Class Notes for 1960

As I sit here writing this, I feel old. Just as many of you have already done, or will shortly do, I am heading for Chicago and my 50 year high school reunion. It doesn�t sound so bad until I think in terms of one half century. That sounds old. Oh well - think young! (As soon as the arthritis pain goes away.) ... I heard from Lou Burger about six weeks ago. He told me about a reunion he attended at Colombiere Center in Clarkson Michigan. As you may or may not recall, he and Fred Schaal entered the Jesuit novitiate shortly after graduation. They attended the reunion for all who had been at Colombiere for a length of time. According to Lou, Fred entertained them with stories about Chicago, (he teaches at Lane Tech) train trips he has taken (hope he didn�t bring any slides) and boat trips on the Maumee River. Lou spent eight days there and says that Father Schell is his old self. Although he uses a walker, he is in good health and would love to have some of us �old dogs� visit him. Lou says father was full of memories about certain people he caught going out windows in Pacelli Hall and imprisoning them in the basement. Since I can�t remember such an incident I am sure I never did such a thing. Lou says the Jesuits have two golf courses up there and the food is good while the rates are reasonable. It�s not that long a drive if anyone is interested in a road trip after the weather warms again in the spring. A visit with Joe Schell would be worth the trip, but we could also get in a round of golf. Let me now if you have an interest. By the way Lou says father would put us up on the fifth floor (I sense a reference to sneaking out windows in that comment). ... I also received some pictures by e-mail from Terry Pokuta. It seems that Bob Fitzharris was in Chicago recently to visit his children and a group of the guys got together for lunch. Joe Morrissey, Bob Kilbourne, Pete Conboy, Paul Pellegrino, Bob Fitzharris, Ken Roznowski, Terry Pokuta as well as Tony Saletta and Sam Vitale (remember them?) were in the pictures. They all looked great and I have to say it -- ready for a 50th high school reunion. ... I wandered into Carol and Field Retterer tailgating in the parking lot at the Ohio State/Penn State game in September. I knew they were there, but the odds are not real great that one would find anyone in a crowd like that. Actually, I walked right into them after about five minutes of looking. We had a good visit and talked about golfing in South Carolina this spring. ... By the time this goes to press it will be time for the following: MERRY CHRISTMAS! May you have a healthy and blessed Christmas with your families. I look forward to hearing from all of you. Be well. Schweick

It was a tough spring for the class of �60. Dave Starre, who was featured in our last column, lost his battle with cancer after outliving doctors� predictions by a few years. Shortly thereafter, Connie Pappas lost the same battle. Bob Fitzgerald did a great job as spokesman for the class of �60 in sharing comments about, and memories of Connie with all who were present at the funeral. Tommy O�Malley, Dave Nichting, Charlie Keane, Frank Dempsey, Jim Mason, Bill Matejka, Bob and I were able to attend. Many teammates from �58 through �62 also attended. I then heard from Bob Banci who informed me that he and Pete Conboy served as pall-bearers at Chuck Nicola�s funeral. Finally, Jack Lyons let me know about the death of our classmate Marty Haitz. Marty was active in the Tampa-St. Pete local JCU alumni group working on the annual �Christmas Carroll Eve� project which was to refurbish the landscaping and grounds surrounding the Children�s Cancer Center of Tampa. ... On a lighter note, Jack says he is �plugging along as a permanent Deacon for the Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL. In addition to his parish duties at All Saints Catholic Church, he had just had the privilege of baptizing his fifth grandchild. Jack�s focus is on Prison Ministry. He says, �This is a very comfortable ministry for me as the personalities are all reminiscent of my college classmates.� (I wonder which of us he sees in his clients.) Dave Marr tells Jack that he will have no problem with the vow of poverty when he is ordained as an Augustinian priest because his lawyer son can defend him free of charge should he be incarcerated (perhaps Deacon Jack can visit with Dave) or his doctor son can treat him should he become ill. ... While on the subject of Florida, Jack Cregan, who resides in Ponce Inlet near Daytona, was present for our monthly luncheon at Muldoon�s on the 21st of July. Jack�s wife, Chris, is in the Chicago area where she is unfortunately recuperating after a fall in which she broke an arm and a leg. Thinking back to my last column where I mentioned the power of prayer and asked everyone to try to say a prayer for Dave Starre at 7 p.m. each evening, how about everyone saying a short prayer for our classmates and their families at that time every evening. ... Finally, Joe Morrissey informs me (through Bill Buescher) that Jack Murray is alive and well and living in Columbia. (The country, not Missouri) where he is teaching English. Bill and his wife Peg had just returned from Florida and a visit with the Piotrowskis after stopping to visit their daughter in Atlanta. They also visited Springs Village, AR. Prospecting for a retirement haven. I know Bill is a big Bill Clinton fan, but retiring to Arkansas seems a little overboard. It will never happen because he wants to hit up Frank Dempsey and me for the down payment on his dream home (better plan on more of Chicago�s winter weather Bill). ... Please be sure to send some news about yourself or a classmate. Be well, Jerry

�IT�S A PUZZLEMENT�! As I recently sat pondering the secrets of the universe (much as I did as an undergrad) the following dawned on me. Last April 4 a once in a lifetime event took place. It lasted only a second and will never occur again in our lifetime -- do you know what it was? (answer below - no peeking) ... While I try not to be overly serious in writing this column, I could not let the opportunity to share the following go by. Upon requesting prayers for a classmate who prefers to remain anonymous, I received the following reply from classmate Dave Starre. �Three and one half years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a rare cancer of the marrow in the bones from the hips to the skull. I was level three cancer and given six months to live.� Dave�s wife wrote a letter to Regina Brett, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer (19 September 2004) asking her to seek prayers for Dave and explaining her own belief in the power of prayer. Brett explains that Barb, Dave�s wife, upon reading a book about prayer entitled �The Isaiah Effect� came to believe that the secret of prayer is believing in your heart that you already have what you seek. You don�t ask for it; you feel it already present. Dave has far surpassed the six month prognosis and informs me that over 30 multi-denominational church groups pray for him at 7 p.m. daily -- even if it�s only thinking of him as healing. His wife, Barb, is looking forward to him dancing with their granddaughter at her wedding and their granddaughter is only three years old. That is certainly a belief in the power of prayer. Keep Dave and our anonymous classmate, mentioned earlier, in your thoughts at 7 p.m. every day -- I am trying to remember to do the same. Dave is retired, but runs the Monday night meal for the poor and homeless at St. Malachi�s on the near West Side of Cleveland. He and Barb have four children and 12 grandchildren. They both have been on a macro-biotic diet plan for the past year. To quote Regina Brett, �...if you can, say a prayer for Dave. You don�t need to worry about words. Just imagine a man dancing at his granddaughter�s wedding.� ... Had occasion to read a quote by my old roomie, John Slosar, in the Wall Street Journal recently. It was in regard to the �Job Bank� program being used in the automotive industry and was as profound as I�ve ever heard John. (Don�t get the impression that I read the WSJ, Bubba Schayer called it to my attention and Jim Mason made a copy of it for me) ... Speaking of The Shark; he, Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting, Greg Fisher, Bob Fitzgerald and I spent a week in Santee, SC, golfing. Jim was the medalist, but I won most of the money. (Handicap)! ... Upon hearing that Corky & Lenny�s was recently closed for a week because of Salmonella, Bill Buescher offered the explanation that it was no doubt an Al-Qaeda plot to discredit Jewish delis. He vowed to wear a hair shirt until they reopened and proposed that the U.S.A. immediately bomb Iran, Iraq, Palestine and while we�re at it, North Korea. Bill Should be thrilled to know that C & L�s recently received an award as one of the top three Jewish delis in the country. (By the way, you can take off the hair shirt Bill, they have reopened.) ... A suggestion has been offered by the class of �59 that we hold a joint mini-reunion during a non-reunion year for our classes. Homecoming weekend was suggested (year to be determined). Please let me know if you are in the least bit interested. While you�re at it send me some news. Be well! Jerry (Answer to puzzlement - At 2 min. and 3 seconds after one o�clock the time and date read 01:02:03-04/05/06)

Again I�ll begin with an incongruent statement in the �winter� issue of the Journal. Happy Easter! Word is that the McGrath�s are unscathed by the grass fires that threatened Oklahoma City. Bubba Schayer (go Sox) reports that the great New Orleans Flood spared Jack Duffy. The waters stopped four blocks from his home. Field Retterer is wintering in Florida as he recuperates from hip replacement surgery. (Probably making adjustments in the golf swing also.) ... Got the following information about Carlo (aka Carl) Coppola. As Carlo says, �... he once was lost (per alumni records) but now is found...� and we are happy to have him back. Hope he will return to Ohio for our 50 year reunion in 2010. Carl was editor of the Carroll Quarterly while at JCU (I hope he isn�t too tough on this column) and has certainly pursued his interest in the written word. Carl and his wife, Carol, have four children and live in Los Angeles. He recently retired after 42 years of university teaching. His Ph.D. is from the University of Chicago and he lived in India for a year in order to complete his dissertation on India and Middle East languages and cultures. True to his JCU experience, he edited a literary journal for 39 years and has published extensively to include three books in the areas of literature, linguistics, psychoanalysis, culinary history, and music. With an additional chef�s degree he taught in a culinary arts program for 20 years, specializing in wine, culinary history (we�ll have to get Carl together with Jim Gauntner�s son who is a world renowned authority on Saki). ... Additional interests drew him to be program director for a fine-arts broadcasting station for five years, chief fundraiser and general factotum for a regional ballet company and later an opera company for about eight years. In 2004 Carl received his MA in counseling and is currently setting up a practice in psychotherapy and counseling in Los Angeles specializing in family and couples. Carlo has certainly gone a long way from Wooster, OH. Thanks Carl for sending the interesting sketch of your past 45 years. I hope you don�t� mind my not using quotations marks through out this column. (got to protect myself from the editor) ... Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting, Doc Kopfinger �62 (my next door neighbor) Jerry Harrison (my ex-secretary�s husband) and I recently finished building a rather large addition on our home. I have no doubt that the Tower of Babel was built in much the same way � five chiefs, no Indians. The room is still standing after our initial party and Frank, Dave and I are establishing the �Three Stooges Construction Co.� Dry walling is our specialty. ... Jim and Melinda Mason and Bev and I are getting ready for our annual trip to Phoenix to visit Jerry Malizia and the Magnottos. We will be joined by Jim Shannon. Unfortunately, Denny & Judy McGrath are unable to join us this year. As you read this we have already completed our trip. ... I�m sure there are many of you out there who could share some interesting information with us. Please send a note or e-mail so I can let our classmates know how you have been. Also, I need good material to write this column -- I don�t particularly care to write in every column about what four or five of us in Cleveland are doing. I�m even more sure that you don�t want to continually read about the same people. You are interesting to your classmates so let�s hear from you. ... Till later, be well. Jerry

