+ REMEMBRANCE +

I am firmly convinced that life as we know it on this earth
is a beginning, and not an end.
I am confident that we will be reunited
with loved ones and friends - in the Hand of God
together in a better place for all eternity.
Here are names of friends and acquaintances of mine
who have gone before,
but whom I remember fondly, and for whom I earnestly pray.
I hope they, who have the Ear of God, will pray for me.
May they rest in peace until we all meet again
on the Great Resurrection Day.

[A code to acronyms is at the bottom of this page.]

Rita Ebes Aaron, IHS, mischievous and always laughing in elementary school
Fred "Red" Aaron, SBC, quiet red-headed guy from Oklahoma
LeRoy Aarons, Wash Post, soft-spoken theatre critic who left for California
Martin Agronsky, NTC, TV star who was on the National Theatre board
Alan Alex, Capt, USA, SMC, debonair, mysterious Greek officer and gentleman
Robert Alfandre, DC, extravagant socialite
Nancy Alfandre, DC, glamorous star of The Hexagon Club musical revue
Bob Alexander, super-intense husband of Jane and Arena outreach improvisor
Derwin Anderson, LHS, "Ladies' Man" in big blue convertible
Evie Anderson, IHS, lovely quiet, laughing friend of Anne Ryan
Trilby Anderson, VA, invalid, worldly social doyen of Utah Street
Tommy Arisman, KS, friend of Ormand Leavel
Jim Austin, LT USAF SBC, my first college roommate, who died in a plan crash
Helen Avery, MD, Children's playwright - Stage One Summer Workshop.
Helen Baird, SBC, the wiry, bird-like, intense librarian at St. Benedict's
Ellis Baker, CU teacher who substituted for me when I was at Wisconsin U
Bakman, Patrick T.- GU - Innovative opera director who died too young
Dale Barber, IL, a great big bear-hug Chicago friend with no pretensions 1923 - 2008
Jim Behensky, SMC, a laughing practical joker who put pink pelicans on lawns
Jean Beilby, ALOC, my lovely British star in ALOC'S The King and I
Les Beilby, ALOC, Jean's actor husband who was dying during The King and I
George Belshaw, my gruff, scary but good-hearted filling-station owner uncle
Judith Belshaw, MN, no non-sense aunt and writer of long chatty letters
Judy Lucinda Belshaw Hanson, my cousin, who lived near me in Arlington
Dick Berger, my extravagant, tempestuous boss at The Starlight Theater, KC
Ricky Berger, Starlight steage-hand, Pres of MGM and Walt Disney Pictures
Sherry Berger, Dick's elegant singing-star wife who appeared at Starlight
Bernie, a badly crippled WWI vet who ambled sadly around our neighborhood
Heidi Berry, quiet philanthropist who was on the NTC board but died soon.
Dorothy Betz, PhD, DC - French teacher in whose ball of yarn I was entangled
Catherina Baart Biddle, Artist - Socialite who served on the NT board
Livingston Biddle, Natl Endowment for the Arts invited me to the Cosmos Club
Barbara Birmingham - Spirited redhead drama classmate at CUA
Harry Blackstone, Sr, the grand stage magician who we say in Kansas City
Al Bode, the older SHS student who wanted me to explain a magic trick
Betty Bode, SHS, Al's sister who was in my class
Lindy Boggs, Congress sweet, grand Congresswoman friend of Brother David
Donald Bohn, older guy at IHS who wore glasses and married Mary Ann Hegarty
Mary Ann Hegarty Bohn, the neatest, smartest student at Sacred Heart
Celeste Bolin died when a rowboat overturned at Bean Lake
Barbara Boling, my great tomboy friend from across the alley
Betty Boling, Barbara's elder sister, in the Girl Scouts
Jerry Boling, neighbor, Shriner and owner of a car dealership
Heliome Boling, Jerry's wife, with an up-swept hair-do
John Bonskowski, IHS, round-faced, smiling, short-haired fellow student
George Bossard sang "Old Man River" in my ALOC Showboat
Hanna Leah Botsford, an advanced-age GU student who volunteered at NTC
Skip Bowler, whose tennis shoes were thrown in a tree at Jim Bourne's
Joy Bowman, chunky friend of Rita Baker, enamored of a bus driver
Dawn Boyer, pale and thin, she died very young at Sacred Heart School
Leo Brady, famed playwright and one of my teachers at CUA Drama Department
Louise Brandwen, a theatre director who I visited on her deathbed at GUHosp
Buddy Brannan, my movie-going buddy in Leavenworth, LHS
E.J. Bribach, my first eye-doctor, in Atchison, Kansas
Bill Brown, GU - in The Importance of Being Earnest at GU, died in a NY fire
Carter Brown, Elegant mover-and-shaker of the Smithsonian Institute
Rita Brown, a sweet Colorado housewife who knitted sculptures, CL
Don Bruce, SMC, imaginative entrepreneur who established The Eagle
Eddie Bruce, DCE, Don's gambling brother
Jack Brunette, SBC, great pal and prom-decorator at SBC, from Chicago
Brunsman, Janie, IHS, super-energetic fellow cheer-leader
Brunsman, Jim, IHS, Janie's quieter, kind elder brother
Al Bullock, burly dentist who was a fine Billis in my ALOC South Pacific
Jack Burgess, GU, College Dean who retired and died much too young
Burke, Denny - GU - Upbeat, member of the Trinity Theatre Loft crew.
Hanorah Cahill, LV, hard-working, church-supporter housewife and mother
Kitty Ann Cahill, SHS Jim's elder sister
Jimmy Cahill, SHS, friend who gave Jack Hunter an embarrassing Xmas gift
Bill Callahan, CUA, Portly, grand classic actor, friend of Paul DiGiovanni
Josephine McGarry Callan, white-haired elegant premier vocal coach at CUA
Jose Calvo, GU, short, wiry, super energetic M&B promoter of all things
Ed Camp, NBC-TV, my first Washington boss, my first summer in DC
Betty Campbell, LV - tiny hard-working mother of about six children
Jay Carmody, white-haired theatre critic of The Washington Star, DC
Mary Myles Carney, LV, always lovely smiling Immaculata high student
Joe Cancieri, mastermind of a huge gala for the National Theatre's 150th
Ella V. Carroll, thin, bespectacled bank heir and sacristan at Sacred Heart
Mary Agnes Carroll, Ella's sister, assistant; they brought "treats" to us
Ed Cashman, CUA, my "boss" in the Speech and Drama Department at CUA

