Occupation: CFO Lift-All Company, Inc.; Rigger

Comment:
I am looking forward to the 50th and visiting with everyone. I'm grateful to have survived this long. This survival is attributed to my wife, Mary Jo.

Names of Children: Charles & James

Military History: None

Cities lived in:
Upper Darby, PA; Newtown Square, PA; Bryn Mawr, PA; Oaklyn, NJ; Cherry Hills, NJ; Lititz, PA

Interest/Hobbies:
Reading, watching The HIstory Channel, The Military Channel, etc. Watching the Philadelphia Eagles in season

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates:
Married to Mary Jo Roberts Anton. Practiced as a CPS in Public Accounting as a partner of Deetz, DeRenz & Anton for 29 years, until 1996. Still working. Still here. Don't feel like quitting (retiring) just yet.

Occupation: Catholic Priest

Comment:
Celebrate Stephen Girard Mass each Founder's Day at St. Augustine's R.C. Church, Philadelphia

Military History: None

Interest/Hobbies: Geneology, Ireland stamps and coins

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates: Served 40 years as a Priest in the Camden Diocese

Occupation: retired

Comment: The best is yet to come.

Military History: Retired from the U.S. Army

Cities lived in: San Antonio and Dallas, Texas

Interest/Hobbies: Working out at the fitness center

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates:
Active member of the Lone Star Chapter of Girard College located in Texas

Occupation: retired - part time Marketing Consultant

Names of Children: Suzanne & Larry

Cities lived in: Bucks County, PA and Ventnor City

Interest/Hobbies:
Working part time in advertising and marketing. Spend a lot of time traveling around the world with Phyllis (married 44 years) and balance with lots of quality time with 4 grandsons.
Hobbies include digital remastering of old recordings (have about 26,000 records), probably the only collectibles that have gone down in value since the 1970's.

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates:
Have 6 patents in narrow web technology and beauty sampling, including the technology behind the Glade Plug-In.
Published first novel in November: MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE, available on Amazon.com, Alibris.com, and other booksellers.

Occupation: retired

Occupation: semi-retired

Comment:
I hope you find this web site useful and enjoyable.

Military History: Girard College Corps of Cadets

Occupation: Consulting Auditor (Retired)

Comment:
It has been discouraging to see (return for Founder’s Day) so many buildings have been demolished at Girard.  I believe that it was necessary to raze some of the buildings such as Good Friends, but I wonder if the Girard Administrators and Board of Trustees really provided proper maintenance on a timely basis to avoid some of these conditions for the other buildings.  Founder’s Hall would be a case in point.  I’m sure that the cost of repairs would have been significantly less if addressed in past decades rather than paying at today’s costs.  Although my visits have been limited due to distance and job responsibilities, I always looked forward in seeing my classmates; however, the turnout as well was always sparse. 
I believe that the reason for many of our classmates’ lack of participation would be the major changes in the infrastructure at Girard.  Granted some of the changes were for the better.  Nostalgia plays a big role in the formation of what we conceive and what Girard should be.  We are part of Stephen Girard’s extended family and appreciate the opportunity of bettering ourselves.  We were molded to be contributing members of the community and carry on the Girard traditions.  The major changes in the student body also play a significant role.  When Stephen Girard’s 'Will' was broken by political appointments with the interpretation that Stephen Girard would not have made the stipulations in his will today vs. from the nineteenth century; it could also be construed that he would have wanted the location other than in the slums of Philadelphia and would have chosen the Poconos or maybe Salt Lake City, UT. 
When we graduated from Girard, we wished all our classmates success in life; and now for most of us we are near the end of our journey.  We’ll have memories of our experiences at the Hum which will be with us till the end.  When we left it was our commencement to a new life and each of us went our own way.  We should all be thankful for the opportunities Stephen Girard provided to us.  As much as we would like to do life over again, it just won’t happen.   I wish God’s blessing for the Class of ’58 and peace to all, including those that have left this world.  I’m sorry I won’t be able to attend the 50th, but I’ll be with you in spirit.  Hail Girard!  (“Blizz”)

