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REGIS HIGH SCHOOL
VOLUME 79 | NUMBER 2
WINTER 2014
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President’s Report:
Seriously
The Regis Centennial Celebration:
How are we using the gifts
God gave us?
A Surprise Visit
Alumni Go Wild
For Regis Philbin
Annual Report Corrections
Deo et Patriae Reception Recap
Regis Centennial News Stories
A Look Back:
A Yankee at 84th Street
A New Century of Generosity
Prowlings
Owl, the Places You’ll Go!
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Events Calendar
Milestones
Remembering John Loose
REGIS
James E. Buggy
Vice President for Development
Thomas A. Hein ’99
Director of Communications
Vincent Catapano ’96
Alumni Director
Noel Selegzi ’84
Annual Fund Director
Jennifer Reeder
Executive Assistant
Brianne Kilpatrick
Database Manager
Melanie Seltzer
Special Events Coordinator
Photographs for Regis publications are provided
by Harisch Studios and the staff of The Regian,
the school yearbook.
Regis High School and The Office of
Development reserve the right to publish
and edit all submissions as space permits.
Submissions must be sent to:
Regis High School
The Office of Development
55 East 84th Street
New York, NY 10028-1221
Phone: (212) 288-1142
Above: While teaching a Mathematics
class, Ms. Carol Remsen uses a tablet
to write notes and project them onto
the screen in the front of the classroom.
The 100 year old Regis classrooms now
showcase some of the most innovative
technology available, including tablets,
Apple TV digital receivers, and the latest
innovations in wireless technology.
On the Cover: Former British Prime
Minister Tony Blair stopped by Regis
on November 21 to join Regis students
in a video conference with the Islamic
Educational College in Jordan.
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President’s Report
Seriously
It’s here. Happy 2014 and Happy
Regis Centennial! One vision, one
location, one hundred years, and
thousands of lives changed over
multiple generations. Each one of
those four phrases deserves its own
exploration and appreciation. I
hope the many celebratory events
we have planned over the course
of the year will help us deepen our
understanding of the extraordinary
undertaking Regis was from the beginning, the incredible
service it has provided our Church and society for a century,
and our bold commitment to stay the course for another
hundred years. Please visit the centennial website regularly
(regis.org/2014) for updates, articles of historical interest,
and for event information and registration.
I want to suggest as we begin this historic year that this
edition of the RAN highlights three overall aspects of the
Regis experience that should resonate with all of us. The
first is serious education. Note the outer and inner front
cover. Regis is the kind of place where the former Prime
Minister of England showing up to moderate a conversation
between Regis seniors and Muslim students skyping in
from Jordan seems only slightly out of the ordinary (and
actually, only the Prime Minister part was). [Our alumni
get in the act too. Find the picture of a former President
in serious conference with an alumnus in Prowlings!] The
inside front cover highlights the use of advanced educational
technology throughout the building. First class education
in a globalized world is serious business at Regis. The Regis
experience itself, though, is also serious fun. How could
students and alumni not enjoy a chance to take in Crowd
Goes Wild, Regis Philbin’s new sports talk show? For that
matter, how many show hosts are named after a high school
to begin with? See the article further on. Friendships and
avocations grow together from the first day a new freshman
walks through the tunnel and both are richer fifty years later.
Look for the light-hearted insert in the middle of the RAN,
cut out your mascot picture, and see how many interesting
places and events we collect in the “Owl, the places you’ll
go” challenge. [Come to think of it, maybe the alumnus
and President note belongs in this section on serious fun
instead…]
Much as we will enjoy and highlight education and fun,
the most important aspect of Regis to celebrate is serious
challenge. Take the time to read the reflection Chris Lowney
’76 offers us. Truly, ‘from those to whom much has been
given, much is expected’. We should never forget that Regis
teaches us to measure success in counter-cultural ways.
Here we hold faith as central, not peripheral in a world that
highlights only secular values; service as the highest goal, not
something added once we are comfortably settled; solidarity
and cooperation among all, not the privileging of a few. If
Regis were less, we would celebrate merely a hundredth
anniversary. Instead we celebrate the centennial of a vision—
serious education, serious fun, serious challenge. Young men,
many of them immigrants and without the means to afford
schooling, found that here in 1914. That young men still
find it here today should leave us both amazed and grateful.
I want to end on a note of news and gratitude. As I have
often mentioned over the past few years, our intention was
to finish Strong to Endure: The Second Century Campaign on
December 31st of 2013. Thanks to the hard work of our
Development team and the pinch-hitting of Mr. Frank
Walsh, brought back for the effort, it did. While you can
check updated class totals online and expect compete
results in the next Annual Report, I am pleased to report
that due to the extraordinary generosity of the entire Regis
community, from alumni, to current and alumni parents,
to staunch friends, a total of $41.1 million will have been
added in the coming years to the Regis Fund. That campaign
total represents a substantial down payment on a successful
second century here at Regis. From somewhere in heaven, I
have little doubt the Foundress and her children continue to
smile on this endeavor and applaud our efforts. Thank you
for all your help and support. Enjoy the celebrations!
Philip Judge, S.J. ’80
President
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T H E R E G I S C E N T E N N I A L C E L E B R AT I O N
How are we using the gifts
God gave us?
By Chris Lowney ’76
At the end of my sophomore year, Dr.
John Tricamo sought volunteers to help
clean up the school during one week of
our summer vacation. I volunteered—
God knows why—joining a contingent
of summer Juggies and a couple dozen
other Regians who had no summer
jobs and nothing better to do. I loved
the week; I wandered freely and poked
around unexplored crannies of a mostly
empty school. During the school year,
the seniors owned the place; but during
this week, I started to feel like an owner
too. Not least, I got the chance to know
Dr. Tricamo as the kind man he is, not
the forbidding Tricky Tricamo, the head
disciplinarian during those years.
One of my tasks was cleaning out a
cluttered teacher’s desk before it was
pressed into service the following school
year. I went through its drawers, trashing
blue books, old school newspapers,
paperclips, and other assorted flotsam
and jetsam.
Then I found a booklet from 1964,
commemorating the 50th anniversary
of Regis. I stopped pitching garbage,
sat down, and started turning pages,
fascinated by this bygone world: Regians
in jackets and ties, a senior room with a
pool table, and faculty in black robes.
I started to read the words that
accompanied the photos, the text of the
homily for the 50th anniversary mass.
The preacher, a Regis graduate, used
the Regis Owl as a rhetorical device,
imagining all us Regis graduates, from
the very first graduating class to the most
recent, gathered in the courtyard in front
of the Regis Owl, perched then as now
on the courtyard’s southern wall. The
preacher imagined the Owl taking stock
of us:
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“What would impress the Owl if we all
gathered under his wing in the courtyard?
Our degrees? Our tax brackets? Our credit
cards? Our club memberships? Certainly
he would blink many times as he beholds
this vast panoply of material success, but,
as a curious owl, isn’t he entitled to ask:
“How are you using the gifts God gave
you? You used most of them well here
at Regis. Do you still remember where
you are going?....Are people any better
because of your pilgrimage through life?
Is the world any better because you went
to Regis? Does your light lead our people
to glory?”
Even though I was only 15 years old, I
knew those words were important. And
even though the photos in the book were
from a time that had passed away, I knew
that these words would endure. So I kept
that book. And every few years I read it.
In my best years, the words inspire me; in
bad years, they haunt me.
A few years after Regis’s 50th anniversary,
the Jesuit’s superior General, Fr. Pedro
Arrupe, articulated his own challenge
about the purpose of Jesuit education:
“Today our prime educational objective
must be to form men-and-women-forothers; men and women who will live
not for themselves but for God and his
Christ - for the God-man who lived and
died for all the world; men and women
who cannot even conceive of love of God
which does not include love for the least
of their neighbors; men and women
completely convinced that love of God
which does not issue in justice for others
is a farce.”
So how’s that “men for others” stuff going
for us? How much better is the world
because we all went to Regis instead of
other high schools?
Truth is, we don’t have much of a clue.
To be sure, the school administration
could tell us lots of encouraging stories
about Regis graduates who are living up
to these high standards. I myself know
plenty of Regis “men for others.” One
buddy is a loving parent of four kids
and another spends his day patiently
counseling impoverished folks suffering
psychological problems. I’ve had
breakfast in Manila with a couple of
alums, now Jesuits, who devoted decades
to building up that country’s educational
capacity; and I’ve had breakfast in
Jamshedpur, India with another alum
and Jesuit, a wonderfully good-humored
man who dedicated decades to that
country. I asked for his blessing before
I left, and he prayed over me in one of
the various local Indian dialects he had
picked up while piloting his motor bike
from one rural community to another.
Regians like these would certainly
impress the Owl—to use that preacher’s
imagery—but do these heroes comprise
5% of us graduates? 20%? 90%?
We don’t know. We know exactly what
percentage of us donated money to the
school this year but haven’t a clue how
many of us are living up to this part of
the school’s stated mission: “to become
imaginative leaders committed to
promoting justice and exerting leadership
in the Church, in the civic community,
and in their chosen profession.” I know it
would be nearly impossible to measure
our achievement against these missiondriven ideals in a systematically precise
way (fortunately, gadfly articles don’t
require implementation plans). But if we
do not try to hold ourselves accountable
to our highest sense of mission, how
do we know if we are succeeding? And
what better time to take stock, both as
individual graduates and as a corporate
body, than in this 100th anniversary year.
This year will be filled with selfcongratulatory celebration of Regis’s
many accomplishments: our admissions
to elite universities, national merit
scholarships, and donation levels to
the school. All those things are really,
really important; I don’t mean to imply
otherwise.
But maybe we should see these
distinctions as the baseline for our
satisfactory performance, not as
indicators of superior performance. As
St. Ignatius once put it, “You will see
that what would not be slight in others
would be slight in you,” paraphrasing
the Jesus who put it more simply, “To
whomever much is given, of him much
will be required.” Surely those words
apply to us. The school enjoys the
unique advantage of gathering incredibly
smart, highly talented students, thanks
to its free tuition, superb staff and
faculty, reputation built over decades,
and well-articulated values. With all
those advantages to draw on, we should
expect as our baseline standard the kind
of academic and conventional career
success that other schools might count
extraordinary.
I don’t want to be a party pooper. Let’s
enjoy our hundredth. I am and will
always be incredibly grateful that I had
the life-changing opportunity to go
to Regis.
But I will remain at least a little bit
haunted by that homilist’s words, by
Arrupe’s, and by the school’s mission
statement. And I invite the rest of you to
be a little haunted (or inspired, grateful,
consoled, or challenged) too. As we enter
our second century, let’s hold ourselves
accountable not merely to the kinds
of accomplishments that the world
celebrates but to the kinds of successes
that would really impress the Owl.
Formerly a Managing Director of J.P. Morgan
& Co in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and
London, Chris Lowney ’76 currently chairs the
board of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the
nation’s largest healthcare/hospital systems. He
has lectured in more than two-dozen countries
on leadership, business ethics, and other related
topics, and is the author of four books. Heroic
Leadership, a #1 ranked bestseller of the CBPA,
was named a finalist for a 2003 Book of the
Year Award from ForeWord magazine and has
been translated into eleven languages. He is
also author of Heroic Living and A Vanished
World. His latest work, Pope Francis: Why He
Leads the Way He Leads, has been called, “an
invaluable gift,” and “a book for the ages.”
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A Surprise Visit
Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Addresses Regians on Religious Literacy
On the morning of November 21,
Regis students enrolled in the
Comparative Religious Ethics senior
elective participated in a special video
conference with students from the Islamic
Educational College in Jordan. Moments
before the conference began, those
students learned that a Regis “first” was
about to take place: Former British Prime
Minister Tony Blair—whose foundation’s
Face to Faith initiative is the inspiration
for the senior elective—would be joining
the conference in-person.
Mr. Blair’s visit was the first ever by a
former or current Head of Government.
Mr. Blair served as Prime Minister of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland from
May 1997 to June 2007. He was also the
leader of Britain’s Labour Party (1994 to
2007) and the Member of Parliament for
Sedgefield, England (1983 to 2007).
The purpose of the conference was for
students from both schools to describe
their communities, detail common
religious stereotypes, and share thoughts
on beliefs and traditions that matter
most to them. The dialogue evolved
into a discussion about why religious
literacy is important. Religious literacy
refers to the knowledge of—and ability
to understand—different religions. Given
the increased integration among different
faiths and cultures within our global
society, religious literacy has become an
increasingly important issue worldwide.
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation,
established in 2008, works towards
providing practical support to help
prevent religious prejudice, conflict,
and extremism, and is committed to
constructing peaceful co-existence among
people of different faiths. The Face to Faith
initiative is an educational program of the
Foundation that contributes to a variety
of subjects, including the humanities,
religious and cultural studies, and social
sciences. The program has been a
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair stopped by Regis on November 21 to join Regis students in a
video conference with the Islamic Educational College in Jordan.
major focus of Mr. Blair’s work since
leaving political office.
The former Prime Minister offered
Regians some personal thoughts and
reflected on his own experiences before
asking them to comment on their
experiences and how they overcome
religious stereotypes. Following a
question-and-answer session during
which Mr. Blair fielded questions from
students, a lively discussion ensued. The
conference concluded with students
and Mr. Blair providing reflections and
takeaways from the discussion. Mr. Blair
shared that “we succeed best when we
accept the obligation to build bridges of
understanding through learning about
others' faith, and are prepared to deal
in humility and respect with those who
don’t understand.” Before departing from
84th Street, Mr. Blair thanked Regis High
School for its participation in the Face to
Faith program, and posed for pictures
with Regians.
Mr. Blair addressed the United Nations later
in the day to stress the need for education
across cultures and faith lines. His visit
to the U.N. followed an earlier visit in
September, when he and U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry addressed the U.N. on the
issue of combatting religious extremism.
Regis High School, under the guidance of
Theology faculty member Mary Katherine
Sheena, has been a participant in Face
to Faith for the past five years. “Face to
Faith has been a wonderful resource for
Regis and truly embodies the Ignatian
ideal of being open to growth. The
program encourages students to become
global citizens who are interested in
learning about the world around them,”
said Ms. Sheena. “It gives each of them
an opportunity to reflect on their own
attitudes and beliefs and provides a
platform to engage in meaningful dialogue
with students from around the world.”
Read more: Log onto Regis.org/Blair to read
the full story and view a gallery of photos.
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Prime Time: The Right Honourable Anthony
Charles Lynton Blair, Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, visited
Regis High School on November 21, 2013.
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In October, Regis alumni and staff
accompainied a group of Regis seniors
on a unique opportunity to meet Regis
Philbin. The opportunity came after
Philbin invited Regis students to be part
of a live studio audience during a taping
of Crowd Goes Wild, Philbin's new Fox
Sports talk show. A handful of Regis
alumni and staff members were also in
attendance.
Throughout breaks in the show's taping,
Philbin chatted with the Regis audience
and discussed the season’s outlook for
Regis sports teams. During a Q&A
segment of the show titled "AARP:
Ask Anything Regis Philbin", Philbin
whipped out a Regis High School
baseball hat and wore it proudly as he
responded to questions tweeted to the
show by fans.
When the live show concluded, Philbin
and his staff taped a lighthearted "Regis
vs. Regis" quiz game. The game consisted
of three Regis students answering sports
trivia from Philbin's youth, while Philbin
was forced to answer current pop culture
questions. The webisode is expected to be
available on the Fox Sports website in the
near future.
Philbin, a Bronx native and graduate
of Cardinal Hayes High School, has
been hosting popular television shows
since the 1960's. He currently holds the
Guinness World Record for the most
time spent in front of a television camera.
During the debut of Crowd Goes Wild,
which began airing live in August 2013,
Philbin made a reference to Regis High
School, recalling that his father named
him after the school. That on-air reference
triggered the idea of inviting a group of
current students to the studio. This wasn't
the first time Philbin has talked about
Regis High School on television. There
is archived footage of Philbin discussing
the high school as far back as 1997 during
an episode of Live! With Regis & Kathy
Lee. In that episode, Philbin and Gifford
highlight recent successes of the Regis
varisty track team, and go on to mention
the great christian service work performed
by Regis students throughout the city.
