Two members of Marist's Class of 2004, Damian Bednarz (left) and Timothy
Nolan,
are among 1,00 of America's top college and university students who in the coming
year will undert ke graduate study, advanced research, and teaching in more than
140
countries wrldwide
as
Fulbright
Scholars.
Damian, of Fair Lawn, N.J, majored in political science and will
tra ,el to Warsaw, Poland, in August to begin research on
"Coalition-
Building in Post-Communist Poland: The SLD and Beyond." Damian
is luent in Polish and German. Tim, of Waterbury, Conn., majored in
SPAIN
information technology and Spanish and has been awarded a teaching
POLAND
assistantship to Spain, where he will focus on teaching English as a
seo nd
language
using technology. Tim is fluent in Spanish.
While at Marist, Damian participated in the Hansard Scholars
Pre gram at the London School of Economics and Tim studied at
the Complutence University in Madrid. The new Fulbright Scholars
are shown in t e Student Center rotunda, in front of the American flag and flags
representing c
ntries where Marist students have studied abroad.
The prestigious Fulbright program has been sponsored by the U.S. Department
of State since 1946.



































MARIST
CONTENTS/Spring
2004
FEATURES
8
Building Project
Greystone
An
award from
the
IBM
Corporation
to Marist
has launched Project
Greystone,
a pilot program
that benefits the college, IBM and
schools
in
the
City
of
Poughkeepsie while
giving
Marist
students an opportunity to develop
and
test
products and
systems
for managing
the
digital
assets of the future.
II
Seniors Shine
in
Silver Needle Fashion Show
Twenty-six seniors
created
dazzling
collections
of sportswear,
eveningwear, swimwear
and more
for the Marist Fashion Program's
18th annual
extravaganza.
12
Spring
Break:
Beyond the Beach
Volunteering, not vacationing, was on
the
minds
of some caring Marist students who traveled
to
communities
in
Florida and Paraguay where
their
skills
and hard work
helped
make a difference.
Marist
Magazine
is published
by
the Office of
College Advancement
at
Marist College for alumni,
friends,
faculty and
staff of Marist College
Editor: Leslie
Bates
Vice
President
for College Advancement:
Shaileen Kopec
Art Director:
Richard Deon
Alumni News Coordinator:
Jo-Ann
Wohlfahrt
Contributing
Writers:
Tim
Massie.Jeffrey Dahncke
'01,
Kelly McCarthy,
Alex Crevar, SharonJ.
Horan,
Kerry McQuade
Contributing Photographers:
Matthew
Gillis, Victor Van Carpels,
Carlisle Stockton, Michael Nelson, Carly Calhoun
Circulation Director:
Marilyn Brandl
Marist
College
3399 North
Rd., Poughkeepsie,
NY 12601-1387
www.marist.edu
editor@marist.edu
Cover photos
by Michael
Nelson
HLoring Marist's Heritage
Page 20
Beyond the Beach
Page 12
14
Women
Reach
NCAA
Picked preseason to
finish
only seventh,
the
women's
basketball team
earned
its first Metro
Atlantic Athletic
Conference
Regular Season
and Tournament
Championships
and
first
appearance
in
the
2004
NCAA
Tournament.
17
A
Fond
Remembrance
of
Two
Giants
Who Shaped Marist College
The Marist community remembers the legacies
of
John]. Gartland,Jr. and Br. Paul Ambrose
Fontaine, FMS,
two men who were
exceptionally
committed
to the college's ideals and selflessly
devoted their time and unique talents to making
Marist a distinctive liberal arts institution.
20
Honoring Marist's Heritage
On a picture-perfect autumn
weekend,
the dedication
of
the
Foy
Town Houses
celebrated
the
extraordinary contributions of
Marist President Emeritus Linus Richard Foy
'50 to Marist
College.
Marist President Dennis
Murray also paid tribute
to
a
special group of
Marist faculty who have
served
the
college
for
at least a quarter-century.
Alumni
Profile: Ian
O'Connor
'86
The
award-winning
USA Today
columnist
is
one
of
the nation's
distinctive voices
in
sports journalism.
DEPARTMENTS
2
Marist Drive
What's happeni11g
on
campus
1P1nuN•
28
Alumni News
News
about Marist
graduates
48
In Closing
President Dennis]. Murray goes to bat
to promote Marist.






























:MARIST
DR
I
NEWS
NOTES
FROM
THE
CAMPUS
C1wir of Marist's Board of Trustees since
1994,
Robert Dyson
(above,
left, with
President Dennis Murray) has been actively
involved in the development of a number
of
major building projects that have
significantly
advanced
academic
pursuits at the
college.
Dyson Foundation
Makes $3 Million Gift for
Addition to Dyson Center
'W"he
Dyson Foundation has announced
I
a $3 million gift to Marist to support a
much-needed addition to the Margaret M.
and Charles H. Dyson Center.
Rob Dyson, chairman of Marist's Board
of Trustees and director and president of the
Dyson Foundation, announced
the
gift at a
board meeting Feb. 7. Mr. Dyson indicated
the gift was to help address the space needs
that have been created by the growth of the
School of Graduate and Continuing Educa-
tion and the need to create additional space
for the successful programs in both the
AACSB-accredited
School of Management
and the School of Social and Behavioral
Sciences.
"Rob Dyson has been a
tremendous
supporter and friend of Marist College for
nearly three decades," says President Den-
nis
J.
Murray. "Our
thanks
go to Rob and
the trustees of the Dyson Foundation for
this very generous gift, which will further
enhance the academic space enjoyed by our
students and faculty."
Mr. Dyson joined the Marist board in
1975 and has served as its chairman since
1994. The Dyson Center was built
in
1990
and dedicated
in
honorofhis parents, Charles
and Margaret Dyson.
2
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Marist
'To
Launch Master's in Communication;
Online
!Program
To Start in Fall 2004
'W"he
School of Communication and the
I
Arts at Marist is launching a master of
arts program in organizational communica-
tion
and
le:adership
in fall 2004 pending
approval from the New York State Education
Department.
Course.s forthe new MA will begin in fall
2004 for part-time students ina 100 percent
on line formtal.
Courses will be taken one at a
time and require just eight weeks to complete.
Part-time students will finish the degree in
in preparation for doctoral work or profes-
sional credentials." The curriculum focuses
on organizational communication, which is
the study of how communication functions
in companies and organizations.
The School of Communication and the
Ans has created the program to be applicable
to a wide variety of
industry
professionals
ranging from those
involved
in
public relations
management and human
resources
to those
with interests
in
independent consulting,
two years includ-
ing two s1ummers.
The format. mirrors
that ofMari.st's other
successful. online
schoololMARIST
commvnicotion
&theorts
coaching and the like.
A thesis/non-thesis
option serves both
those
looking
to move
forward with a PhD
programs i.n management and computer
science. In 2005-2006 Marist will
launch
a
full-time program in which students can fin-
ish the 30-c:redit degree in one year through
a mix of in--person and online courses.
"Commtunication has long been one of
the college'·s most popular undergraduate
majors," sa)/S Dr. Guy
Lomeui, dean
of the
School of Communication and the Ans.
"The
degree will be a natural
fit
for many Marist
graduates, as well as
those
from outside the
campuscommunityseekingadvancedstudy
An lnsh~er's Tour of Rome
program following graduation and those
receiving their master's degree as a
profes-
sional credential.
The Marist MA in organizational com-
munication and leadership
is
the only degree
of its
kind
offered
in
this region of New York
with the
Oexibility
of a
100
percent online
program. Applications are now being ac-
cepted for fall 2004. For
more information
visit the Office of GraduateAdmissionsonline
at www.marist.edu/graduate or call toll-free
888-877-7900.
Tim Massie, Marist's cl1ief Public Affairs officer, led
32
Mari st students on a trip to Rome as part
of a class,
".Religious
Experience in Rome," during Spring Break March 13 to
21.
Tim, who lived
at the Nortih American College in Vatican City from
1985
to
1987
and studied theology at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome,
gave
the students an insider's view of the Eternal City
that includi:d a tour of excavations under St. Peter's Basilica
(below)
and an hour-long private
visit to the Sistine Cliapel.





















NSF Awards Marist $500,000 Grant
for Grid Computing
The
National Science Foundation awarded Marist a
three-year,
I
$500,000 grant
this past
fall
to
support a collaborativ,e
grid for
advanced
Internet
and research applications.
Other
institutions receiving funding
through NSF's Strategic
Technologies for
the
Internet program include some very impressive
company: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegi,e
Mellon,
Johns
Hopkins
and
the
University of Southern California.
Grid computing
is
a form of distributed computing tha1t
involves
coordinating and sharing computing, application, data, storage and/or
network resources
among geographically
dispersed
organizations.
Under
the
NSF grant, Marist is working with
researchers, faculty
and technical and engineering staff at
Lehigh
University,
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, the
State University of New York at Geneseo
and
IBM's Watson Research
Center to develop and deploy a testbed
grid-computing infrastructure. Marist
is
the
lead
institution on the
project.
First Lady Recognizes
Hudson Valley
Preservation Efforts
F:
rst Lady
Laura Bush
has
presented Putnam
County, N
.Y.,
Legislator Vincent Ta
magna
with a certificate of
recognition for
preserva-
tion efforts
taking place in the Hudson River
Valley.
Mr.
Tamagna works with
Marist's Hud-
son
River
Valley Institute (HRVI)
in his
role
as "Hudson River Navigator,"
an appointment
made through the federal
American
Heritage
Rivers initiative.
Mrs.
Bush
made
the
presentation
in the
East
Room
of
the
White
House Jan.
15
to
Mr. Tamagna and Dr.
James Johnson, HRVI
executive director. The
Hudson River
Valley
Institute is
the academic arm of
the
Hudson
River
Valley National Heritage Area.
Marisl's Linux Research and Development Center is used to test the
grid infrastructure and applications deployecl in the college's recent
$500,000 National Science Foundation grant. Above (left Lo right),
Ross
Mauri, general manager, e-business
011
demand for the IBM Corp.,
state Sen. Steve Saland and Maris/ President Dennis Murray visit the
center. Sen. Salancl was instrumental in establishing tire ce11ter,fu11ded
by gra11ts from
New
York State.
Marist Music at the Bardavon
Crowds packed the historic Bardavon
1869
Opera
House in downtown Poughkeepsie for the Marist
Music Department's annual spring concert April
4. Following pieces by the Chamber Singers and
Singers, the Symphonic Band, conducted by Direc-
tor of Music Arthur
B.
Himmelberger, performed
with several special guests including (at left) world-
renowned alto saxophone soloist Lynn Klocli. Tl1e
college l1as a vibrant music program with more
than 250 students participating in a variety of
choral or instrumental activities througlwut the
year. Student performance opportunities include
several chamber ensembles, the band, a string or-
chestra, several choirs, a jazz ensemble and men's
and women's a cappella groups. Marist also has an
active performingfaculty.
The First Lady oversees Preserve America,
a
White House
initiative recognizing and
designating
communities across
the nation
that
protect and celebrate their
heritage.
Mrs. Bush announced
that
Putnam County
was one of the
first
eight Preserve America
communities.
First
Lady
Laura Bush, who oversees the White House initiative Preserve America, presents
Putnam County Legislator Vincent Tamagna
(center) and
Hudson River Valley Institute Execu-
tive Direct,or James Johnson a certificate of recog11ition for preservation efforts taking place
in tire Hud:;on River Valley.
$PRING
2004
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Marist Appoints Dr. Andres Fortino
Dean of School of Management
D
r.
Andres Fortino
has been named
dean
of the School of
Management
at
Marist
College.
master':sdegrees
in electrical
engineering from
the
City
College of New York and
received his PhD in
electrical
engineering from the City
University of New York.
Dr.
Fortino
has
lectured
extensively on technology
worldwide and
has led
more
than lH0 high
technology
seminars for Learning Tree
International, a company
specializing in worldwide
hands-on
training for
man-
the past 30 years. Hisschol-
arsh ip also
has
focused
on
information
systems
development, intellectual
property management
and
data networks.
His
teaching
has
centered on competency
building, developingglobal
awareness, the use of
drama
LO
teach management and
alternative educational
technologies
in
manage-
ment
education.
To
lead the
AACSB-accredited School
of
Management
as chief academic and fiscal
officer,
Marist
sought an entrepreneurial
individual
with
leadership
and vision to ad-
vance
distinctive
programs and expand new
relationships
with academic and corporate
constituents. Dr. Fortino brings to Marist
a
rich background
in education
both
in
the
academic environment and
in industry.
Most recently he served as associate
dean
for academic development at George Mason
University's School of Management.
As an administrator and professor, Dr.
agement and technology
Dr. Andres
Fortino is
dean of the
professionals. He has also
School of Mana ement.
The School of Manage-
ment
offers undergraduate
degrees in accounting, busi-
ness and economics and
Fortino pioneered a
number
of innovative
programs
including
a
master's in biosci-
ence management, a
master's in technology
management, and an MBA for Northrop
Grumman executives.
He
also helped shape
GMU'sglobal
experience program
in
which all
graduate students are required
to participate
in
an international experience
to develop
global awareness.
He holds
bachelor's and
served as the
CIO
and vice
preside1nt
for finance of a
nonprofit
organi-
zation. He
also worked for the
IBM
Corp. in
its advanced technology division, where he
received
IBM's
first
invention
level award for
his work in semiconductor
research.
The
author of seven books,
Dr.
Fortino
has
practiced
the
application of
information
technok>gy
to
solving
business
problems for
Marist Names Matt Brady Head Men's Basketball Coach
Brady comes to Marist after helping
lead Saint JoSEiph's
to Elite Eight
M
arist College
has
selected Matt Brady
its
fifth
Division I
head men's basket-
ball coach.
"I
am happy
LO
welcome Matt
to the
Mari st
College family,"
said
Directorof Athletics Tim
Murray at a press
conference
April 27
on the Poughkeepsie
campus.
"I am
excited
to
have a coach of his
talent
and background
join
our staff and I
look forward
LO
Matt's leadership as
we continue
LO
build our basketball
tradition."
Tim Murray said Marist
and Matt Brady had agreed
to
a four-
year contract that runs through
the
2007-08 season.
Brady said.
"I
and my family are thrilled at
being given
thisopportunityand I
am looking
forward to the challenge of trying to elevate
Marist College
basketball
back to the top of
the conference."
graduate degrees
in business
administration
and
publicadministration.
The MBA
and MPA
are offered
in
both on-campus and on
line for-
mats. AACSB
International,
the Association
to
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business,
has accredited the college's undergraduate
and graduate business
programs.
as a
leader,
coach, teacher and mentor and
we all welcome him to the Marist family. As a
community we expect great
things
from
him
and the program."
No stranger
to
Northeast basketball, he
has served as an assistant coach fort
he
past 17 seasons. He began his coach-
ing career in 1987 as a member of
Tom Penders' staff at
the
University of
Rhode Island. HemadehisfirstNCAA
appearance at URI, helping the
Rams
to a Sweet Sixteen berth
in
1988. After
two seasons with
the
Rams,
he moved
on
to
Wagner College,
where he served
as the
top
assistant
to
Tim Capstraw
for four seasons before accepting
his
first position at Saint Joseph's.
Matt Brady was a standout player
during his college days, enjoying a
successful
four-year
career at Siena
College
in Loudonville,
N
.Y.
He
gradu-
ated as the school's all-time leader
in assists, with 593, and
is
currently
second all-time in
that
category.
Coach Brady
came
to Marist after
an 11-year
stint
as an assistant coach
at Saint Joseph's University. During
his years there, the Hawks had four
NCAA Tournament appearances,
three
NIT berths, four Big 5 champi-
onships and three Atlantic 10 titles.
This past
season,
he aided
the
Hawks
in
putting
together
one of
the
most
successful campaigns
in program
his-
tory. SaintJoseph's went 27-0
during
the regular
season,
posted a program
record 30-2 overall record, earned a
No. 1 national
ranking,
earned a top
seed
in
the NCAA Tournament for
the first lime in school history and
advanced to the Elite Eight.
Marist College h<1s
named Matt Brady (above)
its
fifth
Division
I head men's bashetball coach.
He is a native of
Haddon Heights,
NJ., where he attended Paul VI
High
School
in
Haddon Township. A varsity
basketball player at
Paul
VI,
he
was
named
to
the
1980's
South
Jersey
All-Decade Team.
"I
am tremendously honored that Marist
has selected me as
the
next head coach," Matt
4
MARIST
MAGAZINE
"First
and foremost, Matt Brady will
maintain the
integrity of the Marist
men's
basketball
program,"
said President Dennis
Murray.
"Matt
impresses me with his abilities
Marist College is in its sev-
enth-year as a member of the 10-team,
Division
I
MetroAtlanticAthletic Conference
(MAAC).







































Marist Awards Prestigious McGowan !tcholarship
M
arybeth Kunsch
'05
of Cresskill, NJ.,
has
been
named a William G. McGowan
Scholar and Marist's
top business
student
for
the
2004-05 academic year. The
prestigious
and highly competitive scholarship from the
William
G.
McGowan
Charitable Fund will
provide an $18,000 tuition award
toward her
senior year as an accounting major.
Named
in
honorofWilliam G. McGowan,
a
pioneer
in the telecommunications
industry
and the founder and longtime chairman of
MCI Communications Corp., the William
G. McGowan Charitable Fund qualifies a
select number of colleges and universities
nationwide
to
participate in
its
McGowan
Scholars program. Colleges and universities
may apply only
if they
have business pro-
grams accredited
by
either the Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
International (AACSB)
or
the
Association of
Collegiate Business Schools and
Programs
(ACBSP). Scholarships are
then
awarded
through a competitive
process
on individual
campuses.
The McGowan Charitable
Fund
estab-
lished
the
McGowan Scholars program to
provide significant scholarship support to
the country's top students who are
pursuing
a business education. The
program
is based
on the experience of William G.
McGowan
during
his
college days. Though admiued
LO
Harvard
Business School to study for
an MBA
degree,
he
did
not
have
sufficient
Dr. Lee Miringoff
(right),
director of the Marist
Institute for Public Opinion,
and
Dr. Barbara
Carvalho, director of the Marist
Poll,
in
New
Hampshire provide analysis
on
the
presiden-
tial
primary to a wide range
of
media including
NBC
News.
funds
to complete his studies.
However,
he
won Harvard's
Baker
Scholars award, which
provided the funds necessary
for
him
toea1rn
his degree and
launch
a successful business
career.
~
~
§
i
A committee of School
of
Management
faculty
mem-
bers selected
Marybeth
from
a slate of
business
students
nominated by
management
faculty. The committee re-
viewed
nominees'
academic
records,
lea,dership qualities,
character and commitment
to
helping
others. The com-
mittee
als,o considered a
1,000-word essay required
t
Marybeth Kunsch
'05 (second
from left)
stands
outside the Mar-
garet
M.
and Charles
H.
Dyson Center
on
the Marist
campus
with members of the William
G.
McGowan Scl1olars
selection
committee,
(left to right) Professor
Caroline
Rider,
Committee
Chair
Dr.
Robert
Walsl1
and Dr.
Margaret Gagne.
from
each nominee on
the
contributions of
William G.
McGowan to today's
business
world
in
geineral and
to
the
telecommunica-
tions field i1n particular.
"He was a
man
of
infinite
vision, deter-
mi nation
and self-confidence
who forged new
frontiers
in
business
and personal telecom-
munications," Marybeth wrote in her essay.
"His
vision resulted
in
breaking up the
mo-
nopoly in
tlhe telecommunications
industry
and bringing
lower-cost
long-distance
service
tom
ill
ions
of American businesses and
house-
holds.
Without William G. McGowan, the
business
world, especially telecommunica-
tions, would
be
a vastly
different
place."
In
addition to maintaining a GPA of3.87
in
her major, Marybeth
has been
treasurer
of
the jun
iorclass,
treasurerofBetaAlpha Phi, an
accounting honor society, and vice president
of Beta Gamma Sigma, the
honor
society for
AACSB-accredited
business programs.
She
also has
been
involved
in
community service
organizations on campus including Campus
Ministry and Circle
K.
She will
intern
with
KPMG in
Stamford, Conn.,
this
summer.
Marybeth says
it
an honor
to
receive a
scholarship named for William G. McGowan.
"It's
something
l'm
really proud of."
Marist
oll Nationally Cited for Primary Results
The
Manst Institute for Public Opinion
I
has be n recognized by a national in-
dependent esearch group for the accuracy
of its polls.
MIPO
ind
Marist students caught the
attention o the national political and media
communiti is
fort he accurate and informative
Marist Pol~l•j
on
the
Democratic presidential
primaries
ileld
earher
this year. ot only did
Marist Final
the Mans Poll ana-
Pre-Primary
Tracking
lyze
what
unauered
to
38
%
Kerry
.
26% Dean
voters on the 1s_sues
12
%
Clark
and
in
the candidate
13% Edwards
preferenc s, but its
9% Liebennan
horse-rac
numbers
2% Other
were excep
ionally
pre-
cise. Of spe
rial
note was the poll'saccuracym
predicting e results of the New Hampshire
primary.
According to the Pew Research Center for
the People d the Press in Washington, D.C.,
of the sevej~ different polling organizations
reporting
L~leir
final estimates-KRC/Boston
Globe!WB, ,
Suffolk Unh·ersity/WHDH,
Zogby/MS BC/Reuters, ARG, University of
New
Hamp
·hire/Fox/WMUR,
Gallup/CNN/
USA Today,imd
Marist-the UniversityofNew
Hampshire,
Gallup and the Marist College
surveys
were among the most accurate.
"The
Marist College survey, in particular, predicted
the election outcome almost perfectly."
The 94 Marist students participating in
the
surveying
were led by Stephanie Cah-ano
'04,
Bridget Maroney
'04,
Linda Crane
'05,Jill
Carboni
'06
and Alicia Buhse '06.
Outcome
of
N.H. Primary
38% Kerry
26% Dean
12% Clark
12% Edwards
9% Lieberman
2% Other
National as well
as regional media car-
ried the Marist Poll
results.
ABC-TV's
Nighlline
featured the
results on its evening
program
Jan.
26. Re-
porters interviewing
MIPO Director Lee
Miringoff and Marist Poll Director Barbara
Carvalho included CNBCsjohnSeigenthaler,
Ernie Anastos of New York City's Channel 2
WCBS, Gabe Pressman and Jay DeDapper
of New York City's Channel 4 WNBC and
Dave Evans of Channel 7 WABC, as well as
reporters
from regional TV outlets in Albany
and Burlington,
Vt.
The Marist Poll's national surveys con-
tinue to monitor the presidential campaign,
the candidates and the issues.
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Effron Lecture in Jewish Studies: On1 Creating a Memorial
M
emorials are usually considered a way to
commemorate those who have been
lost.
Buta guest speaker al Marisl
spoke eloquently
on the
idea
that creating a memorial
is
itself
part
of the
remembering
process.
Dr. James E. Young spoke on
"Memory,
Countermemory, and the End of the
Monu-
ment after 9/11" in
the
Nelly Goletti
Theatre
in the 27th annual William and Sadie Effron
Lecture in Jewish Studies.
Dr. Young
has
been
on two commit-
tees
selecting
designs
for major
memorials:
Germany's national Holocaust
memorial
and
the World Trade Center Site Memorial.
He
is
chair of the Department of
Judaic
and Near
Eastern Studies at the University of Mas-
sachuseus-Amherst. His books include
At
Memory's Edge:
After-Images of the
Holocaust
in
Contemporary
ArtandArchitectureand
Tl1e
Texture
of
Memory,
winner of the National
Jewish Book Award in
1994.
The aud
ienceat
the lecture included Sadie
Effron
'7'9,
who with her late husband, Bill,
established the William and Sadie Effron
Lecture i.n
Jewish
Studies
in
1976 to
raise
awareness of
Jewish
history, culture and cur-
rent affairs at Marist and in
the
community.
The Effron family has been active in civic and
cultural affairs in the Poughkeepsie commu-
nity for
many
years. Many members of the
family were also present at
the lecture.
Dr. Joshua
Kotzin,
assistant
professor
of
English,
is
the new coordinator of
the
lec-
ture series. Dr. Milton Teichman of Marist's
English faculty coordinated the series for
26 years until
his
retirement from
teaching.
Previous
lecturers
have included Chaim
Po-
tok, Charles Silberman,
Irving
Howe, David
Wyman, Franklin Littell.Jane Gerber.Joseph
Telushkin and Susannah HescheL
Dr. James
E.
Young (fourth fro111
left)
gave
the
annual 'Nilliam and
Sadie
Effron Lecture in
Jewish
Studies. Sadie Effron '79 (fourthf
ro111
right)
and Ja111ily
members
(shown) were
among
the audience.
Mrs.
Effron
and her husband, Bill,
establ'ished the
lecture
sel'ies
in 1976. Dr.
Joshua Kotzin
(secondfro111
left)
coordinated the
lecture.
Sen. Hillary Clinton on
Campus for Poughkeepsie
Riverfront Forum
M
arist was the site of a forum
Feb.
9 at
which New York Sen. Hillary Clinton
was a special guest.
The forum on
riverfront revitalization
as an economic engine for Poughkeep-
sie drew about
75
members of the city
administration as well as
business and
community leaders. The
forum,
organized
by City of Poughkeepsie
Mayor
Nancy
Cozean, was closed to
the public but
open
to
the media.
The group
met
in the James A. Can-
navino Library, where a dozen students
had the
opportunity
to
meet the senator
and former First
Lady.
U.S.
Sen. Hillary
Clinton
of
New
York meets
political
science
major Edward
Summers
'04 as Dr. Thom Wermuth, dean of the
Sclwol of Liberal Arts and director of the
Hudson River
Valley
Institute,
looks on at a
private
city-sponsored
forum at Mari st.
Marist Celebrates Three
for Community Service
President
Dennis
Murray (far right)
presented the 2003 President's Award for
Community Service to (left to
right)
Doug-
las
A. McHoul,
who recently completed a
31-year career of public service, the
Rev.
John].
Brinn, a Roman Catholic priest
who
has
served two Poughheepsie parishes
for the past 38 years, and Marguerite
Townsend Palmore, an activist and vohm-
teer for more than 60 years, at the college's
36tl1 a111111al
Com111unity
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Marist To Open One of Only
Three OSDL Linux Research
Sites Worldwide
M
arist College
has
joined Open Source
Development
Labs (OSOL) and will
offer
mainframe
data center computing re-
sources through OSOL
for
Linux developers,
becoming one of only
three
OSOL-affiliated
research
facilities
in
the
world. The other
OSOL labs are
located
in Beaverton, Oregon
and Yokohama,Japan.
Marist
is the first college or university to
become
an affiliate member of OSOL through
a
newly
established college and university
affiliate
program.
OSOL
is
home
to Linus Torvalds,
the
creator of Linux, and is
dedicated to
acceler-
ating
the
growth and adoption of Linux for
enterprise computing. Founded
in
2000 by
Computer Associates,
Hewlett-Packard,
Hita-
chi,
lBM, Intel
and NEC, OSOL is a nonprofit,
vendor-neutral organization that sponsors
Linux initiatives
targeting the datacenter,
telecommunications
and corporate
desktop
markets.
The
lab also makes state-of-the-art
computing and test facilities in
the
United
States and Japan available
to
developers
around the world.
"Higher education
is
gravitating to
Linux
for
a
number
of reasons, and Marist is one
of the earliest
to
do so," says Stuart Cohen,
OSOL CEO. "As our first higher education
member,
Marist
College will give OSOL in-
sight into
how
colleges and universities use
Linux today,
and also a better appreciation
for
how it's
being incorporated
into
computer
science curricula."
Through
Marist, Linux
developers will
have
remote
access to a mainframe system to
run
qualified projects
and
test Linuxsoft
ware.
Enabling a community of users
to
develop and
test
Linux on
the
mainframe will further
im-
prove Linuxasan enterprise operatingsystem
while building a
pool
of skilled
developers
for
Board f Trustees Welcomes Two New Members
M
arist
Cl
I lege has
welcom~d
two
n
!w
members
to Its
board of
tr
stees.
Alexanc er
Reese is
a
direc-
tor
of
Hu
on
Heritage,
LLC,
which is d eloping
the former
Hudson
Ri
er Psychiatric Cen-
ter propert
just north
of
the
Marist
ca
us. An
investment
banker an
private investor,
Mr. Reese
as been
involved in
corporate
nance
and venture
capital. He
·s
also active in en-
vironment
l issues
and serves
on
the
boa s of Families
First
1
B
,
84
.
Alexander Reese
ames arnes
New York, Poughkeepsie Day
School and Grinnell Library in Wappingers Falls.
He is
a graduate of Yale University and
holds
an M ~A from Columbia University. His late mother, Franny
Reese,
was a
longtime
member
o~ Marist's board.
James Barnes '84 founded OAKLEAF
Waste Management in 1995 and has served as
president
aJ
d CEO since its inception.
He has
more
than
20 years of professional
busi-
nessexper~ nee including 14
years
in
the solid waste
industry.
As an entrepreneur he has
been featunf
din national
publications
including
Fortune.
He is
recognized as an
industry
leader and equently is a speaker or panelist at major conferences. OAKLEAF,
with more
than 270
e
ployees
and current revenues approaching $200 million, has been ranked
three
times in
the Top
100 of
the
Inc.
magazine 500 list. The company
recently
invested
in the purcl ase of Integrated Process Technologies, a
facilities repair
and maintenance
services pr vider based in Hartford, Conn., with
revenues
of $120
million
and
more
than
120
er ployees.
industry
and education.
"Marist's
designation as an OSOL is an
important
strategic move in support of
further
innovation,
research
and competitiveness
in open source development," says Marist
President Dennis].
Murray,anearlysupporter
of
the Linux movement.
"The
lab, driven by
IBM's powerful
zSeries 990 server, will allow
Marist to work with
businesses,
government
agencies and other universities and research
centers to
help develop
a skilled workforce
and
products that. will spur economic growth and
enhance Am,~rica's
competitive edge."
Marist
wi II make available through OSOL
an
IBM
eServer zSeries 990 (z990) server to
support the
development
of Linux applica-
tions
and skills on the mainframe. OSOL will
begin
accepting mainframe
project
requests
in
the summer of
2004. Projects intended
for
testing on the
Marist mainframe
equipment
will be accepted, evaluated and approved
by OSOL according to its existing project
submission process.
For
more information,
visit www.osdl.org.
Marist was an early adapter of Linux
technology
and
has
an
international
reputa-
tion
as a
leader
in the development of open
source soft ware. The college opened
its
Linux
Research and Development Center in 2001.
Students and Alumni Walk All Night 1for American Cancer Society
Some 600 luminaria lit the way around the campus green
during tire overnight American Cancer Society Relay for Lijre
at Marist. Tire candles were donated in
honor and in memory
of family and friends diagnosed with cancer. The
event
raised
more than
$26,000.
M
arist College, along
with the American Cancer Society's Eastern
Division, hosted
its first
"Relay
For Life" April 16 on
the
campus
green, raising
more
than
$26,000 for
local
cancer support
programs
and
cancer research at
the
state and
national
levels.
The 12-hour, overnight
relay isa national
ACS event in which
teams
of 10 to
15
members
spend the night walking or runningaround a
track
to
honor
or
remember
those who have been affected
by
cancer.
A
Marist
studem or graduate
led
each of the
20 teams,
which also
included
family members and
friends.
A total of
275
participated.
The "Alma
Mater" team, made
up of alumni and
their
families and
friends,
raised $5,075. The alumni team
members
included
Jeanette
Wherry '99,
Bobby
McCulloch
'02,
Beth
Mathewson
'00,
Colleen
McCulloch
'99,
Heather Rose
'99,
Becky
Knauer
'03,
Catherine Coco
'03 and Christine Coco '99.
Deborah
Stein, executive
director
of
the
ACS Eastern Division and
a student in Marist's MPA program, was
impressed
by the
students
who took
pan
and
helped
coordinate the event,
including
event chair
Katie
Flynn '05, Student Government Association
President
Bobbi Sue
Gibbons '04 and the Social Work Association, as well as Bob Lynch
'75,
director
of Student Activities.
"Everyone
did a phenomenal job."
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Cover Story
An award from the IBM Corporation to
Marist has launched
Project Greystone,
a
pilot program
that benefits
the college,
IBM
and schools in the City of Poughkeepsie
while giving
Marist students
an opportunity
to develop
and test products and systems
for managing the digital assets of the
future.
'T:as
nearly
the
night
before Christ-
mas
and all
through
campus,
not
a creature was stirring-except
for
four students
in
the Lowell Thomas Com-
munications Center, assembling computer
components as part of Project Greystone.
Project Greystone, named afterone of the
original
buildings
on the Marist campus, is
a
Marist/IBM Joint
Study that has excited
researchers,
faculty,
government officials,
educators and technical leaders worldwide.
It
uses IBM and Cisco Systems
hardware
in
a system based on a Digital Media
Distri-
bution Solution (DMDS) with associated
software
to
provide a
rich
media
infrastruc-
ture to support customer applications.
The
pilot
program's courseware and
services for an end-to-end eEducation en-
vironment were created by Marist faculty
and information technology staff to
benefit
teachers, students and parents at schools in
the
City of Poughkeepsie and soon in
the
Highland,
NY,
School District as well.
Working over the
December
holiday was
nothing unusual for Marist/lBM interns Al
Delucca
'04,
a master's degree candidate
in
computer science, and undergraduate
infor-
mation technology majors Gary
Finke
'04
and Kurt Craver '04 and
in formation
systems
major Jacob Morrison
'04.
Three of them
also worked 40
hours
during Spring Break
in
March,
hunched
over PCs in third-0oor
study rooms in
the
James A. Cannavino
Library.
IBM paid them well, they say,
but
that's not the only reason they have
put in
20 to 24
hours
per week in addition to
their
course
loads.
They also had the opportunity to work
with IBM
technical
experts
from
all over
the
world: e-learning architects
from the IBM
Pacific
Development
Centre in Vancouver;
content management experts from Software
Group in Santa Teresa, Calif.; Watson
Re-
search scientists
in
Yorktown,
N.Y.;
Systems
&TechnologyGroupCiscoAllianceexperts
in Poughkeepsie and
in
Research Triangle
Park, N.C.; usability experts in Southbury,
Conn.; and software engineers in lBM's
lab
in Boeblingen, Germany.
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Hands-On Experience
with
Technology Experts
A
ustin Schilling, senior con-
sultant for the LBM Software
Group (SWG), representing
the Data Management DB2 Content
Management set of products, came
to
Poughkeepsie
from
IBM's Watson
Research
Lab
in Hawthorne one day
a week to work with the
four
interns.
Making It Easier to Store,
Search and Deliver
A
nother experimental
task for
the
interns was
to take
con-
tent stored in instructional
applications and store
it
in a common
format called SCORM.
"If
you were to
tag
all your content according to this
SCORM standard, it would make it
a lot easier to search across applica-
tions," says Mr. Baker.
The architect on how Greystone would
work,
he
built the platforms, offering
education and guidance on all phases
of
the
building process from installa-
tion
to
testing and deployment. Healso
provided,
and schooled
the
interns on,
Austin Schilling, senior
consultant
for
tl1e
IBM Software
Group
(SWG),
representing the Data Management DB2
Con-
tent Management set of products, was the architect
on how
Project Greystone would work. He
came
to Poughkeepsie from
IBM's Watson Research Lab
in Hawthorne one day a week to
guide the Marist/1B M interns on all phases of the building
process from install,rition to testing and deployment.
the latest product technologies.
"This
opportunity to work with leading edge
technologies in a customer environ-
ment is
truly
unique," he says.
"Lots
of
things that work
in
a
laboratory
environment
sometimes exhibit unforeseen characteris-
tics when moved
to
a
'real'
environment.
The interns learned
to work with things
that 'don't work' as planned and collaborate
with
the
development
laboratories to
solve
problems and enhance the products."
Jacob wrote code for SCORM,
which he describes as an educational
standard for describing metadata. Ja-
cob wrote a program
that
can translate
data, such as the title and author of a
book, from a proprietary format into
SCORM. Project Greystone is using
SCORM to develop a single
platform
"It's
an absolutely great benefit for my
students," says Dr. Roger
Norton,
dean of
the School of Computer Science and Math-
ematics and manager of Project Greystone's
distance
learning
component.
"Marist
cre-
ates a mini-lab for IBM. We create a research
environment for them. We refine it. They
can
then
market it outside."
Al, who began working on Project
Greystone in January 2003, says one of
the great
things
about the
internship is
the
hands-on experience it offers.
"They
trust
us
with a lot of stuff," he says.
"Everything
that
gets done is done by a student."
Jacob and Kurt both came on
board
in
April 2003. The experience has been invalu-
able,
Jacob
says.
"We're
doing everything
from coding and applications development
to systems administration and hardware
configuration."
"It's
been great," says
Kurt,
"lots
of direct
experience-experience
I don't think we
could get any other way." The experience
has included installing and maintaining
IBM blades, a fairly recent product that
Howard
Baker,
IBM's project manager for
the Marist/lBM
Joint
Study,
notes
very few
colleges have. Blades are compact servers that
fit vertically,
like
books on a bookshelf, into
IBM's eServer BladeCenter system.
Project Greystone was partially funded as
part of an IBM Shared University Research
award to Marist announced in May 2003.
The SUR award follows a long history of
IBM support for computing at Marist. The
college's ongoing Joint Study with the IBM
Corp.,
begun
16 years ago,
has
helped Mari st
develop
a world-class technology platform
to
support
instructional,
research and ad-
ministrative
initiatives,
placing it among
the
most
technologically
advanced
liberal
arts
institutions in
the country. At the same
time,
the Joiint Study has allowed IBM to
use
Marist as a
"living
lab"
to test promis-
ing
concepts and applications
in
education,
business,
digital media, communications
and other fiellds.
"IBM
gets great feedback,"
says Mr. Baker.
One of IBM's goals
for
Project Greystone
is
the
implementation of DMDS, a solution
that
enables businesses
to deliver digital
media,
"rich
media" such as live video, on
existing network infrastructure. The solution
comes in a stand-alone rack
that
includes
hardware and software
to
create, distribute
and manage
rich
digital media information
and services.
DMDS integrates
Cisco Systems'
latest Application and Content Networking
Systems
products.
The
DMDS
components
ultimately can be quickly retooled for other
projects involving
the
creation, storage and
distribution of digital media.
"The
unique part
is that
we hope
to de-
velop more ri.ch media content, and that's
what this whole system is designed to deliver,"
says Mr. Baker.
"We
want to get to
the
point
where we're using more
rich
media
in the
courses provided by Marist." For instance,
he notes, Kurt worked with faculty member
Victoria Sarkisian to deliver on demand and
live
streaming videos she planned to use
in
a college writing course this summer.
for
creating, storing and distributing
digital assets
in
three diverse collections
at Marist: the Emmy Awards Collection,
which is an archive of all
Emmy award broadcasts
in two areas, sports and
documentaries;
the FDR
collection, which consists
of
images,
audio, video
and text maLerial
from
the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Presidential
Library
in
Hyde Park that the college
is
digitizing and hosting on
its
systems; and
the
Merit
collection, course material
reserved for Mari st students
to download over the Inter-
"This
opportunit
to
worll wit
leading
edg
tecl111ologie
in
a custom
environment
truly
unique
IBM's
Austi
Schilling sa
net in a 21st-century version of an academic
library's
Reserve Room
of old.
Materials
in the
collectionscurrentlycan
be searched and downloaded, but not in one
click,
or by the same search engine. Each
collection has unique metadata and search
and browse requirements. The goal is to have
all of the collections stored, searched and
delivered using a single technology platform
instead of the variety of systems currently in
place, offering high-performance streaming
on demand to the college community and
the
outside world.
Gary worked on the Emmy component.
Although the Emmy videos have no direct
connection to the distance
learning
courses
in the
Poughkeepsie schools, they offer a
testbed for future projects, he notes.
"Eventu-
ally,
the
school
district
or Marist will have
videos
that
they
will want to make available
for viewing via streaming, like a video that
is used in conjunction with an on
line
class,"
Gary says.
"The
Emmy videos application
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2004
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allows us to test content management so-
lutions so when we do have content
that
is directly related 10 the
school
district
or
online classes
from
Marist,
it
will
be
ready
to be implemented
"
Online Support and Education
for Local High School
Students and Teachers
P
ro1ect Greystone addresses not only
issues of dig11al asset management
but also online
learning
and partner-
ships
with
school
districts. The pilot
program
pro\·ides distance education to teachers
and students in the Cny of Poughkeepsie
schools
E-ducauonal
modules-I he
rich
media-include college
credit courses
that
Poughkeepsie High
School does not
ha\'e
the
resources to offer; professional development
and cert
1fica11on
opportunities for teachers;
orientation
modules
for
new
faculty; and
training modules for
elementary school
teachers
on effective classroom
instruction
in science and math. full-111ne
Manst faculty
teach all courses. Mansi professors also are
developing
the
courses
and
modules.
"It's a great community project," says
Dr.
Norton.
"Poughkeepsie
High School 1s ex-
treme(}
happ)' about this par11cular project.
ll meets
the
needs
of urban schools that have
a difficulty in terms
of
meeting the needs of
all their students."
John \tcCarthy, superintendent
of
Highland.
t\
.Y.,
schools and former assistant
supenntendent of
the
Poughkeepsie School
District, has been involved
in
the project from
thebegmning.
"!applaud
IBM
and Maristfor
this very important 1m11a11ve,"
he says.
Mlt's
very exc11ing
for us, and by offenng online
Marist
courses
for
our
high
school students,
doors
arc opening
for them that
would not
have
been opened before. The opportunity
is just phenomenal."
Delivery
of the nch media involves
sending
it to, and
storing
it
ahead of
time
on,
devices
installed at Poughkeepsie High
School Part of
the
solu11on incorporates
10
M A R
I
S T M A G
1\
Z I t-.. E
some special
hardware from
Cisco
Systems
that
allows you
10 put that con
tent
out there
beforehand,"
Mr.
Baker says. "The
teacher
could
select what he
or she
wants to
make available.
For
instance,
ther could on a
~londay
go to this Dignal
Media
Distribution
Soluuon and
pick
the
content
thtat they
wanted
to make available
to their
students
lateron
in
the week. Maybe
at night, it would be sent over
to
this piece
of hardware called a content engine, and
11 would be a\ailable for them to stream
the next clay,
or for
the next two weeks." If
Poughkeepsie
High
School
tried
on line support groups, training on teaching
math
and sCtence
in e
le
menta ry schools, and
tools to
put assignments, course
materials
and other content on line for their students.
Students. meanwhile. gain access to college
credn courses and other content that
the
school district otherwise could
not
afford.
lf the
success of
Project
Greystone
conunues, ~larist e\·entually could provide
this e-learning package to schools, both in-
ner-c1t
y
and
rural,
na11onwide.
The project
already is
giving the college further experi-
ence
in
the deli\'er}' of online learning.
Manst s partners in Project Grerstone
also
\'IC\\
1t
as a frunful collaborauon.
"The
Marist team
has
been outstandmg
10 work
with
on
Project
Greystone," says Tony Sager,
director, Cisco Business De\·elopment and
IB~I Distinguished Engineer. who manages
IBM Sen·er Group's relauonship wnh Cisco.
"Through
the
combined
Lea
m's
efforts
we now
have
technology
that
provides a
to do that without the content
engine, oYer
JUSl
a normal In-
ternet
connecuon,
it might
not
work, Mr. Baker notes.
Teachers and students
in
the schools access the
~lanst
resources
through
portals
developed by the interns. The
portals
differ from
a
Web
site
in
the
way they organize data by
"portlets,"
windows into differ-
ent applications. A
teacher need
only
log in
once;
his or her ID
1s passed along
thereafter from
"It's
been
great," says
Kurt
Craver
'04.
"Lots
of clirccl
expcric11C£'-
cxpnie11cc
I
don't thinll
we
Web
Sen ices-based interface
to
access a shared sen·1ce for the
distributionofmulumed1a.
This
makes multimedia
distribution
a
horizontal function that
all
businessapplicationscaneasily
share\
1a \\.ebSen·ices. I
expect
that
as
this
leading edge capabil-
ity
becomes
productized it
will
provide great commercial Yalue
to IB\ls customers."
could get
any
other way."
"This
Grerstone pilot is a
rich media,
on
demand,
end-
application to application A teacher can
use
the portal
to report attendance, access
discussion
groups, add
links,
access forms
and checlk
the
status
of
any
form he
or she
has submiued Each
teacher
news a portal
he or she can customize. The four interns
worked wnh teachers and students in the
Poughkeepsie
schools
to learn what they
wanted
from the
pilot project. Faculty and
students from the Poughkeepsie schools
haw pronded feedback that helped "11h
the initial de\·elopment of
the
portal and
future
enhancements.
In
return,
teachers
in the school district
gain access 10 professional de\'elopment
training.
~Teachers
are finding it difficult to
meet
permanent certification
requirements,"
says
Dr.
Norton.
"Within
rive
years,
teachers
need to get a master's. This pro\·ides them a
means to get that permanent certifica11on
at
a 11me
and loca11on
con\'entent to them
Project
Greystone also offers
teachers
a mentoring program, virtual community
tools such as instant messaging. email and
to-end capability, based on
an open standards soluuon for interacth·e,
rich media e-learning sen·ice," says \\'alter
\V. \\ 1cbe, IBM
execuuve business de\'elOp·
ment
consultant. "Building
Greystone with
IBM and Cisco
technology
in a
higher
ed
and industnal partnership brings to frui-
tion a dream
we\·e
had for 15 years since
we
built
the National Internet
backbone
in
1988. NSF and
the
Federal
Networking
Council were key dm-ers of the Ad\'anced
Distnbuted Learning in111ati\·e
in 1996 that
initiated
the IEEE IMS standards. "low we
have
the
availability of
broadband net
work-
ing
services.
low-cost high-functional
PCs
and sen·ers, real time collaborati\'C
fac1hues
and nch media sernces that will enable an
on demand global education facility
for
er-
eryonc
to
benefit from. Greystone
is
a
pilot
example of
this
end-to-end capability and
absolutely could not haYe
happened wnhout
the
outstanding leadership and dedication of
Howard
Baker and
his intern
team, Austin
Sch i
II
ing, Roger Norton and the except
ion al
teamwork of ~larist, Cisco and
IBM"
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Fashion
Seniors Shine i1n
Silver
Needle Fashio11l
Show
Twenty-six
seniors created dazzling collections
of sports1wear,
eveningwear,
swimwear
and more for the Marist Fashion
Program's 18th annual extravaganza.
e
models
wore everything
from
ilk,
satin, suede and velvet
LO
feath-
rs,
bamboo, a fishnet and a down
comforter in the 18th annual Silver Needle
Fashion Show.
"In
my four
years at Marist,
I've
never seen
a stronger group of senior collections," says
Heather Osgood,
directorof
the Fashion Pro-
gram.
"There
was so
much
variety in terms
of
themes,
apparel category and color."
Twenty-six seniors created collections
of sportswear,
eveningwear, swimwear
and intimate apparel for
the
show, held at
Casperkil
I
Country Club in
Poughkeepsie
in
April. Themes ranged
from
"Empress
of
the
Sea,"
featuring
soft, glimmering fabrics sug-
gesting
mermaids,
to
"Down
with Comfort,"
for
which
models
wore down duvets. Three
collections were
inspired
by confections,
including "Candy is
Dandy,"
in eye-popping
purple,
hot pink,
bright yellow,
turquoise
and
orange;
"Sweet
Tooth," complete with cotton
candy and lollipops as props; and "Oh My
Godiva," evoking
the
colors and
textures
of
boxed chocolates.
The
Silver Needle for Outstanding
Garment
award
went to Kristin Davide
for an
ensemble in her collection "Aces
High,"
reflecting
the playing cards and slot
machines
of
a
Las
Vegas casino. The Silver
Needle for Outstanding Collection honor was
awarded to
Marisa
Berman for her collection
"Walks
Like an Egyptian," highlighted by a
model
wrapped
like
a mummy.
The
seniors worked throughout
the
aca-
demic year on
their
collections. During the
fall, each met with an industry designer who
reviewed sketches of garments, replicating
the initial steps of
the
apparel development
process in
the
fashion industry. The
designer
critics were Philip Leeming, director of de-
sign and
product
development at Kenneth
Cole;
Robert
Tonner, president and CEO
of
the Tonner Doll
Co.; Marianne Webber,
owner of Webber Wear; Leong Ong, de-
signer for
Ralph Lauren;
Eric Kristjanson,
head
designer for
Kasper;
Dominique Pino
'99,
designer for
Dominique Daniela Inc.;
Cherie Quinn,
designer
for Breaking Loose;
and Kimberli MacKay
'95,
head
designer
for Betmar.
The
junior
design
class also showed gar-
ments as part of the 2004 Amazing Threads
Scholarship Competition. Their challenge: to
come
up
with athletic apparel that could be
functional
and fashionable, focusing on such
unusual sports as curling and spelunking.
Jessica
Borzone '04 won for her collection,
"Equestrienne."
The rising juniors will
have
a hard time
topping
the 2004 show.
"I
think
students
are
digging deeper
for design inspiration
every year, and
it
shows," says Heather Os-
good.
"The
collections are truly a
reflection
of the students and
their
direction as young
designers."
II
Marisa Berman
'04
won tire Silver Needle for
Outstanding Collection award for lier collec-
tion
"Wallis
Like an Egyptian," above right.
Above, the Silver Needle Jo,· Outstanding
Garment award went to Kristin Davide '04
for this ensemble in her collection
"Aces
High,"
reflecting the playing cards and slot machines
of a Las Vegt1s casino. Right, the
collection
of
Alison Voelz
'04,
"Candy is Dandy," drew on
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Spring Break
Beyond the
N
ot all college students spent their
Spring Break at the
beach.
From
March 13
to 21,
15 Marist students,
led
by
Ryan Maraziti
'00/'04 M of Marist's
Office of First-Year Programs,
traveled
to
Jacksonville,
Fla , to
help
build
houses
through the campus chapter of
Habitat
for
Humanity. Kristen
Roy
'04
spent Spring
Break
chaperoning 60 high school students
on a
two-week
community service
trip
to
Tobati, Paraguay.
Volunteering, not vacationing, was on the minds of
Hands-On Helping
ln
Jacksonville
each morning
the
Marist
students reported
to the
main campus of
Habijax, the largest Habitat
for Humanity
chapter in
the
nation. Split
up into differ-
ent groups, they were sent to various sites
to
perform a variety of tasks. Each of
the
house's
foundations had
been profession-
ally
laid
and the preliminary framing set
up.
The students, supervised
by
Americorps
volunteers,
did
everything from
landscap-
The Marist
crew
building a Habitat for
Humanity house in Jacksonville, Fla., included
(front
row)
Kelly
0'
Hanlon
'04,
Gwynyn
Holabaugh '08,
Ashley
Pendelbury
'07,
Brie
Matthews
'05, (second
row)
Mi11e
Dejesus
'08
(second
f ram left), Jason Miller
'08, Allison
Duncan
'07, Corey Allen
'08, (back
row)
Patrich Hull '08
(tl1irdfrom
left) and Jennifer
Russell
'04
(far right).
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some cariing Marist students who traveled in March to
communities
in Florida and Paraguay,
where their skills
and hard
,work
helped make a difference.
ing and
clearing
yards
to
roofing, putting
up
wallbo:ard, and painting, with each day
bringing
different
chores.
The students found one of the most
rewarding aspects of the
trip
to be
working
alongside the homeowners, who are
required
to put
a certain amount of"sweat equity"
into
their homes.
The homeown-
ers were always very grateful
for
the
work being done.
"lt
was great to see
the
owners with a smile on
their
faces,"
says
Louis
Ortiz
'06. "lt really
reinforced
our
purpose down there.
To
see
them having a good
time
and
joking
around with
us
were
highlights
for the entire
week."
Although not necessarily
experts in
building
houses,
the participants
learned
many valuable skills.
"A
lot of
people don't realize they have
the capacity to do this
kind
of work,
but
the Americorps
people were very supportive,"
says Ryan.
The Jacksonville
com-
munity w~,s very supportive of the visitors.
The Maris1t group stayed at a
local
church.
The area YMCA provided free memberships
that
included use of the showers, gym and
swimming
pool.
Another church hosted a
BY KERRY
MCQUADE
dinner
one
night,
and a
local
woman cooked
dinner for
them on another evening. Other-
wise
the
volunteers cooked for themselves
and ate
meals
together.
The
participants not
only volunteered
their time
and
labor
but had
to
pay
$100
for
a
site
fee
and raise $9,000
to
cover other
expenses
including
airfare and
food.
Their
main fund-raising
event was a
book
sale at
Marist,
which also enabled
them
to donate
$600 in books to
libraries
at
the
Children's
Home,
Clinton Elementary School and
the
Astor
Home.
"We
are very appreciative of
the
support
the entire Marist community offered, from
President Dennis
Murray
and his office
to
Student Affairs, Sodexho Marriott Services,
College Activities and First-Year Programs,"
Ryan says.
"Everyone
on campus
helped
us
achieve our goals."
Louis is looking forward to another
Habitat trip during next year's Spring Break,
possibly
to
Arizona. The group may also
try
to
organize a
trip
over the summer.
ln
addition to their yearly Spring Break
trip,
the Marist Habitat group works on a
house in
Wappingers Falls every Saturday
morning. The group meets
twice
a month
and has approximately 60 members. The
students who made the trip to
Jacksonville
were Gwynyn
Holobaugh
'07,
Jason
Miller
'07,
Mike Dejesus
'07,
Jennifer Russell
'04,
Mau Hittenmark
'06,
Corey Allen
'07,Jordi
Iriarte
'06,
Patrick Hull '07, Zairia Benjamin
'07,
Louis Ortiz '06,
Joe
Tamweber
'06,
Al-
lison Duncan
'06,
Ashley Pendelbury
'05
and
Brie
Matthews
'05,
Kelly
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Bringing Clothing, Shoes and
Toys to Children
Kristen Roy made the trip to Paraguay with
one of her high school Spanish teachers,
Ronald Garcia at Kingswood-Oxford School,
who founded the Team Tobati program in
1999 in the hope ofhelpinga poor community
in his parents' native country.
The Team Tobati program brings high
school students and medical professionals
to Paraguay to help construct classrooms
and medical facilities where residents can
receive
basic medical care and children can
learn English, literacy and computer skills.
Currently, says Kristen, many children do
not attend school, and the ones who do go
only for three-hour shifts in overcrowded
classes. Many students and teachers do not
have school supplies.
In Tobati, a village located about an hour
from Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, approxi-
mately 17,000 of the 21,000 residents are
under the age of 17, according
to
the Team
Tobati Web site. About half of the houses
lack electricity and running water and 30
percent of the population makes less than $1
per day. The main employer is a brick factory.
The residents primarily speak Guarani, with
a small number speaking Spanish.
Over Spring Break, Kristen helped
her group distribute clothing, shoes, toys
and toothbrushes to children in the most
impoverished areas. She was invited to
homes consisting of one or two walls with a
makeshift roof, and to meals that consisted
of a handful of freshly picked string beans.
Despite the living conditions, Kristen was
amazed by the residents' strength of spirit.
"Although
they have
less
than we can imagine
here in the U.S., their faith and spirits are
the strongest l've seen. They have a great
passion for life. They say they can
learn
a
lot from us. But not as much as we can learn
from them."
·1 have a
those
less
fo
one has pull
administrati
and
students
to establish
ing,
(left
to right) Joe Heavey,
general manager,
Marist College
Dining
Services,
Kristen
ony
Dambrosia,
Dining Services
employee,
Kaitlin
Lau
'04
and Daniel
Gil, Dining Services
epared food
for delivery
for
Project Marist Meals. Kristen
and Kaitlin
took the meals
to
e, a local transitional
housing
facility and
homeless
shelter.
Marist
students
deliver
meals
ining Services
to
the facility
four
nights
per week.
Kristen
Roy '04 was inspired
by a Social
mies
class
during
her sophomore
year.
That
me
an award-winning
project
that has
been
er in Poughkeepsie
ever since.
lass
visited
Hillcrest
House.
a local transi-
f acility
and homeless
shelter,
it dawned
on
t unused
food from
Marist's
dining
services
e facility.
She
collaborated
with Joe
Heavey,
er of Marist's
Dining
Services,
in creating
als. Today
it feeds
35 people
a day using
wise would go to waste.
ays felt a particular
responsibility
to help
nate,
• says
Kristen.
"Here
at Maris!
every-
together
to give me that opportunity.
The
professors,
Campus
Ministry,
the cafeteria
ve provided
me
with support
and
resources
program.·
and his staff donate and prepare
the
dent volunteers
deliver
food four days a
ut the academic
year.
During
2002-03
the
effort provided
approximately
2,500
meals.
"This program
helps
us tremendously,"
says
Hillcrest
Director
Chris
Canale.
"This
allows
Hillcrestto
use
its limited
funds
to shore
up other areas
of need.
and the presence
of the students
is a real boost to the spirit of those
who
rely on the shelter
for support."
"Marlst Meals" Wins Award
In
2003 the Sodexho
Foundation
gave Joe Heavey
its
SS,000
Heroes
of Everyday
Life Award,
which recognizes
Sodexho
employees
who help feed the hungry.
Kristen
says
the award
money
will go toward
perpetuating
Project
Marist
Meals.
In
addition
to donating
through
Project
Marist
Meals,
Dining Services
provides
200 lunches
for Thanksgiving
Day to the Lunch
Box of Poughkeepsie,
550 dinners
for
Christmas
Day
meals
through
Dutchess
Outreach
and the
Eileen
Hickey
Foundation
and 25
meals
for Easter
and
Christmas
to Grace
Smith
House.
Kristen s.ays the Spring Break trip
changed her liife and reinforced her desire
to
work in Tobai:i. She has signed on to spend
a year there beginning this August, teaching
English and iinforming the community of
programs to benefit them. She believes the
year-long commitment will be a practical
application of the education she has received
at Marist. Spending a semester in Ireland
through the Marist Abroad program helped
give her the confidence and independence to
go to Paraguay. As a public relations major
with a minor in public praxis, she studied
social justice and issues
in
developing na-
tions. Her Social Ethics and Economics class
inspired her to initiate Project Marist Meals
at Marist, an award-winning program that
feeds some of the area's hungry by donating
extra meals
from
the college's dining hall
(see
sidebar).
Kristen feels that the classes she took
for her public praxis minor shaped who she
became at Marist and who she
is
becoming
as a Marist graduate.
"You
have to take risks,
leave
your com
fort
zones and face
your
fears
to realize your own potential."
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Athletics
Women R~each
NCAA
Picked preseason
to
finish only seventh, the women's basketball team earned its first
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Regular Season and Tournament
Championships
and
made its first appearance
in the NCAA
Tournament.
I
t all began in preseason. Second-year
Head
Coach Brian Giorgis
felt
he
had
enough talent on the veteran Marist
squad
to take
home the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference Championship at
the
end of the season. To convey his confidence
in his
team,
he handed out practice shirts
that
said
"2004
MAAC Champions
...
Why
Not US?"
'The
team
already
had
a year under my
system, which is not an easy one to learn,
and very early
in preseason
you could see
that
they seemed
to be
much more comfort-
able with it," Coach Giorgis says.
"But
really,
they
were the ones who made me confident
because they believed
in themselves. l
can
have all the confidence
in the
world, but
if
they
don't believe
in
themselves, you're
not
going to get
it
done."
Though
returning
10 players,
including
five seniors,
to the roster,
Marist was picked
to
finish seventh
in the
preseason coaches·
poll, with Maureen Magarity
'04
earning a
spot on
the
Preseason All-MAAC Second
Team. Disappointed by the low pick, the Red
Foxes decided to use
it
as motivation.
It
worked. The
Red
Foxes proved skeptics
wrong as they dominated their schedule and
earned Marist's
first-ever
MAAC Regular
Season and Tournament Championships
and an appearance in the
2004
NCAA
Tournament. The
Red
Foxes finished the
year with a 20-11
record, clinching
only the
second
20-win
season
in
program
history
and first winning season
in
more
than
a
decade. Marist also finished with an
11-2
record at the McCann Center,
the
best
home
record
in
history.
"This season was an extremely success-
ful one. We
definitely
made ourselves a
team
to be noticed in
the
MAAC, especiall)'
when others said we weren't," Maureen says.
"Being
a senior and leaving on such a high
note
was a perfect way
to
end
my basketball
career and
it is
only the beginning
for the
underclassmen."
Marist
opened
the
season winning one
and losing
two non-conference
games.
The
Red
Foxes began MAAC
play
with wins over
Canisius and Niagara at home, followed
by
a victory over St.
Bonaventure
and a
loss
to Auburn.
Despite the loss, the Red
Foxes
Yield
Wan eel '04 helps cut down the net after leading Mari st to its first-ever MAAC Tournament
title and a berth in the
NCAA
Tournament with a win over Canisius in the title game.
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committed a season-low seven
turnovers
and
had
their RPI reach 7l and strength of
schedule reach 59, the
highest
such
numbers
in program
history.
"Our strength of schedule obviously
helped,"
says Coach Giorgis. "All of our
non-
conference games were close. Whether we
won or
not,
we were in
it
'til
the
end. When
you can win close games early, it
helps
you
win
those
close games
down
the stretch."
Coach Giorgis also credits
the
tight-knit
group of seniors with
helping the
team stay
focused and
positive
during
the non-confer-
ence
portion
of the Mari st schedule.
"The kids were able
to
endure two
tough
losses !Hanford and
Penn]
and still believe
in
themselves," he says.
"That's
what senior
leadership
does
for you."
Following a brief holiday break, the
Red
Foxes headed
down
to the Big Easy
for
the
Tulane DoubleTree
Classic. Marist bounced
Tulaneoutofitsown
tournament forthe first
time in
history
with a 60-46 victory. The
Red
Foxes fell 59-49 in
the
championship
round on Dec. 28
to
a very physical Sanjose
Stale
team.
Seniors Stephanie Del
Preore
and Maureen Magarity were named to
the
All-Tournament Team.
Late December
and the month of
January
Team captain
Maureen Magarity
'04,
shown
i11
the
NCAA Tournament
in
Tempe, Ariz.,
versus
O///ahoma,
earned All-MAAC Second
Team
honors for the
seco,1d straight year. She
averaged
12.6
points,
4.9
rebounds and
2.5
assists
per
game.
Rooliie Shannon Minter
'07 put
011
a
show
in her
first time at
the MAAC
Tournament,
leading
the Red
Foxes
to tl1e title.
In
the
championship game win over Canisius, Shannon
scored
seven
points and liad five assists in a
career-high 30
minutes of
play.
brought a win over Delaware State 62-50,
two
losses
LO
Boston University and Man-
hattan and easy wins over Rider and
lona.
After losing
lC>
Siena 65-55 on
the road, their
defeat of Fairfield 59-45 began a four-game
winning streak.
In
the hig;hly
contested top spot
in
the
MAAC, the Red Foxes
remained
in first
place with a thrilling 77-74 victory over
Saint Peter's followed by a 64-56 win over
Loyola.
The women closed out the month
of January with a 74-65 pounding of
Rider
at Alumni Gym.
It
was also a very historic
occasion as Stephanie
not
only reached
the
1,000-point
plateau, but also recorded
31 points and
21
rebounds, becoming the
first
Red
Fox to record
20+
points and 20+
rebounds in a single game and set the single
game
record
for rebounds.
Atop the MAACwith an 8-2
record
(12-7
overall), Mari st was full of confidence as the
team headed to Buffalo to
face Niagara and
Canisius. But beating
the
Purple Eagles and
the Griffs a second time would not come
to
fruition as Marist was defeated by Niagara
65-54 and Canisius 64-51.
With six games remaining on
the
schedule and four teams vying for
the
regular-season title,
the Red
Foxes
knew
losing
was not an option.
They
defeated
Manhattan, Saint Peter's and Fairfield and
clinched
their
first winning season in 11
years with a victory at Loyola. Next, Siena
edged Marist 57-51 but in
their
final regu-
lar-season
game on Feb. 29, the
Red
Foxes
bounced back, defeating Iona 66-61. They
left
the
Mulcahy Center as the 2003-04
MAAC regular season co-champions, shar-
ing
with Siena
their
first title.
The Red Foxes earned
their
first
two-
seed and first-round bye in
the
2004 HSBC
MAAC Tournament, held March 5-7 at
the
Pepsi Arena. They overpowered the defend-
ing MAAC regular-season and tournament
champion Manhauan 60-49, defeated Saint
Peter's in the semifinal round 62-54 and
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As
the buzzer
sounded,
the red and
white
ofMarist
stormed
the
court
as
the Red
Foxes won
their first MAAC
Championship
and their first trip
to the
NCAA
Tournament.
triumphed
in
the MAAC Tournament finals
over Canisius 76-74. As the buzzer sounded,
the red and white of Marist stormed
the
court as the Red Foxes won their first MAAC
Championship and first trip Lo the NCAA
Tournament.
Stephanie Del Preore was named Tour-
nament MVP, averaging 23 points and 11
rebounds,
includinga 30-point, 16-rebound
performance
in the
final game, and Maureen
Magarity was named to the All-Tournament
Team, averaging 14 points, six rebounds
and 2.3 assists.
More than 200 fans, friends and family
gathered with the team at the McCann Cen-
ter March
14
for the 2004 NCAA Women's
Championship Tournament Selection Show
airing
live
on ESPN. At approximately 5:40
p.m. the Red Foxes learned they were going
to Tempe, Ariz., as a 14 seed to take on No.
3 Oklahoma (24-8) in the first round of the
tournament.
"It was a great feeling to know that we
got the respect by being seeded fourteenth,"
Stephanie says. "Geuing to go somewhere
warm like Arizona was the icing on the
cake."
Marist, which had won eight of its last
nine games, headed to Tempe with tre-
mendous confidence. After practicing hard
Stephanie Del Preore,
shown
in
the MAAC
Tournament,
was named the
2004
MAAC
Tournament
MVP
averaging
23
points and
11
rebounds.
She is ranked
sixth
all-time in
scoring with
1,195
points
and
fifth
in
career
rebounding
with
709.
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A Z I
N E
The
women's
basketball team,
coacl1ed
by Brian Giorgis
(second
row,far
left),
show
they are
Number
One
after
winning their first
MAAC Championship
at the Pepsi Arena in
Albany.
They
went on to face the
University
of Oldahoma in
the NCAA
Tournament in
Tempe, Ariz.
during the three days prior to
the
game, the
women took to the court March 20 to face
the Sooners at Wells Fargo Arena.
Marist fell behind 14-2 eight minutes
into the game but battled back to cut the
deficit to 26-23 with 34 seconds remaining
on a three-pointer
by
Kristen Vilardi '06.
Marist headed into the half trailing by only
five points at 28-23.
The Red Foxes struggled to score in the
opening minutes of the second half, netting
only four points in the first 11 minutes.
Marist was down by as much as 20 points
with 9:22 remaining in the game. But
the
Red Foxes again demonstrated their tough-
ness. Marist scored the next 15 points in
the game over the next 5:16 to close to
within five points, 47-42 with 4:06 to play
in the game. After a made free throw and
a jumper with 3:07 to play by the Sooners,
Megan Vener '05 hit a pair of free throws to
make it a two-possession game, with 2:45
to play, 50-44. Oklahoma pulled away by
making ·4-4 from the free throw line in the
final 1:5 7 and outscored Marist 8-1 in the
final 2:45 of play.
The historic and remarkable 2003-04
Marist College women's basketball season
came to
;a
close that night with a 58-45 loss.
The Red Foxes finished the year with a 20-
11 record,
the
most wins since the 1981-82
season,anda 13-5conference record. Several
Red Foxes were honored for their efforts dur-
ing
the season. Coach Giorgis was named
MAAC Coach of the Year, and All-Met Divi-
sion I Women's Basketball Coach of the Year.
Center Kristin Keller
'05
was named Sixth
Player of' the Year, while Maureen Magarity
and Stephanie Del Preore were All-MAAC
Second Team selections.
At the airport in Phoenix as the Red
Foxes waited to head back to Poughkeepsie,
an Oklahoma alumnus on his way to watch
his Sooners play stopped and addressed some
members
of the team. "You
gave Oklahoma
a
good run. Believe me, you had them scared."
He paused and then smiled.
"You
all should
be so proud of yourselves for how well you
played."
■
Senior Nina
Vecchio played in all 116 games
during her four-year Marist
career, capping
it
with
a made free throw to clinch the Red Foxes
MAAC Tournament championsl1ip
game
win
over Canisius.
Nina graduates
as the all-time
leader in assists with 563.















Within the space of four months in 2003,
Marist College lost two men who were
exceptionally
committed to the college's
ideals and who selflessly devoted their
time and unique
talents to making Marist
a distinctive
liberal arts institution.
On Aug. 24, John
J. Gartland, Jr. died at
the age of 89. Jack Gartland
advised
three
Marist College presidents
and served for
three decades
on Marist's
board
of trustees,
beginning
in 1969. He was an integral part
of every
major college
decision
during
that
period, shaping
Marist both academically
and physically.
As
chair of the board's
Buildings
and Grounds
Committee
for two
decades,
he was
a force behind
the college's
remarkable
growth.
On Dec. 27, Br. Paul Ambrose
Fontaine,
FMS, the founder of modem-day
Marist
College,
died in Florida at the age of 90.
Brother
Paul successfully
led the college's
effort to receive its charter in 1946 as
a bachelor's degree-granting
institution
and then oversaw
the building
of the new
college's
campus, faculty and academic
programs for the next 12 years. After
leaving Poughkeepsie
for Rome to serve
as assistant
superior
general
to the Marist
Brothers, in 1989 he returned to the
campus
where he remained
an important
presence, advising President Dennis J.
Murray
and supporting
the Office
of College
Advancement.
President
Murray, a longtime
friend of
both
men, shared
the followingtributes
with
the Marist College
community,
highlighting
each man's extraordinary achievements
and the special character
that made each
so dedicated
to serving
others.
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M A R I S T M A G A Z I N E
Jack Gartland
iiS
shown
beside the library following a board of trustees meeting in 2000. For 20 of
his 30
years
on the college's board, he chaired the Buildings and Grounds Committee, overseeing
projects that t,otaled more than
$120
million
in physical plant improvements.
As
president of
the McCann
F,oundation,
he played a leadership role in securing important foundation grants
to support the
expansion
and enhancement of the Marist
campus.
J
ohn j. Ga1rtland,Jr. was the best ofa great
generation and was widely recognized
as Dutchess County's most influential
community
leader
of the 20th century.
Born in Po,ugh keepsie
in
1914,Jack lived
through the Great Depression, answered his
country's call in World War II and returned
home to help build the modern America we
all enjoy
today. In
his role as senior partner
in his law firm, president of the Mccann
Foundation aind co-trustee of the Cunneen-
Hackett Charitable Trust, he was a
friend
of
good causes and sought partnerships that
would benefit the residents of this region.
One can look around any part of Dutchess
County and see Jack's in nuence.
His
wisdom
and work benefited St. Mary's Church
in
Poughkeepsie, Our Lady of Lourdes High
School, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
Saint Francis Hospital, St. Peter's Cemetery,
the
Astor Horne, the Bardavon 1869 Opera
House, the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, the
McCann lee Arena, the McCann Golf Course,
the
Catholic Center
in
Poughkeepsie, the
Community Foundation ofDutchess County,
the
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
and dozens of other nonprofit organizations
throughout
the county.
Of course,
Jack's
greatest commitment
was
to
Marist College and those affiliated
with
this
community. His remarkable span
of service to Marist dates to 1956, when he
was elected chairman of the college's first
lay
advisory board. In 1969, he was elected
to the college's board of trustees and served
as chairman c,f
the
board from 1972 to 1974.
For 20 of his 30 years on the board,
Jack
chaired
the
Buildings and Grounds Commit-
tee and oversaw the design and development
of
the
Marist campus. The construction or
renovation
of virtually every building on our
campus was completed during his
tenure
as
committee chair, totaling more
than
$120
million in physical plant improvements.
His participation was always hands-on; he
attended meetings nearly every week and
made
frequent
visits
to
construction sites to
monitor progress. As president of the Mc-
Cann Foundation,Jack played a
leadership
role in securing several million dollars in
foundation grants to support the expansion
and enhancement of the Marist campus. He
took particular pride
in
the James]. McCann
Recreation Center and the way
it
met the
recreational needs of students at
the
college
and in the community.
Jack oversaw more than just
the
physi-
cal
improvements
to our campus. He was
an advisor
to
three Marist presidents and
served as an important bridge between
the college and the Dutchess County com-
munity.
In
his first year of involvement
he
became an advocate for expanding
the
college's mission by opening its doors
to
lay
students, men
in 1957
and women in 1968.
In 1969, he
introduced
the McCann Scholars
program that has awarded more than $1.7
million in scholarships, enabling hundreds
of area students to attend Marist.
Jack
also
understood the importance of academics
and helped establish Marist's first endowed
chair, the Dr. Linus Richard Foy Chair in
Computer Science.
Jack
never sought attention or awards
but, in the Marist Brothers tradition, went
about
doing
good quietly. Yet as a college
community we
deservedly
recognized Jack
by presenting him with the President's Award

























for Community
Service
in
1967,
an award
also presented to both
his father and his
son.
In
1980
he
was awarded an
honorary
Doctor
of
Humane Letters,
and in
1989
the
northern part
of our campus, including
student
residences
and athletic fields, was
named the Gartland Commons in
his
honor.
In
2000
Jack
retired
from
active service on
the board
and was named a
life
trustee.
l
will remember
Jack as a
person
who
loved
people,
had
an enthusiasm
for
Ii
fe and
laughed
often.
He liked
Lo
tell
stories, but
he never preached. He let his
actions speak
for themselves, and the
results
of
his
work
showed
his true
character.
He
gave us all a
great lesson on
how
to live a good
life.
B
rother
Paul's
life
was a testimony to
his faith
in
God and his dedication to
others.
He
spent more
than
75
years
of
his life
as a Marist Brother, led the college's
effort
to receive its
charter as a bachelor's
degree-granting institution, made
33
trips
around
the
world on behalf of Marist mis-
sions and served
two
popes as a personal
emissary
to
Africa and Asia.
Born
Leonard
Edward Fontaine
in
South-
bridge,
Mass.,
in
1913,
Brother
Paul entered
the
Order's
junior
novitiate
in
Tyngsboro,
Mass.,
at
the
age of 13. In
1927,
he arrived
in
Poughkeepsie
at the site of what was
then
a
high
school and formation center for
future
Marist
Brothers.
ln
1929,
the
Marist
Brothers' Normal
Training
School was only
allowed to offer
freshman-
and sophomore-
level college courses. Following
his
studies
in Poughkeepsie,
Brother
Paul transferred
to
Fordham University to complete
his
bach-
elor's
degree
in education. He also received
a bachelor's
degree
in library science
from
Villanova University and a master's
degree
in English
from
the Catholic University of
America
in
Washington,
D.C.
ln
1943
at the age of
29,
after teaching
in several schools, Brother Paul was
called
by his provincial
to
become the new Master
of Scholastics at the Marist
Brothers'
Nor-
mal Training
School.
Three
years
later,
he
successfully petitioned
the
New York State
Education
Department
to grant a charter,
transforming
the TrainingSchool into
a
four-
year
institution then
called Marian College.
Brother
Paul remained here
an additional
12
years to build the campus,
the
faculty
and the academic program.
In
1960,
the
charter was amended to change the
name
from Marian
to Marist
College.
Brother Paul left
Marian
College in
1958
when he was elected assistant superior general
of
the
Marist Brothers worldwide. Working
in Rome,
his
talents as
the
"master
builder"
of Marist College were put to good use as a
member of
the
commission that supervised
the major renovation of a facility that became
Br. Paul
Ambrose Fontaine, FMS
became Master of Scholastics at
the
Ma
rise
Brothers'
Normal
Training Sclroo,l in 1943 at age 29.
He
successfully
led
tire
college's
effort
to
receive
its
charter
i11
1946 to grant
bachelor's
degrees
and tlren oversaw
the
building of
the
new
college's
campus,
faculty
and
aca:demic
programs.
Above, circa
1949,
he
is
shown
by a classroom located in the
building
(no
lon,ger there) known as
"the
Pullman" because of its original
use
as
a
dormitory.
In
his
later
years
when
he lived
on
the
Marist
College
campus,
Brother
Paul
volunteered
actively
for
the
Office of
College
Advancement.
He
served several
terms as national
chair of
tire
Marist
Fund
and, along
with
Br. Ricliard Rancourt,
FMS,
helped create a
successful
f rameworh for
the
Marist
Fund campus campaign.
He
often
helped
with
phonathons
for
the
Mari
st
Fund (inset).
He
also chaired'
the
campus
division
for
the
two-year
library
capital
campaign, and
his
leader-
ship
inspired
a11
impressive
$169,592
in
gifts from Marist
faculty and
staff.
the
new Maris! Brothers' General House. He
also supervised construction of the Eng-
lish-speaking i;econd Novitiate
in Fribourg,
Switzerland, and established Mari st schools
and expanded apostolates
in India,
Japan,
Pakistan, Sarawak and Sri Lanka.
In
1989
while serving in Liberia, Brother
Paul contracted malaria.
I
asked him
to
re-
turn
to Marist to
recuperate
and make the
Kieran Gate House his
retirement
home.
He
returned to
the
college, but he never retired.
He continued to be a strong
presence
on
campus and around the world unti
I
moving
to Florida in
2001.
Many of
us have
special memories of
Brother Paul. One that stands out
in
my
mind occurred on Nov.
8, 1997.
Before a
private audience with
Pope John Paul II,
we
were invited with a handful of others to join
the
Holy
Fathe:r
in
his
private chapel in the
papal apartment for 7 a.m. Mass. His Holi-
ness asked
Bro1ther
Paul to proclaim the First
Reading during
that liturgy.
As
I
watched
Brother Paul st.anding shoulder to shoulder
with Pope
John Paul, I
could feel
the
special
bond between
them-two men
who devoted
their entire lives to the service of God,
the
Church and
the
people of
the
world.
During
his
life,
Brother
Paul
received
many
awards and
honors.
In
1972
Marist
College awarded
him
an honorary
Doctor
of Humane
Letters degree.
In
1997
Pope
John Paul
II
awarded Brother Paul one of
the
highest honors
of
the Roman
Catholic
Church,
the
"Cross
Pro
Ecclesia
et Pontifice"
(for
the Church and
the
Pontiff). In
2000
Fontaine Hall, the home of our School of
Liberal Arts, the Marist Institute for
Public
Opinion and the Office of College Advance-
ment, was named
in honor
of Br. Paul
Ambrose Fontaine.
Knowing the
life
Brother Paul
lived, I
am
confident he has joined
the
communion of
saints and will be
interceding for
all of us
in
heaven.
■
Dr.
Dennis]
Murray
is
president
and professor
of public policy at Marist College.
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HERITAGE
Marist's 2003 Homecoming/Reunion
celebration
was one for the archives.
On
a picture-perfect autumn weekend, the
dedication of the Foy Town Houses
celebrated
Marist
President
Emeritus
Linus
Richard Foy '50 for his extraordinary
contributions
to Marist College. Marist
President
Dennis
Murray also paid tribute
to a special group of Marist faculty who
have served the college for a quarter-
century.
President
Dennis
Murray
(right) presents a
commemorative gift to President
Emeritus
Richard
Foy '50.
Dr.
Foy greets one of
the many
guests
at
the
dedication ceremony.
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
Several
hundred
people attended the dedication of the Foy Town Houses during
Homecom-
ing/Reirnion Weekend 2003. Tire dedication honored Marist President Emeritus Richard Foy
(far
left),
shown here with (left to right) his wife, Mary, their daughter, Bridget Foy Pomerantz
'98, and their son, Peter
'95.
Dr. Foy served as Marist's president from 1958 to 1979.
Tl1e
Foy
Town Houses are located across from the Dyson Center.
Foy Town Houses Dedicated to
President Emeritus Richard Linus Foy '50
L
ast fall on the
lawn
in front of the newly
named Foy
Town
Houses, President
Dennis Murray told several hundred
alumni and friends about the remarkable
growth and advancement of the college
under Dr. Foy's
leadership.
Dr. Foy was appointed
president
of the
college
in
1958 at age 28, the youngest col-
lege
president in
the
United States. During
his 21-year tenure, enrollments grew from
150 to more than
2,000
students and cur-
ricula expanded to
include
23 majors. Dr.
College became
Marist
College.
Dr. Foy was also a
hands-on
president.
He
taught an undergraduate course
in
math-
ematics each semester and was very active
in
civic affairs.
After
leaving
the presidency in 1979 he
was appointed a
life trustee
of
Marist
and
had a successful career with a
major
execu-
tive search firm,
Boyden
Associates. The
Dr.
Linus
Richard Foy Chair
in
Computer
Science,
named
for him, was established at
Marist in
1983.
Foy oversaw major growth
in
the
college's physical plant,
in
particular construction of
14
new
facilities,
as well as
its
operating budget, which went
from $27,000
in
1958
to
more
than
$10 million
in
1979. He
established an evening
division
and introduced the college's first
graduate programs. He offered
student
housing
on campus and
opened the college to women.
In
1959 he installed an IBM 1401
Dr. Foy was
appointed
president of
the college
in
1958 at age 28,
tlie youngest
college
president
in
the
United States.
Dr. Foy earned
three de-
grees in mathematics: a BA at
Marist
in
1950,
summa cum
laude,
an MS at St.
John's
Uni-
versity in 1954 and a PhD at
New York University in 1962.
He
was awarded
honorary
doctorates from
Iona
College
in
1961 and
Marist
College in
1979. Priorto
his
appointment
as president of Marist, he
taught math and
physics
at St.
computer at Marist, enabling the college to
initiate academic programming
in
computer
science and apply the
new
computer to
support operations in Marist's key admin-
istrative offices, and starting
the
institution
on its path to becoming one of
the
premier
schools for using
in
formation
technology in
teaching and learning. Also on his watch,
ownership of
the
college was transferred in
1959 from the Marist Brothers
to
the Marist
College Educational Corporation with an
independent board of trustees, and Marian
Ann's Academy
and
Cardinal
Hayes
High School in New York City; he also
served as a guidance counselor at the former
school. He was born
in
the
Bronx,
N.Y., and
joined the Marist Brothers order following
graduation
from
high school.
Dr. Foy spent
24
years as a
Marist Brother
before
leaving
the order.
His
wife, Mary Foy,
was at his side
during his 21
years as presi-
dent and again at the dedication which their
son, Peter '95, and their daughter, Bridget
Foy Pomerantz
'98,
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39 Honored as
Heritage Professors
I
t was
truly
a homecoming for some former
professors
on the first day of Reunion
Weekend 2003 as they arrived at the
Marist
library
for a photo-taking session. The
occasion was the designation of a group of
39 faculty as
Heritage
Professors, and past
and
present
faculty members greeted each
other with
joy.
It
wasn't easy to tear them
away
from
theirconversationstoclimb risers
for an official photo commemorating
the
day
and their service to Marist.
After the photo session,
the
group moved
to
a
luncheon
in the
Cabaret, where President
Murray
presented
awards to the faculty mem-
bers
designating them as Heritage Professors.
The designation had originally come from
Marist's
board
of trustees, who earlier
in
the
year
had
voted unanimously to
establish
a
special
honor
recognizing faculty who were
deeply
committed
to
advancing Marist from
its earliest years to
the present
day.
Each of the Heritage Professors served
Marist for at least 25 years and began
his
or
her tenure
at
the
college
before
1971. In-
cluded within
this
group were
individuals
whose actions ranged from the construction
of campus
buildings
and judicious manage-
ment of college
resources
to
the
development
of academic policies and traditions that
enabled Marist
to
establish itself as a well-
respected institution of higher learning.
President
Murray
also honored President
Emeritus and
Life
Trustee Linus
Richard
Foy
'50
and Anthony
V.
Campilii
'62,
CFO/vice
president
for
business affairs, who was desig-
nated a Heritage Executive. President Murray
recognized both for
their
contributions and
leadership as longtime administrators.
Richard
Lewis,
associate professor
of
art
and
chair
of the faculty
(seated),
and
Dr. Richard
La
Pietra
addressed the
group of
newly
designated
Heritage
Professors.
Heritage Professor Roscoe Balch
(center)
visits
with former
Dean
of Students and
Director
of
Development
Tom Wade
and
l1is
wife,
Arm.
THE HERIT'AGE
PROFESSORS
Roscoe
Balch,
PhD; Br.Joseph
LR. Belanger, FMS,
PhD;
Italo
Benin,
PhD;Joseph
S.
Bettencourt,Jr., PhD; Maurice
Bibeau, MA;
KevinJohn
Carolan, MS; Thomas W. Casey, MA; Gerard A. Cox, MA; Edward P. Donohue, PhD;
William
R.
Eidle, PhD;
Evelyn Rimai Fisher, BA;
Howard
Goldman, PED;Johnj. Griffin, MBA; George B.
Hooper, PhD;John
C. Kelly, PhD; Daniel Kirk, PhD; Carolyn Landau, PhD;Jeptha
H.
Lanning,
PhD;]. Richard
La Pietra, PhD; Robert P.
lewis, PhD; Lawrence
W. Menapace, PhD; Androew A. Molloy, PhD;
Augustine].
Nolan, MA;
Casimir Norkeliunas,
PhD;
Robert C. Norman, MA; Edward
J.
O'Keef,e, PhD;
Peter
O'Keefe,
PhD;
William
C.
Olson, PhD; Theodore
0.
Prenting, MBA; Br.
Richard].
Rancourt, FMS, PhD;John
T.
Ritschdorff,
PhD; Br.
Cornelius
Russell,
FMS,
MA;John
Schroeder,
EdD; George]. Sommer,
PhD;
Laurence]. Sullivan, MA; Milton
Teichman,
PhD;
Vincent
Toscano, PhD;
John
Gerard
White, MA; and Louis
C.
Zuccarello, PhD.
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O
n Oct.
10,
2003, Marist Col-
lege
President Dennis Murray
presented
awards to faculty
members designating them as Heritage
Professors. Earlier in the year, Marist's
board of trustees had
\'Oted
unanimously
to give special recognition to a group of
faculty who were deeply committed to
advancing Marist from its earliest years
to
the
present day.
The
board had voted
to designate a unique group of 39 faculty
as
Heritage
Professors.
Each of the faculty members served
MarisL
for
al least 25 years and began
his
or her
tenure
at the college before
1971.
lncluded within this group were
individuals
whose actions ranged from
the
construction of campus buildings and
judicious management of college
resources
to
the development of academic policies
and traditions that enabled Marist to es-
tablish
itself
as a well-respected institution
of higher
learning.
President
Murray also honored
President Emeritus and Life
Trustee
Linus
Richard Foy '50 and Anthony
V.
Campilii
'62,
CFO/vice president for business affairs,
who was designated a Heritage Executive.
President Murray recognized both fort heir
significant contributions and leadership
as longtime administrators.
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MARlST
MAGAZINE
Heritage Professors
A.
Collllllitlllent
Roscoe B:alch, PhD
Br. Josep/1 LR. Belanger,
FMS, PhD
Evelyn
Rim11i
Fisl1er,
BA*
Howard
Goldman,
PED
Lawrence
W.
Menapace,
Andrew A. Molloy, PhD
PhD
john
T.
Ritschdorff, PhD
Br.
Cornelius
Russell,
FMS,MA
Italo
Benin, P/1D
John].
Griffin,
MBA*
Joseph S. Be11e11court,
Jr., PhD
George
B. Hooper,
PhD
Augustine].
Nolan,
MA
Casimir Norl1eli11nas,
PhD
John
Schroeder, EdD•
George]. Sommer, PhD
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Maurice
Bibeau,
MA
Kevinjolrn
Carolan, MS
Thomas
W.
Cas,ey,
MA•
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'
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e ...
~!J;
John
C.
Kelly, P/1D
Daniel Kirk,
PhD*
Carolyn Landau,
PhD*
Robert
C.
Normcrn,
MA*
Edward). O'Keefe, PhD
Peter O'Keefe, PhD
I
aurencej.
Sullivan,
MA
Milton Teichman,
PhD
Vincent
Toscano,
PhD
Gerard
A.
Cox,
MA
Heritage Executive
Anthony
V.
Campilii
Edward P. Donohue, PhD
Jeptha
H.
Lanning, PhD
J.
Riclwrd La Pietra, PhD
William
C. Olson,
PhD*
Theodore
0.
Prenling,
MBA
Jolrn Gerard White, MA
Louis
C.
Zuccarello, PhD
President Emeritus
Linus Richard
Foy
William R. Eidle, P/1D
Robert P. Lewis, PhD
Br. Richard). Rancourt,
FMS, PhD
Shown
is
each
individual's
first
yearbook
photo
*
Deceased
SPRING
2004
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HONORING
MARIST
1
S
HERITAGE
H
eritage Professors galhered on
Homecoming/Reunion Weekend
for a group portrail,joined by two
longlime administrators and representa-
tivesoffamiliesof Heritage Professors who
are deceased. Left to right, first row: Br.
Cornelius Russell, FMS; Eleanor Schroeder
representing her husband, the late John
Schroeder; Marist CFO/Vice President for
Business Affairs Anthony V. Campi Iii; Br.
Richard]. Rancourt, FMS; Marist President
Emeritus Linus Richard Foy; Laurence
J.
Sullivan; Casimir Norkeliunas; Roscoe
Balch; Florence Rimai representing her
sister-in-law, the late Evelyn Rimai Fisher;
second row: Br.Joseph LR. Belanger, FMS;
l rma Casey representing her
I
ale husband,
Thomas W. Casey; Lawrence W. Menapace;
J.
Richard La Pietra; Edward
J.
O'Keefe;
Gerard A. Cox; Theodore 0. Prenting;
George B. Hooper; John C. Kelly; Joseph
S. Beuencourt; Anna Griffin representing
her husband, the lateJohnj. Griffin; third
row: Amy Olson representing her father,
the
late William C. Olson; Peter O'Keefe;
John
T.
Ritschdorff; Edward P. Donohue;
Kevin
John
Carolan; Jeptha H. Lanning;
Augusline
J.
Nolan; Jim Norman repre-
senting his late father, Robert C. Norman;
back row: Robert P. Lewis; Maurice Bibeau;
William R. Eidle; Louis C. Zuccarello;
John Gerard White. Heritage Professors
not present or represented in lhe photo
were Jtalo Benin, Howard Goldman, the
late
Daniel Kirk, the
late
Carolyn Landau,
Andrew Molloy, George Sommer, Millon
Teichman and Vincent
Toscano.
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The
sports columns of The
Circle,
Marist's
student
newspaper,
carried
Ian
O'Connor's
first
bylines.
Alumni
IProfile
Covering the Human
Drama of Sports
Ian O'C:Onnor
'86, the award-winning
USA Today columnist, is one of the nation's
distinct:ive
voices in sports journalism.
E
ighteen summers ago. Ian O'Connor
'86
packed his bags and headed for
the
Arizona
desert.
Behind the wheel of an orange
1976
Ford Pinto with no air condn1oning.
ll
was
a cross-country
journey
that was at limes
difficult
to
endure. Once
there,
however, it
was the start of a career that has produced
one of the most prominent sports writers
in
the
country.