What better way to begin the fall Journal column than to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I think I�m finally getting the hang of this, but it is tough to think two months ahead. ... Heard from Bob O�Connor. He was looking for John Slosar. If Bob had not retired from the DEA at age 50, I would be worried about my old roomie. John did spend a lot of time in California. Bob is living in Portland, OR, and has not felt the urge to be anything but retired for the past 17 years or so. Good for you Bob. I got the feeling the Bob does not miss Winters in Batavia, NY. ... Don Kucera contacted me to explain that he planned to be at our reunion last June, but he wound up having an angiogram and stent, which kept him from attending. Do not ever do it again Don or you will answer to all of us. For the past six years, Don has been doing motivational speaking at seminars on business and communication. According to Don, it is a mini-retirement job of about two weeks each month. In his travels, he has seen Jerry Rachfal, Bill Harmon, Denny McGrath and Jerry Malizia. With all eight of their children out of the house, Jane is able to join him on his seminar travels. They are expecting their 13th grandchild, life is good as is his health after the stent. Don says hello to all JCU friends. ... Bill Buescher and the rest of the powerhouse �Benchwarmers� IM basketball team held a mini reunion at Bill and Peg�s recently. Karl and Gail Rill came from Cincinnati, Jim and Liz Powers came from Rockford, Don and Joyce Muno from Beverly Hills, MI, but Jim Phillips was unable to attend due to recent eye surgery. Bill sent a warning that he is due for another Corky & Lenny�s run. (Lock the door and get the children off the streets all who reside in the Cleveland area). Frank Dempsey and I will try to distract him while he is here. Bill informs me that Brother Dave Marr has taken First Vows and now resides at Cascia Hall Monastery, 2520 South Yorktown Ave, Tulsa, OK 74114 � 2803. ... Joe Morrissey, after viewing pictures of our 45-year reunion, is praying we all look better for the 50th. He is hoping that Drs. Collins and Conomy can hook us up with a cosmetic surgeon. I don�t know about you Joe but �I�ve grown accustomed to my face. It almost makes the day begin. ... � I know - that is a scary thought. ... If it looks like I am grasping for material, I am. I�m also procrastinating writing the following. Sad to say, John Lovas and Jim Forrestal passed away recently. I realize this is about three months after the fact, but if I had more of your e-mail addresses, I could have let you know sooner. Please send address and material for the winter column. Addresses for the Forrestal and Lovas families in the event you want to express condolences are: The Forrestal Family, 5416 Horse Ridge Way, Bonita, CA 91902 ... The Lovas Family, 650 Coleridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301-3801 ... Jerry

Now that we have celebrated our 45-year reunion, I am pleased to report that I am gradually compiling a list of e-mails for our classmates. If you can please send me an e-mail (see address above), I will include your address in my class list. Eventually, I will send an e-mail to all on the list and you can pick off the one�s you want. If you are looking for a specific address ask me for it. If I have it I�ll send it to you. If nothing more, I will then have your address. I thought the reunion was one of our best. It was great to see, Norb Patla, Ken Dacas, Joe Bellian, Lou Burger, Karl Rill and Bob Ulman after all these years. ... Bev �76 and I have just gotten back from a weeklong trip to Chicago. On the way there we stopped to visit with Terry and Arlene Pokuta in New Buffalo, MI. Joe Morrissey and his wife, Joan, were there also. After following directions given by Terry and finding ourselves lost, we found a New Buffalo native who directed us to the Pokutas. Turns out Terry told us to turn right instead of left. After arriving, we went for a ride on the Pokuta�s boat. Lake Michigan being extremely turbulent, we headed up a very calm river to experience the loss of the boat�s transmission. Joe Morrissey, having served a hitch in the U.S. Navy, offered to swim back to the dock while towing the craft with the rope held in his teeth. Cooler heads prevailed and we phoned Terry�s -- shortly thereafter, we were rescued by a speedboat sent from the son�s boat repair service. The following day we stuck to land and turned in a PGA worthy performance on the links. It was a great time to see the Pokutas after 20 years. ... In June I received an e-mail from John McDonough after he and his wife returned from two weeks in Paris and Brittany where they had visited their daughter, Katie, as she finished a year of study at the University of Rennes. John was thinking about retiring to Tuscany and buying a Moto Guzzi motorcycle, but after the trip, it may be Brittany and a Moto Guzzi. John says he read with envy the news about the California reunions at Santa Anita and wondered why he didn�t know about them while he lived there until 1978. He says his daughter is planning to live in Baltimore and attend the Preakness each year after graduating from Johns Hopkins in May 2006. He says that is a sure sign he did something right in raising her. ... John has talked to classmates Larry Carver and Don Korman who was in his physics class, but didn�t graduate from JCU. He is still �cranking out code at MetLife and thinking about retirement someday.� He may be the only one in our class who speaks Java, having just completed a class in the language. Thanks for the news John! ... While on the subject of news, please be aware that if you want to convey some information to classmates, this column must be turned in two months prior to publication. This one had a due date of 15 July. Don�t get discouraged if you send me a message and it seems to take forever to get it into print. I will use anything you send. ... Till later, be well. Jerry

In the realm of being careful of that for which one wishes, I received the following information from old roomie John Slosar and I quote: Jerry � In response to your plea to former roommates � Yes you did set a record for roommates and Joe Morrissey and I made continuous sacrifices to provide a nurturing environment for your achievements academically, socially and, yes, in athletics. You will recall that it was so stressful on Joe that he spent a year after Carroll in a cloister seminary in Glen Ellyn. ... I always thought it was my example of spirituality that inspired Joe to enter. On the other hand, after hearing that another old roomie, Dave Marr, has entered the Augustinians in the recent past, I wonder if he could be a victim of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of our semester together in Pacelli. Dave has said he will be at the Reunion so we can all congratulate him on his decision. ... Slosar says that Tim Strader continues in venture capital investments and resides in Corona del Mar, CA, and Tim and his wife, Susan, provide exemplary leadership in the Orange County Diocese and in the parish, Queen of Angels. Russ Gorny continues his successful OB-GYN practice in San Clemente while his wife, Robbie, continues to donate her services at the local animal shelter. John credits her with supplying his family with their great pets. He further reports Paul Flask and Reed Harmon sightings out there. ... One of John�s most interesting contacts came on a trip to New York City where he ran into Dick Vogel in his dark glasses passing in front of the Plaza Hotel. Since then, he has wondered whether Dick appears there regularly, or owns sidewalk space. He will clear this up at the Reunion. ... Since John and family have outgrown their annual trip to Disney World by 30 years, he has missed seeing Tom and Judy Collins in Venice, FL. He has lost track of Terry and Ann Peters somewhere in the Carolinas as well as Bob O�Connor, last working for the FDA up in Seattle. John goes on to say that Jack and Evie Poplar maintain homes in St. Petersburg, FL, and Northville, MI. Jack has laid down his tennis racquet for golf clubs. John is looking forward to the Reunion, especially after the 40th where he was able to get reacquainted with all classmates, but especially Jim Patterson and Mickey Tegano as well as old teammates, Jim Keim and Jim Thailing. ... John and Marianne will celebrate 43 years of marriage this year, as will many of us. He has a tough time believing his children (all married) range in age from 34 to 41. Believe it John believe it! ... Thanks for the lengthy report John, you wrote my column for me. Anyone else who might care to abuse me a little, feel free to do so as long as you send lots of news about our classmates along with the abuse. ... First to send in reservations for reunion - Greg Fisher, Dave Nichting, Denny McGrath, Bob Ulman, Tim Strader, Jim Powers, Bill Retterer, Bill Buescher, and Lenny Piotrowski. Way to go guys! Most recent to commit to the Reunion are Karl Rill and Warren Arthur. How about joining them? The reunion committee has decided to ban, for the weekend, all conversation concerning grandchildren and our health and/or bodily functions. Hopefully we can all think of something else to talk about that weekend! ... See you in June. Be well, Jerry