Johnny Castle, DC, irrepressible blonde who tore out the walls of his apt to exposd the lath.
Marian Chace, CL, renowned dance therapist at Chestnut Lodge Hospital
Ellie Chamberlain, indefatiguable Founder-Producer of the Washington Shakespeare Festival
George Chapin - Singer - American Light Opera Company
Patricia "Pat" Chatam, congressman's widow, friend of Mary Ann Fuqua
Jim Chellico, WI, friend of "Big Helen" who invested $3K of mine to no avail
Bobby Christ, SHS, neighbor and my brother Paul's friend
John Christ, SHS, the older brother
Buddy Clark, SMC, Southern live-wire blonde
Claudio Clemente, SGT, Squad Leader, 174th Military Police Bn, Fort Sher5idan, Illinois
Richard L. Coe, Leading Theatre Critic, The Washington Post - DC
Christine Sadler Coe, Writer
Jack Coffey, childhood victim of Polio, he walked with crutches - SHS
Roy Coffey, A fast-driver in a sleek blue convertible - SHS - IHS
Bill and Frances Cole, Among first motorcycle riders I met in DC
Frances Cole, GU I directed her as Lady Macbeth at Georgetown
Rita Cole, DC, a mother who entertained beautifully for her daughters
Ruth Cole, appeared in Banned in Boston at Georgetown, here she worked
Don Conrad, SMC, short and quiet biker
Bill Constantos - LHS friend
Dick Cooper, LHS, swarthy, intense, a good friend
June Cooper, Dad's secretary at SMC who sent me a gold Noh mask from Japan
Merle Cooper, LHS, Dick's older, sophisticated, brother
Jack Coopersmith, DC, Genial Washington philanthropist.
D.H. Craig, Quiet, wore glasses, Spartan MC friend
Sir John Craig, nominated by father for the Holy Sepulcher, KHS, OK
Mary Craig, wife of Sir John, tULSA, ok.
Beth Crancer, founder of the Underground Newspaper at SHS
John Crancer, Traveling Salesman who died young, leaving three children
Rita Jan Crancer, who lived in a grand house on the Esplanade
Teresa Crancer, called herself the Merry Widow Crancer of Leavenworth, and indeed she was.
Richmond Crinkley, Producer, Shakespeare Library Theatre DC
Arthur Crumlish, Mailman in Stalag 17, GU
Dusty Cunningham, SMC
Jim Cunningham, Football Team, Across the hall, SBC
Dailey, Misty - GU - killed by a hit-and-run driver while still a GU Student
Patrick Daly, State Department, NTC
Bill Dant - Tall menacing Death in Fr. Alcuin's SBC Everyman
Royden Davis, SJ, soft-spoken theatre-supporting Dean, Davis Center, GU
Barbara Dawes - My first girlfriend - SHS
Benny Dawes, the kid brother - SHS
Jean Dawes - The glamorous one - SHS
Joe Dawes, LLD - Pater Familias, who owned the Gustave Dore Divine Comedy
Ruth Dawes, Red-headed Irish Taffy Maker

Ruth Dawes, Jr. - Wife of a local basebal star, SHS

Elwyn Dearborn, Meticulous Eastern Army Entertainment Theatre Director
Edward DeCelle, Raymond Ertel's perfect host - DC
Ed Diedrich, the "grand old man" of our Freshman Class at saint Benedict's
Joan Delahunty, glam red-head star of my summer at St. Michael's Playhouse

