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JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY President Robert Niehoff, SJ Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Timothy T. Shannon, SJ

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Vol. 9 Issue 3

Summer 2005

Features

Director of Public Affairs Jerry Sheehan

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Chicago – Windy City Alumni

Engaging the World

Jerry Pockar Alumni Journal Michele McFarland

Advisory Board Howard Gray, SJ Barbara Schubert ‘62 John Marcus ‘72 Dr. George Bilgere Kimyette Finley’95

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It is the mission of the magazine to  provide an engaging and accurate  reflection of the university and its  extended community for its alumni/ae  and the other members of the 

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John Carroll family. John Carroll University mag magazi azine ne is published quarterly by John Carroll University, 20700 North Park Blvd., University Heights, O Ohio hio 44118. Periodical postage paid at Cleveland, Ohio, 44118 and additional mailing offices. ISSN 1542-0418 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: John Carroll University  magazine  magazine Department of Public Affairs 20700 North Park Blvd. University Hts., OH 44118

(216) 397-1886 or 1-800-736-2586 fax: (216) 397-3085 E-mail: [email protected] www.jcu.edu Please send your letters to the editor  at the above address.

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John Carroll is a Catholic and Jesuit University dedicated to developing women and men with the knowledge and character to lead and to serve.

Letters to the Editor University News Presidential Inaguration Ignatian Spirituality Institute Marketing Initiative Leadership and Social Justice Appointments Philosophers’ Program Forensic Science for Kids Make-a-Wish Saving a Life Admission & Financial Aid Where God and Science Meet Class of ’09 Outlook

Contributing photographers: Jerry Pockar, John Reid, Barney Taxel, Paul Tepley, Rob Wetzler,

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Grasselli Library Endowment Honoring Casey Bukala 10 Athletics Football Preview 11 Q & A with Laurie Massa 40 Alumni Journal 41 Reunion 42 Class Notes 61 In Memoriam 63 The Late News 64 My Turn - Bishoy M. Mikhail ’97 Inside back Cover: Profile Drs. Helen Murphy & Cyrilla Wideman Designed by Villa Beach Communications, Inc. Printed by Lane Press.

 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  John n Carro Carrollll U Unive niversit rsityy to I rely on Joh objectively report on campus events so that I can remain informed of what is going on at Carroll oll my alma mater. Unfortunately, John Carr University’s reporting of the attendance at Gerry Adams’ speech does not “provide an … accurate reflection of the university,” as is the magazine’s mission. I attended Mr. Adams’ speech, and attendance there was  John n Carro Carrollll hardly a “full house,” as Joh University reports. At most, one-quarter of  the floor and upper-deck seats were filled.  John Carroll Carroll University’ University’ss inaccurate reporting of the attendance at Mr. Adams’ speech causes at least three harms: (1) by using the words “full house,” a term usually used to describe the high level of support that hometown fans have for their sports teams,, the magazine incorrectly implies teams implies

I really enjoyed this quarter’s alumni magazine and seeing what a positive influence influen ce many JCU JCU alumni are having on the community. At this morning’s staff  meeting, we also enjoyed the photo on the back the magazine and mention in the sportsofupdate of our newest employee Meagan Heller ’04! Meagan is such a wonderful addition to our staff which includes myself (’92) & Sara Mosinski (’00) as fellow JCU alum. This month’s magazine is a GREA GREAT T reminder of what a GREAT GREAT place JCU was and continues to be..... Sharon Somerville-McGuire ’92 

Great John Carroll magazine. Keep up the great work.  John Chuchman ’59 

I found your recent cover story on The Glynn Years at JCU to be most interesting. While Fr. Glynn will long be remembered for leading the school through the $135-million Choosing the Greater Good campaign, your article also highlighted many other contributions Fr. Glynn has made to the university and the Greater Cleveland community since his arrival in 1998. Your magazine in the past has highlighted his efforts to also define the university both as a Catholic and Jesuit university as well as establishing the position of Assistant to the President for University Mission and Identity. When he quietly departs from the university in August, he will leave a university that is significantly better as a result of his leadership. As your article concluded, he will take with him “the admiration and gratitude of the community he well served.”  Jack T. T. Hearns, Jr. Jr. ’61

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that the John Carroll University community was rallying around Mr. Adams; (2) by describing the attendance as  What a phenomenal issue this is. There at capacity, the magazine misleads the was hardly a page that didn’t highlight a reader into believing that while, in light of  good friend, a beloved administrator, administrator, an recent events, Sinn Fein’s and Mr. Adams’ admired faculty member, a fellow support may be waning in Northern alumnus. Even my spiritual director was Ireland, Irela nd, they still enjo enjoyy much support support and profiled. I have loved reading it. interest in the United States or, at least, in Mary C. Michael  North  Northeaster eastern n Ohio Ohio;; and (3) by failing failing to state that the attendance was low low,, the  magazine deprives the reader of a fact that most readers would find informative, Your last issue of Carroll was a masterpiece – and not cause I’m in it! As usual, a great rendering of people and things Carroll. The many and varied things our graduates do for others is proof that the Jesuit message of “men and women for others” resonates just as well today as ever ever.. Good luck to Father Niehoff and to all my friends and former colleagues at JCU.  Paul Kantz ’63

considering that Mr. Adams spoke at a Catholic university with many students of  Irish descent, in a region with a large IrishCatholic community. community.  John Carroll University must avoid becoming a cheerleader for visitors to our campus, some of whom may be controversial, by overstating the interest or support or both of the John Carroll University community.  Austin J. McGuan ’03



The magazine relied on an inaccurate report. We stand corrected. We were subsequently told that there was a good crowd with approximately half the seats filled. Editor’s note:

 

University News

Rev.. Robert Niehoff, SJ, to be inaugurated Oct. 11 Rev lans are well under way for the inauguration of  Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ, as John Carroll’s 24 th president. With inspiration from Father Niehoff, the inaugural committee has chosen Engaging the World as the inaugural theme. The theme will carry through Father Niehoff’s first year as president. Faculty, staff, administrators and students are being encouraged to incorporate the Engaging the World  theme, when appropriate, into

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his installation. This international message will focus on how  John Carroll opens opens itself and engages engages the world.” world.” Two days of celebrations are being planned, beginning with the inaugural lecture entitled, “Reflections on Global Education” by Rev. Joel Tabora, Tabora, SJ, president of Ateneo de Naga University in the Philippines, on Monday, October 10 at 7 p.m. On October 11, the inaugural Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Tony Tony DeCarlo

their planned events during the 2005-2006 academic year. “The first time I had contact with Father Niehoff, he indicated that the keynote speaker, Father Tabora, would be talking about global education in the inaugural lecture,” said Dr. James Krukones, chair of the inaugural committee. “So, the inaugural committee drew its inspiration from this idea. The theme will carry through from the inaugural lecture to the homily at the inaugural Mass to Father Niehoff’s address during

Varsity Center. The Most Reverend Anthony Pilla, bishop of  Cleveland, will preside at Mass. A noon luncheon is planned on campus and at 2:30 p.m. Father Niehoff’s installation ceremony will take place in the DeCarlo Center. Classes will be cancelled on Tuesday, October 11, so that members of the campus community will have the opportunity to participate in the day’s events. For information about the inaugural events and our new president, visit www.jcu.edu. www.jcu.edu.

Ignatian Spirituality Institute certifies first class The charter class

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practical issues connected with the ministry of spiritual direction. During

step-dad and as a teacher. The God in all things has become really real for me.”

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studies and director of the institute.

Sunday, August 28 in the Dolan Center’s Donahue Auditorium. The fifteen

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Counseling Counse ling Center and a member of the the

experience to groups or individuals.

for spiritual direction, a ministry that

first class. “It’s nurtured my spiritual life;

Others did individual spiritual direction

involves guiding people to grow in prayer and spirituality spirituality..

it’s challenged me intellectually; it’s given me such a deep appreciation for

in their own place of work, and others were involved in spiritual direction or

the genius of Ignatius. It’s afforded me

retreat activities in a variety of settings.

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the opportunity to become far more. It’s

of the Spiritual Exercises  of  of St. Ignatius

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To learn more about the Ignatian Spirituality Institute, visit www.jcu.edu/isi.  

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University marketing initiative is proceeding

Learning community embraces leadership and social justice Engaging students in the classroom and in their communities is nothing new at John Carroll, but for a program

The university has been engaged in the start-up phase of a comprehensive marketing initiative. In recently addressing the effort, Timothy T. Shannon, SJ, the vice president for development and alumni relations and the chair of the university Marketing Committee, said: “In the current competitive climate for higher education and with the understanding of how prospective students go about their college search via the Internet, our board of directors concluded that we can no longer rely on word-of-mouth and reputation to attract students. We must find a coordinated way in which to tell the world about our great Jesuit university.” Vivaldi Viva ldi Partners, a marketing and brand strategy firm, was hired in the fall of 2004 to take John Carroll through phase one of the university’s initiative. Vivaldi’s clients include General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Proctor & Gamble. Harvard, Cornell, Emory, Emory, Columbia, and Lehigh are among the universities it has served. The strategic marketing firm presented its findings in an open forum held on campus in February February.. Vivaldi’ Viva ldi’ss research revealed that John Carroll excels at “equipping committed students for success on their life-long Quests for Self, Society and Spiritual Fulfillment.” The firm arrived at its findings through a collaborative process in which they worked with the Marketing Steering Committee, a subset of  the larger body body.. “Discovery workshops,” one-on-one interviews and e-mail surveying were utilized to gather the perspectives of  prospective and current students, faculty, faculty, administration and staff, alumni, parents, and civic and business leaders. This summer the project moved into its second phase. The tasks to be accomplished in the second phase include: the establishment of verbal and graphic standards to guide communications with constituents; constituents; the design and testing of an assessment system to determine that the lived reality experienced by all of John Carroll’ Carroll’ss constituents is consistent with the university’ss expressed identity; and the creation of an integrated university’ marketing and communications strategy and plan that will entail goals and measurable objectives. The main purpose of the marketing initiative is to help the university increase the number of qualified applicants for both undergraduate and graduate admissions. “Our task,” said Shannon, “is to oversee the process of developing a comprehensive John Carroll University identity program in order to strategically enhance the perception and visibility of the university locally, regionally and in strategic markets across the country. It may take a year before we reach phase three, the country. actual roll-out of our new marketing plan. We want to make  John Carroll University University a name to remember for for students who are looking for a high-quality, high-quality, Jesuit education.” 4

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starting this fall the two t wo must go hand-in-hand. “Our vision for the leadership and social justice learning community is that it will help students connect the curricular and cocurricular and empower them to truly understand and live the mission of the university,” explained Dr. Dr. Lauren Bowen, associate professor of political science. Dr. Bowen and her colleague, Dr. Peggy Finucane, associate professor of communications and theatre arts, are collaborating to create the first-of-its-kind learning community on campus. The four-year program is open to first-year students beginning this fall. “Our intention for the program is to develop within our students a commitment to social justice,” said Dr. Finucane. “We want our students to become effective leaders in their communities. We hope to instill in them an understanding of interdisciplinary perspectives on leadership and social justice.” The program requires 12 hours of  linked coursework during the students’ first year. Over the next three years, students will be expected to take an additional 12 hours

Bryan Mauk ’08, sleeping out on the Quad in solidarity with the homeless.

of coursework focusing on issues of leadership and social justice. The majority of the courses will fulfill university core requirements or major requirements. These requirements also include an expectation of service learning, field work and internships. The program is a collaboration of the political science and communications departments. Students enrolled in Dr. Finucane’s Public Speaking course will have the opportunity to speak about what they are learning in Dr. Bowen’s U.S. Politics  course.  course. To learn more about this new program, visit: www.jcu.edu/a&s/livinglearning.

 

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Murphy appointed Catholic Studies director  Dr. Paul V. Murphy, the founding director of the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought at the University of San Francisco (USF), is the new director of the Institute of Catholic Studies at John Carroll. The Chicago native will also become the holder of the John G. and Mary Jane Breen Chair in Catholic Studies. He will hold the faculty rank of associate professor of history history.. Murphy replaces the interim director, director, Mark Lewis, SJ, who held the post for an academic year following the departure of  Dr. Francesco Cesareo, the institute’s founder. In response to Murphy’s appointment, Dr. David La Guardia, academic vice president, said: “John Carroll is fortunate to bring a person of Paul Murphy’s experience and stature to direct our Institute of Catholic Studies. His successful work at the University of San Francisco with the St. Ignatius Institute and then with the Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought suggests that Dr. Murphy is an excellent choice to ensure the success and excellent reputation of John Carroll’s institute. We are very pleased that he chose to join us.” Murphy said: “I am delighted to join the JCU community as the holder of the Breen Chair and as director of the Institute of Catholic Studies. This post presents an extraordinary opportunity to work with students, faculty, faculty, and visiting scholars on matters that are central to the mission and identity of the university.” university.” A member of the history department at USF since 1997, for three years Murphy directed the St. Ignatius Institute at the Jesuit university in the Bay Area. The St. Ignatius Institute is USF’s USF’s largest interdisciplinary undergraduate program. John Carroll’ss Institute of Catholic Studies also coaches an interdisciplinary approach to the Carroll’ traditions of Catholic thought and scholarship. Dr. Murphy’s Murphy’s long experience in the Jesuit tradition began at Fairfield University from which he graduated with a degree in history. history. He earned a master’ master’ss in medieval history from Loyola of Chicago, and a master’s master’s of divinity from the Westo Weston n School of  Theology Cambridge, did hisItalian Ph.D.history. at the University of Toronto, where his in academic workMassachusetts. focused on 16 thHe  century

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New faculty leadership posts • Dr. Robert J. Kolesar (History) is the director of the Honors Program, succeeding Dr. John Spencer, who directed the program since 1990. • Dr. Lauren L. Bowen has Bowen has accepted a three-year appointment as director of the University Core Curriculum replacing Dr. Robert Kolesar (Mathematics). • Dr. Andreas Sobisch is Sobisch is the new director of the Center for Global Education, replacing Dr. Pam Mason. • Dr. David Mascotti is Mascotti is the chair of  chemistry, replacing Dr. Paul Challen. • Dr. F. Komla Aggor will Aggor will serve as chair of classical and modern languages and cultures, succeeding Dr. David Anderson. • Dr. Anne Kugler has Kugler has become chair of history, replacing Dr. Bob Kolesar. • Dr. Dean Birch is Birch is the new chair of  political science, as Dr. Lauren Bowen leaves her chair responsibilities to take on the responsibilities of  chair of University Core Curriculum. • Dr Dr.. Ken Ken Eslinger Eslinger has st stepped epped down in sociology and been replaced by Dr. Phyllis (Penny) Braudy Harris. Harris. • As p prev reviou iously sly noted, noted, Dr. Tom Zlatoper will continue as the interim Boler dean until a new dean is appointed.

Search for new dean begins again A new search for a dean of the Boler School is underway. A second effort was necessitated when the best candidate from the initial process accepted a position elsewhere. The Dean’s Search Committee is asking alumni to help in the selection by recommending

mission of developing men and women with the knowledge and character to lead and to serve others ethically, generously, and competently in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition of excellence in education. An outstanding academic leader is desired who

candidate’s ability to expand the school’s links with the business and academic community is another assessment priority. Additional information about the dean’s job description can be found at www.jcu.edu; see the Spotlight On: Dean’s Search Bus. Sch.

possible candidates by October 1st. The committee’s objective is to have a new dean appointed by early December. The leader being sought should be capable of advancing the Boler School’s

possesses the interpersonal skills, energy, innovative talent, and background to communicate and implement a vision that will further develop the Boler School’s already excellent quality and reputation. The

link. Questions and nominations may be directed to Dr. LeRoy Brooks, chair of the Search Committee, by e-mail ([email protected]), or at the Department of  Economics and Finance –216-397-4459.  

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Forensic science chemistry for kids Some 30 fourth through seventh graders had an illuminating exposure to the reality of crime scene investiga-  tion (CSI ) in the Dolan Center this June. The youngsters analyzed fibers, soils and drugs in the center’ center’s s chemistry lab under the supervision of JCU chemistry majors and instructor Faith Whitworth. Her crew was one of two groups taking part in an unusual week-long summer camp – Forensic  Science Chemistry for Kids . Monday’s studies dealt with finger, lip and DNA printing; on Wednesday a Moving through the streets of ancient Cambridge: from left, Alex Decker ’07, Brittany McLane ’06 , Dan Matusicky ’07 and Dr. Paul Thomson.

University Heights police officer discussed ballistics; on Thursday the subject was forgery (checks, coins and

Philosophers’ program gets internationall attention internationa

art); and on Friday it was a sophisticated

Dr. Paul Thomson, assistant professor of  philosophy,, and five John Carroll students philosophy who have worked with him as teaching assistants in the Carroll Cleveland Philosophers’ Program did a presentation at the 3rd International Conference for New Directions in the Humanities at Humanities at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom this summer. The conference offered the team

same group, along with junior Zack Miller and philosophy’s Dr. Sharon Kaye, participated in a similar conference in San Francisco last semester, so they were well prepared for their international debut. Over the past few years, the CCPP has been evolving from a program serving a small group of Cleveland’s at-risk middle school students to one that serves a larger

and we have a tremendous following,”

an opportunity to talk about their innovative approach of using drama to teach philosophy to pre-college students. “It’s such an amazing opportunity. All of us are excited,” said junior Rhiannon Lathy ’07. “We’re focused on the great thing that we’re doing there – sharing our wonderful program with an international audience. We’re We’re going to share our experience of how we try to change the lives of underprivileged students through philosophy.”  Juniorss Dan Matusicky  Junior Matusicky,, Linda Linda

group of high school students for fewer hours a week. The program is a team effort organized by its director, Dr. Jen Merritt of  the education department, and Drs. Thomson and Kaye of philosophy. “John Carroll has been very generous to the program by offering classroom space,” Dr. Thomson observed. “However, each year the program struggles to make ends meet as the cost of transportation for the students to commute each week to John Carroll from East High School is quite expensive. If  funding that has been sought is secured, this

Kawentel, Alex Decker, and senior Brittany McLane joined Lathy and Dr. Thomson on their adventure. The

innovative program will continue to make a difference in the lives of students who might not otherwise visit our campus.”

