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Jonathan de Sola Mendes ’43 (Dartmouth) is a decorated USMC fighter pilot who fought in two wars and has enjoyed a “marathon” life. At 102 years old, he quipped, “the key to living a long life is a shot of whisky a day and a good woman.” Marine Aviator in Two...
Check out the latest news shared by Pilam chapters. Featured: St. John’s, Temple, VA Tech, WVU, VCU, East Carolina, UW-Madison, Hofstra, Bloomsburg, Pitt, U of Florida, Bloomsburg alumni, Eastern Washington, Florida State, Baldwin Wallace, FIT, and Ohio State. St. John’s - Met the Mets Celebrated America’s pastime under the lights. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8RPS8Ohd0/ Temple - Smooch...
Tom Monaco '85 (Temple) and his wife, Jana, were Pilam Temple college sweethearts who married, started a family and had a happy, healthy life. But in 2001, their seemingly healthy third child, 3-year-old Stephen, developed a life-threatening stomach virus that led to severe brain damage. Stephen was left unable to...
For more than ten years, Pilam alumni in South Florida have been hosting weekly lunches to stay connected “not four years, but a lifetime.” Chuck Ruffner ’58 (U of Florida) said, “it's a group effort to keep it going." Every Wednesday at noon at Bashour’s, a restaurant in Coral Gables, brothers...
Dick Savitt, who won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1951 shortly before walking away from a tennis career in his prime, passed into the Chapter Eternal on January 6, 2023. Photo credit: NY TimesPhoto credit: Time MagazinePhoto credit: NJ.com He remained a lifelong tennis fan but after seeing the prize money...