22 GA "Kid" Ashe - Archives - University of Notre Dame

talked to BILL DOWDALL, who advised that he
was visiting Moscow tliis fall. GEORGE COURY
was In Lebanon recently to dedicate a school he
t^ad built in his home \^l]age honoring his father
"and mother.
DR. JOE SULLIVAN *29 is now officer-incharge
at the Public Health Clinic in lower Manhattan.
Joe and hh u-ifc h've in Staten Island. They
have three girls, one of whom was married bv
FATHER N!ARK FITZGERALD CSC. At lunch
%vith Dr. Joe, the names of TOM WALSH, ED
PHILBIN, JACK AMNGERTER and WILLARD
WAGNER were mentioned. Dr. Joe said that he
had seen NORB CWANAUGH in Portland, Oregon
where he had been prc\'iously stationed. I saw
ED SMITH in South Bend this summer. Ed, who
practices law, was a Republican candidate for
judge at the time.
_ I had sessions with Judge BILL JONES, both in
jNew York and Washington this summer. Bill is
ver>' enthusiastic about his work on the US District
Court in Washington, D.C. Bill's daughter
Barbara is appointment sccrctar>- for Senator Mike
Mansfield. Judge Jones gave the commencement
address this year at Carroll College — 33 years after
he first went there as athletic director and football
coach. Bill had received a letter from FR. ANDY
MULREfVNY of Killeen, Tex., who mentioned that
he had seen BILL MURPHY in Texas and FRANK
KELLY in Lee, Mass.
It was a pleasant surprise to meet JOHN SUL­
LIVAN '29 at the National Catholic Social Action
Conference in Boston this summer. John has recovered
from the serious injuries he received as one
"^f the few surv*ivors of a Mohawk Airlines crash
in Rochester over a year ago. He is well on the
road to recovery and expects to return to his work
with the New York State Commission Against Discnmination.
I also cnj'oycd haWng an opportunity
to sec BILL BROWN from Milwaukee at the Boston
Conference.
D.AN CUNNINGHA.M '27 and I participated as
leaders of a workshop on discrimination in employment
at the Eastern Seaboard Catholic Leadership
Conference on Long Island. Dan is a fellow
resident of Forest Hills, N.Y. DR. Dx\N BRAD­
LEY is active in the Catholic Interracial CouaeU
of Long Island and is now working with a group
tr>*ing to improve slum conditions. Dan also continues
his interest in medical ethics which he discussed
at the Catholic Hospital Chaplain's Convention
this summer in Xew Vork Cit>-.
Public Safety Commissioner DONALD CORBETT
Pof Rochester, N.Y,, was very much in the nc^vs and
on national TV dnrins the Rochester riots this summer.
I talked to Don this summer in Rochester.
One of his sons is active in New York City in
the Kennedy campaign for Senate. Don. who is a
widower, has four sons and a daughter.
Afy Freshman Hall roommate, JOE BR^VNNON
spent several months writing a book on Scars after
his retirement from Sears in April, 1963, He is
now district manager for Wards and is located in
Phoenuc, Ariz. .•Vt the present writing Joe is busy
campaigning for Barry Goldu-atcr, ifhom Joe kno»*s
intimately.
The film of our 25ih reunion was shoun to the
Class of '29 at their 35th reunion this year with
ED QUINN providing the commentary. Ed advised
that our classmate JOHN V. McMANNON
spoke to the group, VINCE CARNEY also reported
that he, PHIL CENEDELLA, JOE BREIG and
BILL BROWN attended the '29 reunion. ED
QUINN informed mc that JOHN LEITZENGER,
JOHN AN*TUS and TOM UWELLE were back to
Notre Dame to see their sons graduate this year.
Ed also noted that the son of Judge BOB GR.\NT
was graduated with honors from Xf.I.T. Bob's boy
made quite a name for himself as a member and
captain of the M.I.T. swimming team. I certainly
agree with VINCE G\RNEY that the neu- libraryat
Notre Dame is the glor>- of the campus. The
magnificent mosaic mural, donated by HOWIE
PHALIN, which is eleven stories in height, is most
impressive. Incidentally, there was an excellent arti-
^de in the Chicago Sun-Times on Afay 24, about
fH< [OWIE PHALIN as a philanthropist.