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analysis of how to use blood, urine and composite sketches to help catch your bad guy or girl. “This is our sixth year observed Faith Whitworth, who plans the camp along with Dr. Mike Nichols, associate professor of physics. Assisting Whitworth and Nichols were JCU science majors Diana Abdalla, Ashley Boone, Krista Corabi, Hallie Garofalo, Laurel Ianni, Ivan Islamaj, Christina Leposa, Jason Piper, Jenny Sopkovich and Marybeth Val Valek. ek. The academic camp was one of  the large variety of summertime activities that were held on campus from June to the latter part of August.

 

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Make-A-Wish com omee true

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C.J. Burhenne, JCU human resources manager, was planning an event for her

to give something back to the community with his skydiving team.

phone with a 17-year-old named Bill who is suffering from leukemia. Bill’s wish was to skydive with his best friend. The human resource crew created a fundraising event around the skydiving wish by selling raffle tickets and accepting donations for Make-AWish. But when it came to taking the plunge, Burhenne was the only one willing to go. She agreed to jump first so that she could show Bill and his friend that it was a perfectly safe thing to do. “It was amazing. I didn’t have a feeling of falling. All I could feel was the wind in my face at 120 miles per hour. I would go again,” said Burhenne. After Bill and his friend jumped, Burhenne said: “When I saw Bill land he had a look on his face like…that feeling

human resources management professionals organization. The speaker she hired for the event, David Hart, owns a background check agency and also trains 25 hours a week with a skydiving team that competes nationally.. He told Burhenne that he’d like nationally

“So I called Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northeast Ohio to see if they had anyone who might want to skydive for their wish, “ said C.J. “It was like God at work. The woman on the phone said she couldn’t believe it because she had just hung up the

of conquering something big. I think I knew exactly how he was feeling after having gone through chemo and radiation myself; he conquered so much. I think it’s awesome that he did it and that I got to be a part of it.”

C.J. Burhenne jumps to make a boy’s dream come true

Pittsburgh junior Cara Sharbaugh helped save a life Pittsburgh area junior Cara Sharbaugh was half asleep in the

about to approach it when two cars carrying young volunteer

back seat as her friend Elissa Marti drove Cara and two other

firefighters and an EMT pulled up to assist and to ascertain

friends home from a Heinz Field concert. concert. They had been heading north on Interstate #79 and exited onto Rt. #19,

that Ziegler was deceased. Cara and her friends were hailed. One of Schandelmeier’s

although there had been a little debate about the wisdom of 

relatives called the university to express the family’s gratitude

that choice. Cara was suddenly aware that Elissa was stop-

for Sharbaugh’s part in the life-saving rescue. A Pittsburgh Post 

ping and exclaiming, “Oh, my gosh.”

Gazette  story Gazette   story celebrated the girls’ heroism and Good Morning 

The exclamation was aroused by the sight of a car that had

America  remained  remained a possibility when John Carroll called.

just been in a crash. Flames were licking its bottom and a hand

Cara said that an improbable chain of small events

was waving imploringly from a half open window. The girls

leading to their being at the accident scene at that moment

heard, “Help me, help me!.” Elissa was quickly out of the

drove the conclusion that, “We were supposed to be there.”

driver’s door, door, as Cara followed, while Amy Walzer and Bethanie Buchowski lagged behind to use their cells to call 911. Elissa opened the door and began pulling out Blaine Schandelmeier,, 21, who had been traveling south when she Schandelmeier was hit head-on by a car driven by Cora Lee Ziegler Ziegler,, 23. Cara

Despite the attention and the gratitude, Cara is reeling. Elissa’s suite mate died in a rock climbing accident this first week in August. A high school friend of Cara’s died almost simultaneously in a hiking accident. Ziegler lived not far away. “It’s just been a really hard week,” Sharbaugh said over the

joined Elissa and together they dragged the badly injured

phone.“ God works in mysterious ways. We were able to help

Schandelmeier out of the now burning vehicle. They pulled

Blaine, which was a very positive thing, but we are in the midst

her a safe distance and tried to comfort her. When the

of a lot of grieving right now, so it’s a bittersweet time.”

rescuers became aware of Ziegler’ Ziegler’s s nearby vehicle, they were

 

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ADMISSION & FINANCIAL AID

CLASS of  ’09 larger, academically stronger As of August 4, the class of 2009 consisted of 801 young women and men. With nine out of 10 orientations complete, 756 incoming first-year students had already registered for their fall classes. While the official class size will not be determined until the end of the first week of fall semester, past experience tells Tom Fanning, interim dean of enrollment services, that this year’s class will be around 800

Leah Austin ’07 works side-by-side with Dr. Jeffrey Dyck, assistant professor of physics, using a magnetic source to take measurements of a thermoelectric sample.

students when the bell rings to start the new school year.  “The freshman class last year was 734,” said Fanning. This year’s class will be larger, stronger academically and

Where God and science meet Leah Austin ’07, physics major from Strongsville, OH, is the first recipient of the Wil William liam H. Nichols, SJ, Scholarship in Physics. Austin spent the summer doing research on thermoelectric materials in the lab of Dr. Jeffrey Dyck, assistant professor of physics. “I really lucked out with this opportunity this summer. It’s It’s really challenging to do the research. Trying Trying to make the connection from the theory to research is a huge step for me,” said Austin, who is considering graduate school in physics or engineering. “In the classroom, she’s been one of our top students,” said Dyck. “And in the lab this summer she’s been on task and worked independently. independently. She is conscientious and organized. She’s articulate about her research. We’re collaborating with some chemists at Case (Case Western Reserve University) and they are working on writing a manuscript for publication. With With some luck, Leah will be a published author before the end of  her junior year.” The Nichols Scholarship is an award given by the Xavier Nichols  Nicho ls Foundatio Foundation n for a female female student student major majoring ing in physic physicss or engineering physics. The award is in memory of Father William  Nichols,  Nicho ls, a belove beloved d physics physics profes professor sor from from 1967-199 1967-1999. 9. The award letter sent to Austin this spring, said of Fr. Nichols: “His spirit was one of humility, Christian ideals and the scientific process. He was admired for his ability to comfortably join both God and science. The foundation, through this scholarship, grants and philosophy, hopes to continue this concept that God and science are not mutually exclusive.” The merit-based scholarship amounts to $3,750 for the 2005-06 year. Funds for the scholarship come from alumni gifts to the university in memory of Fr. Nichols. Nichols.

more geographically diverse. Our applications rose 11% and the acceptance rate dropped from 89% last year to 85% this year. We are very happy with these trends,” Fanning added. The first-year students will be 49% male and 51% female. Sixty-seven percent of them are from Ohio, as opposed to last year when 72% emanated from the Buckeye State. The remainder are from 21 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Nigeria. There are 21 valedictorians in the class and 58% were in the top 25% of their graduating class. Eighty-nine percent will live on campus and 31% had a relative who attended the university. “Looking forward, we are very enthusiastic about the coming recruitment year,” year,” Fanning said. “Our inquiry numbers have increased substantially from last year’s cycle. Because of the the Web site data data capabilities capabilities created this year, we have developed a series of electronic newsletters for recruitment.” Admission Admissi on applications applications were sent to approximately approximately 28,000 prospective students in mid-August. John Carroll has been accepted as a member of the Common Application Group, and the Common Application is now live online.

Spread the word Are you gearing up for the college search with your son or daughter? Maybe you have a niece, nephew, nephew, grandchild or even a friend who’s looking for the right school. Now’s the time to tell them about your alma mater! Consistently ranked among the top regional universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World  Report , John Carroll may be the perfect fit for a student you know. Students can apply FREE online to become part of  the John Carroll class of 2010. To To learn more, visit and www.jcu.edu/admission.htm ission.htm and keep explore www.jcu.edu/adm

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DEVELOPMENT

Carroll Fund The name may be changing, but annual support is still as essential to the operations of the university as ever. John

campus, innovative classrooms and educational support such as growing the library’s collection.

Carroll’s annual fund will now be known Carroll’s as the Carroll Fund. “The feedback we have received from focus groups and in talking with our graduates has been positive,” explained Robert P. Kirschner, the fund’s director. I believe the name, the Carroll Fund, is recognition that donating to John Carroll involves a relationship.” “To “T o me, the Carroll Fund seems more personal,” said Patrick Manfroni ’03, who gave his first gift to the fund last year. “I decided to give because I know it will help someone else to have a chance to go to a place like John Carroll. I met a fellow John Carroll graduate recently who was able to maintain a B-average without being able to buy any textbooks. She couldn’t afford to buy the books, so she would check them out of the library or borrow a classmate’s book. My gift might help someone else who needs to buy books.” Annual gifts to the university have a significant impact by supporting student financial assistance, upkeep of the

An increase in participation is an important goal since alumni support is a reflection of an institution’s strength and is a factor in the awarding of grants from foundations and corporations. You can make your gift to the Carroll Fund by returning the enclosed gift envelope or through our secure site online at www.givetojcu.edu. or contact us: 1-800-736-2586.

Casey’s Concourse Events to honor Rev. Casey Bukala, SJ The dedication of  the concourse at Don Shula Stadium is scheduled for Saturday,, October 1 during HomeSaturday

Carroll Fund facts

coming Weekend. At 1:00 p.m., friends and family will gather as the

The President’s Forum

concourse is officially named Casey’s 

$25,000 and greater – Schell Society $10,000 – Lavelle Society $5,000 – Rodman Society

Concourse  in  in honor of the many contributions Rev. Casey Bukala, SJ,

Donor Clubs

to be a special event for Fr. Bukala.

$2,500 – Loyola Club $1,886 – Founder’s Club $1,000 – Tower Club $500 – Quad Club Up to $500 – University Club

Indeed, it will be a wonderful opporoppor-

Goal:

T. Shannon, SJ, vice president for

$2,000,000

has made to John Carroll. “It is sure

tunity for the entire John Carroll community to publicly thank Fr. Bukala for the many ways he has enriched our lives,” said Rev. Timothy development and alumni relations. The dedication will include the unveiling of the Casey’s Concourse  sign and a plaque listing all of the

Endowment established for Grasselli Library

donors to the tribute. There will be a Mass at 9:30 a.m. that morning

A recent bequest to the university will have a lasting impact on Grasselli Library.. In June, the Mary G. Glidden Library Fund was established as a permanent endowment to support the library library.. Mary Glidden was the sister of Caesar A. Grasselli for whom the library was named n amed in 1961. The $279,659 fund was given by the Dorothy Shafer Trust, which had been set up to provide for William and

’67, director of planned giving. “We are grateful to the Dorothy Shafer Trust Trust and to other alumni and friends who, through their generous gifts, embrace the challenge of investing in the university’s future,” said the library’s new director, Dr. Dr. Jeanne Somers. “Endowed funds generate annual support that can significantly enhance the quality of library resources and service

Dorothy Shafer, who were connected to the Grassellis and Gliddens.“When William and Dorothy passed away, the remainder of the trust was to be left to the university,” said Peter R. Bernardo

programs. Such gifts also make it possible for us to sustain the kind of long-term innovation that ensures the library will remain at the pulse of intellectual life at  John Carrol Carroll,” l,” she she added. added.

followed by a donor reception/  brunch. There is still time to participate in the tribute. Contributions can be made by contacting Robert P. Kirschner,, director of annual giving, Kirschner at (800) 736-2586; send checks by mail to: Development Office/20700 North Park Boulevard/John Carroll University/University Heights/OH 44118; or make a gift online at www.givetojcu.edu. All gifts to the Fr. Bukala Tribute will be credited as a gift to the Carroll Fund.

  

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U N I V E R S I T Y

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ATHLETICS

Streak gridders look for positive consistency

Blue Streak athletes have taken to the fields The first day of school was August 29, but many of the fall sport athletes began arriving on campus well before then to prepare for their upcoming seasons. The practicing Blue Streak gridders were not the only athletes struggling to stay hydrated during one of Northeast Ohio’ Ohio’s s hottest summers in a long while. The John Carroll sports year officially began on Thursday Thursday,, September 1st, when the Blue Streak

Last year’s football season was peculiar. John Carrolll was 5-0 at home, where its defense Carrol

the unit which ranked second in the league in total yards. Losses were significant at the

was virtually unstoppable, and less than mediocre on the road, where it was outscored by 101 points in stumbling to a 1-4 mark. Which did make for a 6-4 winning season, albeit one that left the fans who only saw the football team play in University Heights scratching their heads. Regis Scafe’s guys will do their utmost to insure that the 2005 edition is more like the team that did battle in Don Shula Stadium. This year’s squad will feature a strong running game and a short to medium range pass attack. Running back Brandon Oing

defensive end and safety positions, but the entire linebacking corps returns, led by preseason All-American All-American Joe Motley Motley.. The interior of the defensive line will be wellmanned with three-year starter Mark Warren and sophomore Derrick Bendau back. The linebackers are all returning starters, as first team All-OAC selection  Joe Motley, Motley, junior T Tommy ommy Gallucci, and senior Brendan O’Donnell provide the Blue Streaks with a combined 333 career tackles. The Blue Streaks lost both starting safeties, but return both

was great out of the blocks last year, but he never really recovered from a week-four injury.. He’s complemented by John van der injury Oord, Carter Welo and Maurice Saluan. Ambiguity remains at the helm. Senior Doug Phillips was effective at season’ss end and at press time was looking season’ like the starter. The competition was sufficiently close, though, that junior Matt Martin and classmate Steve Spence, could rise to the top. Tommy McDonald and Matt Matteucci appear to be the heart of the receiving corps. Seniors Jim Kilbane and Sean Cassleman are both three-year letterwinners returning at tight end. Colin Meeker returns at center, as do guard Richard Folkman and tackle Mark Lloyd.

cornerbacks in Anthony Fanelli (second team All-OAC) and Angelo Cua. Stay tuned. The Mt. Union game is September 17, Shula Stadium’s Stadium’s first night game.

women’s women’ s soccer team hosted Case Western Reserve University University.. The next day the men’s golf squad teed off in the Olivet Classic in Michigan and the women’s women’ s volleyball unit started spiking in the same state at the Kalamazoo Tournament. Cross country broke for the finish line at CWRU on the 3rd. Men’s soccer began kicking at the Wittenberg Classic on the same day, and the women’s team began their year at Kenyon on that date. For all the fall sports schedules, please visit:http://www visit:http://www.jcu.edu/  .jcu.edu/  studentl/Athletics/varsity/index.htm. Click on “Varsity Teams” on the left menu to access teams, schedules and a wealth of other information.

2005 JCU Blue Streak Football Schedule 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 1 10 0//1 25 2 10/29 11/5

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1:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

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@ Baldwin-Wallace

Berea, OH

1:30 p.m.

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U N I V E R S I T Y

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Question & Answer

with Laurie Massa, director of athletics and recreation Laurie Massa was hired to be the athletics director (AD) last summer. summer. She is a tall, casual and authoritative presence. John presence. John Carroll visited her for a recent conversation You have been the Athletics Director for a little over a year. Have there been major surprises? The people with whom I interviewed turned out to be very much the way they seemed to be, which is not always the case. The athletics program appeared to be well organized and mission-driven, and I have found that to be true. What is the state of the facilities now? We still have some areas we’re working on, such as adequate facilities for softball, but you’re always seeking to improve something. The university did a wonderful job with the stadium and the renovation of the gym, so the core of our facilities is in good shape. The basement training area and offices of the stadium need some aesthetic enhancement, but functionally they’re fine. The natatorium

repairs are complete. We do have some significant drainage issues with our track and it’s likely we will have some work done on that soon. How are we doing with gender equity? I felt when I got here that we had some work to do in regard to gender equity,, and that work is in process. I equity quickly realized that the numerical aspect of gender equity will continue to be a challenge. One of the reasons for that is

that the university has enrollment goals, and sports, especially football, are one of  the extracurricular activities that help us meet those goals.

larger than at South Carolina, my previous institution. We will have approximately approximately 180 football players in camp next week, including 70 freshman football players.  No women’ women’ss sport sport has number numberss of that magnitude and football tends to skew the ratio of male to female athletes. My feeling is that the focus needs to be on whether the athletes feel that they are being treated equally. While we may never have nearly equal numbers of male and female athletes, there is no excuse for differing treatment of women and men. We need to be sure that they are traveling the same way and that they have the same opportunities to compete. We are not going to send our men on road trips out of  the region and leave the women at home. We have not added sports for women, which is another way of satisfying Title IX, but we are prepared to do so if there is a significant demand. We might also support junior varsity teams when the numbers dictate.

success was dependent on her teammates. Athletics at John Carroll in general are a place where special relationships and multiple opportunities for self discovery occur because of the environment. John Carroll’ss athletics program is a nurturing Carroll’ environment in a context of competitive intensity.. Relationships are based upon the intensity dynamic of the group, and that involves us in being women and men for others.

You spent 17 years at Xavier and understand Jesuit education. Are you satisfied with our athletic program’s faithfulness to the

What do we still need to do? There are so many positive things going on and many people in Cleveland don’t know about this university and its athletics program. We are trying to embrace the community by bringing in high schools to utilize our facilities. We are working on attracting the community to our events. That kind of focus focus is important in our effort to represent who we are, but we are also aware of our responsibility to assist student enrollment. So many of our students are athletes that there is no question that we are a force in advancing enrollment.

mission? Being for others is an absolute for a successful team, and I think we are. Even in track, where a Shannon McConville ’04

When are we going to beat Mount Union? I hope in about five weeks.

Do the male athletes still need to learn to accept the equality of women athletes? I don’t sense that there is an issue with that here. At other places I’ve been there was a big difference between the elite male sports and everyone else. It also helps that Regis Scafe is very collegial. He will work with soccer if they need the field.

 We have a large football team, far

can literally carry a team, she believes her  

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Rev. Robert Niehoff, SJ, 24th president of John Carroll University: University: The relationship has just begun, and we will soon learn more. Nonetheless, a number of truths about Rev. Robert  Niehoff, SJ, are clear – and very heartening. For one, the university’ss new president is university’ delighted at the prospect of  being John Carroll’ Carroll’ss servant leader – and there is every indication that he strongly embraces both the adjective and the noun of that phrase.

