Ed Armstrong to Mike Mulhern
      Mike, 

      Very interesting idea.  I know I'm always interested in what everyone
      else did/was doing and how Maryknoll/GE/Venard/Chesterfield/Mountain
      View affected lives.  You are correct, this is something I've never
      discussed with family to any great extent.  Occasionally, one of my
      sisters asks about it and I'm non-committal about my feelings, etc.
      No one asked me to "resign" I just came to the conclusion on my own.
      It was a difficult decision to make and, as with many things in life,
      it was a decision that had to be private.  You can ask and ask and ask
      others for input and advice but no one can make that sort of decision
      for you.  I think the decisions I made with respect to Maryknoll, both
      at the beginning (like most, I was pretty young) and at the end, had a
      profound effect on my life.  I never paid much attention to how
      Maryknoll "assessed" individuals though I had heard stories, rumors
      and the like.  I was surprised to hear that MK actually asked someone
      to return to continue studies (Lyons).  I have often wondered what
      became of old classmates and friends.  I've maintained contact with a
      few but I knew so many more.  I think it's also interesting that after
      40 or 50 years the names are still familiar even though one hasn't
      seen these folks during that time.  Just looking at the names on the
      email addresses above, I seen names that I thought I had forgotten to
      the extent I couldn't put a face with the name but amazingly the
      "connections" return.  I see one name above, Tom Brady, and his name
      reminds me that my grandson who is five idolizes Tom Brady, Jr. and
      told me once that as soon as my wife and I left their home (they live
      in Connecticut) Tom was coming over to play football with him.  I
      guess that didn't happen, but see what remembering a name and a face
      do?

      I'll be interested to hear how your memoir progresses because thoughts
      about those years (five of them in my case) remain on a daily basis.

      Thanks,

      Ed
       
       Edward L. Armstrong, P.C.