Dean Pappas, now 69, has also parted ways with the tactics of 1968. "I think that Phil and company, [spending] the last 20 years smashing nose cones on missiles and getting thrown in jail was a waste of time," he said. "I hate to put it that way, but I don't think it did much to advance the cause."
Now a teacher at Friends School and Maryland Institute College of Art, Pappas is likewise backing Obama's campaign.
McAlister, though, says she has no regrets. "I think it's right and needed," she said of the confrontations, "and the effectiveness ... will take care of itself. ... I think they make people think and question."
tim.wheeler@baltsun.com
Sun researchers Paul McCardell and Carol Julian contributed to this article.
The Catonsville Nine
Daniel Berrigan, Jesuit priest and poet, lives in New York City, where he writes, speaks and conducts retreats.
Philip Berrigan, former Josephite priest and Army veteran who helped found Jonah House, died in Baltimore in 2002. He was 79.
David Darst, Christian brother, teacher and writer, died in a 1969 auto crash in Nebraska before he could serve his prison sentence. He was 28.
John Hogan, former Maryknoll brother and carpenter, lives in New Haven, Conn.
Tom Lewis, a Maryland-born artist and teacher, died in Worcester, Mass., in April. He was 68.
Marjorie Melville, former Maryknoll sister, author and academic, now retired, lives in Mexico.
Tom Melville, former Maryknoll priest, author and scholar, lives with his wife, Marjorie, in Mexico.
George Mische, Army veteran and political organizer who served on the St. Cloud, Minn., City Council, lives in Columbia Heights, Minn.
Mary Moylan, Baltimore native, nurse and midwife who went underground and avoided prison until 1978, died in 1995 in Asbury Park, N.J. She was 59.
[Sources: Interviews; "Fire and Faith," the Enoch Pratt Free Library; the Brother David Darst Center, Chicago, Ill.
