1ST
CONTENTS
3
The Campaign
for
Marist
The
goal of
the
Campaign
for Marist
doubles to
$150
million.
4
The
Payne
Mansion
A $75 Million Gift Establishes
the
Raymond A.
Rich Institute
for
leadership
Development
The
largest
bequest in
Marist's
liistory,f
rom one
of the
20£11
century's
most successful
businessmen
and
industrialists,
will
establish
an
institute
to train individuals in
the
art of
leadership in
business,
government,
and
the
nonprofit
sector.
Maris! is dedicated 10
helping s1uden1s develop
1he
intellect
and character
required
for enlightened, ethical, and
productive
lives in
1he
global community of
1he
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ATHLETICS
14
Red
Fox
Report
Women's baslietball
returns
to
tile
NCAA
Tournament, women's swimming and
diving
captures the MAAC and ECAC Championships,
the
football team succeeds in a new
league,
volleyball
marks its
best season ever, and
Mari st ties a school record
for student-athletes
recognized
for academic achievement.
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NEWS
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NOTES
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T H E CAMPUS
Short-Term Trips Change Lives
F
or
the
Marist community, Spring Break
2010 offered an opportunity for
much-
needed relaxation. Some students
and faculty,
however, undertook challenging education-
al ventures abroad.
While many
walked on
the beach, others walked beside
the impov-
erished,
through
the
Holy
Land, and in the
footsteps of Holocaust and
Hiroshima
victims.
At the onset of
midterm
week, psychol-
ogy
majors
Caitlin Martin '10 and Janice Feng
'11
did
not
have
elaborate plans for any vaca-
tions. Soon,
both
students learned Associate
Professor of Psychology
Sherry Dingman
had
arranged an eight-day
trip
to
Haiti and was
looking for
students to come along. Dingman
is
the American
Psychological Association's
representative
to the United Nations and leads
a task
force for the
United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) working group to stop
violence against children. On
the
Thursday
before
Spring
Break,
after less
than
a week
to
arrange
flights
and receive the proper shots,
Dingman, Martin,
and Feng landed in the
Caribbean.
The group stayed in a hospital
in the
Dominican Republic
near the Haitian border,
crossing
it
daily
LO
work. Each day consisted
BY JIM URSO
'11
Above
Marist students participating
in
the College's first study-
abroad tour of the Holy Land, atop the ancient fortress strong-
hold of Masada in the Judean desert, were (left to right) Timothy
Owen
'12,
Myriah Anderson
'12,
Nicholas Mayr
'10,
Scott Mayr
'13,
Shannon Tota
'13, and
Matthew Lubrano
'11.
Left
Students on a
trip to Berlin, at the Brandenburg Gate on the Pariser Platz, were
(front
row, left to right) Gregory Kaplan
'11,
Darcie D'Errico
'11,
Elyse
Caitlin Martin
'1
O
(left) and Janice Feng
'11
helped chiildren in Haiti.
of differernjobs. Often the group split and
went with different rescue teams. The projects
included counseling, reorganizing the
hospi-
tal,
logging
information, cleaning wounds,
drawing
pktures with children, and setting
up
art therapy and other healing programs.
Both
students
described
the difficulties
of being around people in such dire circum-
stances. "!If you have anything, from water
to earring;s,
they're
going to want
it,"
says
Feng.
"It's
not that they aren't grateful,
but
they have absolutely nothing."
However,
even
in the
most
tumultuous
situations, human-
ity
remained.
Brendlen
'10,
Taylor Raab
'12, (back
row, left
to right) Jesenia Sanchez
'12,
Kim Stagg
'10,
Thomas DeKeyser
'10,
Edward Ybarra
'11,
Storm Heitman
'12,
and Michael Steier
'10,
shown with faculty member Steve Sansola
(at far right).
"I
visited
the
city of
Port-au-Prince
on
Sunday
morning,
and what
I
saw was
quite
a
revelation," says Dingman, "not
the
armed
mobs
the
media
presents,
but families picking
their
way through the rubble to auend church
services.
The Haitian people
really
need the
rest
of the world
to
help
them in
tangible
ways-beginning
with not being afraid
to
help
them."
For Dingman, who hopes
to
spearhead
further Marist relief efforts
in
Haiti, physical
therapy
for amputees is a central
need.
Feng studied abroad and was close friends
with Robert Stone, a
Marist
student who died
in
a
tragic
accident
in
Rome in
November
2009.
The two were
bonded
by
their passion
for helping the less fortunate. "Doing things
like this
makes me feel close
LO
him
and
strengthened
this
as something I want
to do
with
my
life,"
Feng
says.
For Martin, it was a
three-year-old
boy
who changed
her
Ii
fe.
The boy
had
just
lost
both of his parents and was
infected
with
AIDS and scabies. "I wake
up
every
hour
thinking
about him," says Martin.
"Just
the
way he
held
on to me,
he
was so scared, you
could see it
in
his eyes. He wouldn't smile.
He
just wanted someone
to love,
and he
has no
one. And he's one of thousands." Now,
Martin
hopes to become a pediatrician to
help
chil-
dren in need.
continued
on next page
SPRING
2010
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( I N
BRIEF)
Marist's
H,Jpe for Haiti
fundraiser in
January
2010 following the earthquake in
Haiti
raised
nearly $8,800
for
emergency
relief efforts there ... In
November
2009
Campus Ministry programs
raised more
than
$6,000
for local
food
banks and dis-
tributed 45 food baskets to needy families,
supported by more than 1,000 student
volunteers ...
In
December, Marist
faculty,
staff, and students again supported the
annual Giving Tree project, donating
744
gifts
to
27
local
families.
More
than 360
students volunteered.
Dr. David J. Purvis
has
added two
new
titles, Chemistry and The Cell, to
his
Dr.
Dave's Teaching
Manual
series for sci-
ence teachers.
The
five previous manu-
als are Solar System, Oceans, Electricity,
Phases of
Matter,
and Digestion (Royal
Fireworks Press).
/JJ
Dr. Judith Saunders
has written
Reading Edith
Wharton
Through a Darwinian Lens: Evolutionary
Biological
issues
in Her
Rction(McFarland
&
Co., Inc., Publishers).
/.;J
Dr. Jan
Stivers
and Sharon
F.
Cramer have
written A Teacher's Guide to Change:
Understanding, Navigating and Leading
the
Process
(Corwin Press).
/J
America's
First
River: The History and Culture of the
Hudson
River Valley
offers 18 essays
from 25 years of the
Hudson
River Valley
Review,
the academic journal published
by
the Hudson
River Valley Institute. The
book is edited by
Dr. Thomas Wermuth,
Dr. James M. Johnson,
and
Christopher
Pryslopski.
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
Whil,e
the
trip to Haiti was indepen-
dently organized, Marist offered a number
or short-term abroad
programs
during
Spring Bireak.
Thirty students enrolled
across
three
programs to
Israel,
Japan,
and Germany and
the
Czech Republic.
A group of six students and three
chaperones led
by
Chid Public Affairs
Officer arnd Adjunct
Professor
Tim Massie
t0ok pan in
the
first Marist-sponsored
trip
to
the Holy Land. Students in
Massie's
class, "ln the Footsteps of Jesus
and
the Prophets," visited historical sites
presented
in
the
Bible.
The sites includ-
ed Jericho, the Jordan River,
Tiberias,
Capernaum,
the
Sea or Galilee, Cana,
Nazareth, Bethlehem.Jerusalem,
Masada,
the
Dead
Se21,
and Qumran.
Massie credits
the
success of
the
trip
to
a
close-knit group and an incredible
tour
guide.
"He mad,e
the
theology,
history,
and architec-
ture
of Israel come alive," says
Massie.
"Every
student told me
that
this
trip changed
his or
her
life."
Senior Nicholas Mayr's
interest
in
poli-
tics and desire for religious
understanding
inspired
him
tO
sign up. "It was a tremen-
dous experience to
be in
the
places
I
have
heard about
ror
years in the Gospels
and
the
Bible generally," says Mayr. "These writings
mean a
lot
more to me
now because now they
are on a scale
I
can relate to."
Associate Dean of Student Affairs Steve
Sansola headed up a trip to Berlin, Germany,
and Prague, Czech Republic,
tO
explore
the
fundamentals
of
Judaism through
European
Jewish
history,
ideas,
beliefs, and customs.
Students had the opportunity to meet with
local resitdents
and scholars.
"The recipe that takes place-the lectures,
films, guest speakers, and
then finally the
travel-i.s
really a very natural
progression,"
says Sansola. "It comes t0 life when students
can phf;ically put themselves
in
a moment
in time."
Students were
most riveted
by
the
Jewish
Museum Berlin. Many were also
intrigued by
Prague
and its unique combination of
medi-
eval Europe and
modern
society.
Amanda Letchko
'12
(left) and Caroline Greer
'11
enjoyed a
seven-course
banquet while
staying at a ryokan
(traditional
Japanese
inn) on the island of Miyajima.
"Being
in
Prague felt
like we went back
in
time and
that
we were
in
a completely
differ-
ent land," says
Jesenia
Sanchez
'12.
"Every
place and
building
has a story"
A third
trip
was led
by Richard Lewis,
chair of Art and Art History.
The class,
which
enrolled
14
students, was
titled
"Visions of
Japan:
From
Ancient Art
to
Anime."
The
11-day
journey
began
in
Kyoto,
the
center
of
the
Japanese empire
for
a
thousand
years,
followed by a
day trip
to
Hiroshima. Travels
concluded
in
Tokyo.
Students were
particularly
affected
by
the
visit
tO
Hiroshima.
"When
people
learn
about
Hiroshima,
they
usually have an image
of
an
atomic bomb exploding, and
then
what
the
city looked
like
arterward," says
Lewis.
"On
this
trip, students
really
came
to
understand
the magnitude
or
the
bomb's effect on
the
people and culture of Japan."
Students on each trip
recall the
long,
introspective conversations every night
about
what
they
had
learned
from their
travels.
And
professors
echo
the
sentiment. "When we
have
those conversations,"
says Massie, "you
know
students are
learning
a
lot
from
their
experi-
ence."
■
Puppy Practice
President Dennis J.
Murray
and
his wife, Marilyn
(center),
welcomed Guiding Eyes for the Blind
(GEB)
puppies and their raisers to the
Maristfootball stadium this past fall.
Exposure to
crowds
is an important
partoftrainingthedogs.
Visiting in the
hospitalitysuiteatTenneyStadiumwere(left
to right,
standing):
Lisa Nelson with puppy
Cole,
Andrea Abramovich with North, Kathi Carey
with Farley, Susan Eberth with Maple, Joan
Morehouse with Nanette, Lisa Staryak, a GEB
volunteer and Marist student, and
(kneeling)
Jill Snadecki with Randy.





























Hancock Center Takes Shape
The Hancock Ce•nter is under way. The $35 million
academic building, on a hill overlooking the Hudson Rive1r,
will include classrooms, seminar
rooms, computer labs, an executive presentation centm, the Marist Institute for Public
?pinion, and faculty offices. The center also will support small-business incubation, provid-
ing resources for local entrepreneurs, technology start-up,s, and small-business owners. The
building will feature a cafe, student lounge, and outdoor patio. For more photos, visit www.
marist.edu/alumni/capitalprojects.html.
Kiplinger's Again Names Marist a "Best
!Buy"
lliplinger's
Personal
Finance
Magazine
has
consecutive year,
U.S. News also identified
~a
med
Marist one of
the
"50
Best Buys" Marist as one of the colleges and
universities
in private college education in the U.S. for the
that are "l,~ading the pack
in
improvements
fourth consecutive year.
and
innov:ative
changes."
Marist was the only New
York
college
In the
latest edition
to
make the
list. Three
universities in
the
of
the
U.S. News annual
Empire
State were also
named:
Columbia,
guide, Marist was ranked
Cornell, and
Rochester.
Also
making the
15th
out of
172
colleges
cut with Marist were schools such as Brown
and
universities in
the
Dartmouth,
Duke, Georget0wn,
Harvard:
northern
United States
Penn, Princet0n, Rice,
Stanford, Yale, the
that
offer a full range
California
Institute
of
Technology,
and the
of
undergraduate
Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology.
and
master's
degree
Kiplinger's
selected 50 best values among
programs.
U.S. News
private universities and another 50 among
also named Marist
liberal ans colleges across the country. Marist one of 77
"schools
to
was named
LO
the
first
list because it
offers a
watch" nationwide.
comprehensive education at both
the
under-
"These
7 7
graduate and graduate levels. Criteria focused colleges a111d
uni versi-
on
two
areas, academic quality and afford-
ties
were singled out as schools that
ability, with quality accounting
for
two-thirds have
recerntly
made the most promising and
of
the total.
innovative
changes in academics, faculty,
The
Kiplinger's
ranking,
which appeared
students,
,campus,
or facilities," the maga-
in
the
December
2009
edition of the popular
zine noted.
economics and
money management
publi-
The Princeton Review's most recent
cation, follows a series of national
rating
ratings
named Marist one of
the
"371
best
distinctions for
Marist.
For
the
16th year
colleges"
iin
America and named Marist's
in a row, Marist was
ranked in
the
top
tier
School of Management one of
the
"top
301
of colleges and universities in
the
northern
business schools" in
the
U.S. Another finan-
United States by the
U.S. News & World
Report cial
publication,
Barron's,
lists
Marist as one
America's
Best Colleges
guide. For the second
of
the
"best
buys
in college
education."
■
CAMPAIGN
UPDATE
...
The Campaign
for Marist
Campaign for Marist Aims
for New Goal of $150 Million
W
ith
his
gener-
ous $75
million
gift,
the largest in
Marist
College history,
Raymond
A. Rich creat-
ed an enduring
legacy
even greater
than
the
leadership institute it
establishes (see Pages
4
through
13 for
more
on
Ray
Rich
and his gift).
Tim Brier
,
69
Indeed, the importance
of
this
gift
to the
College extends far
beyond
the grounds of
the
Esopus estate
that
will house
the
institute to touch the
entire
Marist
commu-
nity through the
tremendous boost it provides
the Campaign for
Marist.
Thanks
to
gifts large and small
from
alumni,
friends,
parents, faculty, and staff,
Marist's first
capital campaign was already enjoying great
progress t0ward
its
initial $75
million
goal
when Ray Rich's
gift was announced
last
fall
and the campaign's goal consequently doubled
tO
$150
million.
Since
then,
it's
become clear
that the
gift's wonh to
the
campaign, and
thus
to the College,
is
far greater than its dollar value.
lL has
auracted
much-deserved
auention to
Marist
and
inspired
broader support
for the
campaign
LO
the point where we are now 90
percent
toward
our
new
goal.
As impressive as
these
numbers are,
I
have
been struck
throughout
this campaign
with how
everyone
involved
in
it has kept
sight of
the
overarching
purpose
behind the
numbers,
which is
to
continue to build Marist
into a world-class
institution that
gives
talent-
ed students of all backgrounds and
means access to a
life-changing
educa-
tion.
Progress toward this goal can
be
seen all over campus, from the
Hancock
Center, which is
rising
at an impressive
clip
on a bluff overlooking
the
Hudson
River, to
the bright, accomplished
first-
year students whose
places
in the Class
of
2013 were made
possible by new
schol-
arship endowments established under the
campaign.
With
the
goal in sight, it is of course
essential that we continue
tO
work
as hard
LO
raise the final 10 percent of gifts as we
did
the
first 10.
Besides,
as Marist students continu-
ally
demonstrate in
the classroom and on
the
athletic
field,
goals are made
not just
to be met,
but to be
exceeded.
Finally, I invite you to visit the Campaign
for
Marist
page at www.marist.edu/alumni/
capitalcampaign.html for the latest news and
information on the
progress
of the campaign.
Sincerely,
-,-L-_
G~
Tim
Brier
'69,
Campaign
Chair
SPRING
2010
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"The
board
enthusiastica1lly
accepts Mr.
Rich's
very generous
gift
with the board's
and College
community's
gratitude
to him for his
gift and for the leaderst1ip
he provided
throughout
his life."
County
town of Esopus, is
a
42,000-square-
foot Beaux Ans-style
palazzo
designed
by
the renowned Manhanan firm
Carrere and
Hastings,
architects of
the
New York
Public
Library
and the
Frick Museum.
Also
known
over
the
years as Omega
and
Wiltwick, the
mansion
was
built in 1905 by
Col.
Oliver Hazard Payne,
a brigadier general
in the Civil War who
founded an oil
refinery
later bought by John D. Rockefeller's
Standard
Oil Co.
The replacement
value of the
residence
has been
conservatively estimated at approxi-
6
MARIST
MAGAZINE
--
Robert
R.
Dyson,
chair of the Mari
st Board
of
Trustees
mately
$65•
million by the firm
of
Robert
A.
M.
Stem, dean of
the
Yale
School of
Architecture,
whose company designed the
Hancock
Center
now
under
construction at Marist.
In
addition,
Rich designated approximately
$10
millio1n
in cash
to
support
the Raymond
A.
Rich
Institute
for Leadership
Development
and its pr,ograms.
The
gift is the largest in
Marist's
history.
The
institute will
specialize
in
the
development
of communication,
inter-
personal,
and social skills
necessary
for
leading
complex organizations in a global setting.
Rich
began thinking about a leadership-
training
legacy
in
his estate a
few
years ago,
according
to
Claire
Carlson,
Rich's longtime
companion and
the
execulOr of his estate.
Following his
purchase
of
the Payne
Mansion
from
the Marist
Brothers in 1986, he and
Carlson were introduced to Marist's president,
Dennis
J.
Murray.
"It
didn't take
Ray long to
realize that Dennis
and Marist College were
the
ideal
conduit
for
his personal
quest
to
ignite
his
leadership
concept," says Carlson.
"Ray
believed
ethics, values, humility, and







''This
extremely
generous
gift presents
Marist
with a
variety of wonderful
opportunities
to enhance leadership
development
across
the nation and around
the world."
thoughtfulness must be
inherent in
leadership
training as
primary
elements.
Marist
College
has ethics and philosophy as required courses
in its curriculum. Not
many
colleges do."
Rich
was an avid
reader
of
business
news,
Carlson says, which
"in
recent
years has
high-
lighted how lacking
our leaders are
in these
endeavors,
be
they government, corporate, or
nonprofit. He
realized
how
dedicated Dennis
Murray
has
been
to
making Marist College,
over
the
past 30 years, a cornerstone in
today's
world with
its
emphasis on morality, oppor-
tunities
for
first-generation
students, and
razor-edge
information technology
programs.
Ray
sensed
that the
Marist board
is
also strong-
ly
suppor1tive
of making the College a special
educational experience. As a result,
Ray decid-
ed, based on a business
leader's
analysis,
that
his
concept was
a
perfect
fit for Marist
College,
and
he
looked no further."
The i111stitute
will
be
in keeping with
Marist's
ideals of excellence in education,
dedication to service, and fostering a sense of
communi1ty,
says
Robert R.
Dyson, chair of
the
Marist
Board of Trustees.
"The
board emhusi-
-President
Dennis]. Murray
astically accepts Mr.
Rich's
very generous gift
with
the
board's and College community's grati-
tude to him for his gift and for the
leadership
he
provided throughout his
life."
"Ray
Rich
took great
pride
not only
in
build-
ing organizations but also
in
the
thousands
of
jobs and
the
economic
prosperity
created
by
those organizations," says
Murray.
"He once
told me,
'The
key to being
a successful CEO
is to
hire
great people,
be
humble
in
manag-
ing them, and always operate with
integrity.
It's not
only the
right thing
to
do,
but
it's also
good business.'
"This
extremely generous gift presents
Marist with a variety of wonderful opportuni-
ties to
enhance
leadership
development across
the nation and around the world," says
Murray.
"We'll work with corporations, government
agencies, and nonprofits
to train
individuals
whom these organizations
have identified
as
having
high leadership potential. We
hope to
instill
in
future
leaders the qualities that
made
Ray
Rich one of
the
most successful
business-
men
and industrialists of
his time."