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I HOPE THIS COLUMN FINDS ALL OF YOU IN GOOD HEALTH. Our reunion committee has been formulated and has begun calling to remind all about our 45-year reunion in June 2005. Dave Nichting, Frank Dempsey, Jerry Rachfal, Jim Mason and I met at Homecoming and appointed Jim as chair. Since then, Larry Beaudin, Bill Buescher, Bob Fitzgerald, Jim Forrestal, Jim Gauntner, Tom O�Malley, and Joe Rini have stepped up and volunteered to help. ... I am happy to say that Jim Powers, Jack Lyons, Greg Fisher and Steve Schuda are the first to respond to Jim Forrestal�s suggestion about the class e-mail list. They have also confirmed their attendance at reunion. Bill Buescher says Joe Morrissey and Len Piotrowski are definitely coming. �The Falls� reports that Jim Reilly, Fred Schaal (without slides), Field Retterer, Jack Duffy, Jim Patterson and Dave Wenzler have committed to attend. He further informs me that Ken Roznowski has retired after 27 years as a special education teacher in Chicago. He goes on to say �Be aware, Paul Pellegrino, that Jack Duffy will be very upset if you are not at the reunion.� I know that Jerry Malizia (another �Wicker�) is coming. Don�t get these two upset with you �Pudge.� ... �The Falls� also reports that Dick Vogel, now a retired Marine Colonel and town councilman in Brighton, NY, a suburb of Rochester, is the Rochester area chair for the New York Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. In his position he runs a trip to the Washington, DC area every year to showcase the military. He convinced Jerry to attend the 2004 junket last August. The trip was wonderful, flying in a Marine C-130 and capped off by reserved seats at the Marine Barracks Evening Parade. �Vogs,� who like �The Falls,� recently retired from Xerox commanded the Marine Reserve 8th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division. Jerry says he is enjoying retirement and further reports that although we knew �Vogs� as Dick when at Carroll he is now known as Jim in Rochester. I shall always remember him as my �conscience� in the basement of Dolan Hall. ... Dave Callahan is the first of our classmates to show up at Muldoon�s for our Third Friday Lunch meeting. Some of the guys hadn�t seen him in 45 years. How about some of you who haven�t been back to JCU in that length of time showing up for the reunion? I guarantee that you will have a great time. ... Bob Banci has been keeping me entertained with e-mails, as has Denny McGrath. Too bad about the OSU/OU bowl game, Denny (Go Bucks! Bummer Sooner!). ... Bob Fitzharris surprised his wife upon the occasion of her qualification for Medicare (Happy Birthday, Pat and welcome to the group) with a trip to England. Upon returning, they hooked up with Ed and Margo Melotti to tour Washington, DC and the Fort Eustis/Yorktown areas. Bob reports that they had a marvelous trip thanks in large part to the Melotti�s incredible hospitality. Why don�t the four of you come to reunion and tell us all about the trip (no slides). ... Thanks to all who sent material for this column. It is tough to come up with information about those with whom I�m not in touch, regularly. Also, thanks to all the English majors who ignored the grammatical error in the last column (my wife didn�t). I am teaching a �writing intensive� course at JCU this semester (part of the new core requirements), perhaps I can learn to proof my own work as thoroughly as I do my students�. CLEVELAND/AKRON AREA RESIDENTS! � GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE ALUMNI GOLF OUTING AT SLEEPY HOLLOW ON 6 JUNE 2005. IT COULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR OUR CLASS TO WARM UP FOR THE REUNION. Info on the outing will be forthcoming from the Alumni Office. I hope to see you at the reunion. Be well! Jerry

SAVE THE DATE! ... As I write this column, Denny McGrath�s wife, Judy, is overseeing my efforts. She and my bride attended their 50-year grade school reunion yesterday and she will head home to Oklahoma tomorrow. Jim Mason, me and our wives visited the McGraths in September. We are still looking for the John Magnottos and Jerry Malizia, who were to join us. (Hopefully they are not wandering the desert between Phoenix and Oklahoma City). Speaking of reunions, don�t read any further � SET THE MAGAZINE DOWN AND GO MARK YOUR 2005 CALENDAR FOR OUR 45-YEAR JCU REUNION TO BE HELD JUNE 17 � 19. I know that is the weekend of Father�s Day � have your kids pool their resources and send you and your significant other to the reunion as a gift. (That way you won�t have to do the grilling and clean up after your own party). ... We have formed a planning committee and will meet on Saturday October 23 to get the ball rolling. For those of you who feel the need to phone home during the weekend and might have to use a pay phone, Dave Nichting has promised to re-create his most famous piece of coat hanger art and bring it to the reunion. If you are planning to attend, please send me an e-mail at the above address. It may save you having to talk to one of our committee members on the phone. Then again, we would enjoy talking to you. While many of you have been back for reunions, there are many who I can�t remember seeing for far too many years. How about Tom Sabow, Paul Bott, Pete VanOgtrop, Steve Bazzano � anyone still in touch with them? Please convince them to come. Dave Nichting tells me he spoke with Jim Sorrentino on the phone and Jim is going to call Frank Aquila about the reunion � How about Joe Regan and Dick Low? ... Thanks to Jim Forrestal and Bubba Schayer for their responses to past columns. Jim is a cancer survivor, retired Navy Commander and lives in Bonita, CA with his wife, Eve, a nurse who he credits for getting him through his treatments and surgery. Thank God for good women! Jim did complain, however, about how painful it is for him to have to spend time cleaning his pool while those of us in Cleveland and other northern climes are able to sit around and watch it sleet, rain and snow. Jim suggests that I create an e-mail list of the class of �60 so we can communicate with each other. If you will send me your address I�ll develop the list and get it out (good idea Jim). ... In response to my request for an assessment of the 2003 Cubs, Bubba (a misguided Sox fan) Schayer unleashed his rapier wit upon me, pointing out that he partially finances his retirement with funds from wagers with foolish Cub fans. Bubba had open-heart surgery on April 9th demanding that his Dr. get him out in time for the Sox home opener. He made it! He blames the condition on his roast beefs from Bob�s and burgers from the White Castle at Cedar & Lee. After that menu, it�s amazing anyone is still going. He also reports that Fred Schaal has traded in his bike for an open-end Amtrak ticket with which he travels the country each summer. (Please don�t bring the slides to the reunion, Fred). SEE YOU AT THE REUNION! (SEE YOUR NAME IN PRINT! � SEND ME AN E-MAIL; NOT YOU FWANK!) ... Jerry

THANKS FOR RESPONDING ... Thanks to Lou Burger, John McBride, Terry Pokuta, and Bill Harmon for responding to the last column. Lou is retired after a career in teaching and as a physics technician. He reports that he has stayed in touch with Fr. Schell, who is still at JCU. Lou is interested in a West Coast mini-reunion and indicates that he wants to �save the dates� for our 45 year reunion. John reports that he has been doing some acting and has had some poetry published. For those who may wish to read some of his work: Giotto, published in the �Rockhurst Review�; The Utopia of Vine and Verse, in the �Neo Victorian�: The Christmas Creche, Before Epiphany,� published by Pioneer Press and Aliens, published in �Off the Coast,� the Journal of the Live Poets Society of Maine? Anyone else have anything published that we might want to read? (No dissertations please.) Let me know so I can share with our classmates. ... Terry informs me that he gets together with Joe Morrissey and Sam Vitale (remember him? Another Chicagoan) for golf. At the moment, I am trying to weasel my way into their game in New Buffalo, MI where Terry and his wife, Arlene, reside. (I have no doubt I�m going to be hustled!) Bill Harmon is serious about the West Coast mini-reunion sometime in October. His only concern is how many are interested. I would encourage all who are so inclined to attend. Jim Mason and I are gearing up for a trip (with spouses, of course) in September to Oklahoma City to visit with McGraths, Magnottos, Jim Shannon and Jerry Malizia. ... I have learned that The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Paul Fleury, Ph.D. dean of engineering at Yale University as a fellow. Congratulations Paul! ... Frank Dempsey and I had a chance to visit with Dave Marr in Virginia in February �03. I also heard from John Kimler last December. Both are doing well. Bill Matejka suffered a stroke in December �02 and is working hard at his rehab. During his intense period of rehab, Dave Nichting, Frank Dempsey, Tom O�Malley, Charlie Keane, Jim Gowan and Jim Gauntner visited him weekly on a somewhat regular schedule. Bob Fitzgerald and I visited on a little less regular basis. With much abuse from his friends, Bill has progressed well and is able to walk with a cane and his speech returned quickly. He is presently residing at St. Augustine on Cleveland�s West Side. Visitors are still welcome. ... The aforementioned and others (not necessarily �60) get together on the third Friday of each month for lunch at Muldoon�s located at I-90 and East 185th St. just North of I-90. If you find yourself in Cleveland on the third Friday of a given month, feel free to join us. We meet at noon and leave when the spirit moves us. (don�t misinterpret that last statement). We do quaff a flagon of ale or two, however. ... I would enjoy hearing from all of my old roommates, who are too numerous to mention (I was so easy to get along with) and anyone else who will contact me with some news. Bubba Schayer, I would love to hear your views on the Cub�s performance last season. (My wife hid all the sharp objects in our house during the last three innings of game 7 of the NLCS). This is the year! Be Well! Schweick

NEW SCRIBE IN TOWN! ... Thanks to Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting and Jim Mason, I have been given the job of writing the class column. They must have concocted their plot during our golf trip to South Carolina in February. That may be the last time I ever take one of those trips with them! We did get the chance to visit with Dick and Sunday Fromholtz after one of our rounds of golf. (Interpret that as freeloading dinner). It was great to see them after too many years. Don't ever travel with Nichting -- we thought he was going to get us shot when he tried to talk us on to an air force base using his driver's license as ID. He wanted to see his godson who he thought was stationed there. Four guys in a white van with golf bags in the back appearing out of the blue and trying to talk their way onto the base. Get the picture? We must have been crazy. On top of that, the kid had been transferred to a base in Mississippi. ... I would like to thank Dick Blase who wrote this column for the past several years. He learned, as I already know, that there can be little written if there is no input from members of the class. Unless you want to read about my life and those of the same classmates over and over, send me news from time to time. I don�t want this to become an exercise in creative writing and neither do you. Besides, the only creative writing I�ve ever done has been on the walls of men�s� room stalls. (Actually it was some of my best work). ... The Masons, McGraths, Magnottos, Schweickerts, Jim Shannon and Jerry Malizia recently held their fourth mini-reunion in Phoenix, AZ. Sad to say, Jim Shannon's wife, Kaye passed away last fall. Jim is doing well and getting on with life. Once again, a great time was had by all in the Valley of the Sun with much laughing and great eating at some unique restaurants selected by Magnotto and Malizia (only 1 was Italian). The best meal was held at Jerry Malizia's cucina -- he's a great chef and a better host. This year we did Sadona and other great sights along the way. If you ever get the chance to go to Sadona, keep the plastic out of your wife's possession. We were forced by Mason and Malizia to attend a White Sox spring training game. Last year, Shannon and I prevailed and we attended a major league game and saw the Cubs beat the Giants. We have begun planning our next mini reunion for Oklahoma City in October. ... One of the great moments of the event was provide by Jim Shannon as he worked on his Olympic gymnastics routine and ripped the towel rack off the bathroom wall at Malizia's. Sort of reminiscent of one of the Triad Parties. (I still think he, Rachfal and Pellegrino owe us a refund). How many JCU grads does it take to replace a towel rack? Six - one to supply the tools, one to do the work, three to offer useless suggestions on how to do it and one (the home owner) to cover his eyes and hope the wall doesn't come down. ... While on the topic of reunions, rumor has it that Bill Harmon is talking about resurrecting the West Coast mini reunion at Santa Anita. What about it Reed? With more of us retiring, such an event might draw well. Speaking further of reunions, remember that our 45-year reunion is in June �05. Hard to believe! You have to see the new science center, football stadium and renovated gym. Start planning now. I would like to start letting people know who is coming so I�ll remind you in each column to make a commitment to attend. ... In the meantime, please send news of classmate sightings or mini reunions you have held with old roommates and others. More importantly, send me some info about you and your family from time to time so I can include it in the column. Jerry