During the discussion, Philbin jokes, “I'm
the only person in America named after a
high school.”
View the video: Watch the clip from Live!
With Regis & Kathy Lee, along with the clip
of Regis Philbin wearing the Regis baseball
hat at Regis.org/Philbin.
Above: Alumni and staff pose for a photo
with Regis Philbin. Left to Right: Mark
Nelson ’77, Jack Mead ’69, Obed Ortiz ’93,
Brian Wysocki ’07 (kneeling), Tom Hein ’99
(Director of Communications), Regis Philbin,
Vincent Catapano ’96 (Alumni Director),
Kristin Ross (Assistant Principal), Joanna
O’Hare (Business Office Accountant), Kevin
O’Reilly ’72, and James Dieffenbach ’09.
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Annual Report Corrections
The 2013 Annual Report, published in the last issue of the RAN, contained some errors and omissions. We
apologize for these and any other errors in the Annual Report and for any confusion they may have caused. Regis
High School could not exist without your generosity, and we extend to you our sincerest gratitude. For a digital
copy of the revised 2013 Annual Report, please visit regis.org/RAN.
FRIENDS & WIDOWS
MEMORIAL GIFTS
Ms. Elaine M. Donlin P ’92
Mr. James P. Sullivan P’80’84
Mrs. Mary Anne Sullivan
P’80’84
ALUMNI PARENTS
Dorothy Kelly, P’63 †
Mrs. Kathleen Mulvihill
Mona Duggan P’84
Delores White, P’85
Mr. & Mrs. John and Mary
Cummins P’95’99
UNDERGRADUATE
PARENTS
Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Quinn P’14
ALUMNI ANNUAL
FUND DONORS
Peter Gordon ’73 (O)
STRONG TO ENDURE
SECOND CENTURY
CAMPAIGN
The 2013 Annual Report
included a listing of alumni,
parents, and friends who
contributed to the Strong to
Endure campaign. That list
included only people who made
gifts during the 2013 fiscal
year. A full listing of all those
who made gifts to the Strong to
Endure campaign, which ended
December 31, 2013, can be
found at regis.org/2014.
Annual Report To Go Digital
Starting in Fall 2014, the Regis Annual Report
will continue to be printed and distributed,
but it will be consistent in size with the other
quarterly alumni magazine issues. As a result,
the majority of the Annual Report listings
currently printed in that issue will only be
available online. To access these issues and
other archived editions of the Regis Alumni
Magazine, visit regis.org/RAN.
Deo et Patriae
Reception Recap
This past September, Anthony Domino, Jr.
’80 P’08 was the recipient of the 2013 Deo
et Patriae award. The Award is presented to
a Regian or friend of Regis who has served
Regis and the community in a distinguished
capacity during the course of his/her life. A
1980 graduate, Domino is the immediate past
Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Regis, a
position he held for the past six years. At the
reception, he was introduced by current Board
Chairman Peter Labbat ’83 (left) and was
presented with the award by Regis President
Rev. Philip G. Judge, S.J. ’80 (right).
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Beginning in September 2013, Regis High School began publishing a monthly Centennial eNewsletter. The
purpose of the series, which will conlcude in December 2014, is to provide updates on Centennial news, events,
and stories about the history of Regis. Below is a recap of highlights from the most recent issues. If you are not
receiving these emails but would like to, please let us know at [email protected].
The Legend of Coach Don Kennedy
Who was the First Alumnus Priest?
The Regis Alma Mater
Don Kennedy, long-time basketball coach
and faculty member at Regis from 1933 to
1950, was honored in September as he was
posthumously inducted into the New York
City Basketball Hall of Fame. Read about
Kennedy and his accomlishments at:
Throughout our storied history, many
men of Regis have gone on to become
men of the cloth. The July 1942
Alumni Newsletter published an article
highlighting the first alumnus priest, Fr.
John Manning ’18. Read a reprint at:
Where did the Regis Alma Mater come
from? Fr. Daniel Burke, S.J. provided an
account of its history during an Oral
History Project interview during the
Winter of 1980. Read about the history of
the Regis Alma Mater and other cheers at:
Regis.org/kennedy
Regis.org/Manning
Regis.org/AlmaMater
Regis at its Diamond Anniversary
Christmas Eve 1912
Filmings at Regis Through the Years
In April 1989, Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare,
S.J. ’48, the then-President of Fordham
University and future President of Regis
High School, addressed an audience at
the Waldorf Astoria to mark the occasion
of the school’s 75th Anniversary. Read a
digital reprint of those remarks at:
The Foundress made her initial gift on
Christmas Eve 1912. Read about the
circumstances leading up to the generous
gift that began such an extraordinary
endeavor and would ultimately change the
lives of thousands of young men at:
Regis High School has served as a
backdrop for various television and
movie productions. Now you can read a
summary of known appearances of Regis
in film. Know of one we missed? Let us
know at [email protected]. View the list at:
Regis.org/Christmas1912
Regis.org/Films
Regis.org/Diamond
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A LO O K B AC K :
A Yankee at 84th Street
Watch Now: View this video
and more at Regis.org/Films
The December 2013 Centennial
eNews published a story titled
“Filmings at Regis Through
the Years.” The story—which
highlighted television shows,
commercials, and movies
where Regis appeared as the
backdrop—suggested the list may
not be complete, and encouraged
alumni to help us add to the list.
Within hours of the publication,
Art Bender, S.J. ’67, longtime
History teacher at Regis, was
quick to inform us of one of the
more unique filmings that took
place at Regis years ago.
Sometime in the mid-1960’s, a
rising advertising guru named
George Lois was developing an
ad campaign for the Quaker
Oats Company's cat food
brand, Puss ‘n Boots. Lois
had the clever idea of using a
sports figure in the commercial
as a character and not as a
traditional direct pitch man. He
chose the New York Yankee’s
Yogi Berra for the role, and
began looking for a gymnasium
for filming.
It just so happened that Regis
had recently completed a major
renovation to create a new
gymnasium for its students by
using space originally dedicated
to the auditorium. Quite
different from the auditorium
Regians know today, the
original version could seat over
750 people in the main floor
and two balconies. This ornate
space was divided in the late
1950’s to create what we know
today as the Upper Gym. The
new, smaller auditorium was
completed and blessed in 1957.
While the details behind
choosing Regis as the location
for the ad are lost to history,
somewhere along the way the
powers-that-be worked out the
details and Yogi Berra made his
way to 84th Street for filming.
The commercial’s final cut
features a cat exercising in the
gym by jumping over the Regis
pummel horse and using a
trampoline. Berra then proceeds
to have a “conversation” with
the cat regarding the cat’s fitness
and diet, praising the virtues
of Puss ‘n Boots cat food. The
cat’s voice was provided by none
other than Berra’s friend and
teammate, Whitey Ford.
The ad became a success and
is often referred to as Berra’s
best TV spot up until his
appearances alongside the Aflac
duck, (early 2000’s). Lois went
on to pursue a very successful
career in advertising, best
known for over 92 cover designs
for Esquire magazine, and
developing the famous “I Want
My MTV” ads of the 1980’s
and the ESPN “In Your Face!”
campaign of the 1990’s.
Teammates would often joke
about Berra starring in a
commercial with a talking cat,
but he often had the last laugh:
“Who do you know that got
paid pretty good for talking to
a cat?”
A NEW CENTURY OF
GENEROSITY
It was a single family’s generosity that established Regis
and it was their annual donations that sustained the
school for its first decades. Today it is our responsibility
to ensure that Regis continues to prepare new
generations of imaginative leaders, critical thinkers, and
compassionate Christians.
Last year Annual Fund giving covered less than half of
Regis’ total operating costs, leaving Regis with no choice
but to make a large withdrawal from the Regis Fund. As
we begin a year of Centennial Celebrations, it is essential
that the rate of giving to the Annual Fund begins to
increase. A second century of educating “men for others”
at Regis will require a new century of generosity from its
alumni, parents and friends.
Regis.org/give
In the spirit of Saint
Ignatius, Regis High School
inspired us all to “go forth
and set the world on fire.”
Whether at home, at work,
or traveling the world, we
bring the spirit of Regis with
us wherever we go. In this
Centennial year, help us
showcase the places Regis
has touched. Cut out the
owl on the opposite page
and showcase it in a photo
to be included in a digital
collage we are creating
titled, “Owl, the Places
You’ll Go!” Email the photo
to [email protected].
Photo Ideas:
• Outside your office with
alumni colleagues
• In front of a historical
landmark
• With family and friends,
on vacation or at home
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REGIS HIGH SCHOOL
Prowlings
1935
Col. Joseph A. Calamari writes, “The St.
John’s Law School Joseph A. Calamari
Admiralty Law Society’s Publication
Admiralty Practicum continues to thrive.
It was founded by three students and me
in 1979.”
1938
Jim Holahan, 5 Mohegan Trail,
Saddle River, NJ 07458
1939
Kevin Tubridy, [email protected]
3524 Taft St., Wantagh, NY 11793
1941
William Carroll, [email protected]
4254 Via Verde, Cypress, CA 90630
1943
Don Gross, [email protected]
41 Strickland Place, Manhasset, NY 11030
1944
Tom Sheridan, S.J., [email protected]
515 East Fordham Rd, Bronx NY 10458
Our class was devastated to learn of Gene
Maloney’s death on December 2, 2012.
The spark of life was always so bright in
him that it was hard to realize that he was
gone. And he had done such a fantastic
job on this column that it is easy to see
why there has been nothing from ‘44 for
several issues now. Our class also mourns
the death of Bob McGrath, M.D., who
died on September 13. And on December
12 Mac McGarry went to the Lord. May
they rest in peace. Mac was a well known
Washington TV personality, having started
his career at the NBC affiliate WRC-TV in
1950. In 2011 he retired from the award-
Photographer Charlie Harbutt ’52 took
this entertaining photo of classmate Lew
Bowlby ’52 back in 1951.
winning TV quiz show “It’s Academic” after
half a century as its only quiz master. The
Regis website has a news story reflecting
on Mac’s career and linking to a number of
tributes written about him. Owing to Jake
O’Connell’s urging Tom Sheridan is now
your correspondent for this column. But
he does so quite conscious that nothing
printed here will ever rise to the level of
camaraderie and good humor that Gene
lent it. In August Tom left the St. Peter’s
community in Jersey City, where he had
been for 47 years, and is now at MurrayWeigel Hall, the Jesuit retirement home
on the campus of Fordham U. He had two
opportunities to greet Regis classmate
Gene (a.k.a. Bud) Rooney, once in the Fall
when Gene paid a visit to his two Jesuit
brothers, Frank Rooney, S.J. ’46, and Joe
Rooney, S.J. and, sadly, when he returned
again a few weeks later to attend Frank’s
funeral.” Jake O’Connell is happy to report
that for the first time in ten years his
parish school (St. Thomas the Apostle in
Bloomfield) will be sending two graduates
to Regis, Ethan Brown, whose two uncles
were Regis grads, and Jeremy Pulmano.
Our class is their official sponsor, and Jake
is sure they will do us proud. Jake also
reported that this past July he had lunch
at the Jersey shore with Vin Villa (our
Hawaiian winter snowbird) and learned
that Vin had had successful knee surgery.
In September Jake attended a memorial
luncheon for Ed Devins at Ft. Hamilton
hosted by Ed’s widow Kathleen. While there
Jake regaled the attendees with stories from
when he and Ed were at St. John’s Law
School “back in the days,” and he met two
of Frank O’Brien’s sons, one of whom is an
outstanding cardiologist. Bill Bahret’s son
Ed, a career U.S. Marine who flew F-18’s for
many years, including four combat tours
in Iraq, was recently sent to the Philippines
to ferry medical and relief supplies to
places ravaged by typhoon Haiyan, where
he and his flight crew even gave away
their own emergency MRE’s (meals ready
to eat) to some starving people nearby.
Bill himself, a distinguished Air Force
avionics engineer, was recently awarded
its Pioneer Award by the IEEE (Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers) for his
development of techniques for reducing
aircraft signatures (stealth). He also
suggested radar techniques for penetrating
below visible ground which were proven
on a space shuttle mission. Bob Morison
recalled that this summer, which will be the
Regis Centennial Year, will also be the 70th
anniversary of our graduation, and Bob was
wondering how many in the class would be
interested in getting together at Regis for
a reunion. The reunion could be any time
during the year If interested in attending
such a reunion, please let Tom Sheridan
know. Finally, congratulations to ’44 for
raking 15th in the Top 20 Class Participation
in the 2013 Annual Fund Appeal, not bad
considering our recent deaths.
1945
Will O’Brien, [email protected]
92 Riva Ave., North Brunswick, NJ 08902
1946
Roman Chapelsky, [email protected]
7 Clinton Pl., Cranford, NJ 07016-1938
Charles Schneider,
[email protected]
112 Fenway, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
1947
Joe Miranda, 269 Sparrow Dr. Estates I,
Manhasset, NY 11030, [email protected]
1948
Joseph Breen, [email protected]
960A Heritage Hills, Somers, NY 10589
Joe Breen was surprised and pleased to
hear from Judge James O’Connell ’44
who Joe remembered was the storied
center on the superb regis team of ’43 (
the year before Joe got to Regis). “Jake”
was a legend at Regis on a team with Gene
Maloney, Dan Lynch, Marty Murtagh
and other very talented players. Jake sadly
related that Gene Maloney had recently
passed away and could never be replaced.
Nor, as Joe relates, could the Rooney’s
who were really a double dose of Gene
Maloney. Joe knew Jake’s two brothers well.
Dermie played on the NCAA Holy Cross
Championship team while Joe was there,
but Joe got really up close and personal
with Jake’s brother Timmy, who starred
at B.C. and before that at La Salle high
school in NYC which Regis played every
year. In ’47 La Salle beat Regis soundly in
the Garden when nothing much was done
to stop Timmy, who managed a strong
thick body to claim the inside rebounding
position and to curl in soft short hook
shots. But at the ESCIT in Newport which
Regis, in its undefeated high school “that
Championship Season” won, it was a
different story. The Providence Journal
reported that Regis stopped La Salle dead
and noted that it was not just the fast break
scoring of the Rooney twins but more
importantly that Timmy O’Connell who had
been ravaging every team La Salle played
was out rebounded and held scoreless
by the center of Regis, “mangy”(SIC a
misprint) Joe Breen.Thus Joe saw his best
chance to be in the spotlight mangled by
a misprint. On that team of the Rooney
twins, big Mike Woods, deadeye Barry
Sullivan there was a lot of competition
for Good Ink and a time Joe deserved to
be singled out he was cruelly made a joke
of by a misprint.Joe was aptly described
as “rangy” but his Military father, “The
Sergeant Major”, and five attentive and
medically trained sisters kept Joe neat and
clean and stylish with hand me downs from
his natty uncle Jim McTigue well groomed
and “mangy” was never in it. Joe sadly
reports that Tom Healey, who made sure
no driver could corner his side of the Regis
Zone in ’47, died this thanksgiving.Tom,
long Jack Cardwell and Joe were a familiar
and amiable thirst quenching and hunger
quelling threesome after games. Joe thinks
he’d be honored to be Jakes back up on the
all time most successful Regis team.
1949
Andy Hernon, [email protected]
60 Sutton Place S., Apt.#10, NY, NY 10022
Fewer members of the class turned out
for the mini-reunion this past October,
due in part to the weather forecast of
drenching rain. In attendance were Frank
Cryan, Ray Lamb and his wife Frances,
Joe Mulqueen and Gerry Watson. Barry
Sullivan and Gerry Murray had planned to
attend but for various reasons they had to
cancel. Jake Hiel and his wife Mary joined
us at the reunion at Hurley’s; Jake, you
may remember, was with us into junior
year. Retired, he now lives in Paramus,
New Jersey and has been a supporter of
the school for many years. Paul Kennedy
passed away on December 15th after a
long bout with COPD and other health
issues. Paul will be sorely missed. Ann
Mangan, the widow of our classmate John
Mangan, passed away on September
20th. Please remember Paul and Ann in
your prayers and may their souls rest in
peace. Amen. Lastly, please mark the date
April 12th in big crimson letters for the
65th Class Reunion at the school.