Ian
is a sports columnist for
USA
Today,
the
journal News of Westchester
{N.Y.),
and their parent
company, Gan-
nett Newspapers. He has worked for
the
New Yorh Times and New York's
Daily
News, been nominated for
the Pulitzer
Prize and
received the
presugious Sigma Delta Chi Award
signifying the best sports column
writing in America.
Suffice
ll
to say, the self-de-
scribed lazy, clueless college guy
who
spent
his freshman
year in
sweatpants has found his niche.
"I kne\\ from an early period
that this
guy
had
everything
you need
to be
a good sports
\\ mer,"
says
Jack
Curry, a baseball
\\
nter
for the
New York
Times
who started
work
al
\lew Jersey's
Star-Ledger
on the same day as
Ian
in
1986 ·1
instantly
liked him.~
Today,
lan
writes
four
columns each
week for the
journal News, many of
which
are
S}
ndicated nationally throughout Ganneu's
100 newspapers.
While it's
now
common
to
sec
him
in the Yankees'
locker
room
after a
\\orld Series game or mten ie\\ mg athletes
from
around the globe at
the
Olympics, his
future was not always
so certain.
"I really didn't ha\'e any long-term di-
recuon,"
Ian recalls
about his early college
days.
That all changed when he met
with
Journalism professor Da\'id ~lcCra\\ mid-
way through his
freshman year. Noting the
student's
high
grade point average, strength
in English and lo\'e of sports. the professor
directed Ian
toward
The Circle.
"He was always a student
who had
a
liule
something more than e\·en the other \'Cry
good students,~
says
Mr. McCraw,
who taught
journalism
at
Marist
from l
981
LO
1992.
"It
wasn't just that
Ian
understood sports He
also had great
intu1llon
about Journalism
and
how to tell a
story."
Mr.
McCraw has
since pursued a career
m la\\, currently ser\'lngas legal counsel for
the
New York Times. Even today,
howc\'er,
Ian
credits
the
former
teacher
with steering
him toward success. "He pushed me
to
do
more,~
he
says. "He was certainly one of the
best
teachers
Marist has ever had."
Ian
completed his senior year with a
keen eye on the future.
He
was awarded
one of
just
20
Pulliam Fellowships,
one of
the country's most prestigious journalism
internships
The fellowship
took him
out west,
where
he
spent
the
summer
at
the
Arizona
Republic. Before he left, Ian recm·ed some
inspirational words from
Mansi
President
Dennis
Murray.
"You did great work
here,"
Ian recalls
Dennis Murray telling him as he
recc1n:d
his
diploma
at
the
1986
commencement
ceremony. "I
think
you're going
to
go out
and make the college proud
BY JEFFREY
DAHNCKE
'01
















Ian
O'Connor
'86
outside Madison Square Garden
in
New
Yorh City
Those words stuck with him as Ian put
his
head down and began working his way
toward
the top of
his
field. After the sum-
mer in Arizona, he
landed
the job
at the
Star
Ledger.
It wasn't the most glamorous position,
often focused on town meetings and death
notices, but it built a foundation.
A liule over a year later, he accepted a
clerk position at the
New York Times. Thrilled
to be at the "beacon of American journalism,"
he seized the opportunity.
"I answered a million phones and tried
to impress the editors there with my work
ethic,"hesays. "l was able to slowly but surely
write more and more, and do
less
and
less
of the grunt work."
The editors took notice, and one of them
brought Ian along when he went to work at
the
National
Sports Daily
in
1990. Although
the paper lasted just 18 months, it advanced
Ian's career enough to tee up a position at
the
Daily News in 1991.
"That
was a big break for me. It really
raised my profile," he says.
"That's
where I
was able to make a name for myself."
It's also where he picked up his Pulitzer
Prize nomination for a story he wrote about
Les Cason, a former high school basketball
standout whom he found dying of AIDS
in
New York's Washington Square Park.
By 1994,
he
was a
daily
columnist for
the paper. ln 1998, Gannett came calling.
Feeling he had possibly
reached
the ceiling
in his current position, Ian made the switch,
lured
by the broad audience he would now
be writing for.
"lt was a chance to grow the brand
nationally,"
he:
says. 'The prospect of more
national exposure
in
USA Today was a big
carrot
for
me."
It
has turned out to be an even bigger
carrot for his readers. Behind the strong work
ethic
he
adopted early on and a unique ability
to convey the human drama of sports,
Ian's
headshot
is
now a
regular in
sports sections
across the country.
"He
really is at the height of his profession,"
says
Jack
Curry, who knows Ian both
inside
and outside the newsroom. Mr. Curry's wife
isa Maristgradl-Pamela Orbine '86-while
Ian's wife, Tra,::ey,
is Pamela Orbine's sister.
As a result, Mr. Curry has observed Ian's
strength in other areas, none more apparent
than as a father to his seven-year-old son,
Kyle. "He's a terrific dad."
Between hiis newspaper writing, various
television appearances and family
life,
Ian
has recently
found
ti me to undertake another
responsibility.
He
is
currently writing a book,
tentatively set for a March 2005 release,
about
the
spotlight on today's prominent
high school basketball stars.
It's
the
beginning of another chapter
in what has already been a very successful
story.
"This
is a first step in trying to broaden
my horizons," says
Ian,
who is tracking the
senior year of
Brooklyn
basketball phenom
Sebastian Telfair for the upcoming book.
Clearly, though, he doesn't need to do
any more to make Marist proud.
"Even if he
decides
that he wants to con-
tinue
as a (newspaper) writer, he can be one
of the
distinctive
voices of sports journalism
of his generation," David McCraw says.
Meanwhile, Ian has just placed first in
the national Associated Press sports editors
writing contest in the columnist category.
Despite all of the awards and accolades he
has received, he wouldn't mind
if they
all
stopped tomorrow.
"We're
not supposed to be the news, we're
supposed to cover the news," he says. "We're
supposed to be
in
the shadows."
Or in Ian's case, in Yankee Stadium,
Madison Square Garden, or whatever hap-
pens to be the major sports venue at the
moment.
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1 9 5 2
Dr. Edward
Cashin's
20th book,
The Brightest Arm of the Savannah,
The Augusta Canal,
1845-2000,
won an award
from the
Georgia
Historical
Society for
the best
book in 2002.
His
21st book
is
titled
From
Balloons to
Blue
Angels: The Story of Aviation in
Augusta, Georgia.
Dr. Cashin will
be
a
featured
speaker
at
Patriots'
Weekend
2004,
a
commemoration
of
the
225th anniversary of
the
American Revolution
in
New York
sponsored
by Marist's Hudson
River Valley Institute.
He will
speak
July
16 at
Bear
Mountain's
Overlook
Lodge
on "Three Officers
and a Lady:
The Hudson Valley and
Georgia
in the American Revolu-
tion." For
information
visit www.
hudsonrivervalley.org
or call HRVI
at (845)
575-3052.
'47-'66.
with the Class of
'54
celebrating
its
50th
reunion
'84
'89
'94
'99
1
9 5 5
Or. Michael
j.
Kelly
and
his
wife, Janet, bought a house in St.
James, N.Y., in July
2003.
Mike
is an adjunct instructor at St0ny
Brook University where he teaches
management courses.
I
Thomas
G.
Murphy
delivered a paper at
the annual conference of Coptic
Studies.
The
paper was
published
in the Bulletin
of the Center for
Coptic Studies.
I
Br. Declan Mur-
ray
celebrates his
50th
year of
being
a classroom
teacher.
Brother
Declan is
a religious
educator at
Archbishop
Molloy
High School
in Jamaica, N.Y.
1 9 5 6
Rev. Francis Gallogly
lives on the
campus of Villanova University
in
Villanova, Pa. Br. Frank also
serves
as
chaplain
to
the retired
sisters of St.
Joseph
at Chestnut
Hill.
I
Robert
Hopkins
teaches
at
Trinity
High
School in Manchester,
N.H.
His
son, Patrick,
teaches
in
Singapore; another son, Craig, was
to
graduate from
the
University of
Pennsylvania veterinary school in
May
2004; and a
daughter,
Col-
leen, was to wed in April in San
Diego, Calif.,
where
she teaches.
I
Br.
Leo Shea,
FMS
is president of
the Guadalupe Middle School, a
tu
it ion-free
Catholic school for poor
Mexican children on
the border
in
Brownsville,
Texas.
1
9 6 2
William Lenehan
is entering his
10th year of
retirement.
He never
tires
of hearing
from
former Marist
football players and oarsmen. Bill
can
be
reached at
wjlenehan@aol.
com.
I
Dr. M. John
O'Connell
is


































semi-retired and
lives
in
Boothbay
Harbor,
Maine,
"right across the
footbridge."
He keeps
busy
and
enjoys
helping
school
districts
improve the
effectiveness of their
schools
and
connecting with "old"
Marist classmates
from
the
high
school graduating classes of 1956
to
1959.
He is
doing some edu-
cational consulting
in
New
York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and West
Virginia.
His
son-in-law
is
with the
1st Armored Division in Baghdad.
I
Dr.
Frank
j.
Swetz
is
involved
in editing a new e-journal for
teachers,
devoted
to the
use of the
history of
mathematics in
teaching.
His Web site is www.mathforum.
org/convergence.
1
9 6 4
Barbara and
Robert
Van Aernem's
youngestson,
Brian,
was
married in
October. Nowtheyhavesomeplace
Lo
visit
to
play golf when
the
weather
in
Delmar,
N.Y., is cold: Brian
lives
outside
Myrtle Beach,
S.C., where
he isan
officer
in the Horry
County
Fire and Rescue Service.
1
9 6 6
Michael
Borrelli
was re-elected
for a
fourth term
as
Rye
(N.Y.)
Lown
councilman.
He has
been a
Knight of
Malta
since
1997.
IJack
Broderick, an
oil painter, had a
one-man show
in
Buenos Aires in
October.
His
work also appeared
in a
five-person
show in
Paris
in
January
2004.
After
leaving
Marist,
he studied
art
at
the
Lyme Academy
of
Fine
Arts
in
Old Lyme, Conn.
I
Joseph Garcia
and
his
wife, Agnes,
are
happily retired
and
living in
Florida
IJohn
W.
Hart,
PhD
had
two articles published in
2003:
"Living
Water:
A Sacramental
Commons" in
Catholic Rural
Life
magazine and "Sustaining a
Sacramental Commons"
in
Dialog
-A
Journal of Theology.
He spent
six weeks
in Italy
participating in
the National Endowment for the
Humanitiesseminar"St. Francis
in
the
13th Century." Paulist Press will
publish
his next
book,
Environmen-
tal Theology,
in
May 2004.John
is
known for his work
in
social ethics
and environmental ethics, and
he
has given
more than
150
presenta-
uons on four continents, in 24
states and in Canada, Brazil, Swit-
zerland,
Italy,
Nepal and England.
IJohn Palumbo
has
joined Bayer
Healthcare
in
Norwood, Mass., as
a senior clinical consultant. His
son, John,
is
at James Madison
University in Harrisburg, Va., and
his daughter,
Angelina,
isat Loyola
College in Baltimore, Md.
I
Rocco
Pietrofesa
is enjoying making
lots of wine
in
his retirement.
His
son, Rocco, who is an airiman
1st
class
in
the Air Force, wa:; briefly
stationed
in
Iraq
in
suppon of the
troops
before
being
restalioned
to
England. He was to
be
discharged
from
military service in Mai,
2004.1
A
Ian
W.
Schultz
is
retired from
his
position
as laboratory
director
with
Ben Nesin Laboratories in Shokan,
N .Y.,
a
division
of
the
New
York
City
Environmental Protection Agency.
I
Tom Taylor teaches
and coaches
football at Canterbury Prep
in
New
Milford, Conn. His
team
won the
Northeast football championship
in
2003.1
Charles Zoeller
is the
manager of
the
Adult
Day Health
Center of
the
Elder Service
Plan
of the East Boston Neighborhood
Health Center in Winthro1p,
Mass.
The center offers a day p,rogram
and residential care for Alzheimer's
patients.
1
9 6 7
Joseph
Conklin
retired on
Dec.
31,
2003, after 22 years with
the
Center
for Professional
Education a.tAnder-
sen
Worldwide in
St. Charles,
Ill.
I
Gerard Defiglio
retired
from
IBM
on Dec. 31, 2003, after 341½ years
of service.
I
Michael
Gilfeather
is
enjoying retirement. One of
his
children
recently
graduated from
college and
two
others are currently
attending college.
I
Peter Higgins
has merged hisconsultingfiirm
with
another small business
in Lats
Vegas,
Nev. He is working on
homeland
defense issues,
lecturing
at
UCLA,
"having fun."
I
Robert
Johnson's
daughter.Jennifer, writese1pisodes
of "The Guardian," which airs on
CBS on Tuesday
nights.
E;ob
has
four grandchildren and
is
"perk-
ing
along" at www.lcafe.com.
I
Anthony
LaRocco
retired from
teaching
three
years
ago. He lives
in
New York City and has a home
in
Florida for
the
winter months.
I
Patrick
j.
Sullivan
has been
married
for 33 years and has
two
grown children. He has spent most
of his working career with
IBM in
the greater NYC area.
1
9 6 8
Walter Arendt retired
in August
2002
after 35 years as a
teacher
and
manager
with
New
York State
government.
He
has
two
grand-
children, Allison, 8, and Billy,
1.1
Robert
G.
Bailey,
Esq.
has
been
appointed to
the
Debt Counseling
Drafting
Committee of the
National
Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws as well as
the Strategic Planning and
the
Membership committees of
the
National Academy of Arbitrators.
He is chair of the
University
of
Missouri medical
school's
Insti-
tutional Review
Board as
well
as chair of
the
Central
Missouri
Food Bank, Boone County Group
Homes
and
Missouri
University's
Professional
Sports Council.
I
Vincent
Boccalini
and
his
wife,
Judy, celebrated
their
35th wed-
ding
anniversary on
June
8, 2003,
with their six children and three
grandchildren. They continued
the
celebration by traveling to
Italy
in
October
2003.1
Gerald Callahan
retired as chairperson of
the
social
studies
department
at Miller Place
High
School in
Miller Place,
N.Y.,
in
June 2003
after 38 years in educa-
tion.
Jerry is
now a humanities
consultant for
the
school district,
where
his responsibilities
include
teacher observation,
budgeting
and
mentoring.
I
Lawrence
Carr
and
his
wife, Sandra, are the proud
grandparents of
three
grandchil-
dren, Olivia Lawal, 3, Charles
Lawal,
2,
and
Madeleine
Carr,
1.
I
Br.
Denis
Hever,
FMS
served
in the Marist mission in Liberia,
West Africa, from 1999 to 2002
as director of religious education
for
the
archdiocese of Monrovia.
Br. Denis
returned
to the United
States
in
2002 due to
illness.
He
now
lives at the Marist Brothers'
MARRIAGES
Class of 1974
Gregory
Pope
to
Hazel
Mendez,
June 14, 2003
Class of 1986
Jeanne Curran
to Scott Critzman,
Aug.30, 2003
Lisa Essegian
to
Nick
Brigandi,
July 2003
Class of 1987
Doriann Apice
to Joseph
Fengler,
Oct. 14, 2000
Class of 1989
Dawn Suriano
to Scott Wilson,
April 13, 2002
Class of 1990
Sean
Kaylor
to Erin Harris,
Oct.
11,
2003
Class of
1991
Deirdre
O'Connell
to Declan
O'Keeffe,
June
6, 2003
James Porter
to
Joan
Touchette,
Nov. 15, 2003
Class of 1992
Kristen Magnusson
to
James
Ross
Whittaker,
July 2002
Christine Urgola
to Todd
Ciccone,
Oct. 4, 2003
Class
of
1993
Margaret "Margo" Barrett
to
Raymond
Resseque,
July 19,
2003
Kelley
Day
to
Frank Macaluso,
Sept. 27, 2003
Tricia Taskey
to Mark Modifica,
April 12, 2003
Class
of
1994
Catherine Quinn
to
Michael
Gilbert,
May 18, 2002
Kenton
Rinehart
to
Deborah
Barnett,
July 13, 2002
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Alumni
A
MARRIAGES
Class
of
1995
Jeanne Marie Brennan
to
Michael Dunne,
Nov.
2001
Kerry Connors
to
Stanley
Broadway,
May
25, 2003
Todd Dias
to
Linda
Mallon,
May
31, 2003
Nicole Ermlich
to
David
Benjamin,
Sept.
2, 2000
Catherine Manganelli
to
J. Christopher
Kapferer,
Nov.
2, 2002
Molly McConeghy
to
Anthony
Gallagher,
July
5, 2003
Michael J. Murray
to
Jennifer
Jacquet,
June
7,
2003
Kathleen Nealon
to Michael
Palmer,
July
2003
Jennifer Schneider
to
John Kemnitzer,
Oct.
5,
2003
Tricia Shreve
to
Dr.
Steven
Spector,
May
2002
Class of 1996
Michelle Bourque
to
Joseph Shoback,
May
25, 2003
Mikael
T.
Carlson
to
Rebecca
Spearrin,
June
15,
2002
Kathleen O'Callaghan
to
Michael Walsh
'94,
July
20, 2003
Michael Pappagallo
to
Valerie
Leavitt,
Oct.
11,
2003
Keith Reyling
to Jacqueline
Skarupski,
July
19,
2003
Matthew Stevenson
to
Nadine
Badger,
May
10,
2003
Class
of 1997
Janice Bivona
to
Michael Fanning
'98,
Oct.
12, 2002
Michele Cosentino
to
Gino
Labruzzo,
Sept.
6, 2002
Jason
Daingerfield
to
Jill
Crowley,
May
17,
2003
Karisa
Jankowski
to
Greg Ancona,
Sept.
5,
2003
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residence
in
Bayonne. N
.J.
I
Paul
Hickey
retired from the federal
government two years ago and is
now a contractor working for the
Department of
Defen.se. His
wife,
Ellen, teaches in Georgia and
is in a doctoral
pro.gram.
Their
sons, Paul and Bill, are grown
and out in
the
business world.
I
William Kuffner
has launched a
new consultancy callied Platinum
Quarterback Services
..
Bill and his
partner
provide personal admin-
istrative and project management
services
to
individuals and families
of wealth.
I
Effective
July
1,
2003,
Lazio
F.
Nagy
retired
from his
position
as deputy superintendent
of
Dutchess
County BOCES. His
career
in
education spanned 35
years, five in teaching and more
than 30 as an administrator.
I
Thomas
Reichert
teaches special
education
high
school students at
EastSide High
School
in
Paterson,
NJ
I
Thomas Spratt
i:schief
credit
officer for U.S. Trust Company,
N.A., based
in
the company's Los
Angeles, Calif., office.
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Harry
Anderson,
JI'.
has been
a counselor for SCORE
(Service
Corps of
Retired Executives),
a
volunteer arm of
the
Small Busi-
ness Administration, for 10 years.
SCORE volunteers help people
who want
LO
start a business put
t0gether a business plan that may
be useful in obtaining loans.
I
Harry
Carroll
is president of the
Phoenix, Ariz., St. Patrick's
Day
Parade, Irish Faire and Colleen
Pageant.
He
is also
lhe
founder
of
the
Phoenix
Poli,:e Emerald
Society.
I
Dr. Richard Dickinson
serves on the Vermont
Board
of
Dental
Examiners. Dick and his
wife, Lynn, are
the
parents of three
children Lindsey
is
an attorney
working for U.S. Secretary of Com-
merce
Don
Evans in \1/ashington,
D.C.;
Grace
is
a dentist working
in
St. Albans, Vt., with
her
father;
and
Rich isan
engineer in Concord,
N.H.
I
Samuel
Greco
retired
from his position as manager of
administrative plans atnd controls
at
I
BM Poughkeepsie
after 39 yea
rs
of employment.
I
Kenneth Haas
retired
in December
2002 from his
position with
Interstate
Electronics
in Anaheim, Calif.
IPatrick
Keilty,
Jr.
and his wife, Anne, both work
for
the Department
of Defense
Alumni
Author
Running Recon: A Photo Journey
with SOG Special Ops Along the
Ho Chi Minh
Trail
Author: Frank Greco
'74
Published in January 2004
by Paladin Press
Large-format, 448 pages,
700 photos, documents,
color maps
Web site:
www.runningrecon.com.
This
large-format,
448-page
military
memoir
and combat photogra-
phy
book
offers
an account of a
top-secret U.S.
Army organization
known
as the Studies
and Observation
Group, or SOG,
that operated
for eight
years during
the Vietnam
War
and
became
America's
most
decorated elite
unit. The group's
official records
were
destroyed
in
1972
when
it
was disbanded.
Through
anecdotes,
correspondence
and
700
rare
photographs
primarily
from
personal collections,
as well
as
color maps
and declassified
documents,
Running
Recon
reflects
Frank
Greco's experiences
in
Kontum,
Vietnam,
from
April 1969 to
April 1970 as
part of SOG
as well as
the collective
experiences of
other SOG
veterans.
Dependents
Schools in Germany.
Patrick is a mathematics teacher
and guidance
counselor
at Bamberg
American
High
School and Anne is
a
librarian
atAnsbach High School.
I
Richard
A.
Mease!
taught
earth
science and biology at Green
Run
High School in Virginia
Beach,
Va.,
for
the
2003-04 school year.
Rich
retired as a
lieutenant
commander
with the U.S. Navy in 1992.
I
Robert Mennonna
retired
from
the
Arlington, Va., public school
system
in
June 2002 after
more
than
30 years: 22 as an elementary
and
middle
school teacher, two
as an elementary school assistant
principal and nineasanelementary
school principal.
I
Sean O'Neill
and
his
wife,JoAnn, both
retired
in
June 2003 after each spent 34 years
in
teaching.lJohn
Pashley
retired
from the New York State Health
Department
at the end of March
2003 after 33 years of service.
1 9 7 0
Robert
L.
Brown,
Esq.
and his wife,
Mary
Ellen,
have three children.
Their daughter, Erin,
recently
mar-
ried;
their
daughter,
Kate, is
in
her
final yearof undergraduate studies;
and their son, Connor, is
in his
first year of undergraduate studies.
"Busy
time of life," he writes.
I
Wil-
liam
Dourdis
retired after33 years
of teaching high school English at
Roy
C.
Ketcham
High School in
Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Bill now
supervises
student teachers
for the
Marist
Teacher
Education Depart-
ment. He and
his
wife,
JoAnn,
have
two
daughters who are both
teachers. Bill
and JoAnn became
first-time grandparents in October
2003.
I
Col. Andrew
Fallon,
USA
(Ret.)
was promoted
LO
\'ice
president for systems management
for the Washington group of SRS
Technologies.lPaul
M.
Gould
will
be featured in
the
upcoming book
Artists of
Disti,1ctio11.
He recently
became
president
of
the
prestigious
Kent
Art Association
in Kent,
Conn.
IJohn
Kren
was ordained in March
2003 as a permanent deacon
in
the
Diocese
of
Richmond,
Va.
I
Dr.
Stephen
A.
Pryorretired
from New
York State government service in
February 2003 with more
than
30
years of combined service within
three
departments.
He
and his wife,
Jan, have
three
grown children,
Stephen, Kristin and
Jerilyn.
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Dr. Bruce
Armstrong
is associate
clinical professor for Columbia
University's Joseph
L
Mailman
School of Public Health. He is also
directorof the Young Men's Clinic at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
I
Anthony
Dallojacono
retired from
Analog
Devices,
a semiconductor
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company
in
Santa Clara, Calif.,
and
is now
the voluntary treasurer
of
the
Northern California Sons
in
Retirement
organization.
I
Edward
Fogarty lives
in Marine Park
in
Brooklyn, N.Y.,
with
his
wife.Jean,
and their
two
sons,
Tim
and Bren-
dan.
In 2002, Ed started a
business
selling caps and gowns, gym uni-
forms and imprinted sportswear
to schools and organizations.
I
Deacon Robert Gurske
celebrated
his
first anniversary as a deacon
in
the Archdiocese
of
Newark, NJ, on
June
1,
2003. Bob
is
assigned
to
his
home
parish
of
St. Bartholomew
the
Apostle
in
Scotch
Plains,
N.j.,
and Muhlenberg
Regional
Medi-
cal Center
in Plainfield,
N.j., as a
Catholic chaplain.
Ijames
Mor-
ganteen
and his wife,
Geraldine
Roche Morganteen
'73,
write
that
their
son,
Jeff,
enrolled
in Ithaca
College's
Roy H.
Park School of
Communications
and
plays defense
on
the
college's ice hockey team.
I
Jack Paluszek
is
president
of
Advanced
Management
Associates,
Inc. The
company
is
facilitating
"bullet-proof
manager" training
programs in Kingston
and Fishkill,
N.Y.ljohn
Pinna
has retired
from
teaching in the
Spackenkill School
District
in
Poughkeepsie.
He
is an
adjunct instructor
at
Marist
where
he
teaches history
and educa-
tion. He
also has
lectured
on
the
Gilded Age in Marist's
Elderhostel
Program.lWilliamand
Maryjane
Ward Spenla
'72
have
relocated
to
the
East
Coast
from
Chesterfield,
Mo., as a result of
Bill's job transfer
to DuPont
Corporate
Human
Resources
in Wilmington,
Del.
Bill
previously
worked for
DuPont
Protein
Technologies in
St.
Louis,
Mo.
Bill says he and
his wife
hold
the
distinction of being tlhe
first
Marist graduates
to marry.
1
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7 2
Gerard
Burns's
daughter,
Alyson,
attends
Harvard
University where
she is pursuing a
master's degree
in public
health.
Ijames
Cosen-
tino
still
travels
worldwide with
the
IBM
Top Gun
program
as a
consulting eServer and stornge
lT
specialist.
He lives in
Saugerties,
N.Y.,
with
his
wife, Mary, and
their
children.Joseph and Tara.II
Frank
Gerbes
is a
member
of the
board
of
directors
for
the
Orange County
(N.Y.) Chamber of Commerce.
He
is an associate
broker for ReMax
Benchmark Realty Group
1in
New
Windsor, N.Y.
He was elected
to
the
Re Max Hall off a
me.
Frank and
his
wife, Mary, will celebrate 33 years
of marriage on August
28, 2004.
I
Alexander Novotny
ex:pected
to graduate in
June 2004 from
a
master's
in
education program at
Loyola College in Baltimore,
Md.
I
Michael
A. Smith
completed the
first tier of courses at
the
Advest
Institute at Harvard University.
The
courses provide advanced training
on financial
topics
and are b:ased
on
the
latest
research
and practices by
leading experts. Mike
is
the author
of
Business-to-Business
Golj·,
which
has been on
the
Amazon.com
best-
seller
list
for three years.
I
Martin
Marist President
Emeritus
Rich-
ard Foy
·so
snapped this
ph1oto
of Br. Cornelius
Russell, FMS
'SO
and his sister Mary at the
birthday
party
Mary
gave him.
"This was Brother Cornelius's
21st birthday, held on Feb :20,"
Dr. Foy
wrote. "He's a leap-)rear
baby, so that
makes
him 84 in
your and my years." Brother
Cornelius, recently
designa1ted
a
Heritage
Professor
(see Page
22), lives at the
Cabrini
Home
in
New York City. Other alumni
at the party
included
Br. Joe
Belanger,
FMS
'48, Br. Don
Kelly, FMS '65/'86 M, Br.
Jaimes
Kearney, FMS '53, Br.
James
Adams, FMS
'59
and Br. Joseph
Sacino, FMS '71.
E.
Torrey
resigned his
position
as chief of staff to Congressman
John
E.
Sweeney, who
represents
New York's
20th
Congressional
District. Marty is
a retired Navy
commander and was captain of
Marist's
1972
crew team.
He
has
established Captain Consultants,
Inc., a
small consulting firm based
in
Clifton Park, N.Y.,
Manhattan
and Washington,
D.C. It
advises
clients seeking
access to local,
state
and federal
governments and
programs.
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In
June
2004, Neil Esposito
will
complete 30 years as a
reading/
English teacher
at
Albany (N.Y.)
High
School.
Ijames
Heilmann
joined
Hoffman-LaRoche
Pharma-
ceuticals
in January
2003.
Jim
is
responsible
for
Information
Tech-
nology
services
in
Switzerland, the
United Kingdom, North America
and Australia.
I
Robert Kennedy
is
enjoying
retirement,
his nine
grandchildren and playing golf on
Sarasota
Bay
in
Florida.
I
Stuart
Neil's daughter.Jaime, has
entered
the Colorado State University
busi-
ness
program.
I
Catholic Charities
of Albany (NY) honored
Jack
C.
Simeone,
PhD
for his
25
years of
service, commitment and dedica-
tion.
lln
November
2003,
Loretta
Bunten Terry relocated
to Athens,
Greece, where she is a federal
benefits officer for
that region.
Loretta oversees the administration
of all federal benefits to
individu-
als in 34 countries.
Her husband,
Martin, plans to pursue
his
artistic
career.lKaren
Cardinale VanNor-
st
rand
is
a teacher at
Ridley-Lowell
Business & Technical
Institute
in Poughkeepsie. She
is
also
an
adjunct teacher at Empire State
College. She was selected for
Who's
Who Among America's Teachers
for 2004.
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Gary
Defraiaand
his
wife, Isabelle,
continue
to
work in psychological
services while residing in
Tillson,
N.Y. Their son, Daniel, entered
Marist as a freshman in
fall
2003
I
Jim Joyce
was named executive
vice
president
at The Bank of New
York, responsible for
the
bank's
middle market banking,
regional
government
banking
and small
business underwriting activities.
Jim has completed 25 years
of
MARRIAGES
Annemarie
Knight
to
Ronald
Przybycien
'96,
Aug. 9, 2003
Gina McLaughlin
to Allen Grant,
Aug. 16,2003
Jennifer
O'Neil
to
Jason
Cornett,
Aug.
16,2003
Ann Severino
to Steve
Milutinovic,
Aug. 10,2003
Adam Towne
to
Tracy
Dusharm,
June
7,
2003
Jon Wilson
to
Courtney
Conboy,
Nov. 8, 2003
Tabitha
Zierzow
to
James
Mac-
calous,
July
4, 2003
Class
of
1998
Jill Gaspar
to Mark Higgins,
March
20, 2004
Katherine
Jowdy
to Angelo
Rushforth,
Aug.
31,
2002
Jeffrey Keene
to
Heather
Morse,
June
7, 2002
Elyssa
Kimmel
to
Eric Liebl,
May 17, 2003
Paul Lutomski
to Ann Marie
Deyo,
June
7, 2003
Mandi Morabito
to Brett McLaughlin,
Dec. 27, 2001
Heather
Ohliger
to
Andrew
Brindisi,
Aug.8,
2003
Jaime Peters
to
Jason
Manzella,
Oct.
