Francis Xavier here. (How, I love speaking with you guys!)

Our reunion (May 28-30) is now only 2 months away. Don’t make a freshman mistake. Don’t forget to sign up for the reunion. Don’t be like these freshmen who forgot their ties on student picture day.

Sign up at Class of 1976 50-Year Reunion – St. Xavier High School. The school has several fun-filled activities. This year we have added pickleball, which is all now the rage for young and old alike.

Pickleball wasn’t a thing back in the1500’s when I was roaming the world, so I must admit I don’t really understand the game. I don’t understand why you need a court to play but my brothers at the reunion committee have informed me that we do and need to lock down the number of courts at the pickleball venue. The pickleball venue owner is definitely not a Man For Others. The owner is requiring we know the number of players by Wednesday, April 15.

Whether you are a beginner or an expert, I encourage you to join the fun and register by April 15. Everyone can play and have fun. Even if you are a beginner, have never played or are a dorky old man you can do it.

I plan to give it a go myself. Please join me. You can play solo, include your significant other but you need to go to sign up by April 15 at Class of 1976 50-Year Reunion – St. Xavier High School.

Maybe one of you pickleball enthusiasts can teach this old dog a new trick.

Godspeed,

FX

Mike Bachman

Retired Chief Magistrate for the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court

Cincinnati, OH

Mike has dedicated his entire career to the pursuit of justice for the aggrieved. He was Chief Magistrate for the Common Pleas Court for 12 twelve years until his retirement in 2018. Prior to Chief Magistrate, Mike was the Principal Litigator and Assistant Ohio Attorney General serving in the Capital Crimes Section where he traveled to smaller counties in the state to try death penalty cases. Both before and after his time as Assistant Attorney General, Mike served in the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s office. While still in law school Mike was a Constable (law clerk) for Judge Williams R. Matthews in the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. 

With all this important work, you might think Mike has been all work and no play. Think again, you might see him at a Xavier basketball game or providing trivia to local watering holes. In 2016 Mike was a contestant on the Price is Right with Jim Carey. This came as no surprise to those who have known Mike from his earlier years when he spent countless days and nights consuming Funk and Wagnall or Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Mike lives with his wife Joy and have raised three adult children.

Thank you Mike, for defending justice and the aggrieved in Hamilton County, throughout the State of Ohio and for showing us that even though we can have a big job, we can still have fun. Give Mike a shout out at our class blog, ST. XAVIER CLASS OF 1976.

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Phil Maechling

Associate Director of Research Computing, Statewide California Earthquake Center

Los Angeles, CA

Born in California, Phil returned to his boyhood home after double Jesuit graduations at St. X and Xavier University to dedicate his career developing computer models which study and predict seismic activity. He has spent most of his career at the University of Southern California’s Statewide California Earthquake Center and prior to this he was at Caltech. Phil has developed open-source seismological and engineering software used in ground motion modeling and simulations in the pursuit of performing large-scale seismic hazard calculations. As a prolific researcher, he has authored a multitude of scholarly publications.

Phil lives in Long Beach, CA with his wife, Nady, where they raised three, now adult children

Thank you Phil, for your life-long service protecting the large west coast populations/ populations around the world from the devastation of seismic disturbances. California also thanks you for keeping Lex Luther at bay and making Nevada beach front property. Give Phil a shout out at our class blog, ST. XAVIER CLASS OF 1976. If you’d like to read more about Phil’s life’s works and accomplishments, please follow the links below.

Home Page – Philip James Maechling

maechlin | Statewide California Earthquake Center

Selected Publications, Proceedings, Posters, Abstracts – Philip James Maechling

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