Alumni NotesRodney Mason ’56 retired from his job at the Los Alamos National Lab in 2005.He continues to work on laser fusion issues from his company, Research Applica-tions Corp. For more information, visit http://www.researchapplicationscorp.com.

Stephen McCarthy ’71 is an executive producer of “Insiders Peak,” a 90-minute documentary of the iconic NYC retailemporium, Bergdorf Goodman. Thisfeature-length film, a celebration of thecompany’s 111th anniversary, explores thehistory of the store, family, designers,windows and much more in a compellingand critically acclaimed program. Stephenis also taking a lead role in developing andfunding the 2014 release of a similar filmon Tiffany’s celebrating their 175th

anniversary.

Bill Minutaglio ‘73 is a professor of journal-ism at The University of Texas at Austin and has been named one of the “Outstanding Teachers” in the state-wide university system. His eighth book, Dallas 1963, will be released this fall.

Dave Maloof ’76, long recog-nized as a “super lawyer” in his field of international shipping law, has recently been travelling for another reason. He andhis family have been developing recreational facilities forchildren at a refugee campin Lebanon. As a result ofhis work, he has been consulted by both the State Department and the White House. Most recently, in honor of hiswork, Pax Christi Metro New York has created an annual Maloof Family YoungPeacemakers Award competi-tion for Catholic high school students in the New York metropolitan area.

Bro. Michael McAward ’76 has servedfor the past seven years in Rome, Italy, asSecretary General of the Marianists. Hewas recently designated to serve for thecoming five years as Head of Temporalities (i.e. finances) for the Society of Mary. Assuch he will be one of the four majorsuperiors of the Marianists.

Frank L. Kurre ’81 was recently elected to the Partnership Board of Grant Thornton, LLP, one of the six global accounting firms. Grant Thornton LLP’s Partnership Board is the governing body of the firm. The Partner-ship Board consists of ten members elected by the Firm’s partners for three-year terms and the Firm’s Chief Executive Officer. Frank, his wife Francesca and their four children reside in Manhasset Hills, New York.

Chase Riley ’70 recently retired from his chiropractic practice in County Louth, Ireland, and has relocated to his wife’s home country of the Philippines. He and his family stopped on Long Island during their move and he met with several CHS classmates. Above are (seated l.-r.) Joe Rohner, Rob Donovan, Paul Burns, Russ Caso, Tim Gorry; standing (l.-r.) John Lucchesi, Jack Searson, Bob Treuber, Bill Fowler, Chase Riley, Barry Champney.

1st Lt. Stephen E. Karopczyc ’61 gave his life most heroically in Vietnam on March 12, 1967; he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, a copy of which is on perma-nent display in the lobby of Darby Auditorium. In commemoration of Lt. Karopczyc’s heroic death, the Village of Bethpage unveiled and dedicated a beautiful monument (shown above) on June 15, 2013. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Karopczyz, as well as other family members were present for the ceremony, which included Bro. Thomas Cleary ’81 as one of the speakers.

Joseph Galante ’84 serves as assistant comptroller for strategic planning to NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, andresides in Mineola, NY.

Michael Duke ’85 and his wife Laurie Ann adopted Guiliana Rose on April 14, 2013. Guliana was born on September 23, 2011 in Fujian Province, China, and was welcomed to the Duke family on April 23, 2013.

Matthew Erickson ’88 recently had a novel published by the name of InternationalHarvester. The book is an unusual and interesting approach to the current problem of the black marketing of human body parts for transplant. The publisher is Damnation Books, LLC of Santa Rosa, CA. Christopher Meyers ’92 was promoted to Lt. Col. in the US Marine Corps on June 3, 2013. Chris is at the Pentagon in theProgram Development Office.

Robert H. Wauters ’01 graduated from UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School this May, and was promoted to Lt. in the United States Navy. He is now on full-time active duty in the Navy as a resident in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. He and his wife, Erin, live in Silver Spring, MD.

Paul Delia ’03 graduated from theRutgers Business School MBA pro-gram with a concentration in finance and global business. He was promoted to account manager at the The Ayco Company, L.P., a Goldman Sachs company.

William Sullivan ’04 is one of this year’s Founder’s Medalists for the

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He graduated with a doctor of medicine and a master of education. Billy is the first Vanderbilt student to pursue joint M.D. and M.Ed. degrees. He notes, “Being an academic physician is the perfect opportunity for me to engage both students and patients as learners. In seeking to develop rigorous ex-pertise as an educator, the decision to pursue a master’s degree in education after my third year of medical school was a natural one.” He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and as a CurriculumCommittee co-chair, helped plan the new Vanderbilt University School of Medicine curriculum. Billy coordinated patient care and education at the student-run Shade Tree Clinic and served as a leader of a non-profit organization supporting secondary education in rural Kenya. He will continue his training in the combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program at Vanderbilt beginning in July.

