A senior trial attorney on the Watergate Special prosecution force Ronald Malone JD ’71 died March 11, 2020. After leaving the U.S. Justice Department, Malone was a trial lawyer specializing in charitable trusts and a well-known horseman in Petaluma. As fires ravaged Sonoma County in 2017, the horse ranch Ronald operated with his wife, Sara, […]

A Renaissance man, Thomas Joseph Ervin ’71, JST ’88 was ordained a priest in May 1974 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. His ministry took him to parishes in San Francisco and the peninsula as well as the North Bay, where he lovingly cared for elderly nuns. After earning a Ph.D. in Psychology, he […]

Private eye Eldon Jesse ’71 ran his San Francisco detective agency out of his home, allowing him to maximize time in his favorite role: dad. Eldon grew up on his family’s farm in Oregon and attended Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon, later studying economics at Santa Clara. He was drafted into the U.S. Army […]

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.

Bob Fruehsamer M.S. ’71 was born to Bernhard and Irene Fruehsamer and grew up in New York City. He attended Pratt University and lived in Rochester, New York, for a few years, eventually moving to the Bay Area in the late 1960s. He received a master’s degree from SCU in electrical engineering and worked for […]

Robert J. Raab Jr. ’71 was born in Boston on July 15, 1949. He grew up in the La Puente and Hacienda Heights areas of Southern California and graduated from Bishop Amat High School in 1967. Robert received his B.A. in economics from SCU and his M.S. in finance from UCLA. While there, he pursued his […]

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

Native of San Jose, Dennis Foley ’71 graduated from St. Leo’s, Bellarmine, and SCU, and lived and worked as a computer consultant in Santa Cruz County, where he is missed by many good friends. He passed away on Jan. 15, 2019. The son of the late Thomasina and Philip Foley and brother of the late […]

A fifth-generation Californian, Phillip M. Sims J.D. ’71 was born on Oct. 13, 1942, to Lois Sanchez and Martin Sims in Sacramento. Phil spent his childhood in Livermore, graduating from Livermore High. He then attended San Jose Community College, where he met his future wife, Sandy. He graduated from CSU Northridge with a degree in history. […]

Carole Price Kiely ’71 was born on Oct. 6, 1949, and passed away on Aug. 4, 2018.

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

Joseph Edward Wettstein M.S. ’71 was born and raised in San Francisco to Joe and Agnes Wettstein. He joined the Navy after high school, becoming an ensign. He achieved electrical engineering degrees at both University of Wisconsin and SCU. He went to work for Underwriters Laboratories in the Bay Area, which is where he met […]

Philip Anthony Bank MBA ’71 was born on July 10, 1948, in San Mateo to Walter and Irene Bank. He was raised in the Bay Area, where he lived his entire life. He loved it here and saw no reason to be anywhere else. In his early years, he attended St. Matthew’s Elementary School and […]

Thomas “Tom” Vitanza J.D. ’73 was the proud son of Sicilian immigrants and born in Jamestown, New York. From the age of 7 he was raised in Santa Clara by his parents, Carl and Anna (Guiffrida) Vitanza, in a tiny apartment steps from SCU, where he would eventually attend law school, marry his loving wife […]

Retired Army lieutenant colonel Federico M.V. Tamayo ’71 graduated from Seaside High School and earned a B.S. in psychology. Fred helped pave the way at SCU for his sister, Captain Rita M.K. Tamayo ’76, to become a captain of the Army Military Police and the first female ROTC University Commander in the nation. A resident […]

Calvin Clarence Wilson ’71 was born in San Jose and graduated from Santa Clara High School. He was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific arenas. Following the war, he continued his education at San Jose State and later earned his M.A. at SCU. He was both a teacher […]

Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, Paul Nesse J.D. ’71 was a graduate of SCU School of Law. He had an extremely successful 45-year law practice in San Jose. Paul’s professional accomplishments were legendary. His legal opponents might disagree, but for those who knew him personally, Paul was a kind, caring […]

H. Keir Campbell MBA ’71 was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to California in 1959. He worked in the aerospace industry for over 45 years before retiring in 2005. Keir loved his family, the Giants, photography, traveling and laughing. When his boys were young he coached many of their youth soccer and […]

Harold “Jim” Ellis ’63, J.D. ’71 was born in 1940 in San Francisco. He grew up in the city and in Stockton, California, before attending SCU on a basketball scholarship. Upon graduation, Jim joined the Army, where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division in Vietnam. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple […]

Born on Sept. 28, 1926, in London to Sarah Freeman and Arthur Hyatt, Ruth Winkler ’71 was the middle of three children with sister Eve and brother Michael as bookends. Growing up during World War II in England with few resources and the threat of a German invasion, Ruth developed a determination that she carried […]