Annunciation has many, many alumni who make their living in the field of law. From trial lawyers—both prosecutors and defenders—to corporate lawyers, matrimo-nial or tax lawyers. While some lawyers work in government, many work in private practice, whether in small solo practices or at larger firms, or “in house” at corpora-tions. None of these lawyers benefited from a practice run in Annunciation’s Mock Trial program (see page 10), but each is successful and making a difference in peo-ple’s lives through the application of the law.

Thank you to the following alumni who allowed us to profile them.

E d w a r d McAnaney ‘53 is a graduate of Ford-ham Prep, The University of Notre Dame and Harvard Law School. He made his living in the practice of trusts and estates, working at several small firms over the years including Burke and Burke, Gasser and Hayes, and Casey, Lane and Mittendorf before retiring. He still keeps busy between January and May doing tax work.

Francis McAnaney ‘56, brother of Ed-ward ‘53, is also an attorney. He spent two years at Fordham Prep before finishing high school at Delbarton School, went to The University of Notre Dame and re-ceived an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His law degree was earned from Columbia Univer-

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The Annunciator

Inside this issue...

Sgood in the Wood 3

Crestwood Country Club 4

Class Reunions 5

Bits of Crestwood 8

Around the School and Parish

9

Mock Trial 10

Charity Shave 12

The Annunciator Editorial Board:

Richard Burke ‘48

Patrick F.X. Brennan ‘53

Chris Grealy Brown Daly ‘62

Mary Theresa Gill McCombe ‘75

John Sullivan ‘82

Marie Villani-York ‘93

Annunciation Elementary School

465 Westchester Avenue

Crestwood, NY 10707

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sity, and he worked in labor law for the Hearst Corporation handling cases that re-lated to discrimination.

Francis says that the thing he liked best about his job was that he worked to save jobs. Retiring in 2005, he says that he now likes to spend his time reading all the books that he was supposed to have read in his college literature classes. He also likes trav-eling overseas in addition to traveling around the United States in an RV. He is proud of his two sons, who are lawyers, and his daughter, who works in human resources.

Brian McAnaney ‘60 went to Delbarton School and the University of Virginia. He

received his J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law and clerked for a federal judge for one year before join-ing the firm of White & Case in both their New York and Hong Kong offices.

After nine years there, he went to work for Gen-eral Electric Capital doing financial transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

He was with GE Capital for twenty-six years. Brian says that the thing he enjoyed the most about being a transactional lawyer was being able to bridge the gap between buyer and seller or lessor and lessee and bring both sides to an agreement which both sides were happy with. “In rare cases it didn’t happen that way but most of the time both sides benefited,” he said.

Now retired, Brian enjoys playing golf and reading for pleasure. He and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Kiawah, SC. Continued on page 11

Grads & Their Alumni

Parents

21

Milestones

Class Notes 19

Letter from the Principal

Dear Alumni,

You may be familiar with the pop song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. That is certainly the sentiment around Annunciation during June. The students are happy that summer vacation is near and, to a degree, so are the teach-ers! But June is always a time to reflect on the school year.

This was a good year at Annunciation School culminat-ing with our eighth grade graduating class earning over $500,000 in scholarships to high school, with two sons of Annunciation alumni accepted to Regis; Lucas Geremia and Andrew Sullivan. Parents, students and teachers are certainly happy with this.

Congratulations to our newest alumni, the class of 2014!

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Reunion 2015 News

SAVE THESE DATES

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000

and

Saturday May 2, 2015

Classes of 1948 to 1964

The April reunion will be a dinner and the May reunion will be a luncheon. More information to follow by email, mail and future newsletters.

Letters to the Editor To the Editor,

The Annunciation School Newsletter is terrific! The col-umns and features are always so well done. I especially enjoy the moments when students look back at teachers, and I am included in the memory! It’s amazing how Annunciation never leaves me despite all the years that have passed. It’s where I got my love for teaching, and it’s where I found my true vocation. I will be forever grateful to so many boys and girls who told me in so many ways that I mattered. What they might never have realized is that they were responsible for making me into the teacher that I am today. I continue to teach, and I still have the passion at this point to do so.

So, thanks Annunciation. You have no idea how much I loved being with you in my early teaching years.

Mary Ann Seiler

To the Editor,

I always enjoy the Crestwood history and also seeing how Annunciation School has changed from when my brother and sister went there.

Martha Hoffman Skinner

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If you are over 30, you might not know how language has changed among those under that magical age. For those in that age group, Crest-wood is frequently referred to as “Cwood” or even just “the wood.” There are other modifications of the English language that have come from our neighborhood and school over the years, and alumni from the mid-to-late 70s might remember “a-gee”, “pa-ah”, “mug-on-ya” and “later-gee..much”, but nothing has ever become a fashion statement until now.

Urban Dictionary describes “sgood” as a term combining “What’s good?” or “It’s good” into a single term. “Ok if we grab Starbucks before we leave?” might be responded to with “Sgood.” It’s another example of the contraction of the English language, and its frequent usage, especially on the streets of Crestwood and amongst a specific group of

friends, gave Tommy Quinn ‘03 an idea.

By day, Tommy is an en-gineering student. He went to Fordham Prep after An-nunciation and then to Man-hattan College where he re-ceived a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He is cur-rently studying for a master’s degree in structural engineer-ing also at Manhattan. But

to his closest friends, Tommy is also known as a fashion designer whose latest designs and ideas are snapped up al-most as soon as they are created.

Tommy says, that the word “sgood” has more meaning to his friends than the Urban Dictionary definition. “It was more of a group phrase (a Crestwood group phrase). We

were able to spin it into something more than a shorter version of ‘what’s good’. The word draws people in. You can be wearing a Sgood tank on a beach or in Home Depot and someone will stop to ask what ‘sgood’ is. For some reason people want to be a part of it. Now it seems to represent a more positive way

of living. Having a good time. Embracing the party. Living the ‘sgoodlife.’”

In addition to four different T-shirt, sweatshirt and tank top designs, available in a rainbow of colors and styles, Tommy has also created snapback hats, beer koozies and coasters all bearing the Sgood logo. Young men and women are wearing Tommy’s brand all over the country and posting photos of themselves on Instragram (sgood_inc) and on Twitter @sgood_inc.

As a budding entrepreneur, Tommy’s designs were at first shared with friends with no thought about making a profit or protect-ing his designs. But as word spread and Sgood clothing became more and more popular, Tommy real-ized that he needed to make this fun hobby more offi-cial. In late 2013, Tommy created a company and trademarked his designs. “I hope to grow the brand. I’d like to continue to create some-thing that people want to be a part of,” he said.

If you’d like to order any Sgood products, you can reach Tommy by email at tquinn.sgood@gmail.com. Prices run from $20 for tank tops (comes with a free beer koozie) to $30 for snapback hats or sweatshirts.

It’s All Sgood in Cwood

June 2014

The various T-shirt designs and color options for SGOOD, including a specially designed St. Patrick’s Day T-shirt. The very

first SGOOD design is shown far left.

Crestwood Country Club—The Story Continues

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land records and even Google Earth, John was able to overlay the location of the Crest-wood County Club and 161 Westchester Ave-nue to show that the site of the house at 161 Westchester was the location of the Crest-wood Country Club. It is surmised that the foundation stone is leftover from the origi-nal home, though it is

known that the house, as it currently exists, was built in 1921 with an extension built in 1928.

The Conlon family, who bought the home in 2000, have six children, four of whom are Annunciation graduates, like their father, and two of whom are still Annunciation students. The previous owners of the house were the Walsh fam-ily, whose children Nanette, Mark, Maryellen and Gregg ‘76 all went to Annuncia-tion School for part or all of their education. Prior to that, the house was owned by William Treadwell for whom Treadwell Place is named.

The story about Crestwood Country Club in the February 2014 issue of The Annunciator got Eileen Brennan, wife of John Conlon ‘77, thinking. She sent off an email asking if John Beach, whose research was highlighted in the story, would contact her to possibly help her discover what the stone en-graved with the year “1872” in the basement of their house located at 161 Westchester Ave-nue might be and whether their house could be connected to the country club.

Eileen says that John got in touch with her and both he and Gigi Carnes, head of the Crestwood Historical Society, met with Eileen at her house to take a look at the stone and share information that each had. Eileen shared a photo taken of Crest-wood in which the pho-tographer is thought to be standing on Cliffside Drive, looking down to-

ward Crestwood. (Note the water tower in the middle of the photo above.) Gigi Carnes brought with her a photo of the Pollen home, which later became the clubhouse for the Crestwood Country Club.

Using the available data from turn-of-the-century maps,

The Pollen home, which later

became the Crestwood Coun-

try Club.

The foundation stone at 161

Westchester Avenue.

A view of Crestwood probably taken from near Cliffside Drive

sometime between 1904 and 1908.

An overlay of the location of Crestwood Country Club on a

Google Earth image.

Image from 1907 map showing the club and a semi-

circular driveway with entrances on Scarsdale Road.

Class Reunions Continue to Reunite

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The Classes of 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984 and 1989 reunited with their classmates at Leewood Golf Club on the evening of Satur-day, May 23, 2014 to celebrate graduation anniversaries ranging from 25 to 50 years.

Almost 125 people were in at-tendance at an annual tradition for reunions each spring. For some of the classes (1969 and 1974), this was their second reunion in five years, while the others were getting together for the first time in a long while.

In addition to the alumni, the current principal , Maureen Noonan, and Annunciation pastor, Msgr. Dennis Keane, the classes had sponsored some former faculty members to join them. Miss Ethel Pizzuti, Mrs. Mary Ann Seiler, Mrs. Diane El-good Quayat and Mrs. Gail Kelmer were all able to attend

and visit with their former students.

Prior to the reunion, the school was open from 4:00-5:00 p.m. and eight 7th graders, including Emily Varker, daughter of Elizabeth Con-ner Varker ‘75; Katie Mancino, daughter of Patty Gilchrist Mancino ‘75; and Kacey Moyna, daughter of Kathleen Gilchrist Moyna ‘84, were available to escort the alumni through the school and show them how things have changed and what has still remained the same.

Taking alumni in small groups, each team of two tour guides not only shared their experiences at An-nunciation, but were able to hear from some of the visitors the stories of past experiences (and a little she-

nanigans!) in the school’s classrooms and hallways. Two of the tour guides were thrilled to report that one of their tour groups had even tipped them!

After the tours, and even for those who were unable to take a tour, it was suggested that the reunion attendees con-sider going to Annunciation’s regular Saturday evening 5:00 Mass. There they were able to see how the parish continues Continued on page 6

June 2014

Gilchrist siblings Brian ‘89 and Michael ‘79

make a human sandwich out of their sister,

Kathleen ‘84, at the reunion in May.

Miss Ethel Pizzuti, former first-grade teacher, arrived with

some of her students’ artwork that she had kept for many

years. At the reunion, she was able to return them to the

original artists—Ed Conlon ‘79, right, and Sam Draddy ‘79,

who could not believe it! The Class of 1964 celebrated 50 years since their gradua-

tion! Looking good ‘64!

Reunion

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Continued from page 5

to celebrate and honor the happenings in the lives of its pa-rishioners, since that particular Mass was a celebration of the 25th, 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries of various parish-ioners, including that of Ed ‘75 and Mary Lou LaSala Pagano ‘79 who were celebrating 25 years of marriage before Mary Lou headed to Leewood for her 35th Anniversary reunion.

Some of the members of the reunion classes submitted their autobiographies for inclusion in class-specific booklets, which were shared with those in attendance and those un-able to attend. Special thanks for those go to Paul Guarneri ‘64, Jackie White McGee ‘79, Terrence Fay ‘84 and Thomas Quinlan ‘89.

Post reunion, emails flew across the internet, with photos of the evening and thanks for the fun that was had and the memories that were renewed. Lisa Pellarin ‘79, in an email to her class, said, “We had a great time. Till the next time we see each other whether it’s on a train to the city or at a chance meeting to brighten an ordinary day or when we go back to Annunciation, be well everyone.”

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The Class of 1969 poses on the steps at Leewood with a

photo of their class graduation picture which was taken on

the steps of the church.

Msgr. Dennis Keane Appointed to Holy Family Parish

On May 27, at a meeting with Cardinal Do-lan, Annunciation Pastor Monsignor Dennis Keane was told that he is being appointed Pastor of Holy Family Parish in New Rochelle, NY.

Msgr. Keane has been leading Annunciation parish for the last 11 years, and we are very sorry to see him go. A Mass and farewell reception

will be held on June 22, 2014. The Mass begins at 11:30 and reception will be held in the gym fol-lowing the Mass.

We wish Msgr. Keane all the best and God’s blessings in his new assignment.

Look for an introduction to our new Pastor in the October newsletter.

Msgr. Dennis Keane

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Reunion Pictures

Left: The Class of 1979

poses with Miss Pizzuti.

Right: It’s all smiles for

the Class of 1984.

Left: Former

teacher, Diane

Quayat poses with

Bridgeen

McKenzie

O’Hanley ‘79

Left: Eight cur-

rent 7th-grade

students took

alumni on tours

of the school

prior to the reun-

ion.

Right: The Class

of 1989 enjoying

each other’s

company.

Above right: The Class

of 1974 enjoys time

together for the second

time in five years.

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Bits of Crestwood: Champ, Lance and Other Friend with Tails

I had friends galore growing up in the 60s. We were drawn together by Annunciation parish, the library, the continuing post-war economic success many families were enjoying and our friendly neighborhood. What was a single-family home for, if not for chil-dren and all the things that go with them—including their laughter, their adventures, their toys and of course their pets. In my fam-ily, dogs were preferred and their story starts like this…

My uncle gave us a boxer sometime in the early 60s. He had been convinced to take it by a friend who realized the dog’s behavioral shortcomings and, I suspect, probably failed to convey them clearly to my uncle. With relatives in “the country” (that was us and the country was Crestwood), why not give the animal a wonderful new home? Named Champ, he arrived fully grown, in excellent condition and with a very unique personality.

Champ was a good dog—very loving and very protec-tive. I could sleep on his side while he put a leg on my shoulder, but, to put it bluntly, Champ was a bit of a thief. He would also routinely escape—sometimes for days at a time—making his way through the backyards of Crestwood and often straying quite far from home. He was found once at the Yonkers dog pound. Another time we received a call from the convent where Champ was awaiting pick-up (fairly embarrassing). Both of these were examples of Champ’s failed reconnaissance missions.

Successful missions netted tangible rewards. Champ would often return with baseball gloves, balls, and other property that was casually left outside people’s homes. His most lucrative mission netted a foil-wrapped meatloaf - someone’s picnic lunch or dinner had been lifted from un-der their noses. Another time, he returned with a table-cloth—the same victim?

One day Champ decided an outdoor romp was a good way to blow off steam. “Romp” meant he was barrel-ing around and around the house at full speed while we watched in bemused amazement. On one of his many revo-lutions through the yard, Champ ze-roed in on me. Without slowing his gallop, he tossed me a few feet above the lawn with his very hard head. I landed back on earth with a thud. That incident may have punched Champ’s ticket out of Crestwood.

Several years after Champ’s de-parture, my older brother and I campaigned for a new dog. We chose a beagle, and Lance, named after my dad’s business, spent the next 14 years with us. Not nearly as large or pugnacious as Champ, Lance was a good companion who spent a lot of supervised time chasing

squirrels in the woods near the Bronx River. His baying may have disturbed our neighbors, but they were free of backyard thievery and other mischief. A smart dog who learned many tricks, he was also very territorial, often tak-ing on dogs many times his size. One day, a German shep-herd wandered too close to the front porch screen door. Lance who habitually slept out of sight just inside the door, picked up the scent. Before the interloper knew it, Lance had torn through the screen baring teeth and loudly baying the other dog into retreat.

Just a side note: I recall that my fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Lucien owned a beagle who she called Woody. In a reverse of the excuse traditionally used by school kids, she once presented one of my classmates with the shards of a cor-rected homework (or perhaps it was a graded test) that had been trampled on. Mrs. Lucien blamed Woody and her cat. Apparently there had been a high speed chase through the house!

A few dogs from the neighborhood also became child-hood friends (sorry cat people—there just weren’t many felines around in those days). A whippet/fox terrier that lived nearby was one of the friendliest dogs I ever encoun-tered. She would love to have her belly rubbed. For a very long time, even into my teens, she would greet me with great affection. I recall a last meeting after not seeing her for years. She had aged (grayed actually), and she was hesi-tant to greet me, but we renewed the friendship as if it were

yesterday. Another fox terrier blend that lived behind us was always game for a back scratch.

It’s funny what we take forward with us as we grow older. Of course, our friendships with people are often the most cherished. But much can be said for the hours idled away in back-yards or walking the streets of Crest-wood with our non-human compan-ions—the ones who only want a pat on the head or a chance to steal someone’s dinner—tablecloth and all.

By Mark L. Maiello ‘71

In an informal alumni poll, “dog” peo-

ple won out over “cat” people by a

margin of more than 3:1!

Mark cuddles with his pal Champ.

“The Annunciator” Asks: Are you a Dog or Cat

person?

Around the School and Parish

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The Parish Celebrate its “Treasures”

June 2014

Photos by Joe Furgiuele ‘66

Msgr. Dennis Keane reads the

inscription on the award to Joann

Capozzo, a dedicated cheerlead-

ing coach at Annunciation for 25

years.

Eileen McSherry is surrounded by her children and their spouses after

receiving her award. (L to R), Chris ‘83, Domenick Turchioe, Maureen

‘79, Eileen, Helena McSherry, Brian ‘84 and John ‘81. Eileen has spent

the past 45 years in service to the parish and school, as a class mother,

registration coordinator, Eucharistic Minister and organizer of the Noc-

turnal Adoration Society and a multitude of parish and school dinner

dances.

Rich Barry, Parish Trustee, and Msgr. Keane present

the Treasures award to former Annunciation pastor,

Msgr. James R. Moore. Msgr. Moore is now the pastor

of St. Joseph’s Church in Somers, NY, but he was Pas-

tor at Annunciation Parish for more than 13 years

(1989-2003), becoming the longest-serving pastor

since Msgr. Dugan.

Parish Secretary, Jeanne Doran,

and Msgr. Keane congratulate

Alfred F. Kelly, Sr. and thank him

for his active service to Annun-

ciation Parish for over 40 years

as a lector, teacher of CCD and

member of the Parish Finance

Council among other activities.

Al’s children (L-R), Bill, ‘74, Al,

Jr. ‘72, Marie ‘83, Tom ‘75, Anne

‘76 and John ‘85 were all in at-

tendance to celebrate with their

father.

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Annunciation’s Mock Trial Program Shines

In 2002, Linda Fedrizzi, law-yer and mother of Tonianne ‘04, Dominic ‘10 and Ariana ‘13 Bel-lomo, approached then principal Sr. Anne Massell with an offer to bring the Thurgood Marshall Jun-ior Mock Trial Program to An-nunciation School. That year, the school fielded three teams. Since then, the program has become one of the most interesting and challenging extracurricular activi-ties at Annunciation School.

Linda acknowledges that not every participant is there of their own free will. “Some of the chil-dren think that they might like to grow up to be a lawyer, others join because their friends are doing it. Still others are there because their parents required them to join. But, in my ex-perience, every child gets more out of the program than they probably ever thought they would.”

Now in its 12th year, the school has almost always fielded threes complete teams—generally two at the 7th grade level and one at the 8th grade level. A complete team is com-prised of both a prosecution side and a defense side. Each student takes on a roll, which might include that of a lawyer, a defendant, or a witness. There have been up to 20 differ-ent grammar schools involved in the program and the prose-cution team from one school will go up against the defense team from another school. The “fact pattern” is a theoreti-cal case that each side tries before a currently sitting judge from the Bronx County criminal and civil court system. The winning side moves on to the next round.

The program could not exist without the help of numer-ous law professionals who are also parishioners and have become coaches for the team. Their decisions, like the coach of any team, can sometimes be called into question. Why would a child who is generally known to be quite shy, be assigned to be a witness, or a child who might not be at

the top of the academic ladder, be called upon to be a lead prosecutor? Linda says that like any good coach, there are things that one sees in a child that a parent or others don’t necessarily see; a gift or talent that, when used correctly, will bring out the best in the child and also the best in the team.

