The son of Italian immigrants, Mario Caesar Pardini ’41 graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory and SCU with a degree in civil engineering. He served as a Naval officer on a destroyer in the Pacific in WWII and founded, owned, and operated M.C. Pardini Cement Contracting in San Jose. Mario passed away a few months after […]

Born in San Francisco on Aug. 20, 1920, at the Presidio, Howard Bernard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick ’41 graduated early from Sequoia High School in Redwood City and was accepted to SCU. He transferred to UCLA in 1939, pledging and serving as president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. On a blind date, he met his future bride, […]

Dolores Lewis (Hon) ’41 was born in Leigh, Nebraska, the oldest of nine children. She graduated from St. Catherine’s School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska, and soon married Edward A. Lewis ’41 in 1944, a graduate of the dental school at Creighton University. They were married for 53 years until Edward’s passing in 1997. Dolores […]

James “Jim” Hartwell Flippen Jr. ’41 was reputed for his innovative contributions to pediatric medicine as well as his incisive logic, wit, and wisdom, dapper bow ties, ever-alm demeanor, and active community involvement. He exemplified a life well planned and a life well lived. Born in Manhattan in 1920, Jim was the elder son of […]

Guido A Marengo Jr. ’41, age 96, a native of Stockton, passed away on Aug. 29, 2016 after a brief illness. He was the son of Guido Marengo Sr. and Beatrice Campodonico Marengo. Guido graduated from Stockton High School and graduated from University of Santa Clara in 1941. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps and […]

Eugene Graham Stephens Jr. ’41 died peacefully in Novato, Calif., on July 10, 2013.  Eugene was born in Oakland, Calif., on October 3, 1919. He graduated from Oakland High School in 1937 and from The University of Santa Clara, Magna cum Laude in Mechanical Engineering, in 1941. In the same year he won first place for a […]

Louis M. Caserza ’41, April 28, 2013. Dear husband of Bianca (Ratto), whom he married on August 18, 1956.  Devoted father of Rosemarie ’80, Catherine, and Elizabeth ’81. Son of the late Dionizio and Rachele (Crescio). Brother of the late John and Alfred Caserza.  Uncle of Richard (deceased), Gloria, Daniel, Teresa ’75, Steven, and David.  Great uncle of […]

James Bowen Wilcox ’41, March 13, 1920, to November 19, 2012.

Harry G. "Paw-Paw" Sanders ’41 went Home to be with the Lord June 3, 2010 after a brief battle with cancer. He served honorably in the United States Air Force for 30 years and retired a Colonel. Harry is survived by his wife, Thelma J. Sanders, to whom he was married for 68 years; children Steve […]

 John A. “Jack” Petrich ’41, a Tacoma native and World War II veteran who served Washington as a state legislator and Court of Appeals judge, passed away January 7, 2010 at the age of 90.  Petrich also served as a Pierce County deputy prosecutor and was Western Washington coordinator for John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential […]