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Say
Hello
to
...
The 2006 Marist
Fund
Phonathon
Te~-m
Marcy
Grad Year: 2008
Hometown: Manhattan, N.Y.
Activities: Marist Singers
"Marist has been a great
experience for me in many ways.
The professors,
services,
and
programs are providing me with a
top-rate education. I am looking
forward to using what I have
learned from Marist in the future."
Megan
Grad year: 2007
Hometown: Selden, N.Y.
Activities: Teachers ofTomorrow,
Campus Ministry, Res;ident
Student Council, Volunteer at Mt.
Carmel, Habitat for Humanity
"The experience I received during
my semester abroad in Sydney,
Australia, was the bes11
experience
of my life and is something that I
will reflect upon forever."
These smiling faces are
not
only bright, eager Marist students-
they
are part of a very important, hard-working group, better
known as the Marist
Fund
Phonathon
Team.
Small, but vital, this
diverse group of students makes a huge impact on the programs,
scholarships, and
technologies
offered here at Marist.
Each year, beginning in late September, the Phonathon
Team
helps drive alumni and
parent
support for the Marist Fund.
Their
goal is not only to
raise
unrestricted funds for their college, but
to talk to alumni and parents about their Marist experiences,
update records, and
provide
information on upcoming alumni
and community events and initiatives.
Dane
Grad year: 2008
Hometown: Pomona, N.Y.
Activities: Campus Ministry,
Accounting Club,
Intramural
Soccer, Marist Poll (2004-2005)
"Marist
College has significantly
impacted my life. It's great to
have the opportunity to meet
diverse groups of people and share
various new experiences
and ideas
with them along the way."
Hometown: Kula, Maui, Hawaii
Activities: Bowling Club, Bowling
Intercollegiate, Campus Ministry,
Community Service, Student
Programming Council, Poster Club
"Marist
has enabled me to gain an
experience
that I would have not
received if I remained in my home-
town. The professors
are empower-
ing me with their encouragement
to pursue my career goats:
Contributions
to
the 2006 Marist
Fund
help provide
a
quality
education
for every Marist student. Gifts support
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scholarship programs, premier
library
services, top1-notch faculty, state-of-the-art technologies, and other
important resources vital to a first-rate education. Pl,ease support the 2006 Marist Fund goal of $1.4 million by
making your gift online at www.marist.edu/alumni/~1iving or call the Advancement team at 845-575-FUND.





















































MARIST
CONTENTS
I
Winter
2006
FEATURES
4
Campus
Ministry:
Fostering
Faith and
Service
College students
are making
spirituality
part of
campus
life in large numbers
nationwide.
Campus
Ministry,
Marist's
largest student
organization, offers
a
wide
range
of
activities
to
meet that need.
7
Embracing
the
World
The Mari st Abroad Program
fou11ded
in
1963
by
Bro.
Joseph
L.
R.
Belanger, FMS,
'48
1101
only
tra11sformed
ma11y
students but also brought
them some of the best moments
of
their
lives.
12
"Treason
of
the
Blackest
Dye"
The Hudson River Valley Institute
at
Marist
College
mar/1s
the
225th
anniversary
of the
American
Revolution in
New York
by reenacting
the plot in 1780
to
betray West Point.
14
Marist Earns
the
MAAC's
Highest
Honors;
Men's
Soccer Wins
the MAAC
Championship
The
Red
Foxes capture
all three
2004-05
Commissioner's
Cups
and
men's soccer
defeats top-seeded
Fairfield
to
claim
the
2005
title.
Maris1 Magazine
is published by the
Office of College
Advancement
at
Marist College for alumni,
friends,
faculty, and staff of
Marist
College
Editor:
Leslie Bates
A
rt
Di
rect0r:
Richard
Deon
Vice
President
for College Advancement:
Robert
L.
Wesi
Chief
Public
Affairs Officer: Ti111111ia11
Massie
Executive Director of Alumni
Relations:
Amy Coppola Woods
'97
Alumni News Coordina1or:Jo-A1111
Wohlfahrt
Alumni News
Researcher:Je1111ifer
L11011go
'06
Contributing
Writers:
Kerry Sylies, Shailee11
Kopec,
Jeffrey Dal111cl1e
'01,Jason Corril,er, Michael Doughty
Cover photo b)' Al Nowak/On
Location
of Marist students
and staff taking pan in
the
2005
Hunger
Awareness
Walk/Run
fund-raiser
on
the Marist
campus.
Marist
College. 3399 North
Road,
Poughkeepsie, NY,
12601-1387
www.marist.edu
•
cditor@marist.edu
Fostering Faith and Service
Page 4
Oelebrati11g
Brother Joe
and MAP
Page
7
]C'1
nifer Flynn
'93
recei\'eS
a major award
Page
17
15
Marist Defeats
St.
John's
in
the
Garden
The
56-53
victory
was
Marist's first wi11
over a Big East
team in
15
tries.
DEPARTMENTS
2
Marist Drive
What's happet1it1g
on
campus
16
Alumni News
Notes
about Marist
graduates
32
Scrapbook
Photos
from Homecoming/Reunio11
Weekend
Men's
soccer
is
tops,
Page
14
























:MARIST
D
The
11ew
Fult.011
Street
Townhouses,
01135
acres owned
by Marist
east
of Route
9,
opened
this
fall.
New Townhouses Open East of Route1 9
The
new
Fulton Street Townhouses, on 35
I
acres owned
by
Marist east of
Route
9,
opened
this
fall to house 250
upperclassmen
in
eight
buildings.
The three-story units feature eight single-
occupancy
bedrooms,
two bathrooms, a
living
room,
dining
area, and kitchen. Four
two-story units have
four
bedrooms
and a
bathroom
on the ground level and an addi-
tional
four
bedrooms
and a bathroom on
the
second
level.
All of the
units
are
furnished
and air-conditioned.
The
townhouses share a community cen-
ter
and laundry facility with
the upper
West
Cedar residential complex.
The
community
center offers a big-screen TV, workout area,
and an eatery,
Jazzman's
Cafe, with a grill
and coffe1~
bar.
A 12-foot-wide concourse
leads
from the townhouses west across a 90-
foot-long pedestrian bridge to
the
Steel Plant
Studios and Beck
Place.
The bridge crosses a
former
rai
I
bed
that
will eventually
become
a
walking a1nd bike
path.
Construct
ion is in
progress on eight
NCAA-regulation tennis courts adjacent to
the townhouses.
Marist Receives IBM Shared Universiity Research Award
I
BM has
given
Marista
new Shared University
Research
(SUR) award
Lo
jointly
research
and
develop
applications
for
capturing, orga-
nizing,
and accessing
learning
materials.
The
applications will be built
upon
open
standards
and
integrate with
the
Sakai
Proj-
ect, a
venture to
create
open-source
course
management,
collaboration, and online
re-
search support tools for
the
higher education
community.
Begun through
a collaboration
involving
the
UniversityofMichigan,
Indiana
University, MIT.and
Stanford
University,
the
Sakai
Project now
includes
more than
80 uni-
versities, colleges, and institutions oflearning
around
the
world. The project is supported by
a grant from
the Mellon
Foundation.
2
MARIST
MAGAZII\E
In 2003 IBM gave Marist a SUR award to
support work with IBM in
developing
a
new
generation of online digitized media for the
creation, storage, and exchange of
digitized
content
via the Internet.
IBM's SUR program awards computing
equipment and services
to
colleges, univer-
sities, and institutions of higher education
around
the
world to facilitate
research projects
in areas olf mutual interest. The SUR awards
also support
the
advancement of
university
projects
by
connecting top
researchers in
academia with IBM research
personnel. IBM
awards approximately 50 SUR awards per
year worldwide.
Princeton Review
Again Names School
of Management a
"Best Business School"
F
or
the
second year
in
a
row,
the
School of
C..~
Management at Marist
College is one
of
the
nation's
outstand-
ing business schools,
according
to
the
Princeton Review. It
features
the
school
in
its
ratingsguide,Best
237 Business
Schools,
2006
Edition.
The School
of
Management
is
one of only
300
business schools
in
the country
to
have its undergraduate and
graduate
business programs
fully accredited by
the
Association
to
Advance
Collegiate Schools
of
Business
(AACSB).
The Princeton Review
also
named
Marist in
the
2006
edition of
its
annual
"best
colleges" guide,
placing Marist
in
the
top 10
percent of all colleges
and
universi-
ties
in
the United States and Canada.
And
fort he
12th
straight
year,
MarisL
was ranked
in
the top
tier
of
colleges and
universities
in the
northern
United States in
the
latest
edition of
the annual
U.S.
News
&
World
Report
America's
Best
Colleges
guide.






























Billy Morris tal1es items from Mari
st sophomore Amanda
Giambruno at
Our
Lady
Seat
of
Wisdom
Chapel for
the
Marist
to
Mobile
Appeal.
College foculty,
staff, and students
teamed
with
New
Progressive Baptist
Church
in Kingston,
N.Y.,
to
help
victims
of
hurricanes
Katrina
and
Rita.
Morris,
a
professional
tractor-trailer
drive,;
volu111teered
to
drive the trucliload
of
do,wted
goods
to
Alabama and
Mississippi.
Helping after the Hurricanes
''
Dri\'ing
along
the
Gulf, we
saw
many
damaged
buildings, debris along the
highway; and the smell was awful."
But
Rita
Worthington also
had
good
things
to report about her journey with
two
other volunteers to
deliver
goods
donated
by
Lhe
people
ofMarist College and a
local
church
to
two communities damaged by
hurricanes
Katrina
and
Rita.
"The
reaction to the
dona-
tions
was overwhelming."
The
trip, known
as the Marist to Mobile
Appeal,
was one
of many events organized
by
Marist students,
faculty, and staff
to
aid hur-
ricane \'ictims. A
total
of almost $20,000 was
raised,
including
$15,000 that was
donated
to
the American Red
Cross.
The Marist to Mobile
appeal was a joint
effort
of
Marist
and
New
Progressive Baptist
Church
in Kingston,
N.Y., where Marist
faculty
member G.
Modele
Clarke is pastor.
Clarke,
along with the
College's Public Praxis
Program under
the
direction
of Dr. Mar
Peter-Raoul,
assistant professor of religious
studies, and Campus
Ministry led
by Bro.
Frank
Kelly,
FMS, spearheaded the project.
The appeal invited
thecampuscommunityto
bring items
including
bottled
water, canned
food, diap,ers,
and stuffed animals to Our
Lady
Seat of Wisdom
Chapel
for delivery
to
affected areas.
On Sept. 29, volunteers
loaded
the goods
onto a 24-foot
truck rented
by
the
church.
A professional
tractor-trailer
driver,
Billy
Morris, his
wife, Alfreda, and Worthington,
an administrative
assistant
aL
the
church,
volunteered
to take
the
truck to two places
Clarke
had identified
as
needing help:
a
senior citi,:ens' home in Whistler, Ala.,
that
had
lost its
roof, and a
housing
complex
in
Gulfport,
Miss.,
that
had no water
and
few
basic necessities.
The
trio first
visited the senior citizens'
home in Whistler
where they
donated
food,
clothing, and a $1,000 check
from the church
to
help with
the
building's
restoration.
Their
second sto,p
was
the complex
in
Gulfport,
where
they
distributed water and
food. They
returned
to
Kingston
Oct.
2.
Marist Places 111 Student-Athletes on MAAC Academic
Honor Roll, the Most Among MAAC Sc:hools
"l"he
MarisL
College Athletic
Department
I
had 111
student-athletes named
to
the
2004-05
New
York Louery
Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
Academic
Honor Roll.
The 111 members
placed on the
list
by
Marist is
the most among all
10
full-time
members
of
the
conference.
The
women's
crew and women's soccer squads led the way
with 13 citations.
To
be
eligible for the New York
Lottery
MAACAcademic
Honor
Roll,
an athlete
must
hold
a grade point average of 3.20 or
higher
on a
4.0scale
and be in
his
or
her
second year
of athletic eligibility. The
Honor Roll
is open
Lo
both
full-time
and associate
members
of
the
MAAC with athletes represented
in
all 25
sports that the conference sponsors.
Marist topped
Iona
College with 98 and
Manhattan College with 95 honorees.
( I N
B R I E F
Hansard Scholars Named
Four Marist
juniors have been accepted
into
the
Hansard Program in London for the spring
2006
semester: Michael Carroll, a history
major, and political science majors Bridget
Burns, Warren George, and Michael
Sterchak. The program
is
very selective,
according to Dr. Duleep C.
Deosthale,
assistant dean of International
Programs
at Marist, because no more than
22
ap-
plicants from across the United States
are chosen for each semester.
Faculty Books Published
Dr.
Anne
Botsford co-wrote
End of Life Care: A
Guide
for Staff Supporting Older People
with Developmental Disabilities,
which
was published in second edition (Delmar,
N.Y.:
NYSARC, Inc.,
2004) ....
Dr.
Craig
Fisher,
associate professor,
information
systems, co-edited the book
Information
Quality
and co-authored two of its chap-
ters: "Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
Development
to Support Managing
Information as a
Product"
and "Redefining
the Scope and
Focus
of
Information
Quality
Work:
A General Systems Theory
Perspective" (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe,
2005)
....
Dr.
Jan Harrington,
associate
professor of
information
technology, wrote
Network Security: A Practical Approach
(Morgan
Kaufmann,
2005)
....
Dr. Laura
Linder has co-edited
The Sitcom Reader:
America Viewed and Skewed,
published
in October
2005
by State University of
New York Press
.... Dr. David Woolner,
assistant professor of history, co-ed-
ited the book
FDR and the Environment,
part of the series
The World of the
Roosevelts
(Palgrave Macmillan,
2005).
...
A
Thousand
Frightening Fantasies:
Understanding and Healing Scrupulosity
and
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder,
by
Dr. William VanOrnum. professor of psy-
chology, was published in second edition
(Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock,
2004).
Empire State Games a Showcase
When
Marist
hosted
the opening ceremony and
several events
of
the Empire State Games
in July, the event showcased the College
to an estimated
12,000
athletes and their
families from all over New York state. "The
sold-out opening ceremony lived up to its
billing as the most picturesque kickoff in
Empire
State Games history," reported
the Albany
Times Union.
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College
students are making spirituality part
of campus life in large numbers
nationwide.
Campus
Ministry, Marist's largest student
organization,
offers a wide range of
activities to meet that need.
Students pay to talle part
each
November
in
Campus
Ministry's Hunger Awareness Walk/Run,
which
raises
money
to
help
feed the hungry locally, nationally, and
globally.

























'
Everyone
of all
faiths
is
welcome at the
table."
-Bro.
Frank Kelly, FMS,
'73,
director
of Campus
Ministry
T
he
young
men
and women
pouring
into
the
Nelly
Goletti Theatreat8o'clock
on a Monday
night
in Novem-
ber filled
almost all 330 seats.
news.
"We do some of our
most
effective work
in
those late
hours,"
he
says.
Campus Ministry's mouo
is
"Good
people,
doing good
things,
in the name of God,"
and the organization coordi-
nates a wide range of acti\'ities
to foster
both faith and service
in students. "We offer a variety
of
programs in
which we
hope
they will
in
some way
meet
the
presence
of God
in
their
lives,"
says Brother Frank.
Sweatshirts
and
jeans
were
the order
of
the
evening, with
a few student-athletes
in
their
crisp
red
and
white parkas
with
"Marist" across the
back.
The
talking and laughing sounded
like
a
party. There
was more
laughter when Bro
Frank
Kelly,
FMS,directorofCampus
Ministry,
introduced the
guest
speaker, a LOy
teddy
bear who
proceeded to
sing a Christmas
song.
But Brother
Frank soon
got down
to business.
IL
was
the monthly
meeting of the
freshman division
of Campus
Ministry, and with the fresh-
men responsible for Hunger
Awareness Month,
there
was
a lot
to
be
done.
The
Marist Brothers order
that
founded the
college
is
Catholic, but students joining
Campus
Ministry need
not be.
"Everyone of
all faiths is
wel-
come at the
table,"
says
Brother
Frank. The
program supports a
Cat
ho!
ic St
udentsAssociation
as
well
as groups for Evangelical
Christians,Jews, and
members
The
Campus Ministry
staff
focludes (left to
right)
Campus
Ministers Bro.
Robert Clar//
'74,
FMS,
Bro.
Fra11h
Kelly
'73, FMS,Jamie
Williams,
and Rev.
Richard LaMorte.
of
Protestant faiths. Liturgy
for
Catholics includes
masses
Sundays at
noon
and
7 p.m.
and
Monday through
Thursday at 12:05
p.m.
Campus
Ministry
connects
non-Catholics
with churches or
temples
in
the
community
and
holds
a Seder each spring. An interfaith
group
meets LO
discuss common issues of faith
and values and a women's
group gathers
to
reOect
on shared experiences and
the
spiritual
life.
"Table Talk/Religion
in Our
Lives"
is
an
Advent/Lenten
program welcoming students
and Marist faculty and staff to
lunch
and
a
presentation and discussion
on various topics.
Campus
Ministry
at
Marist
wasn't always
this
popular.
Brother
Frank, a 1973 Marist
graduate, recalls
that
when he arrived at the
College
10
years ago, Campus Ministry had
22 active student members and
two
full-time
ministers.
The group was small enough
to
meet in the
living
room
of Byrne House, the
couage
in the trees behind
Champagnat
Hall
that has
been
the
center
of
Campus Ministry
since
1969. Masses
in Our
Lady
Seat ofWisdom
Chapel drew
few.
Today, Campus
Ministry is
the
largest stu-
dent organization
on campus with 900students
as well
as
four
full-time ministers
and one part-
timeJewish advisor.
It
drew more
than
half
of
this year's freshman class, one of
its highest
counts of first-year students.
The number
of
participants
in
its
community service program
is the highest
ever.
The
group
is
LOO
large to fit
most
spaces
on
campus.
The
7
p.m.
Sunday
mass now attracts
a full
house
of 350.
Brother Frank
says the
increasing
interest
in
religion among students
renects
a
national
trend.
A
recent
study
by
UCLA's
Higher
Educa-
tion Research
lnstitUle
shows a
high
level
of
spiritual engagement and commitment among
college students,
with more
than
half
placing
a
high
value on integrating spirituality
in
their
lives.
"We can see
it here
at
Marist
as well-stu-
dents
wanting LO
participate
in the Sacraments,
Bible
study,
prayer
groups, women's and
men's
spirituality groups," says
Brother
Frank.
"Something is
happening
in
the culture
where
young people are
waking up to
the
importance
of God in their
lives."
One
way he
and
his
colleagues, Jewish
student advisor
Elaine
Neuman and Campus
BY LESLIE BATES
Ministers
Rev. Richard
LaMorte,
Bro. Robert
Clark
'74, FMS, and Jamie
Williams, help is
by
"offering students
a
presence."
Three
of
the
staff
live
in situdent
residence halls-Brother
Robert
in
Leo
and
Williamsand Brother
Frank
in Champagr:iat-where
they
leave
their
doors
open
until
alt least
midnight most
evenings
in
case a student wants LO
talk. Nighuime
is
when
students
like
to
roam,
Brother
Frank
says-"looking
for
something
free to
eat"-and
also
is the time
they
talk to their parents or
friends
long-distance
and
often get
troubling
Students
lead a
game with
11eighborhood
childre11
during a
City
Plunge
at Lazarus House
Ministries
in
Lawrence,
Mass.
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2006
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The
students
feel
really affirmed by
the
work they
are doing
and
become
attached
to the places
where
they are
volunteering."
-Campus
Minister Jamie Williams
Retreats offer more opportunities to explore
spiritual
issues.
The chapel is open daily for
quiet
prayer from
7 a.m.
LO
10 p.m.
Monthly general meetings
in the
theatre
bring together freshmen members at 8
p.m.
and upperclass
members
at 9:15. The meetings
feature
prayer,
announcements, sometimes a
speaker, and socializing afterwards. A student
advisory board also meets monthly, advising
and assisting the Campus Ministry director.
In
addition to fostering faith, Campus
Ministry organizes and maintains a busy
schedule of community ser\'ice. Students can
volunteer
for two
hours a week over 10 weeks
at as many as 22 sites around the Mid-Hudson
Valley
including
the
Lunch
Box Soup Kitchen,
Dutchess
County Juvenile
Probation, the
Hudson
River Psychiatric Center, Big Brothers
Big Sisters, and public and pri\'ate elementary
schools in the area. A student-driven van fer-
ries
280 volunteers each week. "We're
trying
to make
it
easy for students
to
get out of their
comfort zone," says Williams, who manages
the
logistics.
Re!1ection
is
a
necessary
part
of service. she says, and the volunteers meet
regularly to talk about
their
experiences.
Junior David Barton, a communications
and public
relations
major and mem-
ber of Campus Ministry's advisory
board, found volunteering at
the
Vassar Warner Nursing
Home
very
rewarding.
"You were able
to
affect
elderly people, and every week you
see how much they
love
when you
visit," he says. "Their
faces
light
up
when
they
sec you
come
into
the
room."
M
any students continue their
volunteer work beyond one
semester, Williams says.
"Their
involvement in the
commu-
nity becomes an important part of
their college experience." She hears
students
marvel
al
their
experiences.
"They
feel
really
affirmed by
the
work they are
doingand become
allached
Lo
the
places where
they are volunteering." One group of 15 first-
year sllldents chose to make service a priority.
They live on
the
fourth !1oor
of Champagnat
and
meet
every other Sunday night to share
thoughts
about their volunteer work.
Each November Campus Ministry invites
faculty and staff as well as students
to
take part
in
Hunger
Awareness Month. A
fund-raising
walk/run around
the
campus kicks things off.
Then
sllldents staff
tables
where
passers-by
can
donate
a dollar to "Buck Hunger." A campus
food drive benefits two local food
pantries.
A
hunger banquet
raises both money and
consciousness: admission
tickets
designate
the
meal each guest receives,
re!1ecting
the
unequal
distribution
of
food
globally.
Money
collected
is
split among international, national, and
local groups that feed
the
hungry.
In
2005,
307 students coordinated
Hunger
Aware-
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ness Month activities, which raised almost
$5,000.
Each
December
the
Gi\'ing Tree project,
begun in 1991 by
Mau Thomson
'92,
provides
25
local
needy families
with Christmas gifts.
The
project draws wide participation from not
only students but also campus staff. In 2005,
135 Sllldents helped organize the effort, and
the
Marist College community contributed
755 gifti;.
Still other
programs
call on students to
help with a day or weekend project in
the
community. But not all community service
occurs in the Hudson Valley.
Global Outreach
isa
Spring Break immersion experience outside
of the United States, usually affiliated with
one of
the
Marist Brothers
ministries.
City
Plunge
t.akes
students for a weekend of work
in
an
inner-city
setting. Mari st students have a
history of helping Lazarus
House
Ministries
in
Lawrence,
Mass., which
in
2004 awarded the
student:,
its
Christ the Servant award for their
12
years of consistent volunteering.
Junior Laura
Perugini,
a Spanish and
secondary education major and
member
of
Campus Ministry's advisory board,
remembers
a trip to Appalachia as the most meaningful
experience she has had through Campus Min-
istry. "We did so
much
more than
just
work.
We made friends with
people
that
I
never in a
million years
thought
I would be friends
with."
But
she also says
the trip
was challenging. "I
was in a totally
new
environment
that
was
completely
foreign
to me."
Students earn Marist "priority points"
for
attending the general
meetings
and for volun-
teering. But
priority points aren't why sLUdents
participate in Campus Ministry. Ba
non joined
to
become involved
in college
life.
"Campus
Ministry
has gotten me more connected with
Marist
and what is going on around campus."
In addition, he says,
he has
always
had
some
form of spirituality
in
his
life.
"I did not want
to
lose
that
in
college."
Perugini also wanted to
maintain
the
religious \'alues she grew up with. "I joined
Campus Ministry
in
the fall of
my freshman
year.
I
came from a Catholic school and fam-
ily in which God
is
very
important.
I
felt that
it was important for
me
to have something
to keep me spiritually grounded at Marist,
were newfound freedom can get you off-track
pretty easily."
Brother Frank
feels
fortunate to
be
around
at a
time
when spiritual interests
are awakening in college students.
''Maybe
people are starting
to
get it
younger
than
before,
that there
is
meaning to be sought
in
life."
Left: Students at
Campus
Ministry's
monthly general meeting sign up for
an
activity. Below: Gifts donated
to
rhe Giving
Tree are collected
in
Our
Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel.
In 2005, 135
students
organized
the project, which provided 25
local
needy families
with
755 gifts donated
by the Maris/
College
community.




























