Page 9 - Priorities #32 2005-November

Pat Dougherty, class of 1966– is going to Budapest with his San Diego Soccer Club to play in their second World Fun Cup. They played in New Zealand four years ago and came away with the Cup. This year, competitors will be coming from all of Europe. Pat expects this trip to call to mind his first visit in 1965
to Hungary and Pannonhalma Abbey, not too far from Budapest. (Panonhalma is the home Abbey of the monks that founded the Priory.) He says that when he steps on to the field in Budapest this summer, he will be thinking of the Benedictine Community that taught him the game of soccer, and in particular Fathers Christopher and Egon and the sport that made them approachable.
Kevin O’Grady and Vincent Siciliano, class of 1968– have remained good friends since their Priory days. Kevin lives in Newport Beach, CA, and Vincent near San Diego. Kevin’s daughter Lauren and Vincent’s son Michael have just graduated in the same class from the University of Southern California—both Phi Beta Kappa! Classmates may remember that Kevin was class valedictorian and the first Priory student to win a National Merit scholarship, and Vincent was student body president.
Michael Spafford, class of 1974 – is Senior Geologist with the Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, CA. His daughter, Kaila, is on the varsity cheerleading squad at San Ramon Valley High School and his son, Miles, is JV soccer goalie at the same school.
Christopher Sharpe, class of 1985 – and his wife, Janine, announce the birth of a baby girl, Julia Evelyn Sharpe, born on July 31, 2005. Classmates Bryan Mason, Victor Zele, and Chris Blocker also welcomed new babies in July through September, Christopher said.
Scott Stache, class of 1985– took advantage of a trip to Thailand to put together a mini-reunion with Tak Vieravan, class of 1984, Jose Pathmanand, class of 1986, and Poom Ostanada, class of 1985. Tak and Scott were roommates at the Priory and hadn’t met again for 21 years. Poom was at his class’s reunion last year and Joe hopes to be at the Class of 1986’s reunion next year.
Guy Cross, class of 1988– reports that after 10 great years with Oracle, he has recently accepted a position with Salesforce.com as Director of Alliances for Asia Pacific, based out of Singapore. He reports that he is still playing soccer in the equatorial heat and teaching the locals the finer points of Hungarian goal scoring. Guy’s wife, Erika Nelson, recently joined the tech world, too, with Red Hat Asia Pacific. Both recently got SCUBA certified and have been enjoying diving in nearby Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Tim Morgan, class of 1988– reports happily that he and his wife are the proud parents of triplets, born on the Fourth of July. Check out the family website at www.babyhomepages.net/morgan7/index.php.
Brian Martin, class of 1989– was married over the weekend of October 22, 2005 in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Salvador Garcia-Atance, class of 1991– and his wife have a daughter, Olivia, born in June, 2004 and are
expecting a second child, a boy. Salvador has a child care business with two sites in Madrid. Thomas Hu, class of 1992– is living in Hong Kong and working as a stockbroker.
Saxon Amdahl, class of 1994– is working in the computer industry and resides in Los Gatos, CA. He travels often to Scotland on business.
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‘The game of soccer made Fathers Christopher and Egon approchable.”
Pat Dougherty
Brooke Appleblom: the only female DJ at KNGY Energy 92.7, recently debuted on-air with her own show.
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