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Alumni News & Notes
Transitions
Lloyd Claire, member of the first graduating class of the Priory, passed away this past fall. Please keep his family in your prayers.
Alumni News
Richard McCoy, class of 1964, is on sabbatical from Queens College, the City University of New York and reportsthathismostrecentbookisnowout. It’scalled“AlterationsofState:KingshipintheEnglish Reformation”(ColumbiaUniversityPress,2002). HiswifeMarshaistheOmbudsPersonatColumbia,andhis childrenarenowcollegegraduates. KateisapplyingtolawschoolandSarahisaMitchellScholaratUniversity College, Dublin, James Joyce’s old college.
Patrick Dougherty, class of 1966, reports that last January he was fortunate to be asked to participate in aWorldFunCupsoccertournamentheldinDunedin,NewZealandforparticipantsover45yearsofage. Forty teams from around the world competed in his division, which made it to the finals and played a German All-Star TeamfromZwickau. Histeamwon2-1withamandown. HesaysheowesthiswonderfulexperiencetoFr. Christopher and Fr. Egon.
Tyler Grady, Class of 1974, and his wife Carolyn are delighted to announce the birth of Tyler del Valle Grady,Jr.whowasbornOctober11,2002. Tyler,Jr.wasalsowelcomedbyhisbigsisters,Amanda(13)and Carolyn (7).
Alberto Navarro, class of 1978, along with his wife, Paula, and their three children visited the Priory overtheholidays. HeoriginallylivedinGuatemalaandisnowresidinginPanama.
David Rudd, class of 1978, has recently relocated to Central Florida’s High Tech Corridor. He is building a new brand image for his database consultancy, Konduit, Inc. Konduit offers database design and programming servicesaswellasseveraluniqueturnkeyaidstobuildingandmaintainingdatabases. Tolearnmoreabout Konduit you can visit www.konduit.com. David’s other passion, his son Spencer, also has a Web site- 222. spencerrudd.com. Among Spencer’s latet feats is reportedly eating oatmeal without getting it on the ceiling or floor.David’sniecehasstartedboardingschoolinupstateNewYork. VisitingherinSt.Donate,Canada,brought back many unforgettable Priory memories of Father Martin, pizza, ping pong with Alvin Lee, Brad Oster’s boots, and Chris Conlin’s orange jump suit, he said.
James Jenson, class of 1980, wrote that he and his wife (who practices dentistry at the Palo Alto Dental group)areintheArmyReserve. Hiswifeiscurrentlyonalert. Hehasbeenonactivedutyforthepasttwo weeks (and intermittently prior) preparing his unit to deploy, expecting the mobilization order at any time. 1/13/03 UPDATE - James and his wife have been called to active duty.
Jordan Weinstein, class of 1982, proprietor of Dark Victory Armory-http://darkvictory.com is renovatingVictorianerahousesinsouthernVermont. HeismarriedtoAnneColeandthefatherofDavid Weinstein,bornonHalloween, 2001. HehasbeeninchargeoftheVermontRenaissanceFestivalforthepast3 years and is now developing an English Tudor village for the 2004 season of the festival.
Nels Paine, class of 1984, is an investment banker specializing in M&A. He lives in Portland, Oregon with hiswifeand3children-Sydney(9),Cori(7)andHudson(5). Hespenttheholidaywiththe1994StudentBody President,DavidArnold. NelsreportsthatDavidisstilla“prettygoodguyandisstartingtograyjustabit.” Tom Dowley, class of 1986, reports that Laura Anne joined their family on December 21. She weighed 7 lbs.14oz.andwas20incheslong. Alongwithherproudfather,welcominghertothefamilywerehermother Catherine, and her sister, Grace Eileen,who is 2 years old.
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