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graduates and has played a senior role
in the re-structuring of UCD as Head of
the School of Languages and Literatures
and in implementing the Horizons
programme, which meant some very
hard work for two years. Cliona’s current
post as Project Director of the Newman
Project is very exciting as it entails
devising plans for the refurbishment of
the 40-year-old ‘Arts Block’, now known
as the Newman Building.
property consultancy. They moved to
Boston and, by 1976, when their son P. W. KERRY KEHOE BE ’66
Daniel was born, it was time to settle back JOHN DONOHOE MB BCh BAO
in Europe. In 1982, when their daughter P. W. Kerry earned a PhD from
’67, MD ’80
Madeleine arrived, they moved to Cambridge, had a moderately successful
Marbella in Spain, where they are still corporate life in the USA, Asia and John was elected to the position of
based. Ciaran still gets to travel regularly, Europe and finally got back to what he President of the Royal College of
allowing him to combine business with should have been doing all along. He Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) in July 2007,
pleasure in Dublin and Paris. now acts in and helps to run a theatre in having recently retired as a consultant
Santa Fe, New Mexico. To keep the wolf nephrologist-transplant physician. He
GERARD GILLEN BMus ’65, from the door, he does a little was also formerly the Registrar of the
MA ’66 consulting, sorting out companies that RCPI. He previously served at the Mater
don’t know how to run themselves. He Misericordiae University Hospital and
On 30 September 2007, Professor Gerard recently spent six months in Ireland at the National Renal and Transplant
Gillen retired from the Chair of Music at doing that and getting caught up with Unit at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
NUI, Maynooth, a position he had held old friends from school days in Roscrea. During his professional career he has
for 22 years. In his retirement year he published more than 80 papers in Irish
was made a Chevalier dans l’ordre des GERARD WILKINSON BA ’66, and international journals. He is to be
Arts et des Lettres by the French
MEconSc ’67
awarded honorary fellowships by the
Government; was awarded a doctorate, American and Australian Colleges of
honoris causa, by the Pontifical Gerard did a further master’s in Business in Physicians in 2008.
University of Maynooth; and was elected Kansas, USA and lectured briefly at UCD
to Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Irish before becoming marketing manager at
Academy of Music. Independent Newspapers. With his wife,
Anna Basini, who lectured in the Italian
Department, he left for Kenya in 1971
where he spent eight years with the
Nation Media Group, ending up as
managing director of the newspaper
operations. In 1980, they moved to
Sardinia where Gerard oversaw the
marketing arm of an integrated resort
development. In 1982, then with three
young boys, they moved to France to the PAT TATTAN BAgrSc ’68
private secretariat of his employer from his
Kenyan days, the Aga Khan. There he Pat lives in Bedfordshire with Mary and
CLIONA DE BHALDRAITHE-
continued to oversee the newspaper they travel to Ireland regularly. Their
MARSH BA ’65, MA ’68
activities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania three sons and daughter all have
while also heading up the Public Affairs master’s degrees and all work in
Cliona was elected to the UCD office, covering the Aga Khan’s England: two are directors, one is a
Governing Authority as one of the three philanthropic, development and cultural solicitor and one is in treasury. Pat is a
graduates elected by the register of UCD programmes across the globe. Knight of the Holy Sepulchre (KHS); a
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