1971 Robert Hynes was named senior market analyst by Thomson IFR in Boston, MA on September 2005. Robert has five children and they all enjoy playing ice hockey. 1972 Daniel Carlucci achieved IBM’s 100% Club for the fifth year in a row. 1973 Antonio del Valle is currently a director in Deutsche Bank New York and responsible for sales and client relations for domestic custody services. Robert Maguire’s son, Robbie, and Joseph McGinn’s son, John, will be attending Xavier in September as members of the Class of 2010. Since Gabriel Pompe made himself president of his own company, his golf handicap has dropped from a 16 to a 12. Paul Rivera began working for Beys Contracting as VP of construction in March. Since January 2005, Chris Roman has been the General Manager of KINC Univision, KELV Telefutura, KQRT-FM and KRRN-FM in Las Vegas, NV. Prior to that, Chris held similar posts in Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and Phoenix. Chris welcomes any Xavier alumni in the Nevada region to contact him. Victor Vallo is the new Chair of the Department of Music at Immaculate University (PA), where he is also the Music Director and Conductor of the Wind Ensemble. 1974 Tim Moriarty still works for Computer Science Corp. in Virginia supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. After careers in banking and computer software, Frank McNerney entered an Ed D. program at UMass-Amherst. Frank is currently working in Afghanistan on a project to improve the development of teachers. Carey O’Connor was made a partner in 2005 at his firm, York International Agency, Inc.
1975 Anthony Cucolo III has been assigned to Chief of Army Public Affairs for the Office of the Secretary of the Army in Washington, DC. William Stokes is completing his seventh year as rector of St. Paul’s. William serves as co-chair of the anti-racism commission of the executive board of the Episcopal Church and is an anti-racism trainer for the Episcopal Church. 1976 Peter Sciabarra will report to the USS Peleliu as the executive officer in July. 1977 Donald Mooney is finishing his 20th year teaching religion at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx. Reid Muller has moved his cardiology practice to Syracuse University and is the commander of the 174th Medical Group of the Air National Guard.
1983 Desmond Stafford is a Manhattan North trustee for the NYC Patrolman’s Benevolent Association and the 2006 NYPD Emerald Society Man of the Year. 1984 Maj. Michael Dunne, U.S. Army, is currently deployed to Afghanistan as the U.S. advisor to the corps surgeon and medical staff of the Afghan National Army’s 201st Corps. In November 2005, he returned home on mid-tour to complete his 9th NYC Marathon. 1985 John Berger has bought a home in Nutley, NJ. Lidelfo Franco was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 2005.
1978 Frank Rocco now has offices in Shanghai, China and Hong Kong. Neil Watkins is a general ophthalmologist practicing in Chicago, IL and northeast Indiana. 1979 Syd Jones ran and completed his first NYC Marathon in November 2005. Jeffrey Whelan is an assistant general counsel for CBRE, an international real estate services company. 1980 Patrick Antaki participated in the Winter Olympic Games of 2006 in Torino, Italy as a representative of Lebanon. Patrick qualified for a spot to compete in the sport of Skeleton (head first down on an icy Bobsleigh track while traveling at 80 MPH). 1981 Stephen Luppino was recently promoted to Senior VP at Bank of America. His position and responsibilities are Senior Technology Manager and supports the bank’s brokerage business. Stephen’s office is in New York City and he lives with his family in Marlboro, NJ.
As part of a fundraiser to raise money for the Childhood Cancer Foundation, Joe Sweeney ’85, dean of students, and Luciano Lovallo, assistant dean of students, announced that they were willing to “risk it all” if students were able to raise $5,000. Each dean would have his head shaved if the goal was met. On the day before the deadline, students still needed close to $2,000 in order to meet goal, but were saved by the generosity of Mr. Sweeney’s older brother, Mike Sweeney, who offered to match their donation dollar-for-dollar.
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