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1ST
CONTENTS
I
Winter
2011-2012
FEATURES
¥
7
Goal-Oriented
The
Marist women's
soccer
team
wins
its
first
MAAC
Championship and
first
NCAA
bid.
10
All the
World's a
Stage
Sophomore
Mitchell DeSimone took a
year off
from college
to perform
in
the
spectacular
Irish
step-dancing
showcase
Lord
of
the Dance as
it
toured
the
world.
Now
he's back
at
Marist
to
f
uljill another ambition: becoming a
teacher.
Letters
of
Founding Fathers
Donated
to Marist
Archives
An
extraordinary collection
recently
given
to Marist
College
lets
students,
researchers,
and
the
public
see
history
up
close.
Marist is dedicated to
helping
students develop the
intellect
and character
required
for enlightened,
ethical, and productive
lives
in
the
global
community or the 21st century.
Marisr
Magazine
is
published
by the Office of
College Advancement at Marist College for
alumni and friends or Marist College.
Vice
President
for College Advancement:
Clirisroplier
DelGiorno
'88
Chier
Public
Affairs Officer: Timmian
Massie
Editor:
Leslie Bares
Executive
Director
of Alumni
Relations:
Amy
Coppola Woods
'97
Alumni News Coordinators:
Donna Watts,Judy Sears
Editorial Assistant: Claire Horron
Art Director:
Ricliard
Deon
Manst
College
3399 North
Rd.
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12601-1387
www.marist.edu
edilor@marist.edu
On
tlie cover:
engraving of Thomas Jefferson by
Charles Balthazar Julien Fevrct de Saint-Mfmin,
1804,
courtesy Ubrar)' of Congress; and Thomas
Jefferson signature from a
leuer in
the
Reese
Family
Papers,
Marist College Archives.
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the Peace Corps
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What's
happe,1ing
011
campus
8
Philanthropy
Passing excellence
forward: Marist's
new
summer research
stipends
maximize
opportunities
for science
majors.
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Alumni News
&
Notes
Updates on Marist graduates
''You're
meant to learn the
dance and then that
night be able to do it in
the show."
-Mitchell
DeSimone
'14
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The New York State Department of Transportation constructed a walkway under Route 9 this past July.
Walkway Under Route 9 Makes Passage Safer for Students, Faster for Vehicles
O
ct. 19, 2011, will be
remembered
by
quicker
and immediately
turning the walkway the
topography
of
the
land."
the
Marist College community and
into
a social
meeting place.
In
addition
to
constructing
the underpass,
New York
State Department of
Transportation
Marist.
students
living in
other areas
NYSDOT changed
the traffic
configuration
(NYSDOT) for
the
dedication
marking the
greaLly
appreciate
the
at
the intersection
of
Route
success[
ul
completion of an
underpass
construction of the
underpass
9, Fulton Street, and
Marist's
beneath
Route
9.
The project has
created an
as well. "The
new underpass
main
gate to improve safety.
easier
and
safer passage for students
living
has greatly
improved
my
NYSDOT also adjusted
travel
across campus, improved
the
aesthetic of commute
to
campus," says
lanes
on
Route
9
to limit
access
Route
9, and enhanced
traffic
flow.
Michael
Johnson
'13. "In
the
....
at
the main
gate to service,
Nearly
100
people attended the
ribbon
past, whenever
I'd have to walk
delivery, and emergency
cutting including several
from
local media
from campus to
Beck,
I
was
vehicles. Meanwhile, with
the
outlets. All listened
to
the
thanks
given by
always aware I was 'leaving'
underpass now
available
to
Marisl President
Dennis].
Murray to NYSDOT campus."
11111111
walkers, a
mid-block
crosswalk
and contractors Schultz Construction for
their
The primary reason for
was
removed
and the south gate
hard work in
accomplishing what Murray constructiing the underpass,
was widened and enhanced
to
called "the
most remarkable
project"
that
he
according to
Director
of Physical
encourage
its
use by all vehicles
has
ever seen.
Plant
Justin But well, was that
1111111
rather than the
main gate.
"I
really
consider this a great public space,"
there
are approximately
1,000
But well says
the
NYSDOT
said
Murray.
"Seeing the way this underpass
students who live on the east
project cost approximately
has
connected our
two
campuses and
really
side of
Route
9. Crossing the
$6
million. Marist
installed
made it
one, and
the
interaction that students
busy
street became a safety
hazard
for students
lighting
and provided
landscaping
at an
are
having
around this space, certainly fulfills and slowe,d
the traffic, he
says. "After
many
additional cost of approximately $4 million.
that
criteria."
years of planning, we went through a series
NYSDOT constructed
the underpass
in
Students
living in
the Fulton and West of design meetings and concluded
that
the
seven days, completing it onjuly
14,
four
days
Cedar townhouses take advantage of the
underpass
was the
best
solution based on the
ahead of schedule.
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underpass on a daily basis, getting
to
class
location
of the sidewalk on the east side and
-Myles
Williams
'13
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Zipcars Give Students a Transportation Option and Make Campus Greener
H
onk!
Honk! Marist
students,
faculty,
I could
honk
the
horn from the
Web site
and staff without a vehicle of
their
on my phone."
own will
no longer
have a challenge reach-
Brian
Gelok
'13,
vice president of
ing their
destinations
off campus.
Zipcars
club affairs and co-chair of
the
$GA
have come
to their rescue.
Located in the
Transportation Commiuee, initiated
the
McCann
parking
lot,
they
are
ready
LO
be
idea ofZipcars in February 2011. When
he
used by
those
who either do not have a car
was
a
resident
assistant, he observed that
or may be
having
car
troubles.
his
residents wanted to get off campus but
The Zipcars
can be
rented
at a low rate
did
not
have a source of
transportation.
and can be
reserved
on
line
or on a
mobile
"Zipcars
are important
because
they will
device
2417. Students, faculty, and staff
spark change," Gelok says.
age 18 and over can drive them by filling
A
dozen
students, according
to
out a form at www.zipcar.com.
Applicants
Associate
Dean
for Student Affairs Steve
must
fill
in driver's license
information and
Sansola, have already
rented the
Zipcars.
provide a credit card
number. ln
addition
Two
cars are available: a
high-gas-mileage
to
a $25 annual fee,
drivers
pay hourly
Mazda
3 and a hybrid
Honda
Insight.
rates
from
$8 and
daily rates
from $66.
Sansola says that
Zipcars
are part of a
Rates
include gas, insurance, and 180
larger effort
to
make Marist College a more
miles a
day. Members
receive a Zipcard
walkable and sustainable campus.
"The
by
mail
that,
after activation \'ia the Web
addition of the campus
Zipcar program
site, identifies
the
driver and opens the
provides a
much
needed service
for
access
car door.
to
a car,
primarily
for our students who are
The
Zipcar
program is
available on
not permitted
to
have a car on campus, who
more
than 100 campuses, according
to
are under
the
age of 21 years and
not
able
to
www.zipcar.com, including Bard, Vassar,
rent a car, or who
use
a vehicle
infrequentlr
Amherst, Colgate, Dartmouth, Duke,
Zipcar, an auto rental program tailored to
students,
The
program will also contribute positively
Middlebury,
Smith, University
of Virginia,
has arrived at Marist.
towards reducing the
number of student
Stan
ford,
and
Yale.
vehicles on campus,
directly reducing the
Freshmen
at Marist are not
permiued
"The
Zipcar process
when we got
to
the
number of campus
parking
lots required and
LO
have
cars on campus, so some first-year car was very easy and user-friendly. It was
reducing carbon emissions."
students are enjoying
the
freedom a Zipcar
nice
to
be
:able
LO
drive, and
my
friends and
I
The
program was instituted
by the
offers. Courtney Lawlor
'15
says her first
were excit,ed about all
the features
that came
Office of Student Affairs and
the
Student
Zipcar
experience was a great one. She
along with my
Zipcar membership.
When we
Government Association with support
received
her
Zipcard only a week after signing wanted
LO
stay a liule longer than
my
reser-
from the Campus Sustainability Advisory
up
on
line
for
the
program.
Then
one night she
vation, I
just
extended the time we had the
Commiuee, Purchasing Office,
Physical Plant
and
her friends
were
looking
for a change
in
car with nny iPhone, and when we went to
Office, and
the
Office of Safety and
Security.
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menu and
decided
LO
go off campus for dinner.
the
parking
lot
LO
find the
car
that
was ours,
-Myles Williams '13
To commemorate the 10th
anniversary of 9/11, stu-
dents and staff gathered on
Sept. 9 to place flags on the
chapel lawn representing
the 3,497 people who were
killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
The College's 9/11 Cross, a
Celtic cross fashioned from
an I-beam from the Twin
Towers, was on display.
On Sept. 11, an interfaith
memorial service was
held on the new plaza in
front of the Lowell Thomas
Communications Center
and a Mass took place in
the chapel. Following the
Mass, Marist ROTC cadets
performed a 21-gun salute
and taps.
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NBC News Partners with Marist Poll
for Republican Primary Season
N
BC News and
the
Marist Institute
for Public Opinion
launched
a
polling
partnership, the NBC News/
Marist
Poll,
for the
2012
Republican
primary season.
The NBC News/Marist
Poll
gauged
public opinion throughout
the
fall in
key Republican primary and caucus
states and will
track the
campaign for
the Republican nomination.
Chuck
Todd,
NBC News; student phone callers survey the public from the Marist
Institute for Public Opinion's new headquarters in the Hancock Center.
◄~
"What better way could an
survey methods and the behind-the-scenes
educational
institution
inform
the
of polling.
"With
the
diversity of states in play
in
this
year's
Republican
race, let alone
for the general election,
it's
important
NBC NEWS
public on
the
critical issues of the
"As a polling
institute,
we adhere to a strict
dayr says Marist President Dennis standard of transparency,
and we
look
forward
J.
Murray.
"The
unprecedented
rela-
to letting
the public
in on how we come
to
our
tionship between NBC News and the Marist findings," says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff. Marist
Poll aims
to
do
just that."
Poll director.
"We
are excited
to
work with the
for NBC News
lO
have a partner who will bring
academic and statistical rigor to the difficult
task of state polling. Marist
is that
partner,"
says Chuck Todd, NBC News
political
direc-
tor and chief White House correspondent.
As an academic polling institute, the
political team at NBC News and
to
provide
Marist
Pc,ll
informs Marist students and the
our students and the public with a front-row
public
about its poll results and brings to light seat to the political dialogue of the
day."
■
Sports Media Heavyweights Mike Bree , and Ian O'Connor '86
Launch Center for Sports Communicatie>n
A
seminar
led
by
two
of
the
top sports
started ajtoughkeepsie's \\'EOK/\\ PDH radio
communication professionals m the
after his aduation from Fordham l.ini\'ersity.
country
launched the
Marist College Center
Breen als called \1anst basketball games for
for Sports Communication, which will sen·e
the Colo
·
Sports !\:et
work. At
the
beginning
as the college's hub for academic act1\'ity in
of
the
se1 mar, the student audience was
treat-
this
growing
discipline.
ed
lO
a sh rt \'tdeo ofBreen introducing a 1986
Award-winning sportscaster
Mike
Breen
:-Olanst
n
n's
basketball
game
that
femured
spoke with Marist students Oct. l9, 2011, in
soon-to- c '-JBA
great
Rik
Smits '88.
the
Nelly Goletti
Theatre
m
\'larist's
Student
Both Breen and O'Connor stressed
the
Center. Approximately 200 students engaged
importa1
e of getting professional
expenence
in
a
l
wo-hour question-and-answer session
as early a! d often as possible O'Connor spoke
with
the
play-by-play
legend, discussing
cnthusial
ucally
of his
clays
as sports ednor
C\'erything
from
how
to
break mto the busi-
of \tans s student newspaper, while Breen
ness
to the
challenges that face professionals strongly couraged Marist students to pursue
in
the C\'Ol\'mg
media
mdustr)'.
as many 1ernsh1p
opportunities as possible.
Breen
is
one of
the
nation's most rccog-
Breen al
told
students
that
profess10nalism
nizable play-by-play announcers, calling
e\'erything
from
the NBA finals to
the
Olympics.
He
1s
both the
lead NBA sports-
caster for ESPN/ABC
and
the
\'OICC
of the New
York Knicks
for
the :VISG
Network.
Jommg Breen onstage was ESP'-J
sports
writer and
nauonally recognized
sports
columnist
Ian
O'Connor '86. O'Connor
1s
the
author of
The
Captain: The Journey of Derek
Jeter and '-Jew
York
Times best seller
Arnie and
Jack: Palmer,
:--!ichlaus,
and
Golf's Grcatrst
R1rnlry.
He pro\'idcd
students with a counter-perspccti\'e
on life
in the
post-paper
world
of
electronic journalism and
how
this
career differs from
the
world of tele-
\'IS1on
announcing. O'Connor also
discussed the challenges of
master-
ing new
skills
throughout
his career,
including his jump
to becoming
a
sports
talk
radio host for ESPN-1050
in
recent
years.
Brcen's
\'isit to
Manst
marks a
return
lO
the
genesis of
his
profes-
sional sportscasting career, having
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MAGAZINE
Award-w nning sportscaster Mike Breen
(left) and ESPN sports writer and nation-
ally recoi[nized sports columnist Ian
O'Conno
'86 (right)
led a seminar for
Marist st dents in October. The seminar
launche I the Mari st College Center for
Sports Cc>mmunication, headed by Marist
Associati! Professor Keith Strudler (center).
and a strong work ethic arc key m forgmg
\'aluable relationships in the compet1ti\·e
field
of sports media.
The speaking engagement was spon-
sored
by
the new ).larist College Center for
Sports Communication. The center builds
t1n Marist's popular concentration m sports
communication and will be acti\'e
in
host-
mg educational and networkmg e\·cnts for
swdents. conducting
research
m
the
field of
sports communication, and further de\'dop-
mg curricula and courses for Marist swdents.
The center will also foster partnerships with
orga111za11ons
ope rat mg m
the
\·ast field of
sports media and communication.
Marist Associate Professor and Center
Director Keith Strudler belieYes
the
seminar
led by Breen and O'Connor exemplifies what
the
center can and will
do.
"1'1ike Breen and Ian O'Connor are
two
of
the
absolute best
in
the business," Strudler
notes. "Havmg people of
their
talent and stat-
ure speak directly
to
our students and interact
with them
following
their presentations 1s
exactly
the
kmd of activity
the
center should
be m\'OIYed
with. It's all about
creaung a richer educational expe-
rience for Marist students
m
sports
communication."
For more information about
sports communication
at
~1arist
College. please Yisit \\'\\'\\'.manst.
edu/commarts/comm/sports.
html. To
learn
more about
the
\farist
College Center for Sports
Communication,
please
contact
Keith Strudler at kenh.strudler@
marist.cdu or (845) 575-3000 ext.
2074.
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Professor of Management Helen Rothberg
received the 2011 Mari st Board of Trustees'
Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Dr. Helen Rothberg Receives
Trustees' Faculty Award for
Distinguished Teaching
D
r.
Helen
Rothberg is the
recipient
of the
Marist Board of Trustees' Faculty Award
for Distinguished Teaching. Those who know
the
professor of management aren't surprised
she received this latest accolade. Her honors
stack
up
higher than Champagnat
Hall.
Just
ask Dan Spadora
'07,
who when
he
learned
the news, tweeted that Rothberg is
"BEST.
PROFESSOR.
EVER."
"Dr.
Rothberg's course was the most diffi-
cult and rewarding class I
took
at Marist,"
Spadora says. "She challenged us to think
deeper
than
the story and present meaningful
analysis of
the
implications. Dr. Rothberg has
the winning
teaching
formula, and combined
with
her
passion for business and refreshing
personality, she's one of the best professors
Marist
has
to offer."
"We are honoring an extraordinary
colleague-a teacher's
teacher-someone
for whom
teaching,
mentoring, and inspir-
ing
others
to
reach their full
potential is
a
life
calling," said
Professor
of Management
Studies
Robert
Grossman in introducing
Rothberg
at the convocation.
"Students
soon
realize
when they let
Helen into
their lives
that
they've
signed on for an arduous
journey
...
In Helen, they've
chosen a dynamic, compas-
sionate, role model who
is unwavering
in her
commitment to
high
academic standards, ethi-
cal
leadership,
and service
to
others."
"At
the risk
of sounding cheesy, Dr.
Rothberg is
not only a great professor but
also an inspiration," says
Kelley Hanifin
'12.
"She
shows us that she dreams big and is not
afraid
to
work hard for what she wants. Dr.
Rothberg believes we can be successful even
when we are
unsure
of ourselves."
However, Rothberg would suggest just
the opposite and
that the
pleasure is
hers
to
be a professor at
Marist.
"How
lucky are
we that we get to spend our
days
working
with young people who still
have
hope
in
their eyes," Rothberg said
in her
acceptance
speech,"who
believe
that the world can be
"BEST.
PROFESSOR. EVER."-Dan
Spadora
'07
a better place? And who
look
to us, not for
our own thoughts, but
to
lead them
to
the
threshold of their own minds?
It
is a gift
to
be an educator."
Rothberg
has
been
teaching
at Marist
since
199!5.
In
her
16
years she has touched,
inspired,
and fought for hundreds of students.
"When I first came to the Marist School of
Management it
had
just begun its quest for
accreditation,"
Rothberg
said.
"We
decided
that I would survey our seniors
to
discov-
er whether they experienced the elements
of our mission statement. They didn't, and
I
said so at the first faculty
meeting
in January.
At which point Bob
[Grossman]
turned to
me and said,
'So
where will you be teaching
next year?'"
Luckily
for Marist students,
Rothberg has
stuck around. They've had
the
opportunities
and privilege to learn from someone not afraid
Janice Feng
'11
will teach in Malaysia
in 2012 a
1
s
the recipient of a Fulbright
English eaching Assistantship.
Janie Feng '11
Recei es Fulbright
J
anie Feng's education can best be epit-
omiz
d by a need to help others and a
desire
to
discover
new cultures. The 2011
Manst
gt duate will fuse these passions
in
Malaysi
as the recipient of a prestigious
Fulbrigh
English
Teaching Assistantship
(ETA)
"The !TA
program in Malaysia provides
me the o portumty to immerse myself in a
com mun ty and engage in the lives of the
Malays," ys Feng, who will teach conversa-
tional En lish to students aged 12 through 17
for 10 mo ths in Johor start mg in January.
"I
chose M laysia for
its
diversity m cultures,
religions and ethnic groups. Malaysia will
allow m to understand how best
to
teach
to a dive e audience."
At Mirist, Feng majored m both psychol-
ogy ands udio art while completing a mmor
in photo raphy.
However,
her education
was as
ch defined by her extracurricu-
lar endea ·ors as her in-class achievements.
Ana ve of Ramsey, NJ, Feng studied
abroad d ring
the
fall of 2009 at Marist's
branch c
pus in Florence, Italy. After cata-
tO
break the rules, to
push them
hard so they
experience pride
in their
work.
"I
teach
the capstone course, and I
treat
my charges
like
thoroughbreds," Rothberg
said. "I have them reach
high. I
have
them
dig down deep.
I
encourage them to stretch
to where
they
haven't
been.
We don't
have
to
teach to
the
evaluation. We can teach to
the
experiences that will help
them
grow."
Rothberg has earned an
international
reputation for being an expert on competi-
tive intelligence.
