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ISSUE # 2
August 1987
Many liked the title "Marist at Heart" best, but in final analysis it does not seem
inclusive enough. So with your indulgence, we'll use "Marists All."
GMC PICNIC: The annual Greater Marist picnic is set for September 19th from
noon to 5 or 6 p.m.It will be held at FDR State Park near Peekskill just off
Taconic Parkway at the exit for Route 202. Bring your own beverage and a pot
luck dish. For further info, call Gus Nolan at 914-454-6116.
MONEY MATTERS: Each of the first two mailings of this newsletter went out
to over 350 addresses. We are indebted to Marist College for the use of their
computer and printing facilities, but we had to cover the nominal cost of the
printing and the cost of mailing. That amounts to almost $100 for each edition,
and if we include the introductory letter, this is the third mailing, bringing the
amount spent to almost $300. We who are more closely involved in the Greater
Marist Community, have shouldered this cost. We should appreciate it very
much if you could send us some financial help: David Kammer, 107 Woodland
Drive, Harwinton, Ct., 06791 or Gus Nolan, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., 12601 ... AND JUST AS IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT YOURSELF &
ADDRESSES OF MARIST FRIENDS!
MARIST CENTENNIAL: On the feast of Father Champagnat, June 6th, the
Marist Brothers celebrated the closing of their 100th anniversary of serving in
the U.S.A. Cardinal O'Connor concelebrated Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral with
over a dozen bishops and priests associated with the Brothers. John Kirsch ('59)
now of Brownsville, Texas, was the deacon. Br. Paul Ambrose, Br. Pat McNulty,
Br. Vincent Moriarity, and Br. Simeon Ouellet were commissioned to Liberia
and to Japan. Br. Hugh Turley ('54) pronounced the vow of stability and Br.
Kenneth Curley made first profession.
Almost every seat in the cathedral was filled: Marist Brothers, many present and
past students, relatives and friends, including a large number of former Brothers,
some coming from great distances. There were Baron Holsenback from Augusta,
Georgia; Frank Sutton from Manchester, Vt.; George Howard from Notre Dame,
Indiana; Pat Kielty, Jim Gormally, and Pat Murphy from Maryland; Frank Reilly
from Willimantic, Ct.; Charlie Scott from Madison, Wisconsin; Dom Cavallaro
from Northfield, Mass.; John Trainor from Pittsburgh. And there were Brothers
from distant places, too: Br. Pat Long from Santa Cruz, California; Br. Stephen
Bosco from Boston; Br. Tom Petitte and Br. Erne st Beland from Lawrence; Br.
John Mash and Br. John Mulligan from Whitinsville, Mass.
After the Mass there was a reception at the diocesan center on First Avenue.
There were so many people that they had to gather in large roons on two floors
... and thus some of us missed friends and acquaintances. Yet it was certainly a
very happy occasion for all. Thanks to organizers Br. Vincent Damian and Br.
Roy Mooney.
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PHILIPPINE Newsletter: Br. Leonard Voegtle has alerted us to the coincidence
of a Philippine newsletter similar to ours. It, too, started in January of 1987. It
states: "Each one of us has a story to tell, filled with joy, pain, happiness, love,
adventure, Mary, God, and true brotherhood." Quoting Nemesio Blanco's letter
to Leonard: "The gang of ex-Marists had several meetings and group activities,
mostly social, one meeting with Br. Jim McKnight. There is an existing mutual
understanding that the Marists wish to have contacts with us in the same manner
that we don't want to sever our ties with them. This coming Holy Week we will
have a family retreat; the speaker will be Br. Bernard Curtin. Last year we
invited Br. Alfred George for retreat.
FROM ED CASHIN ('46): I like the idea of keeping in touch. Mike Shurkus
dropped by on his way back from San Diego. We went to a restaurant, and there
were Gene Michel, Mike Klug, Jimmy Brady, and Pat McNulty. Small world, he
thought; I see these men at Aquinas High a lot. Am sorry Pat McNulty is going
to Africa. He is a darned good school man and will be missed at Aquinas. My
Eddie is a sophomore there; Milette an eighth grader. We plan to spend a week in
Stowe, Vermont this August. Would like to see everybody.
Enclosed is a recent news release from Augusta College: "Dr. Edward J. Cashin,
Chairman of the Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy at
Augusta College, will be one of six Georgians to receive a 1987 Governor's
Award in the Humanities on February 10th in Atlanta. Dr. Cashin was selected
because, in addition to his academic work, he has written textbooks for Augusta
schools, served in leadership positions in various cultural groups and has been a
regular participant in community based educational programs in history." (3112
Woodstone Place, Augusta, Georgia, 30909)
FROM VINNY ANDIORIO ('67): After leaving the Marist community in
Chicago almost 10 years ago, I briefly taught at another Catholic high school in
the Roseland section of Chicago. There were too many situations in that setting
that I found unconscionable and did the unthinkable right after the Thanksgiving
break: I up and quit. Community-less, jobless, and full of brava I contacted a
former acquaintance who worked at a local hospital. He convinced me that I was
overqualified for an assistant counselor's position in the Alcoholism Treatment
Center, massaged my resume for me, pulled a few strings, and magically I
changed careers!
I've held a variety of positions over the last nine years. Currently I coordinate the
adult outpatient program, with clinical and supervisory responsibility for about
twenty staff members and 300 active outpatients. I find the work constantly
challenging, quite rewarding, and it pays well, too. I finished a Master's in
Counseling not long after I started to work for the hospital, and found myself
teaching several courses this past year in the Alcoholism Sciences program at the
university where I received my Masters.
From the moment I started working at the hospital, one of the nurses who was
working with me kept bugging me to "just meet" her little sister. I held out for
about seven months, then accepted an invitation to a 4th of July picnic. Well ...
we were married the following June. Geri and I have two sons, Michael, age 4,
and Gregory, age 21/2. The three of them give me more joy than I have ever
imagined possible. We've been somewhat active in the local parish, working in
the CCD and Youth Programs for several years until our own second son was
born. We're "on sabbatical" now. There's a part of me that feels unexercised, and
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eager to work again. (15104 Crescent Green Drive, Oak Forest, Ill., 60452;
phone: 312-687-3596)
FROM ED KELLY ('52): Just returned from visiting with my brother (Br.
