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1ST
CONTENTS
I
Fall
2019
PHILANTHROPY
7
Honoring the Legacy of
Dr.
J.
Richard LaPietra
'54
Barbara LaPietra has
made
a very generous
gift to benefit the Chemistry
Department
which
her late husband, Heritage Professor
and
Professor Emeritus
of Chemistry
J
.
Richard LaPietra
'54, served
for
41 years.
8
Residence Hall Named for Genine
and
Michael McCormick '88/'88
The fourth residence
hall in
the North Campus
Housing Complex was
dedicated as
McCormick
Hall in recognition
of
a very generous gift
from Marist Trustee
Genine McCormick
and her
husband,
Michael
'88
/'88.
FEATURES
12
A First Year in Dublin
Students broadened
their
perspectives
in the
inaug
ural
Freshman Dublin Experience as Marist
expanded
its
first-year abroad
programming.
14
Reflecting on the Extraordinary
Legacy
of Linus Richard Foy
Dr.
Foy set the direction
for Marist
College's
future
during
his dynamic tenure
as president
from 1958
to
1979.
Marist
i
s
dedi
cated
to
helping
st
udents
develop
the
intellect,
c
h
aracter,
and
sk
ills requir
ed
for enlightened, ethical,
an
d
productive lives
in
t
he
global
com
munity
of the 21st
cent
ur
y
.
Marist
magazine
i
s
published
by the
Office of College Advancement
for
a
lumni
and friends
of
Marist College
.
Vice
President for College Advancement: Christopher De/Giorno
'88
Ed
itor:
Leslie Bates
Executive
Dir
ecto
r
of Alumni Relations: Amy Coppola Woods
'97
Alumni News
Coo
rdinator:
Debra L. Gander
'
JS
Art Director: Richard
D
eon
Mar
i
st
College,
3399 N
orth
Rd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1387
www.marist.edu
•
e
ditor
@mar
ist.edu
On
the Cover: Sofia Galvez
'22
at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in
Dublin,
Ireland. Photo
courtesy
of
Sofia
Galvez.
18
Marist Takes the Lead
on Iconic Mindset List
The annual compilation of
what has
always and never
been true
for new
college
freshmen has
changed hands
from
founder
Beloit College to
Marist.
20
Reaching Goals
After an
outstanding season as placekicker
for
the
New
York Jets, Jason
Myers '13
became the
first former Marist football
player to play
in
the Pro Bowl.
44
Tommy Zurhellen Completes
"VetZero"
Trek Across the Nation
The U
.
S.
Navy veteran and
faculty member
walked
across America to raise
awareness
of
veteran
suicide and
homele
ss
ness
.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
24
Storytelling with Data
Anthony
DeBarros
'86/'97MSIS
is
an expert
in
a
field that
combines
journalism and
computer science.
DEPARTMENTS
2 Marist Drive
What's happening on
campus
26 Alumni News
&
Notes
Isabel Holden
'20
has won
the prestigious Liz Claiborne
Design Scholarship Award.


























A Note from President
Dennis
J.
Murray
Dear Members of the M
a
rist Community
,
I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying the fall season
.
In all candor, I didn
'
t expect to be sitting in Greystone penning
another letter to the Marist community
.
But as you know,
the Board has asked me to serve as Interim President while
it considers the most appropriate process and timeline for a
new presidential search
.
While this situation is something
that Marilyn and I could never
have imagined, we are grate-
ful for the opportunity to be
of service to an institution we
love
.
We both remain deeply
committed to advancing Marist
and will do whatever we can to
provide stability and continuity
during this transition
.
I believe that Marist will
be an extremely attractive
opportunity for the right type
of leader
.
The College is at an
e
xciting point in its history,
and there
a
re a lot of wonder-
ful things happening. We have
a stable financial outlook
,
and
w
e
just brought in a terrific
fre
s
hman class. We're about
to bring the new McCann
Center online with some of the
b
e
st athletic and recreational
facilities in the nation
.
Our
Maril
y
n and Denni
s
f.
Murray
distinctive academic programs
continue to receiv
e
accolades from around the country. We
w
e
re again listed in The Princeton Review's
Best 385 Colleges
and in its publication
Colleges That Create Futures.
We are
at
#
IO
in
U.S
.
News & World Report,
which also identified us
as a
"
Most Innovative School." And we ar
e
fourth among all
American universities in study abroad according to the U.S.
St
a
te Department's
Open Doors
report
.
If there
'
s anything that gives me confidence in the future, it's
the people ofMarist-the students, faculty
,
staff, alumni, and
friends of the College
.
Presidents
may come and go, but it's the
people and community that
make Marist so special, and
with your continued active
engagement, the College will
be successful for many years
to come.
Dennis
J
.
Murray
President
MARIST DRIVE
THREE JOIN BOARD
Denise Vanech, Greg Gartland, and Dan
Moran 11 '03 have become members of
the Mari st College Board of Trustees.
D
e
nis
e
Vanech
Vanech is a philanthropist and human resources profes-
sional who has worked at Nabisco, American Express, and
Combustion Engineering. Along with her husband, Dean,
Vanech is a trustee of the Vanech Family Foundation, which
supports education, human services, and performing arts
programs in New York and New Jersey. In 2017, the foundation
endowed a generous scholarship at Marist and the Vanech
Special Services Fund which meets the needs of financially
disadvantaged students with learning disabilities. Vanech's
son, Nicky, graduated from Marist in 2018. Denise and Dean
reside in New Vernon, NJ.
Gartland is a partner at Winston &
Strawn, an international law firm with
nearly 1,000 attorneys in key financial
centers around the world. He works in
Winston's New York and Chicago offic-
es, where he specializes in restructuring,
insolvency, lending transactions, and
business reorganization. Prior to joining
Greg G
a
rtland
Winston in 2009, Gartland was an asso-
ciate attorney at Luskin, Stern & Eisler, a New York City law
firm that specializes in bankruptcy and loan restructurings.
He worked at Corbally, Gartland & Rappleyea in Poughkeepsie
from 2003 to 2005. Gartland is the son of Michael Gartland
and grandson of John J. Gartland Jr., both of whom served
as Marist trustees-Jack Gartland as chair. Greg resides in
Poughkeepsie with his wife, Ellen, and their two children.
Dan Moran II
'
0
3
Moran is president of the Mari st Alumni
Executive Board, having served as a member since
2009 and as secretary from 2014 until becoming
president. The Alumni Executive Board president is
an ex officio voting member of the Mari st Board of
Trustees. Moran is senior director of operations at
Covanta Energy, a waste management and incinera-
tion service provider headquartered in Morristown,
NJ. Previous roles there included business manager
and director of mergers and acquisitions. In 2019,
the on line trade publication Waste 360 named Moran to its
"
40
Under 40" list of innovative professionals under age 40 whose
work in waste, recycling, and organics has made a significant
contribution to the industry. Moran also co-owns 13 Stars
CrossFit in Morristown with Brian Vagnini
'
03. He earned a
business degree from Mari st, where he was a member of the
swim team, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst. Moran and his wife, Marie lsolda
'
03, live in New
Jersey with their daughter, Gracie.
Vanech and Gartland were elected to the board in
November 2018.
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WOODSTOCK
@
50:
HRVIPRESENTSCONFERENCE
ON WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL
AND ITS IMPACT
Three days of peace and music were
actually almost a decade in the making.
This past June 13-14, the Hudson River
Valley Institute (HRVI) at Marist College hosted
"
1969:
3
When Woodstock Changed the World," a conference
3
examining the events that led to the iconic music festival.
"
Looking at this historic event through the lens of
social movements has allowed us to construct panels that
explore the impact of that transformative decade, the
1960s, and its most memorable event
,
the Woodstock
music festival,
"
noted Dr
.
Thomas Wermuth '84
,
director
of HRVI and vice president for academic affairs.
The conference explored the social history of the
tumultuous decade leading up to Woodstock with panel
discussions on music in the '60s; social movements,
including civil rights and black power, communal living,
feminism, and the Vietnam War; and peace movements. It
also featured keynote lectures by CNN presidential histo
-
rian and 2019 Barnabas McHenry Scholar in Residence Dr
.
Douglas Brinkley and '60s historian Dr
.
David Farber
.
The two
-
day event began with a field trip to Bethel
Woods Center for the Arts, the site of the 1969 Woodstock
festival, and concluded with a panel moderated by Wade
Lawrence
,
museum director at Bethel Woods, that includ
-
ed festival photographer Elliott Landy, attendees Bobbi
and Nick Ercoline, Rachel Marco Havens, Julia Fell, and a
musical performance by the Chogyi Lama band.
HRVI HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL HISTORY
Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole will be the
focus of the eighth annual Handel
-
Krom Lecture in
Hudson River Valley History. Dr. H. Daniel Peck, professor
emeritus at Vassar College
,
will present
" '
The Stream Will
Have Its Course': Thomas Cole, the Hudson River Valley,
and the Paintings of Catskill Creek
"
on Oct. 16, 2019, at
7 p.m
.
in Marist's Nelly Goletti Theatre. The lecture is free
and open to the public.
For last year's lecture, Dr
.
Susanah Shaw Romney,
assistant professor of history at New York University,
presented
"
Who Built Dutch New York? Personal Ties
and Imperial Connections in the 17th
-
Century Greater
Hudson Valley.
"
The Handel
-
Krom lecture series, coordinated by the
Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College
,
was
established through the generosity of community leaders
Shirley and Bernard Handel and Lt. Col. Gilbert A. Krom.
Dr. Douglas
Brinkley, CNN
presidential
historian and
2019
Barnabas
McHenry
Scholar
in Residence,
was a
keynote
speaker at
"1969:
When Woodstock
Changed the
Wor
l
d,"a
conference
examining
events
that
l
ed
to the
iconic music
festival.
Tess Cimino
'
19
(left)
and Daniel
Knoll
'19
received
Fulbright English
Teaching Assistant
awards. Cimino
will
teach in
Malaysia, Knoll in
I
ndonesia
.
Dr. Susanah
Shaw
R
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(left),
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Shirley
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Richard Monsky
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Goldwater
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4
Ross Mauri
'Bo, chair
of the Marist Board of Trustees,
spoke
at the
opening of the Security Operations
Center,
a high-tech classroom where
students
learn to use
security
platforms from industry partners such as
IBM
,
Cisco, and BlackRidge Technology.
Mari
s
t Open
s
Securit
y
Op
e
ration
s
Center
Marist-one of a few colleges
in the Northeast to
offer a cyber-
security
major-opened its
SECURITY OPERATIONS
CENTER (SOC)
in
a
next
step
to deliver
cutting-edge
cyber
-
security education.
Common
in most large
companies,
an SOC is
a centralized
unit that deals
with
information
security
issues on
an
organi
-
zational and
technical level. The Marist SOC, located in the
Hancock Center, is
a
hub for hands
-
on
act
i
vities for
students
studying cybersecurity
.
The SOC features IBM
cybersecurity
technologies including the IBM QRadar Security Intelligence
Platform
,
which applies advanced analytics
to detect
and
priori
-
tize
threats across
the IT
environment, as
well
as
IBM Security
AppScan, which
he
l
ps identify
and remediate application security
vulnerabilities.
The
SOC also
includes
security gateways
from
BlackRidge Technology that
prevent
and
log unauthorized
access
of
network
resources, allowing
the SOC to
control and adjust
trust levels
for anyone
using the data
center.
"
In
our
program,
we
teach
students
how
threats and attacks
work and
how to
counteract
them,"
said
Dr. Casimer DeCusatis,
director of
the Cybersecurity Program
and assistant
professor
of computer science.
"
In
the SOC, students
have
an opportunity
to practice
their skills
in
a safe,
isolated cloud
environment that
replicates
real
-w
orld
scenarios such as
the
widely
publicized
security
breaches
at
Equifax,
Target, and
Sony."
The Marist/IBM Joint Study Program, Marist
's
longstand
-
ing
collaboration with
IBM, has played
an
integral role in the
development
of
the
SOC, including
providing
expert advising
and software obtained through
the IBM
Academic
Initiative.
The
launch
of
the
SOC follows
the
approval of a
new bach
-
elor's
degree in
cybersecurity.
The program received
approval
from the New York State Education
Department in June
2018,
and
its
first cohort of students
began class in
fall
2018.
The
Marist curriculum
includes
studying attacks against
electric
power plants; hacking
airplanes from
the in
-
flight
Wi-Fi;
securing wireless
medical devices
such as
insulin pumps;
and
controlling
the Internet
of
Things
(smart cars,
drones, GPS
navigators,
and
home
assistants such as Alexa, Siri, and Cortana).
Learn
more
about Marist's Cybersecurity
Program
at
www.
marist.edu
/co
mputer-science-math
/cy
bersecurity
.
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MARIST
MAGAZINE
1,719 EARN DEGREES AT
COMMENCEMENT
In ceremonies on May 24 and 25
,
Marist College conferred 1
,
719
degrees on the Class of 2019.
The Saturday ceremony, for
traditional undergraduates,
conferred degrees on 1,208
graduating students. The
commencement address was
delivered by Vanessa Friedman,
fashion director and chief fash
-
~
ion critic for The New
Vanessa Friedman,fashion
director and chief fashion
critic
for
1he New York
Times,
addressed traditional
undergraduates at their
ceremony May
25.
"I
York Times. The valedictorian was Kirstyn Watson
:
'19, who graduated summa cum laude with a BS
Entrepreneur
H
enry
Helgeson
'96
addressed
the
adult
undergraduate and
graduate
students
at
the May
24
ceremony.
in criminal justice, a minor in accounting, and a
~
paralegal certificate
.
The Friday ceremony was for adult under-
graduate and graduate students and conferred a
total of 511 degrees (103 to adult undergraduates;
408 to graduate students). The commence
-
ment address was given by entrepreneur Henry
Helgeson '96. Also speaking at the ceremony
were Alexa Mariel Comuniello
'
16/'19MA, the
recipient of the Award for Excellence in Graduate
Studies, and Jose Henry Fields
'
19, the recipient of
the Award for Academic Distinction.
The
MARIST COLLEGE EXECUTIVE CENTER
in New
York City officially opened its doors with a special event on
April 25
.
Dr
.
Lee Miringoff
,
director of the Marist College
Institute for Public Opinion (left)
,
and Dr
.
Barbara Carvalho
'79
,
director of the Marist Poll (center), hosted a conversation
with Lester Holt
,
anchor of NBC's
Nightly News with Lester Holt
.
NEW TUITION BENEFIT FOR ALUMNI
Marist is offering all alumni their first graduate course tuition
-
free.
■
The tuition benefit applies only to new students initiating an
application to a stand
-
alone graduate program through the Office
of Graduate Admission
.
■
Students may take only their first graduate course tuition-free;
currently enrolled graduate students do not qualify.
■
The master's in physician assistant studies, the doctorate in
physical therapy, and dual/five-year degree programs are
excluded from this benefit
.
For information, visit maristconnect.marist.edu/freegradclass.
To apply
,
visit marist.edu/graduate or call 1
-
888-877-7900.































Celebrating
50 Years
of
HEOP
at Marist
HEOP
s
t
a
ff
we
l
c
om
e
d th
e
HEOP Cla
ss
of
20
23
a
t a br
e
akfa
s
t on
c
ampu
s
Au
g
.
2
:
From l
ef
t,front ro
w
: Sandy Chillo
g
alli
,
Mi
g
u
e
l Ar
a
n
g
o
,
Sam
a
n
t
ha Mor
a
l
es,
R
ay
k
e
n
A
lmont
e,
An
ge
l
ica
Tapi
a-
Jim
e
n
ez,
Thom
as
V
ase
l
ek
o
s; sec
on
d
r
ow:
Iri
s
R
u
i
z-
Gr
ec
h
,
d
i
r
ect
or, Multi
c
ult
u
r
a
l Aff
ai
r
s
/
HEOP, M
a
r
y
C
a
nt
o
R
ice,
a
ssis
t
a
n
t
dir
ec
tor
,
Multi
c
ultural Affair
s
/
HEOP
;
ba
c
k row
:
Gabri
e
l B
a
uti
s
t
a,
pro
g
r
a
mmin
g
tutor
c
oun
se
l
o
r,
Dur
as
h
a
h
wa
r Ahm
a
d
, w
ritin
g
tut
o
r
c
oun
se
lor
,
K
ee
n
e
n Bin
g
h
a
m
,
Ni
c
hol
e
Carrillo
, Cass
andra L
a
r
se
n
,
l
ss
a
ma
r Br
i
t
o,
Karoli
na Go
m
ez,
N
iza
rind
a
ni Ant
o
n
i
o
-
L
av
ari
ega
, M
a
di
s
on Fon
sec
a
,
B
ea
tri
ce C
ard
o
n
a,
Jo
se S
an
c
h
ez,
and Min
e
rva P
e
na, math tuto
r c
oun
se
lor
.
OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS,
the
Arthur
0.
Eve
Higher Education Opportunity
Program
at Marist
has provided
critical
academic support
to nearly
500 students who
otherwise
might not have been
ab
l
e
to
attend
a
private
college
or university.
"It
is
gratifying
to
see
that for so
years
Marist
HEOP has brought the
opportunity
of a
private
education
to
so
many deserving
students who
have developed into
extraor
-
dinary leaders,
"
said
Iris Ruiz-Grech, direc
-
tor of
the
Center for
Multicultural Affairs
/
Arthur
0.
Eve
Higher
Education
Opportunity
Program
. "
Their
contributions
have positively
impacted Marist and continue
to do
so
in
their
communities
today.
"
In 1969,
l
eg
i
s
l
ation established
the Higher
Education
Opportunity Program
at
ind
e-
pendent
colleges and
universities in New
York State.
In
2006
,
the
state's governor and
l
eg
i
slature approved a
name
cha
n
ge
in honor
of
the important
ro
l
e
played in increasing
access
to higher
education
by
Arthur
0.
Eve,
a former New
York
State assemb
l
yman
repre
-
senting
districts in Buffalo, NY. Marist was
one of the original 24 schoo
l
s
to participate.
HEOP is
an academ
i
c access
program
that provides
services
to New York State
residents
who
because
of academic and eco-
nomic
circumstances
would otherwise be
unable
to attend a
postsecondary
educational
institution. Sponsored
b
y
New York State
and Marist,
HEOP
also
provides
structured
support services
including
a
pre-freshman
summer
program,
counseling,
tutoring,
and
coursework.
In
addition
to academic
sup
-
port, program participants
receive
financial
assistance
toward their
co
ll
ege expenses
.
This
fa
ll
,
15
students entered
the
pro
gram.
HEOP
wo
rk
s to
fully
int
egrate
it
s stu-
dents into the Marist
community
,
where
they
often take on
leadership roles. HEOP
stu-
dents
were among
the founding members
of
campus organizations such
a
Black
Student Un
i
on
,
ARCO (Appreciating
Races
and Creating
Opportunitie
s
)
,
and Asian Alliance and Greek
organizations such as
Kappa Kappa Gamma
and Zeta
Psi
,
according
to Ruiz-Grech. Three
HEOP
students
have been tudent body presi-
dent
.
Through their
ach
i
evements
,
HEOP
st
u
-
dents
contribute
to
the Co
ll
ege's
reputation
for academic e
x
cellence. Over
the
past three
years
,
two HEOP
students
,
Darriel McBride
'
17
and Jaq
u
an
Jacob
Arzu
'
16
,
won
presti-
gious Fulbright U.S
.
Student
Program
Grants.
McBride also was
named
a Gates Millennium
Scholar and a
Humanity in
Action Scholar.
Dylan Lopez
'
1
9
was awarded a
Benjamin
A.
Gilman International
Scholarship
.
Katherine
Alvarado
'
19
interned this past
summer with Atlas Air and
is pursuing
an
MS
in
accounting at Stony
Brook
University.
Joseph
I
radukunda
'
19
i
a special educa-
tion
teacher at
Hudson Hills
Academy and a
community
h
abi
lit
at
i
on spec
i
a
li
st at
Abilities
First. Les
I
ie Lazcano
'18
is
in
her
second year
of the John
Marshall Law
School and
is
s
tudy-
ing
abroad at
the
Univers
i
ty of
Oxford
.
"
They
h
ave
to
work extra
hard
,
" sa
id
Mary Rice
,
as istant director
of
the
Center
for
Multicultural Affairs
/
Arthur
0.
Eve
Higher
Education
Opportunity Program.
"
They
start
off
unprepared
,
but using
a
ll
the
support,
they
are ab
l
e
to take
this opportunity and
run
w
i
th
it. They flourish
when
they
are
here
and
do
beautifully.
"
Many HEOP
alumni
reach
out
to
cu
rr
ent
students
in the program
. "
Our
a
lumni
are
really truly
committed to giving
back
,"
said
Ruiz-Grech, who has been director
of
HEOP
for 26 yea
r
s and
has
worked at
Marist nearly
30.
In
2003
,
HEOP
a
lumn
a
Mariel
Sosa
'
02
started the
HEOP
A
lumni
Fund
,
wh
i
ch sup-
ports
essent
i
a
l
needs beyond tuition
such as
fare for commutin
g
to
internship
s,
profe
ss
ion
a
l
attire for employment opportunitie
s,
and other
academic and career-related expenses
not
cov-
ered
by financial
aid or
the HEOP
grant.
HEOP
alumni say
the program ha
a
powerful impact.
"
The HEOP program
and
staff
played
a
major
role
in helpin
g
me develop
into the person I
am today
,"
said Lui
s
Santia
g
o
'
98
,
interim director
of admission at West
e
rn
onnecticut tate Uni
v
ersity.
"
They took
a
kid
from
the Bronx
w
ith
raw
talent
and
potential
and
provided
me with
the
tools and confidence
to be a success.
I look
forward to continuin
g
to
participate in HEOP
alumni
panels
and
networking
events
.
HEOP doesn't
stop at
g
raduation.
H
EOP
is
for
I ife.
"
"Marist's
HEOP program
created a com
-
munity
of
personal
support
which
extends
beyond my
co
ll
ege
tenure into the present
day,
"
said Yesenia Cruz
-
Troy '95. "They
accomplished
this by
offer
in
g comprehen
-
s
i
ve,
integrated,
and
long-lasting guidance
and resources
.
Their mentoring
contributed
to
my
success
by
in
creasing confidence, and
both
addressing and validating
my path
after
graduation
.
Even
all
these
years
later, I
am so
appreciative
they
were a
beacon
of
hope
for
so
many like me, who never thought
college
was an option."
"I entered
freshman year with
a group
of
friends
and
l
eft
with
a
bigger
family,
"
said
Freddy
Garcia
'
09/'14MBA, regional direc-
tor
for diversity, inclusion,
and community
engagement at
Westchester Medical
Center
Health Network
.
'Td
like to
thank
Marist/
HEOP for taking
a chance
on me
and equip
-
ping me with the tools to navigate a world
unfamiliar
to
me,
at
the time. Thank
you
for
so years of
being the real
engine of oppor
-
tunity
for
the various
generations of
New
Yorkers."
i!l
FALL
2019
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In January, the College opened the renovated and
expanded
Steel Plant Studios, the new home of the Fashion and Art
&
Di
gital
Media programs.
Marist Named Top Fashion School
Marist
has been top
-ra
nked
for
both
UNDER-
GRADUATE FASHION DESIGN
and
FASHION BUSINESS AND MANAGE-
MENT
by premier industry publication
Business of Fashion
in its Global Ranking of
Fashion Schools for 2019.
Based in
London,
Business of
Fashion
has
a
worldwide following as a
daily news
resource
in the
fashion
industry.
Using 30
metrics
and
more than
13,000
responses
from students
and alumni,
Business of
Fashion
analyzed
66 schools worldwide.
Marist
was one
of
37
schools
recognized
for fashion
design
and one
of just
15
recognized for fashion
business
and
management.
Over the
past decade, the program has
grown
from
200
total
students
to
about 500.
Nearly 90
percent of fashion majors
study
a
broad
at
least
once
during their
four years.
Students also can
participate in Marist in
Manhattan, an
internship program that uses
th
e
campus's
proximity to New
York
City-a
fashion
industry hub-to full
advantage.
Other recent developments
for the Marist Fashion Program:
Design major Isabel Holden
'20
won the
prestigious
Council of Fashion
Designers
of America's (CFDA)
Liz
Claiborne
Design
Scholarship Award. Established
in
2009,
this
$25,000 scholarship
is
awarded
to
an
under
-
graduate fashion student each year.
Holden,
of
Hopkinton
,
MA, was one of
five
Marist
students selected
to
apply for
the
scholar-
ship
by
creating a signature fashion collection
that
supports
the
Claiborne
brand
and also
includes
an element
of
sustainable
design
innovation.
CFDA solicits applicants only
from
the
top 20 fashion
design
schools
in
the
United States. From
there, four finalists
are chosen
to present their
collections
to
a
selection committee.
Holden was
awarded
the top prize.
This past
May, students
in the
Marist
Fashion
Program produced
the Silver Needle
Runway
for
the
33rd year.
The
event show-
cases garments
designed
and
made by
senior
Design major
I
sabe
l Holden
'20
has won the
prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of
America
'
s Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award.
fashion
design
students
in
a
professional run
-
way
setting.
A panel of industry professionals
judges the
collections.
For
a
list
of winners,
visit
marist.edu/snr33/about.
For a
list
of
show sponsors and
partners
,
visitmarist.edu/
snr33/sponsors-and-partners.
The
show
paid
tribute to Fashion
faculty
member Richard
Kramer, who passed away this past
spring.
In January, the
College opened
the reno
-
vated and expanded
Steel Plant Studios, the
new home
of
the
Fashion and
Art
&
Digital
Media programs. Designed by Robert
A.M.
Stern Architects, the project
expanded
12,000
square
feet of
existing
studio
and
learning
space
with
a
two
-s
tory,
35,000-square-foot
addition.
Key
spaces
include digital labs,
fash-
ion
studios, a
makerspace,
a
fashion
exhibi-
tion
gallery,
an
art gallery,
a retai
l
laboratory
for merchandising
students,
and
a
cafe.
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Richard
and
Barbara
LaPietra
Honoring the Legacy of
Dr.
J.
Richard LaPietra '54
ent or
publish it,
experience
that
can
lead
to
successful graduate school admissions
and employment.
Barbara
's
contributions
will ensure
that Richard
LaPietra's
legacy
as
a
beloved teacher,
scientist, administrator,
and
mentor
will
be
known and felt
by future
generations of students and faculty alike.