In
2005, with former
Marist
professor
G. Scou Erikson, she authored the
book
From Knowledge
to Intelligence:
Creating
Competitive
Advantage
in
the Next Economy.
Those who had Rothberg for a
manage-
ment class or as a capping professor definitely
earned a competitive advantage entering the
workforce after graduating from Marist.
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-Luke
Shane '12
strophic earthquakes struck
Haiti
in early
2010, Feng accompamed Associate Professor
of Psychology
Sherr)' Dingman on a life-alter-
ing humanitarian trip to Haiti during spring
break of 2010.
Feng also completed a four-month
internship with Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Newburgh, NY, worked as a proctor
for Marist's Special Services, taught at her
church's vacation bible
school,
and held lead-
ership roles with Marist's Campus Christian
Fellowship and the College and Career Group
at her local church.
In the future, Feng plans to combine
her affinity for teaching and an by pursu-
ing a master's degree in an therapy or an
education.
"I
hope to continue having international
teaching experiences similar to the one
I
will
ha\·e in Malaysia,"
says Feng. "These opportu-
nities are especially important because
they
will allow me to grow as a person and as an
educator."
Feng 1s one of two members of the class
of 201
I
to earn a Fulbright award. Robin
Miniter, who also studied
in
Florence, is
pursuing research on the development of
women's
rugby in India.
The Fulbright Program, administered by
the
Institute
of International Education, is the
flagship international educational exchange
program sponsored by the U.S. government
and
is
designed to
increase mutual
under-
standing between people in the U.S. and
people in other countries. Annually, the
Fulbright Program, which was founded in
1946,
provides 8,000 grants to students,
scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists
in 155 countries to contribute to finding
solutions to shared international concerns.
Recipients of Fulbright grams are selected
on the basis of academic or professional
achievement as well as demonstrated lead-
ership potential in
their
fields.
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-Jim
Urso '11
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Marist in Top 40 Among Kiplinger's
Best Values in Private Colleges
Uplinger's
Personal Finance
has placed
.,Marist
38th in its annual
rankings
ofLhe
best values in
private
colleges and universi-
ties
that
deliver a high-quality education at an
affordable price. This is the sixth year in a row
Marist
has
made
the list
and
is
the College's
second year in a row at number 38, its high-
est ranking.
"The
institutions
on Kiplinger's
rankings
for best value in private colleges represent
schools that provide high-quality academics
as well as affordable cost even
in
these tough
times," says Jane Bennett Clark, senior associ-
ate editor for Kiplinger's
Personal
finance.
"Marist
College placed in the top
200
because of a high four-year graduation rate,
low average student
debt
at graduation, good
student-to-faculty ratio, excellent on-campus
resources, and overall great value," says Tara
Higgins,
a spokeswoman for Kiplinger's.
Marist
has
the highesL Kiplinger's
rank-
ing of any college in New York, and only
two
universiLies
in
Lhe
Empire
State
received
higher
rankings, Columbia and Cornell. Also making
the
cut with Marist were Brown, Dartmouth,
Duke,
Emory, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns
Hopkins,
Notre Dame, Penn, Princeton, Rice,
Stanford, Tufts, Vanderbilt,
Yale,
Lhe
California
Institute
ofTechnology,
and the Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology.
"We're
honored
to
be included in such
company,"
says Kent Rinehart, dean of under-
graduate admission at Marist. "In our current
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economic climate, families are looking for
the best education at the greatest value. This
recognition
validates
that
Marist offers both."
Rinehart
notes that a wide variety of finan-
cial aid
is
available to make the cost of a Marist
education more affordable.
Expanding Marist's
endowed scholarship program is one of the
cornerstones of the College's
capital campaign.
Marist's Kiplinger's
ranking is based on
figures from
2010.
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High R,mkings Again
Achievud in U.S. News and
Princeton Review Guides
M
arii;t has been ranked 13th out of
183
colleges and universities in
the
northern United States in U.S. News
&
World
Report's "best colleges" guide for
2012.
And Mlarist was again named one of six
"up-and-coming" institutions of higher educa-
tion
in
the north.
The
region consisLs
of stales
from Maine
to
Maryland.
College administraLOrs
surveyed
this
past
spring for the U.S. News best colleges
rankings
were also asked to nominate institutions they
believe have
recently
made the most prom-
ising and inno\'ati\'e changes in the areas of
academics, faculty, student life, campus, or
facilities. Marist was among those most cited
by college presidents,
provosts
and academ-
ic vice presidents, and admissions deans
who were asked to identify up-and-coming
:schools
in
their U.S. News rank-
ing category .
.
A National Ranking Among
Study Abroad Programs
The U.S News
ranking
followed
the Princeton Review's naming of
Marist as one of the nation's best
institutions for
undergraduate
,education for the ninth year in a
row. The New York-based educa-
tion services company
fearnres
Marist in
The
Best
376 Colleges,
1he
2012
edition of its annual
best colleges guide. Only about
15
percent of America's four-year
,colleges,
and
two
Canadian colleg-
,es,
are profiled in the book.
This
is
the first year Marist has
;achieved a national ranking in a
Princeton Review category. The
College was ranked fifth in "most
popular study abroad program."
"Students love the 'intensive
:study abroad program,' through
which
they
'can go almost
:anywhere
in the world for the same
price as a semester at Marist,'" the
;guide notes. Nearly half of
the
Marist student body spends some
'time
studying
in
other
countries.
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I N B R I
F
I
Marist received
11,399
applications for the
fall
2011
freshman
class and accepted only
34
percent,
representing
the
most selec•
tive year in terms of admission
in
the history
of the College.
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MARIST
FLORE~CE,
ITi\l,Y
The
Freshman Florence Experience
entered its seventh year with its largest
and most diverse class ever. A
total
of
56
freshmen are spending their first year
of college at Marist's branch campus in
Florence, Italy. In addition,
12
new students
have enrolled
in
one of the seven bachelor
degree programs offered in
Florence.
A new
master's program, the MA in museum stud-
ies,
located
solely at the Florence campus,
has entered
its
second year with
13
students
enrolled. The students come from across
the
U.S.
and
the
world and will spend their
entire college career there.
The
2011
Freshman Move-In
Day
Recycling Project
yielded
5,200
pounds
of cardboard, an increase
of 30
percent
over
the previous year.
Dr. Onkar
Sharma,
professor and grad•
uate
director of computer science, spent
six weeks in India during summer
2011
as
a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Specialist
grant. He was involved in training
faculty
at
the Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
in Pune.
In
2006
he did similar work at
Tribhuvan
University
in Kathmandu, Nepal,
on another Fulbright
Senior Specialist
grant.
The Fulbright
Senior Specialists
roster is a list
of candidates eligible to be matched with
incoming program requests from over-
seas academic institutions. Sharma also
served for
18
months
from
2009
to
2011
on
the Information
Technology Peer
Review
committee for
the Fulbright
Specialist
program. He was also the recipient of a
Fulbright
Senior
Scholar award, which
placed him at
Tribhuvan University
teach·
ing
upper-level computer science courses
for five months in
2007.

















Red Fox Report
•
Congratulations
to the
2011 MAAC Women's
Soccer Champions
METRO
ATLANTIC
ATHlf:ltC CONF(RE
Marist
also
excelled
in the classroom,
as four Red
Fo:xes
were named
First
Team
Academic
All-District.
Additionally,
a total of 12 Red
Foxes
were named
to the MAAC
All-Academic
Team.
The
Marist women's soccer team won
its
I
first MAAC Championship before ending
the
most successful season in program history
with a loss to Boston College Nov. 13
in
the
first
round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
The
No. 21 Boston College Eagles defeated
Marist
6-1. On a beautiful fall
day
at Boston
College's Newton Soccer Complex, the Red
Foxes came
in
with
the
knowledge that they
would
be
facing a team that was
just
one year
removed from
a Final Four
tournament run.
Realizing
the disadvantages
that
they had
on paper,
the
players came out and made a
concerted effort to control all of
the
variables
that they could.
Over the
first
20-plus
minutes
of play,
the
Red
Foxes withstood
the
Eagles' pressure and
saw
the
game continue at 0-0. Boston College
finally broke through with a
pair
of goals in the
22nd
and 25th
minutes. Boston
College extend-
ed
the
lead LO
3-0 before the end of the
half.
After the
break, the Red
Foxes came out
reenergized and refocused. As a
result, the
game
had
a much different feel as the
team
started
manufacturing more
sustained posses-
sions that would drive
into Boston
College's
defensive
zone. With
this renewed
pressure,
Marist broke
through 3:14 into
the
second
half
as Samantha Panzner
'14
(Livingston, NJ)
Freshman Amanda Epstein was the program's
first-ever MAAC Rookie of the Year, and was also
named Most Outstanding Player of the MAAC
Tournament.
lofted
a
high
cross
from
the right wing that
found Kathryn
Hannis '12 (Bloomsbury, NJ)
in
mid-air. The senior captain controlled the
ball and snapped off a
quick header
over the
outstretched arms of
the
Boston College goal-
keeper
to
bri.ng the score within
two
at 3-1.
Marist oontinued controlling possession
over the nexrt
15
minutes, as strong defending
and
quick,
smart passing allowed
the
team to
challenge the Eagles
in
their defensive zone.
Then the Eagles regained
the
style of play that
helped them score
three
goals
in
the first half
and notched
three
more. After 90 minutes of
play, the
game went final with a score of 6-1
in
favor of Boston College.
The
Red
Foxes earned
their
MAAC
Championship and NCAA
bid
Nov. 6 with
an exciting 1-0 vicLOry
over Loyola at Loyola's
Ridley
Athletic Complex in Baltimore. Two
days earlier, they had advanced LO
the MAAC
Finals with an exciting penalty-kick win over
Fairfield. In
that
game, after 110 minutes of
J-1
action,
the
Red Foxes convened three of their
four penalty kicks
to
ad\'ance by a count of 3-2.
Caitlin Landsman
'13 (Burke,
VA)
came
up
with
two
stops of Stag penalty kicks
LO
lead
Marist
in
advancing LO
their
third-ever
MAAC Final.
The Red Foxes ended their record-break-
ing
season on a 13-6-2 overall
mark.
Other
records that fell
in
2011
include
Amanda
Epstein
'15
(Jericho, NY)
tying
the all-time
single-season points record with 28
and
Rycke
Guiney
'14
(Naperville,
IL)
selling
the
all-Lime
single-season assists record with nine help-
ers. Freshman Epstein also was
the
program's
first
MAAC Rookie
of
the
Year, and was also
named Most
Outstanding Player of
the
MAAC
Tournament.
First-year
Head Coach
Kate
Lyn
earned the
MAAC
Coach of the Year honor.
Marist also excelled in
the classroom
as
four
Red
Foxes-Hannis, Landsman, Chelsea
Bona '13 (East
Longmeadow,
MA), and Jackie
Frey
'13
(Monroe, NY)-were
named
First
Team Academic All-District. Additionally, a
total of 12 Red Foxes were
named
to the MAAC
All-Academic
Team.
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WINTER
2011-2012
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Philanthropy
Passing
Excellenc
As
the first
Or. Richard La Pietra summer researcher, chemi!,try major Coleen Nemes
'13
worked with
Associate
Professor of Chemistry John Galbraith
on determining the molecular geometries and electronic
s,pin
states of small transition metal clusters.
W
hen Joseph Richard LaP1ctra entered
lie relished these experiences.'
Marist College
in
1950
as a young
He
especially enjoyed working in the
student Brother, he had a choice
of
1wo majors:
science
labs ,, nh studcms
on
a one-10-one
English or Spanish. rhese were the
subjec1
basis, both indiv1duallr and in
small
groups.
areas that the \lanst Brothers thought ther'd
"Richard
was known to
be
a
gifted
and
creauve
need teachers for 1n four years. And so the
teacher," Barbara sa>·s.
"He
had the ab1ht} to
future, legendary chemistry professor chose
take difficul1 concepts and help his students 10
Spanish
understand 1hem, not necessarily
with the gli1z
Despne a lifelong interest in mastering
and gliner
of
todar's technology,
but frequently
languages-not JUSt Spanish, but
German,
wnh chalk and a blackboard \lost important
French, and Italian Richard LaP1ctra
began
was the· amazing connecuon and interest he
fulfilling his des1iny
to
be a
conveyed
to
his students."
science professor almost as soon
By
SH
A ILEEN KO
IP
EC
In early
2010,
the Marist
as he graduated from \1arist
.. . .
. . . . .
.. .. .. .. ..
. . . . . .
.. .. . College community was dcepl}'
While teaching at
St.
Helena
saddened br Richard's passing at
High School in the Bronx, he took
chemistry
age 77. Knowing how much her husband loved
courses at Fordham and then went on Lo the
to challenge and encourage his students
to
be
Catholic University of America 10
complete
a
their
best, and wanting to
link
his name with
PhD sum ma cum laude in the field he loved.
\1arist man enduring way that also ad,·anced
He also loved teaching at Manst College high standards in his field, Barbara established
for 41 years-not only chemistry, but also
the Dr
J.
Richard LaP1etra ·54 Sponsored
physics and mathemallcs for a ume. Teaching Student Research Fund To Enhance Excellence
meant everything
LO
the
professor emeritus and
m Chemistry Studies.
Her
contribution has
Manst College Heritage Professor,
says his wife, enabled Manst to create an endowment, or
Barbara. He especiallr Io,·ed the
·aha"
moment. permanent fund. which the College invests to
"At
the beginning of a semester, Richard generat,e
a generous annual a,,ard in perpctully
was aware of the blank faces as students strug-
The La Pietra Fund supports top chemistry
gled to understand
the
subject mancr," she says. and biochemistry students pursuing faculty-
"He then reJoiced in seeing the light in their
mentored faculty-student research. wuh an
eyes after se,·eral
sessions,
when ther
'got
it.'
overarching
goal to inspire students to pursue
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MAGAZINE
a level of research that merits peer-re,·iewed
scien11fic
publication and/or presentation at
regional, national. or international science
forums. :\otablr. 1he fund annually under-
wrues a generous supcnd for an outstanding
student to pursue summer research in collab-
orauon with a Manst chemistry professor.
This experience deepens a student's academ-
ic resume in a significant way Since most
students must work to help wnh their educa-
uonal expense, this underwntmg makes for
an especially attractive opportunny.
The first student to benefit from
the
LaPtctra fund is Coleen Nemes
'13.
a chemis-
try maJor from Edison, NJ. who plans to pursue
a PhD m physical or inorganic chemistry. This
past summer Nemes teamed up with Dr. John
Galbraith, associate professor of chemistry,
who came to Manst m
2001
afier postdoctoral
appointments at 1hc Um,·ersit}'
of Washing1on
and 1he Hebre,, Um\'ersll}' in Jerusalem. His
research
focuses on the theoreucal aspeCis
of chemical bonding
through
computational
modeling.
Together.
the professor and student worked
on determining the molecular geometnes and
electronic spin states of small transition
metal
clusters. 'The goal was 10
understand the
reason
for the exceptionally high spin states in
these
molecules in the hope of discO\·enng a means























of predicting the spin states of larger transi-
tion metal
clusters," says Galbraith.
"Transition
metal
clusters
are important because of
their
possible catalytic activity."
Catalysts are signifi-
cant in
many industrial processes, from
energy
processing
to
food
processing
to bulk chemical
production. One estimate had catalytic
process-
es annually generating $900 billion in products
worldwide.
The pair
collaborated with Glen Ferguson,
a
2004
Marist
graduate who received his
PhD
at
Indiana
University and currently holds a
postdoctoral
position at Argonne National
Laboratory.
Nemes says
her
favorite part of
the project
was analyzing
the
results of
their
calculations
and
then pondering
their significance.
"These
times required looking at things in a way I
never
had
to
before,"
she says. "In all my prior chem-
istry
classes, everything taught was
for the
most
part
common
knowledge
for any chemist. With
research
you are
looking
at things that are
fresh
and still a
mystery.
For
instance,
the high spin
states in small transition
metal
clusters we were
looking at are
not
in any chemistry book."
Galbraith
says
it's
exciting for students
to
transition from learning from
the
body of
knowledge established by people before them
to being
one of
the
people
who
contributes
to that
body of knowledge. "Coleen
did
very
well this summer.
It
did
not
take her long to
become independent
and direct
the
project
in
new,
unforeseen
directions. I
believe that she
will have
her
pick of top graduate programs."
During the summer, Nemes
presented find-
ings
at a conference at Bucknell University.
"Coleen shows
the
ability and
temperament
to
be an excellent chemist," says School of Science
Interim
Dean Neil Fitzgerald, who is
himself
a
chemist.
"Presenting
her research this summer
gave Coleen
the
confidence to know
that the
work she
is
doing can stand shoulder-to-shoul-
der with research work of others on a
national
stage." The research team
is
continuing
its
work
and
hopes
LO
have
a manuscript
for
publication
by early
2012.
The dean praised the LaPietra
Fund
for
allowing
future
generations of students
the
financial freedom to devote
their summer to
a
research
project.
"Many
students will look
back on
this
experience as a defining point in
their professional lives."
As the
rirst
faculty-sponsored summer
researcher
to carry on
the
legacy of Dr.
J.
Richard LaPietra,
Coleen Nemes
might
well
agree. Calling
her
experience
"a
gateway into
so
many possibilities,"
she says,
"I
hope Mrs.
LaPietra
knows how
much
this
can
impact
a
student's
life."
As the wife of a dedicated chemist and
master teacher, Barbara LaPietra
does
indeed
know.
"This
is
a gift
Richard
would
have
embraced."
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Shaileen Kopec
is
Marist's senior development
officer
for planned
giving
and endowment
support.
Ma ·ist's
New Summer
Research
Stipends
Ma dmize
Opportunities
for Science
Majors
S
trong faculty-student bonds and qual-
ity
~ndergraduate
research have long
been hallmarks of Marist College's School of
Science. This past year, thanks to a fund estab-
lished by Mrs. Barbara LaPietra to honor her
late huspand's
41
years of service as a chem-
istry pnofessor and mentor, a new program
is enriching this experience for some Marist
undergraduate science majors.
The mission of the Dr.
J.
Richard LaPietra
'54
Sponsored Student Research Fund To
Enhanc1e
Excellence in Chemistry Studies-
to underwrite top chemistry students pursuing
scientific
research with faculty members, with
the aim
of
presenting and/or publishing in a
national forum-so inspired School of Science
faculty that a
second,
similar award was estab-
lished with institutional funding and a goal of
benefiti 1g any science major.
This decision formalized Marist's Summer
Student Research Program, whereby students
are com1petitively
awarded a generous stipend
for 10 wreeks of full-time, faculty-sponsored
summe~ research. The first recipients
of
these
researd stipends are chemistry major and
LaPietra researcher Coleen Nemes
'13
and
em·i-
ronmem,al science major and Marist researcher
Seth Brilltle
'12.
School
of
Science Interim Dean Neil
Fitzgerald answered the following questions
about Marist's Summer Student Research
Program.
Why is tlhis a significant program?
Undergtaduate research done collaborath·ely
with fawlty members, at such a high le\·el and
in such a sustained way, gives our students
a great
advantage
when applying to gradu-
ate scho1ol,
professional school, and scientific
positions in industry. It enables students to
put thedry into practice, to hone their prob-
lem-soh•'ing
skills, and to
gain
in
confidence.
