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After serving as director of the
Marist Institute of Theology at
Marist College for two summers
David Kammer (1942) took up
teaching in the Litchfield (CT) Public
School System. At one retirement
age of 60, he joined the teaching
staff at the Holy Cross Brothers’
high school in Waterbury,
Connecticut, from which he retired
at age 65 in 1986.
In Connecticut he was active in CCD
and Renew programs.It was in the
summer of 1986 that the idea of a newsletter that might address
the wider Marist family developed. With the encouragement of
the Greater Marist Community and of the provincials of both
provinces, David joined Gus Nolan in organizing and promoting
the project that became known as Marists All.
Now he rejoices at the expansion of MaristsAll to this web site
under the talent and guidance of Richard Foy and is happy to see
the interest and dedication of a younger generation in the
person of Vincent Poisella, who has recently become the lead
editor of the newsletter, and the recent addition of Rob Schmid
to the editorial team.
Vince Poisella (1958) Marists All
editor, as a Marist served as cook at
the Esopus juniorate and as a
teacher of English and religion at
Roselle Catholic. He was involved in
the Marist House program in La
Porte, Indiana, in the late ‘60s along
with John Brady, Pat Gallagher, and
Eric Anderberg. In 1970 Vince
married Jane Evans and lived in
Hopatcong, NJ, for thirty years.
They were blessed with three
children: Mark, a graduate of the
University of Notre Dame and now
living in Los Angeles; Eric, a
graduate of Castleton State and now
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and Anne, who graduated from Marist College now living in
Manhattan. Jane and Vince, after retirement from full time
roles as school librarian and supervisor of counseling and
guidance services respectively, moved to Sea Oaks, a very active
adult community in Little Egg Harbor, NJ. Vince is editor of the
Sea Oaks Link, a monthly publication for his community. Active
in his parish of St. Theresa’s, he is a member of the adult faith
formation team and is a lector. He also coordinates a men’s
spirituality discussion group and a small faith community group.
Vince’s first contribution to Marists All appeared in its premier
issue in response to David Kammer’s initial request in 1987. He
assumed David’s role as editor beginning with issue #69 in
September 2002.
Gus Nolan (1948) retired from full
time teaching at Marist College in
May, 1997 and has since taught two
courses in each fall semester as a
Professor Emeritus. In the winter
months, January through March, he
and his wife Elizabeth, lived in
Hacienda Del Rio, Edgewater,
Florida, but now winter in Naples
Florida. Gus has remained active in
Poughkeepsie All Sport where he
focuses on racquetball and on a few
Nautilus exercise machines. He
works with David Kammer on all the
issues of MaristsAll and is in constant contact with many
members of the Greater Marist Community in the Mid-Hudson
area. He also serves as a Eucharistic Minister at Vassar Brothers
Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Richard Foy (1946) was a member of the fourth graduating
class of Marian College to receive bachelor degrees is 1950. He
then taught at Saint Ann's Academy in Manhattan NY for seven
years, at Cardinal Hayes HS in Bronx NY for two years. He was
named President of Marian College in November 1958. During
his 21 years as President he guided its growth from 125
students to 2000+.
After leaving Marist College in 1979, Richard Foy became the
Chief Operating Officer of Boyden World Corporation, a large
executive search firm with 80% of its business outside the USA.
He placed their extensive data records on computer, designed
several accounting packages (he had been named Tresurer in
February 1980). The position as COO required extensive travel,
especially to Europe, South America and the Far East. Foy retired
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retirement hours with piano lessons
and trips to the new Marist College
Library where he plugged his laptop
into the Internet. He was recruited
to help out on an Ecommerce
project and and taught computer
science courses for two years, until
his wife's illness prevented him from
following rigid teaching scedules.
He worked under Brian Desilets on a
Greater Marist Ccommunity heritage
project that showed the influence of
the Marist Brothers in the
development of Marist College.
As a sideline, he researched the
history of the Esopus property. His wife's ill health (and some of
his own) restricted trips to Esopus and Poughkeepsie, so much
of his recent research in conducted on the Internet from his
home.
Mary and Rich moved back to Poughkeepsie on 21 November
2006, where their daughter Bridget, now a board certified family
practice physician, had set up practice in East Fishkill and
purchased a home in the town of Poughkeepsie. Sadly Mary died
19 December 2006. Bridget now practices in Ulster County,
where she also supervises the residents at Kingston Hospital.
Richard has turned into a sports junkie, especially for the Marist
College Women's Basketball Team, which reached the NCAA
tournament six of the last seven years. But he also follows
men's basketball, tennis, baseball, football and lacrosse, as well
as women's volleyball, water polo, lacrosse and soccer.
Currently he is re-designing the MaristsAll
website
, as well as
the Esopus
website
, his family
website
, and several other webs
of lesser interest to MaristsAll readers. He is also researching the
history of the Marist College property, tracking some of the
parcels back to the original patent of 1686.
Born in the Chicago suburb of
Harvey, Illinois, Rob Schmid
(1968) was a member of the charter
class of Marist High School in
Chicago. He entered the Brothers as
a postulant in September 1967. The
Brothers opened a formation house
in Chicago that year, and five young
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by brothers Martin Harte, Lawrence Keogh and Australian
brother Ronald
Rob made his novitiate in Cold Spring, New York, and returned
to Chicago to continue his college studies at DePaul University.
Rob left the Brothers in January 1971, and began a career as a
librarian upon graduating from Rosary College in 1973. He
continued his career in librarianship until 1991. Upon noticing
that he was in a dead-end job, Rob returned to school and
managed to learn enough accounting to pass the CPA exam. In
1991, he began a new career as a revenue agent with the
Internal Revenue Service.
Rob has been married to Judith for 25 years. They met in an
archives class at Rosary College. Judi has continued her career
in librarianship; she is the librarian at Elgin (Illinois) High
School. Rob and Judi have lived in the Chicago area for their
entire married life, and they have been blessed with two sons.
The eldest, David graduated from Knox College in Galesburg,
Illinois in June, and Bryan is a sophomore at Augustana College
in Rock Island, Illinois.
Rob and Judi have been active in their local parish activities, Rob
still teaches CCD. Judi enjoys quilting, and they enjoy visiting
quilt shops on their worldly travels. They hope that they can
contribute to the Marists All family and continue the apostolate
that has been established here.

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