Hello all,
Just got back from a delightful lunch where a dozen of the class of 63 gathered to socialize and watch the river go by on this beautiful fall day.
With our 60th reunion in the rear view mirror there a couple of items I would like to bring you up to date on.
You may recall that for the 40th reunion in 2003 we established an endowed scholarship at CDH to be awarded to students/family that qualify for tuition assistance each year. This scholarship is referred to as CLASS OF 63–40th FUND scholarship.
Each year it is awarded to one or two qualifying students. This year the recipients are Sophomore Damonte Duncan and Senior Issac Garcia. Congrats to Delmonte and Issac!
The current amount in the Class of 63 40th Fund is $81,000.
THANK YOU to all who have contributed over the years to this endowment.
In honor of our 60th anniversary we established another Class of 63 endowed scholarship in honor of our two classmates George Bonfe and Mike Ryan. This scholarship is known as the Cretin Class of 1963 Bonfe-Ryan Scholarship. This scholarship will be given annually to a CDH student who is physically challenged. The 1st recipient of the Bonfe-Ryan is Senior Nathan Leber. Congrats to Nathan!
The current amount in the Bonfe-Ryan is $61,000
THANK YOU to all who contributed to this scholarship fund.
A special thank you to several classmates who were instrumental in taking the idea of the Bonfe-Ryan to the reality of an endowed scholarship at CDH. Those men are John Runyon, Steve Nachtsheim, Bob O’Malley and Joe Schufman.
Working with Rob Bollinger at CDH we hope to put a regular class of 63 monthly lunch in place in the spring at CDH where we can meet Nathan, Delmonte and Issac.
Each November that we have been having the class lunches (since 2014) we have taken time at our lunch to say THANK YOU to the veterans from the class of 63 and have attached a photo of those class of 63 vets were with us at lunch. Best to you guys.
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Next class of 63 lunch is THURSDAY DECEMBER 14th—mark your calendar!
Take care
Tom Troskey