4,
2003
Christine
Winter
to
Brian Silver,
June 14, 2003
Class of
1999
Kerry Barrett
to
Wilson
Mendez, Jr.
'01 Nov. 22, 2003
Jennifer Canonico
to
Bryan Avroch '00,
July 4, 2003
Michael Frisch
to
Dr. Anna Kropiwnicka,
June
28, 2003
Jessyca Greer
to
Dan
Peeters,
Feb. 15, 2003
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Alumni
A
MARRIAGES
Kathleen
Hopkins
to
Michael Gicewicz
'98,
Sept. 5, 2003
Kelly Kenefick
to Roberto
Pugliares,
July
3, 2003
Robyn
Monk
to Gregory
Bilotta,
Oct. 25, 2003
Dominique
Pino
to
Ismael
Santiago,
Jr., Dec. 10,
2000
Carmelita Seufert
to
Evo
Rondini,
Aug.23, 2003
Diane Wasilewski
to
Peter Cornax
'00,
Sept.
13,
2003
Class
of
2000
Tina Marie Angiulli
to
Charles
"Chuck"
Williams
'02, July
12, 2003
Amy Bashford
to
George
MacEntee,
Nov.
30, 2002
Sarah McDermott
to
Anthony Man-
cusi,
June 28,
2003
Catherine Harrison
to Paul Hoffman,
Dec.
20, 2003
Erin Minor
to
John Black
'99,
July
26,
2003
Carie Pluff
to
Christopher
Koehler,
June 14,
2003
Janine Szal
to
Tommi
Paavola,
Aug. 3, 2001
Janine Van Beese!
to Keith
Allmend-
inger,
Aug.
10, 2003
Katherine
Wright
to
James
Hunter,
Aug.
16,
2003
Class
of
2001
Cheryl Chaffin
to
Brian Nethercott,
June
21, 2003
Kimberly
Honsinger
to
Mark
Breiland,
Aug. 2, 2003
Jeanneil Kulik
to
USAF
Major
Jimmy
Warren,
Oct. 25, 2003
Nicole Reizian
to Matthew
McKnight,
Sept. 19, 2003
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MAGAZINE
service at
the
bank.. He and his
wife,
Mary
Monsaert Joyce
'74,
have celebrated 28 years of
mar-
riage. Their son, Christopher, is
at Villanova University.
I
Susan
P.
Kelly, PhD
was installed as
president of the New York State
English Council at its annual
conference
in
Albany in October
2003.IFrancisj.
Martin
attended
the GOP national convention in
1992 in
Houston, Texas, where
he
met George
W.
Bush. George H.W.
Bush was nominated that night
tO
run for his second term. Frank was
sitting five
rows
in b:ack of George
W.
Bush and the
VIPboxes.lDaniel
Whitehead's
son, Jitu, returned
home safely
from
Afghanistan and
Iraq in July 2003.
1
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Michael Asip
was named
instruc-
tional specialist in i;pecial educa-
tion for Williamsburg-James City
County schools in Williamsburg,
Va. Mike
returns
to :special educa-
tion
leadership
afte1r 14 years as
a middle school principal and
assistant principal.
I
Deborah
Grimmett-Harris
has lived in
Atlanta, Ga , for 2
7
years. She
worked for
IBM
for
30
years and
MAPICS, Inc. for nine years as a
technical writer. Deborah
is
now
self-employed as a
tax
preparer and
life insurance agent.I
Michael
Hart
is
happily
retired.
Mike and
his
wife, Debbie, live in Chatham, N.Y.,
where he
is
presidem of the East
Chatham Fire Company,
Inc.
and
a member of
the
Town of Chatham
Zoning Board of Appeals.
I
Ellen
Hartigan
has
been appointed
vice president of student affairs at
Queensborough College. She previ-
ously served as dean of admissions
at Polytechnic University, where
Jim
Joyce
'74
Ellen Hartigan
'75
she was employed
for
more
than
15
years.
I
William and
Phyl-
lis Mendreski Hoar's
daughter,
Margaret, is a sophomore at Marist.
She majors
in
psychology/early
education and rows
for
the crew
team.
Son Robert
is
at Stevens
Institute of Technology where he
studies mechanical engineering.
Their youngest child, Catherine,
is a student at Locust Valley (N .Y.)
Middle School.Ijames
Mccasland
has accepted a position as
territory
manager with Dutchess Terminals,
Inc. in
Poughkeepsie.Jim continues
his
association with Stewa
n's
Shops
in Kingst0n,
N.Y.
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In spring 2003,
Dr.
Kathleen
Manning
was a visiting professor
in
Beijing,
China, on a Fulbright
Fellowship. Kathleen
isan
associate
professor
in the higher
education/
student affairs graduate program
at the University of Vermont in
Burlington.
I
Robert
Wishart
and
his wife,Janiene, are enjoying their
new
house and are proud of
their
two sons, Scott and Brett. Scott
will
be
married in 2004 and Brett
was
to
graduate from college in
May 2004.
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Brian Bennett
has
been
promoted
to
director, external operations at
Wyeth Consumer
Healthcare.
I
Dr. Marie Donovan
was awarded
tenure and promoted to associate
professor of education at DePaul
University in Chicago, 111. She
holds a doctorate in education
from Harvard.
IJohn
Gavigan,
Jr.'s
daughter, Stephanie, has been
accepted to New York University.
His son, Michael, attends Kel-
lenberg
Memorial High School in
Uniondale, N.Y. John enjoys
life
with Eileen, his wife of
23
years.
I
Edward
Seifts is
an applications
analyst at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1 9 7 8
Sal
DePalma
has been promoted
tO
state manager, chain division
for South Carolina for Southern
Wine
&:
Spirits
in
Miami,
Fla.
I
Noreen Fennell
has been elected
a trustee of the Orange County
Citizen's Foundation and an officer
of its executive
board.
Noreen also
serves on
the board
of directors of
Leadership Orange.
I
Kristin Jane
Keller,
daughterofVirginia
Heaton
Keller
and the
late
Robert Keller
'80,
is
a member of the Marist
women's basketball
team
that won
the 2004 MAACchampionshipand
traveled
to
Arizona
to
participate in
the NCAA
Tournament.
Ginny and
Bob's other daughter, Cait
Ii
n
Joyce,
is
a sophomore at Mari st this fall.
I
Barbara Stern
has been retired for
16
years and is active
in
Marist's
Center for Lifetime Study.
President Dennis Murray
(right)
presented Ronald Vuy '74,
a
for-
mer Marist football player, with
a monogrammed Marist football
in February. Ron is
the
manag-
ing
director
at
the PGA National
Resort
and Spa in Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla., where
the
Florida
chapter of the Alumni Association
hosted
"Alumni
Day at the PGA."
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Gladys
L. Cooper,
Esq. '77: Serving
the !Community
Gladys
L.
Cooper,
Esq.
'77 was one of four individuals
honored for outstanding community
service at the
Catharine Street Community
Center's 13th annual
Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast
in Poughkeepsie.
In acknowledging
the honor, Gladys
quoted her
grandmother,
a Baptist minister. "As
long
as God is
blessing you, you have to continue to give back,"
she told the audience of more than 600 guests at
the Mid-Hudson
Civic Center. She urged them to
continue
Dr. King's
dream,
to remember
those
not
as fortunate and "not to accept the status quo."
A native of the Hudson
Valley,
she was appointed
corporate
secretary of CH
Energy
Group,
Inc. in 1999
and served in that capacity for CH Energy Group,
Central Hudson Gas
&
Electric Corp., CH Energy
Services
Inc.
and their eight subsidiary companies
until January 2003.
She received her associate's degree from
Dutchess Community
College and graduated with
honors from Marist with a bachelor's in business
administration.
She first joined Central Hudson in
1977 and
in
1984 was appointed Central Hudson's
corporate secretary, the first woman and first Afri-
can-American
to be appointed an officer of Central
Hudson. In 1992 she took an educational leave of
absence and in 1995 received
her
Juris
Doctor
in
Law
from the University
of Maryland.
She then rejoined
Central Hudson and was appointed assistant vice
president of governmental relations.
Gladys
has served as a member of the Catharine
Street Community
Center board and was the chair of
the steering committee that developed the annual
Martin Luther King,
Jr. awards breakfast, the center's
major funid-raising
event. She is a member of the
board of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill,
the Community Foundation of Dutchess County,
the Dutchess
County
Arts Council
and TransArt,
Inc.
She has si!rved in various roles on the boards of the
College
a11
New Paltz Foundation,
Inc,
the YWCA
of
Dutchess
County,
Rehabilitation
Programs,
Inc.,
the
Youth Rei;ource
Development
Corp., the American
Red Cros:s and the Dutchess County Girl Scouts
Council,
among others.
She has received several awards and honors
including the YWCA's
Special Recognition
Award
for Conti1nued
Community Service, the Dutchess
Community
College
Outstanding
Alumni
Award and
the Cunningham
Award
for Exceptional
Achievement
and Service to the University
of Maryland School
of Law.
She is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law
fraternity, Zeta Phi Beta sorority,
the Christian
Legal
Society
and an active member of Springfield
Baptist
Church in Beacon, N.Y.,
which was founded by her
grandmother, the Rev. Mattie Cooper, in 1946. She
has establlished
a scholarship
endowment fund with
the Community
Foundation
of Dutchess County for
members of her church who wish to continue their
educationi.
Gladyi;
has two children
and two grandchildren.
~Ham•UW
---
1
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Charles
Bender
still
works in the
field of psychology managing
a
work program for
developmentally
disabled adults. Charlie lives
in
LaGrange, NY.,
with his wife,
Tammy,
and their children, Cody
and Chelsea.
I
Kathleen Murphy
Dombroski
and
Michael Dom-
broski
will celebrate
their 25th
wedding anniversary
in 2004.
I
Br. Paul Keenan
is a Franciscan
Brother
living
in Bolivia study-
ing Spanish. Brother
Paul
is
a
certified social worker who worked
and studied at the Washington
Theological
Union
in
fall
20031
Kathleen
Norton
McNult
y
was
honored at Our Lady of Lourdes
High
School's Legion of
Honor
Dinner
on Feb. 11,
2004.
A
Lourdes'
alumna,
Kathleen
has had
a
distinguished career in journal
ism.
A former writer for the Associated
Press Wire Service, she
is
now a
features writer and
public
editor at
the
Poughkeepsie
Journal.
I
Kathy
Anderson
Pereira
stopped working
outside of her
home in 2003
in
order to enroll
her
13-year-old
son
in a home-schooling
program. She
works with two other teachers, a
speech therapist, an occupational
MARRIAGES
Erin Shelah
to Peter
Bellanti,
Aug.8,2003
Megan Williams
to
John Ragozzine '00,
June 14,
2003
Class of
2002
Karla Del Valle
to Ted Beauregard,
June
2003
Meghan Fuller
to
Neill Schultz,
Nov. 5, 2003
Don't Miss the Fun
Visit the alumni Web site at
www.marist.edu to find out
when and where chapter
events will take place.
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
Class of 1963
Ginny
and
James Gargan,
a grandson,
Leo
James
Natividad,
Aug.
18,
2003
Class of 1965
Althea and
Dennis Feeney,
grandchildren,
Zoey
Kollhoff,
March
24,
2002, and
Sydney
Feeney,
July
1, 2003
Judith
and
J. Brien O'Callaghan,
PhD,
a
grandson,
Cameron
Charles
O'Callaghan,
July
11, 2003
Class of 1966
Mary
and
Michael Feddeck,
adopted
a
daughter,
Catherine
Mei,
from
China,
Nov. 2003
Class of 1967
Linda
and
Charles McDermott,
a
grandson,
Brian
Syren,
July
8, 2002
Diane
and
William Scura,
a granddaughter,
Christina
Diane
Scura,
Feb.
4,
2000, and a
grandson,
Sean
Michael
Coughlin,
Jan. 23, 2004
Class of 1968
Kate
and
John
T.
Goegel,
a granddaughter,
Allyson
Claire
Goegel,
Oct.
7,
2003
Class of 1969
Barbara
and
Robert E. Hatfield,
Jr.,
a
grandson,
Ryan
Michael
Pedi,
Oct. 13,
2003
Class of 1970
JoAnn
and
William Dourdis,
a
grandson,
Dalton
Christopher
Melious,
Oct. 29, 2003
Class of 1984
Donna
and
James R. Barnes,
a son,
Benjamin
Everett,
March
2, 2004
Sharon
and
John M. Donovan,
a
daughter,
Meredith
Ann,
July
7, 2003
Janine Wilson
and
Jim
Cunniff,
a son,
Joshua
Wilson,
Sept. 17, 2003
34
MARIST
MAGAZINE
therapist
and a reading specialist,
all of which keeps
her
very busy. She
lives
in Mohegan Lake, N.Y.
1
9 8 0
Stanley A. Frangk
is a partner
in
the law
firm of Levine, Hofstetter
& Frangk. Stan and
hi:;
wife, Debra,
reside in Hyde Park with their
three
children, Denise ,Andreaand
Steven.lMaurice
Lallllbert,ACSW,
BCD,
UCSW
has been appointed
president and CEO to The Extra
Mile-Care Manageme:nt
in
Seattle,
Wash. The comparny provides
social, psychological and
medical
care
management
services to dis-
abled adults, frail elde:rly and their
families. In
his
spare time, Maury
volunteers with Meal:; on Wheels,
senior volunteer transportation,
services for the
blind
and Gilda's
Club Seattle, a suppo,n center
for
people with cancer, their family and
friends. He has a master's in social
work from Ohio State University.
1 9 8 1
Donna
Tiner Conte
was promoted
to relocation direct<)r at Terrie
O'Connor Realtors in .Saddle River,
N
.J.
I
Cicely Perrone now
lives
in
Catskill, N.Y., where she spends
her days painting a1nd enjoying
her grandchildren. She
has
happy
memories of
her
days working for
Marist Abroad and would
love
to
hear
from any of her former
students.
lTimothy
Scherr's
wife,
Diane, was promoted
to
LTC in
the
U.S. Army on May
l,
2003
She
is with the
28th
Combat Support
Hospital in Tikrit,
Iraq.
Their son,
Adam, is a
restaurant
manager
in
Pennsylvania and their daughter,
Charlotte, is a
high
school senior
in Fayetteville,
N.C.
I
Malcolm
Schick is
an attorney and partner
in the law firm of Gray and
Prouty
in San Diego, Calif. He and his
wife, Patricia, have
three
children,
Kelly, Malcolm.Jr. and Alexander.
I
Martin
and
Joseph
Smith have
joined the firm of A.G. Edwards
&
Sons in Short
Hills,
N.J
.,as
financial
consultants.
1
9 8 2
Matthew Chandler
has been
promoted to vice
president
for
marketing and business develop-
ment,
eastern
region,
for Univision
Communications, Inc. Univision
is the
nation's leading
Spanish-
language
media company. Matt is
responsible for all of the company's
lightly falling snow didn't slow down the Marist College contin-
gent in the 243rd St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City on
March 17. Mike and Allison McCarthy '82/'83 (above) served as
honorary
alumni marshals,
accompanied
by their children
Jeremy
and Maggie. They joined President and Mrs.
Dennis
J.
Murray
in leading a contingent of nearly 100
up
Fifth Avenue. Mike is
president of MSG Network.
TeleFutura-owned
and -operated
affiliate and Puerto Rico stations.
He
is
based in
Miami, Fla.I
Nancy
Fitzpatrick has
moved to Peekskill,
N.Y., and begun a
new
position as
associate court clerk at Westchester
Supreme Court
in
White Plains,
N.Y.IJudith
McElduffMcAndrew
is a
member
of
the
board of educa-
tion for the Mendham
(N
.J .) school
district.
Judy has
been very active
in her community. She was one of
the founding members of Partners
in Learning, an advocacy group for
special
needs
students. She
lives
in
Mendham, NJ, with her husband,
Robert McAndrew
'79,
and
their
four children.
1
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Dawn-Joy Oliver Ansbro
has
started
her
own
business
special-
izing
in providing
training and
quality assurance guidance and
support
to
the contact center
industry. Her first client is the
Metropolitan Museum of An.
Daughter Kristen
studies piano and
voice with
the
New York Conserva-
tory in Goshen,
N
.Y.,
and daughter
Corinne studies gymnastics and
tae-kwon-do.
Dawn-Joy's
husband,
Jim,
is
the engineering manager for
Nice-Pak Products in Orangeburg,
N.Y.
I
Katherine Ciannamea is
a marketing representative for
SonMedia Online, an Internet
service provider.I
Donna Mazzola
Cody received
a master's in special
education
from Dowling
College
in Oakdale, N.Y.
I
Kelly
Donnelly
Cook
reports
that
the Class of'83's
20th reunion was a huge success
thanks to
class
reunion
chairperson
Frank Burhance
'83.1
Kathleen
Crowley
is the blood bank
manager
at New York-Presbyterian
Hospital
at
the
Weill Cornell Center where
she coordinates
the
entire operation
of
the
Blood Bank Transfusion Ser-
vice and Donor Services.
Kathleen
has
been published in
Legal
Guide-
lines
for
the Clinical
Laboratory,
the
American
Journal
of Clinical
Pathology
and the
Medical Labora-
tory Observer
and
is
currently the
immunohematology
editor for the
American Association of Clinical
J,:nmHZ-
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Pathology Tech Sample
Program.
I
Marsha Gordon
received
the
excellence in leadership award
from
the
Chamber Alliance of New
York
State.
Marsha
is
president
of
the
Westchester
Business
Council.
The award
is presented each year
in
recognition
of outstanding
contributions in the
promotion
of
the
chamber
profession.
lThomas
Hassett
was promoted
LO
director
of operations/business services for
the national
headquarters of Girl
Scouts of the
USA.
Tom
resides
on
Roosevelt Island,
off
the
shores of
the east side of
Manhauan.
ljanice
Peterson
has
opened her own
business,
I
Dream
of Beading,
in
the
Freedom
Executive Park in the
town of
LaGrange,
N.Y. The shop
offers classes with bead and fiber
artist Carol Cypher.
lruam•n•
~
1
9 8 4
Christopher
M. Capone
has
been
appointed
chief financial
officer and
treasurer
of CH Energy
Group,
Inc. in Poughkeepsie.lJohn
Donovan
has been program man-
ager for San Luis Obispo
Regional
Rideshare
for five
years.
He
and
his
staff
implement
marketing,
public
relations
and community outreach
to promote
the
use
of
alternative
transportation
in San Luis Obispo
County,
Calif.lPreston
Felton
was
promoted to first
deputy
superin-
tendent
of
the
New
York State
Police
on
Nov.
6, 2003.ICarlos
Garcia is
a supervisor
I for the
New York City
Human ResourcesAdministration's
Department of
Social Services.
He
serves as a
liaison between the
NYC
HRA
Family
Independence
Admin-
istration and
the
Office of Child
Support Enforcement citywide.
I
Theodore
Kissel,
his wife, Cheryl,
and
their
three
daughters,
Kathryn,
Julia and
Megan,
love
to
fish and
enjoy
the outdoors near
Barryville,
N.Y., along
the
Delaware
River.
I
Lori Karpp Messina
received a
master's in secondary education
and mathematics
f
ram
Mount Saint
Mary College in December
2003.
She also received New York State
teacher
certification
in
February
2004.
IPatrice
Sarath's
short story
"A
Prayer for Captain
LaHire"
was
reprinted
in
The Year's
Best
Fantasy
3 from Harper Collins.
Her
story
"Into
the
Dark"
received
a Nebula
nomination.
"Thanks,
Dr.
Som-
mers!"
Patrice
writes.
1
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Darryl
lmperati
was a1ppointed
principal of the Valley
Central
High
School
in
Montgomery,
N.Y.,
in May
2003. He
took
the
position on Sept.
1,
2003,
after
17
years
in
the district
as teacher
and
assistant principal.
I
Tom
"Ziggy"
Lehrkind,er
writes
that his wife,
Lynn
McGahan
Lehrkinder
'86,
was
diagnosed
in
2003
with
melanoma,
a form of skin
cancer.
Lynn
has been courageously
followinghertreatmem
pr,otocol
for
the past year,
he
says.
Tlhey both
are very appreciative of
the
kind
words and
thoughts
f
ram
the Marist
community.
ljohn
Loughlin
was
promoted
to the
rank
of lieutenant
colonel in the U.S. Army
Reserves.
He
serves in
the
Army Surgeon
General's Office in
the
Pentagon.
As
a
civilian, John worlks as an
agent for State
Farm
Insurance
in
Troy, NY.
I
Susan
Marcy
and her
husband, Dennis,
traveled in 2003
to
the Bahamas in
March, Cancun
in April,
the
Adirondack:, in June,
Chincoteague, Va., in jluly and
northern
Maine
in Augus:t. To cap
it all off,
they
hiked a
4,000+-foot
peak
in
New
Hampshire in
October.
I
Eileen
McCue
enjoyed
traveling
to
China, Ireland and
keland
in
2003.
Eileen is a certified social
worker
for
Taconic Developmental
Disabilities Services Office. Her
private practice
in
Poughkeepsie
continues
LO
expand.
I
llisa
Far-
abaugh
Pilewskiand
her
husband,
Tom, are
kept
very
busy
with their
four children. "Lots of activities,
lots of chaos," she writes. "We
are
abundantly blessed."
I
Lawrence
Roll
is
the
security technol-
ogy architect for Mercedes-Benz
headquarters
in the
Unit,~d States.
"Thanks,
Marist!"
he writes.
Christopher
M.
Capone
'B4
1
9 8
6
Kenneth Briggs
is
developing
J2EE
Enterprise JAVA
applications
at New York
Independent
System
Operator
in
Guilderland, N.Y
Ken
is a senior analyst/technical
developer
at
the
company.
His
band,
"Blues-O-Saurus," was
to
record its
first CD
in December
2003.
I
Steve
DeVito
is a senior
accounts
payablecoordinatorwilh
the
law
firm
ofStroock&Stroock&
Lavan
in
New York, NY.
He
writes
that
he
would like
to
express his
deepest condolences to the family
of
Vincent Kane
'86.
Vinnie was
a New York City firefighter who
lost
his life in the Sept.
11,
2001
terroristattacks.
lDonald
Godwin,
Ed.
D.
was appointed to the
position
of
dean
of students
at
Marywood
University in Scranton, Penn. Don
administers the disciplinary/judi-
cial affairs program
and
supervises
the
offices of student activities and
leadership
development
and of
housing
and
residence life.
I
The
Hon.
Howard
D. Mills
Ill,
Repub-
lican
state assemblyman from
Orange County (N.Y.),
announced
on Feb. 19,
2004, that
he would take
on
incumbent
Democratic
U.S.
Sen.
Charles Schumer on Election Day,
Nov. 2,
2004.
1
9 8
7
Kevin
Kaley
is a member of
the U.S. Army Reserves. He
graduated
from
Command and
General Staff College and was
selected
battalion
executive officer.
ljohn
O'Mahoney
was appointed
assistant principal
of Intermediate
School 77 in Ridgewood, N.Y., on
May 8, 2003.
I
Michael Tallman
M
'93 completed the U.S. Army's
Command and General Staff
Officer course on
Dec.
31, 2003.
He
transferred
to the
Massachusetts
Army National Guard Medical
Command as the health services
plans, operations, intelligence,
security and
training
officer. Mike
is
also
the
special projects officer
and privacy officer for
the
medical
command. Asa civilian,
Mike
isan
information technology
systems
officer for
the
State Street Corp. in
Westboro, Mass.
1 9 8 8
CW3 Michael T. Carson
returned
in
fall 2003 from a
10-month
deployment
in Kosovo
as a Medevac
and maintenance test pilot. Michael
was stationed in
Landstuhl,
Ger-
NEW
ARRIVALS
Class
of 1985
Marianne Constantino
and
R. Steven
Tungate,
a daughter,
Amelia
Blair,
Feb.
27,
2004
Meredith
and
Robert La Forty,
a son,
Colin
Reynolds,
Nov.
8, 2003
Lora
and
Shawn Mulligan,
a
son,
Casey
John,
Dec.
10, 2002
Linda
and
James J. Murphy,
a son,
Adam,
July 1,
2003
Class of
1986
Erin and
Peter Asselin,
a daughter,
Jennifer
Mary,
May 9,
2003
Marla
and
Ken Briggs,
a
daughter,
Lily
Hope,
June
29, 2003
Carol
Ann Caruso
and Anthony
Madonna,
a
son, Anthony
Michael,
Jan.
11, 2002
Eileen
and
Scott Dammers,
adopted
a son,
Joseph,
from Russia
Kim Grob
and
Douglas Dutton,
twin
daughters,
Jennifer
and Carolyn,
March
5, 2003
Michelle Janin
and
Steven
Mastandrea,
a son, Lucas
Daniel,
July
22,
2003
Diane
Prince
and
Donald
Bloodworth,
a
son,
Jared,
Feb.
28, 2002 and a
son,
Ian
Donald,
June
20,
2003
Shauna Ziegler
and
John
Erdogan,
a son, Alex
John,
Jan. 23, 2002
Class of
1987
Maureen
Ferguson
and
Thomas
Bridgman,
a daughter,
Colleen
Regina,
Jan.
24, 2003
Ellen Fitzpatrick
and
Robert Saunders,
a
daughter,
Taryn
Renee,
June
2, 2003
Maureen
Hickey
and
Vladimir
Horrego,
a
son,
Daniel
Shannon,
Jan.
14, 2003
Teresa Lantos
and Michael
DeGagne,
a son,
Joseph
Michael,
June
26, 2003
Jennifer Sewall
and Philip
Elwyn,
a
son,
Benjamin
Allen,
Sept.
22, 2003
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2004
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
Class of 1988
Tammy
and
Joseph J. Esposito,
a
daughter,
Shay
Lynn,
Aug.
1,
2002
Rosanne
and
Leonard
F. Johnson,
Jr.,
a son,
Leonard
·Leo·
F. 111,
July
31, 2002
Virginia Law and
Gregory
Manning,
a
son, Thomas
Harriman,
May
13, 2003
Debra
Noyes
and
David
Grossnickle,
a
daughter,
Julia
Summer,
March
6, 2003
Regina
Rossi,
a
daughter,
Nina
Claudine
Fuentes,
Jan.
11,
2002
Anna and
Andres Santiago,
a
daughter,
Laura
Elizabeth,
Sept. 27, 2003
Jennifer Scardino
and
Paul Dottinger,
a
daughter,
Jolie
Grace,
Nov.
11, 2003
Class of 1989
Elizabeth Davern
and
Christopher
Mercer,
a
daughter,
Kate,
July
7, 2003
Lori
Dubrowsky
and
Greg
Warnokows-
ki, a son, Gregory
James,
April 19, 2002
Rachel
Mastrostefano
and
Steven
Nichols,
a
daughter,
Sadie
Josephine,
June
12, 2003
Josephine
Miluso
and
Michael
Earley,
a
son,
Michael,
Oct. 28,
1999,
and
a
daughter,
Megan,
July
9, 2003
Kristin
and
Vincent Panettieri,
a son,
Nicholas
James,
April
28, 2003
Cheryl
A. Sobeski, Esq.
and John
J.
Reedy
Ill,
a son, Ryan
John,
May 29, 2002
Dawn Suriano
and Scott Wilson,
a son,
Andrew
Anthony,
Dec.
19,
2002
Class of 1990
Wendy
and
Timothy Bell,
a son,
James
T.,
Sept. 9,
2003
Ana Castillo
and
Terence
Farrell,
a
daughter,
Natalie
Alexis,
April
11,
2003
Kristine
Conway
and
Kevin
Many,
a
son,
Jake
Dillon,
July 11,
2003
Kerry
Coulter
and Robert
Mundinger,
a
daughter,
Grace
Louise,
Aug.
20, 2003
36
MARIST
MAGAZINE
many.
lJamie
J.
Guiida
conducts
training
seminars on chip sample
preparation techniques and
reverse
engineering for
J.F.A.
Diagnostics
in
Round Rock,
Texas.
IJoseph
Madden
has
three
sons.Joe, Liam
and
Ronan-"two
carrot tops and a
blondie!"
he writes.
lJ
ohn McGurk
co-founded a computer software
company, Tolan,
lnc., based in
Providence,
R.l.
IJonna
Spilbor
has added New York to
the
list
of
states in which she !Practices
law.
Other places on
her
list
include
California and D.C. She
is
a
regular
guest commentator
,on
Court-TV,
Fox
News Channel and MSNBC
and
is
a
legal
columnist
for the
Poughkeepsie
journal.
The column
appears on Sundays and
is
called
"Reasonable
Doubts."
She
is
a gradu-
ate
of Western State University of
Law in San
Diego,
Calif.
lJoseph
Stevens
is a
regional manager
for
New
York/New
Jersey
for Aztec
Medical Products,
lnc. Joe
lives
in
Bridgewater,
N.j., with
his
wife,
Mary Ann, and their children,
Nicole, 3, and Joseph,
1.
I
Paul
Ziegler is
the director
of
acquisi-
tions and underwriting for
the
Northeast region
at
CitiFinancial
Mortgage.
lznmtMsR
,,
1 9 8 9
Alan
Affuso
is
a partner in a
pri-
vately held
lT
consulting firm, the
Garrett Sayer Group
in Parsippany,
Linda Betz M '88: Developing
Security
Strategies
for IBM
Since
Sept. 11, 2001, security
has been in the forefront
of everyone's mind, in every corner of the world, and
in
every
industry
!;ector,
from finance, transportation
and pharmaceutical
to retail, information
technology
and education.
Today's hot s,ecurity
topics run the gamut from
preventing identity theft-both business and per-
sonal-to defeatiing
viruses that penetrate computer
systems,
detectin9
intruders,
stopping hackers
in
their
tracks and protecting PIN
numbers
during everyday
ATM
transactions,.
Inside IBM's
c,n demand e-business world, Linda
Betz M '88 and
her
team of eServer security experts
are engaged on the front lines
helping
the company
develop
and imph!ment
integrated security
strategies
that
readily
identify
unauthorized users
and defend
systems from thE! threat of information
technology
(IT)
security
breaches, accidents
and natural disasters.
Their job: to ensure
24/7
the security, integrity and
continuity of the day-to-day business operations of
all IBM
eServer customers.
N.j.
He
was promoted to vice presi-
dent of
professional
development
in January
2003 and,
in
November
2003, was
designated
CIO of
the
firm. He invites all computer sci-
ence graduates and
near
grads
LO
contact him via his business email
(aaff
uso@garrettsayer.com)
to
begin
networking
their
careers.
I
Julie Daigle
received an
American
Red
Cross Pacesetter
Award on Oct.
23,
2003,
for outstanding service
LO
the community and
LO
the
Red
Cross.