Thomas Kelly) at the Marist residence in Oakland, California. Had a wonderful
time during the week I was there, and the hospitality extended me by all the
Brothers in the community was just great. I am now retired from the NYC police
department, and currently working with IBM in Poughkeepsie. Living close to
the college has enabled me to keep close ties with the Marist family. Took my
first vows with the class of '53 and left Marist College in '55. (37 Tor Road,
Wappingers Falls, N. Y., 12590)
FROM BR. BILL LAVIGNE ('50): Since leaving John Coleman H. S. in
Kingston and Esopus in 1974, I have been in ministry here at St. Helen's Parish
Community, Westfield, N. J. Officially, I am Director of Religious Education and
Coordinator of Liturgy and Music for the parish, but one tends to get involved in
many facets of parish life. St. Helen's is a relatively new parish in the Newark
Archdiocese, being formed in 1968 with some 700 families from the only other
parish in Westfield, Holy Trinity. Since then the parish has grown to over 1800
families, many from neighboring towns. There is a great spirit of community and
much enthusiastic cooperation from the parishioners.
The pastoral staff numbers six of us and we work as a team, although there is a
canonically designated pastor and associate pastor. Six years ago we added a full
time youth minister to our staff and it has resulted in a vibrant Youth Ministry
Program. The Religious Education program involves over a thousand students
from public schools and since most classes are in a home setting, we need and
get many volunteer catechists, about 125 plus the 40 adults and young adults that
help with Youth Ministry. My main thrust in ministry is presently Adult
Education and Adult Spiritual Development in the parish which I would consider
a priority over a child-centered, school-model religious education program. It is
a challenge to get adults out to participate in programs, though, since here in
suburbia, parents are very involved with all their childrens' activities.
Besides my work here in the parish, I have been involved with Archdiocesan
projects, chairing Religious Education Conventions, Executive Board of our
Association of Parish DRE's and co-chairing our local clergy association for this
coming year. All in all, I have enjoyed this ministry and found it very broadening
and enriching. Thanks very much for your interest in promoting this sharing
among all of us Marists. It's a wonderful project to get underway in our Jubilee
Year. (1600 Rahway Avenue, Westfield, N. J., 07090)
FROM MARTY LANG ('47): All these years I have received my copy of the
Marist newsletter for which I am very grateful. I read it, line for line, with
interest, but slowly the new, unfamiliar names replace the old ones, and the
friends of old are found more often in the necrology than in the new foundations
begun since we left. The idea of the newsletter is great, a tender thread that could
continue to hold us in the bond of caring. Losing contact is still painful, and I
guess as long as that is the case, the bonds are still there. While I continue into
my 17th year as Director of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at
Fairfield U., I see new kinds of students. The nuns are gone, and lay people
replace them moving into all kinds of ministries in the Church. I spend a good
deal of time with adult lay Catholics, teaching in three Lay Ministry Programs,
aside from my regular university work. I am impressed by the depth of
commitment, in terms of service and the giving of time to others in need, that I
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see on a daily basis with lay people. One thing is sure, there are plenty of
Christian saints at work in the marketplace in the most unlikely places. They are
unsung heroes, never to be canonized and of course, the very thought of it would
be ridiculous to them. But they're there, in banks, in the mayor's office, in soup
kitchens, nursing homes, police force, etc. I have been amazed by the spiritual
depth of a person who is a buyer of fashionable women's clothes in an expensive
department store. The incongruity is the marvel.
Would love to hear from the ones long silent; maybe the newsletter will summon
them forth ! (295 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield, Ct., 06430)
FROM G. PATRICK GALLAGHER ('55): I really have lost contact with the
monks, although in trying to re-establish some of those ties, I have in the past
five years gotten back to Marist for my 25th, driven up to the GMC picnic last
year, and visited Tyngsboro this summer. I spoke with Vinny Poisella at length
this year just before I went to Jersey for the 20th high school reunion of one of
the classes I had as freshmen at Roselle Catholic.
There are a lot of people out there that I would be interested in keeping in touch
with, and hearing how the years have been treating them. I find this more as I
reach a certain age; I've just turned 50. It might be a question of looking back on
some of your roots, it might be putting things in order, it might be restoring and
reliving some of the good memories.
In the early 70's when I left FMS, I got involved with criminal justice work, then
police administration, and then police training. At the present time I'm at the
Police Foundation in Washington, D. C. as a consultant developing training
packages on sting, arson, organized crime and the like. I've been immersed in
police work and have made many contacts and good friends in Europe,
especially in the UK.
I've now been married six years. Mary is an RN with an MA in Special
Education. When we were in Florida, she coordinated all the state's multi-
disciplinary child protection teams dealing with child abuse, and now she's back
doing some nursing and some consulting. There are two children, girls, 10 and
16. In May of 1988 when Karen graduates we plan to move further west to
Laudon County, and then we will be about 50 miles from DC rather than 12. We
recently purchased a small bit of land with a pre-civil war farmhouse on it and
some other buildings. One of these will be converted into an office since I do
most of my work at home, and we then expect to live a quiet, more rural life.
(2328 Malraux Drive Vienna, Va., 221800)
Pat received his MA from NYU and did his PhD work at Purdue; he has taught
public safety and criminal justice courses at Indiana U., Purdue U., American U.
in DC, and Golden Gate U. in San Francisco.
