Class Notes
1966 James F. Nagle published 1948—The Crossroad Year, a book exploring how the year 1948 and the struggle between Western democracy and Eastern absolutism changed the history of America. 1972 John Toolan, Brigadier General in the Marine Corps, has been assigned to the Office under the Secretary of Defense for Policy. Russell Warren is serving his 11th year as Dean of Students at Prospect High School in San Jose, California. 1973 Richard Krajewski and his wife, Liane, are in the process of founding a facility for autistic adults called Douglas Acres. They also plan on starting two online journals, the National Civics magazine (political) and the Pocono Armchair Review (literary), and would welcome articles from Xavier alumni. Bruce Caulfield and his wife Cathy welcomed home their baby girl, Mary Catharine, from Guatemala, in July and are awaiting their son, Brian, in the near future. 1975 Manuel Romero recently received the 2007 Community Achievement Award for his efforts to promote diversity and understanding in the Hispanic community. Manuel was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Public Library. 1976 Mike Riggin has relocated to Dallas, Texas where he serves as Senior Vice President and Market President at the Highlands Bank of Dallas 1977 Jose A. Aquino works for the law firm of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, specializing in commercial litigation, construction law and public contracts law. He is proud to announce that his son, Jose, Jr., is a graduate of Xavier’s class of 2007.
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1978 Fr. David Bertolotti works as a Catholic chaplain at Woodhull Hospital, in Brooklyn, and resides at All Saints/ Our Lady of Montserrate Parish. Vincent Keogh is the president and owner of the Metropolitan Investigative Group, a firm specializing in investigative services over the past fifteen years. 1982 Dennis Healy is retired as a detective from the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and is the cofounder of The Invictus Resource Group, a company that provides instruction and support in the field of domestic preparedness. 1983 Jim McEleney is the Managing Director for the Bank of New York Mellon Wealth Management’s Family Office, in London. 1984 Bill Kelly is a partner in the law firm of McCarthy & Kelly LLP, specializing in personal injury cases. 1985 Gerard Onorato is a Senior Consultant for Verizon Business Services. 1988 Pascal St. Gerard sends his regards to all of his fellow classmates. Patrick J. Steffens works as a lieutenant in the NYPD and recently enrolled his son, Patrick, into the class of 2011. Matt Febles completed his 5th NYC Marathon in a time of 3:09:46, which qualifies him for the 2008 Boston Marathon. Matt also coaches track & field and cross country at Fordham Prep and helps operate a Jesuit and CHSAA Alumni running club. Those interested in joining can reach him at matthew.febles@gmail.com. Frank Arlia is happily married with two children and works for Credit Suisse as a Mortgage Sales Assistant.
1989 George Brennan writes:“My second published book, Bats, Brats, and Stats was released on Christmas 2007. In August 2007, I released the first original CD of music I wrote and recorded. My Day is available at cdbaby.com. Finally, on September 12, 2007 my wife Katie gave birth to two— our first children, twins Connor Jack Brennan and Caroline Grace Brennan”.
1991 Anthony Freire operates a real estate sales and consulting firm called Portrait Realty, in Manhattan. 1992 Christian G. Meany manages his own graphic design business called Krona Design. 1993 Evan Barnes works as a freelance photographer for the New York Post Sports Photography Department and writes for other newspapers in the New York City area. Dan Castle and his wife, Marissa, are expecting triplets in May of 2008. 1994 John Georges is pursuing his second Masters Degree in Higher Education Administration and a graduate certificate in marketing at Baruch College. Marc Palladino is a real estate attorney at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, in Manhattan.