These are the biographical summaries of the Class of 1955. They are in alphabetical order, cross referenced with our field of excellence. Note the dates...this indicates when they were written.

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Joseph T. Kelliher

June 2000

John T. Kennally

June 2000

Henry V. Kensing

June 2000

Peter Krawchuk

June 2000

Arthur Alfred La Valle

June 2000

Anthony F. LoFrisco

June 2000

Joseph T. Kelliher

June 2000

453 Patton Place

Wyckoff, NJ 07481

201.891.9014

Joe writes: " After graduation entered the US Army in July 1955 and served until July, 1957, mostly in counterintelligence Corps. I joined Texaco in Insurance and Marine Departments from September 1957 until May of 1966, when I joined Hess Chemical Company in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. I left Hess and joined Seabrokers, Inc (a shipping company in New York City dealing with shipment of liquid gas and petroleum products. I stayed until my retirement in 1991 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Most of my career dealt with the arranging of transportation contracts between the major oil companies and independent oil tanker owners such as Aristotle Onassis and George Livanos. While at Texaco, I attended the Insurance Institute of New York taking various courses dealing with my job but no further degree was involved.

Joe is married to Joan Marie and they have four children.

• Steven (40) has a BS from Muhlenberg University, lives in Bedford, New Hampshire, and is in sales for a small company. He is married and has three children (two boys and a girl)
• Joseph (38) has a BA from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, an LLB from American University. He lives in Washington D.C. and works for the House of Representatives as Counsel on the Electricity and Energy Committee. He is married has two children (a boy and girl).
• Janet (37) is a graduate of George Mason University… lives in Annadale, VA and works in Alexandria, VA. for a small accounting firm, and is recently married. Ø
• Daniel (33) a graduate of Villanova University received his CPA while working for Deloitte and is now employed at American Home Products in Madison, New Jersey. He is married and has three children, two boys and one girl.

 

John T. Kennally

June 2000

15 Nathaniel Road

Barrington, RI

401.245.6579

Jack and Phyllis, a Manhattanville College' 55 graduate, have been married for forty-four years and have six children.

• Ann Kennally Armater, a graduate of College of New Rochelle and Fordham Graduate School, is the Development Director at Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY. She has three daughters.
• John T. Kennally Jr, is a graduate of Providence College and is a Commercial Business Manager at Hartford Insurance Company. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio and has a son and a daughter.
• Elizabeth M. Kennally graduated from Russell Sage College and works in the Human Resource Department of Vassar Bros. Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY
• Michael F. Kennally is employed in the Commercial Lending Division of the Citizens Bank in Providence RI. He is a graduate of Providence College and has one daughter.
• Thomas V. Kennally, a University of Rhode Island graduate, is with Blackwell Publishing Company in Malden Ma. as the National Sales Director. He has two sons.
• Philip is employed in the Barrington RI school department. Jack retired after thirty-eight years in the insurance business.

Henry V. Kensing

June 2000

60 Orchard Road

Mount Kisco, N. Y. 10549

914.241. 0555

Henry graduated from Harvard Law School (Cum Laude) and was the Vice President and General Counsel for Dynamics Corporation of America. Currently he has his own practice in Mount Kisco at 10 South Bedford Road, Suite 200.

Henry and his wife Eileen Murphy have three children.

• Brian C (25) is an RPI graduate is married and lives in Carlsbad, California.
• Edward (24) graduated from Johnson & Wales and lives in Miami Beach, Florida.
• Sean (18) is a freshman in Hampshire College.

Henry has been a Town Justice in Mt. Kisco since 1990 and was the Mayor of Mt. Kisco.

 

Peter Krawchuk

June 2000

Lenox Hill Road Box 960

New York, New York 10021-0003

212.840-1234

Pete became a minor league baseball player after graduation. He served in the U.S. Army prior to joining the U.S. Marine Corp. From 1960 to today Pete has become know for his work in modeling for the Ford Agency, been seen on commercial global television and as an actor in films and soap operas.

Pete writes: " I have been fortunate to be in a career since 1958 that has enabled me to have represented John Doe on hundreds of T.V. commercials and many products in advertisements, magazines, billboards and point of purchase areas. I was one of the most photographed men in America from the 1960s to the 1980s. In 1998, prior to the Academy Awards, Saturday Night Live gave me an opportunity to act with their principal players to receive a "Re-enactment Award" before their usual live audience. Aside from the T.V. commercials some of my principal roles in movies have been:

"Working Girl"

"Running On Empty"

Pickles

Forget Palermo

Someone to Watch Over Me

Tootsie

Soap Principals have been:

All My Children

One Life to Live

As the World Turns

I am married to Ann Marie, a graduate of Endicott College who for the Tourist Bureau, Rockefeller Center, State of Massachusetts and the Kennedy's in the 1960s.