A LONGTIME FRIEND
of the College,
Barbara
LaPietra,
has made
a very generous
gift
to benefit the
Chemistry
Department
which
her late husband, Heritage Professor
and
Professor
Emeritus
of
Chemistry
J
.
Richard LaPietra
'54,
served with great
dis-
tinction
for
41
years.
Barbara's
contribution
will enable the College
to replace its
aging
nuclear magnetic
resonance spectrometer, an
essential
piece
of equipment actively
used by
all students and faculty
in
organic chemistry.
It
will also support
the
expansion of
the Dr.
J.
Richard
LaPietra
'54
Sponsored
Student
Research Fund.
Barbara
established
the Dr
.
J.
Richard
LaPietra
'54
Sponsored Student Research
Fund in
2011
to provide
a
meaningful
oppor-
tunity
for a
talented undergraduate
chemistry
or biochemistry
student
to pursue
a summer
research project under the
supervision
of
Marist
faculty.
The program has been
enor-
mously
successful, with
participants
going
on
to PhD programs in
chemistry at some of
the
nation
's
most prestigious universities includ-
ing
Yale and Cornell.
Recently
one LaPietra
Scholar
earned a
Fulbright fellowship.
Barbara's
contribution
will
allow a second
student
to participate in the program
each
"T
his
generous,
thoughtful
commitment
from
Barbara LaPietra truly
reflects what
Richard
was all about:
helping
students
develop
a
passion
for chemistry and for
research," said
President
Emeritus
Dennis
J
.
Murray. "Richard was one of
the titans in the
history
of Marist.
Over his
60-year
year and will
provide resources
for
faculty who oversee
the program.
In
addition
to this meaning
-
Recently
a LaPietra
relationship
with
the
College,
he
had
a
positive impact
on virtually
every aspect of
the institution.
As
a
student,
he literally helped build
Our Lady
Seat of Wisdom Chapel.
As a
professor
,
he
was a
master
teacher
who served as an
inspira-
ful
gift,
Barbara
also
made
a very
generous
provision for Marist
through her
estate. Upon
her
passing
,
the
J.
Richard
LaPietra
Scholar earned
a Fulbright
fellowship
.
Visiting
Teacher-Scholar Fund in
Chemistry will
be
established.
The fund will
enable the College
and
School of Science to
invite
exceptional
teacher-scholars to join
the
Marist facu
l
ty for one to two
years
to
teach
students and also collaborate with
fel-
low
faculty
on undergraduate research. The
fund will provide invaluable
opportunities
for
students
to
comp
l
ete
research
and
pres-
tional mentor
a
nd
advisor
to thousands
of
students. As academic
dean, he provided lead
-
ership
for our
faculty and set a
high
standard
for all
to meet. He
even wrote
the
College's
alma
mater,
which
is loved by
Marist alumni.
We are
honored that
Barbara
has
remained
such an active, committed
member
of the
Marist College family."
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2019
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PHILANTHROPY
Residence Hall Named for Genine and
Th
e
M
cC
ormi
c
k famil
y
(l
e
ft to ri
g
ht
)
: Kri
s
t
e
n
'
16
,
Gr
ace,
G
e
nin
e '
88
,
M
ic
ha
e
l
'88,
an
d
Oli
v
ia
I
N A CEREMONY
on campus May
3,
the fourth and final residence hall in the
North Campus Housing Complex was formally dedicated as McCormick
Hall in recognition of a very generous gift made by Marist Trustee Genine
McCormick and her husband, Michael, both members of Marist's Class of
'88.
in May
2016.
Michael
has
spent more
than
25
years
in the
finance
industry
as a
partner
and
portfolio manager
with
Gilder, Gagnon, Howe
&
Co
,
LLC
,
an
investment firm in
"Our journey
together
and our journey
with Marist
began in
August of
'
84," said
Genine McCormick at
the dedication
cer
-
emony
. "
Our
upperclassman
years
living in
a
building
that was
basically
on
this
geographi-
cal
location
was
the time
of
our lives.
We've
tried
to live
with
the philosophy of paying
our
blessings
forward and giving with
the heart.
I think
our goal
is to be
an
inspiration to
those
who walk
through the doors
and sleep
in
the
beds.
May this residence give
them
the
comfort
to dream big
,
build
aspirations,
and create
the
vision for
their future,
which
is
what Marist
did for us." A plaque
in
the
lobby of
McCormick
Hall,
composed
by
the
McCormicks
,
expresses
this
sentiment.
"
Genine
and Michael
have been
among
the most
dedicated
and supportive alumni
in the history of Marist College,"
said
President Dennis J.
Murray. "Over
the past
30
years,
they have not only
volunteered
their
8
MARIST
MAGAZINE
time to lead the
Marist
Fund but
also
have
supported
the James
A
.
Cannavino Library
,
the
music building, theatre
facilities, and
the new
Career Center
in the
School of
Management. Marist is extremely grateful
for
their longstanding
commitment and
fortunate
to have them,
as well as
their
daughter Kristen,
a
2016
graduate, as
part
of the
College community."
The McCormicks have remained
very
involved
with
the
College since graduating.
Genine,
who
is
a CPA,
joined the Marist
Board
of Trustees
in
2010
and currently
lends
her
expertise on
the
Executive Committee
and Advancement Committee, and as chair
of
the
Audit
Committee
.
She
previously
volunteered as
national
chair of
the
Marist
Fund,
and she and Michael co-chaired
the
fund's
Alumni
Division
for
two
years
.
Genine
also served as co-chair
of the
special
tribute
event
honoring Dennis
and Marilyn
Murray
New York City.
He
was instrumental
in the
development
of Marist's
Investment
Center
and Greystone Equity Fund and was a driv
-
ing
force
in
the establishment of the
newly
launched
School of Management Career
Center at Marist, which offers students and
alumni an array of
programs
and services
to
help them
succeed
in
an
increasingly
com-
petitive job market.
Their
dedication to philanthropy is
wide-reaching.
In
2000,
they
established
the
McCormick Family Foundation
to provide
educational opportunities for children.
The
foundation
has played
an invaluable role
in the
growth and success
that
Marist
has
enjoyed over the years.
In
addition
to
work
with
their
foundation,
the
McCormicks are
involved
with Girls Educational
&
Mentoring
Services
(GEMS), a
nonprofit that provides
services
to
sexually exploited and
domesti-
cally
trafficked
girls and young women.

















Michael McCormick '88/' 88
Mic
h
ae
l i
s a
l
so a
member of the board
of
directors
of C
l
assroom,
Inc
.,
an organization
that uses
gaming a
nd
other technological
resources
to
support
literacy
efforts
in under-
served commu
niti
es.
McCormick
H
a
ll
is
th
e
third
camp
u
s
building to be named
in
honor of
al
umni
through philanthropy. The previous two
are
also part of
the
North
Campus Complex:
Tom
and Mary Ward
Hall was
d
edicated
in
honor
of Trustee
Tom
Ward
'
69 and
his
wife, Mary,
and
Lavelle Hall
was
dedicated
in
honor
of
Trustee
Patrick Lavelle
'73.
This past
fall,
John
a
nd
Nancy O'Shea Hall was dedicated
in honor
of
Trustee
John O'Shea
and
hi
s
l
ate
wife, Nancy.
The North Campus Housing
Co
mpl
ex
i
s a state-of-the-art
facility that
accommo-
dates nearly
300
und
ergraduate students
in
suites w
ith
s
in
g
l
e
bedrooms
and commo
n
living
spaces
that include
a
living
room,
kitchenette,
and
bathroom. The buildings
also feature a
large interactive
community
l
ounge
,
various study
loun
ges
,
and a
l
aundry
fac
ilit
y.
The
comp
l
ex
provides
ample com
-
munity
space
for
st
ud
e
nt
s, facu
lt
y, and staff.
In
a
ddition
to
hou
sing
residential
students
,
McCormick Hall boasts
a
fitness
center and
dining
facility,
making the
North Campus a
vibrant
hub
of collegiate
life. Its lawns
and
open space offer spectacular views of
the Hudson River. The new
facilit
i
es
are also
designed to
support academic
initi
atives
beyond the traditional
sc
hool
year s
u
ch as Marist
'
s sum
-
mer Pre-College
pro
grams
for high
sc
hool
stude
nt
s.
The
n
ew com
pl
ex
h
as
ex
p
a
nd
ed
Marist
'
s capacity
to
host
confere
n
ces and
other large-scale
eve
nt
s
that
welcome guests from
outside the
area,
allowing the
Co
ll
ege
to
continue
to play
a
key
role as
one
of
the
region
'
s economic engines.
i!J
Th
e
fo
u
r r
es
id
e
n
ce
h
a
ll
s
in th
e
North
Campus Hou
s
in
g
Compl
e
x ar
e
nam
e
d
for
(
l
ef
t to ri
g
ht
)
Micha
e
l and G
e
nin
e
M
c
Cormi
c
k
'
88
/
'88
,
Tom Ward
'
6
9,
John
O'Shea, and Patrick Lav
e
ll
e '73
.
FALL
2019
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Supporting Research
and Scholarships
THE PHILANTHROPY
of
a
lumni
,
p
arents, a
nd
friends
co
ntinu
es
to
m
ake a s
ub
s
t
a
n
t
i
a
l impa
ct at
Marist. The
Co
ll
ege
i
s gra
t
efu
l
for their
suppor
t
a
nd
ongoing
d
e
di
cation. Among
recent
commitments:
■
Mar
i
st Trustee
Mau
r
een
O
'
Rourke
'
85
and
her hus-
■
Marist
Trustee
Suresh Kothapalli '9
1
MS
and
hi
s
broth
ers
,
Rajesh K. Kothapalli
'
92MS
an
d
Vinod K. Kottapalli
'
94MS
,
have made
a generous
pledge to
sign
ifi
-
cantly stre
n
gt
h
en
two
import
a
nt initi
a
-
tives
withi
n
the School of Computer
Science a
nd
Mathemat
i
cs.
Th
e
broth
ers
l
ead
iSpace,
a g
lob
a
l
serv
i
ces co
mpan
y
headquartered in Los Angeles with
mo
re
than
400 em
pl
oyees.
Their pledge
co
n
-
tinues
sup
p
ort for
the Kothapalli Family
Scho
l
ars
hip
, wh
i
c
h
assists students
pursuing
a
master's degree in
computer
scie
n
ce
/
software
d
eve
l
opment, and for
the Kothapalli Brothers
/
iSpace Summer
Research
Fe
llow
sh
ip
Program. The
fe
l
-
l
ows
hip
s
provide research opportunities
under the
m
e
ntorship
of
a
faculty
spo
n
-
sor
for one
und
e
rgraduat
e st
ud
e
nt
a
nd
o
n
e
international
g
raduat
e
student. The
brothers
a
l
so
h
ave
thoughtfully
d
es
i
g-
nated
support for
the Marist Fund.
band,
James Molloy
,
h
ave
made
a genero
u
s
pledge to
l
e
ft to right
,
Vinod Kottapalli
'
94MS
,
Rajesh Kothapalli
'
9
2
MS
, a
nd
Sur
es
h Kothapalli
'
91MS at th
e
ir
c
ompan
y
iSp
ace
in El S
eg
undo
, CA
T
r
ustee Ma
ur
ee
n O
'
R
o
ur
ke '85 a
nd h
e
r hu
s
b
a
nd
,
J
a
m
es Mo
ll
oy, a
r
e esta
bli
s
h
i
n
g a
n
e
nd
owe
d
sc
hol
a
r
s
hip
.
/
esta
b
l
i
s
h
a new
e
nd
owe
d
sc
holarship
,
the O'Rourke Family
Scholarship. In
a
ddition
,
they
h
ave co
m
-
mitted resources to
activate
the fund
with
an
nu
a
l
gifts whi
l
e
the
endowment
i
s
building. They previously funded
an
Annua
l
Giving
Sc
h
o
l
arship.
O'Rourke
is
dean
emerita of
the Boston
University
Schoo
l
of
Law,
servi
n
g as
dean
of t
h
e
law
school from 2006 to 2018, and serves as
chair of Marist's
pre
-
law
Adv
i
sory
Board.
■
Hudson River Valley
r
esi
d
e
nt
s
Mart
i
n
'
70
and Pauline Gyves
h
ave
made
a
nother
ge
n
ero
u
s co
mmitm
e
nt
to support
th
e
Martin
J.
&
Pauline
C.
Gyves Scholarship.
Martin
attended
Marist part time in
the
1960s whi
l
e worki
n
g
full time
at
the
IBM Corp
.
a
nd
graduated wit
h
a
BA
in
mathematics.
Knowing
the
value of
higher
e
du
cation, Martin and
Pauline
created
the
scho
l
ars
hip
in
2016
to provide
financial
assistance
to traditional-age
undergraduates with
outstan
din
g
aca-
demic potential.
■
Two
l
ongtime facu
lt
y
leaders have pledged
add
ition
a
l
s
upp
ort
for the innovat
i
ve
internship program they
estab
li
s
h
ed
at Mar
i
st
that
g
i
ves stude
nt
s
hands-on
exper
i
e
n
ce w
hil
e
h
e
lpin
g
the
surround
-
ing community
.
In
2014
Ma
r
garet Calista
,
former
dean
of
the
Sc
h
ool of
Social
a
nd
Behavioral Sciences,
•
a
nd h
er
hu
s
b
a
nd
,
Dr
.
Donald J
.
Calista
,
z
former director of
the Graduate Center
for
Publi
c
Po
l
icy,
l
a
un
c
h
e
d the
Marie
and
Rup
ert
Tarver
Summer Internship,
M
a
rtin
'7
0
a
nd
Paulin
e
G
yve
s
a
r
e
s
ho
w
n
w
ith th
e
two
c
urr
e
nt r
ec
ipi
e
nt
s
of
th
e
Martin
f.
&
Paulin
e
C.
G
yves
Scholarship
,
Emma l
e
Ma
y '2
0 and
Fran
cesc
a D
e
naro
'
21.
named for two
local
community
l
eaders.
The
pro
gra
m
g
ive
s st
ud
e
nt
s
the oppor
-
tunity to address pressing
socia
l
prob-
l
e
ms
w
hil
e
working full time in
a
lo
ca
l
nonprofit. The Tarver interns,
guided
by
a
Marist
faculty
member
,
serve
in paid
internships
an
d
receive free tuition
for
three
cred
it
s and
free
campus
housing
during
t
h
e e
i
g
ht
-week s
umm
er
program.
The
2019 co
hort
involved
10
d
ynamic
int
erns
in
majors
vary
in
g
from
socia
l
work a
nd
political science to
economics
and
p
syc
holo
gy.
■
Since
1969,
the
James J
.
Mccann Charitable
Tru
s
t
h
as
carried out
J
ames
J
.
McCann
'
s
v
i
sion
for
a c
h
aritab
l
e
trust
s
upportin
g
recreational,
h
ea
lth
, comm
unit
y,
reli-
gio
u
s, and ed
u
catio
n
a
l
opportun
iti
es
in
Dutchess
Co
unt
y. A centerpiece of
its
mission
h
as
been
scho
l
arships for
local
students.
For more than
so years
,
the
trust
h
as given genero
u
s
l
y
to
Marist
to
sup
p
ort area s
tud
e
nt
s
throu
g
h
an
nu
a
l
scho
l
ars
hip
s.
Awarded
b
y
the Office of
Student Financial Services, the
c
hol
ar
-
s
hips
ass
i
st
traditional
-age
Marist
st
u
-
dents who
li
ve
in Dutchess County
and
grad
uat
e from co
unt
y
hi
g
h
schoo
l
s
,
with
preference
for
Our Lady
of
Lourdes High
School
graduates.
In
a
ddition
, a $2
million
grant
from
the
tru
st
is m
aki
ng po
ss
ibl
e
the
repl
ace
-
ment and
s
ignificant
expansion of the
aux
i
liary
gy
m
a
nd fitnes
s
center in the
James J. McCann
Recreation
Center, the
corners
ton
e
ofMarist's Division
I
athlet-
i
cs a
nd
recreational programs
.
Th
e
trust
made possible the construction of
th
e
origi
n
a
l
recreation
cen
t
er
in
1977
a
nd
has
ge
n
erous
l
y supporte
d
every
m
ajor expa
n
-
s
ion
and
renovation of
it
over the past
four decades
.
The
e
ntir
e
Marist College
comm
unit
y
i
s e
normousl
y gra
t
eful
to the
James J. McCann Charitable Trust for its
longtim
e s
upport
for
th
ese sc
hol
ars
hip
s
a
nd
facilities which
make
s
uch
a
hu
ge
impa
ct
on
th
e
Co
ll
ege
and
i
ts students.
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Paying It Forward
Her Marist experience inspi
r
ed Maureen Sorbo Logan
'
7
8
and her hu
s
band
,
Mark
Logan
,
to establish a need
-
based
s
cholarsh
i
p fo
r
Mid-Hudson Valley student
s.
MAUREEN SORBO LOGAN
was among
the most distinguished
graduates
of
the
Marist Class of
1978.
She was
named
valedic-
torian, earned an accounting
degree
sum
ma
cum
laude,
and
received the
Academic
Excellence
Award
and
the
Wall Street
Journal
Award for Exce
ll
ence
in Business
and Economics. Yet what she smiles about
most
in
reca
ll
ing
her
comme
n
cement
in the
"new"
James J. McCann Recreation
Center
is
her
4
-
year
-
o
ld
daughter,
Step
h
an
i
e, sitti
n
g
in
the front
row,
trying to climb
on stage.
Her
other
most heartwarming memory
is
the
upport
she
received from the
Marist
faculty as the mother of a young child, return
-
ing to college with
few
financia
l
resources.
In
gratitude, Maureen and
her husband,
Mark,
recently established
the
Mark and Maureen
(Sorbo
'
78)
Logan
Scholarship, a
permanent,
endowed scholarsh
ip
fund
at
Marist to
sup
-
port
students from
the Mid-Hudson
Va
ll
ey
who
have
significant
financial need
and are
majoring in STEM
(science,
technology,
engineering, or
mathematics),
accounti
n
g,
or
finance. The
sc
h
o
l
arship recognizes
the
commitment of
the Logans, who live in
Poughkeepsie, to helping talented local
stu-
dents
reach
their potential,
earn a
bachelor
'
s
degree, and find career-focused emp
l
oyment
following graduation.
In
addition,
the Logans
are recent
inductees
to
the Marist
College
Legacy
Society.
The
Class
of 1971 valedictorian of Pine
Plains High
School
in
eastern
Dutchess
County, Maureen
began her
co
ll
ege stud
i
es
at
Bennett
College
in
Millbrook, NY, where
she received an associate's
degree.
S
h
e
later
transferred to
Marist.
"Brother Corne
liu
s (Russe
ll
,
FMS
'so)
took
me under his
wing," she
recalls.
"I was
a
mother
of a 1-year-old.
He made
sure
I had
the
assistance
I needed."
For example, she
says Brother Cornelius and other
business
faculty
made
sure she got into courses
that
would allow
her to
attend
class
full time
two
to three days
a week
instead
of going
part time
over
five days,
greatly easing
the
crunch
of balancing
commuting, courses,
and c
hild
care.
Her mentors
co
ntinu
ed
to
l
ook
out for
her throughout her time
at Marist.
In her
final
semester, she says she
had trouble
w
ith
her financial
aid.
"I couldn't get a
loan. I
was
really dis-
traught.
Even
books
were a
problem." She
thought
she would
not be
able to finish col-
l
ege.
"
I
was so very
disappointed."
But
she
recalls
Brother Cornelius
reas-
suring
her:"
'Don't worry, we'
ll
figure it
out.
We'
ll
find
a
way.'
"
U
ltim
ate
l
y, s
h
e
was
able
to
get a
lo
an
.
She
and
Brother
Corne
liu
s
remained
friends for years after she gradu-
ated. "He'd come v
i
sit and
have dinner
with
my
whole fami
l
y."
Hired
shortly after graduation
by
a CPA
firm,
Maureen went on
to
a 38-year career
at
IBM. Prior to her retirement in
2016, she
managed the
business
process,
contract
man-
agement, and financ
i
al operations group for
the
corporate
intellectual property
organiza-
tion.
Her
hu
sband,
Dr. Mark Logan,
a
l
so
is
academ
i
ca
ll
y
distinguished. He received
a
BS in
chemistry from
Puget
Sound University
in 1981
and earned
his doctorate in
chem
i
stry
at UC
Berkeley in 1985. He is
a founder and
vice
president
for
business development
of
Solid State Cooling Systems, Inc., based in
Maur
ee
n Sorbo Logan
'7
8 and Mark Logan
Wappingers Fa
ll
s,
Y. The firm provides
cooling
technologies for biotech,
semicon-
ductors, lasers,
and ot
h
er
industries to
an
international roster of clients
includin
g
Forbes 100
firms.
Today Maureen and Mark enjoy
traveling.
But they
a
l
so
devote
a
lot of time to helping
others
in
their
community.
Maureen has
vol
-
unteered on
several
boards including those
of the
Dutchess
County Med
i
ation Center,
Peach
Hill
Park; Giant Kids,
an organiza-
tion that
supports families
of
chi
ld
ren with
cancer; and
Hudson
Valley
Home
Matters
,
a
nonprofit that helped people
age
in
place.
Maureen and
Mark
are a
l
so
members
of
the
Patriots
C
ircl
e
of the Marines' Memorial
Associat
ion
/Fo
und
at
i
o
n
,
where Maureen is
now
a
member of the Foundation board. She
was a
deacon
for severa
l
years at
Freedom
Plains Presbyterian
Church, where she and
Mark
help
organize an an
nu
al
Thanksgiving
Day dinner for those in need. Through the
church
they became involved
with efforts
to supply
personal-care
it
ems to
local high
schoo
l
students
in
n
eed.
From
h
er
Marist days,
Maureen sti
ll
has
the plaques
awarded at commencement citing
h
er aca
d
emic
honor
s
.
But what
h
as
inspired
h
er
to
vo
lunt
eer, a
nd
w
ith h
er
husband to
estab
li
s
h
the
scho
l
arship,
is the
example set
by Brother Cornelius
and
hi
s colleagues.
"We just wanted
to help kids. Payback,"
she says simp
l
y. "We felt strongly
that maybe
we cou
ld
change somebody's
life."
~
Members of the
Legacy
Society are
including
Marist
in
their
long-term
charitable
plans
.
To
learn
more about
such opportunities,
including gifts that
provide income
for
life,
con tact
Joan Gambeski '83
,
director of gift and
Legacy
planning,
at 845
-
575
-
3942
,
by
email at joan.
gambeski@marist.
edu, or by visiting
marist
.
giftplans.org.
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Cover Story
A First Year in Dublin
Students broaden their perspectives in the Freshman Dublin Experience as Marist
expands its first
-
year abroad programming to a second country.
ALEXANDRIA SANATORE '22
had
always
wanted to travel.
For
her
first
trip
out-
side
of the
United
States, the
Marist sopho-
more
from
Mount Sinai, NY,
chose
to
spend
her initial
year of college abroad
through
Marist's
Freshman Dublin
Experience.
"Having a
freshman year completely
unlike
one spent anywhere else
was
especially
appealing," said
Sanatore,
a
political
science
major.
"Although
it
was a
big first
step,
I
can
say with absolute certainty
that I made the
best
choice
by being
a
part of this program.
I fell in
love
with
the
city of
Dublin."
Sanatore was one of 25
Marist
students
w
h
o
completed
the
inaugural year of the
Freshman
Dublin
Experience (FDE)
this
past
spring.
The
group
followed
a similar
curriculum to
that
of first-year students
in
Poughkeepsie,
in
courses approved
by
Marist
faculty that are offered
by the Dublin Business
School.
DBS
enrolls
more than
9,000 students
from
Ireland,
Europe, and all over
the
world
in its undergraduate,
graduate, and
profes
-
sional
programs in business,
the arts,
law,
and accounting.
"Ireland offers a welcoming and engaging
experience
that is both
rich
in
culture and
cosmopolitan," said Dr.
John
E.
Peters, dean
of
international programs
at Marist. "While
Dublin
is
a
major
capital city, students find
Dublin
approachable and the
people
they
meet to
be
as interested in them as
they
are
in
Ireland."
Building
on
the
success of
Mari
s
t
's
fir
s
t-
year
program in
Florence,
the FDE
expands
Marist's
first-year abroad
programmin
g
to
a
second country, enab
l
ing
students
to
se
l
e
ct
a
program that best fits their
educational
g
o
a
l
s,
Peters
said. "First-year
abroad program
s a
r
e
rare,
and
full-y
e
ar fre
s
hman
abroad
programs
even
less
common.
That Marist now has
two full-academic-year
freshman
programs
abroad
points to
our strong commitment
to
internationalization
of the Marist
experi-
ence."
The College
offers more than
so
semester and academic-year
programs
abroad.
According to the Op
e
n Door
s
2018 report
produced by the Institute for
International
Education,
compared to other
colleges and
universities that offer master's
degree
programs,
53 percent
of Marist
under-
graduates study abroad.
Marist is fourth in
the nation in number
of students
who
study
abroad for a semester, and seventh
in the
number
who study abroad for a
full
aca
-
demic
year. Marist also
has been
ranked
12th
in
the Study Abroad category
in
the
Princeton Review's
2020 guide, Ihe Best
385 Colleges.
Eighteen students are enrolled
in
the
FOE
this
fall.
The inaugural
year of
the program
went very
well,
said Shane
Duffy, FOE
director.
"
DBS has been
running
semester abroad
programs
for American
undergraduates for
man
y yea
r
s,
so
a
ll n
ece
s
sa
r
y sys
t
e
m
s
for d
ea
l-
in
g
with stud
e
nt
s
hav
e
b
ee
n
se
t up
."
It
w
as
the fir
s
t tim
e
having th
e sa
m
e g
roup r
e
turn
for a spring sem
e
ster
,
but it al
s
o r
e
pr
ese
nted
a unique opportunity for the
s
tudent
s
and
program
,
he
s
aid.
Mari
s
t partn
e
rs with the London
-
b
ase
d
Found
a
tion for Int
e
rn
a
tional
E
du
ca
tion t
o
organize
orientation, hou
s
in
g, a
nd
ex
cur
s
ion
s
for the FOE
students.
Th
e s
tudent
s
li
ve
in
a
residential
building with FIE
s
taff to
s
upp
o
rt
and
advis
e
.
FOE stud
e
nt
s
r
ec
ogni
ze
d th
e
unu
s
ual
opportunit
y
th
ey
h
a
d t
o
t
a
k
e
th
e
ir first
co
ll
e-
giate
classes in
an
int
e
rn
a
tion
a
l environm
e
nt.
