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Alumni Reunion
Alumni Celebrate!
It was an all-day gala, an event to remember. Some seventy-five alumni and guests reunited at lunch by the pool, evening cocktails on the patio, and a memorable banquet. The banquet program ranged from music by the Priory’s student quintet to favorite stories shared by the guests, who spontaneously challenged each other to take the mike and top the last reminiscence.
During the afternoon, Headmaster Tim Molak led some alumni through the Priory’s private grounds, once the Gambetta Ranch, where faculty and staff now live and where Father Martin constructs his famous grandfather clocks. From there, they trekked up the campus’s “Windy Hill” for a superb view of the coastal range and the fog rolling in.
The less athletically inclined skipped the hike and repaired to “Zots” (once Rossotti’s, now the Alpine Inn).
It was a meaningful occasion for all of the monks and some of the current faculty, who delighted in seeing the mature versions of their former students.
This reunion especially targeted the “five-year” classes — 1962, 67, 72, 77, 82, 87 and 92 — but alumni from many other classes attended and had an equally good time comparing notes. Photos and yearbooks were on hand, and memories ranged back to the days when Saturday school and European tradition held sway. A great deal of interest was expressed in the impact of the changes wrought by time — for example, co-education and technology.
”I think alumni found that the special Priory spirit that has always characterized this place is still here,” said Doug Ayer, Director of Development, who organized the affair.
The next reunion is already scheduled. Mark your calendars now for June 6, 1998!!
Time to play, hike, reminisce and re-connect.
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Peter Carton, top, and daughter, Lisa; Marty and Michelle Sullivan by the pool, top right; Peter and Lisa Chupity with Father Egon at dinner