Because
!stipends
are now available,
these future
scientists don't have to choose between typi-
cal summer jobs they need to pay for
college
and great opportunities to do research in their
fields.
How would you rate the faculty-sponsored
research activities at Mari st this summer?
The summer research program was a wonder-
ful success. The students were involved in real
research, presented results on a national stage,
collaborated with high-quality research insti-
tutions-Argonne National Laboratory and
Wright State University-and are in a posi-
tion to be
coauthors
of peer-re\·iewed
scientific
publications.
It
gave these
students
a taste of
scientific research
(both
the challenges and
successes)
and
a glimpse into the exciting world
of
scientific
discO\·ery.
What motivates faculty to help
students
like Coleen and Seth?
School of Science facult
}' members have
always
been student-focused
and
motivated to provide
the best possible educational experience for
our
students. Seeing students like Coleen and Seth
learn and mature over the course
of
an
expe-
rience like this is very rewarding for faculty
members and builds bonds bet ween faculty and
students that often last well after
graduation.
What are your hopes for the future
in this area?
I hope we
can
expand this program and give
more top students a chance to excel and to
elevate their professional sights. To do so, we
need the financial support of science gradu-
ates and other alumni, as well as parents and
friends, who recognize the great value of this
experience. Underwriting a research stipend
for JUSt
one summer can change a student's life
forever. And that future Marist graduate could
ultimately change the lives
of so
many others,
for the better.
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2011-2012
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10
All the World's
a Stage
Sophomore
Mitchell
DeSimo111e
took
a
year off from college to perform
in the
spectacular
Irish
step-dancin,g
showcase
Lord
of the Dance
as it toured the
world. Now he's back
at Maris:t
to fulfill
another
ambition:
becoming
a teacher.
M
itchell DeSimone was
in the
dress-
This is only one of the
many memories
ing room going over dance
moves
he
DeSimone
has
from pursuing
his
dream of
had just learned
for
the
musical and
dance
being a professional dancer,
taking
a year off
production
Lord of the
Dance
when a couple
from
school to perform on
tour
with Lord of
of
the
o,ther dancers came
in.
"You're
up
in
the Dance.
10
minutes-the other guy got
hurt,"
they
He
had sent
in
a tape for his audition while
said.
"You're
taking his place
in the opening
he
was also auditioning for a dance show at
number."
Busch Gardens
in
Virginia, where
he planned
Scared out of his
mind, he
got
tO
have a summer job.
ready
to•
go on stage.
He
had only
BY MYLES
WILLI
AMS
'13
"l
answered
the
phone
from
just
learned
the
dances
and did
...............................
a
random
number, and some
not know
the
spot changes and other move-
woman said, 'Hi,
this is
Gretchen
with Lord
ments a1round the stage.
They
gave him the
of
the Dance.
We're just wondering if you would
man's costume, which seemed designed
for
a
be
available
this
summer to tour with
us?"
and
man three inches taller and 100 pounds heavi-
I
was like, "Sorry .. .What??"
er
than
he was.
DeSimone always wanted
to
perform in
He struggled
to
the
stage, trying
to
keep
Lord
of the Dance. His friends and
family
were
his pants
from falling.
He
was inches
very supportive. Some of
his
friends already
away
from
the stage when someone were in the show, which
made
performing even
from behind
grabbed him after
more fun.
playing
probably the biggest
DeSimone's
dad wanted his oldest son to be
prank of DeSimone's life.
a baseball player, but even as a child growing
"After that
l
felt
pretty
up in Redding, CT, DeSimone
knew
he wanted
confident," he says,
to
be a dancer. Before
he
was in
kindergarten,
laughing.
he
saw a
tap
dancer on
Sesame Street and his
decision
about his future
was made.
"I
had to
force my parents
to
let me take
lessons,
but
they
eventually gave
in."
He
started with ballet,
tap,
and jazz,
picking
up
Irish dancing
when he was about 11.
"It
just took off from there."
Growing
up,
DeSimone
studied many styles
of
dance.
"I
started with ballet,
tap,
and
jazz,"
he
says.
"I
picked up Irish
dancing when
I
was
about
11
and it just took off from
there."
When going
into
rehearsal for
the
first
time for Lord of the
Dance,
DeSimone,
20,
had
to
adjust to his new surroundings. The
new environment and being surrounded
by
many
professional
dancers was
intimidating
for
him at first.
DeSimone
says one of
the
dancers,
who was 35 years old, had
been
performing in
Lord
of the
Dance
for 17 years. But
DeSimone's
friends reminded him that
as
part
of the show,
he was a professional
dancer as well.
"It's
weird
tO
wrap my head around that,"
he
says.
One of the challenges
DeSimone
had
to
overcome was the preparation for the show.
He
says
that
the male
dancers had
to learn
12
numbers
within a few weeks.
"I
learned
the whole show in
the
weekend
I was
in
Philadelphia and a week and a
half
in
Taiwan," he
says.
"When
you're meant
to
learn
a
dance, it's
not
like, learn the dance
and work
on it. You're meant
to learn
the dance
and
then
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that night be able to do
it
in the show.
It's
a
lot
thrown
at you, and it's kind of stressful."
The first night that DeSimone performed
in Lord of
the
Dance was in front of 15,000
people
in
Taipei. Later the crowds were even
larger:
33,000
in Paris, 22,000
in
Detroit.
As
the
year went on, he became more
relaxed.
"When you're nervous about the steps
and don't
know
them very well, hearing any
positive
reaction
from
the
audience is a huge
relief. Once you reach the
point
where you
can do the steps in your sleep, you get up there
and the
people
just
flip
out, especially after the
finale. When they call you
back
for an encore,
it's the
biggest
adrenaline high."
The group performed
in Taiwan,
Portugal, Switzerland, France, Germany, the
Netherlands, the United States, Canada, and
Brazil. On days off, DeSimone and his friends
in
the
show went sightseeing.
"lf
there were a
big
city nearby that we
wanted
LO
go to and weren't going to get
there
on tour, we would go there for the
day.
For
instance, when we toured
in the
Netherlands,
we went to AmsLerdam."
Missing school to be
in
the Lord of the
Dance was
Lhe least
of DeSimone's worries.
A biology education major with minors
in
psychology
and environmental science, he
stayed in contact wiLh professors and did a
lot
of reading while away.
Still,
he
says
there
was a
lot
to adjust to
coming back
LO
Marist,
getting back into the
routine of going
Lo
class and doing homework.
"I
wanted
to take
more than a year off. lt's hard
to
come back."
So far
he
says his year is not going too
badly.
When
DeSimone
returned to Marist,
he
returned
to
Dance Ensemble. Before
taking the
year off, he
had
choreographed
Irish dance
for
the
ensemble. Back on campus this past fall,
he
choreographed an Irish step piece for
the
ensemble's November show.
His
assistance to Dance Ensemble shows
that
he is
really committed
LO
what
he
does,
according to Dance Ensemble Show Committee
Manager Erin Graetzer
'13
and President
Arianna Cesa '12. "Before he left, he choreo-
graphed a contemporary, high-energy Irish
step number
that
made the style of dance more
"When
you're
nervous
about the
steps and don't know them very well,
hearing
any positive reaction
from
the audience
is a huge relief.
Once
you reach
the point where
you can do the steps in your sleep,
you get up there and the people just
flip out, especially
after the finale.
When
they call you back
for an encore,
it's the biggest adrenaline
high."
One
of
the cl~allenges was the preparation for the show.
The
male dancers
had
to learn
12
numbers
willhin only a
few
weeks.
popular
in
our club," says Graetzer.
"He's
very
willing to work with all levels of dancers
LO
give them the opportunity
to
dance in an Irish
number.
H,,ving
an
Irish
step number gives
our show d1iversity,
as well as having a
male
choreographer.··
"We're
happy
to
have
him
back," says Cesa.
"His
first semester that he choreographed, he
used a current song instead of traditional Irish
step
music
and everyone
loved it.
Ever since
then our
Irish
sLep pieces have been choreo-
graphed to current music and very popular
in
our show. Hte works very well with his dancers
and
is
always willing to work with beginners,
demonstrating a
lot
of patience and dedication
to our club."
He
also
teaches
private
lessons
and
fills in for his dance teacher,
Kevin
Broesler.
There is
dance in
his future
if he
wants it.
He says
Lord
of the Dance has invited him to
come back after graduation and has offered
him an audition.
However, DeSimone now
has
other plans.
''I'll probably only go back until I
can
find a job
teaching.
and
that's
only
if l'm
still
fit
enough
to
dance at that stage. I'd
like
LO
teach
high
school biology when
I
graduate."
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collection
recently
given to Marist
College
lets students,
researchers,
and the
public
see history
up close.
"My
first reaction when I heard that
we had these letters was disbelief
mixed with excitement!"
says Gianna
D'Ambrosca
'12. "As
a history student
I was especially
excited that they are
written by historical figures whom
I had studied and admired. To have
something tangible from someone I'd
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of Founiding
Fathers
Donated
to Marist
Archives
O
n any given day, students hunch at carrels in the James
A.
Cannavino Library, every
now and then looking out the window at the mighty Hudson River to be inspired
or simply
to
rest their eyes
from
laptop screens. Online, they can view primary documents
in repositories worldwide. Now,
they
can also step
into
the library's own archives and see
the
real
things,
such as
letters
firom America's Founding Fathers. A remarkable collection
recently donated to Marist College,
the Reese
Family Papers, features unique items includ-
ing letters signed by Thomas
Jefferson,
James Madison, and other figures
prominent
in
American history.
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5, 1806,
from President Thomas Jefferson to, Ebenezer Stevens concerned a wine purchase.
Stevens
was an officer in the Continental army who also sold
su1pplies
to the
military. His
descendants donated
historic papers to Mari st College.
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"It
is
an
amazing reeling to
handle a
letter
or
Thomas Jefferson
or
James Madison,
to
have
a
piece or
history
within your
hands,"
says
Kevin
Ruiz
'11,
who
served
two internships in the
archives. "As
we
slowly
make the move to digi-
tization
or such
important documents, rewer
and
fewer people will have the
opportunity
to
know that reeling
or amazement.
I find myself
one or
the lucky
few
to
have
been
able
to
do so."
"My first
reaction
when
I
heard that we
had
these leuers
was
disbelief
mixed with excite-
ment!" says
Gianna D'Ambrosca
'12, who in
fall
2011
started
her
fourth year or work
in the
archives. "As a
history
student
I
was especial-
ly excited
that they
are written by
historical
figures whom
I had
studied and
admired. To
have something
tangible from
someone I'd only
read about
in
books was very cool."
"For students and visiting researchers
to be
able
to handle
such items is exciting,"
says John
Ansley,
head
of archives and special collections.
"Having
the digital
copy
is nice, but it's not the
same as
holding the real
thing.
It
could
never
take the place,
for
me,
or
having
that tactile
response
of
handling
a
Thomas
Jefferson
letter
or a John
Jay
letter."
"It
is an amazing
feeling to handle
a
letter of Thomas
Jefferson
or James
Madison,
to have a piece of history
within your hands,"
says Kevin
Ruiz
'11. "As
we slowly make the move
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to digitization
of such important
documents,
fewer and fewer people
will have the opportunity
to know
that feeling of amazement.
I find
myself
one of the lucky
few to have
been able to do so."
Lineage and Legacy:
The Reese Family Papers
P
erhap,s it was Frances Stevens Reese's
roots
in the Hudson River
Valley that
led her to
leave
a
powerful legacy
that would preserve the
beauty of
:a part
of the valley forever.
Franny
Reese
was, a Marist
trustee
from 1984
until
her death
:at age 85
in 2003. The fight
she led
against
thee
destruction of the valley's
majes-
tic Storm
l<ing
Mountain set a
legal
precedent
for
people to
sue in environmental cases, to
go to court
to protect natural
assets that
they
don't
own such as air, water, and the
beauty
of
the
landsc:ape.Several
collections in the
Marist
College archives tell the story of
her life
and
the history of the environmental movement
in
the Hudson
Valley, in which she played a
major role.
ln
the early 1960s,
utility
company
Consolida1ted Edison wanted
to
blast away
part of Sto,rm King Mountain to build
a large
hydroelecnic power plant
there.
Reese
joined
a
fledgling
group called Scenic Hudson in
1964
and led a 17-year battle to stop
the develop-
ment of St,orm King and
preserve
the ecology
and
natural
beauty of
the
Hudson
Highlands.
Scenic Hudson won.
The lawsuit
against
Consolidated Edison became a legal
landmark
because it established
for the
first time that
citizens could gain
"standing''
in
federal courts
when thei, seek to
protect public resources
from
polluters
or developers. For her vision
and deternnination, Reese has been called one
of
the
founders of
the
modern-day environmen-
tal movement
in
the
United States.
Tens of thousands of documents
in
the
archives' Environmental
History
Collections
tell
the story of the Storm
King
case. Among
the
documents are
the Hudson River
Valley
Commission Collection:
Records Relating
to the
Storm
King
Case,
1966-1967,
and the Scenic
Hudson
Collection:
Records Relating to
the
Storm
King
Case, 1963-1981.
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6,
1802, from James Madison, secretary
of state to
President
Thomas
Jefferson,
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Stevens
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The
Reese
Famtl)
Papers.
one
of
17
collections
that make
up
I
he
Hudson
River Valley
H1s10ry Collecuon, document
the profcss1onal and personal
lives o[ ancestors, gomg back
to the 1750s, of Reese
and
her
husband, Willis I
1vingston
Mes1er
Reese. These predeces-
Highlights of the collec-
tion
are letters
to
Ebenezer Stevens from
Thomas Jefferson, James
Madison, John Jay, and
George Clinton on the
topic of artillery sales to
the colonial army.
letters penned by our Founding
f'athers,"
says
Raven Baptiste
Holder
'12. who
has worked
for
two years in the archi\'eS.
·From
childhood. we know who James
\ladison
was. or
who
Thomas
Jefferson was, and
then maybe
we
forget
and file
it
away with
sors were prominent residents of Dutchess
County, NY, for man>·
generations. In December
2010, Marist officially
acquired
the Reese
papers
in a
bequest from the Reese
family.
Notable among the ancestors \\as Ebenezer
Ste\'ens (1751-1823), who took part in the
Boston Tea Part)',
was commissioned as a first
lieutenant 111
the Arullery in 1775,
and fought
in the Baule
of
Bunker I
!ill.
George Washington
selected him
to
raise baualions against Quebec
to
JOll1
the expedn1on against Canada.
He
was
present at the surrender of Bnush general John
Burgoyne
at Saratoga on Oct. 17,
1777,
and
he
served under the French
general
the Marquis
de Lafayette
in
Virgm1a.
He
was
later trans-
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1781
was one of
the
commanders at the siege of
YorktO\\
n. By
1805 he had risen 10 the
rank
of
major
general and was
involved
in
the defense
of New York during the
War
of 1812. After his
milnary career he was a successful merchant
in New York and a member of the state assem-
bly.
Highlights
of the collecuon arc
letters
to
Ebenezer Stevens
from Thomas Jefferson.James
Mad1son,JohnJay. and George Clm1on on the
topic of aruller}' sales to the colomal army.
"It
was a pnnlege to be able to \'iew
long-passed history classes.
Bemg born 11110
modern-day America. we don·t
ha\'e to acll\'CI}'
thmk about how
It
got that
way, and when we
do,
we
might think ms1cad
of blurbs
111
textbooks,
and
the presidential
rock faces in South Dakota. The
time
passed
creates a kind
of
distance between the modern
American and the Founding Fathers. The) seem
almost a
part
of lore instead o[ an actual space
in
time,
and so to
look
on something
as palpa-
ble as a written letter is a
lot
hke
traveling, it
bridges the gap in an unexpected wa)'.
In addn1on to the letters, the collewon
111cludes
correspondence of Henry Liv111gston,
known
as
the
author of
the
famous
poem
"The
Night
Before
Christmas." The
papers
also
conta111
indentures. m1l11arr
documents, manu-
scripts of prose and poetr)'. scrapbooks. bills
of lading, mvo1ces,
promissor>·
notes,
canceled
checks,
financial
ledgers, d1anes,
passports,
newspaper chpp111gs.
and pho10s.
It's more than just a collection of auto-
graphs ... says Ansler
"It
reallr is the s10rr of
Ebenezer Ste\'cns·s life. at
least
as a promment
member of
the
colonial army;
he's
correspond-
mg with
Madison
and Jefferson.
You
get
to
see
how he fit 11110
that pan of our history. You see
the business side of
war:
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"For
students and visiting
researchers
to be able to
handle such items is exciting,"
says John
Ansley,
head of archives
and special
collections.
"Having
the digital copy is nice, but it's not the same as
holding
the real thing. It could
never take the place,
for me, of having
that tactile response
of handling
a Thomas
Jefferson
letter
or a John
Jay letter."
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American
and the Founding
Fathers,"
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Holder
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seem almost
'C:#1~·
a part of lore instead of an
actual space in time, and so to
look on something
as palpable
as a written letter is a lot like
traveling;
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as governor of New York from 1777 until
1795,
to the position of president of the Society of the
Cincinnati. The society was founded in 1783 by officers of the! Continental army and navy and
their
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President De nnisJ. Murray presented watches to Class of 1961 members
(left
to right) Bernie Matthews,
John Wilcox Bro. Pat Hogan, John Trainor, Bro. Nick Caffrey, John Brady, and Pat O'Neill.
Alumni
Return
for Homecoming
and R union
Weekend
H
l
mecomingand Reunion Weekend attracted more than 1,500 alumni
and their families and friends back to campus the weekend of Sept. 24
ard 25. All classes ending in 1 or 6 participated in reunion celebrations.
Highligh s included 10 reunion receptions, the Family Picnic, the football
game, the Marist College Theatre Hall ofFame induction, and the presentation
honoring the Class of 1961 to commemorate its SO-year reunion.
While on can~pus
for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2011, Bill O'Reilly
'71,
a former member of
Marist's foo1'ball team, spoke to the Red Foxes before their game against Georgetown.
















Six Inducted
Into Theatre
Hall of Fame
During Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, the Marist C llege
The-
atre Hall of Fame again honored those who
ha\'e made
o tstanding
contributions
to
theatre at Marist. Inductees
into the Hall
f Fame for
2011 were Dr. Donald Anderson, Miss)' Payne DiNunno 03, Diane
"Dee Nell"
Hardgra\'e
'82,
Jim Joseph
'91,
Bob Mathews'
7, and
Jim
Steinmeyer
'71.
The Hall of Fame pro\'ides an opportunity
to
honor c ntributors
while also inspiring current students to achie,·e excellenc in
theatre.
To be inducted
into the Hall of Fame, alumni recipients ust ha\'e
been graduated for at
least
fi\'e years. Criteria include not ble abilit)'
to collaborate, exceptional work ethic, commitment
to
qpalit)', and
abundant
participation
in any \'ariety of positions or leade ·ship roles.
Alumni achieving career success in theatre are also eligibl for induc-
tion. Other candidates for nomination are faculty, staff, or, nists who
have
demonstrated long-standing service and
dedication
t theatre at
Marist.
Nominations are solicited each year from alumni and embers of
the
Manst
community. The induction is held annually at
e College
during
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, and inducte s, alumni,
family, and the greater Marist community are
in\'itcd.