Mildred Dellere, our quiet next-door neighbor in Leavenworth
Nick Dellere, grocer, who gave me his navy flight jacket
Ward Dengler, older red-headed friend from LHS
George C. Denney, Alice's quiet, wise, supportive State Dept lawyer husband
Phillipe DeRosier, Scene Designer and my mentor at KC Starlight Theatre
Hal Diamond, my magician friend and partner in a magic restaurant project
Bob Dietz, CUA, star comic actor at St. Michael's Playhouse in Vermont
Paul DiGiovanni, later just Giovannii, was in my graduate class at CUA
Rev. Michael Di Teccia Farina - Priest supporter of the Arts in DC
Charlotte Dixon, the preacher's wife who was my Bloody Mary at ALOC
Ymelda Chavez Dixon, journalist and Mary Ann Fuqua's great friend
Lev E. Dobriansky, PhD, fiery, friendly economics GU professor
Verena Dolsberry, SHS schoolmate lived on the corner of Columbia Avenue
Sammy Domimguez, lived at the Cathedral Rectory and dated Dixie Swearingen
Wendy Dorsky, choreographer, who costumed my ALOC The King and I
"Big Helen" Drazenovich, Minnesota political operative and great cook
Edwin J. Drimmel, SBC friend, Fort Smith, Arkansas Architect.
Carol Cramer Drummond, supportive singer in ALOC Finian's Rainbow
Lionel Duffield, my great MC friend from Starlight Theater days
John Dugan, PhD, classy, snappy, very demanding CUA grad seminar teacher
Bob "Foggy" Dytrych, fun football-player sophomore room-mate in St. Joe Hall
Joe Eldred, SMC, my first friend in DC to die of AIDS
Larry Emge, SMC, always good-natured and smiling
Al Emmons, CUA, dour house-mate, architecture student with a big convertible
Ray Engebretsen, SMC, whose AIDS death was chronicled weekly in The Blade
Jim Enneis, my kind, wise psychodrama mentor at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Billy Enright, Don Bruce's longtime pal
Raymond Ertel, hardly describable, imaginative, thoughtful, wily hedonist
Art Espey, SMC, jolly, roly-poly friend who I took to his final hospital trip
Elsa Ettenson, lovely, portly queen of cosmetics at Ettenson's Dept Store
Moe Ettenson, mercantile pasha who reclined on a platform of pillows, my boss
John Farnsworth, a genial Pennsylvania farmer, master organist and party host
Miss Faulk, RN, Dr. Bribach's attentive coordinator and colleague,
John Faust - The Judge in my Canie Mutiny Court Martial - GU
Chick Featherstone, Captain USN, ret., gracious host at Arlington Towers
Narcissa "Cissa" Featherstone, chic, lovely, black-and-white-elegance hostess
Dick Feirhabend, DDS wise-cracking, questioning fellow SBC student from KC
Lucien Ferguson, IHS, cool saxophone-player whose parents ran a roadhouse
Tom Fichandler, NTC board member and Manager of Arena Stage
David Fish, my brother Paul's friend in Leavenworth
Neil Rose Fish, the elegant elder beauty sister, who taught us to swim
Rose Fish, the seemingly fragile mother
Dorette Fleischman, Julius "Junkie's" widow dowager head of the clan in Ohio
Frank X. Forker, easy-going member of Mask & Bauble, appeared in DIVA
James Freelong, one of the least well-off students at Sacred Heart School
J. Donald Freeze, SJ - Provost 1979-1991, Georgetown University
Dick Frishmuth, my svelte paper-company executive uncle in Philadelphia
Gertrude "Toni" Frishmuth, my elegant "Auntie Mame" glamorous aunt
John Frum, friendly, unassuming friend who moved to CA and was murdered
Mary Anne Sherman Verspoor Fuqua, wife of Dutch flyer, then a general
Steve Fuqua, General USA, genial laid-back head of a large family
Don Galbraith, SMC, a Maryland scientist, partner of Charlie Palmer
Marty Gallagher, GU, ran "Marty's, student hang-out in White-Gravenour Bldg
Guy P. Galley, Sr, SBC Student Council, football star, all around nice guy
Jay Gandy, low-key, red-headed member of the gym I went to
Betty Garber, Skippy Lynn's partner in Disney projects and others
Oscar E. Garcia-Vera, witty M&B promoter and stalwart on all crews
Tom Garnett, lost a leg in a MC accident, my first computer "teacher"
Tom Garrett, SGT USA SMC, family asked him not to return to Colorado to die
Jim Garvin, CUA, my droll, cabbage-cooking Irish roommate at Arlington Towers
Bob Gaulke, Chicagoan at SBC
Jean and COL John Gaunt - Saint Mary Grad - John was at Fort Leavenworth
Lorraine Gerken, IHS, drowned in a boating accident on Bean Lake
Henry Gibson/James Bateman, actor, we worked in the office at CU Drama
Brendan Gill, a genial writer and theatre critic at the Salzburg Seminar
Barbara Frishmuth Gilleran, my glamorous singing cousin from Philadelphia
Marsha Gilleran, Barbara's daughter, a model in New NYC who died too young
Jim Gilleran, Barbara's husband, a lawyer.
Tobette Gluck, in Leavenworth, Kansas, my first acting/monologue teacher
GSheldon Goldeberg, MD - Sheldon created music for Calliop shows at GU - 2011
JoAnn Goodjohn, tall, striking Leavenworth High student
Tom Gorman, PhD, and English teacher when I arrived at Georgetown
George Graham, Skippy Lynn's friend who gave tours of the National Theatre
Marge Graham, George's lovely wife
Clarence Gripkey, MD, distinguished Kansas City physician
Sally Gripkey, the doctor's sassy wife, who hosted me on a visit to KC
Gil Gross, an Army Theatre director with whom I traveled as a talent judge