The main dining room
(above);
a great
room
(below)
faces east toward
the Hudson
River













Raymond
A. Rich:
From
th
1
e Engine
Room
to the Board
Room
Ray Rich volunteered for active duty in
World War II in the Navy and Marines
R
aymond
A.
Rich
was born in
Los
Angeles,
Calif.., in 1912,
the son of Arthur and
Lucy Baker
~ich.
Raised
in
Des
Moines,
Iowa,
he
started hiis career at age 18 by hiring on with
a tramp
freighter
for
a
job in
the
engine room.
After receiving a double engineering degree
from
Iowa
State University, he was
hired
in
the
midst of the Great
Depression
by General
Electric Co. and
became
its youngest
national
sales mana~:er.
He
was awarded
the
company's
rare
"E Aw,ird" for overseeing GE's multiple
war-produc1tion
plants.
He
the1n
was asked to lead the federal
Northeast O,istrict
for the Council for Economic
Development.
He
volunteered for active duty
in
World War
II
in
the
Navy and
Marines,
serving in tlhe South Pacific and
in
Tokyo after
the Japanes•~
surrender. He received numerous
decoration
5:
for
his
service.
After th,~ war,
he
became vice president and
director
of
Philco
Corp. and then
accepted
the
presidency
and
directorship of
Avco Corp.
He
went
on
to hold
simultaneous CEO and chair-
man
positions in a number
of companies.
The
sectors
ranged from
oil
and
gas exploration
and produc:tion to
publishing,
banking,
and
environme11tal
engineering. As chairman and
CEO
of
USi.
Filter
Corp., he led the
company
to play
a sig
1
nificant
role
in its field,
increasing
its revenues twentyfold
in
the 1970s.
After
r<~tiring
from active
corporate life,
he
focused on acquiring
a range
of real estate
properties. In
addition
to his primary resi-
dence in Boca
Grande,
Fla.,
and
his
estate
in
Esopus, NY, he owned,
at
various times, cattle
Ray Rich was CEO and chair of a number of
companies including U.S. Filter Corp.
ranches in
Arizona and Oklahoma, corn and
soybean farms in
Iowa,
townhouses
in
New
York City,
homes
in Maine, a castle
in
the
Scottish Highlands, a 12th-century castle
in
Austria, and a chateau in France.
Rich
was a
member of the University Club for
more than
60 years and the Union
Club, both
in New
York City, as well as
the
Boca Grande Club and
Gasparilla
Inn
& Club in Florida.
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The Payne
Mansion
Joins
Marist's
Historic
Properties
The
42,000-square-foot Payne
Mansion,
I
built in 1905, is
a
palazzo
in the
Beaux
Arts style,
designed by the premier
architectur-
al firm of
the time,
Carrere and Hastings.
The
firm's
renowned
projects include the New York
Public
Library
and Frick Museum, both in New
York City. A
definitive book
about the archi-
tecture
of John
Merven
Carrere and
Thomas
Hastings by
Kate Lemos, William Morrison,
Charles D. Warren, and
Mark
Alan
Hewill
describes the home as exceptional,
built
on one
of the most
picturesque
pieces of property in
the Hudson Valley.
The authors say Col. Oliver
Hazard
Payne
spared
little
expense
in
building
a grand concrete and stone house overlooking
the
river,
with formal entrances on
two
sides
Greys tone
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M A R
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S T M A G A Z
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N E
and a walled garden
to
the south.
"The
state-
ly
propomons and
massing recall the
strong
forms of
the
New York
Public
Library, which
was
taking
shape
in
the office during
these
years. Yet
:it
is
hard
tO
avoid
the
comparison
with cano1nical Italian masterpieces such as
the
Villa Garzoni, Palazzo de] Te, and Palazzo
Iseppo <la
·Pono."
The Payne Mansion's distinctive boat-
house was designed by Julian Burroughs,
the
Harvard-educated son of
the
naturalist
John
Burroughs, who
lived
in nearby West Park.
Julian Buriroughs
became the
superintendent
of
the
Eso:pus estate in 1912. He created the
boathouse
based
on specifications from the
captain of
Payne's
yacht, the Aphrodite.
Distinguished Architecture
The Payne Mansion
joins
several other histor-
ically important buildings at Marist.
The
College's oldest structures.
built
around
1865,
are Greyst0ne, St. Peter's, and
the Kieran
Gatehouse. They are listed
in the
National
Register of Historic Places
because
of their
significance as highly intact examples of the
Gothic Revival style. the prominence of their
architect, and
their
importance
to
the
histo-
ry
of the College. All were designed by Detlef
Lienau, a co-founder of
the
American
Institute
of Architects, who created them as a carriage
house, gardener's cottage, and gatehouse for
landowner Edward Bech.
St. Peter's
(above)
and the Kier an Gatehouse









The Cornell Boathouse
Marist's riverfront Cornell
Boathouse
is
unique
among American historic properties because of
the
role
it played during the
golden era of colle-
giate rowing. It is the only structure remaining
from Regatta
Row, where competing universi-
ties
built
boathouses
to
lodge
their crews
for
the
premier rowing event
in
the nation,
the
International Rowing
Association's National
Championship,
held
on
the Hudson
River at
Poughkeepsie almost every year from
1895
until
1949. Also
represented
on
Regatta
Row
were the University of California,
the
University of Washington, and
the
University
of
Wisconsin. Marist
completed a
restoration
of
the
Cornell Boathouse in 2008.
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel
Our Lady
Seat
of
Wisdom
Chapel
is
one of a
kind
among
places
of worship at colleges and
universities. Built by
the
Marist Brothers in
1954,
its octagonal shape was innovative for
its
time, allowing worshippers
to
sit anywhere and
still be equidistant from the altar at the center.
To
design the building, Br. Nilus
Donnelly,
director of construct
ion
at the College,
tapped
Clarence
H. Pratt
of the architectural
firm
Ashton,
Huntress,
and Pratt
in
Lawrence, Mass.,
with whom
he had
worked
previously.
Br.
Nilus
led the construction crew of brothers who
lived,
studied, and
worked
on the campus of what
was then
Marian
College. Br. Paul Ambrose
Fontaine,
the
superior of the College, also
played
a
major
role,
most
memorably organiz-
ing
a team
of
brothers
to carry the chapel's
roof
beams on
their
shoulders across
Route
9 from
a railroad stop to
the building
site.
The shape of
the
chapel
lent itself to instal-
lation in
2002 of a 360-degree stained-glass
window.
Designed
by Ellen
Miret for Rohlf's
Studio of
Mount
Vernon, N.Y., the
window
reflects
symbols related to the
Jewish
and
Christian scriptures,
the Marist
Brothers,
and Marist College and
is
made of glass from
around the world.
Francis Cardinal Spellman attended
the
dedication of
the
chapel on
May
2, 1954. 'This
is
the church of
the future," he
said.
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The Payne Mansion Boathouse
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The Corne Ill Boathouse
Our Lady !ieat of Wisdom Chapel
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M A R I S T M A G A Z I N E
Col.
lDliver
Hazard
Payne
and His
Mansion
on the Hudson
C
ol.
01
iver Hazard Payne was born in 1839
and named for Oliver Hazard Perry, the
U.S. naval officer who became a national hero
when he defeated a British squadron in the
Battle ofLa1ke
Erie in the War of 1812. Growing
up in Cleveland, Ohio, Payne was a prima-
ry school classmate of John D. Rockefeller.
He attended Yale University, where he was a
classmate ,of William
C.
Whitney, and entered
the 124th Ohio Infantry as a first lieutenant
in 1862, serving through the Civil War. After
being promoted to colonel, he was brevetted
brigadier general of volunteers in recognition
of his meritorious service during the war.
After the war, Payne became interest-
ed in iron manufacturing and oil refining
in Cleveland, founding Clark, Payne & Co.
ln 1872, his company was purchased by
Rockefeller,
and Col. Payne went on to serve as
treasurer of Rockefeller's
Standard Oil Co. and
to become one of the richest men in America.
In 1998,
American Heritage Magazine
placed
Col. Oliver Hazard Payne (above), the original owner of the mansion, served
in
the Civil War (left).
One of the wealthiest men of his era, he spent most of
his
later summers on his 330-foot yacht, the
Aphrodite,
shown above moored at his
Hudson
River estate.













a
him at number 26
on a list of the "40 wealthi-
est Americans of all time."
In
1905,
he purchased
the estate of
John
Jacob Astor in Esopus, N.Y., and supervised
the construction of a
mansion
designed
by the
firm Carrere and
Hastings.
He became a philan-
thropist, donating
to many educational and
medical causes. Cured of a serious
illness
by
physician Alfred Loomis,
Payne
became
inter-
ested
in
assisting the medical
profession. In
1887
he endowed the
Loomis
Laboratory in
New
York
City for teaching and
research
in
chemistry,
biology,
and
pathology.
In
1889 he
donated $500,000 to
found
Cornell Medical
School, and
his
subsequent
donations
to the
school totaled
more
than $8 million. He gave
New York University $150,000
for
its medi-
cal school and $100,000 each
to
New York
City's Post-Graduate
Hospital, the
University
of Virginia, and Western
Reserve
University
to
establish
laboratories
of experimental medicine.
He also
donated
$1
million
to
Lakeside
Hospital
in Cleveland, $200,000 to St. Vincent's Charity
Hospital in Cleveland, and $200,000
to
the
Cleveland
Jewish
Orphan Asylum.
In
his will he
left $500,000 to Phillips
Academy in Andover, $200,000
to
Hamilton
College, $200,000 to the University
of Virginia,
and $1
million
to Yale University.
He also
left
$1
million to the New
York
Public
Library.
Payne
was also considered one of
the best
yachtsmen
in
America. He spent most of
his
later summers aboard his yacht,
the
Aphrodite,
which
he had
built by
Bath Iron
Works of
Maine.
Delivered in 1898,
it was the
longest
steam-powered yacht
in the
world at 330
feet.
He
traveled to Europe and
the
Mediterranean
every year
from
1898
until
1914, after which
he confined
his
sailing
to
United States waters.
Payne died
in 1917,
leaving the
Esopus
property to his nephew Harry
Payne Bingham.
In 1933,
Bingham
donated the Esopus estate
to the
Episcopal
Diocese of New York.
From
1937
tO
1966, the
site served as
the
Wiltwyck
School for Boys, a
noted
home
for troubled
children in which First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt
t0ok great
i
merest.
In 1942, the Wiltwyck School became
nonsectarian
and the property was
divided,
with a portion sold
to
the
Marist Brothers,
the founders of Marist College. Until 1986,
the brothers' part of
the
estate,
including
the
Payne Mansion, was used as a school and
retreat house.
Raymond
A.
Rich
purchased
the mansion, boathouse, and 60 acres
from
the brothers
in 1986
and
restored
the estate
and its boathouse to their
former
glory.
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Red Fox Report
I
Tournament.
Basketball
Returns
to NCAA
Tournament
T
he
Marisl
women's
basketball
Class of
2010 will
be remembered
as
the most
successful in
program history.
A
quick
look
at
the
numbers
shows
the remarkable
success
achieved by
the
trio of
Rachele
Fitz,
Lynzee
Johnson, and Briuany
Engle
over the past four
seasons:
•
1
A combined career
record
of 116 wins
against
just
21
losses-an
average of 29
wins per season
•
Four consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) championships and
trips to
the
NCAA Tournament
•
Three
victories in
the
NCAA Tournament,
including two
in
the 2006-07 season, when
the
Red
Foxes
reached
the Sweet Sixteen
•
The first national rankings in the Associated
Press
and ESPN/USA
Today
Coaches' Polls
in
program history.
As
for
Fitz,
her individual
numbers in
several
different
categories were
quite
simply
the
best in program
history. In
her senior year,
14
M A
R I
$
T M A
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A Z I N
E
she
because
the first
player
in
program
histo-
ry
to score
2,000
points
in her
career, and she
also became
the first Red
Fox to grab
1,000
career
rebounds.
She was named MAAC
Player
of
the Year
for the
third
consecutive season,
becoming the
first
player
in
conference
history
to earn the honor three times.
Fitz
then went
on
LO
win MAAC Tournament Most Valuable
Player for
the
second time in her career, becom-
ing
the first player in
program history
to earn
Student-Athletes Excel
Tournament
MVP honors twice.
The 2009-10 edition of the
Red
Foxes went
26-8 and won
more than
25 games for
the
fourth consecutive year. The season came
to
an
end in the first round of
the
NCAA
Tournament
with a 62-42
loss to
Georgetown of
the
Big
East Conference. But one
loss
was not enough
to overshadow a season-and
for that
matter,
an era-of greatness.
M
arist
has
tied a school record set
last
year with
13
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA
Academic All-District selections. Marist football
had
five
First Team
selections:
Ray
Fiumefreddo '09, Timothy Moller '11, Terrence Turner '10,John Van Aman '11, and
Greg Whipple '11. Other
honorees included
Alexandra Schultze '10 (First
Team), Dawn
Jan '10 (Second Team),
Joanna
Foss '11 (Second Team), and Allie
Burke
'11 (First Team)
from
volleyball; Amy Tillotson '11 (Third Team) and
Lauren
Tillotson '11 (Second
Team)
from
women's soccer; Joe
Touloumis
'11 (First Team)
from men's
soccer; and
Rachele
Fitz
'lO
(First
Team) from
women's
basketball.
Additionally,
Touloumis and Fitz
both became Third
Team Academic All-American
selections, giving Marist 10 Academic All-Americans
in
school
history.

























One of
the
most antici1~ated
seasons in Marist
football history
also
turned out to be one of the most successful.
Swimmers, Divers Top
MAAC and ECAC
The
winter season was a spectacular one for
I
ihe women's swimming and diving team,
which captured the
MAAC
and Eastern College
Athletic
Conference (ECAC) Championships.
At the
MAAC
Championships, the
Red
Foxes totaled 921 points, an incredible 324.5
points
more
than second-place
Rider.
It was
the
team's largest
margin
of victory since its
first
MAAC
championship
in 1997,
and
it
was
the
11th
MAAC
crown in program history.
Kate
Conard '13 was named Women's Most
Outstanding Swimmer of
the
Meet after setting
conference
records
in the 500-yard freestyle,
1,000-yard freestyle,
and 1,650-yard
freestyle.
Marist then went
on to capture
the
ECAC
Championships
for the
second
time
in program
history
and first
time
since 2006. The
Red
Foxes
totaled
503.5 points
to hold
off second-
place
Harvard by
11.5 points.
Head
Coach
Larry
Vanwagner was named ECAC Coach
of
the Meet.
The story of the
men's
swimming and
diving
season was Brian
Bolstad
'11. A diver,
Bolstad
won MAAC Diver of
the
Week
honors
seven
times,
established school records in the
1- and
3-meter
dives,
won the 3-meter dive at
the MAAC
and ECAC
Championships,
and was
named
ECAC Diver of the
Meet.
Football Team Tastes Success
inlnauguralPFLSeason
The
Red
Foxes joined the
Pioneer
Football
I
League
in 2009,
becoming the 10th
member
of a league that extends from coast
to coast.
After
competing as an
independent
in
the
2008
season,
the Red
Foxes joined the
likes
of
Butler,
Campbell,
Davidson,
Dayton,
Drake.Jacksonville,
Morehead
State, San Diego,
and Valparaiso
in
their new
league.
After
a
highly
competitive training camp
in
August, the
Red Foxes
entered
the
season
Wide receiv,er
James
LaMacchia
'11
became
the
first play,er
to
top
1,000
yards
receiving in a
season, finish1ing with
1,075.
He
also set a single-
season program record with 62 receptions and
a single-game record with
195
receiving yards.
with a
new
a1.titude,
one
that
was on display as
the season opened on Sept. 5 at Sacred Heart.
Buoyed
by two interception returns for touch-
downs
by
Jaquan
Bryant
'12,
Marist rolled to
a 31-12 triumph.
However, the
remainder of
September
would
not be
as kind
to
the Red Foxes. After
falling
to
Drake
34-6 in the
league
opener a
week later, the Red Foxes suffered two
heart-
breaking losses
to
close out the
month-a
After volleyball team member Raeanna Gutkowski
'11
was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the team
played a benefit match that, through donations and a raffle, rai:;ed more than
$4,000
for research
and
the
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center pediatric unit.
17-10 defeat
at San Diego, and a
17-16 loss
at
Bucknell.
How
did the
team respond?
By
going
on a
program-record
six-game winning
streak,
defeating
Campbell, PFL champi-
on
Jacksonville, Morehead
State, Valparaiso,
Davidson,
and Georgetown. Although
the
season ended with a
27-16
loss
at
Dayton, the
Red
Foxes
tied
a
program
record
for
victories
in a season
with
seven.
The
season was also one for the
history
books from
an
individual
standpoint. Wide
receiver James LaMacchia
'11
became
the
first
player to
top
1,000 yards receiving
in
a
season, finishing with 1,075 yards.
LaMacchia
also set a single-season program record with
62 receptions and set a single-game record
with 195
receiving
yards in the
triumph
over
Jacksonville. He was named a unanimous
First
Team All-PFL selection.
Linebacker
Nick Andre
'10
was also
named
First Team All-PFL. Andre was one of the
premier
playmakers
in the league, finishing
with
team-high
totals of 95
tackles, 16
tack-
les for
losses,
and
three-and-a-ha
If
sacks.
He
concluded
his
career with
265 tackles,
good
for
the
second-best total
in
program history.
Additionally, four
Red
Foxes-the afore-
mentioned
Bryant, running
back O'Neil
Anderson '10, offensive lineman
Kevin
Ulrich
'10,
and linebacker
Kevin
Foley
'10-were
named All-PFL Second
Team.
A
total
of 12
Marist players
were
named
All-PFL
Honorable
Mention. Additionally, cornerback Kwame
Carlor
'10
was selected
to play
in
the
East
Coast Bowl.
Volleyball Marks Best Season
U
nder
the guidance of third-year
Head
Coach Tom Hanna
'91,
the
Marist volley-
ball team
enjoyed its most successful season
in
program history. The Red Foxes compiled
a
record
of 18-13 and advanced to
the
cham-
pionship match of the MAAC
Tournament for
the
first time
in
school history.
The
match gave
the team
exposure on the national stage, as
it
was
televised by
ESPNU.
This past fall also saw
the
student
body
step up to help one of its own.
In March 2009,
Raeanna Gutkowski '11 of the volleyball team
was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of
bone cancer. This past fall, a group of
four
Marist
students-ChrisLOpher Barnes
'10,
Alicia Mattiello
'10,
Cody
Lah!
'10,
and
volley-
ball captain Dawn Jan '10-staned
"A
Rae of
Hope,"
a class project
that
consisted of
three
events designed to
raise
awareness of osteosar-
coma. The events included "Dining
to Donate"
at Applebee's,
an
information
session
on
osteo-
sarcoma, and a benefit match that
raised
money
through donations and a raffle.
In all,
the
proj-
ect raised approximately $5,000 for research
and the
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center pediatric
unit.
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Keeping Up with Marist Graduates
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you
have news
to
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fellow alumni hear
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ESPN'!•
Monday
Night
Football
Boast:s
Four
Marist
Alumni
Left to right, Trevor •Gavin
'07,
Ken Menard
'98,
Rob Adamski
'01,
and Chris Damiani
'96
travel more
than 30 weeks a yea1r as part of ESPN's Monday Night Football production crew. Nov. 2 found them
at work at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
I
t's Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, a little over a week before the kickoff of the first
Monday Night Football
game of the 2009-10 season. ESPN's
Monday Night
Football
core production crew
is
gathering in a board room at the network's
headquarters in Bristol, Conn. ln
this
small room sit 13 of the most talented
production specialists that ESPN has to offer, and of these 13, four hold de-
grees from Marist College. Chris Damiani
'96,
Ken Menard
'98,
Rob Adamski
'01, and Trevor Gavin '07 have a
lot
more in common than just their Red Fox
pride. They have all received the premier assignment that anyone in production
at ESPN could hope
for-Monday Night Football.
BY BOBBI SUE GIBBONS
'04


