Marist Abroad Program
Embracing
the
World
Alumni of the Marist Abroad Program gath-
ered
at Mari st to marh the 80th birthday of
Bro.Joseph
L.
R. Belanger, FMS,
'48
(front
row, right), who founded MAP. A special
guest
was Marie-Louise LeGuern
(front
row, left), a
French
professor
in
Paris
who
ta11gl1t
Marist students for 20
years.
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The Marist Abroad Program founded in 1963
b1y
Bro. Joseph
L. R. Belanger,
FMS, '48 not only
transfonned many students but also brought tl~em some of the best moments
of their lives.
H
e broughL
Lhe
world
LO
Lhem, and years
later
Lhey sLill Lhink
the
world of him.
Professor
Emeritus and Marist
College Heritage Professor Bro. Joseph LR.
Belanger, FMS, '48 introduced hundreds of
Marisl sLUdents
to foreign
sLudy by founding
the
Marisl Abroad Program (MAP)
in
1963
and overseeing
il
Lhrough 1980.
Spain, France,
England,
Ireland,
Scolland, Colombia, Japan,
Mexico,
llaly,
Germany, SwiLzerland,
Nigeria,
Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda were among MA P's
many
deslinalions. And beyond Lhe class-
room, Marisl sLUdents explored such places
as Greece,
Russia, Egypt,
Morocco, Majorca,
India, Hong l<ong, Peru, Venezuela, Nicaragua,
and Jerusalem
This past summer, Brother Joe, a member
of Lhe Class of
'48,
marked his 80th
birthday
wilh an on-campus celebration that drew
more
than
2,00 family members, friends, and
alumni. Preceded by a mass
in
Our
Lady
Seat
of Wisdom Chapel, a luncheon
in
the dining
hall included a buffet, a birthday cake, and
IBY
SHAILEEN
KOPEC
reminiscences
that filled the room.
While he has worn
many
hats, most notably
as professor,
during the
more
than half-century
he
has
been on
the
Marist campus, his identity
as MA P's founder is well-appreciated by those
he guided and supported
in
studying abroad.
His
milestone birthday was an opportunity for
a number of alumni
LO
re0ect on a pan of their
college experience
that
wok
them
far from the
Mari st campus. SLUdy
abroad led some
LO
their
present careers and for others created lifelong
friendships and interests. For all, it provided
a transforming experience.
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Rarely
a day
goes
by 1that I'm not
reminded of my
year
iin
Bogota."
-Paul].
Browne
'71
"Rarely
a day
goes
by that I'm not
reminded
of my year
in Bogota
or
that I
don't
pUL
some aspect of
it into
practice,
mainly in speaking or
understanding
Spanish," says
Paul J. Browne
'71,
deputy commissioner of the New York
City Police
Department.
"When I ex-
pressed interest
in [spending
my] third
year abroad early
in my
sophomore year
Brother
Belanger t0ld me
Oatly
that
my
mediocre grades wou
Id
n't cut it and
that I
would
have
to
raise my
index
a full
point
in a year or
he
wouldn't
approve me." At the time
Marist
had
programs only in Spain, France, and
the
United
Kingdom, but Paul's
heart
was
set on Latin America and Brother
Joe
encouraged him
to
pursue it. With
the
required GPA achieved and a year's
experienceaseditorofThe Circle,
he left
for Colombia
in
fall
1969.
"Brother
Joseph was stalwart
throughout,"
he recalls.
"He
pre-
served
the
academic standing of
the
program
by insisting that only
B
or
better
averages
be
allowed.
He
also
remained
enthusiastic, year after year, about
exposing as many students as would listen
to
the importance
of knowing the world
by
seeing
it, by
living it."
A graduate of Columbia School of
Journalism, Paul
credits
his
abroad experience
with giving
him
a lifelong
appreciation
for
other
cultures, which served him well on challenging
foreign assignments including service
in
Haiti
for the U.S State Department.
The
Hon. Anthony L. Parga
'71,
a New
York State Supreme Court
justice,
also
keenly
appreciates the ability
tO
be bilingual.
"MAP
was the single greatest experience of
my
un-
dergraduate education," he says.
He
spent
his
junior year in
1969
and
1970
at Filosophia y
Letras at the Universidad de
Madrid.
"The year
abroad made me
Ouent
in another language,
a skill that
is
professionally and
personally
invaluable."
Tony earned
his law
degree from
Hofstra
University and
holds
an MPA
from
the
Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard.
"The
way Brother Joseph designed the
program
is probably
what made it so good,"
he
says.
"We
were forced to inte-
grate into
the
culture and lived
with
families, not
in
dorms
with other American
students.
Un Ii
ke
many abroad programs
today, we attended the same
8
schools and
classes
as
regular
Spanish
students."
He
notes an
ironic
experience
that
he
and
his classmates
experi-
encedabroad: "While there
was student
unrest in the
U.S. and events
like
Kent
State, we attended
classes
in a country
run
by one
of Europe's last
dictators,
Francis,co Franco. That
was an experience
unto itself."
Dr. Kathleen Palatucci O'Donnell
'77,
who
has
a
PhD in
Spanish
literature
from
UCLA, studied in Spain at the
Madrid
Uni-
versidad Complutense, and her observation
of
the political
scene
remains
vivid. "Those of
us
who were in
Madrid in
1975
were witness
to the death
of dictator Francisco
Franco
and
the
nonviolent transition of the country from a
fascist police state
to
a
more
open, democratic
society.
That's
a
remarkable
thing
to
see up
close,
and certainly something outside of
ordinary American experience. I followed
events ,closely and we had a course
through
MAP where all that was
happening
was a
prominent
part
of our
discussions."
She echoes
the
opinion of so
many
MAP
alumni.
"Studying
abroad was probably
the
single most important educational experience
I have ever
had. It's truly
transformative ... You
become self-reliant, learning
to
travel on your
own, converse with strangers,
take
care of
businei;s.
I
was
19!
We had
no
email and
long-
distance phone calls were extremely expensive,
so we were
really
separated from everything
comfortable and familiar.
Learning
you can
handle the new, the unfamiliar, and
the
strange
is valuable
in
every aspect of
life.
Learning a
different
country's history, government,
laws,
culture, customs, and languages enriches you
in
ways you might never expect."
Jarnes P. Quinlan
'72
also appreciates
that
the
period in
which
he
went abroad helped
shape his independence.
He
studied at the
University of
Strasbourg in
Alsace,
France.
"The
best thing
about going abroad is testing
yourself, facing new challenges and, in my case,
learning a foreign
language,"
he says. "Keep
in
mind
that those
times
were different. Back
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in
1970,
many
of
us hadn't been
on a
plane,
hadn't
been outside of the U.S., and certainly
were
not
very savvy world
travelers.
Back then
our
fathers
had gone abroad courtesy of
the
U.S. Army and World War
II.
In
many cases
today,
our kids
have
been on
planes
from their
earliest days." And as any
MAP
student can
attest, Brother
Joe's
enthusiasm was
irresist-
ible. "As 18-year-olds, we saw a man who set
a
high
standard of making
his
life
meaningful,
exciting, and bringing others on that same
journey."
"Brother
Joe was among the most inOuential
people
I
had the
good
fortune
of
meeting
dur-
ing my time
at Marist," echoes
Tim Brier
'69.
"I
am sure that I am not alone in feeling this
way as literally thousands of lives
have
been
enriched by
his
efforts on
their
behalf."
He
studied at
the
London School of Economics
in
1967
and
1968
but recalls
that
he
almost
lost
his
chance
to
go to
London.
"Nineteen
sixty-seven was an eventful year. The Vietnam
War was going on and the
peace
protests on
college campuses around the world were get-
ting
more and more violent. Unrest spread
to
Europe where a sit-in at
the London
School
of
Economics
temporarily
closed
down the
school." The sit-in was led by an American
and events subsequently led
to him receiving
a
letter
rescinding his acceptance
to
L.S.E.
"To
this
day, I
still thank
my
parents and Brother
Joe
for allowing me to go
to London with the
other guys even though
I
did not have
a place
to study when I left.
Brother Joe
convinced
my
parents
that somehow we would
figure
something out. And
that is
what we
did."
Tim sums up
his
experience this way.
"The
opportunity
to
spend
that
year abroad
has
inOuenced my
life
ever since. Being exposed
to a taste of travel and
the
different cultures
that
I
experienced went a
long
way
toward
my
choosing
to
make
a career
in the travel
indus-
try." He
spent a few years
living
in London while
establishing a European presence for
priceline.
com, which he co-founded. A
partner
in one
of the U.K.'s largest
travel
agencies,
Tim
sits
on
the board
ofTouch, PLC, a publicly
traded
Internet
company based in
London. He
holds a
master's
degree
from Harvard
Business School
and
has been
a
member
of
the Marist Board
of Trustees since November
2000.
In
1966,
Dr. James M. Croteau
'68
took
classes at University College
London
and says
the unstructured MAP program
had
its benefits. "I could do things
like
play
basketball for a college
club
team and travel.
Six weeks
in
Greece,
Italy,
and
France on
$2
a day was an adventure
that
gave me a great
deal of
confidence to
handle
anything on
my
own.
Thesights,smells,
and sounds of
London
and all
the
places
I
visited still
remain
with
me
after all
these
years."






















t
Studying
abroad
made
me a
more
well-rounded
perso1n."
-Mary
Monsaert]oyce '74
D
Currently he
is
assistant superintendent for
business services for a 30,000-student school
district
in Florida.Jim
holds
a master's
in
com-
munication
from
Queens College, CUNY, and
a PhD
in
communication from Florida State.
"My study abroad had
nothing
to do with my
academic or career choices but served as a
wonderful cultural experience," he notes.
Perhaps no one
took more
ambitious ad-
vantage of opportunities outside the classroom
than
Mary Monsaert Joyce
'74,
who in ad-
dition to carrying a full academic
load
used her
year
in
Paris to study ballet with a professional
company. An English
major
with a concentra-
tion in
communication, she was enrolled in
Tim
Brier
'69
(right)
studied
at
the London
School
of Economics
in
1967 and 1968. Like
most
MAP
students
he
too/1
the opportunity
to
travel.
Above,
he
and Ed
Lyle
'69
visit
Moscow
in
1968.
1972 and 1973 at both the American College
and l'Etoile in Paris and the Parisian Center
for
Ballet
Dancers.
"Studying abroad made me a
more
well-
rounded person," she says.
"You
really
had
to
figure
things out for yourself; otherwise
you wouldn't have survived.
I
was an
English
major
living
in
a country where
I
barely spoke the
language.
I would ha\'e
preferred
to
be in England, as my year would
have
been a lot easier. But
Brother
Belanger
convinced rne
to
try France.
I
did and
I
am glad
now,
as I be! ieve
it
helped
me
be success[ ul in
my life after college."
Mary was among
the first
Mari st students
to panicipa1te
in
communication
internships,
and the high
level
of performance that she
and a number of her classmates displayed
in
the competitive New York City market
helped establish
the reputation
of the pro-
gram. After graduation, she was hired by The
New York Times
and had a
long
career there
in advertising. She attributes her success
in part to the maturity she gained while
studying abroad. The experience helped
her deve:lop a confidence "that you can
do
anything that you set your mind
to.
That
was so
important
as I went into the
busi-
ness
world." Mary was
recently
appointed
to
the
Mari st Board of
Trustees.
Paris was also the MAP destination for
Loretta B~mten Terry
'73,
who majored
in French and studied with Marie-Louise
LeGuernat
!'Institute
Catholiqueandat l'Etoile.
One of eight children, she was eager
to
be on
her own, to see the world, and to experience
another culture. Her greatest
memories,
she says, are of the
people
she
met
and
the
things they did together: New Years'
Eve in Munich at the Beer
Hall;
Christmas
in
Rome; pinball in the cafes; dinners
makingsangria
in
the sink; plucking the
Thanksgiving
turkey
before cooking
it.
Lorena's career path took her into a
long
government career with the Social
Security Administration. Since 2003,
she has been living in Greece serving
as
regional
federal benefit officer and
overseeing
the
administration of U.S.
Treasury
checks
to
indi\·iduals
living
in a 39-country region. She traveled to
Europe manytimesaftercollege.
"I know
I would never ha\'econsidered taking the
job I
ha\'e
now
ifl
hadn't been exposed to
the beauty of other countries," she says.
For her,
the
most beneficial outcome of
studying abroad has
been
"a
broadening
of my sense of self, and my place in the
world, along with an appreciation for
other people and their cultures."
Bonnie Ann Fenyar, MD,
'74,
an
internist
and general adult psychiatrist
with a specialty
in
forensic psychiatr)',
appears
to
have found her place
in the
world as the
result
of a powerful experi-
ence she had while studyi ngabroad. From 1973
to
1974,
she studied at the University College
Galway (UCG), now known as
the
University
of Ireland, Galway, where she was enrolled in
the Honours Psychology Program.
"My
love
for understanding people from
various cultures prompted me tostudyabroad,"
she recalls. "I believe
that
this insight into
what makes
people
act and think as they do
will help one
develop
an attitude of tolerance
and acceptance."
During her year abroad, a terrorist attack
in Dublin killed 80 people. Some of the psy-
chology students went
to
Dublin
"to
assist
in
any way we could ... by
I istening
to the people
who experienced this horror, by attending
mass for the victims, and by just being there
for whomever needed a listening ear."
At
the
same time, Bonnie Ann says, her year
abroad was one of the best parts of her college
experience. "It gave me
many
happy
memories
and continues
to
provideenduringfriendships.
l
still keep in communication with
many
of the
Irish
students I studied with in addition
to
visit-
ing
my friends abroad. These memories
were all
due to Brother Belanger
who advised me to ap-
ply to
UCG.
I
will always be grateful to him."
Among the many
lives
shaped by the MAP
experience is that of
James J. Mcloughlin
'72,
who studied at the Uni\'ersity of East
Af-
rica in
Nairobi, Kenya, during his junior year
in
1971 and 1972. His major was economics,
but given a range of courses not offered m
Poughkeepsie,
he opted forliberalansdiversny
rather than fun her concentration in his major,
taking Swahili, de\'elopment economics, and
African sociology, among other courses.
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"Prior
to
MAP,
I
was just another
parochial
student from
Long Island
and was not well-
versed
in the
political, social, or economic
diversity of
the
world,"
he
says.
"Neither
had
I traveled
much. In fact,
prior
lO
my African
trip,
l
had
never
traveled further than
the
New
Jersey Turnpike!
It was time
for a
bold
change,
and Brother
Joseph had no
trouble convincing
me that
it was the
right thing
lO
do."
An emerging
markets
bond and equity
trader
who holds an MBA
from
Pace University,
Jim
has
worked for a
number
of New York City-
based investment
banks.
He
says MAP also
made a crucial difference in his professional
life.
"After a few years
in
domestic banking, I was
able
lO
get into
the imernationalsideoflinance.
It
was solely due
LO
my
year abroad-that bit of
information on
my
resume was circled
in
bright red by
the
interviewer
when
I applied for
my
Ii
rst
job."
Marist is
now
in
its
fifth decade of
sendingstudentsabroad. Annually,
more than
350 Mari st students participate in the College's
International
Programs, with
two-thirdsstudy-
ing
a full semester or
full
year abroad. Others
take
advantage of short-term study programs
during
school breaks. These are credit courses
offered
under
the guidance of Marist profes-
sors in such destinations as Pueno
Rico the
Dominican
Republic,
South Africa, Gr~ece,
China, the Czech
Republic, Italy,
Germany,
Barbados,
and The Netherlands.
Study and
internships
abroad
have
become
even
more
valuable assets for
job-seeking
graduates, says Dr. Duleep Deosthale, dean
of
International
Programs.
"Years
ago, study
abroad was not seen as a career-building ele-
ment.
But t0day it is. When
that
experience
is
combined with an
international internship,
students have two strong points on
their re-
sumes." As many as 40 percent of all Marist
students studying in other countries are
involved
with internships.
Brother
Joe
is humble about the program he
created. "I started MAP
lO
give
foreign language
students an in-depth
knowledge
of language,
civilization, and culture," he says. "MAP
then
expanded
to
other
majors fonhesame reasons,
namely global interest and perspective."
Jim Mcloughlin and other MAP alumni
indeed
gained this
knowledge
and
perspec-
tive. "MAP
helped me become
exponentially
more
sensitized and aware of what
life is
like
for people in
other
pans
of
the
world," he says.
"It changed
my
values,
myabilitytoacceptand
respect others, indeed
my
abilil y
to
love.
I have
never
been
the same."
A
longtime member
of the Marist College
com-
munity, 2haileen Kopec
is
the College's
senior
development
officer
for planned
giving
and endow-
ment support.
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Learning to Live
O·utside the Cave
On
the occasion
of
Brv. Joseph Be/anger's
80th
birthday
celebration,
Dr. Raymondjean
Frontai.11
'73 prepared
remarks to testify
to
Brother Be/anger's influence.
The re111arl1s
appear below.
T:
vo
months from
wday
I
will celebrate
he 35th anniversary of
my
having gone
lO
spend
my
sophomore year
in
Paris
through the
Marist Abroad Program.
From
Sept.
10,
1970, until
June
25,
1971,
I lived al
La Maison Diocesain des Etudiants, 61
rue
Ma-
dame,
Paris Venue with Chris
Riley,John
Foley,
and Marc Vogel. That year Charles de Percin
lived across wwn with
relatives;Jim
Quinlan
was close
by in
Strasbourg; and Brother Joseph
himself was on sabbatical in Poitiersand would
occasional!>•
visit us
in
Paris. I
took
courses
in
medieval an
hiswry
al Ecole du Louvre,
in the
philosophy of religion in the rue de
Bae,
and, of
course, in French
languageandgrammarwith
the irrepressible
and ineffable
Marie-Louise
LeGuern
at
l'lnstitut
Catholique.
It
was
the
single
most
formative year of my
life
and
remains
one of
the most
exciting as
well.
I
arrived
following
the
nationally
televised
burial
?f Charles de Gaulle at Colombay-les-
Deux-Eglises
and attended a
memorial
service
for
Franc;ois
Mauriac
at which Gabriel Marcel
was the principal speaker.
In
addition
LO
perfor-
mances of Corneille and
Racine
at La Comedie
Franc;aise,
I
attended
La
Mere,
one of
the
last
plays
in
which Madeleine Renaud would per-
form, and one of
the last
lO
be
directed by her
husband and professional partner.Jean-Louis
Barrault. I
discovered French
film,
attending
showings of
classics like
Les
Enfants du
Para-
dis
and
Jules
et
Jim,
arguing with
friends
over
Mourir df\.imer,
the
scandal
du jour.
After magi-
cally stumbling upon a series of small caves
on a hillside covered
with freshly
fallen snow
whiletra\·elingwith
friends, !spent Christmas
Eve morning at
the
tomb of Alienord'Aquitaine
at Fonte\'rault and auended
midnight
mass al



