I
Kevin
Garrity is a
sports
reporter and anchor for NY
1,
New
York City's
all-news
channel. His
contract extends
through
2007.1
Carol
Ann Catucci Kinane
has
been appointed special educa-
tion coordinator
for Huntington
To accomplish this critical mission, Linda, the
program director of eServer Security and a certified
Project Management Professional,
leads
the server
strategy and architecture for security. This includes
the IBM
family of eServers,
ranging
from
Intel-based
to
mainframes.
Located
in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.,
she and
her staff connect to leaders
in
all
IBM
development
groups and product divisions
and are directly linked
to the corporate i;ecurity
strategy team.
Linda
Betz M
'88
"Asa resultofourcollaboration
with IBM's
Thomas
J.
Watson Researich
Center, we developed and intro-
duced the IBM
41'58 [encryption
card] and the more
recent
PCIX
hardware encryption
card," says Linda.
With this hardware encryption
card, customers
can
offload "compute·"
intensive
workloads
(e.g. complex
transactions, such as engineering
and scientific
num-
ber-crunching
jobs,
that call for a massive amount
of computer time•,
processor power and speed) to a
tamper-resistant
device that protects critical encryp-
tion keys for a business.
"We are
helping
our customers to protect the
identities of their customers, as well as the identity
of their own company,
and to better control and man-
age information,
whether they are transmitting
credit
information
over the
Internet
or sharing data within
their own networks or with other businesses," adds
Linda.
Since
joining
IBM
in
1983
at Poughkeepsie,
Linda
has
primarily
supported
the manufacturing
and engineering
lines
of the business. She recalls stepping
right
out of
undergraduate
school at SU
NY
Albany
into
IBM's
world
of automated tools and processes,
where she began her
career by helping build
tools to load
microcode
onto
tapes and diskettes, and working on the ALPS
robot.
To
this day, she vividly
remembers how
the robot cut
the diskettes, then
labeled
and placed them
in
boxes
for the
3080X
machine.




























Intermediate School, where she
also serves as a sixth grade special
education
teacher.
I
Michael
Kinane
has been appointed to the
Smithtown Central Schools
indus-
tryadvisory
board.I
Paul Mead
and
his
wife,Joseue, have t wochildren,
Christopher and Jonathan.
Paul
runs
the Return Center at Avon
in the
Springdale, Ohio, branch.
I
Kathleen De Riso Mitchell
was
promoted to
vice president
of
Median Management
Group,
LLC,
a company specializing
in
travel-
related
insurance
programs.
She is
responsible for the
profitability
of
all the
programs
as well
as
company
operations.
I
Richard
Spina
was
promoted to
Eastern
region
di
rector
of Maxxim
Medical
in Clearwater,
Fla.
I
Vincent
Zuccarello has been
promoted
to vice president of health
care finance for Oxford
Health Plan
in
Norwalk, Conn. Vince and
his
wife,
Sandra Izzo Zuccardlo
'89,
live
in
Sandy
Hook,
Conn.
1 9 9 0
Sean Creighton
is
the
executive
director
of the Southwestern Ohio
Council
for Higher
Education.
He
is pursuing a
PhD in
leadership
and change at Antioch University
in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
I
;Celeste
English
is
pursuing a master's in
chi
Id
hood education at
the
College
of St.
Rose in
Albany, NY Upon
completion of
this degree in June
2005,
Celeste will
be
a New
York
State-certified
teacher
of grades
one
through
six.
I
David
Farr
has
finished
his sixth and final season
as a production accountant for
the HBO
series "Sex
&
the
City."
He
previously
worked on
the
television show "Spin City" and
numerous movies filmed
in New
York.
I
Karen Foley
has started
her
own
law
practice, concentrating
in
adoption
law.lDonnaJeannette
is
director
of
marketing
for
member-
ship
rewards
at American Express
in
New
York,
N.Y.
IJoseph
Kelly
III
was
promoted to
senior
investor
with the New
York
State Attorney
General's Office
Investigations
Bureau
in
Syracuse, N.Y. He
resides
in
New
Hartford,
N .Y.,
with
his
wife,
Joanne,
their daughters,
Clarisa
and Monica,
and
their
son,Joseph.
From there, she became
technical
assistant
to
the
division vice president and Kingston, N.Y., general
manager,
splitting her new responsibilities
and time
between product groups in the Hudson Valley and
Endicott,
N.Y.
every semester
for five years.
When not working on eServer
issues
and security
strategies, Linda savors
spending time
at
home
in
Poughkeepsie
with her
14-year-old
son, Richard,
who has a passion
for basketball.
He played on the
Oakwood
School's
JV
basketball
team
and
is
enjoying
his return
to the
classroom
after a
long,
serious
bout
with migraines.
She
later held
development
management
positions
in
the
MVS
software area and the Highly
Parallel
Query
System
organization,
where she
helped
bring standard
IBM
hardware
and software together to create an of-
fering that
helped
companies
scan,
join and
then
break
down
huge
amounts of data
into
manageable
parts
for faster processing.
This
assignment
led to a second-
line
management
position, overseeing
a large team of
developers
who concentrated
on security strategies
Born
and
raised
in Poughkeepsie,
Linda
remembers
growing up in a neighborhood
of mostly IBM families.
Her father had a long career
with IBM Poughkeepsie
as an engiineer
before retiring in the 1990s. Her older
sister,
Katherine,
works at the IBM Thomas
J.
Watson
Research
Center in Hawthorne, N.Y. Katherine is a
and focused
on some key aspects
of
systems
management.
In 2002, when IBM consolidated
all servers
from within various
product
lines into one brand, senior manage-
ment asked
Linda
to assume
a leader-
ship role
to
help develop
the security
direction
for the new family of
IBM
eServers.
The concepttookofffast.
As
a
result, her
team's
project scope
and
responsibilities
grew; they continue
to
evolve
each year.
Inside IBM, Linda Bet
M
'88
and her team
of eServer security
experts are engage
manager
in the very security
organi-
zation that
has
had a major
hand in
helping
Linda'seServerteamdevelop
the critical 4758 encryption
card for
the
IBM
eServers.
In
2003, Chris
O'Connor,
director
of IBM corporate security strategy,
selected Linda to be an adjunct
member of the company's
security
strategy
council. Here,
the forward-
thinking
Marist alumna represents
her systems group to ensure that
the
team's solutions fit into IBM's
strategy for the eServer
business.
Before being hired by IBM, Linda
pursued
her
love of computers
and all
things
mathematical
in short order.
In
1980,
during her
high school senior
year, she entered
Dutchess
County
on the front lines
helping the compan
develop and impleme t
integrated security
strategies that identi y
unauthorized users
and defend systems
from security breaches,
accidents and natura
I
disasters.
Ase-business
moved
from com-
municating
information
primarily
Community
College through early admissions.
After
earning
her two-year degree
at Dutchess,
she enrolled
at SUNY
Albany,
where within one year she graduated
in 1982
with a BS in computer
science
and mathemat-
ics.
When Linda
joined
the computer
science
master's
program
at Marist, she was already a full-time
IBM
software
engineer.
·Asa matteroffact," she announces,
with a warm,
broad
smile, "everyone
on my Poughkeepsie
team
has
a degree from
Marist!"
She deeply appreciated
the
fact that the
Marist
MS in computer
science
program
provided
her
with a mix of insights
from professors
as
well as adjunct instructors
who were professionals
in
the industry,
including
many from
IBM.
While Linda
balanced
work and family life, she took one course
between the business-to-business
sector in the mid-1990s
to reaching
into
the home
PCs
of
individual
consumers,
a huge cry rose up for
tighter st,tem and data security.
"In the 2000s, e-business
customers want to
know how to safely share more information
in
an on
demand
world, connect
with broader
target markets
and maintain privacy without
having
their security
issues
go up because
their exposures
might go up,"
says
Linda,
who thrives
on complex
situations.
"Today,
these are some of the questions
we hear.
"Man}r of the answers
can be found right within
the security attributes of the IBM eServers
that we
support," she adds. "And this is why we believe
that
our eServ,~r
security
team is at the right place at the
right time in the history of our industry."
-
Sharon
1. Horan
NEW
ARRIVALS
Patricia DePaolo
and Sean
Munk,
a son,
Brandon,
March
10,
2004
Keana Hourigan
and
Kenneth Anna,
a daughter,
Marvey
Brigid,
March
2003
Charlotte "Renee" Howard
and
George
Lazor
Ill,
a
son, Garrett
John,
June
24, 2003
Jacqueline Kuntz
and Mark
Levinson,
a son,
Connor
Mark, Oct.
14,
2002
Melanie Levy
and
Wayne
Roberts,
a daughter,
Raven
Amara.
July 29, 2003
Suzanne
McSwiney
and David
Klatt,
a
daughter,
Leah
Marie,
May
11,
2003
Katherine Rondeau
and Adam
Pitcher,
a daughter,
Ellie,
Feb.
20, 2002
Doreen Saviano
and Thomas
Ricci,
a daughter,
Heather,
Sept.
4, 2003
Natalie
and
Andrew B. Scarano,
a
son,
Aidan Christopher,
July 16,
2003
Kristine
Scheu
and
Andrew
Janusas,
a son,
Aidan Lawrence,
June
3, 2002
Catherine Tagliaferro
and
Pierce Redmond
'89,
a daughter,
Abigail,
May
11,
2002
Stacey
Waite
and Scott MacPhetres,
a
daughter,
Delaney
Waite, Dec.
2, 2003
Class
of
1991
Debra Alleva
and
Kenneth
Kirby,
a
daughter,
Katelyn
Elizabeth,
Nov.
10, 2002
Courtney Bowen
and Philip
Messina,
a
son,
Nicolas
Philip,
Oct. 28, 2003
Michele Carta
and
Jeffrey
Sullivan,
a daughter,
Sophia,
Jan. 20, 2003
Donna D'Angelico
and Mark teVie,
a daughter,
Brooke
Helena,
April 30, 2003
Patrice Gentner
and
Dewey
Rose,
a daughter,
Lillian
Maeve,
Dec.
4,
2002
Denise Gormley
and
Sean
Brennan,
a son,
Kevin
Patrick,
March
19, 2004
Rebecca
Hastava
and
Rich Pastor,
a daughter,
Logan
Reese,
Feb.
23, 2003
Monica Latus
and
Roy Freer,
twin
sons,
Mason
Roy
and
Spencer
Reese,
S
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N
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Alumni
:-:EW
ARRIVALS
Dec.
6, 2001
Julie McBride
and Donald
Stepp,
a daughter,
Nicole,
Nov.
B. 2001,
and Nathan,
Oct.
16, 2003
Tara
Mclaughlin
and
Peter
McGuinness.
a son,
Matt~~w
Peter,
March
25, 2003
Kerin O'Connor
and
Ted Kockenmeister,
a son,
Daniel
Thomas,
April
29, 2003
Vida ind
Dominic Odescalchi,
a daughter,
Victoria,
April
22, 2002
Nicole
Ostrander
and
John Twomey,
a daughter,
Siobhan
Kelly,
March
2, 2003
Amy Purpura
and Michael
Smith,
a daughter,
Shannan
Kristen,
Sept.
28, 2002
Sandra
dnd
James
Tremblay,
a
son,
James
Joseph,
Jr., Feb. 17,
2003
Class
of 1992
Margaret "Megan• Bell
and Douglas
Phillips,
a daughter,
Teagan
Mary,
June
30, 2003
Jeannine
and
Jon
Cerabone,
a son.
Alex 1nder
Ellis,
Nov. 7, 2003
Courtney Glennon
and Don Richards,
a son,
Nolan,
March
2003
Lori
Iversen
and
Kip Ferguson
'93,
a da11gh
ler, Emily,
Apr"I
1, 2003
Kristen Limauro
and Gary
Bishop,
a daughter,
Stephanie
Ella,
Jan.
3, 2003
Maureen McGuire
and E. Christopher
Sch..,,d,
a son, Andrew
Joseph,
Oct.
22, 2002
Stephanie
and
Paul
Molinari,
a son,
Kyle Paul,
June
20, 2003
Julia Morrison
and Mark Desmond,
a
daughter,
Jane
Margaret,
Nov.
11, 2003
Jennifer O'Connell
and
Jason Nickelsen,
a son, Parker
Ed·
ward, Dec.
29. 2002
Denise Piana
and Rick Lew,s,
a son,
Ashton,
July
4,
2002
38
M AR IS T M
1\
(,AZ I N E
I
William
Kelly
graduated from
Alban) La,, School m \la)
2003.
He was the winner of the Karen C.
McGovern
Senior Prize Trial. His
article "Enck and M)' ron Canaries
m the Mme was published m the
Albany Law Journal of Sere nee and
Technology.
Bill was admitted to
the
New York
State Bar and is
now
an assistant district auorner in
Rensselaer
County. N
'r
I
Melissa
Powers Le, ine
keeps bus) w11h
her husband, Michael, and their
two sons, Benjamini
and Noah.
I
Suzanne
Lyons
he21ds
the public
relations department for Bauer
Publishing. The companr, based
in Englewood
Cliffs,
NJ.
publishes
consumer magazines including
Fi1s1
For
Women, Women's World,
J-14
and
Soaps
i11
Depth.
I
Laurie
Barnell Orr
1s an adjunct instruc-
ior for \fount '>amt \farr College
in
t>.ewburgh
ts.
Y.
I
Yolanda
Robano-Gross
and her husband,
John, have purchased a new
home in Woodmere, N.Y
..
where
they h\'e with their two-year-old
daughter, Morgan
I
Susan
Weisser
Schmill lives m Kiev, Ukraine,
with
her
husband, Paul, and
1he1r
three daughters Susan isstudring
Russian.
1
9 9 1
Anthony Capozzolo
was promoted
to
deputy unit chief of the Firearms
Trafficking Unn at the Manhat-
tan District Auorney·s Office
m
Januar)
2003.
I
Denise DeCicco
Kasper
1s the new columnist for
the
Clemmons
Journal,
a newspa-
per m Clemmons, N.C.
I
Sheila
Clancy
O'Donnell has expanded
her specialty gift bouuque busi-
ness. She opened a freestanding
storefront on Main ':>Lreet
in Pearl
River,
NY.. "Moon Ri\'er" on
Oct.
25, 2003.
sellmgg1ftsand
clothing
I
Kathleen Oremus-Brazee
has
Remembe~ing
Bogdan
Jovicic
The Marist Collei1e
community
mourned the loss of
Assistant
Director
of Athletics
Bogdan
Jovicicfollowing
his
passing
March
12.
He was
52.
An active member
of the Marist Athletics Department,
Bogdan had an
impact
on students and staff alike, and his loss creates
a great void on campus.
"The loss of Bogdan was a shock
to
all of us at
Marist
College,"
Director
of Athletics
Tim
Murray
says.
"His
presence
in our department
was a special
one that
will be sorely missed."
A familiar
face
around
the Department
c,f Athlet-
ics, Jovicic,
played numer-
ous roles during
his
19-
year tenure as a .Red
Fox.
In his most recent post,
Bogdan organi,'.ed and
ran
the school's
intramural
program,
worki
0£1
with the
entire student body.
Bogdan also served
as an assistant coach
with the
Marist
College
basketball team for five
seasons, helping
to coach
the likes of Rik S-mits
'88
and Miroslav
Pecarski.
He
also served as the team's
academic adviso,r during
around the world. Bogdan
spent the
1979-80
season
as an assistant coach with the USC
Trojans.
In
addition to coaching
basketball,
Bogdan
spent
three seasons as an assistant coach with the
Marist
soccer team. He was on the sidelines
in
1992
when
the Red Foxes knocked off the number one-ranked
St. John's team.
Former
Maristsoccercoach
and Director
of Athletics
"Doc" Goldman
recalls
Bogdan's
abiding
compassion
for others. "Bogdan
was very concerned
about people.
He would come into my
lJ:
office with the newspaper
.,
and say, 'Did you see
this?'
or 'Did you see that?' and
we would spend 30 min-
utes discussing
it. He had
a feeling for people, and
was concerned
about what
people did to other people
and why they did it. I think
that showed
in his relation-
ship with the kids at Marist.
He was always very good
with
the
players, mindful
of their needs and their
development, athletically
and as human beings."
his coaching
cawer.
Bogdan
Jovicic
courtside
in Mccann.
Former head men's
Bogdan
graduated
from
the University
of
Belgrade,
earning
a degree in political
science in
1975.
Upon his
graduation he moved to Paris, where over the next
four years he studied French
language
and civilization
at the world-renowned
Sorbonne.
basketball
coach Dave Magarity
remembers Bogdan
fondly. "My
relationship
with Bogdan
originally
cen-
tered
around basketball
but our relationship
grew over
the past
19
years. He was such a warm and gentle
person and one
cif
the most unique
individuals
I
knew.
He was intelligent,
well-read
and always up on current
events. He was c1n
integral part of the community,
as
well as my
life
arnd
my family's
lives. My
children
grew
up with Bogdan. He was always a friendly
face and
someone I will truly miss."
In
1984
Bogdan served his native Yugoslavia
as
an assistant coach for the nation's Olympic
basketball
team, helping prepare the squad for the Olympiad
in
Los
Angeles,
Calif.
He also coached
on the professional
level
in
France, serving as an assistant coach with
the Stade Franw Paris Club team, coaching
in every
European
country as well as numerous
other
nations
A versatile
athlete, Bogdan
played
at various
levels
of basketball
during his life and was able to play at
every position
on the floor. While
at the University
of
Belgrade,
he played for the Partizan-Belgrade
Club
team.
He also was
the
player coach of the
Velizy
Club
Team
while studying
at the Sorbonne.
Bogdan was fluent in English,
French,
Hungarian
and Serbo-Croatian.
He was also an avid chess player
and was a member
of the Vassar
Chadwick
Chess
Club
for the past
12
years.
A memorial service, attended by staff, faculty,
students, alumni and members of the surrounding
community,
was held on March
26
at Our Lady
Seat
of Wisdom
Chapel
on the Marist
campus.
































been
the district
communicator
and
special projects assistant fort
he
Spackenkill Union Free School Dis-
trict
in
Poughkeepsie
since
1996.
I
Richard Park
is
senior
program
manager
for Echostar Technologies
Corp.
in Englewood,
Colo.
I
Mat-
thew
Phung
isan
assistant property
controller
with
GVA Williams, a
worldwide
real
estate service.
I
Linda
Gallagher
Reusch
and
her
husband,
Michael, have
two boys,
Jack,
3 and
Ryan,
2. The family
lives
in
Bedford,
N.H.
I
Kimberly
Riordan
received
the
Chartered
Property Casualty Underwriter®
designation from the Insurance
lnstitute
of America.
Kim
is
the
litigation manager
for
the Electric
lnsurance
Co.
in
Beverly, Mass.
I
James Saunders
isa controller with
the Blackstone
Group, a private
investment
firm
in New York, NY.
I
ln
September 2003,
Michael
Wolff
was
promoted
to
business
risk assurance
manager in charge
of developing Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance
and disaster recovery
planning
at
First
Albany Corp.
in
Albany,
N.Y.
I
Marilyn
Goulette
Yerks
was appointed financial
director
to
the
Northwest Center
for Family
Service, a not-for-profit
agency
serving
Litchfield
County,
Conn
1
9 9 2
Thomas Badura
is
a
program-
mer/analyst
at Vital Works,
Inc. in
Ridgefield,
Conn.
I
Brent
Caster is
a member of
the board
of trustees
of
the
Poughkeepsie Chamber of
Commerce.
He
was awarded the
Community Spirit Award from the
chamber.
He is the
food and bever-
age
manager
at the Poughkeepsie
Grand
Hotel.llnspring2003,
Kelly
Cammer Cleary
was
promoted
to
vice
president
at Phillips
Health
LLC
in
Potomac,
Md.
Kelly
lives in
Rockville,
Md., with
her
husband,
John
Cleary.lStephen
Di
Giacomo
was
promoted
to guest service
manager
at
Disney's
Caribbean
Beach Resort in Lake
Buena Vista,
Fla.
I
Sean
Kelly
has formed
the
Disability Resource
Center Net-
work (DRCN), an online
message
board/support forum
that
will
allow
all
registered users to
com-
municate
with each other,
discuss
relevant
issues and share resources,
advice, support,
inspiration and
much more
by posting messages.
The message
board will
also
support
all of
the DRCN's
endeavors and
services.
There is
no charge
to use
Remembering
l~r. John
E. MacDonald,
Jr.
Dr.
John
E. MacDonald, Jr., an
outstanding educator and one of
the founders of Marist's computer
science
program, died Aug. 6, 2003,
at a
hospital
in Poughkeepsie. He
was 78.
A
resident
of Wappingers
Falls,
N.Y.,
for
45
years, Dr. MacDonald
came to Marist College in 1981
following a distinguished career
as a senior engineer at the IBM
Product Development
Laboratory.
He was the college's first director
Dr. John
E.
MacDonald,,
Jr.
of computer science and helped
establish its graduate programs
in software development and information systems. He also played
a role
in
developing Marist's longtime partnership with the IBM
Corp.
In 1986,
he was appointed to the Dr. Linus Richard Foy Chair
in Computer Science. He served
the
College with distinction for 13
years, retiring in 1994.
Dr. MacDonald
was a dedicated teacher and an effective mentor
who helped many stud,ents achieve successful careers in the field
of computer science, says Marist President Dennis Murray. "His
knowledge
abouttechnology and its impact on organizations
helped
influence
the direction of the college and many of our academic
programs.
John
took
his
work at Marist seriously, but never took
himself
too seriously. He was known for his good sense of humor
and his perspective on academic life."
Dr. MacDonald
held
three degrees in electrical engineering: a
BSEE
from
Purdue
University, an MEE from Syracuse University,
and a PhD from Univeri,ity
of Illinois.
As a senior engineer at IBM,
he was
involved
in larg,e processor development and played a role
in developing core mem1ory,
an
integral
part of the evolution of the
large systems.
"John made an
indelible
mark on Marist College," says President
Murray. "His academic career is an exemplary model for others to
follow."
He was survived
by his wife of 5 7 years, Susan
Henrietta,
a daugh-
ter, three sons,
11
grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
the message board,and
registration
is
also free. To register and join
go
to
www.EzBoard.com
or email
Sean at: seanlkelly@mail.com.
I
Andy
Lake
is
the 2003
U.S. Tennis
Association Gold Slam winner in
the National 30 and Over
divi-
sion.
He
completed
the
Gold Slam
by
winning singles
toumaments
on four surfaces. Andy won
the
National 30 and Over
Hard
Court
in
Austin, Texas,
in March
2003;
the
National 30 and Over Indoor
Court in Salt Lake City, Utah,
in
May 2003;
the
National 30and Over
Grass Court
in
Scottsdale, Ariz.,
in June 2003; and
the
National 30
and OverClayCourtin
Palm
Coast,
Fla., in September
2003,.
Andy
partnered with
Kline
Sack of New
Orleans, La.,
to
win the clay court
doubles
championship as well.
He
is
the director of tennis at
Hawk's
Landing
Club
in Plantation,
Fla.
Red
Fox fans will
remember
Andy's
skill
on
the basketball
court
..
lMaria
Martinez, Esq.
is an associate in
international
practice
with
the
firm
of Bryan Cave,
LLP
in New York,
N.Y. The firm recently merged
with Robinson, Silverman, Pearce,
Aronsohn & Berman.
I
Suzanne
Norsby-Ovenshire
is assistant
director for juvenile
corrections
at
the
Goshen
Residential
Center
of
the
New York State Office of
Children and Family Services
in
Goshen, N.Y.
I
Terry
Pfeifer
has
been named
editor of
The
Towne
Times
in
Watertown, Conn. Terry
was editorial assistant for the
Towne
Times'
sister paper,
Voices,
in Woodbury, Conn., before
her
promotion to editor.
lStephen
Pop-
per
is in his
seventh yearat Putnam
Investments
in
Norwood, Mass.
He
was
promoted
to vice president in
Putnam's lnstitutional Relationship
Management
organization.
I
Kevin
Weigand resides
in Cape Coral,
Fla.
He teaches
special education
and coaches football at Dunbar
High
School in Fort Myers, Fla.
I
Kristen Magnusson
Whittaker
is
NEW
ARRIVALS
Lisa Poole
and John
Petrucci,
a son,
Thomas
Walter,
Nov.
11,
2002
Alessandra
Rapisarda
and
Vincent
LoBiondo,
a daughter,
Angelina
Elizabeth,
Aug. 7, 2003
Tara Robertson
and
Matthew No-
tine,
a son,
Luke
Robert,
Aug. 8, 2003
Hilary Simon
and
Jason
Britton,
a son,
Nathan
Levi,
Aug. 4, 2002
Margaret Ann "Meg" Troy
and
John
McCluskey,
a son,
Jack
Troy,
Aug. 28, 2003
Class of 1993
Melissa Anzalone
and Robert
Schae-
fer, a son,
Matthew
Christopher,
May 18, 2002
Rachel
and
Robert V. Baldwin, Jr.,
a son, Robert
V. Baldwin
Ill,
April 2002
Robyn Berger
and
James Ulbrich
'95,
a son,
Jake,
Oct. 3, 2002
Melissa Berry
and David
Stolper,
a daughter,
Maya
Lily, Aug. 31, 2002
Tami
and
Edwin Budd,
a daughter,
Erin
Marie,
Oct. 3, 2003
Jennifer
and
Greg Caires,
a son,
Elijah,
Oct. 29, 2003
Lisa Chmielewski
and
David
Bell,
a
daughter,
Elaine
Elizabeth,
Sept.
22, 2003
Nicole Conti
and Eric Tolnes,
a son,
Jack
Joseph,
Dec.
23, 2002
Christine Coughlin
and Anthony
Collora,
a daughter,
Regan
Teresa,
May 28, 2003
Kimberly Cuneo, Esq.
and
Andrew
Delaura,
a
daughter,
Anna,
Aug. 26, 2003
Meredith Daniel
and
Thomas
Prowse,
a son,
Benjamin,
July 10, 2003
Maryellen DeAlleaume
and Greg
Locker,
a son,
Christian,
July
5, 2002
Tracey Evans
and Myron
Kuzemczak,
a daughter,
Kalyna
Maria,
June
20, 2003
Melissa
and
Steven Ferro,
a son,
Michael
Steven,
April 24, 2002
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2004
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
Jacqueline
and
Daniel Giaimo, CPA,
a
son, Christopher
Daniel,
July
13, 2003
Dr. Robin Buckley Gilbert
and
Greg
Gilbert,
a
daughter,
Madison
Jean,
March
14, 2003
Kimberly Haight
and
Timothy
V. Mulvey,
a son,
Timothy
Vincent
11,
April 24, 2003
Nancy Horan
and
Mario J. Sinatra,
Jr.,
a
daughter,
Lauren
Marie,
Oct. 21, 2003
Maureen lntemann
and
Erik Hanson,
a
daughter,
Jenna
Kathleen,
March
19, 2003
Kathleen Kollar
and
Brian Mccourt '94,
a
son, Brendan
Michael,
May 30, 2002
Laura
and
Keith Laurie,
a
daughter,
Danielle,
May 31, 2003
Susan Lewis
and
Stephen Domizio,
a
son, Christopher
James,
June
28, 2002
Tracie Matus
and
Matthew
Randazzo,
a son Zachary
Matus,
Aug.
26, 2002
Michelle Metz
and
Christopher
Guidi,
Sr.,
a son,
Christopher,
Jr.,
April
11, 2002
Alison Miller
and
Jason DelMonico,
a daughter,
Elizabeth
Anne,
Aug.
7, 2003
Margaret Morgan
and
John P. O'Brien
'94,
a son,
Seamus
Patrick,
May
15, 2003
Regina Pelliccio
and
Robert
Sypher,
a
daughter,
Liana,
April 6, 2002
and
a son,
Robert,
July 29, 2003
Leanne Rafferty
and
Trinidad
Gonzalez,
a
daughter,
Juliana,
June
27, 2003
Jodi
Ramey
and Kent
Lewis,
a daughter,
Jillian,
June
24,
2002
Kirsten Ryan
and Louis
Burko,
Esq.,
a
daughter,
Elody
Jane,
Nov. 1, 2003
Elizabeth "Betsy" Stanley
and
Gregory
Dousa,
a daughter,
Catherine
Elizabeth,
Nov.
10,
2002
Jennifer Sulger
and
Frank
Capodacqua,
a
daughter,
Amelia
Grace,
July
14, 2003
40
MARIST
MAGAZINE
a
vice president and senior broker
at Meridian
Investments
Manage-
ment,
Inc. in
Quincy, Mass.
1
9 9 3
Dawne Berlinski
is
director
of
marketing
for Vollmier
Associates
in
New York, N.Y. The company
is
a leadingarchitectun~. engineering
and planning firm with offices
up
and
down
the
East
Coast.
Dawne
is
responsible for expanding
the
business
within the public and
private transportati.on sectors.
I
Edwin
Budd
is
a drnma
teacher
at
Osceola High School in
Kissimmee,
Fla. In the years since graduation,
Ed has worked at all of the major
theme parks
in
central
Florida.
A
member of Actors Equity,
he
has
appeared
in
commercials for
Burger
King, Brighthouse high-speed
online, Walt Disney World and
Nickelodeon.
He
will
appear
in
an independent film,
"Jeannie's
Walk on
the Beach,"
which will
be
released on the
fei;tival
circuit.
I
Greg Caires
was commissioned an
ensign int
he
U.S. Naval
Reserves in
November
2003.
As
a
civilian, Greg
is a public relations manager for
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
in Marietta, Ga.
I
Andrew Cohen
has been named the assistant
football coach
for the defensive
line at Fordham University.
He
was
previously the
defensive
coordina-
tor and
recruiting
coordinator at
Stony Brook Univers,ity.
He helped
the Seawolves achieve a 14-6
record
over
the
pas1t
two
seasons.
IJacqueline
Kingsbury
is hoping
to
"really"
retire in
2:004 and
then
move
to
Ohio to
join
family
there.
She encourages Mari st
undergradu-
ate students
to
consider a career
with
the
YWCA
Battered
Women's
Services
in
Poughke·epsie.
I
Kathy
Kline is
a
medicall technologist
for Internist Associates of CNY
in Syracuse,
N.Y.
I
Keith Laurie
relocated to Columbia, S.C., from
New
York City because of a
promo-
tion to group vehicle acquisitions
manager for
Enterprise
Rent-A-Car.
