George F. Sullivan Jr.

Louis F. "Lou" Cumming writes that, having successfully launched a new, independent community bank earlier this decade as the executive vice president and chief credit officer, he has subsequently taken a sabbatical leave to devote time to his consulting firm, Financial Proctology Associates. Lawrence J. DeNardis, who serves as chairman of the Tweed New Haven (Conn.) Airport Authority, was recently appointed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to the Connecticut Humanities Council and reappointed to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity—which advises the secretary of education on accreditation in higher education. DeNardis is president emeritus of the University of New Haven. Jay O'Callahan Jr. was selected to serve as an ambassador for storytelling, Oct. 18-22, at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tenn. The Gibson Foundation, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., recently announced the appointment of Charles D. Pacunas as executive director; he had formerly served as the senior vice president of special projects at Gibson.

1961
Class Chair
C. Clark Hodgson Jr.

Paul E. Pedisich writes that, in continuing his second career, he was advanced to the position of associate professor at Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, Texas; Pedisich teaches history and humanities there.

1962
Class Chair
William J. O'Leary Jr.

Last October, the Pennsylvania Delaware affiliate of the American Heart Association announced that Joseph H. Jacovini has been selected as the recipient of its Heart of Philadelphia Award. Jacovini, who is a senior partner in the Philadelphia office of the law firm Dilworth Paxson, specializes in corporate law and corporate litigation; he also serves as chairman of the board of trustees of Drexel University in Philadelphia and as vice chairman of the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

1963
Class Chair
Charles J. Buchta
Class Correspondent
Michael J. Toner

Billy Collins has released a new compact disc, Billy Collins Live: A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space—a live recording of the poetry reading he presented there last April to benefit New York Public Radio. Last June, 3M Corp., headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., appointed Robert S. Morrison interim chairman and chief executive officer of the company. Morrison, who is retired vice chairman of the PepsiCo Inc. and the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Quaker Oats Co., joined the 3M board of directors in 2002. Robert E. Terry is first justice, Barnstable (Mass.) Probate and Family Court.

1964
Class Chair
Ronald T. Maheu
Class Correspondent
William S. Richards

Last September, Paul A. La Camera was appointed general manager of Boston University-owned and operated national public radio station WBUR-FM, effective Oct. 3; a 33-year veteran of WCVB-TV Channel 5, La Camera had most recently served as president and general manager of the Boston ABC Network affiliate.

1965
Class Co-Chairs
David J. Martel
Thomas F. McCabe Jr.

The law firm Quarles & Brady recently announced that Gerald E. Connolly, a partner in its Milwaukee, Wis., office, has been selected for inclusion in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America—in the area of real estate law. Frank E. Delmonico, D.D.S., writes that, in a poll of Rhode Island dentists conducted by Rhode Island Monthly magazine, he was recently voted the number one general dentist in the state; Delmonico, who maintains a private practice in Wakefield, had previously received this honor in 1999. The June 29 edition of Real Estate Weekly included an article about Arthur J. Mirante II and his recognition at a recent dinner of the Holy Cross Leadership Council of New York, held at the New York Palace Hotel. Mirante, who currently serves as president of global client development at Cushman & Wakefield in New York City, is also an active member of several community and service organizations, including The United Way of New York City; The Alvin Ailey Dance Company; and The National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.

1966
Class Chair
Kenneth M. Padgett
Class Correspondent
William L. Juska Jr.

The April 22 edition of the Orleans, Mass., newspaper Cape Codder included the announcement that the Eldredge & Lumpkin Insurance Agency has promoted Peter F. Della-Luna Jr. to the position of manager of the agency's Harwich, Mass., office.

1967
Class Co-Chairs
John J. McLaughlin Jr.
John P. Sindoni

Thomas F. Hogan writes that he and his wife have completed their stint with the U.S. Peace Corps in the Ukraine; for almost two years, they had served as TEFL teachers at the secondary school- and college-level in Khust. Thomas E. Kelly, a longtime educator and coach, received a Special Achievement Award "for his decades of public service to the youth of Dartmouth," at the Dartmouth (Mass.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame 12th annual installation dinner held last spring at the Hawthorne Country Club. The June 18 edition of the Bangor (Maine) Daily News included an article about Rev. Joseph J. Koury and his recent appointment as the administrator of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Belfast, Maine; he had most recently served 10 years at Our Lady of Wisdom Parish in Orono—as well as the Newman Center at the University of Maine and St. Mary's Parish in Orono. Christopher J. Matthews served as commencement speaker last May at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.; Matthews is the creator and host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC and host of the NBC syndicated weekly news program The Chris Matthews Show. The May edition of Fenway News included a profile of Robert F. "Bob" White, professor of animation and communications at Simmons College in Boston; a member of the Simmons College faculty since 1971, White has also produced more than 30 films during his career.

