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A Farewell to Larry Curran ‘77 We have asked Larry to accept the role of Assistant to the Vice President for the remainder of this academic year. He will continue to work with the EDC team on a variety of tasks and help us as we search for the next Engagement/Alumni Director. Larry will help us train and develop the new director so that his many years of service and knowledge can effectively be shared. We are happy Larry has agreed to this role and thankful at his openness to approach this in such a thoughtful manner to allow a slow transition and download of the wealth of Prep knowledge he has gained This past summer, members of the Engagement, Development & Communications (EDC) team spent a great deal of time working on their individual goals and how they accompany the goals of the EDC Office and the Prep. At that time, Larry Curran expressed a desire to leave Fordham Prep and seek a new adventure. He said that he “wanted to go back to being just an alumnus” of the Prep. Larry shared that this feeling had been brewing since his last class reunion in 2012, but appreciating the challenges the Prep was facing with the transitions from Fr. Ken Boller, SJ to Fr. Christopher Devron, SJ and from John Kahl to Jose Gonzalez, Larry put any such plans on hold. After the EDC Office acclimated to Joan Wollman’s retirement, Larry felt the time was right to begin a search in the nonprofit or small business world in the New York metropolitan area that complements his years of experience in communi