Mark D’Ercole ’71 was awarded a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by Master Charles Gracie of the Gracie family of Brazil in October 2024. Mark started practicing Jiu Jitsu at age 55. Mark and his son, Alex, own a school in San Francisco. 

For the second time in three years, Tim Fennell ’71 served as a community representative on a panel interviewing finalists for the position of chief of police for the city of Los Altos, California.

Luis Mañeru ’71 translated two books by Spanish journalist and author, Ramon Vilaró. Tobacco charts the rise and fall of the empire founded by the Marquis of Comillas, who founded the General Tobacco Company of the Philippines. Dainichi is the epic of Francis Xavier—the Spanish Jesuit and first western monk to set foot in Japan […]

Tim Fennell ’71 served as the community representative on a panel interviewing the final candidates for the position of chief of police for the city of Los Altos, California.

Catherine Fawcett ’71 is far from retiring from life and her 30-year career as a realtor. She and husband Jim Fawcett ’71 married in 1971 and celebrated their 50th anniversary in December. After living in San Diego, they moved back to Northern California where they love living in Bella Vista. In the mornings, they sit outside […]

In 2020, Tim Fennell served on the “Citizen’s Police Task Force” established by the city council of Los Altos, California, to assess certain programs, policies, and procedures of the city police department. He was appointed to the task force because of his prior experience in law enforcement and corporate human resource management, as well as […]

Blessed with six ‘grands’ within just 5 years, we faced a challenge for college. Each one carefully considered many options; each one chose SCU! Currently, we have FOUR BRONCOS: two seniors, a junior, and one frosh. And, one graduated last year. The “caboose,” a senior at Bellarmine, will enter SCU in the Fall. Six for […]

John Sequeira ’71 is the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, lay director for Cursillo. He was also inducted into the Knights of Malta in September 2019. Through all of this he has been supported by Molly Sequeira ’73.

Jack Zwissig ’71, MBA ’73 wrote and published The TAO (Path) of High Performance Leadership, available on Amazon.

Patti Beattie Jung ’71 was elected president of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Paul Bruschera ’71 writes: "After 2 years as an Army Finance Officer moved back to San Francisco and have been CFO and part owner of a construction company for 38 years. I lost my wife Maureen in 2009 to cancer after 39 years of marriage and have one son Marc, who is a CPA."

Paige Cabral ’71, MBA ’75 writes, "Married 33 years to my bride Allison. Three great college grad kids; Lauren – Sonoma State, Patrick – Ohio State, and Tony – Sacramento State. Still living and working in the Bay Area for Abbott Medical Optics."

Mark d’Ercole ’71 received a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Master Charles Gracie. By doing so, he becomes registered in the BJJ Federation in Rio De Janiero, Brazil. He is still actively competing in tournaments and is married with two sons in San Francisco.

Gary LaBelle ’71 and his wife Rebecca are living in Truckee, where they’ve been for more than 20 years. Before moving to Truckee full time, Gary lived in the Bay Area and worked for Hewlett-Packard/Agilent for more than 25 years in marketing and sales. Rebecca worked as a recruiter for many high tech companies including […]

Catherine Mannino Fawcett ’71 is currently living in San Diego and is a real estate agent. Her Husband, James C. Fawcett ’71 is a surgeon in San Diego. They have three sons and three grandchildren and have been married since December of 1971. Cathy tried retirement but it lasted only 13 months. She is happily […]

Eino Huhtala ’70 and Marie (Mackey) Huhtala ’71 have just moved back to California after many years in northern Virginia. They made the move to be close to their daughter and two grandchildren in the Bay Area. Eino and Marie will make their home in Petaluma, where they’ll be pursuing new professional and personal adventures.

Nancy A. (Battaini) Del Colletti ’71 is the Executive Director of Rainbow’s End Recovery Center in Challis, Idaho, a new substance abuse rehabilitation facility she established.

Linda A. Mills ’71 is now serving on the board of directors for Navient, the nation’s leading loan management, servicing, and asset recovery company. Mills is currently corporate vice president of operations for Northrop Grumman, a leading global security provider of advanced solutions for defense, intelligence, civil agency and commercial customers. At Northrop Grumman, Mills is […]

Mike Carey ’71, an analyst for CBS Sports and the NFL Network, was recently profiled on BlackAmericaWeb for being the first black referee to officiate the Super Bowl, in 2008. Carey was a running back for Santa Clara before he joined the NFL ranks as a referee in 1990. In a 2008 ESPN poll, Carey was […]

Christine Russell ’71, MBA ’83 has been appointed chief financial officer of PDF Solutions, a leading provider of process-design integration technologies for circuit manufacturability. She brings over 25 years of corporate and financial experience to the company.