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‘the evidence indicates that Bob Niehoff is unusually committed to being an instrument of the mission, driven by internal command to accomplish whatever task has been entrusted to him.’

His older sister, Mary Ann Mahurin, said from her home in Olympia, Washington: “He’s excited to be there; he’s excited about the people; he’s excited to be with people who want to grow – this is what he shared with me.” What is also clear is that the native of  Puyallup, Washington, Washington, has spent most of  his 52 years preparing for his new job. He has a remarkably diverse skill set comprising systems and financial analysis, strategic and budgetary planning, academic research, teaching, human resources, mission and identity leadership, educational administration, community

and dogged in solving whatever problems bar the achievement of order, order, clarity and mission realization. In describing how more than two decades ago he volunteered for the three-and-a-half year “enormous task” of disentangling and computerizing the finances of the Jesuits’ Oregon Province, Niehoff related that he said to himself, “This is a real avenue of  service and there aren’t many Jesuits who want to do that.” When he made a presentation to John Carroll’s staff during the hiring process, the new president, simplifying, described himself  as “an accountant by trade.” He continues to carry the portfolio of a “quantitative person,” but he described in an interview with John Carr Carroll oll magazine how, in the course of earning an MBA, he realized that, following years of theology and spiritual preparation, tutoring prisoners, leading engagement encounters, teaching, working at building community and “peaceful relationships,” the numbers guy had morphed into “the whole package (our emphasis).”

building and pastoral care. He has honed each of his tools in a variety of  assignments, many of which he sought because there was an unmet need. While it is anything but unusual for a member of the Society of Jesus to be imbued with a passion to serve, the evidence indicates that Bob Niehoff is unusually committed to being an instrument of the mission, driven by internal command to accomplish whatever task has been entrusted to him. Mahurin said that when her brother was a

Though all the evidence indicates he is flat-out determined to get the job done and get it done well, it has also become abundantly clear to those who have encountered him that Rev. Bob Niehoff, SJ, is disposed to listening, delegating, insisting on a diverse and inclusive process, and doing all of that with transparency,, as the contemporary buzztransparency word puts it. In pursuit of his own wholeness, Robert  Niehofff has chosen experi  Niehof experiences ences that enriched his perspective. His motivation to

small boy,follow the seventh of eight children, he would his elders around asking if  he could help.

serve in the Bahamas for four years was driven in some measure by a desire to learn what it was like to live as a minority in an

Philippines doing the final Jesuit formation stage – tertianship – was similarly prompted by a need to embrace and learn from a very different culture. His long pastoral work in Catholic engagement encounter arose from wanting to better comprehend the reality of couples and the feminine dimension of humanity humanity.. In the same connection, John Carroll’s new leader volunteered to be the chaplain of the University of San Francisco’s Division I women’s basketball squad. He gave himself so full-heartedly to that role that he attended almost every game, home and away, for three years. Coach Mary Hile-Nepfel was unabashedly emotional when she spoke over the phone of how she and her athletes would miss their chaplain. All of which serves to corroborate the extraordinarily positive response on the part of members of the campus community when the new president met with hundreds of students, faculty and staff before he was chosen. That perception has been confirmed by

 Nearly a half century later, later, Fr. Fr. Niehoff  sees himself as both analytically incisive 14

Afro-Bahamian majority culture. His choice to spend half a year in the

With his father, Leland, and Nellybelle, his pet cow , in 1955 in Kapowsin, WA.

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members of the campus community who previously worked with Fr. Niehoff. As he takes office, it is unquestionable that his accession to the presidency of John Carroll is accompanied by great expectation. The foregoing is what we know about our new president. What follows provides some detail about how he arrived at this point in his work and life. Fr. Niehoff’s mother, whose maiden name was Mildred Ruby, was married twice before she wed Leland Niehoff of  Pierre, South Dakota, after Leland returned to the plains state from World War II. Mildred’s first husband died young. Five children and her conversion to Catholicism were the legacy of that union. Her second husband, with whom she had a son, proved an alcoholic: divorce was the result. Their son describes the families of both his parents as “dirt farmers.” His mother’s people received free land to be homesteaders; he’s not sure if that’s an

The family at Fr. Bob’s ordination in 1982. Mildred and Leland Niehoff are at center.

accurate description of the German immigrants on his father’s side. In any case, the Niehoffs migrated to the more economically promising area around Tacoma, Washington, where Leland began a career in construction. construction. He would ultimately retire from Washington’s Department of Transportation and Mildred from the state’s Social and Health Service. Two adults and eight children there were in Mildred and Leland’s blended family.. Son Robert says that, among other family

nurtured the dream of becoming a Maryknoll priest. When he went on to Tacoma’s Bellarmine Preparatory School, his idealism was captured by the example of his Jesuit teachers: “It was the Jesuit sense of service. I identified with the work and felt admiration for my Jesuit teachers in high school. I asked myself, ‘Can I do that?’ I hoped to be as generous.” He enjoyed sports, participated in debate and other student activities in high school, and, 35 years later, celebrates the

gifts, he was blessed with love, a strong work ethic and a deep sense of teamwork. His mother was a particular model of  determination. Until she “regularized” her divorce, Mrs. Niehoff was unable, for 30 years, to receive the sacraments, and she carried for a time some resentment about the failure of the ministry to provide help when she was a struggling young widow. When their son told them while he was still in elementary school that he intended to become a priest, both parents were ambivalent, and Leland told his son to set

camaraderie shared with fellow students. In some respects, he seems to have been precociously mature. The principal was an important mentor, and together they

that asidealso untilnotes afterthat highheschool. The new plan president grew in a family who, collectively, possessed both faith

‘I don’t tend to be overly assertive because I have no need to do that, but in situations that require it, I am likely to be someone

who will step up.

and a rich sense of spirituality. In his elementary years, Bob Niehoff 

 

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‘Rev. Bob Niehoff, SJ, is disposed to listening, delegating, insisting on a diverse and inclusive process, and doing all of  that with transparency, as the contemporary buzz-word puts it.’

planned speech and debate tournaments, and worked on “organizational matters.” The novitiate between Portland and the Oregon coast was next. He again found camaraderie, as well as “joy and an incredibly powerful spiritual experience.” The Spiritual The  Spiritual Exercises of Exercises of Ignatius, explored in an extended retreat, were a defining light, though he says that the similar retreat of his Philippine tertianship accounting system. He also took note of  the fact that the young women who had was an even more luminous encounter. After novitiate, he took his undergraduate become part of the student body since he graduated in 1970 resulted in “discipline degree in philosophy from Spokane’ Spokane’ss becoming less of an issue and the learning  Jesuit university university,, Gonzaga, an institution institution experience richer.” that would play an important part in Bob During his two years on the faculty of   Niehoff’s life. the Tacoma school, Niehoff worked with In 1977, the young Jesuit returned to  John Gladstone, John Carroll’s Carroll’s longtime his alma mater as an algebra teacher and admission leader, who left to become business manager. He president of the Jesuit high school in oversaw the school’s first Portland as his friend was about to take external audit and the helm here. Gladstone said of Niehoff: installed a fund “What you see is what you get. Bob is an exceptional human being.” The next stop on Niehoff’s road to John Carroll was

Chicago, in 1980, where he began his theology work and served as a tutor to the inmates at the Cook County  Jai  Jaill – “That’ “That’s an experience

The president-to-be with his sister, Patricia Hague, near Portland Oregon.

that only people who have gone through it can understand.” The Jesuit School, a part of the Catholic Theological Union, closed after his first year, so Niehoff went back to the West Coast for three years of study at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. During that period, in 1982, he was ordained. He also served as the school’s school’s budget director and then chief financial officer. Always balancing more than one demanding activity, activity, he was, during that first year in Chicago, the accountant and financial consultant for the national Catholic vocation office. One of the continuing strands running through  Niehoff’s career is being a financial financial problem solver for non-profit organizations.  Niehoff said his his strongest contemporary theological were those of Karl Rahner,influences SJ, a force at Vatican II and a thinker who worked to

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‘He makes friends easily and is discerning in reading personalities. He has remained a friend of  many people in Nassau, and not only of  Catholics. I think you will have an outstanding president. He did great work here and I’d have him back tonight.’

theology. The president noted that he is theology. respectfully mindful of the Vatican’s turning away from liberation theology, but said that the justice focus of theologians like El Salvador’s Jon Sobrino, SJ, changed his “understanding of how God moves in the world.” While untangling the Oregon Province’s finances, from 1983-86, the multi-tasking Jesuit commuted from Portland to Seattle to earn an executive MBA degree from the University of  Washington. It was in the course of those studies, conducted in a small group largely populated by engineers and other quantitative types, that the Jesuit’s selfconception shifted. He was quickly seen as the group’s thinker on issues not involving numbers and the perception of  his classmates soon altered the way he saw himself. In discussing that period, the Washington Was hington native observed that the competitive corporate style of the MBA students initially translated as a distinct lack of respect in the way they treated

less modest) way he talked about himself. He observed in interview: “Given the administrative work that I’ve done, my style tends to be careful and risk averse. Despite that, I think what will most surprise people is how free I am to say what I think.”  Niehofff com  Niehof commuted muted from Portla Portland nd to the University of Washington with Jeff  Baker, now the CEO of Poorman-Douglas Corporation, a national leader in

each other. He said their abrasive style prompted him to tell the group: “I have spent my life working to build peaceful relationships and I am not going to deal with this for two years.” He said the behavioral norm changed. One of the first things you notice about Fr. Bob is how gracious and modest he is in conversation. His mild affect disguises steel, a fact addressed apropos of  his ultimatum to his fellow MBA students. He said to the magazine: “I don’t tend to be overly assertive because

technology-based solutions for class action and mass litigation case management services. Baker said of his friend: “Among other things, Bob is a fine businessman. He has great analytical skills and solid quantitative abilities. He is particularly gifted in being able to gauge the future on the basis of past results. When he and I discuss my business, he continues to be a wise adviser. When we were at UW together, Bob brought to our class the humanistic side of business problems and a strong understanding of the probable

I have no need to do that, but in situations that require it, I am likely to be someone who will step up.”

perspective of the people involved. He helped us reach beyond the numbers. He is simply a wonderful man and a great friend.”

the Philippines for his Jesuit tertianship. He says he had a deeply enriching experience exploring the culture and the faith in a very different kind of Catholic setting, “one that gave me a profound sense of church as community.” community.” He lived for a few days with a squatter family and explored the heart of his Jesuit identity in the tertianship process. At the end of the period, he was off to China, Thailand,  Nepal, and then, days later, later, he was in a Roman hospital, seriously ill. The cause was amoebic dysentery, which preempted a possible experience working in Africa. He recovered but carries effects from that episode. The elimination of Africa as a next destination opened the path for Nassau, Bahamas. He made that choice and for four years was the CFO of the Catholic archdiocese. The résumé item focuses on budgets, buildings

Aside from the steel, the other interesting aspect of that assertion is the characteristically characteristica lly dispassionate (and no

After he straightened out the finances of the Oregon Province and collected his MBA degree, Niehoff was off in 1986 to

On the way to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island island of Molokai. He was there again just before assuming office at JCU.

 

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 Jesuit Education: Education: the mission of service “…You hear a great deal of talk and read recruiting materials which suggest

formation in philosophy, theology and the arts are critical aspects of a Jesuit

that Jesuit education is primarily about

education that prepare us to successfully

excellence. Jesuit education for Saint

integrate our human knowledge with a

Ignatius was not excellence as an end in

fully human life and spirituality.

itself, but was about doing our best for the

I can also easily see Saint Ignatius

mission of service to which we are all

placing higher education in its global

called. Following his conversion and

context. It is by now well known to all of 

pilgrimages, in order to continue the study

us that if we reduced the entire world to

of philosophy and theology, Ignatius

a single village of one hundred people,

joined boys as young as ten and began his

one person in the village would have a

studies all over again. Though the prospect would have daunted younger

college education; seventy of the villagers could neither read nor write;

men, the pilgrim, as Ignatius refers to

and only one person would own a

himself in his autobiography, despite his

computer.. The individuals who owned computer

thirty-seven years, was not discouraged.

60% of the entire village’s wealth would

Doubtlessly, Ignatius would not have described the timing of his own previous study as excellent, but would suggest that

At the podium during his homily at the inauguration of Stephen Hacala, SJ, as the president of Wheeling Jesuit University in the fall of last year.

starting over was necessary for a better

be the six North Americans in the village. We comprise the most privileged individuals in the entire world. We are all privileged to be here in a

grounding in the study of philosophy and

community of committed faculty and

theology in order to prepare himself for

staff and joined by students whose

the mission of service to which God was calling him.

talents, interest and concern leads them to be a part of the WJU community.

Today, four hundred and fifty years

Each of us, faculty, staff and our students

later,, in addition to a strong formation in later

are certainly fortunate to be one of the

the liberal arts, I have no doubt that

few in our world who have the

Ignatius would see that the need for the

opportunity to work and learn in a

study of economics, social analysis, and an

university community which calls us to

engagement with global issues, as well as a

At the Wheeling inauguration.

use our skills to transform our world. …

From the homily by Rev. Robert Niehoff, SJ, at the installation of Rev. Joseph R. Hacala, SJ, as the seventh president of Wheeling Jesuit University, October 29, 2004

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and the world of numbers, but the voice of   John Carroll’s Carroll’s new leader brightened when he spoke of building Church through endeavor such as training people to be companions to AIDS victims.  Nassau was a graduate course in in learning to communicate with people shaped by a very different set of givens. He said he thrived and had “just an incredible experience.” Though clearly ill-suited for the role of beach bum, Fr. Niehoff did make the acquaintance of the Caribbean in his Nassau years. The Nassau archdiocese’s present leader, Archbishop Patrick Pinder, said of   Niehoff: “He came to work as as a financial officer and in that regard he was absolutely outstanding. He created an impetus and vision that we still benefit from today. The financial structures he put in place allowed us to expand our physical infrastructure. He also was instrumental in developing a pioneer program in the region to assist victims of  AIDS. Bob is very bright and open and

‘Among other things, Bob is a fine businessman. He has great analytical skills and solid quantitative abilities. He is particularly gifted in being able to gauge the future on the basis of  past results.’ the kind of guy who is willing to absorb

Ministry Training. Training. The combined responsibilities were more than extensive. The final stage of Rev. Robert  Niehoff’s long preparation preparation took him, in 1996, to the University of San Francisco (USF), the Jesuit university adjoining the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of ’60s notoriety. His initial position was associate dean and assistant professor of  the School of Education. He subsequently became the associate provost and ultimately the associate provost and vice

new experiences and learn from them. He makes friends easily and is discerning in reading personalities. He has remained a friend of many people in Nassau, and not only of Catholics. I think you will have an outstanding president. He did great work here and I’d have him back tonight.” Gonzaga, where he collected his BA in philosophy in 1977, was the next destination, starting in 1991. This time his dual roles were pursuing a Ph.D. in educational leadership and functioning as a financial and budget analyst. In the latter capacity, he analyzed the university’s purchasing systems, installed a new accounting system for the endowment fund, and conducted an innovative feasibility study of apartment-style student housing. The dissertation involved research into whether commitment to university mission and identity translates into higher job satisfaction. The dissertation did not definitively confirm the correlation, but it shed light and took  Niehoff more deeply deeply into mission mission and identity, which is another primary educational interest.

president for planning and budget. His USF résumé runs for two, full, closelytyped pages. In lieu of itemizing his myriad roles, let it be said that if a modern American university could be usefully compared to a many-roomed mansion, there were few corners of the edifice at the University of  San Francisco that did not come under Fr. Bob’s informed scrutiny. Planning, budget and the nuts and bolts of  administrative infrastructure infrastructure continued to be at the center of his responsibilities, but he taught, was involved in admission, faculty assignment, accreditation, information technology and space planning, led university mission and identity activities, and generally was a jack and master of all academic trades. Rev. Stephen Privett, SJ, USF’s president, said of his former leadership team member: member: “His most most salient characteristic is his complete commitment to Jesuit education and the absence of any ego in the way that he acts on that commitment. Bob looks to the common good and pursues it without any self-

In the last half of his five years at Gonzaga, Niehoff was the rector of a diverse  Jesuit  Jes uit com communi munity ty,, an an assis assistan tantt to to the the vice vice

promotional concerns. concerns. He is able to to make difficult decisions based on good data and solid principles. It is pretty hard to argue

Wearing nephew Jim Mahurin’s cowboy hat.

president for student life, and the associate director of the Mater Dei Institute for

against him if you are not as principled as he. His own values and personal integrity  

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‘His long pastoral work in Catholic engagement encounter encoun ter aro arose se from wanting to better comprehend the reality of couples and the feminine dimension of  humanity.’

give him great moral authority. These personal qualities are hard to come by – you don’t get them by reading a management book or taking courses. They are the fruits of a solid spirituality

heart as well as the mind, and really helps bring the faith into our daily lives.” What he did not do was succumb to the food pretensions of the culinarily sophisticated City by the Bay. When he

that shape who and how Bob is as a was here for his audition in March, person and a leader.” someone asked Fr. Bob what his favorite In addition to the overflowing plate of  food is and he replied: “Well, “Well, my parents his professional activities, Fr. Bob savored were from South Dakota and I was the culture of San Francisco; was a brought up on meat and potatoes. dedicated adjunct member of the women’s Sometimes I like the meat better than the b-ball squad; and loved being a part-time potatoes; sometimes I like the potatoes staff member at St. Joan of Arc in San better than the meat, but they’re both Ramon, where the pastor, Fr. Fred Riccio, pretty good.” characterized the new president as a “great After he finished at USF on June 30, homilist who has done wonderful things  John Carroll’s president-elect flew to on social justice issues; he touches the Brooklyn, NY, for a nephew’s wedding.

In conversation

Q & A wit with h Rev Rev. Robe Robert rt Nieh Niehoff off,, SJ Why did you choose Engaging the  World  to  to be the theme of your inauguration?