Kevin Lubrano ’05 graduated from theUniversity of Arizona at Tuscon with a mas-ter’s in classical history. He will move on to the University of Michigan, where he received a fellowship to continue his Ph.D.

Joseph Gambino ’06 graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. He also received the highly credited federal legislation committee award for the highest grade in the clinic. He will be taking his bar exam this summer.

MikeCatapano’08 was recentlydrafted to the Kansas City Chiefs. He was the first pick of the seventh round.

Patrick Gillespie ’08 is running for Town of Hempstead 4th District Councilman. He is pursuing his master’s degree in history at St. John’s University, and works for the Town of Hempstead Board of Elections.

Gregory Lubrano ’08 graduated from Mol-loy College in 2012 as valedictorian of his class. He is working for his master’s degree at St. John’s University where he received a fellowship.

John DiMino ’09 graduated from M.I.T. on June 7, 2013 with a major in mechanical and ocean engineering and a minor in business management. He will be working for Lock-heed Martin in West Palm Beach, FL.

2nd Lt. John Joseph Runco USAF ’09 graduated cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical

engineering and a minor in sports psychol-ogy. He attained the Dean’s List for all of his undergraduate semesters. John is assigned to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Fr. Peter M. Folan, S.J. ’96 was one of seven ordained as Jesuit priests on June 8, 2013 in the Fordham University Church. On the following day, Fr. Peter celebrated his first Mass in his home parish of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park, NY. He is pictured above left dur-ing the Mass of Ordination, and below celebrating his first Mass. Above right, l.-r., are four alumni who were present for the first Mass - Barry Champney ’70, Fr. Donald Maldari, S.J. ’70, Chris Lawson ’96 and Neil Caverley ’96.

Mike Catapano ’08

2d Lt. John JosephRunco USAF ’09

Michael D’Ambrosio ’02 and his brother Steven ’05 recently traveled with their family to Italy. On their last night in Rome, they met with Bro. Michael McAward ’76. Above (1.-r.) are: Michael, Bro. Michael and Steve.

Anthony Truzzolino ’09 graduated fromthe University of Richmond on May 12, 2013. He has started a new position witha company in Virginia. Daniel Minervini ’11 has been selected as the 2013 ATOS Theatre Organ Student of the Year. He has been a student of JelaniEddington since 2009. He participatedin the 2009 ATOS Young Theatre Organist Competition and is a frequent attendeeat the ATOS Summer Youth Adventure.As an active member of the New YorkTheatre Organ Society, he regularly helpsthe work crew restore the 426 Wurlitzerat Long Island University. He is currentlyserving as an elected member of theNYTOS board of directors.

BIRTHS Michael Brewer ’97 and Emily - Savannah Eve - October 12, 2012.

Anthony Cedrone ’91 and Melissa - Rowan Kate - December 4, 2012.

Domenic Cervoni ’00 and Barbie Ann - Benjamin Natale - March 29, 2013.

Matthew Chicavich ’98 and Tamar - Peter George - June 13, 2013.

Joseph Galante ’84 and Kimberly - Ashlyn Margaret - February 12, 2013.

Matthew Mohan ’95 and Kimberly - Henry Thomas - August 26, 2012.

Raymond Piacentini ’98 and Jessalyn - Raymond Matthew - May 29, 2013.

William Sullivan ’04 and Elisabeth - Mary Claire - December, 2012.

Christopher Valeri ’88 and Jennifer - Jude Christopher - May 29, 2012.

MARRIAGES

Timothy O’Toole ’03 and Lauren Bardach - September 28, 2012.

David Thompson ’04 and Amanda Uster - September 8, 2012.

DEATHS

Richard Benack - father of Richard ’78, William ’79 and Edward ’81 - May 8, 2013.

Thomas Bencin ’61 cousin of Richard Cucco ’62 - April 22, 2013

Mark W. Battista - father of Anthony ’72 and grandfather of Michael ’04 - April 9, 2013.

Patrick Butler - grandfather of RyanFitzpatrick ’14 - May 21, 2013.

William Clark - father-in-law of Robert Van der Waag ’61 (CHS Board of Advisors) - April 10, 2013.

James Patrick Conway - father of Bro. James ’76 and former CHS Director of Mainte-nance - May 2, 2013.

John J. Cruse - father of Gerard ’81 and grandfather of Dan White ’08, Kevin Cruse ’11, Ryan Bonomi ’12, Colin Bonomi ’14 and Brian Cruse ’14 - April 25, 2013.

Vincent Cullen ’69 - father of Vincent ’03 - May 9, 2013.

Joseph E. Davis ’56 - father-in-law ofChristian Nieman ’90 - April 19, 2013.

Angele D’Angelo - mother of John ’73, Gregory ’79 and Ernest ’79 (RIP) -June 11, 2013.

Vincent Dima - great-grandfather of Jake Dima ’16 - May 27, 2013.

