Scattered Saints 1955 John Girault reports that he has two new great-grandchildren. Liam Bradley Lunsford, grandson of late son Brad Girault ’82, was born in February 2017, and Sophie Virginia Neeb, granddaughter of daughter Ginger Smits ’76, was born August 2017. John enjoys living in the Northshore area but misses visiting StM.
1960 In September, Bob Livingston’s political memoir, The Windmill Chaser: Triumphs and Less in American Politics (with a foreword by Newt Gingrich), was released by UL Press.
1962 In October, Walter Blessey was honored by Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans when its local headquarters was named after him. The building was officially renamed The Walter E. Blessey, Jr. Free Enterprise Center of Learning. Read more about Blessey on p. 48.
The Bell began keeping up with alumni in a feature called Scattered Saints as early as 1963. All the written updates are grouped together by year, then Lifetime Events photos.
Sudie Redmond continues her successful career as a managing editor; she splits her time between Los Angeles (where she is the executive managing editor of the Hollywood Reporter), Portland, and New York City. J. B. Benton continues to live in Anniston, Alabama, where he has a successful orthodontics practice. Jimmy Robinson is also located in Alabama and has been the team physician for the University of Alabama for decades. He is the endowed chair of Sports Medicine for the College of Community Health Sciences. He is also director of the College’s Sports Medicine Fellowship. Brian Ball has opened an innovative medical facility providing ketamine infusion therapy in Covington. Harry Burglass lives in Baton Rouge, where he practices medicine in the field of dermatology. Leslie Fleming moved back to New Orleans and enjoys being home again.
Willy Monaghan will be having his first museum exhibition in 40 years. His exhibit “1-Object” will run from November 3 - February 10 at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Read more about it at cacno.org/I-Object.
Jan Hamrick Aschaffenburg continues her successful career as a lawyer, providing counsel regarding oil and gas matters.
1968
Doug Harris retired from the banking business and now provides financial counsel and advice to people in need.
On August 15, 2018, Linda Tuero hosted a book debut and signing for her daughter, J.T. Blatty ’96, who resides in New Orleans. The new book, Fish Town: Down the Road to Louisiana’s Vanishing Fishing Communities, was written and photographed by J.T. The book is a collection of beautiful and striking photographs of Louisiana’s fishermen and fishing communities. It is available locally at the Garden District Book Shop and online. The event was attended by fellow Saints Ed King, Rufus Harris, and Karen Baltar Reily.
1975 Only two more years until the next reunion for the class of ’75. Since the last reunion, the group has lost several members, including the successful and much-loved lawyer Greg Dupuy; Steven Threefoot, who held a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, worked for DuPont, and was the “mayor” of the Utopian community of Arden, Delaware; and Lynn Watkins, who trained monarchs of Mardi Gras balls to elegantly and gracefully be kings and queens for a day. They were all great people who achieved success in life and will be missed. The class has many Saints living across the country. Jim Bryant lives in the Boston area and enthusiastically returns for reunions. Bart Jones lives in the Portland area and has regularly returned for reunions as well.
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Kip Gibert has been so nice to host our last two reunions at his beautiful home in Metairie.
Hunter Phillips lives and works on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a dermatologist. Meg Stainback Orr is an engineer who provided extraordinary guidance to City Park during the ten years of its post-Katrina recovery. Jennifer Tuero Melius lives in Metairie and co-founded Heaven’s Pets with her husband Brian ’74. It has become the standard for endof-life animal care. There are so many more stories to tell of our classmates. Let us know where you are and what you are doing! We are still the largest class in St. Martin’s history!
1983 Leanne Hennessey Roulson was recently elected as 2nd Vice President for the American Fisheries Society. The AFS is an organization with over 8,000 members from around the world, dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science, and conserving fisheries resources. She will be part of the AFS Executive Committee for the next 5 years, and will serve as president of the organization in 2022.