A H,,11
of Fame
plaque
hsting members is on permanent display in
the I
bby
of
the
Nelly Goletll Theatre.
Please send your nomina11ons for the 2012 Theatre
H·1ll
of Fame
lO
ProL \latt
Andrews, director of the Theatre Program matthew.
andrews@manst.ec.lu. Please
include
the candidate's name, ~raduation
year
if
an alumnus/a, and a
hrief
background for each subm ssion. The
deadline
is March
I, 2012.
Honorees who attended the Hall of Fame induction ceremon·ywere
(left
to right) Bob Mathews
'67,
Dr. Donald Anderson, Missy Payne DiNunno
'03,
Jim Joseph
'91,
and Jim Steinmeyer
'71.
Honoree Diane
"Dee
Nell"
Hardgrave
'82
was not present. Below, alumni and theirfamiliies
enjoyed
the Family Picnic on Marist's
campus
green.
Christina Cappo
'15
received the 2011 Alumni Legacy Scholarship. From
left are Christopher Cappo
'88/'00M,
Christina, Gigi Cappo
'06,
Marist
Alumni Association Vice President Marie Esperancilla Wicks
'86,
and
President Dennis J. Murray.
Alumni
Legacy
Scholarship
Awarded
During Homecoming
and
Reunion
Weekend, the Marist Alumni
Association
presented
the 2011 Alumni Legacy Scholarship
to
Chris-
t
ma Cappo '15. Christina, a 2011 graduate of Our
Lady
of Lourdes
High
School (Poughkeepsie, NY), is enrolled in
the
Bachelor of Ans
m English
program
at Marist and hopes to become an author or
college
professor.
The Alumni Legacr Scholarship 1s awarded each rear
to
a son or
<laughter of a Mari st graduate who has shown outstanding academic
and
leadership
quahues
throughout
his or
her high
school career or
college career
(in
the case of a
transfer
student) and
possesses the
potenual to succeed at Manst. Further details about the scholarship,
includmgan
appltca11on,
are available at www.marist.edu/financial-
a1d/alumscholarsh1p.html.
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1953
Bro.James Ryan
remembers working
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six summers (1956 to 1961) on build-
.~
ing
projects at Marist.
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1956
S
John Duggan
and
his
wire, Anne,
;:::5
continue lo enjoy their grandchil-
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dren, Devon Jack,
Finn Padraig,
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and
Mckenna Rose.
Anne continues
~
to teach CPR classes at St.
Francis
Hospital
while
John
volunteers at
Winthrop University
Hospital.
1959
Bro.James
F. Adams
and
Bro.
Alben
Phillipps
recently
compleLed a two-
year study for
the
Archdiocese or
Santa Fe
and
the
American Province
of the
Marist Brothers
on the feasibil-
ity of esLablishing
a Cristo Rey-model
school
in
Albuquerque, NM. Brother
Jim
has
now
returned to
New York
Lo
serve as
director
of Champagnat
Hall,
the retirement
home of
the
Marists in
the
Northeast.
1964
John Doss has
two daughters, Ellen
Doss-Pepe,
PhD (RPI), and Lauren
Doss, DDS (NYU College
or Dentistry),
and
three
grandchildren: Christian
Doss and
twins
Elizabeth
and Whitney
Doss-Pepe.
1965
Anthony Causa
is
happily
starting
his
12Lh
year of
retirement'
I
Rev.
Michael Perry
is a recipient of the
2011
Peacemaker
Award given by the
organizaLion
Pax Christi Metro New
York.
He
is
the pastor
of Our
Lady
of
Refuge
Church in
Brooklyn,
NY, and
was one of
the
first Marist students
to
study abroad in
Lhe
program
that
was
started by Bro. Joseph L.R. Belanger
'48.
IJeremiah
Sheehan's
son, Kevin,
received
his
MBA
from Marist
in
2010.
Kevin
is
a 1989 graduate of SUNY
Maritime and is employed by Central
Hudson.
I
Ronald Streck
welcomed
his
first
grandchild, Taylor Ann, in
July
2011.
lrnnw•we
~
1966
John Barry
sends
news
or his fifth
grandchild, Nicholas James.
I
Peter
Nesleroke
and
his
wife, Sandy,
are
both
retired and living
on the
Russian
River
77
miles
northwest of
San Francisco. They are kicking back
and
traveling.
"Enjoyed
Lhe home-
coming
Lhis
year,"
he
wriLes,
"seeing
mi
amigos and
the
beautiful Marist
campus."ljames
Waters
has spent
30 years teaching visually impaired
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students at
the
New York I institute for
Special Education
and is getting ready
to retire
soon.
1967
Leo Berendes
is
a U.S. Sailing race
officer.judge,
and umpire im training.
U.S. Sailing is the national governing
body for the sport or sailin;g.
lHarold
Christie
retired in 2004 aher
teach-
ing
for 35 years
in the Hyde
Park
(NY) Central School District.Ijames
Clancy
recently
retired aher 44 years
working with adult and junior crim-
inal offenders.
He
is spending time
with
his
three
grandchildren
and
catching up with old friend:;.
I
Dennis
Mega
appeared
in Baseball:
.A
New York
Love
Story,
which aired in fall 2010 on
WNET-TV,
the
New York metro area
public television
sLation.
H,e appeared
in four of
the
program's five episodes,
sharing his memories of
th1~
Brooklyn
Dodgers.
He
spoke about his experi-
ences as a devoted fan of the Dodgers
and
how
they affected his childhood
and adolescent years.
1968
Richard Amodeo
retired as a
medi-
cal administrator and
has
Jpassed
the
IRS
exams
to
become licensed as an
enrolled agent
Lo
practice tax prep-
aration
and
representatiorn.
I
Ronald
LORY
MARCH 1-5
li
MassMutual
•Center
LaSusa
and his wife,
Rosemary Owen
LaSusa
'84,
are busy promoting
their
business,
Rosemary
Flower Shop
in
Wappingers
Falls, NY, through
its
Web
site and social
media. The
flower shop
was started by Rosemary's parents
in
1949,
and Ron and
Rosemary
purchased
it
in
1987. Rosemary
is
president
and
runs the
daily operation
while
Ron
handles
the
financial side
and the marketing.
I
Edward Weyant
retired arter 30 years of
teaching at
New London (CT)
High
School.
He
is
still doing public address announcing
for the Connecticut
Tigers
and UConn
soccer,
hockey,
and baseball.
1969
Charles Bullon
retired in June 2010
after
teaching pan-time
at Santa Ana
College for several years.
lnamiMa
~
1971
Since graduating,
Jim Eaton
has
been doing carpentry, plumbing,
and electrical work.
I
Patricia
Mikus
Rittenhouse
is still teaching and also
is
learning
classical Greek.
1972
Edward Flournoy
is
pursuing
a
PhD in public
policy
at Walden
University,
concentrating in law and
policy. Expected graduaLion
date
is
2013.
He
is a grandfather of four.
I
John Glennon
and
his
wife,
Linda,
welcomed
their
eighth grandchild,
Ace Manin Steinhauser.
1973
Daniel Faison's
son, Daniel Scou,
graduated
from
Marisl in the Class
of 2011.
1974
James Berls
is living in
Vernon, NJ,
with his wire, Pauy, and working at
Cytec
Industries
as a credit manag-
er.I
Gary Defraia
earned his PhD
at
the
CiLy UniversiLy
of New York.
He
is directing programs for
the
Department
of Defense, addressing
psychological
health
and
traumatic
brain injury among service members.
I
Tom Gill
continues
to
serve as
direc-
tor of special education ror Putnam/
Northern Westchester BOCES. His
wife,
Barbara Hanna Gill,
has retired
from
Hendrick Hudson
schools and
works as an educational consul-
tant. Their son, Rob, graduated from
Vassar and is studying communi-
cation disorders.
Their daughter,
Bernadeue, was
to
graduate from
University or Vermont in
December
2011.1
Charles Huber
and
his
wife,
Sharon, will become grandparents in
March 2012.IMark
Takacs
and
his
wife, Eileen,
had
a busy and excit-
ing
year. Both of their sons, Marc and
Scott, were married in 2011.
1975
Lisa
Calapa
retired
in
June 2011
after teaching Spanish for 35 years
at
Monroe-Woodbury
High
School in
Central Valley, NY.
IJim
Ellioll
has
been an auorney with
the
Federal
Trade Commission
in its
Dallas
office
for 22 years. He
recently
spent a week
in Nicaragua where he provided tech-
nical assistance to that government's
consumer
protection
agency.Jim
and
his wife, Barbara,
live in
University
Park, Texas, and
have two
children.
lzB:lh\-UC
~
1976
Robert Cunningham
has
accumu-
lated
34 years or state service with
the
Department
of Corrections
and
Community Supervision
and
is
the
superintendent at
Woodbourne
Correctional
Facility
in
Sullivan
County, NY.I
William Manzi
retired
in
August 2010 arter 34 years with
the
New
York
State
Police
as a communi-
cations specialist. He now can usually
be found on his
local
golf course.
I
Edward McKenna
has
been with the
,i111;11-mt:
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flag dendtes
classes
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Alumni Executive Board
Honors President Emeritus
Richard Foy 'SO with Naming
of New Alumni Award
T
he exccuuve board of the Marist College
Alumni Association recently established
three distinguished alumni awards. The awards
were created to honor bachelor's and/or master's
recipients whose work following graduation
merits recognition.
for the honor an individual must ha\'e
a contmuous record of distmguished
service in a chosen field of endeavor
that is related
to
the objectives and
purposes of Marist College. "After 53
years, Dr. Foy'sserviceand commitment
to the College as well as his presence
on campus remain strong," says Amy
Woods '97, executive directorof alumni
relations. "It's only fitting that the re-
cipient of this award embody the same
qualnies and characteristics."
In addition to the Dr. Linus Richard
Foy Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna
Award, the Alumni Association also un-
veiled the Marist College Distinguished
Ser\'ice Award and the Marist College
Young Alumni Award. The Alumni
The most prestigious award is the Dr. Linus
Richard
Foy
Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna
Award, named for ~larist College President
Emeritus Dr. Linus Richard Foy '50. In 1958,
at the age of 28, he became the youngest col-
lege president in the United States. It was
under his
leadership
that the College grew
from Marian to Marist and the mission of the
College was broadened
to
include lay male and
female students.
\\ ith a co le ofbuildings," the president emeri-
tus says. We really had
to
convince teachers
to
teach tierc."
Association encourages members of the Marist
College community to nominate outstanding
individuals for the 2012 alumni awards by Feb.
15, 2012. To learn more about all three awards
or to nominate a deserving alumnus/a, please
visit W\\'w.marist.edu/alumni/awards.html.
■
"\\'hen
I
began my work as president, it
IMarisL College] was an unaccredited college
The D' Linus Richard
Foy
award recognizes
distingui hed service to a profession, the Col-
lege, the
Lion, or humanil)'- To be considered
Federal
Aviation
Administration
for
34
years and
is
the
acting air traffic
manager
at
the
LaGuardia
air traffic
control tower.
I
Robert McMahon's
son, Chris,
is
a
member
of
Marist's
Class of
2014.
IMary
Beth Preiffer
received
several
top
national
awards
in 2011 for
her
"Money
Pit/Money
Maker:
Developmental
Centers and
the Medicaid Match"
series
that
appeared
in
the
Poughkeepsie
Journal
duringJune
through
November
2010.
The series
won
a
Public
Service
award
from
the
Associated Press
Managing
Editors association and
the Lop
honor
in its
category from the
National
Headliner
Awards competition.
1977
Brian Benneu's
daughter, Kerry, is
a member of Marist's Class of 2014.
"I
love
coming back to campus and
seeing all the outrageous
improve-
ments
made,"
he
writes.
"It
makes
me
want to return!"IJeffrey
Nick's
son,
Jordan,
a member of the Class
of 2009,
became
engaged. His <laugh-
ter, Natalie,
a
current Marist student,
received
the
Presidential
Scholarship
and Watson Scholarship
and
made the
Dean's List
for
four straig,ht
semesters
during her
first
two years at
Marist.1
'ona
Petioni-Chambers,
retired
from
Verizon after 30 years of service.
1978
Dennis Cosgrove's
daughter.Jacquie,
is a
member
of Marist's Class of
2014
and
a
member
of
the
U-Marist team.
I
Lorraine Holley Delga1do
has been
teaching at
Our
Lady
of Lourdes High
School since 1995.
Her
son, Chris,
graduated from college and
is in the
82nd Airborne Unit of
I.he
Army
in
Fort
Bragg, NC.
1979
Russell Beckley
has
be,en the direc-
tor of security for Gree:nrock Corp.
for
the
past 10 years. Gre·enrock
over-
sees
Rockefeller
estate and Rockefeller
family properties in Westchester
Count
y.1
Christopher Faille
began
writing a regular column
this past
summer for Forbes.com under
the
title "Great Speculations."
1980
Richard
Sohanchyk's
company,
On
Point, has
been
designing digital
communications collateral such
as
e-newsletters,
banner
ads, and one-to-
one
marketing using
variable data in
conjunction with
traditional market-
ing such as print ads and direct mail.
Jna:1P\•UI\-
~
1981
Peter Spratt,
the
son of
Mary
Dubatowka
and
James Spratt
'91,
is
a freshman at
Marist.lJim
Townsend
will
be
the
announcer booth stage
manager for
MSG
Networks'
tele-
casts of New Jersey
Devils
and New
York
Islander
hockey games for
the
17th
consecutive year.
He is
also
stage manager for Showtime
boxing
and mixed martial arts
telecasts
and
producer/director
for
the
United States
Equestrian Federation Network.
He
produced
the
first-ever
high-definition
telecast of
women's
professional
bowl-
ing.
I
Scott Young is
a capture team
leader
in
the
marketing and
strategy
group of
Pratt
&
Whitney
Rocketdyne.
He
resides in
Huntington
Beach,
Calif.,
with
his
wife,
Kristine,
and their chil-
dren
Shelby, 5,
and Paul,
3.
1982
Dr. Diane
"Dee
Nell" Hardgrave
was
one of six honorees
inducted
in 2011
to
the Marist College
Theatre Hall
of
Fame.
1983
Joanne Bald
lives
in Raleigh,
NC, and
has
worked for IBM
for more than 28
years. She 1s
a program manager
of
visual
media
services.
I
Bernadette
Cosner Smilovic
has lived
in
Bozeman, MT,
for the past six years.
I
Peter Fredsall
and his wife,
Cheryl
Bowering
'84,
have
a son, Arthur, 7,
and a
daughter, Robin,
12.1
Mark
Wickham's
daughter, Brooke, is
in
Marist's Class of 2014.
Each year, a group of former Marist
classmates travels to see the Giants
or Jets on the road. In 2011 the group
flew to Buffalo for the Jets vs. Bills Nov.
6. Left to right are Pete Stuebe
'77
of
Yorktown Heights, NY, Bob Goodwin
'77
of Amherst, NY, John Reilly '76 of
Eastchester, NY, Tom Pryor of New York,
NY, Bill Turner '76 of Yonkers, NY, Dave
Richardson
'78
of Waxhaw, NC, and Jim
Dirscherl
'76
of Old Bridge, NJ.
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notes
1984
Theresa
Abad Swierzowski's
daugh-
Ler
is a sophomore at Marist and
•
~
loves
it.I
Cheryl
Bowering
and her
~
husband,
Peter Fredsall
'83, have a
C
son, Arthur, 7, and a daughter, Robin,
H
12.
2
1985
...,..f"'4
Steven Eastwood
got married in
~
September 2011.IGregory
Hart
and
fellow Marist grad and business part-
ner
Jennifer Bohanan
have
opened
an office of their renewable energy
company,
the
Big Wind, LLC, in
Dublin and are now providing wind
turbines to schools and municipali-
ties
in Ireland
as well as
in
New York
City and New
Jersey.
He accepted
the
Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of Saint
John
of Jerusalem
of Rhodes and of Malta in 2012.1
Christine
DiGrandi-Jones
was
awarded Realtor Emerita status with
the National Association
ofRealtors.1
Shawn
Mulligan
is district president
for Northeast operations
for
Robert
Half International. He
has
three
boys.Jaime.
11,
Casey, 8, and Kelly,
4.IThomas
Lehrkinder
and his wife,
Lynne McGahan Lehrkinder
'86,
are very proud of
their
son, Timothy,
who
is a
member
of
Marist's
Class of
2015.
~nnm•uc
~
1986
Annemarie
Biggs
Cichy's
son,
Ryan,
is
a freshman at Marist.lAlan
DiGiovanni
is
director of claims
at Majestic
Insurance
Co.
I
Lynne
McGahan Lehrkinder
and her
husband,
Thomas
Lehrkinder
'85,
are very proud of their son, Timothy,
who is a member of Marist's Class of
2015.
IKevin
Reilly
has been
"livin'
the
life on
the
left coast since 2000."
1987
Thomas
Marren
has retired from the
New York City Police Department
after 23 years of service. He was a
captain and
the
commanding offi-
cer of the Bronx Vice Enforcement
Squad. Tom
has
taken a position with
Lazard
LLC in
international securi-
ty.
I
Peggy
McKeon
shared the news
that her sister, Christin Brown.
has
been appointed an IBM Distinguished
Engineer.
The designation recognizes
outstanding technical achievements
and
leadership.I
Robert
G. Saunders
and
Ellen Fitzpatrick
Saunders
welcomed
a son. Colton Spencer,
born
April 19, 2011. Colton is their seventh
child.
I
Gary Smith
Jr.
was
named
area regional manager of the year at
22
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Teva
Neuroscience for
the third
time
in the
past four years.
1988
Roger
Ardanowski
joined
the
firm
Middleberg Communic:ations as
managing director of its profession-
al services group.
I
Allison
Hughes
Stanton is
attending the Joint
Military Attache Spous,e Program
at the Defense Intelligence Agency
to
prepare for
her
role as diplomat
of the American Embass.y in Accra.
Ghana. She will be accompanying
her
husband,
Army Lt. C,ol. Dwayne
Stanton, who is the military attache
designate for Ghana. Togo. and Benin.
Their entire family will be moving
to
Ghana
in
April 2012 for a three-year
tour with the American Embassy.
I
Thomas McGrath
is a GE Aviation
Military
Systems
business compliance
leader.
He and
his
wife, Michelle.
ha\'e
been married 19 years and
have
four
children: Tom. 13. Emily. 11, Kellen,
8, and Anjali. 8.
IRobert:
O'Connor
Jr.
and
his
wife. Clare, welcomed a
baby girl. Abigail,
born March 3. 2010.
They were expecting their second baby
in
November 2011.
1989
Susanne
Lynn
Wilson traveled
to
Paris
last
spring
with her
family.
They love to ski during
the
winter and
"hang
at
the
beach" in summer.
1990
Sean Graham
and his wile welcomed
Lheir
first child, Coleman Cash, in
March 2011 and are
"absolutely
stoked" about him. Se,m also has
started the Marist Millionaires Club
- he says all are welcome!
I
Richard
Guerreiro
moved
LO
New Mexico
and is writing and acting in feature
films and writing lyrics fo,r local musi-
cians.
lJennifer
Schiffer Freeh
and
her
husband, Vince, live outside of
Raleigh, NC, where Vinc,e
is
a profes-
sor of computer science at NC State.
