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Height:  6'3 Weight:  210 lbs. Alumni Status:  1975
Location:  that slender riotous island east of NY Favorite Baseball Team:  I no longer care
Natural Enemies:  irony, cynicism

Athletic Ability: Long gone. In youth, a baseball player. A Pete Rose without the talent.
Still, a solid 6 on the tennis court (4.0 on the metric scale).

Sartorial Style: outside: conservative, Brooks Brothers to the office.
inside: jeans and barefoot when warm enough

Favorite Beverage and Consumption Freq: Beer and whiskey in no particular order or brand. As for wine, well, la vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin.

Political Philosophy: a Russell Kirk conservative and a G.K. Chesterton distributist

Religious Philosophy: Catholic; Opus Dei

Musical Favorites: Bach (as played by Glenn Gould), Mozart (operas, particularly Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni), Van Morrison (Moondance, Tupelo Honey, A Night in San Francisco), Frank Sinatra (The Capitol Years, the Jobim album), Bob Dylan (everything), John Coltrane (A Love Supreme, Favorite Things). Can't forget Bluegrass. And Jazz of all types. Saw Ralph Stanley at the Ryman Auditorium in 2003 and he was great. Nor can I forget my roots in Doo Wop and Irish.

Favorite Quote from an ND Coach: "Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points."
Knute Rockne

Miscellaneous Data: Born and raised on the mean streets of Brooklyn.

First generation American.

Son #1, ND 2008,

Son #2, ND 2012,

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