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HighRoadLowRideRicardoCortez’07thoughthe’dbeanengineer.Instead,hemakesarthonoringhisChicanoculture.varhtmlDiv=document.getElementById("rs-plugin-settings-inline-css");varhtmlDivCss=".tp-caption.bighead,.bighead{color:#ffffff;font-size:90px;line-height:82px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:LibreBaskerville;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;border-color:transparent;border-style:none;border-width:0px0px0px0px;border-radius:0px0px0px0px}";if(htmlDiv){htmlDiv.innerHTML=htmlDiv.innerHTML+htmlDivCss;}else{varhtmlDiv=document.createElement("div");htmlDiv.innerHTML=""+htmlDivCss+"";document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(htmlDiv.childNodes[0]);}if(setREVStartSize!==undefined)setREVStartSize({c:'#rev_slider_94_1',gridwidth:[1000],gridheight:[500],sliderLayout:'auto'});varrevapi94,tpj;(function(){if(!/loaded|interactive|complete/.test(document.readyState))document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",onLoad);elseonLoad();functiononLoad(){if(tpj===undefined){tpj=jQuery;if("off"=="on")tpj.noConflict();}if(tpj("#rev_slider_94_1").revolution==undefined){revslider_showDoubleJqueryError("#rev_slider_94_1");}else{revapi94=tpj("#rev_slider_94_1").show().revolution({sliderType:"hero",jsFileLocation:"//magazine.scu.edu/wp-content/plugins/revslider/public/assets/js/",sliderLayout:"auto",dottedOverlay:"none",delay:9000,visibilityLevels:[1240,1024,778,480],gridwidth:1000,gridheight:500,lazyType:"none",parallax:{type:"mouse",origo:"slidercenter",speed:2000,speedbg:0,speedls:0,levels:[2,3,4,5,6,7,12,16,10,50,47,48,49,50,51,55],},shadow:0,spinner:"off",autoHeight:"off",disableProgressBar:"on",hideThumbsOnMobile:"off",hideSliderAtLimit:0,hideCaptionAtLimit:0,hideAllCaptionAtLilmit:0,debugMode:false,fallbacks:{simplifyAll:"off",disableFocusListener:false,}});};/*ENDOFrevapicall*/};/*ENDOFONLOADFUNCTION*/}());/*ENDOFWRAPPINGFUNCTION*/AlumniClassNotes.vc_custom_1548438224880{margin-bottom:0px!important;border-bottom-width:0px!important;padding-bottom:0px!important;}.vc_custom_1548437992868{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;border-top-width:0px!important;border-bottom-width:0px!important;padding-top:0px!important;padding-bottom:0px!important;}GeraldKirrene’57GeraldKirrene’57servedasSCUAlumniAssociationPresidentfrom1973-74.In2001,hereceivedtheLouisI.BannanAward.HemarriedRosemaryReynolds,whomhehadmetatasweet16partyin1951.Formorethan60years,theyhostedspecialoccasionsfortheirlargefamily.Gerald,arealestateagent,volunteeredfor[…]BarryMcCarthy’70JD’75Whetherontheplayground,intheclassroom,onthegolfcourse,orinthecourtroom,BarryMcCarthy’70JD’75shined.Everythinghedid,hedidwell.Barry’slawpracticespannedseveraldecadesandincludedextensiveworkinenergylaw.Barrywaswidelylaudedasanexpertandmentoredothersinthefield.Hedelighted[…]AdolfEitner’55Inhighschool,AdolfEitner’55methisfuturewife,IrmaDarrow.Adelovedhisfamily,God,andhisCatholicfaith.Hefoundgreatjoyinhisfamily,hishome,hisgarden,entertaining,andfriendshipsoldandnew.AdehadalongcareeratWesternGearCorpinEverett,wherehewasgeneralmanagerand[…]JoanKelly’67JoanKelly’67valedictoriangraduateofTracyHighSchool,receivedherbachelor’sfromSCUin1967,graduatingsummacumlaude.WhileteachingFrenchinpublicschools,sheearnedaMaster’sfromStanford.BeforeearningherPh.D.fromtheUniversityofFloridain1974,Joantaughtatthatuniversity’slabschoolandEscuelaLincolninCosta[…]ReadMoreMoreAlumniNews.vc_custom_1541486833165{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;border-top-width:0px!important;border-bottom-width:0px!important;padding-top:0px!important;padding-bottom:0px!important;background-color:#363c40!important;}.vc_custom_1548438649508{margin-bottom:0px!important;border-bottom-width:0px!important;padding-bottom:0px!important;}.vc_custom_1539207830078{margin-top:-25px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;border-top-width:-25px!important;border-bottom-width:0px!important;padding-top:-25px!important;padding-bottom:0px!important;}.vc_custom_1548439412942{margin-bottom:0px!important;border-bottom-width:0px!important;padding-bottom:0px!important;}
Gerald Kirrene ’57 served as SCU Alumni Association President from 1973-74. In 2001, he received the Louis I. Bannan Award. He married Rosemary Reynolds, whom he had met at a sweet 16 party in 1951. For more than 60 years, they hosted special occasions for their large family. Gerald, a real estate agent, volunteered for […]
Whether on the playground, in the classroom, on the golf course, or in the courtroom, Barry McCarthy ’70 JD ’75 shined. Everything he did, he did well. Barry’s law practice spanned several decades and included extensive work in energy law. Barry was widely lauded as an expert and mentored others in the field. He delighted […]
In high school, Adolf Eitner ’55 met his future wife, Irma Darrow. Ade loved his family, God, and his Catholic faith. He found great joy in his family, his home, his garden, entertaining, and friendships old and new. Ade had a long career at Western Gear Corp in Everett, where he was general manager and […]
Joan Kelly ’67 valedictorian graduate of Tracy High School, received her bachelor’s from SCU in 1967, graduating summa cum laude. While teaching French in public schools, she earned a Master’s from Stanford. Before earning her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1974, Joan taught at that university’s lab school and Escuela Lincoln in Costa […]