CLASS NOTES
enormous satisfaction from dealing with Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia.
individual children and helping them to Mary can be contacted at
overcome their varied disabilities. Matt is
mary.dara@gmail.com.
also the information and comm-
unications technology co-ordinator in ROBERT QUINLAN BSc ’76,
the school and uses assistive technology
MSc ’77
with his pupils who have special
educational needs. In his spare time, he Robert graduated from the Industrial
is chairperson of the Irish Learning Microbiology class of 1976 and went on to
Support Association and is a past complete an MSc. He has since worked
chairperson of the Computer Education He completed an MBA in University exclusively in pharmaceutical
Society of Ireland. He is looking forward College Galway in 1986 and is a fellow of manufacturing in various quality and
to retiring next year! the Chartered Insurance Institute. Apart operations roles. Since 1993 Robert has
from a three-year spell in Chicago, Tim has had a number of senior management
spent most of his career in London. positions with GE Healthcare in Cork
Currently CEO of Swiss Re GB and located (formerly Nycomed/Amersham). The plant
in the iconic ‘Gherkin’, Tim is responsible in Cork has become a key strategic site for
for the company’s business in the UK, GE, and Robert is currently working as part
Ireland and Africa. He is married to Sylvia of the global corporate technology
and they have two children, Vincent and development group. In 2000 he graduated
Lisa. Tim is still an enthusiastic but abysmal from UCC with an MBA, and has
golfer. maintained his links with academia by
acting as industry mentor on the college's
BRIGID MUNOZ-KING BIS master’s programme. Robert is married
BA ’76
to Patricia, who runs her own interiors
DENIS O’SHAUGHNESSY consultancy, and they have two teenage
BSc ’72, PhD ’75
Biddy married and settled in Madrid children.
where she runs her own English classes. In
2005 she took the opportunity for
KARL MELLON BComm ’77,
After his PhD, Denis joined the Guinness professional development offered by the
MBS ’78
Brewery at St James’s Gate as a graduate British Council to teachers from its
management trainee. He spent his centres in Madrid and studied for the Karl accepted a position as senior vice-
working career there in various production Licentiate Diploma in Teaching English to president of Redhills Ventures located in
and quality assurance roles before retiring Speakers of Other Languages from Trinity California and Nevada in the USA. He was
recently as the environmental manager for College London, which she obtained in previously employed as vice-president,
the St James’s Gate site. He was a member 2007. west coast for Shannon Ireland.
of the highly successful UCD rowing ‘Eight’
of 1973 and 1974, which dominated the MARY MCNULTY BA ’76 PETER HINKSON BComm ’77
domestic regatta scene in Ireland during
those years. This crew had a notable After graduating, Mary travelled After boarding the 7.30am ferry from
season in 1974, which culminated in the extensively and eventually settled down Dún Laoghaire without having slept the
winning of the Ladies Plate for University in Northern Ireland with her husband, day after his last exam in September
Eights at the Henley Royal Regatta. In Fernando, and two daughters, Jane born 1977, Peter followed the path he set for
October 2002, he was a recipient of the in Sudan and Maria Elena born in himself when he chose HR as his métier
UCD Sports Award alongside fellow team Ireland. However, her travelling days during his second year in Belfield. Four
members of the 1974 rowing Eight. He were not over. She became involved in jobs in, a tour of duty with a USA-based
lives in Co. Meath and is married with one mediation and peace building in orthopaedic implant manufacturer led to
son and two daughters. Northern Ireland. That led to her five years in Brussels. A return to Dublin
working in the countries of the former in 1998 was then reversed when he was
TIM CARROLL BA ’76 Yugoslavia in building community youth offered the European HRD role at
work education and projects. Ten years Cookson back in the UK. Four years later
After graduation, Tim joined the on, Community Youth Work (CYW) is he established a business as an
reinsurance industry, initially in Shannon. now being taught in the universities of independent HR consultant providing
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