Jack Guidone, multi-talented actor, singer, choreographer, mask-maker - GU
Arla Guild - US Army Entertainment Director - Fort Lee, Virginia - 2007
Bob Haase, St Benedict's football player who died young in a hunting mishap
James Thornton Hall, Box Office Treasurer for my ALOC production of Showboat
Bela Hamilton, cool Imac upper classman with a memorable name
David Hammond, a sensitive GU student who died far too young
Lyle Hampton, a LHS student, memorable because his father was a magician
Jim Hanson, my cousin Judy's husband
Ray Hard, a sturdy, smart, much traveled SMC Biker
Carol Harford, Mrs. Shouse's efficient representative at Wolf Trap Farm Park
Ron Harmon, our affable neighbor from Utah Street
Roland Harmon, PhD, the suave Departmental Chair I first served under at GU
Tom Harper, my always ready, always efficient Assistant at ALOC
Roy Harris, flashy, on-the-go-PR person at the National Theatre Corporation
Elmer Hasty, debonair "lady's man" in Leavenworth with a golden tooth
Hurd Hatfield, Hollywood actor I met through his aunt, Rose Saul Zalles
E.A. Hathorn, in third grade, gave his mother's jewelry to Jean Dawes
Earl Hathorn, Sr., our neighborhood grocer in Leavenworth
Lucille Hathorn, his fashion plate wife in high heels at the cash register
Timothy S. Healy, SJ, bigger-than-life President of Georgetown
Mel Hedrick, Sergeant in the 174th MP Battalion, Kansas National Guard
Julia Dorn Heflin, Drama Teacher at Mount Vernon Seminary and great friend
Bernie Heim, LT, an officer in the 174th MP Bn who died in service too young
Anna Marie Heintzleman, thin, blonde, unassuming
Bud Heinz, jolly owner of Leavenworth Florist when I was in high school
"Trick" Heinz, his wife who loved the neighborhood kids
Art Henderson, SMC member who died young
Dan Henry, who came from Boys' Town to SBC, my Raven Roost pal
Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, with whom I worked at - NBC-TV in 1954
George Herman, with whom I worked at St. Michael's Playhouse, Winooski, VT
Johnny Herrig, the wildest driver at Immaculatata, who died young in a crash
Elaine Herzbrun, Phil's witty kind wife
Phil Herzbrun, PhD, irreverent, wise-cracking English teacher at Georgetown
Frankie Hewitt, formidable doyen of For's Theatre Restoration and Shows
Molly Holden, delightfully droll CU and Olney Theatre stage manager, actor
Ben Holman, my fellow Spartan, a teacher and valued government advisor
Anthony "Tony" Hope, irrepressible GU student, son of Bob Hope
Ed Hopkins, football coach who taught history to me at Immaculata
Bill Horan, whose bar was our favorite college hangout, always
Marge Horan, Bill's quiet blonde wife whose listened to all our stories
George Houston - GU Treasurer and then President, St. Mary's Emmitsburg, MD
Bill Hovey, smart, erratic shaved-head biker and food connoisseur
Frances Humphrey Howard, Hubert's sister, on the NTC Board ,
Jean Huber, the Sacred Heart Church organist's quiet attractive daughter
Richard Huber, a more wordily sort, and fun
Martin Huffman, a puffy, saintly man who attended Mass daily at Sacred Heart
Eleanor Hughes, who transferred impressively to Sacred Heart School.
Paul Hume, GU Glee Club Director and Washington Post critic of Margaret Truman
Ruth Fox Hume, DC, red-headed history/mystery writer, and critic's wife
Jack Hunter, from Louisiana to SHS school, the blond crooner of Blue Moon
Bob Hurley, a quiet Chicagoan with a "lean and hungry look" SBC
Stanley Inkman, tall, mischievous - IHS
Bob Irvin, Baltimorean who emigrated to Montreal - SMC
Mary Irwin, a wry jolly Democrat who worked on Capitol Hill
Bernard B. "Bernie" Jacobs, long-serving Shubert President
Davey Marlin Jones, stage director, tV personality, teacher
Earl Jones, LHS student, killed when a heater fell into bath tub
Louise Jones, Dress shop Owner, lost her husband, her son, Earl, and her mind
Roy Jones, SMC, founded the Black Fox Saddlery - 2002
Jean Ann Kaine, dynamic singer, she played Maria in my ALOC West Side Story
Karl Kamper - Professor of Astronomy, Univ of Toronto - Mask and Bauble - GU
Arthur Keach, LT USA, My platoon commander in the 174th MP Bn, Fort Sheridan
Jim Keir rode his motorcycle from Maryland to Kansas City to visit me.
Jim Kenner, remembered for Jello shooters and, "Sometimes the bear gets you"
Ethel Killgore, kindly government worker and neighbor on Utah Street
Francis Rollo Kinsman and Alice Kinsman - Army Entertainment Europe Trip
Romaine Klasinski, IHS, who lost her paisley scarf while trick-or-treating
Marie Klinger, LV, Sacred Heart School student
Trent Knepper, CUA
Tony Kobus - One of the first M&B people I met at Georgetown, very supportive
Johnny Kopp, LHS
Rosie Kroll, co-worker at Ettensons', took her life when soldier husband died
Anne Lambert, a very good friend in elementary school
Bill Lambert, bachelor, world traveler, bibelot collector and bon vivant
Lois Lambert, a grand portly mother with perfect enunciation and aplomb
Louise Lambert, sedate eldest daughter
Mary Kay Lambert, the blonde youngest sister
Walter Lambert, Lumberyard Owner and Pater Familias
Anton Lang, Jr., sang with The American Light Opera, GU student
Joan Langer, my Assistant at the National Theatre
