alumni News Pilot Bar Association now in second year Carolan prepared a list of companies that would be a starting point in the midwest and south. He left Boston for Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati, and five years later, in 2001, joined the Campbell Soup Company. He rose steadily at Campbell, becoming president of Campbell’s Fresh Western Division in 2016, before heading to California and taking over Lyons Magnus in May 2018. Lyons Magnus, originally a family-owned company that picked and packed peaches for Dole, is now a leader in the food industry, producing and marketing a wide array of fruits, beverages, and chocolate products. Carolan’s family lives in Santa Monica, where his two younger children are in high school (a married stepson lives in northern Kentucky). He is home on the weekends before the commute north each Monday to Fresno, 220 miles away in the central part of California. “After the last move two years ago, and this was the fourth move for the kids, we agreed to work hard for them to finish high school at the same school,” he said. “They love their schools as much as I loved De La Salle.” While Carolan doesn’t have a lot of spare time, he does enjoy reading, and many of his high school literature paperbacks are on his bookshelf. Carolan is proud of his De La Salle education. “De La Salle was the critical launch pad for where I’ve ended up in life,” he said.
The Pilot Bar Association gathered on Nov. 7 for its first general meeting of the 2019-20 academic year, welcoming the Honorable George Steeh, a Macomb County judge, as the guest speaker. Approximately 60 active members of the Bar Association were present, and discussed the January 2020 Career Day, potential internship opportunities for students and alumni, the De La Salle mock trial team, and a plan to establish a scholarship fund. Thanks to Mark Wisniewski, ’83, chairman and CEO of Kitch Attorneys and Counselors, the sponsors of the event. The Pilot Bar Association will next gather on March 19, at 6 p.m., at Villa Penna in Sterling Heights. To learn more about the Pilot Bar Association and membership opportunities, contact Dennis Koch at dkoch@delasallehs.com or 586-541-6221.
Father-son alumni team are winners The Pilot Business Association held its fall networking event on October 14 as a Monday night football watch party at the Fifth Avenue Restaurant in Royal Oak. Alumni Dominic Sciturro, ‘17, and his father, James Sciturro, ‘83, won the Barry Sanders autographed helmet. Special thanks to Anthony Rubino, ‘01, of the Pilot Property Group, and Steve Graus, ‘74, of Detroit City Sports, event sponsors. For more information on the Pilot Business Association, contact Dennis Koch, director of alumni relations, at dkoch@delasallehs. com or 586-541-6221.
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