Has It Really Been 40 Years?

Actually the Father Ryan Class of 1969 was last together for a final time on Sunday, May 25,1969, when graduation exercises were held at the War Memorial Auditorium next to the State Capitol downtown.

When we had we entered school four years earlier, in the fall of 1965, we were reported to be the largest freshman class to ever matriculate to FRHS. Indeed, growing class sizes had been the major reason graduation had been moved off the Elliston Place campus and out of the Ryan gymnasium. That had occurred just a couple of years before we walked across the stage to receive our diplomas from Bishop Durick.

Even today, we remain a large group. The Father Ryan Alumni Office lists 157 as active members of the Class of 1969 (with 14 classmembers now deceased).

We'd like to have everyone attend our 40th Reunion activities, so we need to know where everyone is. Therefore, if you see your name or recognize a name on the list below, send us some contact information, so we can be in touch with all members of the Class of 1969 about our June 5-7 festivities.

Stanley Belcher
Michael Brown
Mike Byrd
James Colvert
Mike Craven
Phil "Flash" Cunningham
James Dean
Ernest Felts
John DeLozier
Ernest Felts
Phillip Felts
Joseph Formosa
Greg Garr
Mike Grant
Tony Greene
Robert Greer
William Hall
William Hemmelgarn
Tommy Howington
Dickey Kibby
Mike Lagan
Steve Luckett
Chuck McDowell
Ralph McGuffey
Joe O'Connor
Tim Quirk
Darrell Rose
Roger Rotoni
David Schmitt
Charles Smith
William Stone
Charles Walker
Paul Woodside
John Wyman
Bob Young

Again, if you see your name or know where someone on this list is, please contact me at pat.nolan@dvl.com or at (615) 780-3387 so we can invite them to the Reunion.