News from the Long Blue Line
Alumni X-Cerpts 50’s
80’s
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Dr. Roger Edward Kanet ’54 was
Eric Ernst ’80 was recently awarded the
Michael Green ’97, president and co-
presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who. This prestigious award was granted to Dr. Kanet for his many achievements in Education. Dr. Kanet shared, “I am well aware that I, a 14-year old from Russellville, Ohio [population = 452 in 1940] when I arrived at Sycamore St. in 1950, would never had such a career and travelled much of the word without the outstanding Jesuit education that I had at St. X!”
Southwest Ohio District 15/16 Div III/IV Mariemont High School boys’ assistant coach of the year for basketball.
founder of Athena Security, was featured on WCPO Ch. 9 in Cincinnati for his mission to improve security by creating a process to detect guns before they enter schools and other buildings.
Read the full profile of Dr. Kanet’s illustrious and adventurous career here: Roger Edward Kanet Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who (24-7pressrelease.com)’ https://www.24-7pressrelease. com/press-release/452530/roger-edward-kanetpresented-with-the-albert-nelson-marquis-lifetimeachievement-award-by-marquis-whos-who
60’s Raymond Vendryes ’64 retired after 18 years of teaching and 22 years with the Federal Government.
Glen Grimme ’67 is a “Global Patient Advocate” for a foundation to assist children with rare neural diseases in Latin America and Argentina.
Paul Hemmer ’67 shared that the Hemmer Company celebrated their 100th Anniversary.
Randy Overbeck ’69 published the story Scarlet at Crystal River in the best-selling collection Haunted Shores Mysteries.
Army Col. Burke Hamilton ’87, Secretary of the United Nations Command’s Military Armistice Committee, joined North and South Korean military officials during the first trilateral meeting on disarming the border area. The meeting was held on the South Korean side of Panmunjom, October 2018. In February 2019, Burke received an award from the Minister of Defense for his great contribution to the peace drive on the Korean Peninsula during a very critical and historic time on the Korean Peninsula.
90’s Mark Ryan ’91 is managing director of Merrill Lynch and executive president of Bank of America.
00’s On October 1, 2021 alumni Will Reilly ’09, Mason Meier ’09, Michael Green ’97, and Josh Green ’02 spoke to the History of American Capitalism class about their start up Pursuitoutside.com They suggested several resources to the students for further study toward business success! 2021 Commencement St. Xavier speaker, Vivek Ramaswamy ’03, has been named a “Person to Watch in 2022” by the Cincinnati Enquirer. Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur in the medical and technology industries and the author of Woke, Inc.
After St. Xavier, Andy Chiodi ’93, went on to graduate from Ohio State, B.S., Physics in 1997 and earned a Ph. D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Washington in 2006. He recently wrote an article about the fires along the west coast. His article was published in a University of Washington paper in 2021.
Pete Carothers ’04 was named to the 2021
Acclaimed pianist Alex Smith ’96, who is known for his partnership with Lady Gaga, accompanied Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in Bennett’s final public performance in November 2021 on Paramount+ Learn more about Alex’s latest releases at Alexsmithkeys.com
Buddy LaRosa high school Sports Hall of Fame for his outstanding football career at St. Xavier, Boston College, and the Carolina Panthers. Learn more about his illustrious career with records and awards at larosasmvp.com
Buddy LaRosa high school Sports Hall of Fame for his outstanding swimming career at St. Xavier. Learn more about his decorated career as a Marine with distinguished commendations at larosasmvp.com
Luke Kuechly ’09 was named to the 2021
Richard Fleming ’68 is a Nashville songwriter who, along with co-writer Tom Hambridge, has several songs (including “A Few Good Years” and “Born to Play Guitar”) in the recent (July 2021) PBS documentary “American Masters—Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away”. Richard also wrote songs on the Kingfish debut album (“Kingfish”) which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2020.
Will Reilly ‘09, Mason Meier ‘09, Michael Green ‘97, and Josh Green ‘02 with the History of American Capitalism class
Winter 2022
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