1970
Class Co-Chairs
Anthony M. Barclay
John R. Doyle, M.D.

The July 25 edition of The Boston Globe included an article about Mark J. Doherty, D.M.D., titled "He's dedicated to dental care for all." A public health dentist, Doherty has served as the director of oral health services at the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center in Boston since 1979. Bernard F. Kelly Jr. is a concierge for One Seal Harbor, Meredith Management Corp., in Winthrop, Mass. Theodore C. "Ted" Nardin has recently been appointed chief executive officer and publisher of the Springer Publishing Co., Inc., in New York City. The Oct. 31 issue of the Jesuit magazine America included an article by Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi, titled "Challenge and Opportunity/John Paul II on the gift of Christian suffering." Msgr. Vaghi is pastor of the Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda, Md. The St. Thomas More Society of Worcester County honored Vito A. Virzi with its Distinguished Jurist Award at the 48th annual Red Mass, celebrated in November at St. Paul's Cathedral in Worcester; Virzi is an associate justice of the Massachusetts District Court.

1971
Class Chair
Robert T. Bonagura
Class Correspondent
Jerome J. Cura Jr.

Peter F. Keenan Jr., a partner in the Millbury, Mass., law firm of Keenan & O'Connell, has recently been elected to the board of trustees of Millbury Savings Bank. P. Michael Saint now serves as chairman and chief executive officer of The Saint Consulting Group, a land-use and zoning politics consulting firm with five offices in the United States and one in London, England; Saint founded the company in 1983.

1972
Class Chair
Allan F. Kramer II

In October, the law firm Venable LLP announced that, effective Nov. 1, William J. Donovan joined its Washington, D.C., office as a partner—serving in the banking/financial services and legislative/government affairs practices. Joseph B. "Joe" McDonough writes that, as a fellow at the UMass McCormack Institute Center for Democracy and Development in Boston, he has been awarded State Department funding to work on judicial training in China and to train Russian judges in intellectual property rights.

1973
Class Co-Chairs
Gregory C. Flynn
Edward P. Meyers

The July 9 edition of the Burlington(Vt.) Free Press announced the appointment of Brian L. Burgess  to the position of associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. John F. Cambria, a partner in the New York City law office of Alston & Bird, is included in the 2006 edition of Best Lawyers in America,for commercial litigation; selection is based on a peer-review survey. The June 1 edition of the newspaper Southbridge(Mass.) Evening News announced that Brian M. Chandley has joined Southbridge Savings Bank as the vice president of commercial lending. Last February, Kevin B. Frawley was appointed executive vice president of Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. The July 29 edition of the Westborough, Mass., newspaper Community Advocate included the announcement that James F. Kattany, a financial representative with The Kane Group, celebrated his 30th anniversary with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network last June; recipient of the company's National Quality Award 27 times since 1978, Kattany was named a Million Dollar Round Table Life Member in 1987. Christian McCarthy, executive vice president of finance and administration at Assumption College, has been appointed to the board of directors of Fallon Community Health Plan. Rev. Paul M. Sullivan, S.J., was named Knights of Columbus Chaplain of the Year for 2004-05, by the Maine State Council Knights of Columbus.

MARRIED: Stephen T. Johnson and Tuwanda Shakoor, on Aug. 24, in Las Vegas, Nev. Kenneth D. Kolb and Kathy McLennan, on June 24, at the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich, Conn.

1974
Class Co-Chairs
Brian R. Forts
Edward J. Sullivan

The Milford (Mass.) Federal Savings & Loan Association recently announced the appointment of Joseph F. Edwards Jr. to its board of directors; Edwards is co-owner of the family-owned business Edwards Memorial Funeral Home Inc. in Milford. The Sept. 9 edition of the Wilton(Conn.) Villager announced the appointment of Jean Giblin Haynes as the associate director of development and annual fund director at St. Luke's School, a nondenominational, coeducational independent day school in New Canaan, Conn. The April 18 edition of the newspaper The Times Record announced the appointment of Christopher P. Kelley as the new controller of its parent company, the Brunswick (Maine) Publishing Co. This fall, the Worcester African Cultural Center presented "Colors on Sand: Images of Senegal"—an exhibit of photographs and paintings by Kenneth P. Martin and Verjik Abramian-Martin, "capturing the vibrancy and movement of life in Senegal." Last September, Alan D. Muise became the business manager for the Holy Spirit Center, a Jesuit retreat and spirituality center in Anchorage, Alaska; a volunteer in many ministry areas for the past 12 years, he continues to serve as a spiritual director and facilitator for Ignatian spirituality programs. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., announced in July the appointment of James L. Mulshine, M.D., to the new position of vice president for research—and, also, his appointment as associate provost for research at the university.

1975
Class Co-Chairs
Joseph W. Cummings
Joseph A. Sasso Jr.

The April 15 edition of the Hollis Brookline Journal announced the appointment of Timothy J. Kelley as the new principal of Hollis (N.H.) /Brookline High School. Lawrence J. Mone continues to serve as president of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research in New York City.

 

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