Class Notes 1960

	Jerry Schweickert 14285 Washington Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 216.381.0357 bjschweick@netzero.com


fall 2008	As many of you know by now, JCU lost a treasure last spring when Fr. Joe Schell passed away. Our classmate, John Magnotto was given the honor of being a pallbearer at the funeral. For the past year or so a number of us had been planning to visit Fr. Schell, but never got there. Classmate Bill Matejka also passed away in the late spring. Once again I am reminded of the fact that among the saddest things in life are “words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” With that thought, I encourage you to get in touch with an old roommate or another JCU classmate and make plans to see each other and the rest of us at our 50 year reunion in 2010. ... I heard from Fred Schaal recently. He wanted John Kimler’s e-mail address and phone number so he can encourage him to attend our 50th. The rest of you Chicagoans be forewarned – if you don’t respond once we start receiving info about the reunion I shall unleash Fred Schaal upon you like “The Hound of Heaven” to assure your attendance. ... Heard from Don Kucera. He and wife Jane had recently returned from seven weeks in Australia and New Zealand. He still gives seminars two weeks per month giving him a chance to teach, tour and visit old friends and family. Seven of the Kucera’s eight children are married and have presented Don and Jane with 16 grandchildren. Don suggests we read the works of Matthew Kelly including his latest, “The Dream Manager.” He further suggests that we follow author Kelly’s suggestion “Be the best version of yourself every day.” (Sounds like a great idea) ... John McDonough informs me that he retired on 30 June. He says he has more projects on which to work than he has time. First will be a new horse racing system, the some stock market/forex market research. (Not sure of what part of the horse racing system he means, but I hope there will be enough money left for the market venture.) Additionally, John plans to restore an old '73 220D Mercedes he purchased last year. Trips to California to visit a daughter who is working on her PhD as well as to France and Italy without worrying about getting back to work. A recent golf game convinced him to turn down the offer to join us in Santee, SC, next spring. John has committed to being at the reunion in 2010 and promises to twist Larry Carver’s arm to make sure he gets there also. ... Finally, Terry Pokuta informs me that he and Arlene have become great grandparents and they believe themselves to be the first in the class of ’60 to attain this status. (Anyone out there able to refute this claim?) ... I must be getting old! I forgot to report that my old roomie, Dave Marr suffered a rather severe heart attack, but has recovered to the point of using a walker to get around. To all of you, take care of yourselves and be well. Schweick


summer 2008	The past three months have provided many opportunities to enjoy the company of classmates. In January, Jim Keim and John Slosar returned to campus for a reunion of the 1957-58 basketball team in recognition of the first on-campus varsity basketball game in the history of JCU. Remember it? JCU vs. Xavier. We lost a very close contest to the team that went on to win the NIT Tournament that season. Slosar reminded all who were present at the reception that he would be in the JCU Athletic Hall of Fame if Keim and Jim Thailing would have returned any of his passes. If we had played Loyola of Chicago 20 times a year at JCU, I have no doubt that John would have made the HOF. ... At the end of January, Carol and Pete Conboy, Polly and Paul Flask, Lynn and John Magnotto, Melinda and Jim Mason, Judy and Denny McGrath, Sue and Tim Strader, Jim , Bev and I attended the wedding of classmate Jerry Malizia and Jean Ralls. In Phoenix. We had such a great time golfing, partying, watching Sinatra impersonators we didn’t mind the rare inch and a half rainfall we experienced one day. We even let Bill Colson ’59 hang out with us at the reception even though he upped our age group a bit. ... In February Bev and I visited with Mary Pat ’63 and Frank Dempsey for a week on Kiawah Island, S.C. After a miserable snowy March in Cleveland, Jim Mason, Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting and I joined Steve Schuda, Bob Fitzgerald, Greg Fisher and Denny McGrath for a week of golf in Santee, S.C. While down there, we also spent a Sunday afternoon and evening with Sunday and Dick Fromholtz at their home in Summerville, S.C. We also had a visit from F.X. Walton ’59 who lives in the Columbia, S.C., area. We would love to expand the group next year. Anyone interested, send me an e-mail and I’ll fill you in on the details. We try to go each year the last weekend of March into the first week of April, depending on the date of Easter. We leave on a Friday and return on a Friday. You don’t have to be a Clevelander to join us. Only four of us live in Cleveland. ... Again, keep in mind that our 50-year reunion comes up in two years. No matter what your feelings toward JCU, please give serious thought to coming back to see classmates and relive the good times we had together. The stories get better over the years. In the meantime, send me something for the next column. You have to be getting tired of hearing about my travels. I’m sure getting tired of writing about them. In the meantime, BE WELL - Schweick


spring 2008	Happy Easter! Since Easter is so early this year it is probably timely to wish you a happy one. I am sad to report that classmate, Tom Kusnirek passed away recently. I believe Tom lived in Gates Mills, Ohio, and was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish. Another person who made an impression on our class in 1959, John Ray, was buried in South Bend, Ind. On November 17, our classmates, Bob Fitzgerald and Dave Nichting attended the funeral. ... The last column elicited a few responses which I enjoyed. First, Ed Bierman phoned to get Jim Mason’s address. Ed has been retired for 11 years. He still lives in Pittsburgh, but spends winters in Fort Myers, Fla. We swapped prescription information and agreed that we were glad to be able to be around to discuss the topic. ... John Kimler, an old roomie, (meaning one time roomie) called just before Christmas. John and his family were on their way to New Jersey to spend the holidays. John resides in the Chicago area, but is still a Green Bay Packers fan. If you are “out on the town” some evening, you might want to drop by Shuba’s (near Southport and Belmont) to hear his son, John perform. I hear from Denny McGrath’s son, Tim, that young John Kimler is quite good. ... I received an e-message from Dan Pallat who also resides in the Chicago area. He and his wife, Barbara, had just returned from their first ever cruise. They toured the Hawaiian Islands, went thru a 60 degree temperature drop on the return to Chicago and are looking forward to their annual ski trip to Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, at the end of January. Dan is still working with a national financial consultant called Tatum, LLC. For the most part they are former CFOs from corporate America who assist companies either as interim CFOs or in projects that include restructuring, refinancing, turnaround, acquisitions and divestitures. Barbara has an interior design business. She has been president of the Illinois chapter of ASID (the national interior design organization) and recently finished a term as president of NCIDQ (the certifying agency for testing interior designers, much like the certification process to be a CPA) in Washington, D.C. (Might be a good idea for you who reside in the Chicago area to keep this info from your wives). Dan mentioned how much he enjoyed returning for his 54-year grade school reunion in South Euclid last year. It’s not too early to start thinking about our 50-year John Carroll Reunion in June 2010. Why not phone a classmate and talk about it? ... Jim Mason is recovering nicely. He, Melinda, Bev and I are getting ready to attend Jerry Malizia’s wedding in Phoenix at the end of January. We understand that the McGraths, Straders,Flasks and Jim Shannon will also attend. Sounds like a good time. ... Thanks Ed, John and Dan for the material. Who will help me write the next article? Give me a call or send an e-mail, but above all, be well. Schweick


fall 2007	Let me begin by wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I had a visit from John Magnotto last night. He was in town for a dinner at John Carroll and to see Jim Mason. For those who don’t know, Jim is recovering from surgery for a brain tumor. The tumor was benign, but Jim has had several complications since the surgery in August. He has been in and out of the Cleveland Clinic for one thing after another. He has taken a turn for the better and was able to meet John Magnotto at Nighttown for lunch yesterday. His spirits are up and he is looking forward to getting rid of the last of the tubes he has been dangling for the past several weeks. Many of us have been praying diligently for Jim’s recovery. At the urging of Lou Berger, I spoke with Fr. Schell by phone and enlisted his prayers for Jim. Needless to say, he is much better connected than any of us and since then the news about Jim gets better and better. Father sounds great and we had a good half hour visit on the phone. Once Jim is fully recovered, several of us are going to go up and visit Father Schell and play some golf. He assures me that the course at Colombiere is world class so I’m sure it will meet the high standards our level of skill demands. ... Bev and I had a good time at Homecoming with Jan and Steve Schuda as well as Janice and Jerry Rachfal. “Falsie” was able to squeeze in a visit with Jim Mason before leaving for home after the weekend. ... While I was out of town in late September, Bill Buescher and Dave Marr hit town for an eat-in at Corky and Lenny’s. Frank Dempsey was able to meet them for dinner and reports that both are doing well. ... My most enjoyable and unexpected contact was a phone call yesterday from Pete Conboy (it has been a long time since we last spoke). He tells me his son and daughter have been brought into the funeral home business and are doing well. Pete tells me that the guys in the Chicago area try to get together once a year. ... He is going to see Bob Banci in Orlando, FL, in the near future when he takes his grand children to Disneyworld. ... I know this column is shorter than usual -- not many are sending information to work with, therefore, I shall now go to my room and sulk. Be well, Schweick