Ed Lapane, SMC, who, sadly, jumped off a bridge in DC
Bob Last, joking, smiling pal-neighbor and Ft Leavenworth fellow summer worker
Lawes, Glenna, SHS Shirley Temple
Daphne Leeds, Hal's elegant patent-lawyer step-mother
Henry C. "Hal" Leeds, patent attorney and onetime roommate, Arlington Towers
Robert Leeds, and Daphne, Manager of the Chalfont-Haddon Hall Hotels in Atlantic City, NJ
Lelonek, Donald - A nurse who cared for others and then needed long-term care himself.
Michael Leuthe, mischievous SMC
Joseph Lewis, Costume designer and my History of Theatre Teacher, CUA
Bob Lewis, SMC, partner in The Black Saddlery
Charles Linck, Engineer neighbor who made animated figures for his Xmas Tree
Hazel Linck, my mother's favorite neighbor
Lois Linck, my first leading lady - in second grade
Rosella Linskie, Skippy Lynn's sister who had been in a convent
Alan Long, and tall, Spartan
Mike Lopez, SBC, who changed his name to Lenz, to marry Fairy Lynn Thompson
Don Lord, LHS, wild man who married Connie Doeble
George Lowenstein, snarky LV pool-player
Luke Lucas, the mysterious man about town in Georgetown, DC and Florida
Marty Luchs, easy-going and friendly, SMC
Kurt T. Luckner, art historian, researcher and Ohio Museum Curator - GU
Margaret Lynn, my friend, and head of Army Entertainment and Disney projects
Mary Lyons, MSSC, demure and lovely Mount Saint Scholastica miss
Tim Lyons, her husband, veteran, and my good friend at Saint Joe's Hall, SBC
John MacDonald - Director, producer, founder of the Washington Stage Guild
Greg Macfarlan, Winnie's low-key supportive husband
Tom Mack - Owner and Operator of Tourmobile and National Theatre Trustee
Albert Malody, a soft-spoken, self-assured and kindly man in Leavenworth
Maude Malody, a WWII Gray Lady saint on earth and my mother's best friend
"Honey" Malody, a severely arrested man restricted to a crib, but much loved
Bobby Mann, my first grade-school friend to die, probably of Scarlet Fever
Barbara Marak, my wise-cracking friend and date at Immaculata High
Pat Marak, Bob Scanlon's girlfriend, who died in high school
Janie Marak, the younger sister
Fred Markert, SMC, a wild and wooly great friend and raconteur
Bob Martin, IHS, remembered in his wooly blue coat sweater, committed suicide
Steve Martindale - Man-about-town who cut a wide swatch in DC Society
John Marx - Intense, angular, supportive Georgetown student
Marisa Mascioli, ravishing Constance in my Madwoman of Chaillot at GU
Alva Matzeder, one of the devilish twins, SHS
Andrew Matzeder, the cohort twin; they lived directly behind Sacred Heart
Joe Matzeder, the older brother
Lou McAvoy, my room-mate in Sophomore Dorm, SBC
Paul McAvoy, my classmate at SBC
Carrie McCarthy, my maternal grandmother, a Boston seamstress
Henry McCarthy, my dapper uncle, Alan's father
Pauline McCarthy, my fascinating Italian aunt
John McCreary, authoritative ALOC music director who retired to Hawaii
Johnny McGilley, KCMO, my Camp Maur Hill friend
Lee Kimsche McGrath, spirited hostess, administrator
Jim McKinley, SMC, man of few words - all wise
Thomas P. McTighe, PHD - Philosophy Teacher - McTighe Prize - G.U.
John Meara, SBC, my Saint Louis host for the Muni Opera
Dale Meeks - Spartan organizer
Chuck Mitchell, SMC, always smiling, and much older than he looked
Ronald E. Mitchell, my brilliant, ebulliant thesis advisor at the University of Wisconsin
Chuck Myers, SMC, sadly was murdered in California by a trusted friend
Tray Mongue, GU - Boy in The Fantastick's, then a NYC producer of blue films
John and Sadie Morton - My uncle who edited a WWI veteran's newsletter.
Gus Motta, GU playwright, composer, opera director in New York,
Arthur Morton Murphy, PhD, my father a loving teacher, craftsman, friend
Bob Murphy, my dad's younger brother who lived in California
Chester Murphy, my dad's Montana uncle, who served in the merchant marines.
Claire McCarthy Murphy, my mother, who never gossiped, and was never unkind.
Franc Morton Murphy, my severe pioneer spirit Montana grandmother
George Murphy, no relative, who worked long on getting his degree at CUA
Georgie Murphy, my California aunt by marriage who ran a dance studio
Kathleen Murphy, my sister who died in infancy at Leavenworth, Kansas
Maris Ann Murphy, my niece, and mother of the wonderful Kara Konray
Mary Agnes Murphy, at SHS, not a relative, not well treated
Patricia Kempster Murphy, my brother's wife and mother of their six children.
Patti Murphy, Uncle Bob's daughter whom I never got to know
Paul Owen Murphy, my older brother, the4 newspaperman all his life
George Nash, LHS, pudgy son of the druggist where we all hung out.
Ed Scarlett Nesbitt, established a Cake Sale fundraiser which still endures.
Kermit Noll, short, quiet grade school pal
Dick Norman, SMC , an individuals' individual and a skeptic
Ken Novak - Auto salesman and very good friend
John Tom Olive, older than I, his father sold fireworks and she shot them
Ecie Oliver, our kind, diffident, concerned, neighbor
J.V. Oliver, her dashing, wise-cracking husband
Jim Oliver, Their model-airplane-building son
Steve Overmyer, SMC, Baltimore radio announcer
David Ower, SMC, tall Californian
Charlotte Padden, smiling, optimistic, Arlington Towers resident