Jennifer is homeschooling
four of their
six children and enjoying the plea-
sures of having a big family.
lPiaN·U
■
:=
1991
Shamus
Barnes
enjoyed playing in
the Marist Rugby alumni game and
winning with the "old b,oys" despite
a dislocated shoulder and a trip to the
St. Francis Hospital emergency room
on April
9.1
Kimberly Fl<>re
Cousins
and
her
husband, Paul, welcomed
a baby girl. Chloe Ashley, on Oct.
21, 2011. She was 22.5 inches
long
and weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces.
I
Kathryn
Schiller
Donovan
and
her
husband,
Brian, received the
2010 Chamber of Schenectady
Entrepreneurs
of the Year Award for
leadership of their companies Bake-
Rite
International
and Horizon
Bradco.
I
Marlon
Hosang
and his
wife. Andrea Scou, welcomed a
baby boy, Maxwell Scott, born Sept.
9, 2010.
I
Jean Krokus-Capizola
celebrated her son Michael's first
birthday. Michael shares his birth-
day with
his
oldest brother, Joseph.
I
Christopher Sheldon
is the head
of U.S. operational credit risk for
BNY Mellon. Chris and his wife.
Lisa Harrington Sheldon,
celebrat-
ed their 17th wedding anniversary in
June 201
l.
Son Chris Jr. has started
at Bergen Catholic High School and
daughter Tori started at Glen Rock
Middle School.
I
Peter Spratt, the son
of
Mary Dubatowka
'81 and
James
Spratt,
is a freshman at Marist.
1992
Kathleen
"Kasha"
Mitchell
Godleski
and her husband, Mark, li,·e
in East Syracuse,
NY, with their three
children, Mary Grace, 6, and 4-year-
old twins Sara and Michael. Kasha
is a director m the Office of Alumni
Relations at Srracuse University.
She has gotten together with her
former housemates
Amy
Pavlovsky
Lyons
'92,
Krista Raab
Walker
'92,
Annemarie Pasquini
Panettieri
'92. and
Amy
Bedford
'92 a number
of times over
the
past few years.
I
Stephanie Tanis
Murphy
and her
husband. Chad. purchased a house in
North
Framingham, MA, three years
ago. Stephanie, a 16-year veteran of
Fidelity
lm·estments,
was promoted
to
d1rector
of broadcast and events there
in summer 2010. Chad, an NBC-TV
technical director, recently returned
from a Navy Reserve deployment in
Afghanistan.
lJennifer
Johannessen
Van
Keuren
and her husband. Kevin,
welcomed
a baby boy, Evan Harrison,
born April 13, 2011.IKevin
Weigand
is a physical education teacher and
personal trainer in Fort Myers, FL.
I
Joy
Williams is
an assistant manag-
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er of Nauticus in Norfolk, VA. She
married
Navy Lt. Roger Eyrolles on
Sept. 17, 2011.
1993
Chris
Arrigali
is
vice president
of
information
technology at
TMX
Finance.
I
C.J.
Bottitta
was
promot-
ed
to director
of Creative Services
for the MLB Network in February
2011
and
is
overseeing expansion
of the
department. He
continues to
spearhead
technologies
such
as the
Touchscreen
application
used in
many
of
the network's
shows, includ-
ing the two-time
Emmy-winning
MLB Tonight. ln
November 2010
he
accepted
the
role of vice
president
on a steering committee comprised
of volunteers dedicated to
rebuilding
a community playground.I
Charlene
Boynton-Carter
is
in
her
17th
year
of
teaching in
the Schenectady City
School
District.
She
has two
sons,
Lucas,
11,
and
Zackary,
10, and
two
stepchildren,
Ryan,
13, and Sydney,
10.1
Dominick Fontana
and
Amy
Ellenes Fontana
'95 welcomed a
baby
girl, Sophie Elizabeth Grace,
born June 17,
2011. Sophie joins big
brother
Samuel Christian, who was
born
Jan.
17,
2008.1
Maria
Licari
Cohen is
enjoying her career as a
publicist
(www.mariacohenpr.com).
lier
son is in
kindergarten
and her
daughter
is
2. Maria
is
able
to
wear
her
TV-producer hat as a publicist. She
is
looking forward to
her
children
attending Marist.1
Aaron Ward is
celebrating his 10th year of perform-
ing
stand-up comedy professionally.
He
has performed
in thousands
of
shows throughout
the
Northeast
and
Midwest,
appeared
in
the Boston
Comedy Festival and
Plymouth Rock
Comedy Festival,
and appears weekly
on
TV in the
Albany, NY, area on a
show called
The Glenn Slingerland
Situation on My 4 WNYA.IDouglas
Wood
was promoted
tO
lead the port-
folio
management
office for the Estee
Lauder
Companies.
1994
Michael
Gearing
is director of payroll
operations at
Fidelity
Investments.
He
resides
in Raleigh,
NC, and enjoyed
cheering on
the
Marist football
team
at Campbell University and women's
basketball team in its NCAA game
against
Iowa.
I
Rob Kolb
is
chair-
person of
the HE/PE
Department in
the Lynbrook
(NY) School District.
He is a
past
president of
the
New
York State Association for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance, a
two-time lronman triathlon
finisher, and proud father to daugh-
ters
Samantha and Ava.
I
Raymond
Mahoskey
is a
15-year
veteran of
the Yonkers Fire Department
and
was
recently
promoted
to, lieutenant.
He
is assigned
to the fire
academy,
where
he is
training a
n,ew
class of
25 fire recruits.
lJennifer
Poccia
Talkowski
and
her husband,
Chris,
welcomed
twin
baby gi1rls,
Brooke
and Ashley,
born
Aug.
10, 2011.
The
girls join 2-year-old
big brother
Carter.I
Barbara
Sanche:z was hired
as an e-mail marketing
manager
with
Scholastic Book Clubs iin October
2011. She was also named godmoth-
er
to Brooke
Talkowski,
daughter
of
Jennifer Poccia-Talkowski.1
Nicole
Sullo
was
promoted to
franchise
marketing specialist at Biogen.
I
Pete
Tartaglia
is executive-producing
and
showrunning a
new
Bravo,
series with
Ryan Seacrest
that
will air in February
2012.
IJeremy
Thode is director
of
health,
physical
educatioin,
business,
fine and applied arts, and athletics for
the Center Moriches Sch,ool District
on
Long Island.
1995
Arthur
Brown,
CPA, has
been
named
principal at the accounting, audit-
ing,
and tax service
firm Rothstein
Kass.
He has more than
17 years of
accounting industry exp,erience.
He
is
based
in
the
firm's Beverly Hills
office.I
Kathleen
Dick Boland
and
her husband, Brian, welcomed a
baby
boy,
Patrick, born on May
21,
201
l.
He joins
big sister '.>ydney,
2
1
h.
They
live
in
Norwalk,
CT.I
Michael
Dunne
and his wife,Jeanne
Brennan-
Dunne,
live
in
Sayville, NY. Jeanne
is a clinical social worker/coordi-
nator
for Good Shepherd
Hospice.
Michael
is
a clinical social worker/
division
director
for Wildlcat Service
Corp.
Michael
invites Marist grads
searching for employment to e-mail
him at Michael.Dunne@wildcatnyc.
org.
lAmy
Ellenes Fontana
and
Dominick
Fontana '93
welcomed a
baby
girl, Sophie
Elizabeth Grace,
born June 17,
2011. Sophie joins
big
broth-
er Samuel Christian, who
was
born Jan. 17, 2008.
IJoanne
Ungechauer
lePauloue
welcomed a baby girl, Mary
Isabella, born
June
26, 2009.
I
David
Saco is
the middle
school vice
principal
for
Leonia, NJ, public schools.
luJHN·HW-
:
1996
Cynthia
Ramirez
Hernandez
and her husband welcomied
a
baby boy, Brandon, born.July
l,
201
l.
-
Alumni Authors
A new book by
Dr.
Frank
Swetz '62,
Mathematical
Expeditions:
Exploring
Word Problems
Across the Ages, will be released by John
Hopkins Press
m
2012.
Dr.
Gerard
Donnellan
'67 has written
Who
Will Drive the Bus? Guidance
for Developing
Leaders in the Family Enterprise.
The book,
available on amazon.com, examines com-
mon issues
in
planning for succession in a
family business.
Bill
O'Reilly '71
has written the
New York
Times best seller Killing
Lincoln:
The Shocking
Assassination That Changed America with
Martin Dugard. Publisher
Henry Holt
&
Co. calls it "a riveting historical narrative of
the
heart-stopping
events surrounding
the
assassination of Abraham
Lincoln."
Karen
C.
L.
Anderson
'84
has
written
AFTER
(the before
&after): A Real-Life
Story of Weight
Loss.
Weight
Gain and Weightlessness
Through
Total
Accep-
tance. The book 1s available from
the
publisher,
booklocker.com, and amazon.com.
Kimberly
Snyder
Knox
Beckius
'90 has written
AFTER
her seventh book.
New England's
Historic
Homes
&
Gardens. The book is available from Union Park
Press (unionparkpress.com).
Dr. Peter DeWitt
'00M,
principal of
Poestenkill,
NY. Elementary School and a consultant for the
International
Center for leadership
in
Education,
is
developing
a senes
of ec.lucauonal
children's books with marketing and
f undraismg professional Norman Rea. The books feature original
licensed
characters called the W1shaphants, illustrated by Rick O'Boyle. The first
book m the series,
The Mysterious
Lunch at Hope Street Elementary,
focuses
on nutrition.
The Elephant of Eastbury, a poem by
Andrew
Gates
'07 with paintings by Laura Mitchell, has
been published in Australia. For more
informa-
tion visit www.littlefoxpublishing.com
or send a
message
to
andrew.gates@marist.edu.
Christopher
Hall
'08
published his second book,
Death and Other Things, in September 2011. It is
available from amazon.com and barnsandnoble.
com.
11«
lllP ■ ANT
t,j&IIHTy
Jim Defelice
'77
discussed
his newest book, Omar
Bradley: General at War
during a talk at Marist this
past fall. C-Span
videotaped
the event and broadcast it
in November 2011. Defelice
has written more than 30
military and spy thrillers and
is also the author of the military
history Rangers at Dieppe.
If
you would like 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 description
of the
content
to maristalumni@marist.edu.
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&notes
On the Peace
Corps'
S0tl Anniversary,
Marist's•
First
VoluntE~er
Looks
B'ack
The year 2011 marked
the 50th anniver ry of the Peace Corps.
Since 1961,
59 Marist
graduates
have served, accord ng to the Peace Corps
public
affairs
office. The first was Frank
Swetz '62, wh was assigned to teach in Malaysia.
To mark
the milestone, he recalls his tw years of service.
24
M A R
I
ST M A G A Z I N E
The
heat
of the
day had
passed.
I
A
fit of
prolonged laughter
had
been
brought on by my comment,
"Who would think that we would
be here in the
jungle and have a
drought? "My roommate,
Ken,
and
I
sat in
the
shaded doorway of our
house,
reOecting
on our
in-country
experiences.
IL
was
the
spring of
1964. We
had
been
in Malaysia
for
about three
months,
overcome our
initial
culture shock, and settled in
as
Peace
Corps volunteers teach-
ing al a secondary school
in the
southern
pan
of the country. Our
brief revelry was interrupted
by
a
loud gunshot-like craaaack in
the
jungle thicket beyond the school
grounds. A
rubber
tree had shot
out one of its seeds,
propelling
the
sphere-like projectile several yards
distant.
Yes,
in
our short stay
in
this
exotic country, we
had learned many
things,
among them
that
droughts
were
possible in a tropical country
and
that
the progenitive kinematics
of rubber
trees
were quite
dramatic.
In the
two years
that
would ensue,
we would
learn
many
more new
things,
obtaining impressions
and
experiences
that
would change our
lives forever.
We were both teachers.
Ken,
trained
as a mechanical engineer,
taught chemistry.
l had
also worked
as an engineer but later studied
mathematics
and now served as
a sixth form mathematics master,
the department chairman in a
post-
secondary school.
Before arriving in Malaysia we
had endured a selection process that
spanned
three months
of vigorous,
at times exhausting,
training.
Our
studies focused
mainly
on learning
the history, culture, and language
of the country we were about
to
visit. Sessions on tropical health
precautions-I can still recall
the
life cycle of the female
Anopheles
mosquito,
the
vector for malaria-a
review of the political system and
existing social
problems in
the
United States;
rural development
work (sanitation, the building of fish
ponds,
and animal
husbandry); and
the rudiments of
teaching
English
as a second
language
were also
included.
Reality
immersion
included
a week living and working with
migrant Mexican farm workers. But
the
real
highlight of training was a
BY DR. FRANK
SWETZ
'62



















Our
group
was Malaysia
VII,
the seventh to serve in M,alaysia
and up until that time the largest
group
of volunteers
sent to the country.
We consisted
of teachers,
nurses,
and radio
technicians.
two-weekstayina
"primitive"
Asian
village. The village was constructed
in
a primeval valley of the island of
Hawaii, a location which had been
an early Hawaiian settlement. Here
we used st raw sleeping mats, bathed
in a stream,
tended
and butchered
livestock, ale lots of
rice,
and used
a rather primitive
toilet.
Of
the
100
people who emered our training
program, about five were deselected.
Up until
that
point
in
Peace Corps
history, that was the best
record
of
training survival achieved by any
group. Upon arrival in Malaysia,
another four deselected themselves
from
service, deciding
it
was too
hot.
In
retrospect,
I
thought our
basic training, which was
much
like an Outward Bound experience,
prepared
us well for the challenges
that
lay
before
us.
Our group was Malaysia
VII,
the
seventh
to
serve in Malaysia and up
until that time
the
largest group of
volunteers sent
to the
country. We
consisted of
teachers,
nurses, and
radio technicians. Some teachers
were generalists, open
to
any assign-
ment, others were math and science
specialists, and still others were
chosen as special Teaching English
as a Second
Language
instructors.
The nurses would run rural health
centers. The
radio
technicians were
chosen
to establish a radio station in
the
Malay state of Sa bah on
the island
ofBorneo. While we were requested
by
the
Malaysian government for
specific
tasks,
we would always end
up also doing many other
things
as required by circumstances. So
during my vacation periods, I found
myself working
for
FELDA,
the Fed-
eral Land Development Authority,
surveying
land
for jungle senlements
and consulting on the building of
access roads to remote villages
in
the
Borneo
state of Sarawak. Even during
our vacations, we were expected to
do
Peace
Corps projects. I welcomed
these opportunities as they gave
me
a chance
to
travel and experience
much
more
of the country.
M
alaysia had been a former
British colony, Malaya, and
achieved national independence
in
1963. The country's primarily
triracial society consisted of Malays,
Chinese, and
Indians.
The Malays
were the indigenous people, while
the Chinese and
Indians
were
imported by the British as labor-
ers. Each ethnic group
lived
and
functioned socially
isolated
from the
other groups. This
unique
situation
was somel imes a cause of scdal strife
but also provided
the
opportunity
for
us
as visiting Americans
to
experience three different cultures
on their own terms.
In the
i;ame day,
l
might eat breakfast in an Indian
roti shop, haggle for my vegetables
with a Malay market woman, and,
in
the evening, attend a Chine:se opera.
The cornucopia of sounds, smells,
languages, tastes, and interactions
was wonderful.
faentually,
I
was transferred
to Teachers Training Colle:ge
in the
northern part of the country. Here
l
trained
teachers,
ran workshops on
the
"new
mathematics," instituted
a
national
journal for science and
mathematics teachers,
and coached
sports. During school breaks,
l
worked on rural development
projects.
During one of my first excur-
sions
to
a Malay kampong ( village),
I
was greeted by
the
people a.s "Tuan,"
an honorary title for a gem le man or
superior. The movie
Lordjim,
based
on the novel by Joseph Conrad, had
just appeared, and in it 1,he hero,
played by Peter O'Toole, was called
Tuan by
the
local people. So, just
as
Jim
had become
Lord
Ji,m, I had
become
"Lord
Frank."
Overourtwoyearsof se-rvice,
we
got to know the people of Malaysia,
and the people of Malaysia got to
know us. We, young Americans, did
not match our Hollywood or tabloid
images. We were not glamorous or
rich, great athletes· or oversexed,
but rather average people
just
like
them.
We struggled daily
through
the
heat
and
humidity,
overcom-
ing
multitudes
of frustrations
to
accomplish what
needed
to
be
done.
The teachers taught and enriched
schools
by introducing new ideas
such as school
libraries
and student
counseling, and
new
sports such as
softball.
The
nurses ran their
rural
clinics,
birthed babies,
trained local
nurses, inoculated
the
popula-
tions,
and
thwarted
epidemics.
The radio
techs built their
station.
Our activities were not glamorous
or overly adventurous at the time
but in retrospect, they grew more
memorable
and worthwhile.
A
t times, there were dangers,
but
they
were usually over-
looked
as a fact of
life.
I
recall
one
incident
where
in
visiting a long
house in
Borneo accompanied by
two companions, we
bathed
in the
local river.
As we washed up to our
necks in
the
murky waters,
the
local
children gathered on the adjacent
dock to watch us. They had seen few
white men. Uponmovingupriverthe
next day by dugout canoe,
I
noticed
crocodiles sunning themselves
on
the riverbank.
1
commented
to
the
boatmen that on the previous
night, we had washed in that river.
He replied that we
had
no worries
as his people had eaten the large
crocodiles and
the
small ones were
harmless to humans.
Really,
the
biggest danger we
encountered was crossing the street
or
riding
in a taxi. Driving accidents
accounted
for
far more deaths than
cobra
bites,
elephant stompings, or
tiger attacks put
together.
Since
returning
to
the
United
States,
my
wife, who was also a
volunteer, and
I
have kept in close
contact with our Malaysian
friends.
I've
returned
to
the
country on sev-
eral occasions
to
conduct research,
run
workshops, and assist in the
development
of new universities.
I have facilitated
the
exchange
of students and
faculty between
Malaysia and the United States. We
were
present when
Peace Corps
Malaysia
100
arrived.
During my
tour
of service I
learned many
things: the
power of
simple conversation;
the
comfort
from shade or a clean drink of
water on a hot day;
the
fact that
every individual has a worth and
dignity that is deserving of respect.
I learned
that
l
know so little and
have much yet to learn.
I
also much
better appreciate
the
opportunities
l
have as an American.
■
Dr. Fran/1 Swetz
'62
is
professor
emeritus
of mathematics
and education
atthe Pennsylvania
State University.
He
retired
from the university's
Harrisburg
campus, where among his varied
responsibilities
he served as chairman
of the Mathematical
Sciences
Program
and director
of international
and inter-
cultural
activities.
During
his
career,
he was awarded
four Fulbright
grants
for leaching
and research
abroad. He
is
particularly
recognized
for his work
in
the history of mathematics
and his
efforts to incorporate
that history inlo
the teaching
of mathematics.
Author of
21
books,
he remains
active in lecturing
and
writing.
Photos taken among
the lbans in Sarawak.
WINTER
2011-2012
25













































Former Marist professor Larry Sullivan
'S4
and Patrice Connolly
Pantello
'76
ran into each other by
chance
in Sarasota, FL.