1950
William Allingham, [email protected]
5 Jill Drive, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Sadly we report the deaths of two of
our classmates, Don O’Brien and Jim
Cavanagh. Don died on November 22,
2013 and is survived by his widow, Eleanor,
one son, 6 daughters, 16 grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren. He was retired
from IBM after more than 30 years
there and was a Deacon at his parish in
Milford, PA. Jim died on December 14,
2013 and is survived by his widow, Anne,
3 children and 5 grandchildren. Following
his graduation from New York Medical
College and throughout his long career he
provided professional and caring treatment
to countless patients. Please remember
Don and Jim and their families in your
prayers. Phil DeLeo and wife, Lee, moved
in June into a new condo in Colorado where
they spend their summers; they winter at
their Arizona home. Phil reports that they
usually take a vacation trip each year, but
they took two in 2013: in January they flew
to Hanoi, motor coach to Angkor Wat
in Cambodia, and a river boat down the
Mekong River to Saigon; and in September
they cruised to the Greek Isles and Turkey,
including time in Istanbul. Greg Byrne is
still actively pursuing his second career
as a thespian. Greg received a rave review
for his performance in the title role in
W I N T E R 2014
“Tuesdays With Morrie” at the Blackfriars
Theatre in Rochester. The reviewer stated
that “Byrne...transcended his role” and
that “he reduced me to tears during three
separate scenes”. Greg also reports that
one of his granddaughters, a junior at
SUNY is off to a semester in Holland.
Greg is not the only classmate with
theater in his, or his family’s, blood. Mike
O’Connor reports that he and Kay drove
to Syracuse to see their granddaughter,
Nancy (daughter of Kieran O’Connor ’84),
performing as the female juvenile lead
in “The Music Man”. At age 12 Nancy is
represented by a theatrical agent and has
had roles in recorded children’s books
on commercial CDs. Your correspondent
notes that his namesake Bill Allingham, III,
one of our 17 grandchildren, has graduated
from Fordham and is now working at
Cantor Fitzgerald where, unfortunately, his
uncle was working on 9/11/01. Another
grandchild, Lauren, is a junior at Villanova
and returned in November from a semester
at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Their father, also Bill, is a Managing
Director of Citigroup Global Markets
and a totally devastated Giants fan (as I
write these Prowlings notes, the Giants
have just been shut out 23-0 by Seattle).
Speaking of Seattle, Tom Farrelly is already
making plans for his annual trip from there
to be with us on June 5th for our yearly
reunion at Hurley’s in NYC. Don Hinfey
sends regards to all from Ghana; Don
has been in Africa since 1977 (in Ghana
since 1992). Currently, he teaches at the
Regional Seminary and gives individual
Ignatian retreats. Also sending greetings to
all are Bob Cannon from Long Island, Bill
Peloso, Joe Purtell and Bernie Sheridan
from FL, Joe Marchese from NC, Frank
Short from CA, Larry McKearney from
Pearl River, Ted Harrington from CT, Rick
Donovan and Jack Corrigan from NJ,
and Dick Neergaard from Cincinnati. Be
sure to note on your 2014 calendars the
date of our Class of ‘50 annual reunion—
Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Hurley’s Saloon
on West 48th Street, NYC. In 2013, 17 0f
our classmates were in attendance (3 more
had planned to attend but were unable
to come); we look forward to seeing even
more of you this year.
1951
Donal McCarthy, fi[email protected]
22 Shorehaven Ln., Manhasset, NY 11030
The class notes according to McCarthy:
Bill Foote claims that my piece about Tom
Hughes in last Summer’s RAN was like
an obituary for someone still alive. In fact,
I discovered the biographical material
and figured, Why not? Tom is indeed
still alive and living in Arroyo Grande.
Send me your CV, and I’ll clean it up a bit
and run it in the class notes. Jug Night
Report: Standing tall in ’51’s Jug Night
formation were Don Butterfield, Dave
LaBelle, Bernie Tracey, Jim O’Rourke
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and Don McCarthy, not too bad for a
clutch of octogenarians. We were joined
by Andy Hernon ’49, whose classmates
invariably skip Jug Night because they
have an annual class lunch. Except for
Andy, 1951 was the earliest class in the
room. Also stopping by our table was
Traugott Lawler ’54, younger brother of
John Lawler, who was unable to attend.
Joe Saccio has emailed to advise that he
meets Traugott from time to time at a gym
at Yale, where each of them has a retiree
connection. By the way, Bernie Tracey
continues to mumble about Joe Biscoglio,
in the context of a possible class lunch.
Continue to Watch This Space. Here ends
the official McCarthy text.
1952
James McGough, [email protected]
12 Highland Ave., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Harry DeMaio, [email protected]
George Lardner Jr. has been reappointed
Scholar-in-Residence in the School of
Communication at American University,
Washington, D. C. for 2014. Following is a
dialog between Ted McAniff and Jim
McGough re: the Regis Centennial and a
possible Class of ‘52 event. Ted McAniff:
“Does it make sense to have a Class
Reunion around the 100th? I imagine that
our out-of-towner classmates might be
more likely to attend both the 100th and a
Class get together. I am certainly going to
the 100th and I am sure that is true of
others. The Black Tie Gala is at the Waldorf
on Saturday, 10/25, with a Centennial Mass
on Sunday, 10/26, and a reception
following. I think Mass is at 0900. It would
be great if we could get together on Friday,
10/24. What do you think?” Reply from Jim
McGough: “Fine idea to structure a
separate ‘52 gathering in conjunction with
the Waldorf Gala on 10/25. While “black tie”
connotes special significance, crowd size
necessarily restricts easy interaction on a
free-flow basis especially with the Waldorf’s
usual practice of using 1+ hours for
cocktails and then moving attendees to
10-person tables in what will be a packed
Ballroom. It makes very good sense to me
to recommend to our Classmates that we
hold our own several-hour get-together at a
separate venue - much better opportunity
that way to mix around and cross converse
at everyone’s leisure. Date, place and time
can be determined - but I believe it most
important that wives and other guests be
included. Also, a separate celebration
would allow those to come together at
Main Event time who may not want to
spring for sure-to-be pricey Waldorf dinner
ticket(s). We could still hold our annual
luncheon on Friday, May 16th, should
classmates wish to do so. There’s certainly
enough time between events to avoid too
close proximity. May 16th would be our
regular men’s gathering. Perhaps, Harry, in
preparing your December Prowlings, you
might ask our classmates to let me know
1953’s 60th reunion. L to R: Rossano, Wallace, McDonald, Shea, Golden, Duffy, Bouvet
(behind Duffy) Holzer, Russo, Barbosa, Woods (behind Russo) Karg, Gluck, Whelan, Jentz,
Cannon, Dowd, McElynn, Schlapkohl (between Cannon and McElynn) Fitzgerald, Mulligan,
Hickey, Sullivan, McGuire, Hanlon
their preference as to one or the other or
both.” (Which is exactly what I’m doing!
Please respond to Jim at jamcgough@
optonline.net). Charlie Harbutt is a
photographer living in New York City. You
can see some of his work on his website:
www.charlesharbuttphotographs.com.
Printed in these notes is a photo of Lew
Bowlby (as he was called then) taken by
Charlie back in 1951. Check the pinky and
the wide lapels. And now from Lew Colby
(nee Bowlby) himself: “In 2000 I retired
from Maine Radio and Television Company
after a 37 year career which began as
Promotion Manager and concluded with a
six year term as CEO. I retired from full
time work after negotiating the sale of its
two Maine television stations to the
Gannett Corporation, which presently owns
19 TV stations and publishes numerous
newspapers including USA Today. For the
next ten years I was involved as ‘part time
CEO’ of CSP Mobile Productions which
was also owned by Maine Radio and TV.
This company leases mobile television
studios housed in tractor trailers for use on
location, mostly for college and
professional sports. Upon the sale of that
company in 2010 I fully retired. My wife
Rosemary and I built a retirement home in
the rural town of Parsonsfield, Maine in the
foothills of the Presidential Mountains
spanning western Maine and central New
Hampshire. Between us, we have five
children, ten grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren…at last count. I volunteer
two days a week at a very busy and
profitable thrift shop connected to an
animal shelter in Fryeburg, Maine where I
manage the used book area. Since the 80s
I’ve been active as a member of the
Advisory Board for the Northern New
England Division of the Salvation Army. At
present I’m involved in a Capital Campaign
to raise $2,500,000 for the Division’s
Summer Camp serving 1,200
disadvantaged children every summer from
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.”
(Lew and Ro would love to see any
classmates visiting Maine, and he reminds
everyone ‘the lobster is on him). John
Donohue and his wife celebrated 55 years
of marriage this past May. They have 3
children and 8 grandchildren. Their two
oldest grandsons are now Regis alumni,
Nicola Ryan (class of 2009) and Tim
Ryan(class of 2013). Both young men were
successful members of the Hearn as well
as active members of the musical theater
productions at Regis. Nicola is a graduate
of Brown University and Tim is a freshman
at Colby College. John is a Town Justice in
Mount Kisco where he lives and practices
law. Here is John Amabile’s follow-on
commentary to his submission in the last
issue: “Regis helped turn me from a roughand-tumble, undisciplined Bronx kid (or so
I remember myself), to the quite different
person that I have become. While Regis did
not fully achieve its intended goal of
teaching me how to think and how to study,
it certainly put me on that path. It enabled
me to: graduate cum laude from college; to
obtain a full scholarship to law school; to
become a partner in several New York City
law firms and to compete equally – and
successfully – with lawyers of better
pedigree and more respected education.
But I also remember some of the school’s
faults – now, I hope – fully cured. Those
terrible days – now eliminated – when
those of us who had survived the “cut”
waited to hear the names of our friends and
classmates – there were all too many of
them - who that day had been asked to
leave the school without even the benefit of
a good-bye. Some were from my grammar
school, friends for a decade or more. I
never saw or heard from them again. Did
they recover from the trauma? I never knew.
Thank God Regis has also matured!” I
remember, I think it was in the late 1960’s
or early 1970’s, when Jim Daly and I were
the class representatives on the Alumni
Council. Fr. Carney – the moderator –
announced a change in school admission
policy. Regis would now reach out to bring
minority students into the school. I cheered
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REGIS HIGH SCHOOL
– literally and figuratively. The next year I
asked that wonderful man about the
success of the program. He responded that
it was very successful – Regis had
succeeded in admitting several poor Irish
lads! I remember loudly and emphatically
expressing my disappointment – and yet,
perhaps that was Fr. Jim’s low-keyed way of
expressing his own disappointment in a
failed (or at least misguided) policy. It has
taken additional decades, but I like to think
that, just as we have grown wiser with age
and experience, so too has our school.
Witness the extraordinary success of the
REACH program. And finally, Ann and Jack
Magan have traditionally hosted an early
Christmas party in the Washington, D.C.,
area, an evening of hymns, readings, and
musical improvisation, followed by a
catered dinner for three dozen, or more,
guests. But its growing popularity forced
the Magans to push this year’s event back
to December 11th at The Chevy Chase Club,
where Ann, at 80, is a reigning all-age
ladies’ golf champion, as winner of the
club’s 2013 Sheridan Cup. While she’s out
on the golf course, Jack is playing the
horses (a Bayesian mathematician and
Retired Fellow of the Royal Statistical
Society, he’s developed a proprietary parimutuel model and IT tool set that he
employs in his full-time vocation/
avocation; many of the millions of
algorithms in his data base replicate those
he authored for a hedge fund, back in the
‘80s, so he’s learnedly approached parimutuel wagering as a secondary capitalmarket). “My work,” Jack explains, “was not
only validated by the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory’s probability theorist,
but I was also offered the use of
Livermore’s supercomputer. Mr. Purcell
(freshman algebra) would be elated. He
recognized my passion for numbers,
encouraging me to study math, and now,
65 years later, that same passion has led to
the most-exciting retirement I could
imagine.” Next upcoming is Nanny’s
Annual Christmas Party; with 12 children of
their own, 30-35 grandchildren and
extended family will be descending upon
the Magans to dress in costumes, perform
skits, and sing carols to Ann and Jack’s
musical accompaniment before enjoying
one of Nanny’s sumptuous meals. “Ann
and I are blessed with a closely-knit family
and a wonderful, balanced marriage,” Jack
writes. “There’s a lot of laughter in our
lives, and we routinely stop in the middle of
an enjoyable activity to acknowledge -- and
rejoice in -- how fortunate we are. I don’t
know if it’s necessarily the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who’s smiling
upon me, but Somebody up there certainly
is! According to the latest actuarialstatistics, I should be discovering His or
Her identity within the not-too-distant
future ...and I’ll do my best to share ‘The
Great Secret’ with any surviving Regis
classmates. So you’ll want to keep checking
your email.” Happy New Year! Next
Prowlings input needed in March for the
Spring issue! Send to Harry DeMaio at
[email protected]
1953
Thomas Hickey, [email protected]
474 Kossuth Street, Paramus, NJ 07652
Ray Gehan’s wife, Virginia, passed away on
December 9th, 2013. She was a delightful
lady and much-loved by those who knew
her. We extend our class’ condolences to
Ray and his family. Requiescat in pace.
Another reunion year, our 60th, will be
over by the time you get this. The year
leaves in its trail awakened memories and
a continued sense of gratitude for the great
gift we Regians have received. Twenty-five
‘53ers, spouses and friends came together
in New York City during the first weekend
in October. Representing California and
Washington, respectively, we had Fred
Gluck and George Bouvet. Florida and
Fire Island delivered Joe Barbosa. From
Tennessee came Bob McElynn. West
Virginia was represented by Eileen and
Denis Woods as was the other Virginia
by Ed Jentz and Phyllis and Jim Shea.
John Russo and Chuck Dowd motored
in from Pennsylvania. Beatrice and John
Schlapkohl did likewise from Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula. Jim Whelan flew down
from Upstate New York and Kathy and
Brian Fitzgerald joined us from idyllic
New Hampshire. As would be expected,
Metropolitan New York and New Jersey
supplied the largest contingent. Long
Island delivered Mary Anne and Jack
Hanlon, Helen and Bob Mulligan as
well as Millie and Joe McDonald. New
Jersey was represented by Barbara and
Gerry Karg, Liz and Jim McGuire, Pamela
and Tom Rossano, Rosemarie and Jack
Class of 1956’s Christmas lunch crew at Park Avenue Tavern
Wallace and Patrizia and Tom Hickey.
From Westchester came Jean and John
Cannon and Bob Golden with Janette
Gould. Finally, the five Boroughs produced
Fukiko and Pete Hamill, John Duffy, Mary
and Pete Holzer and Msgr. John Sullivan.
Valentina and Paul Olivo had to cancel
their appearance at the last minute. We
missed them and all the other ’53ers who
were not able to join us. Beginning at
around 3 pm on Saturday, we gathered in
the 84th Street lobby to greet each other
while registering and donning name tags to
finesse memory lapses. Individual groups
of about fifteen celebrants took guided
tours of the building, including the restored
gymnasium, class and lecture rooms, and
the unique “green” rooftop. In New York
City, the Regis rooftop is the second largest
“green roof” exceeded only by the New York
Public Library building at 42nd Street and
Fifth Avenue. The greenery provides herbs
and greens for the Regis cafeteria and
the solar cell clusters deliver a substantial
portion of the electrical energy required by
the school’s heating and cooling systems.
Post-tours, we gathered in the auditorium
for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, reminiscing and
general catching up. Before dinner Rev.
Philip Judge, S.J. ’80 and alumni director
Vincent Catapano ’96 updated us about
enhancements to the Regis curriculum and
course structure, faculty, curriculum and
student accomplishments. Special mention
was made of the centennial celebration and
events scheduled for 2014. Several hours
of non-stop reminiscing accompanied the
buffet dinner provided by the Regis caterer.