summer 2007	Unfortunately, we lost a classmate on 24 June. Jack Cregan passed away and was buried on 28 June. Bob Fitzgerald, Jim Thailing, Charlie Keane and Joe Whelan ’65 traveled to Illinois for the service. By the time you read this we will have held a memorial Mass for Jack at Saint Francis Chapel on campus. ... On a lighter note, I heard from Matty Mahon in reaction to the column ghost written by “The Fly.” Matty was reminiscing about the nick names of various classmates as mentioned in the column. He is also looking forward to our 50 year reunion in 2010. (Hard to believe isn’t it?) As long as I’m on the subject, keep in mind how quickly the years have gone since ’60. It might be a good time to track down an old roommate and discuss getting together at our 50th. Needless to say, we all had an influence on each other and we should take the time to get together and recognize that fact. I don’t know about you, but to me the saddest things in life are words left unsaid and deeds left undone. How about making a commitment to yourself to return to the 50th and celebrate the relationships begun 50 years ago. Better yet, get in touch with an old roommate and talk to him about it. ... Speaking of old roommates, Frank Dempsey recently returned from a white water rafting trip on the Colorado River. He handled the cruise like a champ, but was bitten on the ankle by a spider and required medical treatment as a result. (There have been reports in the Cleveland Plain Dealer of someone seen crawling up and down the Terminal Tower in a Spiderman costume). ... Dave Nichting is undergoing physical therapy for a shoulder injury suffered last winter. We, of course, have been scrambling to fill out our foursome in his absence. ... Jim Mason appeared recently on the Channel 5 noon news as a spokesman for the United Appeal and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. (No he did not sing “Mack the Knife”). ... Since supposedly, “No news is good news”, I assume all is well with all of you because no one is sending any information for me to include in the column. While I love all the guys I see in Cleveland, I would prefer to hear from some of you who I don’t get to see very often, if at all. Please send material so I can include it in my next column. This is the best I can do on my own. To all you believers or non-believers out there, dare I hope that the Cubs will finally get there this year? (No comments from you Schayer – your guys are as bad as the Cubs were last year.) Remember, call an old roommate. Be well, Schweick


spring 2007	I am saddened to report that our classmate Jim Kaiser passed away on March 15. Not a good way to begin the column! Continuing with the information sent by Larry Beaudin, for which I had no room in the last column, he was able to spend some time with Tom Bausch at a Jesuit function. He reports that Tom is still with Marquette University. They shared memories of Pacelli Hall. Larry is an instructor with the AARP Safe Driver Program (wonder why they use young people to teach in AARP?). He also teaches 7th grade Religious Education at his daughter’s parish. She teaches 5th grade and her 16-year-old daughter teaches 1st grade. (Don’t do the math we are all that old!) Larry is active in Knights of Columbus serving as an officer at both his council and assembly. The Beaudins have 14 grandchildren living in the Chicago area and Larry is even an official “assistant Den leader” in his daughter’s Cub Scout Pack. At the time he sent this info, he and his wife, Peg, were heading for the Jesuit retirement community in Clarkston, MI, to visit some long time friends including, hopefully J. Otis Schell, S.J. Thanks for sharing this news, Larry. ... If more of you guys would do the same, you wouldn’t have to put up with the following: Steve Schuda has joined our third Friday lunch group a couple of times since Thanksgiving. How many guys do you know who would drive from Pittsburgh to join you for lunch? He also joined Jim Mason, Bob Fitzgerald, Greg Fisher, Dave Nichting, Frank Dempsey and me on our annual trip to Santee, SC, for a week of golf. We wouldn’t mind expanding the group. If you have any interest, let me know and I’ll send details. We have already reserved our dates for ’08. We will leave Cleveland on Friday, March 28 and return on Friday, April 4. Denny McGrath has surfaced as a potential 1st round draft choice for next spring. ... Bev and I joined Melinda and Jim Mason, Judy and Denny Judy McGrath, Lynne and John Magnotto, Jim Shannon and his friend Diana for a quick trip to the Grand Canyon in late February, after which we headed to Phoenix for a visit with Jerry Malizia and his fiancée Jeanie Ralls. Needless to say, we had a great time with an abundance of laughter. ... Plans are being made for a joint mini-reunion with the class of ’59 at Homecoming this fall. We will make it a “pay as you go event,” but will probably ask for some kind of reservations. At the moment we are thinking of a get together on Thursday evening for those who come in early or are local residents. The university will work with us concerning Friday. Golf for the guys who are interested can be arranged with a possible tour of some of the attractions of Cleveland for non-golfers and wives. Friday evening dinner could be held in the new Alumni Lounge in Rodman Hall depending on the number of attendees. Saturday is the Street Fair on Belvoir and the football game. At the moment, we are thinking of leaving Saturday evening and the annual Alumni Mass and Breakfast on Sunday open to individual choice. Homecoming is the last weekend in September. ... Please send an e-mail to journal@jcu.edu if you are interested in attending this mini-reunion? We will plan accordingly. Also, I’m in the process of getting a new e-mail address but in the meantime, you can send news to journal@jcu.edu. Be well, Jerry

winter 2007	Mark the last weekend in September �07 on your calendar if you are interested in coming back to JCU for a joint mini reunion with the class of �59 (more details in next column). ... Larry Beaudin reports that Warren Arthur, Jim Reilly, Paul Cronin and he attended their 50th St. Ignatius H.S. (Chicago) reunion. Unfortunately, Dave Marr was unable to make it. Larry shared more information which will appear in the next Journal. ... The following letter arrived recently: �I�m just a fly on the wall at The Woodlands Hotel in Williamsburg, VA, and I see them coming. They think once every five years isn�t enough so they arrive from Florida, Jean and Jack Lyons, Joyce and Len Piotrowski, Judy and Tom Collins; from St. Louis, Joan and Jim Bowers, Mary Joyce and Dave Keefe; from California, Polly and Paul Flask and Jim Shannon; from Rochester Kit and Dick Vogel, Jan and Jerry Rachfal. They are talking about how they have come from many different places just as they were sent 50 years ago to JCU by hard working hopeful families � rich in hope and faith if not necessarily in finances. Their faith was in God and the Jesuits and their hope was that JCU would provide a foundation for their sons.� ... �There�s Jan and Steve Schuda from Pittsburgh, Lynne and John Magnotto from Phoenix, Peg and Bill Buescher from Chicago as well as Carol and Field Retterer from Indianapolis. They�re discussing how much JCU changed them as well as how much it changed in four short years. They remember eating meals, playing pinochle, as well as purchasing books and eventually class rings in the basement of the Ad Building. Someone recalls the chapel and library both being located on the third floor of that building. They laugh about how the gym in which they once played basketball has morphed into a beautiful chapel.� ... �The Ohio crowd is finally here. Jeanette and Greg Fisher from Cinci, the Cleveland crew Sharon and Dave Nichting, Mary Pat �63 and Frank Dempsey, Melinda and Jim Mason, Jerry and Bev �76 and Schweickert and the East Liverpudlians Sue and Bob Fitzgerald. They�re chuckling about how, at the end of Freshman Orientation week, they crushed the �59ers in a push ball contest on a dirt field now named after one of them, beanies, and how they quickly began to confer the incredible names of wild animals, body parts and the like on each other � some remain to this day.� ... �I�m still on this wall and it looks like they are enjoying a Happy Hour. They�ve been to Ft. Eustis where many of them spent time as commissioned officers. I�ve heard stories about a golf match, trips to Yorktown, and various activities in Historic Williamsburg. A guy named Collins directs former Glee Clubbers Vogel, Magnottto and Flask in songs from The Student Prince and one that starts �Sons of Carroll.� They seem to have sung in the past at some place called Faragher�s on Thursday evenings. One guy gets some laughs by sharing some thoughts on aging � none of them seem to think they are aging. The only disappointment seems to be that some folks named Malizia, Huettner, McGrath and Powers had to cancel at the last minute.� ... �Since this has occurred in mid week they were unable to celebrate a Eucharist, but the fellowship, thoughts and words, compiled over 50 years, were surely a prayer that pleased their Creator � and it was good.� ... The letter was signed �The Fly� - Whoever you are, thanks for the material � could you be a Horsefly? Be well! Jerry

fall 2006	As I sit here writing this, I feel old. Just as many of you have already done, or will shortly do, I am heading for Chicago and my 50 year high school reunion. It doesn�t sound so bad until I think in terms of one half century. That sounds old. Oh well - think young! (As soon as the arthritis pain goes away.) ... I heard from Lou Burger about six weeks ago. He told me about a reunion he attended at Colombiere Center in Clarkson Michigan. As you may or may not recall, he and Fred Schaal entered the Jesuit novitiate shortly after graduation. They attended the reunion for all who had been at Colombiere for a length of time. According to Lou, Fred entertained them with stories about Chicago, (he teaches at Lane Tech) train trips he has taken (hope he didn�t bring any slides) and boat trips on the Maumee River. Lou spent eight days there and says that Father Schell is his old self. Although he uses a walker, he is in good health and would love to have some of us �old dogs� visit him. Lou says father was full of memories about certain people he caught going out windows in Pacelli Hall and imprisoning them in the basement. Since I can�t remember such an incident I am sure I never did such a thing. Lou says the Jesuits have two golf courses up there and the food is good while the rates are reasonable. It�s not that long a drive if anyone is interested in a road trip after the weather warms again in the spring. A visit with Joe Schell would be worth the trip, but we could also get in a round of golf. Let me now if you have an interest. By the way Lou says father would put us up on the fifth floor (I sense a reference to sneaking out windows in that comment). ... I also received some pictures by e-mail from Terry Pokuta. It seems that Bob Fitzharris was in Chicago recently to visit his children and a group of the guys got together for lunch. Joe Morrissey, Bob Kilbourne, Pete Conboy, Paul Pellegrino, Bob Fitzharris, Ken Roznowski, Terry Pokuta as well as Tony Saletta and Sam Vitale (remember them?) were in the pictures. They all looked great and I have to say it -- ready for a 50th high school reunion. ... I wandered into Carol and Field Retterer tailgating in the parking lot at the Ohio State/Penn State game in September. I knew they were there, but the odds are not real great that one would find anyone in a crowd like that. Actually, I walked right into them after about five minutes of looking. We had a good visit and talked about golfing in South Carolina this spring. ... By the time this goes to press it will be time for the following: MERRY CHRISTMAS! May you have a healthy and blessed Christmas with your families. I look forward to hearing from all of you. Be well. Schweick