Chris
Damiani
began
his
career
in
production even
before
college graduation, as an intern
at
ABC Sports in 1996. Chris
joined
the
ESPN crew when
ABC Sports and ESPN merged
in 2006.
The
merger led
to
Chris
relocating from
Queens,
N.Y.,
to
Connecticut
to be
closer to
Bristol.
But
the length
of
his
commute is
irrelevant
most of
the time;
Chris and the
rest
of
the
Monday
Night Football
crews pend
an average of 30
to
35
weeks per
yea
rt
raveling.
'Tm on the road so
much," he
says, "it
really
doesn't
mailer
where I
live."
Ken
Menard, a
Long Island,
N.Y., native,
has
been with
ESPN
for 10 years and assigned to
Monday
Night Football
forthreeof
those
years.
He
credits his first
interview at ESPN to longtime
Marist
friend and classmate
Brittany King
O'Connor '98.
Brittany,
who also works in production at ESPN,
encouraged
Ken back
in
1999tosendhisresume.
As
I
SO
producers
at ESPN, Chris and Ken are
responsible
for all
production involving
instant
replay and
cameras that isolate key
players
or
other individuals during a
live
broadcast. On
a
typical
game
day, they
monitor 30 cameras,
including
18
that have replay capabilities and
four
that have
super-slow-motion capacity.
Chris and
Ken
have only seconds to sort
through
every possible angle of a
replay
and then
convince a producer of which shot
is
the
best.
Such skills a
reacquired
only through experience,
they say.
"There's
really
not
much you can do in
college
to
prepare for live
television production,"
Chris says.
"The
technology
moves
too fast."
"A
lot of it
is
just
instinct,"
says Ken.
Each Thursday, the
crew gathers
to
discuss
the
upcoming Monday
Night Football
matchup,
determining any
highlight packages that
will
be germane to the game. Two Marist alumni are
critical
to the
composition of the packages: Rob
Adamski and
Trevor
Gavin.
Rob is
an in-game-highlight producer. He
has been with ESPN
for
eight years and on
the
Monday Nigh£ FooLball
production crew since
the
program came to ESPN
from
ABC-TV in
2006. An avid boxing
fan, Rob
decided to send
his resume
to
the staff of ESPN's weekly boxing
show, Friday Nigh£ Fights.
The
letter ultimately
secured
him
an
interview at the network.
Rob
is responsible for
the
production of
highlight packages shown
throughout
each
game. Some features are prepackaged, while
others are compiled on location
from
footage
taken
during the game.
In-game
highlights are
typically
devoted
to
a specific player or
to recap-
ping
major
plays of the game. Rob also oversees
a
team
of four production assistants who help
create pre-edited content for game day.
Trevor
is one such
production
assistant.
Game day
buzz
(clockwise
from top left): Trevor, Rob,
Chris, and
Ken
The Marist
crew shares many memorable
Monday
Night
Football
expeiriences.
One that stands out was the Minnesota
Vikings'
victory
over the Green
Bay Packers
on Oct. 5, 2009. The telecast was the most
watched in cable history,
viewed in 15,136,000
homes.
Trevor started
his
career with ESPN
in
2008.
He
credits colleague and fellow football
alumnus Ken Menard with giving him
that
opportunity. The two met when
Ken
offered to
mentor
football players
during
a visit to Marist
in
2005.
Ken
was confident
that
Marist football
produced individuals
with a strong work ethic.
"Trevor's
per!;istence helped
him
get a foot
in the
door,
but his:
hard work earned him a spot on
the
MNF
production team,"
Ken
says.
As a production assistant, Trevor's
responsi-
bilities vary
from
day to day and game
to
game,
but his typical
tasks
include assisting with
and
transcribing
player and coach
interviews,
collecting
footage
for and producing highlight
packages, and logging game-day
events. "It's
a
lot ofbehind-
the-scenes
stuff that no one notices
if you're doing a good job," says Trevor. "But
if
you screw up, everyone notices!"Trevor's
favorite
part of the jo,b
is
producing his own packages.
"They don't always make
it to
air, but when
they
do,
it is
surreal!"
All fourallumni believe
that
the mostdifficult
aspect of working on
the
broadcasts
is the need
to
think and ~1ct
quickly.
"With
I ive
TV, you don't
have
time
to sit back and
think,
and it only gets
exponentially worse as you move up
the
food
chain," says Chris.
The
best
way
to
describe live TV, they agree,
is
"controlled chaos."
But, they also
agree that
all
the
challenges make it rewarding.
"We
go in
with a plan, but that plan is only as good
as the
paper
it's
printed on,"
Rob
says.
"Once
the game
starts, everything goes out
the
window. You're
reacting
and
leading,
and
trying
to guide your
talent and your production
team.
That's what
good producers
do."
The
Marist
crew
shares many memorable
Monday Night Football
experiences. One that
stands out was the Minnesota Vikings' victory
over
the
Green Bay Packers on Oct. 5, 2009. The
telecast was the most watched in cable history,
viewed
in
15,136,000
homes.
"It
was Breu
Favre's
firstgameagainstthe Packers.and
I
think I speak
for everyone when I say that
it
was a special night
and an
honor to
be a pan of," Ken says.
Trevoralsoremembersthegame well. "Going
into it, you knew that it had
this potential to be
somethinggreat.
ltjust had
this
buzz
around it."
Another
unforgeuable
broadcast
was the
Dallas Cowboys'
defeat
of the
Philadelphia
Eagles on Sept. 15, 2008. "When you come out
of a game
like
that, you're on a high," Rob says.
"We
nailed
every replay,
highlight,
and package.
Anyone can
nail
a
15-5 blowout
game. To nail a
40-37 kind of shootout in your best game of the
year is very special."
These
four Marist
alumni have
much in
common, including a favorite
day
of the week.
While most
people
dread
Monday,
these Marist
grads
look
forward to
it.
"My favorite
part
of this
job
is
game
day,"
Chris says. "There are very
few jobs where you get nervous, anxious, and
even an occasional adrenaline
rush.
At
this
job,
when something big happens, you can't help
but get excited!"
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2010
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&notes
1956
James
P.
Friel
is the editor of
Humanities
magazine, now in its 37th
•
,.....-1
year. He co-chairs the Long lsland
~
Philosophy Society
and
is working
C
on
several
books. His wife, Kate
H
Kelly Friel,
is
an artist
and curator
~
of the
Tasting
Room, an
art gallery
r----1
in Northport,
N.Y.
I
Fr. Francis X.
~
Gallogly, OSA,
retired
from active
~
ministry
two years
ago. He reports
that
he
has
spent his
life
teaching
in
either
high
schools or one of
his
order's
three
colleges.
!-le
spent
many
years
in
parish work
in
the
Northeast
and
Florida and
loved
each assignment. "I
have
been
gifted with
a
very
happy life."
He
lives
with about
80 other friars in
a
state-of-the-art
monastery
on the
Villanova
University
campus.
His
great
joys are the Villanova students
who
frequently
visit
to
chat or get help
with
papers.
I
Since
retiring
from
teaching
Remembering
Br. Cornelius
J.
Russell, FMS 'SO
Professor Emeritus of Business and
Marist College
Heritage
Professor
Br.
Cornelius
j.
Russell,
FMS '50
died Oct. 27, 2009, at age 89. He
had been a longtime resident of the
Cabrini Center in New York City.
Br. Cornelius
left his mark
on
the
College
both
as a faculty mem-
ber and administrator,
leading
the
establishment of the Department
of Business and Economics
and
servi
ngas
the College's
first
control-
in
l992, Ken Murrin
has
acted in
about 20
plays, mostly
as an
amateur.
He
is
also
a
volunteer with St. Vincent
De
Paul
and Rite of Christian
Initiation
for
Adults
.
1962
Patrick Murphy
is retiring
after
47
years in education and
his
fourth
child's graduation from college.
1964
Peter Hanley
has bi:en named
president
of Green Bu
11
Products
in
Washington, D.C. The company
markets environmentally beneficial
industrial-strength
cleaning products.
IJohn
Reynolds
retired in June
2009 after
45
years of teaching
and
counseling.
I
Br.
Rene
Roy,
FMS,
became the
first
vice president for
mission effectiveness
in
the
75-year
history of Central Catholic
High
School
in Lawrence,
Mass.
ler.
He was brought
to Marist College
in
1962
to
incorporate a business
major into
the day division,
supporting the College's initiative
to
widen
its curriculum and draw more students. AL the time, the day-student
population
was 722 men,
with 120 of
the
students Marist Brothers. Br.
Cornelius became the fi rsL
f u II-ti
me
business
facu
It
y member and the first
Business
and
Economics Department chairman. President Linui; Richard
Foy
appointed
him controller
in
1964,a
position
he
held
for several years.
He
was
a Marist
Brother for 63 years, after
joining the
order at a later
age
than
most
of
his
peers. As Technical Sergeant John
Joseph
Russell,
he
served three years
in the
U.S. Army Air Force during World War JI.
His major
assignment
was
in
Tindouf,
Algeria, at a weather station
that
cleared
military air
missions critical
to that
part of the world.
He
joined
the Marist
Brothers in
1946 and graduated from Marian College in
1950
with
a
degree in history.
Before returning
to
the College as a faculty
member
and administraLOr,
he taught at
Marist
Brothers schools
in the
Bronx
and Briarwood, N.Y.;
in
Wheeling, W.Va.; and
in
Augusta, Ga.
Br.
Cornelius held an
MBA
from Columbia University
and
in
1983
was
awarded a
Ford Fellowship to study at the Wharton School.
Throughout
the
years, his sisters, Genevieve and Mary,
enthusiastically participated
in numerous
College activities with
him.
In 1994,
to
honor
their
brother's
years of service as a religious and a
professor,
they established the Br. Cornelius
J.
Russell Scholarship to
aid accounting and business students who graduate from Marist high
schools or
high
schools where
the
brothers
haveapostolates.
Br. Cornelius
was always proud of the young
men
and women at Marist who benefited
from this scholarship.
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MAGAZINE
~4iUUNJC
~
1965
Thomas
Finucane's
first grandson,
Brendan Thomas, was born May 2,
2009.
He
is loving every
moment
of babysitting.
I
Dr.
Stan
Morris,
a
board-certified orthodontic specialist
with practices
in Ridgewood
and
Ringwood,
NJ., went
to
Moscow and
Warsaw with his wife, Peggy,
in March
2009.
He traveled
as an
ambassador
for the American Association of
Orthodontists to discuss a myriad of
treatments for adults and children.
I
Robert O'Handley
retired
from
MIT
in
2008 to
work at his own high-tech
company. Prior
to
settling at M
lT,
he
completed
a postdoc in
a government
lab
and worked at Allied Chemical
and
IBM research
centers. He now finally
has time
to
read something other
than science! He is enjoying reading,
learning
piano,
and spending
time
with
his
grandchildren.
1966
James
Mulvey has retired
after 41
years of teaching high school Latin
and college philosophy and religion.
He
is
enjoying New
Hampshire
and
Cape Cod in addition to snowboarding,
kayaking, swimming, and hiking.
I
Pete
Nesteroke
sold
his house in
San
Francisco.
He
is
living
on
the
Russian
River
in
Monte Rio, Calif., 77 miles
from San Francisco, fixing
up
a river
house,
riding his moLOrcycle,
and
having a good
time.I Charles
Zoeller
and his wife are
happy
and proud
first-
time grandparents LO
Justine
Perry,
born April 8, 2009.
1967
James
Clancy
has
two
grandchildren.
IEdwin
Hammond
retired
in 2005
from
the
Diocese of Albany, N.Y.,
after 37 years as a
teacher,
counselor,
coach, and
high
school principal. I
le
is
now
involved as a volunteer at parish,
community, and state
levels.
I
Peter
Higgins
made it
to
Kabul in 2009 to
work with the
local
police.
He
also
lectured at
the
Naval Academy and
Princeton.
I
Charles
McDermott
retired in
July 2004 after 35 years
with the Suffolk County (N.Y.)
Police
Department,
the
last
24 with
the
arson
squad.
He
has two grandsons, Brian
and Matthew,
and a third, Andrew,
was
born Nov.
20,
2009.
IDennis
Mega
and
his
wife,
Palma,
are delighted
to announce the birth of their third
grandchild, Erin Frances, born
Jan.
9,
2010. She is their first granddaughter
and
the
first child of their daughter,
Laura,
and
her
husband, Steve
Tommony.
1968
Thomas Bauer
is enjoying
retire-
ment after
40
years of
teaching.
He is
still coaching football and
managing
the LOwn
pool.
ljim
Baynes
retired
on
June
1, 2009, as chief of police for
the New Castle
Police
Department
in
Westchester County, N.Y.
I
Vincent
Boccalini
and his wife, Judy,
live
in
Plymouth, Mass.
They
have been
married for 41 years and have six
children and seven grandchildren.
I
Lawrence
Carr
is
still professing al
Babson College and just published a
book, Delivering
Results:
Managing
What
Matters (see "Alumni Authors"). He
joined
the
Board of Trustees ofUnion
Graduate College in
2009.1
Charles
Howlett's
son, Cpt.
Patrick
Howlett,
West Point Class of 2006, was awarded
a Bronze Star during Operation
Iraqi
Freedom.
His
other son, Capt. Sean
Howlett, Air Force Academy Class
of 2002, recently returned from
Iraq
after flying numerous
missions.
I
Jeffrey Kegler
is still alive and
kicking,
although
he
has been having his
lungs
tested as he deals with medical
issues
from 9/11.
He
would love to
hear from
any classmates;
his
e-mail address
is
jeffreykegler@msn.com.
I
Kevin
McIntosh
and his wife welcomed
their
fourth grandchild, Connor Welsh, on
June 7, 2009.
It's
the first child for their
oldest son, Brian, and
his
wife, Kate.
I
Edward
Manganel
is still
teaching
at
Msgr. Farrell
High
School on Staten
Island
and at
the
CUNY College of
Staten Island.
I
Thomas Nolan has
a
practice
in
Ridgewood,
NJ.,
providing
therapy to
individuals,
couples, and
families.I
Martin Scanlan
welcomed
a grandson, Thomas Patrick
Kilduff,
born July 24, 2009.
1969
Max Basye
is hoping
our soldiers will
be brought
home
from Afghanistan.
He
is
a
retired
U.S. Army sergeant first
class.
I
Stephen
Dennison
planned
to
retire at
the
end of 2009.
He received
the Billy G. Tennant Award from
the Florida Environmental Health
Association for his accomplishments
over his 37-year career as an
environmental health professional
with the Florida Department
of Health.
I
Bill
Henn
and his wife, Patricia, are
the
grandparents of
l
5 and counting.
I
Michael Migliore's
vision as a
winemaker and founder of
Hudson
Valley winery Whitecliff Vineyard
received
coverage
in
the Oct. 31, 2009,
edition of the Wall Street
Journal.
WSJ
writers gave
the
wine high praise
and
enjoyed their visit
to the
vineyard in
Gardiner, N.Y.IRichard
Mourino
is
now
retired.
I
Arthur
Norman
retired



























