Class NOTES 1954
1958
1963
Kenneth Kramer has survived three major lung cancer surgeries due to the grace of God and his surgeon, Raja Flores, M.D. ’84.
Charles Crawford and his wife traveled from their Cape Cod home to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary back in New York City with their four children, six grandchildren and many friends.
Ernest DeWald was the recipient of the Tennessee Board of Regents Philanthropist Award for financial gifts to establish programs in dental assisting and office personnel.
1959
Having retired from private practice, Thomas Nipper, M.D., now works as an expert witness in orthopedic surgery in New York City.
Edward Shalhoub writes that he and his wife, Nancy, are enjoying retirement at the beautiful Jersey Shore. Michael Leyden is a deacon in the Rockville Centre, N.Y., diocese, ordained in June 1979. Richard Caine’s son, Rev. James Caine, S.J., is on a four-year assignment in Beijing, China.
1955 Jim O’Connell and his wife, Paulina, moved from their home in Williamsburg, Va., to Patriots Colony at Williamsburg in February 2013. William Murphy meets yearly for lunch with Hank Woeling, Phil Rail and George Negron. Joseph DeRose and Tom Powderly had dinner together with their wives — “the Gold Dust Twins.” Every four months Fred Mink has dinner with Hank Woeling, Larry Pesce and Vincent Petti. E.J. Handler is now the head of Pharma Company, The Bronx Project, Inc. See TheBronxProject.com.
1956 John McDermott is retired in Vista, Calif. Charles Ellison is a happy grandfather of 10 and is living in Virginia.
1957
John Hackett, M.D., writes, “Xavier High School was the best education I ever had.” Albert Rosa and his wife, Kathleen Ann, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Dec. 28, 2013. Anthony Dente is expecting a visit from his seventh- and eighth-grade grandchildren in 2014, which is much lower than his golf handicap.
1960 Sal Scarpato is Commodore of the Westlake Yacht Club in Westlake Village, Calif. Stop by on Friday evenings at 6pm. Bob Scavullo and wife traveled in September 2013 to Istanbul, visiting Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque, among other sites. John O’Brien, M.D., retired from orthopedic practice on Jan. 30, 2013, and was honored by hospital medical staff as Distinguished Physician for 2013. Joseph King is Professor Emeritus at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, and served the university for 39 years as professor of history and chair of the Economics Department. Andrew Donnelly is living in Charleston, S.C., and is still working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions.
J. Patrick Hickey gathered with 30 grads in the Village in late August for dinner, reconnecting with Xavier grads he had not seen since July 1962.
1961
Jerry Nee’s granddaughter, Shannon Nee, was an All-American Lacrosse player at the University of Connecticut last year as a freshman.
Joe Franlin had lunch with 11 classmates in New York. It was a wonderful time that reinforces why Xavier shapes people’s lives and memories.
Kevin Patrick Flood received the American Bar Association Legal Assistance Distinguished Service Award, an award for military personnel who have contributed years of outstanding service and legal assistance to men and women in the armed forces. Hon. Alberto del Rosario met with Steve Battle, son of Brendan Battle, who was in the Philippines in May 2013 with his wife and two young sons to visit his wife’s family. Alberto is currently Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Philippines.
Harry Risseto is currently serving as Chair of the Board of the American Horticultural Society.
1962 Rocco Iacovone was recently a feature composer in Jazz Inside magazine. He is also starting a new composers workshop series for improvisational composition at Pianos in the Lower East Side. Joe Castoro has been in Oklahoma City for 26 years. Both he and his wife, Anny, are retired and spend time travelling to both coasts to visit their grandchildren. They celebrated their 50th last year.
Max Toch’s two sons attend Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C. Both will graduate this spring. One is on the crew team; the other, rugby. He has mixed emotions when Xavier and Gonzaga play each other.
1966 Joe Fiore and his wife, Agnes, have retired to Davidson, N.C.
1967 Jack Bernardo published Fundamentals of the US Federal Republic (Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa) and was appointed to special project faculty to coordinate the County College of Morris, N.J., Public Administration degree program.
1968 Fred Koechley was re-elected to the board of directors of the San Antonio State Hospital Volunteers Services Council. Wesley Van Wallendale is retired and splitting his time between New York and Florida.
1969 Bill Miller writes that he is alive and well. John Flood is retiring after 32 years at FINRA, Inc., and relocating to Bradenton, Fla. Will Yozaites and his wife, Terry, celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary in June and last year welcomed their first grandchild, Madison Grace, born to
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