"It
had
always
been
a
longtim
e
dr
ea
m
of
min
e
to
study abroad at some
point in my
college
career," said
Sofia Ga
l
vez '22 from Mastic,
NY. But
as a
double major in
accounting and
business
administration, she felt study abroad
might be difficult to
fit into
her
schedule
without
delaying
graduation.
"Studying
my
freshman year
in
Dublin
allowed
me
to
complete all
the basic
required courses that
I
would
be taking in
Poughkeepsie but in
a
very
beautiful
and
culturally rich
country."















Growing
up
traveling
back
and forth
between
family
in
Germany and the United
States
led
Sophia Jordan
'22
of West Milford,
NJ, to choose Mari st
because
of
its
great
st
udy
a
bro
ad
programs,
s
he
said. She
too
chose a
first-year
program
"
because I
would
be
able
to take my general classes
first
while getting
a once-in-a-lifetime experience." She selected
Dublin
because
it fit well for
her major, politi
-
cal science.
Adapting
to
a
new place is
challeng-
ing no
matter where
in the world
you are,
Sanatore
noted, but the program keeps the
students
busy
with activities and study
tours
throughout
Ireland
.
During
academic
breaks
,
she traveled with fellow
FDE
students to
Italy
and Spain.
Sanatore said although a few of
her
friends occasionally
felt homesick,
she
did
not.
"Wit
h
all that we
have
going on,
there
is
little
time to feel
homesick.
"
"There
is
so
mething
about
being
a small
group traveling
together that really unites
us
.
We all know each
other
very
well
and
generally
look
out for one another. ..
I have
had
these
unique
experiences with
people I
have
become
very close
with.
"
They shared
mundane moments
too, she
said. The
program
offers
no meal plan, but
a
grocery store is a five-minute walk
from
the
Marist
hou
s
ing,
so
many
of
the
FOE students
dined
together. Sanatore often cooked for
her
group of friends.
"
In
a way,
we have become
a family."
Friendships formed
with
other
interna
-
tional
and
Irish
students as
well.
"Dublin
Business
School has
a
very diverse
student
body,
"
said
Sanatore.
"We
have
gotten
the
chance to interact with students from all over
the world."
Living
abroad also
has
expanded
their
awareness of
the
world
beyond the
United
States.
"Being separated
from American
politics,
cu
l
ture,
and society for so
l
ong
has
definitely
given
me
a chance
to
see another
side
of the world, not
as a
tourist but
as a
Visit www.marist.edu/fde to watch media on line and to find more information.
Shane Duffy, director of the
Freshman Dublin Experience
Program (front row,far left),
with the
inaugural
FDE
class
(left
to right,front row):
Erin
Kilfney, Sophia Jordan,
Elijah Bischoff, Sofia Galvez,
Breeanna Sharkey, Alexandria
Sanatore; (middle row) Kaylyn
R
e
hm,
Geandry
Rodri
guez,
Lauren Shand, Ethe/le
O'Mara, Willow Waltemire,
Brooke Varnum, Kenya Bailey,
Kathryn Deeter, Sarah
Ur
ena-
Clark;
(back
row) William
VanNieuwenhuyze, Kevin
Brown, Griffin Puc, Griffen
Goldstock, Joy
Hollins
ed,
Alexandra Douglas.
global citizen," said
Jordan.
"DBS
has intro
-
duced me
to
many
cultures along
with Irish
culture."
Sanatore said
the
experience expanded
her
world view. "Being able
to interact
with
people from
so
many different
cultures
has
allowed
me
to
develop
a
more
global
perspec
-
tive,
"
she said.
"My
experiences
in Dublin
have influenced me in
so
many ways,
and
I
will
take those lessons
with
me throughout
the
rest
of my life."
~
FALL
2019
13

























Marist Heritage
Reflecting on the Extraordinary Legacy of
Linus Richard
Foy
Dr. Foy set the direction for Marist College's future during his dynamic tenure as president from 1958 to 1979.
TH IS PAST SP RI NG,
the College community mourned
the passing of President Emeritus Richard Foy
'
50
,
a trans-
formational leader and revered figure in Marist College
history, who died April
16
at the age of
89.
Dr
.
Foy
l
ed
the College into a mo
d
ern era that set the foundation
for Marist to emerge as a nationall
y
and internationally
known institution in the decades that followed.
rd Foy'so
king at the
dedication
eFoy
n H
o
u
ses
D
R. FOY's SERV
I
CE
s
p
an
n
e
d
t
h
ree cr
iti
ca
l
d
eca
d
es fo
r
Ma
ri
s
t
,
b
eg
innin
g w
ith hi
s
a
pp
o
intm
e
nt in
Nove
mb
e
r
1958 as t
h
e yo
un
g-
es
t
co
ll
ege pres
id
e
n
t
in th
e U
n
i
t
e
d
S
t
a
t
es.
At 28 yea
r
s o
ld
,
h
e
u
se
d h
is
b
ri
lli
a
nt m
i
nd
a
nd b
o
undl
ess e
n
ergy
t
o a
d
va
n
ce a v
i
s
i
o
n
for
th
e C
oll
ege's
futur
e. W
h
e
n hi
s 2
1
-year
te
nur
e co
nclud
e
d
,
P
res
id
e
n
t Foy
h
a
d
grow
n
Mar
i
st's
bud
ge
t
fro
m
$27,000 to $10
milli
on;
ex
p
a
nd
e
d
e
n
ro
ll
me
n
t from 130 to
n
early
2,000 st
u
de
n
ts; a
n
d overseen breat
h
taki
n
g
ca
mpu
s ex
p
a
n
s
i
o
n
w
i
t
h th
e a
ddi
t
i
o
n
of
1
4
buildin
gs a
nd
a
thl
e
ti
c fie
ld
s
.
H
e a
l
so o
p
e
n
e
d
th
e Co
ll
ege's
d
oo
r
s to
th
e s
u
rro
undin
g co
m
-
munit
y a
nd
was
in
t
h
e forefro
n
t of
m
aki
n
g
hi
g
h
er e
du
catio
n
ava
il
a
bl
e to
n
o
n
tra
di
t
i
o
n
a
l
s
tud
e
nt
s-
n
ame
l
y, a
dul
ts a
n
d yo
un
g
p
eo
pl
e
w
h
o we
r
e
di
sa
d
va
n
tage
d
o
r di
sab
l
e
d
.
Dr
. Foy serve
d
as
pr
es
id
e
nt
of t
h
e
Co
ll
ege
fr
o
m
1958
t
o 1979, oversee
in
g Mar
i
s
t
's
d
eve
l
-
o
pm
e
nt int
o a
m
o
d
e
rn
,
r
es
id
e
nti
a
l
co
ll
ege.
Af
t
er
hi
s
p
res
id
e
n
cy,
h
e
h
a
d
a success
ful
ca
r
ee
r
w
ith
a
n
exec
uti
ve searc
h
fir
m
,
bu
t
hi
s g
r
ea
t
co
mmitm
e
nt t
o
th
e Co
ll
ege co
n
-
tinu
e
d
.
H
e was a
pp
oi
nt
e
d
a
l
ife
tru
s
t
ee
in
1983,
p
rov
idin
g exce
ll
e
nt
co
un
se
l t
o Marist's
l
ea
d
ers
hip
for
m
any years a
nd
re
p
rese
n
ti
n
g a
c
h
e
ri
s
h
e
d
co
nn
ec
ti
o
n t
o Ma
ri
s
t
's
h
er
i
tage. A
t
ower
in
g
fi
g
ur
e
in
t
h
e
hi
s
t
o
r
y of
th
e Co
ll
ege
co
mmunit
y,
h
e
i
s re
m
e
mb
e
r
e
d th
ro
u
g
h th
e
Dr.
L
inu
s
Ri
c
h
a
rd
Foy C
h
a
i
r
in
Co
mput
e
r
Sc
i
e
n
ce, Mar
i
st's fir t e
nd
owe
d
c
h
air, w
hi
c
h
was es
t
a
bl
is
h
e
d in th
e
p
resi
d
e
n
t e
m
erit
u
s's
h
o
n
o
r in
1983, a
n
d t
h
e
Dr
.
L
inu
s
Ri
c
h
ar
d
Foy
'so
To
w
n H
o
u
ses
o
ve
rl
oo
kin
g
th
e
Hud
so
n
Ri
ver.
Th
e exec
ut
ive boa
rd
of t
h
e Mar
i
st Co
ll
ege
A
lumni
Assoc
i
atio
n r
ecog
ni
ze
d hi
s co
ntri
-
bu
t
i
o
n
s
b
y esta
bli
s
hin
g
th
e
pr
estigio
u
s
D
r.
Linu
s
Ri
c
h
ar
d
Foy
'so
Out
s
t
a
nd
i
n
g A
lumnu
s
A
war
d
,
pr
ese
nt
e
d
a
nnu
a
ll
y
t
o a Ma
ri
s
t
gra
du
-
a
t
e fo
r di
s
tin
g
ui
s
h
e
d
serv
i
ce to a
p
rofess
i
o
n
,
th
e Co
ll
ege,
th
e
n
atio
n
, or
hum
a
ni
ty.
"T
r
a
n
sfor
m
a
t
io
n
a
l l
ea
d
ers
li
ke
Ri
c
h
ar
d
a
r
e
r
a
r
e," sa
id Pr
es
id
e
nt D
e
nni
s
J
.
M
urr
ay
in
s
p
ea
kin
g a
b
o
ut D
r Foy.
"T
h
ey
d
o
t
wo
import
a
nt thin
gs
. Th
ey
brin
g a
b
o
u
t
m
a
j
o
r
c
h
a
n
ges
to th
e
ir
orga
ni
za
ti
o
n
s, a
nd th
ey
l
ea
d
w
ith th
e
ir
va
lu
es.
It
i
s a
n und
e
r
s
t
a
t
e-
m
e
n
t to say
th
a
t Ri
c
h
a
rd
Foy
b
ro
u
g
ht
a
b
o
u
t
fund
a
m
e
nt
a
l
c
h
a
n
ges a
t
Ma
ri
s
t
.
Eve
n
a
t
th
e y
oun
g age o
f
28,
h
e
h
a
d
a
cl
ea
r
v
i
s
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for the College's
future,
and
he
was enough
of a risk-taker
to make
that vision a reality.
Richard let his
actions speak for themselves,
and
the results
of
his
work showed
his true
character.
He never
sought attention or
awards
but in the
Marist
Brothers tradition,
went about 'doing good
quietly.'
"
Linus
Richard
Foy, as
he
was known
during his presidency-his name bridging
his
years as
Brother Linus
and as
layman
Dr.
Richard
Foy-set a
direction
for Marist
'
s
future by implementing
significant
transi-
tions. First
,
he took
the College from a school
that
did
an excellent
job
educating Marist
Brothers
to
one
that
made education available
to
laymen
and -women, and
he
changed
the
nature
of the campus
by
creating
residen-
tial facilities for
its
students. At a time of
great change for many Catholic colleges,
he
restructured
the
relationship
between the
Marist Brothers and the College
,
resulting
in an independent
institution
governed
by
a
multidenominational
lay board that
would
honor
the
heritage
of
the
Marist
Brothers
as
an integral
part
of
the
College.
As a very young
institution,
Marist was
unflinchingly
entrepreneurial.
In
a
1978
interview in
Marist Today,
the Alumni
Association magazine
that later became
Marist
magazine, Dr.
Foy explained
.
"I saw a
rapid
pattern
of growth for the College, from
the
130
students
it had
enrolled when
I
gradu-
ated.
I
suppose
I
was one of
the
first
people
to visualize
it
rapidly expanding
to between
1,200
and
2,000
students. My
predecessors
had
estimated a slow growth to eventually
around
600
students who commuted every
day
,
similar
to
a
high
school.
It became clear
to
me that we would
never
survive if we
took
that
route, so
I
was
the
one who opted
to
expand as rapidly as
possible.
"
The new
president
made two major deci-
sions soon after
he took
office
.
The
first was
instituting
an adult evening
division
for
lay-
men,
which was a success and eventually
the
gateway for women
to
study at Marist. "The
second
decision," he
explained, "was
based
on
our growth
projections,
and
that
was
to take
the
gamble and go
residential." In
1960,
the
traditional undergraduate program
opened
to
laymen
and
in
1968
it became
coeducational.
as a
dozen major buildings.
The young
men
were supervised
by the
l
egendary Bro. Nilus
Donnelly
,
namesake
of
the iconic
circular
bui
l
ding
constructed from
1958
to
1962
as
the hub
of an expanded Marist offering
classrooms,
two lecture ha
ll
s, a
library,
a
cafeteria, administrative
offices,
and even
dormitory rooms
.
However, it
soon
became clear t
h
at
President
Foy's ambitious vision
to
rapidly
grow Mar
i
st
'
s student
body
wou
l
d require
a
bold new
course.
In
1961,
he
secured a
federal
loan to build
a
freestanding dormi-
tory, Sheahan Hall, which became the first
building
on campus since
1905
that
was
not
constructed
by the
Marist
Brothers
.
In re
l
a-
tively quick
succession, other
buildings
fol-
To support
the
ambitious enroll-
ment
goal,
the
campus
needed to
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lowed: Leo Hall, Byrne Residence,
Champagnat
Hall
and Campus
Center
with a cafeteria and
the-
move beyond the
small
cluster of
bui
l
dings that
existed
i
n
1958,
comprised
of
the original Fontaine complex,
the
chapel,
the
Brothers'
gym, Adrian
Hall
'
s student
l
ounge,
and
Greystone housing the library.
Known
as "the college
that built itse
l
f,"
Marian
College, which
was renamed
Marist
College in
1960,
benefited
over
the decades
from the industrious
and
unpaid labor of
Marist Brothers
who constructed as
many
atre, and
Benoit
a
n
d Gregory houses.
The physical transformation of Marist
was consp
i
cuous,
but the institution's
aca-
demic
charge was a
l
so
advanci
n
g
to
a
higher
leve
l.
Mar
i
st's
facu
l
ty was
expanding, and a
new period
of
facu
l
ty governance
and aca-
demic innovation was underway. Although
a
relative
l
y
unknown
schoo
l
at
the time,
Marist
began
attracting faculty
with
advanced
degrees
from
top
schools
like Princeton, the
University of Chicago, Fordham, ew York
University, and Duke.
Marist was an exception among
most
Catholic schools
of
the era
in its retention
of
professors
from religious orders who
became
laicized. Dr.
Foy,
himself
a former Brother,
valued
these men
as excellent
teachers
and
important
conveyors of
the institution
'
s core
values of educational excellence, service
to
others, and ethical
living. The blending
of
these men
with
newer
faculty,
many
of whom
were
recently minted
or soon-to-be
PhDs,
became the core
of what
is known
as
the
Her
i
tage Professors-an honor bestowed by
Marist's Board of Trustees in
2004
on faculty
who served for at
least
25
years
prior to
1968.
One
of
the keys to Marist's
early success
was
Dr. Foy's
appointment of enterprising
administrators,
many
of whom
were
also
young,
to
e
l
evate or estab
l
ish
vital
depart-
ments focused
on
business
affairs, admis-
sions, academic
administrat
i
on, student
affairs, student
records, athletics,
career
placement, bui
l
dings
and grounds, alumni
relations,
and
public affairs. These
adminis-
trators had two things in
common: a
desire
to help build a
college and
the
w
i
llingness
to
take on any challenge.
The president
also
knew that obta
i
ning
external
funding
was
crucial
to Marist's
existence, and
he initiated
a track record for securing government
fund-
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Reflecting on the Extraordinar
y
Legacy of
Linus Richard
Foy
ing, including
a
prestigious
Title
Ill
grant, as
well
as
foundation
grants. A
donor base
for
private ph
i
lanthropy
was started
through
a
development office, the forerunner to today
's
College Advancement
division,
and Marist's
first capital campaign centered on an athlet-
ics
facility and other
priorities
.
When Dr.
Foy stepped
down
,
Marist's
curricula
had
expanded
to
23
undergradu
-
ate
majors,
and the school was
beginning
a
gradual
transition
from a
liberal
arts college
to a comprehensive institution, as seen with
the introduction of
majors in business
and
communication and graduate study for
the
MBA and
the
MA
in
community
psychology
.
The faculty,
however, never lost
sight of
liberal
arts as the core of a Marist
undergraduate
education, a distinction
that
remains to this
da
y.
Like other aspects of
Richard
Foy's
legac
y,
a
number
of
aca
demic initiatives begun dur
-
ing his
tenure
have
endured for
half
a
century.
The Marist Abroad
Program,
established
in
1963, placed students at
institutions
such
as the London School of Economics, the
Sorbonne, and Trinity
Dublin
as well as
universities in
South America and Africa.
Today Marist's International
Programs
are
a
hallmark
of a Marist education.
Marist
broke
ground
in
ew York State
a
nd
the country with its school-college
pro
-
gram for
high
school students
to
complete a
first
year
of college
in
the senior year. Marist
was
a
leader in
student internships,
includ
-
ing
a
widely
publicized
one in admissions
that
had
students
recruiting
the
next
fresh-
man class. The Communication
Internship
Program with
its
emphasis on New York City
media
was
the
first in
the
Northeast. When
Bennett
College closed in nearby
Millbrook,
NY,
in
1977, Marist acquired its fashion
design
program, providing the
origin
of
what
is now
an
illustrious major
at
the College.
Reflecting Dr. Foy's belief that
education
should
be
available
to
all,
three initiatives
started so or more years ago are recognized
today for their excellence. Federally sup-
ported, the
Upward
Bound Program helps
high
school students from
low-income
fami-
lies
succeed
in pre
-co
llege performance
and
ultimately
in higher
education
.
The
Arthur
0.
Eve
Higher
Education
Opportunity Program
(HEOP),
marking its
50th anniversary at
Marist
this year, is
a
partnership
with
the
state of ew York
that provides
economically
and educationally
disadvantaged
students the
possibilit
y
of
a college education. The College
was one of
the
first 24
institutions to
adopt
HEOP. Marist's Special Services Program
was in the
forefront
nationally in
supporting
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MAGAZINE
The Foy family
at
the Foy Town
Hou
ses
dedication:
(left
to right) Dr. Foy, his
wife,
Mary, daughter
Dr. Bridget Foy-Pomerantz '98, and
son
Peter Foy
'95.
The physical transformation
of Marist was conspicuous,
but the institution's academic
charge was also advancing to
a higher level. Marist's faculty
was expanding, and a new
period of faculty governance
and academic innovation was
underway.
students with
physical
disabilities seeking a
college education. As accessibility
became
more widespread on campuses, Marist's
emphasis
turned to
students with
learn
-
ing
disabilities
who are
now
served
by the
Office of Accommodations and Accessibility.
Cumulatively, an estimated
five thousand
tudents with
physical disabilities h
ave
been
served
by these programs
with
high
success
r
a
tes.
W
HEN
RICHARD FOY
was working on
his
doctorate
at ew York University in
1954
,
he
wrote
his
first
program
on a Univac
and
began
a
lifelong love
of computers.
As
his
young college was evolving,
the president
seized
on revo
l
utionary techno
l
ogy to make
Marist
in
1967 one
of the
first colleges
in the
country
to
establish a computer center.
The
versatile
Brother ilus
was
named its
first
director
and
the registrar
's
office was
the
first
department to
automate
its
work.
Soon
students were
not
only accessing
th
e
center
but
were employed
there
.
Using a 16k
model
,
the largest
computer in
the
1401
IBM
series,
Marist
began its
exciting
progression to
a
future
status as one of
the
most
technologi
-
cally advanced colleges
in the
country.
Not
to be
overlooked
is Dr
.
Foy's passion
for
mathematics,
which
he taught
equally
well
to high
school students, Marist
under
-
graduates, and
IBM physicists
studying
in
the evening
division. He inspired
a
number
of early alumni who followed in
his
footsteps,
becoming distinguished professor
s
or CEOs
of
major
enterprises.
Recognizing
the
need
for a fuller
undergraduate
experience,
the
president
called on faculty and students
to institute
extracurricular
programs,
and
the
tradition
of empowering students
to
establish clubs
and organizations was
born.
One example
is the
Circle,
Marist's student
newspaper,
which
flourished in the
'6os and
'70s
and
produced
a
number
of
prominent
journal-
ists
.
Continuously
published, its
successor
is
the
Marist Circle,
which embraces
both
print
and
digital
formats.
The first student
club
on campus was
the
Theatre Guild
,
which opened a creative
flood
-
gate for generations of students to
be per
-
formers,
directors,
and
production
assistants.
Theatre in
all forms as well as
pla
ywr
iting
found a
home in the
Student Center's
theatre,
precursor to the
Nelly
Goletti Theatre
,
which
opened in 1965.
Notably, over
the past so
years Marist Children's Theatre
has delighted
tens
of
thousands
of
local
elementary school
children with
its
annual spring productions.
Perhaps most
ambitious was
Dr
.
Foy's
inauguration
of
intercollegiate
athletics, and
with
that
came
the need
for
quality
facili-
ties and
the leadership
of
dedicated
athletic
administrators and coaches.
In
1960, when
Marist was an all-male
institution, the presi-
dent developed
an
interest in
starting a row-
ing program
.
Three
years
later the
William
Martin
Boathouse
was
built
along the
Hudson River
adjacent
to the historic
course
of
the Intercollegiate Rowing
Association's
regatta, one of
the nation's premier
sporting
events when
it
was
held from
1895
to
1949





















in Poughkeepsie.
Wo
m
en's rowing
b
egan
in
19
74,
and
today
Marist
maintains its
l
egacy as
one of
the
co
untr
y's
top
rowing
programs
for
both men
and
women. In the mid
'70s,
Mar
i
st
ex
p
anded
its rowing
fac
iliti
es
by
acquir
in
g
the
hi
sto
ri
c Co
rn
e
ll
Boathouse.
The
Co
ll
ege's
first
major
at
hl
etic faci
l
-
it
y,
Leonidoff Field
,
was
d
e
di
cated
in 1968
.
Leonidoff,
the fore
runn
er
to
Tenney Stadium,
became the home
of
the
Marist Vikings,
the
club football
progr
a
m initiated
and s
u
stained
by students
until the
Co
ll
ege
brought it under
the umbr
e
ll
a of
the
At
hl
etics
Department.
Today Mar
i
t
's
footba
ll
program
competes
in the Footba
ll
Championship Subd
i
vision,
a
nd
three former Ma
ri
st foo
tb
all
players
h
ave
sig
n
ed co
ntr
acts with
NFL teams.
The
opening of
the James
J
.
McC
a
nn
Recreation
Center
in 1977
b
ro
u
g
ht
Marist
at
hletics into its
own
n
ew era. W
ith
a
st
un
-
nin
g
natatorium
,
Marist's swimmi
n
g and
di
vi
n
g
program
b
ega
n
a
decades
-
lon
g
d
y
nast
y
that
e
ndur
es
to
this
da
y.
The
McCann Center
a
lso bec
a
me the permanent home
for the
Marist
m
e
n
's a
nd
wome
n
's
basketball
teams,
which
have
ea
rned
a combined 16 CAA and
NIT
postseason bids,
as we
ll
as for Marist
vo
ll
ey
b
a
ll.
A
l
arge gra
nt
from the Jame
s
J
.
McCann
Charitable Trust made the
McCann
Center
possible
,
a
nd
in the
d
ecades
following,
the
tru
st
wou
ld
conti
nu
e
its
phil
ant
h
rop
i
c
s
u
pport to
upd
ate
and ex
p
a
nd
the facility,
including the
major
project
n
ow
und
erway.
One of
President
Foy's favorite
quotes
was from Cardinal Jo
hn
Henr
y
Newman:
"To
liv
e
i
s
to
c
hang
e
and
to be
p
erfect
is
to
h
ave
c
h
anged often."
Dr.
Foy
took this
to
h
eart
both professionall
y
a
nd p
erso
n
ally.
In
a
n
interview marking
hi
s 20th year as Marist's
leader
,
he
said,
"
One
of
the
int
eresti
n
g
things
a
b
o
ut
being
a
co
ll
ege
p
resident
i
s
that
yo
u
're
in
a situation w
h
ere
people
arou
nd
you are
co
n
stantly c
h
angi
n
g
.
The
st
ud
ents' va
lu
es
an
d
persp
ect
i
ves are always cha
n
ging
a
nd
this ha
s a
tremendous impact
o
n
yo
u
if
yo
u
work
clo
se
l
y
with
them
as
I tr
y
to
d
o. My
w
h
o
l
e va
lu
e system
is
constant
l
y grow
in
g
and c
h
anging
be
ca
use
of
that.
"
Throughout
hi
s
tenure, President
Foy
em
b
raced c
h
a
n
ge for Mar
i
st and for
him
se
l
f.
Wit
h
his
va
lu
es a
nd hi
s vis
ion
,
hi
s capac-
ity
to
break
gro
und
an
d
take
ri
sks, and
hi
s
enormous
intellect
a
nd
work ethic,
Linus
Richard
Foy vigoro
u
s
l
y
l
e
d
Mar
i
st Co
ll
ege
into
a
new
era
that made
all
the differenc
e
for the extraordinary future that
l
ay
ahead
.
i!l
In
1972
,
President
Ri
chard
Foy appointed
Shaileen Kopec as Marist
'
s
first full-time
alumni directo1'.
H
er 43-year
Marist
career
had
eight
additional professional positions,
including 14
years
as
vice
president for
co
ll
ege
advancement.
Remembering President
Emeritus Richard
Foy
'SO
R
ICHARD
DANIEL FOY
was
born
Nov. 17, 1929, in
th
e
Bronx, NY
.
Th
e
son of
Irish
immigrants
P
e
ter
a
nd
Virginia (McKeon) Foy,
h
e
had
a
n
older
broth
er,
Peter
Jos
e
ph II.
Following
his
mother
's
d
ea
th, he
at
t
e
nded
Marist Preparatory
in
Esop
us
,
Y, from 1942 to 1945. He
then progressed through the Marist
Novitiate in Poughkeepsie
fro
m
1945
to
1947 a
nd
gra
du
ate
d
from Marist
Co
ll
ege,
then
ca
ll
e
d
Marian College,
in
1950 with
a
d
egree
in m
at
h
e
m
a
t-
i
cs.
H
e
took
the
n
a
m
e
Linu when
he
b
eca
m
e
ordained. After
gra
duation
,
h
e
taught
a
t
Saint Ann
's
Academy
in
Manhattan while
st
ud
y
in
g
p
art
time
to obta
in
his MS in mathematics
at
St.