Remembering
Dr. George
J.
Sommer
One of Marist's
leading
sc:holars,
Professor Emeritus of English and
Heritage Professor Dr. George
J.
Sommer, passed away July 10,
2009, in South Dennis, Mass.,
where he had resided with his
wife.Anne, during their retirement
years. He was 82.
Dr. Sommer joined the Marian
College faculty
in
1951 andl
taught
literature
for 39 years. He was
the
second non-Marist Brotherito teach
full
time
at the
institution.
ln 1957,
when
the
College opened
its
doors to laymen, he was appointed 1.he first
chairman of the English Department and continued
in
that
role
until 1971.
Dr. Sommer
is
also remembered for founding the Mid-Hudson Modern
language Association. For 16 years he directed its annual conference
which drew several hundred English and foreign-language scholars to
Marist from throughout the country. Upon his retirement he was honored
by alumni, col
leagues,
and friends with
the
establishment of
the
annual
Georgej. Sommer lecture on Literature, now in its 17th year.
A graduate of Manhattan College, he held a master's in Engli:;h from
New York Universityandadoctorate in English from Fordham University.
He was a Chaucer and Shakespeare scholar but also
taught
numerous
other courses in English and American literature. Upon retiring in 1990,
he estimated
he had
taught more than 3,000 students in more thtan 300
courses. After Marist, he taught for more than
10
years at the Academy
for Lifelong learning on Cape Cod.
Dr. Sommer is survived by his wife, who worked at Marist for a
number of years, four children, and nine grandchildren.
His so,n, Bob,
is a member of the Class of 1974.
in
2007. He
is
a
volunteer docent at
the
Museum
of
Russian
Icons in
Clinton,
Mass.,
and
is
taking classes
at Assumption
College.
]DanuNJ<
--
1910
Robert Brown
and his wife, Mary
Ellen,
have
celebrated 38 happy
years together. Son Connor recently
graduated. Daughter
Kate's
current
clients
include
Shaq and LeBron.
Daughter
Erin
is
in
her
first year of
law
school.
I
Col.
Andrew
Fallon
welcomes a grandson,
Gavin
Christopher, born Dec. 21, 2008.
Gavin
joins
big
brother Mason
at
home and is
the
son of Sean and
Melissa Fallon of Crofton, Md.
I
Anthony
Lofaro
recently retired
after 38 years of
federal
government
service,
including
the
military,
most
recently as an assistant director in
the U.S. Government Accountability
Office.
He
is
now
enjoying retirement
in
a Del Webb community
in
Fredericksburg,
Va.
I
Peter Masterson
was recently reelected deputy mayor
and police commissioner of the
Village
of Asharoken, N.Y.
I
Or. Neal
Sondergaard retired in
July after
29
years of service as a scientist with the
Naval Surface Warfare Center.
He has
joined
a small engineering firm as a
part-time
senior consultant.
I
Douglas
Stuart
is director of
the
Dickinson
Center for European 5,tudies
in
Bologna,
Italy. He
is
also author/editor
of eight books, two
monog;raphs,
and
more
than
30 published
artitcles
on U.S.
foreign policy.
1971
Ray
Charlton
retired
from
National
Grid as of Aug.
1,
2009.
1972
Bill
Carey
and
his
wife,
Robin,
live
in North Carolina.
Their
four adult
children with spouses live nearby and
they also
have
a grandson who will
LUrn
2
this year.
I
William Haggerty
has repatriated to
the
United States
after five years in the Netherlands.
I
Bryan M. Maloney
has been
appointed director of devdopment at
Poughkeepsie
Day School.
1973
After 15 years as a
fiber
artist
manipulating textiles,
Morna Crites-
Moore
is
adding "jewelry
miaker"
to
her
repertoire. She is having a wonderful
\Pl:llO-l'C:
The flag denotes
classes
that
f
viii celebrate
reunions
in
2010.
time
with
her new muse.
Her only
dilemma
is not having enough time
to do
both, but she's not
ready
to give
up textiles yet.
In 2009
her husband
celebrated
40
years of working for
IBM,
and they celebrated
their
29th
wedding
anniversary. Their 21-year-
old
daughter
is a senior at
Hamilton
College.
I
Richard Freeda
received
a special service
award
given by
the
New
Jersey
Association for College
Admission Counseling.
He
is a school
counselor at Allentown High School
in
Allentown,
NJ.
I
Tanny Jones
is
delighted to have been
inducted
into
the Marist
College
Theatre
Hall
of Fame during
Homecoming
and
Reunion
Weekend 2009.
I
Walter
Niccolls has
owned
the
Coach &
Four
restaurant in Roanoke,
Va., for 21
years.
I
Kurt
Strolis
marked his 25th
anniversary with
law firm Finkelstein
&
Partners,
Esq.,
in
Newburgh, N.Y.,
on
June
4, 2009.
1974
James Keegan
has
completed his 36th
year in education.
He
taught for 11
years at
Marist Brothers
high schools in
Eugene, Ore., and Chicago,
Ill.
He has
been a principal for the
past
18 years.
I
Susan
Kelly, PhD,
was honored with
the
Fellow Award by
the
New
York
State English Council at its annual
conference
in 2009.
She is
director
of
curriculum and instruction for
Island
Trees
School
District
on
Long Island,
N.Y.
I
Mark Takacs
celebrated
35 years
with
IBM in May 2009. He is
a senior
engineer/chemist.
~h!Dh·HC
---
1975
Pastor MaryAnn Paradiso Berry
is
co-host of
the television
broadcast
Faith
for Today.
I
Edward
Kosinski
is
a manager
at Trump
International
Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.
He
is also a caddy on the Champions
Tour
and
periodically
works with NBC
on
major
golf productions during
the
summer.I
Brian McCulloch,
MD, isa
medical
director and
is
board-certified
in maternal fetal medicine.
He is the
most senior member of a seven-group
practice.
1976
Dr.
Chrysoula
Komis
has retired
from the
U.S. Department of
Labor's
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
and
has joined
the
Colden Corp.
in
Philadelphia as a
senior scientist doing occupational
safety and health consulting.
I
William
Kudlacik
recently
completed
his
33rd
year with the New Jersey Sports and
Exposition Authority. He is director
of security, parking, and
traffic
for
Meadowlands and
Monmouth
Park
racetracks.
I
Robert
Orlando's
daughter,
Cecelia
Davis,
gave birth
to
his
first
grandchild, Gregory, on
Sept.
24, 2009.
IMary
Ellen
Fletcher
Redmond's
father, Roy
J.
Fletcher,
passed away suddenly April 24,
2009.
Her
mother,
Dolores E. Fletcher,
passed away
June
7, 2009.
1977
George
M.
Castiglione
graduated
from
Nova Southeastern University
in Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., with a
doctorate in education. A graduate
of John A. Coleman
High
School, he
received an AAS in environmental
technology from Paul Smith College
and a BA in environmental science
from Marisl.
He also
received an
MS
in
biology education
and
a CAS
in
education administration from
SUNY New Paltz.
He
is the director
of research, evaluation, and testing
for
the Poughkeepsie
City School
District. George is extremely grateful
for assistance with
the
statistical
analysis component of his dissertation
provided by
Dr.
James Helmreich of
the Marist College Math Department.
IJohn
Gavigan's
daughter,
Stephenie,
married Justin
Skaferowsky, Esq.,
on Nov.
14,
2009. His best friend's
daughter,
Emma O'Connor,
announced she will be
playing
basketball for the Red Foxes
next
season! They are building
the
team
to beat!
IThomas
Murray's
daughter,
Erin, recently
gave
birth to his
second
grandson, Aidan Brian
Robiloua.
I
Robin
Smallwood
Redeker
and
her
husband, Warren,
have been
married
for almost
24
years. They
have
three
boys: Harry, a junior
at
Marist, Tim, a
freshman at SUNY
Delhi,
and Nick, a
freshman
in
high school.
1978
Fino
Celano
was recently elected
president of
the
New York State
Association of School Personnel
Administrators.
NYSASPA
is
a
professional organization with a
membership of about
250
school
administrators
serving in
public
school
districts throughout New
York
State.
Fino holds an
EdD from
St.
John's
University and is also the assistant
superintendent for personnel in
the
Garden City
Public
Schools on Long
Island,
N.Y.
I
Sam
Delgado
is
vice
president of external affairs at Verizon.
He
is
a
trustee of
the
New
Jersey
State
league
of Municipalities
Education
Foundation.
lJoseph
Higgins, MD,
is
a fellow of the American Academy
of Neurology, board-certified in
pediatrics and
in
neurology with
SPRING
2010
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special qualification
in
child
neurology.
He
has
National
Institutes
of Health
postdoctoral
training
in metabolism
and
developmental
molecular
•
~
neurobiology.
A
professor in the
~
Division
of
Pediatric
Neurology
at
C
Weill Cornell
Medical
College,
he
H
has
extensive clinical
and
laboratory
~
experience with strong academic
~
accomplishments.
His career has been
_..,.-4
focused
on
translational
research
in
~
neurogenetics.
He
has
held
leadership
positions
in
the
federal
and state
governments as
well
as in
the
private
sector.
I
Virginia Keller's
family
boasts
a
number of
Marist
graduates.
Her late
husband
graduated in 1980,
her
daughter Kristin
in 2005, her
daughter
Caitlin
in
2007, and her
daughter
Claire in
2009.1
William
McLaughlin's
second grandchild,
Margaret
(Maggie)
Ann, was
born
April
26, 2009.
She
joins
sister
Mary
Grace
at
home.
The girls' mother
is Michelle
Ann Melchionda, William's
daughter.
I
David Richardson is
director
of
credit with Big Rock Sports, LLC, in
Morehead City, N.C.
1979
Russell Beckley
continues as
director
of security at Greenrock Corp.
in
Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
I
Glenn Milner
and
his wife,
Beth Straut, celebrated
their 30th wedding anniversary
by
enjoying a
relaxing
cruise to
Bermuda.
Their children,
Jenny and
Anthony,
both
attended
college and
traveled
extensively
in
the United States
before
embarking on careers.
I
Carol Vecchio
is writing a book
with
the
working
title
The
Time
Between
Dreams:
Successfully
Navigating
Change
and Uncertainty
in
Your
Life
and Career.
She was
a
guest on
the
PBS
series
Life
(Part
2) that aired in
fall 2009 (www.pbs.org/lifepan2).
She
While
the Class
of
'84
celebrated its
25-year
reunion at Marist this past
October,
Karyn Magdalen
ODonnell
'84and
Rick ODonnell
'84
were
visit-
ing their daughter, Allyson
'11,
in
Dublin, Ireland,
where
Allyson was
studying
for a
semester.
The
trio
made
an
Irish toast to the Class
of
1984 from the Temple Bar in Dublin
on
the night of the reunion.
20
MARIST
MAGAZINE
During the Class of 195•9's
SO-year reunion during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2009, President Dennis
J. Murray
(second
from left) presented watches to
(left
to right) Ernest Belanger
'59;
Anne Sheridan, widow of
Francis
"Barney"
Sheridan
'59;
Br. John Malich
'59;
Br. James Adams
'59;
and Br. Pat Lally
'59.
Barney Sheridan
passed
away shortly
before the reunion.
has
been quoted
in print,
online, and
on
radio
and
TV
concerning
issues
of
transition, passion, purpose, and work.
She is a sought-after
speake:r
to groups
throughout the United States and
Canada for everything
from
keynote
speeches
to
team-retreat facilitation.
lznauM&.=:
1980
John Shannon's
son
Brian,
a graduate
of Chaminade
High
Schtool, is on
the
Marist College swim team.
His
daughter
Megan
is
a senic,r at Marist
and spent
the
spring 2009 semester
studying
in
Vienna, Austriia.
1981
PaulJahn's
and
Maribeth Whitesell
Jahn's
son, Geoffrey, is a Price
Waterhouse Coopers 5,cholar at
Binghamton
University.
I
Valerie
Costa Vandermeer
recently relocated
to
Simsbury, Conn., and is consulting
to
nonprofit organizations,
and small
businesses. She is happy
to
get back
in
touch
with old friends: www.linkedin.
com/in/valvandermeer.
1982
Nancy Fitzpatrick
is
ani associate
court clerk at Westchester Supreme
Court in
the
specialized guardianship
pan.
1983
Thomas Schaffer
was
promoted
to full
partner at the Raleigh, N.C., general
office of New York Life
Insurance
Co.I
Jane Hill
Stapf
recently became a New
York State
Local
Assistive Technology
Specialist (LATS), certified by
New
York State to
recommend
technology
for students.
1984
Alison Corcoran received
a
master's
in
education with
a special education
certification from the College of St.
Elizabeth
in
Morristown, N.].,
in
May
2009.1
Eric Delahoyde
was appointed
to
a tenured
position, teacher
of special
education at the
BOCES
Salt Point
(N.Y.)
Education Center for grades six,
seven, and
eight.I
Steven Eggink
is
a
basketball
analyst for
Time
Warner
Cable in Poughkeepsie.
He broadcasts
all men's and women's
basketball
home
games at Marisl's McCann Center for
Time
Warner Cable. He also worked
for ESPN
Regional
Television
this past
year. Steven is in his fifth year with
Time
Warner Cable.
I
Wendy Del
Signore Schiavi
"retired"
in
1994 to
raise her children. She is very active in
volunteer work at
their
school, plays
lots of golf, and enjoys traveling with
her family.
]Panm•u•
~
1985
Patrick Farley
reports that
he has
a "great church, great family, and
great friends. Life
is
good!"
I
Tom
Lehrkinder
is semi-retired. His wife,
Lynne McGahan Lehrkinder
'86, is
employed by Monmouth University
as a psychological counselor. They
recently visited Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla., where they met.
I
Carla Russo
Lowe's
oldest daughter, Rachael, is in
college at the University of Arizona.
Her
younger daughter,
Jacquie, is
a sophomore in
high
school and
plays on
the
varsity volleyball team.
I
Richard Patterson's
daughter,
Marina, is a member of Marist's Class
of 2012.
I
Lisa Farabaugh Pi lewski
and
her husband
are enjoying
life
with
their
four children,
Kelsey, 15,
Dan,
13,
Olivia,
9,
and Brendan,
7.
I
Margaret Soltis
is proud
to
report
that
her
husband, Joe, is enrolled in
Marist's Organizational
leadership
and Communication program at the
College's
Fishkill
location.
"We
are now
both part of the Marist family!"
1986
Lynne McGahan Lehrkinder
is
employed by Monmouth University
as a psychological counselor.
Her
husband,
Tom
Lehrkinder
'85, is
semi-retired. They recently visited
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where
they
met.
I
Michael Melkonian
was confirmed
by the New York
State Senate as a judge
of
the
New York State Court of Claims
and was appointed as an actingjustice
of the New York State Supreme Court
in
December
2008.
IRonald
Young
married Cora McEnroe
in Cold Spring,
N.Y.,
in
June 2007.
They
welcomed
twins, Frank and Aoife, on March 30,
2009.
1987
Elizabeth Willems Rylaarsdam
recently moved
to
Carlsbad, Calif.
I
Michael M. Tallman
'87/'93MSIS, a
lieutenant colonel
in
the U.S. Army
























Michael M. Tallman
'87/'93MSIS
Medical Service Corps, was mobilized
to
active duty in February 2006
to the
Community-Based Warrior
Transition Unit-Massachusetts as
the
Patient Administration Division
(PAD) officer, Physical Evaluation
Board Liaison Officer (PEBLO),
and
Acting
Inspector
General. The primary
focus of
the
organization is to get
Reserve
soldiers closer to their support
network,
such as family and friends,
to
help
tnem beuer heal and make the
transition from active duty. The goal is
to return these soldiers to their original
civilian careers or, through vocation
rehabilitation
from
the
Department
of
Veterans Affairs, into a
new
civilian
career field. As the PAD
officer, Mike's
role is to ensure
the
proper handling
of medical records of wounded and
injured
soldiers. As the PEBLO, his
role is to counsel soldiers who
have
conditions that preclude
them
from
performing their basic soldier skills
and/or their military jobs about
the
Physical Disability Evaluation
System.
1988
Rocco
Cocco
and
Sharon Weed
were
married in 2009 and were expecting
a baby girl
in
2010. His daughter,
Melissa
Rose,
graduated
from
Marist
in May 2009.
I
Edgar Glascott
and his
wife, Danielle, welcomed their second
son, Luke Thomas, on June 20, 2009.
Edgar,
a principal in the Poughkeepsie
City School District, has been awarded
early tenure as an administrator.
I
Glen
Middleton
and his wife, Rocio,
announce
the
birth of Scott Charles,
born March 31, 2009.
I
Elizabeth
Riess
works with Community
Services
Programs, Inc., developing affordable
housing in
the
Hudson Valley area.
1989
Alan Affuso
is coaching 6- and 7-year-
olds in the Wallkill Youth Football
League and coaching 10-and 11-year-
olds in Wallkill
Area Lillie League. He
is a certified home-plate umpire.
Donna Duncan DuBois
retired from
IBM in 2003 and was married that
same year. She spends winters in
Florida and summers in New York.
I
Michael Medley,
a CPA,
was admiued
LO
the Deloiue partnership in August
2007.1
Melissa
Reilly
married Bruce
Ellard on May 2, 2009.
Ijames
Reynolds
believes he
·is
the last
remaining Facebook
holdout.
He says
if he were to Tweet, you'd
learn
that
the family still lives in Connecticut;
that his daughter is prepping for first
communion in the spring of 2010;
and that his son is in preschool.
Jay is
still anchoring SponsCemer updates
on ESPN Radio and is the host of
SportsCenter
AM.
alternative high school for at-risk
students.
lAnthony
Capozzolo began
working at the U.S. Attorney's Office
for
the
Eastern District of New York
in
January
2009.
I
Reginald
Gaut
and
Monique
Stevens
'94 welcomed
a baby girl, Regina, born Dec. 9, 2008.
I
Linda
Louden
and Darrin Canonico
married in the summer of 2008. Their
first baby, a girl, Ava Elizabeth, was
born March 5, 2009. Linda has been
teaching fifth grade for
13
years.
Her husband is a chef. They live
in
Babylon Village on Long
Island.
I
Dominic
Odescalchi
has formed two
1991
Stephanie
Beals
is no
longer
in the
computer field. She received
a master's
in adolescence and special education
in
2007 and is now teaching special
education and mathematics at the
Dutchess County (N.Y.) BOCES
Remembering Dr. Joseph Richard La Pietra '54
Dr.Joseph Richard LaPietra '54, former academic dean
and professor emeritus of chemiSLry,
died on Feb. 10,
2010, at age 77 after a long
illness.
He was one of the
true
giants in the history ofMarist,
said President Dennis.). Murray. "He had a six-decade-
long relationship with Marist College and impacted it
in virtually every way. As a student, he literally helped
build Our Lady Seat ofWisdom Chapel. As a professor,
he was a master teache:r who served as an inspirational
mentor and advisor to thousands of students of all ages.
As academic dean,
he
provided
leadership
for our faculty
and set a
high
standard for all
to
meet."
Raised
in
the
Bronx,
Dr.
LaPietra
graduated
from
Mount St. Michael Ac:ademy
in 1949
and joined
the
Mari st Brothers. In l9:i4,
he
became the second sum
ma
cum
laude
graduate of what was
then
called Marian Col-
lege,
where
he received
a bachelor's
degree in
Spanish.
He
taught for several years at St.
Helena High
School
in
the
Bronx
while he took courses
in
chemistry at
Fordham before earning a
PhD in
chemistry, summa
cum laude,
in 1960
from the Catholic University of
America. Upon graduation, he
taught
at CUA and al
the Marist School in Kobe,Japan.
In 1961 he returned
to Marist, where he spent the remainder of his
teaching
career as a professor of chemistry and chair of
the
Chemistry Department.
Dr. LaPietra enjoyed music and made it a pan of
the College's culture.
He
helped establish the College's
music
program
and wrote
the
Marist Song.
To inaugurate an award for
teaching
excellence in
1990, the
Marist
Board ofTrusteesselected Dr. La Pietra
as the
honor's first
recipient.
After
retiring
in 2000,
he
and
his
colleague Gus Nolan
founded
the Retired Faculty
Association, which
has
been active for many years. He
was designated a
Marist Heritage
Professor in 2003.
In
addition to
his wife, Barbara, Dr.
LaPietra is
survived by
his
sister, Sr. Cecilia LaPietra,
0.
P,
of
Sparkill;and
a brother,
Frank La Pietra, his wife, Donna,
of
Lee's
Summit, Mo., and their children, as well as
several grandnieces and grandnephews.
~llii\·IZ:
The flag denotes
classes
that vill
celebrate
reunions
in
2010.
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◄
residential
companies, Oasis
Holdings,
LLC,
and Oasis South East, LLC, with
rental
properties all across the U.S.
He
does
this in addition to his
rull-time
•
....-I
employment at
IBM.
~
1992
S
James
Alecca has
applied to Marist to
rl
obtain a second bachelor's degree. He
~
finished filming a mini-documentary
.......-,4
about vexillology-the scholarly
study
~
of
flags-and
completed its package
design and artwork. He has scheduled
its
release
tentatively
for 2010.
I
Francesca Burns-Huss
welcomed
her
third
child on Oct. 19, 2006. Patrick
Thomas joined big brother
Jack
and
big sister Ava at home.
I
Craig Gloede
began a
new
job with SpectraWau, a
company that manufactures solar
cells.
I
Kelly Lagan-Moynahan
opened Psychological and School
Services of Eastern Carolina, a private
practice in Greenville,
N.C.
The
practice (www.passec.net)
focuses on
autism, Asperger's Disorder,
learning
disabilities,
and low-incidence
handicapping
conditions.
IJoey
Stanford
started a new job at Canonical
Ltd.
in
its
OEM Services group.
I
Jennifer Johannessen VanKeuren's
husband
received a promotion with
his
company, Sikorsky
Aircraft, which
moved
the
family
to
the
Corning,
N.Y.,
area this
past fall.Jennifer
now
works
as
a media specialist
in the Prattsburgh
Central School District.
lJoy
Williams
is acting president and CEO of
the
National
Marine Sanctuary Foundation
in
Silver Spring, Md.
I
Vincent Zurlo
and Kelly Ann Kneer married on Feb.
15,
2009,
in
West Orange, N.j.
1993
Greg
Caires
was
appointed
vice
president of media rel:ations
for
Cobham
in
Arlington, Va. He recently
achieved Accreditation in Public
Relations
(APR)
from
the Public
Relations Society of America and
continues
to
serve with the U.S. Navy
Reserve.
He was
recently
a.dmitted
to
the
Naval War College's
postgraduate
education program.
lJenn
ifer Flynn
married Bela August Wallker on July
25, 2009. She is managing director
of
Health
Global Acce:ss Project
(Health GAP,
Inc.),
an international
A
1
DS advocacy organization.
I
Cathy
Galleher
and
the
love of her life,
Joe
Pulcinella,
married o,n Dec. 12,
2009.IMaria
Licari-Cohen
and
her
husband,
David, welcomed a baby
girl, Riley Sarina, on Juli,
10,
2009.
Riley weighed 7 pounds aind 1 ounce
and was
19.75
inches
long.
I
Kelley
Day
Macaluso
and her husband,
Frank
Macaluso,
welcomed a son,
Alexander
John,
born April 27, 2009.
Alexander
joins
big brother
Daniel
James at home.
I
Thomas Mulryan
and
his
wife, Jill, welcomed their
second child,
Matthew
Thomas, on
June 25, 2008. Matthew
joins big sister
Laura
Elizabeth at home.
lAndrea
Preziotti
was promoted
to
senior
manager of
business
communications
at AOL and
transferred
to the Global
Business Operations
Division,
where she manages
internal
global
communications.
lSuzanne
McNamee
Snyder
welcomed
her
s,econd son,
Nathaniel Quinn, on April 23, 2009.
He
weighed in at
10
pounds and 7
ounces. Nathaniel joins big brother
Jonah at home.
I
Colleen
Russell
Susko
is vice
president
of corporate
compliance and internal audit at Ellis
Hospital in Schenectady, NY.
I
Herb
Weinman, MD,
partnered with his
son, Steve, also an MD, and daughter,
Ginny, a physician's assistant, in
opening FirstCare Walk-In Medical
Center in
Highland,
N.Y.
I
Jaclyn
Wheeler
attained SPHR (Senior
Professional
in Human
Resources)
status in
May
2009. She is assistant
vice president of employment at Boat
U.S. in Alexandria, Va.
I
Brenda
Long Wittman
is
pursuing physical
education teaching certification and
a master's in education at Ashland
University. She
teaches
spinning at
local
gyms in the western Cleveland,
Ohio, suburbs.
I
Douglas Wood
was
promoted
to
vice
president,
overseeing
planning and strategy for the Estee
Lauder Companies
IT
Department
and supporting the corporate
Project
Management Office.
1994
Jeff Barker
relocated to
England in
2008.1
Amy Defazio Barsanti
was
appointed to
the
positions of assis-
tant
coordinator
of field education and
lecturer
in the Department of Social
Work at UNC-Charloue.
I
Michael
Cote
and
his
wife announce
the
birth
of their second daughter, Gwyneth
Lorette,
born
July
4,
2009. They have
been living in
their
new home for
one year now.
I
Capt.
Jay Gavigan
of
the
U.S. Army finished a
two-year
command assignment at
Redstone
Arsenal, Ala. His current assignment
is
at Fort Gordon, Ga. "I'll have
to
put
my
Marist education
to
the test,"
he
writes.
"The course
is
Telecommunication
System Engineering-a whole lot
of math, electrical engineering, and
IT.
It's a
nine-month
course that will
prepare
me
to ensure
the networks
are secure."
Jay
and his wife
have a
new addition to
their
family, Connor
Joseph, who turned 1 in September
2009.
IJason
LaScolea
and
his
family
moved from Painted Post, NY., where
he was
the
adult ministries pastor at
Victory Highway
Wesleyan
Church,
to
Bangor, Maine, where
he
is
the
lead
pastor of Pathway
Wesleyan
Church.
I
ell
a Licari
was promoted to manag-
er, ABC News Editing Operations. She
worked with
the
Good
Morning
America
team that
won an Emmy for "Best
Morning Show" for the third consec-
utive
year.
I
Beth Keenan Meyers
and her husband, Steve, welcomed a
son, Brendan Reid, born Feb.
4,
2010.
Brendan
joins big brothers Nolan and
Clay at home.
I
Monique Stevens
and
Reginald
Gaut
'91 welcomed a baby
girl, Regina, born Dec. 9,
2008.1
Kevin
Stranahan
was unable to attend
his
25th
homecoming reunion
cele-
bration;
he
was getting married the
same weekend! Kevin was appointed
security coordinator for St. Vincent's
Behavioral
Health Services
in
March
2008. He
is
responsible for managing
Security Department
training,
plan-
ning, and site security operations
and emergency preparedness for the
hospital's 76-bed rehabilitation facil-
ity
in
Westport, Conn. Kevin and
his
wife, Diana, live in Bridgeport,
Conn.
I
Paul
Tim
pa
is a full-time profession-
al
travel
photographer.
See
his
work at
www.timpa.com.1Jeffrey
Wright
is
the
mayor of Newington, Conn
The 2009 Alumni Legacy Scholarship was awarde~I to Kelley Gould
'13,
daughter of
Chris
Gould
'04
and Kathy Ansbro
'83,
on
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend during the Alumni Association Executive Board meeting. Kelley is a graduate of Carmel
(N.Y.)
High
School
where she was captain of the var:sity cross-country team and the
varsity
indoor and outdoor track teams and
president of the Interact Club. She is a member of
tlhe
Mari
st cross-country
team and is majoring
in
mathematics while seeking
teaching certification in adolescence education. Pictured
(left
to right) are President Dennis
J.
Murray,
Chris Gould '04,
Kelley,
Kelley's
sister, Annie, Kathy Ansbro Gould
'83,
and Jeff Schanz '94/'99MPA, president of the Mari
st
Alumni Association.


































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Massachusetts
island's history,
charm, and character. Text accompanying
the postcards,
which date mostly
from
the early
1900s, recounts
the history of Nantucket
from
its
early
days
when
the
island was considered
the
whaling capital
of
the
world.
The
author, a
retired
school administrator, emigrated from
Hungary
to
the United States in
1956
and began collecting postc:ards
in
the
early
1970s.
His postcard
interests
range
from Nantucket, which he came
to know
on summer vacations,
to
Yellowstone
National Park, the
Hudson
Valley,
Hungary,
and Eastern Europe.
Lawrence Carr
'68,
professor of
m~magement
accounting
at Babson College, has co-written the
book
Delivering
Results:
Managing
What Matters
with
Alfred
Nanni
(Springer). In the book, tine
authors
develop
a management system
built
on human
rather than quantitative reasoning. They show
managers
how
to
create a
management
system,
unique
to their
organization,
that
aligns
internal
resources
with objectives,
motivates
and rewards
employees, and
provides
continuous feedback,
ultimately
enabling them
to
reach
their
goals
faster and more efficiently than
their
competitors.
A
management
consultant, he has published
more
than 30
articles
and co-authored
Total
Quality
Management:
A Cross-,Functional
Perspective
(Wiley).
Leonard Gallo
'69
has co-wriuen a college textbook,
Yo Soy
As;i
(Kendall
Hunt
Publishing),
that
is used at
Middlesex
County College for elementary
Spanish
I
and
II
classes.
The most
recent
book by
Douglas Stuart '70 is
Creating
the National Security State
(Princeton
Uni-
versity Press). He is
director
of Dickinson College's
European Studies Center in Bologna, Italy. He
has
been
a NATO Fellow, a State Department Scholar-
Diplomat, and a guest scholar at the Brookings
Institution,
George Washington University,
and
the
International Institute for Strategic Studies in
London. He
is
an adjunct professor at the U.S. Army
War
College.
He has
received Dickinson's Ganoe Award for Inspirational Teaching
and
its Award
for Distinguished Teaching.
Journey
of
Dreams(Frances
Lincoln
Children's
Books)
by
Marge White Pellegrino '74
has won
the
2009
Judy Goddard Award for young-adult literature.
The
novel
describes how one family survives the
civil war in Guatemala in
the 1980s
that
forces
them
from
their home. Marge works with families
of survivors of
torture, trauma,
and traumatic
dislocation
in a
leadership
and expressive arts
program, thanks to her Marist degree
in
psychol-
ogy, she notes. For more information visit www.
owlandpanther.org.
John
F.
McMullen,
'94MSCS/'95MPA has
recently published three collec-
tions
of poetry:
Cashing
a Chech,
Writing
in My
Head,
and
With a
Chip
on My
Shoulder
(all available at
www.amazon.com).
Prior
to his
entry into poetry,
John co-authored a book on telecommunications and
more
than
1,500
articles, columns, and
news
stories for such
publications
as
the
Chicago
Tribune,
PC Magazine, National Review, Lear's,
lnfoworld,
Newsbytes,
and
Computer Shopper.
He
is a professor of
information
technology at Monroe
College, which is a
partner
with Marist
in
various government
technology
grams.
WOODY'S GARDEN
Dara
Boland-Bonomo
'86 has written and
illustrated
Woody's
Garden:
An
Illustrated
Book
for
Pet-Lovers
of All Ages
(Xlibris).
Previously she wrote
and
illustrated
Jiow
To Eat Uhe a Tree: Unearthing
the
Moderate Eater
in
You
and
How
To Sleep
Like a
Bear:
Putting Insomnia
to Bed
(Ten Speed Press).
OIISIUSS·ffi·OIISIN[SS
GOLF
Michael A. Smith
'72
has
written
Business-to-Business
Golf:
How
to Swing Your Way
to
,_ Nr LOYfJtSOI
M ,..
.,,
--
Business
Success
(lnfoPro
Publishing),
a
practical
guide
to
developing
new
or enhancing current
business
relation-
ships on the golf course. Using a scorecard format, the
book offers
18
actual situations
and
18
key principles
to
successful business golfing. The book also offers
tips
on
golf etiquette and behavior as well as a
range
of advice
on building a successful business.
Julie
Dumont
Rabinowitz
'92 recently completed editing four volumes
in a series of social studies textbooks for
fourth
through
seventh grades.
Printed byGibbsSmith Publisher
in Salt
Lake
City,
Utah,
the North Carolina
Journeys
series
includes
student volumes, teacher's editions, and an on line
version of
the
series.
Julie
edited and wrote extensively for
the
volumes on
North Carolina geography; North American geography and United States
history; European,
Russian,
and South American cultural geography; and
the
cultural geography of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Realm. Adopted by
the
state of North Carolina for
the 2008-09
school year,
the
series is
used
by
students
across the
state.
If
you would
lihe news
of your book included
in
Alumni
Authors,
please
send
the
title, the name of publisher,
the date of publication,
a
PDF
of the book's
cover,
and a descrip-
tion
of the content
to
editor@marist.edu
or to Alumni Authors,
clo
Mari st Magazine,
Advancement,
Marist College,
3399 North Rd., Poughkeepsie,
NY 12601-1387.
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2010
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notes
►
aanM~<
~
-~
1995
~
Amy Anderson-D'Amico
and
her
H
husband, Peter, welcomed a son,
S
Jaden Carl, on May 23, 2009. Jaden
r-<
joins big brother Lucas.
I
Kathleen
...=::
Dick
Boland
and
her husband,
Brian,
~
welcomed their first child, a daughter,
~
Sydney Elizabeth, on May 29, 2009.
They live
in
Norwalk, Conn.I
Chris
Cordaro
and his wife, Nicole, moved
back to New York City after living
and working in Japan for almost three
years.
I
Wendy
Crocker
Egan
and her
husband, Michael, welcomed a baby
boy, Sean Patrick, on Feb. 16, 2009.
I
Scott
Haywood
and his wife.Janis
Russell
Haywood
'97, welcomed a
baby boy, Alexander Vincent, born
May 19, 2009.ICathleen
Kosiewicz
Morzello
and her
husband,
Anthony,
welcomed a son, Sean Anthony, on
Aug. 5, 2009. He joins big sister
Ashleigh.
I
David
Saco
and his wife,
Vicky Keresztes Saco
'96, welcomed a
son,Joseph Charles, on April 21, 2009.
IJo
Ellen Paczkowski Sofilkanich
and her husband, Don, have two
daughters, Ashley, born in October
2004, and Taylor, born
in
November
2007.
Jo
Ellen
is a leasing
manager
for
a
communications company.
lJonathan
Sore
lie, MO, has
been busy developing
new, less
invasive procedures
to
cure
problems with the hand. He is an
auending hand surgeon at
the
Brown
Hand Center in Henderson, Nev.
I
Kristina Wells
recently left journalism
after 13 years to pursue a career as
a communication
strategist
and
specialist with Prudential Retirement
in Hanford, Conn.
1996
Christopher
Berinato
married Jody
Benedict. He won
his
second Emmy
for Outstanding Newscast and his
first
Associated Press Award for
Outstanding Newscast.
He
is a senior
producer for WBFF
in
Baltimore,
Md.
I
Christina Bisirri
is an English
professor at Seminole State College
in Florida.
I
Staff Sergeant Mikael
Carlson
was mobilized to active duty
and deployed to Special Operations
Command South at Homestead Air
Reserve Base in
Homestead,
Fla.
I
Raul De la Rosa launched
his own
advertising agency
in
March 2009,
focusing on the growing Hispanic
market.
I
Dina Wehren Keleher
and her
husband,
Ted, are thrilled to
announce the birth of
their
daughter,
Eva Marie, born Aug. 4, 2009. Eva
joins big brother Jamie.
I
Dr.
Jason
laVoie
earned a PhD in computer
24
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Two Grads Win Big
on
Deal or No l.>eal
Although
they
were both commu-
nication/public
relations majors
at
Marist, Kaitlin Brennan '09and Erin
Leavy
Merrell '00 may have bright
futures in finance .
The two showed
they
were
proficient in the an of the deal when
they each won
more than
$50,000
on
the
syndicated game show
Deal or No
Deal.
The program, hos;ted by
comedian
Howie Mandel,
involves guessing wha1.'s in 26
sealed briefcases comaining
various amounts of money,
from l cent
to
$1 million.
Contestants get one case to
either keep or
trad,e.
The
program's Web site
de:scribes
Erin Leavy Merrell
'00
what happens next:
"The pressure mounts as
in
each
round,
after a pre-
determined
number of cases are opened,
the
participant
is
tempted by a mysterious entity known only as 'the
Banker'
to
accept an o,ffer of cash in exchange for what
might be
contained in
l
hecontestant'schosen
briefcase ...
As each case is opened, the likelihood of
the
player
having a valuable caslh amount
in
his or her own case
decreases or
increase:;
..
.The
contestant knows that as
long as
the larger
cash prizes
haven't been
opened, the
Banker's deals will only get higher. And if
the
contestant
accidentally opens a c:ase with a bigger cash value,
the
Banker's
offer could suddenly evaporate."
During the
broadcast on Nov. 3, Kaitlin traded her
briefcase
to
the Bank,er for $57,000. It
turned
out
her
case was worth $25,000.
ln
the show
that
aired Nov.
19, Erin
relinquished
lher case for $55,000.
It
was worth
$5,000. "I made a very good deal," she says.
Their methods of choosing cases differed. "I was
not
making
calculated decisions as
I
chose
my
cases, but
rather
just
picked whatever
number
I
felt
like picking,"
Kaitlin recalls.
"Lucky for me, the
lack
of strategy seemed
to
work out well
because I
walked away with the most
money all week."
Erin analyzed the demeanor of
the
people offering
the numbered cases. "l didn't
pick
specific
numbers
per
se, but
I
did tend
to
shy away from selecting people who
were more energetic and outgoing than
the rest.
I was
Kaitlin Brennan
'09
(second
from left) joins
other hopefuls auditioning to become
Deal
or No
Deal
contestants.
convinced they were the ones holding
the
cases with
the most money."
Kaitlin,
who
is
pursuing a graduate degree in
educational counseling at Monmouth University,
and Erin, who is an events manager for the National
Football league, both landed on
the
program as a
result
of casting calls.
Kaitlin
says
the
show was an
incredible
experience. "If it taught me anything, it
was that
no
mauer how silly your goals
may
seem, it
is always worthwhile
to
go for them. Getting on this
show was a goal. I had talked about being on this
show
in
high school, so
the
fact that
l
actually got on
is unbelievable."
Erin says after
the
first few cases were selected,
she was able Lo seule
in
and
just have
fun. "Howie
was great.
It
was an experience of a
lifetime
and one
that
I
will certainly never forget!"
Now to the important
part:
what wi
II they do
with
the
money?
Erin and her
husband,
who live in Great
Neck, NY, will visit Thailand and
put the rest
of the
money toward a down payment on a house.
Kaitlin, who
lives
in East Brunswick, NJ, also
plans a trip. "l was adopted from Chile when
I
was
a baby, so
l
plan on a nice vacation
Lo
see where
I
was born with family and a few friends.
Beyond that
1'11
be saving the money and waiting for
the
Alumni
Office
to
call."
science from Polytechnic: Institute of
NYU.
IVicky
Keresztes Saco
and her
husband,
David Saco
'95, welcomed
a son, Joseph Charles, on April 21,
2009.1
Lynne Dominick Sager
and
her husband, Scott, welcomed
their
third daughter, Serafina Marie, born
June 29, 2009. She joins big sisters
Gabi and Mia at home.
I
Andrew
Shore
entered
investm,ent
banking
after graduation, working for Morgan
Stanley and Lehman Brothers. He is
a survivor of Sept. 11, 2001, as his
office was on
the
39th noor of World
Trade Tower
I. After 9/11, he joined the
New York City Police Department and
was promoted to detective. He
now
investigates financial crimes
involving
bank fraud, counterfeiting, stock
fraud, and identity theft.
He
hopes
to transfer into the countenerrorism
bureau in the near future.
I
Karen
Teufel-Mushorn
and her husband,
Michael, announce the arrival of
Mauhew Joseph, born May
1,
2009.
Michael joins big brother Connor and
big sister Kathryn at home.
I
Brandon
Tierney
was promoted
in
March 2009
to middays on 1050 ESPN Radio.
The
Brandon Tierney Show
airs Monday
through Friday at 10 a.m. He
is
in his
second year with SNY-TV,
regional
home of the New York Mets, on
The Whee/House,
which airs Monday
through Friday at 5:30 p.m. He and
Jennifer Freeland recently became
engaged and plan an August 2010
wedding.
1997
Bernadette Goebel
Cekuta and her
husband welcomed their third son,
Gavin Nicholas, on Feb. 17, 2009.1
Stephanie Figura
married Bryan
Carmody on June 12, 2009, in Old
