FROM BILL REGER ('61): 1965-1969: Trumbull, teacher of French and
Spanish, athletic coach; 1969-71; Wellesley, Mass, teacher of French, athletic
coach; 1972-74: University of Hawaii: research assistant, department of Political
Science; 1974-82: W.Va. Community College and WVU, instructor in Holistic
Health and in Sport and Exercise Studies, graduate division; 1982-87: Wheeling
Hospital, Cardiac Center, research coordinator; 1985-87: W. Va. Legislature,
elected representative. 1984 PhD in Exercise Physiology, WVU. 1984: spent a
month in China and took four months sailing from Hawaii to Washington State
and bicycling from there to Wheeling. "More personally, I'm attempting to get
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my body, mind, and soul together. Since I've been in politics, I've found myself
too preoccupied with what I do and too little concerned with who I am. Instead
of running 17 hours a day, I'm taking at least some time out. Rediscovering a
spirituality has helped provide me with some serenity. Just had lunch with
Leonard Voegtle; told him about my upcoming wedding, July 25th." (37 Era
Street, Wheeling, W. Va., 26003)
FROM JOE STRANG: As Br. Joel Gilmary from '52 to '67, I developed
principles that have stayed with me for life. After leaving from Manhasset, I
taught public school in Mastic Beach for seven years and bought a house in
Patchogue. Then I taught in the Virgin Islands before coming to California,
where I left teaching in 1982. I am now a full time professional gardener on the
Monterey Peninsula. (Box 857, Pacific Grove,.Ca., 93950)
FROM BR. SIXTUS VICTOR LUIZZO ('42): About ten years ago, when I was
on a winter break for a week at my brother's home in Florida, I had a heart
attack. To this day I am still shocked that it happened to me, considering that I
have never been sick over the years. I thank the Lord each day for the good
health he has since given me. I stopped smoking ten years ago, and I visit my
cardiologist four times a year for an EKG. My last visit was about a month ago
and the results were most gratifying.
My teaching schedule is a full one. Between chemistry labs and teaching
Regents Chem, I have 26 periods a week. One of these classes is an Honors
Chemistry. To keep myself out of trouble, I operate the bookstore. In community,
there are ten of us; I do the food shopping for the Brothers. A couple of years
ago I said to myself, if I must get involved with computers and their gadgets I
would give up teaching. Well, I ate my words. Next school year, the three
science labs will each have a computer and software. I have to keep up with it if
I am to show the students how it operates. Last summer I started to teach myself
on an old Commodore and then switched to a Tandy 1000. I went to school for a
few lessons and sought help from one of the teachers who does accounting by
computer. (51 Clapham Avenue, Manhasset, N. Y., 11030)
FROM BILL GILBERG ('61): Since I left in 1971, I taught until 1978. Then I
took over the operation of this retreat/workshop/conference center in Ossining
owned by the Dominican Sisters. It's called Mariandale. 65 beautiful acres. Since
that time this operation has gone from an annual income of $38,000 to $265,000.
It certainly is a success story for the congregation. In 1975 I married and moved
to Bronxville. My wife is a secondary educator of Spanish. In 1980 our twin
daughters Marissa and Beth were born. They are part of our own personal
success story. Both of them have been enrolled in a special education program
for the gifted and talented for these past three years. (9 Birch Brook Road,
Bronxville, N. Y., 10708)
FROM MANNY LOPEZ ('65): Many things have happened to me since I left
comunity. Suffice it to say I now have my BA in Classical Studies with a minor
in Archeology awarded in 1985 after going to school at night since 1969. For 13
years I had been singing in the first tenor section of a major choral society in
New York. I've been jogging for seven years and in that time my weight and diet
have gone from a high of 265 lbs on a six foot frame to a low of 190 lbs and a
vegetarian diet.
For most of my working life I've been doing clerical work in brokerage houses
and insurance companies; this year, after two years of temporary services and
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unemployment, I'm working in construction for the first time in my life. Also I
am working as a volunteer at Gay Men's Health Crisis in the pediatric division
for children with aids, the result of the grieving process after having lost my
brother, Diego, to aids in September. I do weekly sittings with monks and
members of the Zen Studies Society as a result of my readings on Thomas
Merton and a Japanese Zen monk. This has added a significant dimension to my
life. I try to get to Mass as often as I can, two or three times weekly in addition
to my Sunday liturgy.
I really would like to find out what's going on with my classmates. I think I was
in the class of '65, Esopus. I look at my novice class picture and recognize
almost every face. Let me know what's going on with Ken Curtin, Joe Baker, etc.
(56 Bay 40th Street, Brooklyn
N. Y., 11214)
FROM BR. WILLIAM MIELKE ('59): The Lord has been good to me. I'm in
my 5th year in Miami. After 19 years at Molloy, I left a place I loved so much.
I'll always be a Stanner. I had the greatest kids there and I had tears in my eyes
as I boarded Pan Am. But I was getting restless and had to move on. Since I've
been here I'm very happy. I'm still teaching 9th graders history and have a
Liturgical Choir of 20 singers with flute, trumpets, guitars. I never had that
opportunity at Molloy. I'm also Music Minister at a nearby parish. You would be
surprised to see me before a group of ladies teaching them "Here I am Lord."
This summer I'll be enrolled in Liturgical Music Courses at St. Joseph's College
in Rensaleer, Indiana, working toward a certificate in Church Music.
I've been fairly well these past five years. Before that I was seriously ill and
almost made the journey to the lord. The diagnosis of cancer was wrong, since I
had a massive bladder abscess and not cancer. Again praise the Lord: Frank
Garza of '59 is also here, as principal. Leo Vincent at 81 years of age is still
doing guidance here, a fantastic man. (3000 S.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida,
33165)
FROM DONALD MULCARE ('57): A Marist Family newsletter would be
welcomed here. I will contribute news to help get things started: My wife Nancy,
three of our four children, and I have been involved in providing religious
education in St. Mary's parish of Fairhaven (across the river from New Bedford).
Nancy just stepped down as DRE for grades 7 to 10, in order to devote her full
time to teaching religion at Bishop Strang High School. Our two daughters are
about to become confirmation sponsors. Jennifer (18 next April) and Bridget (16
next April and about to be confirmed herself) were each asked by girls who are
just about their age, to be their sponsors. Our daughters are taking this seriously
and insisting that the candidates do the same. It was a surprise that our daughters
were selected by their friends. Jennifer and Bridget have provided their parents
with resistance and grief, but to their friends they were genuine witnesses to the
faith.
