T
he Canisius classes of 1951, 1956 and 1961 marked milestone reunions in May, during the college’s commencement weekend. The festivities kicked off on Friday, May 20 with campus tours and a social, followed by Saturday’s undergraduate commencement ceremonies at which alumni from the classes of 1951 and 1961 processed with the Class of 2011. Later that evening, the Jubilarians gathered for class dinners at Sonoma Grille, The Pierce Arrow Transportation Museum and the Country Club of Buffalo. The milestone reunion weekend concluded on Sunday with the traditional Golden Plus Mass, celebrated for all alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago.
PHOTOS (Clockwise from top, left) (l-r) R. Carlos Carballada ’56, HON ’81, Norman F. Corde ’56, Leo A. Bradley ’56, John W. Sheele ’56; Thomas J. DiPasquale ’51 and Robert J. Burton ’51; William L. Holcomb ’56; Hon. John J. LaFalce ’61, HON ’90, Bonnie Strauss, John L. Strauss ’61, HON ’96; Leonard J. Jarmusz ’61 and Francis J. Seymour ’61