9/26/2023 Minutes of Zoom meeting September 24, 2023
Minutes of the September 24th, 2023 Zoom Meeting of
O’Connell High School Class of 1963 Association
Present were:
Mary Jo Lawrence –Chairman
Joan Cassidy – Vice Chairman
Steve Habeger
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9/19/2023 Note of Gratitude
Note of Gratitude
Thanks to the generosity of our classmates we have achieved our goal! We have met our obligation to the Westin Hotel.
We cannot wait to see you at the reunion. We wil
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9/17/2023 Minutes of Reunion Planning Zoom, September 10, 2023
Minutes of the September 10th, 2023 Zoom Meeting of
O’Connell High School Class of 1963 Association
Present were:
Mary Jo Lawrence –Chairman
Joan Cassidy – Vice Chairman
Steve Habeger
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Born into a military family, I spent a lot of my growing up years moving from place to place, including: Montgomery, Alabama; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and, Kadena AFB Okinawa. O'Connell was my third High School, and sorry to say, I made no lasting friendships there. It was a necessary milestone on my way to Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.
After graduation in 1967, I spent two years in the Army, including one year in Wildflecken, Germany - remote but beautiful. After mustering out in 1969 I worked for the Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters in Crystal City (Arlington) which was BRACed to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I was a geographic bachelor for a couple of years until I retired in 2002. I immediately went to work for my current employer, STG, Inc., as a consultant to the Department of State. I've had a wonderful "post-retirement" experience working for State, and just recently went to part-time to try out semi-retirement.
I married wife Nancy at Holy Trinity, her childhood parish, in 1972. We moved into our "starter home" in 1973 and have remained ever since, suffering through multiple renovations and upgrades to avoid leaving Arlington. After a blissful period of "salad days" we began the serious business of raising a family, first John born in 1978 and then Greg in 1982. The kept us very busy. Both went to St. Agnes and later to O'Connell and both were very active in Troop 111, each achieving Eagle Scout rank before moving on to college. Nancy and I were also active in scouting - Nancy as a Webelos Den Leader, me as Parent's Committee Chair for 7 years and 7 consecutive years attendance at the annual week-long outing to Goshen Scout Camp. Both boys went on to college, John to James Madison, Greg to Old Dominion. John married Molly Dewan of Staunton VA in 2009 where they both reside with our grandchild Max, aka Thomas Maximilian. Greg walks to work from his condo in the Ballston area.
Nancy and I are looking forward to our annual Beach Week at Bethany and to the 50th Reunion in October.
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