1955 Daniel Melia , the grandson of Tom Comerford ’ 55 , is a junior at Fordham University and is an Honors student . Tom spent 17 years connected to Fordham through his time as a student at the Prep and in the Summer Camp Programs , then as a student at Fordham University and Fordham Law School . Not to mention his Golden Ram status and 68 years of being a Fordham Prep Ram !
1956 The Williams and Creegan Family claimed their Big Top Experience : “ Keepin ’ It Old School ” — dinner with our Fordham Prep Archivist , Lou DiGiorno ’ 88 . They had an evening of reminiscence and tales of their shared Fordham Prep legacy . Lou presented the Williams and Creegan
Left to right , top row to bottom : Lou DiGiorno ’ 88 , Patreece Williams-Creegan , Patrick Creegan , Phyllis Williams , Paul Creegan ’ 24 , and Paige Creegan .
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Pictured in front of Hughes Hall : Frank Suozzi ’ 58 , Tony Spohr ’ 58 , Larry Ricciardi ’ 58 , and Jim Melican ’ 58 . |
Family with a blowup of the 4 / 20 / 56 Rampart , the front page of which mentioned the Paul WIlliam Quartet , the band that rocked Hughes Hall back in the mid-1950s , headed up by none other than drummer Paul Williams ’ 56 , late husband of Phyllis Williams , father of Patreece Williams Creegan P ’ 24 , and grandfather of Paul Creegan ’ 24 .
1957 Old friends from the Class of ’ 57 Jeanne McAnaney ( widow of Ed McAnaney ’ 57 ), Helen Waters ( widow of Marty Waters ’ 57 ), and John Hoey ’ 57 caught up with each other at the Prep ’ s Annual President ’ s Reception and met Prep President Anthony Day .
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1958 Sixty-five years after they graduated from the Prep , Class of 1958 members Frank Suozzi , Tony Spohr , Larry Ricciardi , and Jim Melican take every opportunity to gather and reminisce about their time at the Prep .
1958 & 1959 Richard Sartore ’ 59 and Edward Sartore ’ 58 have been enjoying retirement and traveling . Most recently visiting relatives in Italy and toasting their time at Fordham Prep .
1960 Three 1960 Fordham Prep grads — Jack Geraghty , Jack Bergen , and Brendan Walsh —
Pictured : Anthony Day , Helen Waters , Jeanne McAnaney , and John Hoey ’ 57 .
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Students from Fordham Prep , Prep teacher Mike Kravitz , and other Viva House volunteers pictured with Brendan Walsh ’ 60 , at left in dark blue shirt , and his wife , Willa Bickham , standing below .
set out on paths that would clash as the Vietnam War unfolded . Geraghty enrolled in the U . S . Naval Academy , Bergen enrolled in the U . S . Military Academy , and Walsh enrolled in LeMoyne College . Walsh left the seminary in 1967 , became active in the antiwar movement and protested the draft while Geraghty and Bergen rose in military ranks and came home from the war with Bronze Stars . During the war , Walsh turned their home into a Catholic Worker house called Viva House where they serve meals , provide shelter and tackle the complex problems of poverty and violence . Despite their different paths , Geraghty and Bergen nominated Walsh for Fordham Prep ’ s Hall of Honor for his 50-year effort to combat poverty in Baltimore . Geraghty and Bergen traveled to Viva House with 8 Fordham Prep students and 2 staffers to deliver more than 150 bags
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