Chris Garner ’90 completed the U.S. Navy SEAL Challenge in May. The SEAL Challenge is a physical and mental gauntlet similar to the “Hell Week” that Navy SEALs undergo at the end of their training. Chris wanted to complete the Challenge to honor fellow Gonzaga alumnus LCDR Erik Kristensen ’90, a Navy SEAL team commander who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2005, and to raise money for the Gonzaga scholarship in Erik’s name. After taking pledges on his effort to complete the grueling week, Chris was able to raise $7,000 for Erik’s scholarship fund. “I met a few guys throughout the week who knew Erik from BUD/S and RDAC,” Chris said. “They spoke highly of him and were very appreciative of what I was doing and for the memorial scholarship fund in Erik’s name.”
D.D.S. ’87 is the president of the Howard County (Md.) D e n t a l Association. He hosted a d i n n e r meeting of the HCDA in November 2008 at which his classmate, Dr. Benjamin D. Watkins, D.D.S. ’87, was the guest speaker discussing the topic of dental implant dentistry. Dr. Walter J. Mazzella, D.D.S. ’52 was also in attendance… Jonathan Palmer ’87 and Emily Lilja were married on May 23, 2009 in Washington, DC… Nineties
Class Captains: Josh Brady ’90, Tom Mastal ’91, Nick Lopes ’92, Sean Redmond ’93, Mike Sewell ’94, Chris Rubio ’95, Jack Egle
Senator Ken Cuccinelli ’86 (R-Va.) won the Republican nomination for Virginia Attorney General in May and will face off in November against the Democrat nominee, Del. Steve Shannon, also a former Gonzaga student. (photo – www.cuccinelli.com)
’96, Quincy Waldron ’97, Emilio Allen ’98, Brian Mosley ’99 Afonso Garcia ’90 and his wife Elizabeth had a daughter, Giselle Forbes, on December 12, 2008… Chris Garner ’90 and his wife Suzanne welcomed a daughter, Sophia Helen, on June 6… Matt Gentilcore ’90 and his wife Keri had a son, Tyler Aiden, on December 15, 2008… Bobby Orgeira ’90 and his wife Katie have a son named Roberto who celebrated his first birthday on May 8, 2009… Andrew Deerin ’95 and his wife Christine had a new baby boy named Ford Michael in April 2009. Andrew and his family live in Redondo Beach, CA… Mike
that I would be married to a grandmother – WHOA!”… Eighties
Class Captains: Michael Crilley ’80, Martin Oliverio ’81, Sean Glynn ’82, Emmett McGroarty ’83, Patrick Gittings ’84, John Goetcheus ’85, Michael Casey ’86, Kevin Rowe ’87, Joe Ralston ’88, Jeff Murray ’89 Steve Brown ’86 has been elected to the Wake Forest University Athletic Hall of Fame and will be inducted in September. He is currently the associate director of admissions and financial aid at The Lovett School in Atlanta, GA… Sen. Ken Cuccinelli ’86 (R-Va.) won the Republican nomination for Virginia Attorney General in May and will face off in November against the Democrat nominee… Dr. Walter M. Mazzella, gonzaga.org
Doug Dutch ’04 (left) and Colin Cloherty ’05 (right) became the latest Gonzaga alumni to join the National Football League when they signed free agent contracts earlier this spring. On April 27, Dutch, a cornerback who played at the University of Michigan, signed with the Washington Redskins and Cloherty, a tight end at Brown University, signed with the Indianapolis Colts. Gonzaga l Summer 2009
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