Joseph
Belanger has
spent his ,80
years
calling others to
a richer, more engaged
life."
-Dr.
Raymond-Jean
Frontain
'73
the
cathedral in Nantes. I was challenged not
simply to learn French, but to
reflect
on my
native American culture as well, agreeing to act
out entire scenes of Eugene O'Neill's
Mourning
Becomes Electra for a comparative literature
class at Le Cato on "Le Mythe d'Electre" and
trying to explain
the
American myth of the
cowboy to a fourth grade class
in
Roostern,
The
Netherlands, while visiting a friend
there.
I
ate calves' brains
in
Arras, coquille
St-Jacques
in
Nantes, and developed a
taste
for yogun
that did not
come
in
a cup with fruit at the
bottom.
And weekly
I
attended Les Jeudi
a
la
rue
Lecourbe,
thesoirees
hosted
by Marie-Louise
at which one debated Sartrean existentialism,
drank
Breton cider, and listened
to
her cousin
Therese accompany
herself
on the guitar as she
sangJacques
Brel's Le
Plat pays.
The only way
tO
describe that year abroad
to someone who has not been so privileged is
to
recall Plato's
myth of the cave. My
life
before
Paris was satisfying,
I
thought:
l
had family,
friends, a girlfriend, and modest, eminently
re-
alizable ambitions. Until
I
went
tO
Paris,
l
had no
way of knowing that, as satisfying as
I
thought
that
my life
in
my hometown
of College Point,
N.Y.,
was,
it
was a two-dimensional, shadowy
existence compared to the three-dimensional
life
that
takes
place outside the cave. Paris was
both an intimation and a confirmation that
a deeper,
richer, more
intense existence was
available
if only
I altered myangleof perception
to
look,
not
at
the
shadows flickering on the
wall
that the
majority of people are content
to
spend their lives watching, but
at
L
he
forms without that caused
those
shadows
tO
dance. Paris
was the occasion of
my
think-
ing
and
living
independently
for the first time
in
my
life.
lt
was
my
road to
Damascus,
my
moment in
the
garden when
thevoicesays,
"Takeand
read,"
my conversion experience.
I
doubt that any of the
other MAP alumni seated
here today
did not have
an analogous experience.
Just as
I
doubt
that
any other person could
have brought together as many people as
are assembled here today as Brother Joe. For
Joseph
Lucian
Roland Belanger (to give him
his full due) has been
the
Prospero by whom
our
lives
hav-e
been
sea-changed. He called us
outside
the
cave, challenging
us
individually
and collectiv-ely
to enjoy a deeper, richer, more
fully
engaged existence: to have life to the full,
as the Gospel calls us
to do
Oohn 10:10); to
have global consciousness, to
be
citizens of
the
world.
Standing atop Mt. Sinai, Alfred
de
Vigny's
Moise
asks God, "Que vous ai-je doncfait/Pour
etre v/Jtre
elu?" That is, "What did
I
do to
be
chosen by you?" Everyone who is gathered here
today-famiily,
friends, colleagues, students,
and former students-has suffered an election
by Joseph
Bellanger.
I
say"suffered"
because this
experience, as Vigny's Moses indicates, can be
an exaspera1ting
one. My own first encounter
with
Joe
came when, unapologetically over-
estimating
my
high school
record,
he
placed
me
freshman year in Mme. Gregg's Advanced
French Conversation
class,
where I struggled
to
earn
the
only D that I ever made in
my
life,
and
felt
forttunate not to
have
failed outright.
Mme. Gregg; herself was moved to comment
with a Gallic objectivity that contained
real
sympathy, "My
poor
little Monsieur
Frontain,
you try so h:ard
but
you accomplish
nothing."
Dr. Raymo11d-jea11
Fro11tai11
'73
(right)
meets
with
Bro.
Joi;eph
Belanger,
FMS, '48 in Aries
ill
1992.
Joe
told
me later, however, that it was on
the
basis of the
tenacity
that
I
exhibited in that
class that he selected me to go my sophomore
year to Paris, which in 1970 and 1971 was a
highly unusual decision
to
make when junior
year abroad was
the
norm. As Vigny's Moses
comes to understand in the course of that poem,
the trials of election have
their
rewards.
And for more than 35 years now
I
have
suffered an unrelenting bombardment of criti-
cisms, recommendations, and challenges from
him that demand that
I
stretch my thought and
my personal reach. These have ranged from
my
poor
pronunciation of French
(I
agree.Joe,
I
should have taken Phonetics),
to the
wines
that
I
order at dinner (I'm sorry, but
I
still en-
joy a good Pouilly Fuisse), to my reading (I've
read Proust's
A
la recherche
in both the Mont-
crieff/Montmayor and the revised Kilmartin
translations so should now be allowed to
talk
intelligently about
the relationship
of
time
to consciousness), to global politics (India,
I
assure you, will be as significant a force as
China
in
the next decade).
I
have profited
immeasurably from the stream of books and
artwork that continues
to
arrive
from him,
from
the dozens of plays
that
we've seen
together,
from the
hundreds
of
meals that
we've eaten
together, from
the trips taken together to Aries,
Rennes,
Metz, Nice, Bordeaux, Paris et taus
ses environs,
and, most of all, from the endless
conversation that
is
always engaging, always
stimulating,and alwayschallenging.
I
would be
a far poorer person-intellectually, culturally,
and spiritually-but for him.
Joseph
Belanger
has spent his80 years call-
ing others to a
richer, more
engaged
life.
Here's
to the unrelenting honesty, the ever-broaden-
ing vision, the
deep
concern for others, and
the passionate urgency-the glorious Joie de
vivre-that have allowed him to
live
80 years
outside
the
cave.
-Raymond-Jean Frontain,
10 July 2005
Dr.
Raymond-Jean
Frontain 73 is professor
of
English
and director
of Asian Studies at the Uni-
versity of Central
Arkansas. His most recent
book
is
Reclaiming
the Sacred: The Bible in Gay and
Lesbian
Culture.





















Hudson
River
Valley
Institute
o-hundred
twenty five
years ago, the
Hudson River
Valley
was the majonheater
of
the Revolutionary
War and what George
Washington called the
"Key
to
Victory." Each
year through 2008,
Marist's Hudson
River
Valley
Institute
(HRVI)
will obser\'e Patriots'
Weekend to
commemorate and celebrate
the
War
for
American
lndependence.
HRVI serves
as the academic arm of the Hudson River Valley
National
Heritage
Area.
ln
October, Patriots' Weekend, 2005 of-
fered
two
days
of
lectures
by scholars on Maj.
Gen.
Benedict
Arnold's
plot
in
1780
to
betray
Fortress
West Point.
Two
days
of reenactments,
pictured here, focused
on the capture, trial,and
execution of
the
British
major,JohnAndre,
who
conspired with Arnold. The following excerpt
from
a letter by Commander-in-Chief George
Washington
to
Virginia Gov. Thomas Jefferson
describes
the chain of events.
Head
Quarters,
near
Passaick Falls,
October 10, 1780
Your
Excellency will
have heard probably
be-
fore
this
reaches
You,
of the
perfidy
of Major
General
Arnold. On the
25th
of Septr
he
went
to
the
Enemy.
He
had
entered very deeply into
a combination with
them,
as far as we can
judge,
for
putting
them
in possession
of
the
important post of
West point,
where
he
com-
manded
and
the
command of which
he
had
solicited. Forth is
purpose he had
contrived an
interview
with Major Andre Adjutant General
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M A R I S T M A G A Z I N
E
Above: The 5th New Yor/1 Regiment, re-
enactiing
events
of Sept. 22, 1780,fires on
the Poughlieepsie-based sloop Clearwater
at Croton Point Parli 011
the
Hudson River.
On
tfaat day British officer Maj. John
Andrt:
disembarlied from tl1e Vulture,
anclwred in the river's Haverstraw Bay,
to meet secretly with American officer
Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold, commander
of Fortress West Point, in a plot to seize
the military post. Andre had planned to
return to the ship, but American forces
fired ,on the Vulture, wusing it to with-
draw downriver and l1i11deri11g
the
escape
plan. The decision
to
return to New Yorli
City b•y horsebach led to Andre's
capture
by
American
militiamen and the
exposure
of the
conspiracy.
Arnold meanwhile
escaped
to
the Vulture.
to their
Army, on
the
night of
the
21st and
delivered
LO
him, A Copy of a State of
matters
I
had
laid before a Council of Gen
I
Officers
the
6th of Septr. An Estimate of
the
force at West
point and its
Dependencies;
of Men to
man
the Works at West
point. Remarks
on
those
Works. A Return of Ordnance at West point
and its
Dependencies.
Artillery orders for the
disposition
of
the
Corps
in
case of an alarm at
West point. A
permit to Major Andre, under
the assu1med
name of
John
Anderson to pass
our Guards.
This
Officer with all those papers
in
Arnolld's
hand
writing,
was taken
by a most
extraordinary and providential inter\'ention
of circumstances, under
the
assumed name
of John Anderson and
in
a disguised habit,
about Fifteen
miles
from the
Enemy's
Outpost
at King's bridge,
by
a small
Militia
patrol,
who
acted with great virtue
upon the
occasion, as
he
was returning
to
New York;
ha\·ing
been
all
the night
of
the
21st and next
day in
the
\'icinity of our posts at Stony and Verplanks
points,
and
passed by
them
the
night
preced-
ing his capture. Arnold got
information
of the
event on
the
morning of the
25th
before it was
known
to any of the Officers
under his
com-
mand or any
in
authority and pushed
down
the
River in
a
barge to the
Vulture Sloop of
War, which lay a
few miles below
Stony Point.
Major
Andre was tried by a
Board
of
General
Officers, and on his free and rnluntary con-
fession and
Letters,
was sentenced
to
suffer
death, agreeable
LO
the
practice
and usage of
Nat
ions in
Ii
ke
cases, which he has accordingly
suffered.
He
acted with great candor after
he
a\'Owed himself until he was executed. Your
Excellency
will
probably
see the whole of
the
proceedings in
his
case published. We
ha\·e
At
right: After
examining
the case of Andre
(center),
a board of American officers
con-
cluded he was a spy and should be put to deatli.
In a letter to Gen. George Washington, Andre
requested that he be shot instead of being
hanged.
"But
the practice and usage of war,
circumstanced as lte was, were against the in-
dulgence," wrote Washington to the president
of Congress, and Andre was hanged 011
Oct. 2,
1780, at Tappan,
N.Y.
























Above: ReenactoYs Sean
Grndy (left)
and
GeoYge
Boch
(centu)
depict]olrn Paulding and
Isaac
Van
WaYt, two of
the militiamen
who stopped
AndYe, played by
Jolin Lopez,
at
gun-
point
in
Tanytown,
N.Y.,
011
Sept. 23,
1780. The militia111enfou11d
i11aiminati11gdocu111ents
in
AndYe's
stochings and captured
him.
no doubt now, whatever may be the future
Objects and measures of the Enemy, that the
primary and principal design of the embarka-
tion
they
were making, was to take West point,
which through
the
preconcerted arrangements
between
them
and Mr Arnold,
in
all human
probability, would
have
inevitably fallen into
their hands and
most
likely
in
the course of a
few days after the discovery. The Enemy have
not laid aside from the accounts I continue
to
receive, 1their preparations for an expedi-
tion, and must now mean
to
make a push in
some other more
remote
quarter. Hence Your
Excellency will perceive that they leave noth-
ing unessayed
to
carry their point; but I trust
there are
m1Jre
than abundant virtue, as well
as means in our hands,
if
these are properly
directed, to withstand and baffle easily all their
most vigowus and artful efforts.
"So Hellish a Plot"
GENERAL ORDERS
(Issued by Gc11eral
Nathanael Gree11e,
George Washi11gton's
second
i11
command}
Head Quarters,
Orangetown
Tuesday, September
26, 1780
.. .Treason of the blackest dye was yesterday
discO\·ered!
General Arnold who commanded
at Westpoint, lost to every sentiment of honor,
of public and private obligation, was about to
deliver up that important Post into the hands
of the enemy. Such an e\·ent must have given
the
American cause a deadly wound if not a
fatal stab.
Happily
the
treason
has been timely
discovered
to
prevent the fatal misfortune. The
providential train of circumstances which
led
to
it affords the
most
convincing proof that the
Liberties of America are the object of divine
Protect
ion.
At the same time that the Treason
is
to
be
regretted the
General cannot help congratu-
lating
the
Army on the happy discover)'· Our
Enemies
despairing of carrying their point by
force are practicing every base an
to
effect by
bribery and Corruption what
they
cannot ac-
complish
in
a manly way.
Great honor is
due
to the American Army
that
this
is the first instance of Treason of the
kind
where many were to be expected from
the
nature
of the dispute, and nothing is so bright
an ornament in the Character of the American
soldiers as
their
having been proof against all
the arts and seduction of an insidious enemy.
Arnold has made
his
escape
to
the Enemy but
Mr. Andre
the
Adjutant General
to
the British
Arm}' who came out as a spy
to
negotiate the
Business is our Prisoner.
His Excellency
the commander in Chief has
arrived at West-point from Hartford and is no
doubt taking
the
proper measures to unravel
fully, so hellish a plot. ...
\\'INTER
2
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Athletics
Marist Earns ~v1AAC's
Highest Honors
The Red Foxes
win all three 2004-05 Commissioner's
Cups.
M
arist, which captured seven Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conrerence
titles
during the 2004-05 academic year,
has
taken
home
the conbence's highest hon-
ors, earning all
three JetBlue
Airways MAAC
Commissioner's Cups.
This was
the
second year
that
Marist
swept all
threecategories(overall.
men's,
and women's); the
Red
Foxes also
performed
the reat
in the
2000-
01 season. The
honors,
awarded
in June
2005, mark
the
firth time
in seven years that the
Red
Foxes
have
claimed the
overall competi-
tion and makes
Marist the
only school to win
the overall
title five
times.
La
Salle University
and
Loyola
College
have
each won fouroverall
titles.
The
Red
Foxes captured
two
women's and
five men's championships
in
2004-05. During
fall 2004·, Marist earned
the
title crown in
women's cross country and men's soccer. In
the
winter, the College
claimed
the
top prize
in men's and women's swimming and div-
ing. In the spring, MarisL
captured
the men's
rowing,
men's lacrosse, and baseball cham-
pionships. Marist advanced
to
three NCAA
Touma
men ts that
season (men's soccer,
I
men's lacrosse,
and
baseball),
with
I
the men's
lacrosse
squad falling Lo
eventual national champion
Johns
Hopkins in the
first round.
Marist finished with a
total
of 124
points,
24 points ahead or runner-up Loyola
College. On
the
men's side,
the Red
Foxes
captured
the league
crown with 63.50 points,
12.5 points
more
than second-place
Rider
Uni-
versity.
Marist
finished
in the top
spot in the
women's cup race by compiling 60.50 points,
just 3.50
points more
than Iona College.
Cross-country
rn1111er
Allison Kline
'07.
The JetBlue Airways MAAC Commis-
sioner's Cup
is
awarded annually as a symbol
or overall excellence in athletics in the 25
championship athletic events conducted
within the
MAAC.
Each
institution
is scored
in
all championships
in
which it
fields
a var-
sity
team. However,
only
the
scores
from the
men's
and women's basketball
participation,
plus
the other top six men's and other top six
women's championships, are
used to determine
an institution's total
points.
Men's Soccer Wins Championship
The Red Foxes
defeat top-seeded
Fairfield
to claim th1e
MAAC
title.
F
or the second straight year
the
Marist
men's soccer
team
entered
the
Metro
AtlanticAthletic Con
rerence
Tournament
as the No. 3 seed and
came
out
the
tourna-
ment champion.
Marist
ddeated
top-seeded Fairfield 2-1
in
the MAAC Championship game Nov. l3
in Fairfield,
Conn., to take
the
title.
Junior
Keith Detelj,
who scored three of the
Red
Foxes' rour
goals
in
the
tournament,
was
named Lt:mrnament
MVP.
lt
was
the
second
time
in
as
many
years that
he has
captured
the honor.
The Sayville, N.Y.,
native
was also
named
Tournament MVP or
the 2005 MAAC
Men's
Lacrosse
Tournament.
Freshman Steve Fantuzzo
scored
the
game-winning goal in the
upset of the
Stags.
The Red
Foxes advanced
to
the final by
down-
ing No. 2
seed
Loyola
in O\'ertime
2-1. Detelj
scored both goals.
The victory
sent
the Red Foxes to the
first
round
or
the
NCAA
Tournament where they
fell to No.
18 St. John's 3-l. Anthony Graci
scored the lone goal
while Daniel
Owens
made
six saves.
Tlie
Marist men's
soccer
team,
coached
by
Bobby Herodes
(second
from
right).




















