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Golden Hawks Reunion! May 17 Classes before 1956
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Robert C. Baron (B.S.) is president of Fulcrum Publishing, a book publishing company, and chairman of a worldwide environmental organization. He enjoys learning from authors and his grandchildren, traveling, writing books, studying history, supporting environmental activities, and volunteering. Donald J. Brown (B.S.) has worked more than 30 years for three companies: Curtis Publishing Co., General Electric, and CoreStates Financial Corp. He also operated his own computer consulting company for seven years after retiring. Brown enjoys his grandchildren, volunteering, and traveling. Joseph J. Cirotti, M.D. (B.S.), practices pediatrics three mornings a week and loves what he does. He is a past chairman of the Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Cirotti also enjoys playing tennis, spending time with his 18 grandchildren, going to the theatre, watching movies, and playing golf. Louis J. Cissone Jr. (B.S.) is retired and serves on the Saint Joseph’s University Board of Trustees.
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William H. Hemp (B.S.) hosts a 30-minute talk show titled Let’s Talk About Historic Taos. The author and artist uses his local cable television show to interview citizens on Taos culture.
1951 William J. Byron, S.J., published A Book of Quiet Prayer: For All the Seasons, Stages, Moods, and Circumstances of Life (Paulist Press) in January. He writes that “this is a book about praying — special, sometimes privileged conversations and communications with God.” Currently a research professor in the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola College in Maryland, Fr. Byron is a former president at both Catholic University (1982-92) and the University of Scranton (1975-82) as well as a former SJU trustee.
Joseph E. Collier (B.S.) served on the statewide committee to mark the 50th anniversary of the Korean War. He attends the reunion of the 28th Division Army National Guard every September at Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County, Pa. Pasquale D. Corsaro (B.S., M.B.A. ’81) has 10 grandchildren, ages one-and-a-half to 20 years old. He likes to golf, bowl, and read. Fred G. Cowden (B.A.) is retired. His current interests include painting, music, reading, and history. Alfonse J. Gabriele (B.S.) has been happily married for 42 years to wife Barbara, and has three children and seven grandchildren. He has worked for Arthur Andersen and Johnson Mattaey, as well as in a partnership with two other companies through which they acquired six companies and sold them before he retired. Gabriele serves on four non-profit boards and participates in philanthropic efforts. He also travels and plays golf.
chairman of Catholic scouting for the Allentown, Pa., diocese. Hofmann has five children. The oldest of his nine grandchildren, Amy Hofmann, will graduate from SJU this May. Hofmann divides his time between homes in Mohnton, Pa., and North Carolina. Joseph W. Huver (B.S.) and wife Kay have six children, all college graduates, as well as 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is president of Huver and Associates, a service business in litigated settlement planning for parties involved in personal injury, which he started in 1976. Huver enjoys time with his extended family at the beach in New Jersey and Florida, and also provides part-time volunteer insurance and financial advice. Lawrence J. LaMaina Jr. (B.S.) retired as chairman and CEO of Farmers Bank and Trust in Hanover, Pa., and as a commander in the U.S. Navy. He is rear commodore for the Ocean City, N.J., Yacht Club and also enjoys golf, boating, and his grandchildren. Francis Liberatori (B.S.) served in 2004-05 as faithful navigator (president) of the Father Howard Lesch 4th Degree Assembly in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The Assembly received the national Knights of Columbus’s annual award for having the best Patriotism Program in the Desoto Province covering the southeastern United States. Leon A. Mankowski, Esq. (B.S.), has practiced law since 1960. His current interests include his grandchildren, the History Channel, and biographies. Henry E. Matuszewski (B.S.) has been semi-retired for 16 years and works on-call as a consultant in avionic systems for the U.S. Navy on the V-22 Osprey. He enjoys lots of worldwide travel on vacation, and his favorite activities are bridge and Latin dancing. Joseph J. McPhillips, Ph.D. (B.S.), retired as director of clinical research at Boehringer-Mannheim Pharmaceuticals in 1998. He is now a consultant medical writer to the pharmaceutical industry and a docent at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. McPhillips gives tours to school children.
David A. Gandolfo, Ph.D. (B.S.), a retired engineering manager for Lockheed Martin, is an adjunct instructor in physics at SJU. He and wife Betty like to spend time with their five children and 11 grandchildren and travel when they can.
Joseph P. Melloy Sr. (B.S.) has continued his computer consulting vocation since retiring from IBM in 1993, concentrating on assisting colleges and universities in technology use in the classroom and administrative areas. He also plays competitive tennis three times a week, draws, and paints, and continues to work on his house in the Highlands section of Wilmington, Del.
Brig. Gen. James C. Dever Jr. (B.S.) gave the principal address following a parade in Ocean City, N.J., to honor Vietnam veterans last September. He is a decorated pilot and Air Force logistics expert.
Joseph M. Gavula (B.S.) retired early from Hallmark Cards and is now a retail consultant. He also travels abroad and spends the summers at his home in Avalon, N.J.
John T. Mulligan, Esq. (B.S.), and wife Marie live in Berwyn, Pa., and enjoy traveling.
1956 50th Reunion! May 12-14
Bernard J. Grimes, M.D. (B.S.), retired three years ago after practicing endocrinology at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., for 35 years. He now takes classes at Carnegie Mellon, is involved in Bible study classes, teaches physical diagnosis, volunteers to improve first grade literacy in city schools, and volunteers for the IRS doing tax returns for those with modest incomes.
William C. Truskey (B.S.) is president of Truskey, Inc. He resides in Chester Springs, Pa.
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Raymond J. Adamczyk (B.S.) lives in Philadelphia and has four children — Phyllis, Joseph, Stephen, and Michael — and six grandchildren. A retiree, he helps with his son’s auto repair business. Henry J. Aschenbrenner (B.S.) of Mechanicsburg, Pa., is active in prison ministry and horse race handicapping. He also fully enjoys being a grandfather.
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Bernard M. Hofmann (B.S.) retired as the CEO of Hofmann Industries in Sinking Spring, Pa., but remains active as chairman. He is also president of the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles and
James F. Mumaw (B.S.) and wife Margaret have been married since 1956 and have three daughters and one son. Mumaw served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 until 1982, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel, the Master Air Traffic Controllers Badge, and several other awards and decorations. From 1982 through 1992 Mumaw owned his own insurance and investment company in Orlando, Fla., and then retired to Huber Heights, Ohio, where he lives now. He remains active in his local Catholic church and is a district deputy with the Knights of Columbus. Joseph J. Neff (B.S.) enjoys traveling and golf.