To signal an intensified involvement by the university community with the world far afield and near at hand. Global education is already a reality here. We send our students to study in London, Tokyo, Beijing, Belfast, Nairobi and other world centers. To a lesser extent, we draw students from around the world to study here. I expect us to increase that two-way educational exchange. We have also been engaged in the Cleveland area community, particularly with the schools. A primary item in our agenda will be to expand our involvement so that John Carroll becomes a vital resource for the

include the perspective of the people of  the world in the way that we think about the world. Another vital aspect of our engagement with the world is justice. There are so many issues on this earth that drive our concern for justice. I was thinking recently of the address that our superior general, Fr. Kolvenbach, made several years ago. He said, more eloquently than my paraphrase, that you always have to keep in mind that education is not an end in itself. It is always about what we are going to do for the kingdom of God.

universities and I find the affection and commitment here to be very strong. I am also struck by the deep dedication on the part of the members of the faculty to the education and well being of the students.

What are your early impressions of

In our interview you spent some time talking about your experience in building community. I assume that will be a major priority? A good portion of my attention and energy this next year will be spent on building community on campus and in the city. When I saw that terrible story on CNN about the nine children lost in the Cleveland fire, I thought that if I had

this university? I am very impressed with the affection so

been here it would have been appropriate for me to have been present at the

institutions and the people of the area. If our motivation as a university is to make a difference in the world, we have to get to know the world. We need to 20

many members of the John Carroll community have for this university and with their commitment to its mission. I have been connected with a number of 

grieving for those children. You can communicate presence in many ways, but I will work to ensure that the university community and I are present for the

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From there, he reversed directions and turned up in Spearfish, South Dakota, for the 90th birthday of his aunt. Fr. Bob remains extraordinarily close to his family. His father suffers from severe Parkinson’s and is in a veteran’ veteran’ss home. His mother is 91, very bright and frail. Mary Ann Mahurin said that the large Niehoff family is delighted over their Jesuit’ Jesuit’ss new role. From Spearfish, it was to be a couple of  weeks in Molokai, Hawaii, where the president-to-be would gather his force and prepare for a long run of his customary 60-70hour, coffee-punctuated, work weeks, long days spent living out a passionate dedication dedication to getting the job done at John Carroll.  jp

Greater Cleveland community in a variety of significant ways. I am also very committed to making contact with our students and I will be strategizing with Patrick Rombalski, the vice president for student affairs, on how exactly to make that happen. I expect that we will have periodic meetings with student leadership, informal gatherings – perhaps a meal – and then group-specific meetings with various student organizations.

With his colleagues at the University of San Francisco.

You value your own candor; I assume you will grant that to students?

Aside from building community, can you give us some idea of where your focus will be in the early stages of your presidency? I am going to look carefully at our admission issues. I want to carefully evaluate the state of our finances. I need to assess the quality of the student experience. I very much want to engage the faculty in an extended conversation about the quality of academic life on campus, for the students, as well as for the faculty. A long conversation with all segments of the campus community is essential; there really is no other way way.. Over the next year, I expect to be collecting data from

In communications with the campus community,, you have emphasized community “inclusivity” and “transparency” in talking about your governing process. Will that be a hallmark of your administration? Yes. My earlier experience has centered on inclusiveness and transparency in decision-making, and a large piece of that process is the ability to actively engage the university community in the process. Communication is essential. I’m thinking of a monthly campus e-mail because I have a great deal I want to communicate. But it is also essential that I listen, and I plan to be spending a great deal of my

Totally. I am a person about conversation. There is nothing that will kill a

everyone about the vision, mission, collective values and strategic plan of the

time doing just that.

relationship that is candid and somewhat respectful. You You don’t always get respect when people are angry, but I can usually get beyond that.

university. We need to do that before we move on to the next stage, which will involve clarifying all of the above in an evolving document.

Are you eager to begin? I can’t wait.

 

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“Come and show me another city

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arl Sandburg said that about Chicago. He spoke truth. It’ It’ss a wonderful city. It’s also an incredibly important part of   John Carroll. For at least least a century, century, students have been finding their way to campus from Sweet Home Chicago. After their years in University Heights, most return to the metropolis on the shores of Lake Michigan. Some, like Jerry Schweickert’ ’60, never leave our campus once they get here. Others, such as Bill Edwards ’68, move on to other centers of human energy. A good many, like John Boler ’56, begin elsewhere, in places like Lima, Ohio, and migrate to the Windy City or its environs for the richness of its opportunity opportunity..

 Whatever the pattern, literally thousands of John Carroll graduates have either started in the “city of big shoulders” or made it their home after graduation. Presently, Presently, more than 1,500 Blue Streak 22

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with lifted head singing

...so proud to be alive...”

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alumni and alumnae navigate those daunting freeways; chow down on deep dish pizza and Chicago style dogs; live and die with the Cubs (or Sox if they’re from the South Side) and the Bears; are nourished and in turn feed the pulsating dynamo that is Chicago Chicago – no small measure of the strength of the famed “big shoulders” Sanburg celebrated comes from Carroll men and women. We celebrate them all. We offer the stories of nine who exemplify the personality and achievement of John Carroll’s large Chicago crew, crew, as well as an all too brief citation of another 30 who

contribute mightily to making the relationship between the people of Chicago and Cleveland’ Cleveland’ss Jesuit university such an interesting, rich, satisfying human connection.

  

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The Gonnellas;

a story of bread and family The Gonnella story is a chapter in that epic:

environs. Robert grew up with the smell of bread and

The book of bread. bread. In 1879, Alessandro Gonnella ventured, at 16, to the New World from the walled city of Barga B arga in Tuscany. Tuscany. He came to New York as an apprentice in ceramic statuary, but it was a false start. Within two years he was back home, gathering his energies for another crack at the promised land.  Next tim timee he he tried tried Chic Chicago, ago, boar boarding ding wit with h a bake bakerr on DeKoven St. In 1886, the year of John Carroll’s founding, that one-horse delivery wagon bakery was Alessandro’s – he bought building, oven and horse; he was 23. Equipped with a Tuscan recipe, he mixed and kneaded the dough, baked, delivered, kept the books. It was a go.

the knowledge that he would follow his grandfather’s lead, but before that happened he went off to John Carroll to obtain a good education. He got that, but also brought home a bride, as his grandfather had from Barga. This one went by the name of Joan Zirm ’57 and worked as the secretary of Edward McCue, SJ, the dean of Arts & Sciences. She was also a student (night classes), as well as the object of her father’s jocular prophecy: “I loved bread so much, he often said that as soon as I met someone in the bread business, I’d be off and away.” Robert ’56 and Joan ’57 became the parents of  triplets: Paul, Bob and Ann. Paul, the vice president

Ten years later he returned to Barga and brought home Marianna Marcucci to be his bride. He moved to a larger building and soon summoned three teenage brothers-in-law from the Old Country to create a family a family business.  business. In 1915, a plant was built on Erie St. By now there were many horses drawing wagons making hundreds of stops each day. The Gonnella family, like the dough with which they worked, was rising, and in time was – weekly – selling half a million loaves with a thin crust, a style of the staff of life that came to be called Vienna bread. Alessandro died in ’48 when grandson Robert was 14. Robert’s father, Anunzio, and his Marcucci cousins had long since assumed leadership of what had become a household word in Chicago and its

of sales for the present Gonnella Baking Co., did not follow his parents lead, but Bob Jr. ’84 and Ann ’85 became the second set of male and female Gonnellas to graduate from JCU in successive years. Each of  the quartet professes to have found a fine educational experience and a bounty of friendship at the university. Bob used his mother’s notes in the Shakespeare class of Dr. Joseph Cotter. Over the last several decades, the Gonnella product line has shifted. Still based on Erie St., the company produces, weekly, one million loaves of  that Vienna bread, but the vast majority is now baked in the kitchens of supermarkets. Frozen dough is the new product name, but it’s the same loaf – it just has a new delivery system. Many of their other bakery products, such as sandwich buns, continue to carry the brand from Milwaukee to Indianapolis, and another large portion of the 1.5 million pounds of  baked goods that go out from the three Gonnella

The Chicago Network Mary Ann Ahern Bergerson ’76 is a household name and face in Chicago because of her longtime service as

Jerry Burke ’59 is a retired probation officer and an alumni sparkplug.

Jack Carey ’83 runs AllState Arena, which hosts 150, mostly musical, events per year and attracts a collective

a reporter for NBC5, the Windy City’s NBC affiliate.

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audience of 1.5 million.

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factories every week find their way to restaurants. All of which means that while the name isn’t as prominent as it once was, business is very good. The Gonnella story isn’t just a bread story; it’s a happy family tale. At one point there were 40 Gonnellas and Marcuccis working at the baking company; at last count, 33. Stock is owned by 100 family members, though as Robert, Sr. says, “We have no covenants, agreements or restrictions on stock transfers.” Asked his title, Bob, Jr., said, “vice president for operations. I just made that up.” His dad chimed: “That’s one of the ways we keep peace in the family. We have three directors and three officers, and then everybody else can give themselves whatever title they can. We have so many vice presidents you’d need a computer to figure it out.” Whatever they’re doing, it’s working. Robert, Sr., retired as president a few years ago, but Bob, Jr., was able to work with his dad for six years after he returned to the fold from the Board of Trade. Ann Mintz ’85 is the mother of three in Cincinnati. Wherever they are, all of this entrepreneurially successful family take time to break bread with each other, and whether or not they work with the dough, they all continue to be happily engaged in the family mission of making bread together. jp

Chicago native Bill Edwards ’68, seen here shaking hands with President Clinton, is a vice president for Hilton Hotels

Paul Hulseman ’82 is a senior vice president of Solo Cup, a member of the JCU Hall of Fame and the president of the National Alumni Association.

in charge of most of the East Coast. He is also the chairman of the Greater Washington Board of  Trade.

 

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Mark Basso ’82:

an entrepreneur’s dream of speed and skill

Mark Basso built it and they’re coming! Only thing is, when they show up they make a helluva lot more noise than Shoeless Joe and the ghostly boys.. The Autobahn Country Field of Dreams boys Club gang go VROOM! before blurring out. Basso, he loves it. The former Blue Streak tailback is a speed guy and a car guy. guy. As a small boy, he took his dad’ss mower and carved out a dirt bike race track dad’ on the empty lot next door. When he was at  JCU, he’d take take his gold TransAm TransAm and career career through outlying cornfields in the small hours.

snared a few hundred more who agreed to pay 15-30K initiation fees and three thousand yearly dues so they can play in Basso’s country club. By the time all those people were lined up to play,, it was April 2005; esteemed race track play designer Alan Wilson had done his magic; the heavy equipment was leaving the 320 acres near  Joliet, Illinois; Illinois; the gentlemen gentlemen (not only) were starting their engines, and Basso was looking like an entrepreneurial wizard and a forty-something with the coolest backyard in the hood.  No one seems to know if this is the only auto auto

After graduating and returning to northern Illinois to sell insurance and raise a family family,, Basso bought Porsches and raced them. The insurance sold, Penny and the four kinds throve, and Mark had his toys, He also had a dream. VROOM! About seven years ago, Basso took the dream out of his head and named it: The Autobahn Country Club (ACC). The concept? A country club where driving high performance automobiles replaces using a club to get a small ball into a hole.  Penny said, “Go for it.” Basso persuaded three guys to be his partners; looked for land; talked to track designers and engineers; passed muster with

racing operation on the planet based on the country club model, but it probably is. The North Circuit is 1.46 miles and 10 turns; the South Circuit is 2.10 miles with 14 turns; the road racing tracks are contiguous and can be combined to total 3.56 miles. A go-kart track will be built. The present clubhouse is bare bones. Basso plans to replace it with a clubbier one containing a byadmission auto museum. Nearly 20 very large garages for member’s vehicles have been constructed and more are coming. Basso’s a media magnet, but, as yet, it’s it’s mostly regional. Of ACC, racer Mark Junge said, “It

the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers; got down with bureaucrats; spent a year obtaining the various permits. Simultaneously, he was corralling 40 dream-sharers who were willing to pony up 100K (to be reimbursed) for a lifetime portion; then he

definitely goes in my top-three tracks in the country.” His colleague Bob Deily echoed, “Phenomenal.” Basso’ss face nakedly reveals his delight: “I did Basso’ not do this for money. To go from nothing – literally – and build it…You take one step and if  that doesn’t blow you off, you take another step. I

The Chicago Network After a strong law career career,, Colleen HylandRobertson ’83, was elevated to being the Honorable Colleen as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Mike Faems ’72 had a great career in the creative end of advertising with highpowered shops such as Young Rubicam and Burrell Communications. Now, he

and Nancy ’73 are planning on leaving the Windy City to relocate in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Basso with classmate Paul Hulseman ‘82, President of the National Alumni Association. Hulseman knew he had been taken for a ride.

my Porsches, all my toys. It’s just been incredible how it’s taken off. “The neat thing about Autobahn is that there are two tracks. It’s like a golf  club with two 18-hole courses. One’s for the members; the other is rented for corporate events, driving schools. Michael  Jordan’’s mot  Jordan motorcycl orcyclee tea team m was here yesterday.. Morgan Stanley’s here today yesterday to day with clients and Porsche providing the cars. They’re teaching people how to drive; they do a skid path; they learn to oversteer and control the car; they’ll do acceleration and braking on pit row and then a lead and follow around the north track.

“I was the poster child for bad teenage driving – I had a guardian angel on my shoulder. … Golf is fine, but it’s not fast enough, and I’m always thinking I should be calling some guy. When I’m in the car, there is nothing  else. Once you’re in the rhythm, you’re 100% focused.” You can see that when you’re in the passenger seat with Basso. It’s not driving; it’s another kind of activity. For a passenger, it’s scary. Basso’s never had a scrape, but everyone wears a bracelet indicating they signed a waiver; an ambulance is always at the ready. For a passenger who has never been on a roller coaster because his butterflies are big, it’s really scary. So scary your eyes are – mostly – closed, and your feet are pushing

The Farrell brothers – William ’77, Brian ’78 and Richard ’79 – are Chicago

through the floor, and your shoulder is trying to become part of the metal of the delicate – it’s a blue butterfly – Lotus Elise race car that Mark Basso is piloting on the South Circuit. The speed isn’t that great, maybe 100, but the braking and the turns are unlike anything in ordinary life. “Speed isn’t what impresses me,” Basso had said. “Braking does. Braking from 140 mph in 20 feet. “ Paul Hulseman ’82 and the reporter didn’t do that, but they did enough to understand how different this kind of  driving is, and to understand that Mark Basso is a driver and an impressive entrepreneur,, and to understand that entrepreneur inside the VROOM there is a WHEE! jp

Tim Freeman ’78 is the development director for the Chicago Province of the Society

area physicians.

of Jesus. He is also a former JCU staff member and a current class columnist.

 

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Julie Thorud Adrianopoli ’99:

a passion to build community  Julie Thorud Adrianopoli Adrianopoli ’99 never quite reached a B average here, but it’s doubtful that anyone who experienced her then would contest the assertion that Julie was one of the most complete students to walk the Quad. She was a fine track athlete; wrote well for the Carroll  News; played, as a student worker, worker, a significant role in gathering the data that underpinned the conceptual vision of the Dolan Center, and was a marvel of dedication to community service.

The centerpiece of the highlight film was the playground, MPower2Play, created at the Margaret Ireland School in Cleveland’s central city.. She was not alone on that project for which city more than $100,000 was raised. Grant Mast ’98 and others were indispensable, but Julie was a wonder,, as were her parents. Five times Elinor wonder Thorud drove 12 hours each way from Wisconsin to help make that playground a reality – help meaning, among other things, laying down blacktop and mixing concrete. The university’s university’s annual report that year featured a full-page photo of Julie with the Ireland gang and her quote: “Empowering people is not a grand concept. It’s doing little things for others on a daily basis. It’s really nothing more than caring for your neighbor.” Post diploma, Julie got the grades in earning an MBA at Case Western Reserve. She sampled the corporate world as an Ernst and Young consultant, but “felt isolated from community issues, and wanted to be on the ground working with people and improving communities.” She did that as the vice president for programs and services of the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture, part of the effort to enhance Greater Cleveland’s Cleveland’s arts and cultural resources. Her participation ended last year when her’97, husband of two years, Carlin Adrianopoli swept her off to his native Chicago, where he now serves as a restructuring consultant. In truth, it was not exactly an uprooting: Julie is a LaCrosse, Wisconsin Wisc onsin native, and Chicago is both a great city

The Chicago Network J. Patrick Herald ’69 of Baker & McKenzie is the

Thomas M. Tully ’59 of Thomas M. Tully & Associates is also

John Boler ’56 is the founder and chairman of The

immediate past chairman of Baker & McKenzie’s North American Litigation Practice Group and heads the firm’s Chicago litigation practice.

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a leading Chicago attorney and a presence on the boards of diocesan, educational and other non-profit organizations. He holds the Alumni Medal.

Boler Company, a leading international supplier of truck parts. Boler has long been a major donor and leader of John Carroll, from which he received the Alumni Medal and an honorary doctorate.