John
's
U
ni
versity and
PhD
in m
a
th
-
ematics at ew
York
U
ni
vers
it
y
.
In 195
8 at age 28,
Dr.
Foy was
named president of Marian College
,
becoming the
yo
un
gest co
ll
ege
pr
es
i
-
d
e
nt
in the
U
nit
e
d
States.
Hi
s 2
1
-yea
r
tenure brought
tr
ansfor
m
at
iv
e c
h
a
ng
e
to th
e
school,
ush
er
in
g
it into
a
modern
era
with
tr
a
nsitions
to
ind
e
p
e
nd
e
nt
s
t
a
tu
s, coe
du
cat
ion
,
and residential
living
as well
as
the
e
m
ergence
of a campus
c
ultur
e
m
arke
d b
y
innovation
a
nd
e
ntr
e
pr
e
n
e
urship
.
Dr. Foy resigned from the Marist Brothers
in 19
70
but rem
a
ined presid
e
nt
of
th
e
Co
ll
ege
until 19
79.
As
a civic
l
ea
d
er,
he
was
president of the Chamber of Commerce
a
nd
the United
Way a
nd
a
tru
stee of
Vassar Brothers
Hospit
a
l
a
nd
the Children's
Hom
e
of
Poughkeepsie
.
Despite
hi
s
numerous
co
mmitm
e
nt
s,
Ri
chard
Foy made
hi
s family
the
ce
nt
er of
his
lif
e a
nd
the
so
u
rce
of
his
greatest joy
. H
e
was
m
arr
i
ed
to Mary Ellen Morley,
a
nurse
at
Lenox Hill Hospital, for
35 years
and they
were
d
evote
d
partners
until h
er
death
in
2006.
The Foys were
exce
ption
a
ll
y
proud
that their two children graduated from the
co
ll
ege
their father
had built
a
nd th
a
t
each
h
a
d
chosen to
serve soc
iety in import
a
nt
profe
ss
ions
.
P
ete
r
Foy
'
95
,
who
i
s
m
arr
ied to the
former Tracy Stockwell,
is
a s
uc
cessfu
l
pro
sec
utin
g
attorney
.
Dr
.
Brid
ge
t
Foy-Pomerantz
'
98
i
s
a respected
ph
ys
i
c
ian
a
nd is
m
arr
i
e
d to J
aso
n Pom
era
ntz
'98.
Dr.
Foy
delight
e
d in hi
s
five
b
e
lov
e
d
g
r
a
ndchildr
e
n
:
Mary
Josephine, Zoe Morley, Daniel Scott
,
Linu
s
Richard,
a
nd L
ars
H
e
nr
y
.
In
1979,
Dr.
Foy
b
eca
m
e
COO of Boyden World Corp.
,
a
n
international
searc
h
firm
operating in
40
c
ountries. For two
decades h
e
oversaw the transition of
th
e o
r
ga
niz
ation
from a si
n
gle
corporation
to
independent franchises, traveling
exte
n
s
i
ve
l
y
in
the United
States, E
urop
e,
South America
,
a
nd
As
i
a.
H
e
retired
in
1999 to
spe
nd
time
w
ith hi
s family
and
to
researc
h
fa
mil
y
history
.
A
number of
years
later,
h
e
relocated to
Pou
g
hk
eeps
i
e, where
h
e
frequented Marist
wo
m
e
n
's an
d m
e
n
's
b
asketba
ll
games
a
nd
was
a
welcome resource
fo
r
Marist
Arc
hi
ves a
nd
Specia
l
Collections.
Throughout
a great
p
art of
hi
s
lif
e,
Rich
ar
d
e
njo
ye
d
playing basketball
,
tennis,
a
nd
softball
a
nd
rowing
a
nd
sa
ilin
g
on the
Hud
so
n. Over
the
years,
he
was an
avi
d
sk
i
er,
obtained
his
pilot's
li
ce
n
se,
and
eve
n
took
up
windsurf
-
in
g.
Among
fam
il
y,
friends, colleagues
,
a
nd
a
lumni
,
Richard Foy was renowned for
his
gent
l
e
n
ature a
nd
kind
h
ear
t
,
touching every
person who
came
in
co
nt
act
with
him
in some
way
.
H
e a
lso had
a mission
to
reach out
to
those in
n
ee
d
, a
nd
to
l
earn
the
p
e
r
so
n
a
l
s
torie
s
and
st
ruggl
es
of
tho
se aro
und him.
Contributions
may
be made
in
Dr.
Fay's
memory to the
P
eter
and
Virginia
Foy
Scholarship
,
which
honors his parents.
The Foy
scho
l
arship, initially
funded b
y
Peter
11
and
later
augmented
b
y
both
brothers, was
Marist's first endowed
scholarship.
I
t
has b
ee
n
awarded for more
than so
yea
rs
to help students with sig-
nificant financial need achieve a Marist
education.
Gifts
may
b
e
sent to
College
Advancement, Marist
College
,
3399 North
Road
,
Poughkeepsie,
NY 12601.
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2019
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Marist Mindset List
A Look at Generation Z
THIS FALL'S
co
ll
ege
Class
of
2023, w
hi
c
h
recently
arrive
d
o
n
cam
pu
ses,
l
earne
d
of the
attack
o
n
ew
York
'
s Tw
in
Towers
fro
m par
e
nt
s a
nd
grandparents
o
n
ce
the
y
were old
e
nou
g
h
to
handle it. Born
in
2001,
they
h
ave
li
ved
in
a world
in
w
hi
c
h
s
h
eddi
n
g s
ho
es at airpo
rt
secu
-
rity;
ca
pturin
g
n
ews
from
craw
l
-
in
g
h
ea
dlin
es o
n
the TV
sc
r
ee
n;
flying Jet Blue;
and
recognizing
t
h
at
blackboards,
pen
s, and
watches are sometimes smarter
than we are
have
a
ll
been
routine
occur
r
e
n
ces
.
These
are a
mon
g
the obser
-
vatio
n
s i
n
the
2019
Marist
Mindset
List
which captures the
world view of th
i
s year
'
s
first-year
co
ll
ege
class, noting
w
h
at
h
as
"a
l
ways"
or
"
n
ever"
b
ee
n
true in
their
lif
e
tim
es and
how the
co
l
-
l
eges
that
wi
ll
serve
them
s
hould
b
etter
und
erstan
d
their
ex
p
er
i
-
ences.
This is the
22
nd
ed
iti
o
n
of the M
ind
set
List
a
nd
the first
year
that it
h
as
b
een affi
li
a
t
ed
with Mar
i
st Co
ll
ege.
Mar
i
st
i ranked
b
y
U.
S
.
N
e
w
s
&
World
Report
as a Most
Inn
ova
tiv
e
School,
a
nd
taking
ove
r
the Mindset
Li
st
was
a
lo
g
i
-
ca
l mov
e. "We'
re t
ec
h
savvy
but
we are
rooted
in
the
lib
e
r
a
l
arts,"
said
Dr.
Mart
in
Shaffer,
d
ea
n
of
Ma
ri
st's
School
of
Liberal Arts.
"
So
much
of what
the
Mi
nd
set
List
ex
plor
es
i
s
related to
th
e
very
different world
in
w
hi
c
h
these
st
ud
e
nt
s
h
ave grow
n up
as
it relates
to
technology. That
naturally leads to
a very
di
fferent
type
of
life
ex
p
e
ri
e
n
ce."
In
terms
of d
e
mogr
a
phi
cs, co-a
uthor
and
socio
logi
st
Dr.
Charles Westerberg
not
es,
"
Wit
h h
a
lf
of
thi
s ge
ner
a
tion
co
mpo
sed of
p
eo
pl
e
of
co
lor
,
they
a
r
e a
mon
g
the most
demographically significant cohorts
in
A
m
er
ic
a
n hi
s
tor
y.
American
politi
cs
tod
ay
i
s
h
a
rd to
comprehend without
takin
g acco
unt
18
MA
RIST
MAGAZINE
of this
major tr
e
nd
since, within
a year,
th
e
ir
ge
ner
atio
n
will represent
25
percent of the
U.S
.
population."
"
The Mindset List
h
e
lp
s
put
into
context
the
grow
in
g
int
erest
hi
g
h
sc
h
oo
l
a
nd
co
ll
ege
s
tud
e
nt
s
h
ave
in
soc
i
a
l issu
es
,
"
not
e
d
Shaffer.
"We'
r
e
seeing
a
mor
e
engaged,
mor
e
d
ee
pl
y
..
involved student
bod
y
on campus.
"
The Marist Mindset
List is
created
b
y
R
o
n
i
ef,
dir
ec
tor
e
m
e
ritus
of
public
affa
irs
at
Beloit College
,
Dr.
Tom McBride,
profes
sor
of
English
e
meritu
s at
Beloit
,
Wester
ber
g,
Shaffer,
a
nd
Tom
Z
urh
e
ll
e
n
, assoc
i
a
t
e
profe
s-
so
r
of English at Marist.
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BORN IN 2001,
the incoming class
of
c
ollege students
never
shared
the
earth with
Joe
y
Ramone
,
George H
a
rrison, Timoth
y
M
c
Veigh
,
or K
e
n
Ke
sey.
Among
their
classmates could
be
Billi
e
Eilish
,
S
as
ha
Ob
a
m
a,
or
Duane
"
The Rock
" J
ohnson
'
s
d
a
u
g
hter Simon
e
.
Like Pearl Harbor for their grandparents,
and the Kennedy assassination for their
parents, 9/11 is a historical event.
Thumb, jump, and USB flash drives have always
pushed floppy disks further into history.
The primary use of a phone has
always been to take pictures.
The nation's mantra has always been:
"If
you see something, say something."
The Tech Big Four-Apple, Facebook, Amazon,
and Google-are to them what the Big Three
automakers were to their grandparents.
Their smart pens may write and record
faster than they can think.
Nearly half of their generation is
composed of people of color.
When they pulled themselves up off the
floor for the first time, they may have been
hanging onto the folks' brand-new Xbox.
There have always been indecisive
quadrennial debates regarding the
future of the Electoral College.
Oklahoma City has always had a
national memorial at its center.
Self
-
contained, battery-powered artificial
hearts have always been ticking away.
Because of Richard Reid's explosive footwear at
30,000 feet, passengers have always had to take off
their shoes to slide through security on the ground.
They are as nonjudgmental about
sexual orientation as their parents
were about smoking pot.
They have outlived iTunes.
Heinous, sexually
-
based offenses have
always been investigated by the Special
Victims Unit on
Law and Order.
The Mars Odyssey has always been checking out
the water supply for their future visits to Mars.
Snapchat has become their social media
app of choice, thus relieving them of the
dilemma of whether or not to friend Mom.
In an unprecedented move, European
nations via NATO have always helped
to defend the U.S. militarily.
They may well not have a younger sibling, as
the birth rate in the U.S. has been dropping
since they were in grammar school.
PayPal has always been an online
option for purchasers.
They have witnessed two African
-
American
secretaries of state
,
the election of a black
president, Disney's first black princess, and the
rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
As they crawled on the floor, TV headlines began
crawling at the bottom of the TV screen.
"
Pink slime
"
has always been a food additive.
With flyovers, honor guards, and
"God
Bless
America," sporting
events have always
been
marked by emphatic patriotism.
O
nly two
-
thirds of this generati
o
n
i
d
entify as exclusively heterosexual.
Segways have always been trying to
revolutionize the way people move.
You Tube has become the video version of Wikipedia.
There has always been an International Criminal
Court, and the U.S. has never been a signatory.
Newfoundland and Labrador has always been,
officially, Newfoundland
-
and-Labrador.
There has always been an American Taliban.
By their sophomore year, their generation will
constitute one-quarter of the U.S
.
population.
Apple iPods have always been nostalgic.
They have always been able to fly Jet
Blue, but never Ted and Song.
Quarterback Troy Aikman has always called
the plays live from the press booth.
It has always been illegal to use a hand-held
cell phone while driving in New York State.
Except for when he celebrated
Jeopardy's
35th anniversary, Alex Trebek
has never had a moustache.
Face recognition technology has always
been used at public events
.
Skilled DJs have transitioned into turntablists.
The Apple Power Mac Cube has
always been in a museum.
The year they were born, the top NBA draft pick
came directly out of high school for the first time.
They have always been concerned about
catching the West Nile virus
.
There
has always been a DisneySea in Tokyo.
They have grown up with Big Data
and ubiquitous algorithms that know
what they want before they do.
Most of them will
rent, not buy, their textbooks.
They have probably all been
"
gaslighted" or
"
ghosted."
There
have always been
"smartwatches."
Their grandparents' classic comics
have evolved into graphic novels.
They have
grown up with a Patriot Act
that
has dramatically increased state
surveillance
to prevent terrorism.
Defibrillators have always been so simple to
use that they can be installed at home.
Pittsburgh's Steelers and Pirates have
never played at Three Rivers Stadium.
Congress has always banned human cloning
completely and threatened arrest for offenders.
At least one of the murderers of the
four schoolgirls in Birmingham, AL, in
1963 has always been in prison.
Monica and Chandler have always
been married on
Friends.
Blackboards have never been dumb.
A Catholic pope has always visited a mosque
.
Cal Ripken Jr. has always been retired.
The U
.S.
has always been withdrawn
from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Euthanasia has always been
legal in the Netherlands.
Teams have always been engaged in an
Amazing Race around the world.
Coke and Pepsi have always been competing
in the sports hydration science marketplace.
























Athletics
Reaching
Goals
After an outstanding 2018 season as placekicker for
the New York Jets, Jason Myers
'
13 became the first
Marist football player to play in the Pro Bowl.
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
showed
up
seve
n
days
early
for
Ja
son
Myers
l
ast year.
Tue days
are customari
l
y
days
off
in
the NFL,
a
nd
Myers
was enjoying one on
Dec
.
18
.
He
was
nearing the
end of an
outstanding
2018
season as
the
New York
Jets
'
placekicker,
o
n
e which saw
him
establish team
records
and rank among
the
l
eague
'
s e
lit
e at
his position
.
That
evening
,
he
was
having dinner with his
w
if
e when
the phone
rang
.
Todd
Bowles
,
New York
Jets head
coac
h
at the
time,
was on
the
other end
.
"
You got selected
to the Pro
Bowl,
"
Myers
recalled
hi
s
head
coac
h
telling
him
.
'
Tm
super excited for yo
u
, especia
ll
y with
w
h
at you overcame
to
get
there."
On
J
an
.
27
1
2019,
Myers became the first Marist football
player to play in the Pro
Bow
l
and just
the
seco
nd
Red
Fox
to
appear
in
a
major
l
eag
u
e a
ll
-
star game
.
The
first came
when
Rik
Sm
it
s
played
in
the
1998
NBA
A
ll
-
Star
Game
.
Myers certa
inl
y
persevered
to earn the
honor.
After graduating from Marist
in
2013
1
Myers
kicked
in
the Arena Football League for
the
San
Jose
SaberCats and
the
Arizona
Rattlers
.
He
signed
his
first NFL contract with
the
Jacksonville Jaguars in
2015
and earned
the Jaguars
'
kicking
job
that
summer after
the team traded
11
-
year
NFL
veteran
Josh
Scobee. Myers
h
e
ld
the
position
with
Jacksonville until
h
e
was
released
s
i
x games
into the
2017
season.
In
J
a
nuary
of
2018,
Myers
s
i
gned a reserve
/
future
co
nt
ract
w
ith
the
Seatt
l
e
Sea
h
awks
.
He
was
released by the Sea hawks
on
Aug.
20
but claimed
off wa
i
vers
by the Jets the following day
.
Three days later
,
he
was kicking
in
a
preseason
game against
the New
York
Giants
after
taking
a
red-eye flight
fro
m
the
West Coast into New
York
.
Less than three weeks
after
that,
he
fo
und
himself kicking in
front of a
national television
audi
-
ence on
Monday Night Football
in the Jets'
season
opener
at
Detroit
-
a
nd
as
it turned
out, on
his way to
a
Pro Bowl
season
.
Myers
i
s
not
one to stop and
think
a
bout
the whirlwind
of the
pr
ev
iou
s year
.
What
h
as
h
e
lp
ed
him
ac
hi
eve s
u
ccess
i
s a
keen
und
erstanding of what
he needs to
do
mentally
a
nd
physically to
compete at an elite
level. He
ha
s
worked with
a
kicking
coach (former
nine
-
year
NFL
kicker
Michael Husted),
trainer
,
sports
psychologist
,
and
physical therapist.
"This is going to
be my
fifth year in
the NFL,
"
Myers said.
"
In
every situation
I'm in, I learn
from
it. I
h
ave
my routine
,
a
nd
I
stick to
it. If I keep
my
mind
on
my
ro
utin
e,
then
everything
else fa
ll
s
into place.
"
B
Y
MIK
E FE
RRARO
'
0
1
M
ike Fe
r
ra
r
o is assistant ath
l
etic
di
r
ec
t
or
/
sports info
r
mation at Ma
r
ist.


























ln
2018
he became the
first
player
in
NFL
h
isto
r
y
to
hit
five
55-yard
fie
ld
goals
in
a single season.
His
six field goa
l
s of so-plus yards set
a
J
e
t
s'
r
ecor
d,
and
the total
was
tied
for
highest in the FL this past
season. Myers' strong
l
eg a
l
so
translated to kickoffs,
w
h
ere
h
e
h
a
d
60 touch
backs
in 82 attempts.
The touchback
tota
l
a
l
so set a
Jets
'
single-season record and was fourth-highest
in th
e
FL
last
year.
His
acc
uracy matched
hi
s
power
,
as
hi
s 91.7
percent
accuracy rate
on field goals (33 for 36) was
tied for third
in
the NFL.
On Oct. 14 2018, Myers enjoyed a
memorable performance in
the
J
e
ts
'
42-34
triumph
over
the
Indi
anapo
li
s Co
l
ts.
H
e
set a team
record wit
h
seven
field
goa
l
s, w
hi
c
h
earned
him
t
h
e AFC Specia
l
Teams Player of t
h
e Week
h
onor.
"
H
e's
worked extreme
l
y
hard to
get this opport
uni
ty," Marist
head
footba
ll
coac
h
Jim Parady
said.
"
H
e came
through
wit
h
a
Pro Bowl
year.
For
him, the
sat
i
sfact
i
o
n h
as
to be
great, as
i
s
our
h
a
ppin
ess
for
him
with all that
h
e's accomp
li h
ed
in
hi
s career."
The
Pro
Bow
l
provided
a great way fo
r
Myers to ce
l
ebrate
hi
s
season
in
a re
l
axed atmosphere w
ith hi
s fam
il
y
by
hi
s side.
H
e arrive
d
in
Orlando five
days before the
game and stayed
two days
after
it
to
visit the
local parks
the
day
fo
ll
owing
the Pro
Bow
l.
Myers
said
there
were ap
p
rox
im
ate
l
y 20 fa
mil
y
m
em
b
ers
with him
at
the Pro
Bowl.
They enjoyed
the
opport
unit
y
to
ce
l
ebrate
Myers
'
seaso
n
a
nd
be
around
the
NFL's stars.
In
ra
in
y co
ndit
i
ons at
the Pro Bowl,
h
eld at Camp
in
g World
Stadium, Mye
r
s connected
on field
goa
l
s
of
3
1
a
nd
47 yards as
the
AFC earned a 26-7
triumph.
"
It
was an incredible week," Myers sa
id.
"
lt
was extreme
l
y
laid-
back
a
nd
rea
ll
y
built
toward
players being
able
to
enjoy each other."
Back to Seattle
Myers became
a
free
age
nt
following the
2018 seaso
n
.
On March
14, he returned
to
the
Seattle Seahawks with a
multi
-yea
r
contract.
Positive relationships matter to
Myers, and
he
forged good ones
in
hi
s
time
wit
h
Seatt
l
e.
He
h
as
become
good fr
i
en
d
s wit
h
the team's
fellow
specialists,
l
ong snapper Tyler
Ott
and
punt
er
Michael D
i
ckso
n.
"l wanted
to
b
e somewhere
I'm
comfortab
l
e," Myers sa
id
. "
I
was
comfortab
l
e
in terms of the relationships,
a
nd l l
et
my
age
nt
do the
hard part.
Everyt
hin
g
lin
e
d
up well for
m
e."
What has helped him
achieve success is a
keen understanding
of what he needs
to do mentally and
physically to compete
at an elite level.
Jason Myers
'13
at
the Pro Bowl
.
Support from the Marist Community
Myers
play
e
d
for
the
Marist footbal
l
team from
2009
to
2012.
He
became the Red
Foxes'
primary placekicker
ear
l
y
in
his freshman
seaso
n
, Mar
i
st's
first
as a
member of the Pioneer Football League.
His
freshman year
included
a game-wi
nnin
g
field
goa
l
against
Georgetown wit
h
one second
remaining
.
Myers wou
ld
depart Marist
w
ith
the
lon
gest
field
goal
in
program
hi
story (49 yards, a
record that
still stands) a
nd
the program record for points
scored
by
a
kicker
.
Playing
for a New York
team this past
season allowed Myers
to
reconnect with some former
teammates
li
vi
n
g
in the
area.
"
It's
awesome," Myers said.
"
l
a
lw
ays
have people,
current students
and a
lumni
,
reaching
out v
i
a socia
l
media.
Every
week or two I
get
a
l
etter from
the
Alumni
Office
.
I've had
great relat
i
o
n
s
hip
s w
ith
Coac
h
Parady
and
the
coach
in
g staff."
The
re
l
atio
n
sh
ip h
as
worked well both ways, as Myers
h
as
l
e
nt
support
to
t
h
e
next
generations of
Red Foxes
.
"
J
ason
h
as stayed very con
n
ected
to
our
program
since
he's
gradu-
ated,"
Parady
sa
id
.
"
He's
b
ee
n
a goo
d
friend
a
nd
mentor to our kickers
a
nd
other players
in
the program. He
's
a guy who's
h
e
lp
e
d
on different
l
eve
l
s si
n
ce
h
e's graduated."
CJ
About Jason Myers
Age
:
28
Time
at
M
a
r
ist:
Played the
2009-12 seaso
n
s
for the Marist
football team;
g
r
ad
u
ate
d
from Marist
in the
spring of
2013.
NFL Expe
r
ienc
e:
Jacksonville
J
ag
u
ars, 2015-17;
Seattle Seahawks,
2018;
New York Jets,
2018;
Seattle Seahawks,
2019.
P
r
o Bow
l:
2018 season.
C
a
ree
r
Stat
i
stics:
84.3%
field
goa
l
acc
u
racy (97
for ns),
61.5
%
acc
ura
cy
on field
goa
l
s
over
so yar
d
s
(16 for
26),
72.6% of
kickoffs
h
ave
been touch
ba
cks (201
for
277).
FALL
2019
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Th
e
R
e
d Fo
xe
s
w
on th
ei
r third MAAC Champion
s
hip in pro
g
r
a
m hi
s
tor
y a
nd ho
s
t
e
d an NCAA Tournam
e
nt op
e
nin
g-
r
o
und
ga
m
e.
Men's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing
Win MAAC Championships
The Mar
i
st Athletics Department
'
s list of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champions
grew by two in May as both men's lacrosse and women
'
s rowing won titles.
U
NDER THE LEADERSHIP
of eighth-year
head coach Keegan Wilkinson, men's
lacrosse
has
become
a perennial contender
in the MAAC.
The Red
Foxes captured the
conference
'
s regu
l
ar-season crown for
the
third time
in
Wilkinson's
tenure
and
hosted
the MAAC Championship semifinals and
final at Tenney Stadium in early May.
The Red Foxes
'
resiliency was on full
display
in
both of their conference tourna
-
ment contests
.
In
the semifinal round against
defending champion Canisius on May
2,
Mari
s
t trailed
3-
0
deep
into the first quarter
before storming back
.
The
Red
Foxes shut out
the Golden Griffins in the third quarter as
they took the
lead
for good and
h
e
ld
on for
an
11-10
triumph which sent the team to the
MAAC championship game for the fifth time
in the
last
six seasons.
The championship game
brought
another
formidable foe and another comeback. Facing
second
-
seeded Quinnipiac on May
4,
the Red
2
2
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Foxes once again found themselves
trailing
by three in the first quarter. And once again
,
Marist fought
its
way
back. Three
straight
goals
in the
second
half
gave
the Red
Foxes
the lead
for good
.
Marist
then
withstood a
late
charge
by
the Bobcats for a
15
-
14
victory,
which gave the
Red
Foxes
their
third MAAC
championship in
program history
and first
since
2015.
Captain
Joe
Tierney
'
20
was
named
Most
Outstanding Player of the MAAC
Championship while
Billy
Andrle
'19
,
Jamison
Embury
'
22,
and captain
James
Sarrocco
'19
were
named
to the All-Championship Team.
"It's an
incredible
feeling,
"
Tierney said
following the MAAC championship game
.
"l think we really
deserved this
as a team.
The
coaches
deserve
this. We did a great job
preparing since the fall, and to come out on
top is just an awesome feeling.
"
The following
night,
Marist
learned
that
it would
host
an opening
-
round game
in the
NCAA Tournament on May 8 against UMBC.
It was the second time the
men
'
s
lacrosse
program hosted an NCAA Tournament
game, as
the Red
Foxes
defeated
Bryant
in
the
opening round at Tenney Stadium
in
2015
.
Although the
Red
Foxes were
defeated
by
the
Retrievers
,
the outcome could
hardl
y
dampen
the spirit of the Marist community
and the accomplishments of a championship
season. A crowd of
2
,
134
packed
the stands
of Tenney Stadium for
the
contest.
The total
was the
largest
,
ever for an opening
-
round
NCAA Men
'
s Lacrosse Tournament game.
"
It
was obviously
not
the result we were
looking
for tonight,
"
Wilkinson said fol
-
lowing
the game against UMBC.
'
Tm reall
y
disappointed
about
that but
ver
y
proud
of
the guys for the amazing year
that
they
had
.
I'm super proud of these seniors
,
who
leave
as
champions
in
a year when a
lot
of people
had
doubted them
.
They did
an amazing job and
planted the
seed for future years to come.
"





























Wom
e
n
's
rowing won its 11th MAAC
c
hampion
s
hip in pro
g
r
a
m hi
s
t
o
r
y.
