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John Ogonowski '70 (UMass Lowell) was a Vietnam veteran, third generation farmer, and an airline pilot. Tragically, he lost his life piloting American Airlines flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on 9/11. Though he flew 30 to 40 thousand feet above the ground, he really soared...
Jonathan de Sola Mendes ’43 (Dartmouth) is a decorated USMC fighter pilot who fought in two wars and has enjoyed a “marathon” life. At 102 years old, he quipped, “the key to living a long life is a shot of whisky a day and a good woman.” Marine Aviator in Two...
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Tom Monaco '85 (Temple) and his wife, Jana, were Pilam Temple college sweethearts who married, started a family and had a happy, healthy life. But in 2001, their seemingly healthy third child, 3-year-old Stephen, developed a life-threatening stomach virus that led to severe brain damage. Stephen was left unable to...
For more than ten years, Pilam alumni in South Florida have been hosting weekly lunches to stay connected “not four years, but a lifetime.” Chuck Ruffner ’58 (U of Florida) said, “it's a group effort to keep it going." Every Wednesday at noon at Bashour’s, a restaurant in Coral Gables, brothers...