Read the Summer 2013 Issue! - Father Ryan High School

Class Notes
Summer2013
Two Father Ryan Grads
Receive College Honors
Kate Loftis Riley ’91
and Rachel Hunkler ’09,
were recently honored
by Xavier University
and the University of
Alabama, respectively.
Riley, who is the Head
of School at Holy Trinity Montessori School in
Nashville, the only Christian Montessori school
in Nashville, was awarded the Xavier University
Magis Award during the school’s commencement
ceremony in Cincinnati, OH. The award honors
alumni who have achieved a high degree of
excellence within 15 years of graduation and
embody Jesuit morals and ethical values in his or
her life.
Hunkler graduated from
the University of Alabama
in April and was named
Valedictorian of the
College of Education. She
also received a Fulbright
Program Grant to teach
English in Spain.
“I have continued to feel the
support of the Father Ryan
family and the Nashville Catholic community since
my graduation in 2009, and still keep in touch with
many of my teachers and classmates,” she said. “I
am so thankful to Father Ryan High School for
giving me the spiritual and academic foundations I
needed to be successful and to achieve my dreams.”
Hunkler will work as a teaching assistant for 10
months, from September 2013 to June 2014.
Answer to our Irish Flashback: Standing, from
left–Jerry Bush, Jim Cunningham, Jim Burke, Jim
Dooley, Father John Henrick, Tom White, Jarvis
Carden and Jim Black. Seated, from left–Jerry
Dooley, Marty Darst, Joe Benedict, Martin
McLean, Mike Johnston, Charlie Formosa, John
Andrews, George Frazier. Staffers John Kidwell
and John Nichols missed the photo.
1945 George E. Barrett gave the commencement address
at Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL on May 4, 2013. George,
a prominent civil rights attorney and a 1952 graduate of Spring
Hill, also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
the school. He is a founding partner in Barrett Johnston, LLC
in Nashville.
1945 Not to be outdone by his friend and classmate, George
Barrett, John Seigenthaler received an Honorary Doctor
of Laws degree and spoke at the College of Law commencement
from the University of Tennessee Law School on May 10, 2013.
This was only the fifth honorary degree given by UT-K. John
worked at The Tennessean for 43 years, moving up the ranks
from reporter to editor, publisher, and CEO. He founded the
First Amendment Center in 1991 to create national discussion,
dialogue and debate about First Amendment rights and values.
1966 David Bohan's company, BOHAN Advertising l
Marketing was named to the Nashville Business Journal's 2013
Best Places to Work. BOHAN, established in 1990, is a fullservice
advertising and marketing agency. It has major clients in
tourism, healthcare, retail and consumer goods. David serves on
Father Ryan's Board of Trustees and is a former Board Chair.
1968 Phillip Hirst is retired from the Department of
Homeland Security, TSA at the Nashville Airport where he
worked for nearly 11 years. He tells us that, “The Class of 1968
had a great reunion as did Vandy baseball.”
1978 Tom Kelly and his
wife, Meg, recently celebrated
their 30 th wedding anniversary
in July. The Kellys live in
Asheville, NC where Tom
is a captain with the West
Buncombe Fire Department.
1977 Bill Brunner and
his wife, Lynn, visited former
student Randy Wagner '86
and his wife, Tanya, while on
a trip to Northern California.
Randy is a supervisor of
federal DEA agents, and his
wife is a police officer. The
four are pictured on their visit to the Coppola Vineyards.
1979 Bill Breen won the 2013 Senior State Open at
Stonehenge Golf Course in
Crossville, TN. During round
two, the pro from Nashville
carded four birdies and fired
a three-under-par 33 (-3)
on the back nine to shoot
the only under par round
of the tournament, a twounder
70. His clutch sand save on the final hole captured the
championship, although he had to sweat out a 10 foot birdie
putt for the tie by amateur Paul Korth from Cookeville. Bill
finished with a two day total of 76-70-146 to beat out Korth
(74-73-147).
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