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and closer to home.  Julie’ss job search took  Julie’ took her to the Illinois Arts Alliance, where she is working territory similar to that of the partnership. The Michigan Avenue-based Avenue-based group enables non-profit arts organizations to better serve their communities. As the alliance’s public policy director, Adrianopoli lobbies keepers of the purse like Congressman Danny Davis so that short shrift isn’t given to that which nourishes the soul of  the citizenry. What this requires of  Adrianopoli is endless meetings throughout Illinois to nurture the advocacy efforts of local non-profits, as well as occasional forays into Washington. With funding having twice increased,  Julie has had an impact. IMPACT (Involvement Motivates Personal Action and Challenges Teens) was the acronym of the organization she founded back at Aquinas High in LaCrosse. Her mission was to persuade the Catholic school’s administration to include a service requirement for graduation. The teenage effort revealed

Adrianopoli is also invariably working to lead communities  to make change. That’s what she’s doing at the Illinois Arts Alliance, but at the end of an interview in late June, she confided that she is not yet at the heart of  the matter. The probability is that before long she will attend Northwestern to prepare herself to teach and become a principal at a The Illinois Arts Alliance’s Adrianopoli is seen here with school like the ones Julie and Illinois Congressman Danny Davis in March 2004. Carlin spruce up. “When I was in the 8 th grade, I said I was going to be a principal,” to, among others, Boler School mentors she observed. “For whatever reason, I Bob Ginn and Dr. Frank Navratil. haven’t followed that path, but I believe I  Julie has just undertaken another will. Education is the core. I think many mission: being the president of John of the world’s problems could be solved if  Carroll’s Chicago Club. “We’re hoping to we focused more attention and resources re-energize the network of Chicago on educating our youth.” Carroll people, so they feel again what  Julie has a passion passion for being a leader leader  John Carroll meant meant to them and realize and working to improve the vitality of  how they can continue to be involved communities, and that includes schools. through recruiting students and helping She also feels strongly about the

 Julie’s characteristic  Julie’s characteristic big-picture leadership leadership agenda. While she always puts her hands on the task – when other young couples are sleeping in on a Saturday Saturday,, the Adrianopolis are likely to be painting neglected inner city classrooms –

community she left behind in University Heights. “The experience I had at John Carroll was the foundation for my passion to help others.” Fr. Schell was the first person she met on her pre-college tour, tour, and she’s stayed close to him, as she has

James Purcell ’80 was born and raised in Chicago but emigrated to N.Y. where he became, in turn, a stockbroker and a high-

the university in other ways.” “Helping,” as a community, one of the many communities in which Julie Thorud Adrianopoli participates and tirelessly works to improve. jp

Jim Trainor ’55 is the president of Trainor Glass, currently ranked fifth in sales volume in the U.S.

profile fashion designer designer..

 

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Tim Cavanagh ’84:

defender of victims

Tim Cavanagh ’84 is a confident presence, charged is not too strong a word. When he walks in the room, he captures your eyes. It isn’t hard to imagine him easily and carefully holding the jury’s attention. The evidence indicates that he does that well. He says, “The one or two cases I’ve lost, I can see why we didn’t prevail.” He didn’t know the number of  losses precisely, but if he had to count, it would take no more than “certainly one hand.” That’s out of “20 to 30” trials” before a jury, but since most cases are settled before they go to trial, the Chicago lawyer, an all-star or “super lawyer” in the eyes of his peers, said his success

rate crowds 100. He notes with a touch of modesty that also acknowledges his earned position of  privilege: “I’m lucky enough to pick the cases I want to get involved in, and I don’t pick losers.” A goodly portion of his picks are big winners. The jury’s award to the Velarde family when their Ford Explorer was hit by a train was $55.7 million. It held up under appeal. It’s Cavanagh’s Cavanagh’s largest, but it’s one of many multi-million dollar awards the co-founder of Cavanagh & Lloyd has either won at trial or by settlement. The newspaper headlines Cavanagh and company trumpet on their web site include: ”Lloyd & Cavanagh Obtains $20 Million Judgment,” and “$9.1 Million Train-Car Crash Settlement is a State Record,” a record eclipsed later by the Velarde verdict.  Should it be called the Velarde verdict or the one that totaled $55,715,406.65? Large award numberss captivate number captivate attention and obscure obscure the human complexity of all parties, as well as the relevant questions of justice. Cavanagh’s firm does no advertising, but those numbers are a magnet for new clients, and it would be naïve to assume that he and his colleagues don’t revel in the way big dollars advance careers and fortunes. In a fiercely partisan society, those numbers also inflame. An earlier article extolling a JCU alumnus who enjoys success in this territory brought letters excoriating the lawyer and the magazine. The debate seems endless, but there appear to be cogent voices who argue that, as regards the medical malpractice part of the situation at least, large jury

The Chicago Network John Gilmore ’62 has been one of the

Dr. Karen Judy ’86 is the director of 

John Rooney ’64 is the president and

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world’s premier traders in futures; in the ’80s, he led

the Pediatric Residency Program at Rush

CEO of U.S. Cellular, the wireless communications

Goldman Sachs to be the number one institutional broker of futures and options in the world.

Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center.

company.

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awards are notmalpractice the simpleinsurance. cause of  skyrocketing His partner generally handles medical malpractice. Cavanagh takes the lead on, for example, cases where human or system failure at a railroad crossing led to catastrophe and suffering; or where a police chase indirectly led to a young mother’s death. Cavanagh sees himself as a victims’ defender,, as a seeker of justice. “Anyone defender who wants to criticize the jury that awarded $55 million for the lives of these brain damaged people (the Velardes), I would offer to bring them to their house and show them the lives of these people. We have a jury trial system; it’s not perfect, but it’s better than anyone has come up with since…I don’t make up the facts. When a case goes to trial, my job is to persuade a jury that the facts are in our favor and the law justifies an award for the plaintiff.” It’s more than that though. He sees himself as a warrior defending individuals against large corporations, which, he argues, generate most law suits and habitually place

general’s office. A brief, unhappy stint serving corporations followed, and then he landed a prize personal injury mentoring situation as a young gun for Phil Corboy, a master. At going on 43, Cavanagh’s become a young master. He says, “I am actually happiest when I’m at trial and working 20 hours a day. I do come alive in a different way.” He takes “a small army” of experts and assistants with him when he does battle. Stacey Cavanagh is a corporate litigator. They have a winter home in Arizona; there is a lot of golf, and the

been very good to me my whole life. He flew me out to John Carroll to look at the school; he took me to games.”

a ridiculously low value on the life of a person: “I represent the little guy. For whatever reasons, my make-up, my DNA, I’m like that. People are defenseless.” After he got his JD from Chicago Kent, Cavanagh worked for the Illinois attorney

embrace of a large, loving, family. Which includes Cavanagh’s uncle and Godfather, Godfather, Tom Tully ’59, a successful Chicago lawyer,, mentor and role model: “From lawyer him, I learned work ethic, work ethic, work ethic, and how to treat people. He’s

Cavanagh said he loves what he’s doing and that “while I’ve done well, there are a lot of hills still to climb.” On the evidence to date, those ascents will be smooth and successful. jp

James McDonough ’55 is the founder of  McDonough & Associates, an engineering

P.J. Kissane ’86 is the vice president and advertising

firm that has played a major role in building contemporary Chicago. He is also a generous benefactor of his alma mater.

director of U.S. News & World  Report , overseeing the ad sales and marketing efforts of the

He is an Alumni Medalist.

weekly news magazine.

 

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Liliana Morales ’07:

to be a leader, to get things done Chicago’ Chicago’s s Liliana is notlily, a shrinking violet. She’s moreMorales of a … torch also called a red hot poker. This reporter felt the chili in Lily in Ecuador on a Campus Ministry trip last summer when the then freshwoman said during a shared spiritual reflection: “…the first time I saw you I thought to myself, ‘Who is that mean old man who never smiles…’” That fire was quickly cooled by sweetness, but Liliana’ Liliana’ss willingness to singe was established. Her sassy style is just Lily, but she did have help becoming who she is. In late June, standing on the deck of a Shoreline excursion boat on which she’s worked for several summers, Lily reflected: “My mother was the single parent of five children under the age of seven after we escaped my father’s crazy and violent ways. We had to become independent. She had to work for us, and we had to do our part. I had to take care of my younger sisters. We learned to live by, ‘You do something about it because no one else will.’ “In school I was rather bossy. I wanted

to get things done. ‘Okay, ‘Okay, if you’re not going to do anything about it, I’ll do it.’ Too many people stand back and complain. You either have to go to someone who is going to get it done, or you have to get it done yourself.” When it came time to say goodbye to John Gladstone at his farewell party on May 10, Lily got it done herself. Not long before, she had waltzed into the office of Dr. David La Guardia, the academic vice president, and announced that she wanted to be on the farewell program. At the event, La Guardia told the gathering he would take the humorous approach to saying goodbye and wouldn’t touch the emotions Gladstone’s departure aroused. Lily followed by Gladstone’s striding to the mike and announcing that she would go there. The results were memorable. Senorita Morales said in part: “When I heard he was leaving, I was stunned, and, to put it as bluntly as possible, very MAD. I was mad because he was leaving me here. I wondered who I was going to rely on to help me with my problems at school. However, However, I soon came to the conclusion that I did not need to rely on Mr Mr.. Gladstone anymore. He had helped me in my freshman year as a person dependent on him. Now, ending my sophomore year, I was an independent adult capable of making wise decisions. “I am so proud and lucky to have had such a close relationship with Mr. Gladstone. … I will miss going to his office and hugging him, I will miss all the times he called me a trouble maker. I will

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Sheila Bigane Bauschelt ’83 leads a

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with Manning Selvage & Lee office of the Publicis Groupe. Her

the university’s Alumni Medal and she and her

company that provides fuel to ships on Lake Michigan,

responsibilities include strategic planning, media relations. Her primary focus is on the public affairs efforts for the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

classmate/ Don Brownhusband have been two of the magnetic centers of  the John Carroll alumni community for more than three decades.

directing theF. tanker M/V Joseph Bigane – “You can think of it, basically, as a floating gas station” – as it delivers its vital liquid to wherever the ships may be.

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miss the times he would call just to say hi. I will miss the times he looked me in the eye and told me he believed in me. I will miss having a father figure at JCU…We have all been blessed to have been graced with such a loving person, I think God should consider making Mr. Gladstones in bulk…” La Guardia said later: “She was wonderful. She was not at all shy about taking the microphone and being as honest and human as she could possibly be in stating how much she respected, loved and would miss John.” Lily came to JCU because David Harris, the lawyer who helped Ms. Morales with her divorce – and beyond – suggested this university. Harris is married to Mary Dolan, Charles and Helen Dolan’s niece. Liliana has been the babysitter of the Harris’ children and carries their picture in her wallet. A scholarship student at prestigious Latin School of Chicago, Lily wanted to do pre-med here – to please her mother – but she struggled as a freshman. She finished her sophomore year on both the dean’s list and a path to become a Spanish teacher. She’s now the president of the university’s Latin American Students’ Association (LASA). Lily’s family has made do with little money. This spring it looked as if there might not be enough resources for Liliana to

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return for her junior year, but then she was awarded the Jason R. Schuster Memorial Scholarship, named for the Chicago area student/athlete who died shortly after his graduation in 1998. As a result of the award,

Lily’s junior year has begun. Post graduation, teaching is likely, but there are other possibilities. Whatever she chooses, this Ms. Morales is determined “to be a leader, to get things done.” It’s happening. jp

LASA

Terry O’Brien ’78 is

Bob Ytsen, SJ ’72 is

’78 is the chief of the Division of Oncology at Northwestern University Medical School.

the elected commissioner and the president of the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, a position of great importance in which O’Brien administers a billion dollar budget.

a teacher of English at Loyola Academy and a spiritual presence in the Chicago alumni community.

 

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Chris Schuba ’74:

still hooked up after all these years Chris Schuba is still hooked up. When he was hanging on the Quad in the early ’70s, Schuba was, under the auspices of the University Club (U-Club) U-Club),, one of the drivers of the campus music scene, bringing, as Chris put it in the ’74 Carillon Carillon,, “the most complete program of exciting music and comedy of any school our size…” We’re talking, that year: Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, the Kinks, Gordon Lightfoot, Mott the Hoople – Hoople  – all still in the racks; then, big names! Today, Schuba is overseeing the scene at, where else, Schubas – they are not possessive – which one reviewer termed a “classic neighborhood corner

Chris and his co-owning brother Mike, was built in 1900 as a Schlitz Brewery “tied-house,” a companyowned bar serving only the corporate product. It was where brewery wagons drawn by teams of Percherons delivered barrels of beer in the early morning, so that small boys could fetch a covered galvanized tin pail – called a “growler” (escaping CO2 created a rumbling growl) – full of the brew for their dads. Fair to say that Schuba oversees oversees the  the bar/music club/adjacent Harmony Grill restaurant, but Mike is in closer touch. Chris has a demanding day job at which he has been very successful. The Christopher Schuba Co. is an independent ad

bar.” It’s the kind of jointshow where and Sarah McLaughlan upDave to do Matthews a couple of  sets for the 100 or so folks who find their way into what used to be the Schlitz beer hall behind the cool bar room. Sarah and Dave have not happened for a good while, but they did, and their emerging kin do now. “It’s the first place that a lot of national recording artists will play when they go out on tour for the first or second time,” said Schuba the impresario. “They love playing here and they’re treated well. Some people think we have the best acoustics in the city and we have a great piano.” Schubas, “a quintessential Chicago locale,” is a  North  Nor th Side Side Lake Lakeview view neig neighbor hborhood hood scene scene,, and it carries a bucket-load of charm and history. The “neo-Gothic brick and masonry treasure,” bought in ’88 and beautifully restored by

sales rep firm that enjoys exclusive Midwest region contracts – “we have to please the magazines and the advertisers” – with magazines like Rolling  Stone, Cosmopolitan, ESPN, Spin, Vibe. Vibe. When he came out of Carroll in ’74, Chris started selling ads for The Sun Times, The Daily News, News, but life got better when he jumped to mags and then opened his own shop in ’90. “We book a nice group of magazines,” says Schuba. “Advertising is extremely challenging right now because of all the new media and all the places for advertisers to spend their dough. Magazines are still the best way to talk to the consumer; it’s the most personal medium. We talk about the product; no radio guy talks about the product. I think I’m a good salesman and I have a passion for product. I was a newspaper reader when I was five. I started out reading The Daily  News –  News  – I delivered them.” Schuba is the son of a Polish salesman and an

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Dennis Casey 87 is a strategic account manager for General Binding Corporation (GBC), who works with Fortune 500 companies compa nies to help them develop consistent consi stent mast master er programs for their sales and communication efforts.

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Edward Cooper 84 is a senior vice president at Cole Taylor Bank and a central figure in the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention.

Dr. Jerry Schweickert ’60 came to John Carroll as a stellar scholastic quarterback and stayed on to be a multi-sport coach, an influential professor and one of the stalwarts of  the university over the past four decades.

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Irish mom. Born on the South Side, he’s a die-hard Sox fan, so he’s happy this year. He’ss a hard-core Chicago guy and there He’ was never any doubt he would come home. Nonetheless, he loved Carroll, and the fact that he met Catharine Swanson Schuba ’75 in University Heights was certainly not the least reason for his undying affection. Schuba says: “John Carroll was a great place. It was a great community community.. I made a lot of lifelong friends there and it wasn’t just people in my class. When I was a freshman, I knew seniors… I was a political science major and Dr. John Czerapowicz was spectacular. It was Vietnam…he gave me curiosity and taught me how to parse what was happening, what had happened…Jim Magner…” The only negativity Schuba expressed about his university was this dollop of  residual attitude about the late and, in many quarters, lamented I-Chis: “The I-Chis are a legend in their own mind. You’re not going to get me to swoon about the I-Chis and their ostensible lore. I was there on the ground.” He’s there on the ground now in Lakeview and also in nearby Lincoln Park, where he, Catharine and their son, Tom, 16, recently moved from suburban Evanston. It’s clearly clearly a good place to be. jp

Scholarship winner

Dick Murphy ’57 has won both the Alumni Medal and the Alumni Service

Since 1983, the Chicago Club has awarded a scholarship to an area high school senior. This year, Maura Reilly from Mother McAuley High School in

Medal. He anchors has beenof  one of the the Chicago John Carroll alumni community for almost half a century.

Chicago the recipient of this $5,000 per year is renewable scholarship. Maura hopes to play golf for the Blue Streaks and get involved in Campus Ministry.

 

 

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The John Carroll community:

A single parent’s parent’s second family

By Ellen Brown

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This is the first of four articles on the parental experience at John Carroll. In the issues of the magazine to be  published during the academic year of 2005-06, we will tell the stories of four families pursuing the go goal al of a  John Carroll education. While every parent’ par ent’ss experience is unique, we hope to capture much that is common to those back home who play an enormous role in the education of the young women and men at the university.

ike most parents, Larry and Dawn Fanelli assumed they would see their three children through college, celebrating their victories, large and small. But four years ago the couple from Green, Ohio, was confronted with a sobering information: a rare and rapidly growing form of adenocarcinoma had invaded the lining of Larry’s body and digestive track. The prognosis wasn’t good – Larry had a year and a half to live.

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for their children and cherish their remaining time. “I remember being so touched by how much they cared about their kids and wanting to make sure they’d be all right and able to make it through John Carroll,” recalls John Gladstone, the former associate academic vice president for enrollment services who is now president of Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon. “They would come in and talk to me about

Plesz, who became acquainted with Dawn through the Catholic schools their children attended together, says it wasn’t until Larry passed away that she really got to know the mother of three. Plesz marvels at Dawn’s Dawn’s positive attitude and says she is the kind of friend friend you can call night or day to share joy or sorrow. “She is just this amazing person. She never complained at all about what she was going through. And she has this

The news dealt a severe blow to the Fanellis, who had been married for almost 23 years and at the time had two children – Leia ’03 and Sonny ’04 – enrolled at John Carroll. Dawn recalls struggling to keep her sense of humor intact and teasing her husband: “That’s just like you, Larry. You couldn’t just get a normal kind of cancer. You had to get something odd and rare.” Though surgical procedures performed in hospitals in Washington, Washington, D.C. and Akron failed to improve Larry’s Larry’s condition, the couple was determined to stay strong

their kids. They were just so much in love and so dedicated to their kids. And they both were so involved with athletics. Larry was everything with athletics.” Dawn, a youthful looking, high-spirited woman with blond hair and sparkling brown eyes, grows quiet when asked how she remained strong in the face of her husband’s illness. “When my friends tell me how strong I am, and how amazing I am, and how they couldn’t have done what I did, it makes me uncomfortable,” she says with a half smile “I mean, of course it was

hilarious sense of humor.” Many people probably never realized how funny Dawn Dawn was while Larry was alive, Plesz observes, because he was so funny himself, and overshadowed overshad owed her in a way. Plesz speculates that Dawn’s sense of humor helped her weather the loss of her husband – that and her faith, which she sometimes discussed with her friend. Though Dawn doesn’t claim to be “super religious, I do have a strong faith,” she says. “I think you really have to, or you just won’t survive. You’d just fall apart. And

very painful Larry. Butcan’t you fall have to be strong forlosing your kids. You apart. You have to be there for them.” Besides, it was her kids that were strong, not her, she insists, leaning across the table at a local restaurant as if to emphasize her point. “I am so proud of  them and how they weathered this.”

you Dawn can’t do that.”that her children have explains “always been my world,” and expresses gratitude for the blessings she’s received in her life. The only thing she ever really wanted to do, she says, was to get married and have a family. “And I got to do that. Larry was a great guy. And I have three wonderful kids, who I got to stay home with.”