Names of Children: Pam, Brad, Denise, Chuck, Herman, & Callie

Military History: N/A

Cities lived in:
Harrisburg, PA; New York, NY; Hutchinson, KS; Kansas City, MO; Youngstown & Dayton, OH; Bedford, Hurst, & Denton, TX

Interest/Hobbies: Music / Dancing / Swimming / Biking / Chess

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates:
Worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 40 1/2 years. (Clerk - Office Manager - Auditing Dept.) Early retirement due to IPO. After two years returned to workforce as a consultant for American Airlines Credit Union and also currently striving to be mayor of Corral City, TX.

Married to Wife #5 (Jo) and at last count, we have 15 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Occupation: Retired

Comment:
Boy! 50 years sure passes quickly, doesn’t it? My time at Girard holds many memories, both good and bad. The education we received provided a good foundation and coupled with the discipline, regimentation and frequent tough times positioned me well to handle various situations I’ve encountered throughout my life. It pains me that we have lost so many of our classmates. They were all good men. I hope everyone has a great time at the reunion.

Names of Children: Suzanne

Military History: None

Cities lived in:
Montgomery, WV; Kingsport, TN; Chicago, IL; La Porte, IN; Buffalo, NY; Nashville, TN; Newtown, CT; Gray, TN

Interest/Hobbies:
Fishing, hunting, shooting, reloading and stock making, boating, photography, collecting antique fishing gear and watching sports

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates:
Being able to work my way to the position of Vice President of Marketing for Arcata Graphics Book Group, the largest book manufacturer in the US, is an accomplishment I am proud of.
I am also proud to have been able to live to retire early and am looking forward to entering my sixteenth retirement year, hoping for many more.
One additional tidbit -- Years ago I was able to put the lifesaving training we all received from Coach Jones to use and save a man who was drowning in a rain swollen river. So, thanks Coach Jones. An additional caveat -- the tired swimmers carry does not work in very swift water!

Occupation: retired, working part time for bank

Comment:
was a textile plant manager for 25 years and then changed professions becoming a cnc programmer for the last 15 years , currently working part time for harleysville national bank and having a good time enjoying retirement..

Names of Children: rosalyn, robin, rebecca

Military History: none

Cities lived in: allentown and palm, pa.

Interest/Hobbies: big fan of all kinds of motor racing

Occupation: Consultant-Missile Defense

Comment:
After graduation, I attended Temple University and then was commissioned in the Navy in 1964. I served on cruisers and destroyers on both coasts and had an all expense paid tour to Vietnam 1966-1967. I commanded USS Ramsey (FFG-2) from 1982 to 1985 and represented US interests in the Persian Gulf. I retired from the Navy at the Pentagon in 1991 and worked as a Navy defense contractor for 16 years.  I retired from General Dynamics in 2007 and started a consulting firm, Sea Lark LLC. I currently  work  part time as a Technical Director for the Navy's Ballistic Missile Defense Program.  In 1970, I met my lovely wife Mary on a blind date in Boston and this May will have been married 38 years. Our oldest son Terry is a guitarist and a founding member of the band Carbon Leaf and our son Tim is an operations manager at the Fairfax County, VA Juvenile Detention Center. We are waiting for our first grandchild.

Names of Children: Terry (12/7/70) & Tim (5/4/73)

Military History: US Navy April 1964 to August 1991

Cities lived in:
Norfolk, VA; Newport, RI; Pearl Harbor, HI; Annapolis, MD; Virginia Beach, VA; Charleston, SC; Huntington Beach, CA; Fairfax, VA.

Interest/Hobbies:
Mary and I enjoy travel, the beach, snorkeling, boating, fishing, good food and wine. We are fortunate that my work takes us to Hawaii 30-40 days/year.

Accomplishments,/endeavors, misc info you wish to share with your classmates:
Meeting and marrying a wonderful woman, having two great children and attaining the rank of Captain, US Navy.