约翰·穆林 ’79 describes his life’s successes to the way a house is built. His time at 天主教纪念 was the laying of solid foundations, 房子的其余部分由学院建造, “还有你的工作,他说, 就能支付全部费用.”
他是祖母在昆西抚养的四个兄弟姐妹中的一个, 穆林很早就明白,如果他要成功, he needed to find himself in a place that would challenge him and instill the necessary qualities with which to succeed. 他的表哥帮了忙, 杰瑞·康纳斯, 他和当时的麻省理工教员丹·伯克是好朋友, 我在约翰身上看到了某种东西,使他提出了这个问题. “高中毕业后你想上大学,对吧? 你要去昆西高中就不可能了.”
Throwing himself into hockey and his studies, Mullin embraced the opportunities offered. CM became the arena where he would find out what he was made of. “谢里丹弟兄教导宗教的方式非常棒, and I could relate to him because he was from New York City and I’d go there to visit my dad,穆林回忆道。. “我也要把它说出来,汉森教练. He went out of his way to drive me home after many practices and had a knack for picking guys who wanted it, 有动力和决心, 拒绝失败.” Homework was done while dragging his hockey bag on the two buses he took to get home. 在马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校就读期间, Mullin maintained this mindset remaining on campus and not returning to his dorm until his engineering assignments for the day were done.
他事业的开始见证了一个梦想的实现, working as an engineer for two startup companies headquartered in San Jose, CA. 1998年他妻子去世后, 他做了一个重要的职业转变,成为一名教育工作者, teaching middle school engineering at several local public schools and marketing courses online at Southern New Hampshire University and University of Phoenix. 在退休后, Mullin is looking to help students like himself with the potential but who need an opportunity. 正如穆林所说, “作为布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀的粉丝, 他的新歌, I’ll See You in My Dreams moved me to create an endowment and scholarship for CM. I want to give an inspired student with similar challenges a chance to fulfill his dreams and not be prohibited by financial challenges and who will succeed through their motivation.” His adopted father once said to Mullin, Fine feathers make a fine bird.” To which Mullin responded, “A fine bird makes a fine bird doesn’t matter about its feathers.“也许他说的是他自己?