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Alumni News & Notes
John Lanzone, class of 1962, and his wife, Anne, traveled from their home in Amelia, Ohio to attend their first WPS Auction and visit family in San Francisco. John hopes to make this a yearly event. On the trip to California and back, they visited numerous museums and had the pleasure of visiting with other alumni along the way.
Chuck Arnold, class of 1964, is finishing his eighth year as a senior manufacturing applications systems consultant with Oracle Corporation. Chuck and his wife of 13 years, Kathleen, reside in Bellevue, Washington. He has two children: Erin, who will be 30 this summer and is a graphic designer/muralist in Los Angeles, and Brian, who is a lawyer, also living in Los Angeles. Brian and his wife Chrissie have four children, making Chuck an active grandfather.
Father Tom Lemos, C.S.C., class of 1965, is pastor of the Tri-Community Parish in the Colorado Springs, Colorado, diocease. The parish includes Sacred Heart Catholic church in Colorado Springs, Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Manitou Springs, and Holy Rosary Chapel in Cascade—the latter two situated at the foot of Pike’s Peak. George Ronay, class of 1967, and his wife Jeanne were on vacation in Orlando with their two sons, Patrick and Matthew, when they purchased a new house back in Los Angeles -–on the Internet! Actually, it was through e-mails that they found that a neighbor wanted to sell his house, so they "nibbled", and when they returned to LA, they spruced up their house and sold it the first week it was listed.
Vincent Siciliano, class of 1968, is the president of a startup bank in San Diego. His older son has finished his freshman year at USC and his younger son is in 6th grade. He would love to hear from any alumnus.
Daniel Murphy, M.D., class of 1970, has moved back to the Bay Area from Shaker Heights, Ohio. He is now Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford, and Associate Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He will be involved in clinical research, medical student and postgraduate education, and clinical care of infants and children with heart disease. Daniel is also director of the Adult Congenital Cardiac Program at Stanford Hospital. His wife, Candy, will be teaching sixth grade math at Menlo School. Their oldest son is a junior at Stanford, studying Political Science. Their two younger boys will be at Palo Alto High School next year.
Jonathan Batkin, class of 1971, is director of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This museum is highly acclaimed for its store, which sells some of the best in Indian art and artifacts. Duncan Clarke, class of 1976, received a BA in Government from Pomona College, 1981 and a second degree in German at Middlebury College in 1982. He also received an AM degre (sic.) from Stanford in Education. While at Stanford he met his future wife, Robin. They were married by Fr. Maurus in 1985 and have two daughters, Dierdre born in 1990, and Rhiannon, born in 1992. They teach in Olympia, Washington, where they built their dream home on five acres of land. They like to travel, read, write, and backpack.
Peter Draeger, class of 1976, lives just over the hill from the Priory, on Applewood Lane. He and his wife have three children— Rian, ten, Elizabeth, eight, and Kellan, also eight. Anne Marie is from Killiney County in Dublin, Ireland. The family spent three weeks last summer in the "Emerald Isle" with Irish family and friends. Peter has been CFO of Draeger’s Supermarkets for 17 years. What started as a single store operation has expanded to three stores. The latest addition is a 65,000 square foot facility in San Mateo that includes a nationally acclaimed restaurant, Viognier. In addition to his work with the Draeger’s stores, Peter is actively involved with many volunteer organizations in the area.
John Kirch, class of 1976, announces that he is planning to represent Woodside Priory at the semifinals of the World Cup Soccer tournament in Tokyo, Japan on June 26th.
Bob Pottoroff, class of 1977, was on the 43rd floor of the WTC (second tower) on September 11. He was taking part in a training session related to his job as a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley. He visited the Priory campus in April with his son Nikoli, age 7. He is developing a new clientele with Morgan Stanley and would welcome a call from anybody interested in this field.
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