Midway through dessert, John Cannon led
all present in a full-throated rendering of
the Regis Alma Mater. By ten o’clock energy
began to flag leading to the farewells and
promises to stay in touch that capped the
day. Two gatherings at the Harvard Club,
a Friday evening welcoming dinner and
a wonderful Sunday departure brunch,
were hosted by John and Jean Cannon.
Approximately a dozen classmates and
spouses participated in each of these
gatherings as well as the main event on
Saturday. In honor of Fr. Jim Carney, S.J.
’43 who passed away earlier this year, John
Schlapkohl submitted the following tribute
that he composed in 1993:
Hail, Loyal Brother of Jesus, In His Society;
/ Hail, Son of Regis, And Her Voice; /
Hail, Ambassador of Regis to the World, /
Friend and Light in my darkest hour. / Hail,
Father Jim, at this Mid Century Point, / Ad
Majorem Dei Gloriam, / Ad multos annos /
Deo gratias.
Gerry Karg writes, “Barbara and I made a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land in November.
Saw a lot, learned a lot, and even though it
was supposed to be the rainy season, the
weather couldn’t have been better.” Otto
Lindenmeyer has been among our missing
brothers for a number of years but we’ve
been able to glean some information about
Otto from the internet and background
material in one of his publications, Black
& Brave, The Black Soldier in America, a
volume in the “Of Black America Series”
published by McGraw-Hill. Otto graduated
from Fordham with a B.A. in journalism
subsequently attending Heidelberg
University in Germany as well as NYU
which awarded Otto an M.A. in American
Civilization. He and his wife, Esther, raised
four daughters: Elizabeth, Deborah, Jennifer
and Veronica. He worked at CBS News
for a number of years and was a major
contributor to the CBS News Special Series,
Of Black America, broadcast in 1969. Otto
devoted much of his career to black studies
with an emphasis on the history of black
soldiers in the U.S. Military. Otto also wrote
Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed, Avon
Books, 1970, and contributed to the fivevolume Reference Library of Black America
in 1971. Jim Shea reports the following:
“Phyllis and I had a busy 2013 renovating
our 90 year old house in Arlington, Va.
where we’ve lived almost half of that time.
Now it will be more useful for us and more
hospitable when friends and family visit.
A modern bath is especially appreciated.
We also finished repairs to major damage
caused when Superstorm Sandy brought a
neighbor’s big oak tree down on the house
in October of 2012. Phyllis had played
violin in her early years but set it aside in
favor of singing and piano. In the last few
years she’s returned to the violin and with
dedicated practice and occasional tutoring
has become a really good violinist. She and
other community musicians have enjoyed
playing with the new Symphony Orchestra
of Northern Virginia. In December Phyllis
joined some of the orchestra musicians to
play Christmas music at the White House
and afterwards we toured the building,
which was beautifully decorated for the
holidays. We’ve enjoyed going to classical
music concerts throughout the year,
often seeing Ed Kelly ’52, who also lives
in Northern Va. and, with his wife Kathy,
shares our love of great concert music.
Our nine grandchildren are growing up
fast. The oldest one, Dan graduates from
John Carroll in May with a business degree.
His brother Thomas is a sophomore at
Villanova (Jim’s alma mater) majoring in
math and computer science. Grandson
Matt, a senior at Albany Academy, will
attend Williams College next fall and also
plans to major in math. He has a good
chance this year to win the NY State
wrestling championship in his weight
class.” If there is a change in either your
e-mail or home address, please let us know
and, if possible, update your entry in the
Regis Alumni database at Regis.org.
1954
John Conroy, [email protected]
180 Forest Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804
1955
John Morris, [email protected]
3 Salem Pl., Valhalla, NY 10595
A very heartfelt, Centennial, thank-you to
everyone in the Regis administration and
faculty (ca. 30 individuals, Jesuit and lay; we
know their names, writ large) who trained,
educated, and molded us for life from Day
One of freshman year and throughout the
four years of high school. From Day One
they set the bar of excellence from which
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neither they nor we ever wavered. There
was an educational and intellectual rigor
which we internalized, inside and outside
the classroom. In academics, athletics,
dramatics, debate, student government,
glee club and band, newspaper and
yearbook, etc. At Regis there was an energy
and electricity that students glommed
onto, and that proved to be life-lasting.
Academics were accompanied by the
teaching of Religion, liturgies, and the
reception of the sacraments, proving that
there was no conflict between faith and
reason, science and religion. At graduation
the flame was lit, never to be extinguished.
For students at Regis the only game
permitted was the A-game. Constant
emphasis on precision, completion, and
perfection, so that when we graduated,
we were clearly missioned. Not surprising
since Jesuits have been running schools,
colleges, and universities successfully for
some 575 years worldwide. They know
the formula! Regis was a combination of
Eton/Harrow/St. Cyr/ Louis-Le-Grand,
supervised and directed by Jesuit tradition
and ethos. A combination of “Carpe diem;
In medias res; and Ad vitam eternam.” A
huge, Centennial, thank-you also to the
Founding Family, and specifically Mrs.
Hugh J. Grant, who made the “Miracle
on 84th Street” possible. What insight,
foresight, and generosity! A sterling
example of Catholic philanthrophy (going
back to 1912 and running for 60 years).
We are forever in their debt and they are
forever in our memory. At Deo et Patriae
Dinners, whenever a member of the
Founding Family was introduced, she or he
received a standing ovation. Bone-chilling,
heart-stopping, in the face of royalty!
Reminiscent of the reception accorded
Gen. MacArthur by the West Point Corps
of Cadets. A few years ago we were in a city
in Northern Spain when a Jesuit school
(el-hi) was releasing its students in the
afternoon. As we stood in the courtyard
and vestibule, we sensed the same energy
and electricity that we experienced at
Regis, so we stood for a moment, frozen
in time. Not surprising in the home
country of the Basque St. Ignatius. “For
every season/There is a reason!” AMDG.
John Githens, Charley Vaughan, and John
Morriss attended the Fall 2013 Deo et
Patriae Celebration. John attended with his
sister, Mariane Githens (PhD Professor of
Political Science, Goucher College). After
the Celebration, they attended “Eugene
Onegin” at the Metropolitan Opera (John
being fluent in Russian). In October 2013,
John spent two weeks in Paris. Maryann
and Charley Vaughan came all the way
from Carey, NC, where they live near
their children and grandchildren. Judy
and John Morriss enjoyed socializing
with the Githens and Vaughan couples.
In October 2013, attending Jug Night
were Tom Atkinson, Karl Brunhuber,
Roland Donohue, John Morriss, and
Don Swallow. Deepest condolences to
the family of Gerard Gillia, who passed
away Dec. 7, 2013. Gerry was a great,
competitive basketball player and swimmer
at Regis, and later graduated from St.
Francis College in Brooklyn. He was
coach of the Water Polo Team at Fordham
College. He taught elementary school in
NYC for 30-plus years and was devoted to
his students and highly respected by his
peers. He was a regular attendee at Jug
Night and 5th-year Reunions. He wrote
many short stories based on his life and
his relationships to his students. He was
eminently approachable, had a great sense
of humor, and was loved and respected by
his fellow Regians. He will be missed, will
be remembered, and always will remain
one of us. RIP.
1956
Paul Lennon, [email protected]
17 Pine Ridge Road, Larchmont, NY 10538
Twelve of our classmates assembled at
the Park Avenue Tavern for the annual
Christmas lunch. As you can see from the
nearby photo, we haven’t aged a bit. The
long distance award went to Mike Murray,
up from Florida, who edged out Dick
Cronin, whose flight from New Mexico
was cancelled due to all the unusual winter
weather in the Southwest. Dom Padilla
still doesn’t have a gray hair on his head,
an amazing feat indeed! We were blessed
with Peter Fink S.J., now stationed at
Xavier after a long career in the Boston
area. The swim team was well represented
by Charlie Lynch, Bob Neuner, and your
class rep. Bill Bautz and John Flynn are
still doing great work for the Cornelia
Connelly high school for young women in
downtown NYC. Other attendees included
Bob Goldstein, Neil Coughlan, Ed Moran,
and Tom Kelly. Tom has suggested that
the Class of ’56 arrange a good turnout for
the 100th Anniversary Gala this coming
year, and I’m sure we’ll be well represented.
Stay tuned. Dave Walsh is delighted to
report that the biggest event for his family
this year was Marilyn’s retirement from
Loyola High School, Los Angeles. Marilyn
taught English to sophomores and seniors
for 27 years. For those who have little
acquaintance with Jesuit high schools on
the Left Coast, this Loyola is the oldest
continuously-run educational institution in
Southern California. Founded in 1865 as
St. Vincent’s College, management of the
school was transferred by the Vincentians
to the Jesuits in 1923. Approximately 790
students compete for 325 admission slots
each year. In 2013, total enrollment is 1,293
boys from more than 220 zip codes.
1957
Packy Lawler, [email protected]
44 Beaver Pond Rd, Lincoln MA 01773
Many of the Class of 57 “Regulars” showed
up at Jug Night in October, Golden Owl
guests of Regis. Jim Power brought
friend and neighbor Henry Ferrero ’59.
Also attending: Ray Begin, Bill Gillen,
John Hannaway, Jack Hyland, Packy
Lawler, Ted O’Neill, Pat Ryan, S.J., Peter
Schineller, S.J., and Willie Werwaiss. Peter,
the archivist, amused us all with a copy of
the form letter with the salutation “Dear
Contestant” we received announcing out
acceptance at Regis. This brought on a lot
of reminiscences about that time of our
lives, and of Father Harvey, the signatory
of the letter. Dick Flaherty tells me that
he has recently suffered a minor setback
in his recovery, but he is now back on
track. He sends his best wishes to all.
Dennis Flannery reports that one of his
many granddaughters, Judy, age 14, has
been competing as a member of the
John Adams Middle School Mock Trial
Team in the Los Angeles Middle School
Mock Trial competition (more than 50
Schools). Her team made it all the way
to the semi-finals, where they lost in a
photo-finish. Judy delivered the closing
argument, and it’s on the web at http://
voutu.be/DySxvx1B8SM. Her poise and
maturity are very impressive, she’s a chip
off the old block. Pat Ryan writes: “I was
interviewed for PBS Weekend Newshour
by Hari Sreenivasan on the significance of
the recent Apostolic Exhortation of Pope
Francis, Evangelii Gaudium. It appeared on
Sunday afternoon, December 1 (a bit cut),
while Josette and Vin Zichello and I were
having a late lunch after a talk I gave in a
Westchester parish on Islam. I eventually
found the interview online by putting my
name and Sreenivasan’s into Google. I
appear not to answer his first question
because they cut out my first answer, but
it was better than some other five second
sound bites that have been attributed to
me. A make-up artist did up my head so
my balding pate wouldn’t shine too much.
Sic Gloria transit mundi.” John Garvey, yes,
he’s still out there in Ohio, writes: “We are
doing pretty well. I’ve a lot to be thankful
for- very good health (at least for today) and
nine wonderful grandchildren ranging from
a junior at UK to a third grader. They all
live reasonably close to us, so we see them
a lot, including my putting the youngest
two on the school bus two days a week.
This gets me up early and keeps me alert.
I’ve just completed an article for the North
American Aviation Retirees’ Bulletin on the
early development of the Hellfire missile,
which took up about ten years of my
professional life. Emma and I will celebrate
50 years of marriage next June. The best to
all the class of 57.” Brian Carney reports
that he is still scraping out a living running
a small hotel in Eastern Hungary. His kids
are all doing well: two on Wall Street, one
on Sky Sports TV in the UK, one hotel
manager in Donegal, and a daughter lawyer
and mediation judge in Kinsale, Cork.
Finally, the other daughter, in Budapest, is
expecting a baby this month, to join the 13
year old boy who’s a local basketball star.
He sends us all best Christmas wishes,
with special regards to Peter Schineller,
S.J., whom he sees as our potential point
man in Rome.
1958
Michael Napoliello, [email protected]
Carlos Arnaldo writes: “On the morning
of 8 November 2013, category 5 Typhoon
Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda)
made a direct hit on the Philippines,
devastating towns and agricultural crops
in a 300-kilometer swath sweeping 17
provinces. Yolanda made her first landfall
at Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, with
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John Werwaiss ’60 and former President
of the United States Bill Clinton pose for a
photo after a round of golf.
wind speeds accelerating over 350 km/h.
Rainfall exceeded 30 mm per hour and
massive storm surges up to 6 meters
high hit Leyte and Samar. All roads to
the interior were blocked, airports and
seaports unusable, even some heavy ships
were thrown inland. No water supply,
no food, no medicine, over 6,000 dead,
20,000 injured, thousands missing, more
than 14 million homeless. Total damage
estimated at P 10B, and likely to increase.
We are all grateful for the massive aid
given by the international community,
hospital ship, doctors, rescue teams
and K9, clothes, food and medicines.
From the Haiyan Apocalypse, new hope
is born her name is Bea Joy (“blessed
joy”), midwifed by military doctors in a
makeshift clinic on 9 November 2013, the
day Yolanda struck Tacloban City. I am
also personally stunned by the resilience
of our folk in the face of lost and killed
children or parents, total destruction of
homes and means of livelihood…bound
bamboo slats on a doorless refrigerator
to act as balancers and become a boat.
Victims help one another and share food
and clothes. I believe the biggest task will
be rebuilding the agricultural and fishing
base of this poorest region of the country.”
John Friia writes: “Since previous teaching
commitments prevented my accepting a
leave replacement position for the Magistra
at Eastwoods Prep School, my daughter,
Brianna, who had had Latin in high school
and college and I shared the assignment.
Working closely with her has proved to be a
most rewarding experience.” From George
Garces: “My wife Marie and I just got back
from Florida. As of December 20th we’ll
own a small condo in Boca Raton. This
replaces one we had sold earlier in the
year. With that in place, we plan to spend
January through March down there and get
away from the Pittsburgh winter weather...
One of our nephews, Joe Connelly, went
with an emergency relief medical team
from New York to lend assistance. He’s
an EMT and also the author of “Bringing
out the Dead”, a story of a New York City
EMT which was later made into a Martin
Scorsese movie starring Nicholas Cage.
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Daneen and Paul O’Keefe celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary in November.
Congratulations to the happy couple. I
was in the wedding party and got to see
the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
It’s obviously continued and they have
4 children and many grandchildren to
prove it.” Arthur Henry was interviewed
in September on KBVM, the Portland, OR,
Catholic FM station affiliated with EWTN.
He spoke on behalf of the kickoff of the Fall
40 Days for Life program he supports, one
of two 40-day vigils per year (the other is
in spring). The program involves a prayerfocused, peaceful presence at abortion
sites, one which says—and does—
primarily this: “Pray to end abortion.”
Sidewalk pregnancy-resource counseling
and other assistance for anyone interested
is usually available also, but the primary
group activity is prayer, mostly the rosary.
40DFL is less than a decade old but now
includes over half a million participants in
over 500 cities in 19 countries; in Portland
vigils are over ca. 12 hours daily for those
40 days (in some cities up to 24 hours),
with “shifts” lasting an hour or more each.
“Logical arguments”, Arthur says (a point
he makes in the interview) can only go so
far in reducing this great evil of abortion,
for many are even willing to grant that the
‘fetus = person’ identity, yet still say, ‘So
what?’ The presence of two or more people
praying at the site, gathered in Christ’s
name, though, assures He too is there as
He promised, and there is nothing more
powerful one can do to change hearts
about such an evil as abortion, especially
right where it occurs.” The web link to
Arthur’s talk is here: http://kbvm.com/
drupal/kbvm-audio-archive/arthur-henryand-40-days-life. Ken McAloon had his
second Letter to the Editor published in
the New York Times - this time it was
about the aesthetics of mathematics;
the previous one was about Stan Musial.
Michael Napoliello and his girlfriend
spent several days in Poland last month
(Kraków and Zakopane). Michael has
been studying Polish the past few months.
Frank Reining writes: “Mary and I are
pretty well holed up in southwest Florida
for the duration of winter. Only recent
news was on the medical front: Mary had
cataract surgery on both eyes in June and
as a result is spectacles-free for the first
time since childhood and is having the
glasses requirement removed from her
driving license! She had a one-hip joint
replacement operation in September which
was also completely successful but she
picked up a “staph” infection during a
two-week rehab stay and had to undergo
another two weeks of daily strong antibiotic
intravenous treatment to kill the invader!
