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GradNews • 11GRADNotes1941Frank Diffley, M.M. says “Hello” to anysurvivors of the class of ’411951John Cione writes, “I’m living in SolanoBeach, CA and look forward to buyingany visitors lunch or dinner in LittleItaly, San Diego. Whoever is leftin the class of ’51, give me a call:858-259-7346.”1952Daniel Kelly says “God Bless old St.Francis Prep. Things have been good forme as the years go by. Wish St. Francisall the best in the coming years.”1954Francis Lonigan retired in ’99 as amainframe computer programmer andhad great experiences working forStarbucks in the mid ’90’s while acaregiver for his motherHenry O’Reilly writes “ While at SFPI was a column editor for the Seraph andin ’53 won the Diocesan JournalismAward for humorous writing. Boxed inGolden Gloves, attended BrooklynCollege, track, baseball & soccer teams.After graduation joined the NYPD,worked on days off as a substituteteacher of English for YC Board of Ed.Retired from NYPD in ’76 as DetectiveSergeant, supervised various ManhattanDetective units and was the founder andsupervisor of what is now known as theSpecial Victim’s Unit. Member ofNYPD Honor Legion. Served asAssistant Professor in Department ofLaw & Police Science at John JayCollege 1977-1985. Currently Presidentof Finest Consultants, Inc., a Policetraining and consulting business,instructing at Criminal Justice Trainingfacilities throughout the US and abroad.Father of six children and 14 grandchildren.Played football for the BrooklynMariners and the NYPD Finest teams.Competitor & instructor in Tang SooDO Karate for many yrs. Did a lot offree lance writing and published manyarticles in text books, criminal justicepublications, and New York SundayNews magazine. Author of PracticalBurglary Investigation, University ofIllinois Prep. Reside in Monroe NY. Stillactive with Finest Consultants, teachingaround the US, but mainly in Florida &Louisville, Kentucky, and New Hampshire.I still lecture at NYPD Special Victim’sseminars, twice a year for the past 30years.”John Steed has been married 41 yrsto Patricia McLynch. He’s retired VicePresident at Amerada Hess Corp. and has3 children, 7 grandchildren. Currentlyserves as Vice Chairman of MartinHouse Board of Trustees (housing groupin Trenton) where he was named 1997humanitarian of year.1955F. Gregory Walsh has been retired for3 years and is loving it. Parish volunteerwork (several capacities) keeps him offthe street and out of trouble (chuckle).He writes “Carol and I are enjoying our18 grandchildren; and we’re lookingforward to the 50th reunion next year.”1957George DeGeorge retired fromConnecticut State Department ofEducation in June ’03 after sixteen yearsas a curriculum consultant for the educationof English language learners (ELLs).While there, he managed federal and stategrant programs and conducted a widerange of professional development activities.He edited two books on programadministration and holds awards for servicefrom University of Connecticut,Hartford Public Schools, EducationAlliance at Brown University andConnecticut TESOL. Holds a BA from St.Francis College, MA from CCNY andCAGS from Boston University. He hastwo children and currently resides inConnecticut where he consults privatelywith school districts and is training to be adocent at the Wadsworth Atheneum andread for the blind.James Spence writes “Kathy and Icelebrated our 40th wedding anniversarylast November. Expecting our 2ndgrandchild in June. Has been 13 yrssince receiving liver transplant and amdoing fine. Would love to hear from anyof the ’57 accelerated graduates. Oftenthink of those days 50 yrs ago on North6th St, they seem precious and so simplecompared to these days.”1959Frank Fisher has been married (Mary)for 39 yrs, has five children, four grandchildren;member Cincinnati BarAssociation; admitted to Ohio andFederal district courts; memberCincinnati date planning council; officerpositions in various community, not-forprofitorganizations over the years.Ronald Grassi retired from the EastMeadow School District. Now teachingprivate piano and voice as well as performingat private functions throughoutLong Island.Edward Kelly retired from Metlife IncCo on 3/1/94. Currently practicing immigrationlaw pro bono, with CatholicLegal Immigration Network and CatholicCommunity Services of Newark, NJ.Joseph Kelly writes “Wife Sharon andI are enjoying our Scottsdale Arizonadesert home. Business is good. Now anowner of a helicopter flight trainingschool in Denver, run by my son Michaelwho is President and Chief FlightInstructor. We also provide sales andservice for Robinson light helicopters.Our students can get a degree in AviationScience through Utah Valley StateCollege. My advertising managementconsulting firm is doing well also,adding Lexus to our client list. BobCaccamo, also class of ’59, and I gettogether from time to time for lunch foran unofficial desert class reunion. Trueto my Franciscan roots, I have beenco-leading retreats at the FranciscanRenewal Center (The Casa) here inScottsdale. I completed my SpiritualDirection training at Manresa, the JesuitRetreat House in Bloomfield HillsMichigan when we lived there. I ran