Welhersfield,
Conn. Three members of
lhe
bridal party were Marist alumnae.
Stephanie is a vice president with
DeVries Public Relations
in
New
York, N.Y.
IJack
Flaherty
and his
wife,
Shannon
Hirsch
Flaherty
'98, welcomed a baby girl, Makenna
Elizabeth, on May 27, 2009.
IJanis
Russell Haywood
and her husband,
Scott
Haywood
'95, welcomed a
baby boy, Alexander Vincent, born
May
19,
2009.
I
Michelle
Lopez
Hughes
and
her
husband, F. Dalton
Ill,
announce the birth of their son,
Nathaniel Thomas, born March 31,
2009. Nate joins big brother
Jake
Dalton, born Dec.
16,
2006.
IJames
L,ord
was promoted
to
president of
operations for Surf Club Inc.,
located
on Cape Cod.
I
Matthew
McAlear
was promoted to vice president and
chief program officer at Easter Seals
Bay Area, headquartered in Oakland,
Calif. Mau
has
spent
the
past 15
years working wilh
individuals
with
autism and their families.
I
Michele
Verdino
married Anthony Ostler on
April 24, 2009.
IAlycia
Libby Winter
and
her
husband, Sean, welcomed
their
first child, daughter Finley
Hays, on March 20, 2009. Alycia was
promoted lo
senior account manager
at
the
advertising/marketing firm
where she has worked for a little over
a year.
I
Ellen
Kalaus Wolfe
and her
husband, Rob, welcomed a baby girl,
Ella
Kathryn,
born Sepl.
1,
2009.
1998
Michele Araneo Anderson
and her
husband,
Michael,
welcomed
their
lhird
daughter, Maya Eve, born
March 31, 2009.
I
Bill Bell
and
his
wife, Alison, welcomed
twins,
Megan
Georgina
and Benjamin
George,
born
July 23, 2009.
IChristian
Bladt
married
Heather Jeng on Aug.
22,
2009. Heather is a graduate of the
University of Southern California's
Class of
2005.
This past summer
Christian commemorated
bis
second
year as
producer
of The Dennis Miller
Show,
which
airs
on 257 stations for
Westwood One
Radio.I
Darren Duffy
recently moved back
to
New York to
start
his
own business.
I
Shannon
Hirsch
Flaherty
and her
husband,
Jack
Flaherty
'97,
welcomed a baby
girl,
Makenna
Elizabeth, on May 27,
2009.INazareth
Garabedian
and his
wife,
Jennifer Mc Hugh Garabedian
'00, welcomed their second daughter,
Madelyn Grace, born
in
November
2008.
IStephanie
Hajjar
:and David
Billingslea are
happy
to announce
their
engagement.
They plan
to
marry
SepL 25, 2010, in Calabash, N.C.
I
Fernanda Leventhal is
a
translator
and interpreter.
I
Betsy Liddycoat
and her husband, Greg Graham,
welcomed their second son, Mason
James,
born
Nov. 24, 2008.
I
Kathleen
Mil
haven
'98MS is aspiring
LO
a new
career after many years with
IBM.
I
Edward
Millar
and his wife,
Lydia,
celebrated the birth of
their
daughter,
Madelyn, born Sept. 23, 2008.1
Stefanie Sardilli
Pacheco
and
her
husband.Joseph,
announce
the
birth
of
their
second son, Michael Joseph,
born March 9, 2009.IJolene
Barnao
Plant
and her husband,
Christopher
Plant,
announce the birth of
their
daughter, Stella Rose,
born
Sept. 16,
20091
Christine Winter
Silver
and
her husband,
Brian Silver,
announce
the
birth of their
third
child,
Brady
Joseph, born Aug. 25, 2009.
Big
sister
Gracie and big brother Grayson are
very excited about
their
youngest
brother.
I
Alison Willmott
and her
husband
have a 3-year-old daughter,
Grace, and are expecting
anolher
baby
in
July
2010.
1999
Philip Adams
was promoted to
supervisory customs and border
proteclion officer
for
the
Department
of
Homeland
Securily. The promolion,
along
wilh
lower
house
prices and
interest rates, allowed
him
to take
advantage of the
housing
market
in
Washington and purchase his
first
house.
I
Jennifer
Canonico
Avroch
and her
husband,
Bryan Avroch
'00,
live in
Stamford, Conn
Jennifer
is
teaching
fourth grade
in
Harrison and
Bryan is teaching
reading/the AVID
program in Stamford. Their 3-year-
old daughter,
Marissa, keeps
them
busy.
I
Brian Dawson
is
a
psychiatric
social worker
for
East Orange General
Hospital in East Orange, N.J., and
also is a
licensed
clinical alcohol and
drug clinician for SAMHSA
Homeless
Health Care in Newark,
NJ.
IJeannine
Burrus
married
Francis Mauison
Jr.
on
June
7, 2009.
IRich
Cocchiara
was
recently elected to the IBM Academy
of Technology.
I
Jessica Spencer
Delorenzo
and
her husband, Matt,
welcomed
their
second daughter,
Antonella Athena, born Aug. 6, 2009.
I
Kristy Yacovone Farbman
and her
husband,
Ross, announce the birth
of their
first
son, Charles Evan, born
May
2, 2009.
I
Kate
Greene
and
Jay
Sheridan
married in September
Brandon Tierney
'96
returned to
MaristJan. 29to broadcast his radio
show, The
Brandon
Tierney
Show,
live on ESPN 1 0S0. Marist was one of
eighttristate area
schools
he visited
as part of the 2010 BT College Tour.
During the broadcast he was joined
by Marist men's basketball Head
Coach Chuck Martin, the Marist
band, and Marist cheerleaders
and interviewed former Indiana
Pacers
star
Rik Smits
'88
by phone.
Afterward Brandon met with Marist
students.
2009.1
Chantal
Poirier Glancy
and
her husband, Jim,
welcomed their
second child, August Sheriff, on
May
25, 2009 He weighed 9 pounds and
7 ounces and was 22
inches long.
I
Bridget Patrick Hermann
'99f00MPA
and her
husband,
Paul, welcomed a
daughter,
Arabella
Portia, born May 31,
SAVE THE DATES FOR HOM COMING AND REUNION WEEKEND 2010
Contact the Office of Alumni Relations now if you are a member of the Class of
'60, '65,
'70, '75,
'80, '8S, '90, '95,
'00,
or
'05
and would like to help with plans for your reunion celebration.
Jnrom-lS:
The flag denotes
classes
that
►viii
celebrate
reunions
in
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notes
2009.1
Colleen
Hoffman
is
teaching
second grade.
I
Martin Kappus
and
his wife, Dawn, welcomed
their first
child, Cameron
Jack, born
Sept. 2,
•
~
2009.
IAmanda
Liles
has moved from
~
Manhattan
to
Hartly,
Del
..
which
is
d
near
her
hometown,
to be closer to
H
her
family and pursue a new career.
rl
Since graduating
from Marist,
she
~
has
worked in
the
media
field.
She
~
left her post as
research
manager at
~
Univision Radio National Sales (Katz
Communications,
Inc.)
and is
now
substitute-Leaching while seeking
teaching
certification in English
education.
I
Andrew
Manning
and
his
wife,
Kim,
were expecting a
baby
boy
in
March 2010.1
Kathleen
Wisniewski
McEnroe
and
her
husband, Timothy,
welcomed
twin
girls, Maeve
Ide
and Fiona
Ide,
born
Oct. 9, 2009.
Kathleen is
a teacher in
New
York
Cit
y.1
Lark-Marie
Anton
Menchini
and
her husband,
Daniel,
announce
the birth
of Daniel Carlos,
born Aug. 4, 2009.IBrian
Rago
and
his
wife, Shauna, welcomed a daughter,
Cora
Mary,
born April 22, 2009.1
Carmelita Seufert
and
her husband,
Evo
Rondini
'06, welcomed a son,
Owen Atticus, born May
15,
2009.1
Paul Sydlansky
and his wife,
Amy
Riopko
Sydlansky
'03, welcomed
twins,John Paul
"Jack"
and Suzanne,
born Sept. 9, 2009.1
Stacey Spina
VanSeggern
and
her husband,
Steven,
welcomed
twins.Jack
Steven and Julia
Claire,
born July
9, 2009.1
Angela
Witzke married
Carmen Gentile on
July
4,
2008.
~Bntf\•UW
~
2000
Kristen Hoey
Amarone
and her
husband,
Ben Amarone
'01, welcomed
a daughter, Allison Veronica, born
March 10, 2009.
I
Sarah Castiola
Applewhite
and
her
husband, Kevin,
welcomed their first child, a son, Ryan
Christopher, born Aug.
17,
2009.
I
Bryan Avroch
and
his
wife.Jennifer
Canonico Avroch
'99, live in Stamford,
Conn. Bryan teaches reading/the AVID
program
in
Stamford and Jennifer
teaches fourth grade
in Harrison.
Their 3-year-old
daughter, Marissa,
keeps them busy.
I
Matt
Cameron
and his wife,
Heather Bernhart
Cameron '09,
welcomed a baby girl,
Brooke Madison, born May
14,
2009.
I
Kim
Lux Connelley
and her
husband
welcomed a son,
Patrick James, born
June 17, 2009.1
Lauren
Gancarz
Dabek
is a
marketing
coordinator
with Vanasse
Hange
Brustlin, Inc.,
in Middletown, Conn. VHB is a
transportation, land development,
and environmental firm based in
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Mari st alumni Frankie mgier
'07
and Joe Robillard '66 teamed up to win
the 2009 Century Doubles Championship atthe Poughkeepsie Tennis
Club in November.Joe ,~idn't play varsity tennis while at Marist because
the College had no tea~n in 1966. However, Frankie played varsity tennis
for four years. Centur)' doubles is a special division of tennis in which
the ages of the two players must add up to at least 100. At 75 and 25,
Joe and Frankie make
an
even 100.
"Frankie
and
I
are looking forward
to defending the crown next year
at
102," Joe
says.
Massachusetts.
I
Kristen Weber
Fugiel
married
in
2005. She and her
husband
bought
their drea1m
home
in
June 2009 and are
looking
forward
LO
starting a family soon.
I
Barbara
Gambee
married Freddie Rappina, a
police officer with Fairfax County, Va.,
on June 6, 2009. She was: promoted
10
director of account
development
for
Nielsen Claritas, a
division
of
the
Nielsen Co.
lJennifer
McHugh
Garabedian
and her
husband,
Nazareth Garabedian
'98, welcomed
their second daughter, Madelyn Grace,
born
in
November 2008.IIKimberly
Comer
Harney
has two,
beautiful
daughters, Kayleigh, 3, and Claire, 1.
I
Jason
Harty
moved
to
New York from
Boston after accepting a position on
the
Vitaminwater brand
team.
I
Andrea
Koman
and
Philip
Se1.tembrino
married
on Aug. 29, 2009.
I
Beth
Mathewson
Law
and
her
husband
welcomed a daughter,
Rebecca,
born
April 11, 2009.
IJennifer
Matarazzo
and Jason Berger married on May 30,
2009, and spent their honeymoon in
St. Lucia. After returning, she began
work at SouthBeachDiet.com, where
she oversees all editorial content.
I
Anthony
Pesce
and
his
wife, Dawn,
welcomed a baby boy, Anthony
Joseph,
born Feb.
14, 2009.
ISteve
Pifferi
and
his wife,
Joyce,
married
in
Dix Hills,
N.Y
.. on Oct. 3, 2009, and
reside in
Nanuet, N.Y.
IJonathan
Reiss
and
his
wife, Maritza, welcomed a baby
boy, Maxwell Alexander, born Nov. 7,
2009, in Stamford, Conn. He weighed
8 pounds and
4
ounces and was
20
inches long.
I
Elizabeth Johnson
Shibles
and
John
Shibles
welcomed
their
second son, Colin
John,
born Nov.
4, 2008.
IDeborah
Spoor married
Jon
Hourahan on Dec. 28,
2007. They
welcomed a daughter, Emma
Pearl.
born April 17,
2009.
Deborah is still
teaching mathematics at Spackenkill
High School
in
Poughkeepsie.Ijames
Tavares
and
his
wife, Renee, were
married July 4,
2009.1
Kate Tamas
Temple
and her
husband,
Shawn,
welcomed a
daughter,
Sarah Lorraine,
born Dec.
12, 2009.IDiana Gennaro
Walsh
and her husband,
Philip
Walsh
'01, welcomed a daughter, Savannah
Mae, born April 6, 2009.
I
Koustubh
Warty
and his wife,
Manjari Gangwar,
celebrated the first birthday of
their
son, Laksh.
in
November 2009. Both
Koustubh and Manjari completed
10 years at Computer Associates
International, Inc.
2001
Ben
Amarone
and his wife,
Kristen
Hoey
Amarone
'00, welcomed a
daughter, Allison Veronica, born
March
10, 2009.
I
Christopher
Blasie
'0l/'07MA joined
the Airserv
Corp.
in March
2010
to
manage
aircraft
appearance
and operations
for
Continental Airlines at Newark Liberty
International
Airport.
I
Megan Bowse
and
Michael
Cunningham
married
on
July
11, 2009, in Wyndham, N.H.
In January
2009, Michael's
former
firm,
Thacher
Proffitt
&
Wood,
dissolved
and
he is now
an associate
in the
Capital Markets group
at
Sonnenschein Nath
&
Rosenthal.
LLP. Michael earned a
JD
at St.
John's
University School of Law in 2007.1
Jennifer Breslin
bought a
home
in
the
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., area in 2007.
She
is
still working professionally
as
a
horse
trainer and riding instructor
as well as galloping Thoroughbred
racehorses
at the Saratoga
racecourse
during the
racing and training season.
Jennifer
is also enjoying kindergarten
all over again with
her
5-year-old son,
Aiden Mulholland.lMegan
Bruno
and
her fiance,
Mike
Romero,
had a baby
boy, Michael
Vincent, on Dec. 28, 2008.
IJoseph
Catrino
Jr.
has been
teaching
undergraduate communication
courses
at Quinnipiac University since 2007
and at
the
University of
Hartford
since
January
2009.1
Leah
Duggan
Cristi
and her husband are enjoying every
moment with
their
baby girl, Skylar
Corinne, born May 7, 2009.IAndrea
Newsom Curry
'01/'0lMA and her
husband
welcomed a
daughter,
Maya,
born Feb. 12, 2009. Maya joins
big
brother Will at home.
IJessica
Weissman
Hill
changed careers
in
April 2008. She works
for
Alken
Industries,
which manufactures
complex aircraft pans and assemblies
for major aerospace companies.
Jessica
manages
the
account of Sikorsky
Aircraft, which manufactures
the
Black
Hawk
helicopter as well as
many
others.
I
James
lnfranca
is
a special
education and math teacher at Garden
City High School on
Long
Island, N.Y.,
where
he has
been
teaching
for nine
years.
I
Mary
Tomm
Knowlton
and
her husband welcomed
their first
child,
a son.Jeffrey, born
in
February 2009.
IJeremy
Koscielecki
and
Maureen
O'Hare
'03 married
in
October 2008.
I
Megan Edwards Leonard
and her
husband, Adam Leonard,
welcomed
a
daughter, Riley
Mae, born April
22, 2009.
I
Alison Nikolayuk
married David Benincasa in August
2008. She earned an MBA
from East
Carolina University in May 2009.1
Steven Nigro
'0lMBA returned to
Poughkeepsie
in August 2009 after
more than
six years in Las Vegas.
I
Kevin
Porter
married Catie Mullin
on Sept. 12, 2008. They moved to
Massachusetts in October 2007 and


























