1949 Frederic Battaglia and his wife, Rosemary, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary May 22.
1951 Martin Bastiani retired from the SFPD after 55 years of service.
1952 Tom Klitgaard* was praised by the China Daily for his long history of strengthening ties to Shanghai. / Three generations of the Murphy family were highlighted and thanked in the recent U.S.F. Law School alumni magazine for their continued generosity and support to U.S.F. Law and to the nonprofit community in general and Catholic organizations in particular: Martin D. "Pete" Murphy; his father, Martin M. Murphy; and his son Martin Dante "Marty" Murphy '84.
1956 Members of the Class of 1956 held their annual golf tournament at Peacock Gap in San Rafael May 8. Pictured are (front row) Fred Stecher, Marty Lee, Bob Maloney, Jack Phelan and Denis Nolan; (second row) George Casey, Terry Keeley, Don Stenson, Gene Barsotti, Tom McNally, Ed O'Reilly and Bob Norton; (back row) Jim Kerr, Jim Lyons, Ed Ladrech, Mel Canevaro, Rich Murphy and Jack Hayes, who organized the event.
1959 Historian John Freeman* weighed in on the origins of the Sunset District's street names in a San Francisco Chronicle column by Gary Kamiya. He did five presentations in June on local history topics including the history of brewing in San Francisco. He joins the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning faculty in the fall to teach a yearlong course in the Discovering San Francisco's Historic Treasures series.
1961 Tim Tierney* was honored posthumously by CSU East Bay, which inducted him into the 2014 Cal State East Bay Athletics Hall of Fame on May 18. Tim was the last head coach of Cal State Hayward Football and later became the head men's and women's golf coach. He is the older brother of Bob Tierney '71 and Jim Tierney '78.
1962 Dr. Robert Ignoffo* was named Pharmacist of the Year for California.
1967 Mike Shaughnessy, longtime SI religious studies teacher and former campus minister, was honored at the Awards Assembly in May with the Charles Murphy Award for his many years as an outstanding teacher.
1970 Frank Dunnigan* wrote about theatre at SI in the 1960s for Outsidelands.org as part of the Western Neighborhood Projects. / Marty Grealish, Dave Tracey, Steve Grealish '72, Tom Sancimino '72, Jim Cunnane '72, Steve Price '72 and Dan Buick '75 took second place in the St. Thomas International Regatta on the Hunter 54 "Botox Barbie" with scores of 1, 10, 1, 2, 2, 1, they came back from major gear failure in race 2 to just miss first place in the 16-boat fleet. / The Harvard Business Review highlighted the success of architect John McNulty*.
1972 Kevin Carroll completed his 30th year at St. Lawrence Academy in Santa Clara, where he teaches religious studies and coordinates the school's Japan Exchange Program. He and his wife, Kathy, have three sons: Tom, Steve and Brendan. They are expecting their first grandchild in September.
1978 SI named a new theatre award for Kevin Quattrin, who stepped down after decades doing lighting and set construction for the drama program.
1980 John Garvey, the elected President of American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2275, is now the AFGE Region 9 Regional Vice President for General Services Administration locals in California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. Garvey also relaxed with his brother Paul '77 (right) and Dan Fouts '69 (center) at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu the week of 2014 NFL Pro Bowl Game. John was also recently featured in the NFL Films documentary on ESPN2, The Candlestick Makers, covering the history of Candlestick Park. He spoke of his vendor job he held while at SI and working 49ers' and Giants' games, specifically the Giants-Mets doubleheader on May 8, 1977, with his brother Paul. Between games, both witnessed Karl Wallenda successfully walk the high wire — 120 feet high and 600 feet long — with no safety net over the Astroturf and spectators.
1982 Dr. Robert Weber* hosted the Women's Health Forum at St. Mary's Hospital.
1985 Keith Harper* is the first Native American to serve as UN Ambassador for Human Rights. He will be working in Geneva, Switzerland. / Mayor Ed Lee's Deputy Chief of Staff Paul Henderson* was featured by the Chronicle for his clothing style. / On March 2, George Rehmet completed his 100th distance run (marathon or longer) at the Napa Valley Marathon. George has been running long races since 1991. His fastest time has been 2:59:12. He ran the Boston and New York Marathons and 50-mile races. His next goal is to run a marathon in every state. He is currently at 21 states.