John Padden, GU Facilities Manager, we elegantly refurbished Trinity Theatre
John Paradine, GU, show-stopper singing "Mr. Tanny Trims Your Fanny"
Vito Passamente, my boss at the Man and His World Exposition in Montreal
Jed Pearson, MD - Maryfrances' delightful droll husband in DC
Jerry Don Pearson/Chris Wilke - California camping friend
Maryfrances Pearson and Jed - Director of Wolf Trap Children's programs
Charlie Peckham, droll, imaginative, unflappable ALOC producer of my shows
Caroline Pennekamp, third eldest of widowed minister's wife across the street
Eleanor Pennekamp, the pretty one
Eugene Pennekamp, elder brother
Herbert Pennekamp, We had long Catholic-Lutheran religious discussions
Margaret Pennekamp, the eldest
Pauline Pennekamp, second eldest
Miss "Pitty-Pat", in unique high fashion, she scoured our alley for valuables
Don Poloquin, SMC, dropped his bike right in front of me on a run. Scary.
Hook Polite, SHS, unassuming and pleasant pal
Theresa Polite, SHS, his sister
Gretchen Poston - College date; White House Social Secretary to the Carters
Alice Pratt, LV, one of my mother's best friends
Phil Pratt, MD, our one and only family doctor in Leavenworth
Jimmy Price, twin - SHS
John Price, older brother - SHS
Pearl Price, Jimmy's twin sister, SHS
Caroll Quigley, PhD, dynamic GU History Professor
James Rado (Radmoski) - fellow student at CU and co-author of HAIR
Gerome Gerry Ragni -Army friend with the Cole sisters - co-author of HAIR
"Buzz" Rambow, SMC - super-eager Club Member
Gil Rathbun, CU - CUA actor at St. Michael's Playhouse, Winooski, Vermont
Anna Rose Reagan, LV - My very patient and lovely piano teacher
Mike Reagan, LV - Anna Rose's father, a druggist
Rose Reagan, LV - Anna Rose's quiet mother
Neil Mai Ling Redman, DC - extravagant club member and organizer
Danny Reilly, SHS - Wild redhead, a year ahead of me
Edward Reilly, Sr., LV - Eminence gris who built my parent's home
Marian Reilly, LV - Memorable for an elegant party entirely by candlelight
Joe Reindel - Immaculata High School classmate - 2011
Anne-Amenta Reiter, ALOC - brilliant soprano, who starred in my ALOC Showboat
Raymond Reno, PhD - GU Professor who directed and starred in classic plays
Rev Peter Beckman, OSB - My History professor and Freshman Hall Monitor
Rev Bede Bradley, OSB - Director of my dramatic beginnings at St. Benedict's
Rev Edward B. "Doc" Bunn, SJ - Jolly President when I arrived at Georgetown
Rev Florian Demmer, OSB - Preacher of dramatic Seven Last Words sermons
Rev Byron Collins, SJ - Engineered the creation of Holy Trinity Theatre
Rev Paul Donovan, SJ GU - Energetic Mask & Bauble Moderator
Rev Edward Bodnar, SJ - Brilliant, retiring, gentle classiscist; modest shining example
Rev Victor Gellhaus, OSB - SBC Chaplain and History Professor
Rev Donald Goens, IHS Director of the Glee Club
Rev Gilbert V. Hartke, OP - Bigger-than-Life Head of the CU Drama Department
Rev Thomas Hartman, OSB - SBC Sports Director, made me the team filmographer
Rev Tim Healy, SJ - Flamboyant New Yorker President of Georgetown University
Rev Alcuin Hemmen, OSB - My suave College Dean at SBC
Rev Robert Henle, SJ - The quietest of GU Presidents
Rev Daniel F. Lawler, SJ - my first Mask & Bauble "Moderator"
Rev Angelus Lingfelser OSB - the Abbey Procurator
Rev Anselm Llewellyn OSB - Moderator of The SBC Raven Theatre Guild
Rev Lawrence J. "Larry" Madden , SJ - Generous friend and liturgist 2011