I
N
2013,
the Marist
women's
rowing pro-
gram won
the
MAAC championship and
earned the conference
'
s
first
automatic
berth
to the NCAA Tournament. Over the
next
five years,
the Red Foxes remained highly
competitive
in
the conference
but placed
second to
Jacksonville
each year
.
In
2
019, the
tables turned
.
This year
'
s championship was
held
on
May 19 at Cooper
River Park in Cherry
Hill,
NJ
.
In
the
first grand
final
of
the day,
Jacksonville narrowly held
off
Marist in the
Varsity 4.
The Red
Foxes answered
by
win-
ning the
Second Varsity 8
by
over
10
seconds,
with Jacksonville coming
in
second
.
The
winning crew cons
i
sted
of Isabelle Koch
'20,
Shawna
Gilson
'
20
,
Lydia Giguere
'
22,
Kate
Beebe
'i9, Abbey
Gragg
'
19
,
McKenna
Klineyoung
'
21
,
Maddy Gragg
'19, Kassandra
Nicholson
'
22, and
Jasmine
Miller
'
21.
The
Varsity 8 was
the last fina
l
of
the
day
.
The
Red
Foxes
maintained
a slim
lead
over
Jacksonville in the
early
part of the
race
,
but
the
y
pulled
away
down
the stretch and
crossed
the
finish
line nearly nine
seconds
ahead of the
Dolphins
.
The
crew of Caitlin
Green
'
19
,
Bernadette
Winby
'
19
,
Elisabeth
Kamm
'
20
,
Clodagh
Deasy
'
19
,
Sydney Ford
'
20, Selena Mildon
'2
1, Kerriann Ernenwein
'
19
,
Marie
Ryden
'
21, and Eliza
Hartford
'
19
captured the gold for Marist.
Deasy,
Ford
,
Green
,
Hartford,
and Winby
all earned First T
e
am AII-MAAC
honors
afterward, while Mildon was
named Second
Team AII
-
MAAC. Tom
Sanford
was
honored
as MAAC Coach
of the Year.
"
The team performed
very well,
"
Sanford
said following
the MAAC Championship
.
"Everyone
is
extremely excited.
It
'
s
been
a
long time.
Each crew
deserved to
win as a
team. l
can
'
t be more proud
of them;
they
accomplished what we set out to
do
."
lt
was
the
nth MAAC championship
for
women
'
s rowing in
program histor
y.
Through
the
conclusion of
the
2018
-
19
school year,
Marist
has
captured a conference
-
record
113
MAAC Tournament championships.
i!l
Three Men
'
s Lacrosse Alumni
Make New York Lizards
'
Roster
T
HREE MARIST MEN'S LACROSSE
alumni-Mike
Begley
'
15,
J
.
D
.
Recor
'
17, and Brian Corrigan
'18-made
the
opening-day roster of Major League
Lacrosse's New York Lizards. Begley,
Recor,
and
Corrigan
were all
part of
the
Red Foxes'
2015 MAAC championship
team, which
earned
the program's first
NCAA
Tournament victory with an
opening-round triumph over Bryant.
In
2016,
Begley became the first Red
Fox to make an
MLL
final roster when
he
suited
up for the Boston
Cannons.
Recor
comp
l
eted
his second
season as
an assistant co,ach at
Marist in
2019.
Corrigan was
named MAAC Defensive
Player of the Year in
2018.
Both Begley
and
Corrigan
were
named to the
Watch
List for the Tewaaraton Award during
their Marist careers,
and
Recor
was a
finalist for the Senior CLASS
award.
Director of Athletics Tim Murray
presented
Marist
apparel to
Deirdre Hargey
,
then the lord mayor of Belfast, Northern Ireland
,
when the Marist
men's
basketball team took part in the Belfast Classic last
year. Marist won
both of
its games in
the
tournament's Samson Bracket, with triumphs over Dartmouth
and LIU Brooklyn. The
R
ed
Foxes also had time to hold a clinic for local
schoolchildren and
do
some sightseeing.
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a
Alumni
SPOTLIGHT
Storytelling
with Data
Anthony DeBarros
'
86/'97MSIS, a data editor at
The Wall Street Journal, is an expert in a field
that combines journalism and computer science.
THIRTY
-
THREE YEARS AGO
,
even
before he
graduated
from
Marist
with a
degree in English,
Anthony
DeBarros landed
a
J·ob
$
reporting news
for
the
Poughkeepsie Journal.
Soon
after,
he became
enamored with com-
<
puters, bought
one, and
-
went
back to
Marist for
a
master's degree in
information
systems.
Today
DeBarros is
an
expert
in
a
field that
combines journal-
ism
and computer
science.
He is
a
data
editor at
The Wall Street
Journal
and author
of the book Practical
SQL: A
Beginner's
Guide to Storytelling with
Data.
A journalist for
most
of
his
career,
he focuses
on
data
ana
l
ysis-
"building, acquiri
n
g, vetting, and
analyzing
data
sets
to find news
and
trends," he
ex
pl
ained.
DeBarros began report
i
ng news
before he
enrolled at
Marist.
After
two
years at
Dutchess Community
College
in Poughkeepsie, he
worked
at
radio
station
WEOK/WPDH
in
Poughkeepsie, first
as
a part-time DJ
and then as a
reporter.
Transferring
to
Marist,
he
majored in
English with a concen-
tration
in
writing.
He
continued
reporting,
for The Circle and for
an
internship
at
the Poughkeepsie
Journal,
a
Gannett newspaper. He
was inspired by his
advisor at the
time,
journa
li
sm facu
lt
y
member
David McCraw, who today is
vice
president
and
deputy
general counsel
at The New York Times.
"He was
instrumental
in getting
me into
The Circle," DeBarros said.
"He
became
a
major inspiration.
"
A
month before his
graduation
from Marist
in
1986
,
the Poughkeepsie
Journal
hired DeBarros. He
covered
town
government and
the
police
department before leaving
the
news-
paper briefly to travel. He
returned
in
1987
as a features writer and went on
to
handle multiple
roles, including
editor of the Life section.
He
also
taught
journalism at Mari st for two
semesters as an adjunct.
While at
the Journal, he
pursued
the
MSIS part
time
at
night.
"Data
journalism has been
a
central
theme
of
investigative
report-
Marist
magazine:
What advice would you give students who want
to
work
in journalism,
and
in data
journalism?
Anthony De Barros:
Excel
in
the basics of reporting,
wr
itin
g, editing,
and
interv
i
ewing.
Audio, video,
and
photo
sk
ill
s are we
ll
worth
having
a
l
so
.
Many
entry-level
jobs
are won and
lost on the basis of
a
reporting
or editing
test,
so
be
ready
to
turn
in
great work.
Data
ski
ll
s are
in
hi
gh
demand in
journalism
.
Simply
knowing
your
way
around an Excel spreadsheet can
help
you
manage data
and
find
uniqu
e
stories. Start there. But if
you can add a
programming
language,
suc
h
as
JavaScript, Python, R,
or
SQL,
you'll
quickly become
very
marketable.
Join the nonprofit Investigative Reporters
and Editors and
lo
ok
into its training programs
and conferences.
I've been
a
member for
more than
20
years, and
much
of
my
career growth
i
s
due to
skills
I've
acquired
through IRE's offerings.
Think
about specializing
in
a subject.
I
see
many opportunities
for people
who can go
deep on
a
particular
subject and write about
it
for expert readers.
Network!
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Anthon
y
D
e
Bar
r
o
s '
8
6
/
'97
MSIS is
a
d
a
ta
e
ditor
a
t
The Wall Str
e
et journal
and
a
utho
r
of th
e
book
Pra
c
ti
ca
l
SQL
:
A B
eg
inn
e
r
's
Guid
e
to Stor
y
tellin
g
with D
a
t
a.
ing
for
well
over
25
years,
growing
considerably
in the last
10
years," said
DeBarros.
"
My
involvement in data
journalism began
while
I
was at
the
Poughke
e
psie
Journal.
I
was studying
for
my MSIS
at
Marist
at
the time
and was able
to bring
concepts about
databases
I learned in the classroom
into the newsroom."
"
Today every
major news publica-
tion has dedicated teams
who focus
on
data
analysis,
"
he
said
,
citing Th
e
Wall Street
Journal,
New York Times,
and Washington
Post.
When
Gannett
'
s
flagship newspa-
per
,
USA
Today,
offered him
a
posi-
tion
as
database
editor in
199
7,
he
and
his
family
moved from Hyde Park,
NY,
to the
Washington
,
DC,
area.
He
became one
of four
database editors
at
the national newspaper,
working on
the Life
section on stories related
to
health,
education,
demographics,
and
entertainment.
In
2008,
USA Today
promoted him to the new position
of senior
database
editor.
He took on
management
of
the team
of
database
editors-"by
then
we called ourselves
data journalists
"
-and expanded
the team to
six
people
.
During that
time, he became more involved
with
investigative
stories and
interactive
data
visualizations, and
the team
won
multiple
awards.
In
2012
,
he was offered
a
spot
with Gannett Digital,
a
division of
the parent
company
that built its
Web
sites and
mobile
apps
.
He created
a
small
team that made
apps
for elec-
tion results, investigations,
and
other
stories
.
He
also
produced
a
first-of-
its
-
kind
virtual
reality project
called
Harvest of
Change
for Gannett
'
s
D
e
s
Moines
Register.
A longtime member
of
the non
-
profit
organization
Investigative
Reporters
and Editors (IRE),
he has
been
a
frequent
speaker and
trainer
at
its
conferences.
Through
a grant
from
the Knight Foundation, he
joined the IRE staff full time in
2015
as
director of product development
for
DocumentCloud,
a
Web-based
software
platform for organizing,
researching,
annotating, and
pub-
lishing primary
source
documents.
After
DocumentCloud, he
worked
for
a small
publishing
and
events company
,
leading product
development
and content strategy.
In
September
2018,
he
joined the staff of
The
Wall Stre
e
t Journal
as
data news
editor
in
its Washington,
DC
,
bureau
.
Early on, a Wall Street
Journal
project he
worked on won an award
.
He
was
part
of a
team that
reported
the data behind the
visual "China:
Emergence
of
a
Trade Leviathan
,
"
which explained China
'
s
rise to power
as a U.S.
trading partner
{www.wsj
.
com
/
graphics
/
china-emergence
-
of
-
a
-
trade-leviathan
/).
The
Society for
News Design
awarded
the piece
a
bronze medal in its Best of Digital
Design
competition,
in
which
13
judges
from around
the
globe
reviewed
1,300
entries
.
Practical
SQL
was
released by
the San Francisco tech publisher
No
Starch
Press
in May
2018.
Its
genesis
was
his blog
about
technology
and
journalism
.
The posts that drew the
most readers
were
his
short explain
-
ers
on how to install
or
use
software.
''.
I had learned the database
language SQL
while studying for
my master
'
s at Marist, and over
the
years
it became
a
big part
of
my data
analysis
toolkit.
Many
have
written
books
about
SQL, but I thought it
would be helpful to
write one
that
used real-world data
rather
than the
hypothetical
examples you typically
find in
a
textbook.
"
He began the book in
2011,
writ
-
ing on the bus,
on
the train,
and
on
planes,
whenever
he
could find time
.
After
producing nine
chapters
,
he
found
a
publisher
who offered
him
a contract.
"As a one-time staff
member
of
Marist's
student
newspaper,
Th
e
Circl
e
,
and
a
beneficiary of both
the
school's
outstanding
journalism
and computer science
programs
,
my
book reflects how the preparation I
received
at
Marist helped me
excel
in
my
career
,
"
he
said.
As
for
the future, his
expertise
in data
journalism gives
him
an
informed perspective
on what's
next in the field
. '
Tm excited about
finding uses for
machine
learning
and artificial intelligence as well as
employing automation
to
gather and
analyze
data."
t!l
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&
NOTES
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you
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Relations
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,
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,
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Phone
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575
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3283
1958
William
Maher
spends
three to
four
months
a year
in
Stuart
,
FL.
H
e and
his
wife, Elaine
,
ce
l
ebrated 45 years of
marriage
and
h
ave
nine
grandch
ildr
en
.
1961
John Trainor, PhD
, cam
e
out of
retire-
ment
to
return to
pri
vate
practice, this
time
as a Catholic
therapist utilizing
teleconferenci
n
g and videoconferenc
-
ing.
1962
M. John O
'
Connell
reports
that a vir
-
tua
l
community of 60+
members
of the
C
l
asses of
1960 to 1964
remain in
touch,
wit
h
about
15
of those who are able gath
-
er
in
g each year (a
lw
ays welcome at
the
Mar
i
st
Brothers
Center in Esopus
,
NY)
for some o
ld
-
fashioned
"
fac
e-
time.
"
1963
The
fo
ll
owi
n
g
marked their
60t
h
anni
-
versary
as
Marist Brothers in June
2019:
Bro. Ronald David Barabino,
Bro
.
Gerard Brereton
,
Bro
.
Robert
Conley
,
Bro. Francis Garza, Bro.
John C. Herrmann, Bro. Benedict
LoBalbo, Bro
.
John
McDonagh,
Bro.
John McDonnell, Bro. John
Nash,
Bro.
Edmund
Sheehan,
and
Bro.
Michael
Williams.
1964
Peter Haight
was
or
d
ai
n
ed a
Roman
Catholic deacon.
,
Peter Hanley
received prestigious
awards
during his
career as an advert
i
sing and
marketing
executive
including
Effie Awards
in the
go
l
d, silver, and
bronze
categories.
The
Effie Awards
hono
r effective
m
arket-
ing
commun
i
catio
n
s a
nd
co
mp
a
ni
es
and individuals on six continents and
in more
than
40 countries
.
Peter
was a
member
of Marist's Board of Trustees
for
18
years.
,
Bro. Rene Roy
was
n
a
m
ed president emeritus at Centra
l
Catholic
High
Sc
h
ool
,
his
alma
mater,
in Lawrence
,
MA.
Class of'68 members Paul Rinn and
(left
to right} Bob D'Errico, Dan Kuffner, and
Joseph Walsh
visited
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, to honor
their Marist
classmate
Lt.
Frank Egan on the 45th anniversary of his death during
the conflict in Southeast Asia
.
Frank, an Air Force OV10 reconnaissance pilot,
was
remembered for his determination,
character,
and dedication to his
country
and
mission. Also
celebrated
were humorous stories of his days on campus and on the
Marist crew team.
1965
Tom
Kirkman
is retired but
vo
lun
teer-
ing
for several groups
.
He
a
lso
spends
time c
a
tch
in
g
up
on reading.
1966
John Conrad
received
a 30-year
pin
in
2018 for service at
Hudson
Va
ll
ey
Comm
unit
y Co
ll
ege
in
Troy, NY
,
where
he
i
s an adjunct
professor. He
retired
from
LaSalle
Institute in
2009
.
, Frederick Gilmore
has
three grand-
c
hildr
en and
two
great
-
grandchildren.
1967
Richard Sinkoski
remembers
fondly the
good
friends he met
at Marist who
have
since
passed
away
:
David Thompson,
J
osep
h
Nolting, and
Jan
Carmody, who
served a
nd
died
in
V
i
etnam.
1968
Dominick Bollella
has been happily
married
for 48 years to
Ruth
and is a
gran
dd
a
d
to
three
teenagers. The
oldest
graduate
d
in
2018; anot
h
er
i
s a pitching
prospect for
a college
; a
nd the
youngest
girl
is
science
/
math
-
oriented and
look
-
ing toward
int
e
rior design or architec
-
ture
. ,
Stanley Harris
'68/'o
6MA
was
e
l
ected chairman of the
Joint Board
of
Ov
e
rseers for
the
Marist-Hea
lth
Quest
Medica
l
School
,
schedu
l
ed
to
open
in
2023.
,
Mike Ryan
and
his
wife,
Jane,
moved north to
Bolivar, OH
,
after
spe
ndin
g 3
7
years
in
North Caro
lin
a
.
The move brings them closer
to Jane's
remaining family
,
and they ar
e
enjoying
putting their mark
on
their property.
1969
Stephen Digilio
retired from Morgan
Stan
l
e
y
on June 30
,
2018, after 39
+
year
in
the financial services industr
y.
,
John
Moccio
vo
lunt
eered for
five
years as a
hospice
co
mp
a
nion
a
nd
became
an
Emmaus Brother.
,
William Nevins
is
the
vice commander for American
Legion Post
6 in Milledgeville, GA
.
,
John Pashley
has been
retired from
the
New York State
Department
of
Health
for 15
years.
1970
Bill Dourdis
received the
e
w York
State United Teachers (NYSUT
)
Commun
it
y
Service
Award
in
2018. A
journa
li
sm,
mass media,
and communi
-
cations
teacher
at
Roy
C.
Ketcham
High
School
in
Wappingers Falls, Y
,
for 33
y
ears,
he has
vo
lun
teered
e
xtensively
.
His
community service includes
holding
leadership positions
in
a slow
-
pitch
soft-
ball league
for 49 years, coaching soc
-
cer for 2
7
years, and serving as Sunday
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school superintendent at Tabernacle
Baptist Church for 17 years.
He
a
lso has
shared
his news
and
design
expertise
with
a
number
of area organizations
including
editing
the
Wappingers
Congress of
Retired
Teac
h
ers
newslet
-
ter
Po
stScript,
issued
six
times
a year,
for 13
yea
rs
.
As
PostS
crip
t
editor,
he
ha
s
won
39
NYSUT communications
awar
ds., Tom
Hoffay
r
e
tired
as grants
director on
the
staff of
the
ew York
State Assembly 103rd
District
office in
June
2018.
1971
Deacon Robert Gurske retired
on
Dec.
31, 2018
. H
e
continues as
permanent
de
aco
n
at St.
B
ar
tholomew the
Apostle
Church
in
Scotch
Plains,
NJ, wh
il
e
leav
-
ing
behind his po ition
as
director
of
co
mmunications.
Bob
has
worked
there
since
2004
in
various
capacities and
has
wo
r
s
hipp
ed
there
his
e
ntire life
.
He
was
also
reelected deputy
c
hi
ef
of
the
Scotch
Plain
R
e c
u
e
Squad
a
nd
continues
to
b
e
the
s
qu
ad
chaplain.
, Bill
Spenla
founded a
business
called
P4
Advisors
LLC,
a
professional human resources
firm focusing on
people, potential, pos
-
sibilities, and
performance. His
wife,
Mary
Jane
'72, continues
her
career as
a software computer
consultant. They
are enjoying
their
chi
ldr
e
n
and
four
grandchildren and a
l
so enjoy
watching
Marist grow,
prosper,
and
flourish
as an
institution
of character
.
1972
Vincent Coda, DPM, has
been
goi
n
g
to
Guatemala annually to do foot correc-
tive
bon
e s
ur
gery
in
the
L
a
Labor
region
.
, James Cosentino proudl
y
announces
the arrival of grandson
Jackson Joseph
Cosentino
in
2018.
Jackson joins big
sister
Brynn Mary.
1973
Rafael
Polo is beginning negotiations
with
a
publishing
company regarding
his
first
novel.
, Dr. John
Siolas was
honored
with
the Fa
c
ulty
Mission
Award
b
y
the
Vincentian Center for
Church and Society.
The
award
took
place during
St.
John
's
University
Founder's Week at
the D
'A
ngelo
Center.
1975
Dr.
Mike Asip retired from
38 years
in Virginia public
education,
where
h
e
served
three
school
districts
as a special
education teacher,
principal, and direc
-
tor of special education. Mike
now leads
statewide special
e
ducation directors,
advocating with
the
Virginia General
Assemb
l
y and other state
l
eaders
for
special education
policy
and
legislation.
Mike and
his
wife,
Leslie,
volunteer
to
make
politi
ca
l
change
in rural Powhatan
County, where
they h
ave
lived
for almost
10 years.
They
are
proud
grandparents
of
Nolan James
Asip, who
lives in New
Jersey
with
parents Danny
a
nd Heather
Asip
.
Danny is
a
leader
at
the
Madison
Square Gard
e
n
Co. Mike and Leslie's
daught
e
r
,
Cailin Asip,
lives in Ro
a
noke
,
VA, where she
is
the
director
of admis-
sions at
Hollins
University.
continued
on page
30
Bill
Dourdis
'70
-
I
MARIST
I'
CONNECTIONS
The Office of Alumni Relations has launched
Mari st Connections,
a pod cast highlighting alumni,
students, faculty, staff, coaches, and other members of the Mari st community. Listeners can
subscribe through Apple and Android podcast apps, through email, or through
"
MyCast."
Or simply visit maristconnect
.
marist.edu/podcast to hear recent episodes.
TADD BINDAS '19,
a computer science
a
nd math major,
EMMA STARK '20,
an
e
ducation major, and
LAUREN VECCHIO
'19,
a
marketing major with a minor in
fashion merchandising and psychology,
discuss the Honors Program at Marist,
their Senior Thesis projects, and how
the program helped define their college
experience. They are joined by
DR. JAMES
SNYDER,
associate professor of philosophy
and director of the Honors Program, and
DR. MARY STONE,
assistant professor
of psychology and assistant director of the
Honors Program.
Dr.
Mary Stone
IAN O'CONNOR '86,
a sports columnist
for ESPN, speaks to
JANE MCMANUS,
Marist's new director of the Center for
Sports Communication, about his recent
New York Times
best seller,
Belichick,
and
his career as a journalist and writer. He
recently signed with Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt to write a biography of Mike
Krzyzewski. O'Connor wrote for the
New
York Daily News, USA Today,
the
Journal
News,
the
Record,
and Foxsports.com
before accepting his position at ESPN.
Jan O
'Connor '86
owner of four Edible
Arrangements franchises, and
DEANNA BELLACICCO
BREAULT '92,
founder and
owner of Bella's Home Baked
Goods, share their thoughts on
entrepreneurship, leadership,
and chasing dreams.
ALVIN PATRICK '86,
senior producer at
CBS News, talks about producing stories
with special correspondent James Brown
across all network shows and platforms.
He is interviewed by
AMY WOODS
'97,
executive director of
Alumni Relations, and sports
communication major
Alvin
Patrick
'86
WILL BJARNER '20.
KIRSTYN WATSON,
a criminal justice major
and the Class of 2019 valedictorian, interviews
JEROME PICKETT '98,
executive vice
president and chief security officer
for th
0
e NBA and former Secret
Service agent.











































ALUMNI
NEWS
&
NOTES
Alumni Guide Students
at Career Events
Inaugural
VIP Networking Event brings alumni from top companies to campus.
Alumni and other representatives from top
companies
came to the
campus
for the inaugural
VIP Networking Event sponsored by Marist's Center for Career Services. The attendees
were
(first
row,
left
to right) Anthony Perez, Merrill Lynch; Samantha Tilton
'
18, Citi;
Will
Cahan
'
14,
NBC Sports Group; Kibria Biswas
'17,
Verizon; Devon
f.
O
'
Nalty
'08,
Lockheed
Martin;
Jason
Murray '83, Transamerica Financial Advisors; Molly Cunningham
'16,
Travelers; Ciara
Mulligan '18, New York State Senate Office;
(second
row) Steven Cain
'18,
Schultheis
&
Panettieri,
LLP;
Daemyian
Watson
'06
/
'12MS
IS
,
Central Hudson Gas
&
Electric Corp.; Allison
Newton '04,
Schultheis
&
Panettieri, LLP; Eric Kimmel
'05,
ESPN;
David
Barton
'07,
Edelman; Mike McHale
'87,
Cleverworks; Kevin Stark
'
14
/
'16MS
IS
,
Javits Center; Christie
VanHorne,
Peace Corps;
(third
row)
Zachery Malitz
'18,
PwC; Christopher Gallanty
'18,
JP Morgan; Stephen Krill
'07,
CNN.
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rlVE CENTER
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I
EXECUTM
CENTER
EXfCUTM
CENlIR
The Communication Internship
Program
held its annual Alumni-Student Networking Event
April 10 at the new Marist College Executive Center in New York City
.
Alumni participating
were
(back
row) Stephen Krill '07, CNN; Steve
Raum
'15,
Sports
Illustrated
;
Matt Onorato '18,
Reprise
Digital
;
Brian
McMillan
'11,
Alliance; Katie Meena
'12, MTV;
Ryan Rivard
'15,
Reel
Works, Stephanie
Duff
y '15,
De
Vries Global;
(front
row) Dana Carullo
'oo,
CBS
News;
John
Mosho
'18,
Sports Illustrated; Molly Weeks '17, RED Music; Christine Petrillo-Blaine
'88, Al
Roker
Entertainment; Ali
Read
'14,
Investigation Discov
ery;
Joey-Lyn Adessa
'06,
Mindshare; Nick
Bitetto
'13, Associated
Pres
s;
Brooke DiPalma
'18,
Yahoo! Finance.
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MARIST
MAGA
Z
INE
A TOTAL OF 240
Marist
juniors
and seniors
had
the opportunity
to
network with alumni
employed
by
16
top
companies at
the inaugural
VIP Networking Event sponsored
by
Marist's
Center
for Career
Services
this
spring.
Companies represented
at
the
March
7
event
in the
Murray Student
Center
Cabaret
were Verizon,
Ede
lm
an, NBC
Sports
Group,
Travelers
Insurance, JP
Morgan,
ESP , C
,
Lockheed
Martin,
PwC, Cleverworks, the
New York
State Senate, Transamerica Financial
Advisors,
Schultheis
&
Panettieri,
Merrill
L
y
nch
,
the
Javits Center, Citi,
the Peace
Corps, and Central
Hudson
Gas
&
Electric Corp
.
"
I
came to get some exposure to
some
high
-
l
evel
professionals
and
get some advice on what
to do in
my
career," said Tom
Jones
'20.
He
also wanted
to hear how the
alumni
launched their
own careers.
"
It
's
a
really
interesting
event.
It's
motiva-
tion just as much as
it
is
inspiration
."
Dr.
Mary
Jones,
executive
direc
-
tor of
the
Center for Career Services,
and
Desmond
Murray, associate
director
for the employer experience,
helped plan
and facilitate
the
event
along with
the
Advancement and
Alumni
Relations offices
. "Eac
h
year
we
have
a
career
fair
in the
fall as well
as
the
spring to connect students with
employers
that
are
hiring
,"
Jones
said.
"We
wanted
to bring more
alumni
and emp
lo
yers from
large corpora-
tions
to Marist, knowing
many
of
these
companies
have hired
Marist
graduates. We invited alumni from
these different prestigious
companies
to connect with students so
that
stu-
dents
would
have
a chance
to network
and
possibly be
able
to obtain full-
time or
internship
opportunities at
these
companies."