We have four children:

• Elizabeth Krawchuk, a graduate of Taft School, Skidmore College. She operates " a boutique called Art Effect in Chicago, where she lives.
• Peter III, graduated from Deerfield Academy, Lake Forest College, Northwestern Kellogg School of Business. He is Vice President- Corporate and Institutional Banking, Harris Trust Bank in Chicago. Recently married to Lara Rogers, they live in Chicago.
• Tara Krawchuk a graduate of Loomis Citaefore and St. Lawrence University, is the National and Worldwide Project Manager for Crate & Barrel. She lives in Chicago.
• Tanya Krawchuk, graduated from Watertown High School, Lake Forest College, was a representative of Children's Business Magazine. She is presently a housewife and married to James Marquardt. They live in Louisville, Kentucky and have a son, Drew. "

Personally I'd say the 60's was the best ever to be part of advertising as well as some of the 1970's. I am proud to have been an important part of the teamwork that made these creative times possible. Via my career, God gifted me with individual independence, along with being in able to spend time with my family as they grew up. That is my greatest achievement"

Arthur Alfred La Valle

June 2000

83 Bertolotto Avenue

Little Ferry, NJ. 07643

Voice: 201.641.3084 Fax: 201.641.5918

yolavalle@aol.com

Art writes: " I joined the Navy Exchange Service command as a civilian trainee in 1959. Upon retirement as Executive Director (the first individual to hold that position) in December, 1992, I had attained the highest civilian position in worldwide organization of 25,000 employees. During my 33 years of employment with the organization, I held a number of positions within that retailing firm, including Deputy Director Services and Director of All Operations (Services, Retail, Distribution ….) and Personnel Director.

I was awarded the Department of the Navy Distinguished Civilian medal and made honorary Flag Officer of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps.

I graduated from the Penn State Executive Management Program. Mary Ann (Hopkins) and I have been married for forty-one years and have six children. Mary Ann has a degree in Economics fro FDU and is now retired from AGFA (a subsidiary of Bayer). Mary Ann is now a financial consultant to Merck-Medco.

Our six children are:

• Kevin (40) is married and lives with his wife Jackie in River edge, NJ. He is employed as a foreman for a major office construction/ renovation firm in New York City. He has three children: Brian (8), John (6) and Thomas (2). Jackie is a registered nurse in an ICU unit.
• Janet Aurora (LaValle) (37) is married and lives in Herndon, VA. She has an undergraduate and MBA from Virginia Tech and is a computer professional. She and Rich have three children: Julie (8), David (6) and Meredith (18 months). Rich is also a professional in computers and is an executive with Proxicom.
• Patricia Patnaude (La Valle) 37 is married and lives with her husband, Jim in Newark, Delaware. She is a graduate of Rutgers and has her CPA. She is employed by Anderson Consulting and has two children: Melanie (9) and Kelsey (7). Jim is with the FBI.
• Karen Lavery (La Valle) 35, is married and lives in Cedar Grove, NJ. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech and has a Masters from William Patterson College. She is an elementary school teacher. Her husband, John is an executive with Chase Manhattan Bank. They have two children: Ryan (5) and Taylor (3).
• Eileen Switzer (LA Valle) 34, is married and lives in Iselin, NJ. Her husband, Phil is an executive with a stock investment firm. Eileen is a graduate of Rutgers and is employed by Prudential as a Systems Project Manager. They have four children: Mark (9), Steven (6), Brandon (3) and Morgan (1).
• Kathy Dettloff (La Valle) 28, is married and lives in Glenn In BelAir, MD. She is also a graduate of Rutgers and is employed by Johns Hopkins University in their Financial/ Budget organization. She and her husband Glenn, who owns a concrete restoration firm, have two children: Erik (3) and Scott (15 months).
• Lorraine Hopkins (26) is a niece who has been part of the immediate family since she was sixteen. She lives in Hoboken NJ and is a graduate of Muhlenberg College. Lorraine is employed as a Human Resource Specialist by a Wall Street Software firm.

I have been very active in many community and church activities. These include the Little Ferry Board of Education (4 years), President of St. Margaret's Elementary School- Parent- Teachers guild (2 years), Manager and coach of a Little League team (15 years). In addition I have served as a trustee of the Navy Exchange Service Command Retirement Board for 23 years and has been Board Chairperson for the past 19 years.

I am currently a Lieutenant the Little Ferry First Aid Corps, a voluntary organization, and serves as a emergency medical technician."

Anthony F. LoFrisco

June 2000

33 Cider Mill Place

Wilton, CT 06997 (V)

203.762.5564 Fax: 203.762. 9812

alofrisco@msn.com

Note: Tony's wife, Eleanor, died in 2002.

Anthony received his LLD from Fordham Law School in 1958. He is a partner at Winston & Strawn in their New York Office and was a U.N. Delegate to the Diplomatic Conference on the Travel Contract Convention in 1970.

He married Eleanor Louise Merkel in 1963. She is a graduate of the NY School of Interior Design.

They have four children:

• Anthony, Jr (34) is a graduate of Sacred Heart University and is a database manager for an upstart e-commerce company. He is married to Lauren Jones and resides in Great Falls, Virginia
• Frank (33) is a graduate of Boston University and is vice president of Affordable Residential Communities, LLC, a real estate investment firm in Denver, Colorado, where he resides.
• Thomas (31) is a graduate of Boston College and is a manager at AT&T Access Group. Tom is married to MaryAnne Rush and has one son, Edward Anthony. They reside in Wilton, CT.
• Louise (31) is a graduate of Boston College and is a marketing account rep for HBO. She resides in New York, NY

Anthony was a member of the Wilton, CT Planning and Rezoning Commission.