A Random
Reuni~tn
O
n a sunny Saturday ahrrnoon tlm past year, m) husband, Ron, and
I
dended to take
our
weekend guest from ~ham1 on a quick boat
ndetoaloc1I restaurant m 'iarasota, FL ~mcen \\asaspur-of-the-momcm
decision, we were rather rasual in our dress, with my husband donn111g
a rarely worn Marist T-shirt. Arter we docked the boat and e tercd 1hL·
restaurant, I veered offto the ladies' room while Ron and our gue t \\alkcd
to an a\'a1labk table An older gentleman walked up
to
Ron and asked
him whether his shirt was from Mamt m Poughkeep~1e
Ron
oonf1rmed
that though he was not a graduate h1msrlf, his wife had graduated fn,m
Marist and was currently a trustee of the College.
As Ron mentioned my name, I \Valkcd up to them. As
:,oon
as I
saw Larry Sullivan's lo\'cly blue eyes, I recognized h11n. I then choked
up since "Brother" Sulh\':rn was one of my fa\'Onte professors durmg
my years at Marist College. \\'hen my father died durmg 1y Junior
year, Larry was pivotal
1n
helping me to readJUSl upon
1·eturn
lo
campus. ll1s remarkable caring and love carried me throu h a very
dark time. I hts random reunion would not ha\·e happened 1f not for
m>· husbands Marist T-:..hin!
I was beside myself
v.
1th excnemcnl to see L1rry in
•
y"
um n.
For fun, we called my old roommate, Dorothy Teevan Doyle from the
restaurant. When I told her that I was with Larry and that
,;he
owed
him a term paper (not 1ruc), she didn't believe me until I put Larrr
on the phone Though 1 arry and his wife were only passing, through
Sarasota, we arc now in e-mail contact and I am so blessed t 1a1 Larry
1s in my hie again after all of these decades.
_ As for me, after a terrific career in hook publishing in duding a
stint as managing eduor of the Doubleday Book Club operation, I
remed from the New York scene and am thrilled\\ uh my new hfc in
Sarasota. Along with my continued 11wolvement
with \larist's Board
of Trustees, my days arc [died with volunteering, golf, ent -nainmg.
and any number of classl'S-JUSt for thl· fun of ll.
I
was pri ilegcd to
build a house for Habllal [or Humanll\' with a ere\\ of women Ron
has a nc,\ passion as a playwright, he ~1ftcn
wears his \tarisl T-shirt
while wnung. As my rcunwn w1th l~1rr) Sull1v:111
pro\·ed hfc
1s
indeed magical!
■
BY PATRICE
CONNOLLY
PANTELLO
'76
26
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r
M A
<,
A
l.
1 N [
1997
Dr.
Todd
Antenucci
and
Shanay
Smith-Antenucci
'98 welcomed
a
500
Alex Anthony, on Jan 2,
20111
Dan
Basile
is
vice principal at Easts1de
High School in Paterson, NJ, and
has been assistant coach for the mens
varsur basketball team for the past
three
years.
I
Bernadette
Cekuta
was appointed program
director
for
Dutchess Community College EM5
programs in August 2011. She and
her husband, Marcel.
\\elcomed their
fourth son,
Logan llunter,
born Dec
2,
2010.IAnn
Cullen moved back to
the New York metro area after hving
in Florida for 12 years and 1s hoping
to reconnect wnh long-lost friends.
I
Karen
Fusaro
married on Aug. 28,
2010,
and
1s
expccung
her first
baby
m
March
2012.1
Kellie Benn Maloney
1s
a readjustment counseling 1hera-
p1s1
at the Stranon \ -\ Medical
Center
in Albany, NY.I
Elizabeth
Herzner
McGreevy
and her husband,
Man,
welcomed a baby girl, \1olly V1v1an,
born July 20,
2010.1
Michele
Verdino
Ostler
and her husband, Tony
welcomed twins,\ incent Anthon>,
7 pounds 2 ounces, 20 inches
long,
and Madeline Grace, 5 pounds 4
ounces 19.5 mches long. They were
born Ma) I 5, 201 I
I
Daryl Richard
was named to
PR \\uh
magazine's ·-10
under 40,"
a list of the rising stars m
the
public relations
industry. The
40
ind1v1duals
are nominated by peers
for noteworthy contnbuuons to their
organtzauons, chents, and the indus•
try. He
1s
national
vice president of
public
relations for UnttcdHealthcarc.
IJill
Romatzick Vangor
got married
on Jul) 23, 2011
I
Amy Coppola
Woods
and her husband, Schuyler
welcomed
a baby boy, Spencer
James,
born
Aug
I
I, 2011
Spencer
joins
his
big brother, Cameron Jack, at home.
1998
Denise D'Angelo Alterio
and
her
husband,
David, welcomed a baby
girl, Gabrielle Christine,
born
Feb
2, 2009. Gabrielle 1oms big brother
Griffin
I
Kerri Flannery Bennelt
and
her
husband,
Tom, welcomed
their
second
daughter, Molly Denise,
born Apnl
2011.
ITerence
Duane
1s
a sales manager for R 3 Red1stribu11on
a d1v1s1on
of Bunzl l he compan)',
headquartered in London,
1s
an inter-
national d1stribuuon
group supplying
a
range
of nonfood consumable prod
ucts.
I
Kathryn Robinson Gonzalez
and her husband Andres welcomed
Nicolas "Nico"
Hamilton, 7.4 pounds
and 19.75 inches
long, on Oct. 29,
2010.
Big brothers Diego and Gabo
couldn't be happier!
I
Ken Menard
has moved to
Austin,
TX,
where
he
started up the Longhorn Network,
a Joint \'Cnture between ESPN and
the Umvcrsit) of Texa~ He produc-
es home games and \'Jrtous
li\'e
events
for the
Longhorns.
I
Darren
and
Teresa Marcotrigiano Meyer
welcomed a bab)' girl. -\lcxa Ca11lyn.
born Jan 25. 201
I.I
Kerry Peterson
married 2nd
Lt
Jason Brooks
on Sept.
9, 2011, m Ocean City, NJ They live
in Newark, DE.INavy
Lt.
Christine
Rosenvinge
returned recently from
deploymi:nt
to U.S Cyber Command
m support of the global war on
terror.
IShanay
Smith-Antenucci
and
Dr.
Todd Antenucci
'97 welcomed
their
first child. a baby bo> Alex Anthon),
born Jan 2 201
l.
1999
Russell Boedeker,
CMA,
has been
appointed CFO of Springbrook
Soft,\·ar( ,n Portland, OR
I
Donna-
Marie
Facilla
was married to Thomas
Brignoli in July
201
l.
They
live
m
Huntington,
NY. Donna teaches fifth
grade m Lindenhurst !'JY
I
Kristen
Germana
olan
and her husband,
Lee, welcomed their second child,
Claire
Lynn, born
April 7,
2011.
Grace 1s a
proud
big sister!
IJohn
Killeen
married Laura Boyd on Oct
29, 201 I
I
Amanda Liles West
and
her husband, Shawn welcomed
a baby boy,
Lucian Ramsey,
born
on Sept
I,
201
I.
He was born
two
months early and 1s domg very well
Amanda 1s a homemaker. carmg for
Lucian and supporung her husband
who 1s a professional chef. She also
plans to spend
time
volunteering
and
butldmg their future catcrmg bus1-
ness.
lJennifer
Mariany
married
Michael
Dempsey on Aug. 13, 201
I
I
Colleen
McCulloch
writes that
she
frequently
renects
on
her Marist
communications
capping experience,
where she learned
to
make and ed11
\'ldeos. Toda)' she uses those skills as
a volunteer, creating videos for
the
Lost Dog
and Cal
Rescue
Foundation.
I
Kathleen
McEnroe
1s happy
to
report that she was able to combme
her BS m communicauon
from Manst
and her education degrees
this
year
when
she started
a
journalism
club
at the school where she teaches. The
school recently became a magnet
school for communicauon media arts
and
JOurnahsm.
lHeathcr
Pearson
was married to
William
Dolan Jr.
on
June
26, 2011 She 1s
the
proud step-
mother of Kalina.I
Carmelita Seufert
and her husband,
Evo Rondini
'06,
welcomed their second child, Gisela
Beatrice,
born March
28, 201
l.
lJay
and
Kate Greene Sheridan
welcomed
a baby girl. Lila, born Oct 23, 2010.1
~•:tll·R
The flag dcnQtes
classes
that celebrated
rt'unions
in
2011.
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John
Svare
married Heather Dippert
on Sept. 4, 201
l.
He
is
associate coun-
sel for
the
New York State Assembly.
I
Debra
Tannacore
married Victor
Carlos Garcia on Aug. 27, 201 I,
in Nashville, TN. Debbie owns a
wedding planning business and
planned the entire old-Hollywood-
themed
wedding.
I
Christopher Ward
is vice president of retail distribution
at SEFCU
in
Albany, NY
2000
Christopher
Bythewood
married
on
June 19,
2011.IMichele
Degati
married Edward Vincent on July 2,
2011.
IJennifer
Ferris
Azzariti
is a
regular contributor to a new media
Web site,
launched
in July 2011, about
eco-mindedness. She writes weekly
articles about helping families
to
be
more eco-conscious. She also has her
own blog, Mom's Fat Wallet (www.
momsfatwallet.com), on which she
explores places, most
located
in the
Long Island area, that families can
visit on a budget.
I
Katie Daley
Gatta
welcomed a baby girl, Julia Grace,
born Sept. 9, 20IO. She joins big
sisters
Emma, 5, and Anna, 3.1
Cassandra
Giarrusso
'00/'07M married Dr.
Sean
Holdridge
on May 14, 2011.
IJennifer
Matarazzo Berger
is the Kids Online
manager for Newsday.c~m/Explorell.
com, covering all
things
kids and
parenting on Long
Island.
I
Kristy
Miller-Spaulding
and
her husband,
Richard,
welcomed
a baby
girl,
Natalie
Fay, born April 22, 2011.
I
Victoria
Neville
has an exciting new job as
manager of corporate communica-
tions with
JetBlue
Airways in Forest
Hills, NY.
I
Stephen
Pifferi
and his
wife, Joyce, purchased a house in
River Edge, NJ,
in
December 2010.1
Lauren Tejeda
married
Josh
Spector
in
May 2011. She was promoted
to
director of
legal
and business affairs
at Zodiak USA in June 2011.IJaneen
Vanbeesel
Allmendinger
and
her
husband, Keith, welcomed
a baby girl,
Kylie
Johanna,
born May 29, 2010.1
Adam
Weissman
has joined R&J
Public
Relations,
in Bridgewater, NJ,
as an account supervisor.
1J,1am+c
~
2001
Jamie
Veley
Batcher
and
her
husband,
Marvin,
purchased a
house
in
Guilderland, NY.
I
Scott
Bauman
is engaged, and a
July
2012
destination wedding
is
planned.
I
Christopher
Blasie
'0l/'07M took
a part-time
position
at Equinox as
a front desk associate. He is a full-
time account manager/consultant at
Air Serv Corp. He says he enjoyed an
A
visit with a promine1 t alumnus
led
to a very rewarding internship
for one Marist student Eva Diaz
'13
(left) met with Pedro
L.
Figueroa
'93 (right)
at his office in Mexico City, Mexico, during a trip to see
her
family in early
2011.
Fi ueroa is the director of the consumer goods and
specialty sugars divisic.n at Azucar Grupo Saenz, an affiliate company
of the E.D.
&
F. Man Sugar Group, a sugar, coffee, and molasses trading
conglomerate.
Diaz, a tilusiness administration major with a concentra-
tion in human resource~s and a minor
in
Spanish, met with Figueroa to
network about acade"l ic and career issues.
"Spending
the afternoon with her took me back to my student years
at Marist," he said,
"a
young man from the South Bronx with
lots
of goals,
countless energy, sett~ conquer the world." He arranged an internship
during
summer
2011 for Diaz atthe company.
"It
was an awesomE. experience,'' says Diaz.
"He
is a very humble,
caring person. Althou~[h he has made it into a really high position
in
the
company,
he has kE:pt it real.
If
I could, I would do it all over again.
I
learned a lot."
awesome lO-year reunion with over
140 graduates of the Cla.ss of 2001
in September.
lJoseph
Catrino
Jr.
and
Holly
Angelbeck Catrino
'02
welcomed a baby boy, R)lan Daniel,
born Jan.
14,
2011. Jose1ph is assis-
tant
dean for career services in
the
School of Communications at
Quinnipiac University.
I
David
and
Courtney Mattiace
Dever
welcomed
a daughter, Regan
Woods, 9 pounds 8
ounces and 22
inches,
born April 26,
2011.1
Kimberly Feinman Martiuk
and
Mark Martiuk
'02 welcomed
a
new
baby, Taras, born Sept.
16,
2010.1
Karen
Stack
Goodwin
and
Marist students had an opportunity to network with public
relations
professionals when
Un tedHealthcare brought members of its national
PR team to Marist
in
Se tember. The team held a retreat and met with
PR students at the hist< ric Cornell Boathouse. Following the
network-
ing event, students Aluxis Murphy
'12
and Luke Shane
'12
directed a
seminar
on social medi1a for the guests. Pictured are (left
to right,
back
row) UnitedHealthcare'!s Maria Gordon Shydlo
'87
and Daryl Richard
'97,
talking with
(front
row) Kaitlin Pfister
'12,
Melody Felix
'12,
and Andrew
Clinkman
'11.
her husband,
Garrett, welcomed a
daughter,
Sarah Allison, in April
201
l.
Their
older daughter, Emily, is
3.1
Martha Hackett
married
Robert
Bambino on Julr 2, 2011.
I
Sharon
Kennedy DePalo
is
a stay-at-home
mom to
two
\·ery active
little
boys,
AJ, 3, and Danny, 1.1
Mark Lynch
and
Lori Yelenovic Lynch
'02
welcomed a baby girl,Jillian Marie,
born on July 22, 201 I.
I
Caroline
Nashmy
married Colin Fratrik
in
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in
July 2008. They
live
on Long Island,
NY. Caroline
is
senior recruitment
manager for a
digital
marketing
and
design staffing agency in New York
City and Colin is a physical education
teacher.
I
Melissa Novick McCarthy
'0l/'07M and her husband, Brendan,
welcomed a baby boy,
Ryan
Patrick,
born May 20, 2011. They recently
moved back
to
the Hudson Valley
area,
to
Fishkill.
I
Lee Park
is
director of
communications for
the
New York
State Racing and Wagering Board. He
most recently served as senior press
officer to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
I
Kevin Porter
'01/'l0M was accepted
into his
company's MBA Rotational
Program
and completed an MBA
at Marist.1
Timothy
and
Cristina
Allgeyer Sorensen
welcomed their
first child, Leah Victoria, born on
Dec. 30, 2010. She weighed 7 pounds
5 ounces. Timothy was
named
English Department chairperson at
Middlesex Middle School in Darien,
CT, in 2010.
I
Michael
and
Jessica
Holden
Vecchiarelli
welcomed
a baby
boy, Michael Anthony
Jr.,
born May
9, 2011. Michael and Jessica married
in 2008 and reside
in
Westchester
County, NY.
I
Lauren
Vecchio
was
married
to
James Sterenczak
in
July
2011.IMegan
Williams
was
promot-
ed
to
director of communications
for Pen Bay Healthcare.
I
Catherine
Collins
Wisz
was awarded 2011
Teacher of
the
Year at the elementary
school
in
Glen Rock, NJ, where she
teaches
fifth grade.
I
Felicia Zammit
'0l/'07M is an advancement officer at
the
Culinary
Institute
of America.
She
is engaged to be married
in
the fall of
2012. An avid Marist women's basket-
ball fan, she
tries
to go to all games.
2002
Michael Boyle
married
on March
27, 2009. He
and
his
wife, Grace,
purchased
their first
home, in
Ronkonkoma,
NY. Michael
is
a
network
administrator at
Huntington
Hospital.
Grace
is
a pediatric regis-
tered nurse at Stony Brook University
Medical
Center.I
Holly
Angelbeck
Catrino
and Joseph
Catrino
Jr.
'01
welcomed a baby boy, Rran Daniel,
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notes
◄
bornJan. 14,
2011.IPete
Frisoni
'02M
retired
as a captain from the
Schenectady
Police
Department
to
become
chief of
the
neighboring
•
~
Village of Scotia Police Department.
~
While at
Marist,
he received
the
G.
d
Patrick Gallagher Award for
research
~
in core values
in law
enforcement.
I
~
Janine
Jarosz
Gordon
graduated
,.......-1
with an
MS in taxation from
Golden
~
Gate University's online program
~
in
August 2011.IDouglas
Guarino
won
two
awards from the Society of
Professional
Journalists' Washington,
DC, chapter for a series of articles that
showed
how the federal
government
lacks clear policies for addressing
the risks of radiation
from
nuclear
power
plants
and other sources. He
not
only won first prize
in
the story's
category but also won SPj's Robert
D.G.
Lewis
Watchdog Award, given
to
the entry across all media platforms
"that
best exemplifies journalism
aimed at protecting the public from
abuses by
those
who would betray the
public trust."IDmitry
Itkes
married
Svetlana Gelman in September 2010.
I
Mark Martiuk
and
Kimberly
Feinman
Martiuk
'01 welcomed a
new baby, Taras, born Sept.
16,
2010.
I
Valerie
Page
is pursuing a master's
in general and special education at
Touro College and expects to gradu-
ate in spring
2012.
IShana
Sandroff
completed
an MBA
and was promoted
to product marketing
specialist with
Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.
I
Steven
and
Lauren
McCluskey
Willemin
welcomed twins, a daugh-
ter, Casey Lynn, and a son,
Zachary
Patrick, born
June
22,
2011.
I Lori
Yelenovic Lynch
and
Mark Lynch
'01 welcomed their
first
child.Jillian
Marie, born on July 22, 2011.
2003
Michael and
Emily
Alleva Greco
welcomed a baby girl,
Julianna
Elizabeth,
born
on May 2, 2011.
I
Kristen
Brown
married Chad
Reinemann
on
July
10, 2010. Kristen's
roommate,
Kristina Haff,
served as
the maid of honor.I
Erin Covell Evans
and her
husband, Len,
welcomed
their
first child, Charlotte Anne,
born Aug. 1,
2011.
IJustin
Kontos
and
his
wife.Jillian,
welcomed
a baby
girl, Freya Alexis, born May 21, 2011.
I
Anthony
LoCurto
and
Nicole
Davis
'04
married this past June.
Their
Marist
alumni-filled wedding party
included
Liz
Swenton
'04,
Jackie
Gandolfo
'04,
Randi Pierce
'04,
Scott
St.
Denis, Michael Drechsel,
and
Cliff
Manzone.
Many other Marist
alumni were
in
attendance.
"It
was a
night
that we will
never
forget!"
says
Nicole.
I
Scott
Lucente
was promot-
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
I
Family and Frie1nds Remember David Moccia '03
with a Softball 4:iame and a Scholarship
•
A celebration of David Moccia's life included the release of 200 balloons.
S
ome
150
family a d
friends
of David Moccia '03
"in loving memory" and wristbands
imprinted
with
gathered for the fi
fl
DMC
500
Memorial
Softball "DMC 500," shorthand for "David Moccia Core 500,"
Game at
Bowdoin
Park,
ln
Wappinger Falls, NY, on May symbolic of
the
extended network of parents, family,
14,2011.
Theircontrib~jr·ons
raised $3,500 fonhe David and friends from all pans of his
life.
N.
Moccia
Scholarship
ft
Marist.