And bringing out the best is ex-actly what the Mock Trial coaches have been doing. Todd Geremia, (Lucas ‘14 and Julia ‘16) won the competition in 2013 with his 7th grade team, while Linda Fedrizzi won it with two of her 8th grade teams, once when coaching by herself and once when she co-coached with

Geraldine Sugrue (Collin ‘11, Grace ‘18 and Lillian ‘19). In addition, Emily Kennedy ‘10, Kristen Miano ‘05 and Brianna McLoughlin ‘07 have won scholarships by being identified as giving the best of some aspect of the trial—for example, best prosecutorial summary or best prosecutorial opening.

Linda says that children in the program learn to think on their feet. “They have to analyze a fact pattern and look at it from all angles. They learn poise and confidence, public speaking and, by listening to the stories told in the trials, the consequences of making poor choices and how it can impact them criminally and civilly.”

The Annunciation program is now coordinated by Oleida Sullivan, wife of John ‘82 (Andrew ‘14 and David ‘17). She and John, as well as Eileen Brennan, wife of John Conlon ‘77, (Elizabeth ‘10, Delia ‘11, Anna ‘13, Eleanor ‘13, John ‘15 and Caroline ‘17) and Brendan McGrath, (Courtney ‘15 and Ryan ‘18), coached teams this year. A shortage of coaches allowed for only two teams this year. (The school would welcome any additional volunteers!) Both the defense and prosecution teams of the 7th grade advanced to the semi-

finals, with Brendan’s 7th grade defense team losing to The Continued on page 11

Annunciation’s 7th-grade defense team, run-ners-up in the 2014 competition, with the Hon.

Robert Torres and Hon. Ann Donnelly

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Annunciation’s Mock Trial Program Shines

Continued from page 10

Epiphany School’s (Manhattan) prosecution team in the fi-nals.

The experience for the participants was extraordinary. MacKenzie Moyna ‘15, who was a mock attorney, says she joined the mock trial team because she felt it would be fun to do with her friends and that she’d be good at it. “Overall, it was amazing. I liked meeting new people every time we went up against another team. The whole experience made me a lot more confident in who I am and what I can do.”

Sean Tobin ‘15 concedes that he joined Mock Trial be-cause he thought it would look good on a high school re-sume, but it turned out to be way more fun than he ex-pected. “It was fun being with my classmates, but succeed-ing so well in the competition was great. I didn’t think I could speak in front of a judge and lots of other people, but I did.” Asked what he liked best about the competition, Sean was completely honest. “I liked winning the best!”

Legal Aumni

Continued from page 1

Kevin McAnaney ‘63 is a graduate of Philips Exeter Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his J.D. from The Columbia University

School of Law before joining Kelley, Drye & Warren in New York City. He left there when he became as-sistant counsel to New York Gover-nor Hugh Carey, where he was re-sponsible for developing, coordinat-ing and negotiating the Governor’s legislative programs in the health and human services areas. Kevin then worked at Dewey Ballantine in Wash-ington, D.C., where he worked on

healthcare, food and drug, and environmental laws. He was named a partner in 1986.

In 1997, Kevin left private law practice to set up a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General function to coordinate and issue guidance to the health care industry related to health care fraud and abuse. In 2003, Kevin re-entered private practice as a solo practitio-ner in Washington, D.C. Kevin says that he became a law-yer because he liked to argue. “The mental stimulation and the ability to affect public policy are the things I enjoy most about being a lawyer.”

Susan Petrilli ‘65 graduated from Roosevelt High School and then Westchester School of Nursing. She spent 20 years working as a registered nurse. She received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1980 and then a J.D. from Pace Law School in 1990.

Susan’s specialty is medical malpractice defense. She has worked as associate general counsel in the legal department at NYU Langone Medical Center for the past five years. Prior to that, she worked at St. Vincent’s and Catholic Medi-cal Centers and was an associate at a Manhattan law firm. Susan says, “I like being able to use my years of nursing ex-perience to evaluate the legitimacy of a claim and then using my legal expertise to resolve the issue.”

After living all over the world, Susan decided the best place to raise kids was Crestwood, so she moved back and lives there with her daughter, Sarah.

Tom McQuillan ‘68 was a federal prosecutor for 24 years. He is a graduate of Fordham Prep, Fordham University and George Washington University Law School. Prior to law school, Tom worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture with the Food Stamp Program. It was in that job, that he dealt with federal investigators, which led to an interest in becoming a prosecutor.

From 1990 to 2011, when he retired, Tom was an Assis-tant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Vir-ginia, Alexandria, VA. There he investigated and prosecuted white collar criminal cases, official corruption cases, and ter-rorism matters. From 1987 until 1990, Tom was an attorney with the Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice where he handled criminal banking cases.

Tom says, “I really enjoyed the challenge of investigating and prosecuting white collar cases. The prosecutor has to become an expert in the business of the defendant, and has to be able to explain complicated facts clearly to a jury.”

Tom is starting an internship with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in September and hopes to be ordained as a permanent deacon in the Catholic Diocese of

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Kevin McAnaney

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5th Grader and Her Mother Shave Heads for Charity

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Annunciation 5th-grader Emily Har-pur and her mother, Evelyn, made a very personal commitment to help find a cure for childhood cancer. On Feb-ruary 23, they joined the Yonkers PBA team at JP Fogarty’s in Bronxville and participated in the St. Baldrick’s Foun-dation head shaving event.

St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which is the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants in the country, has grown from one event in 2000 to over 1,200 events in 2014. Evelyn first heard about this unusual fundraising event when she went to a bereavement group following the death of her daughter, Ella, in 2007. The seed was planted, and Evelyn vowed that one day she would partici-pate.

Enter Mike Mueller, an Annunciation parent and captain of the Yonkers PBA team for the last four years. The idea of joining a St. Baldrick’s fundraiser was first brought to Mike’s attention by Jeff Campion, a Yonkers firefighter who recently passed away. Mike and a few other Yonkers police officers joined St. Baldrick’s events in Manhattan before growing their team and bringing the event to Bronxville. Outside church one day, Evelyn reached out to Mike and made the commitment to join his team. When she shared this plan with her family, Emily chimed in that if her mother was doing it, she’d like to do it too.

One can imagine the very calculated choice that an adult makes to shave their head for a worthy cause, but what about a child with beautiful long brown hair? Mike admits that at first he tried to dis-suade them from joining, since it is not common for females to be part of this event. Although there were a few other children on the team, Emily and Evelyn were the only females. Emily says it was her desire to find a cure for cancer and help other children that convinced her to join her mother and become part of the 63-member PBA team despite the fact

that she would be giving up more hair than most.

“I originally set a goal of raising $1,000,” says Emily. “But then I beat that goal, so I set a higher one,” she says with a bright smile. ‘So far I’ve raised over $7,000 and my mom has raised another $3,000.” She notes, with a little bit of a competi-tive edge, that this fundraising total puts her in 1st place on the team, and her mother in 8th place. Their fundraising letter was sent out to the Ladies’ Guild and the Men’s Club through email, and seeing them now with their shaved heads, people are reminded to go on their fundraising

web site and make a donation. Mike estimates that this year’s event will raise about $125,000 when all donations are tallied.

