3 children and 10 grandchildren. He was the business manager of two construction companies and served in the Navy during World War II. • Henry J. Michalewicz of Windsor Locks, CT, died on March 11, 2013. He leaves his wife, Eileen, to whom he was married for 60 years. He is survived by his seven children and six grandchildren. He was an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and a member of the VFW. He retired from Hartford Insurance after 52 years; was an adjunct professor at Holyoke Community College, where he taught both mathematics and physics; and was a faithful communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Church. • John D. Muse Sr. died in Portland, ME, on October 11, 2012. He was predeceased by his wife, Catherine, in 1983 and a son, State Representative Kevin Muse, in 2004. John has four surviving children, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was a graduate of Malden Catholic High School and played on its championship football team, earning the nickname “The Rock of Gibraltar.” After serving in the Navy during World War II, he attended BC and played on the football team. John worked for US Gypsum for over 20 years. In the early 1970s, he started Down East Gypsum, from which he later retired. He remained a strong athlete throughout his life. John was a people person who loved to share his Irish wit as a storyteller. • Your correspondent needs your help acquiring information for our Class Notes. If you have any news items of interest, please email them to me at buckbirch@ verizon.net or call 781-257-5221.
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1949 reunion year
Correspondent: John J. Carney JJC1949@bc.edu 227 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester, MA 02125; 617-825-8283 I’m sitting here on a summer evening just before Labor Day. The fog has rolled in across Dorchester Bay and onto the sandy beaches adjacent to our home in beautiful Savin Hill by the sea. I have only a few things to report on for this season’s Class Notes. • While reading the Boston Globe on August 20, I was sadly made aware that our dear friend Bernie Burke ’50, who was the captain of the 1949 Eagles NCAA championship hockey team, had passed away. Bernie, as you may remember, was a marvelous goalie. In the obituary, there were quotes from several of his classmates from the Class of 1950 and other former teammates from that stellar team of champions, the first Boston College winners of the NCAA Frozen Four national championship. Bernie, along with other teammates from the ’49 season, was a founder of BC’s Pikes Peak Club. He was a member of the 1950 U.S. national team that won a silver medal at the World Championships, and in the following year, he began his 20 seasons as freshman coach at BC. After his wife died in 2011, Bernie moved to Albany to a senior living community to be closer to his family. Bernie will be remembered not only for his tremendous athletic performances, but also for his wonderful sense of humor and his intimate memory of his BC days. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his family and to all those who remember him from his tenure
at Boston College. • On a lighter note, I was very pleasantly surprised, while at the doctor’s office for a checkup, to bump into Carol and Donald McA’Nulty. We had a pleasant chat, and both appeared hale and hearty. Donald and Carol were seminar leaders at the Institute for Learning in Retirement, founded by Mary and the late Joe Dowd when Joe was president of the Alumni Association board. Donald and Carol were very active at the institute, as were the late Bill Flaherty, our former class president; Bill’s wife, Eileen; Ernie Ciampa and his late wife, Margaret; and yours truly and my wife, Madelyn. • I myself am returning from a short two-week sojourn at Mount Auburn Hospital in the ICU and am looking forward to a vacation from that “vacation” to last quite a while. • Best regards to all, with my constant invitation to you to please, please, please send us a note or make that call. • I wish you all the best of health, peace, and happiness in these intervening late summer and early autumn weeks. • AMDG.