My job in the Biology Department of Southeastern Massachusetts University is
centered on teaching. The courses include Embryology, Biology of Aging,
Tissue Culture and a number of introductory courses. The big project of the
moment is the development of a course in Marine Biotechnology, the only
course of its kind on the east coast. (105 Long Road, Fairhaven, Mass., 02719)
FROM JACK KELLY ('64): I started my own company in 1983, Money
Manggement Resources, Ltd., and I work the hours that go with owning a
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business, long hours. I am a Certified Financial Planner, and provide
comprehensive financial planning services for individuals and for small
businesses. The work is enjoyable for me, and I've been successful at it. Two of
the ex-monks I've kept in touch with are Joe McHorrow and Jim Schroeder. Jim
was in the "other" province. Joe is living in Canada, Fort McMurray. He's in
charge of religious education for a school district or diocese. (7507 Lowell
Avenue Skokie, I11., 60076) 312-397--8050)
.....Jack has authored several articles for the National Center for Financial
Education Inc. "Rate of Return: Illusion and Reality", "12 IRA Myths" and
"Financial Fitness Test"
FROM BR BRENDAN (LARRY) HAGGERTY ('50): This letter has been a
long time in coming. I'll always consider myself a member of the Marist family
and welcome all news of friends. Ken Voegtle has been a godsend to me, as to
many, filling any void that developed over the years. I've stayed in touch with
Jules Roy in Chicago and had visits from Kieran, Mike Sullivan, and others on
occasion, but my wife, children, and I welcome all.
We've lived in a sleepy, neighborly little town of Cheverly, Maryland, for 17
years now. My wife, Evy, is a "Newport belle" hailing from Rhode Island. She
came to Catholic U. to study at the same time I was asked to join the staff there.
I was completing a degree, and we met in a Financial Problems course. We have
two beautiful daughters, Mary 13, and Shaleen 12. Mary won the academic
achievement award at St. Ambrose this year and is our reader/scholar. Shaleen is
a gymnast and a student of Karate. Ev teaches English to speakers of other
languages ESOL in the county school system, and for the past seven years I've
been a developnent staffer for the Red Cross now senior development officer at
National Headquarters, responsible for the Red Cross planned gift program.
I spent my last Marist years at Lourdes in Poughkeepsie and was saddened by its
closing, as far as the Brothers are concerned. A blessing the Msgr. Matt Cox, my
old mentor, had passed away. It would have broken his heart; he loved the monks
and the school he founded with Eddie Lyons. (3210 Crest Ave., Cheverly, Md.,
20785)
FROM DANNY NOLAN ('56): My days with the Marist Brothers go from '52-
'68, mostly at St. Helena's and Laredo-Br. Robert Fidelis. I am presently
employed as a Probation Officer in New York Supreme Court. In my spare time
I am studying counseling. I still have fond memories and feel strongly about my
years as a Marist, the best and the brightest!
May I suggest that you, or anybody, or even me, start a Marist Retirement Fund.
I don't know what kind of financial health the brothers are in, but I do know that
many who gave their lives to teaching have not been remunerated financially,
although rewards in other areas have not been wanting. I would like to pledge
$100 to the fund, and I think that others who have had the pleasure of being
friends of the Brothers would do likewise. Meanwhile, here's $5 to pay for
postage. I hope to continue to hear from you via the newsletter.(86-05 Forest
Parkway, Woodhaven, N. Y. 11421)
FROM JIM GORMALLY ('65): I felt a very positive reaction to being in NYC
at the centennial reunion. It validated a very important part of me. I left the
Marists in 1970 after a fine teaching experience at Aquinas in Augusta. I was
truly fortunate to work for Br. Luke Driscoll and for Sr. Mary, the principal. I left
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several close ties with high school students that probably had a big role in my
choosing a helping profession as a career. I did graduate work in counseling
psychology from '70-'73 at Southern Illinois U. (George Howard and Tom
McGovern were to come to SIU later.) My internship was at the University of
Florida and I studied community psychology. I suspect my Marist activist spirit
was at play here. I got a PhD in '74. My first job was at American U. in
Washington doing research and counseling students. After that, I did research
and teaching at the University of Maryland. Now.. I am in a full time clinical
job, as a private practitioner in Silver Springs, Maryland. I am married to a
fellow SIU graduate student, now professor of psychology; we have two children
--Kevin 8 and Katie 6--who give us much joy and grief. (806 East Franklin
Avenue, Silver Springs, Maryland, 20901)
FROM ROBERT LOPEZ ('59): I was delighted to be swept up in the FMS net
that you cast. I have not had any contact with any of the Marist family since
1965. I once ran across Brother John Malachy at the University of Pittsburg
(1970) the summer I finished by PhD at Purdue. Br. John was in Wheeling, and
was attending some class at U Pitt while I was at a conference celebrating my
new degree. Except for that chance encounter, this is the first contact with the
Marist world since I left. Recently, however, I spoke with Richard Foy on the
phone and he passed my name along to the Marist College alumni office.
After getting degrees in math from two mid-western universities and teaching
for three years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I took my family (wife
and two young boys) to Canada. For twelve years I followed my dream: taught
my kids to play ice hockey, played myself, coached, and even managed to earn a
living teaching math at Memorial University of Newfoundland. It was great. A
remarkable place to have lived, very romantic, very different, very interesting.
You get a fresh perspective on things when you step back and see them from
some other point of view. For example, the Newfoundland school system is
denominationally organized but supported with public funds. My two boys were
able to receive parts of their educations from Chriatian Brothers at schools that
turn out to be far superior to what is available here locally. There is a desperate
need here in the midwest for a new apostolate.
In Newfoundland I served the youth of the community in the various sports
programs available. I think I enjoyed it more than the kids. But gimpy knee have
a way of telling you it's time to hang up the skates.
So all dreams end, and now we are back in the states where I teach at Rose-
Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute. This is a small (1300) private
engineering college with over a hundred years of tradition and experience in
turning out engineers and scientists. Being here lets me pursue another dream,
engineering. When I graduated from college in '63, I remember saying that if the
Fairy-God-Mother were to have given me one wish, it would have been to be an
NHL hockey player. Now, I think my immediate response would be "to be an
engineer." Well, you pay your money, and you take your pick. Only you just
have but a handfull of chances.
My oldest son has finished a year at U Dayton, so he is already older than I was
when you and I first met. I seems like only this morning I went off to school
myself, and here I am reading about all these lives of people I once shared
moments with. Will you put people in touch with one another if they request
such a contact? (59 Heritage Drive, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47803)
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Ed's note: request a name and address and we'll send same if we have it; thanks
loads for the above, Bob.