All is well now and she is more mobile
than she has been in five years or so.
Apologies for the medical report but it has
kept us preoccupied for a few months but
is history at this point. Our best wishes to
you and yours and to all our classmates for
a Blessed Christmas and a Happy 2014!
Cheers, Frank”. Jug Night saw a relatively
robust turnout of our class. Skip Sikora
flew in from the West Coast, to join up
with John Friia, Tom Nacinovich, Michael
Napoliello and Tom Ryan.
at Jug Night at the end of October, but
unfortunately didn’t connect while there, so
Henry dined with a group from 1957. John
Miscione was off to Virginia in November
for the christening of his newest and third
grandson, Joseph. John Nugent wrote that
his daughter has just become engaged.
Mike Shef and his wife, Lorraine, spent
about two months in Hawaii, returning in
early December. In November, they dined
with Jody and Ed Montell.
1959
Dave Eitelbach, [email protected]
2830 Cascadia Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144
Leo Tymon, [email protected]
6 Greenwood Rd., Mountainside, NJ 07092
After a long absence, John Felago has
fulfilled a desire to someday return to his
Maryknoll mission assignment in Japan. I
know John copied the class in his original
announcement, so I will not go into
detail, but I’m sure we all wish him the
very best in his work. The announcement
was timely for Peter Burchyns, who was
about to invite John to Palo Alto just after
Christmas. Pete writes: “For the first time
in many years we are having Christmas
at our home rather than traveling to San
Diego where they grandchildren are; the
kids and grandkids will all be coming to us
instead, along with my sister from Puerto
Rico and a friend from England. Like you, I
have taken on some new work, albeit on a
part-time basis, with a local school district;
the assignment is to coordinate a strategic
visioning and planning process designed
to bring its facilities into the 21st century.
The district is a poor one that serves lowincome, mostly Spanish-speaking students
and a major challenge will be finding the
millions of dollars needed to bring the
schools up to the same standard as the
surrounding wealthy districts.” Jim Bonnell
and Henry Ferrero represented the class
Jerry Kappes ’52, John Ward ’60, Rev. Philip Philip Judge, S.J. ’80, and Kevin Farrelly ‘72 at
Regis this past October.
1960
Ken Bailie, [email protected]
32 Country Ridge Drive, Rye Brook, NY 10573
Dick Weber reports: “Wife Elizabeth and
I enjoying 6 weeks Down Under, escaping
fall foul weather in Europe. Melbourne
wonderful.”
1961
Tom McCreesh writes, “Still full time
teaching at Providence College. Spent a
sabbatical at Boston College, School of
Theology and Ministry, from September
2011 to July 2012, working on material for
a commentary on the Book of Proverbs.
Got a chapter on a popular approach to
Proverbs in a Liturgical Press publication,
Pastoral Essays in Honor of Lawrence
Boadt, CSP, that appeared this November.
The book…, well, don’t rush me! Ended my
sabbatical with a bicycle accident on the
Cape Cod Bike Trail, in August 2012, that
landed me in the hospital for a week with a
fractured pelvis. How did it happen? A wall
hit me! But I was back in the classroom in
September, with a cane. The cane lasted
about two weeks. Back on the bicycle! If
anyone is ever in New England, stop by
Providence College. The only email address
I have now is: tmccrees@providence.
edu.” Mike Pisani and Paul Diczok have
discovered that they are Florida neighbors
now, so they arranged to meet. Mike
sent this note: “This past Halloween,
Marianne and Paul Diczok got together
with me and my wife Lynn for a delightful
dinner (no costumes) at the University
Park Country Club in Sarasota. It had
been years since Paul and I had seen each
other but with our both buying second
homes in the area, it was a great way to
have a small reunion and take a trip down
Memory Lane. If any other Owls are in
the Sarasota area, we’d love to know and
then perhaps our reunions can get even
larger!” Paul reported the event as well
<in almost the same words!> then went
on to describe retired life: “On a weekend
in late September, I rode a bike century, a
100 mile trek. In fact not one, but two. On
Saturday, the 29th, riding in support of a
local cancer patient support group, Team
Tony, my bike club completed the Saturday
trek from Ormond Beach, Florida, to
Clermont, Florida (100.1 miles). The next
day, a 110 mile ride from Clermont brought
us to Lakewood Ranch. Overall average, 18
mph. So that’s two centuries in two days.
Boola, boola! Anyone following the saga of
our ‘move in’ condition Florida gem, will be
pleased to note we’ve addressed the ‘slab
leak’ under the dining room floor, by paying
a local artisan to plug two leaks in the
handsome gable which overhangs the main
entrance. We move on to the pool pump
leak....” Paul continued that “it’s kinda fun
to observe my culture shock caused by the
move from a small Manhattan co-op (did
I mention full service?) to a much larger
free-standing abode (I do the service) that
comes with tasks, ordinary (palm trees
apparently have to be mowed or trimmed
or something) and extraordinary (fascia
rot!).” Doctor Fred Crisafulli wrote that he
has decided to join many of his classmates
in retirement. “It was bittersweet to
announce that I will be retiring from
medicine on 12/31/2013. The decision
came sooner than I had planned but having
turned 70 years of age and after 40 years
of medical practice, I believe it was time
to go in a different direction and begin to
care for myself. I want very much to enjoy
my family, children and grandchildren –
we are 21 in the immediate family before
we invite anyone else! I welcome the
“golden years” positively, I believe, with
some trepidation regarding health issues
and the challenges of retirement itself. I
have greatly enjoyed my profession and
indeed because of the patients I have been
privileged to care for and the colleagues
I have the pleasure to work with, I would
do it all over again, notwithstanding the
changes in medical care that are at our
doorstep. I have learned much about
caring for others; about the courage people
are capable of under difficult, adverse
circumstances; about the simple heartfelt
humanity expressed sincerely; and for the
friendship shown me. My thoughts and
prayers to all.” Meanwhile, Bob Kelly says
that all is quiet on his front. He “thought
<he had> spotted long lost John Merlo in
NYC but it was a look alike, not the original
“Red” Merlo!!!!” He had some family
news to share: “We welcomed grandchild
#6, Margaux Josephine Swanson on 10/8,
joining her 2 brothers, Ronan and Grant.
Proud parents are Brian and Tara, College
of Holy Cross grads, 1999. All who wish
to celebrate by sending cases of Chateaux
Margaux may do so <perhaps encouraged
to do so?> in memory of Mr. Clancy,
French teacher, Regis ’34!” The Greater
Washington DC group had yet another
dinner event. Among the usual suspects
attending were John Lively (the host who
also led the toast), Bob Crimmins (who
led the blessing before the meal), Greg
D’Alessio, Jim Giammo, Joe Krassy, and
Tom Walsh. This time, George Dowdall
and Buck Favorini joined the festivities,
having both retired after lifelong careers in
academia. George had taken his Ph.D. in
sociology from Brown and taught mostly
at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
There and at Brown he became one of the
nation’s foremost authorities on teenage
binge drinking, authored several works on
the subject and lectured across the country
and internationally. Buck Favorini, who
got his Ph.D. in drama from Yale, taught
at the University of Pittsburgh and became
the chair of its Drama Department. He
recently authored a work on memory in
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drama over the centuries and has had
several of his plays produced, the most
recent being about prejudice in Pittsburgh.
Buck added he’s hoping to get a play he
wrote on Teilhard de Chardin’s relationship
with Arthur Conan Doyle onto the boards.
Buck was recently elected to the College of
Fellows of the American Theatre. Rounding
out the group, Marty Callaghan was also a
new attendee at the dinner. Marty, who got
his law degree from Georgetown, recently
retired from the successful practice of law
in the D.C. area. One of Marty’s clients way
back when was Jim Giammo. Marty played
basketball at Regis with John Lively and
Bob Crimmins so nostalgic story-telling
ensued. John reminisced with Marty about
the old gym, the old coaches (DeLeo and
Lata), their practices and games in an old
NYC public school, taking late subways
and trains home, and always being too
tired from all of it to really do three hours
of homework. But Bob remembered how
Marty Callaghan’s sweet shot from the
corner made it all worth it. Greg D’Allesio
summed it up: “We laughed a lot, ate and
drank not too much, and enjoyed every
minute of going back in time with old Regis
classmates. Merry Christmas to all!”
1962
Ron Ferreri, [email protected]
4776 Alberton Court #2702, Naples, FL 34105
Dave Birch opines that “The illustrious
Class of 62 was not done proud at Jug
Night this year. Only four of us showed
up - worst turnout ever! Let’s all mark
our calendars for next year.” (For those of
you marking your calendar, the 2014 Jug
Night will occur on September 26 due to
the Centennial celebration in October.)
Ed Curtin emailed a link to an article by
James Douglass in America magazine
about the assassination of JFK. In case you
missed his email, here’s the link: http://
americamagazine.org/media/podcasts/
jfk-and-unspeakable. Pidge and John
James greatly enjoyed the high school
graduations of their two oldest grandsons
and subsequent entry to colleges. Pidge
stated that it “was even better than their
riverboat cruise.” Speaking of Dave Birch,
he and Mary Ann will return to Naples, FL
for several months. Naples is becoming
a meeting place for members of the
class with John Paxton and Ron Ferreri
living in the area along with Dave Barry.
Judy and Curtis Brand spend five weeks
there. Adeline and John O’Rourke plan
to arrive in the middle of February. Greg
Burke and Karen and Jim Ralston will
also visit the area in February. Lynn and
Tony McGuire have a winter home in the
area too. (By the time you receive this
issue of the magazine, the verb tenses in
this message will no longer be accurate.)
Tony McGuire reports that “As of 1/17 I
will no longer be a permanent employee
at McGuire Engineers but I will still be
doing some level of consulting. These
past few years have found me doing more
and more forensic engineering tasks. In
fact, I was retained for two cases while
in Naples last week (November.)” Anne
and Steve Markowski have celebrated
their first anniversary as residents of the
Bay State. They miss nothing about New
Jersey but do return to visit their sons
and their families. As most of you know,
Jack Nolte passed away in late October.
Jack enjoyed an outstanding career at the
University of Arizona. He made a lasting
impression through his contributions to
the sciences both in the classroom and
in his publications. He is missed by the
University as well as all of his classmates.
On November 24, 2013 Gene Burke
married Joseph Vazquez, his companion
for more than three years. The ceremony
took place at their house in NJ, officiated
by Rev. Elissa Cullen, an interfaith minister
from Lambertville, NJ who also works as a
nurse with Joe at Hunterdon Hospital.
1963
John Tweedy, [email protected]
26 Huron Rd., Floral Park, NY 11001
Jack Prael, [email protected]
34-06 81 St.,Apt.#1, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Jug Night attendees were a smaller than
usual group this year—probably due to
exhaustion after the great turnout we had
for our 50th reunion weekend celebration
in June. Carrying on the tradition at Jug
Night were: Fred Kuehn, Ed Villani, Jim
Higgins, Luke MacCarthy, Tom Mullaney,
Kevin Morris and John Tweedy. John
St. George has enjoyed this past year
as a retiree from the business world,
allowing him to spend full time in his
diaconal parish ministry. Also, John and
his wife Ellen have a new grandson, Sean
St.George, born in August. Sean is the
son of their youngest child Tom and is
grandchild number six. John says they
are fortunate that all their children and
grandchildren are within a half-hour drive,
so they get to visit often. John is sorry
he missed the reunion, but says his back
surgery was worth it. He can now walk
and stand without pain, and just needs to
lose a “little” weight to be in really great
form. He’s hoping to get to a jug night
sometime in the future, and see his “old”
classmates. Rich Minogue says “Let it be
known that we can all hear Frank Rossini
read some of his poetry on thepoetryloft.
net. I recommend it”. Fred Kuehn and
wife Jill are thrilled with their latest news.
Their son Bob and his wife, Audrey
presented Fred and Jill with a grandson,
Charles Porter Kuehn, on October 3.
Charlie just celebrated his two-month
birthday and is doing well. Joe Haggerty
and wife Maureen recently celebrated the
first birthday of their twin granddaughters.
1964
Jeff Weinlandt, jeff[email protected]
Just in case you missed it in the last issue
of the RAN, the class of 1964 was among
the ten classes with the “Most Improved
Class Total” in last year’s Annual Fund
drive. Thanks are due John Steinmuller,
class chairman, in raising our class total
by $11,278.17 over the previous year. Jug
Night this year fell on October 25th and
we had a dirty dozen gathered at our usual
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Photo taken by Tom Walsh ’61 during a reunion dinner for Greater Washington DC alum of
retired professors Buck Favorini ’61 and George Dowdall ’61.
table in the “old” gym. Vince Alline was
again up from Loudon TN and Lou Fuoco
came down from Cambridge MA. The rest
were all from the Tri-State area…Dennis
Moulton, Kevin Rodgers, Jeff Weinlandt,
Jim Pielli, Ken Kelly, John Boden (recent
knee replacement and all), Joe Cirrito,
Jim Hoolahan, Louis Scheeder and Bob
Shullman. Next year we will qualify as
Golden Owls as all classes after their 50th
reunion are “guests of Regis” and the
$30 dues are waived. Marty Besant liked
this idea as he commented “Free tuition
and now free food and beer. Does it get
any better?” John Wirth chimed in “Love
those senior discounts.” However, I think
most of us felt the way Ken Beirne phrased
it…”Clearly they think we are a lot older
than we really are.” Three days before Jug
Night Kevin Rodgers emailed a copy of
Fr. McCusker’s Principal’s Letter #1 to All
Parents dated September 19, 1962. A few
items in the letter generated a fair bit of
email traffic. The first was “I ask you to
check on your son’s faithfulness to study
and on his techniques. Please let me know
if your son is spending notably less than
three hours a night on his homework.”
Dan McCaffrey wrote “What memories
it brought back of what life was like back
then,” and Rom Malanga added “I could
almost see my parents sitting down to
go over the letter with me.” The letter
mentioned that “We are fortunate to
have closed retreats for Juniors as well
as Seniors. Our willingness to sacrifice
three and a half days of class time is one
indication of the importance of these
retreats.” Compare this amount of time
with the letter’s conclusion that “On
Friday evening, Sept. 28, Fr. McGuire and
I will talk to Senior Parents on College
Education. We plan to discuss Choice of
College, Financing a College Education,
Scholarships, Loans, Honor Programs, and
What Parents Must Do. The program will
take just about one hour.” ONE HOUR!
Frank Michel immediately chimed in,
“Yes, one hour. But three and a half days
on the retreat!” Mike Christy wrote that
they “gave each of us 15 minutes to decide
between Fordham, Manhattan or going
away to another Catholic college. As I recall,
Fr. McCusker was allowed to remain as
Principal beyond the normal 6 year term
due to the 50th Jubilee of Regis. Shortly
thereafter, a Middle States accreditation
team skewered Regis for its college
application restrictions and its failure to
teach Biology at all. Pretty amazing in
retrospect.” On November 22nd at 1:03 PM
Jim Oliviero shot the group an email with
the subject line: “50 years old today.” His
message was “Remember passing note
to Vinnie Mangiameli… Mafia? Madman?
Cubans? He picked #2.” This started a
fast and furious exchange as Denis Burt
wrote “They always talk about whether
one remembers where one was on these
historic occasions. I remember being in
the locker room where we had just come
from gym class.” Larry Kenah concurred
that “Regis HS will forever be tied to this
day for all of us. Denis’s note prompted
my similar memory, a PA announcement
as we walked through the Old Gym to the
locker room. We had gym in fifth period
and many of us were to take a Fr. Dorgan
Latin test in sixth period.” Ken Kelly chimed
in that “My recollection, although befogged
by the passing years, is that there were two
announcements. First Fr. McC announced
just as the fifth period ended that JFK had
been shot, and we said a prayer, then about
2:40 he announced that JFK had died. And,
I think our class was taking a full period
French test. I do recall that riding home
on the subway that afternoon was surreal
with people glassy eyed.” Bob Metz added
that “My memory is consistent with Ken’s
recollection. I also remember that after
school the bowling club met as usual at
the old lanes that were on 80th and York.”