The all-day
picnic
and
While youngsters explored the park, adults chose
softball game was orga~1ized
by
Dave's sister, Cristina
sides and played softball. Throughout the day. they
Maltais-Moccia,
to hon r
her brother who
passed
away
shared
memories
and stones of "their hoy, Dave." The
in a tragic accident
in
.010 at the age of 29.
bittersweet
celebration ended with the
release
of 200
After graduating
~
om Marist with a degree
in
balloons, some blue, some white, all marked with
computer science, Molcia began his career in human
messages
to him.
resources with
the recr
tingfirmAerotek,
where he was
His father, Robert, thanked everyone for
their
love
promoted multiple um s
because
of his performance.
and support. The
balloons
seemed, he
thought,
"to
In 2009, he moved to Yodle, an advertising firm in
drift first up to Dave and then north
up the
Hudson
Manhauan, as a corp rate recruiter, the position
he
towards Marist."
held
at
the
time of
his
~eath.
"Unbelievable,"
he said.
To
celebrate his
tile,
the
picnickers came to the
"There was a
lot
of
love in the
air," his sister wrote
Hudson
River park wi their children and grandpar-
the
next day on the DMC 500 Face hook page.
"It
was
ents, as well as their do s. They wore T-shirts that said
a great Dave
Day."
■
ed to senior project manager for Web
marketing
at the Culinary Institute
of America. He and his wife,
Mary
Wawrousek,
welcomed a, son, born
June
1, 2011.IErika
Vancil Primiano
and
her
husband, Dennis,
had their
first child, Elyse Helene, born March
3, 2011.
I
Kathryn
ReUly
is
the
exchange and study abroad coordina-
tor at Australian Catholic University,
the
same university whe:re she
did
her Marist semester abroad in spring
2002!
I
Katherine
Slauta.
and
Scott
Desiere
married on Aug. 6,
2011.
I
Aaron
and
Michelle
Slesinski
Wolff
welcomed a baby boy, Wesley
Evan, born Nov. 24, 2010. Aaron
recently joined
the
IT Department
at the Anderson Center for Autism
in Staatsburg, NY, as a technology
specialist, and Michelle
c,ontinues
to
work part-time
at the Dutchess
County
Animal
Hospital
in Poughkeepsie,
NY.
I
Brian
Sutch
and
Cath,:rine Coco
Sutch
'03f08M welcomed their first
child, Kevin Michael,
onjim. 21, 2011.
Brian
is
senior writer
in
the Office
of Institutional Advancement at St.
Joseph's College in Patchogue,
NY,
and was promoted to editor
in
chief
of St.Joseph's
College
Magazine.
I
Jolene
Zupnik
lives in lower Manhauan and
is the senior marketing manager at
Jones New York.
2004
Dennis
Carroll recently
purchased a
house.
I
Nicole
Davis
and
Anthony
LoCurto
'03 married this past
June.
Their
Marist alumni-filled wedding
party included
Liz
Swenton,Jackie
Gandolfo, Randi Pierce,
Scott
St.
Denis
'03,
Michael Orechsel
'03, and
Cliff
Manzone
'03 Many
other Marist alumni were
in
auen-
dance.
"It
was a night that we will
never forget!"
Nicole
says.
I
Patricia
Ferri to
married
Jason
Utter
on Sept.
18, 2010,
their
11th anniversary
together.I
Christine Anthony
Haim
and her
husband,
Gabe, welcomed a
son, Carter Colt, born Aug. 8, 2011.
Carter was 8 pounds 3 ounces and
21.5 inches long.
I
Daniel
Ianniello
and
his
wife, Tara, welcomed a baby
boy, Brayden
Dominick,
born on Sept.
29, 2011.IChristine
Adelfio
Keehn
and her husband, Bruce, welcomed
twin
boys, Bruce Ill and Salvatore,
born March 22, 2011.
I
Christopher
Marchand
has
held a number of posi-
tions in the television industry since
graduating.
In the
past year, he has
worked at Powderhouse
Productions
in Boston, MA, producing program-
ming for Animal Planet including
America's
Cutest
Cat and Dogs 101. He
recently
returned
from four months
in Samoa, where he was the
chal-
lenge designer for seasons 23 and 24
of Survivor
on CBS. He is
now
back
in
the states producing for Powderhouse
Productions/Animal Planet on the
second season of Must Love Cats.
I
Brad McGuire
and
Rebecca
Faucher
McGuire
'05 welcomed
a son, Grady
Robert, on Nov. 1, 2011. He was 7
pounds 14 ounces and 20 inches
long.
I
Paul
Miller
and
his
wife, Shari,
welcomed
a baby girl, Samantha Kay,
born Jan. 27, 2011.IAmy
O'Connor
married Todd Ballaban on July
9, 2011. They work and reside
in
Los Angeles.
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Weaver Saginario
welcomed a baby
boy, Aiden, born in 2011.IElizabeth
Swenton
is
excited
to be teaching
dance at Boston Center for Adult
Education. She has
been
a
dancer
since she was
three
and
was
a member
of
the
Marist
cheerleading squad for
four years.
I
Lauren Tuscano
and
Tim Tobin
are engaged and will
be
married
in September 2012.
2005
Doris Velez DeRienzo
married on
Dec. 4,
2010.
I
Caitlin
Donahue
opened
her
own general practice
law
office and
provides
civil and
criminal
legal
representation
throughout
New
York City and Long
lsland.
lJessica
Donnelly
is
a senior
media
super-
visor at Edelman in New York City.
Previously
she worked for Edelman
in
Chicago
for
31h years. She has
received
Edelman's prestigious Eddy
Award honoring service and profes-
sionalism. She also was awarded the
Skyline
merit
award from
the
Public
Relations
Society
in
Chicago
for media
relations
for a campaign she
led
for
one of
her
pharmaceutical clients.
I
Rebecca Faucher McGuire
and
Brad
McGuire
'04 welcomed a son, Grady
Robert,
on Nov.
1,
2011. He was 7
pounds
14
ounces and 20
inches
long.
I
Caitlin Halligan
married
Shaun
Tolchin
on Oct. 10, 2010.
They bought a home in Manhattan.
I
Tanya Hudson
is
pursuing an MBA
in
finance at Grand Canyon University.
I
Nicole
Nolting has
been working
on casting, producing and co-direct-
ing
a self-authored play,
The Holiday
Hero, for performance at Mamiya
Theatre in Honolulu.
The
cast is made
up of students from the
Redeemer
Lutheran School in
Honolulu.
I
Katherine Payne
became engaged
to Alex Hansen
in
February 2011.I
Torey
Pirolo
and
Martine
Alimena
'06 married
in
May 2011. They
have
been together since college,
and Torey
proposed on campus by
the
Hudson
River.
I
Sandra
Proulx Rand
opened
Open Net
Media,
LLC, a full-service
social
media
and inbound marketing
consultancy in Portsmouth, NH, in
October 20
l
l.
~BWtMR
.,
2006
Martine Alimena
married Torey
Pirolo
'05
in
May 201
l.
They have
been
together
since college. Torey
proposed on campus by the
Hudson
River.
I
Matt Borchers
is
teaching
high school
math
in
the
district of
Elmwood
Park,
NJ.
He
recently grad-
uated
from the fire
academy and is a
1·olunteer
firefighter
in Midland Park,
An Art Project B •comes a
Book to Help Sh lter Dogs
F
or her senior thesi
t'•
Carly Marshiano-Pioli '11
wanted to
do
som hing that she would enjoy.
A
digital
arts major wi
·
a
photography
minor, she
decided to take photos f dogs at
the
animal shelter
where she volunteered d assemble
the
photos
in
a
portfolio. "I've always lo
d
shelter animals," she says.
That
project has now
bee) ea
hardcover book,
Give Me
Shelter, that
1s
raising m ey for
the Dutchess
County,
NY, SPCA and its no-kil animal shelter.
Marshiano-Pioli
beg walkingdogsatthe
DCSPCA
in 2007 while at Marist
t
fill the void left by the
death
of her beloved Siberian sky, Samantha. She walked
the
dogs
twice
a week fo
three
years. "I made
the
time
during my week
to
go," e says.
When she and her f rie dAnnie Davenport
'11 would
go to the kennel,
they
w
uld
learn
the provenance of
each dog. Marshiano-Pi
Ii
says she
loved
hearing
the
back story. "The whole t
·
ngjust seems so mysterious.
You
don't know
what th 've
been through.
You don't
know what they've seen
She wanted
to
help e shelter by
photographing
its dogs to raise awaren s. Her professors,
mcludmg
Matt Frieburghaus, he! d her develop the
idea
over
the course of her senior year into what became a
coffee-table book.
"Carly's work was in uenced by sensitive subject
matter and a real life ex~ erience," says Frieburghaus.
"I
suggested she may wa
t to
create a
book that
would
be accessible
to
a widerl ublic
rather than
create a set
of
images
for high art."
When she showed er class project
to
DCSPCA
Executive Director Joye Garrity, the director invited
Marshiano-P.ioli,
who Ii
l
sin New City, NY,
to
intern
at the agency dunng sul mer 2011. Marshiano-Pioli
already had lined up a su mer internship
in
New York
Cit)' photographmgacce ories fort he Nolan Glove Co.
But she
took
on the shel
r
internship, too.
The
internship
inv lved researching a dozen
companies to find the he deal for publishing the book
so
Lt
could he sold to ra
-e
funds for
the
DCSPCA. "I
really learned a lot abo something I didn't know
I
would fall into," says
Ma
shiano-Pioli. In the end she
selected Blurb.com.
In June 2011 the D PCA printed 250 copies of
the 72-page hook. Asof~ id-October, 123 of the books
had heen sold, and clos to $1,900
had
been raised,
accordm.
gtoCatherine F rhes,directorof development
at
the
DCSPCA. Marshi o-P1oli also created posters
and a l'ldeo about the h ok and did an interview on
Carly Marshlano-Pioli
'11
and her golden retriever,
Martin, relax at home in New City, NY.
local
TV.
She worked with Forbes on
a
marketing plan
that included 11
book
s1gnmgs in
Poughkeepsie,
Hyde
Park,
Wappingers Falls,
and Beacon. Even
when people
didn't purchase the books at $39.99, they donated money
and told her their
dog
stories,
Marshiano-Pioli
says.
She
took these
opportunities
to
tell
them
about dog
adoption, emphasizing
that
adult dogs make wonderful
companions. "I get so sad when
I think
an older dog
might not get placed," she says. In fact, all 15 of the
dogs
in
the
book except one
have
been adopted.
Now, Give
Me Shelter
ison her resume as she looks for
a
job
in graphic design or photography. She would
love
to
do another collection of
photos, but
of what she is not
sure, although, she says,
"it
will probably be animals."
She was a member of the Equestrian Club while at Marist
and
has
a 2-year-old golden
retriever named
Martin. 'Tm
just waiting for something to inspire me."
At the end of the day, she says, she's just
happy
she
got to photograph dogs.
"It's
about adoption and giving
these dogs another chance."
"With
Give
Me Shelter,
Carly Marshiano-Pioli
has
achieved something remarkable," says Garrity. "As a
student at Marist, she volunteered at
the
shelter. She
was
inspired
by what she saw here and from what she
was
learning
in school. She created a
beautiful
book that
spreads a message of hope for
the
animals
in
our care.
She donated
the nghts to
the
Dutchess
County SPCA
so everything we
raise
from
the
sale of her
book
goes
directly to the animals. We are grateful to her, not
just
for the book, but because she has inspired us."
■
NJ.I
Deanna Bushart
is pu1rsuingan
MA
in integrated
marketing commu-
nications
at Suffolk University. She
serves as
the
social
media. manager
for the Junior League of Boston and
the director of marketing
anid commu-
nications
for
the
Graduat,e Student
Association at Suffolk University.
I
Laura
Coppola
entered
her
fifth
season with
The Martha Stewart
Show
and was promoted
from
audi-
ence coordinator to supen• isor of her
department.
I
Caitlyn Driscoll
was
promoted to producer for VHl.com's
home
page after working for more
than five years with MTV Networks.
I
Carol Feminella
married
Kevin
Grauer.
I
Kathryn
Godfrey
was
to
complete master's degree coursework
in
December 2011 and will receive
her degree
in
2012. ln 2011 she was
promoted to study abroad advisor at
Ramapo College of
New
Jersey and
started a study abroad
peer
mentor-
ing
program that she
modeled
after
the one she participated in at
Marist.
The program, Global
Roadrunner,
has doubled in size
in
one academic
year.
I
Louis Ortiz
purchased a condo
in
Yonkers, NY.
IEvo
Rondini
and
Carmelita Seufert
'99 welcomed
a baby girl, Gisela Beatrice,
born
March
28, 2011.IKelly
Shemming
is
currently enrolled in NYU Stern's
pan-time MBA
program and expects
to graduate
in May 2012.
I
Kellie
Cunningham Smyth moved
back
from Los Angeles with her
agency,
Taylor, in August
2011.
She
married
Jonathan Smyth, a producer/editor
for
NFL.com, on Oct. 7,
2011.
They live
in Princeton
Junction, NJ.
I
Margaret
)rnmu•a:
The flag denotes
classes
that
ctlebrated
reunions
in
2011.
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notes
◄
St.John
\\as sworn 111
as an allorney
on :--:o\ 7 2011
I
Elizabeth \\'under
1s engaged 10 be mamcd to
Kevin
Connors
111
September 2012
·~
2007
g
Carla
Bissi
1s an AC[-cernfied
H
personal trainer working\\ uh Darryl
~
McDan1els
or RunDMC
I
Elissa
~
Carrick
was admi11ed
lO
the New
......,-4
York Stale Bar
m
March
2011
I
Juliette
~
Caruso
is now an execuuw assistant
to
the
E\
P or the Communicauons
Department
,II
the
Madison
Square
Garden Co. She
began 111
that depart-
ment as an ,1ss1s1an1
in
VIP 'ien·ices
111
2008 and was promoted to manag-
er in 2010
I
Ryan
Cowdrey
and his
wife. Jessica. welcomed a bab}· boy.
Anderson
Tnnothy,
born
March
19,
2011.
IAlyson
Dodge
teaches social
studies at John Jay High ':,chool in
Hopewclljunct1on.
:-;y
I
Peter Frank
and his son, Alexander, \
1s1ted
the
Manst
campus
m
October Alexander
1s
a se111or
m
high school and Maris1
1s one of his top
three
choices.
I
Tre\·Or
Ga\ in
1s a graphics produc-
er on
ESP'!
Monday ~•1ght
Football.
IJennifcr
Gore
married Angus
Cuthbert on
July
30, 20
l l,
on campus
Jennifer met Angus\\ hilc she was a
student
at
\lanst and he was attend-
mg the Culinary
Institute
or America
I
Brian I
lodge
has
been named one
of 30
future leaders
of the
des1ina-
11on markeung 111dus1ry
nauonwide
by Des1111alllm
\tarke1mg
,hsociation
lnternauonal. He is markcung coor-
dmator for the
Prondence
Warwick
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
I
Jennifer Jaworski
married Ryan
Kempf on June 4 2011 'ihe has been
promoted ltl director or market mg for
t-lex1co. the Dominican Republic, and
Central and South America at Travel
Impressions.
I
Dorothea Larrabee
1s a semor editor at Pop,rw
I
maga-
zme. She and
Laura
Zanzal
wnte
for the biogs fantabulousl> frugal
com,
ny.lantabuloustyrrugal.com,
and famabulouslywedd com
11
Hilary
Saeger
and her crew won a bronze
medal 111
the hghtwc1gh1 womens
quad scull ewnt at the World Rowing
Champ1onsh1ps
m
Bled, Slo\·enia,
Sept. 3. 201
l
They finished behind
Great Bntam and China. ddeaung
Italy b} 1/IOOth of a second
to
take
third.
Ijames
Sheehan 1,
pur~uing
a master's degree
in
the Terrorism,
Security. and Society program at
Kmg'sCollcge. London
IAnn
Marie
Spcrrazza
1s the hiring manager for
a residential summer camp. She 1s
eager
to hire
young Manst under-
grads
and
graduates for an enriching
summer experience
I
Paul
Stavish
was recently part of the crew that
30
MARIST
MAC.,A/INE
From
left, Joel
Corden
ner,
Andrew Senno
'06,
Steve Arocho
'04,
Rita
Kennedy
'03,
and
Meghan
Dickson
Arocho
'03
take part in a
pub
crawl to celebrate the
life
of
Salvatore
#Tory"
Zab,1tino
'04
and support a cause
that
was close to his
heart.
Cheers to Tory:~
Raising Money, and a Glass,
in Memory of
!►alvatore
"Tory" Zabatino
'04
O
n Ort
8,
2011 S1e,e \ro(ho. '>coll
C
•anuulh
tll'n 1101
on!} f,mds resc.irch but also help, r.m 1hes. m
and
\lid1,1cl
~on,1,11111ne
all grJdu.nes from
p,m1,ular 1h,"e \\ 1•h <.hildrcn. \\
th
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of
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next
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alumnigathnnl
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ll was C1annulh who had
thl' idea
for
a
bar crawl
111
C\t'r)'
year r,1r the pai,t six )l'ars
Ill
rcmc•nlxr
their
Nn\
York
l
ll\
I
k
and Awd1P work
111
llw
:,.;,'\\.
York
das,mate
brother. and fnend '>al\atore Z,1hatino
C
ll\
metro ,1r~.1 ht· at Br,11ncrd ( ommu111c,1i.ns. a PR
Known
as
for) b) his famil\ and fncnd,. he ,uffcrcd
.1gc~C) m \l,111h.man. ,1nd \rocho 111
pub11c relauons
I
rom
Acute I
ymphoq
lie l.cuk,·m1a
lAl
I
\
,111d
passcd
,u
\la1or
Le,1guc Baseball
111
\l.mhauan
\\
,. thought
,1way m 2005 ahn
a
courageous
baule
ll
"·,iuld hl'
a l,mlasuc
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hnng
lnl'nd,
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family
Aro,ho,( 1.mcmlh,Con,1.111tmc,,111d
111anvofthc1r
t,,gtlht>r
lo
,rkh1,11e
'!or)
's
hft·" Ciantiulh ,ays. "all
dose fnend, met Zabatm,1 durmg tht'1r ,ophomorc
\dull' rahing monc) anct J\\areness lor ,1 cau,e close
war at
\l,ms1
( 1anc ulh d,·~t•1bes h·m ·"
,;r
kmd
••· ,er hear•,
Pie f1N lund-r.11smg
l'\l'lll
took pla,e
:11
person th,u )OU hk as ,0,111
as
you
111
Onoha .WL)(l
mec1him.fnl'ndlrandoutgo1ngw11h
BY BOBBI
SUE
TELLITOCCI
'04
"From nlllLcpt
to
l'Xt'tullon.
we
.mencrg)
tha1drt·\, peoplcm lkwas
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planned thr cnure
C\t'lll
with
the
JUst fun
to
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Zah,111110
soon betame clo,c
mmdset ol ,pendrng timr \\ nh lnends. ra1s111g
mone}
\\ nhthe thn:,•cl,1,smatesand mam·othcr, I \CTJtualh.
for a great -:1usc ,md sho\\ mg T,ir> sen lire
fa
mil> hCl\\
he also
pledg,·d
,\wcho·,and Constanun, ,
lr,llcrnit\,
much he\\
,1'
lrned,
says Ar,xh,1
Ph
I
Kappa ',1gma
In
addn 1,H1
t
onstant
111,·.
who
works
at Compcnsa-
Aro,ho r,·mcmb -rs\ 1ndh· the daY ht· learned
11<,n
Resnum:,
111
-..addle R1dgc. NJ. formt·d a team
to
or Zabatinos m111al I\LI d1,1ino,1s
·11 \\a, \larth
p.1ruupatr 111
the I eukcm1a ,rnd Lymphoma "oc1ety's
2002. ever} ll11ng befi re th.u seem, hke such a blur
'-no,\ ball ~ofthall \like Kmetz Memonal Tournament
The \\hoic nmn:pl o cantt'r
\\,b
almo,1 ,1 nwthkal
,1s for) s Rulllh,g,. The tournament
\\,b
orgam:ed
thmg
for
nw up
to
tbat
p<ltlll
hccauw
I
h,1d
nc\·cr
t<l ncate a\,arcnc,s about bl,iod cancer \\htlc ra1smg
met anyon, \\
ho
had hcrn ,11
kllcd h,
11
I rl'm,mht'r
lunds
for ,1ngo111g
r,search,111d
,upport for lamtl1es who
being ~psct ,1nd kelipg sad but 1101'
reall} gr.1spmg
11,l\C
hern ,1
1
in1,d
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the sCH'nt} or the situation
Zabauno
\\,ls
Jble to
.mdagreatc..iusc
s,1ysConst.mlmc
"Forourgroupof
overcome hb
hrst
bout w11h c,mcer and r,'turned to
lnrnds. 11 all11\\, us to get lllgllhcr
Ill
n:mcrnber Tor}.
