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Faculty & Staff Counselor Thomas “Mac” Kimmitt ’04 and his wife, Megan, welcomed a son, Malcolm MacDonald Kimmitt, on April 20, 2020. English Teacher Bill Pierce ’07 and his wife, Callie, welcomed a son, Oliver William Pierce, on June 22, 2020.
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David J. Muller ’52 says that, at age 85, he believes Gonzaga has enabled a very good life for him. He notes that marrying a girl from Notre Dame High School across the quadrangle was a keystone.
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Richard H. Reed, MD ’54 is pleased to announce that he is “alive and well and of sound mind at age 83.” He still pursues his life pleasures of hunting and fishing and is a practicing Catholic. He attributes all of this to the grace of God and a Gonzaga/Jesuit education.
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Bob Devaney ’55 published a book called You Hate Computers, Admit It, which he describes as “a somewhat snarky book about issues we all have with computers, both Mac and Windows.” The book is available on Amazon.com and BN.com. Martin Gallagher Jr., MD ’55 became an ordained Jesuit priest in the Maryland Province in 1969. He went on to receive his RN degree from the University of DC and to graduate from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1983.
After, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Washington Hospital Center. He also served in the National Health Service Corps in Larose, Louisiana from 1986-1989. Martin and his business partner started the Community Free Clinic for the medically uninsured and underinsured in 1990, which celebrated its 30th year on Febuary 13, 2020.
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Thomas LaMoure ’56 writes to update that he is the proud grandfather of Grace and Will LaMoure. Grace is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland and Will is a sophomore at Fordham University in New York City.
and a bowl on the front steps of his home in Northwest Washington.” Richard is the founder of Our House, a home and job training program for at-risk young men in Brookeville, Maryland. He has won several awards for his work, including being featured as a CNN hero in 2015. On February 29, 2020, brothers Mike Palm ’66 and Herb Palm ’70 celebrated their shared leap year birthday, having been born on the same day, four years apart in 1948 and 1952, respectively.
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In March, Larry Vagnoni, Tom Donohoe, Tony Restaino, Pete Quimby, and
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Ron Saemann ’59 was proud to have both managed and played outfield for his softball team this past season. Fourteen players aged 58 to 80, including Ron, represented the Continental Country Club of Wildwood, Florida, in the “Sun & Fun” Senior Softball League. The team scored an average of 16 runs a game and finished the five-month season with a record of 24-4!
1966 On May 5, Washington Post columnist John Kelly featured Gonzaga alumnus Richard Bienvenue ’66 in his column. Kelly wrote: “Richard Bienvenue was struck by the many well-deserved tributes to hospital workers and first responders: the applause and songs and homemade masks. He felt delivery people should get some love, too. And so he put a cooler
Far Left: Richard Bienvenue ’66 (left) having some fun with Tavon Bean, a young man who attended Bienvenue’s nonprofit, Our House. Photo Credit: David Karas for the Christian Science Monitor. Left: Members of the Class of 1971 from left to right: Larry Vagnoni, Tom Donohoe, Tony Restaino, Pete Quimby, and William Malloy. Top: Brothers Herb Palm ’70 (left) and Mike Palm ’66 (right).
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