1987 Steve McFeeley* is writing the third installment of the Captain America film franchise and the upcoming ABC series Agent Carter.
1988 Lt. Col. Alfred Acenas recently retired from the U.S. Army after more than 22 years, including three combat tours and assignments in Central America, Middle East, Northeast Asia and Europe. He is currently serving as a civilian inspector general for the U.S. Army Pacific Headquarters in Honolulu.
1992 George Rush Jr.* produced his first movie, Ping Pong Summer, starring Susan Sarandon, which was screened at the San Francisco Film Festival.
1999 Vicky Terheyden, Steve Baccari '75 and a few other Riordan faculty and staff visited the Marianist House in Cupertino where they met Brother John Samaha, S.M. '48, a resident there who taught at Riordan between 1956 and 1959. The three shared their Wildcat and Crusader connections.
2001 Benjamin Bradford* received the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News reporting for his public radio station (WFAE in Charlotte NC). Of the 4,000 entries (TV, radio and online), only 98 awards were given.
2002 Matt Werner* wrote about J.C. Orton, the Catholic Worker coordinator in Berkeley who has worked with SI student volunteers in the past. His piece appeared on Berkeleyside.com.
2003 President Obama appointed Kate Brandt* as Federal Environmental Executive. She will be responsible for promoting environmental and energy sustainability across Federal Government operations, including 500,000 buildings, 600,000 vehicles and $500 billion annually in purchased goods and services. Her past posts have included service as senior advisor at U.S. Department of Energy, director for Energy and Environment at the White House and special advisor for energy to the Secretary of the Navy at the Department of Defense. / Heidi T. Tuason (middle column, center) is completing her first year in the doctor of public health program in community health at UCLA. Her work is primarily focused on culturally relevant mental health promotion services in the Filipino community. This past year, she has also played the piano for the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie at Stage 1 Theater, for St. Augustine (South San Francisco), for St. Pascal-Baylon (Oakland) and, most recently, for the Ignatian Spirituality for Women Retreat at El Retiro alongside SI's Mary Abinante (right) and Mary Albach (left). This summer, she was awarded a fellowship for advanced language study and to continue her public health research in the Philippines.
2004 Kristine Arangcon* has a new book out called In Hindsight: Practical Adult Things I Wish I Knew.
2006 Randy Baldassarre graduated from UCSD Medical School in June. He will stay in San Francisco to complete one year of internship and then return to San Diego to do the radiology residence for four years. He notes that "life is full of challenges and excitement." / Brittany Gledhill (BA, UC Davis, BSN and RN from Samuel Merritt University), moved to Miami to pursue a career as a cardiology nurse specialist at Baptist Hospital. She is recently engaged to Alexander Dabrowiecki, who is in his third year of medical school. / Alexandria Murphy* writes about the fashion scene in New York for Keep.com.
2008 Ben Diserens appeared in a unique graveyard production of Our Town in New York City. / Matt Leland is now working at MLB Advanced Media in New York City. He is producing and editing Major League Baseball games. / Adeline Newmann* participated in Tallinn Music Week 2014 last March after working for a year with Estonian electronic music duo Algorütmid. They were recently featured in UK culture magazine Dazed and Confused/Dazed Digital. The article praised her act as one of Dazed's top five. / Nick Osborne* and Paul Toboni* held a fundraiser for their favorite charities at Nick's family restaurant and visited the De Marillac Academy with a check recently, according to Michael Daniels, president of the school.
2009 Melissa Mauer is engaged to Garrett Cohen of Menlo Park. The two met on an Alaskan cruise in 2005 as Melissa was entering her first year at SI. They both attended UC Davis for their undergraduate studies. Melissa has spent the last nine months working for her sorority, Alpha Phi, as a consultant to all of the chapters. Garrett has spent the last two years working at Stanford Medical Center in their cardiovascular research unit. Melissa will be pursue a teaching credential and a master's in education. Garrett will begin his first year of medical school this coming September. The two will marry June 27, 2015, at St. Ignatius Church and are planning a reception at the Bently Reserve.
