Interviewed and Written by Patrick Mc Gavin 5/08, Edited by Larry Lynch ’75 EDWARD J. RYAN ’57 Talent + Athletic Valor = An Exceptional Life for this Leo Man Shakespeare’s famous declaration, in As You Like It, that “All the world’s a stage,” the men and women merely players, imagines a world, an existence, where […]
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Leo’s Own John Caponera performs at Zanies
Leo actor / comedian Back in Town performing at The World Music Co. and Zanies AT & T has been running commercials on ABC & NBC. The very funny guy that has been doing the sensational Harry Carey impersonation is Leo’s own John Caponera. John was nice enough to donate some of his funniest CDs […]
Continue reading...NOTRE DAME’S TOM ZBIKOWSKI LENDS HELPING HAND TO LEO ATHLETICS
NOTRE DAME’S TOM ZBIKOWSKI LENDS HELPING HAND TO LEO ATHLETICS Chicago Tribune, Sports Section4, Page 10 / Thursday, March 6, 2008 As the Leo High School Boxing Club Members took the ring at the 115 Bourbon Street Bar in Merrionette Park, Illinois on Wednesday, former Notre Dame standout Tom Zbikowski worked the corner for the […]
Continue reading...Judge Bill Phelan ’50 Retires 2008
JUDGE BILL PHELAN ‘50 RETIRES FROM THE BENCH ON JANUARY 18, 2008 Bill is in the Leo Hall of Fame and is a regulare attendee at the Leo Banquets. He retired at the age of 75. Submitted by Gene Earner ’50
Continue reading...Head of University of Chicago Biology Department, Anthony P. Mahowald, PhD Helps Upgrade Leo High School Science Programs 2007
Anthony P. Mahowald, Ph.D. Louis Block Professor and Chairman Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology The University of Chicago Thanks to our own Mr. Bill Koloseike and Mr. George Sullivan of the Jesuit Volunteer Program the young men of Leo High School will be tutored by one of the preeminent scholars in the field […]
Continue reading...Christmas Party 2007
Leo HS Alumni Association Christmas Party 2007 Each Christmas season Jerry Schmitt hosts a special Leo Sports Figures Christmas Party. This started 33 years ago, with the 1956-57 Leo Lightweight Championship Basketball Team of which Jerry Schmitt was a member. Since then, it has expanded to include football players, track and other Leo sports individuals and […]
Continue reading...LEO STUDENT JASON RILEY ‘04 Victim of Violent Act
LEO STUDENT JASON RILEY ‘04 VICTIM OF VIOLENT ACT A recent graduate of Leo High School, the Valedictorian of the 2004 Class, Jason Riley, was the victim of a shooting on November 28, 2007 on West 69th Street. Jason participated in football and boxing while at Leo, and won the city’s Golden GLoves Championship in […]
Continue reading...Leo High School Veterans War Memorial Event 11/9/2007
Leo High School Veterans War Memorial Event Friday, November 9, 2007 11:00AM Leo High School, Leo Alumni Association, Windy City Veterans, The Burbank, Illinois Unit of the Marine Corps League, The Veterans Leadership Program, American Legion Giles Post #87, & Chicago Commission on Human Relations will hold a special Veterans Memorial Observance at the Leo […]
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