purchased a
home in
North Billerica,
Mass.
I
Megan Williams Ragozzine
welcomed Stella Bailey, born April
18,
2009.
Megan began
a new
job
as
a marketing and communications
specialist at
Pen
Bay
Healthcare
in
August
2009.1
Stephen Sost
recently
joined Watson Pharmaceuticals as
director, corporate communications.
I
Allison Stec
married First Class
Petty Officer GMl Jeremy
Bell
on
Aug. 16,
2008.1
Michele DeWan
Streker
and
her
husband welcomed
their
first child, Thomas Dillon, born
June
27,
2009.1
Kerry
Sugrue
married
Adeniyi Silva on Aug.
16,
2008.
They
welcomed
their
first
child.John
Joseph
Alexander,
on May
12,
2009.1
Philip
Walsh
and his wife,
Diana Gennaro
Walsh
'00, welcomed a daughter,
Savannah Mae,
born
April 6,
2009.1
Melissa Williams
recently
launched
Bel
liesToBell
ies.com,
an on Ii
ne
marketplace
for the
resale
or new
and gently
used
maternity, baby, and
kid gear.
Melissa
is also
mom to
son
Brayden
James,
born Aug. 28, 2007.
2002
Alyssa Bobb Boice
'02/'08MA and
her
husband,
Rory Boice
'05, welcomed
a
son, Wyatt Shaw, born Sept.
17, 2008.
I
Angela Daddario
and Mark English
married
on
Aug. 14,
2009.1
Barbara
McBride Fassett
and
her husband,
John, bought a
Bark
Busters franchise
in 2006. Since
then
they
have delivered
training,
including
private,
in-home
training,
to more
than
425 dogs
in
the
Dutchess County, N.Y.,
area (www.
barkbusters.com/page.cfm/1O/50/id_
directory/1302).1
Michelle Hallock
and
James
Plourde
recently
married.
I
Nicole Hubbell
and Greg Kopiasz
married Oct. 3, 2009, in Syracuse,
N.Y. They honeymooned
in
Bali,
lndonesia.
lJanine
Jarosz
married
Casey Gorbon
in
November 2008.
I
Carolyn
Matheus
is completing a
PhD
in
organizational
studies at SUNY
Albany and adjuncting at Marist in
the
School of Management.
I
Shantrez
Miller
is
living
in Switzerland.
I
Greta
Noble
married Pauly Yakel in
May 2009. Greta is prepping for
the
GMATs
to
pursue an MBA
beginning
in the spring of
2010.1
Emily Green
Pacella
'02/'03MA
and
her husband
welcomed a new baby, Caroline
Paige, bornJune 17, 2009.IMeghan
Prendergast
married Patrick Blomberg
on Aug. 29, 2009.IDeanna
Howansky
Russo
welcomed
a daughter, Meredith,
born
in
April
2007.1
Mariel
Sosa
expects
to
graduate with an MSW
from
NYU in
2010.
IJustin
Spraker
and his wife, Sarah, welcomed a son,
Aidan, born
June
27, 2009.
Justin,
a
financial
advisor, opened a
new fran-
James M. Barnes
'68
(s,econd from right), a Knight of St. Patrick, served
as an aide to the grand marshal of the 249th St. Patrick's Day Parade
in New York City on March 17. The 2010 grand marshal was New York
City Police Commissi,oner Ray Kelly (second from left). Above, they
were joined at a pre-parade event by Paul Browne '71
(far
left), deputy
commissioner of pub,lic information with the New York City Police
Department, and Rob,ert L. West (far right), vice president for college
advancement at Mari st.
For the 26th consecutive year, Marist alumni, friends, and families
marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. President and Mrs. Dennis J.
Murray, along with this year's honorary grand marshal Bryan Maloney
'72
and the Amerscot Highland Pipe Band, led the Marist contingent
of more than 100 people up Fifth Avenue. Above, Bryan
(second
from
right) was joined by
(left
to right) friend Donna Solomon, his niece
Norah Maloney, his brother Thomas, his niece Brigid Maloney, and
his sister Kathleen Brnwitsch.
chise office for Ameripris:e Financial
Advisors, Inc. He also la,unched an
intern program for
Marist
and local
colleges.
I
Julie
Valente-Milelli
and
her husband welcomed tlheir second
son, Cristoforo Gianmarino, born
Feb. 19, 2009, at 7
p.m.
weighing 7
pounds and
15
ounces and
measuring
19.5
inches
long. Big broth,er Giuseppe
Christiano, 3 years old,
is
so
happy
1
2003
Danielle
Ambrosio married
Jonathan
Hart on July 27, 2007.
They
bought
their first home
on
July
10, 2008,
in
their hometown of Sayville, N.Y.
Danielle
is in her seventh year of
teaching
secondary special education
on Long
lsland.
lJillian
Duffy Black
and her husband,
Steven
Black,
recently began a DJ business.
Lucky
in Love OJ Productions.
I
Theresa
Carriero married
Christopher
Hurst
on Feb. 21, 2009.IJennifer
Guiliano
Carusillo
and
her husband,
Ralph,
welcomed their first son, Nicholas
Ralph, born July 4,
2009.1
Bradley
Cook is
teaching
in Lakeland, Fla
,
and is an assistant baseball coach
at
Florida Southern College.
I
Danielle
Coscia
graduated from William
Paterson University with a
master's
degree
in
educational technologies
and earned a supervision certificate
in
2009. Danielle and
Jonathan
Krehel became
engaged on Aug.
l,
2009, at
Disney
World.
I
Cherese
Demme
married Brian Cosentino
)min-flt;
The flag denotes
classes
that
will
celebrate
rewiions
in
2010.
on July
18,
2009.1
Charlie Edwards
and his wife,
Stephanie Pendulik
Edwards
'04, bought
their
first house
in
November 2008 and lO
days
later
welcomed their first child. Daughter
Emily Elaine, born Nov. 17,
2008,
weighed
in
at 6
pounds
and 8 ounces
and was 18.5 inches
long.
I
Anne
Kearns
married Bob
Valluzzi on Oct.
10,
2009.1
Kathleen Kelly received
her private pilot's single-engine land
license
in December
2006.1
Katherine
McCann
married
Adam Slater
'04.
They
relocated
to
Phoenix, Ariz., in
2008.ILauren
eitzel
married
Luke
Boughton on May 29, 2009. Lauren
continues working in Saratoga,
N.Y.,
as
creative director of
the
Masie
Center,
where she has been employed for
five
years.
I
Maureen O'Hare
and
Jeremy
Koscielecki
'01
married in October
2008. Maureen
began
teaching English
at Clearview
Regional
High School
in
Mullica
Hill, N.J.,
in
September.
I
Ruth
Spengler
married
Michael
Medeiros
on Sept. 5,
2009.1
Amy
Riopko Sydlansky
and
her
husband,
Paul Sydlansky
'99, welcomed
twins,
John Paul "Jack" and Suzanne,
born
Sept. 9,
2009.
IJill
Penaluna Wieboldt
and
her husband,
Will. celebrated
their
daughter Olivia's
first birthday
in
April
2009 and
their
two-year
anniversary
in November 2009.
2004
Kevin Altieri
and
his
wife,
Tracey
Maida Altieri,
welcomed a son,
Peter
John,
born Dec. 30,
2009.1
Kevin Brown
got married on
May
31, 2008.
He
and his wife, Amanda,
live
in
the Gramercy
neighborhood
in
Manhattan. Kevin works in marketing
for
the
Global Consumer Group at
Citi. He is
in
the
Pace
Executive
MBA
program and is on
track to
receive his
MBA
in
2011.
He
enjoys skiing in
the
winter and boating in the summer.
I
Dennis
Carroll
is
an attorney
in
Windsor, Conn.
I
Taryn Debold
married Raffaele
Lagonigro
on Oct. 3,
2009.1
Sarah
Donohue
and
Michael
Constantine married
on Oct. 4,
2008, in Westchester, N.Y.
The
bridal
party
included Sue Robson, Kim
Rossi, Michael Babic, Steve Arocho,
Michael Erario,
and
Adam Huftalen.
I
Stephanie Pendulik Edwards
and
her
husband,
Charlie Edwards
'03,
bought
their
first house
in
November
2008
and
lO
days
later
welcomed
their first child.
Daughter Emily
Elaine, born Nov.
17,
2008, weighed
in at 6
pounds and
8 ounces and
was
18.5 inches
long.
lJaclyn
Fallon
attended
medical
school at
the
New
York College of Osteopathic Medicine.
After graduation she accepted a
position as a resident physician in
SPRING
2010
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pediatrics al Stony Brook University
Medical
Center and plans to specialize
in
pediatric gastroenterology.
In
May 2009 she
traveled
to Egypt.
I
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~
Anna Gabbert
joined Booz Allen
~
Hamilton
in
February 2009 as a
senior consultant, specializing in
S
strategic communications and social
rl
media/Web 2.0 consulting for
the
U.S.
~
government.
I
Bobbi Sue Gibbons
and
........,....
Travis
Tellitocci
got engaged on Oct.
~
22, 2009. Travis proposed
to
Bobbi
Sue
outside Foy Townhouse C6 where the
two met on Move-in
Day or their senior
year in
2003.1
Stephen Harrison
worked with ABC's
Extreme
Makeover:
Home
Edition
as a volunteer
coordinator
for the program's Tallahassee Build
in
February 2009.
In
April 2009, Stephen
launched HR Gumbo (www.hrgumbo.
com), a human resources-themed
blog covering topics including HR
certification, recruiting, employee
relations, strategy. proressional
development, and social media. From
January
to August 2009, Stephen ran
a hugely successful social media
marketing
campaign for the annual HR
Florida State Conference
and Expo. He
reports that his techniques are being
sought out by affi
Ii
ates of the Society
for Human Resource Management
across the country.
In
September
2009,
he
began a
new
position
as HR specialist for Florida State
University in Tallahassee. He invites
everyone to follow
him
on Twiner:@
SteveMGHarrison.lAnna
McNeal
was
accepted
into the
Adelphi University
Graduate Program in August
2009.1
Scott Montesano
got married in May
2009. He is a radio broadcaster for the
Des Moines Buccaneers
minor-league
hockey
team.
I
Kathryn Muller
and
Evan Jones
'05 were recently engaged.
They met at Marist and will be
married in May 2011.IFrank
Muthig
celebrated his 25th anniversary at
IBM.
I
Jacqueline Ranaldo
graduated
in May 2009 with a master's degree
in information sciences from C. W.
Post University.
I
Kimberly Weaver
Saginario
has changed careers after
Hve years in the fashion industry. She
is now a high school art teacher and
loves it. Kimberly and her husband,
John Saginario,
recently bought a
house.
I
Erin Sandrowicz
received
a bachelor's degree in nursing from
Molloy College
in
Rockville Centre,
N.Y.
She graduated summa cum
laude
and second
in
her class.I
Christopher
Sherin married
in
September
2009.
He
was recently promoted as a lobbyist at
the College of American Pathologists
in
Washington, D.C.
IAdam
Slater
married
Katherine
McCann
'03.
They relocated to Phoenix, Ariz., in
2008.
I
Laurie Treacy
joined
the
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Hillary Saeger
'07
wai, part of the U.S. crew that won a bronze medal
in the lightweight woman's quad division at the 2009 World Rowing
Championships in Poznan, Poland, in August. A review on www.row2k.
com praised the team:
"A
medal at Worlds yourfirsttime out is a pretty
impressive achievement." From left to right are Abby Broughton,
Stefanie
Sydlik, Linds,ey Hochman, and Hillary.
Society or Children's Book Writers and
Illustrators.
She is writing young-adult
novels and trying
to
procure an agent.
I
Kevin
Wong
married his high school
sweetheart.Jamie
Lin
'05,
in
2006.
They welcomed a baby girl, Chloe,
in December
2008.1
Daniel Woods
joined the U.S. Navy and became a
naval officer.
He
will be liv-ing
in Japan
for the next two and a
half
years.
lP«mn•i•~
2005
Jill Marie Anderson
and
Timothy
McCarthy
married on
July
2, 2009,
on long Island, N.Y.
The newlyweds
purchased a home in Rye, N.Y.
I
Matthew
Berthold
and
Erin
Mulrenan
married on Oct. 11, 2009.
I
Rory Boice
and his wife, Alyssa
Bobb Boice
'02/'0SMA. welcomed
a son, Wyatt Shaw, born Sept. 17,
2008.
IJennifer
Spano Carey
and
her husband, Ryan, bought their
first home in May 2009.
IJennifer
Cecchi completed her MBA with
concentrations in international
business and marketing
from
Northeastern University in spring
2009.
IJulie
Chiarito
received CMA
certification this year from the
Institute or Management
Accountants.
IJessica
Donnelly
'05l'06MA was
promoted to media supervisor at
Edelman, where she has been working
in
the
health practice. She has been
based in Chicago
for the past two years
after working for several! years with
PR Hrms in Manhattan and Southern
California.
I
Maureen Coleman
D'Ulisse
recently married and became
a licensed massage therapist.
I
Marisa
Finn
and
Daniel Storey
married
in
August 2008 and welcomed a baby
girl.Juliet, born Sept. 5, 2009.IChris
Franzino
reports that
he
has a
new
job and a new outlook on
life.
He is a
marketing associate with Accelerated
Information Systems in Hicksville,
N.Y.
IJessica
Hovenstine
married
Michael Lecours
on July 11,
2009.1
Evan
Jones
and
Kathryn Muller
'04
were recently engaged. They met at
Marist and will marry in May
2011.1
Bryan Killiany
is art director for Hero
North America/Beech-Nut
Nutrition
and winner of three Graphic Design
USA national design awards.
lJamie
Lin
married
Kevin
Wong
'04
in 2006.
They welcomed a baby girl, Chloe,
in
December 2008.
I
Andrew Magda
started a new job in November 2008
as a research analyst with Edu ventures
in Boston. He got married on June
21, 2009, and moved July 30, 2009.
I
Meghan Partlow
'05/'06MA will
soon be tenured teaching K-2 special
education. She will be teaching in
Hawaii for at least one more year.
I
Lauren Talbot
married Matthew
Zych
on Oct. 11, 2008.
IJanelle
Walter
married Ryan G.
Jones
on Nov. 8,
2008.
I
Shanna Wright
and Chris
Trombetta,
a 2003 West Point graduate,
were married in summer 2009.
2006
Sara Arden'06/'09MBA
married
T.J.
Burns
on Sept. 5, 2009,
in
the chapel
at Marist College. Ten members of
the Marist College family were in the
wedding party, including
six graduates
from the Class of 2006 and two current
Marist sLUdents.
I
Amy
Castellano
and
Christopher
Simone married
on Aug. 29, 2009.
IJessica
DeMeo
and R. Shea Hanson married Dec.
12, 2009, in Ridgefield,
Conn.
I
Tara
Delmour
earned a master's in teaching
and
teaches
English at Montclair
High
School in Montclair, N.j.
IJessica
Erb
moved to Orlando, Fla., after
graduation and purchased a house
with her husband, Richard Starke, a
Culinary
Institute
of America
graduate.
They were married in October 2008.
I
Andrea Finella
has been working
at Si rota for more than three years
as a project manager. She graduates
with an MBA with HR emphasis in
May 2010 and is pursuing a career
in
HR.
I
Kimberly
Fuller
and William
Kuracina married Oct. 10, 2009,
in
Orange, Conn.lJulia
Graham
recently
auditioned for and was accepted into
the Oratorio Society of New York
(www.oratoriosocietyofny.org). a
180-member choir that performs at
Carnegie Hall and is one of New York
City's oldest cultural instiLUtions
I
Mary Grisey
graduated from the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
with a BFA and a concentration
in
fiber and material sLUdies.
lValerie
Kuzmeskus
and Nick Jones married
in October
2009.1
Kelly
Lattin
is
pursuing a master's degree at Marist.
I
Andres Oranges
is to marry on
June 26, 2010, at The Riviera
in
Massapequa, N.Y.
I
Evo Rondini
and his wife, Carmelita Seufert '99,
welcomed a son, Owen Atticus, born
May 15,
2009.1
Margaret Petersen
Spadora
recently switched careers,
from retail management to insurance
and financial services, and
is
working
toward becoming
a Certified Financial
Planner.
I
Zachary Spalding
and his
wife. Michele,
welcomed a son, Ryan,
born Jan. 24, 2009. They recently
purchased a home
in
Ulster Park, N.Y.
I
Andrew Tweeddale
'06/'07MS has
been an adjunct professor at Marist
since fall 2007.
I
Steven Witzke
and Cristina
Commesso
'07 got
engaged
in
August 2009 on campus,
at Longview
Park.
2007
Deborah
Bagatta-Bowles,
a
communications graduate student,
was appointed president and CEO of
the YMCA or Central and Northern
Westchester as of March 1, 2010.
I
Michael
Bamberger
is enrolled at
Touro law School in Central Islip.
N.Y. He
is
in the evening program
and
is
slated
to
graduate in 20 I 3.
I
Stephen Butka
enlisted
in
the
U.S. Army after graduation and
immediately began language school
in California. He is now a certified





























Honorees were inducted into the Marist College Theatre Hall ~•f Fame at a ceremony during Homecoming and
Reunion Weekend 2009. Honored guests were (left to right) Dr
..
Jeptha H. Lanning
'53;
Gerard A. Cox
'55;
Tanny
Dumas Jones
'73;
Joan Marie Seergy
'81
accepting for Cindy Davis-Keegan
'81;
John Roche
'87;
Audrey and
Melissa Dressel, mother and sister of inductee Jennifer Leigh Dressel
'91,
and Jim Joseph
'91,
all accepting for
Jennifer; and Maria Licari-Cohen
'93.
Marist Theatre Hall of Fame Inducts First IV.embers
Seven alumni
became
the first
members
of the
Marist
College
Theatre Hall
of
Fame
Oct.
10
during Homecom-
ing
and Reunion
Weekend
2009.
A
Hall
of
Fame
Committee selected as
the inaugural
honorees
Dr.
Jeptha
H. Lanning
'53,
Gerard A. Cox
'55,
Tanny
Dumas
Jones
'73, Cindy
Davis-Keegan
'81,
John
Roche
'87,Jennifer
Leigh Dressel
'91,
and
Maria
Licari-Cohen
'93.
AL the ceremony.Joan
Marie
Seergy
'81
accepted
for Cindy
Davis-Keegan.
Accepting
for
Jennifer Leigh Dressel
wereJimJoseph
'91
and Audrey
and
Melissa Dressel, Jennifer's mother
and sister.
The
Hall
of Fame honors those who
have
made
outstandingcontributions
lO
theatre at Marist. A
Hall
of
Fame
plaque
listing
members is on
permanent display
in the
Nelly Goletti Theatre on
the
campus. Induction
will take place each year
during Homecoming
and
Reunion
Weekend, and inductees, alumni, family, and
the
Marist
College community are
invited.
Alumni
inductees must be
at least five years past
gradu:ation. Alumni achieving career success
in
theatre
are
also eligible. Candidates also can be faculty, staff,
or artiists who have shown
longstanding
service and
dedication to Marist
theatre.
NtJminations
will
be
solicited
each year.
Please
send
nominations to
Mau Andrews,
director
of the
Theatre
Program, al matthew.andrews@marist.edu,
including
the candidate's name and graduation year as well as a
brief background.
The
five-person
Hall
ofFame Committee consists of
the director of the Theatre Program, the faculty advisor
to
the
Marist College Council on Theatre Ans, a
Marist
gradu:ate, and
two
faculty
members,
staff members, or
students. The l
lall
of Fame is sponsored
by the
Marist
Theatre Program,
the
Office of Alumni
Relations,
and
the OJ'fice of College Activities.
linguist in Arabic and finishing
the
second
leg
of a long training period
in linguistics/cryptology. In
2010
he
will be stationed in Georgia. He
says choosing this career path
has
opened many doors
that
people only
dream of or see in movies.
I
Cristina
Commesso
and
Steven Witzke
'06
got engaged in August
2009
on
campus, at Longview Park.
IJoseph
Ferrary
recently joined R&J
Public
Relations in Bridgewater,
NJ,
as an
account executive.
I
William Flooks
graduated from the American
Academy
McAllister
Institute
of Funeral Service
in August
2009.
He received the
William
F.
Flooks Sr. Embalming
Award,
named
for
his
grandfather,
for proficiency in embalming. He
passed the National Board Exam
and joins
his
father at their family
funeral home,
the
Beecher Funeral
Home, Inc., in Pleasantville, N.Y.
I
Jennifer Gore moved
lO
Atlanta, Ga.,
to attend
law
school. She expects to
graduate in
2013.1
Bria Soucy
was
selected by Teachers for Vietnam to
be an ESL
instructor
for
the
2009-10
academic year. Bria taught at Dalat
University
in Dalat, Vietnam. Teachers
for Vietnam is a nonprofit <led
icated to
improving
the teaching
of English in
Vietnamese colleges and universities.
Joseph
Ferrary'07
2008
Becky
Allison
spent seven weeks
traveling in Europe after graduation.
When she
returned
home, she
enrolled
in
Western Connecticut
State University, where she has
been taking classes full
time
toward
a bachelor's degree
in
biochemistry.
She
plans to attend medical
school. Becky became
an emergency medical
technician
in
fall
2008
and
received
an EMT
license in January
2009.
She
has
been
volunteering
with
the
ambulance
corps
in
her
hometown.
lYevgeniya
Boyko
is
pursuing a doctor of chiropractic
degree at
the
University of Bridgeport
College of Chiropractic. She
is
also
seeking a master's
in nutrition.
I
Caroline Chambers
is in her second
year of
teaching
gifted and talented
students
in
the Monroe Woodbury
Central School District in Monroe,
N.Y.
I
Meghan
Dahlman
lives in
Alexandria, Va. She
is teaching
K-2 life
skills special education and absolutely
loving it.
I
Alexandra DeMeglio
was
accepted into the physician assistant
program at Wagner College. She
began the program on June
1,
2009.1
Erica Dickens
is substitute-teaching
in several local school districts and
working at
the
Marist Help Desk part
time while a grad student. This
is
Erica's fifth year at the
Help
Desk. She
is also searching for a teaching position
in elementary education.
I
Allison
McCullough
and Andrew Wilhelm
married on Dec.
12,
2009.
Andrew is
a
2008
graduate of West Point. They
reside in
Colorado Springs, Colo.
I
Kathleen
O'Connor
married Stephen
Prairie
on Sept. 5,
2009.1
Christine
Rochelle
was selected
by
Teachers
for
Vietnam to be an ESL instructor for
the
2009-10
academic year. Christine
taught at Can Tho University in Can
Tho, Vietnam. Teachers for Vietnam
is
a nonprofit dedicated to
improving
the teaching of English
in
Vietnamese
colleges and
universities.
I
Traci
Salisbury is
volunteering for a year for
lowernine.org,
a
nonprofit
committed
to
rebuilding the Lower
Ninth Ward in
New Orleans.
I
Amanda Schaefer
is a
publicist al Coburn Communication,
a PR agency in New York City.
I
Lisa
Thornell
is a facility manager
and special events associate at Old
Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury
on Long Island.
Traci
Salisbury '08
SPRING
2010
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notes
2009
Since graduation, Sarah
has
moved
to
Brooklyn and
is
living with her
boyfriend,
Michael Monaco
'05.
I
Matthew Branigan
is working on a
media-related business venture and
staying up with technology.
I
Heather
Bernhart
Cameron
and her husband,
Malt
Cameron '00, welcomed a baby
girl, Brooke Madison, born May 14,
2009.1
Kristen
Carroll
is pursuing
a master's degree through Marist's
Greystone program.I
Bridget
Colella
has
recently
been interning for
two
production companies, working on
costume design.
I
Travis Cozzie
is
pursuing a master's in management
at Colorado State.
I
Lisa
D'Aniello
has
been
hired
to
teach
the new
6:1: l program for fourth, fifth, and
sixth grade students with emotional
disabilities in Queesnbury, N.Y.
I
Andrew Goss is
a graduate assistant
at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
while pursuing a master's degree
in higher education administration
at Northeastern University.
I
Erin
Howley
began working
two
days
after graduation
as an associate project
manager for UniversalProcon in
Stamford, Conn. Erin
thanks
Stephen
Cole of Marist's Career Services office
for his advice and support during
her
job search.
I
Pamela Keenan
is
interning
at UTC Power
in
South
Windsor, Conn.I
Kristine Kennen
is
pursuing a
PsyD
in clinical psychology
at the University of Hartford. She
expects
to
graduate
in
2014.IKatelyn
In Memoriam
Former Trustee
John P.
Gallagher
Friends
Beverly
Baader
Brinckerhoff
Sally
Cunneen
Bernadette
Elston
Walter Furlani
Howard
Kapner
Daniel
Joseph
Vavrina
George
T.C.
Way,
MD
Nicholas
Battaglia
is attending Albany
Law School.
I
Matthew
]Branigan
is
enrolled at the Institute of Production
and
Recording
in
Minnea1polis,
Minn.,
and is slated to graduate in fall 2010.
Then he expects to head
1.0
New York
City
to
work and attend graduate
school.
I
Michael Cocca
is working as
a business and
technology
analyst for
the Hartford
as pan of th,e company's
Leadership Development Program.
I
Brenden Coleman
is finishing his
teaching certification.
II
Courtney
Beaupre
received
a
temporary
license
to practice mental health counseling.
I
Sarah
Berit
works at a
nonprofit
organization
in
New York City.
PR
Major Fields
S1tats
for New
York
Yankees
In
2006, Lauren
Moran, then
a Marist sophomore
with a newfound love of baseball, took a tour
of Yankee Stadium
in
the Bronx. She
noticed
someone selling
media
guides and asked him
if
the
team
hired interns.
He
gave her a
number
to call,
and
a few
months
later,
she
landed
an
interview
for
a public relations
internship.
She didn't get
the position.
"It was probably bener lhat I didn't get the
internship,"
says Lauren now.
"I
really wasn't
ready and was
not
familiar enough with baseball."
Three
years
later,
Moran was
being
sized for
a World Series
ring.
Although she
didn't
get the coveted intern-
ship
that
semester, she was asked
to
intern at
2006
home
playoff
games. The
followingseason,
she was asked
back
to help out with Opening
Day. The
media relations
director
asked
her
when she was coming
back
full
time. She's been
there ever since.
Now Lauren, a
member
of
the
Class of 2007,
is
in herthird season as a full-ti
me
memberof
the
Media Relations
Department
forthe
Yankees. Her
department's main
duty is helping
the
media
by
providing relevant
information
and
facilitating
interviews
between
press and
players.
Lauren is
the
"stat
girl" on
the
seven-person
staff.
Her
responsibilities include compiling
game
notes,
quote sheets, and other materials
helpful for writers
and broadcasters
covering the
game. If any reporters
need peninent
statistical
information, Lauren
provides
it. In
the
off-season,
she works on
the team's
500-page
media
guide.
Being
employed the
past
two seasons for
one of the world's most recognizable
brands in
the country's largest
media
market
has been
a
surreal experience. And if you follow
baseball,
you
know the
last
two years have
been
quite
eventful.
"I
don't
know
how
you can clump more
exciting
things
into a two-year span in baseball
than
the
Yankees did," says
Lauren.
She's seen
a
visit from the Pope, the closing of
the
old
30
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MAGAZINE
BY JIM URSO
'11
stadium, the construction and
opening
of the new
stadium, and
a
World Series victory. A
number
of historical hitting milestones and walk-off
wins
have
made the
last
two seasons especially
memorable
for the storied franchise.
"I w:as starstruck at first," says
Lauren
of
working with players. "You realize very quickly
that the)''re
human beings.
I used
to be a fan,
but now
I want
them
to win because
I
know
the
people
playing
and the
people
within
the
organization."
Originally from Hopewell
Junction,
N.Y.,
Lauren
heard about Marist because of its
proximity to her
hometown.
"As
soon as I
stepped on
the
campus,
I loved it," she sa}'S.
She
bega.n
as a communications major with an
advertising concentration. When she realized
advertising wasn't
her
thing, she switched to
PR
on the recommendation of her father.
Lauren Moran
'07
holds the
2009 World
Series
trophy
won by the New York
Yankees
..
Lauren
claims she never watched
baseball
before coming
to
Marist. "One of
my
friends
freshman
year wanted someone to watch
the
games with," she says.
The most vital skill she learned
in
college
was time management. She worked asa resident
assistant,
tookclasses,and
balanced
internships
while at Marist. "I'm always working on many
different things
at
the
same
time.
If
you can't
manage
your time in
this
business, you're
done."
She emphasizes the importance of getting
internships
in college. While
at
Marist, she
interned
in
public
relations for
IBM
and St.
Francis Hospital.
"At
my
job,
if
you don't
have
internships, we
don't
even look
at
your
resume,"
she says.
Lauren,
who typically
works
50 to 60 hours
per week, cautions aspiring PR
types that
work-
ing in sports
media isn't all
glamour.
"Your
social
life can't take
priority.
You
need
to
be
willing
to give
up
your
hours
and
your sleep. It's
not
a normal nine-to-five,
Monday-to-Friday job.
Some nights I'll work a
night
game,
be
at the
stadium
past midnight,
and
be back
in
the
office
by 7:30 a.m.
to
prepare for an afternoon game."
More than
anything, she treasures the
people
she's been able to assist while working
in
the
Bronx.
During the 2009 season, she
helped
organize
a
charity event for people with
xeroderma
pigmentosum,
a
rare
skin
disorder
in
which exposure
to
sunlight
permanently
damages
skin
and
can significantly increase
chances of getting skin cancer. Her department
helped
set
up
a carnival on the field for people
to
enjoy
after
a night game. "It's a
lot
of work,
but
it's great
to
see your work come to
Ii
fe
and the smiles on
people's
faces," she says.
For the foreseeable future, Lauren
intends
to
stay
in
sports.
"You
can't
do
it
unless you love
it.
I
plan on doing
it
until I
don't love it anymore," she says. "I'll
know
when
it's
time
to get out."


