Jared
Jordan
tallied
9
points,
11
assists, and 6 rebounds.
Marist Def eats
St.John's in the Garden
The
56-53
victory was Marist's first win over a Big Eas1t
team in
15
tries.
J
unior
guard Will Whittington scored a
game-high 20 points on 4-for-8 shooting
from 3-point range as
the
Marist men's
basketball squad defeated St. John's 56-53 in
MadisonSquareGardenonDec.17.
The victory
was Marist's first win in school history over a
Big East
team in
15
tries.
The significance oft he victory was
not
lost
on Marist Head Coach Matt Brady. "It is great
anytime you can come
into
New York and beat
this team, this program," says Brady.
"You
are
not going
to
do it making a
lot
of mistakes. We
are excited that we have a win because, for us,
this is a building
block.
Our kids believe
in
themselves, we believe in our team, and we
believe in how we play. Today we were just
trying
to
play the game close, keep
it
close
unul
the
end of the game, and hope that we
get a bounce."
Both teams started out ice cold in the first
half, but the Red Storm warmed up to surge
to
a 13-point lead at the 3:05 mark on a Daryll
Hilljumpeno
put St.John's up 26-13. The Red
Foxes
answered with an 11-0 run to close the
hat f on a pair of 3-poi nters by Whittington and
make
the halftime score 26-24 St. John's.
The Red
Foxes took
their
first lead of the
game on a 3-pointer by Whiuington at the
1549
mark. St. John's took its final
lead
of the
game (35-33) at the 13:22 mark on a
pair
of
free
throws, by Anthony Mason.Jr., but could
only tie the· score the rest of
the
way.
The
game-clinching score came courtesy
of Mari st senior guard Carl Hood. He nailed a
3-pointer
from
the left wing to put Marist up
54-50 with 59.6 seconds remaining.
"It's a huge win," Hood, Marist's
lone
senior,
told
New fork Newsday.
"Our president came
in here
and told
us it
was one of
the
biggest
wins
in
Marist history."
After two more Whiuington free throws,
the
Red Storm tried valiantly
to
force overtime
This
3-point
play by Will
Whittington
helped
seal
the victory.
James
Smith
goes
to wor/1
in the
post.
but misfired on a pair of 3-point tries by Hill
and Mason in
the
final seconds to fall short.
Marist held the edge in shooting, making
38.0 percent (19-for-50),
while St.
John's
shot
just
33.3 percent (19-for-57).
The Red Foxes
also swept the 3-point shooting and free-throw
shooting categories, making 40 percent (8-
for-20) of their long-range auempts to the
Red
Storm's 26.9 percent
(7-for-26).
Marist
finished
the
game 10-for-l
4
(71.4
percent)
from the line, while the Red Storm went just
50 percent
(8-for-16).
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1 9 4 9
1
Dr. Denis Murphy
hai; resigned
as
L
he
official
translator
for New
Jersey
Motor Vehicle
Bureau translations of
drivers' and
truckers'
manuals.
1 9 5 2
Francis
Reilly
periodically
substi-
tute-teaches
at
St.
BernardAcademy
Middle School
in Unca.sville,
Conn.
He is also
a volunteer scenery
painter
at the Bu non Leavitt
Theatre
in
Willimantic, Conn.
1 9 5 6,
Jack Duggan
has been
invol\'ed
with the PasLoral
Care Department
at Winthrop University Hospital in
Mineola, N.Y., as a vc,lunteer
and
staff member, training volunteers
and continuing to teach CPR
at
St.
Francis
Hospital.
I
Bro. Leo
Shea,
FMS,
is president
of the
Guadalupe
Regional Middle
School
in
Brownsville, Texas. Guadalupe
Regional is
a
tuition-froee
school
for
children of low-income families
who wam a Catholic education
but
cannot afford one.
In 2003
Bro.
Leo
received
Lhe
Notre Dame University
Award for excellence
in
education at
Our
Lady of
Lourdes
IHigh
School
in
Poughkeepsie.
1 9 5
i'
Martin
Cullinan
arnd his wife,
Pat, celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary. Their two grandsons
keep them busy. Marty is director
of an apprenticeship
program in
HVAC.
1 9 5
91
Bro.
Thomas
Delaney,
FMS,
is
retired
from teaching
at
Marist
but
keeps busy as a volunteer
teacher
of Spanish
for the
liutle Sisters of
the Poor.
Brother
Tom also teaches
English to theirChines,e postulants
and no\'ices.
He
resides in the Mari st
Brothers Archbishop Molloy Com-
munity in Briarwood,
N.Y., and
is
celebrating his golden jubilee as a
Marist Brother.
1
9 6
l
Msgr. Joseph Roth
was appointed
Protonotary
AposLolic
by
Pope John
Paul
JI
on Aug. 11, 2004.
He also
serves as vicar general o,f
the
Diocese
of Charleston, S.C.
1
9 6 2:
Gerald McKenna's
s,:m, Sean,
is
a pediatrician on thoe faculty of
Virginia Commonwealth Medical
Center
in Richmond,
Va.
Jerry is
still on the
faculty at
the University
of
Hawaii Medical
School where
he
works with impaired profes-
sionals in
its
treatment
program
in Honolulu.
1 9 6 4
Peter Haight
has
ser\'ed as deacon
for
25
years at Sacred Heart
Roman
Catholic Church in Newburgh, NY
A retired
Leacher
of science
from
the Newburgh City School
District,
he
has
served
Lhe
Boy Scouts of
America for 57 consecutive years.
Peter
has been
a member of
the Holy
Name Society for 55 years.
He has
been
married
to
his
wife,
Louise,
for
40 years.
Three
of their six children
are Marist graduates.
I
Bro. Rene
Roy, FMS,
has been
appointed
president of
Central Catholic
High
School
in Lawrence,
Mass.,aschool
founded and
run by
Mari st
Brothers.
A
native
of Lawrence,
he
attended
Central Catholic
before
joining the
Marist Brothers and teaching
in
South
Dakota, Rwanda,
and West
Virginia, where
he
was principal
of Bishop Donahue
High
School
in
McMechen.
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1 9 6 6
John Han, PhD,commutesbetween
Boston, Mass., and
Helena,
Mont.
He is
a professor of Christian eth-
ics at
Boston
University School of
Theology during
the
academic year
and
theology professor
at Carroll
College during the summer.
He
has had seven articles published
in
the Encyclopedia of Religion and
Nature.IA
Ian
Schultz
retired from
the Department of Environmental
Protection
and his position
of
laboratory
director
of the Ben
Nesin
Laboratories in
Shokan, NY,
in August 2002 after 38 years of
service.
He resides
in Olivebridge,
NY,
with
his
wife,
Linda.lThomas
Troland's
article on future
direc-
tions of the U.S.
magazine
market
appeared in
the
winter
2005 issue
of Publishing
Research
journal.
Tom
did
a presentation-address on
changes in
media
usage
at
the 75th
Anniversary Conference of
the
International
Newspaper
Market-
ers Association
in Hackensack,
N.j.,
in
April.
He
was
quoted
in a
recent
article in Travel
Weekly
about
marketing
travel
to women.
He
is a
senior market analyst at Meredith
Corp. in New York, NY
1
9 6 7
Ronald
Anderson iseditor-in-chief
of Microscopy Today, a technical
magazine for
the international
microscopy
community (www.
microscopy-today.com).
He
has
given the Marist College
library a
complimentary subscription as well
as back
issues
fort he
past
two yea
rs.
Ron
reports
that he
continues
to
enjoy living
in Largo,
Fla., where
he
and his wife, Dale, have been
voted
co-president-elects of
the Florida
Orchestra-North Suncoast
Board
of
Directors. He
enjoys returning
to
the Hudson
Valley
to
visit two NY
granddaughters and to cruise on
his
sailboat. Visits to Sterling Va., to see
his three
granddaughters there are
also a
treat. Ron
still
finds
time
for
L
ravel
internationally to
lecture
and
Leach microscopy
short courses.
1
9 6 8
Ken
Maass
was selected to
par-
Licipate
in a week-long
institute
for
American
History
teachers in
Moum
Vernon, Va., to study George
Washington. Ken
isateacherforthe
St.John's County School Board in St.
Augustine, Fla.
lThomas
Reichert
is a teacher in the
Department
of
Special Services
at
Eastside
High
School
in Paterson,
NJ.
I
Following
more
than
30 years of federal
law
enforcement and corporate security
experience,
Richard Rowan
has
created his own security consulting
firm,
RowanTree
Associates.
He
invites visitors
Lo
his
Website, www.
rowantreeassociates.com.
1 9 6 9
Gregory King
and his wife,
Rosie,
have been
married
for 33 years and
have
three
children.
They just
fin-
ished
building
their
"dream
home"
in Pacific,
Mo.lMaj.JamesSureau,
USMC (Ret.),
was selected for the
fifth time
for
inclusion in
Who's
Who Among America's Teachers.
Jim
isa
senior marine instructor for
the U. S. Marine Corps
Recruiting
Service/Junior Officers' Training
Corps
at
Lindenhurst (N.Y.)
High
School.
1
9 7 0
Jack
Corcoran
retired
in 2003
from Baxter Healthcare
Corp. after
27
years.
He
and his wife,
Betsy,
recenLly
moved from Chicago
to Melbourne,
Fla.
I
After 35
years in public education,
James
McGlumphy
retired
in Jul)'
2005.
For
a
retirement
gift,
his family
took him on a vacation
to Ireland.
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Jennifer Flynn '93
Receives a Major Award for
Her Work Helping Others
The
tragedy
that recently
struck America's
Gulf Coast
has opened
millions
of Americans'
eyes to issues
of
poverty and social
justice. Jennifer
Flynn '93 didn't
need a devastating
natural
disaster to learn about
these
problems,
however.
She has been focused
on
them
since she
left
Marist.
Flynn is executive
director and co-founder
of the
New York
City AIDS Housing
Network (NYCAHN),
a
membership
organization comprised
of and led by
low-income
people
living
with HIV/AIDS.
The
Brook-
lyn-based
organization
is dedicated
to empowering
its
members
to
advocate
for greater
access
to housing,
improved
living conditions,
and sound
public policies.
It
currently has
about
2,000
members
across
the five
boroughs
of
New
York.
"We don't believe there should be a middle man,"
says
Flynn,
who majored
in political science
at
Marist
and has used her education
to help pass
several
laws
to improve
the
lives
of New
York City's
low-income
AIDS
population.
"We believe that the people directly af-
fected
should be changing the policies
that will change
their
lives.
If you build
strong organizations
that are run by the
people,
you can change
society."
Flynn's tireless effort to develop
NYCAHN
into
one such organization
hasn't
gone
unnoticed.
The
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Community Health
Leadership
Program recently honored
her
as one
of
10
recipients
of an award for
helping
people
address
healthcare
challenges.
Flynn
received
$105,000
for her work and
$15,000
as a personal
award.
Nearly
700
people from around the country
were nominated.
Looking
back, she gives a lot of credit to
her
Marist background
for guiding her toward
this
line
of work. She attended a Marist
Brothers
high
school
and believes
her upbringing instilled a strong sense
of responsibility
for
helping
those
in need.
"If you don't do something
when you see
there
is
a problem, you're held morally
responsible,"
Flynn
says.
Flynn
is not the
only person
to bring Marist roots
to NYCAHN.
The
organization's
other
co-founders,
Joe
Bostic
and
Joe
Capestany,
both
earned
Mari
st
degrees
through
the school's
former education
program
with
Green
haven
prison.
While
Bostic
and Capestany
have
sadly
fallen
victim
to
the disease
they admirably
fought
against,
Flynn
and
the
other members
of NYCAHN
have
continued
the cause.
For
nearly
two years,
Flynn's
workday
included
standing
for hours after 5
p.m.
in front of
New
York
City's
largest
welfare center, protesting the
lack
of
legally
mandated
emergency
housing
for homeless
people
living
with AIDS.
She
and
others
protested
until
every
such person
was housed. "The
HASA
Human
Rights
Watch,
which
is the name
ofthat campaign,
was
enormously
successful,"
she says. "Now every single
homeless
person
living
with AIDS gets emergency
housing
the
same
day they request
it."
"Jennifer
is one of the most incredible
activists I've
ever met," says NYCAHN's
lead organizer,
Shirlene
Jennifer
Flynn
visits
a
building
under
renovation to
become
permanent
housing for homeless
families
living
with AIDS.
Cooper,
who was introduced to
Flynn
four years ago. "When I met her I didn't
understand
why she fights so hard. She
fights
harder
than
everyone
and she
doesn't even
have
the virus. I don't know
how she does it.
I
call her my personal
Energizer
bunny."
True
to form,
Flynn
is
devoted
to keeping
NYCAHN
going
and going toward the future. She and others
representing
NYCAHN
marched
this fall from Manhat-
tan
to Washington,
D.C.,
to attend Five
Days
of Action,
a large 9athering organized
by the Campaign
to End
AIDS
dei,igned
to call on lawmakers
to enact policies
that
help
fight the epidemic.
"This is a problem that came about during our
lifetimes,"
Flynn says. "AIDS is a social justice
issue
that we
i:an
stop."
She managed
to
march for two weeks despite a
fall schedule
that
included
spending
a week in Atlanta
with
the: Robert Wood
Johnson
Community
Health
Leadership
Program
and a week in Vilnius, Lithuania,
to help train advocates
from Central Asia
in
com-
munity organizing
around drug policies,
and giving a
presenta1tion
about
housing
issues
to
200
New
Yorkers
living
with HIV.
Flynn1
looks
forward to building on
her
leadership
skills to bring
her
message
to a broader
audience
and
to possibly
one day writing a book about
the
stories
she has witnessed.
'Tm
inspired
by the people
whom I work with," she
says.
"I aim always
inspired
by
the
thousands
of people,
who hav,e
so much
against
them, who manage
to make
it to their appointments
and attend their meetings."
The people
who inspire
Flynn
have
an equal
amount
of admir.ation
for
her.
"She ,goes
above and
beyond.
She spends
pretty
much
all of
her
time advocating,"
Cooper
says.
"Some
nights she doesn't sleep."
-Jeffrey
Dahncke
'01
MARRIAGES
1975
Gloria Apap
to Dominick
Costanza,
Aug. 20, 2005
1980
Mark Del Vecchio
to
Julia
Cornachio,
Esq.,
Sept.
18,
2004
1987
Marydale Dolezal
to Michael
Leonard,
June 19, 2004
1991
Sally Estes
to John
Clark
111,
Sept. 29, 2002
1992
Christopher Jacobsen
to Jenny
McGee,
July 3, 2004
1993
Susan
Lavery
to Pressley
Mccorkle,
April 2004
Dr. Tanya Neuhaus
to Dr.
Karl Horsten,
June
25,
2005
Rebecca Smith
to
Andre Lavallee,
Nov.
6, 2004
1994
Edgar Glascott
to Danielle
Williams,
Dec.
27,
2004
Rob Kolb
to
Elisa
Falabella,
July 16, 2004
1995
Patricia Farrell
to Chris
Hawkins,
May 2004
James
Lavin
to Maria Noll, Oct. 16, 2004
Maureen Tatarian
to Michael
Dobbs,
March
20, 2004
Lisette Veras
to Fernando
Mendoza,
Aug. 11,
2003
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Alumni
A
MARRIAGES
1996
Jenny Benedetti
to Tony
Rousos,
March
19,
2005
Amy Chiappetta
to Dominic
Antonacci,
July
31,
2004
Brian Frankenfield
to
Anna
Allen,
Dec.3,
2005
Brenda Gallagher
to
Stephen
Liberti,
Jr.,
November
2004
Rebecca Kuchar
to Daryl
Beyus,
April
30,
2005
Christopher Peckham
to
Lisa
Falvo,
June
28, 2003
Catherine Plaia '01MBA
to Dinesh
Nirmal,
August
2004
Teri Stewart
to Erik
Sundberg,
July 2, 2005
Melissa Zobel
to
Tom
Sellevaag,
July
16, 2005
1997
Amy Coppola
to Schuyler
Woods,
Sept.
17, 2005
Tara Sullivan
to Patrick
Fitzpatrick,
Aug.8, 2003
Michelle Trabona
to Jason
Schwartz,
Oct.
4,
2003
1998
Kelly Balser, Esq.,
to John
George
Moyher
V,
May 21, 2005
Jennifer Bradley-Woodbury
to Alvin Collins,
June
25, 2005
Patrick Cuddy
to
Debora
Lattimer,
Nov.
6,
2004
Kerri Flannery
to
Thomas
Bennett,
Aug.20, 2005
Shannon McNamara
to
David
Wasilewski,
July 16,
2005
Kristen
Potter
to
Jason Conley
'97,
May
14, 2005
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
ST. FLORIAN
DE ICATEO TO THE MEMORY OF
•.
KEVIN
J.
PFEIFER
F.
D. N.
Y
ENG.
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ALL
OF
THE
OT
A Statue Hono1rs
Kevin
Pfeifer '83
and Fellow
Fir1efighters
The parents of Kevin Pfeifer
'83
have dedicated a statue of St.
Florian, the patron saint of firefighters, to him and the other firefight·
ers who died on Sept
..
11, 2001.
The statue stands in St. John's Cemetery in Middle Village, where
Kevin lived two doors down from his parents, William and Helen
Pfeifer.
Kevin's older broth1er,
Joseph, delivered a moving tribute to Kevin
at the dedication in S,eptember, attended by more than 100. Joseph
is deputy assistant commander in the New York City Fire Department
and was also at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
I
Larry Moran's
dauglhter,
Lauren,
is
majoring in
biomedical science
at Marist.
A
sophomore, she was
on
the
Dean's List both semesters
during her freshman year.
lJoseph
Petriello
retired
from
IBM
after
28
years of ser\'ice as an accounting
supervisor and auditing manager
and then
maintained his
own
accounting business for 10 years.
He received a Distinguished
Service Award
from
Cerebral
Palsy
Associations of New York State for
his
more than 25 years of sen·ice.
As chairman of the New York State
Elks Association's Major Projects
Corporate Board, he O\·ersaw
fund
raising for
the
Elks organization
statewide. The Elks have donated
more than
$19
million
to the
CP of
NYS
Home
Service Program.
I
Dr.
Arthur Quickenton is
professor
of education at Appalachian State
University
in
Boone, N.C.
I
Col.
David
Stevener retired from
the
U.S. Air Force
in
August 2000 after
27 years.
He now teaches
seventh
grade social studies in
Bedford,
N.H.
I
Kenneth Stringer
retired
in
June 2004 from his position of
chair of
the English Department
at George
Fischer
Middle School
after 32 years of teaching
in
Carmel,
N.Y.,
schools.
}lnnN·UK
1
9 7
1
Donald
Cannatella retired from
Cablevision in
July 2004. He is
a
PC
consultant with
TC
Systems in
White
Plains.
N.Y
I
Philip
Heasley
was named president and chief
executive officer of
Transaction
Systems Architects, a software
company
that facilitates
electronic
payments
by
providing
consumers
and companies with access
to
their
money. Phil previously served as
chairman and chief executive officer
of Bank One's
First
USA credit card
unit.
I
Carole
Ireland's
grandson,
Kevin
Peterson,
completed
his
freshman year at Marist
in May
2005.
I
Charles
McPeake
retired
from
the
U.S. Postal Service in
March 2005 after 33 years. For
the
past 10 years, Chuck served as
postmastmll
the
Copake falls,
N
.Y.,
post
office.
I
Bro.
Joseph
Sacino,
FMS,
is assistant principal for
academics at Mount Saint Michael
Academy
in
the Bronx, N.Y.
1
9 7 2
Alexander
ovotny
received a
master's in special education
from
Loyola College
in
May 2004.
1
9 7 3
James Heilman n's
daughter, Leigh,
is a sophomore at Marist.
His
son,
Bobby,
is
a
junior
at
Ramapo
High
School in Franklin
Lakes,
NJ
..
where he
is the
kicker on
the\'arsity
football
team.
I
Patrick
Lavelle
has
been
named president and CEO of
Audiovox Corp.
Pat will
continue
to serve as president and CEO
of Audiovox Electronics Corp., a
subsidiarr
I
Mark Mahoney
is
the CEO of Energy Brokers
Inc.
The
companr trades refined products
including gasoline,
diesel, and
jet
fuel with all the major oil compa-
nies on
the
West Coast.
I
Lorella
Bunten
Terry is
a regional federal
benefits officer who oversees
the
administration of federal
pension
benefits
to more than 35,000
individuals in 39 countries
in
the
Balkan Peninsula,
Western
Asia,
and
the
Middle East.
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1 9 7 4
The
Medical Device Manufacturers
Association
named
Kenneth
G.
Hayes.Jr.,
to
its board
of
directors.
He
is the
president
and CEO of
Radi-
ant
Medical, lnc.
in
Redwood
City,
Calif.
I
Ursula
Koerner
earned a
master's in organization
develop-
ment and knowledge
management
at George
Mason
University in
Fairfax, Va., in May 2005. She
is
an organization development
specialist with the Fairfax County
government.
I
Marie
Catalano
Pruden
and
her
husband, Dr. Peter
Pruden,
adopted three children
from
Northern Siberia, Russia:
James
Yuri,
11, Alexander Francis,
9,
and Anastasia Helen
Norma, 10.
The children visited
the
Pruden
home forthreeweeksona
trial basis
in July 2004. Marie
and Peter
trav-
eled
to
Siberia and
legally
adopted
them on
Nov.
17,
2004. The family
lives
in
Huntington,
N.Y.
1
9 7 5
Michael Asip
has
been appointed
the
assistant
director
of special
education for Chesterfield County
Public Schools, the fourth
largest
school
division in
Virginia with
more
than 56,000 students.
He
will continue his
part-time
s1Udies
as
a doctoral
candidate
in the
educational planning, policy, and
leadership
program in
the
Graduate
School of Education at
the
College of
William and
Mary
in
Williamsburg,
Va.
I
Joseph
Cirasella teaches
Advanced
Placement
U.S. history
and U.S. history
and
government
at Eastchester
High
School in
Eastchester, N.Y.
Joe
is also
the
school's varsity golf coach.
I
John
Deasy
recently
completed 28 years
of service as a commissioned officer
in
the
U.S. Navy and plans to retire
in 2007.
He
is the
ownerand
general
managerofDominion
Rail
Voyages,
a
providerofluxurytravel
by
private
railroad car
in the United
States
and Canada.John invites everyone
to
visit the company's
Web
site,
www.dominionrailvoyages.com.
I
Mike
Hart
retired in
September
2003.
He is
active with the town of
Old Chatham, N.Y.,
where
he lives,
serving on
the
Zoning Board of
Appeals
and
Comprehensive Plan
Committee.
He is
also active
in
the
local
volunteer fire company.
I
Col.
Tom
Herman
(Ret.), retired in
2003 from the White
House,
where
he was
a
senior
presidential
com-
municationsofficer.
Nowexecutive
director of
ManTech International
Corp.,
he
and his wife, Jill, main-
tain a home in
the
Augustine golf
course community
in
St.afford, Va.
Their son Sean
is
at East Carolina
University and
their
daughter Kate
and son Aedan are in
hi,gh
school.
I
Dr.
Carol Emmel
Ma1rusich
is
an optometric physician
board-
certified
in
visiondevelopmentand
therapy
with a special interest in
pediatrics, learning-rela1:ed
vision
problems, and vision 1rehabilita-
tion following
brain
injury.
She
is
president of
the
Great Western
Council of Optometry
and
past
president of the Oregon Optometric
Association. She was
the
first
recipi-
ent oft
he
Western
Regional People
first award for her contributions
to
her community,
to
,children's
vision, and
her
profession. She also
received the
Lane County Woman
of the Year award for volunteer
service to her community. She
has
been practicing
in
Eugene, Ore.,
since 1981.
Her practice's
Web
site
is
www.LifetimeEyec:are.net.
I
Dr.
Marian Mattison
rejpresented
Marist
College
President Dennis
J.
Murray
at the
inauguratiton
of the
Rev. Brian
J.
Shanley, OP,
PhD,
as
the
12th president of Providence
College in September 2005.
I
Timothy
Murphy
is in
his
28th
year with
the
New
York
State Police.
He
is a senior
investigato,r.
I
Gino
Pecchia's
son, Brian,
is
a member
of
Marist's
Class of 2008.
ln1um•1-=::
I
9 7 6
John
Cerilli has been
a1ppointed
vice
president
of sales and market-
ing
of AXT Inc., a
leading
manufac-
turer
of compound semiconductor
substrates for the
fiber optics
and
communications indus1tries. He
previously
was the
director
of sales
and
marketing
for Aixtron-AG,
where
he
managed sales activities
in the United States.Japan, Taiwan,
Korea, and China.
I
9 7 7
Since
June 2004
Ellen Benoit
has been
a research sociologist
at
the
National Development
and
Research
Institutes in
New
York,
N.Y.
Ellen's
group conducts
ethnographic
research
on substance
abuse, domestic violence, and other
public
health issues related
to urban
poverty.
I
Dr. Nancy Kaelber
Church was promoted to
the
rank
ofUniversit y
Distinguishe:d
Service
ProfessoratSUNYPlattsburgh. The
Girl Scouts have honored her as
a Woman of Distinction.
I
John
Gavigan's
daughter, Stephenie,
is on
the
Dean's List and was
to
graduate from New York Unh·ersit)'
in
December.
His
son, Michael, is
in
his
last year at KellenbergMemorial
High
School.
I
Dr. Michael
Nugent
is the
director of special projects at
the
University of Maryland Eastern
Shore
in
Princess Anne, Md. Mike
received
a PhD
in
educational
leadership from the uni\'ersity in
May 2005.
He
was
nominated
Out-
standing
Program Director
2005
by
the Maryland
Higher Education
Commission.
Mike
is married
to
Maryellen Pitcairn
Nugent
'76.
They
live in
Pocomoke, Md., and
have three
sons.
1 9 7 8
Fino Celano
was appointed assis-
tant
to the superintendent
of
Garden City (N.Y.) Public Schools.
I
James Dasher
is teaching
five
classes
of world studies at Moses
Vines Preparatory High School in
Chicago.
I
Samuel
Delgado
retired
as
a
major
from the U.S.
Marine
Reserves
in 2000. He was
promoted
to director
of supplier diversity
at
Verizon in April 2004.
I
Michael
Marchesano
was presented with
the 2005
Carl Piazza
Humanitarian
Award by
the
Textile
Division
of
Variety
International.
Variety
is
a
multimillion
dollar philanthropic
organization with 52 chapters
in
14
countries. The Textile Division
represents the
decorative apparel
industry. The award recognizes a
member
of the
textile
industry for
philanthropic support of Variety
and other charities locally and
nationally. Michael
is the president
and CEO of VNU Business Media,
which works extensively with
the
Textile Division
of Variety through
six trade shows and
two
publica-
tions.
I
Robert Roche
has
retired
and
lives in
Cape Charles, Va., on
the banks of the Chesapeake Bay.
1
9 8 0
Donald
Ball
is
vice
president
and
CFO at Ikea North America Services
LLC.
He
and
his
wife have
three
children. Both of
their
sons are at
Georgetown University and their
daughter
is
starting college tours.
I
Mark Del
Vecchio's
oldest son,
Michael,
is currently a senior at
Marist
and will
be
graduating in
May
2006. His
son, Christopher,
graduated
from
SUNY-Delhi
in
May
2005. His
two youngest sons,
MARRIAGES
1999
Beth Clarke
to
Brad Cookinham,
April 9, 2005
Christine Emerick
to
Gregory Dodd,
Oct. 10, 2004
Maria Frumento
to
Andrew Dolan
'98,
March
11,
2005
Jessica
Hawkens
to
Christopher
Cardella,
May
7,
2005
Charles Leone
to Tracy
Conroy,
April 9,
2005
Kevin
Lundy
to
Meredith
Hampson,
June
25, 2005
Erin Mulholland
to
Michael
O'Hanlon,
Aug.
6,
2005
Todd
Myers
to
Megan
Cheshire,
Oct. 16, 2004
Bridget Patrick '00MPA
to
Paul
Hermann,
July
9,
2005
Jennifer Ricci
to
Michael Sullivan '97,
March 19,
2005
Mark Urciuolo
to
Brigid Laurie,
April
30,
2005
Jeanette Wherry
to
Michael
Emmerich,
Aug. 13,2004
Maureen
Wickwire
to Ryan
Wissick,
July
19,
2003
Heather
Woods
to
James Guzman,
April
24, 2004
Don't Miss the Fun
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Web
site at
www.marist.edu to find out
when and where chapter
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Alumni
A
MARRIAGES
2000
Lori Burgess
to
Paul Bastiaanse,
July
9,
2005
Megan Carey
to
Elia
Thomas
Giammatteo,
May
28,
2005
Lisa Douglas
to Erik
Whelan,
Aug. 5, 2005
Julie
Duncan
to James
Oakley,
June 25,
2005
Eileen Forrester
to
Bill
Miller,
May
7, 2005
Kristen Hoey
to
Benny Amarone
'01,
April
9,
2005
Katie Krueger
to
John lynch Ill,
July
23,
2005
Cristine Larsen
to John
Chickadel,
May
1, 2004
Suzanne Lowry
to Robert
O'Driscoll,
May 7, 2005
Michele Manuel
to Paul DaSilva,
June 14,
2004
Christopher Martel
to
Brian Vaughn,
July
3,
2005
Beth Mathewson
to
Mark Law,
Feb.
19,
2005
Dianne Tynan
to
Daniel Hahn
'99,
Dec. 13,
2003
2001
Cristina Allgeyer
to
Tim Sorensen,
July
30, 2005
Erica DeTraglia
to
Douglas Ford
'03,
June 11,
2005
Michele Dewan
to Jeffrey
Streker,
March 13, 2004
Sarah Fournier
to
Patrick
Hamilton,
July 30, 2005
Rebecca
Kizirian
to Jeffrey
DiStefano,
May
14,
2005
Jennifer
Williamson
to
Brett
Chenail
'00,
Oct. 16,
2004
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
Andrew and Scott,
aLtend
Arlington
High
School
in Lagrangeville,
NY.
I
Stanley Frangkand his
wife,
Debra,
have
three children. Denise
is
a
junior at Boston University,Andrea
isa
freshmanatSUNYOswego,and
Steven is
in
eighth grade.
I
Kevin
McConville
'03MPA
is chief of
the Metropolitan Ira nsit
Authority
Police Department.
Matthew
Cole
works at the YMCA
in
Hendersonville,
N.C.
I
Edward
Giltenan
is head of media relations
for the
lnvestmenL
Company Insti-
tute.
I
Patricia Morrison Hodder
has
been
promoted
te•vice president
of retail account
development
at
Kenneth
Cole
Productions in
New
York, N.Y. She has worked there
since 1997.
ISue
Lielberman
Mead
'89MPA
is director o.f financial aid
at
Dutchess
Community College
in Poughkeepsie.
She has worked
in the
Financial
Aid office at DCC
for
23
yea
rs.
1 9 8 2
Jo
Ann
Buie,
CEBS, was promoted
to
vice
president
of field consulting
services
in Mutual
of
America
Life
Insurance
Co.'s
Indianapolis
office.
I
William
Gillespi,e retired from
his position
as
a police officer with
the NYPD after
22
)'ears. He
is an
investigator
for
the
Nassau County
District
Attorney.
I
Donald Miller
has been
reelected president
of
the New York State Association
of Municipal
Purch:asing
Officials
Board of
Directori:.
Don
is
the
Dutchess
County,
NI.Y.,
director of
central services.
He
obtained
the
certified public
procurement
officer
designation from the National
lnsti-
Lute
of Government Purchasing.
1 9 8 3
Chris
Barnes
isa producer-reporter
for Fox News
Radio's
Washington,
D.C., bureau.
He
cointributes voice
reports for the five-minute,
Lop-of-
t
he-hour
newscasts. Previously,
Chris was an anchc,r for XM Satel-
lite
Radio. He
lives with his wife,
Christine, and
their
son, A
lex
a
nder,
in
Oden
ton, Md.
I
Gina O'Connell
is
the
proud owner of Wapiti Lodge
and Steakhouse
outside
the east
entrance
LO
Yellowstone National
Park. A red fox at
1.he
door
waits
to welcome all
Marist
alumni.
I
Thomas Schaffer ha.s
been
running
his
own
insurance
agency,
focused
on
health insurance,
for
more
than two
years. His wife, CaLhy,
retired from preschool teaching
to
rewrn
Lo
school.
His
daughLer,
Robyn,
entered
UniversityofNorth
Carolina at Charlotte's School of
Architecture in fall
2005.
I
Sandi
Quick Starrelle
and
her husband,
Ray,
buih a
home
in
Lhe
fooLhills
of
North Carolina where
Lhey
restored
his
original family
homestead,
which
dates
to 1887 They added a
covered
bridge
and set
up
a print
museum
that holds original equip-
ment
from
Ra)''s family's
business.
They also
moved and
restored
an
old gas station
thaL now
looks like
a movie set complete
wiLh
glass-
top
pump, old-fashioned Coke
machine,
and vintage truck. Their
"unofficial"
wildlife preserve
is home
to
deer, baby wild
turkeys,
four
baby
raccoons,
and
three
fawns. Sandi,
an
artist and writer, earned her
Marist degree in biology and went
on to get an MA
in
creative writing
from
Vermont College.
1 9 8 4
Stephen Funk and
his wife,
Liz,
live in
Litchfield, Conn., with
their
four children: Sam,
Jane,
Doodle
(Madeline),
and Nellie.
I
Le,mne
Reilly
Gionta holds
the
position
of
clerk-of-the-court
for the village
of Westhampton
Beach,
N.Y.
I
Margaret Brown Kwet
is
a social
worker
with the Dutchess County
Office of
the
Aging. She
li\'es in
Hyde Park,
NY, with
her husband,
Richard.
I
Mark
SantaCroce
is president and CEO
for
Cigna
Healthcare
of North Carolina and
Cigna
Healthcare
of South Carolina.
Mark was appointed to chairman of
the
board for the
North
Carolina
Association of
Health
Plans and
to
Lhe
North Carolina
Health Insur-
ance Innovations Commission
by North Carolina Speaker of the
HouseofRepresentativesJack
Black.
Markalsoserveson the board of the
Self Insurance Institute of America
as well as other companies. Mark
and
his
wife, Sarah, have
two
chil-
dren, Gianna Lena and Dominic.
They enjoy
life
with
their
children
and two
dogs
in
the
suburbs of
Charloue, N.C.
1 9 8 5
Gail
Brassil
received a master's
degree
from
John Jay School of
Criminal
Justice.
She
is
a detec-
tive
for the New York City Police
Department
but
will soon
retire
after
20
years in police work.
I
Charles
Downey
passed away
in
July,
leav-
ing
his
wife,
Peggy Ducey-Downey
'84, and four children. Charlie's
friends
ha\'e
established a college
fund for
the
children,
two
sets of
twinstwoyearsapart. Contributors
may send checks
payable to
College
Bound
Fund,
with "Children of
Margaret Downey" written on
the
memo line.
Each donation
will be
equally divided
into
four
accounts,
one for each child. Contributors
may
mail
checks to Downey
College Fund, c/o
Joan Duce}'-
Wetzler, 8 Cree Coun, Oakland,
NJ 07436.
For
more
information
contact Joan at rwetzler@aol.com.
I
Steven Eastwood writes
that
he is
celebrating
20
years free of
cancer as of
November
2005. He is
a resource specialist/Webmaster at
Community In format
ion and Refer-
ra
I
in Phoenix,
Ariz.
I
Christine
Dempsey
Kiely,
a
reporter for
the
Hartford Coura11t,
has won a
number
of awards. She recei,·ed
first
place
from
the
New England
Associated Press News
Executives
Association for
her
1997 contribu-
tions
to
a
package
of stories about
the Whalers leaving
Hartford.
She
has also won several
Hartford
Courant
awards including six
Dis-
tinction
awards,
the
Warner award
for a
breaking news
story about a
fiery gas station crash in 2002, and
a
2004
Publishers Circle award for
a
story about the homeless. She and
her
husband,
Jeff Kiely
'84,
ha\'e
two daughters.Jenny and Melissa.
They
are
invoh·ed
in g)•mnastics
and
dance
and
love
school, she
reports. Jeff is
a stay-at-home
dad
and
free-lance
photographer. They
ha\'e
recently
added two kittens to
Lhe
family.
I
Carla
Russo
Lowe
and her
husband,
Ray,
celebrated
their
18th
anniversary in November.
Their oldest daughter started high
school and their youngest entered
middle school
in fall
2005.
I
Paul
Malley
and
his wife,
Nora,
live in
Phoenix, Ariz.,
with their three
children,
Kristen,
Tommy,
and
Michael.
I
Richard Wetzler
has
been
named
CEO of
Mercer
Della,
a consulting companr-
~nJWfNS
1
9 8 6
I
Jill
Shinners Camossi
is the
ownerand vice president of
Pioneer
Packaging,
a
manufacturer
of fold-
ing
cartons,
\'acuum-formed
plas-
tics, and
contract packaging. The
company
was
named
Business
of the
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Double
Jeopardy!
for Mark
Urciuolo '99 and Brigid Laurie
Most people would expect that coming
in
second
in Jeopardyf's annual College Tournament of
Champions
would be a major life milestone,
but
the
competition changed Class of
'99
alumnus
Mark
Urciuolo's
life
in a way
he never
could
have
imagined.
While competing
in
the
1997
tournament
he met
Brigid
Laurie,
who was
representing
Bryn Mawr.
Urciuolo
recognized
the
name
of
the
Pennsylvania
school
since
he was
from
Harrisburg,
Pa.,
and struck
up a conversation.
They
started
dating three weeks
later and were married
on April 30 this year.
Urciuolo had been trying to
land
a spot on
Jeopardy!
since he was
14.
He had sent postcards
every week in
the
hope that
his
name would be
chosen
in the random
drawing that is the first step
toward becoming
a contestant.
Once
his postcard
was picked,
he traveled
to Manhattan
to
take
a SO-
question
written
test.
Out of
140
college
students
taking
the exam,
Urciuolowas
one of only
10
chosen
to continue.
He also survived
the third
round,
a high-
pressure
simulated
game,
before
receiving
the letter
that
named
him an official contestant.
Many
people
watching
the college
tournament
assume
that contestants
from Ivy League
schools
will
dominate
the competition,
and Urciuolo
found that
an advantage.
"Being the small-school
guy is a bit
helpful
because
everyone
expected
Harvard
to crush
you, so it does take some
of the pressure
off."
He
partially attributes his success
to the
help
of
classes
and
fellow
students
at Marist.
He
said
his
politica1I
science
classes
came
in
handy on a few
governtment
questions,
and being
a resident
assistant
also
helped.
"I
played
the
entirety of my
floor
in Leo
in a
game of Trivial
Pursuit
as
practice.
And despite
their
m,~mories
of my
tyrannical
reign,
I
did buy them
pizza when
they
beat me."
Urciuolo
also said
that meeting Laurie
probably
helped his Jeopardy!
performance
as
opposed
to
being a
distraction.
"Meeting Brig was actually
kind of
relaxing
as I wasn't
thinking
much
about
the
pressure
of
being
out
under
the lights for an hour.
Once I
got out on stage,
though,
the game
is
kind
of all-consuming.
The
pace
is too fast
to
really be
distracted." Laurie
says
she
was
to
compete
in
the
first game of the tournament
and so
didn't
have
time
to think of anything else.
The
two
never
competed
against each other directly. Laurie made it
to
the
quarterfinals.
Urci
uolo's
winnings
included
$10,000
and a wide
assortment
of sponsor
gifts. "I spent about
$1,500
of
it
on a trip
to
Disney
World
with my younger
sister
that
summer
and
the
rest basically
went
to
George
Washington
University
for my master's
degree.
I
re-
membergetting
a polo
shirt
from Roundup,
some
sort
of
breath
mint, a case
of
body
wash, and, of course,
$25
worth of coupons for goat's milk." Urciuolo
currently works as a contract specialist
for
USGC,
a Maryland-based
firm that provides information
technology
services
and business
support
services
to
federal, state, and local government
agencies.
Lauirie
won
$1,000,
"which promptly
went to my
tuition at Bryn Mawr College," she says. She also
received
two crates of
facial
scrub and assorted
other sponsor
goodies.
She
graduated
in
1999
with
a degree
in anthropology.
She
is an exhibit
developer
with DE!sign
Minds,
Inc., an exhibition design and
development firm
in
Alexandria, Va., where the
Urciuolos
live.
The tournament
was won by University
of
Michi-
gan contestant
Craig
Barker,
who
is
still friends
with
the
couIple.
Barker
was invited
back
to the program
in
2005
and
recounted
the
love story on the air during
the por1tion
of the show where the
host,
Alex
Trebek,
banters with contestants.
Urciuolo and Laurie are ineligible to compete
again unless
they
are invited back to the show for a
special
episode.
They
do watch Jeopardy!
together
when tlhey can and did watch a lot of
the
show's
Ultimate Tournament
of Champions.
"There's
defi-
nitely a bit of celebration
when beating
Brig
to an
answer," Urciuolo
says.
"Unless its sports,"
Laurie
responds.
"Then
it's
a
given
that Mark
will answer
first."
-Kerry
Sykes
Year
ror
2005
by
Lhe
city or Chicopee,
Mass.
Pioneer
Packaging has been in
business
roralmosL
60yearsand has
grown
into
a 100,000-square-rooL
facilityemployingapproximaLely65
people.
I
New
York's
Gov. George
Pataki appointed
James
Ferguson,
Jr., Esq.,
commissioneron
the
Board
of Parole.Jamie pre\'iouslyi;erved
as
an adminisLrativejudge and
Bronx
district
attorney
for
13years.1Dave
Margaloui
has
twice
been nomi-
nated for
New
York
Achievement
in Radio
Awards, which
recognize
outsLanding
radio
programs.
He
received numerousawards rorwork
with
local
charities including
the
ARCofBergenand
Passaic
counties
in
New Jersey. A guesL host
for
the
nationally
syndicated
radio
show
Big Band Jump, he
is
program/
operations
manager
for Universal
Broadcasting's
WVNJ-AM, which
reaches New Jersey, New York,
MARRIAGES
2002
SPC
Gary Albaugh
to Misty Charnota,
June 10, 2005
Bohdanka Dema
to
Christopher
Connolly,
July 17,
2004
Emily Green
to
Daniel
Pacella,
Aug.6, 2005
Melissa Katomski
to
Sean
Hughes,
June
25, 2005
Kimberly
Magrone
to
Brian Laffin
'94/'02MA,
Oct. 8, 2004
Julie Valente
to Antonio
Milelli,
July 16,
2005
2003
Jarrod
Manfro
to Denise
Dieter,
Oct. 9, 2004
2004
Jessica Fitzgerald
to
Erich Schaefer
'01,
June
11, 2004
Tiffany Palmer
to
Jesse
Paul,
Sept.
18,
2004
2005
Cheryl Buckley
to
Mark
Kimbark,
May
7, 2005
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NEW
ARRIVALS
1969
Susan
and
Jack Eberth,
a grandson,
Payton
James
Noble,
June
24, 2005
1975
Julia and
Timothy Murphy,
a daughter,
McKenzie
Ruth,
Jan. 31, 2005
1984
Susan Fleming
and Walter Allen,
a
daughter,
Delia
Caroline,
Sept.
9, 2003
Sarah
and
Mark Santacroce,
a daughter,
Gianna
Lena,
July
19,
2001,
and a son,
Dominic,
Jan.
2, 2004
1985
Christine Carey
and
John Mccarron
'86,
a son, Michael,
Dec. 17, 2001,
and
a daughter,
Kaitlyn,
June
9, 2003
Pauline
Kava
and Mark Ascenzo,
a son,
Mark William,
March
25, 2005
Maryjo
and
John Loughlin,
a son,
Kenan,
Feb. 11, 2005
Sandra
and
Kevin Schulz,
a daughter,
Krista,
Jan. 30, 2002
1987
Heidi and
Matthew Browne,
a daughter,
Avery Elizabeth,
Jan. 20, 2003,
and a son, Griffin Matthew,
Aug. 28, 2004
Ellen Fitzpatrick.and
Robert Saunders,
a
son,
Wyatt Dalton,
Aug. 13, 2005
Ardith Orr
and John
Griesemer,
a granddaughter,
Cordelia
Ardith Youngling,
July
7, 2003
Annette Sangiuliano
and Nick
Kelley,
a son,
Ryan
Christopher,
Nov. 30, 2004
Staci
and
Michael
Tallman
'93MSCS,
a
daughter,
Madison
Mae, Sept.
4, 2004
1988
Ann Marie Breslin
and
Daniel Barron,
a boy,
Leo
Thomas,
Dec. 8, 2004
Anna
and
Roberto Careaga,
a
daughter,
Elizabeth
Anne, May 31, 2002
Christine Cush,
a daughter,
Claire
Elisabeth,
Jan.
3, 2004
22
MAR IS T ~I AG AZ I N E
and Connecticut.
I
Howard
Mills
is
superintendent of the New York
State Insurance
Department.
The
New York State Senarte confirmed
Gov. George E. Pataki':s
nomination
of
Howard in
May 2•005.
He
had
been acting superint,endem since
January.
Previously
he was a New
York State assemblyman,
represent-
ing Orange and
Rockland
counties,
for three
terms
and served as that
chamber's
deputy
minority leader
while also sitting on
the
Assembly's
banking, housing, insurance, and
ways and meanscommittees.1
Peter
Regan
has been appoi med di
rector
of sales and marketing for the
CEnfant
Plaza Hotel irn Washington,
D.C., by Crestline Hotels and
Resorts. The hotel is ,undergoing a
$300 million redevellopment
that
includes becoming home
to
the
new National Children's Museum.
Peter
has
more than 20 years of
experience
in
hospit:ality manage-
ment. He previously served as
the regional director of sales and
marketing for the brand division
of
the
Peabody
Hotel
Group.
I
Stephen
Ryan
owns
Tiderunners,
a restaurant, bar, and marina on
the
Shinnecock Canal in Hampton
Bays,
N.Y.
I
Nicholas
Santoro
is
president of consumer and financial
services for Unitedt-'lealth Group
where he oversees the integration
of financial service5: capabilities
into each of UniteclHealth's six
operating companiei;. Previously,
he served as CEO and helped
launch
Exante Financial Services,
a business within UnitedHealth's
Uniprise segment that focuses on
creating and adminis,tering health
care-related financial services
capabilities for both employers and
consumers. Nick is also a member
of the board of directors of Exante
Bank.
1 9 8 7
Mark
Shamley
graduated with
honors
from Rollins
College Crum-
mer Graduate School ofBusiness in
Winter Park, Fla., wirth an MBA in
international busines:s
in May 2004.
Mark is
di rector
of cormmunityand
public affairs for
the
Tupperware
Corp. in Orlando, Fla. Marist hoops
fans may remember Mark as the
forward who played on the teams
that went to consecutive NCAA
basketball tournaments in 1986and
1987.1
Michael
Tallman
'93MSCS
was promoted
to lieutenant
colonel
in the
Massachusetts
Army National
Guard. He is
the
execu1tive
officer
for
the
Massachusetts Army National
Guard Medical Command, which
oversees the Army Guard's
medi-
cal activities throughout the state.
These
include
soldier readiness,
mobilization, policy development,
and implementation.
Michael
resides
in
Spencer, Mass., with
his
wife, Staci, and their children. As a
civilian, Mike
is
systems officer for
information technology at the State
Street Corp. in Westboro, Mass.
1
9 8 8
Ann
Marie
Breslin
Barron
com-
pleted
the
New York City Marathon
in 2003.
I
CW3
Michael Carson
continues to perform MEDEVAC
in
Afghanistan.
He is
the maintenance
platoon leader/test pilot/mission
pilot supporting
the
aviation
medi-
cal evacuation mission.
I
Michael
Medwig
is
director
of advertising
sales for
Law.com,
a legal news and
information
network
on
the
Web
offering more than 20 award-win-
ning
national
and regional legal
publications on
line
including The
American Lawyer, The National Law
Journal, New York Law Journal, and
Legal Times.
I
Christine
Petrillo
was named the publisher of Inside
TV,aweeklypublicationofTVGuide
created exclusively for women. She
manages
the sales and marketing
teams
and heads
the
magazine's
sales force. Christine was formerly
the
executive director of sales
de\'elopment at Glamou rmagazi
ne.
I
Peter
Prucnel
has been named
Washington Mutual Bank's \'ice
president for
human resources
projects and programs. He
lives in
Irvine, Calif.
I
Anthony
Sirna
has
been
named
product manager
for
Imaging Business Machines LLC in
Birmingham,Ala.
lAllison
Hughes
Stanton
won
the
Department oft
he
Army's Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Award for Community Service and
the
Dr.
Mary E. Walker Award for
Improving the
Lives of Soldiers
and
Families
at Fort Wainwright,
Alaska, in 2003. The awards
recognized
her extensive volunteer
work
that
included sen·ing as
president of the Officers' Spouses
Club, a nonprofit that
raises funds
for scholarships for Arm)' family
members and soldiers. Her club
raised more than $20,000. She
was president of the Headquarters
and Headquarters Company Fam-
ily
Readiness
Group and was a
master
trainer
for the Army
Family
Team
Building program. She also
served as marketing director of
the American
Red
Cross's Fon
Wainwright chapter, chair and
emcee for the Army Aviation
Ball,
and post representati\'e
to
various
Fairbanks
city council commiuees;
taught
religious education; and
volunteered
in the
elementary
school attended by her two sons.
She has been an
adjunct
professor
of communications at several
colleges and
universities.
She and
her family are
moving
from South
Korea to
Beijing,
China, where her
husband will be assigned to
the
U.S.
Embassy as
a
Foreign Area Officer
after a career as a
Blackhawk pilot
for Army A\'iation. She too will
be a
member
of
the
diplomatic
community as an "FAO Spouse.''
I
Catherine Terwilliger
was
promoted
to
senior vice
president
and CFO of Walden Savings Bank
based
in Montgomery,
N.Y.
I
Paul
Ziegler
is
the
chief credit officer of
Premium Capital
Funding
Mortgage
Co.
in
Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
1
9 8 9
Vincent
Amatulli
and his family
have
moved
to Tokyo.Japan, where
Vinnie is
responsible
for Goldman
Sach's firm-wide srstems
in
Asia.
With
him
are
his
wife,
Roseanne
Llewellyn
Amatulli
'90, and their
children,
Tim
and Nina.
I
Susan
Ryan
Gallo
teaches
third
grade
English as a Second Language
in
Queens, N.Y. Susan and her
husband, Thomas, have
three
daughters, Samantha, Kristina,
and Alexa and celebrated 10 years
of
marriage
in the summer of 2005.
I
Ronald Hicks
is
the
economic
development director for the city of
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Previously
Ron
worked as
the
regional director for
the
Empire State De,·elopment/New
York State Urban Development
Corp.
1
9 9 0
Maj.
Christopher
Douglas
returned from his second
tour
in
Iraq as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry
company commander. His
first tour
was as the company commander
of Fox 2/25 from Albany, N.Y., in
2003. He was activated from
the
U.S. Marine Corps
Reserves
for
both deployments. As a civilian,
Chris is employed by the New York
State Police as an investigator in
the
Narcotics Unit of the Upstate
New York Regional Intel Center.
I
Kieran
Fagan
isdirectorofinternal
communications
for Novartis
Pharmaceuticals
in
East Hanover,




