Note from the Editor:
GMC Picnic at F.D.R. State Park will take place at the site close to Parking Area
# 2. Directions to this location can be obtained at the Information Center.
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ISSUE # 2
August 1987
Many liked the title "Marist at Heart" best, but in final analysis it does not seem
inclusive enough. So with your indulgence, we'll use "Marists All."
GMC PICNIC: The annual Greater Marist picnic is set for September 19th from
noon to 5 or 6 p.m.It will be held at FDR State Park near Peekskill just off
Taconic Parkway at the exit for Route 202. Bring your own beverage and a pot
luck dish. For further info, call Gus Nolan at 914-454-6116.
MONEY MATTERS: Each of the first two mailings of this newsletter went out
to over 350 addresses. We are indebted to Marist College for the use of their
computer and printing facilities, but we had to cover the nominal cost of the
printing and the cost of mailing. That amounts to almost $100 for each edition,
and if we include the introductory letter, this is the third mailing, bringing the
amount spent to almost $300. We who are more closely involved in the Greater
Marist Community, have shouldered this cost. We should appreciate it very
much if you could send us some financial help: David Kammer, 107 Woodland
Drive, Harwinton, Ct., 06791 or Gus Nolan, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., 12601 ... AND JUST AS IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT YOURSELF &
ADDRESSES OF MARIST FRIENDS!
MARIST CENTENNIAL: On the feast of Father Champagnat, June 6th, the
Marist Brothers celebrated the closing of their 100th anniversary of serving in
the U.S.A. Cardinal O'Connor concelebrated Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral with
over a dozen bishops and priests associated with the Brothers. John Kirsch ('59)
now of Brownsville, Texas, was the deacon. Br. Paul Ambrose, Br. Pat McNulty,
Br. Vincent Moriarity, and Br. Simeon Ouellet were commissioned to Liberia
and to Japan. Br. Hugh Turley ('54) pronounced the vow of stability and Br.
Kenneth Curley made first profession.
Almost every seat in the cathedral was filled: Marist Brothers, many present and
past students, relatives and friends, including a large number of former Brothers,
some coming from great distances. There were Baron Holsenback from Augusta,
Georgia; Frank Sutton from Manchester, Vt.; George Howard from Notre Dame,
Indiana; Pat Kielty, Jim Gormally, and Pat Murphy from Maryland; Frank Reilly
from Willimantic, Ct.; Charlie Scott from Madison, Wisconsin; Dom Cavallaro
from Northfield, Mass.; John Trainor from Pittsburgh. And there were Brothers
from distant places, too: Br. Pat Long from Santa Cruz, California; Br. Stephen
Bosco from Boston; Br. Tom Petitte and Br. Erne st Beland from Lawrence; Br.
John Mash and Br. John Mulligan from Whitinsville, Mass.
After the Mass there was a reception at the diocesan center on First Avenue.
There were so many people that they had to gather in large roons on two floors
... and thus some of us missed friends and acquaintances. Yet it was certainly a
very happy occasion for all. Thanks to organizers Br. Vincent Damian and Br.
Roy Mooney.
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PHILIPPINE Newsletter: Br. Leonard Voegtle has alerted us to the coincidence
of a Philippine newsletter similar to ours. It, too, started in January of 1987. It
states: "Each one of us has a story to tell, filled with joy, pain, happiness, love,
adventure, Mary, God, and true brotherhood." Quoting Nemesio Blanco's letter
to Leonard: "The gang of ex-Marists had several meetings and group activities,
mostly social, one meeting with Br. Jim McKnight. There is an existing mutual
understanding that the Marists wish to have contacts with us in the same manner
that we don't want to sever our ties with them. This coming Holy Week we will
have a family retreat; the speaker will be Br. Bernard Curtin. Last year we
invited Br. Alfred George for retreat.
FROM ED CASHIN ('46): I like the idea of keeping in touch. Mike Shurkus
dropped by on his way back from San Diego. We went to a restaurant, and there
were Gene Michel, Mike Klug, Jimmy Brady, and Pat McNulty. Small world, he
thought; I see these men at Aquinas High a lot. Am sorry Pat McNulty is going
to Africa. He is a darned good school man and will be missed at Aquinas. My
Eddie is a sophomore there; Milette an eighth grader. We plan to spend a week in
Stowe, Vermont this August. Would like to see everybody.
Enclosed is a recent news release from Augusta College: "Dr. Edward J. Cashin,
Chairman of the Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy at
Augusta College, will be one of six Georgians to receive a 1987 Governor's
Award in the Humanities on February 10th in Atlanta. Dr. Cashin was selected
because, in addition to his academic work, he has written textbooks for Augusta
schools, served in leadership positions in various cultural groups and has been a
regular participant in community based educational programs in history." (3112
Woodstone Place, Augusta, Georgia, 30909)
FROM VINNY ANDIORIO ('67): After leaving the Marist community in
Chicago almost 10 years ago, I briefly taught at another Catholic high school in
the Roseland section of Chicago. There were too many situations in that setting
that I found unconscionable and did the unthinkable right after the Thanksgiving
break: I up and quit. Community-less, jobless, and full of brava I contacted a
former acquaintance who worked at a local hospital. He convinced me that I was
overqualified for an assistant counselor's position in the Alcoholism Treatment
Center, massaged my resume for me, pulled a few strings, and magically I
changed careers!
I've held a variety of positions over the last nine years. Currently I coordinate the
adult outpatient program, with clinical and supervisory responsibility for about
twenty staff members and 300 active outpatients. I find the work constantly
challenging, quite rewarding, and it pays well, too. I finished a Master's in
Counseling not long after I started to work for the hospital, and found myself
teaching several courses this past year in the Alcoholism Sciences program at the
university where I received my Masters.
From the moment I started working at the hospital, one of the nurses who was
working with me kept bugging me to "just meet" her little sister. I held out for
about seven months, then accepted an invitation to a 4th of July picnic. Well ...
we were married the following June. Geri and I have two sons, Michael, age 4,
and Gregory, age 21/2. The three of them give me more joy than I have ever
imagined possible. We've been somewhat active in the local parish, working in
the CCD and Youth Programs for several years until our own second son was
born. We're "on sabbatical" now. There's a part of me that feels unexercised, and
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eager to work again. (15104 Crescent Green Drive, Oak Forest, Ill., 60452;
phone: 312-687-3596)
FROM ED KELLY ('52): Just returned from visiting with my brother (Br.