Later in the conversation, Dawn reluctantly admits that her positive attitude and inner strength may have helped her children cope with the loss of their father, described by her friend Mary Alice Plesz as a “very funny man who was the life of the party.”

Her Family Away from Home Dawn is a self-proc self-proclaimed laimed football football fanatic who claims she’s never missed a  John Carroll football football game – no no matter

how distant – since her kids became involved in athletics at the university. university. In turn, Fanelli says the John Carroll football team has been a wonderful source of  support for the entire family during the difficult years following Larry’s death. Sonny,, who played football all four years Sonny  

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Dawn with Sonny, Leia, and Anthony.

at John Carroll, is “kind of a quiet kid,” Dawn explains softly. softly. “And the football

wing to become “that man in his life, that male role model, which he so much

her, as well, with Larry gone and the th e “nest” empty,, “it really made me feel good, empty

team was so supportive. They said prayers for Larry at practice and they dedicated games to him.” When Larry was in the hospital, the football coaches came to the hospital and brought him a signed ball. It really helped Sonny, who is kind of quiet and reserved, to have that support.” That support continued even after Larry died, she remembers. At calling hours

needed,” Dawn recalls. The fathers of other football players also provided encouragement to her children, particularly Sonny and Anthony (’06), currently a senior at John Carroll (Leia was a cheerleader all four years). After the games, the fathers would come down from the stands and make a point of praising the young men for their performance, just as

knowing that they were there for each other in this nice, close-knit community.” Today, Dawn, who says she’s moving on with her life, continues to be amazed by the bounty of support provided by the John Carroll community. This past summer, when Anthony suffered an on-the-job accident that required major surgery. Dawn remembers being shocked and shaken

they did with their own kids. There s something to be said for those parents because they had their own kids to fuss over, and they were fussing over mine too.” In that first year, after Larry died, Dawn says she took comfort in knowing that all three kids – Leia, Sonny, and Anthony – were together at John Carroll. Her children, who enjoy a close relationship with one another, provided mutual support during a difficult time. Though Dawn admits that it was a challenging time for

when she met him at Lakewood Hospital by the laceration her youngest son had sustained to his leg. After Anthony was transferred to Akron City Hospital for surgery,, Dawn recalls being astounded surgery when she was greeted by a roomful of  Anthony’s friends in the waiting room, eager to offer their support. “There were even two sets of parents who showed up to support me because their kids couldn’t be there,” Dawn remembers. “It was just unbelievable, It was like a little reception.”

In spite of all the support, it’s difficult sometimes, Dawn admits, to see how her children are affected by Larry’s absence, to see that longing in their eyes for their father. She recalls one such occasion at a football game she attended in Marietta, Ohio. After Sonny and Anthony scored

university, she notes, not only builds university, character and provides students with a well-rounded education, it also creates a community that allows for bonds to form between students and faculty members. Dawn said she was touched by the way that faculty members truly got to know her kids,

Carroll with a degree in engineering physics, began her first year as a graduate student at Vanderbilt University, where she is involved in a program in medical physics. Sonny, Sonny, who majored in math with a minor in Spanish and business, is an assistant business analyst in the Finance

consecutive touchdowns, they took the time to acknowledge their dad in the end zone. “I was really touched,” she says. “For them to be in the excitement of the game and to take a moment to acknowledge their Dad, I thought that was really something. And you know they must still be thinking about him a lot.” Though Dawn says she, of course, misses Larry, what she really misses most is having her husband there for the kids – for football games and milestones like graduation and first first jobs. “I really feel bad that he can’t be there for the kids,” she says, her eyes tearing up slightly. “That they don’t have him there for support and to be there to watch them grow up. He really left them on the verge of being adults and that’s hard.”

inviting them to their homes for dinner sometimes. “I have friends who send their kids to larger universities, so I know that just doesn’t happen at a lot of places,” she says. Even today, Sonny and Leia still stay in touch with some of the faculty they got to know in college. When Dawn is asked if there were any downsides to sending her kids to John Carroll, she grows quiet, seeming to scan her brain for the t he answer. “T “Truthfully,” ruthfully,” she says, “I can’t think of a single negative thing to say about John Carroll.” Suddenly, a smile

Department at First Energy in Akron. Anthony, who is scheduled to graduate this coming spring, is planning on a career in communications with a focus on sports. “I’m really proud of my kids,” Dawn says. “I’m really lucky. They’re just all very special in their own way way.. All very different personalities.” When Anthony graduates next year, year, Dawn says she’ll miss being a part of the  John Carroll community community,, a community that has nourished her spirit with friendship, fun, and support. But she hopes to remain connected by attending some of the football games and staying in touch with parents she’s befriended through the Parents Football Club, an organization she’s she’s been involved with for a couple of years. “John Carroll is like another family to me,” she says. “And I still have a lot of friends there.”

for Larry s funeral, Dawn recalls being “amazed” at all the John Carroll students who filled the funeral home. “I don’t know how all those boys got there. I don’t know whether they came up on a bus or what. But they just kept on coming. The coaches and these kids were so supportive of Sonny, and that was so touching to see.” The Blue Streaks continued to hold Masses for Larry even after he died, and a couple of coaches, most notably head coach Regis Scafe, took Sonny under his 38 

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Worth the Effort

Dawn, who works as a manager/ bookkeeper at a small screen printing and embroidery business in Akron, admits that sending three children through John Carroll wasn’t without its financial challenges. In fact, there were times when she was quietly concerned that the family wouldn’t be able to afford the expense. But she credits Gladstone for his support, and her children, for persevering. “I was lucky that my kids had such good grades,” she says, smiling. “And John (Gladstone) was great. He found scholarships and grants and everything else for the kids. John Carroll is very good about going the extra mile to find you another

spreads across herparking face. “Okay, something. The really here’s sucks!” she says, laughing. ”But that’s about it.” Seeds of Success

Dawn says she is proud of her children and their achievements, not to mention grateful for the education they received and are receiving at John Carroll. This fall, Leia, who graduated from John

Anthony Fanelli

Ellen Brown is a Cleveland-area writer and communications consultant.

Sonny Fanelli

scholarship or another loan. Gladstone, for his part, credits Dawn for her perseverance. He recalls that she was always there for her children, “calling or writing to me, sometimes, concerned about one of the kids, but always very upbeat.” In the end, Dawn says the challenge of  sending the kids through John Carroll was well worth the effort. “There is something to be said about getting an education at  John Carroll Carroll,” ,” she says. says. “It’s “It’s real really ly a specia speciall place, an incredible community. community. The  

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J O H N

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ALUMNI JOURNAL

A message from Rev. Timothy T. Shannon, SJ, vice president for development and alumni relations And so we begin again. The start of a new academic year offers another chance to realize our goals and welcome the next generation of John Carroll alumni to campus. This year’s beginning is especially exciting because it brings us a new president, Rev. Robert L.  Niehoff, SJ, who promises to be a dynamic

 Jesuit education. To be men and wo women men for others is necessarily to engage the world. It’s what the Society of Jesus has always done in the almost five hundred years of its existence. Fr. Niehoff reminds us of our mission and invites us to think about some of the new ways in which we will be engaged with the world in the 21st Century. This last summer we had students traveling to, among other places, Kenya,  Northern Ireland, and Ecuador Ecuador.. During the new academic year our young men and

the world, many of whom are involved in some type of service or mission-driven endeavor. At the same time, we are strengthening our commitment to service at home by using the university’s varied resources to assist area schools and other enterprises of  the Northeast Ohio region. I enhanced my own engagement with the alumni by participating in Reunion Weekend in June. It was my privilege to interact with wonderful people who are

leader, one powerfully committed to Jesuit education and its dedication to service. Fr. Niehoff has chosen as the theme of  his October inauguration and his entire first year as president these three words: Engaging  the World. This World. This theme is at the heart of 

women will venture to many parts of the planet to learn and to serve. Like our students, our alumni are scattered across the globe living out John Carroll’s mission every day. We have alumni in more than forty countries around

engaged in raising families, building careers, making a difference…engaging the world. We begin again, with renewed vigor, and a dedication to serve, “seeking God in all things, as St. Peter Claver said, and … find(ing) God by our side.”

Help us create your national alumni association The value of our National Alumni Association is based on the relationships alumni have with one another and with John Carroll

University. The association’ association’ss long-term initiative includes supporting one another and the school in order to fulfill the promise in the Prayer for a John Carroll

Student , “May the university be a better Student, place because I am here.” As a group, we have embraced and are in the midst of a strategic development process that is leading us towards a focus on key initiatives. We hope to identify those activities that are important to alumni and establish ways to get alumni involved nationally. These areas will likely include the local city clubs, scholarships, admissions, athletics support, networking and development.

We would like to hear from you. What do you want to see from the Alumni Association? What are the activities and events you think are important? Please drop me a note and let me know.

The new alumni board met during a very productive meeting on R eunion Saturday. The current board members are (from left): Joe Whelan ’65, Ken Honecker ’04G, Ryan Daly ’99, Paul Hulseman ’82, Tim Freeman Freeman ’78, Peggy Finucane ’80, John Creamer ’85, C asimir Bukala, SJ, ‘54 Bob Valente ’69. Not present for the photo were: Rich Radke ’91 and Julie Schwing ’01.

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Paul Hulseman 120 Evergreen Lane Winnetka, IL 60093 [email protected]

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The sun did shine on this

Reunion Dram atic dark clouds loom over the Big Tent, Dramatic Tent, but pictures can be deceiving. Rosalie Massey, the staff reunion czarina, said she was standing in the back of Gesu at Mass on Saturday and she turned and looked out and saw those ominous clouds, and said to herself, “Oh my, God, don’t let it rain!” And, it did not! Overall, the weather was just fine and so too were the events, the food, the music, and – by far most importantly – the warm human connections enjoyed by the 1500 or so alumni, spouses, children, faculty and staff as they frolicked on campus for three days in  June,  Jun e, 1717-19, 19, in the sum summe merr o off 2005. 2005. More

than 700 700 of the frolickers frolicker s were we re alumni and and alumnae from the classes whose year designationss end in 0 or 5. This was a good one. designation Ed Tepas ’55, who hadn’t been back in half a century, later: that, “I should not have 50 years.”wrote We knew but we’re glad waited Ed discovered it. Generous reunion-giving edged over the $1.5 million mark, an achievement due in no small measure to the $863,673 donated by the golden class of 1955. In all, it was a very sweet party and all present seemed to leave with smiles of satisfaction.  

 

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16213 Marquis Ave. Cleveland, OH 44111 216-941-1795

REUNION 2006

JUNE 23-25

If I can finish this column and fax it to Michele, it will be one of the few times in the last 25 years that I will be on time — my first column was published in July 1981. ... I had three replies to my list of alumni who were listed in the  Alumni Directory as No information available . Two are now deceased: Anthony Savoca ’30 and Frank Hearns ’36 who died August 1997. Jack T. Hearns ’61, Frank’s grandson and fellow columnist, called me with the information on his grandfather. The third alumnus was Fr. Herman J. Muller, SJ ’31. He has spent his entire priesthood teaching at the University of Detroit (except for several sabbatical years teaching in Ireland.) He’s 95 years old and living at University of Detroit Mercy Jesuit Community, Lansing Reilly Hall, PO Box 19900, Detroit, MI 48219-0900, phone 313-993-1600. He is the oldest member of the Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus. His family owned land on what is now JCU. His father was a master carpenter who did the paneling of the 1 st floor dining room, 2nd floor former recreation room and 1 st floor chapel in Rodman Hall. All this data and more was in a letter to me from Fr. Glenn Williams, SJ ’45 JCU and Ignatius in ’41 who is at the Colombiere Center. ... I received some sad news! I got a letter from Kaye Burns, her husband Dr. Francis Burns had a stroke Easter Saturday morning. It was a massive one involving his left side. He’s had many complications since. His mind i s sharp and he can read. So drop him a card: his home address is 303 N. Meramec Unit 203, Clayton, th

MO 63105 …On July 8 , Frances and I drove to Washington, D.C. I haven’t been there since Jack Lavelle ’38 died, 28 years ago. I didn’t recognize the district or the surrounding area. It’s all polluted with buildings, people, houses, and vehicles. We saw the WWII Memorial and Arlington Cemetery and visited Jack’ Jack’s s grave, as well as his widow, Josephine McEllen Lavelle, who has moved in with their daughter, Gerrie, on five acres of beautiful land in a house built 350 years ago. Chief Justice John Marshall once bought the house but died before he could

was the first to go all four years on the new campus. Most of the faculty were Jesuits, and the few lay professors (Dr. Aloysius Bungart, etc.) were male. There were 140 graduates that year and 24 are still around, most showing some wear. This publication was run on a mimeograph in the basement in the administration building by Fr. Joseph Tepley. It was the location for everything except dorms, and priests’ residence. There was

the Cathedral Latin Lions cold on a rainy September Saturday in 1937 as a John Adams Rebel halfback, is having difficulty with golf due to limited vision. ... Andy Mulwick ’s death is a great loss to ’42 and JCU; he was keeping books as an accountant until a short while ago. ... In the last column I advised that Ken Fitzgerald’s professorship would be featured — he taught marriage and family at Xavier U., 1950-53, while working for the

one dorm, occupied by guys mostly from Akron and Chicago, who loved to “short sheet” Fr. Murphy,, their watchdog. One night they moved Murphy the barber chair into his room, and lined his PJs with cold cream! He earned his halo! Looking back after 65 years, we can be proud of the present product: state-of the-art electronics; traditional Tudor Gothic buildings; a campus with trees that shade now; (saplings then); the athletic program featured a great rivalry in football and basketball with the big four (Case, Western Reserve, Baldwin-Wallace, Baldwin-Wallace, and JCU). We also had a great hockey team with Eddie Arsenault and Wilfred “Hoss” Rancourt . They both starred in football. A lot of guys lettered in two sports: Jim Morgan, Bill Young, for example. … I was privileged to represent Carroll, with Paul Vincent ’41, in debate. Fr. “Pappy” Ryan was our coach. The high point of our brief season was winning a debate with a team from Oxford (England). We once debated Dayton behind curtains for a convent of cloistered nuns. There was no end to the excitement. So now the university is a model, faithful to its Tudor Gothic designs, but also stateof-the-art. I am rewriting my will to leave them at least $100! Jim Carey returned to Rocky River after living in Oceanside, CA. ... Jim Schlecht  and his sister just returned from a trip to Mesa, AZ. They visited their other sister, who is married to classmate Jim Fleming. Five days of 115 degree heat cooked them enough to return to Ohio. ... All of the above, plus Bud Noetzel, Lou Sulzer  and John Sweeney have lunch at Pizzazz, near the campus and are sometimes joined by Ray McGorray. ... Bill Scharf writes from Columbus

Red Cross. Teaching Teaching became full time in 1966 as an associate professor, at Syracuse U., teaching community organizations and social planning, and he became a professor in 1972. He also taught courses in administration and social policy during 1967-80. He served as a consultant to the National Conference of Catholic Charities, dividing his time between 15 Dioceses, reorganizing Catholic Charities programs; Virginia and Cincinnati were the largest. He was on leave of absence in ’75 and ’76 and went to Iran, where he evaluated programs at the Teheran School of Social Work and taught administration of social agencies. He was designated professor emeritus in 1988 by Syracuse. He was always active with social agencies in Syracuse and central New York and continued so after his retirement. Additional information concerning Ken can be found in Who’s  Who in American Education, Who’s Who in America . ... The second part of Frank Honn’s letter follows — After retiring from BASF, I served as an outside director for another German chemical company, Henkel, where my former boss at BASF had become chairman. That stint lasted six years, 1986-92. During those years and until about three years ago, I also operated a small consulting firm, working primarily as an “advisor to management” in the chemical industry. Eventually,, I ran out of industry contacts — my Eventually friends had either died or retired — so I let the business “just fade away.” My last retirement was from academia. In 1988, two years after leaving a full time job at BASF BASF,, I was called by a friend who was heading a search committee at Fairleigh Dickinson U. They were looking for

that he lives alone in a condo, close to his two daughters. Bill is surrounded by his 12 greatgrandchildren, another two in the oven. He is busy with his hobby, recording CDs from any source. His studio is lined with his collection, which dates back to 1937. Our contributing editor, John Sweeney,, stays totally immersed in his spiritualSweeney social-legal ministry. More about him, next time. Take care of each other, Carl 

someone to occupy the Alfred Driscoll Chair in Pharmaceutical-Chemical PharmaceuticalChemical Studies. This program had been operating for 20+ years to serve the needs of New Jersey’ Jersey’s s most important industry – pharmaceuticals for MBAs. Thinking that I would spend maybe 2-3 years teaching, I accepted. Little did I expect that I would be there 15 years! Indeed, I would probably still be teaching if the state of New Jersey, which paid for this and five other chairs in various fields at Rutgers, Stevens, etc., had not encountered a budget crunch. No more funding, no more job. It was time, anyway,

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move in. The place is beautiful. ... Frances and I had our 60th wedding anniversary on May 8. So just keep praying, Larry 

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as I told the dean, for me to hang it up. ... Art 

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When I received the last issue of this magazine, which is really a “slick” publication, I thought what changes have been wrought since 1940. Our class 42 

Bob Kraus  ishis doing God’s work. He chief caregiver for wife, Margaret, whoisisthe helpless. He surrendered his architectural license. I said, and I say again, thank God for good spouses. ... A fellow we have not heard from for a while is Jerry Mulvihill . His wife, Gladys, told me that Jerry is dealing with some serious medical problems. They have four children, one of whom is a stock broker and two others are a physician and a lawyer. ... Nick Barille, who I remember knocking