Distinguished Visitors
President
Dennis
J. Murray
(far
left) welcomed Peter
C.
Simon, presi-
dent of the Richard
&
Gertrude Weininger
Foundation
(seconid
from
left),
and
foundation trustee Thomas J. Stevenson, Jr.
(far
rig ht), to
the Marist campus this
fall.
The Weininger Foundation
has
contrib-
uted more than
$75,000
to Mari
st
to
support
the
Richard
&
Gertrude
Weininger
Collection
in Judaic Studies
established
to
honor retired
U.
S. Naval Officer Paul
X.
Rinn
'68
(second
from right) for heroic
service.
More
than
a
thousand books,
as
well
as
numerous
refoerence
and electronic
resource materials,
constitute
the collection, which
is
dispersed throughout the
library's
holdings in the fields of history,
literature, cultural
studies, religion, sociology, anthropology,
p1~litical
science, global
studies,
Holocaust
studies, art, and
philosophy.
NJ.
In the
sum1i1er
of
2005,
he
and
his wife,
Molly Ward Fagan,
and
their children,
Patrick
and Claire,
moved
back
to
the United
States
from
Basel,
Switzerland, where
they
have lived for the
past
three
years.
I
Michelle Blanck Flavin
and
her husband,
Thomas
Flavin
'89, have two
daughters,
KerryAnn
and
Kasey,
and one son,
Thomas
R}'an.·
I
Sean Graham
has
his
own consulting
business and is
venturing
into resort development.
I
Donna Powell
Nagle,
a former
elementary
school
teacher,
is
now
a
stay-at-home
mom to three-year-old
Hannah.
I
Laurie Barnett Orr
is
a career advisor
for Marist
College.
I
Melissa
Reilly
is
a
winner
of
the
2003, 2004, and
2005
Andrew
Carnegie
Medal
for
Excellence
in
Children'sVideo.
lnspring2005
her
lilm
The
Man
Who
WaliledBetween
the Towers premiered at
theTribeca
Film Festival, and
her
other
lilms
have appeared
at festivals around
the world.
She is
a producer
at
Weston
Woods
Studios, a division
of Scholastic
lnc. in
Norwalk, Conn.
She
has
volunteered
with the
Con-
necticut
Make
a Wish Foundation
for the past three
years and ran a
silent
auction
for
its funid-raising
ball
this
year.
1P1um•n•
=
1
9 9
1
John Campbell
represented
Marist
College President
Dennis.). Murray
at
the inauguration of
the Rev. Brian
F.
Linnane,
SJ,as
the
24th
president
of
Loyola
College in Mair}'land
in
October 2005.1
Tom
Hanna
is
the
gold services manager at Weichert
Financial Services in
Holimdel,
NJ
He
provides real estate linancingfor
the purchase of new homes as well
as relinancing
owned
properties.
I
Dr.
James Jozefowicz
is associate
professor of economics at Indiana
University
of Pennsylvania.
He
was
honored
during the
university's
2005
Honors Day
and at commence-
ment with
a Distinguished Faculty
Award for teaching.
I
Christopher
Russell
has launched a man-
agement consulting
pra,ctice
for
entrepreneurs and small
business
owners in
the
Alban>·, N.Y., area.
I
James
Saunders
was promoted
p;l!llili'IZ::
(he flag denotes classes
that
will
celebrate
reunions
in
2006
to vice president of private equity
with
the Blackstone Group in New
York,
N.Y.
I
Peter
Schlossmacher
was
promoted lo
director of sales
at
National Cable Communica-
tions
in
its
Atlanta,
Ga., office.
I
Christopher
Sheldon
and
Lisa
Harrington
Sheldon
'92MPA and
their
two children, Chris
and
Tori,
live in
Glen
Rock,
NJ.
1 9 9 2
James Alecca
is
a
music
producer
and
songwriter
with Peat Records,
Bog, and Morass in Port Ewen,
N.Y.
He released
his
debut album in
July 2005.
I
Thomas Kropp
was
deployed to Iraq
for 10
months
with his
National Guard
unit. He
has returned to
his civilian
job as
a
state police investigator
in
Saratoga,
N.Y.
I
Leslie Moore Massaro
is a
licensed realtor
with
the
Ii
rm
of
Alaimo &
Barile LLC in Windsor
Locks,
Conn.
I
Susan Slaght Ols-
son
is
the owner and founder of
Millennium
Properties of Sarasota
County.
Inc., a real
estate company
on
the west
coast of
Florida.
She
earned an
MBA from Florida
State
University in
1998.
IMichael
Prout
and
his wife,
Audra, have moved to
Chicago where
he
is the chief
deputy
for the
U.S.
Marshals Service.
I
Michelle Triolo Ross
is a school
psychologist in
the
Wappingers
Central School District in Wap-
pingers
Falls,
N.Y.
I
Kevin Weigand
teaches seventh grade health and
is
the department
chair at Mariner
Middle School
in
Cape Coral, Fla.
I
Joy Williams
is
the
deputy
director of the National Marine
Sanctuarr Foundation in Silver
Spring, Md. The organization's lifth
annual
Capitol
Hill
Oceans Week
in
Washington,
D.C., this
past June
brought together
a
range
of speakers
who
discussed important
ocean
and coastal issues. Panel speakers
included members
of Congress and
representatives
of federal and state
government, industry, academia,
and nonprolit organizations.
1 9 9 3
Dawne Berlinski
has
become
marketing
director
of
El
Taller
Colaborativo PC, an architecture,
engineering,
and
construction
management
firm
in Newark,
N.j.
She
belongs
to Professional
Women in
Construction and to the
Society for Marketing Professional
Services, where she serves on
the
N.Y. Chapter Communications
Committee.
I
Charlene Fields
EW
ARRIVALS
Tara Doherty
and
Thomas
Ahern,
twins, a son,
Glen
Michael,
and a daughter,
Shaye
Patricia,
Jan.
22, 2004
Alison
Ring
and Thomas
Steigerwald,
a daughter,
Caroline
Elisabeth,
May
27, 2004
Nora
and
James Roldan,
Mario Edgar
Roldan,
May
26, 2005
1989
Karen
Gorman
and James
McGetrick,
a daughter,
Kayleigh
Hope,
Aug.
2, 2004
Kimberly
and
Thomas
Haggerty,
a
daughter,
Andrea
Elizabeth,
Aug.
12, 2004
Kelly
Timmons
and
William
Devens,
a daughter,
Jennifer
Rose.
Aug.
8,
2004
1990
Mary Baran
and
James Halinski
'88,
a son, Martin, June
19, 2004
Erin and
Sean
Kaylor,
a
daughter,
Kathryn
Elizabeth,
July
10, 2005
Judy
Kelly
and
Timothy
Guinan,
a
son,
Marley
William,
April
1, 2005
Laura Kuczma
and
Stephen
Zeppieri,
a
son,
Joseph
Stephen,
April
16,
2004
Jacqueline Kuntz
and Mark
Levinson,
a
daughter,
Maddie
Kate,
March
16,
2005
Melanie
Levy
and Wayne
Roberts,
a daughter,
Raven
Amara,
July
29, 2003
Jennifer
Maxwell
and Damon
Seligson,
twin daughters,
Charlotte
and
Anabella,
Feb.
17, 2003
Megan McDonald
and James
Eagar,
a
son,
Michael,
April
3,
2001
Sharon
and
Brian McEvoy,
a daughter,
Erin
Anne,
Nov.
18,
2004
Arianne O'Donnell
and
Michael
Schuck,
a son, Aidan
Michael,
May
26, 2005
Christine
Rowe
and Peter
Rowland,
a daughter,
Sara
Margaret,
March
18,
2005
Kathleen Steidle
and Chris
Soul1as,
a son, Patrick
Nicholas,
May
27,
2005
\\'i'-i
I ER 2000
23































Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
1991
Stephanie
and
Kevin Desmond,
a
son,
Matthew,
Jan.
31,
2005
Dona DiTomaso
and Mario Martirano,
a son, Matthew,
Aug.
17,
2001,
and
a son,
Jonathan,
Nov.
21, 2004
Sharon Driscoll
and Richard
Spiers,
a
daughter,
Jessica
Lynn,
Oct.
29, 2002,
and a
daughter,
Alexa Nicole,
Sept.
17,
2004
Sally Estes
and John
Clark,
a
daughter,
Brenna
June,
Feb.
13, 2004,
and a
daughter,
Ryann
Elizabeth,
March
28,
2005
Laura
and
Steven Giannone,
a son,
Matthew
Steven,
Jan.
1,
2005
Christie Ingrassia
and Matthew
Vanaria,
a
daughter,
Michelle
Christina,
Oct.
11,
2002,
and
a
son,
John
Matthew,
Nov.
29, 2004
Caren
and
Paul Kratochvil,
a son,
James
Joseph,
Feb.
18,
2005
Christine Martel
and Gary
Harnos,
a
son, Henry
Richard,
Dec.
29,
2004
Casey
and
Scott Rumsey,
a daughter,
Kalie,
May
17, 2003,
and twin
daughters,
Caden
and
Codi,
Aug.
29, 2005
Cheryl
Lyn
and
Pete Schlossmacher,
a
son, Ryan
Peter,
December
2004
Janet
and
Daniel Weber,
a son,
Daniel
J.
Weber,
Jr.,
July
16, 2004
24
M A R I S T M A G A
Z
I
N
E
Mari st Ma re hes On
Marist alumni aIre invited to march in the 2006 St. Patrick's Day Parade Friday, March 17, in New York
City. For information on the 2006 event, watch the Marist alumni Web site, www.marist.edu/alumni.
Marist Colle,ge won second place in the 2005 parade's Best College Marching
Unit
competition.
Those represenlting Marist in 2005 included
(left
to right) Marist
security
guard Bill McPeck, flag
holders Andres 10ranges
'06,
Brandon Lee '06, and Matthew Hittenmark '06, and banner holders John
P.
Gallagher
'66
and Neil
Hogan,
a longtime
printer
at
Marist. Ed
Lowe
'67
served
as
honorary
grand
marshal for the Marist contingent.
Boynton
teaches
fourth grade in
the
Schenectady School
District
in
New York. She lives iin Schenectady
with
her two
sons, Lucas and
Zackary.
I
April
Buther
is
the
director
of affiliate services for
Keep
America Beautiful Inc., a national
nonprofit
dedicated
since
1953
to
engagingindividual:s
in takinggreat
responsibility for improving their
local environment!;. April
holds
a private pilot's license and
flies
a Cessna
150.
I
T.ara Groll Car-
rubba
received her Pennsylvania
real estate license a1nd is employed
with Davis
R.
Chant Realtors. She
works primarily in Pike County.
I
Virginia Kosudo Franco
and her
husband,
Peter, h;ave their own
business, Youthworks, established
in
2003. They provide
intensive
services to at-risk }'Outh and their
families
in
the New Hartford, N.Y.,
area.
I
Kathleen Kollar Mccourt
was promoted
to
director of custom
publishing services for
Houghton
Miffiin Company's College
Text-
book Division in Eioston, Mass.
I
Denis Mc icholl
is a partner
in
a
drug wholesale business
in Tempe,
Ariz., called
Drug
Valet,
Inc.
I
Ken-
dra Mu lvey-Lawlo:r
moved
back to
the East Coast from Colorado to
be closer to her extended family.
As a telecommuter, she is able to
continue working for
the
University
of Colorado as a senior soft ware
developer. She
is
also a part-time
fitness
instructor.
I
Aaron \.Yard
is a
part-time,
stand-up comic who
performed at Comedy
Relief
fort he
Homeless, a benefit
for
St.
Joseph's
Shelter in Troy,
NY
1
9 9 4
Karen
DePaoli
Barnes
teaches
fifth grade at Squadron Line School
in Simsbury, Conn. She
has been
teaching fifth grade
for
six years
and previously
taught
special
education for
two
years.
I
Karen
LaGreca Dombek
was promoted
to
director of client services at MCS
Public Relations-Healthcare/Phar-
maceutical Division.
Her
husband,
Paul Dombek,
is the
manager of
corporate financial recruiting
at
the
headquarters
of Bed, Bath
&:
Beyond in Union, NJ.
I
Capt.John
Gavigan
is returning to Iraq
for
his
second tour. His first tour lasted
from 2003 through 2004.
I
Edgar
Glascott
is an assistant
principal
for
the
Poughkeepsie City School
District.
He was the
head
men's
lacrosse
coach at Jvlarist for
two
years and owns
Rennie's
Pub
in
Poughkeepsie.
I
William Hassan
is
an
associate with CB Richard
Ellis.
He
works in
the
company's Saddle
Brook.
NJ.. office,
which specializes
in
office
leasing
and investment
sales.
I
Gabriel
Hidalgo,
Esq.,
is
an
anti-money
laundering
senior
associate in
the forensic
and dispute
services practice of Deloitte
&:
Touche
LLP. Gabe is a certified
anti-money
laundering
specialist
(CAMS)
who helps banks,
financial
institutions,
and companies comply
with the Patriot Act and the
Bank
Secrecy Act
regulations
concerning
anti-money laundering provisions.
I
The Poughkeepsie High School
boys' varsity basketball
team
Capt. John Gavigan
'94































coached by
Brian Laffin
'02MA
reached
the New York State Sec-
t
ion
l Class AA semifinals with
an overall 20-3 record and won
its fourth
league championship
in
five
years. For the fourth time
in
five
years, Brian was named league
coach of the year.
He
and
his
wife,
Kimberly Magrone Laffin
'02,
both
teach at
Poughkeepsie High
School.
I
Jeffrey
Schanz '99MPA
is
the
director
of alumni
relations
at
Rensselaer Polytechnic lnstitute
in
Troy, N.Y.
He received
four
awards in 2005 from
the Council
for
Advancement
and Support of
Education
for
student and alumni
programs. Jeff is vice president of
Marist'sAlumni Executive Board.
I
Peter Tartaglia
is a
producer on the
Fox series
Hell's Kitc/ien
and
lives
in
Los
Angeles, Calif.
1
9 9 5
Michael
Coughlin
received a
master's
in
school district admin-
istration from Fordham University.
Mike lives
in Somers, N.Y.
I
Rex
Dickson
is a senior game designer
for
Electronic
Arts in
Los
Angeles,
Calif. The company
recently
shipped
its multimillion-selling
Medal
of
Honor:
European
Assaulr.
I
Michael Dunne
has been promoted
to
associate executive
director
of
HELP
USA/Suffolk
County,
the
largest
Tier
II family
homeless
shelter on
Long Island,
N.Y.
I
Steven Giampaolo
formed
his
own
production
company, Lucia
Productions
Inc., in
April 2005.
I
James
Lavin
is an associate
with
the State and
Local Tax
Group at
Alston& Bird
LLP
in New York, N.Y.
His practice
consists of controversy
and
litigation matters involving
corporate income, franchise, and
sales/use
taxes,
including represen-
tation
of clients at administrative
hearings
and
during
audits.
I
Deb-
bie
Underdown
Laughery
opened
her
own
business,
Chesapeake
Outerwear, in 2003. It special-
izes in custom screen-printed,
embroidered, and
promotional
items.
I
Charles
Lynch
'95MA
is
president of the SUNY
New Paltz
Alumni Association. He earned
a BA
in psychology
at New
Paltz
before receiving an MA
in
psychol-
ogy from
Marist.
He is
program
manager
of
policy
and practices at
IBM Poughkeepsie.
I
Maj. Brian
Murphy
is
serving with the Ari-
zona
Army
National Guard.
He is
attending Command and General
Staff College in Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, and
pursuing
a master's in
military arts and sciences.
I
Brian
Smith
accepted a position with the
lobbying arm of the pharmaceutical
industry,
doing
federal and state
grassroots and
political
;activism
work.
I
Stacey
Mizeralk Terry
fulfilled
the requirements
for
the
Project .Management
Professional
(PMP) certification from
the
Project
Management
lnstitute.
Stacey is
product director/senior
program-
mer analyst
at Shaker Computer
and
Management
Services,
Inc.
in
Latham,
N.Y.1
Michelle Wright
is
an anchor/editor at CNN
!Radio
in
Atlanta, Ga.
lninm-nc
:
1
9 9 6
Virginia
Barnes-Siegrist
'98MA
teaches
psychology
at Marist. Her
husband, George Siegrist '91, is a
custom
home
builder.
They have
three
children,
Madison,
George,
and Caroline. The family
lives in
Poughkeepsie and Breezy Point,
N.Y.
I
During the 2004-2005
school year,
Patricia Theodoreu
Bartholomew
worked
with
the
Ohio
Department of Education
and
teachers
throughout
the
state to
write
and
publish model
lessons for mathematics
aligned
with state standards.
I
Rebecca
Kuchar Beyus
was promoted
to
account supervisor at
Cronin
and
Co., a marketing communications
agency. She oversees select
public
relations accounts, department
projects and activities, and strategic
planning for
key
agency
accounts.
She
has been
with
the
company
for seven years.
I
Greg
Bibb
is
president of newly created
Hantz
Group Sports and Entert;ainment
where he oversees expe-riential
marketing
and businessoperations
for all Hantz Group sports and
entertainment propen
ies
including
Hantz
Racing,
Hantz Soccer USA,
and
the
operating group, of
the
Major Indoor
Soccer League (M
ISL)
Detroit expansion
team.
Greg has
spent the past eight years working
in
professional
indoor soccer. He was
executive vice
president
and general
manager
of
the
MlSL Philadelphia
KiXX
where
he
was responsible
for
the
overall strategy,
directi1on,
and
management
ofbusi
ness
operations
including
ticket sales, corporate
sponsorship, marketing, com-
munications,
community
nelations,
finance, and game day op1:rations.
Prior to joining
the
KiXX,
Greg
was the MISL's
director
of public
and media
relations.
I
Catherine
Devaney
is
the
administrator and
CEO
at HealthSouth Rehabilitation
Hospital in
Concord, N.H. The
hospital
specializes
in
rehabilita-
tion
of
those
suffering
from
stroke
and other
neurological
disorders
and brain and spinal cord injuries.
I
Lisa
Goddard has
joined the
AmeriCorps VISTA
program,
work-
ing with
the Capital Area Food
BankofTexasasacommunications
specialist.
I
Jennifer Gomez
was
promoted
to
project leader
for
Web
and customer services
for docu-
mentation
services
at Information
Builders
Inc.
in New York City. The
Web
site that she
managed
and
designed won
an Award of Excel-
lence
from theSociet
y
for Technical
Communication.
I
Alexandra
Greenberg
has been
promoted
to senior account executive at
the
Mitch Schneider Organization.
Previously
an account executive,
Alexandra
joined the
company
in 2001 to develop the electronic
division of
the
company while
working with artists
in
the
rock
and
hip hop fields.
I
Darrah Metz
is an
assistant basketball coach
at
the
U.S. Naval Academy
in
Annapolis,
Md.
I
Christopher Peckham
has
become
the
network administrator
for
Resolution
Law Group
PC,
a
law
firm with
offices
all over the
United States.
I
Catherine
Plaia
'0lMBA moved to
San
Jose,
Calif.,
and changed careers.
After
working
for
lBM
for five years, she
is now
teaching first grade at a
private
school.
I
Karen Teufel-Mushorn
graduated
from
SUNY Stony
Brook
with
a
certification in school
district
administration.
She
also
earned
master's
degrees at Dowling College
in
both
reading and special educa-
tion.
She was
named
Teacher of the
Year
in
2004 at Stimson
Middle
School in South
Huntington,
N.Y.
She was appointed the Special
Education Department
chairperson
for
the
middle
school
in
the South
Huntington
School
District.
1
9 9 7
Robert Autenrieth
received
a
master's
in education
from
Georgian
Court University, earning a
4.0
GPA.
He teaches K-8
computer
classes
and sixth grade math at G.
Harold
Antrim Elementary School
in Pt.
Pleasant
Beach,
N.J.
He
was appointed Pt. Pleasant Beach
environmental commissioner and
during the
summer was managing
NEW
ARRIVALS
1992
Jennifer Connors
and
Daniel
Schmalz,
a
daughter,
Emma
May,
Oct. 29, 2002, and
a daughter,
Claire
Marlene,
July 11, 2005
Christine
and
Richard Dawson,
a daughter,
Addy Doris,
April 3, 2004
Nancy
and
Scott Doyle,
a son,
Trevor
Scott,
May 13, 2005
Jennifer
and
Craig Gloede,
a
son,
Quinton
Elliott,
Sept.
23, 2003,
and
a
son, Dominick
Thomas,
May
12,
2004
Elena Kadis
and
Christopher
Bergin,
a son,
Sean
Allen, April 24, 2005
LeeAnn Levi
and
Kevin
Miller, a
son,
Quinton
Elliott,
Sept.
23, 2003, and a
son, Shane
Gordon,
Aug.
1,
2005
Theresa Lopos
and Mike
O'Neill,
a daughter,
Evelyn
Niamh,
June
20, 2004
Kathleen Mitchell
and Mark Godleski,
a
daughter,
Mary Grace,
May
4, 2005
Shannon
and
Timothy Neville,
a
daughter,
Nora Beth,
Sept.
26,
2004
Kerry Noonan
and
Stephen Ficker,
a
son,
Maxwell
Stephen,
Dec.
30, 2000,
and a daughter,
Ella
Hope,
Aug. 21,
2003
Meghan O'Connor
and
Kieran
Gill,
a daughter,
Aisling
Rose,
Jan.
10,
2005
Laura Ulbrandt
and
Dean
DiPierro,
a
son, Dean,
May 13, 2004
1993
Maureen
and
Kevin Gilmartin,
a son,
Liam
Curran,
May
21, 2005
Jill McDonald
and Matthew
Aronin,
twin sons,
Andrew
and Colin, Dec. 28,
2004
Kendra Mulvey
and
Kevin
Lawlor,
a son, Gavin
Robert,
Jan.
11,
2005
Margot Power
and
Allen Tobin,
a son, Ryan
James,
July
18, 2004
Michele Ru
bis
and
Jeffrey
Francisco,
a
son, Brandon
James,
Dec.
8, 2003
Colleen Russell
and
Mark Susko,
a daughter,
Sierra
Anne,
Jan. 7,
2005
Tracey Saal
and
Paul Czajak,
a son, Aidan,
June
30,
2005
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2006
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
1994
Rachel Connelly
and
Perry
Fatuova,
a
daughter,
Chloe
Margaret-Jane,
April 15, 2004
Heather Diegel
and
Clifford
Faircloth
'92,
daughter,
Gabriella
Jade,
July
9, 2003,
and a son, Gavin
Scott, Aug. 5,
2003,
both
adopted
internationally
Nancy Greco
and
Nicholas
Walker
'93,
a son,
Aiden,
June
24, 2005
Jori
Jensen
and
Eric
Cincotta,
twin
daughters,
Natalie
Kay
and
Marcella
Jean,
March
19, 2004
Beth Keenan
and Steve
Meyers,
a
son, Nolan Philip, May
19,
2004
Elisa
and
Rob Kolb,
a daughter,
Samantha
Leigh,
Aug. 3, 2005
Catherine Leahy
and
Steve
Sharpe,
twin
daughters,
Meghan
Grace
and Alison
Paige,
July
25, 2005
Janis Netschert
'95MA
and
Gregg Si mat '93,
a
daughter,
Kaitlyn
Victoria, May 9, 2005
Pam
Ricigliano
and Mark Gnapp,
a
daughter,
Anna,
June
2004
Deborah
and
Kent
Rinehart
'99MBA,
a son,
Jackson
Carter,
June
5, 2005
Kirstin Rinn
and Ryan
Le
Tellier,
a son,
Rowan
McCarick,
Sept. 23, 2004
Susan
and
Steven Watral,
a daughter,
Alyssa
Carolyn,
May
29, 2004
Marilyn
Zovickian
and George
Simmons,
a son,
Samuel
Matthias,
July
22,
2003
26
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Dennis Kennedy
'97
partner at Lucky's Games in Pt.
Pleasant.
I
Mary
Fava-Marsh
was
promoted to branch administrator
for Smith Barney in Paramus, N.J.,
and
has relocated.
I
Dr.
Garrett
Golisano
is a dentist
in
Newtown,
Conn. His wife,
Heather Morris
Golisano
'96, isaspecialeducation
teacher
in
Westchester, N.Y. They
reside
in Storm ville, N
.Y.,
with their
two sons.
I
Cecilia Gram
works
fora telecornrnunicationscornpany,
Carousel
Industries, in
Bloomfield,
Conn,
I
Dennis Kc!nnedy
has
been promoted
to
diroector
of corn-
mun
icat
ions fort he
Com mission on
lndependentColleges:and
Universi-
ties
in
Albany, N.Y.
ICl~risMerrow
is
an insurance
training
specialist
at Middle sex
M utua I
A ssu
ranee
Co.
in
Concord, N.H.
IJen.niferWalsh
Muller
is the assistarnt
director
of
human
resources fort
he
Dutchess
County Association l'or
Retarded
Citizens.
Her
husband,
Michael
Muller,
is general manager of the
Fastenal
Co.
in
White Plains, N.Y.
I
Daryl Richard
was
recently named
vice president of
public affairs
for
Uniprise,
a
United
Health
Group
company based in
Hartford,
Conn.
I
Craig Scribner
is
pursuing
a
career
in
acting.
He
invites every-
one to visit
his
Web .site at
www.
craigscribner.corn.
11
n
May
2004,
Chrystine
Gilchris;t
Zacherau
was promoted
to vice !President
for
APCO
Insight,
the opinion
research
practice
of APCO
Worldwide.
1 9 9 8
Catherine Caverly has returned
to work
after taking two
years
off
to
be a stay-at-home
morn.
She
is a
volunteer coordinator for
Memorial Hermann Hospital
in
Houston,
Texas.
I
Thomas Dan-
nible
was
promoted
to business
manager of patient care services al
Saratoga
Hospital.
I
Michele Klose
Donovan
received an MBA from
the
University of Central
Florida in
July
2004. She
is
a financial analyst
with the
Water Parks and Miniature
Golf Finance Office at Wall Disney
World in
Lake
Buena Vista, Fla.
I
Daniel
Henn
has completed the
certified public manager program
Levels
I, ll,
and Ill administered
by
the
State of
New
Jersey
Divi-
sion of Human
Resources. He
is
a corporal
in the
New
Providence,
N.J., Police Department.
I
Megan
Joyce
is a trader at Durham Asset
Management in New York, N.Y.
I
Kimberly
Garrett Lamey is
a
marketing manager with
Junior
Achievement
in
Portland, Ore.
I
Mathew Laskowski
has
been
named one of the best paralegals
in America
in the
book
Lesso11s
from the Top Paralegal
Experts:
The 15 Most Successful Paralegals
i11
America and What You
Ca11
Learn
From Them.
He is a senior
bankruptcy
paralegal at Porzio,
Bromberg & Newman PC
in
Mor-
ristown,
NJ
I
Elizabeth
McCarthy
is
a
marketing manager
at Lee
Jofa.
The
firm is in
Bethpage, N.Y.
I
Ellen
Quinn
is pursuing an MBA
at the University of Connecticut
in
Stamford.
I
Harold
Taylor
and his
wife, Michelle, have moved from
Georgia to Middleboro, Mass. Harry
is
a supervisor of airport customer
service for Delta Air Lines.
I
Alan
Tomidy
is a
regional
business
development
officer for Wyoming
County Bank in Warsaw, N.Y. Alan
maintains and
increases
the
bank's
commercial
banking
customer
base. He
has nearly five years of
experience in the
financial
services
industry
and
holds
securities and
insurance licenses.
Previously he
was a financial advisor at Morgan
Stanley. Earlier
he played
basketball
professionally for
teams in Italy,
Belgium, and
Greece.
I
Shannon
McNamara
Wasilewski
began a
new job
as an English and drama
teacher
at
Foxborough
High
School in
Massachusetts.
I
Mario
Wilson
represented Marist
College
President Dennis
J.
Murray
at the
inauguration of
Brian
C.
Mitchell
as the 16th
president of
Bucknell
University
in
April 2005.
1
9 9 9
Russell
Boedeker
has
been pro-
moted
to
financial
specialist at
l
ntel
Corp. in
Hillsboro,
Ore.
Russell is
supporting
the financial
operation
for lnte
l's
silicon wafer procu
rernent
and
related business
strategies.
He
also co-authored an article
that
was
featured on the cover of
the journal
Strategic Finance
in
October 2005,
"Best
Practices in
Finance:
How
Intel
Finance Uses Business Partnerships
to
Supercharge Business
Results."
I
Diane Bonsignore
is
an associate
producer/segment
producer
on
the
reality show
Inhed
that premiered
on the A&E channel
in
July 2005.
I
In
July 2004,
Veronica
Finch-
Edwards
and
her
husband,
Derek,
started a gutter, roofing, and siding
company called
Triton
Guuers
that
serves all of New Jersey. Veronica,
president
of the company,
invites
everyone to visit the company's
Web site, www.tritongutters.com.
I
Amy
Elizabeth Hanks,
Esq.,
has moved
to
Sacramento, Calif.,
by way of Scottsdale, Ariz. After
taking a few months
to
prepare
for
the
California
bar in
July, she
accepted a position as a corporate
and securities attorney at
Bullivant
Houser
Bailey PC.
I
Colleen
Hoff-
man
teaches kindergarten in
the
Huntington School
District
on Long
Island.
I
Charles Leone is
a senior
account executive at Cohn &
Wolfe
Public Relations in New York, N.Y.
I
Erin
Mulholland
O'Hanlon
was
appointed assistant principal of PS
247
in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
I
Megan
St.
John
is
a staff writer and editorial
assistant at
Voices,
a weekly
news-
paper
in Connecticut.
lJohn
Svare
wasadrniued
to the
New York State
Bar and
isanassociateauorneywith
Bartleu, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes
PC
in
Glens Falls, N.Y.
2 0 0 0
Aimee Alix
is
pursuing
a
JD
at the
Touro College
Jacob
D. Fuchsberg
Law Center.
I
Lori
Burgess
Bastinaanse
is a special education
teacher
at Litchfield High School
in Litchfield, Conn.
I
Jennifer
Boudreau
'0lMA earned her
pro-
fessional
counselor license
inJune
2005.
I
Caroline
Davis
is the
edu-
cational coordinator of
the
South
Bronx
(SoBro)
Youth Development
Center's
21st
Century Community
Learning Center grant. Caroline
runsanafter-school
program
called
Mandelbaum
Music
Project that
teaches young people ages 14
to
18 about the
business
aspect of the
music
industry.
I
Ninetta Esposito
is pursuing
a master's
in teaching
at
Montclair
State University.I
Lauren
Gancarz
was promoted to research
analyst at Knowledge Systems and



























