REGIS

Summer 2004 27
was wonderful and we wholeheartedly recommend it
to all. On the weekend we met Bill Kelly (‘56) and
his lovely wife Kate. Regis came up at one of our
luncheon conversations! We compared notes about
some of the teachers we shared in common, and about
his classmate turned Regis teacher John L. Connelly
(‘56). It is always such a blessing to discover “one of
us” in such unexpected places. On a personal note:
our oldest son, Christian, graduated from Villanova in
May and is now at the Law School there. Our second
son, John, is a sophomore at Xavier in Cincinnati,
and our daughter, Katie, a senior in high school, is
awaiting college acceptances. I will celebrate 20 years
working for the National Service Committee (national
office for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal) this
May. My wife joined the staff a few years ago as our
Fund Raising Coordinator.
1969
Hon. Dennis E. Milton, 89 Lake Rd., Greenlawn, NY
11740, dmilton1@optonline.net
Bernard Roan had the following to report: I’d been
working as a Senior Attorney (Contracts) at NASA
HQ since retiring from the USCG in 1995. When
Columbia happened, I got pulled into the deluge
of legal issues. NASA offered me a promotion and
transfer to Johnson Space Center, the flagship human
space flight center in Houston, as the Chief Counsel
of the 13 attorney legal office. We moved down in
November, hoping to make this a 3-5 year tour before
returning to the DC area. Daughter Lauren is a junior
at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg,
VA, and my two sons (Brian, a high school junior,
and Kevin, a fourth grader) are in the local schools,
Scouts and sports down here. Been to the Alamo and
Laredo, and gearing up for the big Houston Rodeo
next month. Like the bumper sticker says, “We may
not have been born in Texas, but we got down here as
fast as we could.” The 35th Class Reunion was held
on April 17th. A small but lively group attended: Al
Avallone, Peter Brown, Mike D’Angelo, Ed Dorchak,
Larry Liodice, Cliff Malmgren, John Mannhaupt,
Jim McGuire, Chris Moroney, Mark Puleo, Charlie
Tessagrossa and Joe Travo. They were joined at
dinner by Fr. Jim Carney, who provided an update
on Dennis Milton, who was unable to attend the
reuniuon. On April 15th, Dennis underwent successful
surgery for a colorectal cancer which was detected in
a routine colonoscopy examination in early January.
The prognosis for a full recovery is excellent. Dennis
is grateful to John Butler, M.D., for his advice and
support during the past few months.
1970
Robert M. Leonard, 56 Highland Ave., Chatham, NJ
07928, rleonard@dbr.com
Dennis Drucker took early retirement from NY State
in March 2003 and moved to Albuquerque, which
has been wonderful. His wife’s health has improved
incredibly. The sun, warmth and lack of humidity
are great. The winter snow is measured in inches and
usually melts in hours. They live in a great apartment
with an outdoor pool for five months and moved into
their home in early January. The Archdiocese has a
great program of marrying Catholics in church who
had civil weddings with about 150 couples. Dennis
just finished the two day New Mexico Bar Exam and
continues to job hunt. Weather is great; the pool opens
in April!
1973
John O’Toole, 4 Haldimann Lane, Blairstown, NJ
07825, john.o’toole@morganstanley.com
Paul Crowley writes: I have recently become a
columnist for an online adventure computer gaming
site(www.justadventure.com); the column title is
Adventure Seeker (yes, that’s right, I spend my time
playing and thinking about computer games - sad,
isn’t it? Well, George Bush is president, so there!)
James Montagnino had a summer intern, Bruce
Connolly ‘00, who’s graduating Fordham this year
and going to law school. William Parley is working
on a private pilot license. Frank Peace’s daughter
is at Fordham and visiting friends who are studying
abroad. She spent St. Patrick’s day in Ireland. Mike
O’Keefe is completing his 23 rd year with the NYC
Fire Department. He is a deputy chief currently
working in Lower Manhattan. Mike and Sue’s son
James passed away in October 2003 at age 20 after
a long illness.