Emily says that she researched where she could donate her hair, which was longer than shoulder length before her crew cut, to make the haircut mean that much more. Her hair was donated to www.childrenwithhairloss.us, a Michi-gan-based organization that gives hair at no cost to children with hair loss. Evelyn’s hair was donated to 360 Hair, a

company that gives discounted wigs to cancer and alopecia patients.

Emily, who likes basketball and Girl Scouts and is learning to play water polo, admits that this winter was a particularly hard one to have no hair. “I have been wearing lots of hats to keep warm,” she says as she reflects on a winter in Crest-wood that saw multiple single-digit days and over 50 inches of snow. She also liked the attention she got when she was inter-viewed by News12 and got a standing ova-tion from her teammates. She says that her friends think she looks fine with the short hair too.

Although Emily and Evelyn’s fundrais-ing pages are now closed, if you’d like to donate to St. Baldrick’s, you can donated at https://www.stbaldricks.org/donate.

Evelyn Harpur and her daughter, Emily,

who is in 5th Grade at Annunciation.

Mike Mueller with Evelyn and

Emily before the shave.

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Arlington in January 2015.

Ed McAnaney ‘71 has been a lawyer since 1986. He is a graduate of Salesian High in New Rochelle, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and Boston College Law School. Ed spent almost 28 years in the U.S. Navy, mostly

as a reservist, but didn’t practice law in the Navy and retired as a Captain in 2006. He is admitted to the bar in both New York and Connecticut and has his law office in northern Connecticut. In addition to his practice, he was a probate judge in Connecticut for 11 years, an elected position. In November 2011, Ed was elected as First Selectman of Suffield, CT, his hometown. That position is the chief elected officer of the town. He is busy, not only working with a 5-member board of Selectmen, but also continuing to practice law, concentrating in probate, real estate, civil litiga-tion and appellate work. And if that doesn’t keep him busy enough, Ed is also a Superior Court Magistrate, deciding small claims, motor vehicle and contract matters under $50,000. Ed says, “I certainly can’t draw a straight line from law school to what I do now, but it has been interesting!”

Lori Sullivan ‘72 has been a practicing attorney since 1988 and in her own firm in White Plains, NY since 1989. She is a graduate of The Ursuline School, Stonehill College and Pace University School of Law. She is also Deputy Mayor of the Village of Briarcliff Manor and, prior to that, was an elected village Trustee for five years. Lori enjoys public service and plans to run again in 2015.

Lori’s law practice deals primarily with matrimonial/family law and corporate transactions, but she also handles real estate, small estate and the general needs of her clients.

Lori says that having her own practice, “allowed me the free-dom to be a full-time mom at the same time, having the full flexibility of my schedule to accommodate my practice’s needs as well as my daughter’s needs.” Lori and her hus-band, Pete Francese, have been married for 27 years. Their daughter, Kristyn, is a senior at Tulane University, captain of the university’s cheerleading team and a Chi Omega sorority sister.

Chris Lometti ‘75 shows his sense of humor when asked why he became a lawyer. “I was really bad at math, so when I graduated college, I figured I had three career choices: doctor, cop or lawyer. I can’t stand the sight of blood, I’m not comfortable with shooting people (or getting shot at), so the clear choice was lawyer.”

A graduate of Archbishop Stepinac and Fordham University, Chris went to Fordham Law School. He worked for Shea & Gould before founding his own firm with other legal colleagues. He left that firm, Schoengold Sporn Laitman & Lometti when he joined Cohen Milstein in 2009. Since then, as a securities class action lawyer, he has helped litigate numerous securi-ties fraud cases including the Worldcom Debt/Equity case, the Countrywide MBS Litigation, the Lehman MBS Litiga-tion and the Leep Wireless case.

In addition to practicing law, Chris has served as a com-mercial mediator for the NYS Unified Court System and as an arbitrator for the NYSE and the NASD.

He says that he likes being a lawyer because, “it enables me to make a living while at the same time helping people who’ve been wronged. Litigating a big, complex case over the course of several years and then finally obtaining a good result for the class is very gratifying.”

Eric Seyfried ‘79 is a graduate of Archbishop Stepinac and the University of Bridgeport. He began his career in advertising. After a few years, law school beckoned, and after graduation from Ohio Northern University School of Law, Eric cut his teeth as a litigator doing criminal de-fense work in the federal courts before moving onto civil litigation where he specialized in professional liability. For the past twelve years, he has been at Marsh & McLennan where he is a Senior Vice President.

Eric lives in Mt. Pleasant, NY with his wife, Karen, and his twin daughters, Amelia and Ava.

Marya Postner received a B.S. in biology from George-town University after graduating from The Ursuline School.

She followed that with an M.A. and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Princeton University. From there she went to the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley for law school.

Her first and only job as an at-torney has been with Cooley LLP in Palo Alto, CA. She is a partner in

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Eric Seyfried

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Marya Postner

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the firm’s life sciences group where she works with biotech companies, helping them collaborate with pharmaceutical companies to identify, develop and sell new drugs.

Marya and her husband, Tito Serafini, live in San Fran-cisco with their daughters, Arianna and Alessia.

Gary Speier ‘80 went to Iona Prep and Fordham Univer-sity before enrolling in graduate school at Villanova Univer-sity and then pursuing a law degree at Temple University.

He now practices patent law, primarily with chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Gary started out at SmithKline in Philadelphia before working at Seed & Berry in Seattle, WA. He now works at Schwegman Lundberg Woessner in Minneapolis, MN. Gary says that he likes to work on “cutting edge and exciting technology. From pharma-ceuticals to chemicals and alternative energy, I see

some amazing innovation.” In addi-tion to other attorneys, he works with colleagues on the technical and financial sides of the business and people from all over the world.

In his spare time, Gary loves spending time with his fam-ily and playing golf and ice hockey.

Suzanne Melnyk Tripp ‘81 is a graduate of The Ursuline School, Iona College and New York Law. She is an attorney who specializes in trusts and estates, real estate and not-for-profits. Suzanne has been with Cullen and Dykman LLP in Manhattan, NY since 2006. Prior to that, she worked at Cusack & Stiles which then merged with her current firm.

Suzanne says that she loves practicing law and having the knowledge and resources to help others with their legal is-sues. She also values the fact that the people she works with

are willing to assist each other and share their experience and expertise. Suzanne lives with her husband, Jim, and son, Liam, who is a second grader, in Ridgewood, NJ. They love hanging out with all of the Melnyks and Duffys in Crest-wood.

John Sullivan ‘82 went on to Regis High School and Georgetown University before graduating with his law de-gree from Fordham Law School. He has been with Hill Rivkins LLP in New York since before graduation from Fordham, working in commercial litigation and specializing in shipping, transportation, insurance and property damage

cases. John says that the most enjoy-able aspects of his practice include legal research and writing and taking witness depositions, while a few trials a year keep him on his toes.

After reading Scott Turow’s One L in high school, he was not sure he would want to try law school. Never-theless, his love of a good argument prevailed, and he enrolled in Fordham a year after graduating from Georgetown.