summer 2006	It was a tough spring for the class of �60. Dave Starre, who was featured in our last column, lost his battle with cancer after outliving doctors� predictions by a few years. Shortly thereafter, Connie Pappas lost the same battle. Bob Fitzgerald did a great job as spokesman for the class of �60 in sharing comments about, and memories of Connie with all who were present at the funeral. Tommy O�Malley, Dave Nichting, Charlie Keane, Frank Dempsey, Jim Mason, Bill Matejka, Bob and I were able to attend. Many teammates from �58 through �62 also attended. I then heard from Bob Banci who informed me that he and Pete Conboy served as pall-bearers at Chuck Nicola�s funeral. Finally, Jack Lyons let me know about the death of our classmate Marty Haitz. Marty was active in the Tampa-St. Pete local JCU alumni group working on the annual �Christmas Carroll Eve� project which was to refurbish the landscaping and grounds surrounding the Children�s Cancer Center of Tampa. ... On a lighter note, Jack says he is �plugging along as a permanent Deacon for the Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL. In addition to his parish duties at All Saints Catholic Church, he had just had the privilege of baptizing his fifth grandchild. Jack�s focus is on Prison Ministry. He says, �This is a very comfortable ministry for me as the personalities are all reminiscent of my college classmates.� (I wonder which of us he sees in his clients.) Dave Marr tells Jack that he will have no problem with the vow of poverty when he is ordained as an Augustinian priest because his lawyer son can defend him free of charge should he be incarcerated (perhaps Deacon Jack can visit with Dave) or his doctor son can treat him should he become ill. ... While on the subject of Florida, Jack Cregan, who resides in Ponce Inlet near Daytona, was present for our monthly luncheon at Muldoon�s on the 21st of July. Jack�s wife, Chris, is in the Chicago area where she is unfortunately recuperating after a fall in which she broke an arm and a leg. Thinking back to my last column where I mentioned the power of prayer and asked everyone to try to say a prayer for Dave Starre at 7 p.m. each evening, how about everyone saying a short prayer for our classmates and their families at that time every evening. ... Finally, Joe Morrissey informs me (through Bill Buescher) that Jack Murray is alive and well and living in Columbia. (The country, not Missouri) where he is teaching English. Bill and his wife Peg had just returned from Florida and a visit with the Piotrowskis after stopping to visit their daughter in Atlanta. They also visited Springs Village, AR. Prospecting for a retirement haven. I know Bill is a big Bill Clinton fan, but retiring to Arkansas seems a little overboard. It will never happen because he wants to hit up Frank Dempsey and me for the down payment on his dream home (better plan on more of Chicago�s winter weather Bill). ... Please be sure to send some news about yourself or a classmate. Be well, Jerry

spring 2006	�IT�S A PUZZLEMENT�! As I recently sat pondering the secrets of the universe (much as I did as an undergrad) the following dawned on me. Last April 4 a once in a lifetime event took place. It lasted only a second and will never occur again in our lifetime -- do you know what it was? (answer below - no peeking) ... While I try not to be overly serious in writing this column, I could not let the opportunity to share the following go by. Upon requesting prayers for a classmate who prefers to remain anonymous, I received the following reply from classmate Dave Starre. �Three and one half years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a rare cancer of the marrow in the bones from the hips to the skull. I was level three cancer and given six months to live.� Dave�s wife wrote a letter to Regina Brett, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer (19 September 2004) asking her to seek prayers for Dave and explaining her own belief in the power of prayer. Brett explains that Barb, Dave�s wife, upon reading a book about prayer entitled �The Isaiah Effect� came to believe that the secret of prayer is believing in your heart that you already have what you seek. You don�t ask for it; you feel it already present. Dave has far surpassed the six month prognosis and informs me that over 30 multi-denominational church groups pray for him at 7 p.m. daily -- even if it�s only thinking of him as healing. His wife, Barb, is looking forward to him dancing with their granddaughter at her wedding and their granddaughter is only three years old. That is certainly a belief in the power of prayer. Keep Dave and our anonymous classmate, mentioned earlier, in your thoughts at 7 p.m. every day -- I am trying to remember to do the same. Dave is retired, but runs the Monday night meal for the poor and homeless at St. Malachi�s on the near West Side of Cleveland. He and Barb have four children and 12 grandchildren. They both have been on a macro-biotic diet plan for the past year. To quote Regina Brett, �...if you can, say a prayer for Dave. You don�t need to worry about words. Just imagine a man dancing at his granddaughter�s wedding.� ... Had occasion to read a quote by my old roomie, John Slosar, in the Wall Street Journal recently. It was in regard to the �Job Bank� program being used in the automotive industry and was as profound as I�ve ever heard John. (Don�t get the impression that I read the WSJ, Bubba Schayer called it to my attention and Jim Mason made a copy of it for me) ... Speaking of The Shark; he, Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting, Greg Fisher, Bob Fitzgerald and I spent a week in Santee, SC, golfing. Jim was the medalist, but I won most of the money. (Handicap)! ... Upon hearing that Corky & Lenny�s was recently closed for a week because of Salmonella, Bill Buescher offered the explanation that it was no doubt an Al-Qaeda plot to discredit Jewish delis. He vowed to wear a hair shirt until they reopened and proposed that the U.S.A. immediately bomb Iran, Iraq, Palestine and while we�re at it, North Korea. Bill Should be thrilled to know that C & L�s recently received an award as one of the top three Jewish delis in the country. (By the way, you can take off the hair shirt Bill, they have reopened.) ... A suggestion has been offered by the class of �59 that we hold a joint mini-reunion during a non-reunion year for our classes. Homecoming weekend was suggested (year to be determined). Please let me know if you are in the least bit interested. While you�re at it send me some news. Be well! Jerry (Answer to puzzlement - At 2 min. and 3 seconds after one o�clock the time and date read 01:02:03-04/05/06)

winter 2006	Again I�ll begin with an incongruent statement in the �winter� issue of the Journal. Happy Easter! Word is that the McGrath�s are unscathed by the grass fires that threatened Oklahoma City. Bubba Schayer (go Sox) reports that the great New Orleans Flood spared Jack Duffy. The waters stopped four blocks from his home. Field Retterer is wintering in Florida as he recuperates from hip replacement surgery. (Probably making adjustments in the golf swing also.) ... Got the following information about Carlo (aka Carl) Coppola. As Carlo says, �... he once was lost (per alumni records) but now is found...� and we are happy to have him back. Hope he will return to Ohio for our 50 year reunion in 2010. Carl was editor of the Carroll Quarterly while at JCU (I hope he isn�t too tough on this column) and has certainly pursued his interest in the written word. Carl and his wife, Carol, have four children and live in Los Angeles. He recently retired after 42 years of university teaching. His Ph.D. is from the University of Chicago and he lived in India for a year in order to complete his dissertation on India and Middle East languages and cultures. True to his JCU experience, he edited a literary journal for 39 years and has published extensively to include three books in the areas of literature, linguistics, psychoanalysis, culinary history, and music. With an additional chef�s degree he taught in a culinary arts program for 20 years, specializing in wine, culinary history (we�ll have to get Carl together with Jim Gauntner�s son who is a world renowned authority on Saki). ... Additional interests drew him to be program director for a fine-arts broadcasting station for five years, chief fundraiser and general factotum for a regional ballet company and later an opera company for about eight years. In 2004 Carl received his MA in counseling and is currently setting up a practice in psychotherapy and counseling in Los Angeles specializing in family and couples. Carlo has certainly gone a long way from Wooster, OH. Thanks Carl for sending the interesting sketch of your past 45 years. I hope you don�t� mind my not using quotations marks through out this column. (got to protect myself from the editor) ... Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting, Doc Kopfinger �62 (my next door neighbor) Jerry Harrison (my ex-secretary�s husband) and I recently finished building a rather large addition on our home. I have no doubt that the Tower of Babel was built in much the same way � five chiefs, no Indians. The room is still standing after our initial party and Frank, Dave and I are establishing the �Three Stooges Construction Co.� Dry walling is our specialty. ... Jim and Melinda Mason and Bev and I are getting ready for our annual trip to Phoenix to visit Jerry Malizia and the Magnottos. We will be joined by Jim Shannon. Unfortunately, Denny & Judy McGrath are unable to join us this year. As you read this we have already completed our trip. ... I�m sure there are many of you out there who could share some interesting information with us. Please send a note or e-mail so I can let our classmates know how you have been. Also, I need good material to write this column -- I don�t particularly care to write in every column about what four or five of us in Cleveland are doing. I�m even more sure that you don�t want to continually read about the same people. You are interesting to your classmates so let�s hear from you. ... Till later, be well. Jerry

