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Scattered Saints
Scattered Saints
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.
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.
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.
1968
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.
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.
Jan Hamrick Aschaffenburg continues her successful career as a lawyer, providing counsel regarding oil and gas matters.
Kip Gibert has been so nice to host our last two reunions at his beautiful home in Metairie.
Doug Harris retired from the banking business and now provides financial counsel and advice to people in need.
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.
Devan Pailet moved full-time to Montreal three years ago with his partner, Charles-Antoine. He has been visited there by fellow Saints Angele Andry Mueller, and Allison Andry, Sally Owens, and Cara Macy. See photos of his visitors on p. 51.
1984
Returning to the US after completing a multi-year assignment in Copenhagen, Gary Knipe is working at Molson Coors, leading the global IT project management office.
1987
After receiving her J.D. from Loyola in 2000, Elisia Shofstahl Pipton decided to pursue an advanced legal degree. She received her Master of Laws in Health Law and Policy in May from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law of Hofstra University. She continues to practice in a boutique medical malpractice and health law firm in Covington where she has been since 2010.
Todd DeMonte, his wife Victoria Siegel DeMonte, and their two daughters were on campus this fall for Todd’s induction to the StM Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. Read more about the event on p. 42.
1989
Shawn Ripps Tavani reports that she is currently living in Atlanta with her husband Andrew, daughter Ellie, and son Max. She works as a nurse educator for the nonprofit DEBRA of America, where she provides support and resources to families who have loved ones suffering from epidermolysis bullosa. She also works as a legal nurse consultant for litigation.
1990
Chad Cooper was joined by classmates and other alumni at his September wedding to Melita White at Southern Oaks Plantation. In attendance were Beau and Eva Bisso, Michael Fantaci, Anne Falgoust Ott, Stephanie Sumner Bass, Brooke Burns Cracken, Andy Wittich ’89, Erika Washington ’91, Isabelle Petit Delafosse ’91, and former faculty member Donna Lewis.
1994
Some members of the Class of ’94 got together to hang out in August. Brian Axelrad, John Diasselliss, Tyler Adkerson, Brent Beaulieu, Jason Griffith, Ford Church, Chris Chambers, and Brent Scalia caught up in Colorado.
John Diasselliss moved to Denver with his family and is still able to continue his volunteer position as organizer in the annual Chuck Yeager Charity Cornhole Competition held in Denver.
1996
Rebecca Jones reports that she is currently living in New Orleans with her husband Walker, and two kids (Eli and Sylvie).
1999
Class of 1999, please go to the following Facebook link to receive all of the information regarding your upcoming reunion! facebook.com/groups/STM1999/
Mathison Hall and his wife Ellie have been living in Annapolis, Maryland, for the last five years, enjoying life on the water and keeping busy raising Malcolm, Mae, and Roland. Mathison is a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and still serves as a Marine Corps reserve infantry officer with a unit in Texas. He’s also trying out entrepreneurship as part of a tech startup founding team.
2002
David Coons has joined Shelton Services, Inc.,based in New Orleans, as its General Counsel. Shelton is a pollution control and industrial services firm specializing in oil spill removal, tank cleaning, and hazardous materials remediation.
2014
Miranda Martinez graduated from the University of Richmond with a double major in International Business and Leadership Studies. She is now working as an internal sales consultant for fixed index annuities at Allianz Life’s North American headquarters located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ford Church’s non-profit Cottonwood Institute had its annual fundraiser and Brent Beaulieu’s consulting company, Beaulieu Corporation, was represented. He and his employees came in second place during the annual festivities.