Rev James T. Maier, SJ - Holy Trinity Pastor with white beard
Rev Alan McCarthy, SJ - Biology teacher and researcher - my first cousin
Rev Daniel Power, SJ - Dynamic Public Relations Director at Georgetown
Rev Joseph Rock, SJ - Ship-shape Dean of Students at Georgetown
Rev Joseph F. Selting - One and only Sacred Heart Church Pastor in my time
Rev Walter Swift - Fellow CUA Drama Grad student who died much too young
Rev Gerard F. Yates, SJ - Dynamic priest for whom GU's Field House is named
Howard Richardson - Playwright - Dark of the Moon
Janie Robbins, All-American LHS cheerleader, Earl Jones' "steady"
Alice Robinson, PhD - My editor on Women in the American Theatre 2009
Gunther Ruff, PhD - Jolly GU professor and supporter of M&B
Christine "Chris" Sargent - charming hostess, who died with selfless courage
Robert Sargent - Arlington Tower friend who wrote wonderful poetry
Harley Saunook, IL - my only Native American friend
Bob Scanlon, all-sports star and friend at IHS
Charles, Jane and Joan Schindling and boy twins - Leavenworth
Connie Schneider, bright, blonde fellow grad student at CUA
Robert C. Schnitzer - Broadway actor who came to ATA meetings through his 90's
Jerry Schoenfeld - High-powered Shubert Orgn chair who treated me very well
Louise Schroer, KY - Jon Carrow's elegant fashion-plate dog-loving mother
Steve Schure - Georgetown - C '71 (1949-2006)
Sally Seeker, my Joplin, MO, charming Homecoming Date
Art Seeley, upbeat SMC club member from Richmond
Miss Selting, SHC, Housekeeper for her brother, Rev. Joseph F. Selting
Henry Carter Shaffer - Opera and theatre designer, director and teacher - GU
Ben Shaver, MD, Dentist and SMC member
Elizabeth Sherman, lively widow, mother of Mary Ann Sherman Fuqua
Jimmy Shifgen, tall, upbeat IHS student
Audrey Shipp, my invaluable, motherly, ALOC Assistant Director
Chris Shipp, Audrey's son and only child
Norman Shipp, Audrey's always-supportive husband
Catherine Filene Shouse - Kay was the grand dam of Wolf Trap Farm Park
Doyle Shuman, SGT USA - my great First Sergeant in the 174th MP Bn
Mary Ann Simonis, IHS, whose biker boyfriend waited for her after school
Raymond Milton "Roy" Siniard - Editor of the Bear Flag News
Jill Sleight, VA, Psychologist, and the most relaxed mother I ever met.
Robert B. Sleight, PhD, my summer boss and founder at Applied Psychology Corp
Sr. Faith Schuster, OSB - Poet
Sr. Antonia, SCL - Immaculata High School Librarian and Typing Teacher
Sr. Euphrasia, SCL - Immaculata English Teacher and Study Hall Monitor
Sr. Mary Camilla - Drama teacher at Saint Mary College - my first director
Sr. Mary Immaculate, Dynamic National Catholic Theatre Conference Leader
Sr. Mary Jude, SCL, Pat Kempster favorite, Saint Mary College
Sr. Mary Laurian, SCL, Saint Mary College Vice President
Sr. Mary Mark, SCL, Librarian and my high school summer boss
Sr. Mary Columba, SCL - My First Grade Teacher at Sacred Heart School
Sr. Mary Joseph, SCL, My 5th Grade teacher who called us "green-horns"
Sr. Mary Teresa, SCL - IHS Principal who predicted I wouldn't be a priest
Sr. Noreen, SCL - My Second Grade teacher
Sr. Rose Dominic, SCL, Saint Mary College Dean
Sr. Rose Ellen, SCL, my unforgettable Geometry and Chemistry Teacher
Ken Smith, dynamic, decisive worldwide Army Entertainment Director, 2011
Larry Smith, my SHS pal who was run over by a car as a child, but survived