fall 2005	What better way to begin the fall Journal column than to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I think I�m finally getting the hang of this, but it is tough to think two months ahead. ... Heard from Bob O�Connor. He was looking for John Slosar. If Bob had not retired from the DEA at age 50, I would be worried about my old roomie. John did spend a lot of time in California. Bob is living in Portland, OR, and has not felt the urge to be anything but retired for the past 17 years or so. Good for you Bob. I got the feeling the Bob does not miss Winters in Batavia, NY. ... Don Kucera contacted me to explain that he planned to be at our reunion last June, but he wound up having an angiogram and stent, which kept him from attending. Do not ever do it again Don or you will answer to all of us. For the past six years, Don has been doing motivational speaking at seminars on business and communication. According to Don, it is a mini-retirement job of about two weeks each month. In his travels, he has seen Jerry Rachfal, Bill Harmon, Denny McGrath and Jerry Malizia. With all eight of their children out of the house, Jane is able to join him on his seminar travels. They are expecting their 13th grandchild, life is good as is his health after the stent. Don says hello to all JCU friends. ... Bill Buescher and the rest of the powerhouse �Benchwarmers� IM basketball team held a mini reunion at Bill and Peg�s recently. Karl and Gail Rill came from Cincinnati, Jim and Liz Powers came from Rockford, Don and Joyce Muno from Beverly Hills, MI, but Jim Phillips was unable to attend due to recent eye surgery. Bill sent a warning that he is due for another Corky & Lenny�s run. (Lock the door and get the children off the streets all who reside in the Cleveland area). Frank Dempsey and I will try to distract him while he is here. Bill informs me that Brother Dave Marr has taken First Vows and now resides at Cascia Hall Monastery, 2520 South Yorktown Ave, Tulsa, OK 74114 � 2803. ... Joe Morrissey, after viewing pictures of our 45-year reunion, is praying we all look better for the 50th. He is hoping that Drs. Collins and Conomy can hook us up with a cosmetic surgeon. I don�t know about you Joe but �I�ve grown accustomed to my face. It almost makes the day begin. ... � I know - that is a scary thought. ... If it looks like I am grasping for material, I am. I�m also procrastinating writing the following. Sad to say, John Lovas and Jim Forrestal passed away recently. I realize this is about three months after the fact, but if I had more of your e-mail addresses, I could have let you know sooner. Please send address and material for the winter column. Addresses for the Forrestal and Lovas families in the event you want to express condolences are: The Forrestal Family, 5416 Horse Ridge Way, Bonita, CA 91902 ... The Lovas Family, 650 Coleridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301-3801 ... Jerry

summer 2005	Now that we have celebrated our 45-year reunion, I am pleased to report that I am gradually compiling a list of e-mails for our classmates. If you can please send me an e-mail (see address above), I will include your address in my class list. Eventually, I will send an e-mail to all on the list and you can pick off the one�s you want. If you are looking for a specific address ask me for it. If I have it I�ll send it to you. If nothing more, I will then have your address. I thought the reunion was one of our best. It was great to see, Norb Patla, Ken Dacas, Joe Bellian, Lou Burger, Karl Rill and Bob Ulman after all these years. ... Bev �76 and I have just gotten back from a weeklong trip to Chicago. On the way there we stopped to visit with Terry and Arlene Pokuta in New Buffalo, MI. Joe Morrissey and his wife, Joan, were there also. After following directions given by Terry and finding ourselves lost, we found a New Buffalo native who directed us to the Pokutas. Turns out Terry told us to turn right instead of left. After arriving, we went for a ride on the Pokuta�s boat. Lake Michigan being extremely turbulent, we headed up a very calm river to experience the loss of the boat�s transmission. Joe Morrissey, having served a hitch in the U.S. Navy, offered to swim back to the dock while towing the craft with the rope held in his teeth. Cooler heads prevailed and we phoned Terry�s -- shortly thereafter, we were rescued by a speedboat sent from the son�s boat repair service. The following day we stuck to land and turned in a PGA worthy performance on the links. It was a great time to see the Pokutas after 20 years. ... In June I received an e-mail from John McDonough after he and his wife returned from two weeks in Paris and Brittany where they had visited their daughter, Katie, as she finished a year of study at the University of Rennes. John was thinking about retiring to Tuscany and buying a Moto Guzzi motorcycle, but after the trip, it may be Brittany and a Moto Guzzi. John says he read with envy the news about the California reunions at Santa Anita and wondered why he didn�t know about them while he lived there until 1978. He says his daughter is planning to live in Baltimore and attend the Preakness each year after graduating from Johns Hopkins in May 2006. He says that is a sure sign he did something right in raising her. ... John has talked to classmates Larry Carver and Don Korman who was in his physics class, but didn�t graduate from JCU. He is still �cranking out code at MetLife and thinking about retirement someday.� He may be the only one in our class who speaks Java, having just completed a class in the language. Thanks for the news John! ... While on the subject of news, please be aware that if you want to convey some information to classmates, this column must be turned in two months prior to publication. This one had a due date of 15 July. Don�t get discouraged if you send me a message and it seems to take forever to get it into print. I will use anything you send. ... Till later, be well. Jerry

spring 2005	In the realm of being careful of that for which one wishes, I received the following information from old roomie John Slosar and I quote: Jerry � In response to your plea to former roommates � Yes you did set a record for roommates and Joe Morrissey and I made continuous sacrifices to provide a nurturing environment for your achievements academically, socially and, yes, in athletics. You will recall that it was so stressful on Joe that he spent a year after Carroll in a cloister seminary in Glen Ellyn. ... I always thought it was my example of spirituality that inspired Joe to enter. On the other hand, after hearing that another old roomie, Dave Marr, has entered the Augustinians in the recent past, I wonder if he could be a victim of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of our semester together in Pacelli. Dave has said he will be at the Reunion so we can all congratulate him on his decision. ... Slosar says that Tim Strader continues in venture capital investments and resides in Corona del Mar, CA, and Tim and his wife, Susan, provide exemplary leadership in the Orange County Diocese and in the parish, Queen of Angels. Russ Gorny continues his successful OB-GYN practice in San Clemente while his wife, Robbie, continues to donate her services at the local animal shelter. John credits her with supplying his family with their great pets. He further reports Paul Flask and Reed Harmon sightings out there. ... One of John�s most interesting contacts came on a trip to New York City where he ran into Dick Vogel in his dark glasses passing in front of the Plaza Hotel. Since then, he has wondered whether Dick appears there regularly, or owns sidewalk space. He will clear this up at the Reunion. ... Since John and family have outgrown their annual trip to Disney World by 30 years, he has missed seeing Tom and Judy Collins in Venice, FL. He has lost track of Terry and Ann Peters somewhere in the Carolinas as well as Bob O�Connor, last working for the FDA up in Seattle. John goes on to say that Jack and Evie Poplar maintain homes in St. Petersburg, FL, and Northville, MI. Jack has laid down his tennis racquet for golf clubs. John is looking forward to the Reunion, especially after the 40th where he was able to get reacquainted with all classmates, but especially Jim Patterson and Mickey Tegano as well as old teammates, Jim Keim and Jim Thailing. ... John and Marianne will celebrate 43 years of marriage this year, as will many of us. He has a tough time believing his children (all married) range in age from 34 to 41. Believe it John believe it! ... Thanks for the lengthy report John, you wrote my column for me. Anyone else who might care to abuse me a little, feel free to do so as long as you send lots of news about our classmates along with the abuse. ... First to send in reservations for reunion - Greg Fisher, Dave Nichting, Denny McGrath, Bob Ulman, Tim Strader, Jim Powers, Bill Retterer, Bill Buescher, and Lenny Piotrowski. Way to go guys! Most recent to commit to the Reunion are Karl Rill and Warren Arthur. How about joining them? The reunion committee has decided to ban, for the weekend, all conversation concerning grandchildren and our health and/or bodily functions. Hopefully we can all think of something else to talk about that weekend! ... See you in June. Be well, Jerry

winter 2005	HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I HOPE THIS COLUMN FINDS ALL OF YOU IN GOOD HEALTH. Our reunion committee has been formulated and has begun calling to remind all about our 45-year reunion in June 2005. Dave Nichting, Frank Dempsey, Jerry Rachfal, Jim Mason and I met at Homecoming and appointed Jim as chair. Since then, Larry Beaudin, Bill Buescher, Bob Fitzgerald, Jim Forrestal, Jim Gauntner, Tom O�Malley, and Joe Rini have stepped up and volunteered to help. ... I am happy to say that Jim Powers, Jack Lyons, Greg Fisher and Steve Schuda are the first to respond to Jim Forrestal�s suggestion about the class e-mail list. They have also confirmed their attendance at reunion. Bill Buescher says Joe Morrissey and Len Piotrowski are definitely coming. �The Falls� reports that Jim Reilly, Fred Schaal (without slides), Field Retterer, Jack Duffy, Jim Patterson and Dave Wenzler have committed to attend. He further informs me that Ken Roznowski has retired after 27 years as a special education teacher in Chicago. He goes on to say �Be aware, Paul Pellegrino, that Jack Duffy will be very upset if you are not at the reunion.� I know that Jerry Malizia (another �Wicker�) is coming. Don�t get these two upset with you �Pudge.� ... �The Falls� also reports that Dick Vogel, now a retired Marine Colonel and town councilman in Brighton, NY, a suburb of Rochester, is the Rochester area chair for the New York Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. In his position he runs a trip to the Washington, DC area every year to showcase the military. He convinced Jerry to attend the 2004 junket last August. The trip was wonderful, flying in a Marine C-130 and capped off by reserved seats at the Marine Barracks Evening Parade. �Vogs,� who like �The Falls,� recently retired from Xerox commanded the Marine Reserve 8th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division. Jerry says he is enjoying retirement and further reports that although we knew �Vogs� as Dick when at Carroll he is now known as Jim in Rochester. I shall always remember him as my �conscience� in the basement of Dolan Hall. ... Dave Callahan is the first of our classmates to show up at Muldoon�s for our Third Friday Lunch meeting. Some of the guys hadn�t seen him in 45 years. How about some of you who haven�t been back to JCU in that length of time showing up for the reunion? I guarantee that you will have a great time. ... Bob Banci has been keeping me entertained with e-mails, as has Denny McGrath. Too bad about the OSU/OU bowl game, Denny (Go Bucks! Bummer Sooner!). ... Bob Fitzharris surprised his wife upon the occasion of her qualification for Medicare (Happy Birthday, Pat and welcome to the group) with a trip to England. Upon returning, they hooked up with Ed and Margo Melotti to tour Washington, DC and the Fort Eustis/Yorktown areas. Bob reports that they had a marvelous trip thanks in large part to the Melotti�s incredible hospitality. Why don�t the four of you come to reunion and tell us all about the trip (no slides). ... Thanks to all who sent material for this column. It is tough to come up with information about those with whom I�m not in touch, regularly. Also, thanks to all the English majors who ignored the grammatical error in the last column (my wife didn�t). I am teaching a �writing intensive� course at JCU this semester (part of the new core requirements), perhaps I can learn to proof my own work as thoroughly as I do my students�. CLEVELAND/AKRON AREA RESIDENTS! � GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE ALUMNI GOLF OUTING AT SLEEPY HOLLOW ON 6 JUNE 2005. IT COULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR OUR CLASS TO WARM UP FOR THE REUNION. Info on the outing will be forthcoming from the Alumni Office. I hope to see you at the reunion. Be well! Jerry

