CLASS NOTES

Larry Campbell and his wife , Teresa Williams , are the subjects of the documentary series “ It Was The Music ,” available on Amazon Prime .

Dr . Robert Xavier Murphy , Jr . will be inducted into the Prep ’ s Hall of Honor in November .

Tim Micek was promoted to Professor at Ohio Dominican University

Neal McNamara celebrates his 16th year working at Nixon Peabody in March 2022 .

John Moore retired in 2020 after 28 years at Guardian Life Insurance .

Steve Flynn , Jeff Goetz , John Murphy , Joe Richezza , and Steve Ruggiero continue to get together for golf a few times a year across the Northeast . Steve Flynn notes that , “ It ’ s no coincidence that Jeff Goetz is now retired and has yet to miss a round !”

Ed Lenci is a litigation partner in Hinshaw & Culbertson ’ s New York office . He is also an arbitrator in the insurance , reinsurance , and financial services sectors and recently began his term as Chair of the New York State Bar Association ’ s International Section .

Michael McGowan ’ 82 has been busy building his family during the pandemic . He and his wife had a baby girl in 2020 named Mariani and welcomed a baby boy named Maximiliano in January 2022 .

Vincent Chiaramontel ’ s daughter , Alessandra , got married on September 4th in Westerly , Rhode Island with a reception on the 5th at Gurney ’ s in Newport , Rhode Island . Pictured from left to right in back row are : Vincent Chiaramonte ’ 82 , George Georgarus ’ 82 , Kevin Keary ’ 82 , Arthur Liberatore ’ 82 , Daniel Lanjewar ’ 82 , Joeseph Gresia ’ 82 . Kneeling : David Cojocaru 2020 .

Bruce Markusen wrote a new book called Hosted Horror on Television : The Films and Faces of Shock Theater , Creature Features , and Chiller Theater . It ’ s about horror films from 1931 to 1975 . These were films he grew up watching on WPIX ’ s Chiller Theater .

18 members of the Class of 1985 gathered at Texas de Brazil in Yonkers for drinks , dinner , catching up , and many laughs , as they have on the night before Thanksgiving every year since their graduation 36 years ago . Two guys , Bill Wollman and Pat Sbano , have never missed a reunion . They ’ ll be doing it again next year , and we would love to see some new ( older ) faces . Any ’ 85er who would like to join can email Pete Reynolds at pjr103lpc @ aol . com .

Former Fordham Prep trustee John Haley recently began his new role as Chief Development Officer at Partnership Schools .

Graig Suvannavejh joined Mizuho Securities as Managing Director , and Senior Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology analyst , having previously been at Goldman Sachs for three years in a similar role .

Kevin Rooney moved to Miami in May 2021 , and continues to work for Cerberus Capital Management .

Sean Salo recently made the transition from corporate marketing to small business owner as an Alternative Career Ownership Coach with the Entrepreneur ’ s Source . In his new practice , he helps people with “ battered career syndrome ” explore possibilities outside of the corporate job sphere . He would be happy to speak with any former alumni who want to learn about options for self-sufficiency and their Career 2.0 .

In March 2021 , Angelo A . Sedacca was made a Citizen and Freeman of the City of London , and thus subsequently admitted to : The Guild of Freemen of London ( UK ) and the Honourable Company of Freemen of the City of London of North America ( Canada ).

Joe Auletta recently became the Head Men ’ s and Women ’ s Golf Coach at American International College .

Chris Palestra took on a new role as Director and Associate General Counsel at Meta .