Richard Donovan - grandfather of Richard Donovan ’16 - March 16, 2013.

Anna Farino - grandmother of DylanSchlesier ’13 - May 29, 2013.

Peter Ferrara ’63 - April 20, 2013.

Salvatore L. Fierro - grandfather of Christopher Baker ’08 - March 23, 2018.

John Francis Flanagan ’59 - February 19, 2013. Armand Galassi - grandfather of James Dutton ’14 - April 30, 2013.

William Hammersley - father of John ’85 and grandfather of William ’15 - May 2, 2013.

Patricia Heiman - mother of James ’01 and Patrick ’06 and the aunt of Sean Meskill ’95, Gerard Meskill ’99 and Christopher Meskill ’03 - June 3, 2013.

Eileen Higgins - mother of Patrick ’61, Sean ’66, Brian ’67, Christopher ’71, Gregory ’74 and Matthew ’76 - April 28, 2013.

Adrian Holder ’77 - brother of Francois ’76 - July 13, 2013.

Thomas Kalampadan - grandfather of Tony Moozhayil ’10 and Rony Moozhayil ’15 - April 19, 2013.

Eugene Kelly ’44 - June 3, 2013.

Daniel Kleczka - father of Michael ’72, Mark ’75 and Timothy ’78 and grandfather of Ryan ’04 and Justin ’16 - June 1, 2013.Joseph Koelbel ’47 - January 14, 2013.

Fred Kraemer - grandfather of Kevin McSorley ’16 - May, 2013.

Robert LaRose - grandfather of Daniel LaRose ’16 - May 8, 2013.

David F. Malone - father of James ’87 - January 13, 2013.

Alicia Marcia - mother of Martin Marcia (CHS Staff) - July 7, 2013.

Anthony Marchello ’62 - July 10, 2013.

Patrick McAward - father of Patrick ’75, Bro. Michael ’76 and Timothy ’78 and grandfather of Patrick ’03, Robert ’04 and Andrew ’11 - April 29, 2013.

John McCann ’60 - April 14, 2013.John M. McCarthy - father of Stephen ’71 and Neil ’75 - January 23, 2013.

Kevin P. McDermott ’68 - father of Padriac ’00 and Regis ’05 - April 9, 2013.

Rosemary McCormick - grandmother of John Kerley ’15 - April 4, 2013. Robert M. McGuire ’56 - January 20, 2012.

Florence McLoughlin - grandmother of Liam ’16 and Patrick ’16 - April 14, 2013.

C. Roger Meeker ’54 - June 23, 2013.

Florian Menninger ’54 - July 17, 2013.

Beatrice Mercandante - mother of James ’79 and grandmother of Conor ’10 and Kevin ’13 - July 21, 2013.

Raymond Milek ’59 - April 2, 2013.

Madeline Nunziata - grandmother of Michael ’14 and Joseph ’14 - April 15, 2013.

William J. Olvany ’39 - brother of George ’42, and granduncle of Michael Hodson ’00 and George Olvany ’15 - March 5, 2007.

Nicholas Pandolfi - grandfather of Vincent ’16 - April 9, 2013.

Joseph Papaccio - grandfather of Steven Horn ’16 - April 28, 2013.

Paul Parkas - grandfather of Paul ’14 - April 25, 2013.

Lillian Quartararo - great-grandmother of Andrew Destefano ’16 - May 23, 2013.

Eileen Quinn - grandmother of John Conway ’13 - April 11, 2013.

Robert Reardon ’59 - father or Brian ’86, Keith ’88 and Robert ’96; grandfather of Michael ’07; uncle of Charles ’75, John ’76 and John ’88; brother-in-law of Bro. Richard Hartz ’59 (CHS Dir. of Development and Alumni Relations) and Robert Hartz ’68 - August 7, 2013.

Robert Tom Riordan - grandfather of Matthew Vento ’13 - April 19, 2013.

Sam Santangelo - grandfather of Austin Ricca ’16 - March 6, 2013.

Joseph Sapienza - grandfather of Michael Bovino ’16 - April 17, 2013.

Marie Josephine Sanseverino - grandmother of Joseph Horan ’84 and great-grandmother of Joseph Horan ’11 - May 23, 2013.

Mary Seery - grandmother of TimothyWolf ’16 - March 9, 2013.

Nicholas Sergi ’56 - July 7, 2013.

Marion Sheridan - mother-in-law of Frank Marenghi (CHS Faculty) - June 5, 2013.

Janet H. Schmitt - mother of William ’73 and John ’74 - January 2, 2013.

Dominic Spinosa - father of Joseph ’75and Ralph ’79, and grandfather of Dominic ’04 and Christopher ’11 - May 23, 2013.

Jeffrey Zabler ’62 - May 4, 2013. Arthur Zimmer - great-grandfather ofMatthew ’16 - April, 2013.