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2005 wedding bells in the class of 1943? Yes sireee. Mitch Shaker and Elaine Tryon of Warren, OH, were married February 10 at St. Mark Church, Marco Island, FL, in a family-only ceremony. Mitch’s daughter, Mary Alice, and son-in-law were attendants. The newlyweds are in their new

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home, 1005 Oakwood Dr., S.E., Warren, Ohio 44484-5609, 330-505-1748. Naturally their marriage was the talk of our table at the Gray Streaks dinner, where most couples number their anniversaries in the 50s, a few even in the 60s. Would that they could have been with us but a prior commitment precluded that. Nonetheless the ’43 table of Eileen Corrigan, Ed and Mary Terese Hurley, Pete Diemer (Marge was babysitting grand-kids), Jerry Sullivan  and Naples FL guest Margaret Perver, Mary Ruth and Bruce Thompson, and Bob Colopy ’44 raised our glasses in toast to the newly-wed couple. ... This was a trip that wasn’t scripted in the travel agent’s brochure. Pete and Marge Diemer had more adventure than they had anticipated as they strolled through the leafy streets of Lisbon, Portugal in May. A young beggar began to follow them demanding money. Pete feared if he pulled out his wallet the beggar would have snatched it and run off, so they ignored him. He kept following Pete and Marge for 20-25 minutes when they heard him say “I will kill you.” Turn Turning ing to face him, they saw that he had pulled out an 8” stiletto. Fortunately they were able to run to a crowded area and elude him. As Pete summed it up, safe escapes make good travel stories. ... That’s a tough tale to match, but pleas e send this column some notes of your recent adventures. Take c are, Bruce 

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3440 South Green Rd. Beachwood, OH 44122 216-991-9140

The annual alumni golf outing at Sleepy Hollow Country Club was a big success thanks to Jim Mason ’60, Tony DeCarlo ’66G, and their committee. The number of players was up and probably larger than past years, certainly more people came than in ’04. ... Dr. Bob Colopy, Charlie Cannon ’52, George Blatt and I had a great time. Charlie out drove all of us on practically every hole but we were able to keep the rules of the scramble. Marty Franey missed his chance to blow us all off the course; maybe next year Marty. … Bob Colopy is on the mend and back to his golf game after a lot of therapy. Marty Franey is getting over a bout with pneumonia, which put him in the hospital, but his spirits are good and he’ll be back on the course. ... At the end of August, we say farewell to Rev. Ed Glynn, SJ, our 23rd president. We wish him well back at his

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Congratulations to Peg and Bill Coyne on their 57th wedding anniversary. They partied with lots of family who came in from all around the country. ... Jim Conway ’50 was visiting in San Diego and had a long and meaningful conversation with Ed Muldoon. He seems to be holding his own and gives us all his best wishes. ... Dr. Bill Duhigg and wife, Mary, are spending the summer at their home on Middle Bass Island at Sandusky Bay. This is their 30 th year there. ... Charlie Eder recently spent a glorious weekend white water rafting in West Virginia. ... Bill Sweeney visited Andy Foy in Louisville, OH. Andy spends his days in a wheel chair dutifully assisted by his dog, a beautiful golden retriever. ... Fr. Gene Moynihan is in hospice care at the seminary infirmary in Baltimore, MD. Please remember him in your prayers. ... Bill Brugeman was in town recently to celebrate his sister-in-law’s 80th birthday. Bill looks great — living the good life on the farm in North Carolina. ... Saw Frank Hogan and Rosemarie at Reunion Weekend. Jack and Catherine Quinlan were also in attendance. ... that’s all I have. Until next time adios! J.P.S.

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3980 West Valley Dr. Fairview Park, OH 44126 440-331-4343 216-881-5832 (fax)

Fr. Jim Conry  and I had big plans to win fame and acknowledgement representing the class of ’49 as talented and winning golfers at the Alumni Golf outing on June 6. Tragically, a friend of Jim’s family

died suddenly and Jim was called on to preside at the funeral at tee time. I joined a foursome of younger alumni, who, lacking our combined years of practice, and Jim’s direct connection to Heav enly help, found ourselves unable to win any fame, but we had a great day and a lot of fun. ... The annual reunion dinner was scheduled on the Sa turday before Father’s Day. Day. This created conflict for me and many classmates who have children visiting from distant cities, sparking a two or three-day family reunion. The classmates who were able to handle both events simultaneously, were, Ray Fox, Ed McKenna, Bill Varga, Frank Washko, and Al Zippert. The party was a success, as usual, and as has become typical in recent years, the ’49ers lost enthusiasm for dancing at about eleven p.m. ... The Second Wednesday Luncheon convened in the newsroom at the Shula Stadium, which overlooks the beautiful new field and offers a view of the Cleveland skyline. Tony DeCarlo ’66G led a tour of three levels of gyms, locker, and meeting rooms, all efficiently located under the grandstands. Baseball and soccer teams are also accommodated in this facility and a full-size baseball field abuts one side of the stadium, giving full access to the facilities. ... I had lunch with Bill Barker, who is the only ’49er I know who is still working. Bill has been a professor of sociology at Cuyahoga Community College for many years, and continues to enjoy his duties there. ... Send News! All reported with reasonable accuracy, Tom

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Send your notes to: Charles Byrne

2412 Euclid Heights Blvd., #302 Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 216-791-7900 1-800-594-4629

At our 55th reunion ‘bash’ Saturday evening, I was able to get some news from those not often seen — 38 classmates and “significant others” seemed to enjoy themselves, but I sure wish Gesu Church would lower the air conditioning level! ... Three brave widows of former classmates attended: Jackie (Ed) Murphy , Helen (Jim) Sennett and Marilyn (John) Cunin — God love em! I did get some data on Marilyn Cunin’s activities, a pal from

original Maryland Province. He will be greatly admired for seeing us through some great expansions at John Carroll. At the same time, we welcome Rev. Robert Niehoff, SJ, the 24 th president of the university. He comes to us w ith a lot of of praise forishis accomplishments but ... most all he an past extremely well-liked person. Jay and Colleta Ansberry  seem to be on the move constantly so I assume their health is good. ... Ann VandeMotter passed away June 29th. Her husband Bob ’43 was a great football player at Cathedral Latin and John Carroll. ... That is all this time — hope to have more news in the fall. … Stay healthy, Don

Fifty-five years out and still going strong.  

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St. Louis parish years ago. She remains in the parish yet, and daughter Jane ’83 resides with her and serves as her executive assistant in assisting her in pursuing her various board functions! She’s chair of the Bruening Foundation, John’s former employer we knew as Bearings Inc.; on the board of Notre Dame College, and honorary trustee of her long time charity, where their handicapped daughter was a patient: Our Lady of the Wayside.

brought up memories and names from the far distant past. Dan transferred to Notre Dame in ’52, but we worked together on the Carroll News  when I was the first female editor. Lee Cirillo ’51 was editor, Bob Huddleston ’53, Pat Trese and Paul Mooney, plus several other staff members, put out a pretty good paper! The thing I remember most about that time is Jim (later husband) picking me up after we finished putting the paper

alums after graduation was as good as that served in some of the ca sinos in LV where Tom Tom and wife Joan live. Tom is still acting as an adviser to the TV show CSI-LV. ... Austie  Groden is not on the Senior Tour this year; he recently moved to Avon Lake and is recovering from quintuple by-pass and an attack of angry blood clots; after sorting through the boxes in his garage he says he will return to the links, at least chipping and putting. ...

With sons out West — John and family in Las Vegas and Tom Tom in Folsom, C A, — she travels to those locations a few times a year. Son Bill is in Nashville, and 14-year old twins number among the five grandchildren. ... An honorary class of ’50 member, Jesuit Fr. Frank Lihvar, was here, semiretired and teaching a “Cicero” class at JCU. He lives at Schell house here at JCU. ... Ed and Dorothy Calkins sat with us, as well as Ed’s sister Mary and her retired surgeon husband, Jim Lasch. They too had eight children, as did the Calkins, and remain in Cleveland. One child, a daughter,, has followed in her father’s medical daughter career and will be at University Hospitals. Ed and Dorothy seem to be getting better, their handicaps not slowing them down! ... Lois and Len Terry have left Florida after 25 years and plan to settle in Michigan. They are expecting a sixth grandchild from a daughter who herself is a grandmother! The “cruising” Bob Knoteks are to be on the Mexican Riviera in October October.. ... Our condolences to the Brett family. Classmate John Brett passed away early July. And regrets to the family of classmate William O’Brien, who passed away in California. ... CAB 

together and going over to Howard Johnson’s on Cedar for a hot fudge sundae with coffee ice cream and high test coffee. What a blast. ... That’s it for now. I would really appreciate any news you can send me. Stay cool till next time. God Bless, Dorothy 

Charlie O’Toole has returned from CA and is talking to a publisher about a book on the Michael Jackson trial. Charlie was often seen in the cabal entering and leaving the trial; no, he was not on the umbrella. ... Tony Sposato is perfecting several designs for casinos and has joined a group of developers in Youngstown, waiting for Ohio law to change. ... Several months ago, I lunched with John Mackin ’55; he is the law in Avon Lake — the Muni Judge and retires at the end of this year. He said he knew it was a good job but when sixteen people took out petitions for election to the job, he decided it must be a great job. John is known as a firm and fair judge, a credit to his profession and to the people of Avon Lake, who have continually elected him. He will continue to practice law in Lorain County. ... Don Davidson , a long time friend of Lance Armstrong, has been glued to the TV watching Lance’s try for number seven. ... Hope everyone is having a great summer ... keep the faith, Pete 

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JUNE 23-25

Send your notes to: Dorothy Poland

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Hi again. There has been so much going on, that I don’t know where to start. Then again, yes I do. I was present at the awards night when Sam Wetzel received the Silver Quill Award. Of course

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315 Chesapeake Cove Painesville Twp., OH 44077 440-358-0197 E-mail: psvlpco@c [email protected] s.com

Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and friends. ... We are sorry to hear that Jim Walsh died this past June 7. He had retired in July 1991 after 36 years at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He and his wife, Rita, would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in November this year. ... I believe that Ed Mundzak and I, with our spouses, were the only two from our class that attended the Saturday evening Mass and dinner on Reunion Weekend. Bo Bob b Sullens also joined us after dinner for some conversation. If you were there and I missed you, I am sorry. My son, Jim, was there for the evening also, attending his class’ 25th reunion. ... Tom Krause has now been retired from the Cleveland Plain Dealer  for  for eleven years. As their favorite vacation activity, he and his wife, Delores, have been on around twelve cruises to various destinations. During the summer, they have been spending a lot of time with their two grandchildren. ... When I called Myron Billy, who now lives in San Antonio, TX, he promised to send a little information in time for the

OUR 50TH WAS FANTASTIC! Seventy (70) of our classmates (out of approximately 167 on the JCU mailing list) attended. Thanks to Tom Bridgman and Tony Musca, who co-chaired the class gift effort resulting in the largest class gift in JCU’s

next issue about what is happening in his life. ... In the last issue I mentioned receiving no recent news from Harry Gauzman. This of course was a tongue in cheek remark since very few people have ever met Harry. I was pleased and surprised to receive a lengthy e-mail from Dan Boland ’54, who was the news editor of the Carroll News  when  when Harry was “born” in 1951. He explained the background of how Harry was the creation of several members of the Carroll News  editorial staff. Yes, Harry does have an interesting background. ... Send in your news for the next issues. God’s God’ s blessing to you all, Jim

history. But money was not what it was about. Our classmates came from near and far to gather one more time in celebration of the friendships and camaraderie of the Class of ’55. Several had not seen JCU since graduation. Ed Tepas, Fred Kovar and Frank Geraci came from California. Frank brought along his daughter and son-in-law who probably had never seen the John Carroll campus. Dick Mulac and Molly (George) Sweeney (on orders from above) came from Texas. Texas. Ohio had good attendance; Bob FitzGerald came in from Cincinnati and Pete Neroni  from

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1543 Laclede Road South Euclid, Euclid, OH 44121 216-381-1996 E-mail: [email protected]

that wasn’t the only one given that night, but Sam seemed happy to receive it. It was a very nice affair. The following Sunday was graduation and I did mention to Pete Bernardo ’67 that the Gray Streaks should lead the grads instead of having to stand while YOUNG in. In aand fewwait years he’ll900 realize whatpeople I mean.parade There is always a very nice reception after the ceremony, and God smiled on us a nd it didn’t rain! It’s too bad that Bob Tayek and I were the only ones from the class of ‘52 present. ... Next was Reunion Weekend, which is always fun. During the dinner, I sat with Bob McCarthy and his wife, June, and Bob Tayek was playing in the band! ... I received an e-mail from Daniel Boland ’54 that 44 

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Tom Corbett, a long time favorite of “Deep Throat,” when he was a G-Man, had the honor and privilege of marching in the JCU graduation procession with his granddaughter Ann Skerkoski ’05 (a standout and record holder on the JCU swim team). Tom says that the food served to the

Dayton; Jimmy Barrett represented Columbus, Carl Krill (Akron), Doggie Ziegler (Canton), Frank Dobos (Kent), Jerry Futty (Mansfield) and Joe Jeromos (Medina). John (Buck) Byrne, Dick Walker  (near neighbors in Smyrna) and Benny from  Doran Barranco from New came England (heGeorgia; couldn’tJim resist one  came more night in a luxurious JCU dorm). From Florida came Tom Jira and Jim Hoying. The Illinois contingent included Tom Bridgman, Jack Martin, Jim McDonough, Tom Moloney and Jim Trainor. Bob Wurm came from Wisconsin; Dick O’Grady (first time back in 50 years) came in from Tucson, Jerry Donatucci  from Pennsylvania and Chuck Mathias from New Jersey. Joe Doman and Ed

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Schwallie  represented New Jersey. From Virginia came Mike Caplice, Art Dister and Jim O’Connor . Bud Feely, Phil Buchanan  and Jack Kinney  came from nearby Michigan. “Day hops” Bill Doslak , Bob Ensign, Larry Faulhaber , Jerry Geiss, Bill Kelly, John Keshock , John Mackin, Al Mullee , Dick Norris, Dick Portik, Tony Stavole, Joe Sulak, Ed Synek, Dick Zunt, Jim Monahan and Charlie Wasserbauer came all the

way from Cleveland’s West Side to attend. East Siders Joe Andrasak, Bob Dolgan, Bob Edwards, Hal Feldman, Tom Gillen, Jim Gosser, John Grdina, Carol Hoffman (wife of Richard), Jerry Kvet, Gordon LaGanke, Bob Micco, Tony Musca, Mike Scalabrino, John Strmac, George Thomey, Joe Trivisonno had no trouble finding the campus. ... Tom Bridgman was the MC for our program on Saturday evening; Ed Schwallie read a very nostalgic poem to celebrate our class and Bob Dolgan revised the glory days of JCU athletics in the ’50s. I incorrectly identified Bob as the sports editor of the JCU News in 1955; of course it was Dick Zunt; he was there but gallantly did not protest. ... I think Bob Ensign summed up our 50th very well. He e-mailed me that although he always takes a lot of pictures; he was having such a good time visiting with his classmates that he mostly forgot about his camera. Amen to that. I forgot to take notes for this column and my memory is a little hazy. ... Eleven members of our class and/or their spouses held a reunion within a reunion. Al Mullee and his sister, Marge Schwallie Mullee, Frank Geraci, Molly O’Neill Sweeney, Marge McKay LaGanke, Bob Micco, Bob FitzGerald and his brother Don ’51, Ray Rhode, Mary Kay McAuley Futty and her husband, Jerry, all graduated from Gesu School in the late 1940s. ... Please pray for Ray Boyert, Larry Wilson, Jim Aylward, Ed Koprowski and Jerome Venesy, who passed away in 2005 and our many other deceased and suffering classmates who were unable to attend. They will return the favor later on. Ray Boyert had planned to attend the reunion but passed away on May 26th. ... Hope to see you all at our 75th. Ray 

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Send your notes to: Salvatore R. Felice

3141 W. Pleasant Valley Rd.

Class of ’55: Good turnout, great generosity, a fine time. Bob Heinle , Joe Smaltz, Jack Riley, Bob Tuma, Tom Kasper and Mike Quigley. That is Jim’s list, however,, how about the “day hops” who worked however before and/or after classes? We all want to hear from you. Please, take a few moments to dash me a quick note. ... Jim and Marilyn Sturmi were involved with the Cancer Relay  on  on Father’s Day weekend in Akron. Jim continues meeting his health challenges and is doing everything possible to avoid knee replacement. Marilyn had both knees replaced nearly eight years ago. ... Ed Ostendorf called after reading of the deaths of Tim Tim Sweeney and Dave Hurley. Ed broke both shoulders in a fall and is presently walking with a walker. ... Ralph Wroblewski  informs me he retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in August 1995 as a colonel and also retired from teaching after 43 years with the Cleveland Diocese. Wife Christine, a former schoolteacher, retired from the

IRS in June after 18 years service. She and Ralph are proud of all their children residing in the Greater Cleveland area. Their first grandson, Ian James Wroblewski (son of Eric and his wife), was born May 11th at one pound-five ounces. He is now 17 pounds and doing well. Eldest son Ralph earned his master’s at Cleveland State University and teaches at Cleveland Central Catholic High. Son Mark, runs a karate studio, graduated from CSU in music and from Cuyahoga Community College in computer science. Daughter Jean, with a master’s from CSU in music performance, plays

Rose Marie and I went on a 14-day cruise/tour to Alaska on Holland America Line. We celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary on the cruise – the entire experience was outstanding. ... On June 30th our Class of 1957 Endowed Scholarship Fund had a principal of $173,224 and a market value of $176,980. The fund earned $7, 817 in interest. Seniors Valerie L. Green (Bay Village, OH) and Donald H. Moore (Mentor, OH) received awards of $3,100 and $4,300, respectively. These annual awards are possible through your generosity and in memory of all deceased members of our class. A reminder – to insure proper credit when sending any financial gifts to JCU, indicate “to be applied to the Class of 1957 Endowed Scholarship Fund” on your checks or letters. Wouldn’t it be great for our fund to mature to $300,000 by our 50th reunion? ... Stay healthy and happy! God bless, Sal 