fall 2004	SAVE THE DATE! ... As I write this column, Denny McGrath�s wife, Judy, is overseeing my efforts. She and my bride attended their 50-year grade school reunion yesterday and she will head home to Oklahoma tomorrow. Jim Mason, me and our wives visited the McGraths in September. We are still looking for the John Magnottos and Jerry Malizia, who were to join us. (Hopefully they are not wandering the desert between Phoenix and Oklahoma City). Speaking of reunions, don�t read any further � SET THE MAGAZINE DOWN AND GO MARK YOUR 2005 CALENDAR FOR OUR 45-YEAR JCU REUNION TO BE HELD JUNE 17 � 19. I know that is the weekend of Father�s Day � have your kids pool their resources and send you and your significant other to the reunion as a gift. (That way you won�t have to do the grilling and clean up after your own party). ... We have formed a planning committee and will meet on Saturday October 23 to get the ball rolling. For those of you who feel the need to phone home during the weekend and might have to use a pay phone, Dave Nichting has promised to re-create his most famous piece of coat hanger art and bring it to the reunion. If you are planning to attend, please send me an e-mail at the above address. It may save you having to talk to one of our committee members on the phone. Then again, we would enjoy talking to you. While many of you have been back for reunions, there are many who I can�t remember seeing for far too many years. How about Tom Sabow, Paul Bott, Pete VanOgtrop, Steve Bazzano � anyone still in touch with them? Please convince them to come. Dave Nichting tells me he spoke with Jim Sorrentino on the phone and Jim is going to call Frank Aquila about the reunion � How about Joe Regan and Dick Low? ... Thanks to Jim Forrestal and Bubba Schayer for their responses to past columns. Jim is a cancer survivor, retired Navy Commander and lives in Bonita, CA with his wife, Eve, a nurse who he credits for getting him through his treatments and surgery. Thank God for good women! Jim did complain, however, about how painful it is for him to have to spend time cleaning his pool while those of us in Cleveland and other northern climes are able to sit around and watch it sleet, rain and snow. Jim suggests that I create an e-mail list of the class of �60 so we can communicate with each other. If you will send me your address I�ll develop the list and get it out (good idea Jim). ... In response to my request for an assessment of the 2003 Cubs, Bubba (a misguided Sox fan) Schayer unleashed his rapier wit upon me, pointing out that he partially finances his retirement with funds from wagers with foolish Cub fans. Bubba had open-heart surgery on April 9th demanding that his Dr. get him out in time for the Sox home opener. He made it! He blames the condition on his roast beefs from Bob�s and burgers from the White Castle at Cedar & Lee. After that menu, it�s amazing anyone is still going. He also reports that Fred Schaal has traded in his bike for an open-end Amtrak ticket with which he travels the country each summer. (Please don�t bring the slides to the reunion, Fred). SEE YOU AT THE REUNION! (SEE YOUR NAME IN PRINT! � SEND ME AN E-MAIL; NOT YOU FWANK!) ... Jerry

summer 2004	THANKS FOR RESPONDING ... Thanks to Lou Burger, John McBride, Terry Pokuta, and Bill Harmon for responding to the last column. Lou is retired after a career in teaching and as a physics technician. He reports that he has stayed in touch with Fr. Schell, who is still at JCU. Lou is interested in a West Coast mini-reunion and indicates that he wants to �save the dates� for our 45 year reunion. John reports that he has been doing some acting and has had some poetry published. For those who may wish to read some of his work: Giotto, published in the �Rockhurst Review�; The Utopia of Vine and Verse, in the �Neo Victorian�: The Christmas Creche, Before Epiphany,� published by Pioneer Press and Aliens, published in �Off the Coast,� the Journal of the Live Poets Society of Maine? Anyone else have anything published that we might want to read? (No dissertations please.) Let me know so I can share with our classmates. ... Terry informs me that he gets together with Joe Morrissey and Sam Vitale (remember him? Another Chicagoan) for golf. At the moment, I am trying to weasel my way into their game in New Buffalo, MI where Terry and his wife, Arlene, reside. (I have no doubt I�m going to be hustled!) Bill Harmon is serious about the West Coast mini-reunion sometime in October. His only concern is how many are interested. I would encourage all who are so inclined to attend. Jim Mason and I are gearing up for a trip (with spouses, of course) in September to Oklahoma City to visit with McGraths, Magnottos, Jim Shannon and Jerry Malizia. ... I have learned that The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Paul Fleury, Ph.D. dean of engineering at Yale University as a fellow. Congratulations Paul! ... Frank Dempsey and I had a chance to visit with Dave Marr in Virginia in February �03. I also heard from John Kimler last December. Both are doing well. Bill Matejka suffered a stroke in December �02 and is working hard at his rehab. During his intense period of rehab, Dave Nichting, Frank Dempsey, Tom O�Malley, Charlie Keane, Jim Gowan and Jim Gauntner visited him weekly on a somewhat regular schedule. Bob Fitzgerald and I visited on a little less regular basis. With much abuse from his friends, Bill has progressed well and is able to walk with a cane and his speech returned quickly. He is presently residing at St. Augustine on Cleveland�s West Side. Visitors are still welcome. ... The aforementioned and others (not necessarily �60) get together on the third Friday of each month for lunch at Muldoon�s located at I-90 and East 185th St. just North of I-90. If you find yourself in Cleveland on the third Friday of a given month, feel free to join us. We meet at noon and leave when the spirit moves us. (don�t misinterpret that last statement). We do quaff a flagon of ale or two, however. ... I would enjoy hearing from all of my old roommates, who are too numerous to mention (I was so easy to get along with) and anyone else who will contact me with some news. Bubba Schayer, I would love to hear your views on the Cub�s performance last season. (My wife hid all the sharp objects in our house during the last three innings of game 7 of the NLCS). This is the year! Be Well! Schweick

spring 2004	NEW SCRIBE IN TOWN! ... Thanks to Frank Dempsey, Dave Nichting and Jim Mason, I have been given the job of writing the class column. They must have concocted their plot during our golf trip to South Carolina in February. That may be the last time I ever take one of those trips with them! We did get the chance to visit with Dick and Sunday Fromholtz after one of our rounds of golf. (Interpret that as freeloading dinner). It was great to see them after too many years. Don't ever travel with Nichting -- we thought he was going to get us shot when he tried to talk us on to an air force base using his driver's license as ID. He wanted to see his godson who he thought was stationed there. Four guys in a white van with golf bags in the back appearing out of the blue and trying to talk their way onto the base. Get the picture? We must have been crazy. On top of that, the kid had been transferred to a base in Mississippi. ... I would like to thank Dick Blase who wrote this column for the past several years. He learned, as I already know, that there can be little written if there is no input from members of the class. Unless you want to read about my life and those of the same classmates over and over, send me news from time to time. I don�t want this to become an exercise in creative writing and neither do you. Besides, the only creative writing I�ve ever done has been on the walls of men�s� room stalls. (Actually it was some of my best work). ... The Masons, McGraths, Magnottos, Schweickerts, Jim Shannon and Jerry Malizia recently held their fourth mini-reunion in Phoenix, AZ. Sad to say, Jim Shannon's wife, Kaye passed away last fall. Jim is doing well and getting on with life. Once again, a great time was had by all in the Valley of the Sun with much laughing and great eating at some unique restaurants selected by Magnotto and Malizia (only 1 was Italian). The best meal was held at Jerry Malizia's cucina -- he's a great chef and a better host. This year we did Sadona and other great sights along the way. If you ever get the chance to go to Sadona, keep the plastic out of your wife's possession. We were forced by Mason and Malizia to attend a White Sox spring training game. Last year, Shannon and I prevailed and we attended a major league game and saw the Cubs beat the Giants. We have begun planning our next mini reunion for Oklahoma City in October. ... One of the great moments of the event was provide by Jim Shannon as he worked on his Olympic gymnastics routine and ripped the towel rack off the bathroom wall at Malizia's. Sort of reminiscent of one of the Triad Parties. (I still think he, Rachfal and Pellegrino owe us a refund). How many JCU grads does it take to replace a towel rack? Six - one to supply the tools, one to do the work, three to offer useless suggestions on how to do it and one (the home owner) to cover his eyes and hope the wall doesn't come down. ... While on the topic of reunions, rumor has it that Bill Harmon is talking about resurrecting the West Coast mini reunion at Santa Anita. What about it Reed? With more of us retiring, such an event might draw well. Speaking further of reunions, remember that our 45-year reunion is in June �05. Hard to believe! You have to see the new science center, football stadium and renovated gym. Start planning now. I would like to start letting people know who is coming so I�ll remind you in each column to make a commitment to attend. ... In the meantime, please send news of classmate sightings or mini reunions you have held with old roommates and others. More importantly, send me some info about you and your family from time to time so I can include it in the column. Jerry

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