Class Notes
Vincent de Paul for his many years of service.
1967 Peter A. Derenski was honored in September by his alma mater, Saint Louis University, with a 2014 College of Arts and Sciences Award for his accomplishments in the field of aviation and public safety, primarily as a Boeing Technical Fellow in Human Systems Integration for the past 30 years. Robert B. Hamilton, cofounder and former chief executive officer of Gewalt Hamilton Associates Inc., has retired after a successful 40-year civil engineering career. He plans to fill his retirement days by coordinating internships for low-income minority students from Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan; offering free airplane rides to children through the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program; and providing free air transportation for Angel Flight, an organization that connects volunteer pilots with patients who are financially distressed or in a time-critical, nonemergency situation. Mark S. Seeberg has entered the blogosphere with his basketball blog, betterthanalayup.com. Mark began compiling notes about the game in 1973, while serving as a coaching assistant for Loyola’s first sophomore basketball team. He continued to add to the collection over the years with the intention of writing a book—–until he became intrigued by the immediacy and interactivity of a blog.
1968 J. Brian Hancock, MD, FACEP, received the American College of Emergency Physicians’ highest honor, the John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award, for his extraordinary leadership in emergency medicine. As chief medical officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Hancock provides clinical oversight for the VA Healthcare Systems in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Saginaw, and Battle Creek,
James A . Tracy ‘6 8 (left) an Richard J. d fellow R W it ry ‘68 amblers (center) an Conrad ‘6 d Charle 4 (right) vi s J. si ted C aesa June. The rea, Israe trip was o l, in rganized the Holy by the Co Cross. llege of
Michigan; Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Danville, Illinois.
1972
1974 Michael J. Murray Jr.’s Christmas movies, The Christmas Shepherd and The Tree That Saved Christmas, aired on the Hallmark channel in November. Michael wrote the screenplays for both movies, which were chosen by the New York Times as two of the top five Christmas movies for 2014. Gregory P. Opelka wrote the music and lyrics for The Beverly Hillbillies, The Musical, which played last summer at the Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana.
1975 Peter G. Leemputte —– see story on page 16.
Mary S. Barbera LDM ‘75 and Joseph F. Barbera ‘72
Joseph F. Barbera and Mary S. Barbera LDM ’75 (above), opened Aida Bistro and Wine Bar 12 years ago in Columbia, Maryland. They were recently named Entrepreneurs of the Year by their local chamber of commerce. The restaurant, named after Joe’s mother, is the second largest wine bar in the state. Patrick J. Foley, the voice of the Chicago Blackhawks, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November and named as the 31st recipient of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in June for his outstanding contributions as a broadcaster.
1977 Anton T. “Tony” Schirmang Sr., president and chief financial officer of Skokie Valley Beverage Company in Wheeling, was Anton T. “Tony” elected to the Schirmang Sr. ‘77 Board of Directors of the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois for a three-year term beginning December 2013.
1978 Brian F. Righeimer has retired as an officer from the Lincolnwood Police Department.
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