Meeting Current Recipients of Scholarships from Class of 1963 Endowments
Hello Guys,
We had our regular class of 63 monthly lunch at CDH yesterday May 9th.
Rob Bollinger Vice President of CDH and Teri McCloughan President were our hosts and during the two hours introduced us to two of the three students who are current recipients of class of 63 scholarships and gave us much information on what is going on at CDH.
The three recipients of class of 63 scholarships are pictured below. With us today were Monte Duncan a sophomore who received funds from the scholarship our class established in 2003 at our 40th reunion and Nathan Leber a senior who received funds form the scholarship our class established last year in honor of two of our classmates George Bonfe and Mike Ryan. Nathan is the 1st recipient of the Bonfe/Ryan Scholarship. Not able to join us at lunch was Issac Garcia who is also a recipient of the class of 63– 40th scholarship. In the photo below Issac is pictured holding the John Ireland award he received last week at CDH.
We had an opportunity to have a Q and A with the students along with Rob and Teri.
Quite a bit going on at Randolph and Hamline.
Enrollment– 930 students and expected to be at that level for the next two years.
Tuition—16,000+ per year
Construction at School—internal construction going on in several areas to improve utilization of space.
Staff—new president coming on June 1st—Jeb Myers
Sports—in full swing with baseball, softball, lacrosse, golf- boys and girls, track.
Twilight Parade -– last night, perfect weather.
Finally, it was a treat to meet the recipients of class of 63 scholarships. A very sincere thank you to all the class of 63 members who continue to support CDH and make these scholarships possible.
Next class of 63 lunch is Thursday June 12th—mark your calendars.
Check out the web site https://cretinclassof1963.org
Best to all
Tom Troskey
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Cretin Class of 1963 40th Anniversary Scholarship ISAAC GARCIA – CDH CLASS OF 2024 Recipient of the 2024 Archbishop John Ireland Award –
Isaac Garcia ‘24 Honoring the contributions of Archbishop Ireland, Cretin-Derham Hall recognizes one outstanding young senior for his faith, zeal, leadership, integrity and commitment to service and social justice. He receives this distinction having been chosen by his peers. This student was chosen by his peers because he is generous. He shares his snacks, helps others with work, and even gives cash to a classmate on their birthday. He is present and cares about others. He started a non-profit to help the dear neighbor in the Dayton’s Bluff area and his classmates truly respect him for this initiative. His compassion and sense of responsibility stand out as he marches to the beat of his own drum. For these reasons and more, the Cretin-Derham Hall Class of 2024 recognizes Isaac Garcia for this prestigious award.
ADDENDUM –
Tom & Joe,
Good morning and happy Friday! Thanks again for organizing the Cretin ’63 class meeting yesterday…always fun to get together!
FYI – I attended the very impressive JROTC Twilight Parade yesterday evening and I took this picture of Isaac Garcia (back from his college visit) and Nathan Leber.
Rob Bollinger