Stephen Krill
'07,
director
of
marketing for CNN
worldwide,
took part
after welcoming Marist
students
to
CNN offices earlier in the
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The inaugural Public Service
Career
Trip brought
41
students
to Washington,
DC, in March for
alumni panels, tours
of
the FBI
and
U
.S. Capito
l,
and
a
networking
event with
alumni
and
parents at
the Army and Navy Club
(shown).
year
in
a
program
called
Road
to the
Workp
l
ace.
"
They
got
to
see some of
our
live
on-air operations,
to talk to
a recruiter. They got a chance to talk
to
a
couple of
the
employees
to
see
what
it
's
like
to work at CNN.
I hope
that that
gave
them
a
clear picture
on
career
paths
and what's available."
Krill
is
responsible for
marketing
original series, films, and
live news
programs.
"I
think
one of the
hardest
parts
abo
ut
the job
-
search process
is
yo
u
may
h
ave
an idea of what you
want your career to
be, but it
's
hard
to
get
hone
st
real-world information
about
what it's
like da
y
to
day. I
'
m
happy to try to give any information
that
I
can about what
it'
s
like to
work
at a company
like
CN
,
what it's
like
to work
in
New York, and
hopefull
y
help
the
students figure out what they
want
to do
for their career."
Road to the Workplace is a series
of employer site visits that give stu-
dents chances to network with Marist
alumni and other professionals who
work
at a variety of companies. By
attending a Road
to the
Workplace
trip, students can also get a sense of
an
organization's culture and
learn
about its professional
development
opportunities. Murray and Kevin
McCall, coordinator of outreach,
marketing, and communications in
the Center for Career Services, help
organize each site visit and
prepare
the students who attend.
Students at the VIP etworking
Event valued the experience.
Robert
Schardt
'20
enjoyed
it because
of
the
big
-
name
companies, citing ESPN,
BC, and Verizon.
"Gett
ing
your
name
out to
those
guys and asking
for advice
is honestly the best thing
you
could
do.
"
At the same time as the VIP
etworking reception
in
the Cabaret,
Career Services was
holding its
spring
2019
Career and
Internship
Fair, known as Meet the Companies,
upstairs
in the Murray
Student
Center Hudson River Rooms.
Fifty-
two
employers and more
than
600
students attended. Students were
encouraged
to
attend
both
events.
Alumni also networked with
students during Marist's first
Public
Service Career Trip to Washington,
DC,
March
18-19.
Career Services
sponsored the trip along with the
School of Social and
Behavioral
Sciences and School of Liberal Arts.
More than
40
students enjoyed
alumni
panels,
tours of the FBI and
the
U.S. Capitol, and a
networking
reception with 65
a
lumni
and
parents
at the Army and Navy Club.
Communications alumni
were on
hand
as well when
the
Communication
Internship Program
held its
annua
l
Alumni-Student
Networking Event April
10
at
the
new Marist College Executive
Center in ew York
City.
Some 38
students attended,
meeting
and
mingling
with
15
alumni from all
aspects of
the media
world-adver-
tising, journalism, public relations,
film,
television
,
sports, and gaming
.
The
event is organized each year
by
Internship
Director Gerry
Mc
ulty
'79
and
Internship
Coordinator Sara
Nowlin.
i!.l
During
students'
Public
Service Career
Trip, DC-area
alumni served
on a
career
panel, organized by Dr. Martin
Shaffer,
dean of the School
of
Liberal Arts
(back
row,far Left), in
the
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center March
19.
The
alumni were (seated,
left
to
right} Jane
Sheehan
'10,
senior
federal relations manager, Families
USA;
Andrew
Overton,
'10,
senior
director
of communications,
Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Lydia Denis
'17,
legislative
correspondent,
U.S. House
of
Representatives;
(standing,
left
to
right) Danisha Craig
'18,
staff
assistant to U.S.
Sen.
Richard Blumenthal;
Matthew
Kent
'10,
regulatory policy associate,
Public Citizen; Brian Smith
'95, vice
president,
alliance development and external
affairs, Biotechnology Innovation; Colleen
McCulloch
Learch
'99,
executive vice
president, KRC Research; Jenna Grande
'14,
press
secretary,
U
.S.
Sen. Mazie Hirono.
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2019
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ALUMNI
NEWS
&
NOTES
Alumni, retired faculty and staff, and friends gathered in two
locations in Florida this past February for receptions: at the
Pelican Grand Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale Feb. 19 and
at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples Feb. 21. Guests in Naples
included (above)
BOBBY MARKS '95
and his wife,
Michelle, and (below
,
left to right) Marist Trustee
JOHN
O'SHEA,
his son and daughter-in-law Michael and Tess,
and
GINNY KELLER
'78.
1976
Ma
r
y E
ll
e
n Redmond
shared the
sad
news that her sister
Na
n
cy F
l
e
t
c
h
er
A
m
ic
o
'75
passed away Nov.
19,
2018,
from glioblastoma brain
cancer.
1978
R
o
b
e
r
t
Goon
a
n
was promoted to senior
vice
president of logistics with Boscov's
Department Store, LLC.
,
Ma
tth
ew
Me
l
tze
r
welcomed his third grand-
daughter, born in
2018.
He is proud to
announce
that his first
grandson and
fourth granddaughter are
due in
2019.
1979
Richard Ryan '79
/
'82MBA
Thom
as a
nd
S
u
za
nn
e C
on
way
wel-
comed their third
grandchild,
C
l
aire
Conway.
,
Ch
ar
l
es
Jo
se
ph
and
his
wife, Joyce,
welcomed
baby Michael
in December
2017.
,
Rich
ar
d
(
R
ic
k
)
R
ya
n
'7
9
/'8
2
M
B
A
retired
from
IBM in
2016
after
a
34-year career. He
was an
3
0
M A R
I
S
T
M AG A Z I N E
executive
/
associate partner in business
intelligence and analytics in
the
ClO
organization.
In
January
2017,
he
was
excited
to be
recruited
by
Ernst
&
Young
as an associate
director
in enterprise
business
and information architecture,
and
in
2018
he moved into management
as
the principal
solution architect for
data
and
information in its
systems
applications and products in
data
pro-
cessing (SAP) program in Core Business
Services.
He
is married to Kathleen and
has two
adult children, Bridget and
Danny.
They reside in Atlanta, GA.
, Br
i
a
n
W
h
ite
retired
from teach-
ing biology
and
moved to
Maine.
He
founded Glacier
Bear
Adventures
LLC
and guides sea kayaking expeditions
in
Alaska.
1980
Bria
n
Dow
is
the ACFE (Albany
,
NY,
chapter) board
member-at-large
ASIS
(Albany Chapter) vice chairman.
,
J
ames Le
m
akos
retired
from the
Bogota,
NJ,
Police Department
and
now
works in Florida.,
Jo
hn
Shannon
became
vice
president
of sa
l
es for
GK
Training and Communications in
September
2018.
His daughter
,
Mega
n
S
h
a
nn
o
n
Jo
n
as
'10,
and
her husband
,
Michael
,
had
a
baby
girl in October
2017.
1981
Bill
D
eW
inn
e
and
his
wife, Rita, wel-
comed their first grandchild,
Hunter
Chase Darrell,
in
2018.
Parents
are
daughter Heather
and son-in-law
Tanner
Darrell
of
Dallas,
TX.
1982
E
l
ai
n
e
D
o
r
em
u
s
has
a
new
Web site
for
her
business: ResumesWritten
.
net.
She is willing
to mail brochures
and
business
cards
to those interested.
,
M
i
ke McCar
th
y
is general
manager
of
Marquee
Sports
Network,
the future
TV
home
of
the
Chicago Cubs.
1984
Kary
n
(Mag
d
a
l
e
n
)
and
R
ick O'
D
o
n
ne
ll
have been
enjoying
their move
{six
years ago)
to
Charlotte, NC, as
part
of
a
major relocation
of
Rick's
company
'
s
headquarters. In
2018
they celebrated
the marriage
of
their daughter,
A
ll
yson
'u,
to James
Marsden, an event attended
by
16
Marist alumni in York Beach, ME.
They
also were
named
co-presidents
of
the
North Carolina chapter of the
Marist Alumni Association
.
Karyn
is
retired and spends
her time
volunteer-
ing
at
three
Charlotte organizations:
Classroom Central, Urban Ministry, and
the
Loaves
and
Fishes
Food
Pantry.
Rick
is the
senior
director
for Aftermarket
Left to right, President
DENNIS J. MURRAY,
Seattle
Seahawks placekicker
JASON
MYERS
'13, and
MATT DALY
'91
enjoyed a Mari st football game at
Tenney Stadium last season
.
Supply Chain at United Technologies
(33 years) and still
travels
extensively
for work {over 55 countries visited so
far).
He is
also a
board member
in the
O
'
Donnells' high-rise
condo in the
center of Charlotte
.
They look forward
to celebrating
the
wedding of their
son,
Ricky,
and their 35-year Marist
Homecoming
and
Reunion
celebration
in the fall of
2019.
1986
Tho
m
as Begg
is
proud
to announce
his
son TJ will graduate from UNC-
Chapel
Hill in
2019.
His
daughter,
Caitlin,
had
an article
published in
Forbe
s,
"Social Selling: Five Essentials
for
Driving
Sales
.
"
,
Karen Szk
l
a
n
y
Ga
ult
is
a
member
of
the
Veriditas
International
As ociation of Labyrinth
Walk Fac
il
itators
and
is
a certified
labyrinth
walk facilitator.
Labyrinth
walk
meditation is
a spiritual
practice
that
appeals to individuals and groups
across age groups and spiritual tradi
-
tions
.
In her
work as a facilitator, she
uses her
connection with
Reiki
(Level
I)
energy
to
serve as a
healing
presence
to
walkers and applies skills
learned in
Dr.
Jeptha Lanning
'
s
public
speaking class.
In
August
2017,
she
delivered
a sermon
titled
"
Who's Your Fellowship?
"
at her
church. She also gave a sermon
titled
"Is
It
Time to
Regenerate?
"
in August
2018.
, John
E. Yo
un
g
has been named head
coach of
the
Fairfield University men's
basketball program.
Jay
most
recently
spent
three
seasons as an assistant coach
in the
Big Ten at
Rutgers
University.
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Five Inducted into Marist Hockey Hall of Fame
L
ef
t
t
o ri
g
ht,
v
i
ce c
hairman of th
e
awards
c
ommitt
e
e Ca
se
y Bry
a
nt
'
1
7,
Mik
e
Caridi
'
82
,
Alis
s
a Kurt
z
on behalf of John
K
u
r
tz
'
82,
Karin W
a
l
s
h
o
n b
e
half
o
f D
e
nn
is
Walsh
'82
(
p
os
thumo
us
l
y),
Brian Fol
ey
'
84
,
S
c
ott K
e
nd
a
ll
'
91,
and a
s
sistant
coach a
nd
c
h
a
irm
a
n of th
e a
ward
s c
ommitt
ee
Brian P
ecc
hia
'
0
8
.
JAN. 26, 2019,
marked the
second annual Marist
Hockey
Hall of Fame induction
.
As a
sport that
began
41 years ago at
Marist,
it
offers many
deserving
graduates to
honor. This
year
'
s
five
honorees included three
of
the founders of the
program.
The
day began
with an
alumni game at the McCann Ice
Arena
i
n Poughkeepsie
featur
-
ing
35 former
players
ranging
from the Class of 1983
to
the
Class of 2018. Afterward
,
more
than 140 alumni, family
mem-
bers
,
and friends gathered at the
Poughkeepsie Grand
Hotel
for
a
luncheon
and
presentation
.
Proceeds
from
the
event
benefit
the hockey program
.
This year
'
s
inductees:
Mike Car
i
di
'
82
is
one
of the
founders of
the modern-day
hockey program
and served as
a co
-
captain and a center for the
1981 and 1982 squads
.
In
addition
to leading his team
on the
ice,
Caridi
handled team finances
and assisted with scheduling.
He is now the third
forward
from the 1981
-
82 team
to be
inducted
into
the Hall of Fame
,
joining Jim
McDonald
'
84 and
Rob
Trabulsi '85
last
year.
The
'
81-
'
82 squad
netted
109 goals
in
1
7
games
,
which is almost 6.5
goals
per
game. Caridi scored
19
that
season with 23 assists,
put-
ting
him third in the division in
scoring. Coach Glen Yan Bramer
told
the
Cir
c
le
that Caridi
and
Trabulsi
"
played
35-40
minutes
a
night
and work
better together
than
any two
hockey players I've
ever seen
.
"
John Kurtz
'
82
not
only served
as the team's
primary
financial
coordinator and go
-
between
for
the team
,
league,
and school
but
was also the
team's
captain and
goaltender
,
the loneliest posi-
tion in hockey.
But Kurtz
has
been described by teammates
as
the
"main cog" of
the
Mari st
hockey teams of 1981
and
1982,
organizing funds for
ice time
and
negotiating
with
Dean Jerry
Cox
'
55 for school
backing
.
Marist
went 3
-
5
in
their first season
before
joining
the
Metropolitan
Collegiate
Hockey Conference
(MCHC).
They made
an
immedi
-
ate splash
in
'81-
'
82
,
making the
playoffs. The team
was fifth in
goals
-
against average with Kurtz
as
the backstop
.
The third
founder to
be
inducted
was
Dennis Walsh
'
82
.
He
was
in charge
of
securing sponsor-
ships for
the team, providing
jerseys
,
and arranging
ice time.
(If
the
archives are accurate
,
the
primary
sponsorship for the
team back then
was
Pabst Blue
Ribbon!)
A
jovial man
always
armed with a
joke
and, of course,
the prototypical 1980s mustache
that made him look
eerily simi-
lar to Ralph
Cox from
Miracle
,
Walsh was a
defenseman
who
enjoyed
banging bodies
,
perhaps
to
a fault, as
he finished
second
on
the
team
in penalty minutes
his
senior year with 60 in
17
games. Unfortunately,
he passed
away
in
spring
of
2018 at
the
age
of 57
after a
battle
with
leuke-
mia. His
wife,
Karin,
accepted
his
award and was accompanied
by their
four children-Timothy,
Frank, Ryan
,
and Kerry-daugh-
ter-i n
-
law Kelsey, Dennis's
brother Joe
'
79 and sister-in
-
law
Suzanne,
sisters Marianna and
Noreen, and many other friends
and family members
.
H
ockey A
l
umni
D
ay, Jan.
26,
2019,
eatured
an alumni game at the McCann
I
ce
Arena.
'
Defenseman
Brian Foley
'
84
was
nominated by
many of
his
former teammates
.
He was a
highly
skilled
puck
-
mover
with
a
propensity to throw his
weight
around.
He
sacrificed
his body
for
the team
and served as
de
facto
protector
for star scorer Jim
McDonald
'
84
.
In his
sophomore
season
he led the team
with 79
PIMs
and
the
following year
stepped
up
and
led the
entire
league with So. Foley could play
at any strength and collected sev
-
eral
points
shorthanded over
his
career as well.
Scott Kendall
'
91
ranks 7th all-
time
in goals, assists, and points
.
He
was
named
Team MVP
his
sophomore year when
he
scored
25 goals
in
16 games;
he
was
listed
as an All
-
Conference
player all
four years and
never
scored
fewer than 15 goals in a season.
His
senior year was
his best
with
41
points
in 1
7
games.
He did
all
this
as a
dual-sport
athlete
,
also
running
cross-country at Marist
where
he
earned all
-
Northeast
Conference
honors
and was given
a
team leadership
award
.
Having
amassed
142
career
points
in
just
65 games, Kendall
is
one of
the
most
accomplished
players in
school
history
,
leading
Marist on
and off
the ice. The
Foxes never
posted
a
losing
record with
him
on the team,
and
head
coach
John
Lentz
said if given
the
choice
,
he'd
take 25 Scott Kendalls on
his team. His
linemate Brendan
McDonald
'
91 said Kendall
"
was
the kind of player
who
made
everyone around
him better. He
was the
best teammate
and most
competitive player
I
ever
played
with
."
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ALUMNI
NEll'S
&
NOTES
Dr. Charles
Howl
e
tt '68,
profes
s
or emeritus of
graduate education at
Molloy College
,
received
the
2018
Mollo
y
College
Alumni Association
'
s
Distinguished Fa
c
ulty
Award.
He
is shown with
Molloy's mascot.
DR
.
CHARLES HOWLETT
'
68,
professor
emeritus of graduate edu-
cation at Mo
ll
oy
Co
ll
ege, received
the
2018 Molloy
College
Alumni
Association's
Distinguished
Faculty
Award in
a ceremony at Molloy
College
in
Rockville
Centre, NY.
1987
Mike McHale
sold
Cleverworks,
hi
s
m
ed
i
a strategy consu
lt
a
n
cy,
to Jump
450
Media
a
nd
joined them
as c
hi
ef
business officer.
1988
Bob O'Connor i
s
building
a
labor
arbi-
trator
/
mediator practice
.
1989
Marc Hamlin
retired from
the
Tampa
Police Department
after 28 years of ser-
vices as assistant chief of police.
He took
a
job
as security
manager
of Coca-Co
l
a
Florida
a
nd
also consu
lt
s on security for
the
FL.,
Paul
Mead
is founder and
CEO of Cold Spr
in
g
Properties, LLC,
a
real
estate
investing
company operating
in
Michigan and
Indiana,
with
plans
to
expand
into
Ohio.
, Kristine
(Varnum)
Nakutis
was selected
to
serve as t
h
e
Austin Peay
State University campus
dir
ector s
upp
orting active
duty
sol-
di
ers,
family members,
and civi
li
ans.
, Susanne
(Lynn)
Wilson
and
her
hu
s
b
a
nd
,
Aubrey,
celebrated
the
gradu-
ation
of their
so
n
,
Zachary
,
from
Yale
University. Zachary was a
double major
i
n
astrophysics
and app
li
ed
mathemat
-
ics.
H
e was com
mi
ssioned
upon
gradu-
32
M
A R I S T
M AG A Z I N E
Dr. Charles Howlett '68
Honored with Molloy College
Distinguished Faculty Award
Howlett holds
advanced
degrees
from
the
University at Albany
and Teachers
College,
Columbia
University.
His doctoral
studies were
interrupted when as a member of
the
Marine Corps
Reserves he
was placed
on extended active
duty during the
Vietnam War. Upon his return
,
he
finished
his
degree and began a career
that
included
27 years as a social stud
-
ies
teacher in Amityville, Y, public
schools and then 13 years on the edu
-
cation faculty of the graduate school
of Molloy College, where
he
taught
American and European
history.
His distinctions
include
numer
-
ous published works, a Fulbright
to
the Netherlands, a Woodrow
Wilson Foundation Teaching
Fellowship, a
Brown
University
Teaching Fellowship
,
and a National
Endowment for the
Humanities
grant.
ation as a 2nd
lieutenant in
the U.S. Air
Force and is
heading to
Sheppard AFB
for
fighter pilot
sc
h
ool.
1990
Jeanne
(Shufelt)
Rebillard
founded
Rebillard Public Relations
after
years of work
in
g as a
public relations
accou
nt
executive and as a ge
n
era
l
manager
for a chain of
newspapers
and
magazines. Clients
h
ave
included the
En
d
ometriosis
Foundation
of America,
for whom she
planned the
2018 Blossom
Ball
at Cipriani
in
New York City where
h
o
n
orees
included the
si
n
ger
Halsey
.
She also
planned
the medical conference
Breast, Ovary and Endometriosis. Other
projects include
Trade Secrets, a rare-
p
l
ant and garden antiques sale and
tour
that
benefits
Women's Support Services,
In
c., chaired
by Bunny
Wi
lli
ams and
nam
e
d
Martha Stewart's Garden Event
of the Year.
Jeanne's
other work
includes
PR
support for the S
il
o
Ridge
Fie
ld
C
lub
in
Amenia; she
helped the
club
navi
-
gate
the
ew York State Environmental
Quality
R
eview Act
process
and com-
municate its project to the
community.
In
2018,
Andrew Rebillard
graduated
from Marist
and
joined the
compa
n
y.
Of all his achievements, one
he
cherishes took
place
while
he
was a
student at Marist. A four-year varsity
starter on Marist's soccer
team, he
was a senior co
-
captain
during
Coach
Howard
"
Doc"
Goldman's
first win-
ning
season. "l am
quite proud
of
this accomplishment,"
Howlett
said,
"
given
how hard
the team worked to
achieve this goal."
His wife, Tricia
,
is
a
nurse
and
elder law attorney who is a recipient
of the New York State Bar Association
Elder Law Attorney of the Year Award
for
her pro bono
work
.
Chuck and
Tricia are the
proud parents
of two
combat veterans still on active
duty:
Lt.
Col. Sean
Howlett
,
a 2002 gradu-
ate of the U.S
.
Air Force Academy, and
Maj. Patrick Howlett, a 2006 graduate
of the U.S. Military Academy.
1991
Rosemary
Molloy has
four grandchi
l
-
dren
in
college.
Rosemary
's
husband,
Dr.
Andrew A. Molloy
'51,
was
professor
emeritus of chemistry and a
Heritage
Professor
and also served as academic
vice
president
at Marist.
1992
Christopher Bautista
became
a
proud
member
of
th
e
Board of Trustees at
the
J
Sharing Network, a nonprofit orga-
nization responsible
for
th
e recovery
and placement of donated organs and
tissues for those
in need
of
life-saving
transplants.
His personal
connect
i
on to
organ donation
is that he is
a
donor dad
to
hi
s
son Luke, who
died in
May 2016.
Luke was ab
l
e to save
five
li
ves via orga
n
donation
and close
to
75 others
through
t
i
ssue donation. C
h
ristop
h
er
h
as
been
sha
rin
g
Luke
's
story and
in
s
pirin
g othe
r
s
to
register as orga
n
and
tissue donors.
, Joy
(Williams)
Eyrolles
'
92
/'
97MPA
took the
l
ead as exec
utiv
e
director
at
the
Anchor Scholarship Foundation
in 2018.
The
foundation
makes
college
more
affordab
l
e for U.S.
Surface Navy
families wor
ld
wide.


































1993
Jake Knorr
has three beautiful
children.
Daughter Katherine is
a
published
author,
living in New
York.
His older
son
Michael is
attending
California
State University,
Fullerton, on
a
baseball
scholarship, even after
he was
selected
by the San Diego Padres to play right out
of
high
school.
Youngest
son
Peter is
an
all
-
star
baseball player
as well
,
attending
high
school.
1994
Jennifer (Caron)
Brady
received
her
Society for
Human Resource
Management certification
.
1995
Michael Dunne
is regional director
for
ResCare Workforce
Services.
He is
responsible for workforce operations
that oversee TANF
,
WIOA,
busi
-
ness
services, and youth
programs in
Connecticut, Maryland, New
Jersey,
New York, and
Rhode Island. Prior to
joining
ResCare
Workforce Services
,
Michael
led
all workforce
develop
-
ment programs
in
New
York City and
Long Island
and assisted
in the
expan
-
sion and
development
of
programs in
the
New
England
region for Fedcap
Rehabilitation
Services
.
His
work, which
includes 23 years of executive experi
-
ence,
has
served a variety of
populations
including veterans
and
those who
are
justice
-
involved, homeless, disabled,
or addicted
to drugs. ,
Charles Lynch
'95MA
retired from Health Quest
and
is
enjoying retirement.
1996
Stacey Berrios
was promoted to blood
&
marrow transplant
adva
n
ced
practice
providers
(APP) supervisor at
Miami
Cancer
Institute
(MCI) and APP
to the
chief of
EMT/malignant hematology
at
Miami
Cancer
Institute of Baptist
Health
of South
Florida. Stacey is
proud to be part of the pioneers of MCI
in building the BMT
service and
hav
-
ing
an outpatient autologous stem cell
transplant program
.
1997
Janis
(Russell) Budds
married Colin
Budds
on Oct. 6, 2018.
,
Aimee (Roux)
McCanney
gave
birth to
a
daughter,
Isabel Margaret, in April
2018.
,
John
Seifert
started
his own business
as
a
financial
advisor with Thrivent
Financial.
1998
Tom Gallag
h
er
is manager of
esca
l
a
-
tions
and
operations within House
information resources
at
the U
.
S. House
of Representatives.
,
Patrick Holton
was
hired in January
2019 as executive
director
for graduate
business
career
relations
in the Frank G
.
Zarb School
ofBusiness at
Hofstra
University
.
,
Bob
Roberts
celebrated
the
end of
his first
five
years as CEO of
Peoplewhisperersny.
org,
a
tutoring
and
mentoring
serv
i
ce
for veterans and other adult students
attending colleges
in the mid
-
Hudson
Valley.
,
Darryll
Towsley
welcomed a
new baby,
Andrew Scott,
in
April 2018.
, Shannon (McNamara) Wasilewski
is graduating from
the
University of
New
England
with
an EdD
in
educa-
tional leadership
.
Her dissertation topic
was
g
l
oba
l
citizenship education
.,
Dr.
Brian J. Webber,
a
board
-
certified
diagnostic
radiologist specializing in
musculoskeletal
MRI, was
named
chair
-
man
of
the Department
of
Radiology
at
Good
Samaritan
Hospital in West
Islip
,
NY
.
1999
Benjamin Grimaldi
and
his
wife,
Renee,
welcomed a
baby boy, Benjamin
Dale
,
into
the
world
in
August 2018
.
Ben
a
l
so
had
a children's
book published,
available on Amazon, called
Th
e
Adventures of Fanny
Pack Ray
and
the
Famil
y
Vacation.
,
Christop
h
er
Harvey
'99/'ooMS
li
ves
in Needham,
MA, with
his wife, Erin,
and 2
½
-year-o
ld
daugh-
ter,
Ashley.
He is
a software engineer
at
MathWorks
in
Natick,
MA
.
,
Kenna
(Moran)
Reznich
gave
birth to daughter
Josephine Elizabeth in February
2018.
2000
Jennifer (Boudreau)
Djang-Riccio
'o
o/'01MA
remarried
Jim Riccio on
June
2
1
2018.
She was promoted to
director of clinical implementations in
August 2018
.,
Cassandra (Giarrusso)
Holdridge
'
oo/'07MPA
and
her
lm
s-
band,
Sean, welcomed a
baby
girl,
Holly
Christine
,
in
February 2018.
She joins
big
sisters
Lauren
(6) and
Siobhan (4).
2001
Melissa (Missy)
Giandurco
has
received
many
awards
throughout the
years
.
