Alumni News
Vicki Granger
More than 75 alumni representing 50 different classes attended the 4th Annual Christmas Ornament Ceremony on Dec. 2, sponsored by Mark Wisniewski, Class of 1983.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Alumni shared their experiences at the annual DLS Career Day on Oct. 18.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
The Pilot Construction Association visited the historic Fox Theatre in Detroit.
Vicki Granger
Anthony Servitto, DLS 2002, will be the keynote speaker at the Pilot Bar Association Annual Meeting on October 10 at Villa Penna.
Vicki Granger
Patrick Sierawski, Class of 2007, reflects on the influence of his family and De La Salle Collegiate on his chosen legal career.
Vicki Granger
Geoff Wickersham, DLS Class of 1986, coaches girls' flag football at Birmingham Groves and is teaching the school's initial Advanced Placement African American Studies course.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
“I can’t think of one disappointing day that I ever had in my four years as a student at De La Salle,” Zygmontowicz said. “I don’t think many young men can say that after their high school experience. I never once felt that way. That’s a testament to the school.”
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
The Brother George Synan Society has launched a new website to help highlight the school's planned giving program.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Matt Loria, a class of 1995 graduate, learned as a Pilot student that if you want to be treated like an adult, you have to first act like one. And, it’s been a key component of the De La Salle experience since the all-boys, college preparatory school first opened its doors in 1926.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Roger Ziemba '72 is sponsoring a new, merit-based math competition that will award the top students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades with scholarship money or a gift card.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Nearly 40 alumni and friends of De La Salle Collegiate gathered at the school on Friday, September 22, 2023, for the annual “Career Day.”
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Br. Robert Schaefer, “Brother Visitor” of the District of Eastern North America (DENA), speaks to the Brother George Synan Planned Giving Society.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
At just 26 years old, Frank Slanczka has already become the epitome of someone who puts the needs of others before their own.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
All in the family: That’s been the Mitzel Agency way for the last 100 years. Established in 1923, four generations of Mitzels have run the insurance-based company.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Over 100 alumni and friends attended the Alumni Networking Groups March Madness Event at the historic London Chop House in downtown Detroit.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
On March 1, Dennis Koch, '94, and the Alumni Relations Department had the opportunity to visit with 30 alumni and current Michigan State students.
Vicki Granger
The 17-18 basketball team captured the 2023 Alumni Basketball Tournament title.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
The newly formed Pilot Construction Association came to be through a happenstance encounter – and on the job – between alumni Andrew Devich, '10, and Jim Muer, '85.
Vicki Granger
Al Baumgart, SJ '52, passes away.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Joe DeLave has lived a life of treating individuals the way that he would like to be treated: with respect. It’s a principle that was ingrained in him during his time at DLS.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Pat Schluter, '86 had several influences in his life that led him to The Collegiate.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Matt Rohr was molded into the faith-filled man that he is today in part due to his time at De La Salle. He also used the Lasallian principles he learned at DLS to guide himself in his line of work: human capital management.
Vicki Granger
Ron Rogowski, '73, recently ran the 2022 Detroit Marathon.
Kevin Fitzhenry '03
Long before his career as a chiropractor, Brad Sabo, '03, learned his fair share of life lessons while walking the hallways of De La Salle, where he followed in the footsteps of his brother, Adrian, ‘00, and was molded into the man he is today.
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The De La Salle Pilot Bar Association's annual fall meeting was called to order Tuesday, Oct. 27, on the campus of De La Salle Collegiate in Warren.
Brendan Johnson
Alumni Spotlight: John Kosanke, '84, Director of Public Safety, City of Grosse Pointe Woods
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De La Salle alumnus Matt Markham is camping out this week … on the roof of a building for a good cause.
R. Galer Funeral Home
Roy Charles Martin passed away peacefully at his home on Drummond Island on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, where he lived with his wife of 29 years.
Wasik Funeral Home
Joseph Leonard Campeau passed away at Troy Beaumont Hospital on September 9, 2020. He was born July 30, 1973, in Detroit to Jeanne and Dean Campeau, a much loved only child.
DeGusipe Funeral Home
Ed Carter moved on to his heavenly home on September 3, 2020. He was 88. He is survived by his wife of 65 years.
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More than 160 golfers enjoyed the second annual Christian Brothers Classic, in honor of the late Ed Martel, at Indianwood Golf and Country Club on Monday.
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors
President of Evola Music for 30 years, Benedict M. Evola, St. Joe's graduate of 1949, and loving husband of Nancy for 66 years, died on August 5, 2020.
Coats Funeral Home
An alumnus from the Class of 1996, Matt Handzo played football for the all-boys' school where, in 2000, he was inducted into the Catholic High School League Hall of Fame.
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The Christian Brothers Classic golf outing is back ... sort of. While this year's original June date at the legendary Detroit Golf Club was canceled because of the global pandemic, the event is moving 35 miles north up I-75.
Money & King Funeral Home
On Monday evening, June 15, John J. Connarn passed peacefully in his home in Vienna, Virginia at the age of 90.
Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home
Born in 1942, Judge Donald Halstead grew up in Detroit, the only child of the late Loyola (Chesney) Halstead. He graduated from De La Salle Collegiate in 1960 and the University of Detroit with a B.S. in Accounting in 1964.
Wasik Funeral Home
Robert Anthony Rogers '51, passed away on June 7, 2020, at the age of 86 at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Michigan.
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Dinner together in the Manczyk household is mandatory. No matter what time it is. The family of four - father Mike, mom Jackie, sister Meghan, Regina ‘14, and son Eric, DLS ‘18 - rarely had dinner together.
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Kevin Southway is on the frontlines. A nurse anesthetist at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, the De La Salle Collegiate alumnus has been in close contact with COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit.
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The De La Salle Collegiate Alumni Association golf leagues are opening up again this year. Monday and Tuesday leagues will start on May 4.
Dignity Memorial
A larger than life character, Charles Toms, a De La Salle alumnus from 1973 and a retired Detroit police officer, died on April 1, 2020.
Detroit Free Press
Richard Powers, a De La Salle Collegiate from the class of 1961, died on April 20, 2020.
DLS Communications
Michael Danna, who helped lead the Pilots to a Division 2 state championship in 2014, becoming just the second player in school history selected in the NFL Draft.
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Out of concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak, the De La Salle Collegiate Alumni Association has canceled this year's Christian Brothers Dinner and the Christian Brother Classic.
Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons
Matthew Hornung, De La Salle class of 1995, died on April 20. Here is more information about Matt and his services.
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Robert L. Ziolkowski, a resident of Northville, passed from this life on April 3, 2020. He is a De La Salle Collegiate graduate from the Class of 1962, and was enshrined in De La Salle’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
Rudy Harper, WXYZ TV
Benji Hirschmann, class of 2014, passed away on March 31, 2020. Here is more information, including tribute and service information.
DLS Communications
The Class of 1975 is planning a two-day reunion gathering for Sept. 25-26. Come celebrate 45 years as De La Salle alumni!
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For Monsignor Chuck Kosanke, a De La Salle alumnus, the news that his parish, Ste. Anne de Detroit, was named a minor basilica, was both thrilling and humbling.
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The 46th annual De La Salle Collegiate raffle is officially complete and was a great success. De La Salle raised over $163,000 during the 2020 raffle season, surpassing the fundraising goal of $155,000.
M.L. Elrick, Detroit Free Press
A Republican who raised Detroit's Democratic mayor, an Irishman who liked a good joke but not lawyers who didn't take the law seriously, and a community leader who still made it home in time for dinner, Patrick Duggan '51 died early Wednesday.
Resurrection Funeral Home
Albert H. Gelineau, a graduate from De La Salle Collegiate in 1947, died on March 19, 2020. He is the older brother of Bill, who is a 1957 alumnus.
Gendernalik Funeral Home
Patrick Garvey, class of 1949, passed away on March 16, 2020. He is the father of Patrick Junior '78 and Michael, '91. Mr. Garvey is also the grandfather of Anthony Palazzolo, '14 and Alex Palazzolo, '10.
McCabe Funeral Home
De La Salle Collegiate alumnus William Joseph Higgins passed away peacefully on March 14, 2020. Bill graduated from De La Salle in 1945 and joined the United States Army in 1946.
Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Home
Dan Scenga, class of 1963, passed away on March 13, 2020. Here is more information, including tribute and service information.
DLS Communications
The De La Salle Collegiate alumni basketball tournament was a great success once again. Alumni ranged from the classes of the 1970s to as recent as 2018.
O'Brien Sullivan Funeral Home
Edward Higgins, a De La Salle Collegiate graduate, in 1942, died on March 5. He is the uncle of alumnus Mark Gnaster '71.
Muehlig Funeral Chapel
Dr. Turcotte, De La Salle's valedictorian in 1950, performed the first organ transplant in the state of Michigan.
Vicki Granger
At the annual Senior Alumni Christmas luncheon in December, new attendees among the nearly 200 present included several members of De La Salle Collegiate’s Class of 1969.
Brendan Johnson
This was the plea from Dr. Charles Lucas, ‘55, to each member at the inaugural Pilot Medical Association meeting at the Caucus Club in downtown Detroit, on Nov. 14.
Vicki Granger
BCBSM's Dan Loepp addressed De La Salle Collegiate’s seniors at the second annual 1926 Society Breakfast held at the Detroit Athletic Club.
Sullivan & Son Funeral Directors
Tony Viviano, a graduated from De La Salle, who was an accomplished pianist and accordion player, died on October 29, 2019.
Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons
Dale William Dale died on William August 11, 2019, at the age of 84. He was a graduate of De La Salle Collegiate in 1952.
Henry M. Malburg Funeral Home
Donald Lobsinger '52 was a leader, spokesman, and founder of the group Breakthrough in Detroit. He also founded the Catholic Laymen's League which opposed Communism and defended the Catholic faith.
Resurrection Funeral Home
Joseph “Joe” Connolly, age 95, of Clinton Township, passed away on December 7, 2017. Joe was a 1940 graduate of De La Salle Collegiate.