Class of 1963 50th Reunion
Welcome Class of 1963!
Meet Your 1963 Reunion Committee
Schedule of Reunion Events
How to RSVP
50th Reunion Class Gift
Who's Coming?
Lost Classmates
A Look Back to 1963
Find us on Facebook
*New* Golden Toreros
Welcome Class of 1963!
Class of 1963 graduates and non-graduate alums: mark your calendars because your Golden Jubilee 50th Year Reunion will be held October 11-13, 2013 during USD's Homecoming & Family Weekend! Below you can meet your Class of 1963 Reunion Committee and if you would like to help plan the reunion you can contact your chairs listed below or our office at (619) 260-4523.
We will be updating this website frequently as reunion draws near, so bookmark this page and check back for more details as they become available.
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM LAST YEAR'S REUNION!
Meet Your Class of 1963 Reunion Committee!
| College for Men Committee |
College for Women Committee
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| John Rodee, Chairman |
Fran Oldak Dolan, Co-Chairwoman |
| Orlando Malanga |
Norma Peck Little, Co-Chairwoman
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| Jim Tavasci |
Eloisa Sanchez Thompson |
| Hank Acquarelli |
Marie Oddo Garvey
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| Ralph Fear |
^Angela Palermo Ellis |
| ^Edward McCarthy |
^Mary Olive Chambers Lien |
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^Patsy Buckley Teaff |
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Alma Lujan Lyon |
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^Nina Rizzo Renda |
^ Committee Member Not Pictured Below
Schedule of Reunion Events
To be announced…
RSVP Information
Details about the weekend will be included in the invitation coming to your mailbox this summer.
Your 50th Reunion Class Gift
The traditional 50th reunion class gift is a way for us to honor our colleges and support today's USD students who are following in our footsteps of a half century ago. We encourage all of our class of 1963 alumni to support the Bishop Charles F. Buddy Endowed Scholarship Fund or the Mother Hill Endowed Scholarship Fund. Gifts of all sizes are welcomed and appreciated as are pledged gifts up to five years. Commemorate your 50th year reunion with a class gift.
Click here to make your gift today!
Class of 1963 Questionnaire -
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Who's Coming?
| Hank Acquarelli |
Bob Jasak |
John Robbins |
| Gerald Butler |
Larry Laumann |
John Rodee* |
| Fran Dolan (Oldak)* |
Mary Olive Lien (Chambers) |
Jim Tavasci |
| Angela Ellis (Palermo) |
Norma Little (Peck)* |
Patsy Buckley Teaff |
| Mike Epson |
Alma Lyon (Lujan) |
Eloisa Sanchez Thompson |
| Ralph Fear |
Orlando Malanga |
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| Andre Fortier |
Edward McCarthy |
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| Marie Garvey (Oddo) |
Mike McDevitt |
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| Alfred Giglitto |
Nina Rizzo Renda |
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*Reunion Committee Chairs
Lost Classmates
In an effort to give the entire class of 1963 the opportunity to partake
in this milestone event, we need your help to gather in some of our LOST
classmates. If you have any contact information on these individuals,
please contact the USD Alumni Office (619) 260-4819 and pass it along.
| Loretto Adams |
Sam Juliano |
Robert Polzin |
| Margarita Alvarado |
Hisako Kawasaki |
Philip Powers |
| Jacqueline Boldne |
M. Carmel Keogh |
Judy Recher |
| Mario Borba |
Robert La Perruque |
Francis Ryan |
| Eva Mary Cox |
Donald Licavoli |
Rene Scheverman |
| Cecily Criswell |
Richard Madsen |
Jerome Sherry |
| Alfred Giglitto |
Nancy Mancuso |
Francis Stella |
| Padua Hartnett |
Edward McCarthy |
M. Margreton Troy |
| M. Patricia Healy |
Roger Mehlbrech |
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| Margaret Anne Hicks |
Maria Elena Moreno |
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| John Holliday |
M. Celestine O'Callaghan |
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| William Johnson |
Gary Perrotti |
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A Look Back: what was going on in 1963?
- AFL Champions: San Diego Chargers
- The quote: "Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener. That is what I truly want to be."
- Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. and becomes Time Magazine's Man of the Year
- The Supreme Court ruled that laws requiring reciting The Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools were unconstitutional
- Kodak introduced the Instamatic camera
- Elizabeth Taylor was the first actress to earn $1,000,000 for a single film - 'Cleopatra.'
- Troll Dolls were everywhere
- 1963 Most Popular TV shows:
1. Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
2. Bonanza (NBC)
3. The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
4. Petticoat Junction (CBS)
5. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
6. The Lucy Show (CBS)
7. Candid Camera (CBS)
8. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
9. The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
10. My Favorite Martian (CBS)
- Alcatraz is closed for business
- JFK is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, allegedly, Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds him
- Beatles release first album “Please Please Me” and Beatlemania begins in the UK
- George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama
- Pope Paul VI elected by College of Cardinals
- Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes
- The 200-metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time by Don Schollander (1:58)
- California State Board of Education created
- U.S. nuclear sub Thresher, with crew of 129, lost in Atlantic
- U.S. "Zone Improvement Plan" or ZIP codes initiated
- Debuts in '63:
--Valium
--Audio Cassettes
--Washington-to-Moscow "Hot Line"
--Liver Transplants
--Steel tennis racquet frames
--Existence of quasars discovered
--Lava Lamps
USD Class of 1963 Facebook Page
For more information on our class reunion, check out our Facebook page by clicking here.
Introducing a New USD Golden Tradition
The 50th Reunion of the Class of 1963 will forever mark the inauguration of a new special group of USD alumni…the Golden Toreros! The Golden Toreros are alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago, going back to the first graduate of the College for Women in 1953 and the College for Men in 1956. This year, at the reunion dinner on Saturday evening, October 12th, members of classes graduating between 1953 and 1963 will be recognized and become the first inductees into the Golden Toreros. It promises to be a festive evening! The Golden Toreros will be invited to the homecoming reunion weekend each year to reconnect with friends and witness the induction of the next 50th reunion class. The Golden Torero Committee is being formed and will be introduced very soon. Watch here for further developments.