The Sullivan family, including John’s wife, Oleida, and their sons, Andrew ‘14 and David ‘17, lives in Crest-wood. He is proud to report that Andrew will also be headed to Regis in the fall. John coaches the boys in base-ball and basketball and is a Mock Trial coach (see Mock Trial story page 10).

Terrence Finneran ‘86 is a University of Michigan Law School graduate, who followed in his dad’s very big foot-steps as a lawyer. “My dad loved the intellectual challenges of the law and his ability to help people through it.” Terrence is not practicing law at the moment, but instead is working as a diplomat for the State Department in Ti-juana, Mexico. His law degree still helps him in his daily du-ties as he adjudicates visa applications for those seeking to travel to the U.S. or evaluates claims to U.S. Citizenship.

Kimberly Ragazzo ‘95 is an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, NY, a job she took upon graduation from Emory University School of Law in 2006. Prior to that, Kimberly was a student at School of the Holy Child and Brandeis University.

She says that she, “loves being in the courtroom, making arguments in front of the judge or questioning a witness in front of a jury. My dad was a defense attorney in the Bronx, and I always wanted to be a prosecutor.”

Currently out on maternity leave, Kimberly expects to return to work in August and continue fighting crime. In her spare time, she likes to cook and enjoys taking cooking classes with her friends when she can. She hopes to plant her own garden next year to supplement the fruit trees she

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At Annunciation School, 8th grade, which is such an important time in our lives, is filled with both holy ceremonies and fes-tive events. These special occasions include Ring Day, a class trip to Club Getaway, Knight’s Night, the graduation Mass, the dinner dance, and receiving our yearbooks.

To kick off the year, the eighth graders host the Halloween Carnival, a long-standing Annunciation tradition, and the proceeds are used to fund the various eighth-grade events. In November, we celebrate Ring Day. Fol-lowing a Ring Day breakfast, the students go to church, where each graduate receives a blessed school ring, or other object, bringing us closer to both God and our friends.

Fast forward to May, and the year-end events start with Knight’s Night, an iconic night for athletes at Annunciation. Team accomplishments are highlighted for the year but the eighth graders are particularly celebrated. A few athletes receive awards for each sport based on sportsmanship and ability. The night usually includes a slideshow of the gradu-ates “through the years”.

The next week brings the highly anticipated eighth-grade trip. In the recent past, students went to New York City to see the Blue Man Group, but for the past few years, the trip has been to Club Getaway in Kent, CT. With favorites such as a zip line and a bungee trampoline, everyone enjoys Club Getaway.

As graduation draws nearer, so do even more festivities. On the Thursday before graduation, there is a Mass for the graduates and their parents followed by a dinner dance at Leewood Golf Club. There are also private parties when

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parents host the class at locations such as Sea-side Johnnies and The Sprain Grill.

In the midst of everything, each eighth grader receives his or her own yearbook. The yearbooks are a way for everyone to remember the friendships they developed over the years because some students may never see each other again.

A current Annunciation student thinks this is just a normal part of eighth grade, but my father only celebrated half of these. Although he went on a special class trip, the dance that followed his graduation Mass was held in the

gym. He remembers that there was a surprise slideshow of the students put together by his principal.

My dad, when asked, feels that these additions help to cre-ate a more memorable and enjoyable eighth-grade experience. In my opinion, all of these things make the year feel, in a good way, different from our previous ones at Annunciation. They create an exciting and joyous atmosphere for gradua-tion. High school will be here before we know it!

William Maghak ‘14 and his

father, Joe ‘79

By William Maghak ‘14

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This year’s graduation class of 51 students will at-tend the following high schools:

Fordham Preparatory 21

Archbishop Stepinac 10

Dominican Academy 4

Iona Preparatory 3

Maria Regina 3

The Ursuline School 3

Good Counsel Academy 2

New Rochelle 2

Montfort Academy 1

Regis 1

School of the Holy Child 1

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Mystery Solved—Why was Lou Pinella at Annunciation School?

The first to respond to the Lou Pinella mystery was Brian Duffy ‘91 who says that, “Lou Pinella was at the school for Drug Awareness—Say No To Drugs. I remember the day because my brother, Chris, tried to get a ball signed by him, but there wasn’t enough time. As we passed each other out-side the gym, Chris flipped me the ball in the hallway, and I was able to get it signed for him when our 5th grade class went in.”

Cami Zinzi O’Brien ‘90 writes, “He was there to present signed baseballs to students whose designs won in an anti-drug poster contest. I know because I received one of those balls!”

Brian Gilchrist ‘89 still has the ball that he received that day. “Lou Pinella held court in the principal’s office afterwards. He was a very good guy.”

Joanna Capozzo Napolitano ‘90 remembers being called up on stage and receiving her signed baseball. Her poster’s slo-gan was “Get high on life, not on drugs.”

The Evening News newspaper reported on Lou’s visit, noting that during the visit, a student asked who his favorite player was and he answered, a bit reluctantly, that it was Willie Randolph.

The above photo was taken on May 17, 1988, and Lou

Pinella is surrounded by the future Class of 1993 in Annun-

ciation’s gym. At the time, Sweet Lou was the New York

Yankees’ general manager. In the last newsletter we

asked “Why was Lou at Annunciation?” Mystery solved!

Coached by Mrs. Walsh and Mr. Faul. The members of the team were: (top) Virginia Dougherty, Diane Galladucci, Joanne

Hill, Irene Gill, Jeanette Loveless. (second row) Priscilla McIntosh, Julie Gallagher, Carol McCadden, Theresa Shost

(bottom row) Laura Robertson and Tricia DiFini.

Look at Those Uniforms! Part II

Annunciation Girls Basketball

(circa 1978)

Deaths

Please pray for the souls of the following deceased alumni:

Jim Kramer ‘71, brother of Linda ‘67 And Robert ‘70

Kathleen Gibbons Ellis ‘74, sister of Patricia ‘77 and Mau-

reen ‘80

Anthony Brennan ‘49, brother of Marnie ‘56, Mary Elizabeth

‘63, Joan, and the late Sheila ‘55 and Edward ‘58

James J. O’Connor ‘69, brother of Barbara Ann ‘68, Connie, Mary, Patricia and Francis

John Clark ‘58, brother of Virginia ‘54, James ‘56, Marianne ‘61 and the late Edna ‘65

Sean White ‘07, brother of Michael White ‘05 and son of Tom and Carole Gill White ‘75

We also pray for the souls of the following family of alumni:

Mary Gallagher, mother of Edward ‘69, John ‘70, William

‘72, Peter ‘74, Joseph ’77 and Marie ‘80

Johanna Madonna, mother of Susan ‘82 and Joseph ‘90

Ted Morhart, husband of Ellen Brophy Morhart ‘67

Rose Formica, mother of the late Joseph ‘73

We also pray for the soul of the

Theresa Keane, mother of our Pastor Msgr. Dennis Keane

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Coming Through for a Friend

June 2014

When the news spread through the class of 1978 that their classmate, Carole Tedaldi Fitzpatrick, had lost her husband of almost 24 years on January 30, 2014 to a heart attack, it took everyone by surprise. After all, Carole was only 49 years old and her husband, John, was only 53. John, who worked as a construction supervisor, left behind three children—John, Alexandra and Molly.

