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Alumni News
Stories from your LCC family
1950s
DAVID SEELY ’53 recently celebrated his 64th wedding anniversary. Additionally, his local Rotary Club honoured him by making him a Paul Harris Fellow in recognition of his contributions to the club.
PAUL MARCHAND ’58 received a medal from the Quebec National Assembly for his dedication and contribution to Quebec society, thanks to the support of MNA Jennifer Maccarrone. The accompanying plaque referred to Paul’s positive impact and his kindness and compassion as an inspirational model of leadership.
PIERRE COUPEY ’59, PRE-U ’60 completed his most recent solo exhibition, Echo’s Bones, at Gallery Jones in Vancouver, which was accompanied by a brochure that included an essay by the poet and filmmaker, Colin Browne. Since that show, his work has been acquired for private collections in Toronto, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Tofino, West Vancouver, Vancouver, and New York, and for corporate collections in Vancouver, Toronto, and Detroit. The next solo show of his new work, Dreamtime, will take place at Gallery Jones in fall 2025.
1960s
PETER HALL ’66 is looking forward to the arrival of two grandchildren in January 2025. His daughter Krista ’02, Pre-U ’03 is living in Britannia Beach, BC, while son Nicholas ’04, Pre-U ’05, lives in Boston, and works at Aqua Leisure. William ’08, Pre-U ’09 is in Montreal and is COO of Acorn Labs. Peter ranked number one solo sailor worldwide after winning US and North American championships, and placed third in European championships.
1970s
RODNEY BIRRELL ’70 has been chairman of Troubadour Theatres for the last seven years, a company which builds and operates theatres in and around London, UK. After a 20-year absence, the musical Starlight Express has returned to the London stage at Troubadour Wembley Park. The play, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Michael Harrison, opened to great acclaim. It is now a ‘must see’ show for Londoners and visitors alike.
PAUL KAVANAGH ’70, PRE-U ’71 celebrated Operation Veteran’s 15th anniversary as founder of the organization, which, since 2009, has provided approximately 25,000 meals to veterans visiting the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. He was presented with the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada for his support of veterans across the country. Paul recently retired after working for six years as the director of the Legion National Foundation.
STEWART PATCH, PRE-U '70 is married to Ann Gillespie and living in Dundas, Ontario. He completed a degree in Honours Physics at McMaster University, 50 years after earning a Bachelor of Engineering from Queen’s University.
IAN GRIFFITHS ’71 was in Provence, France, for the wedding of Graham Covington ’81 in September, with other LCC alumni, including Derek Covington ’86, Nick Linder ’81, Steven Niren ’81, Bruce Covington ’80, and Peter Hierz ’81.
TYCHO MANSON ’74 earned an LLM in Constitutional Law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 2024, while still practicing and enjoying litigation law in Toronto.
BRUCE HILL ’76 is enjoying spending time with family, travelling and cycling.
MARKO VUCKOVIC ’78 participated in the “Summer Swing” of the International Tennis Federation’s Masters Tennis Tournament, hosted by fellow classmate, Jim Mignault ’78, at the London Hunt Club. He won the 60+ Doubles Championship, propelling his ranking into the top 100 in the world!
ANDREW KAVCHAK ’79, PRE-U ’80 recently published a book titled Dear Paul Henderson: A Fan’s Letters to a Hockey Legend celebrating hockey player Paul Henderson. Paul enjoyed the book so much that he invited Andrew over for a visit. It only took 52 years but Andrew finally met his boyhood hockey hero! His book is now available on Amazon.
1980s
JEFF SHOEMATE ’83 is currently enjoying lakeside living in Minnesota with his wife of 28 years, and adjusting to an empty nest and retirement. They have three children, one of whom works in Colorado, another in California, and the third is at the University of California Santa Barbara.
PHILIP MOSCOVITCH ’84 continues to produce and host the French-language podcast, D’innombrables voyages, for the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. The fifth season was recently launched, and season six is in development. Additionally, Philip’s short crime fiction story Mädchen in Uniform is appearing in the forthcoming anthology Romy Lives, with each story based on a film starring Romy Schneider.
BOBBY SALOMON ’88 is producing a new docuseries for the US History Channel and Discovery Canada about a third generation marine treasure hunter and his team of ex-military/law enforcement people. He is also producing a true crime docuseries with Lionsgate, and developing a medical scripted series with Corus that centers around a quadriplegic ER doctor and is based on one of his podcast guests, Dinesh Palipana. His podcast is titled Mindframe: Where Shift Happens
1990s
SEAN PATTEE ’91 enjoyed a golf tournament at the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence with fellow alumni, Jordy Cohen ’91, David Martin ’91, and Scott Barker ’91.
KEVIN ALLADIN ’96 was recently promoted to global learning experience leader for business aircraft at CAE. His role is to ensure global program standardization and program accountability, and that customers’ voices are heard for all 48 business aircraft programs. Kevin and his wife have been married for 15 years, and their two boys are 11 and 8. Additionally, he was recently appointed as a result manager for Curling Canada, a role held by only eight people across the entire organization.
2000s
ALFONSO ABDON JR. ’03 published his first novel, The Last Guardians of Atlantis, on Amazon and other online retailers. It is the first in a trilogy, and he recently started working on the second book.
NICHOLAS MARTIN ’05, with tennis partner Nicholas Savage-Pollack, recently won the age 35+ Men’s Doubles National Championship at Toronto’s Granite Club, playing in the Canadian Senior Nationals.
MADELEINE BALLARD ’06, PRE-U ’07 was interviewed by Daniel Beaulieu ’88 for Exemplars in Global Health, a publication dedicated to sharing stories and research that aim to improve health outcomes worldwide.
GIANCARLO CATALDO ’08, his wife, and big sister Elena welcomed Carlo Cataldo on May 28, 2024. All are well!
SAM PEARL ’09, PRE-U ’10 and his wife, Kimberly Papp, welcomed twins, Leah and Charles Pearl, on November 10, 2023.
NAOYA SHATANI ’09, PRE-U ’10 trained as a pediatric radiology fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has since returned to Vancouver to work at BC Children’s Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital as a radiologist, after having travelled with his wife for a few months last summer.
2010s
KEVIN EASEY ’10 and his wife, Allison, welcomed their first baby in March 2024. Kevin says, “Willow Easey-Sadowski arrived to steal hearts, break curfews and redefine our definition of sleep.”