Tommy Smith, GU student who went to Broadway, produced Latin American tours

Bob Stanley, American Light Opera board, and Stanley Williams productions
Larry Stansbury, SMC, Low-key organizer, friend, partner of Jim Kenner
Earl "Rounder" Stanton, jolly host at "Rounders" in Leavenworth
Corky Stavniak, SBC Football player from Topeka, KS, who died too young
Orville Steinbeck, IHS, mischievous, short red-headed fireplug guy
Le Sterner, my uncle who invested in stocks and wore bow ties
Mary Sterner, PA, my clever aunt with lovely handwriting on birthday cards
Chuck Stevens, SMC, quiet serious, conscientious
Roger L. Stevens, powerful, soft-spoken Kennedy Center Founder
Christine Gesell Stevens - Gracious soft-spoken friend to all animals
Rick Stover, SMC - His tennis shoes were thrown into a tree at Jim Bourne's
John Sturgis, short, quiet, reliable ALOC singer
Jim Lance Sullivan, dashing blond Lancelot in my ALOC Camelot
Al Sulwalsky, LV, the dentist's son
Henry Sutton, CUA actor, we summered at St. Michael's Playhouse, Winooski, VT
Terry Tabor, CUA, fellow diner at "Ma" Parents boarding house
Thorning, Rev. F. Joseph, ex-SJ - Raconteur and host at the Washington Club
Torri, R.C. - Stage Designer, Actor, Singer, papier-mâché Artist
Roy Towns, SMC founding member Baltimorean - lit a cig in hospital w oxygen
Jim Ueberhorst, imaginative, extravagant ALOC producer who hired me
"Turkey" Varnholt - Leavenworth pool-hall habitue
LTC Jerome "Jerry" Wacker, USAF - Immaculata High School, 2000
J.B.West - White House Head Usher during the Kennedy-Johnson Administrations
Whiteman, Bart irrepresible producer-director at Source Theatre - 1948-2006
Captain Leonard Wilcox, 174th Military Police Bn - Kansas National Guard
Bill and Rosemary Wilkins - Army friends of Claire and Arthur
Claude C. Wise, Jr., bartender, The Eagle, 2011
Wren, Earl - Buddy of John Castle
Fatima Zein - French-born "world's fair" exotic dancer in my ALOC Showboat
 
 
 
 
 




Valerie Ventre, GU
Edward Vivian, FL
Tom Walsh, PhD GU
Conrad Waldstein, LHS
Josephine Waldstein, LV
Julius Waldstein, CPA
James C. Waring, CUA
Kurt Weber, BSA
Wanda Welday, SHS 		   

J.B. West, witty, wise White House Head Usher - Kenney-Johnson era

Bob White, SMC
Don White, SHS
Herb White, FL
Anthony Willard, SHC
Franklin Williams, PhD
Gene Wolters, SBC
Rev Gilbert Wolters, OSB
Rose Saul Zalles, DC
Fatima Zein, ALOC

KEY

AEx- US Army Entertainment
ALOC - American Light Opera Company
BSA - Boy Scouts of America
BTxx- Boys' Town
 CLx - Chestnut Lodge
CUA - Catholic University of America
GUx - Georgetown University
IHS - Immaculata High School
INF - Infant
LHS - Leavenworth High School
LVxx- Leavenworth, Kansas
MCx - Motorcycle Rider
NTC - National Theatre Corporation
OPx - Order of Preachers
OSB - Order of Saint Benedict
PHD - Doctor of Philosophy degree
Rev - Reverend Priest
SBC - Saint Benedict's College
SCL - Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
SEH - Saint Elizabet's Hospital
SHS - Sacred Heart Elementary School
SJx - Jesuit - Society of Jesus
SMC - Spartan Motorcycle Club
SMCL - Saint Mary College Leavenworth
SMI - Smithsonian Institution
Srx - Sister in a Religious Order
STKC - Starlight Theater, Kansas City, Missouri
WTx - Wolf Trap Farm for the Performing Arts

 

Note Bene - Since I am totally out of contact with people on this list, including friends from my early childhood, some of them may still be living. If so, I hope I will hear from them and I will apologize for prematurely reporting their demise. DBM

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