In
2015 she received a grant
from
the Fund
for Teachers for a
project high
-
lighting Hawaiian history
and culture
.
In
2018 she
received
a
classroom
gra
nt
from Fairfield
County
Savings Bank.
In
2019 she received
the Mary Fitch
Trust
Award to
attend
the National Special
Education Teacher
Conference in San
Diego,
CA.
She is
active
in the Norwalk,
CT,
Kiwanis Club and
since 2014
ha
s
served
in
the
roles of member, vice presi-
dent, president,
and
past president.
,
Brendan Licata
and
Megan
(
R
ichard)
Dr. B. Afeni McNeely
Cobham
'
92
has b
e
en
named chief equit
y
and
inclusion
officer
at Grand
Rapids
Communit
y
College in
Grand Rapids
,
Ml.
She has more
than
2
7
years in
higher
educat
i
on
as a faculty member,
administrator
,
and
consultant.
Her
research
interests examine race,
identity, and culture in
American
higher
education,
identity
development
of
college students, and the
influence
of hip hop
culture
and music in socio
-
political
thought.
Col. Angela Woods
'14MBA
(center) received
the
Rockland
County Freedom Award for outstanding service to
the
nation
from
Rockland County Deputy County Executive Guillermo Rosa
(left) and county Veterans
Service Agency Director Susan Branam
March
s
in New
City,
NY.
Licata
'
02
are
proud to
announce
that
their
o
ld
est son
,
Kieran,
has signed his
letter of
commitment
to
attend
the
Corps
of Cadets
at
Norwich University
to pursue his BS in physics and to play
football
for the
Cadets.
,
Ian Philbrick
is the
assistant
news director with
2News/KUTV
in Salt Lake City. He
leads the newsroom in daily news
cover-
age
and plans for
coverage
of
important
events
.
Ian
l
eft
his position as
exec
utiv
e
producer with KARE
11
in Minneapolis
after six
years
.
He
had
the privilege of
leading
coverage
of several large
events
including the
2014
MLB All-Star Game
at
Target Field.
,
Brian Smith
became
head
of
sales
at
JW Trueth Meat Packers
in March
2018
,
selling center-of-p
l
ate
continu
e
d
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2019
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NElt'S
&
NOTES
products throughout the Northeast
and
Mid-Atlantic regions.,
Tim Sorensen
took over directing the
spring
musical
at
Darien High School in
spring 2018,
after
directing
and
producing the
sc
h
oo
l
musical
at Middlesex Middle
School
for the previous 10 years.
In hi
s
first
year directing at the
high
schoo
l
,
the production
of Footloose earned
nominations
for Best Show at
both the
15th
annual
Halo
Awards and
the first
annual Stephen Sondheim awards,
both
regional competitions
in
Connecticut.
Tim a
l
so
won Best Direction
at
the
Sondhe
im
Awards, and
his production
team of students won
Best
Set
Design
and Best Costumes.
2002
Amanda
Harmon
is
a
professor
for
Sacred
Heart
University's Master of
Social
Work
program
in
Fairfie
ld
,
CT.
,
Megan (Richard)
Licata
a
nd
Brendan Licata
'01
are
proud to
announce that
th
e
i
r o
ld
est son,
Kieran,
has
signed
his lett
er
of commitment
to
a
ttend the
Corps of Cadets at Norwich
Univers
it
y
to pursue his BS in physics
and
to play
footba
ll
for the Cadets.
,
Sean Stellato,
founder and CEO of
SES Sports,
is
an NFL sports agent
who
represents five
of
the
Super Bow
l
champion New England
Patriots
.
He
a
l
so
has
written a children's book,
Football Magic: Buddy's New Beginning.
2003
Bradley
Cook
and
his
fami
l
y
relocated
as
he
accepted a
position
as assista
nt
baseball
coach at
Division I
University
of Massachusetts-Lowel
l.,
Cherese
(Demme)
Cosentino
and
h
er
husband
,
Brian, welcomed
a
baby
gir
l
,
Emme
Rose, in
April
2018
.,
Daniel
Moran
II
has been named
to
the
Waste360
40
und
e
r
40 awards
list.
Dan
is
se
nior
director
o
p
erations,
healthcare
,
for
Cova
nt
a Environmental Solutio
n
s.
The awards Web site
notes
that
he
"has
been instrumental in helping
Terry McGee Ward
'04M
PA
(fourth from
left)
received the
President's
Award for Community
L
eaders
hip
at
Columbia-Greene Community College
in Hud
son,
NY.
TERRY MCGEE WARD '04MPA
received
the 2018 Columbia-Greene Community College
President's Award for Community Leadership for
her contributions to Greene County and beyond.
C-GCC President James R. Campion
recognized McGee Ward at the annual President's
Community Breakfast held in the HRBT
Foundation Student Dining Hall on campus along
with several legislators and community leaders.
McGee Ward has served as the executive
director of Greene County Department of Human
Services since 2011. Earlier, she served as the
director of the Greene County Youth Bureau and
worked for the Cornell Cooperative Extension, as
a
n
e
ducator for Greene County Stop DWI (Driving
While Intoxicated), as past director of the Catskill
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MAGAZINE
Community Center, and as a former adjunct
professor at C-GCC, where she taught juveniles in
a maximum-security detention facility.
McGee Ward has spearheaded many
children's programs including the Collaborative
Community Partnership for Youth; the Eat Well/
Play Hard Community Project; Reality Check
Tobacco Program; Common Ground Dispute
Resolution; the Even Start Family Literacy
Program; and the Greene County Youth Fair
Board Committee.
She also taught catechism for a decade at
Our Lady of Knock Shrine in East Durham, was
president of Catholic Family and Community
Services in Greene County, and was a founding
member of Columbia-Greene AIDS Task Force.
Sean Stellato
'02 (center) celebrated
the
New
England Patriots' Super Bowl
win
with two of his clients, Patriots Brandon
King
(left) and
Jonathan
Jon
es.
Sean, the
founder
and
CEO of SES Sports,
is
both
players' NFL
sports agent.
Covanta set
up
a U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration-sanctioned
dru
g
take
-
back
program
for the
purpose
of safe
handling
and
d
estruc
tion
of expired and
unu
sed
pharm
ace
uticals
and contro
ll
e
d
drugs. He
also
helped
c
re
ate
Covanta's
subsidiary, Covanta Environmental
Solutions, through the acquisition of
10 companies."
,
Jeffrey Kuznekoff
was
granted
tenure
and promoted to
associate
professor
at Miami University
(Ohio).
,
Anne (Kearns) Valluzzi
wel-
comed a baby
gi
rl
,
Ada Lynne,
in
May
2018.
2004
Carmen Alu
is
an adjunct
prof
essor
teaching a junior-
l
evel
business
course
at
a
university
.
,
Mike
Benischek
and
Deborah Sawicki
'
os
were
m
ar
ried
in
August
20
18.
,
Andrew Grzybowski
and
his
wife,
Rebecca
,
welcomed their
second ch
il
d
in
August
2018,
a
bab
y g
irl
named Rile
y
Jane.
,
Jeanine
(Branham)
Hall
was
named Project Lead the
Way
(PLTW) Biomedical Science Teacher of
the Year.
The
award, which
i
s the
high
-
est
r
ecog
nition
for
PLTW biom
e
dical
cience teachers, was
pres
e
nted in
front
of
nearly
1,000 attendees (includ
in
g
teachers
from across the United States)
at
the PLTW
Summit
in Indianapolis
.
PLTW
's
mis
i
o
n i
s except
i
ona
l
com-
mitment
to students; school
l
eadership;
and
me
a
nin
gfu
l
involvement
in PLTW
curricu
lum
,
assessment, and profes-
sional
development. Jeanine
credits
Mar
i
st for
h
e
lpin
g
her
succeed.
"A so
lid
undergrad
education at Marist played
a key ro
l
e
in my
ab
ili
ty to succeed as
a STEM educator."
,
Kristin
(Miller)
Hellmann
and
her
hu
sband,
Joe
y,
welcomed the
i
r second
c
hild
,
Parker
August,
in
ovember 2018.
,
Lauren
Klingler
accepted a
managing
supervi-
sor
position
at a
l
ea
ding healthcare
com-
munications
firm,
Health
Unlimited,
in
New York City, where she manages
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programs
on
behalf of pharmaceuti
-
ca
l
clients.
,
Kevin Quinn
and
his
wife,
Kristin
,
welcomed their
seco
nd
son, Thomas,
in
September
2018
. ,
Dr.
Edward
Summers
'04/'06MPA
was
named
execut
i
ve
director of
the
Bronx
Private
Industry
Council, an employer-
led
alliance
dedicated to transforming
the way
businesses,
schools, and com-
munity
organizat
i
o
ns
develop talent
pipelines in the
Bronx. Eddie joins
PIC
from
Long Island
University,
where he
was
ass
istant professor
of
public
admin-
istration
and chief strategy and
plan
-
ning
officer.
He
was a
l
so
instrumental
in
building the Brooklyn
Education
Innovation Network, where he man
-
aged
the
Tech Talent
Pipeline
Int
ernship
Program
.
,
Allison (Dasaro) Walsh
and
her husband, Robert,
welcomed
son
Joseph
Christopher
in December
20
17
.
They
love being
a family
of five
and
purchased
a
bigger home in
West
Islip
,
NY.,
Matthew West
married
Sara
Giffin on Aug.
25, 2018
.
He was
awarded
the Industry
Leader
under
40
Award
for
Marathon
Safety and
Security
from
the ational Center for Spectator Sport
Safety and Security
.
2005
Brian
Apfel
'05/'12M
SIS,
'1
6MA
a
nd
his
wife,
Kelly (Yuill)
'16MA,
welcomed
their first
child,
daughter
Cali-Jae,
in
July
2018.
,
Elizabeth Easlon
and
Daniel
Calandro '06
welcomed
their
first child,
daughter
Cameran Elizabeth,
in June
2018.
Grandparents
Anne
Easlon
'79
and
Kenneth
Easlon '78
and
aunt
Juliana
Easlon
'07
were all
very
excited
to
welcome
this future Red Fox
.
,
Maria (Negron) Frantzen
a
nd h
er
husband, Daniel,
welcomed
their
second
child, Anna,
in
March
2018.
She joined
big brother
Carter,
born in June
2015.
,
Jennifer
(Heinsman)
Glassen
and
her
husband welcomed
a son,
Steven, born
in
January
2018.
,
Deborah Sawicki
and
Mike
Benischek
'04
were married
in
August
2018.
,
Marybeth
Kunsch
welcomed son
Jimmy in June
2017
and
switched jobs
in October
2018.
She
was also
promoted to
senior
director
,
accounting, finance, and controllership
at Cognizant Technology
Solutions.
2006
Laura Dempsey
was promoted on the
social
media team in
consumer a
nd
brand marketing
at New York
Life
In
surance.
She
also vo
lunt
eers as an
alumna
relations
content specialist
for the
A
lph
a
District
of
Kappa Kappa
Gamma,
which
includes the Zeta Chi
chapter at Marist College.
,
Gregory
Fredricks
took
a
new position in the
Arlington School
District
as an assistant
principal
after
teaching for the past
12
years.
,
Kathryn (Godfrey)
Lamanna
and
her husband, Raymond,
welcomed
a
baby
girl,
Sarah
Evelyn, in
March
2018.
,
Andres
Oranges
recently moved to
Paris
-
based investment bank Societe
Generale
as c
hi
ef
operating officer
for
ALM and
Treasury.
,
Kristen
(Meltzer)
Rattanamongkhoune
and
her husband, Somprasong,
are expect-
ing their first
child, a
daughter, in
2019.
, Biswajit Roy
'o6MS
notes that his
wife, Manjula Sarkar, competed on
the
TV show
MasterChef earlier
this
year. She was one of
36
contestants.
, Brooke
(Heithoff) Tuttle
and
her
husband
welcomed
their first
child,
Nolan, in
August
2016.
The
ir
second
child,
Lively, arrived in January
2018
.
, Brad
Whitmore
'
o6MPA
has been
with
the Culinary
In
stitute
of America
for seven years and
joined the
senior
team in its
advancement and a
lumni
affairs office
five
years ago.
He
and
hus
-
band
Gary Hulbert
'15,
a
li
eutenant
in
the Poughkeepsie Police Department,
bought their dream home,
a
1920
Tudor,
in the
City of
Poughkeepsie
and enjoyed
ce
l
ebrating
their first
Christmas
there.
2007
Thomas
Arocho
recently passed the
CTFA (Cert
ifi
ed
Trust
and F
in
ancial
Advisor) exam.
,
Joseph
Macho
and
his
wife,
Himani,
welcomed
daugh-
ter
I
sabe
lla
in December
2018.
He
was
awarded
the
2018-19
New Jersey
Governor
's
Educator of
the
Year Award
for
the New Brunswick Public School
District.
2008
Kristine (Beier)
Bartkoski
was mar-
ried on July
20, 2018
. ,
Lisa
(D'Aniello)
Chase
lives in Guilderland, NY
,
with
her husband, Lance,
and
daughter,
Add
i
son,
born in
2018
.
Lisa
h
a
been
working for the past
six years
in North
Colonie schoo
l
s and
loves her job as
an
elementary
math
specia
li
st.
,
Katie
McSherry
married Billy Collins on
Oct.
13,
2017.
They bought
a
house
in
2018
in
Northvale
,
NJ
,
where
they live
with
their puppy,
Whiskey.
,
Beth
(Lenowicz) Morvay
was
promoted
to manager of
corporate account
management
at
Grubhub.
,
Rebecca
(Allison)
Rehnberg
became
a
physi
-
cian's assistant
in June
2016.
She was
married
at
the
chapel of
the Kent School
in
Connecticut
in October
2016;
a
recep-
tion followed
at
Kent Hollow Farms
attended by
other
Marist
a
lumni.
After
becoming
a
PA,
she worked as a
hospi
-
talist up until
h
er
maternity
l
eave
for
the birth
of
her daughter
,
Ellery Metta,
born in
March
2018.
,
Jesus Santos
is
coaching spr
in
gboard/platform
diving
full time, which he
says
is
a
dream
come
true. He loves the city
of
Pittsburgh
and
all
it has to
offer.
,
Daniella Rivera
and
James
Stewart
married in November
2017.
,
Nicole (Lodowski)
and
Andrew
Soucheck
married
in May
2016
and
welcomed
their first
child,
Hudson
James, in October
2018.
,
Megan
Thomas
has
joined
Bond, Schoeneck
&
K
in
g's
Syracuse
office as an attorney
in the
firm
's
school
districts practice
.
Before
joining Bond, Megan focused on
litigation
and appellate work, arguing
before the First Department,
Fourth
Department
,
and Second Circuit.
continued
on page
39
North Carolina Alumni Chapter Co-Presidents
KARYN
(MAGDALEN) AND RICK O'DONNELL '84/'84
organized an alumni gathering May 3, 2019, at NoDa Brewing
Co. in Charlotte, NC.
CLARE KNAPP '03,
coach of Marist's
equestrian team, was
named Coach of the Year
by the Intercollegiate
Horse Shows Association,
the governing body of the
sport. IHSA encompasses
more than 400 member
colleges in 45 states and
Canada and represents
10,000 members in hunter
seat equitation, Western
horsemanship, and
reining.
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2019
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In
Me1no1·iam
Alumn
i
Bro. Francis J
.
Klug, FMS
'
49
Dr. Richard Foy
'
50
Bro. Martin J. Healy, FMS
'
51
Maurice Bibeau
'
54
John P. Dunn
'
59
Alan William Doerr
'
60
Edward McCarthy
'
62
Walter C. Bunten Jr.
'63
Thomas P
.
Hourican
'6
4
Paul F. Margentino
'6
4
Thomas Joseph Moore
'6
5
John M. Phelan Jr.
'
65
John James Rose Jr
. '65
Raymond Adams
'
66
Thomas W. Aycock
'
66
Joseph P. Kennedy
'66
Clifton Gilbert Quick
'
66
James
M. Waters
'
66
Alan R. Bruens
'
67
Michael Joseph Gilfeather Jr.
'
67
Philip P
.
Houle
'
67
Kenneth
E
.
Neisser
Jr.
'
67
Roger
K.
Smith
'
67
William S. Zwoboda
'
67
Andrew P. Drozd
'
68
Dennis J. Goonan
'
68
Burton
T.
Koza
'
68
Walter J
.
Rakow
'
68
Peter S. Ramu no
'
68
Bart W. Tague
'
68
Richard Allan Ainsworth
'
69
Charles David Conway
'
69
William J
.
Delahoyde
'
69
James M
.
Eichner Sr.
'
69
Joseph Svend Kastrup
'
69
John
V. Sheehan
'
69
John
F.
Collins
'70
John J
.
Flynn
'70
Robert B
.
Hunter
'70
Blase Matthew Jurica
Jr.
'7
0
Bernard H. O
'
Hare
'70
Dr. Douglas Cedeno
'71
Walter D
.
Mclncrow
Jr
.
'71
Robert
L.
Miller '71
Sharon Benin
'72
Bruce W
.
Bowe
'72
Matthew O
'
Brien
'
72
Eleanor Rogers
'73
Dr
.
Mary Gail Ryan Coghlan
'74MA
Lawrence Francis Steffann
'74
Richard C. Van Auken
'
74
Murray Rudolph Vettraino
'74
William H
.
Werle
'74
Nancy Fletcher Amico
'75
Edward Albert Valverde
'75
John J. Hughes
Jr.
'76
Nancy DeForest
Newman '76
P. David Dobbs
'77MA
Thomas W. Adams
'78
Walter F. Brickowski
'
78
James W
.
Fleischhauer
Jr. '78
Guy Joel Fury
'78
Bonnie Rutz-Hoeft
'78
Robert
T.
Ryan '79
Donald G
.
Nameth
'
80
Michael
L.
Will
'
80
Paul F. Balter
'
81
Lynne Mcllravy-Ackert
'
81
Elizabeth Scianna
-
Mullen
'
82
Roderick Edward de Ramon
'
83
Joseph Stoeckeler Jr.
'
83
/'
05MPA
Christine Anne Tuite
'
84
conrinued nexr page
36
MARIST
MAGAZINE
Alumni Teachers
Recognized for E
x
cellence
SIX ALUMNI
who teach
at
Success
Academy
,
a
public
charter school
network
in New York City
,
have been recognized
with
Excellence in
Education awards.
Success Academy honored Colleen Haney
'
14,
Matthew Relyea
'
14
,
Jenna
Grossman
'
17
,
Luc
y
Watson
'
1
7,
Jilian
Weihs
'
1
7,
and
Jessica Schilling
'
18
for
exceptional
ta
l
ent
and
commitment. Success
Academy schools are
free public
K-12
schools
open to all children in New
York state.
The network
enrolls
17,000
students
in
46
schools across Brooklyn
,
the Bronx,
Manhattan, and
Queens.
At Success,
each
class is named
after
its teacher
'
s
alma
mater
,
so
Marist
was well-represented this
year.
Colleen
Ha
ney
'14
at Success
A
ca
demy Bronx
2
Matthew
Rel
yea
'14
at Success Academy
H
arlem
East
Jessica Schilling
'18
at
Success
South
Jamai
ca
Jilian
Weihs
'
17
(left) with co-teacher Nicole
Walsh at
Success
Academy
B
ensonhurst
Lucy Watson
'1
7
at
Success Academy Flatbush
































R
e
membering Maurice Bibeau '5
4
Heritage Professor
and
Professor
Emeritus of Spanish
Maurice
Bibeau
'54
died Oct.
28, 2018,
fol-
lowing
a
brief illness
.
He
was
86.
Bibeau
was affiliated with
the
campus for
half
a century-as a
student,
professor
,
and
mentor
to many
.
but taught part time
for
many
yea
rs
after.
Bibeau
was a resident of
Hyde
Park
,
NY, for
40
years.
In
1988
he
married Donna Ryan
.
Both were
lo
ya
l Red
Fox fans. She
died in
1999
.
He is
survived
b
y
his brother
Roland Bibeau
and wife
Joan of
Andover, MA,
and a
number of
nieces
,
nephews
,
and great-nieces
and
-
nephews
.
"M
o
"
made
a
lasting impact
on
countless students.
"T
o
say
this
man had
a
tremendous influence
on my life doesn
'
t justly
explain
it
,"
Born in Lawrence,
MA,
in
1932,
he
graduated from Central
Catholic
High
School
in Lawrence
.
After
joining the
Marist
Brothers
,
he
was
awa
rded
a
BA
from
the
College, where
he helped build
severa
l
campus
buildings includ
-
ing
old Fontaine
Hall
(w
here the
James A. Cannavino Library
now
Professor
Emeritus Maurice
Bibeau
'54
Leah Duggan Cristi
'
01
posted on
stands) and
Donnelly Hall. He earned
a
master
's
degree from
St. John
'
s University. After
teaching
at
Mount
Saint
Michael Academy
in the Bronx,
NY, from
1954
to
1963,
he
joined the Marist
College
faculty in
1964
as
an
assistant
professor
of Spanish.
He
spent summers studying
in
Spain, Mexico, and
Ecuador.
H
e
retired from
full-time teaching in
2002
a
memori
a
l
Web site.
"
Professor
Bibeau taught me Spanish
,
pushed me to
spend a
semester studying
in Spain
,
encouraged
me to par-
ticipate in my Global Outreach trip to
Miravalles,
Mexico, wrote
l
e
tt
e
rs
of
recommendation for me
to
go
to
graduate school and obtain
my job,
and
ultimately
shaped
a
nd inspired me to become the
Spanish teacher I
am
toda
y."
R
e
membering Helen Hayes
Helen
Marie
Ha
yes,
professor
e
merita
of computer science at
Mari st
a
nd
former president of
the
Violin Society of America,
passed
away at
her home in
Wappingers
Falls, NY, on March
31, 2019.
Hayes was a
d
evote
d
w
ife, mother
,
and grandmo
ther
who will
be lov
-
ingly remembered
b
y
her
family
including Jos
e
ph Regh
'
6
7
1
her
husb
a
nd
of
30
yea
rs
,
her
sons
Richard
Gegenwarth and wife
D
a
i
sy a
nd Robert Gegenwarth
a
nd
wife Maura,
a
nd
stepchil-
she continued
to teach
computer
science,
physics, and
cosmology
and also served
as
chair
of the
Computer Science and
Inform
a
tion
S
ys
t
e
ms D
e
partment. Her passion
for
cosmology
dro
ve
her to write
several
te
c
hnical papers
a
s
well as a
textbook used
a
t
Marist
a
nd in the
adult education
program
at
Bard
College. She
retired
from Marist
in
2013
after
30
years of service.
dren
Karen
Latter
and
husband
Professor Emerita
H
elen M.
H
ayes
In addition to her
academic
and scientific
career,
she served
for eight years as
the president of
the Violin Society of
America, a
nonprofit devoted to the
art and
J
a
m
es
and
Thomas Regh
and wife
Patricia.
Ha
yes
was
a
n
educator for
much
of
her profes
-
sional
life,
starting at
the
College
of St.
Elizabeth
in
Morristown
,
J,
where she earned a
BS in mathemat-
ics
and
then
served as a
teacher
and
Catholic nun
in the Sisters
of Charity
of
Saint
Elizabeth. After
graduating with a
master
's
degree in physics from
Fordham University
in
1966
,
she
left
religious
life,
working
first
at
Perkin Elmer in Stamford
,
CT
,
and
later
a
t IBM in
East
Fishkill
,
NY.
At the time
,
she was
one
of three professional
women at
the IBM
facility.
Returning
to
her
roots
in
education,
Hayes first
served as a
board member
in
the
Wappingers
C
e
ntral
School District
and
then taught
at Mount
St.
Mary
College in
Newburgh as a
tenured professor of phys
-
ics.
In
1983
she completed a second
master's degree,
this
one
in
computer science at
Syracuse
University.
She became
a
tenured professor
at Marist
where
science of
making
and
restoring bowed
stringed
instruments
.
She
enabled
the
examination
of
instruments including the
Stradivarius Messiah
violin
,
which
helped
establish
dendrochronology
as an
important tool for mod
e
rn
violin experts. An
avid
traveler
,
she and
her husband traveled
each
yea
r,
eventually
covering the
globe
from Russi
a
to
South
Africa,
Thailand to
epal, and
German
y
to
the Galapagos. Alwa
ys
quick to
engage others, she
made many friends
across
the
world.
Donations may be made to the Professor Helen
M.
Ha
yes
Scho
l
arship Fund
at
Marist Co
ll
ege,
which
supports students
majoring in computer
science
based on
academic
achievement
and
documented
financial need
.
Contributions
can
be made online
at www
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ive. In the box marked
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ye
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In Memoria1n
Lorraine
N.
Isler
'
85
Gloria Walsh
'85
Richard
Santo
Trifilo
'
87
Stanlee
Clae Tyler
'87
James
Edward Burnette
'
89
Philip Joseph Prince
'
90
Robert
James
Megna
Jr
.
'
91
John Dennis Norton
'
93
Ri
c
hard
G
.
Bingler
'
94MS
MSGT
Aleck
s
5.
Elia
,
USMC
'
96
Peter
J.
Tremper
'99
Arvin Jay Kaufman '00
Gina
Marie
Delmont
'
OlMPA
Eric G. Bergmann
'03
Kiara
Martina
Tatum
'
03
Michael
Sather
Goerne
'
04
Donald E. Thiess
'
06
Nicholas
A. Smith
'
07
Vincent
J.
O
'
Neill
Jr.
'
09
Jennifer C. Banach
-
Minihane
'
14
Craig
W. Maupin
'
16MBA
Friends
Patrick
J
.
Garvey Jr.
Joseph P. Kowalski
Phillip
Shatz
Eunice E. Tenney
Faculty and Staff
Frederi
c
k K. Anderson
Part-time Instructor of English
1994-2019
Maria
Belmonte
Adm
i
n
is
rrative Assistant, School of Liberal Arrs
1994-2018
Maurice
Bibeau
'
54
Heritage Professor and Professor Emerirus of
Spanish
1964-2002
Sharon E.
Dillon
Purchasing Assistant
1987-2010
Raymond Haberski
Adjunct Instructor of Educarion
2008-2018
Helen
M.
Hayes
Professor Emerita of Com purer Science
1983-2013
Dawn G
.
Hedrick
Housekeeper and Housekeeper Driver
1976-2004
Richard
Kramer
Senior Professional Lecturer of
Fashion Design
2000-2017
Adjunct lnsrructor of Fashion
Design
2017-2019
Juan M. Martell
Security Officer
2012-2019
David J
.