Denis Burt wrote that “I think we had
a discussion about whether we should
bowl and decided it served no purpose
to cancel so we did keep to our schedule.
I remember that my parents were upset
that we hadn’t cancelled.” Mike Ryan also
was part of that group as he said “I do
remember the bowling league. What a relic
that was, it seems now.” Frank Silvestri
remembers being in “English class with
Mr. DeLuca. Some of the early reports
said that Johnson had been shot as well as
Kennedy, and someone – I think Donald
McCabe – realized that, had that been the
case, John McCormack, the Speaker of the
House, would have been President.” This
space is too limited but there were at least
20+ other classmates who recounted their
own stories of that afternoon in emails.
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Peter Rattiger summed it up for all of us
when he wrote, ”It was an even longer
ride home to Staten Island that day.” On
December 4th Marty Besant emailed the
group “My Mom saved The Owl from our
first welcome through Junior year. (Probably
by Sr year I was too cool to bring them
home, so those are lost.) Attached are the
first 2 from 1960. If you would like to read
more, send a reply.” Thus started another
very long “thread” among classmates as
most wanted to see the rest of them. You’ll
have to wait for the next Prowlings for
some of the comments these two issues
provoked. If you are not on our group email
(and don’t wish to be), but would like to
see all these issues of The Owl, drop Marty
an email at [email protected]. This
will be the last Prowlings before our 50th
and there is still no decision on a formal
gathering for Friday, April 4th…though
there are hopes for one. On an unrelated
note, the Class of 1967 is looking for fellow
Regians to tour Italy May 25 – June 3, 2014
with a trip to Venice and the Po Valley.
If interested, contact Frank Ambrosio
’67 ([email protected]),
a director of The Renaissance Company
that is organizing the trip. I am sorry to
report that after these amusing updates on
our classmates this copy of the Prowlings
will end on a very sad note. Tom Griffin
contacted Jeff Weinlandt on December
6th to say that, “I suffered a tragic loss this
summer. My wife of 37 years, Mary Ellen
Rybak, died in a sudden accident in July. I
believe you met her at our last reunion. She
was a wonderful person and was loved in
the medical community we worked in. She
was my life and always made me a much
better person. I have been devastated
by her loss. She attended all the Regis
reunions for ’64 and loved them. She
herself had been a nerd in high school and
always told me she loved hanging around
with nerds. I have been a social hermit
since my loss but do plan to attend the
reunion. I would love to see you guys.”
1965
George Griffith, [email protected]
1966
Bob Mollenhauer, [email protected]
Steve Bogacz’s son, Jesse, a senior at
Trinity School, has early-committed to
the Kenyon College baseball program.
As Kenyon’s top 2014 recruit, Jesse will
be in the starting rotation as a freshman,
and also see time at 1B and DH when not
pitching. This follows a stellar 2013 season
both for Trinity in the Spring and for the
NY Gothams in the Summer and Fall. In
104 combined innings, the LHP struck
out 156, yielded only 51 hits and pitched
to a 1.82 ERA. He was named All-Ivy for
Trinity, and made his second consecutive
all-tournament team at the Perfect Game
national tournament in Atlanta for the
Gothams. For the class of 2014, Perfect
Game ranked Jesse the #3 LHP in NYS,
the #42 player in NYS and the #129 LHP
in the entire country.
1967
Chris Connell, [email protected]
Jug Nite lured 16 classmates back to RHS:
Jack Alexander; Bill Armbruster; Bill
Balcerski; Art Bender, S.J.; Robert Blake;
Gerry Schiraldi; Michael Connor; Tom
Curran; John Dowd; Joe Giammarella;
Rene Haas; Jim Keaney; John Kelly;
Peter Landis; Kevin McDonald, and John
Williams. Bill provided this account:
“Holy Cross was well represented, with
four of eight Crusader alums from our
class – Connor, Dowd, Landis and
Williams. With most of us hitting 65 this
year, travel, grandchildren and retirement
plans were a common theme. Many have
already retired, some will be retiring this
year, while others intend to keep working
for a year or two or indefinitely. Peter
Landis is looking toward retirement in
June 2014 and an around-the-world trip
with wife Bebe, using frequent-flier miles
accumulated over many years. They’ll
spend three months traveling in the U.S.
before heading overseas for six months,
returning stateside for a couple of months
and going abroad again. Destinations
include Tahiti, Australia, Bangkok, India,
Istanbul, Dublin and ‘wherever the winds
will take us.’ Peter is managing editor
of NY1 News and an adjunct professor
of broadcast journalism at Columbia
Class of ’74’s Dennis Dorans and Carl Barbera attended the graduation of their daughters
Kim and Kelly from Boston College this past May. The girls spent four years as roommates
and coincidentally, the girls share the same birthday.
Journalism School. A move to western
North Carolina is also in the offing. John
Williams lives on Cape Cod, counting
down the days to his 65th birthday and
Medicare eligibility in June 2014, which
will allow him to cut back to working parttime and leave more time for his thespian
pursuits on local stages. He’s played Willy
Loman in ‘Death of a Salesman’ and the
Marquis de Sade in ‘Quills,’ in which he
was ‘full frontal for a good part of the play,
and a good part it was (not bad for a guy
‘clearly past his prime’ as one critic noted,
but she liked me nevertheless).’ John and
Susan’s twin grandsons are 2 years old.
John Dowd made his first, 10-day visit to
the Emerald Isle, ‘my ancestral land. I met
a second cousin I had never met before
and had a wonderful time.’ John frequently
listens on his drive to work to the Teaching
Company’s ‘The Great Courses,’ including
a 36-lecture class taught by Georgetown
professor Frank Ambrosio on ‘Philosophy,
Religion and the Meaning of Life.’ Sharon
and Rene Haas, who are also Cape
Coders, spent two memorable weeks in
China with their youngest, Alyson, after
the College of William and Mary student
concluded an eight-week intensive
Chinese class at Tsinghua University in
Beijing. They saw the ancient Terra Cotta
Warriors in Xian, spectacular limestone
formations in Guilin, and the modern
skyline of Shanghai as well as Beijing.
Rene and Sharon moved from New
Jersey to their longtime summer home
on Cape Cod after Alyson, the youngest
of four, started college. John Kelly spent
most of his career with Astor Services for
Children, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He retired in
April 2012 and spends much time with
his five grandchildren, four of whom
are close by his home in Red Hook. He
and his wife travel to LA at least twice a
year to see the fifth. Robert Blake has a
grandson, Nathaniel, age 2½. ‘I’m still
offering free admission to the Old Spokes
Auto Museum (www.oldspokes.com) to
those who make a contribution to Regis,’
says Robert, a radiologist on Long Island.
Karen and Jack Alexander journeyed
to France in the fall where they visited
Marseilles, Aix en Provence, Arles, and
then took a Rhone River cruise heading
up to Lyon. ‘We saw many pretty things
and places and had a great time. The next
cruise, which may bankrupt me, is six
weeks in February-March, visiting New
Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, ending
in Bali on St. Patrick’s Day,’ said Jack, who
retired from Hoffmann la Roche in 2010
after 30 years in its Law Department. Bill
Balcerski retired in December after a long
career in the law department at Verizon;
future plans are undecided. Art Bender,
the only Jesuit on the faculty at Regis,
has no plans to leave the classroom. Jay
Azarow was there in spirit, having spoken
earlier that afternoon by telephone from
Palo Alto with Balcerski, McDonald,
Connor and Armbruster.”
Two new rides for fitness-minded Kevin
Brown out in Tinseltown: a “light as a
feather” Indie Norco Carbon-Fiber 21-speed
Urban bike and, for those mornings when
one needs a little push, an eBike. Kevin,
maître d at Matteo’s, one of LA’s top Italian
restaurants, wore out the mountain bike
Chef Antonio bought him in 2004. He’s
pushed the motorized bike up to 35 mph…
Bostonian Bill McLaughlin has been doing
his traveling by foot, making a two-week
trial run on the Camino de Santiago in
Spain in spring, then a month-long, 430
mile hike in southwest France along the
pilgrimage route that leads to the tomb
of Saint James in España. “I started the
traditional way, down long flights of steps
leading out of the hilltop cathedral of
Le Puy en Velay” and wound up in the
border town of St. Jean Pied de Port in the
Pyrenees. He spent most nights in shared
rooms that slept three to 20 people and,
with two meals, cost roughly 30 euros.
An emergency, evening visit to a dentist
set him back just $30. “My fellow hikers
were 90 percent French.… Few knew more
than a few phrases in English.” He trekked
through Three Musketeers territory and saw
the replica of the Rosetta Stone in the town
of Figeac honoring native son Champollion
who first deciphered hieroglyphics, “and
there were dozens of village and wayside
churches and chapels, good for shelter
from occasional drizzle, frequent fog,
and, on a few days, blistering sun.” The
lone souvenir he brought home was a
well-worn “pilgrims passport” filled with
stamps from all the stops on the trail….
Anthony Lo Secco spent much of the year
in Italy, his home away from home, before
returning to Florida. In August he joined
the procession in Rapino for the feast of
San Lorenzo. The peripatetic accounting
professor is still teaching online and has
“no desire to retire. Teaching provides
me with income and worldwide health
insurance coverage. I also get to meet new
people all the time!” A few more freshman
year memories: Tom Curran, the associate
editor of The Star-Ledger in Newark, recalls
“being placed alphabetically in classes,
which led to the coincidence that Frank
Ambrosio and I were in the same section.
When it became clear that Frank was
among the smartest people I ever met,
I decided to see how he took notes. He
printed them, rather than writing them in
script. I decided that was the key to his
success and, for at least a marking period,
I also took my notes in printed rather than
scripted form. It didn’t help. I still squeaked
by academically.” From Robert Blake: “A
group of us would come in from NJ on
the bus to Port Authority, walk across the
street, take the uptown bus, then catch the
crosstown through the park at 86th Street.
One day, a passenger boarded, turned and
started throwing fistfuls of money out onto
central Park West. I jumped out, forgetting
the all-important Regis book bag. The bus
took off with my books but without me as
I collected what was a fortune to me then.
When I got to RHS there was a reception
committee headed by Kennedy (later
asked to leave) who told me that due to
my unacceptable conduct I had to report
immediately to Fr. Neville. When I got to
his office I blurted out the whole story
in detail even before being accused. He
smiled gently and said: ‘Mr. Blake, you have
W I N T E R 2014
been had by your friends.’ He knew nothing
and cared nothing about my financial
windfall. Bruce Hector, John Katz and John
Williams had retrieved the book bag, but
they all had a good laugh at my expense.”
1968
James Sherwood, [email protected]
1969
Bart Robbett, [email protected]
Rob Kearney writes, “A while back I was
at an event at Marymount (which I hadn’t
been in since 1968?). I was in a room that
had a stage in it and realized that it was
where I had played my first Real Gig ever
(with Rob Schmidt and Jeff Burke). I did
a Knock on Wood thing on the stage and
shortly thereafter I answered an ad for
Lead Singer in a Classic Rock Band. I’m
now singing some of the same songs that
I sang on that fateful Marymount night.”
News from Don Battles, “After 34 years in
Minnesota, my wife and I have decided to
move to warmer climes in California and
have have moved to Carmel. Thirty one
years at 3M was enough, and now it’s time
to relax. Winters in Minnesota were just too
harsh, and we now have more reasonable
weather conditions. I will get a chance to
do some Marine Biology at the Monterey
Bay Aquarium working as a guide. This is
something where I figured I would make
no money if I pursued a career in it, but
now I can afford to make no money doing
something of interest. We look forward to
any visitors in the area.” This from Pete
Pizza, “We had some big events over the
last few months. First, on September 29 we
welcomed our 3rd grandchild, Violet, whose
dad is Pete Jr. and she joins big brother
Harrison who is 3. Then on 11-12-13 our
son Joe got married, which makes it 3 kids
married, 1 more to go. Also, I was lucky
enough to be able to attend about 8 or 9
of our oldest grandson’s (Luke – age 7)
little league games this year and cheer him
on—I have much more fun at these games
than going to Yankee games these days!
Fortunately, all our kids live in Jersey so we
can have family get-togethers for all these
big occasions. I’m looking forward to the
upcoming 45th reunion in April and hope
everyone can make it.” Stephen Truhon
was in Seoul, South Korea in October to
attend the International Military Association
conference. He also presented a paper
on toxic leadership in the military. John
Gonsiorek, and his partner of 26 years,
Jim Rudolph, retired to Santa Fe in August
2012. John, however, did not stay retired
long: in January 2013 he was appointed
Founding Editor of a new journal published
by the American Psychological Association,
titled Psychology of Sexual Orientation
and Gender Diversity. This is the official
publication of American Psychological
Association Division 44, and the first issue
is scheduled for March 2014. Luckily, this
position is only 1/4 to 1/3 time, leaving
John ample time to write, study furniture
making at the local community college, and
enjoy the extraordinary cultural and natural
wonders northern New Mexico has to offer.
He’d love to see any classmates who visit
the Santa Fe area, contact at: jgonsiorek@
comcast.net. Jeff Burke writes, “For the
first time since autumn of 1969, when I
began working in the kitchen at LeMoyne
College, I find myself in between jobs. The
KP duty was followed by stints as an editor
and writer with Harper’s, Vanity Fair, the
Wall Street Journal (in NYC, Brussels and
Hong Kong) and most recently, in the alldigital world of Bloomberg News. In midNovember, Bloomberg took a scythe to my
arts & culture team, along with sports and
investigative reporting as it reverts to the
founder’s early mandate of mainly tradable
news. Too young to retire (and with a young
family to prove it), I’m looking for ideas as I
write the next chapter.” Save the Date: April
12, 2014 — 45th Class Reunion.
1970
Kevin Conboy, [email protected]
Jack Regan, [email protected]
Kevin Conboy escorted his Mother
Kathryn to her 65th (!) college reunion, at
St. Joseph’s in Brooklyn. While in NY he
had breakfast with Dan Gonzalez, John
Hollwitz and Jim Bergin; Frank DeLeo,
headed to another ultramarathon upstate,
was conflicted. After retiring from his law
practice at Paul Hastings (Atlanta) and
teaching for a year at John Marshall Law
School, Kevin was “RIF’d”. He is making
lemonade doing more writing, including
a steady gig at the online Irish Central,
working on a book for law students,
planning a mission trip to Kingston
Jamaica with Missionaries of the Poor in
February, looking forward to the arrival
of a grandson shortly and otherwise
enjoying family and friends (including
fellow Atlantan Jack Regan). Kevin also saw
John Hollwitz at a LeMoyne (International
House) reunion in Massachusetts at the
home of Chris O’Keeffe ’72 with other
Regians the Kelly twins, Bob and Frank
Kelly (also ‘72). Mike Fitzgerald writes: “As
I still live in Manhattan, I was able to attend
the small get-together at Regis for the
class of 1970 a few weeks ago. As always,
when we get together it seems we have
talked just yesterday and remember our
friendships and struggles. Father Judge and
Jim Buggy from the alumni office discussed
the accomplishments of the “ Strong to
Endure” campaign. They have received
significant pledges from those who can
contribute significant amounts, but not
from most of the alumni. I believe we all
received the recent statement that showed
that only 4 in our year had contributed. I
have more than most to thank Regis, as not
only did I receive a free education, but as
most of you know my son also graduated
from Regis. He received the Stephen Duffy
scholarship to Holy Cross, and has been
accepted to medical school for next year.
Our years at Regis, in those so important
years-13 -18 years of age, taught us all to
work hard. I’m not sugar-coating the years
as we all know what they were like, but they
made us who we are today. As Bob Leonard
said at the meeting, contributors always ask
how many of the Alumni give before they
contribute. We must continue to contribute
to the Annual Fund and hopefully our class
contribution increases. The “ Strong to
Endure” campaign is a one time effort to
increase the endowment as the founding
family is no longer with us. We were
surprised to hear it ends December 31. I
believe we know Regis must continue its
“Men for Others” commitment but it is
now up to us. I urge you to give what you
can. If you didn’t get the brochure or e-mail,
call the Alumni office at Regis. On a lighter
note, next October will be the Centennial
Dinner at the Waldorf. It will be great if we
can get a number of tables together as a
class with our spouses. I believe it will be
$500/ticket. Tables can be purchased if you
want to buy a table for you and your family.