Classmate Jimmy Fay was particularly impacted by the news, and he immediately thought of how the Crestwood community and the parish had rallied around his family when his mother, Reggie, died in 1977. The support didn’t last just for a few weeks. Jim feels it has never ended. “Whenever I am with people from Crestwood, inevitably people will talk about my mom. It is a gift that feels won-derful every day.”

This Annunciation class had a very well-attended reunion in the spring of 2013. Utilizing the list from the

reunion, an email went out to the class asking them to con-sider helping to establish an educational fund for Carole’s youngest daughter, Molly, who was a junior in high school. The thought was that over the course of the next few years, people might be willing to contribute to such a fund so that Molly and Carole would know that they would be able to have some help paying for college. Within three weeks, over half the class had contributed to the fund.

Katie Angelilli Sullivan was the person chosen to let Carole know that the class was thinking of her. Carole says that she was in tears when she heard the news. “I just cried. I was just so shocked. I have kept in touch with a few from our class, but not a lot of the class. I could not believe the outpouring of support.”

Molly cried too. Carole says, “She doesn’t know any of my classmates except for Katie and her husband, Danny

Sullivan. She couldn’t imagine how these people would do this for her.” And those who contributed weren’t just people Carole had become reacquainted with at the reunion. Even people from the class who weren’t able to come were part of the gift. Carole attributes it to the ties that were developed at Annunciation School and as part of the Crestwood commu-nity. “It was just how we were brought up. We were so con-nected.”

Carole, who is a realtor for Coldwell Banker in Yorktown, NY says, “I am so thankful and so is my family.”

Carole, Molly, Alexandra, John and John Fitzpatrick at

Christmas 2013.

Births

Virginia Coleman-Prisco ‘89 and her husband, Ralph, are happy to an-nounce the birth of their son, Michael Vincent, on September 24, 2013 at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, NY. Michael joins big brothers Lucas and Giovanni at home in Nor-folk, CT. The family returned to An-nunciation Church to baptize Michael on May 11, 2014.

José Velasco ‘95 and his wife, Jessica, became parents to Jaxson Alexander on March 14, 2014. Jaxson, who weighed 8 lbs., 13 ozs and was 21 inches long, is baby brother to Lucas, who is 3 years old. He was baptized at Annunciation Church. The Velasco family lives in Bedford

Hills, NY.

Michael and Deanna DiLullo Carillo ‘96 announce the birth of their first child, Franco Anthony, who was born at Lawrence Hospital on October 8th, 2013. He was baptized at Annunciation on March 30, and his godfather is Jer-emy DiLullo ‘01. The Carillo family lives in Queens, NY but will be moving to Connecticut in the near future.

Melissa Butkowski Hollywood, former Annunciation assistant prin-cipal and teacher, and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their second child, Melanie Antoinette, on September 17, 2013. Melanie has a big brother, Matthew, who is 2 years old. The Hollywood family moved to Crestwood last year. Melissa has

taken time off from teaching to raise her family.

Marriages

Brian Zilm ‘97 and Valentina Salkow were married on May 17, 2014 in Montauk, New York. Their ceremony

Milestone Spotlight

Milestones

took place at St. Theresa's Church and was followed by the reception at the Montauk Yacht Club. Brian and Valentina’s honeymoon will take them to Turkey and then to Greece and the Greek Isles. Brian is a private banker at Wells Fargo and Valentina is sales assistant at Collective Media. The couple lives in New York City.

Michael Ferrera ‘01 was married to Dana Moroney on June 7, 2014 in Brookfield, CT. Michael works at Pepsi Bottling in Somers, NY as a senior con-trol analyst. Dana is a dental hygienist. After a honeymoon in Aruba, the couple resides in New Milford, CT. Continued on page 21

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John Stipicevic ‘98 married Kristin Thomson on April 26, 2014. John is the son of Katherine Bantz Stipicevic ‘70 and her husband, Jim.

The wedding was held in California and John’s brother, Jim ‘99, was his best man, and his sister, Sarah ‘02, was a bridesmaid. The reception was held at Kristin’s family’s ranch in Button Willow, CA.

John and Kristin met at work where they are both on the staff of Representative Kevin McCarthy of California. John is director of floor operations for the Majority Whip, and Kristin is Rep. McCarthy’s scheduler. As might be ex-pected, they live in Washington, D.C., and their honey-moon to Italy is being planned for this August, when Con-gress is not in session!

1953

Ginger DeLuce Fiden recently closed her Diet Center business after being in operation for 34 years. She is enjoying her retirement and keeping busy. Ginger’s husband, Tom, turned 90 this month, and they held a cocktail buffet and brunch in his honor. The guest list included family and friends from as far west as California and north as Vermont. Ginger is already looking forward to the reunion of the Classes of 1948-1964, which is being planned for Spring 2015.

1956

Nedra Headen Ewart writes that she recently lost her young male great Pyrenees dog who was almost 4 yers old. She was very happy when a friend, who is a show breeder, gave her a 21-month-old female named Bella to replace him. And they re-cently added Bella’s younger brother, Ranger, to the family. Nedra says, “Her generosity warms my heart.”

1964

Denis Francis went to Georgia Southern College where he met his wife of 40 years. They lived in Bir-mingham, AL for 11 years, but have been living in the Atlanta, GA area for the rest of the time. Denis has been an account representative for men’s apparel for his entire career and is now with PVH Corporation. He wife recently retired from teaching elemen-tary school. They have two grown sons and a daughter and welcomed their first grandchild on May 14, a grandson named Bridges Carter, who, Denis says, “is the cutest baby ever!”

1966

Marianne Angel Bedard is happy to

Class Notes report that she and her husband have just had their third grand-child, a first granddaughter, on April 6, 2014. Filomena Therese Bedard was born in Portland, OR and named for Marianne’s maternal grandmother.

Bob Linderman has taken a position with Harbor Point Behavioral Health in Portsmouth, VA. He is working as a spe-cial educator, teaching middle school stu-dents.

1968

Bob Murphy is the assistant chief medi-cal officer at Lehigh Valley Health Net-work in Pennsylvania. He is also Presi-dent of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Bob says, “I was pretty much a workaholic, so didn’t marry until I con-firmed my bachelorhood at 43, when I met the love of my life, Margaret Mary McGettigan, and convinced her to put her nursing career on hold and marry me. Our oldest daughter, Margo, has just graduated from 8th grade and will be at-tending Mt. St. Joseph’s Academy in the fall. She loves the arts and gymnastics. Our daughter, Shannon, will be entering 7th grade and loves field hockey. I just try to be as present as I can and not be mistaken for my daughters’ grandfather instead of their father!”