Mallory
Security Officer
1994-2016
Martin
A
.
Quick
Carpenter/Mechanic
1990-2016
Dr. Eileen Taylor Appleby
Ass
i
stant Professor of Social Work
1982-2001
Students
Greg
Wolfson
'
19
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ALlJMNI
NEWS
&
NOTES
Marist Trustee Jim Barnes
'68
and many fellow Marist alumni
enjoy
Wyndham Mountain.
Marist alumni and friends marched in the 258th St. Patrick's
Day Parade in
New
York City on March 16, 2019. Participants
included Alumni Executive Board President Daniel Moran
II
'03
with
daughter Gracie
(left),
his wife, Marie
(Isolda)
Moran
'03
(right),
and foe Giacalone
'03/'09MPA with
son joey.
Dr. John
C.
Kelly, Marist'sfirst dean of
the School of Management, professor
emeritus
of economics and Heritage
Professor,
is
pictured
with granddaughter
Lindsay DeFilippis Falcone '14 and great-
granddaughter
Scarlett Louise Falcone.
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MAGAZINE
Alumni
in southern
California gathered on Jan. 19,
2019,
in La Jolla, CA.
Alumni and
friends
met
at
the Liberty Hotel
in
Boston, MA, on Nov.
29,
2018,for
the
annual
Boston Alumni Chapter
Holiday Reception.
Alumni gathered in
Philadelphia, PA,
on
Jan. 25,
2019,
at the Field
House for a viewing
party to
cheer
on the
Marist men's basketball
team vs. Quinnipiac on
ESPN3.


























2009
Allison
Bucci
is in her 10th
year
working for
the Boston Red Sox.
She
erves as senior
manager
of
business
development
and
works in
corporate
partnerships.,
Victoria
Banks
was
promoted to
government
relation
-
ship
manager
at
Grainger. She
a
l
so
ce
l
ebrated
h
er seventh year
with the
company.
,
Douglas Faulborn
i
s sta-
tioned
with
the
Navy
in Hawaii
,
working
at
DIA. He
will
later be transferred to
California
to
work at UAV
Squadron
.
,
Jennifer Franz
sold
her home in
Florida
and
drove to San Francisco,
CA,
for a career
opportunity
at
Gap, Inc.
,
Kristine Keenan-D'Amario
and
h
er
husband,
Adam,
welcomed their first
chi
ld
, Gav
in
Rider,
in
August
2018.
,
Lauren (Hunter) Montaruli
a
nd
her husband, Michael,
welcomed son
Isaac in April
2018.
He joins big
s
i
ster
Ava. Shortly after
returning
from
her
maternity leave,
Lauren accepted
the
position
of center
director
of
the
Astor
Early Childhood Mt. Alvernia
location.
She
previously
worked as
lead teacher
at
Astor
for nine
years.
,
Mia (Starmer)
Reisweber
defended her dissertation
at
Saint Louis University. Her field of
study
is
student affairs and
her disserta
-
tion
examined
how to impact
student
learning in
English
100
courses.
,
Ashley (Morere) Whitney
gave
birth
to
her
second child,
Kathryn Annette,
in May 2018.
2010
Kayla (Abitabile) Lucier
was
mar
-
ried
on
June
8, 2018,
in
Troy,
NY
,
and
honeymooned in Italy
and
Greece.
, Kevin
Ford
began working
as a
customer engineer for
Google Cloud
Platform in Sunnyvale, CA.
,
Nicole
Giannakis
married Dominic Spinosa in
June
2018.
She
is
an associate attorney at
DeRossi Law Firm LLC,
which focuses
on matrimonial
and fami
l
y
l
aw.
,
Kait
(Smith)
Lanthier
'10/'14MA
was pro
-
moted to director
of co
ntent
strategy at
Babson
College.
She
oversees all content
produced by the
Co
ll
ege,
including
news,
storyte
llin
g, and soc
i
al
media.
,
Michael Steier
married
Amanda
Wagner on Sept.
1
,
2018, surrounded
by
friends from Marist
classes
2008-2012.
, Jenell
Walsh-Thomas
attained
h
er
PhD in
environmental science and
pub
-
lic policy in
2016.
In fall
2018, she
joined
the
2018-19
American Association for
the Advancement of Science
's
Science
&
Techno
lo
gy
Policy Fellowship
co
hort
in Washington
,
DC. As
a science
policy fellow,
she
is working with the
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Bureau
of
International Affairs, Division
of
International
Conservat
ion
.
For her
sec-
ond fellowship year (2019-20), she will
transfer
within
International
Affairs
to
the Division
of Management Author
it
y.
2011
Michael
Walsh
and
Sarah
Holmes
were
married April
21, 2018,
in
Hancock
,
MA. Sarah is
a
high school biology
teacher
at
Mount Greylock Regional
High
School. Mike
is
a sports
reporter
with
the
Berkshire Eagle.
They met dur
-
ing their
sophomore year at Marist and
now live in Pittsfield
,
MA.
2012
Thomas
Engelhardt
married
Anna
Maser
on Oct. 13,
2018.
The
ceremony
took place
at
the Marist chapel
and
Vincent Reda
'15/'18MPA
(second from right) received the New York State
Poli
ce
Officer of the Year Award. Shown (left to right) are Charles Gardner, Yonkers
Poli
ce
Department police
commissioner
at the time; New York State
Lt.
Governor Kathy
Hochul
;
and
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.
the reception was
at the Grandview.
,
Marina (Patterson)
and
Kevin
Gangeri
welcomed
their first
chi
ld
, Ethan, in
April 2018.
,
Aimee
Pell
took
a year off
work
for
a
round
-
the-world trip with her
partner
,
traveling to Europe, Southeast
Asia,
and
South America
.
2013
Kristen Kurre
got engaged
in June
2018 and
is
getting
married in
2019.
,
Matthew Montemaro
moved to Los
Angeles
and
is managing productions
for E!
Entertainment and
Bravo. He has
also
been
signed
professionally
as an
actor and
has been working diligently
toward
a career
in
act
in
g.
Prior to the
move, Matthew worked
at
NBC
at 30
Rockefeller Plaza for five
years
post
-
graduation.
,
Laura
Tafuri
graduated
from medical
sc
h
oo
l
and
h
as
been
accepted
by
a Yale
residency program
as an
O8
/
GYN resident physician
at
Bridgeport Hospital.
,
Brittany
(Caldararo) Van
Houten
got
married
and
bought her
first
home in New Jersey.
2014
Joseph
Amodeo
'
14MPA
was named
executive
director
of
Education Through
Music, Inc.,
a
nonprofit that partners
with under-resourced
schools
to provide
music
as a core subject
for
all chi
ldr
en
and
uses music
education as a catalyst to
improve
academic achievement,
moti
-
vation
for
school, and self-confidence.
,
Tyler
Hub
was
promoted to
sales
manager
at Mered
ith
Corp., where
he has worked
since graduat
ion
.
He
serves
as a
li
eutenant
for the
Upper
Makefield
(PA) Volunteer
Fire
Company.
continued
on
page
42
VINCENT LOUIS REDA '15/'18MPA
of the Yonkers Police Department was
honored with the New York State Police
Officer of the Year Award in 2018
.
He was one of six officers recognized
for actions on Sept. 25, 2017
,
when they
apprehended a gunman who had shot one
of the officers in the face at point
-
blank
range.
"Amid chaotic gunfire, these officers
diffused a potentially lethal situation and
showed exemplary courage, pulling one
of their injured colleagues to safety while
apprehending the shooter without any
loss of life,
"
said New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo in announcing the awards.
The six were the first from the Yonkers
Police Department to receive the award
.
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ALUMNI
M .
NEWS
&
NOTES
arr1ages
In
2018
Allyson O'Donnell
'11
married fames Marsden in York Beach,
ME
.
Sixteen Marist
alumni
attended
.
Ben Condon
'10
and Dana Grimaldi
'10
were
married in October
2018
with
about
25
Marist
alumni in
attendance.
Matthew
Lubrano
'11/'12MBA
and Victoria Billeter
'10
were
married in June
2018
in Brooklyn,
NY.
Over
30
Marist alumni attended and Rev. Richard laMorte
celebrated
the
Mass.
40
Anthony Zanin
'15
and fordyn
Seignious
'16
were
married in
Austin,
TX, on
Oct.
7,
2018
.
Dana Murano
'14
and
Daniel Seo.field
'14
were
married
on
Oct.
13,
2018,
at the Shawnee Inn and
Golf Resort in Shawnee
on
Delaware, PA.
















Scott Connolly
'09
and
laura Veltr
e
'11
were married on Aug.
25,
2018,
on
lon
g
I
s
land.
Alicia Salvatore
'09
married
foe
Francisco on Aug. 3, 2018.
Red Fox
family and friends included all of
h
e
r
college
housemates. Th
e
wedding
took place at the Branford
Hou
se
in Groton, CT.
Brian
McMillan
'11
and
Kailee
McEvoy
'13
were
married
on Aug.
4, 2018,
in Farmington,
CT, with many
Red
Fo
xes
in attendance.
Stephen Miller
'13
and
Erica Bucking
'
15
were married on May
12,
2018.
The
y
had
a
huge
representation of fellow
Red Foxes ranging
from
the Class of 1980 to the Class of 2019.
Cassandra Graves
'
14
/'15MS
and
Brian
Veltre
'14/'15MS were
marri
ed
on
Sept.
8,
2018, with many Marist alumni on
hand
to help
ce
l
ebrate
.
SEND
YOUR
NEWSQ
Email:
maristalumni@marist.edu
Internet:
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ALUMNI
NE
l
'fS
&
N
O
TES
Nick Be
r
wick
'16
proposed
to Kath
l
een Tucker
'16
in front of the James A.
Cannavino Library.
H
arrison Davis
'
1
6
and
Ke
ll
y
Stieb/er
'16
became
engaged.
, C
hr
is
t
o
ph
er Lancaster, a
se
nior
so
ft
-
w
a
r
e e
n
g
i
n
ee
r
,
h
a
s b
ee
n man
ag
in
g a
n
o
ff
s
h
o
r
e
t
ea
m
o
f
s
i
x
p
e
o
p
l
e w
hil
e
tr
a
in
-
in
g
four p
eo
pl
e s
t
a
t
es
id
e.
H
e co-
w
ro
t
e
a
"
cloud
" e
n
v
ironm
e
nt
for
cli
e
nt
s
th
a
t
h
as
b
ee
n in produ
c
ti
o
n
fo
r t
wo yea
r
s
.
H
e
t
rave
l
s
int
e
rn
a
tion
a
ll
y
a
s
mu
c
h
as
h
e ca
n
a
nd l
ast yea
r w
e
nt to Ic
e
l
a
nd
,
P
ort
u
ga
l
, Ger
m
a
n
y,
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i
t
z
er
l
a
nd
,
th
e
Czec
h R
e
publ
ic, A
u
s
tri
a, a
nd
Ca
n
a
d
a.
H
e
pl
a
n
s
t
o
m
ove
to N
e
w York Cit
y
for
a
f
ew
month
s
and th
e
n ma
y
r
e
turn
t
o Co
nn
ec
ti
c
ut.
, Kri
s
t
e
n P
ecc
i
w
as
p
ro
mot
e
d fr
o
m HR r
ec
ruit
e
r to a
ss
o
c
i
-
a
t
e
HR g
e
n
e
r
a
li
s
t in S
e
pt
e
mb
e
r
2
01
8 a
t
Mac
mill
a
n Pub
l
i
s
h
e
r
s.
2015
E
mil
y A
d
a
m
e
t
z marri
e
d Mi
c
ha
e
l Rubin
o
n F
e
b
.
10
,
20
1
8, a
t W
es
t P
o
int. Th
e c
ou
-
pl
e
m
o
v
e
d to C
l
a
rksvi
ll
e,
TN
, a
nd w
e
l
-
c
om
e
d th
e
ir fir
s
t child
, Z
o
e
Adri
e
nn
e,
in Jun
e 20
1
8
.
, Jo
e
D
e
ll
a
quil
a b
ega
n
a
n
ew
po
s
ition wit
h
N
av
i
ga
nt Con
s
ultin
g
in N
e
w York
, N
Y
,
in
A
pri
l
20
1
8
.
H
e
i
s
se
nior op
e
ration
s c
oordin
a
tor for
N
a
vi
ga
nt
's
g
l
obal
i
nv
es
ti
ga
t
i
on
s a
nd
c
ompli
a
n
ce
pr
ac
ti
ce.
, Brian Dour
ess
mov
e
d to Chi
c
ago for
a
promotion
within hi
s o
r
ga
ni
za
ti
o
n to m
a
n
age a
t
ea
m
o
f
a
u
to ac
cid
e
nt in
ves
ti
ga
t
o
r
s
wh
o
inv
es
ti
ga
t
e
fr
a
ud
, c
o
ve
ra
ge
i
ss
u
es/ex
clu
-
s
i
o
n
s
in polici
es, a
nd li
a
bilit
y
limit
s fo
r
a
uto a
c
cide
n
t
s.
R
e
l
o
ca
tin
g
fr
o
m th
e Eas
t
Coas
t t
o C
hic
ag
o h
as
b
ee
n
a
n
ex
citin
g
t
ra
n
s
iti
o
n
a
nd h
e e
njo
ys
l
ea
rnin
g a
b
o
ut
hi
s
n
ew
cit
y.
, Rich
ar
d
Ec
k
e
r
t '15M
B
A
r
e
ti
re
d
a
ft
er a 20-yea
r
caree
r in l
aw
e
n
fo
r
ce
m
e
nt. H
e
li
ves
in Mi
a
mi
, F
L
, a
nd
wo
r
ks fo
r B
aywoo
d H
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t
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l
s
.,
Kat
h
er
in
e
Fi
o
ri
llo
c
ompl
e
t
e
d Fi
e
ld Artill
ery
BOL
C a
t
For
t Si
ll
, O
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, a
nd mo
ve
d to
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n
, CO.
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e
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ntrol
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m
o
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a
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n th
e few
d
ays
s
h
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i
s not worki
n
g.
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y
Hulb
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s
a
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ut
e
n
a
nt in th
e
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g
hk
ee
p
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li
ce
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p
a
rtm
e
nt
,
wh
e
r
e
h
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h
as wo
rk
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d for
16
ye
ar
s
. H
e
and
h
is hu
s
band
,
Brad
W
hitmor
e '
o6
M
P
A
, w
h
o w
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s
for th
e
C
ulin
a
r
y
Instit
u
t
e
of Am
e
ric
a,
bou
g
ht
th
e
ir dr
ea
m hom
e
,
a
19
20
Tudor
,
in
th
e C
it
y of
Pou
g
hk
ee
p
s
i
e a
nd
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njo
ye
d
ce
l
e
b
ra
tin
g
th
e
ir fir
s
t
C
hri
s
tm
as
th
e
r
e.
, Carla Jo H
u
sk
in
s m
a
rri
e
d Rob
e
rt
Wee
k
s o
n
Se
pt. 1
5, 20
1
8
. Sh
e
r
ece
i
ve
d
th
e
Dut
c
h
ess Co
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y
A
sso
ci
a
ti
o
n
o
f
R
ea
lt
o
r
s
R
oo
ki
e of
th
e
Y
ea
r Aw
ar
d in
2017.
, J
are
d
Ly
n
c
h
i
s e
n
gage
d
to Me
lin
a
P
a
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ll
o
.
,
A
nd
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w
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ca,
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.
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i
ve
d th
e C
li
e
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P
a
rtn
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-
S
o
uth
Rooki
e of
th
e
Y
ea
r Award durin
g
hi
s
fir
s
t
yea
r in th
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ro
l
e.
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a
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p
asse
d th
e
D
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r
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m
. ,
Nic
ol
e
tt
e
42
MA
R
IST
MAGAZINE
A conference room in Fon
t
aine
H
a
ll h
as been dedica
t
ed to t
h
e me
m
ory of
Dr
. Casimi
r
Nor
k
e
li
unas, associate professor of
R
ussian and German and
H
eritage Professor.
P
ictured (left to rig
h
t) are his wife, Sue, and son
Philip
.
S
tr
a
no
a
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Monisha Adrien
teaches
second grade
in Orlando, FL. She reports that 100
percent of her
students s
how
ed growth
on
their middle
-o
f
-ye
ar English
l
an-
guage arts
diagnostics
a
nd
88
per
cen
t
s
h
owed growt
h
o
n
their middle-of-year
math diagnostics.
,
Shamus Barnes
is the
youngest accoun
t
manager
in company
hi
story at
Core BTS.
,
Matthew
Brodowski
is an
analyst and
studying
for the
Certified
Management
Accountant (CMA) exam.
,
Michelle
Daley
li
ves
in Bushwick, Brooklyn,
even
though
she considers
Georgia
h
er
home
base.
She works
in DUMBO Brooklyn
full
time
at an advertis
in
g
agency and
has been training to become
a
produc
-
tion
coordinator.
,
Paige Difiore
was
hired
as an assoc
i
ate ed
itor
at
Insider.
,
Michael
DeMaria
began
worki
n
g
full time at
KPMG in January
2019
and passed
the
Financial Accounting
&
Reporting
section of
the
CPA
exam.
,
Gabriella
Frech
is
at
Parson
's
studying
fa
hion design.
,
Sarah
Gordon
's
paper
"Social
Influence
and
Perception
on Stigmatized
Attitudes
of Sexua
l
Assau
lt
"
h
as
been
accepted
to
the
2019
University
of South
Dakota
Women's, Gender,
&
Sexua
lit
y
Studies
Conference
"(U
n)Told
Stories."
,
Paige
Jacob
rece
i
ved a Cornell Graduate
Fellowship and
began
working on
p
er- a
nd polyfluoralkyl
substance
(PFAS) contamination
in
wastewater.
, Samantha
Ketelsen
began
working
as a creative copywriter for Macy's
Branded Entertainment, the
depart
-
ment responsible for
an
nu
a
l
Macy's
events
including the Thanksgiving Day
Parade, Flower
Show, and 4t
h
of July
Fireworks Spectacular.
,
Rachel Kohler
started
her first
year as a
physician
's
assistant at New York
Presbyterian
Hospital Lower
Manhattan
in
August
2018.
,
Jacob Levinson
began work
-
ing as
a
Java developer
in
February
2019 with
his
company, FDM
Group,
and client Morgan Stanley.
,
Rachel
Maguire
is
attend
in
g Ya
l
e University
to become
a
psychiatric mental health
nurse practitioner
and
plans to
gradu-
ate in
2021.
,
W
ithin
four
month
s
of
graduating,
Drew Mihans
received
a job offer from sports
memorabilia
company Steiner
Sports
for
the posi-
tion of social
media manager. He has
had
the opportunity
to
work with elite
athletes such as E
li
Mann
in
g,
Wayne
Gretzky, Mariano
Rivera,
and
many
more.
,
Lindsay
Milligan
has been
promoted from digital
m
a
rk
eting
apprentice
to
socia
l
media
coor
din
ator
at New York City-based
digital
advertis-
ing
agency
Bigbuzz Marketing Group.
A classroom in
Donnell
y
Hall
has been dedicated to the memory of
Professor
Emeritus and
H
er
itag
e
Profes
sor
Laurence
J.
Sullivan
'54.
Honored
guests were
Larr
y's
wife,
Jo-Ann
,
their son Andrew and
hi
s wife,
Lisa, and Andrew
and Lisa's daughter, Caroline.
Lindsay joined Bigbuzz
in September
2017.
,
Stefanie Mongiardo
joined
her
l
ocal sorority alumnae associat
ion.
She
i
s
pursuing
200-hour registered
yoga
teacher
certificat
i
on
in
Anusara/
H
at
h
a yoga.
,
Meghan
Polk
received a
full
academic sc
hol
ars
hip
to Maurice
A.
Deane
Schoo
l
of Law
at
H
ofstra
Un
i
versity. Meghan's
honors
include
the
Dean
's
List
(fall 2018) and
the
ew York
State Bar Association.
,
Eric
Seltzer
is
attending Saint
John's School
of
Law
as a
St.
Thomas
More
Scholar. This di tinc
-
tion
comes with
full tuition
for all
three
years as a
law
student, along w
ith
VIP
access
to
specia
l
events and
l
ectures
both
on and off campus.
,
Kelly Stohr
relocated to
New
Jersey
for a shorter
commute
into
Manhattan, where she
is
enjoy
in
g a
fully immersed internship
program
at Ogi
l
vy, contributing
to real
client
work every
day
a
nd
expanding
h
er
portfolio.
,
Francesca Treglia
was
accepted
to
Teach For America's
two-
year
teaching program,
with a comp
l
e-
tion date in
2020. She
is
attending
Relay
Graduate School
of Education for
h
er
MA
in teaching
and certification as a
general education
teacher
for grades 5-9
Lindsay Milligan
'
1
8
and special education
teacher
for grades
7-9. After
Teach For
America, she
plans
to pursue
a ca
r
eer
in
speech
therapy.
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Eric Wrigley
'13/'14MBA
and his robotics team,
Bots FC, have been
competing on the
Discov
ery
Channel's
Battlebots with their
robot, Shatter! The team
(left to right): Adrian
"Bunny" Sauriol,
Paul
Gancitano, Adam
Wrigley, Mary Chimenti,
and Eric.
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2019
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Advancing the Social Good
Tommy Zurhellen Completes "VetZero"
Trek Across the Nation
The U
.
S
.
Navy veteran and faculty member
walked across America to raise awareness of
veteran suicide and homelessness.
MARIST
English
professor
Tommy
Zurhellen spent
131 days traveling
across
America on foot
to
raise awareness for vet
-
eran suicide
rates
as
part
of
the
"
YetZero"
project.
The
commander of
the Poughkeepsie
V
e
terans
of Foreign Wars
Post
170
walked 22
miles
a
day to represent the
on various
news
channels
during his
journey
such as Fox, MSN, NBC, and others.
On Aug
.
23,
he
completed
his
jour
-
ney from Port
l
and,
OR, by traversing the
Walkway Over
the Hudson
and
finally
arriv
-
ing
at Marist College.
Members
of
the
Marist
community were
there to
average of 22
veterans
who
die by
suicide each
day.
For
2,866
mi
l
es,
Zurhellen
traveled
without
www.veteranzero.org
www.gofundme.com/f/vetzero
greet
him
at
the
gate
to t
h
e campus, whi
l
e
t
h
e
men's
soccer
lodging,
carrying
just
a 30-pound
bag on
his back. The
"YetZero"
project
'
s goal
was
to
create a community with zero
homeless
veterans and
free of
suicide. With
stops in
Idaho,
Wyoming, ebraska,
Iowa
,
Wisconsin,
and Michigan, the Marist
professor
l
ived the
life
of a
home
l
ess veteran who
relies
on
the
kindness of strangers
.
A
l
ong
the
way, Zurhellen
raised
over $40,387 to
benefit
veterans
through
GoFundMe
,
symbolic of
the
40,387
home-
l
ess veterans
in the U.S.,
according
to
a 2015
study. The Marist
professor has been featured
BY PETE FAGAN
Pete Fagan is
a
communications assistant
for Marist Athletics
.
44
MAR
I
ST
MAGAZINE
program
accom
-
pan
i
ed
h
im i
n
t
h
e
final steps of the
journey.
Upon
returning to Marist,
Zurhe
ll
en was
presented
with
the New York State
Consp
i
cuous
Service
Meda
l
,
the
second
-
highest New York
State Natio
n
al
A
ss
o
c
iat
e
Prof
ess
or
of En
g
lish Tomm
y
Z
urh
e
ll
e
n
s
p
e
nt
1
3
1
da
ys
walkin
g 2
,866
mil
es
a
c
ro
ss
th
e
Unit
e
d St
a
t
es.
Guard military
award given
to those
who
have distinguished themselves
with excep
-
tionally meritorious
service
.
He
also shared
some words with
the
campus community.
"It
'
s
been
such an
honor to
represent
Marist
these past
four
to five months. People
ask
me,
'
How do
you
do it? How do
you stay
alone?
'
I'm not
alone.
I have
so
many people
supporting
me
on ocia
l
media that I've
never felt
alone once," said Zurhellen.
"I've learned what it means to be
a
home
l
ess veteran, and
it
'
s
not pretty
.
I'm never
going
to take
what
I have
for
granted ever again
...
A
l
though
this is the
end
of the
walk,
this
isn
'
t the
end of what
we
'
re
going
to be doing
for
our
veterans. Everyone
h
ere
knows
a
vet
-
eran, so
today
l
et
'
s
all say
'
We can
do
a
better job.'
"
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guide,
Income for
Life: The
Charitable
Gift
Annuity,
wi
l
l
h
e
lp
you
l
ea
rn how
to:
■
Secure payments for
your
lifetime(s
)
■
Earn
an
in
come-tax
char
i
tab
l
e deduction
■
Supplement
yo
ur
retirement
in
come
CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY (CGA)
Rates of
Return
for One Life
*
Age
Rate
65
5.1
70
5.6
75
6.2
80
7.3
85
8.3
Minimum contribution:
$10,000
Minimum age
to
receive
income:
65
*
As of
7/1/2018.
Returns
and
tax ben
-
efits are
subject to
change.
Funding
a
CGA with securities could
provide the
benefit of not
incurring capita
l
gains
tax when the
assets are
transferred
directly to Marist. Payments may be
deferred to
a
l
ater
date with
a
higher
payout rate. 1l1e remainder
wi
ll
be used
in
accordance
with the donor's wishes
to benefit Marist
Col
l
ege and students,
such as scholarship support, academic
programs
,
or where the need is
greatest.
Marist Students Embark on Graduate School Visit
Marist
students explored graduate school
options recently at Columbia
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In
addition
to pre-professional and
graduate school
advisement,
the
Center
for Career Services provides
career coaching,
job
search
assistance,
and
interview preparation. To learn more,
visit
marist
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or call
845-5
75
-3547. Through their philanthropy, Marist Legacy Society members provide
meaningful
support
to
current and
future
generations of students.
Give today and secure income for
life.
Donors who
establish
Charitable Gift Annuities
(CGA) are
provided
membership in the
Mar
i
st
Legacy Society.
For more information
about establishing a CGA wit
h
Marist
and
rates
for
One or Two Lives with immediate
and
deferred options, or
other ways
in
wh
i
ch you ca
n
c
hoo
se
to include the
College
in
your
long-term plans,
contact
Joan Gasparovic Gambeski
'83,
Director of Gift
and
Legacy Planning:
1ml
joan.gambeski
@
marist
.
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845.575.3942
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