Marykathryn Gielisse '08
(center)
is
in
her second year at the William S.
Boyd School of law at the University
of
Nevada.
She has
been
selected by
the
U.S.
Department of State to work
in the
Post-Graduate
and Graduate
Intern Program at the U.S. Embassy
in Prague. One intern is selected
per American embassy. She will be
posted in Prague for the summer of
2010, working in visas, extradition
of criminals, and immigration fraud.
She is president of the
International
law
Society at Boyd and during
summer 2009 worked
in
the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the
District
of
Nevada as a
law
clerk. Marykathryn
is
ranked in the top third of her
law
school class.
Lohne
and
Fernando Marreiros
are
engaged and will be married on Aug.
14, 2010,
at
Marist.
She
is a medical
technologisL at Yale New
Haven
Hospital in New
Haven,
Conn.
I
Christopher McAllister
is pursuing
a master's
in
communication wiLh a
focus in organizaLional
communication
and intercultural communicaLion.
I
Donna McKnight
is pursuing a
master's
in
mental
health
counseling
at Marist.
I
Rob
McNicholas
began
working as an operations
technician
al
ESPN inJune 2009.IBrendan
Mulvey
moved to Boston after
graduation.
A
former
captain
of
the
MarisL crew
team, he rowed for the Riverside
Boat Club.
I
Brittany
Redmond
is
pursuing a
master's in
educaLion
at Marist.
I
Caitlin Runne
moved
LO
Iowa City and is auending
Lhe
University of Iowa, working toward
a
PhD in
pharmacology.
I
Christine
Schoonmaker teaches
social
studies
at Nyack High School in Upper
Nyack, NY.
I
Stephanie Slamka
recently moved
to Rutland,
Vt., and
is
pursuing a graduate degree in
clinical
mental
health
counseling
at
Lhe
College
of St. Joseph and Licensed
Professional
Mental HealLh
Counselor
(LPC)
cenification.
I
Kaitlyn Zafonte
is on a
full
scholarship al Fordham
University,
pursuing a master's in
English liLerature.
Alumni Association Announces New Awards
Marist's
Office of Alumni
Relations
and
the
Executive Board of the
College'sAlumniAssociation
have
created three
awards
to honoralumni
whose work following graduation
has merited
recognition.
"The
board felt that
there
are so
many
alumni who have done
great things in their
lives
and for the benefit of our College," says Jeff
Schanz '94/'99M, pre:sident of
the
Executive
Board.
"It's
appropriate
to recognize these
great alumni volunteers
and
leaders."
The
Dr. Linus Richard Foy Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna
Award
was named
for
IMarist
President Emeritus Dr. Linus Richard
Foy
'50,
who
in 1958 at age 28 became the youngest college
president in the
United States.
It
was under
Richard
Foy's
leadership
that the College
changed
its name from
Marian
to
Marist and opened
its doors to lay
male and female students.
He
was also instrumental
in
the
negotiaLion
wiLh federal housing
authorities to
secure funds for Sheahan,
Leo,
and
Champagnat, the three
freshman
dorm
buildings.
The Foy award recognizes one graduate per year for
distinguished
service
to
a profession,
the
College, the nation, or
humanity.
To be
considered, an individlual must have a continuous record of service in
a field
related to
the
mission
of
the
College.
The Alumni Association also has created the
Marist
College
Distinguished
Servilce
Award
and the
Marist College
Young
Alumni Award.
The service award honors an alumnus or alumna who
has
diligently served 1.he Alumni Association for an extended period
of
time. Service can be
in
the form of a
regional
chapter position
such as an officer or a committee member or any involvement
that
advances
the
mission
of Marist
through
volunteer efforts (e.g.,
Marist
Fund volunteer, Admissions volunteer,
Advancement
event host). The
Mari
st College YoungAlumniAward
recognizes
an alumnus or alumna
of
the past decade
who has
reached a
significant level of achievement
professionally and who is a model of
the
quality and caliber of today's
Marist student. A maximum of two
awards
in each category can
be
presented each year.
Alumni are
invited to nominate
candidates for
the
awards via
an
on
line
nomination
at www.marist.edu/alumni/awards.html.
Recipients
will
be
chosen by
the
Alumni Awards Commiuee. The commiuee
is
composed of
the presiident
of
the
Alumni Association,
two
Executive
Board
members, a mernberofMarist's
Board
ofTrustees, the executive
director of
alumni
relations, the student body
president,
and a
member
of
the Reynard
Board. The Executive
Board
will present the first of
these alumni
awards in
2010.
"The
Marist
College
Alumni
Association
understands that
no
College can survive
without the
suppon of its alumni,"
Jeff
says.
"We,
working with
our alma
mater, are
setting up a program which
will
assist
in
recognizing deserving alumni
volunteers for
their
service to
society and
Marist
College."
Marist Invites Your Expertise!
Share your
professional
expertise with fellow alumni and current
students. Whether you can offer
practice
interviews, internship and/
or
job
referrals,
menwring,
and ad\·ice, or even auend job
fairs
and/or
panel discussions,
Ma1rist
can use your help.
Before
Linked In.com, there
wast he MaristAlumni Career
Net
work.
And it's still going strong!
To
join
the
network, submit a
membership
form at
www.marist.
edu/careerservices/ac1riform.html.
Students and
alumni who
wish to
contact
people in
a particular profession or geographic area can
find
information on
this
:searchable, secure online
database. The more
alumni who
join,
the
betler the
network will
be.
1f
you're currently
looking
for a
job
or seeking a career change,
browse
through
hundreds of
names of
alumni
based on occupation
type,
business
title,
business name, or
a person's name. You
can
narrow
your search
by
entering a
location
or year of graduation.
To
search
the
Alumni
Career Network, go
to
www.marist.edu/alumni/career.html.
You don't
need
to join
the
network
in order to search it. But you
do
need a Marist
E-mail for
Life account to log
in. If you
don't
know
your account informa1tion,
you can request
it
online at www.marist.
edu/alumni/email4life.html.
1f
you
have not
changed your password
recently,
you can do so at
http://acctmgml.it.marist.edu.
In
Men1oriam
Faculty and Staff
Dr. ltalo Benin
Heritage
Professor
Former
Professor
of Philosophy
Robert
Collier
Adjuncr
Instructor,
Upward
Bound
Dr.
Donald
J.
D'Elia
Former
Professor
of History
Carl Gerberich
Former
First Vice President
for Information
Service,
Dr. Donald
Gordon
Hester
Former
Oirecror
of
Graduate
Admissions
Adjunct lnstrucror,
MPA
Program
Joy Kudla
Former
Faculty
Secretary
Dr. Joseph
Richard
LaPietra
'54
Heritage
Professor
Professor
Emeritus
of
Chemistry
Former
Academic
Dean
Laurie
Scott Hambleton
Latvis
Former
Coordinator
of Operations,
Undergraduate
Admissions
Stanley
Arthur
Mathison
Former
Physical
Plane
Employee
Richard
Nedin
Former
Producrion
Specialist,
Media Center
Br. Cornelius
J.
Russell,
FMS
'50
Heritage
Professor
Professor
Emeritus
of Business
Former
Concroller
Gary
E.
Vanvliet
Painter
Graduates of the College
Francis
Sheridan
'59
Bro. George
Kopper,
FMS
'64
Morton
J.
Laffin
'64
Michael
Dean
'67
Roger
E. Maher
'67
Walter
Horodyski
'69
Bro.
Vito
Aresto,
FMS
'70
Gerard
Finn '70
William
R. Vincent
'70
Dennis
Bennek
'71
Paul
Francis
Colombie
Jr. '73
Edward
J.
O'Connell
'73
Bernard
L.
Piotti '73
Hilton Johnston
'74
Arthur F. Wohlfahrt
'77
James
Meacher
'78
Edward
St. Pierre
'78
Christine
J.
Pavelock
'79MA
Joy
E. Beurket
'81
Eileen
Falina
'87MA
Michael
J.
Toner
'88
Barbara
Yoder
'89
Col. John
A. Cusack
'91MPA
James
M.
Stewart
'93
Thomas
Nichols
'94MSCS
Richard
E. Kuzda
'95
Mary
Nell
Prenting
'95MBA
Lisa
Grace
Prisco
'97
Adela
Kirschner
Kochis
'99
Jason
Gilbert
Laferriere
'02/'03MA
Students
Robert
Stone
'11
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notes
A Peak Father-S011
Experience
Professor Emeritus of
History
Peter O'Keefe and
Peter O'Keefe '91
have
taken
their
father-son
relationship
to
new heights-literally.
They
climbed
Mount Kilimanjaro together.
Tanzania, home to Kilimanjaro,
is
a
long
way from Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., where young
Peter grew up and his parents still
reside.
A
Heritage Professor, the
senior O'Keefe came
to
Marist College in
1967
and
taught full
time for
32 years.
He
celebrated
his80th birthday Feb.
2.
When Peter joined his son on the climb up
Africa's
tallest
peak
in
summer
2008, he
was 78.
Birthdays actually inspired
the
family
venture.
"I have a great
idea
for
how
we can celebrate
my
30th and your
40th
birthday," Pete's wife,
Sara, suggested to
him.
"We'll climb Mount
Kilimanjaro!" The
idea
didn't catch on
until
a
family
get-together in Washington, D.C., where
the
couple lives with
their
young son, Ryan, and
where
Pete
has
a
business focused
on
raising
capital for
financial
services
and
private equity
firms and
renewable
energy projects.
"Sara was telling
my
dad that she couldn't
believe that
I wasn't
all for
it,"
recalls
Pete. The
seniorO'Keefe
has
been a distance walker all
his
life and
in
the past decade successfully
hiked
two
American peaks.
He thought
Kilimanjaro
was a great
idea
and added
Lhat
he
would love
to go with them.
"That actually
put me
over
the
top," says
Pete. "Seeing
dad's
excitement about the climb
certainly
motivated
me.
If
he
was in, I was
in."
While
the
oldest
person to
make
it
to the
top of Kilimanjaro was 79 years old,
the peak
is
an implausible destination
for
seniors. It is an
arduous climb and altitude sickness
is
always a
danger(each
year it claims about
10
lives).
Freezing
temperatures
prevail and
the
four-day, one-night ascent to the 19,330-foot
summit
requires
encampments with sleeping
bags and accompanying gear.
But for Professor O'Keefe, whose favorite
philosopher is
William James-a man who
also liked
to push
limits-age
was
never
an
obstacle. "We are as
big
as we dream," Peter
says. ':James
believed
in creating reality based
upon presumptions of self.
Think big,
feel big,
do big."
IHe
also got
the
okay from his doctors
to take
on the climb. "I
am
so
lucky
to
have the
health and energy that God gave me!"
The ()'Keefe
men trained
in earnest, each in
his own way. Over a
two-month period,
Peter
senior would regularly
put
a 20-pound pack on
his back
:and
take
a two-mile round-trip
hike
on
an abandoned ski slope in southern Dutchess
County, N.Y. A
dedicated runner,
the younger
Peter us,!d that as his basis for training.
He
would also habitually forgo the elevator ride
to
hiseighth-0ooroffice.
Sara prepared by working
with
a
trainer.
BY SHAILEEN
KOPEC
The O'Keefes feel fortunate to
have had
as their guide Dismass Mariki, who holds
the
record
for the number of successful summits
(more
than
150) by an individual. "Dad was
always in
the number-two
position, right
behind
Dismass," says Pete. "He
never
fell behind. In
fact
he
led the
pack."
For the group, the hardest effort before
the
summit wastacklingtheGreat Barranco Wall-a
stiff climb
up
800 meters of rock. "When we
got our first look at the wall," Pete
recalls,
"I
know many of the younger people in our group
wondered how
they
would get up, not
to
mention
the 78-year-old in front of
them.
I
remember
the
looks on
their
faces when they got to the
top
and
saw dad standing before
them-incredible!"
In the
end, Peter senior stopped
just
a few
hours short of the summit because of his own
judgment
to go no further. But
the
decision did
not
diminish
the meaning
of such a unique
adventure for this father and son. "Everyone
com-
mented on
it
and thought
it
was wonderful that
he
and I were having
this
experience," says Pete.
"This was definitely a father-son event and
not a macho, backslapping, bottle-of-Scotch
sprint.
It
was special to make
this
climb with
him
both
because it was so challenging and we
were pushing ourselves beyond our limit and
because I got a chance
to look
after
him
as he's
done for
me
all my life. Perhaps
my
son and
I
will
have
a similar experience one day."
The O'Keefes-Sara, her
husband,
Pete
'91,
and Marist Professor Emeritus
Peter O'Keefe-pause
for
a sky-high photo during
their
ascent of Mount
Kilimanjaro,
the
high-
est peak in Africa.





















You're never too young
to start giving back . ..
LoicMathieu
Sessagesimi '1Cl!
Maris!
Fund
Gift:
$10
Hometown:
Blonay,
Switzerlan1l
Major:
International
Business
Activities:
Captain
of
the
Men's
Tennis
Team,
French
Tutor
Why
I
am giving
to the Senior
Class
Gift:
The
experiences
I've
had
at Marist
have
helped
me
to
grow
as an athlete
and
as
a student,
but above
all
as
a
person.
Giving
back
to Marist
through
the•
Marist
Fund
is my
way
of saying
thank
yllu
for
the opportunities.
Samantha Ken,, '1 0
Maris!
Fund
Gift:
$10
Hometown:
Oceanside,
N.Y.
Major:
Psychology/Special
Educ,ation
Activities:
President
of
Cheerleading;
Member
of Alpha
Sigma
Tau
Sorority,
Education
Honor
Society,
Psychology
Honor
Society,
Dance
Club
Why
I
am giving
to the Senio,r
Class
Gift:
The
memories
I have
made
at Marist
would
not have
been
possible
wfithout
the
financial
backing
necessary
to
run such
an
amazing
institution.
I
want
future
students
to have
the same
Marist
experience
I
had,
which
is why
I support
the Senior
Class
Gift.
M
arist seniors from the Clasi; of 2010
continue the tradition of supporting
the
Marist Fund through the Senior Class
Gift,
knowing
their gifts
support
future Marist students
just as alumni supported them.
If
all Marist graduates from the past decade made
a gift of $10, the Marist Fund would raise more than
$100,000 and add 10,000 more donors-tri1pling our
alumni participation rate.
Dawn Marie Jan '10
Marist
Fund
Gift:
$10
Hometown:
Belleville,
N.J.
Major:
Public
Relations
Activities:
Captain
of
the
Volleyball
Team,
Treasurer
of Communication
Honor
Society
Why
I
am giving
to the Senior
Class
Gift:
Marist
has
provided
me
the
best
four
years
of my
life.
Through
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experiences
and
opportunities
that
I
have
had
at
Marist,
I
have
grown
in
countless
ways.
The
decision
to support
the Senior
Class
Gift
Campaign
was
an easy
one1
Patrick
Massaroni '10
Marist
Fund
Gift:
$10
Hometown:
White
Plains,
N.Y.
Major:
Sports
Communication
Activities:
Head
Manager
of
the
Women's
Basketball
Team,
Vice
President
of the
Student
Booster
Club,
Student
Ambassador,
Commissioner
of
Intramural
Basketball
Why
I
am giving
to the Senior
Class
Gift:
We've
spent
four
years
at Mari
st.
It
has
become
a second
home
to so many,
and
being
able
to give
back
to
the school
is a simple
way
to say
thanks.
Students Benefit:
The Marist Fund supports
scholarship assistance, academic programs, technology
upgrades, internships, and much more.
Marist Benefits:
The Marist Fund
is
unrestricted,
which allows
the
College
to
put your money to work
in
the areas of greatest
need.
Alumni Benefit:
Donor participation
impacts
U.S.
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"best college" rankings. So by
making a gift, you're actually adding value to your degree.
MAJlISTFUND
Go
to
www.marist.edu/alumni/giving.html
to make your gift
today.
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Collected and with
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This collection of 17 essays represents just a portion
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and the
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Valley
i~eview
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and air travel.
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