\1anst his 1un1or
year
wnh a newfound p,hs1on ror
,upport the
1
I"·
and
haw om· of
the
nw,l ,·n1orablc
hfc a
passion
that
warco111.1g1oustoc\-cr)Olll'
around
d,ws
or
the
\l'a1
him ·11ust remember him \\ammg
to
do, H'rything
· ·\fter,,;bar,rawlsand
h\csohballtourn,1mcnts.lhe
he could lh,11 }t:ar a1 Man,t, says Arocho I knm, I
group ha, r,1•snl more than ..,t,5,000 \\care honoring
k.1rned
10
apprt·tiate and
l'lllO) Ill)
owr hk ,1s often
,,ur friend .md his memor). ,a)s Arolho
Knnwmg
,1s
possible bcrause
~f
h1111"
that Torr·s
parl'nts,
brother. g1.111dparems
.. md entm:
Shonlyahcrgrad1 allon
1112004,Zahal1nolearncd
l,11111h·
kwk lorn.1rd lo this da\
l'ach war
111ak,•s
us fed
1ha1
thcc,mccrwasba.kandth1qime
morl'st'\erc H1-.
hkC\~e arc domg the nght th,;1g.
lfthe
rnonC) we
raise
friends banded together to help m anv \\a} po,s1ble
,w,c, the hn,mc 1,1'
burden for one lam
ti)
or one patient
hone
marr,1\\
dnws. fund-•.11,mgfunct1ol's hospital
or ,,t\Cs
C\Cll
one i1fc
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m,1k,·s t\·cry second \\l'\·c put
sl'nd-off partit·s.
1111,,
this
\\'llrth
ll,
.md Wt'
know
Tory
would
agree.·
"Lnlonun,11cly.
1
got
lo
,1
pomt \\ hn,
\·1s1lln)!.
lnthdutur,-.thegroup.
whtthalsomdud,·sMichael
Nassau L n1H·r-.ity
\lcd1,,1l
( enter (on I ,mg Island)
Bah1C
\H. Doug Pe Perr)
·o ➔•
(,u, Pol\ m 'lH,,1ndother~.
bec,1mc ,1 regular thltlg for us sa)s Arocho ::>ad\
pl.ms
to
sl,lrl
,1 nonprof1• orga111:,1t1on
to help m thc,c
\\e cckbrai,·d h•s last btnhda) tnere
\ht r Zabaun,1
.md add1uonal c•forts.
■
passed
a\\a)
the> lch
rnmpl'ilcd
to
do
,omcthmg.
c\rocho ,111d
C1anc1ull1 tkndcd
Ill
put
thl'1rdfons
hchmd tht' D,111
\lonti :\km,1n.1l Rcse:mh I oundauon
\\ h1Ch Zab.11mo pass, natch supported rhc lounda-
/lnh/n Sur
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ts
a"i,tant
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/or
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provided
meeting
and conference
services
for the
14th
annual
Chiefs
of Defense Conference.
The
compa-
ny
he worked
for,
Clarus Language
Solutions,
provided interpreta-
tion services for
lO languages and
conferencing services over four days
in
Ko
Olina, Hawaii.
He
also became
audience development manager for
Oregon Ballet Theatre. His role is to
expand
interest
in ballet and fine arts
from
a group and corporate perspec-
tive.
I
Matthew Szymaszek
is
in
his
third year of
medical
school at Lake
Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine
in
Erie,
PA.I
Douglas Ward
married
on Sept.
10, 2011.
2008
Wendy Baron
was promoted to
audio operator
I
at ESPN
in
April
201
l.
I
Andrew Balli
received a
2010 Sports Emmy Award
for his
work on MLB Network's
nightly
program MLB Tonight. The award
was for Outstanding Studio Show
in
the daily category. It was the second
consecutive year
that
MLB Tonight
was nominated and its first win in the
category.
The
award was particular-
ly special considering MLB Network
was
in
only
its
second year of opera-
tion.
His
work on the show consisted
primarily of video editing.
He
split his
time during 2010 working on MLB
Tonight
and Thursday Night Baseball
(MLB
Network's live weekly game
broadcasts).
I
Scott
Brady
is
a public
school teacher
in
New York City.
I
Jennifer Buak
married Mauhew
LaBue
'08/'09M on Feb.
l,
201
l.
I
Sheryl Fusaro
began a new job
with
Beam, Inc.,
as a senior analyst.
I
Suzanne
Garippa
and
Dan
Scott
dated throughout their
four
years at
Marist and became engaged on Aug.
9
at Marist. They plan
to marry
on
June l,
2012.1
Christopher
Hall
published
his
second book, Death
and Other
Things,
in September 2011.
He
has worked
on feature
films
The
Adventures of TirHi11,
The Amazi11g
Spider-man,
and Dark
Knight
Rises as
well as
the HBO
TV movie Too Big to
Fail and
the HBO primetime
drama
Da Brick.
I
Morgan Henry
and
Kevin
Cafaro
became engaged on June 18,
2011, at the
Metropolitan
Museum of
Art. Morgan works as a publicist and
Kevin
works as a marketing specialist
in
New York
City.
I
Jessica McNamara
is
engaged
to
Christopher Cozzolino,
a Binghamton alumnus, and will be
married
May
12,
2012.
Jessica teach-
es fifth grade at Highland Elementary
School.
I
Nicole
Mikaelian
returned
to school
to
pursue a master's
in
elementary education after working
111
the
Public Relations
Department
Gino Ferrazzano
'08
st, rted an event marketing company, Marketing
Genome Project, with three partners two years ago. Specializing in trade
show
coordination, the
company
works heavily in the gaming, comics, and
entertainment industriu, managing booths for clients at major conven-
tions and trade shows ailound the United States. Above, Ferrazzano
(far
left), business partners and promotional models strike a pose at San
Diego Comic Con International in July 2011.
at Bravo
TV.
I
Lauren Pavlick
is an
account executive at Edelman, doing
beauty PR for the Dove account.
Previously she worked at
DeVries
Public Relations,
doing
beauty PR
for Pantene.lChristine
Ro,chelle
was
promoted to vice
president
of oper-
ations of PCG Digital Marketing, a
2011
Inc.
500 honoree. She received
a graduate certificate
in
holilstic
health
with a concentration
in
art therapies.
I
Traci Salisbury
owns and oper-
ates a successful mobile hartending
business in New Orleans. She wants
to bring
it to
New York City
in
the
next
year or so. She also
is
going
on a six-month backpacking trip
through Central and South America.
I
Amanda Schaefer
is
pursuing
an
MA in
elementary ed1ucation at
Sacred Heart University.
She
plans
to
graduate
in
spring
2013.11
Amanda
Schreiner
and
Sean
Murphy
were
married on Aug. 7, 201
LI Caitlin
Tansey
and
Mall Devan
became
engaged on April 10, 2011, and will
be married
in
May 2012.
2009
Victoria
Bartels
is
in
the Art
History
Florence
M.A. program at Syracuse
University.
I
Catherine
Becker
ran
her first marathon, the Portland
Marathon, on Oct. 9, 2011. Her time
was 4:05:57.ISarah
Briggs
is pursu-
ing an
MAT
in adolescent education
for French 7-12 at Stomy Brook
University.
I
Kayla Burke
is
engaged
to
a captain in the U.S. Army and will
be moving to
his next
duty station
in February
2012.1
Sara Gretschel
works
for
the Ad\·ertising Research
Foundation.
I
Erin
Howley
is a global
training
coordinator at Baiin
and Co.
She
travels
around the world coor-
dinating training programs
and
meetings
for
"Bainies."
I
Clare
Langan
enrolled in
the professional
division
of
the Institute
of Culinary
Education
in New York
in March 2011.
She will continue on to complete an
externship at
the
magazine Everyday
with
Rachael Ray
in
the test
kitch-
en, assisting with
recipe testing
and
development.
I
Robert McNicholas
was
promoted to
associate content
editor in
July
2011 after two years
at ESPN.
IAshley
Morere
is a social
worker at Teresian House Center for
the
Elderly and
Infirmed.
She earned
a
master's
in social work at Fordham
University in
2010.1
Kevin Rich
is
coaching
local high
school
ice hockey.
I
Elizabeth
Rizzi
works at John
Jay
High School in
the
Wappingers (NY)
Central School District. She
is
also
the
legislative
cochair for the New York
Association
of School Psychologists.
I
Colleen
Ryan
spent
18
months as an
AmeriCorps volunteer and as a farm
manager
at
the
Glenmary Farm
in
Vanceburg,
KY.
Colleen is
now
a grad
student at the University of
Dayton
with an
assistantship in the
Campus
Ministry
Department.
I
Erik Sassone
is
an assistant account executive at
Sudler&:
Hennessey
in
New York
City.
He recently traveled
to California
to
run meetings and take part in presen-
tations.
He
also recently helped lead
an international
relocation program
with
the
company's satellite offices.
I
Caryn
Shatraw
is
working at Utica
College and loves being in a collegiate
atmosphere.
I
Michael Veneziano
has
been at ESPN
in
the
Stats and Analysis
Department since December 2010.
In Memoriam
Faculty and Staff
Douglas
P.
Brush
Adjunct
Professor
in
Communication
Margaret
Mary
Feldman
'86
Director.
Master's
Program
in
Public
Administration
William
McPeck
Security
Guard
John
S.
O'Brien
Security
Guard
Charyl
Pollard
Head
of Reference
Services
&
Adjunct Instructor
Friends
Edward
E.
Belanger
Gertrude
Coons
John E.
Forsander
Mrs. George M. Gill
Samuel
S.
Im
Dr.
Jerome
Lehner
Peter E. McGregor
Anne Miller
Alumni
Bro.
John
Francis
Colbert,
FMS
'48
Bro. Kenneth
Marino,
FMS
'52
Dr. John M. O'Shea '52
Rev.
Richard
L.
Tinker
'53
Bro. Robert
James Forman,
FMS
'54
Bro. George
Fontana,
FMS
'61
Rev.
Msgr.
Joseph
R. Roth
'61
Bro. Richard
LaRose,
FMS
'63
Dr. Robert
l.
Snyder
'63
Jerome
0.
Goggins
'66
Edward
A. Henstebeck
'68
G. Donald
Finnan
'70
Anthony
P. Lofaro
'70
Dominick
Donato
Dragone
'71
John
F.
Drain
'74
Lillian
Moerschell
'75
Gino Pecchia
'75
Gregory
Settembre
'78
Frank
A. Townsend
'78
Brian
F. Schmidt
'80
William
Myers
'81
Arthur M. Palmiotti
'92
Jo
Ann Pollard
'93
Amanda
Hubbard
'98
Kimberly
Branda
'03
David
P. Patrick,
Jr.
'08
James A. Kyle
'09
John
P. Stefanopoulos
'11
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notes
2010
Nicole Albano
moved
to Hawaii
after graduation and says she loves
•
~
it "Thank you, Marist and
Mr.
Jim
~
Dodd."
I
Richard
Curylo
works at
C
TD Ameritrade in operational
risk
H
management. He
recently passed
rl
the Series 7 exam.
I
Allison
Duffy
~
is
a projecL
assistant editor at Major
......r--t
League Baseball.
She wrote a
feaLure
~
that
was published
in
the World
Series program and led
produc-
tion
of a book commemorating
Lhe
centennial of Fenway
Park.
lBrillany
Fiorenza
completed her
first
year of
law school at Touro Law and has
been
working as a
paralegal
on
Long Island.
I
Rachele
Fitz
is playing basketball
in
Poland.
I
Andrew Foster
is pursuing a
master's in physician assistant studies
at Philadelphia
College
of Osteopathic
Medicine. He expects to graduate in
2012.
ISarah
Foster
marked
her
one-
year anniversary at Oneida County
Tourism in
October 2011. She is
the
director
of group sales and
loves her
job and the tourism
industry.
The
agency
has implemented
her Twitter
proposal.
lYsdirabelinna
Manzi
is
pursuing a
master's
in education at
Mari st.
I
Daniella Matias
is pursuing
an
MBA
at Sacred
Heart
University.
I
Lindsay
Milone
1s
a facility/produc-
tion
coordinator at
HotCam
New
York, a broadcast equipment rental
and crewing facility
in Manhattan.
I
Nicholas Ortega
is working
in the
Los Angeles area.
I
Thomas
Poalillo
has been teaching
English as a
foreign
language
at
lncheon
Sadong
Elementary
School in lncheon, SouLh
Korea, since September 2011.
He
is
enjoying
his job
and
life
abroad.
I
Deanna Rodriguez
was promoLed
in
June
2011
from account coordinator
to junior account executi\•e
al DeVries
Public Relations.
IJustin
Santore
began a
new position
as an under-
graduate admissions
counselor at Pace
UniversiLy.1
Kaitlyn
Smith
spent a
year at a national women's magazine
and
is
back at Marisl, working with
freshmen as a coordinator or first-year
programs. She also writes freelance
for various Web sites
including
YourTango.com.
She plans
LO
pursue
a master's at
Marist.
I
Kimberly
Spallone
works for CBS Radio as a
sales assistant.
I
Matt
Spillane
is a
reporter for
the
Lewisboro
Ledger,
a
weekly
newspaper
in Westchester
County, NY.
I
Michael
Steier is
enrolled
in
the master's in public
relations
and corporate communica-
tions
program
al New York University.
I
Caitlin Struk
teaches sixth grade
special education in
lower
Manhattan.
She
is
also
halfway
through her
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master's degree at Fordham University,
where she
is
studying liL•~racy
educa-
tion.
She got engaged in early August
and
plans
a July 2012 wedding.
I
Stephen Townsend
began his second
year of
teaching
high school science
in District of Columbia
public
schools
with
the
Teach For Amt:rica Corps.
He
is
pursuing
a master's at American
University.
I
Colin
Walker
is complet-
ing
a study on intracultural shock and
the
effects of social
media. He
will
produce a
documentary
as
the
final
project of
his
master's program at
Central Michigan University.
2011
Olivia
Brozek
is pursuing a PhD
in mathematics
at George Mason
University.lAllison
Burke
lives and
works in Atlanta, GA. She enjoys
spending
time
with her family and
her new
job as a production assis-
tant
at PlayON! Sports,
a
high school
sports media company.
I
Courtney
Davis
is an account coordinator at
Litzky
Public Relations, working on
popular
toy
brands such as Nerf and
Super Soaker.
I
Melissa Deilus
start-
ed classes at Sacred
Heart
University
Alumni Golf uting Marks 35th Year
D
espite summer howers,
71
golfers parucipated in the 35th annual
Marist Alumn & Friends Golf Tournament on Jul)' 25, 2011, al
Dutchess Golf and
untry Club in Poughkeepsie. All proceeds from
the
tournament
got the Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund, which
1s
awarded each year t an incoming student who is the son or daughter
of a Manst graduate. hnstina Cappo
'15,
daughter of Chns
'88/'00M
and Gigi
'06
Cappo, s the 2011 scholarship recipient
(see
Page 19).
■
..
Above, from left are om Duffy (low gross winner), Doug Mueller, Matt
Dennis
'09 (second
lo gross winner), and Mike Gentile. Below, from left
are Joe Robillard
'66,
Gerald Peterson
'69,
and Ed Anderson
'71.
for a
master's in
applied psychology.
IJaclyn
Fitzgerald
is
an
admis-
sion counselor at Pace University.
I
Christopher Fusaro
and
his
wife are
expecung their first child.
I
Amanda
Huggins
is commumcations coor-
dinator
for the nonprofit Health
and
Humanitarian
Aid FoundaLion,
which seeks
Lo
provide medical and
humanitarian
aid
to
cuizens of Ghana
affected by famine, poverty, war, and
disease. Her
job
will include travel
to Ghana
Lo
collect data and solidify
a women's empowerment program.
I
Megan Hunsicker
is an account
coordinator at
M
Booth, a global
communications agency.
I
Dawn
Lagreca
married
Gary
Heffron
on
July 2, 201 l
lJames
LaMacchia,
a former wide recei\·er for the Red
foxes,
trained
at Velocity Sports for
two months pnor to an NFL pro-day
at Fordham Uni\'ersit)'·
He has
an
NFL-certified
agent and
is
attending
SUNY Maritime seeking
a master's
in international trade.
I
William
Lyons II
is
working as a sales
repre-
sentath·e for the New York capital
region.
I
Joseph Mager
is a
[ull-time
student at Quinnipiac Universit)'
School of Law.
I
Robin Miniter
has
been traveling around India study-
ing and photodocumenting
the
development of women's rugby as
pan of her Fulbright scholarship.
She plans
Lo
research rugby activ-
ities
in
the
city of Kolkata and the
states of Goa and Manipur.
I
Nicole
Pernice
is a producuon coordinator
at Williams/Gerard
Productions.
I
Valerie
Perrella
is seeking employ-
ment
in the
marketing
field in
the
Northeast
region
while working
in
a six-month, full-time job with New
York State.
lJohn
Rodino
complet-
ed CELIA certification at St. John's
Uni\·ersity
in the summer of 2011.
He
also did a 50-mile canoe
trek
in the
Adirondacks.I
Denise Roe
is deputy
county clerk for Madison County, NY.
She was appointed to
the Region
6
New York State Archives Advisory
Committee.I
Brian Smith isa
prOJect
engineer at Avid
in
New York City.
I
Elizabeth Trizano
was named public
relations coordinator at
WJ
Deutsch
&
Sons, an importer of fine wines and
spirits.
I
Heather
Viola is
continu-
ing her education at
the
New York
College of Osteopathic
Medicine.
I
Michael
Walsh
is a marketing associ-
ate with
Lmux
company Red
Hat.
He
is also writing freelance for
numer-
ous publications.
I
Kathleen Warren
recently
returned
from Turkey,
where
she
received
a grant
to
participate as
a photographer
in
an international
experimental ans festival.


















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