Hopefully many will be able to attend. As
we get closer to the date, I’m sure there
will be more information from the Alumni
office. I look forward to seeing all of you
that were at the 40th reunion, as we had a
great turnout-close to 50%. I look forward
to seeing the other 50%. Come to New
York that weekend. Saturday night the
dinner. Sunday there will be a Mass at St
Ignatius by Cardinal Dolan which will be
simulcast at the Regis Auditorium. 84th
Street will be closed for the day. Reception
at Regis-back in the courtyard. This will
be fun. Hope to see all there. My e-mail is
fi[email protected].”
1971
Luke Garvey, [email protected]
Roger Rooney, [email protected]
1972
Michael Davies, [email protected]
1973
Robert Billings, [email protected]
Slim pickings this time around. Guys all
talked out from 40th. Vin Maher will be a
visiting professor and teach organizational
behavior/management at the University
of Caen, France this March. Vin is to these
notes what Rich Sloper is to Jug Night—
dependable! Permanent Pennsylvanian
Alan Sclafani showed up at the new
Lancaster home of Mike Walczewski
to catch up on forty years. Cigars and
Manhattans were plentiful. Gee, how old
are you guys? Don’t worry. John Vella and
your esteemed correspondent will make
their way out there with more vermouth.
In real news, Judge John Collins was
transferred from Matrimonial to Criminal
Division in Riverhead after the first of the
year. Son John is a guidance counselor
at St. Anthony’s HS in Huntington. Back
to me: Kate Billings was awarded the
Frontier League’s (minor league baseball)
Commissioner’s Award for her planning of
their annual All-Star game and activities.
1974
William O’Connell,
[email protected]
1975
Steve Tranchina, [email protected]
Michael Del Rosso, [email protected]
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Hugh Finnegan ’76, raised money for
various charities in the Dublin Marathon.
1976
Jon Powers, [email protected]
Rosalie and James Piccolo are poised
to be grandparents, God willing, by
summer 2014—WooHoo! Jim writes,
“We celebrated the wedding of our
daughter Tara to a great guy (Matt) who
is a wonderful addition to the Piccolo
family. In fulfillment of their dreams, they
are beginning a family expeditiously and
making Rosie and me instantly AGED!
Kidding aside, we are thrilled!!” Hugh
Finnegan ran his Dublin Marathon on
October 28th (a first, and per Hugh, a
last). Hugh had several family and friends
there to root him on, as he raised money
for two outstanding charities.
1977
James Shanahan, [email protected]
Mark Nelson, Bob Hay, Gerry DiDonato,
Charlie Hayward, and Gerry Dieffenbach
represented the class of ’77 at this year’s
Jug Night. Gerry Dieffenbach reports that
he and his partner of 27 years, Craig Raia,
were married on July 26th.
1978
Bernie Kilkelly, [email protected]
Several classmates made it to Jug Night
this fall. Ken Carroll, Tom Burgess, Jim
Rohan, Rob McKenna, Kevin Rush, Al
Rocco and Bernie Kilkelly enjoyed a fun
night sharing lots of great memories.
Bernie Kilkelly reports: “In December
my nephew Steven was confirmed in
Stamford, Connecticut by Bishop Frank
Caggiano ’77. He gave a terrific homily
and seems to be off to a great start as the
new bishop for the Diocese of Bridgeport.”
1979
Rich Weber, [email protected]
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1980
William Passannante,
[email protected]
1981
John Dieffenbach, [email protected]
Joe Pizzimenti writes, “I still teach
and practice optometry at Nova SE
University in Ft. Lauderdale. I recently
was interviewed by Readers Digest about
the eye as a mirror of overall health. My
oldest son, Drew (15) starts on the varsity
b-ball team at Boca Raton Christian High
School. He has much better moves than
the ones I made in the lower gym.”
1982
John McGuiness, [email protected]
1983
Joe Accetta, [email protected]
1984
Michael Horowitz, [email protected]
Ray McGoldrick, [email protected]
Dr. Dan DaSilva reports that he is is a
neuropsychologist working in pediatrics
and aviation. Dan does a lot of work with
concussion in the pediatric area, while
also providing consultation to the FAA.
He has been married to Amy for 15 years,
and they have two kids: Katy is 11 and a
talented piano player and painter and Pete
is eight and keeping them busy traveling
the NJ hockey circuit. In Raleigh, NC, Mike
Nemecek and his wife Laura now have
two kids in high school. Amanda’s a junior
and taking her third year of Latin (quid
incredibile studium!), while freshman
Brendan just started Russian (какие
невероятные изучения!). Mike will
celebrate 17 years at analytics software
maker SAS in February (still doing PR),
and he just went to confession, since his
mother told him that’s all she wanted
from him for Christmas … and he’s not
sure how to take that!! For those of you
who may not be aware, many members
of our class have kept in touch over the
years through an email group started by
Kieran O’Connor, which can be reached
at [email protected]. If you’re
not already part of the group, contact
Kieran at [email protected] to be
added. Also, the class of ’84 sends along
it prayers to the family of John Loose, who
passed away recently. On Mr. Loose’s
passing, Kieran’s thoughts echoed many
of our feelings when he said, “I’m sorry to
hear of John Loose’s passing. I very much
enjoyed his film class and think that it
helped me develop a life-long love of films.
Given his lengthy service at Regis, I’m
sure he impacted many others as well.”
Kieran added that he spoke to him a few
months ago, and he seemed very happy
to have heard from a former student and
even gave Kieran some current films to
check out. Gus Bottazzi reports that after
leaving Georgetown, he ended up in a 20
year career in start-up ventures focused
in the high tech and telecommunications
fields. Gus went from Sales to Marketing
to Operations and ended up running a
couple of small cap firms that traded on
the NASDAQ Bulletin Board. Gus adds
that “after the market took a dump, I left
and decided I would start my retirement
strategy early…so I opened my first selfdefense studio. I had been in the martial
arts since ‘91, getting to 3rd Dan in
Japanese Kempo, and then I discovered
Krav Maga--the Israeli hand-to-hand
combat system for their military. I have
been training with the Israelis for going
on 10 years and have dedicated myself to
teaching these skills to everyone interested
in street self-defense. I currently train law
enforcement, homeland security agents,
air marshals and hold monthly women
self-defense seminars...Life is fun!” The
take away here is DON’T MESS WITH
GUS!! In his spare time, Gus is married
and has a 19 year old son studying
Journalism at Quinnipiac University and a
16 year old daughter attending high school
in Stamford, CT. And finally, congrats to
Anca and Noel Selegzi who welcomed
their daughter Gloria Marie into the world
on December 7, 2013. Noel is currently
back at Regis, currently serving as the
school’s Annual Fund Director.
1985
Thomas Flood, thomasfl[email protected]
1986
Bob Sciarrone, [email protected]
Allan Powe, [email protected]
1987
Dave Curley, [email protected]
Mark Kurtz spent the summer of 2013 in
Spain with his wife & two boys (8 & 9) to
celebrate his 10-year wedding anniversary.
They had a great time exploring and
soaking in the sun. He says thank you to
Jose Villar and Scott Gelormino for their
helpful hints and advice. Peter Morreale
was named a Managing Director at
Goldman Sachs. On a similar note, he was
also with Mike Keenan ’92 at a private
concert by Chubby Checker. Rumor has
it that Arthur Edwards, Jr. and his wife
Michaela celebrated the birth of their
first son, Aiden, on November 8, 2013.
If you’re out there Arthur, Let us know
who its going. In order to help promote
the Parker The Platypus series of books,
Joe Melillo is on Twitter now! Follow @
joe_melillo, and he promises a follow
back!! And finally this update from Pete
McNally from somewhere along the 7 line:
“I just re-upped my ticket plan with the
New York Mets for 2014. I am a glutton
for punishment. Look for me on the Field
Level under the Pepsi Porch!”
1988
John Middleton, [email protected]
John Butler is pleased to announce that
his lovely wife, Eileen, gave birth to a son,
Hugh Robertson Butler, on October 4th.
Hugh joins big brother Owen (3 years)
and big sister Maeve (almost 2 years).
1989
Joseph Macchiarola,
[email protected]
1990
James Donohue, [email protected]
Joseph Sciabica, [email protected]
Nello DeBlasio is all growns up. Nello
was married to Mary Catherine Egan (No
relation to our very own Mike Egan) on
November 9th in Mashpee, MA, which
is on Cape Cod. Sean Brennan served
faithfully as a groomsmen. Congrats,
Nello!
1991
Nolan Shanahan, [email protected]
1992
Mike McCarthy,
[email protected]
Fred Lynch ’82 (right) helped ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in September
when his company, Masonite, went public.
On 1 September Christian Miller was
promoted to Lieutenant Commander,
Medical Service Corps, United States
Navy. With tours aboard ship, and
multiple deployments to Iraq and
Afghanistan Christian currently serves as
the Health Services Support Requirements
and Capabilities Officer at Marine Corps
Combat Development Command,
Quantico VA. He resides in Montclair VA
with his wife Bethany and sons Nathaniel
and Lucien. Joseph Acevedo and wife
Nellie welcomed triplets (yes, triplets!) to
the family on September 26, 2013. Babies
Joseph, Catherine and Grace are doing
wonderfully and their proud first time
parents are happy and grateful to have
received this amazing blessing.
1993
Brendan Loonan, [email protected]
Dan Roche, [email protected]
Mike Daly and his lovely wife Mary are
pleased to announce the birth of their
daughter, Bridget Mary Daly. She was
born on September 23rd, measuring 19.5
inches long and weighing 6 lbs, 6 oz.
Mary, Bridget, and big brother Liam are
all doing well. Mike also reported that he
left Mayer Brown in August and began
work at the Department of Justice in the
National Security Division. Best of luck to
Mike and congrats to the happy family!
On September 27th, Jermaine Leonard
celebrated his wedding to Raha Nasseri
with several Regians in attendance.
Brendan Loonam, Gerard McCarty and
Brian O’Neill performed admirably as
groomsmen while other guests included
Erich Anderer, Brian Reilly, Dan Roche,
Mike Smyth, and Matthew Heinz ’94.
The happy couple spent their honeymoon
in Guatemala where Jermaine’s love of
sarongs and all things Guatemalan was
greatly appreciated. Congratulations!
1994
Matt Guiney, [email protected]
Bill Foley, [email protected]
Brian Fitzgerald reports that he and Leah
Whittington were married on August 24.
Dann Russo (who was recently referred
to as “Boston’s Bruce Springsteen” by an
anonymous fellow Class of ’94 member)
checks in: “I am leading a group of
exchange students from Boston College
High School to Ireland this coming April
in an exchange with Belvedere College, a
Jesuit school in Dublin and am looking
for places to set up my guitar and play
that AREN’T outside on Grafton St.”
As of November 18, 2013, and after two
years of doing consultant work, Dan
Silverio finally landed a full-time job and
is currently the Product Manager for
Mutual Funds at E*TRADE. On December
13, a scaled-down group participated in
the Class of 1994 Christmas Dinner at
Sparks. The meal opened with a toast to
legendary film teacher John Loose, and
the dinner continued with the expected
amount of highbrow discourse on the arts
(a unanimous rave about Andy Murray’s
classic portrayal of Frank LaRocca in
1994’s Senior Skit entitled “LaRocky”)
and a raging political debate (about the
attempted vote-splitting and charges
of gerrymandering in the McNeela/
Charbaneau (Cote) presidential election
runoff of 1993/94). Attendees included:
Chris Browne, Bill Foley, John Giordano,
Matt Guiney, Basil Kolani, Dennis
Machado, Tom Maloney, Ney Melo, Dan
O’Neill, Mike Palumbo, Tom Peveraro
and Greg Vadasdi. Meeting the group
afterward at a local watering hole was Pat
Burns and Joe Fattorini. In closing, and on
a more somber note, Tom Peveraro would
W I N T E R 2014
like to congratulate his newlywed brother,
Dan Peveraro ’01 and his beautiful wife,
Katie, and reports: “A great time was
had by all at the wedding in Charleston
in October. Bittersweetly, our mother,
Jane Peveraro, who lost her battle with
cancer in September, was sorely missed.”
Thoughts and prayers go out to Tom, Dan
and the entire Peveraro family.
of Boulder. Our son Ryan just turned 9
months old, he was born February 23,2013.
I am loving the outdoors and am enjoying
the hunting and skiing that Colorado
has to offer. If anyone is ever out here
please drop me a line! I can be reached
at [email protected].” Remember to
save the date: we will celebrate our 15 year
reunion at Regis on May 31st!
1995
2000
Stephen McGrath, [email protected]
John Zadrozny, [email protected]
Daniel Aviles, [email protected]
1996
Mike Boyle, [email protected]
Brian Lennon, [email protected]
1997
Erik Netcher, [email protected]
In October, John Gordon made local
headlines when he rescued an elderly
woman who had fallen onto the Long
Island Railroad tracks at the East Williston
station as a train was approaching.
TheIslandNow.com’s news story titled,
“Lake Success lawyer pulls woman off
tracks” provides a detailed account of
Gordon’s heroic act. Well done, John!
Philip Miller and his wife Priscilla del
Castillo returned from the Australian
National Fencing Championships in
Canberra with some nice hardware. They
anchored the New South Wales men’s
and women’s sabre teams to matching
gold medals. Thanks to Patrick Durkan for
offering him the choice of “Do you want
to go to gym class or do you want to learn
how to hit somebody with a sword?”
1998
John Morris, [email protected]
Mike Casey writes in with the following
news: “I ran my second NYC Marathon
this past November, posting a personal
best of of 3:43:43, shaving 11 minutes off
my previous time. Kevin Canberg was
among the many supporters who cheered
me on from the sidelines. This past July, I
proposed to Danielle Tocchet, daughter of
the current Regis principal, Gary Tocchet.
We’re planning a wedding for October
of 2014 at West Point. I’m currently
working as a director at MSG Varsity, and
Danielle works at ZogSports, the nation’s
largest charity-oriented, co-ed social
sports league.” Colleen and Geoff Clyne
welcomed Kieran Ronald Clyne (8 pounds
12 ounces) into the world on November
6th, 2013 at NYU Langone Medical Center.
Mommy and baby are happy and healthy
and Geoff is hoping he gets to explain to
Kieran how to commute to Regis in 2027
the same way his father did back in 1994.
1999
Tom Hein, [email protected]
Brian Hughes, [email protected]
Joe Lugo writes: “I am currently living
in Denver working as an Accounting
Manager for juwi solar, an EPC contractor
of utility scale solar projects based out
2001
Mike Schimel, michael.schimel@gmail.
com
Kevin Galligan, kevin.galligan@hotmail.
com
Peter J. Cook notes that he will be
attending Phil Klay’s wedding in
Cartagena, Colombia in early 2014.
2002
John Hein, [email protected]
Luigi Naguit, [email protected]
This November marked ten years since we
lost our friend and classmate Terence Leary.
Fellow Regians, family and friends recently
started the Terence Leary Foundation to
benefit the local sports community in his
hometown of Rockville Centre, NY. To honor
Terence’s memory and to kickstart the
foundation’s coming efforts, classmates
John Lampariello, Dave O’Donnell, Mike
Gil, Tim McKernan, Jim Garnevicus, Matt
Quigley, Ned Hanlon, Matt Mulqueen
(in spirit and via phone) and Tom Nash
gathered at the First Annual Terence Leary
Foundation softball game and fundraiser
for a day of athletics, song, food, drink,
and, naturally, storytelling. Despite more
than a handful of Regians being present at
the softball game, injuries (read: a general
lack of physical fitness) prevented all but
Ned Hanlon from participating. While
some labored on the field, others traded
memories on the bench over lukewarm
Natty Lights. Some recalled the infamous
Leary/Lamp campaign of ‘01, with serious
debate over which of the two was “our
generation’s Sarah Palin.” (Conclusion:
likely both.) Some proclaimed to know
the truth as to how Terence had managed
to build a beach in his backyard; others
said the truth would never be known, and
blamed any belief otherwise on one too
many crash landings on the slip and slide.