Research
Inc. in
Syracuse. NY.
Lauren
attended the
RlVA
Training
Institute in
Washington, D.C., to
become
a
certified focus group
moderator
and expert
in
qualita-
tive
methodologies.
I
Amanda
Garrison
works for
Family
&:
Children's
Aid
in a
home
for foster
children. She also coaches
JV
girls'
basketball for Immaculate
High
School
in Danbury,
Conn.
I
Megan
Carey Giammatteo
was
married
to
Elia
Thomas
Giammatteo
in Riveria
Maya,
Mexico, in
a destination
wedding attended by family
and
friends.
Afterwards
the
couple
stayed for a
two-week honeymoon.
They
recently purchased a house
in
Colonie, N
.Y.
Megan celebrated her
five-year anniversary
working for
Media
Logic,anad\·ertisingagency
in Albany.
I
Cassandra Giarrusso
has been
promoted to
executive
assistant
in
human
resources
at
Children's
Hospital in Boston, Mass.
I
Lucas Glendening
is
wo,rking
in
marketing for Turner Construction
Co. in
Milford, Conn. He
visited
Rome, Florence, and Venice
during
the
summer of
2005
I
Susan Gou-
let
'04MPA
is pursuing a master's
inschoolcounselingatMarymoum
University
in
Arlington, Va. She is
associatedirectorof
undergraduate
admissions at Mary
mount.
I
Susan
LaVerda
has
changed careers and
now teaches
eighth grade
English
in
Queens,
N.Y.
During
her time
off she enjoys
traveling,
especially
to Europe with
other
Marist
grads.
I
Jose Mappilamallel
received a
PhD
in
psychology
from Southern
Kim Knox Beckius
'90
has com-
pleted her
third book,
The
Everything
Outdoor Wedding Book, due for
publication in late 2005 by Adams
Media.
ALUMNI
associated with healthful eating,
suggests specific ways to make
gradual changes toward healthier
eating, and offers recipes
and ideas
for quick snacks and meals
from
nutrient-dense
whole foods.
A Connecticut-based
free-lance
writer and photographer, Beckius
writes extensively about weddings.
She is senior writer for
Grace Or-
monde Wedding Style and Grace
Ormonde
Marriage
magazines.
AUTHORS
She also
is the
author of two
books on New England:
The Every-
thing Guide
to New
England(Adams
Media,
2002) and
Backroads
of New
England(VoyageurPress,
2004). She
is
currently
writing
Back
roads
of New
York
for Voyageur
Press.
Since
1998,
·
Beckius has pro-
duced About.corn's
New
England
If you would like news of yo,ur book
included
in Alumni Authors, please
send
the title, name
of publisher,
date
of publication,
and description
of the
content to editor@marist.e,du
or to
Alumni Authors,
clo
Marist Maga-
zine,
Advancement,
Marist College,
3399 North Rd., Poughkeepsie,
NY
12590-1387.
Feel
free to in•clude
a
photo of yourself (of at le,ast 300
dpi if emailing) and to have your
publisher email us a pdf of the
book's cover.
Dr.JamesP. Honan
'78isoneofthe
editors
of
Scaling
Up Success:
Lessons
Learned
from Technology-Based
Edu-
cational Improvement
(Jossey-Bass,
2005). Honan is a senior lecturer on
education
in the
Harvard Graduate
School of
Education
with teaching
and research interests
in financial
management
of nonprofit organiza-
tions, organizational performance
measurement
and management,
and
higher education
administration.
He
for Visitors Web site, http://gonewengland.about.com,
taking
Internet users on a
virtual tour of the region and
providing weekly commen-
tary on
travel
and events
and
insight
into Yankee
tradition,
history,
and ingenuity. She
also produces About.corn's
Hartford site,
http://hartford.
about.com. She reviews
Connecticut restaurants
and writes travel and dining
pieces
for Gayot.com.
She
is
a member of the Society of
American
Travel
Writers and
the
Connecticut
Authors
and
Kim
Knox
Beckius
'90
Publishers
Association.
Allison (Reck)
Anneser
'86
wrote
Refined to Real
Food: Moving Your Family Toward Healthier, Whole-
some
Eating
(J.
N. Townsend
Publishing,
Exeter, N.H.)
with nutritionist Sara Thyr after spending six years
researching
nutritional information to help her manage
personal
health
issues.
Working with
health
experts,
she
incorporated
that information and successful
strategies
from
her own experience
into the
book, which advocates
shifting
from
refined,
processed
food with
few
nutrients
to healthier,
wholesome
food. The book reviews basic
nutritional information, discusses the benefits and
issues
of various food groups, explores the difficulties
is
educational
co-chair
of the Institute
for
Educational
Management
and is a faculty member
in
a number of
Harvard's
programs for educational
leaders
and
nonprofit
administrators.
He
has served
as
a consultant on strategic planning, resource
allocation,
and performance
measurement
and management
for
numerous
colleges,
universities,
schools,
and
nonprofits
nationally and internationally.
Scaling
Up Success
offers
examples of best practices grounded in real-life case
studies of technology-based
educational innovation,
from networking a failing school district in New Jersey
to
using
computervisualization
to teach
scientific
inquiry
in
Chicago,
and shows how
lessons
learned
from tech-
nology-based
educational
innovation
can be applied to
other school improvement
efforts.
Dr. Robert Lopez
'63
is the author of the interactive
e-book
Advanced
Engineering
Mathematics
with Maple,
a resoun~e
for engineering
mathematics
recently
released
by Map
I
esoft. Emeritus
Professor
of Mathematics
at
the
Rose-Hulman
Institute of
Technology
in Terre
Haute,
Ind., he is an award-winning educator in engineering
mathemiatics
and the author of several other books
including
the
print version of
Advanced Engineering
Mathematics
published by Addison-Wesley
in 2001.
Maplesoft is a developer
and provider
of software tools
for engi1neering,
science,
and mathematics.
Vantage•
Press has published a book of poetry by
Ignatius Robertson
'OSMPA,
Poems
from Despair
to Eternity.
NEW
ARRIVALS
1995
Jessica
Adelman
and
Brian
Kogut,
twins,
a son,
Nicholas
James,
and
a
daughter,
Emily
Grace,
May
20, 2005
Heather Alexander
and
Dan
McClus-
key,
a
son,
Daniel
Joseph,
Sept.
9, 2004
Ann
Marie
Bunnell
and
Ben
Spielman,
a
daughter,
Meagan
Ann,
April
18,
2005
Julie Chan
'03MPA
and
Gerard
Moroney,
a son,
Reece
Chan,
March
30, 2005
Christine
and
Gregg Chodkowski,
a son,
Jack,
Nov.
20, 2004
Jennifer
Clark
and
Patrick Brennan,
a
daughter,
Kellina
Grace,
Oct.
28, 2004
Jennifer
Donza
and
Michael
Giammusso,
a daughter,
Caroline,
Oct.
14,
2004
Tracy
Harpin
and
Jason
Carita,
a
son,
Jack
Anthony,
Jan.
13,
2005
Rebecca
Helman
and
Jason
O'Dowd,
a
daughter,
Hannah
Faye,
July
27,
2005
Kathleen
Hull
and
Scott
Elson,
a son,
Connor
Burke,
Dec.
10,
2003
Lisa
and
David
Kushner,
a
son,
Tyler,
May
21, 2005
Diane
and
John McTigue,
a son,
John
Patrick,
March
4, 2005
Melissa Miller
and Don
Pecora,
a
daughter,
Isabella,
April
16,
2004
Stephanie
and
Marc Nussbaum,
a
son,
Hunter,
Feb.
15,
2005
Jennifer Schaivone
and
Mark
Levy,
a
daughter,
Addison
Grace,
Nov.
2, 2003
Suzanne
Schiano
and
Gerard
Scully,
a
daughter,
Brooke
Margaret,
June
3, 2004
Kimberly
Tyne
and
Mark
Reilly,
a
son,
Christopher,
April
2, 2004
Lisette
Veras
and
Fernando
Mendoza,
a
daughter,
Annalise
Grace,
Sept.
11,
2002,
and
a
daughter,
Selina
Elise,
July
8, 2005
Rachel
and
David
Whitehead,
a daughter,
Hannah
Michelle,
Oct.
17,
2004
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2006
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
1996
Sandra Bauder
and
Constantinos Bekis,
a daughter,
Anastasia,
Nov.
17,
2001
Carolyn Bowen
and
James
Triba,
a
son,
Rory
Charles,
Dec.
3, 2003
Lynn Dominick
and
Scott Sager,
a daughter,
Mia
Francesca,
July
27, 2005
Alaina Evangelista
and
Kevin
Wiehn,
a
daughter,
Erin
Grace,
Feb.
26, 2005
Tara Ferina
and
Mike Mostransky
'95,
a
son,
Grant
River,
June
7,
2005
Suzanne Folkerts
and
Michael McDowell
'97,
a
son,
Connor
Gabriel,
Jan.
31, 2005
Karina Ortega
and
Lorenzo Verdejo,
a
daughter,
Samantha,
Jan. 13, 2005
Theresa Scura
and
James Coughlin,
a son, Sean
Michael,
Jan.
23,
2004,
and
a
son,
Joshua
James,
May
11,
2005
Maria Teri
Iii
and
Joseph
Tropea,
a
daughter,
Andrea
Nicole,
March
3, 2005
Karen Teufel
and
Michael
Mushorn,
a son, Connor
James,
April 27, 2004
Jenny Wesley
and
Kevin
Gasser,
a
daughter,
Emma
Adair,
Feb. 24, 2005
1997
Kara DeFeo
and William
Brodsky,
a
daughter,
HolyA
Elizabeth,
Feb.
13, 2005
Kristen Eberth
and
Brian
Noble,
a son, Payton
James,
June
24, 2005
Erin Flannery
and
Thomas Kirwan '94,
a
daughter,
Flannery
Elizabeth,
March
22,
2005
Chrystine Gilchrist
and
Scott
Zacherau,
a son, Owen
Gilchrist,
Jan.
13, 2005
Carolyn Peguero
and Steven
Spencer,
a
daughter,
Jordan
Mia,
Feb. 13, 2003,
and a
son,
Noah,
Dec. 20, 2004
Laura Peruzzi
and
Christopher Lucarelle,
a son,
RyanJoseph,Aug.6,
2004
28
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Meghan Quinlan-French
'00
California University.
I
Mike
Musgnug
is
pursuing
an online
MBA at Marist. He holds a Master
of Science from the University of
Massachusetts. He
is
a product
manager
at Dade Behring. His wife,
Margo
Henninger
Musgnug,
is a
special education teacher.
I
Julie
Duncan
Oakley
is pursuing a
master's
in urban
and regional plan-
ning
at Virginia Tech.
I
Meghan
Quinlan-French
was appointed
Pace University's
di
rector
of govern-
ment and community
relations
and
administrative director
for
Pace's
Center for Downtown New York.
Meghan was formerly· a legislative
and community
affairs representa-
tive
for New York Congresswoman
Nita
Lowey.1
Willia11n
Quinn
has
been
appointed
to
tlhe
Dutchess
County
Human Rights
Commis-
sion.
I
Shelly Napoli-Vapchanyk
is
in her
senior year at Cochran Nurs-
ing
School
in
Yonkers, N.Y., where
she
is
getting an RN de·gree.
I
Dana
2004-5 Phonathon
Fun Facts
■
1,292
calls were made
on average per
1night
■
The phones
were dialed
85,012
times during the
spring and fall semesters
■
74 pledges
wern secured
on average per might
■
$438,778
in gifts and
pledges
from ahumni
and
parents were secured
by the Phonathc1n
Team
during the fall and spring
semesters-the most
ever raised through
a Marist Phonathon
!
That's
35%
of last year's
$1.25
million goal.
Paravati
won a 2005
Emmy
Award
for OuLstanding Achievement
in
a
Children's Program. She isa medical
producer
for WHDH-TV
in
Boston.
I
Thomas
Peters, Jr.,
was named
to
Who's Who Among America11
Teachers
for
the
Lhird
consecuLive
year. He
Leaches
al Lakeland High
School in New York.
I
David
Raisch
is
the overnight station operator at
Central Jersey 1450 AM radio.
I
Karen Shultz is
pursing
a
master's
in
the
College Student Personnel
Program at Bowling Green State
University
in
Bowling Green, Ohio.
I
Rachael
Vollarowas
promoted
to
associate vice president at Ruben-
stein Communications, a
PR
firm
in
New York City. She works in
the
entertainment group on accounts
including the
Tribeca
Film Festi\'al,
the
new
Nokia Theatre Times
Square for AEG Live, a new Cirque
Du Soleil production, and
the
New
York
Television
Festival.
I
Adam
Weissman
is
an account executive
at
Dobbin Bolgla Associates Public
Relations in New York, N.Y.
IJanna
DeVito
Whearty
'05MPA was
named
LheexecuLivedirecLorof
the
DutchessCoum y Bar AssociaLion
in
November 2004.
lmnm¥1¥
,.
2 0 0
1
Robert Adamski
was promoted to
associate producer at ESPN
Remote
Production.
I
Benny
Amarone
was
promoted
to director of annual giv-
ing
at Notre Dame High School in
West Haven, Conn.
I
Christopher
Blasie
moved back
to
New
Jersey
and recently became supervisor of
aircraft appearance for Continental
Airlines, where he has worked
for almost five years.
I
Jocelyn
Broughton is
a paralegal with
the law firm of Larkin, Alexrod,
Trachte&Tetenbaum
in
Newburgh,
N.Y.
I
Graig Corveleyn
graduated
from Rutgers
University School
of
Law-Camden
in
May 2004. He
passed both
the
Pennsylvania and
New
Jersey
bars and
now
practices
bankruptcy law with the
firm
of
Sterns
and
Weinroth in Trenton,
NJ
I
Michael Coviello is
pursuing
a
master's in public historyatSUNY
Albany.
I
Douglas Deiss,Jr.,
gradu-
ated from San Diego State University
with a
master's
in communication
ans in May 2005.
I
Elana Ochs
Gargano
and her husband,
Frank,
opened a financial services firm
in
Hoboken, NJ The Financial Inde-
pendence Net work
LLC
specializes
in
retiremem
planning and college
funding.
I
Michael Leonhard
is a
professional photographer in New
York,
N.Y.
I
Caryl Mallory
is an
imernational lT mobilizer with
JAARS,
the technical
ser\'ices di\'i·
sion of Wycliffe Bible Translators
and SlL
lmernational.
Caryl'sduLies
include tra,·eling nationwide and
abroad to recruit,
encourage,
and
collect documentation of IT needs.
I
Scott Neville
has
been named
editor of The
Pictorial Gazette
in
Old Saybrook, Conn. Kevin
has
returned
to
The
Pictorial
after a
year in Sydney, Australia, pursuing
a master's
in
journalism.
I
Anne
Perkins
is a physician's assistant in
pediatrics
al Nataloni and Forletti,
MD,
PC
in Port Jefferson Station,
N.Y.
I
Ian
Philbrick is
producing
an
hour-long
noon
newscast
at New
England Cable News in Boston.
The 24-hour
cable news network
focuses on New England but also
covers national
and
international
events.
Previously he
spent several
years working
for
TV stations
in
the Midwest, where he had the
opponunity
while working in
Missouri
LO
aLtend Game Four of
the 1994 World Series. Now he
enjoys watching the Red Sox
play
at
Fenway Park.
I
Brad
Sorensen
teaches U.S. history
honors
classes
aL Atlantic City
High
School.
He
lives in
southern New
Jersey.
I
Cristina Allgeyer Sorensen
is
the
full-time school psychologist al Six-
Lo-Six
Magnet School in Bridgeport,
Conn.
I
Patrick Spence
is a news
editor and wriLerat WTOP
Radio
in
Washington,
D.C.
I
Kerry Sugrue
is
a preschool
teacher
at Easler
Seals. Kerry received a
master's
in
an education from the College
of New
Rochelle in
May 2003.
I
Edward
Synan
is
a policy analyst
for Federal Funds Information
for
States, a nonprofit in Washington,
D.C.
I
Andrea Testa
is a special
education teacher at
Park
Middle
School
in
Scotch Plains, NJ
I
Christopher
Yapchanyk
is
an
attorney for
the
New York City
Corporation Counsel.
2 0 0 2
Martin Aguilar
is
sales manager
for the Audiovisual Department
at the Four Seasons Hotel in New
York Cily.
I
SPC Gary Albaugh,
USA, has been awarded two Army
Commendation Medals
(ARCOM)
for
service during Operation Iraqi
Freedom II. TheARCOM isawarded
LO
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capacity with the Army after
Dec.
6,
1941,
distinguish
themselves
by
heroism,
meritorious achieve-
ment,
or
meritorious
service. Gary
remainsonactivedutywith the U.S.
Army after returning from Opera-
tion Iraqi Freedom
ll
in January
2005. He
planned to
deploy to Iraq
for
Operation
lraqi
Freedom
Ill/IV
in
October
2005
for a second tour
lasting until
November 2006.
I
ln
March
2005
Benjamin
Brenkert
was accepted into
the
New York
Province of the Society of
Jesus
fall
novitiate class. After a
period
of
discernment, Ben decided
to
apply
LO
the
Jesuits
to
become a Catholic
priest. Ben
earned a
master's
in
humanities with
distinction from
Hofstra
University and was work-
ing
on
a
master's
in
social work at
CUNY's
Hunter
College School of
Social
Work.
I
Timothy
Cullen
attended
U.S.
Army
Infantry
Officer Candidate School
in
Fon
Benning, Ga.
I
Kevin
Gorey
is
a
sportswriter and photographer
for
the
North County
News in
Westchester County. N
.Y.
The
New
York
Press
Association voted
the
paper as
having
the Best Weekly
Sports Section
in 2003 and
2004.
I
Liz
Hammond
graduated from
Trinity College with
an
MBA
in
July
Lindsay
Dufresne
'03
com-
pleted
the Kona Marathon
in Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii,
in
June. She
raised
$S,000 to
participate in
the race,
a
fund raiser for the American
Stroke Association.
Taking Marist 1:o the Top
David
Skrodanes '83 ancl
his
son, Owen, both happened to be wear-
ing Marist sweatshirts the
day
they went to the top of Mt.
Evans
outside Denver, Colo., in August while on vacation. A good
thing
too,
because the
tempmature was 40
degrees
on the mountain,
14,262
feet above sea level.
2005. She
is the
business
ma
nag er at
Cesar Chavez
Pub
I
ic
Cha
ner
School
for
Public Policy in
Washington,
D.C.
I
Kristin LaBarbera.
gradu-
ated from Adelphi University with
a master's
in literacy
education.
Kristin is ABA
lead
teac;her at
TheraCare, an agency that provides
home-based services for children
with autism.
I
David
Lavallee
has
taught fifth grade at Voluntown
(Conn.) Elementary School
fi:>rthree
years. He
is pursuing
a
master's
in
environmental education full
time through
a
joint program
offered by Lesley University and
the Audubon Society.
He
was to
travel on
a
bus with
his pro,fessors
and fellow students, backpacking.
camping.and conducting field work
along
the
travel route. The
Pacific
Non
hwest
was his expected region
of study for the
fall
2005 semester.
I
Julia Rodriguez
enjoys working
as a school
psychologist
in
the
Wappingers (NY.) Central School
District.
I
Cynthia
Rowley
was
the
first
woman
across the
finish
line
in
the 2005
Maggie Fischer
Me:morial
Cross
Bay
Swim.
The
event entails
a rigorous swim of 6.2 miles across
theGreatSouth
Bay from
Fire Island
to
Bay Shore, NY.
A
swimmer
in
high school and at Marist, Cy·nthia's
time was
the
13th
fastest
of the 48
swimmers
participating. Proceeds
from
the
swim benefited the
Hospice
Care Network Children's
Bereavement Program. Cyrnthia
is
the daughter
of
William
Rowley
'69. The
kayaker
accompanying
her
was Bridget Burke,
the daug;hter
of
Brendan Burke
'68.
IJohn
Sarubbi
attended
the Parsons
School of
Design in New York City
to
earn
an associate's degree in graphic
design.
He is
a graphic designer at
Jean
Philippe Fragrances
in
New
York.
N .Y.
I
Mary Beth Tiedemann
Bates
is
pursuing a
Master
of Ans
in liberal
studies at Stony Brook
University. She teaches Spanish
at
Hauppauge
Union
Free
School
District
in Hauppauge,
NY.
2 0 0 3
Danielle
Ambrosio
is
a
special
education
teacher
at Sachem Non
h
High
School in Lake
Ronkonkoma,
N.Y.
I
Robbie Bland
is a sales
representative
for Organon
Phar-
maceuticals in Roseland. NJ
I
Ronald
Coons,
Jr.,
was cast as an
extra in Stephen Spielberg's
War of
the Worlds. Ron
says his experience
was a "communication degree
student's dream!"
I
Heta Desai
has
passed all four
parts
of the CPA
exam.
Heta
isan auditor at Ernst &
Young
in
Stamford, Conn.
I
Mary
Doyle
will complete a
master's
in
education
in
May
2006.
She is
a
member
of Dowling College's
Phi Delta
Kappa,
an
international
association for
professional educa-
tors.
I
Michael Drechsel
teaches
third
grade at Clinton
Elementary
School in Maplewood,
NJ.
I
Lindsay
Dufresne
completed the
Kona
Marathon
in Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii,
on
June
19,
2005.
She
raised
$5,000
LO
participate
in
the
race,
a fund raiser for the American
Stroke Association.
I
Heather
]mi:li·IZ:
The flag denotes classes
that
will celebrate reunions in 2005
NEW
ARRIVALS
Jessica Cramer
and
Daryl Richard,
a son, Colin
Peter,
May
14,
2004
Kimberly
Showers
and
Marc Tracey,
a daughter,
Lauren
Grace,
Aug.
19, 2004
Tara Sullivan
and
Patrick
Fitzpatrick,
a son, Michael
Joseph,
June
29,
2004
1998
Nancy Comparetto
and
Sebastian
Amato,
a daughter,
Nina
Maria,
Dec.
30, 2003
Marisa Domanico
and Warren
Graves.
a
daughter,
Emma
Catherine,
September
2004
Joanna Forese
and David
Rewkowski,
a
daughter,
Emily
Grace,
June
12, 2004
Jessica Gonzalez
and
Jason Brochu
'96,
a
daughter,
Emily
Claire,
April
22, 2003
Denise
and
Thomas Hannon,
a
daughter,
Reilly,
Sept.
3, 2004
Danielle
and
Daniel Henn,
a
son,
Liam
Vincent,
Sept.
14, 2004
Rebecca
and
Robert Hoey,
a son,
Robert
Patrick,
Oct.
4, 2004
Danielle
and
Patrick Holton,
a
daughter,
Catherine
Mary,
April
25, 2005
Laura Scanga
and Josh Hammond,
a son,
Stefano
Nicholas,
Nov.
2, 2004
Jaime Wallace
and Greg
Ochojski,
a
son,
Tyler
Joseph,
Dec.
17,
2003
1999
Missie Backes
and
Larry
Dunn,
a
daughter,
Alexis
Olivia,
Dec.
20, 2004
Veronica Finch
and
Derek
Edwards,
a son, Blaise
Alexander,
March
23, 2004
Jody Mirto
and Mendy
Clouse,
twin daughters,
Sylvia
Eve
and Mya
Jane,
July
18,
2005
Ursula
Modzelewski
and Eric
Sward,
a son, Nicholas
Eric,
Aug.
31, 2004
Emily Snayd
and
Ben Scurto,
a
daughter,
Sadie
Kathryn,
June
19, 2004
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2006
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
2000
Carolyn Gonzalez
and Aaron Peck,
a son, Matthew
Gregory,
May 13, 2005
Catherine Harrison
and
Paul
Hoffman,
a
son, William Robert,
Nov. 30,
2004
2001
Cheryl Chaffin
and
Brian Nethercott
'04MBA,
a son,
Tyler
James,
Sept. 7, 2005
2003
Jessica Maguire
'03MPA
and
Alan Tomidy
'98,
a
daughter,
Avelin Maguire,
Sept. 1, 2005
2004
Jean Carrick
and
Michael Carrick,
a
daughter,
Jenna,
Feb.
7, 2004
2005
Brannon Harrison
and
Nick
Conza,
a son, Riley
Ewan,
May 20, 2003,
and a son, Elliot Sean,
Dec
2 2, 2004
Amy and
Michael
Zupetz '0SMBA,
a son, Colby,
Nov. 28, 2004
Keep Us Up to Date
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receive
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and information
from
the Alumni
Relations
office, be
sure to keep
Marist posted concerning
your
snail
mail
and
email
addresses.
It's never
been
easier:
1.
Go to www.marist.edu/alumni
2.
Click
on "Online Updates"
3.
Enter your
information in
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4.
Click on "Submit."
That's
it!
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MARJST
MAGAZINE
President
Dennis
J.
Murray (back row, far right) presented members of the Class of 1955 with engraved
Marist watches to mark the 50th anniversary of their
commencement.
The class members were, left to right
(back
row): Thomas Murphy, Gerard Cox, Bro. Gregory Delanoy, FMS, Michael Kelly,
(front
row) Bro. Luke
Reddington, FMS, Frank McNiff,
John
Redmond, and John Nolan.
Harmon
is
finishing a master's
thesis in
environmental science
at
Towson University in
Maryland.
I
John Letteney
'03MPA is
the chief
of
police
of
the town
of Southern
Pines in
North Carolina.
I
Maureen
Magarity
is
an assist,ant
women's
basketball
coach
at
Fairfield
Uni-
versity.
Maureen previously was
an
assistant
coach
at
Marist.
I
Lauren Malleo
is a middle school
health
teacher with
the Hamden
(Conn.)
Public
School
District.
She received a master's
in
school
health
from Southern Connecticut
State
University in
August 2005.
I
Lisa
Russo
has
been
working with
Pentland
Brands sine,: April 2005
as a customer service and
logistics
coordinator
for
various brands such
as
Lacoste,
Ellesse, and Ted Baker.
2 0 0 4
Sean
Barnes
chaired a Wounded
Warriors event for the Adaptive
Sports Foundation
in July 2005
at Rockaway, N.Y. At
the
event,
veterans of
the lraq
V✓ar
who
had
lost
limbs
had
the opportunity
to
water ski. Sean will
take part in a
similar event Feb. 5 at Windham
Mountain
in
Windham, N.Y.,
where injured soldiers will snow
ski. Sean works at Massey
Knackel
Real
Estate.
I
Audra Barton
'04MBA was
promoted to
executive
,·ice president
and CFO by
the
Poughkeepsie
Area Chamber of
Commerce. She
joined
the chamber
in 2000 as a
financial
administra-
tor, became
the vice
president
of
finance a year
later, and
became
vice president
in 2003.1
Stephanie
Calvano
is finishing a
master's in
management
of sports
industries
at
the
University of New
Haven.
I
Kimberly Cuccia
isa
coordinator
in
the Disney Planning
Center of Walt
Disney
World in
Lake Buena
Vista,
Fla.
I
Amanda DesRosiers
writes
that her
fashion
merchandising
degree adequately prepared
her
for
her
position as a merchandising
assistant in
men's
accessories at
Polo Ralph Lauren.
I
Bobbi
Sue
Gibbons
is pursuing a master's at
Illinois
State University where she
is
a graduate assistant who
teaches
public speaking.
I
Andrew Grant
is
pursuingan MBA
from Iona
College
and
working as
a systems analyst at
Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals.
I
Kathleen
Hyde
received
her first
promotion
as
a
certified
medical
claims
examiner, level one,
within
her
first
six
months at
Geico.
lJanielle
Mahan
produced the documentary
"Taking
Back
the
Hudson:
A
Fight
For Our Stolen
Future." Joining
Janielle in the
endeavor
were 2005
graduates
Kate Daymon
and
Alex
Bea.
The film
looks
through
the
eyes of
local high
school students
at
the
controversy in
Janielle's
hometown, Hudson Falls,
N.Y
..
and the
neighboring
town of
Fort
Edward
over
plans
to
dredge
the
toxin PCB from
the
Hudson River.
I
Shannon Mannese
is
a
junior
accountant
in
the Audit
Depart-
ment of Vanacore,
DeBenedictus,
DiGiovanni,
&:
Weddell, CPAs and
business development consultants.
The firm
has offices
in Poughkeepsie
and Newburgh. N.Y.
IJacob
Morri-
son isa programmer/analyst
fort he
Dutchess
County government and




