JIM BOEHNING'S sister, who was a New
York visitor, told me that Jim is making progress
in his recovery from the serious injury he suffered
when he and his wife were struck by a car in
Indianapolis.
BOB B.\NNON tells me that his sister, who is
in the Charity Order of Nazareth, Ky., is taking
graduate work in chcmistr>' at Notre Dame. She
is the sixth Bannon to attend Notre Dame, including
Bob, his son and his three brothers. Is
Bob the first to have both a son and a sister at
Notre Dame? Bob visited FR. MIKE MULCAIRE
at Notre Dame this summer.
FR. JIM McSHANE SJ %%-rote from Casa Curel,
i
CLASS OF '28 party after the UCLA game
Oct. 17 saw Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phalin
(left) presented by classmate Leo Mcln>
tyre with a framed view of the campus
dominated by the Memorial Library mural
which they donated to the University.
El Progrcso, Varo, Honduras, C.A., that he has
completed a brochure explaining why he wants a
Vocational school in his mission there. Jim would
appreciate hearing from you.
JOHN IGOE has two sons at Notre Dame. The
son of JOHN -ANTUS, who finished at Notre Dame
this year, is at George Washington Medical School.
The Cinciimati Enquirer carried an article on
Aug. 3, 1954, concerning the outstanding work
JIM SHOCKNESSY continues to do as Ohio's
Turnpike Commission chairman. Jim is characterized
as "the hard-driving bachelor" and is referred
to as "the Har\'ard Warwick.*' Jim, an
elected delegate to the Democratic convention, has
been called upon by the Republican govenor to expedite
construction of the Interstate 71 freeway
and to settle a strike of construction equipment operators.
Jim Is a knight grand cross of the Order
of the Holy Sepulchre by papal appointment and
holds an honorary* doctorate from Wilberforcc U.,
where he heads the Wilbcrforce Foundation,
EUGENE FARRELL, editor of the Jersey Journal,
reports that he had a good get-together with
BERNIE BIRD. Inddcntly, Bemie managed one of
the early campaigns of Vice-Presidential Candidate
Miller. Gene inquired as to whether anyone has
heard from CLIFF TROMBLEY of River Rogue.
Mich.? Gene also met the daughter of LEO
FLEWELLING, \vho came to the New York Fair.
BOB HA.MILTON, who is kept busy as s>stems
stores mgr. with Pan American World .Airways, has
a daughter at Ma\'\vood College at Scranton, Fa.
Class Vice-President ART CAN*TY tells mc that
SAM DUNNE has been in Sacramento since 1930
«i':h Farmer's Rice Cooperative. EDDIE PHILBIN
from Clinton, Mass., stopped to sec Sam recently-
Sam hears from JIM HURLBERT, who is a department
store executive in Detroit. Sam has a
daughter at the U. of Santa Clara and a son in
high school. JOE E. MORRISSEY is with the Coos
Bay Iron Works in Coos Bay, Ore. He has a daughter
teaching in ^^iddIctown, Conn., and a son at the
U. of Oregon. Joe's daughter took classes from
FR. CHARLES MILTNER at the U. of Portland.
^Vc are grateful to Class President BERNIE
GARBER for the excellent mailing he sent to each
member of the Class in September. Thanks also to
FRANCIS MEYER, JOE HILGER and the other
classmates who supply me ^^i•ilh pictures such as
those used by Bcmie in his September mailing.
Thanks to BILL D\\TER*s though tfulness in
sending me a Sept. 23, '64, clipping from the
Chicago Daily Neu-s, I am pleased to announce
the appointment of HOWIE PH.\LIN as president
of the Field Enterprises Educational Corp. Howie,
during his more than 30 years of service with the
company, has held evcr>' selling title from that of
beginning salesman to North American director of
sales. Congratulations, Howie, on this important
assignment.
GEORGE COURY arranged a dinner get-together
with ART DENCHFIELD and GEORGE LEPPIG
white I was attending a conference in Miami. I had
not seen George Leppig in 34 years. He has two
children in high school and is an ofHcial in the
OflTcc of the SherifT of Dade Count>'. George reports
that he saw PINKY M,-\RTIN, who is employed
in Pituburgh with the State of Pennsylvania
and who still finds time to umpire ball games.
George Coury, in addition to being chairman of the
International Bank of Miami, is sow iuierested Jo
developments in Freeport on Grand Bahama Island.