Thomas Kelly) at the Marist residence in Oakland, California. Had a wonderful
time during the week I was there, and the hospitality extended me by all the
Brothers in the community was just great. I am now retired from the NYC police
department, and currently working with IBM in Poughkeepsie. Living close to
the college has enabled me to keep close ties with the Marist family. Took my
first vows with the class of '53 and left Marist College in '55. (37 Tor Road,
Wappingers Falls, N. Y., 12590)
FROM BR. BILL LAVIGNE ('50): Since leaving John Coleman H. S. in
Kingston and Esopus in 1974, I have been in ministry here at St. Helen's Parish
Community, Westfield, N. J. Officially, I am Director of Religious Education and
Coordinator of Liturgy and Music for the parish, but one tends to get involved in
many facets of parish life. St. Helen's is a relatively new parish in the Newark
Archdiocese, being formed in 1968 with some 700 families from the only other
parish in Westfield, Holy Trinity. Since then the parish has grown to over 1800
families, many from neighboring towns. There is a great spirit of community and
much enthusiastic cooperation from the parishioners.
The pastoral staff numbers six of us and we work as a team, although there is a
canonically designated pastor and associate pastor. Six years ago we added a full
time youth minister to our staff and it has resulted in a vibrant Youth Ministry
Program. The Religious Education program involves over a thousand students
from public schools and since most classes are in a home setting, we need and
get many volunteer catechists, about 125 plus the 40 adults and young adults that
help with Youth Ministry. My main thrust in ministry is presently Adult
Education and Adult Spiritual Development in the parish which I would consider
a priority over a child-centered, school-model religious education program. It is
a challenge to get adults out to participate in programs, though, since here in
suburbia, parents are very involved with all their childrens' activities.
Besides my work here in the parish, I have been involved with Archdiocesan
projects, chairing Religious Education Conventions, Executive Board of our
Association of Parish DRE's and co-chairing our local clergy association for this
coming year. All in all, I have enjoyed this ministry and found it very broadening
and enriching. Thanks very much for your interest in promoting this sharing
among all of us Marists. It's a wonderful project to get underway in our Jubilee
Year. (1600 Rahway Avenue, Westfield, N. J., 07090)
FROM MARTY LANG ('47): All these years I have received my copy of the
Marist newsletter for which I am very grateful. I read it, line for line, with
interest, but slowly the new, unfamiliar names replace the old ones, and the
friends of old are found more often in the necrology than in the new foundations
begun since we left. The idea of the newsletter is great, a tender thread that could
continue to hold us in the bond of caring. Losing contact is still painful, and I
guess as long as that is the case, the bonds are still there. While I continue into
my 17th year as Director of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at
Fairfield U., I see new kinds of students. The nuns are gone, and lay people
replace them moving into all kinds of ministries in the Church. I spend a good
deal of time with adult lay Catholics, teaching in three Lay Ministry Programs,
aside from my regular university work. I am impressed by the depth of
commitment, in terms of service and the giving of time to others in need, that I
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see on a daily basis with lay people. One thing is sure, there are plenty of
Christian saints at work in the marketplace in the most unlikely places. They are
unsung heroes, never to be canonized and of course, the very thought of it would
be ridiculous to them. But they're there, in banks, in the mayor's office, in soup
kitchens, nursing homes, police force, etc. I have been amazed by the spiritual
depth of a person who is a buyer of fashionable women's clothes in an expensive
department store. The incongruity is the marvel.
Would love to hear from the ones long silent; maybe the newsletter will summon
them forth ! (295 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield, Ct., 06430)
FROM G. PATRICK GALLAGHER ('55): I really have lost contact with the
monks, although in trying to re-establish some of those ties, I have in the past
five years gotten back to Marist for my 25th, driven up to the GMC picnic last
year, and visited Tyngsboro this summer. I spoke with Vinny Poisella at length
this year just before I went to Jersey for the 20th high school reunion of one of
the classes I had as freshmen at Roselle Catholic.
There are a lot of people out there that I would be interested in keeping in touch
with, and hearing how the years have been treating them. I find this more as I
reach a certain age; I've just turned 50. It might be a question of looking back on
some of your roots, it might be putting things in order, it might be restoring and
reliving some of the good memories.
In the early 70's when I left FMS, I got involved with criminal justice work, then
police administration, and then police training. At the present time I'm at the
Police Foundation in Washington, D. C. as a consultant developing training
packages on sting, arson, organized crime and the like. I've been immersed in
police work and have made many contacts and good friends in Europe,
especially in the UK.
I've now been married six years. Mary is an RN with an MA in Special
Education. When we were in Florida, she coordinated all the state's multi-
disciplinary child protection teams dealing with child abuse, and now she's back
doing some nursing and some consulting. There are two children, girls, 10 and
16. In May of 1988 when Karen graduates we plan to move further west to
Laudon County, and then we will be about 50 miles from DC rather than 12. We
recently purchased a small bit of land with a pre-civil war farmhouse on it and
some other buildings. One of these will be converted into an office since I do
most of my work at home, and we then expect to live a quiet, more rural life.
(2328 Malraux Drive Vienna, Va., 221800)
Pat received his MA from NYU and did his PhD work at Purdue; he has taught
public safety and criminal justice courses at Indiana U., Purdue U., American U.
in DC, and Golden Gate U. in San Francisco.
