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Alumni Association Institutes Distinguished Alumni Award
Ralph McCloud '73 is Inagural Recipient

The 2007-08 Alumni Association instituted a Hall of Fame to honor those who give generously of their time, talent, and treasure to Nolan Catholic High School and, in turn, honor the school. The Alumni Association is launching the Hall of Fame this year with one award, the Distinguished Alumni Award, with the intention to develop a broader and extensive hall of fame with multiple awards over the next few years.

The Nolan Catholic High School Distinguished Alumni Award honors graduates for outstanding professional achievements and/or significant impact in the community that exemplify Esto Dux and the Marianist characteristics in which they were educated. This year’s, the first year’s, Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to Ralph McCloud.

Ralph McCloud has been very involved with his community politically, socially, and religiously. His resume is long in the area of social justice ministry. It includes founding, coordinating, and directing many of the following groups in the Diocese of Fort Worth and nationwide: Peace and Justice Ministries, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, African-American Summit for Peace, Justice and Equality, National Association of Black Catholic Administrators, African-American Ministries, and the National Association of Diocesan Social Ministry Directors. Civicly, Ralph served on the Fort Worth City Council for eight years, as mayor pro-tem, and chaired the Mayor’s Commission on Homelessness. Ralph currently acts as the director of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development to which he was named in November 2007.

 

Alumni Visits

Nolan Catholic alumni Anne Long ’79, David Gappa ’91, Sr. Margaret Mitchell ’84,
Ralph McCloud ’73, returned to their alma mater in May to speak at the
President’s Reception which honors those members of the NCHS community
who have been generous with their time, talent, and treasure at Nolan Catholic.

Matt George, Class of ‘90, renews a school tradition of
celebrating Earth Day by donating a tree to the school.
Ecology students planted the tree during the morning ceremony.
Pictured are (left to right), Jeff Annis, Mike Cecero,
Ryan Senft, Austin Lanford, Brooke Halboth, Jill Ward,
Fr. Larry Doersching, Dr. Robert Scheer,
Matt George and (front) Dr. Joe Kuban.

Nolan Catholic High School Alum Julia Moberg (seated),
Class of '96, recently returned to her alma mater to sign
copies of her first novel, Skies Over Sweetwater,
for students and teachers. Skies Over Sweetwater is the
story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)
during World War II. Julia edits children’s books for a
publishing company in New York City and is busy
writing two follow-up novels.

Nolan Catholic Alum Ralph McCloud traveled back to Fort Worth
recently to deliver the keynote speech at NCHS’ annual
Junior Leadership Day. McCloud, Class of ‘73, is former
Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Fort Worth and held numerous
positions with the Fort Worth Diocese before accepting his current
position as Director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
in Washington, D.C. CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice
program of the U.S. Catholic bishops. Its mission is to address
the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support
of community-controlled, self-help organizations and through transformative education.
Pictured are (left to right) Bianca Wugofski, Ryan Stephens, Victoria Kilianski,
Ralph McCloud, Dana Pisciottano, Braedon Eller, and Mrs. Pat Anderson.