• Mark succeeded his father Jerry, who had been the PA voice of the Saints since 1969 when they played in Tulane Stadium.
• Jerry was Parents Club President when Mark and his old­er brother Jay ('72) were at Brother Martin. Both Jay and Mark earned Golden Crusader awards.
• Jay's son Blake just started his senior year as a Crusa­der.

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• Legendary Locals of New Orleans joins New Orleans: The Ca­nal Streetcar Line (2004) and Brothers of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans (2010) on his list of publications.
• Ed's "real job" is computer consulting and training.
• His two sons have graduated from Brother Martin: Justin ('06) and Kevin ('12).

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Father Ernest Jacques, S.J. ('52) celebrated the 60th anniversa­ry of his first vows as a Jesuit at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center in Algiers. Fr. Jacques told Beth Donze of the Clarion Her­ald:

I really wanted to be a Trappist monk, but my mother wouldn't hear of it. So one day I was talking to a priest at Loyola, and he said, "Well, if not a Trappist, why not a Jesuit?" I said, "OK, what do I have to do?" That's how it happened. Very simple.

Mark Romig

Ed Branley

Ernest Jacques ('52)

Emile Meyer in Shane

Emile Meyer ('29) was an American actor known for his "tough guy" roles in such films as Shane (1953), The Human Jungle (1954), Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), and Macon County Line (1974).

• Emile started acting at the late age of 38 at Le Petit Thea­tre du Vieux Carre.
• In 1950, the famous director Elia Kazan came to New Or­leans to direct the film Panic in the Streets. Meyer tried out and got the brief but pivotal part of a sea captain.
• That break launched the "quiet-mannered, soft-spoken man" on a Hollywood career that amazed and deeply satisfied Emile's friends and family.
• Meyer also found steady work in television in such varied series as "The F.B.I.," "Bonanza," "Lassie," "Perry Mason," "Rawhide," and "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet."

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