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of Christ and made God’s love visible in the world.”
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1956 John Dardis ’59 and his wife Anne have received the 2015 Saint John Paul II Award from The Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Jack and Anne have individually served countless Catholic organizations and ministries. Jack was honored as Jesuit’s Alumnus of the Year in 1986. The award is given annually to a deserving person or couple who has significant volunteer service to Catholic institutions in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and has high moral character. Jack and Anne have been married for 48 years and have ten children and 29 grandchildren. They are members of Holy Name of Jesus Parish, where they attend daily Mass together. In speaking of the couple’s long list of volunteer endeavors, the Archdiocese said, “With compassion, love, and laughter, they have shown others the face
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Dennis LeBlanc ’61 moved from Newark, DE, to Covington, LA last September. He retired after 47 years as an Army civilian and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. René Percy Viosca ’61 really gets into Christmas. He “played” Santa Claus three times this Christmas, putting on the full Santa regalia including the white hair and beard. René writes, “People are very different in front of Santa, even the ones you know. The best is when you are around the children. I CLASS OF
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promised to give them more than what their parents had in mind. Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho! Some of my ’61 classmates are on the naughty list. I ran out of coal to put in their stockings. ” Steven Lanoux ’65 has retired as assistant director for operations at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, TX. His third term as city councilman for Port Aransas ends in May. Steven and his wife, Deli, will permanently relocate to their home in Brownsville, TX, later this year. Michael Miroue ’65 and his wife, Annelle, have created a foundation and included Jesuit “to perpetuate the excellence that Jesuit instills in its students.” Mike has been practicing orthodontics in San Diego since 1975. In addition to his practice, he gives lectures to orthodontic departments in southern California and to the San Diego Academy of Orthodontists. Mike and Annelle have been married for 44 years and enjoy travelling around the world. Jerry Rubli ’65, after 40 years selling oilfield equipment and services, has joined Keller Williams in Houston as a realtor. Jerry and his wife, Donna, have six grandchildren with two more on the way.
ALUMNI: TELL US WHERE Y’AT! Email alumni director Mat Grau at grau@jesuitnola.org or submit online at jesuitnola.org/where-yat. William Coleman ’66 was listed in Best Doctors in America for the 20th time. He also received presidential citations from two national medical organizations for his work as editor-in-chief of the journal Dermatologic Surgery. He was recently appointed treasurer of the mutual insurance company LAMMICO, where he has served on the board for ten years. Bill practices cosmetic dermatologic surgery in Metairie with his son Patrick ’95. John Gillon ’66 is serving his third year as the designated ethicist in oversight of humansubject research with the institutional review board of the National Institutes of Health/ National Heart Lung Blood Institute. He has served pro bono on the review boards of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, American Red Cross/ Holland Laboratory, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is an assistant professor of family medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, where he has been an affiliated scholar and taught pro bono since 2007. The European Union awarded him an Erasmus Mundus Fellowship to earn a Master of Bioethics. Donald Karcher ’66 received the 2015 Pathologist of the Year
New Book Captures Photojournalist Del Hall’s Memorable Career Former CBS cameraman Del Hall ’53 is the subject of a new book by New Orleans historical geographer Richard Campanella, The Photojournalism of Del Hall: New Orleans and Beyond, 1950s – 2000s. Del worked for CBS, where he quickly became the national network’s go-to cameraman, shooting for 60 Minutes, the CBS Evening News (with Walter Cronkite and, later, Dan Rather), and On the Road with Charles Kuralt. During his long
career, he witnessed and documented the iconic milestones of the 20th century: Civil Rights, Vatican II, the Beatles, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and the Vietnam War. In town to promote the book, Hall – accompanied by his wife, Ginger (behind the camera in photo at right) – spoke to the students at morning assembly and then with a more intimate crowd later in the week.