As a tribute (we think), several guests
arrived considerably late to the event,
blaming their tardiness on unspecified
“wardrobe malfunctions.” (The question
of why an hour’s commute would not
allow sufficient time to tuck in a shirt was
decided best left unasked.) The jungle juice
flowed freely, John Mayer played softly,
and many laughs were shared—all in all,
a perfect game. Terence wouldn’t have
had it any other way. The events raised
over $5,000 to aid the Rockville Centre
Little League’s Challenger Division, which
serves boys and girls with physical and
developmental disabilities. The foundation
is accepting donations, and the event will be
held every year in November. Classmates,
teammates, friends, and other Regians:
if you’ve fallen out of touch, you identify
with the cause, or if you simply want to
honor Terence’s memory, please don’t
hesitate to support the cause! Contact Dave
O’Donnell ([email protected]) or
John Lampariello (john.lampariello@gmail.
com) for information on how to donate and
to be kept apprised of forthcoming events.
Please continue to keep Terence and his
family in your prayers. This fall, a gang of
28 classmates joined in the increasingly
popular Knockout Football game. By the
end, many felt battered and bruised, but
that comes with the territory of a Yahoobased online survival football league.
Despite the undefeated record since 1927,
Regis is not synonymous with football.
After just one week the pool dropped
from 28 to 20. Embarrassing eliminations
occurred in Week 3 as Matt Quigley and
Matt Schilling selected “N/A” by failing
to submit their picks on time. Schilling
named his team “The Frank Barona All
Stars,” prompting accuracy questions
from his former Physics classmates.
Andrew Darcy and Barry Keung gained
local celebrity by going against the grain
and correctly choosing deep underdogs.
However, after their elimination in Week
5 only 5 participants remained. Weeks 6-8
came and went with less action than a
Regis dance. It was not until Week 9 that
Ned Hanlon was eliminated after choosing
the Green Bay Packers at home to defeat
the Jay Cutler-less Chicago Bears. Aaron
Rodgers left the field with a shoulder injury
on the first drive and took with him Ned’s
hopes for survival league glory. In Week 10,
Chris Plentus, Luigi Naguit, and Xavier San
Miguel incorrectly chose the overwhelming
favorite of the Tennessee Titans against the
(then) win-less Jacksonville Jaguars. With a
correct Week 10 selection of the NY Giants
over the Oakland Raiders, Neil Keenan
(team name -- “PHart Fanatics”) emerged
as the 2013 Regis ‘02 Knockout Pool
Winner. Since there was no monetary prize
Neil presumably celebrated with rounds of
shoe-golf and picklebacks. If you missed out
this year, self-appointed ‘02 football czar
Steve Wyszinski says we’ll do it again next
year! In September, Pat Scruggs marked his
one-year anniversary as an Assistant U.S.
Attorney in the Middle District of Florida,
where he has been working along with Chris
LaForgia ’01, Dan Sullivan ’97, and until
this past July, former U.S. Attorney/worldclass Irish pub owner, Robert “Bobby”
O’Neill ’75. He is still too pale for Florida.
Pete Czerechowski became engaged to
Julia Vogl on October 16 with plans to get
married in the summer. Chris Plentus is in
his fifth year channeling his best Hee-Sun
Hong as College Counselor at Wissahickon
HS in Ambler, PA. When he explains to his
students and families that he grew up in NJ,
but commuted to NYC for high school, he
consistently gets strange looks. When he’s
not explaining that college does in fact cost
money, Chris is a trainer at CrossFit King of
Prussia and has a small-time photography
business on the side. He’ll give a sweet
discount to any Regian looking to get fit or
get their photo taken.
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Jean-Claude J. Desrosiers and Elizabeth M.
Foley were wed on January 28, 2012. Fr.
Vincent Biagi acted as celebrant and David
Desrosiers ’10 was the best man.
2003
Nick Nikic, [email protected]
Bennet Chan, [email protected]
Will Marra, [email protected]
In June, Evan Simko-Bednarski took a crosscountry road trip. While this kept him from
his ten year reunion,he did encounter several
far-from-home Regians along the way, including
Christopher Norton, Matthew Montesano
’01, and Danny Sullivan ’05. Upon returning
home to what remains the nation’s greatest
city, he launched the fourth issue of his annual
literary journal, Armchair/Shotgun. In August,
Evan began classes at Columbia Journalism
School. He lives in Brooklyn. Ed Garnett
recently got engaged to Julia Faye Baron. The
wedding will take place in Washington, D.C.
on October 16, 2014. Sean McElroy recently
became Operations Manager of the Baltimore
Angels, an investor group focusing on earlystage technology. Please reach out to him if
you know of any East Coast start-ups with great
ideas looking for funds! A-J Aronstein lives on
Chicago’s Northwest Side. He works as an
administrator in the Provost’s Office at the
University of Chicago, where he also teaches a
course called “What are the Humanities For?”
Anyone with potential answers should feel free
to get in touch at [email protected]. Prizes for
the best responses. He also wonders: “does
anyone else live out here on these wide, windy
plains?” Mark Joinnides recently moved to
San Francisco and started a company called
Euclase that helps Chinese Students apply to
American universities (www.euclase.org). On
January 28, 2012, Jean-Claude J. Desrosiers
and Elizabeth M. Foley were wed in Brookfield,
CT. Fr. Vincent Biagi acted as celebrant. David
Desrosiers ’10 was the best man. Joe Rivera
graduated from Fordham Law in May 2012,
successfully passed both the New York and
New Jersey Bar Exams, was admitted into the
New Jersey Bar in November of 2012, and
should be admitted into the New York Bar
in early 2014. Currently, Joe is working as an
Assistant District Attorney at the Bronx District
Attorney’s Office in the Criminal Court Bureau.
Additionally, Joe volunteers as a mentor for
Fordham Law’s Minority Mentorship Program,
a program aimed at providing guidance and
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networking opportunities for Fordham Law
Students from traditionally underrepresented
cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Additionally,
while in Law School, Joe co-founded a legal
networking group within his fraternity (La
Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda
Fraternity, Incorporated) called the Lambda
Law Guild, a group aimed at assisting (1)
college students within the national fraternity
to prepare for law school and (2) current
law students garner professional experience
for their post law school career. Nick Nikic
recently completed his first year as an in-house
attorney at KKR, working primarily with the
Client & Partner and Capital Markets groups.
Before coming to KKR, Nick was at the George
Washington University Law School where he
served as Student Bar Association President
and received his JD alongside Rich Martinelli
’04. He’s still living on the Upper East Side, but
wishes his morning commute to 9 West 57th
(where he often runs into Tom Nash ’02 and
Scott DeBenedett ’04) was as easy as his fourblock jaunt to Regis.
2004
Chris Seneca, [email protected]
2005
Evan O’Brien, [email protected]
John Calhoun, fl[email protected]
Pete Madden is back in New York working
for the Sports Illustrated Golf Group. Evan
O’Brien married Amanda Michelle Dagg
on August 31 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church
in Rutland, Vermont. The reception was
held at the Crisanver House in Shrewsbury.
Groomsmen included Regis ’05 classmates
Luiz das Neves, Keenan McBride, Kris
Rodgers, and Keats Sexton. Also in
attendance were John Calhoun, John
Hannon, and Jim Loperfido. The couple
currently reside in Charlottesville, Virginia,
where Evan is finishing his law degree,
and Amanda is getting her MBA. They will
move to New York in the summer of 2014.
2006
Ed Walsh, [email protected]
Daniel Denicola, [email protected]
2007
Jimmy Burbage, [email protected]
Tully McLoughlin, [email protected]
Nathan Doctor writes: “Any Regians in
technology, software development or the
startup hustle—I’m putting together a
group to stay connected, just shoot me
an email at [email protected].”
Having graduated from Queens College
with an English Masters degree, Jack Belc
is spending the year teaching English
writing and conversation in Shengda
College, Henan Province, China. Some
ten years overdue, he wishes (however
shamefacedly) to make it up to Mr. Acosta
by learning Mandarin after all. He feels
(gnawing guilt aside) blessed, happy and
amazed by the everpresence of Christ.
2008
Nick Domino, [email protected]
John Wachowicz, [email protected]
Brian Cross made his Broadway debut in
Snow Geese at the Samuel J. Friedman
Theatre in October. Break a leg, Brian! Alan
Garcia is working at iMentor, an education
non-profit in New York centered around
providing underprivileged high school
students with a mentor who lives and/
or works in the NYC area, and who is a
full-time professional or graduate student.
Thanks to corporate sponsors (including
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and
Bank of America) and individual donations,
iMentor has been able to serve over 3,000
students this year. Since iMentor only
allows same-gender pairings, and there are
more female than male mentors, they are
in search of men to volunteer their time.
Fellow ‘08ers Kevein Esteves, Rob Maher,
Michael “DJ Mikey ‘Frosty’ Mobatz” Mouro,
and Nick Domino have all signed up as
mentors, and all Regians are invited to
consider participating, as well. Please visit
www.imentor.org for more information and
be sure to watch the video at www.imentor.
org/blog/the-road-to-college-kevin-and-bart.
Stephen Raiola placed first, taking home
a gold medal, at the US Rowing National
Champtionships in the Men’s Intermediate
Lightweight Eight. John Wachowicz began
studies at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie,
for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. David
Martinez is teaching Western drama at
Nanjing University’s campus in Jinling,
China. Tim Fleming is justifiably upset
that Pope Francis beat him out for Time
Magazine’s Person of the Year, but looks
forward to winning next year. He writes that
he is at Harvard Law School and pleased to
announce that he has accepted a position
at Wilke Farr after he is admitted to the Bar.
He will be joined at Wilke by 2007 graduates
Jimmy Burbage and Greg Bekaris.
2009
Phil Gillen, [email protected]
Justin Hunte, [email protected]
Matthew Connelly participated in this past
summer’s Regis Tech Accelerator program.
His startup had the distinction of being the
only participating group founded by a Regis
alum. Matthew’s startup is focused on guiding
high school and college students through the
processes of college admissions, internships,
work after college, etc. through pairing them
with older mentors. Matthew hopes to raise
awareness about the Accelerator, his startup,
and also to recruit Regis alums who might be
interested in this sort of mentorship work.
BIRTHS
2010
Gloria Marie on December 7, 2013 to
Anca and Noel Selegzi ’84
Tim Leddy, [email protected]
Aidan Tansey, [email protected]
Aiden on November 8, 2013 to
Michaela and Arthur Edwards, Jr. ’87
2011
Hugh Robertson on October 4, 2013 to
Eileen and John Butler ’88
Bobby Hausen, [email protected]
Eddie Kelly, [email protected]
2012
Joseph, Catherine & Grace on
September 26, 2013 to Nellie and
Joseph Acevedo ’92
Evan Lumbra, [email protected]
Joe Pollicino, [email protected]
Bridget Mary on September 23, 2013 to
Mary and Michael Daly ’93
2013
Kieran Ronald on November 6, 2013 to
Colleen and Geoff Clyne ’98
Hao Lam, [email protected]
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Events
Calendar
FEBRUARY
5
A History of Regis High
School Book Signing
7
Centennial Film Festival #1
18 Raleigh/Durham Reunion
19 Atlanta Regional Reunion
Ryan on February 23, 2013 to
Maggie and Joe Lugo ’99
MARRIAGES
Gene Burke ’62 and Joseph Vazquez
on November 24, 2013
Gerry Dieffenbach ’77 and Craig Raia
on July 26, 2013
Nello DeBlasio ’90 and Mary
Catherine Egan on November 9, 2013
Brian Fitzgerald ’94 and Leah
Whittington on August 24, 2013
Jean-Claude J. Desrosiers ’03 and
Elizabeth M. Foley on January 28, 2012
Evan O’Brien ’05 and Amanda
Michelle Dagg on August 31, 2013
DEATHS
Dr. Paul Echandia ’40
on November 1, 2013
George A. Seitz ’40
Rev. John McConnell, S.J. ’41
on November 22, 2013
Raymond V. O’Connor ’41
on October 8, 2013
20 Miami Regional Reunion
John J. Scollay ’43
on October 14, 2013
MARCH
Maurice J. McGarry ’44
on December 12, 2013
15 1979 and 1984 Reunion
17 Regis marches in the
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
22 Classroom Revisited
25 Chicago Regional Reunion
APRIL
5
Class of 1964 50th Reunion
12 1949, 1969 & 1973 Reunion
15 Hearn Centennial Debate
22 Los Angeles Reunion
23 Palo Alto Reunion
James J. Navagh ’45
on October 9, 2013
Rev. Francis V. Rooney, S.J. ’46
on December 5, 2013
Paul A. Kennedy, M.D. ’49
on December 15, 2013
James J. Cavanagh, M.D. ’50
on December 14, 2013
Thomas A. Pendleton ’50
on January 2, 2014
Dr. Walter J. Glowacki ’51
on August 12, 2013
24 San Francisco Reunion
Joseph T. Hefele ’52
on August 8, 2013
M AY
Gerard J. Gillia ’55
on December 7, 2013
4
Evan O’Brien ’05 with wife, Amanda, and four Regis groomsmen (from left to right: Luiz
das Neves, Kris Rodgers, Keats Sexton, and Keenan McBride).
Milestones
Regis Repertory Presents
Child’s Play
Dr. John F. Nolte ’62
in October 2013
Pictured: A photograph of John Loose
decending the steps of Saint Ignatius Loyola
Church at the conclusion of the graduation
ceremony for the class of 2011.
Remembering John Loose
John Loose, longtime film teacher at Regis High School, passed away on November 27th.
Often described as having “movie star good
looks,” John Loose’s career began in the
1960’s working as a professional actor.
Early in his career, Loose performed onstage
with Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, and
Thomas Mitchell. He also crossed paths
with Joan Bennett, Rosalind Russell, and
Maureen O’Sullivan.
Loose transitioned to education in the 1970’s,
serving as a lecturer in film and television
studies at Rutgers University. He arrived
at Regis in September 1978 and spent the
ensuing 35 years as the school’s film teacher,
teaching countless Regis students until his
retirement last year.
John Loose’s film course focused on studying
films in their connection to the American
history sequence that all students study in
their sophomore year. The course enriched
the American Studies interdisciplinary thread
that the History and English departments have
sustained for over 20 years.
In addition to his film course for sophomores,
Loose taught an elective to seniors interested in
pursuing the study of film. That elective allowed
students to create their own original works,
or deepen their understanding of a particular
director’s work or films of a certain genre.
Loose had a life-long passion for issues of
social and economic justice. In his youth, he
worked in Latin America with local, grassroots
organizers trying to improve life for the
poor. He maintained a passionate concern
for evolving political and social issues. He
brought those concerns to his classes through
an analysis of film that probed the political
dimensions of popular American movies—both
what they revealed and concealed about
this nation and its relation to the rest of the
world. The films he chose for his class and
their subject matter ran the gamut—from the
Texas-Indian-Wars backdrop in the 1956 John
Wayne western The Searchers (written by
Frank Nugent ‘26), to the World War II setting in
the classic 1942 romantic drama Casablanca,
to the 1982 Vietnam P.O.W. action film Rambo:
First Blood. And of course, Loose intertwined
countless Alfred Hitchcock classics throughout
any given year of study.
In addition to great film, Loose loved to travel,
especially to London, Venice, and Spain. He
admired all great art, with Goya and Vermeer
among his favorites. Among his favorite film
directors were Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, and
Luis Bunuel.
While the variety of films studied varied
tremendously, there was an educational and
historic purpose behind each film Loose chose
to analyze with students. For those students
fortunate to have studied film under the
guidance of John Loose, including the current
junior and senior classes at Regis, these films
will always be viewed through a more critical
and insightful lens.
Read more: Log onto Regis.org/Loose to read
the two alumni reflections on John Loose.
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