FROM BILL REGER ('61): 1965-1969: Trumbull, teacher of French and
Spanish, athletic coach; 1969-71; Wellesley, Mass, teacher of French, athletic
coach; 1972-74: University of Hawaii: research assistant, department of Political
Science; 1974-82: W.Va. Community College and WVU, instructor in Holistic
Health and in Sport and Exercise Studies, graduate division; 1982-87: Wheeling
Hospital, Cardiac Center, research coordinator; 1985-87: W. Va. Legislature,
elected representative. 1984 PhD in Exercise Physiology, WVU. 1984: spent a
month in China and took four months sailing from Hawaii to Washington State
and bicycling from there to Wheeling. "More personally, I'm attempting to get
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my body, mind, and soul together. Since I've been in politics, I've found myself
too preoccupied with what I do and too little concerned with who I am. Instead
of running 17 hours a day, I'm taking at least some time out. Rediscovering a
spirituality has helped provide me with some serenity. Just had lunch with
Leonard Voegtle; told him about my upcoming wedding, July 25th." (37 Era
Street, Wheeling, W. Va., 26003)
FROM JOE STRANG: As Br. Joel Gilmary from '52 to '67, I developed
principles that have stayed with me for life. After leaving from Manhasset, I
taught public school in Mastic Beach for seven years and bought a house in
Patchogue. Then I taught in the Virgin Islands before coming to California,
where I left teaching in 1982. I am now a full time professional gardener on the
Monterey Peninsula. (Box 857, Pacific Grove,.Ca., 93950)
FROM BR. SIXTUS VICTOR LUIZZO ('42): About ten years ago, when I was
on a winter break for a week at my brother's home in Florida, I had a heart
attack. To this day I am still shocked that it happened to me, considering that I
have never been sick over the years. I thank the Lord each day for the good
health he has since given me. I stopped smoking ten years ago, and I visit my
cardiologist four times a year for an EKG. My last visit was about a month ago
and the results were most gratifying.
My teaching schedule is a full one. Between chemistry labs and teaching
Regents Chem, I have 26 periods a week. One of these classes is an Honors
Chemistry. To keep myself out of trouble, I operate the bookstore. In community,
there are ten of us; I do the food shopping for the Brothers. A couple of years
ago I said to myself, if I must get involved with computers and their gadgets I
would give up teaching. Well, I ate my words. Next school year, the three
science labs will each have a computer and software. I have to keep up with it if
I am to show the students how it operates. Last summer I started to teach myself
on an old Commodore and then switched to a Tandy 1000. I went to school for a
few lessons and sought help from one of the teachers who does accounting by
computer. (51 Clapham Avenue, Manhasset, N. Y., 11030)
FROM BILL GILBERG ('61): Since I left in 1971, I taught until 1978. Then I
took over the operation of this retreat/workshop/conference center in Ossining
owned by the Dominican Sisters. It's called Mariandale. 65 beautiful acres. Since
that time this operation has gone from an annual income of $38,000 to $265,000.
It certainly is a success story for the congregation. In 1975 I married and moved
to Bronxville. My wife is a secondary educator of Spanish. In 1980 our twin
daughters Marissa and Beth were born. They are part of our own personal
success story. Both of them have been enrolled in a special education program
for the gifted and talented for these past three years. (9 Birch Brook Road,
Bronxville, N. Y., 10708)
FROM MANNY LOPEZ ('65): Many things have happened to me since I left
comunity. Suffice it to say I now have my BA in Classical Studies with a minor
in Archeology awarded in 1985 after going to school at night since 1969. For 13
years I had been singing in the first tenor section of a major choral society in
New York. I've been jogging for seven years and in that time my weight and diet
have gone from a high of 265 lbs on a six foot frame to a low of 190 lbs and a
vegetarian diet.
For most of my working life I've been doing clerical work in brokerage houses
and insurance companies; this year, after two years of temporary services and
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unemployment, I'm working in construction for the first time in my life. Also I
am working as a volunteer at Gay Men's Health Crisis in the pediatric division
for children with aids, the result of the grieving process after having lost my
brother, Diego, to aids in September. I do weekly sittings with monks and
members of the Zen Studies Society as a result of my readings on Thomas
Merton and a Japanese Zen monk. This has added a significant dimension to my
life. I try to get to Mass as often as I can, two or three times weekly in addition
to my Sunday liturgy.
I really would like to find out what's going on with my classmates. I think I was
in the class of '65, Esopus. I look at my novice class picture and recognize
almost every face. Let me know what's going on with Ken Curtin, Joe Baker, etc.
(56 Bay 40th Street, Brooklyn
N. Y., 11214)
FROM BR. WILLIAM MIELKE ('59): The Lord has been good to me. I'm in
my 5th year in Miami. After 19 years at Molloy, I left a place I loved so much.
I'll always be a Stanner. I had the greatest kids there and I had tears in my eyes
as I boarded Pan Am. But I was getting restless and had to move on. Since I've
been here I'm very happy. I'm still teaching 9th graders history and have a
Liturgical Choir of 20 singers with flute, trumpets, guitars. I never had that
opportunity at Molloy. I'm also Music Minister at a nearby parish. You would be
surprised to see me before a group of ladies teaching them "Here I am Lord."
This summer I'll be enrolled in Liturgical Music Courses at St. Joseph's College
in Rensaleer, Indiana, working toward a certificate in Church Music.
I've been fairly well these past five years. Before that I was seriously ill and
almost made the journey to the lord. The diagnosis of cancer was wrong, since I
had a massive bladder abscess and not cancer. Again praise the Lord: Frank
Garza of '59 is also here, as principal. Leo Vincent at 81 years of age is still
doing guidance here, a fantastic man. (3000 S.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida,
33165)
FROM DONALD MULCARE ('57): A Marist Family newsletter would be
welcomed here. I will contribute news to help get things started: My wife Nancy,
three of our four children, and I have been involved in providing religious
education in St. Mary's parish of Fairhaven (across the river from New Bedford).
Nancy just stepped down as DRE for grades 7 to 10, in order to devote her full
time to teaching religion at Bishop Strang High School. Our two daughters are
about to become confirmation sponsors. Jennifer (18 next April) and Bridget (16
next April and about to be confirmed herself) were each asked by girls who are
just about their age, to be their sponsors. Our daughters are taking this seriously
and insisting that the candidates do the same. It was a surprise that our daughters
were selected by their friends. Jennifer and Bridget have provided their parents
with resistance and grief, but to their friends they were genuine witnesses to the
faith.