1972

Mark Kelly formed Forgotten Angels Foundation, Inc. (FAF, Inc.), a not-for-profit corporation assisting volunteer rescue and recovery responders to natural disasters, terrorist attacks & other calami-ties. FAF, Inc. is pleased to announce that beginning June 15, those registered with the WTC Medical Monitoring and

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Treatment Program living in the Hud-son Valley will be able to have their yearly monitoring done at Selikoff Cen-ters For Occupational Health, 1020 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N.Y. FAF, Inc. would like to thank Riverside Health Systems, Inc.’s CEO, Mr. Ron Corti, and COO, Ms. Lynn Nelson, as well as the WTC Medical Monitoring & Treatment Program at Mt. Sinai, espe-cially Dr. Winston Kwa MD, for work-ing with FAF, Inc. to make the lives of the volunteers a little easier.

FAF, Inc.’s volunteer responder support group meets the first Wednes-day of every month at St. John’s Epis-copal Church, 100 Underhill St., Yonkers, NY 7:00 pm-9:30 pm. All volunteers as well as their families and friends have an open invitation. Please RSVP and visit our website at forgotte-nangelsfoundationny.org. If you have any suggestions as to how Forgotten Angels Foundation might assist the volunteer responder community or lend support in its advocacy role, please don’t hesitate to contact Mark person-ally at (914) 282-3852.

1974

Theresa Calabrese is a graphic artist working for a local newspaper.

1982

Kaitlyn FitzMaurice Simpson re-cently graduated with a master’s degree in social work from Fordham Univer-sity. She and her husband, Ray, have three children, Nicole (23), Taylor (16) and Elijah (14). The Simpson family lives in Yonkers, NY. Kathleen Murphy Ryan and her fam-ily moved to Crestwood in June 2013. They live at 62 Crestwood Avenue; “the LaSalle’s house.” The whole Ryan family is at the Bronxville School District. Kathleen’s Continued on page 20

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husband, David, teaches chemistry in the high school, and Kathleen teaches French and Spanish in the middle school. Their son, Sean, and daugh-ter, Kaitlin, are high school students, and their son, John, is in the elemen-tary school. David and John Sullivan ‘82 are coaching Hillcrest Lakers baseball to-gether this season.

Kathleen is planning a trip to France this summer with her daughter. She has not been there in 20 years, and it will be her daughter’s first ex-perience. Kathleen says, “I am look-ing forward to seeing French friends whom I haven’t seen in such a long while, and I can’t wait to introduce my daughter to these special people in my life.”

She continues, “Mary Beth O’Sullivan Brady ‘82 came over to our house in March with her daughter. After lunch, we visited my parents and then Mary Beth’s parents. We plan on getting together with Jeanmarie Coffey Brenner, also ‘82, this summer. I hope all my classmates are doing well.”

1984

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Ethnographic Field School and is then moving to Seattle, WA in August to join the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest and AmeriCorps. Maddy will be work-ing at a recovery center for clients deal-ing with homelessness, mental illness, and addiction.

2007

Matt Casella has been selected captain of the St. Michael’s College men’s la-crosse team for the 2014-2015 season. He is currently a junior accounting ma-jor, with a minor in economics. Matt has also been named to the Northeast 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll each of his six semesters and the Dean’s List twice.

2010

Seamus Grogan graduated from Iona Prep and was recipient of the St. Columba Award, which is awarded to a student “who exemplifies the ideals and traditions of Iona Prep.” He will be attending Cortland State in the Fall.

Thomas Gilchrist will be attending Canisius College where he will be a member of their crew team. Thomas is a graduate of Iona Prep.

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Quinn (13), Shaye (11) and Ryan (7). Her neighbor is her former classmate, Kara Geissler Fitzgerald. Suzanne recently returned to work as a regis-tered nurse.

1999

Mike Lepore graduated from Iona Prep and Sacred Heart University. After working at Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Prudential Financial, he worked toward a master’s degree in criminal justice and is now a corporate and financial investigator in Fairfield, CT. As a licensed private investigator, Mike does a variety of work, including doing background checks on televi-sion reality show contestants.

2004

Amanda Rush graduated on May 17 from Manhattanville College cum laude with degrees in psychology and sociology. She will be attending SUNY Binghamton in the fall to study for a master’s in social work.

2006

Maddy Lee recently graduated from Boston University with a degree in cultural anthropology and a minor in education. She is going to Thailand for a month and a half this summer with North Carolina State University's

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Parents

Class Notes

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tan. Erika played soccer, basketball and softball for the school and was captain of each team. The award, which was given on May 16, was previously won

by Erika’s s i s t e r , A m a n d a ‘03. She was also n a m e d N Y C A L 2014 soft-b a l l catcher of the year.

Erika is pictured with the athlete of the year trophy and her parents, Carolyn and George. Erika will be attending Providence College in the fall.

2011

The Scholastic Rowing Association National Championships took place in West Windsor, NJ on Memorial Day weekend. Robert Petti, Nick Manzi, J.P. Dougherty, Brian Heubel, Paul Iori and Brian O’Grady, from Class of 2011, as well as Thomas Gilchrist and Brian Queenan from Class of 2010, all participated.

2017

The Annunciation 5th Grade Girls Bas-ketball team won their third straight Westchester Putnam CYO County championship title. They players, who are coached by Chris Sullivan ‘07, are Regina Potenza, Caroline Conlon, Grace Sullivan, Sarah Bergen, Mikeala Walsh, Lauren Martyn, Jeanine Longo and Amanda Dolis.

Milestones

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Kathryn Martin ‘96 was married to John Schwartz at Annunciation Church on May 31, 2014. They met in Westhampton, NY through mutual friends. Katie works as an ad services manager at Harper’s Bazaar, and John is a commercial director at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. After a honeymoon to Italy, the couple will make their home in New York City. Ka-tie's sister Megan Martin ‘99 was the maid of honor.

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Annunciation alumni, Kevin Sohr ‘11, Daniel McCabe ‘12,

Jack Casella ‘12, Bobby Whalen ‘10 and Anthony Febbo

‘10 are all smiles at the Jesuit Lacrosse Classic in Tampa,

FL, where their Fordham Prep Team went 3-0 beating

Gonzaga Prep, DeSmet Jesuit and Strake Jesuit.

Fordham Prep Teammates

Brian McDermott ‘82, Matt Brophy ‘79, Brian Walsh ‘82,

Peter Spero ‘83, Brian Duffy ‘91, Michael Gilchrist ’79 all

enjoying the Annunciation Men’s Club Golf Outing at

Leewood Golf Club on June 2.

Men’s Club Golf Outing

Crestwood’s Memorial Day Parade

Crestwood’s Memorial Day parade continues a long tradition of

remembering those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for defend-

ing our freedom. It is a well-attended event with the parade

beginning at Schultze Field and ending at the American Legion

Plaza at the intersection of Thompson Street and Vermont Ter-

race. Lt. Col. Glenn Sadowski ‘81, deputy commander of the

Earnest Pasqua American Legion Post, served as master of

ceremonies.

Photos by Peter Spero ‘83