2010 Dax Cohan* and his brother, Chad '12*, were part of Duke's lacrosse team that took first in the NCAA D1 national championship. They faced off against fellow Wildcat Bobby Gray '12*, who plays for Notre Dame. / Claire Collins*, a senior at Whitman College, won her swim team's MVP award and the school's Borleske Award, the highest honor for all athletes. / Calvin Joewono graduated last May from the College of the Holy Cross and was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer. He will be on board the U.S.S. John S. McCain as the electrical officer in Yokosuka, Japan. / Gabe Manzanares*, a football standout at UC Davis, was named the school's Athlete of the Year for his football prowess. / Joey Reavey* and Kevin O'Connor* '12 helped the St. Mary's Gaels win the U.S. National Rugby Championship with a 21–6 victory over Life University. / Sofia Robinson* SCU's Female Athlete of the Year, has been a member of SCU's Women's Lacrosse Team for four years. She has received honors as a Second Team, All-League Player, and was a team captain for the 2014 season. She is one of five seniors graduating from the team this year.
2011 Stanford's Hannah Farr* was named to the All-American Second Team, earned Conference Player of the Year and made the IWLCA All-West Region First Team; she was also featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.
2012 Natalie Calhoun just finished her sophomore year at Connecticut College, where she is a two-year varsity rower. This spring, her boat won bronze at the New England Rowing Championships (women's varsity fours). Last year, her boat won the silver medal; they also won the gold medal at the National Invitational Rowing Championships. She has rowed at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta twice. The former stroke of the B boat at SI, Natalie is pursuing degrees in environmental studies and government as a Goodwin-Niering Scholar. This summer she has an internship at Recology in Portland, Oregon. Next fall, she will be working as a career counseling advisor. / Conor Cucalon*, a baseball player at Vassar, was named to the all-region team for DIII baseball; his teammate Nick Johnson earned All-League honors along with Connor.
2013 Tara Fallahee* is excelling as a softball player at Emory University. / Dave Fleming* was named ECAC Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year at Fairfield University. / Stanford's Jack Klein* went 2–3 with a 3-run homer in NCAA baseball regional playoffs. Jack reported that "it was a great feeling. It was probably the last thing on my mind at that point since there was a guy on second," Klein said of his first collegiate home run. "I was just trying to go the opposite way with the way he'd been pitching. It was probably one of the best feelings of my entire life." / Yanina-Stefania Yasevich* had her article published by Globalisation Café. Yana, who finished her first year at NYU and who will be studying in Madrid and Prague next year, wrote the article for her globalization class as part of her focus on international business and diplomacy. The article caught the eye of editors at Globalisation Café, who published her piece, titled, "Mounting Tensions: Capital and Nationalism in Film."
2014 Washington State signed Trevor Dunbar* to play basketball for the Cougars. He was also selected for the basketball All-State Division II team by Cal-Hi Sports. / Harvard-bound Joe Lang* was named a lacrosse All American and WCAL Player of the Year. / Reilly Kearney*, David Barry* and Casey Garrett* received scholarships from the United Irish Cultural Center by writing about their Irish ancestors who made a difference in the U.S. / Harrison Sayed graduated in a special ceremony in Principal Patrick Ruff's office in June after touring with his band across the U.S. as a session drummer for Kurt Travis' solo project. Travis is known for his vocal work in Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds. The tour started May 14 in Sacramento and ended June 6 in Sparks, Nevada. Sayed played 23 different cities and went as far as Buffalo, New York. / Scott Serrato* was named best supporting actor for his work in SI's West Side Story at the California High School Musical Honors ceremony in May.
2015 Josie Little was selected First Team, All-State basketball underclass and Sydney Raggio was selected Second Team, All-State underclass by Cal-Hi Sports. / Julia Tognotti* was featured on ABC7 and Catholic San Francisco for her work in Nogales, Mexico. / Stephanie Woodford* is one of 173 high school students nationwide (and six international students) to be selected to attend the Grammy Foundation's signature music industry Grammy Camp in July at USC's Thorton School of Music.
2016 Adrial Diaz* was featured on KALW's Crosscurrents for his music and his work at Sunset Youth Services. / Joe Jimenez* received the first James Bjorkquist Award at SI's baseball banquet in May. The award is named for longtime English teacher and former baseball coach Jim Bjorkquist '65 and was announced by varsity coach Matt Stecher '93, who had Bjorkquist as a teacher. Matt spoke about Jim's 21 years of coaching at the freshman, JV and varsity levels; his affect on the athletes whom he coached; and the many life lessons he taught through baseball. The award recognizes the JV player, selected by teammates and coaches, who best represents the essence of SI baseball and demonstrates the values of the program and school as embodied by Coach Jim Bjorkquist.