My job in the Biology Department of Southeastern Massachusetts University is
centered on teaching. The courses include Embryology, Biology of Aging,
Tissue Culture and a number of introductory courses. The big project of the
moment is the development of a course in Marine Biotechnology, the only
course of its kind on the east coast. (105 Long Road, Fairhaven, Mass., 02719)
FROM JACK KELLY ('64): I started my own company in 1983, Money
Manggement Resources, Ltd., and I work the hours that go with owning a
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business, long hours. I am a Certified Financial Planner, and provide
comprehensive financial planning services for individuals and for small
businesses. The work is enjoyable for me, and I've been successful at it. Two of
the ex-monks I've kept in touch with are Joe McHorrow and Jim Schroeder. Jim
was in the "other" province. Joe is living in Canada, Fort McMurray. He's in
charge of religious education for a school district or diocese. (7507 Lowell
Avenue Skokie, I11., 60076) 312-397--8050)
.....Jack has authored several articles for the National Center for Financial
Education Inc. "Rate of Return: Illusion and Reality", "12 IRA Myths" and
"Financial Fitness Test"
FROM BR BRENDAN (LARRY) HAGGERTY ('50): This letter has been a
long time in coming. I'll always consider myself a member of the Marist family
and welcome all news of friends. Ken Voegtle has been a godsend to me, as to
many, filling any void that developed over the years. I've stayed in touch with
Jules Roy in Chicago and had visits from Kieran, Mike Sullivan, and others on
occasion, but my wife, children, and I welcome all.
We've lived in a sleepy, neighborly little town of Cheverly, Maryland, for 17
years now. My wife, Evy, is a "Newport belle" hailing from Rhode Island. She
came to Catholic U. to study at the same time I was asked to join the staff there.
I was completing a degree, and we met in a Financial Problems course. We have
two beautiful daughters, Mary 13, and Shaleen 12. Mary won the academic
achievement award at St. Ambrose this year and is our reader/scholar. Shaleen is
a gymnast and a student of Karate. Ev teaches English to speakers of other
languages ESOL in the county school system, and for the past seven years I've
been a developnent staffer for the Red Cross now senior development officer at
National Headquarters, responsible for the Red Cross planned gift program.
I spent my last Marist years at Lourdes in Poughkeepsie and was saddened by its
closing, as far as the Brothers are concerned. A blessing the Msgr. Matt Cox, my
old mentor, had passed away. It would have broken his heart; he loved the monks
and the school he founded with Eddie Lyons. (3210 Crest Ave., Cheverly, Md.,
20785)
FROM DANNY NOLAN ('56): My days with the Marist Brothers go from '52-
'68, mostly at St. Helena's and Laredo-Br. Robert Fidelis. I am presently
employed as a Probation Officer in New York Supreme Court. In my spare time
I am studying counseling. I still have fond memories and feel strongly about my
years as a Marist, the best and the brightest!
May I suggest that you, or anybody, or even me, start a Marist Retirement Fund.
I don't know what kind of financial health the brothers are in, but I do know that
many who gave their lives to teaching have not been remunerated financially,
although rewards in other areas have not been wanting. I would like to pledge
$100 to the fund, and I think that others who have had the pleasure of being
friends of the Brothers would do likewise. Meanwhile, here's $5 to pay for
postage. I hope to continue to hear from you via the newsletter.(86-05 Forest
Parkway, Woodhaven, N. Y. 11421)
FROM JIM GORMALLY ('65): I felt a very positive reaction to being in NYC
at the centennial reunion. It validated a very important part of me. I left the
Marists in 1970 after a fine teaching experience at Aquinas in Augusta. I was
truly fortunate to work for Br. Luke Driscoll and for Sr. Mary, the principal. I left
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several close ties with high school students that probably had a big role in my
choosing a helping profession as a career. I did graduate work in counseling
psychology from '70-'73 at Southern Illinois U. (George Howard and Tom
McGovern were to come to SIU later.) My internship was at the University of
Florida and I studied community psychology. I suspect my Marist activist spirit
was at play here. I got a PhD in '74. My first job was at American U. in
Washington doing research and counseling students. After that, I did research
and teaching at the University of Maryland. Now.. I am in a full time clinical
job, as a private practitioner in Silver Springs, Maryland. I am married to a
fellow SIU graduate student, now professor of psychology; we have two children
--Kevin 8 and Katie 6--who give us much joy and grief. (806 East Franklin
Avenue, Silver Springs, Maryland, 20901)
FROM ROBERT LOPEZ ('59): I was delighted to be swept up in the FMS net
that you cast. I have not had any contact with any of the Marist family since
1965. I once ran across Brother John Malachy at the University of Pittsburg
(1970) the summer I finished by PhD at Purdue. Br. John was in Wheeling, and
was attending some class at U Pitt while I was at a conference celebrating my
new degree. Except for that chance encounter, this is the first contact with the
Marist world since I left. Recently, however, I spoke with Richard Foy on the
phone and he passed my name along to the Marist College alumni office.
After getting degrees in math from two mid-western universities and teaching
for three years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I took my family (wife
and two young boys) to Canada. For twelve years I followed my dream: taught
my kids to play ice hockey, played myself, coached, and even managed to earn a
living teaching math at Memorial University of Newfoundland. It was great. A
remarkable place to have lived, very romantic, very different, very interesting.
You get a fresh perspective on things when you step back and see them from
some other point of view. For example, the Newfoundland school system is
denominationally organized but supported with public funds. My two boys were
able to receive parts of their educations from Chriatian Brothers at schools that
turn out to be far superior to what is available here locally. There is a desperate
need here in the midwest for a new apostolate.
In Newfoundland I served the youth of the community in the various sports
programs available. I think I enjoyed it more than the kids. But gimpy knee have
a way of telling you it's time to hang up the skates.
So all dreams end, and now we are back in the states where I teach at Rose-
Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute. This is a small (1300) private
engineering college with over a hundred years of tradition and experience in
turning out engineers and scientists. Being here lets me pursue another dream,
engineering. When I graduated from college in '63, I remember saying that if the
Fairy-God-Mother were to have given me one wish, it would have been to be an
NHL hockey player. Now, I think my immediate response would be "to be an
engineer." Well, you pay your money, and you take your pick. Only you just
have but a handfull of chances.
My oldest son has finished a year at U Dayton, so he is already older than I was
when you and I first met. I seems like only this morning I went off to school
myself, and here I am reading about all these lives of people I once shared
moments with. Will you put people in touch with one another if they request
such a contact? (59 Heritage Drive, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47803)
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Ed's note: request a name and address and we'll send same if we have it; thanks
loads for the above, Bob.
Note from the Editor:
GMC Picnic at F.D.R. State Park will take place at the site close to Parking Area
# 2. Directions to this location can be obtained at the Information Center.