I
Maria
Licari
produces segments
forGoodMorningAmericaontopics
like
cooking with Emeril Lagasse
and Sara
Moulton
as well as
Good
Housekeeping,
fashion shows and
other lifestyle features. Maria's
name
appears in
the
acknowledg-
ments
section of
Joel
Siegel's book
Lessons for Dylan.
llJodi
Hyland
Monahan
has been a
full-time
mom
to her children, Megan and
Jack,
for
the past
four years. She
went back
to
school to become a
registered nurse
and
looks
forward
to working again once
her
youngest
child enters
kindergarten.lMargo
Barrett
Resseque
is
a reading
specialist with
the
William Sydney
Mount Elementary School in Stony
Brook,
N.Y.
Margo
completed a
course
in reading recovery
through
New York University.
The
program
is
designed to
help first graders
who have extreme
difficulty
in
reading
learn to read
at
their
grade
level.I
Valerie
Reyher's
daughter
Amanda is at
Merrimack
College
in North Andover, Mass., and
daughter
Ashley isat
the
University
of New Hampshire. Valerie is
the
supervisor of employment services
at
the Kennedy
Center in Trumbull,
Conn.
I
Melissa Anzalone Schae-
fer
is
a part-time special education
teacher at Cornerstone Academy
in Houston,
Texas. Cornerstone
is
a
public
charter middle school
within
the
Spring
Branch
Inde-
pendent
School District. She also
coordinates the school's
unique,
volunteer-taught electives
program
called CESIT: Career Exploration,
Special Interests and
Talents.
1Pn1m+1:
~
1
9 9 4
Evans As
hong
is
pursuing
a gradu-
ate
degree at
Marist.
lJori
Jensen
Cincotta moved
from San Diego,
Calif, to
Pittsford,
N.Y., during
the summer of 2003 with
her
husband, Eric,
and
their daughter,
Anne Olivia.
I
Cathy Agolia Cote
is
a pediatric physical
therapist
for
the
Wappingers Central School
District. Her
husband,
Michael
Cote '94, is in
his fourth year
as
an
attorney with
the
law firm of
Spiegel, Brown, Fichera,Acard and
Vasti in
Poughkeepsie.
I
Kathleen
Donohoe
received
an MFA from
Southampton College of
Long
Island
University.
Her short
fiction
has appeared
in
Inkwell Magazine,
Hampton Shorts,
New York
Stories,
The Recorderand
Emrys]ournal.
In
2003, Kathleen
was
nominated
for
a Pushcart Prize.
I
Denise Dixon
Dunbar
has opened
her
own
private practice, Strength-Based
Counseling Services, in New
York, N.Y., working with
inner
city children and youth with
behavioral,
mental and emotional
problems.I
Roberta
Falatyn, CPA,
PC
has
her
own accounting firm,
In-House
Accounting Services
in
Kingston, N.Y., which specializes
in small businesses and eldercare.
I
Christine Nichtern Foster is a
sales executive for Teldata Control.
Chris
lives
in Los Angeles, Calif.,
and
participates
in
triathlons.
I
Michael Gearing
received
an
MBA in
2002
from
Binghamton
University.
Michael
is worldwide
travel services
manager for
Fidelity
Investments.
I
Catherine Quinn
Gilbert
is manager of statewide
programs
at
the New York State
His-
torical Association in Cooperstown,
N.Y.
Cathy also assists her
husband,
Michael,
in coaching
the Hamilton
College crew team.
I
In
May
2002,
Gerard Gretzinger.Jr.
was
hired
as
a news reporter
and anchor by
WRGB Channel 6 in Schenectady,
N
.Y.
Jerry
has received two awards
from
the Associated Press for
feature reporting.
He and
his
wife, Paula, and their son, Gerard
Michael
III,
reside
in
Schenectady.
In
June 2003,Jerry
was diagnosed
with testicular cancer. In November
2003 he aired
a three-part series
on his batLle with
the disease
in
an effort
LO
raise awareness among
other young men. He
notes that
this
form of cancer
is most
prevalent
in men ages 15 to
35 and
that
it's
highly
curable,
but
only
if
detected
early enough. He would
be happy
to
talk with anyone who has
ques-
tions;
call
Jerry
at
(518)
381-4976.
I
Antonella Licari is manager
of
special projects for A
BC
News. She
traveled
to
Istanbul
twice before
the
Iraq
war
began for a
Good Morning
America
broadcast. Nella was also
in
Rome
in October
2003
for GMA's
coverage of
the
pope's
25th
anni-
versary of his
papacy.
I
Ann
Marie
Lopane,
CPA
has
been appointed
partner in
the
firm of
D'Arcangelo
&:
Company, LLP The company
is
based in Poughkeepsie and has
offices elsewhere in New
York
including Purchase, Millbrook,
Utica and Rome.
I
Kent
Rinehart
has
been promoted to
director
of
undergraduate
admissions
at Bent-
ley
College
in
Waltham, Mass.
Kent
joined the
staff at Bentley in May
2001.
I
Edwin
Ryan
and his wife,
Elizabeth,
are the parents of three
children, Jack,
Tripp and Mollie.
Ed is director of sales for American
Connections in Woodbury, N.Y.
I
Barbara
Sanchez
received an
MBA
in marketing, information
and
communication systems from
Fordham University in
May
2003.
She was promoted to assistant
director of Internet marketing
and information communication
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systems at BookSpan
in
New
York,
N.Y.
Barbara purchased her
first home
in
April 2003
in
Staten
Island. For the past
two
years, she
has served as an at-large
member
of
the
Alumni Executive Board.
I
Jeffrey
M.
Schanz
'99
M
has been
promoted to director of alumni
relations at
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI)
in
Troy, N.Y. Jeff is
responsible for
planning, manag-
ing, executing and evaluating all
programs in
the
Office of
Alumni
Relations. He
will also serve as
the executive director of
the
Rens-
selaer Alumni Association Board
of
Directors.
Prior
to joining
the
staff at
RPI.Jeff was
the director of
alumniaffairsat Marist College and
an
adjunct
lecturer in
the
School
of Communication and
the
Arts.
Jeff
lives
in
Clifton Park, N.Y.,
with
his wife,
Sarah, and their three
daughters,
Elisabeth, Madeline
and
Maggie.
1
9 9 5
Janette
Bogdan
is a clinical
labora-
tory scientist at the New York Blood
Center.
lJeanne
Marie Brennan-
Dunne
received a
master's in social
work from Fordham University
in 1997.
She is a social worker for
Good Shepherd
Hospice
on
Long
Island.Jeanne's
husband,
Michael
Dunne
'95, received
a master's in
social
work from Yeshiva University
in 1999. He is program
director
at
HELP USA
in Suffolk County.
The shelter
is the largest
homeless
shelter program for
families
in
the
country.
If
any
recent gradu-
ates
from the New York
City and
Long
Island
areas are looking for
employment,
Mike
invites you
to contact
him
via
the
Alumni
Career Network, www.marisl.
edu/alumni/career.html.
IJillian
Caci
teaches
music
technology and
music
electives at Newburgh Free
Academy
in
Orange County.Jillian
serves as president of the Orange
Creek
Music
Educators Association.
ILavaughn
Cox-Allison
is a
men-
tor
for at-risk children
for
Beacon
(N.Y.) Child
Protective
Services.
I
Sheri Weidner
Fitzgerald
worked
for more than three years at Comedy
Central, which was acquired by
Viacom's
MTV
Networks. Sheri is
now
a director
handling
affiliate
advertising sales for MTV, VHl,
Nickelodeon, Spike, Comedy, CMT
and TV Land
in
New
England,
New
York
and New
Jersey.
I
Kevin
Freeman's
films
have
been shown
in
festivals across the country and
are shown
regularly in
New York
City.
Kevin
invites other
alutmni
to
visit
his
Web site at www.freema-
niacproductions.com
for more
information.
I
Edward
Gi.lhooly
was appointed chief of
the
Greater
Springfield (Va.) Volunteer
Fire
Department.
He is
a sen'ior
tax
manager
for Sodexho,
Inc.
in Gaith-
ersburg,
Md.lMichael
Murray
was
promoted to
senior
IT
specialist
in
the IBM Kiosk
Solutions
depart-
ment in
July
2003. He
is working
on
the
TryScience
project wiith
IBM
and
the New York
Hall
of Science.
I
Colleen
Murphy Nagurrney
has
been named
assistant g:eneral
counsel of
Legion
Insurance Co.
in
Philadelphia,
Pa. Colleen's
husband,
James
Nagurney,
is
a
product manager at Softm,lfl,
Inc.
in
Downingtown, Pa.
Colleen and
Jim live
in
Springfield, Pa.
I
Lori
Rivenburgh
is
director of special
services
at the
Saint Cabrini!
Home,
Inc. in West
Park,
N.Y. She: began
working there inJuly2003.IIDavid
Saco
is an elementary special edu-
cation teacher in
Passaic,
N.j.
He
received
a master's
in
educational
administration and supervision.
I
Vanessa
Sebastiano
graduated
from Columbia University with a
master's
in
organizational
psychol-
ogy
in
December
2003.
I
Tricia
Shreve Spector
graduated from
Yale School of Nursing. She is a
registered nurse
working at
the
Masonic Health
Center's Acute
Geriatric Medical
Psyclhiatric
Unit.
1
9 9 6
Michael Beaudreau
plans
to
attend
the Massachusetts
School of
Law
in Andover, Mass., pursuing
a
career as a wills/trusts
and
real
estateanorney.lMikael
Ca1rlson
is
serving
in the
U.S. Army
in
Opera-
tion Noble
Eagle.lTodd
Coulson
is a multimedia
developer in
his
fifth year at Haley Productions
in
Media.
Pa. The company serves
the
Internet, film and video
production
needs of agencies, institutions and
corporations.Ijames
Ellis rieceived
school psychology certification
effective Sept.
1, 2003.
IIJason
Farago
is
director
of corporate
communications for mutual fund
company
Lord
Abbett.
I
The fall
2003
issue
of
Marist Magazine
inadvertently misspelled
the name
of
Christine Gregowske
'96 in
a
profile
of
her
husband,
Dino
Quintero'92/'94 M.
The profile
also incorrectly reported the year
that
the U.S. froze Panamanian
assets.
It
was 1989. We regret
the
errors.
I
Ann
Hanley
received
a
master's in
teaching
from
Mon-
mouth University after
asuccessf ul
student teaching assignment at
East Brunswick
High
School
in
East
Brunswick, NJ. While searching
for a full-time teaching position
in
English
literature,
she
is
working
as a real estate salesperson.
I
In
January
2004
Christopher
Heath
was
promoted to
chief
information
officer at Robbins-Gioia, a
project
management-consulting
firm
headquartered
in
Alexandria, Va.
I
Stacey
Hernandez,
a
member
of
the
New York Army National
Guard,
has
been serving overseas
in Iraq
since March 2003. She
is
a
military police officer, implement-
ing Iraqi
police officer training
programs.lChristopher
Hogan
is
managing director at Expedia.com.
He
and
his
wife,
Kimberly
Rentko
Hogan
'96, live in Dobbs
Ferry,
N.Y.
I
Vicky
Keresztes is
the account
executive at Megellan
Behavioral
Health
in Parsippany, N.j. She
holds
a master's
in healthcare
administration.lRobert
Labanara
is
a lobbyist for
the
Connecticut
Conference of Municipalities, rep-
resenting
all Connecticut cities and
towns. He
received an MPA
from
the
University of Connecticut in
2001.IAndres
Lahoz
is a consumer
marketing
manager for
popularme-
chanics.com,
a division of
Hearst
Magazines.
I
Christine Manna
is a corporate communications
representative in Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.,
for
Embraer, the fourth larg-
est aircraft manufacturer
in
the
world. Company headquarters are
in Sao Jose' dos Campos, Brazil.
I
Christine
Dube Mathers
is a
seventh grade mathematics
teacher
at
Webutuck
Middle
School in
Amenia, N.Y.
Her
husband.James
McCarthy,
is
a vice
president
and portfolio
manager with
Gannett, Welsh
&:
Kotler, LLC,
an
investment company located
in Bronx, N.Y.
I
Susan
Gullotta
McCarthy
is a project
leader
in
a
database administration group
for
Putnam Investments'
40l(K)
division.
I
Neil McNeill, Jr.
was
appointed assistant principal of
Isaac
Bildersee Intermediate
School
68
in Brooklyn,
N.Y.
I
Darrah M.
Metz
was named
interim
head
coach for
the
remainder of the
2003-04
season for
the
women's
basketball
team
at Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, S.C. As
NEW
ARRIVALS
Deidre Sullivan
and Michael
Beirne,
a daughter,
Abigale,
June
4,
2003
Emery
Sullivan
and Kevin
O'Connor,
a
son, Aidan, Nov.
3,
2002
Shannon
and
Tony Uanino,
Jr.,
a daughter,
Kendra
Lynne,
Dec.
23, 2002
Class of
1994
Michele Bafuma
and
Charles
Puzzanchera,
a son,
Dominic
Robert,
March
7, 2003
Kathy
and
Christopher Behlke,
a daughter,
Hanna
Mary,
Dec.
21,
2002
Ami
Darrow
and
Michael Gearing,
a son,
Andrew
Michael,
Oct. 4, 2003
Clarissa
and
Robert G. Farrier, Jr.,
a son, Brandon
Robert,
Aug. 9, 2003
Paula
Fidalgo
and
Gerard M.
Gretzinger,
Jr., a
son,
Gerard
Michael
Ill,
Jan.
15, 2003
Jori Jensen
and Eric
Cincotta,
a daughter,
Anne
Olivia,
Oct.
18,
2002
Ann Kucipeck
and
Bradley
Ricker,
a
son,
Eli
James,
April 13,
2003
Janeen
lake-Piano
and Ray
Dolan,
a son,
Jack
Patrick,
June
29, 2002
and
a son,
Charlie
Reid,
Sept. 20, 2003
Kate O'Hanlon
and
Andrew
Clapperton,
a
daughter,
Mary
Kate,
Aug. 23, 2003
Cathy Leahy
and Stephen
Sharpe,
a son,
Aidan Michael,
Oct.
16,
2002
Kristin Lamberti
and
Paul
Lloyd,
a daughter,
Hanna
Susan,
July
8, 2001
Elizabeth
Noonan
and
Edwin W.
Ryan
II
'93,
a daughter,
Mollie Quinn,
Oct. 9,
2003
Jeanny Ortega
and
Pedro Figueroa,
a son, Evan
Alexander,
June
26,
2003
Kirstin Rinn
and Ryan
LeTellier,
a
son,
Cooper
Rinn,
Feb.
3, 2003
Deborah Schnarr
and
Chris
McKeough,
a son,
Charles
Christopher,
May
1, 2003
Stephanie
Stewart
and Joseph
Barry,
a son, Benjamin
Adam,
June
11,
2003
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
Nancy Whiteman
and
Everett Bergquist
'97,
a son, Owen,
Feb. 5, 2004
Stephanie
and
Jeremy Thode,
a
daughter,
Emma
Grace,
Feb.
4, 2004
Annette and
David Triner,
a son,
William
Angus,
Feb.
2, 2004
Class
of
1995
Amy Aery
and
Scott Sabourin,
twin daughters,
Anna Cecelia
and
Emma
Faith,
May 24, 2003
Monica Connors
and David
McGlinchey,
a
daughter,
Cassidy
Rae,
Aug. 20,
2003
Jeannie
Cordero
and
Juan
Tatis,
a daughter,
Jamie
Ann,
June
17,
2003
Nicole Ermlich
and
David
Benjamin,
a son,
Carson
Davis,
Dec.
10,
2002
Kimberly Garrett
and Robert
Osterhoudt,
a son, Carson
Steven,
March
3, 2003
Alexandra Gonzalez
and
Bryan Oles '94,
a son,
Brandon
Thomas,
Feb.
20, 2004
Debra Komusin
and
John
De Vita,
a son, Cole Richard,
Dec.
9, 2002,
and Dominic
George,
Jan. 15, 2003
Tara
and
Drew Kreidler,
a daughter,
Amanda,
Aug. 7, 2003
Jennifer Norris
and Mark Meritt,
a daughter,
Sophia
Quinn,
July
21, 2003
Ann Sandagata
and Tim
Dowd,
a daughter,
Maura
Grace,
Sept.
9,
2002
Helen Schryver
and
Douglas Jelen,
a daughter,
Rebecca
Anne, March 28,
2003
Christina Vegiard
and
Michael
Schoonmaker
'96,
a
daughter,
lily Marie,
Sept. 5,
2003
Sarah Venezia
and
Dean
Pinto,
a son,
Braeden
Venezia,
Feb. 17,
2003
Class
of
1996
Virginia Barnes
and
George
E. Siegrist '91,
a daughter,
Caroline
Jane,
Aug.
20, 2003
Nelly
and
Raul De
La
Rosa,
a son,
Cristian
Antonio,
Jan.
24, 2003
42
MARIST
MAGAZINE
an
undergraduatestudlentat
Mari st,
Darrah
was
a
four-year
leuerwinner
and captain of
the
Red Fox
women's
basketball squad.
lJulie
A.
Vetter
Palmieri
moved
to Georgia with
her
husband,
Bryan.
She
isa
fourth
grade
teacher
at St. Catherine of
Siena Catholic School
in Kennesaw,
Ga.
Bryan
is a product
manager
at
the
Genuine
Parts
Co. !headquarters
in Atlanta, Ga.
I
Caririe
Pochank
is
a
Reading
Excellence Act (REA)
grant coordinator
for the
New
York
City
Board of
Education
in
Brooklyn,
N.Y.
I
Annuja Shah,
Esq.
received a JD
degree
from
Quinnipiac University. She is
an attorney
with the:
law firm
of
Rachel Ammons.,
MD
'99
Corbally, Gartland&: Rappleyea
in
Poughkeepsie.
Annuja specializes
in
criminal
defense,
civil
litigation,
real
estate and
mental hygiene
law.
I
Matthew
Stevenson
received
a master's in
social work
from
Fordham University. As a social
worker, he
provides
therapy and
support for clients
at the HIV/AIDS
clinic
at
Drexel University College
of
Medicine
in Philadelphia,
Pa.
I
Dina
Wehren
graduated from
Springfield College with
a master's
in
school guidance counseling.
She is a guidance
counselor for
Timothy
Edwards Middle School in
South
Windsor,
Conn.
I
Geoffrey
Wiedman is pursuing
an MBA
from Western
Connecticut State
University.
1
9 9 7
Robert
Autenrieth teaches fifth
gradeatAntrim Elementary
School
in
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. He
is
completing a graduate
degree
at Georgian Court College
in
Lakewood,
NJ.
I
Kimberly
Byda
is
a second-year graduate student
studying integrated
marketing
communications
at
Emerson Col-
lege in Boston,
Mass.
I
Gina
D'Angelo
is the
assistant
director
of
public
relations for Northern
Dutchess
Hospital in
Rhinebeck,
N.Y.
I
Thomas
Dannible is
the
Rachel
Amimons,
MD '99:
Caring for Premature
Babies
80 Hours a Week
The
University
olf
North
Carolina Hospital's neonatal
intensive
care
unit
barely feels like a medical facility.
Recently
built andl comfortable
in
its
modernity
swathed
in soft colors, thE1re
are painted cats, cows and chicks
outside the pati1~nts'
"pods." But
just
beneath that
serenity,
there's
an
edge
made apparent every time a
bell, buzzer or pager goes off signaling
that
one of the
premature
babie!,
is
in
potential jeopardy.
"For large
portions
of the day it feels
like
you're put-
ting
out fires," says
Rachel
Ammons
'99,
in the
first year
of her residency,
dluring
which she will rotate through
the
different pediatri,c
units. She came to UNC
after a
stellar
four years at the
lllledical
College
of Virginia,
where she
graduated
in
the top six
percent
of her class.
Walking
through the
halls
of the unit, the former
Marist
softball
centerfielder-a petite brunette, bubbly
in her blue
scrubs and red sneakers-seems as
relaxed
and
grounded
here
as she did on the diamond, where
in
the late
1990s, Marist
fans remember
her
Charlie
Hustle style and drag-bunt scrappiness.
She stops
as
she
comes
to
the
room
where
the doctors
bunk
during all-night duty.
"I
try
to sleep when I am on
call, but as soon as I close my
eyes
my pager goes
off. I
have to
throw on my glasses and run out of
NICU
and
into
a difficult
delivery.
While
still groggy,
I have to
quickly
assess the situation because the
babies I
see
are born prematurely and are very
high risk."
Pressure
is
nothing new to Rachel. At
Marist
she earned a Presidential Academic Scholarship























manager
of administrative
services
for Saratoga Hospital's
new
Ambu-
latory
Surgery Center
in
Saratoga,
N.Y.
IJo-Ann
Piezzo Holmes
is
a
clinical social worker
for the
state
or Connecticut. She completes
court-ordered psychiatric and
forensicevaluations.lAlycia
Libby
is
director
of athletics department
special events at
the
College of Wil-
liam
and
Mary in Williamsburg,
Va.
I
Michael McCaffrey
received
a
JD
degree from Rutgers University
School of Law
in
2002.
He
was
admitted to
the
New York
and New
Jersey
bars
and concluded a judicial
clerkship in the Superior Court or
New Jersey.
In
September
2003
he accepted
an associate position
at
the
law
firm of Hardin, Kundla,
McKeon, Poletto
&
Polifroni,
PA in Manhattan where he
is
a
litigation
defense
attorney·.
I
Gina
McLaughlin
is a senior treasury
analyst for Avon Products,
Inc. in
New York, N.Y. She is pursuing
an
MBA at
the
Stern School of
Business at New York University.
I
Ann
Severino
Milutinovic
was
promoted to
senior
project
manager
at Wunderman. The company,
a
marketing
communications
agency, is
located
in New York,
N.Y.IChristine
Minchak
teaches
first grade in the
Ridgewood
(N.j.)
Public
School District. She received
a
master's
from St.
Thomas
Aquinas
College in
2002.
IJanet
Cacace
Novoselich
is a
production
man-
ager for
Dell
Corp.
in
the
consumer
division,
where she
is responsible
for
the
creative production of the PC
catalog
and software
and peripheral
direct
mail.
I
Joy Providenti
is in
her fourth
year of
teaching
special
education at
Lynbrook
High
School
in
Lynbrook, N.Y.
Joy
received a
master's in
special education from
Hofstra
University in
2002.1
Eric
Saam
received an
MBA
from Seton
Hall University.
He
isa programmer
with About.com.
He
and
his
wife,
Elizabeth
Spagnulo Saam
'97,
purchased
a new home
in
Lebanon
all four years, was a
Metro
Atlantic Athletic Confer-
ence All-Academic
student athlete
in 1998
and
1999
and won the 1999 President's Academic
Achievement
Award. All this while taking
full
loads of classes like
organic chemistry and practicing non-stop for a team
good enough to make
the
"play-in"
round ofthe
NCAA
tournament Rachel's
freshman year.
"Probably
the most
important
values that I learned
as an athlete that have
helped
me succeed in medical
school have been dedication,
teamwork and balance,"
says Rachel, who
is
a member of the Red Foxes' all-
time softball roster. After graduation from
Marist,
she
attended
the
Medical
College
of Virginia
in Richmond
to be closer to her mother, father and younger sister in
her hometown of Herndon, a suburb of Washington,
D.C.
She finished
ranked
11th out of 180 students and
earned scholarships-for her class ranking-during
her
last
two years. "Success in any aspect of life
requires
the commitment
to continually
strive to improve,"
she
continues. "Success in softball meant endless hours
spent on the softball field and in the batting cages.
And now my dedication to success is
how
I am able
to work long, long hours in the
hospital
learning the
art of practicing
medicine
to hopefully
become a great
doctor."
Rachel doesn't throw around the phrase "to work
long, long hours"
just
to intimate that she works more
than she'd
like.
When she says
long,
she means
long-
routinely
working 80-hour workweeks
(the limit a resi-
dent
can work, according
to federal mandate). And that
number,
80, seems even longer when one discovers
that
her husband,
Jeff
Troy,
is also a resident (in radiology)
at UNC.
The two met in medical school and
received
their
top
matches when they applied as a couple to their
residency
programs.
They have since bought a
house in
nearby
Durham
and were married in
May.
As with most successes, Rachel's ability to shine
in multiple arenas didn't come without the assistance
of several admiring onlookers. She is quick to point
out that her path was facilitated greatly by Dr. Joseph
Bettencourt, a Marist biology professor and advisor
for the health professions.
He assists students through
application process rigors and
typically
sends seven
to ten students per year into the
health
professions.
In Rachel's case an advisor and mentor was almost
vital for a student juggling Division
I sports and medi-
cal aspirations. "He really guided me through the
entire prncess of applying
to medical school, from
teachin,g
the
core science
coursework
to helping
me
fill out medical school applications,"
she says. "Dr.
Bettencourt is a wonderful mentor who helped me
develop the study skills I
needed
to score well on
the Me,dical
College Admission
Test and succeed
in medical school."
But
,even
for Dr. Bettencourt,
who has watched
his adv•isees succeed for nearly four decades,
Rachel •was
an impressive
combination
of student
and athilete. "In spite of the demands of playing
softball and preparing
for applications,
Rachel
was
the
best-organized
medical school applicant
I can
remember,"
says Dr. Bettencourt. "Rachel
does wonders for the reputation of
Marist
as she
has performed so well while coming from a small
college
that in
some areas of the country is not as
well-kniown
in the medical school circles. She ac-
complishedthis
while maintaining
a commitment
to
athletic,. This enhances and assists other students
from
Marist
getting into medical school as she
represe11ts
the quality of education that permits
one to do well against medical
students from more
well-recognized
institutions."
After her residency, Rachel plans to apply for
a fellowship
to sub-specialize
within the field of
pediatrics. Her goal is to stay at a
hospital
similar
to UNC's
because it allows her the chance to teach
and stay on the cutting edge of research. "I have
always
!known
that I didn't want a desk job," she
says, thiinking
back to why she
likes
to work with
children. "I just knew that
I
wanted to go to bed at
night
thinking that I had done something that day
to help 1people.
When you help children
you really
feel satisfaction because nothing means more to
parents than their kids."
CaSE!
in point
is
Rachel's father, Joe, her first
softball coach. "I am most proud of Rachel's
desire
and dedication," he says. "Athletics
and academ-
ics didn't always come naturally to
her
but she
has alw,ays worked very hard and was extremely
determi1ned.
I always thoughtthatbetween softball
and aca,demics
something would have to give, but
not with Rachel. She never gave in."
-Alex Crevar
NEW
ARRIVALS
Lynne
Dominick
and
Scott Sager,
a daughter,
Gabriella
Basche,
Jan.
4, 2003
Lori Drugan
and Juan
Valdez,
a daughter,
Matiana
Kailey,
Feb.
4,
2003
Susan Gullotta
and
Jim McCarthy,
a son,
Colin
James,
Oct.
16,
2003
Susan
Hoffman
and
Brian
Correll,
twin
daughters,
Victoria
Brooke
and
Alexa Ja, Oct.
17,
2003
Amanda
Howard
and
Paul
Fanuele,
a daughter,
Brooke
Elizabeth,
July
2, 2002
Jennifer
Kurtz
and
Gary
Nyberg,
a son,
Christian
Gary,
May 27, 2002
Elizabeth
and
Robert Labanara,
a son,
Matthew
Robert,
Dec.
6, 2002
Karen Locey
and Francis
McCabe,
a daughter,
Emma
Nicole,
Oct.
1,
2002
Kelly Magee
and
Kevin
Kugel,
a son,
Matthew,
Aug.
3,
2003
Jeanie Maguire
and
Mark Melvin,
a daughter,
Elizabeth
"Ellie"
Jane,
July
24, 2003
Sheila Meyers
and Delroy
Kerr,
a
daughter,
Delece
Deja,
April
19,
2003
Catherine Neary
and
Brian LaSusa
'95,
a son, Christopher,
Dec.
1, 2003
Theresa Scura
and
James Coughlin,
a
son,
Sean
Michael,
Jan.
23, 2004
Melissa Vanacore
and Joseph
Carbone,
a daughter,
Jordan,
June
21,
2003
Kristin Wengert
and Terence
Daly,
a son, Liam
Seamus,
Aug.
30,
2003
Class
of 1997
Tracey Kupp
and Eric Chasse,
a son,
Cameron
John,
April
17, 2003
Amy Pfannkuch
and
Keith Simons
'91,
a daughter,
Annabelle
Elizabeth,
June
26, 2003
Stephanie Raider
and Colin
Sullivan,
a daughter,
Molly Deegan,
March
28, 2004
Barbara Smith
and
Daniel Tarpey,
a daughter,
Meghan
Grace,
Feb.
9, 2004
Judy Tsang
and Anthony
Tsang,
a son,
Philip
Michael,
Aug. 6, 2003
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Alumni
NEW
ARRIVALS
Tri
Ice Valdes
and
Jayme Dias '98,
a son,
Jayden
A., May
24, 2003
Kelly Walsh
and
John Day
'96,
a son,
Michael
Edward,
April
20, 2003
Class of 1998
Jolene
Barnao
and
Christopher Plant,
a son,
Arden
Christopher,
April
7,
2003
Karen
and
Dan Berggren,
a son,
Toby
Daniel,
Aug.
10,
2003
Catherine Caverly
and
Kris
Figueroa,
a son,
Aidan
James,
April
17,
2003
Jennifer
and
Terence Duane,
a son,
Jack
Ryan,
Nov.
26,
2002
Deborah Duphiney
and
Robert
G.
Russ,
a son, Griffin
Robert,
Feb.
17,
2004
Cristina Ferraresso
and Sean Sant,
a
daughter,
Hailey,
Aug.
19, 2003
Rebecca
and
Ralph Fiasco, Jr.,
a daugh-
ter, Kendall
Adele,
Dec.
31,
2002
Katherine Jowdy
and Angelo
Rushforth,
a
daughter,
Kayla
Rose, Dec.
14, 2003
Julia Moore
and
Eric Bergmann
'03,
a son,
Ethan
William,
June
18,
2003
Mandi Morabito
and Brett Mclaughlin,
a son,
Tyler
Brett,
Aug.
27, 2003
Lorraine Scotti
and
Christopher Daly
'96,
a son,
Jackson
R., Dec.
4, 2002
Class
of 1999
Missie Backes
and
Larry
Dunn,
a son,
Oliver
Patrick,
April
22, 2003
Gina Cabuzzi
and Joseph
Bozek,
a son,
Joseph
Roger,
"J.R.,"
June
9,
2003
Anna
Kropiwnicka,
MD,
PhD
and
Michael Frisch,
a
daughter,
Julia
Angelina,
Dec.
31,
2003
Dominique Pino
and
Ismael
Santiago,
Jr., a
daughter,
Isabella
Amelia,
April
9,
2003
Lee Ann Rusk
and
Ryan Whitehead,
a son, Casen
Eric,
Aug.