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pursuing a master's
in
social work
at Fordham University's Graduate
School of Social Service.
I
John
Cor-
rigan
won the
Hudson
Valley Credit
Union's
research
paper competition.
The credit
union
presented him with
a $1,000 cash award
for his
paper,
"Growth Opportunities for Credit
Unions in the Hudson Valley."
The
institution
created
the
comest
to
encourage students to
learn
about
the
financial
services industry
in the
valley.
I
Linda
Crane is
pursuing
a master's in
survey
research
at
the
University
of
Connecticut.
I
Danielle D'Annibale
is
pursuing a
master's
in public
policy
and
inter-
national affairsat William Paterson
Universit)'· She was
awarded
a
full
scholarship
through
a graduate
assistantship.
I
Caitlin !Donahue
entered
Thomas
M. Co,oley
Law
School
in
Lansing,
Mich., in fall
2005.
I
Jessica Donnelly
is
an
account
executive at
the public
www.marist.edu/alumni/email4life
relations firm
Kwiuken
& Co.
LLC
in New
York
ing a forensic science/criminal
justice
field
study in Washington,
D.C. She also has earned a New
York State Family
Development
Credential from Cornell
University.
I
Lesley
Henderson
is
studying
at the
Michael Howard Acting
Conservatory
in New York City.
I
Asset Inventories
has
hired
Michael
Hendricks
in
one of
its
IT desktop
support
positions at
the
French bank
Societe Generate.
Asset Inventories
supports
the
bank's
offices in New
York, which
have more than 2,000
employees.
Mike
joins a
team of
eight,
four
of
whom are
Marist alumni.
I
Gail
Hornbeck
is
pursuing a
master's in
social work at Fordham University.
I
Lesley
Jaycox
began
a Marist
online graduate
degree program
in
August
2005.
I
Kevin McCall
is employed
by Bollinger Insurance
in Shon
Hills,
NJ., and is coaching
Pop
Warner
football.
I
Andrew
Magda
is
pursuing a
master's in
survey
research
at
the
University of
Connecticut.
I
Robert Poh Iman
isa
derivative
specialist with Citigroup
in
New York City.
I
Jeffrey
Sim-
kulak
completed the Connecticut
Police Academy program
in
October
2005.
He
is a
police
officer
in
the
Town
of Colchester.
a
lieutenant in
the Verplanck Fire
Department.
I
Sophia Sarantakos
is pursuinga master's in
social
work
at
the University
of
Houston.
She
was
10
attend
Tulane University
in New Orleans this
past fall but
will complete
her
first graduate
school semester at UH and return
to
New Orleans
in
the spring.
I
Jessica Fitzgerald
Schaefer
is a
pharmaceutical
representative with
First
Horizon Pharmaceuticals. Her
husband,
Erich
Schaefer
'01,
is
a
New
York
state
trooper.
I
Lorraine
Spitzfaden has been
promoted to
banking officer
at M&T
Bank
in
Fishkill, N.Y
2 0 0 5
Francesca Algeri
isauendinggrad-
uate school at C.W. Post University
on
Long Island.
I
Daniel
Ancona
is pursuing an MPA at
Marist.
I
Mark
Bendel
is
pursuing an
J\
1
!PA
at
Marist. He works full
time as a
firefighter
and EMT
fort he
Fair\'iew
Fire District
in Poughkeepsie
and is
thinking
of starting
his
own
busi-
ness.
I
Laurie Gockel Burnett
is
City.
I
Blair
Fahey
is
in
graduate school at CUNY's
John
Jay
College of Criminal Justice.
I
Lauren
Gai
embarked on.a
50-state
road trip
that is
expected
to take
four months.
I
Jennifer
Greene
has received a certificate
from
Mississippi Universit}' for complet-
The 2005 Alumni Lega1cy
Scholarship
has been awarded to Angelica
Butler
'09
(second
from right), shown
with (left to right)
Jim Daly
'72,
president of the Mari st Alumni Association;
Amy (Coppola) Woods
'97, executive director of alumni relations; and James
Butler, Jr., '98,
Angelica's
father.
The
scholarship
is given to a son or daughter of a
Marist graduate who has shown outstanding academic and leader-
ship qualities throughout high school. The annual award is offered
to an incoming
freshman or transfer student. A committee of several
members of
the
Alum1ni
Association
Executive
Board, an admissions
counselor,
and
the
e):ecutive director of alumni relations reviews
applications
and selects
the recipient.
IN
MEMORIAM
Alumni
Patrick
C.
Donaghy
'54
Leo
R. Forrest
'55
Rev.
Msgr.
William
J. Sears
'56
Donald
P. Schmidt
'57
James
Edward
Daley
'65
Thomas
M. Burns
'68
Bro.
Denis
M.
Hever,
FMS,
'68
Frederick
J.
Goodwin
'69
Bro. James
Redunski,
FMS,
'69
Joseph
J. Napolitano
'70
Andrew
W.
Nurczynski
'70
Bro. Francis
L.
Zaglauer,
FMS,
'70
Arthur K. Zimmermann
'70
Kelly
Gomas
'71
John
E. Hesko
'71
Alphonse
Ambrosia
'72
Frederick
J.
DiMarco
'72
Deidre
Knauert
Harris
'74
Donald
R. Mcfarlin '74
Katherine
J.
D. Moore
'74
Martin
C.
Prinner
'75
George
J.
Schweikart
'76
Michael
M. Keegan
'77
Elizabeth
Kessler
'78
George
W.
Mulvey
'78
Lt.
Col. Charles
J.
Madero
'79
Charles
Spratt
'79
Gertrude
E.
Burns
'82
A.
Lateef
Islam
'84
Charles
F.
Downey
'85
Bruce
Charles
Cunningham
'86
Laurie
Hauck
Hadad
'88
Sharon
Baskerville
Kies
'94
Marnie
Elizabeth
McGinnis
'95
Patricia
M. Delise
'96
Salvatore
Zabatino
'04
Coleman
Gordon
Hagadorn
'05
Robert
E.
Monroe
'OS
Friends
Agnes
C.
Bitonti
Gertrude
Cannon
Arthur
Louis
Fried
Martin A. Kurkhill
Helen
B. Ormsby
Rupert
Tarver
Faculty/Staff
Joseph
Aulino
Glenda
R. Ezzell
Rev.
Emile
R. Guilmette,
SM
Former Trustee
Dr. John
J.
McMullen
Students
Jill M.
Carboni
'06
Linda
Caprara
Rabadi
'06
Caitlin
A. Boyle
'08
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NT
ER 2 0 0 6
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SCRAP
Homecoming
'05
Graduates
of
tlte
Information
Systems
and Software
Development master's programs
returned
for
a
receptim,
highlighted
by homemade
fare
brought by the
guests.
32
MARlST
MAGAZINE
Below:
Former
members
of
the Student
Government
Association got together
in
the
SCA
office
in
the
Student
Center.
,e
u
or
a
allace Visitor
n/ilin
D. Roosevelt
11.
Left:
Ceili
Rain
was
the
opening
act for
a
show
in
the
McCann
Center.
Below:
Fonner
members
of
the
Marist College
Council
0,1
Theatre
Arts gathered on
a
stage set
i
11
the
Nelly
Coletti Theatre.











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to our region
publishing essays, poems, photographs,
paintings, documents, and book and art
reviews, ready to consider all forms of
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rm of
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Va
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National Heritage Area, the Hudson River
Valley
Institute
at Marist College
is
increasing public
awareness
about the significance of America's
First
River
in the history of New
York
and the
United States.
Its
mission is to
study
and to
promote the Hudson River Valley.
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