His picture appeared in the Miami News while I
was in the city ^vith a story about the school which
had been donated by George in honor ot his parents
in their native village in Lebanon.
It was great seeing F. X. JIM O'BRIEN in
Miami after 38 years. Jim, who is with Goodbody
& Co., is one of my best sources of news for the
'28 column, .\lthough Jim was on the first U. of
Miami Hurricane football team in 1926, he is still
very much interested in the ND Class of *28. I attended
a Japanese cocktail party with. Jim, who
helped reorganize the Tokyo Stock Exchange after
WW II. Jim has five children and 12 grandchildren.
I just heard the bad news that PAT CANNY
sufTercd a stroke. I trust that by the time this appears
in print, Pat will be well on the road to recovery.
From the .\lumni Office-
Chicago's CECIL ALEXANDER qualified for top
sales honors in the President's Club in his first
year with National Ufe Insurance Co, of Vermont.
DR. ANDREW BOYLE*s change of assistant
dcanships from the ND College of Saence to the
Freshman Year of Studies has him shuttling constantly
between Nicuwiand Science Hall and the
Main Bldg. .Andy continues as a part-time chemistry
prof.
Secretary IX>U BUCKLEY, since his stint at
Fordham's Guidance Institute in July, has been
ranging farther south, h>s Miami appearance supplemented
by a September management conference
at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.
When a lovely Purdue coed named Patricia Mary
Crowley was widely pictured in Indiana as queen
of the Hillsdale Rose Festival last June. BOTTS
CROHXEY wrote JIM ARMSTROSCi "WIM
makes you say she does not look like her father?"
Gleanings from Pres. BERNIE GARBER and ND
Testing Head ED QUINN on the UCLA game
party follow below.
In his new executive post HOWARD PHALIN
continues to assist Chicago's Sisters of Mercy. He's
chairing another $9 million Mercy Hospital drive.
And **'e have clips from Akron, Cincinnati, Clc**eland,
Columbus and Springfield editorially extolling
JIM SHOCKNESSY on the I6th anniversary of
the Ohio Turnpike Commission under his chairmanship.
From BERN GARBER:
"DR. CARL A. PETTERSCH is now director of
graduate studies and extension services at Danbury
Connecticut State College.
"Grand Central brightens when I cross paths
with ^VALTER DONNELLY. '29 buyer, once a
good neighbor in Morrissey. Waller has a daughter
at Rosemont. I saw DOC GELSOX '26 and a son
admiring General Motors' fine exhibit at the World's
Fair in October. (You're welcome, AL NORMAN.)
DICK 'MUNCIE' GREENE phoned roe from the
Fair. He had a niece and nephew on tour.
"Robert M. Callagy, son of deceased classmate
BUD CALLAGY, married Lynn E. Rhaligan, Oct.
10, in Stamford. He is a Georgetown grad and
lawyer.
"TO.M MAHON urotc HOWIE PHALIN on
Oct. 8 that his older son was ill and earnestly
asked prayers for his recovery. (Please pray.) In the
same letter he said TOM TRAUGHBER was in
Minneapolis' .^bbott Hospital with a heart ailment.
Remember him too.
"I talked with ADRL\N LOPEZ, Oct. 7, at N'Y
ND Communication Club lunch. We compared notes
on sons at NT).
"JOE SHANNON passed up our Oct. 17 '28 .
cocktail party in favor of electioneering for Goldivater.
With the high attendance, he could have
done both. Joe pledged his election bet winnings to
NT>'s Challenge II fund.
"Thanks to chairman ED QUINN moving the
party to larger quarters, ninety-some persons were
accommodated, ^fany classmates were able to come
at the last minute without reservations, affecting
the food supply but not the liquids.
"I had a pleasant post-rally evening with Mr.
and Mrs. VINCE WALSH, up from ifonticcllo
with their genial neighbors. Dr. and Mrs. Allman,
honorary '28 members. Jim and 5frs. Cooncy
(Foundation office) joined us, bringing lots of information
on ND's future. The Walshes have a
12-.ycar-old daughter and a son. Class of '63, a Naw
officer now in the Orient.
"ED McSWEENEY, Freshman Hall roommate,
greeted me at the Morris Inn. He had just walked
out from South Bend. He retired from Scars in
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