Summer Innovations and Renovations - Chaminade High School

Alumni Notes
1949 - 1969
Henry G. Gole ’52 has written a biography
of the man who fixed the broken post-Vietnam US
Army, General William E. DePuy, Preparing the
Army for Modern War. It was published in September
2008 by The University Press of Kentucky.
Gole's other books are The Road to Rainbow, Army
Planning for Global War, 1934-1940 and Soldiering,
Observations from Korea, Vietnam, and Safe Places.
David Kenney ’52 recently won the cross country
championship in Van Cortland Park for his age
group. It was a two-lap course which included
Cemetery Hill.
Richard Torykian ’57 was recently honored by the
US Marine Corps at a ceremony in Washington,
DC. for his dedication and generous contribution
to the nation’s armed services, in particular to the
Marine Corps. He is pictured above left during the
ceremony; in the center is Marine Corps Assistant
Commandant Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC and
at right is Brig. Gen. W. Blake Crowe, USMC
(commanding officer of the Marine barracks in
Washington, DC.) Gen. Peter Pace, USMC (RET),
former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also
took part in the ceremony.
John F. Magas ’58 retired on January 25,
2008 as the director of the bureau of licensing after
twenty-three years as an investigator with the Suffolk
County Office of Consumer Affairs.
John Bransfield ’59 was awarded the Bicentennial
Medal by Mount St. Mary’s University in
Emmitsburg, MD on September 24, 2008. A 1963
alumnus of Mount St. Mary’s, Jack, together with his
wife Chris, divides his time between Glen Cove, NY
and Pompano Beach, FL.
John K. Corney ’60 and his wife Judi moved to
Florida four years ago and have settled comfortably
into that laid-back lifestyle. They continue to travel
to the far corners of the world to the extent that their
energy and resources permit. They just returned
from Kyrgyzstan.
Reginald M. Ballantyne III ’61 has retired
from PMH Health Resources after twenty-eight years
as president and CEO. He has joined Vanguard
Health Systems as a Senior Corporate Officer. He
continues his service on several national public and
private company boards and is a member of the
Board of Governors of the Federation of American
Hospitals.
Francis Cutney ’62 lives in Southport, CT
with his wife Ellen. He has retired and is the proud
grandfather of seven: Jackie, Margaux, Grace, Ryan,
Katherine, Caroline and Jack.
Richard Nielsen ’63 is serving this year as the
president of the Society for Business Ethics. The
S.B.E. is the leading national and international society
of business ethics professors.
Paul Saxton ’66 left on July 22, 2008 for Kelley
Barracks Stuttgart, Germany to the U.S. Africa Command
where he will be the first ever state department
director of a U.S. military unified command. He will
be the director of Outreach, Partnership and Strategic
Communications.
Philip Fragasso ’68 had his book Marketing for
Rainmakers published. It is a collection of fifty-two
business-building, loyalty-inspiring marketing ideas
In a second annual golf match against alumni from Molloy High School, the CHS team was victorious
this year. It took place on Sunday, September 9, 2008 at the Garden City Golf Club. A rendition of the
Chaminade Fight Song by several members of the CHS Bagpipe Band was an added attraction on the first
tee. Pictured above from l.-r. are Dan Reilly ’73, Brian Hull, ’77, Rich DeMatteis ’68, Kevin Fee ’67, Mark
Brosnan ’80, Sam Ross ’09, John Westerman ’75, John O’Grady ’72, Mike Sullivan ’80, Conor Buckley ’10,
Joseph Comitino ’10, Peter Burrows ’10, Francis Cahill ’10, Kyle Kriner ’09, Brendan Maelia ’09, and Molloy
alumni Jeremiah Howard, Michael O’Conor, David Cassaro, Bill Adamski, F. Barry Ryan, J. Edmund Keating,
John Smollen, and Gerry Betts.
for all who want to increase their customer base,
improve customer relations and make more money
doing what they love to do.
Richard Kearns ’68, Chief Administrative Officer
of Zurich Insurance, was honored by the Long
Island Insurance Community at their annual gala on
September 24, 2008. Dick and his wife Mo divide
their time between Zurich, Switzerland, and East
Williston, NY. They have four married children and
five grandchildren.
1970 - 1984
Robert Chiore ’70 celebrated his thirty-year
anniversary with American Airlines and continues to
work in its treasury department.
David Preble ’72 is the director of the Council
on Dental Benefit Programs at the American Dental
Association in Chicago.
Thomas Monahan ’73 was appointed execu-
A barbecue at Meribah on
August 28, 2008 served as
the “change of command”
for Alumni officers. Alumni
Director Bro. Richard Hartz ’59
and Fr. James ’87 are at right
with new officers and outgoing
board members. From. l.-r.
are Bro. Richard ’59, new
vice-presidents Mike Kane
’93, Kevin Sampson ’73, Rick
Ueland ’66, new president Pat
Donnelly ’80, and outgoing
members, John Westerman ’75,
Ed Smith ’89, Pat McHugh
’83, Chris McKenna ’82, Denis
O’Leary ’87, and Fr. James ’87.
tive vice president International Development for
Wyndham Hotel Group. Tom and his family have
just relocated to Hong Kong.
John Sullivan ’74 and his wife Jeanne have
moved to her hometown of St. Louis, MO and have
partnered to open a franchise Pet Supplies Plus.
Timothy McGuirk ’75 was promoted to captain
in 2001 and retired from the Navy in 2004. He is an
emergency physician at the naval medical center in
Portsmouth, VA.
Alan Schiavelli ’77 is a partner at Antonelli,
Terry, Stout & Kraus in Arlington, VA, practicing
intellectual property law. He received his B.S. in
chemical engineering from The Cooper Union in
1981 and his J.D., with honors, from The George
Washington University National Law Center in
1986. His professional concentration includes patent
prosecution in chemical and mechanical engineering,
patent validity and infringement opinions, trademark
availability studies and prosecution, and patent and
trademark infringement litigation. Prior to joining
the law firm, he served as a patent examiner at the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in metallurgy and
Pat Donnelly’s (below r.) first official act as Alumni
Association president was to make a special presentation
was to outgoing president John Westerman ’75. Another
special presentation (at left) was made to outgoing Torch
Committee chairman Larry Mahon ’78. Torch Fund
director Jim Sheehan (standing l.) and Fr. James presented
him with an engraved rocking chair which Larry
immediately tested.
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