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1950
Correspondent: Bob Chandler bob.chandler1950@hotmail.com 43 Pine Hill Road Chelmsford, MA 01824; 978-449-9720 Editor’s note: We would like to thank Ed Brady for his excellent service writing this column for the past two years. We now welcome Bob Chandler, MSW’52, as the new correspondent for the Class of 1950. Please send news you would like to share with classmates to Bob at the above address. • Bill McCarthy, a former member of the BC football team, ran into fellow teammate Dick McBride ’52 in Florida recently. Bill proved his skill on the golf course as he scored an 86, beating his age of 87. He also hit a hole in one on a par 3! • It is remarkable that, 13 years after our 50th anniversary, we can still get a nucleus of classmates together each summer for a golf outing. This year’s scramble took place on June 10 at Squirrel Run Golf and Country Club in Plymouth. Despite the difficulties that come along with age, some classmates proved that they could still swing and, better yet, hit the ball. In attendance were Gerry Daly, Warren Lewis, John Fisher, Gerry Curtis, Jack Farrell, Bill Logue, Ted Quinn, Richard Burke, and several guests. Gerry Daly’s efforts to organize the day were greatly appreciated, and he was rewarded, yet again, with ideal weather. The winning foursome consisted of Gerry Curtis, Jack, Bill, and Ted. The Closest to the Pin award went to John. • Unfortunately, spring 2013 yielded many deaths of our fellow classmates. While space restrictions preclude doing justice to each them, those we lost are John Bane, of Salem, an Army Air Corps veteran and former office administrator for Shell Oil, on April 7; Francis Brennan, of Dennis Port, a BC High alumnus and an award-winning employee of Ford Motor Co., on May 20; James Collins, of Cotuit, a Navy veteran of World War II and longtime employee of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, on May 22, one month after the passing of his wife, Helene (McGrath); Edward Colman, of Venice, FL, a Navy lieutenant in the Korean War and retired superintendent of schools, on April 22; James Cronin, of Weymouth, a Double Eagle and an educator in the Boston www.bc.edu/alumni
Public Schools for some 30 years, on April 2; George Fall, of Peabody, a cum laude graduate of BC and recipient of the class medal for the highest grade in theology, on April 30; Arnold Fitzpatrick of Arlington, a Coast Guard veteran of World War II and an insurance company executive, on March 17; Francis Kasuba, of Milton, a World War II veteran and a physician at Carney and Milton Hospitals, on April 30; Richard Kinchla, of Falmouth, captain of the BC golf team and member of the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame, on April 21; Walter Lang, of Harwich, a Korean War veteran and an engineer, on June 11; Daniel Leo “D. Leo” Monahan, of Belmont, a newspaperman and a member of the NHL Hall of Fame, on March 27; Kenneth Moore, of Osterville, an Army Air Force and Navy Air Corps veteran and president of Kravco South in Boca Raton, on April 1; Double Eagle Eugene Lee “Lee” Muller, a semiprofessional hockey player and an advertising and investment executive, on April 15; Triple Eagle Joseph Nolan, JD’54, of Belmont, a retired justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, on April 23; Richard Travers, of Danvers, a Coast Guard veteran of World War II, an accountant, and an electrician, on April 9; and Richard Weigler, STB’58, of Venice, FL, a school principal, on February 2.
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Correspondent: Ann Fulton Coté NC’53 11 Prospect Street Winchester, MA 01890; 781-729-8512 Summer will be long over when you read these notes, but I still wish to express my hope that you were able to spend a brief interlude doing what you always loved to do during the long, warm days of the season. As I write these notes, I am only a few days home after spending time on Mt. Desert Island in Maine. There, I could travel across water to mountains as I read on the deck, but the greatest joy came from watching my going-on-12 granddaughter enthralled with her 9-month-old twin cousins, whom she had not seen since they were a month old. • Sadly I report the deaths of Elaine Cortelli Crawley NC’51 on April 9 and Elisa McDonald NC’51 on June 2. Many of you will remember Elisa’s beautiful singing at the liturgy of our cluster reunion in 2000. Let us pray for these classmates and their families.
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1951
Correspondent: James Derba jjderba@aol.com Brookhaven at Lexington 1010 Waltham Street Lexington, MA 02421; 781-538-6502 We have lost our classmate and friend Donald Gibbons, who passed away on August 27 after a brief but brave battle with cancer. His daughter Donna Sullivan wrote to provide a few details: “Don graduated from St. Sebastian’s high school in Needham before receiving honors as a merchant mariner in the U.S. Coast Guard. Don was proud to serve his country, just like his two brothers, and