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Congratulations to all our Priory alumni who graduated from college this year! Best of luck in all your future endeavors. Always we begin again.
1962
Joe Hilbe attended the Priory as a boarder from 1958-1961 and was inducted into Priory’s athletic hall of fame in 2010. After high school, Joe was a world list sprinter during the 1960s and won two national championships. Later he became head track coach at the University of Hawaii. He was elected as a U.S. team coach several times during the 1980s and was a lead competition official in athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Joe is now retired as an emeritus professor at the University of Hawaii. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of statistics at Arizona State and as a Solar System Ambassador with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Prof. Hilbe now spends most of his time as President of the International Astrostatistics Association (IAA) and is currently working on his 20th book on advanced statistical modeling.
1969
In mid September the Priory had an unexpected visit from Eugenio Lacayo, a graduate from the class of 1969. Eugenio had notbeenbacktohisAlmaMaterinnearlyahalfcentury. Hewasjoinedbyhiswife,whohadheardmanywonderfulstoriesof the high school days of Eugenio and his friends so many decades ago. Father Martin spent some time with the couple as they went through the ‘69 yearbook, recalling old friends, adventures and stories of the early days when there were few buildings andamuchsmallerenrollment. EugeniowaspleasedandexcitedtoseetheprogressofthePriory,althoughhemournedthe absence of coats and ties.
1970
Charlie Hefferman was a former educator and a founding faculty of the NW School in Seattle, where he drew upon his ownstudentexperiencesatthePriory. Charlieattendedoneyear–9thgrade–during1966-67. Sinceleavingtheeducationfield thirtyyearsago,Charliehasbeenengagedintherealestateindustryinboththepublicandprivatesectors. Asamanagerat the Port of Seattle in 1990, he placed the very first Starbucks into an airport. Charlie shares that he would enjoy hearing from others who attended the Priory during his year, especially when they are in Seattle.
1976
Phil Golden commented that at his class dinner during his 40th reunion weekend he was struck by what complete and decent people his classmates are. He further mused that it is no coincidence as each received a Benedictine education at Priory. In the meantime Phil has reconnected with his Alma Mater as a board member. It has been gratifying for him to learn how the school has evolved since he learned to write on a manual typewriter in Angel Simon’s class.
Tim Cain ‘78, Phil Golden ’76, George Stromeyer ’76 and Erhard Wegman ‘76 had a fun time sharing old Priory stories at the Alumni Fall Garden Party.
1978
1-Alberto Coppola currently resides between Cabo San Lucas and San Diego. He returns to Priory frequently to visit his sons: Albertowhograduatedin2015andEmiliowhoisafreshman.AlbertoSeniorhasvividmemoriesoflivinginthePriory dorm from 1976-78 with Father Martin as his dorm master. Father Martin reports that Alberto was an excellent soccer player and a member of the basketball team. After Priory, Alberto attended the University of Arizona. Alberto was an avid Off Road Racer from 1982-2012 and participated in over 135 races, including the “Baja 1000” twelve times.
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