13,
2003
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
Township, NJ She is
a1
basic-skills
teacher
for the Hill:,ide School
District
in Hillside,
NJ
I
Craig
Scribner is
a production analyst
for ComScore Media Met
rix
in
New
York, N.Y.
He
is also a part-time
actor and
invites
alumni to visit his
Web site at www.craigscribner.com.
I
Katie Trifiletti
is
the operations
manager for Revelations Perfume
and Cosmetics in New Hope, Pa.
The company has produced a new
fragrance
line
for
the
chain Pacific
Sunwear.
lTimothy
Yates
received
an MBA
from
Marist in 2003
He
is an institutional relationship
manager with Bear Stearns and
Company,
Inc. in
New York, N.Y.
1 9 9 B
Heather Brindisi
has
been
a school
social workerfor foury·earsatSouth
Windsor
High
School
in
South
Windsor, Conn.
I
Michael
Dunne
was
to
graduate
from
the University
of Connecticut Scho,ol of Dental
Medicine
in
May 2004.
I
Donna-
Marie
Facilla
'99
M
received a
master's
in
special education from
Dowling
College in Oakdale, N.Y.
She has taught preschool children
and
teenagers
with autism and is
now a third and fourth grade special
education
teacher
in the Linden-
hurst School
District.
I
Christine
Goldston
received
an MBA
from
Mount St. Mary College
in 2002.
She works for
IBM in
Poughkeepsie
in the
HR
diversity program.
I
Lisa
Henderson
is director of
marketing and creative services at
WEWB-TV, also
known
as WB45,
the
Warner Brothers Television
affiliate
in
Albany, N.Y.
I
Wendy
Kenerson
was promoted to senior
clinical therapist at the Children's
Center of
Hamden
in Connecticut.
She received a Connecticut state
license
for social work (LCSW).
I
Wai Won Kong
is
a systems
administrator for W,enner Media
in New York, N.Y. The company
publishesMen'sjournal,
Us
Weekly
and
Rolling
Stone.
I
Kimberly
Lourinia
has been promoted to
marketing specialist for Thomson
Delmar
Learning
in
Clifton Park,
N.Y. Kim received an MBA from
SUNYAlbanyin May:2003.IKevin
McLaren
has been appointed vice
president at Stissi1ng National
Bank of Pine Plains (N.Y.). Kevin
is the manager of the Stanfordville
branch, where
he
allso serves as
a lending officer and registered
investment
advisor.
lJerome
Pick-
ett has
been transferred, effective
March 2004, to
the presidential
protective
division,
counter assault
team
in Washington, D.C. Jerome
is a special
agent
with the U.S.
Secret Service.
I
Suheil Pimentel
graduated
from
New York Uni-
versity in 2003 with a master's
in
media ecology.I
Luis Santiago
has
been promoted
to
senior assistant
director of admissions at Marist
College.
Lou
continues to wrestle
in the North East Independent
Professional Wrestling scene.
He
is being considered for a wrestling
show
in
Texas. For more
informa-
tion on the
latest
wrestling news
please visit www.diablosantiago.
com.
lJennifer
Scheulen
teaches
sixth grade mathematics and
English for the Upper Saddle River
(N.j.) Board of Education. Jennifer
also coaches girls' soccer and is
pursuing a master's in counseling
at William
Paterson
University.
I
Bethann Stanger
received
a
master's in social work policy and
planning
from the
University of
Connecticut School of Social Work
in
May 2000. She is a program
coordinator
II in
the
public affairs
division of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs in Boston,
Mass.I
Sean White
teaches
Spanish
at Stissing MountainJunior/Senior
High
School in Pine Plains, N.Y.
Sean
received
a
master's in
educa-
tion
from SUNY New Paltz in
December
2003.
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~
1 9 9 9
Jennifer
Canonico Avroch
teaches
third grade at Samuel
J.
Preston
Elementary
School in the
Har-
rison
Central School District in
West Harrison, N.Y.
I
Francis
Christensen
was promoted
to
staff
inspector with the New York State
Police Employee
Relations
Depart-
ment on Nov. 6, 2003.
IChristine
Coco
teaches English as a Second
Language
at the California Avenue
School in the Uniondale (N.Y.)
School District on Long
Island.
I
Angela Cortijo
received a master's
in education with a concentration
in
learning
disabilities from Hunter
College in May 2003.
I
Deirdre
Kennedy
is employed in the
survey department of lntercounty
Abstract
Corporation.lSuzanne
M.
Moravick
isaclinicalsocial
worker
for adolescent boys ages 13 to 17 at
Holly
Hill
Psychiatric
Hospital in
Raleigh, N.C.
ISteven
Napolitani
is the
graphic coordinator for
the
New York Rangers at Madison
Square Garden
in
New York, N.Y.
I
Megan St.
John
is an editorial
assistant and staff writer for
Voices,
a
weekly newspaper in Woodbury,
Conn.
I
Debra Tannacore
moved
to Nashville, Tenn , to
pursue her
dream
of owning and operating a
recording
studio. While she waits
fort hat opportunity,
Debra
is doing
Country Music
Television's
radio
feed
and various country
programs
and singing on the side.
I
Matthew
Vinciguerra,
Esq.
received
a
master's in political science
rrom
the University of Connecticut
in
May 2000. In May 2003 Matt
graduated from Albany Law School.
IKathleen
Wisniewski
graduated
from
Long
lsland
University with a
master'sinelementaryeducation
in
January
2004. She is provisionally
certified
in
pre-K-6
in
elementary
education. Kathleen is a student
teacher in Mineola, N.Y.
I
Angela
Witzke
bought her first house in
Gloversville, N.Y., and
passed the
CPA exam
in
November 2002. She
is
an accountant with Carmen
Gentile Accounting
in
Gloversville.
I
Sara Woods
made a big
move
back
LO
the
East Coast after living
in California for four years. She
is
pursuing a master's at
the
Graduate
School of Social Work at Boston
College.
2 0 0 0
Heidi
Bock
attends Antioch New
England Graduate School in Keene,
N.H. She is pursuing a master's
in
conservation biology.
I
Thomas
Carney
retired as
the
commanding
officer of the Manhattan Special
Victims Squad at the New York
Police Department
where
he
worked for 30 years.
Tom
wrote
Practical lnvestigation
of
Sex
Crimes:
A Strategic
and Operational
Approach,
published
by
CRC
Press.
I
Jessica
Cooper
mentors
new hires at Progressive lnsur-
ance where she works as a claims
representative
11.
The company is
located
in
Yonkers, N.Y. Jessica's
boyfriend,
Chris Urynowicz
'01,
is
a 1st
lieutenant
in
the
U.S. Marine
Corps stationed in Beaufort,S.C. He
was in
Kuwait
in spring 2003.
lln
June
2003
Lisa Douglas
received
a
master's
in applied educational
psychology from Northeastern
University in Boston, Mass. She is
an intern in the Brookline Public
Schools while she completes a
certificate of advanced graduate
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study
in
school psychology.
I
Robert Duda
is
a
senior
account
executive at
Weber
Shandwick in
New York,
N.Y.
He
is
involved
in
all aspects of
media
relations
and
materials development
for Exxon-
Mobil,
Ingersoll-Rand,
American
Standard and
Trane.lRyan
Hunter
graduated
f
romAlbany
Law School.
I
Elizabeth Johnson
is a
technolo-
gist
in
the blood
bank at
Memorial
Sloan-Keuering Cancer Center in
New York,
N.Y.
She hopes to
run
a
marathon
in
2004.1
Christopher
Leahy
teaches in the Levittown
School
District
in
Levittown,
N.Y.
IJanine
Szal Paavola
is a
market-
ing and
pub!
ic
relations specialist
for
M-real
USA Corp.
in
Norwalk,
N.j. She had
worked
in
corporate
communications for M-real Corp.
in
Finland
since
2000.1
Amanda
"Mandy"
Parrillo
was one of only
three
females
to graduate with
the
62nd class at
the Morris
County
Police Academy in New
Jersey.
She
isan officer
with the
Morris County
Sheriff's
Department. Mandy
is
pursuing a
degree
in
Spanish at
the
College of Saint Elizabeth.
I
Christina
Passarella
enjoys work-
ing with dually diagnosed
clients
in
the
Continuing
Day
Treatment
Program at the Sullivan County
Department of Community Ser-
vices
in
Liberty, N.Y.,
where she isa
staff social worker. She obtained the
position after
receiving
a
master's
in social
work
from
Fordham
University and successfully pass-
ing the New
York
State clinical
social work exam.
lNicholas
Ross
released a
two-minute
computer-
animated film.
He
graduated
from
the
Academy of An College with
a
MFAincomputerartsinNovember
2003.1
Koustubh
Warty
and
his
wife,
Manjari
Gangwar Warty
'00,
purchased a
new home in
Ronkonkoma,
N.Y.,
in
March 2003.
IJustin
Williams
graduated
from
Oklahoma State University with a
master's in counseling
and
student
personnel services
in May 2003. He
is
the
coordinator for
residential
learning at
the University
of North
Carolina-Greensboro.
2 0 0 1
Robert
Adamski
was promoted
to production assistant
11
within
the ESPN remote production
department
in Bristol, Conn.
I
Edward
Antoine
presented a
Kevin
Lundy
'99:
Directing
Government
Relations
for Wendy
1
's
International
Kevin
M. Lundy
has been named direc-
tor,
government relations for
Wendy's
International, Inc.
Wendy's
lnt1~rna-
tional
is one of
the
world's largest
restaurant
operating and
franchising
companies
with
9,293
total
restaurants
and brands including
Wendy's Old
Fashioned Hamburgers,
Tim
Hortons,
Baja
Fresh
Mexican Grill,
Cafe Express
Kevin Lundy
'99
and Pasta Pomodoro.
Kevin
is
responsible
for
directing
state and
local
government relations
efforts as
well
as
supporting
the department's many issues management,
grassroots and
Wendy's political
action committee activities.
Prior
to
joining
Wendy's, Kevin
was manager of state
relation1s
for
the National
Restaurant
Association
in Washington,
D.C.
Durin9
his
tenure there, he was responsible
for
managing the association's :state
legislative
affairs
department,
working with the membership and
the
association's 53 state partner associations.
Prior to working for the National Restaurant Association,
Kevin
was
a
legislative
coordinator
for a state government issues
management
and
tracking firm
in
Virginia
and also worked for a private communication
company in
New
York City.
He earned a
bachelor's
in political science at
Marist
and
is
purs:uing
a master's in public policy.
Kevin
and his fiancee, Meredith,
reside
in
Dublin,
Ohio.
six-week
nutrition
workshop for
Marist
College's HEOP summer
program during the
summer of
2003.
I
Christy Barr
is
pursuing
certified employee benefits special-
ist
(CEBS) designation from the
Wharton School at
the
Universit
yof
Pennsylvania.
Christy is a
benefits
specialist at Reimbursement Ser-
vices, Inc.
in
Mt.
Laurel,
N.j.lErin
Shelah Bellanti
teaches
seventh
and eighth grade science at
Erie I
BOCES
alternative education facil-
ity
in
Buffalo, N.Y.
I
Christopher
Blasie
is
supervisor of airport
services for ExpressJet at Washing-
ton-Dulles International Airport
in
Washington,
D.C.
Previously
Chris
had been
with Continental
Airlines for
two
years. While at
Continental,
he
had
the
honor of
assisting with and
implementing
travel
plans
for actor Christopher
Reeve and his delegation for their
trip
to
Israel in
July
2003.IMegan
Bruno
is
a special education
teacher
at Sayreville War Memorial
High
School
in
Parlin, NJ
I
Christopher
Cavallari
worked as a
duplication
technician at ESPN in Bristol,
Conn.,
until
May 2003.
He is now
executive producer of Filmosity
Productions, a full-service video
production company.
I
Kathryn
T. Crisafi
has been teaching
mathematics at Arlington
High
School
in
LaGrangeville, N.Y.,
for
three
years.
IJeff
Dahncke
has
joined the
Manhauan-based public
relations
firm
Linden
Alschuler
&:
Kaplan
as a vice president.
He
is
responsible
for
handling media
relations and other communica-
tions
functions for some of the firm's
corporate clients.
I
Dana Felice
is
pursuing
a
PhD in
environmental
toxicology
at Cornell University.
I
David Etzold
works with
digital
computer animation
fora television
production
company called
4Kids
Production in
New
York,
N.Y.IErin
Fleming
received
a master's
in
read-
ing
from Long Island
University's
C.W.
Post
campus
in May
2003.1
Andrew Gorray
received paralegal
certification with honors from
Hofstra University
in February
2003. He
isa
paralegal with
the law
firm of
Quadrino
and Schwartz
in
Garden City, N.Y.
IJustin
Green-
blum
is pursuing a
law
degree from
Brooklyn Law School and expects
to graduate in
June
2004. Brooklyn
Law School has designated
Justin
a Lisle Scholar, named after the
school's
former
dean, Raymond E.
Lisle.
I
Lynda Jeanne Holt
is
the
NEW
ARRIVALS
Class of 2000
Stephanie
and
Anthony
Lisi,
a daugh•
ter, Julianna
Rose,
March
18,
2003
Jennifer McHugh
and
Nazareth
Garabedian
'98,
a daughter,
Meghan
Ava,
Oct.
16,
2003
Lorraine
Millen
and Garrett
Millen,
a
daughter,
Montana
Marie,
July
31, 2003
Kristen Ward
and
Michael
Degli-An-
geli, a
daughter,
Hailey
Madison,
Jan.
20, 2004
Class
of
2001
Kristin
"Kassia"
Cappillino
and
Michael
Messina,
a
son,
Michael
Dennis,
March 14, 2003
Tap into the
Online
Alumni
Career Network
In
its first six months, the Online
Career Network has reached a
membership
of nearly 950 alumni.
Members of the network are
available to:
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with researching
careers
■
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their industries
■
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voice in an
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world
Join the Online Alumni
Career
Network to find fellow alumni
already working in your field of
interest,
or to help fellow alumni
learn
about your field. To join, visit
www.marist.edu/alumni/career.
html.
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Alumni
Tina Gioielli
(center),
who forn1e1y taught Italian
at
Marist, celebrated
her
90th
birthday with friends in luding Br.Joseph L.R.
B,elanger, FMS
'48
(left) and Maurice Bibeau
'5 ,
both professors
emeriiti
of modern
languages
(right),
at her home in
Cary, N.C.
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MAGAZINE
assistant director of the Weekend
MBA program at SUNY Albany.
Lynda and her
husband, Tim,
have
started their own fiber processing
business called Ancient Threads.
I
Kim
Honsinger-E:reiland
was
promoted to
reunions coordinator
for
the
Alumni Counc
ilat
Princeton
University.
Her
husband,
Mark
Breiland,
is
a sales assistant al
NBC in New York, N .Y.
IShivonne
Hutson
is
a medical
investigator
for
the
Rockland County Medical
Examiner's Office. :She is
pursu-
ing
a master's in forensic science
with a concentration
in
advanced
investigation
al the University of
New Haven.
I
Gregory LaPointe
graduated from the University of
Connecticut
in May
2002 with a
master's in survey
research.
He
is a post-doctoral candidate
in
leadership studies
at
1the
University
of California/San
Diego. He
is a
research
analyst in
the
Office of
Educational Effectiveness/Assess-
ment al National University in La
Jolla, Calif.
He
is
also
a research
consultant for Advantage Busi-
ness
Research, Inc.
in San Diego.
I
Jennifer
Latham
is
pursuing
a
master's in
educalion at
Lesley
University
in Cambridge. Mass.
I
Lorene
McNulty
invested
in
a bar
in the
lower
East Side of New York
called Second Nature at 14th Street
and 2nd Avenue. She
isa
retirement
benefits analyst for
the
Teachers'
Retirement
System
in
New York.
I
Melissa
Mesuda-Or1tega
is
director
of
payroll
at Dutchess Community
College in Poughke,epsie.
Melissa
received
an AS
degree
from DCC
and as
a
student
there
was the
recipient
of a Dutchess United
Educators
Award
for
Academic
Excellence.
I
Kathleen Moylan
is an account analyst with the
Graham Co.
in
Philadelphia, Pa., a
commercial property and casualty
insurance
broker.lRebecca
O'Neil
works with digital computer
animation al 4Kids Production,
a
television
production company
in New
York, N.Y.
IAt
least once
a month
Joseph Parizo,
Corey
Borowitz
'02
and
Brian
Close
get together for an underground
hip
hop show in New
York
City.
I
Dana Pecorella
works at the
high-yield sales
desk at
Deutsche
Bank in New York, N.Y.
She earned
Series 7 and 63
licenses.
I
Jennifer
Rossignol
returned to the
Hudson
Valley after taking
a
few months to
travel across
the
country. She is a
retention
counselor/coordinator
for the HEOP office
at Mount
Saint
Mary
College in Newburgh, N.Y.I
Christina Schwab
is an assistant
buyer
for
the
apparel division of
Toys
"R"
Us. She
is also in
charge
of the
advertising
in
her
division.I
Christopher
Sparks
is a full-time
graduate student at the University
of New
Haven
where
he is
studying
to
teach
secondary school English.
I
Ryan
Streck received
an MBA at
Marist. He
was a graduate assistant
at AllSport Poughkeepsie
Health
and
Fitness
Center.
I
Evan
Sul-
livan
is
a sheriff's officer with
the
Somerset County Sheriff's
Depart-
ment
in Somerville, NJ.
IJaime
Smith
Thompson
is
the director
of
the Hurley
Public
Library
in
Hurley, N.Y.
Her
husband,
Scott
Thompson,
received an
MSCS
from Marist
in
May2004.1Patrick
Justin
Wisniewski
graduated
from
the New York State
Police
Academy
in
2003.
He
is
a New York State
trooper with Troop
K.
2 0 0 2
Gary Albaugh
is serving as a
74B-information systems opera-
tor/analyst in
Miesau, Germany,
with the 226th Medical Logistics
Battalion (Forward) U.S. Army.
I
Paul
Annents
is the supervisor for
the
Metro
region
(New York City
and Long
Island)
at
the
New York
State Commission of Correction.I
Renee Boncella
has been promoted
to foreign assets control compliance
officer at
The
Bank of New York
in
Oriskany, N.Y.
IJennifer
Bruch
teaches
seventh grade Spanish
at
Amity Junior
High
School in
Bethany, Conn.,
her
hometown.
I
Edwin Diaz
participated
in
the Council on Legal Education
Opportunity Program in 2002 at
Michigan State University's
Detroit
School of Law, in which he finished
in
the
top 25 out of 40 students.
He
plans on attending law school
at some
point
but meanwhile
he
is
working as a
legal
clerk at Simpson,
Thacher & Banwell
in
New York,
N.Y.
I
Michael A. Ellison
is a
legislative
aide for New York State
Assemblymanjoel
Miller(R-102nd
Assembly District)
in
Poughkeepsie.
I
David
Goodwin
attends the Uni-
versity of Advancing
Technology
in
Tempe,Ariz.
Heisa music
producer,
photographer and Web, print and
motion
designer as CEO of Axons
Studios
in
Fountain Hills, Ariz.
He
invites
fellow alumni
to
browse
his
Web site, www.axons.org.
I
Nicole Kulik
is the marketing and
public
relations
coordinator at the
prestigious Nevada Ballet
Theatre.
Nicole
lives
in Las Vegas, Nev.
I
Kristen
Lincks
received
a master's
in
curriculum and instruction from
Teacher's College at Columbia
University in New York, N.Y., in
May 2003.
She is a special education
teacher with
the
Hauppauge Public
School
District
on Long Island.
I
Keri Mitchell
graduated
from the
New York City Police Academy
and has
been
assigned to
the
52nd
precinct
in Bronx, N.Y.
I
Dianne
Philipps
has
been promoted
lo
executive director of
Rockland
County Sewer
District
No.
1.
She
previously served as assistant
director
of sewer operations for the
district.
Diane has an
MPA
from
Marisl and
is
a
New
York State
licensed professional
engineer.
I
Gloria Pollard
teaches eighth grade
English
and
social studies at
the
Quba
lnstituteoflslamicandArabic
Study
in Philadelphia,
Pa. She and
her
husband,
Yadanishan Bruce,
live
in
Philadelphia.
I
Cynthia
Rowley
is
a
teacher
at Island Trees
High School in Levittown, N.Y.
Cynthia
majored
in
political
science
at Marisl and
teaches
ninth grade
social studies,
twelfth
grade
politics
and government and twelfth grade
economics
I
Jennifer
Simon
attends the College of St.
Rose in
Albany, N.Y.,
in pursuit
of a master's
in
community counseling.I
Mariel
Sosa
serves
in the transportation
division of
the
U.S. Army stationed
in
lraq.
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Varley
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packing in Europe
during
summer







































2003
when he
learned
that Iraq
was
open
to
U.S. passport holders.
"I
believe
in
new
experience and
firsthand
knowledge,
so I decided
togo,
traveling2,100 milesoverfive
days from Poland tot he
Iraq/Turkey
border.
l
found out later I was one
of the
first,
if
not the
first,
to
visit
post-war
Iraq
asa tourist. Never
did
I
feel
I
was at
risk;
people
welcomed
me everywhere I went, even after
knowing I was an American. The
two weeks I
spent in Iraq proved to
be
an
amazing
experience."
2 0 0 3
Andre Albert
received a
master's
in applied
psychology
from Marist
in
May 2003. He
is
director
of
rowing at Fairfield University.
I
Erin Burke
is a public relations
assistant account executive
in the
health
and beauty
division
of
the
Brooks Group.
I
Meghan
Conrad
Leaches
a special class, called
Tl,
at
Hyde
Park Elementary School
in Hyde
Park,
N.Y.
The class
is
for students who are
not
quite
ready
for
first
grade but who are a
step above
kindergarten. Meghan
graduated from
Marist
with dual
degrees
in elementary and special
education.
I
Eileen
Cresswell is
a
graduate student at Marist where
she is
majoring
in counseling and
community psychology.
I
Scott
Desiere is
a graduate student at
San Diego (Calif.) State University.
I
Rory Duane
is enrolled
in the
67t
h
basic course for
police
officers
at the Monmouth (NJ) County
police academy.
I
Arika Garcia
plans on
taking
medical school
exams. She attends Ulst,er County
Community College, where she isa
student government vice president,
to obtain
more
science classes for
medical school.
I
Emily
Green is
a special education
high
school
teacher.
Emily teaches English and
global studies
in
the Middletown,
N.Y., school district.
I
Chaderick
Greer is
a police offic1:r for the
Montgomery County (Md.) Police
Department.
IJohn
Horan
is a
district representative for U.S.
Rep. Tom Feeney
in
Orlando,
Fla.
I
Patrick Keane
writes
that
"Wednesday
nights
just
aren't
the
same anymore without the Cohort
gang!" Pat was
in
the on-site
accelerated MPA
progra1m
Marist
offers at
law
enforcement agencies
throughout New York S1tate.
Each
course
requires
attendance at a
four-hour class one night a week,
plus an eight-hour Saturday class,
for eight weeks.
I
Dougl:as
Knapp
is a paralegal
for liouslanger
&
Associates, a collections.
law
firm
in
Katonah,
N.Y.
I
Melissa Mul-
len
teaches mathematics at Our
Lady of
Lourdes
High School in
Poughkeepsie. She is
pursuing
a
master's in education at SUNY
New
Paltz.
I
Matthew
Pennacchio
is an
account executive for FM Group
Public Relations, which is
based
on
Long Island.I
Brian
Sutch
is
pursu-
ing
a master's
in
communication
arts from the New York
Institute
of
Technology in Old Westbury, N.Y.I
John Tkazyik
was reelected Third
Ward council member fort he cit yof
Poughkeepsie in November 2003.
He serves on
the
board of
directors
of both the Dutchess Community
College Alumni Association and
the
Catharine Street Community
Center and is a commissioner
for
the
Poughkeepsie Housing
Authority.
2 0 0 4
Nitin
Agarwal
is the owner of
Nitin Networks, which operates
RegisterSite.com, a domain name
registration site. Nitin
hopes
Web
hosting
will become the main
focus
of Nitin Networks.
The
company employs six
people
and
has
a client
base
of 53,000 from
218
countries.
Remembering
J.J.
Allen '99
IN
MEMORIAM
Alumni
Robert
A. Kist
'57
Frederick
A. House
'69
Thomas
Bagar
'71
Robert
J. Harty
'76
Richard
A.
Scalzo
'76
Otto
Hesselbarth
'79
Ralph
Huey
Washington
'86
Laverne
C.
Williams
'87
Bridget
Ann Applegate
Vaughan
'88
James
John
Derivan
'96
John
P. Trayers
'95 M
Joseph
J.
•
J.J."
Allen
'99
Cynthia
Piga Nash
'02
Faculty and Staff
Bogdan
Jovicic
Friends
Helen
Z.
Battistoni
Joyce
Bending
Wilson
Retirees
Stanley
J.
Bogucki
Grace
L.
Sinisi
J.J.Allen
embodied
alltlhe
qualities
of agreatstudent-
athlete, from
his
success
on
the
football field to his
contributions
to the Marist College
community
as
a whole.
J.J.
passed
away on
New
Year's Eve
with
"Here I was a freshman,
and the star football
player
was in my class,"
she remembers.
"He was so
willing to lend a hand to anyone
to help them out.
He was someone
I
looked up to academically
and
his wife, Lori,
by his side. He had turned
28 on Dec. 13.
"He was the best we ever had, as
a person and a playrn,
• says Marist
football
Head
Coach
Jlim Parady.
"He
was tremendous.
There are
not
many
like him."
J.J.
spent three y'ears at
Marist
College,
1996 to 1999, transferring
to
Marist after a freshman
year
at Howard
University.
His
impact
far exceeded
his
great successes
on
the
football field.
J.J.
Allen
'99
Over the course of
hi1; three
years he
was always among the first to volunteer his time
to the local community.
He spent countless
hours
working with local youth organizations
and was
always
thefirsttovolunteerfor
an event
that involved
helping others.
J.J.
graduated frorn Marist in May 1999 with
a bachelor's
of science
degree in biology. Melissa
Tucci
'01 shared
a biology class
with
J.J.
during her
freshman
year.
athletically."
J.J.
had great
success
as a member
of
the Red
Foxes
football program,
placing
his name
in the record
books in numer-
ous categories.
For his career,
30 games,
he carried
the ball 597 times for 3,015
yards, the third-highest
career
total in
program history. He holds the school
record
for career
touchdowns
with 41,
and helped
Maristto 20wins
in his three
seasons.
Allen was
the
heart and soul
of the 1998 squad,
a
season
in which
he set single-season
school
records
with
278 carries,
1,623
yards,
21 touchdowns
and scoring
with 126 points.
"What will always
stand
out
about
J.J.
for me is
how his personality
made the spirit of our team,"
says
Coach
Parady.
"His
enthusiasm
and love for the
game
was contagious
and that part of him made
for
a closeness
with his class
and the team
that
has been
hard to duplicate
over the years."
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IN
Marist-Murray
Ad
Is a Homt~ Run
President
Dennis
J.
Murray went
to
bat to promote Marist and
help
out
The Chronicle
of Higher Educat1ion
at the
same
time.
E
very eight weeks, you
can catch a familiar face
ina not-so-familiar
pose
gazing out from a full-page
ad in
The Chronicle
of Higher
Education.
It's
Marist Presi-
dent Denn is
J.
Murray, in a
New York Yankees uniform,
scissors in hand, cutting up a
copy of the newspaper read by
faculty, staff and administra-
tors on college and university
campuses across the country.
It's
all in the name of promot-
ing Marist and
The Chronicle.
The Chronicle
is in a drive
to increase itsci rculation, and
Chief Public Affairs Officer
Tim Massie
learned
of the ad
campaign last August. The
concept for pitching President
Murray was devised by Tim
and Peter Clark, a certified
marketing
consultant
for
WHUD Radio in Westchester
County, New York.
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once said his dream
job
was
to play centerfield for the
Dodgers. President Murray
and his wife Marilyn moved
to Poughkeepsie 25 years ago
to succeed President Linus
Richard Foy. ''I'll do just
about anything to advance
Marist College and I'm a fan
of
The Chronicle,
so
I
couldn't
balk at this opportunity," Dr.
Murray says.
The ad was a home run
and Marist got a double-
header thanks
to
the positive
reader response. A second ad
featuring President Murray,
this
time
in more traditional
shirt and tie, was on deck at
The Chronicle
and was used
LO
promote the newspaper's
exhibit booth at the annual
conference of the American
Council on Education
in
Miami, Fla. The thousand-
plus attendees couldn't miss
that ad, either. The photo of
President Murray was seven
feet tall and showed him sit-
ting
on the
floor
of his office
surrounded by
Chronicle
clip-
pings and copies of the paper
with
the tagline,
"The
Chronicle
helps Dennis Murray, presi-
The idea was to dress
President Murray in a New
York Yankees uniform, pro-
cured by DireclOr of Athletics
Tim Murray, and position him
with a pair of scissors in one
hand
and a clipped copy of
The Chronicle
in the other. The
tagline:
"When my
Chronicle
arrives, I become the Yankee
Clipper."
The ad was a
home
run and Marist
got
a
doubleheader thanks to the positive reader response.
dent ofMarist College, stay on
the cutting edge. Tell us how
you use
The Chronicle."
A lineup of several hun-
dred colleges and universities submiued
proposals to highlight their senior execu-
tives, but most struck out as the field was
whittled to eight. Alvin Brockway,
The
Chronicle's
associate publisher for circulation,
said President Murray's willingness to pose
for a humorous ad set the Marist suggestion
apart from the rest of the crew.
"Everyone
here
is
happy with Dennis's
ad. In fact, our editor burst out laughing
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MAGAZINE
when he saw
it,
thinking it provided a nice
'twist'
in
the
series."
Of course, Alvin Brockway couldn't
sacrifice a chance
for
a little word play of
his own. In a letter to President Murray, he
wrote, "Your pose was a big hit. Thanks
for
being i;uch a good sport."
Being a
team
player
led
some of Presi-
dent Murray's California
friends
to playfully
cry foul. He was born in Los Angeles and
Among the institutions
selected for the series are George Mason
University, Northeastern University, the
University of California at Irvine, the Uni-
versity ofTennessee at Chattanooga and
the
University of Texas at Arlington.
The ad featuring President Murray first
ran in the Jan. 30, 2004 edition of
The
Chronicle
and will wind up at the end of
2005. After that, the ad campaign will be
going, going, gone
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2004
Patriots
Weekend:
225th
Anniversary of
the Battle
of Stony
Point
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16: Lecture
by Dr. Edward
Cashin
'52,
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