Tim Walsh ‘79, on the road for Discover Newport
spoke about their time in the FBI as lead investigators in the capture of “The Unabomber,” Theodore Kaczynski, and the Olympic Park bomber, Eric Robert Randolph. After speaking they conducted interviews with students for the student newspaper, The Beacon, and the studentrun radio station, WJHD. John is a former special agent with the Secret Service, was the special assistant to former FBI Director Louis Freeh, and was the lead agent in the Olympic Park Bombing Investigations. He has twice been awarded the U.S. Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award – the only person to have been so honored. John and Mr. Turchie enthralled the entire student body for over an hour with in-depth descriptions and pictures of the Unabomber case and answered many questions about case specifics and their time in the FBI... Jeff Calnan and Shea Farrell came to wish Father Ambrose a happy retirement in June and had a wonderful time reminiscing with him... Chris Cooke has left Greenhill & Co., an investment bank, to work for HSBC to lead their new fundraising group in London. HSBC is setting up a new advisory arm to help leading buyout firms raise new money for deals and has hired Chris to lead this office. Chris had worked for Greenhill since 2008 and before that he was with CQS, a hedge fund, and Lehman Brothers.
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Jonathan Hunter-Kilmer reports: “Since I last wrote, I have two more grandchil-
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dren. I have touched base via email with several classmates, and kept in touch for the last 30 years with Blake Billings, godfather of my older daughter.” ... Bob Johnson reports: “It has been years since I have checked in. No great adventures or exciting business projects. I have been married to the love of my life for the past twenty-nine years, have three beautiful children, and try to uphold my Catholic ideals and oath I took as an attorney every day of my life. Would love to meet up with old classmates whom I have not seen for years.”... Chuck Kenahan celebrated at Commencement this year as his triplets Kian, Sean, and Trevor received their diplomas. The boys are splitting up across the country next year: Kian will be attending High Point University, Sean will attend Santa Clara University, and Trevor will attend Beloit College.... Ignatius MacLellan recently became the managing director of Homeownership at New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, running their singlefamily mortgage programs. He continues yearly group trips to San Jose Villanueva, El Salvador, working with the community on housing, education and medical issues. Tim Seeley has also been part of these trips. “Always have room for more folks to come and would love more contacts in El Salvador! Contact igpax@comcast.net. Looking forward to the Fall Reunion.”
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William Dembski spoke on campus in June at the 4th Annual Portsmouth Institute that focused on the relationship between science and faith. His speech was entitled “Information – Theoretic Proof of God’s Existence” and he participated in debate with other leaders in his field and interested attendees.... Alejandro Knoepffler celebrated his son’s graduation from Portsmouth Abbey in May. Alex ’12 will be attending Brown University in the fall.
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Ben Howe is riding in his sixth Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual bike-athon that draws more than 5,500 cyclists each year, to raise money for the Jimmy
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Fund, part of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Ben is keeping busy with work as well as his company, AGC Partners, just opened a European office. Ben is the chief executive officer at AGC Partners, a boutique tech bank... Jamie Tovar shared the horribly sad news of the untimely death of classmate and dearest friend, Paul Dembinski, this past Easter week. In attendance at Paul’s funeral Mass in Woodstock, VT, were classmates Chris Sullivan, Jim Coyle, Joe Tucker, Nick Ferrone, Brian Finnerty and Court Mathers. It was comforting to be with such close Abbey friends at this difficult time. Jamie and the others ask that you please pray for Paul and his family. The Paul J. Dembinski ’79 Memorial Book Fund was established by Paul’s family and friends to remember him at Portsmouth. The Dembinski Book Fund remembers a person of genuine kindness, keen intellect and infectious wit. The Fund will support the purchase of books in Paul’s three favorite areas of study including Classics, History, and Music for the St. Thomas More Library.... Felipe Vicini celebrated his second son’s graduation from Portsmouth Abbey this spring. Felipe was joined by his family on campus to celebrate Juan’s graduation. Juan will be attending George Washington University in D.C. this fall.... In March, Tim Walsh was in D.C. conducting a sales mission for Discover Newport, where he is VP of Sales, and the Annapolis Visitors Bureau. Also participating in the mission was Chris Tietje ‘78, promoting his schooner, Liberté, which does sailing tours out of Annapolis and Cape Cod. Chris encourages everyone to experience a tour, and Tim says he can still be found enjoying his side job, bartending at The Black Pearl, if anyone is in Newport.
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Christopher Goldie shares: “I have been in Toronto for 25 years but return to Vancouver several times a year to visit family. We also get to Boston/New York occasionally, visits which prompt many good memories. Nada and I have two sons: Michael is 17 and Laith is 15,