1974
William O’Connell, 26 Peachtree Drive, Cortlandt
Manor, New York 10567 o’connellw@wcmc.com
Mark Koltko-Rivera writes: Kathleen and I
(married 2/15/2000, just before I completed my
doctorate – Counseling Psych, NYU) live in Sunny
Central Florida, where I have the annoying habit of
mentioning to my friends up north that my students
are rollerblading in shorts in February. I am the
director of research for Professional Services Group,
in which capacity I conduct psychologically oriented
research under government contract. In addition, on
an adjunct basis, I direct a small factors psychology
research group at the University of Central Florida.
(I am still working towards an academic position.)
As of this writing (2/17/04) I am anxiously awaiting
the publication of what I hope will be a major article
“The Psychology of Worldviews” in the March issue
of “The Review of General Psychology”. On the
family front: Kathleen has done so much to renovate
the house that all the night cashiers at Home Depot
know her by first and middle names. Mom continues
to serve as mayor of the Lower East Side. My oldest,
Sonya, married her long-time boyfriend Miles Grover
(May ’03); they have moved out to Seattle where she
will attend the University of Washington and he will
continue to learn web design. Claire is completing
her sophomore year at Brigham Young University,
where she is an honors major in English; she plans
to spend the fall semester in Italy. Leah will start
in the fall at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Viktor (H.S. sophomore) hopes to finish his Eagle
Scout project this spring (future plans:
academic physics? engineering?). In
short, we have been blessed, for which
we are very grateful. Give a holler at
koltkorivera@yahoo.com. John Hall
writes: I just sent my son Ryan back
to Manhattan College (freshman) so
we stopped in to see the Dries’. They
have two girls (Alli and Emi) and live
in Pearl River. Our youngest is 2 (Tara)
and we still have one other in high
school (Diana). Also heard from Bob
Sexton about two months ago. His firm
relocated him and Yasim from Moscow
to Istanbul. Says he likes it and Yasim
is from Turkey so she is right at home.
Jim Heimann writes: I continue to live
in northeast NJ and enjoy radiology.
Nothing new going on. I try to play hoops from time
to time. Still competitive desire despite my advancing
age, bad back and surgically repaired knee. However,
the body lets me know about it for the next couple
of days. I may try knitting as an alternative. Tony
Ceritelli writes: I have been in Columbus, OH on
and off for the last 26 years. My wife Tracy and I
have been married for almost 20 years and we have
four children: Jessica (age 21, junior at Ohio U.);
Christina (age 19, freshman at Columbus State CC);
Anthony (age 15, sophomore at Bishop Watterson
HS) and Mary (age 12, 6 th grade St. Michael). I am a
Regional Sales Manager for Nordenia USA (a flexible
packaging company) and Tracy is a Kindergarten
Teacher’s Aide at St. Michael’s School.
1975
John J. Colgan, 453 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215,
jcolgan@nypd.org
Sal Principe just retired from17 years of coaching
varsity baseball at Keyport High School, NJ – 2 state
championships and 4 division championships! Sal
also coached the boys and girls bowling teams to
division championships this year.
1976
Cornelius Grealy, 17 Overlook Drive, Greenwich, CT
06830, grealc@ldcorp.com
Andrew Tymocz, 207 Farragut Ave., Hastings-on-
Hudson, NY 10706, atymocz@nyp.org
Jim and Tracy Doyle welcomed their newest addition
Nicholas on Nov 11, 2003, joining his brother Jimmy.
Jim retired from the NYPD after 21 plus years, as
Executive Officer of the Computer Crime Squad.
After 9/11, Jim was assigned to the morgue where he
was in charge of cataloguing the victims and keeping
the official count. He is now currently the Director
of Operations for Guidance Software, which offers
software to do forensics and incident response in
computer security issues. Alex Kuzyszyn lives in
Woodbridge, NJ with Olga, his wife of 21 years and
two daughters Adriana (18) and Alexandra (13). He is
in his 20th year of working for the American Society
of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP),
where he was recently promoted to Director of
Radio Distribution. His wife and he are owners
and partners in a music publishing company, Duma
Music Inc., since 1985. On weekends, he is busy with
his club date band, Luna, which recently released a
CD. Joe LaFiandra recently became president of
the South Orangetown Music Boosters Association
(SOMBA). “My daughter started playing oboe in
the fourth grade, and then the School Board proposed
The Regis Alumni Basketball Champions, the class of 1997