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the trombone and teaches in Euclid. Son Eric, with a bachelor’s in anthropology from CSU teaches “special education” in Strongsville. Daughter Janet teaches elementary grades in Cleveland. ... Chuck Novak, Jim Gasper, Frank “Crash”

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Ignatius (Chicago) school (52  / 2 years) and getting mini-high quite excited andreunion “...really looking forward to our big kahuna JCU 50th, if the Lord agrees.” Jim inquires whether I hear from: Jim Toomey, Morris “Pat” Patarini, Jerry Cicero , Frank “Crash” Hovorka, Jay Holler , Sam Frontino , Frank Humenik , Joe Luby, Pete Paulson, Chuck Holland, Pat Flynn, Tom Sturr, Al Musca, Dick Ryan, Wally Votteler, Bob Chiprean , Ted “Greek” Arvanitis, Jake Downes,

Hovorka are enjoying better health the numerous prayers from family and thanks friends.to Frank took a cruise to Bermuda and is building a new deck, while attempting to avoid the Albuquerque, NM, heat. ... Laverne and Richard Murphy have been busy assisting Dick’s cousin, Nancy Powers, cope after a serious stroke. Laverne had the opportunity recently, to speak with Phil Gordon, our senior class VP, who will hopefully attend our 50th class reunion in June 2007. ... In late May,

news. at It seems theincluded Army Transportation which one time all of our JCUCorps, ROTC officers, has moved from Fort Eustis, VA, to Fort Lee, VA. ... John, who made a career in the military, spent three years at Fort Eustis starting in 1974 as the resident training management director – whatever that means. He has many fond memories of this military base. John also reports that his son, Chris, who is currently stationed in Alaska as a cavalry scout platoon sergeant, will be headed to  

 

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by Terry and finding ourselves lost, we found a New Buffalo native who directed us to the Pokutas. Turns out Terry told us to turn right instead of left. After arriving, we went for a ride on the Pokuta’s boat. Lake Michigan being extremely turbulent, we headed up a very calm river to experience the loss of the boat’s transmission. Joe Morrissey, having served a hitch in the U.S. Navy, offered to swim back to the dock while towing the craft with the rope held in his teeth. Cooler

From left, Fred Schall, Jim Mason, Jerry Schweickert, Sam Vitale – all ’60 – and Bev Schweickert. Iraq in August. I am sure I speak for all of our class when I wish him a safe return. ... Also, on behalf of

Bixler who was with us briefly at JCU. Denny died from injuries following an unexplained accident in

our class, I want to offer a fond farewell and congratulations to outgoing President Rev. Edward Glynn, SJ, for his tremendous contribution to the university. I was singularly impressed with his unpretentious manner. manner. I will also never forget his enthusiasm, along with the athletic director, T Tony ony DeCarlo ’66G in posing for a picture with me, Marty Dempsey, Paul Brust, Bill Marks, and Ed Paglione. He helped hold up our Thursday Night Study Club banner after the Muhlenberg football play off game in November 2002. Well done, Father Ed. ... .. . Tom y et another death notice from Brunn sends along yet the Cleveland Plain Dealer . This one is for Denny

Fort Lauderdale in April. He resided in St. Petersburg where he was a yacht broker. Denny had a very interesting career that included being the White House liaison at the NATO 50 th anniversary in Washington, D.C. May he rest in peace. ... We have just concluded a very successful “McGann” weekend as guests of Tom and Louise McGann. The group included the Brusts (who flew in from Arizona), the Breznais, the Pagliones, Leon Matthews, the Rishers, the Malizias, Bill Colson, the Marks, John Degan and his much improved golf game. We were also joined this year by M.T. M.T. and Mike Geraci, who are now retired and promised this won’t be their last appearance. ... The news has been a little scarce lately so I would humbly solicit your cooperation to inform us as to what is going on in your world. Hope everyone is having a great

ALUMNI MEDAL NOMINATIONS

summer. Peace, JB 

The Alumni Office is seeking nominations for the Alumni Association’s highest honor, the Alumni Medal.

The award is given on the basis of  distinguished service to a profession, exemplary family and personal life, contributions to community community,, and lea leadership dership

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Send your notes to: Jerry Schweickert Schweickert

14285 Washington Blvd. University Hts., OH 44118 216-381-0357 E-mail: bjschweick@n [email protected] etzero.com

Now that we have celebrated our 45-year reunion, I am pleased to report that I am gradually

heads prevailed and we phoned Terry’s son — shortly thereafter, we were rescued by a speedboat sent from the son’s boat repair service. The following day we stuck to land and turned in a PGA worthy performance on the links. It was a great time to see the Pokutas after 20 years. ... In June I received an email from John McDonough after he and his wife returned from two weeks in Paris and Brittany, where they had visited their daughter, Katie, as she finished a year of study at the University of Rennes. John was thinking about retiring to Tuscany and buying a Moto Guzzi motorcycle, but after the trip, it may be Brittany and a Moto Guzzi. John says he read with envy the news about the California reunions at Santa Anita and wondered why he didn’t know about them while he lived there until 1978. He says his daughter is planning to live in Baltimore and attend the Preakness each year after graduating from Johns Hopkins in May 2006. He says that is a sure sign he did something right in raising her. ... John has talked to classmates Larry Carver and Don Korman who was in his physics class, but didn’t graduate from JCU. He is still “cranking out code at MetLife and thinking about retirement someday.” He may be the only one in our class who speaks Java, having just completed a class in the language. Thanks for the news John! ... While on the subject of news, please be aware that if you want to convey some information to classmates, this column must be turned in two months prior to publication. This one had a due date of 15 July. Don’t get discouraged if you send me a message and it seems to take forever to get it into print. I will use anything you send. ... Till later, be well. Jerry 

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Send your notes to: Jack T. Hearns 4186 Silsby Rd. University Heights, OH 44118 216-291-2319 216-291-1560 (fax) E-mail: jhearns@sbcglob [email protected] al.net

REUNION 2006

JUNE 23-25

Dr. Jim Jim Smith has retired from the practice of cardiac surgery and is living with his wife, Elizabeth, in Seattle,

service to the university and the association. Please send the name, title, organization and class year of the nominee, as well as a brief  career summary to: Ryan Daly Director of Alumni Relations  John Carroll University University 20700 North Park Boulevard University Heights, OH 44118

Nominations can be made at www.jcu.edu/alumni or by e-mailing to [email protected] by February 15, 2006 46 

compiling a list of e mails for our classmates. If you can please send me an e-mail (see address above), I will include your address in my class list. Eventually, I will send an e-mail to all on the list and you can pick off the one’s you want. If you are looking for a specific address, ask me for it. If I have it I’ll send it to you. If nothing more, I will then have your address. ... I thought the reunion was one of our best. It was great to see: Norb Patla, Ken Dacas, Joe Bellian, Lou Burger , Karl Rill and Bob Ulman after all these years. ... Bev ’76 and I have just gotten back from a weeklong trip to Chicago. On the way there we stopped to visit with Terry and Arlene Pokuta  in New Buffalo, MI. Joe Morrissey and his wife, Joan, were there also. After following directions giv en

WA. They recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary and have six children and four grandchildren. ... Joseph Esser, from New Providence, NJ, retired in February from the publishing company of Reed-Elsevier, Inc. where he worked on directories including the Broadcasting . Joe was & Cable Yearbook  a radio operator during his days in the Army. His hobbies, not surprisingly, include shortwave radio, but he is also interested in tennis and jazz. Presently, he works in the publications arena on a part-time basis for R.R. Bowker. ... Joanne and Tom Gerst and June and Ed McGervey visited Mary Alice and Tom Theriot this summer on their 10-acre farm in Bedford, VA. ... Richard Flory and his wife, Martha, are residing in Lancaster, KY, where Richard recently retired from Suburban Equipment. Equipment. They have two sons and six

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Dick. ... John Dix has been appointed as a trustee of the Income Trust Fund and as a board member of ED Smith and Sons Limited, one of Canada’s fifty best-managed companies for the past six years. John is obviously still very busy with his company,, BDI Limited in Columbus, where he is company also very active at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. ... Jack Kodweis  [email protected] [email protected] et - and his wife, Mary Mary,, have

As of the end of July, Dick Burke ’61 of Greenville, South Carolina, was the Guiness record holder for donating blood plasma. The retired graduate of the Boler School of Business, seen here holding his seventh grandchild, Sophie, has donated 186 gallons in 1488 donations dating back to January 14, 1975. grandchildren - two of whom are starting college this fall. ... Bill Newman retired from investment management after 37 years - most recently he was in charge of the Frontline Capital hedge fund. Early in his career, he worked at TRW in Cleveland and taught a business course at JCU. Later, he served on the JCU Business Advisory Council for over 20 years. He and his wife, Janet, have three sons and twelve grandchildren. Bill is very active in the VFW in Avon, CT, and is the editor of a monthly newsletter relating to military topics. ... Marie French has retired from the field of education and enjoys traveling - recent trips include a Mediterranean cruise and an Antarctic cruise. ... Michael Forman, professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii, recently traveled to East Timor - a country of the western Pacific Ocean and the world’s youngest nation - it achieved full independence in 2002. His university has a project there to help with sustainable agriculture and he was asked to help with the linguistics involved, which includes the two official languages - Tetun and Portuguese; two working languages - English and Bahasa Indonesia; and sixteen national languages. Mike indicated it presented a nightmare for members of the College of Tropical Agriculture but was a linguist’s paradise. You might remember that Mike was in the first graduating class of the Peace Corps and was sent to the Philippines in the early ’60s, where he met his wife, Sheila. They came back to New York so that Mike could study

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Send your notes to: Bob Andolsen

36100 Maple Dr.  North Ridgeville, Ridgeville, OH 440 44039-3756 39-3756 440-327-1925 440-327-5629 (fax) E-mail: rrandolsen@ao [email protected] l.com

Well ... no news to write write about. I might have to start making things up! Drop me a line as we all want to know what’s new with you and yours. Bob 

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moved. The first move was a doozy! They moved from Rochester to Las Vegas a number of years ago. This time, they just moved down the block to 9132 Sundial Drive in “the gambling capital of the world.” Hope all is well, John. ... I received a note from Jim Corrigan - [email protected]. Jim passed on information about Mike DiSanto, who is recovering from a stroke suffered in April. Jim and his wife, Mary Lou, visited Mike in the hospital in May. They indicated he is improving, showed lots of recognition, and gave a lot of thumbs up, especially when Jim Farrar, John D’Angelo, and Gene Smith spoke with Mike by phone. It seems as though those fellas owe Mike some money and Mike owes Tom Kilbane a similar amount. Mike let it be known that they could just forward their money to Tom. Sounds like a place for a lot of lawyers. Jim also indicated that Mike went through one of our yearbooks and showed great recognition with a lot of the pictures. Thanks for the info, Jim. Please say hi to Mike, his wife Mary, and family for me and that I hope he continues quickly down the road to recovery. ... Tom Ryan - [email protected] - is still in Oak Brook, IL, and will be celebrating 30 years since he received his MBA at the University of Chicago. ... Last but certainly not least, Kathy and I will be celebrating our 40th this October. When we were married in Germany, our friends there said it would last “a year, 2 max.” Boy, were they wrong! Until next time, Pete 

Pete Mykytyn

980 N. Beadle Dr., Apt. A Carbondale, IL 62901 618-549-1946 618-453-7885 (w) E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] u.edu

Tom Primosch  - [email protected] – e-mailed me in June. Tom’s in the Los Angeles area, married to Dixie, and they recently celebrated 34 years of marriage. They have two sons, Tommy, a mechanical engineer and Ryan, an LA firefighter. Tom Tom retired after 30 years working for Fluor Corporation. For the last six years, he’s been building and displaying custom cabinetry as a hobby. Unfortunately, Tom’s never been to a

Send your notes to: Frank Kelley

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20 County Knoll Dr. Binghamton,, NY 13901Binghamton 13901-6109 6109 607-648-5947 E-mail: [email protected]

The grandkids are back to school. I’m busy with AARP-approved AARP-appro ved mental exercises in preparation for dodging questions about new Math and old English. That’s a bit tame for Jerry Gladysz, who went back to school at Texas Christian and completed the executive MBA course. Simultaneously, Jerry also completed his first semester

linguistics, anthropology, and Southeast Asian studies at Cornell, where he received a Ph.D. The Formans live in Honolulu and have four children. ... Gene Kramer and his wife, JoAnn, continue to reside in Lakewood they have three children and two grandchildren. Gene

reunion. Well, guys, get on his case and tell him to be one of the first to sign up for our 45th in 2008. ... Dick Flasck - [email protected] - is in Toledo and is first VP with Merrill Lynch after 40 years. He and Dolly are building a home in Indian

teaching public relations fundamentals to 60 undergraduate TCU “Horned Frogs” Jerry fills his spare time running Market Relations, Inc., a marketing communications firm he founded in 1992. He’s written two books on snow skiing. He

is vice president of the board for the Lyric Opera of Cleveland, a member of the board for Regina Health Center, on the board for HELP Foundation, and recently joined the leadership council of Future Church. ... Our class is warming up for the 45th reunion next summer by again holding a mini-reunion on October 8, 2005. After the Muskingum football game at Shula Stadium, there will be a class dinner - if interested, contact Tom Gerst at 330-867-5928 or [email protected]. ... Keep us informed, Jack 

Wells, CA, and he’s also inviting anyone close by there to get in touch with him. They recently celebrated their 40th anniversary. Dolly has been on the board at Lourdes College, and they were honored to have the new nursing building named The Flasck Nursing Center. They have a son and family in Wimbledon, England, another son and family in Chicago, and a daughter and family in Toledo. His son-in-law is with Dick at Merrill Lynch. Five grandkids too. Keep enjoying life,

and Pamelatheir have37 raised two daughters and th celebrated  anniversary in June. ... Ken Beres is justifiably proud of his son Tom, who received his Ph.D. in genetics from U. of Texas Texas Southwestern. Enroute to the doctorate, Tom made a discovery regarding pancreas-specif pancreas-specific ic gene expression that the university parlayed into an $800,000 grant. Ken observed his son defend his dissertation. In Ken’s words, words, he bet the over/  under on how long he would understand the  

 

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subject matter at two minutes. Unfortunately he misplaced his copy of The Pancreas for Dummies , thus could not pull the time-honored JCU allnighter,, and reports he hung in there for +/- three nighter seconds, discounting the mentor’s introduction. Tom heads to U. of Utah for post grad work in muscle development while Ken remains selfemployed in risk management in Detroit. ... On a different topic Ken and I recalled the ’99 JCU reunion when a dozen of us stayed semi-awake as Dallas & Buffalo played the Stanley Cup championship game into three overtimes. Comic relief was provided when Bill Smith and Jim Heavey wandered in after midnight carrying the s evered parking lot control arm. (I have that picture) ... On to the Myrtle Beach golf trip. Paraphrasing William Tecumseh Sherman, “golf is hell.” Everyone’s favorite marine, Ron Timpanaro, had us up at five a.m. each morning for a three-mile jog and a series of pushups, sit-ups, and squat thrusts. Evenings were eclectic as each participant gave a symposium on mesmerizing topics: Honing the   (Al Rutledge ); Cliché for the 21st  Century  ( Maximize Your Your Golf Course Cell Phone Productiv-   (Mike Herald, his golf travel bag is the size of a ity  ( small mausoleum – Jimmy Hoffa solved?); Third  World Travel Travel on the Senior Budget   ((Charlie Englehart , who’s been everywhere); Shooting   (Bill Birdies on No Sleep and Less Practice  ( Smith); The Air Cav Officer as Den Mother (John Breen, who maintained the KP roster and grog inventory flawlessly and played good golf on a stillhealing ankle); Touching Your Inner Wine Expert  (Jim Heavey, who pronounced each taste as “sultry and provocative” no matter which box it came from). ... We note the passing of ’64 legend, Eddie Christie  from Detroit. It was a tribute to his spirit and the way he was cherished that the Internet was alive with Ed Christie stories for a full week as we all celebrated his life in the truly Jesuit way, remembering all that was great about him. Never one for the mundane, Ed was master of the grand gesture. His ingenuity in solving the dilemma of no bathrooms on the travel bus alone insured his unanimous election to the Collegiate Glee Club Hall of Fame. In his outstanding business, career Ed worked a number of international positions inexorably leading to his own consulting company, Trade Assistance Corp. So adept was he that the U.S. Government became his largest client and eventually wised up and hired Ed into the Department of Commerce, where he served for 15 years, his assignments taking him to more than 60 countries. RIP, Eddie, we love you. ... Until next time, God bless all Streaks! Frank 

The proud representatives of the Class of 1965. our class dinner on Sa turday were Dr. and Mrs. Lucien Aubé. He is now retired but I am sure that those of you who took French will remember him. The class dinner was held in Rodman Hall, which, as I recall, was a place we did not visit unless we were in trouble! Photos of the reunion are available on the JCU Web site. ... Mike Hogan and his wife, Ellie, are now in Scottsdale, AZ. Unfortunately a wedding precluded their participation in the festivities. After 25 years on the staff of Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, they jumped at the opportunity to transfer to Mayo Clinic - Scottsdale in ’02. Mike is not certain if Arizona summers are better or worse than Minnesota winters but, at least, he says he doesn’t have to shovel heat. Mike’s three offspring are scattered throughout the U.S. — Matt, a Creighton University graduate, his wife and two children live in Rochester, MN, where he is a broker with Piper Jaffrey. Bridget, also a Creighton graduate, is in the investment game in Chicago. Their youngest, Casey, a Wisconsin Badger, is in Boulder, CO, with the Fox Theater. Mike is interested in knowing if there are any JCU alumni in the valley of sun. ... I spoke recently to Chuck Friedman, who is living in Dayton, OH, but could not make the reunion. Chuck has not yet joined the ranks of those of us who have retired. I had seen Chuck a few years back at a high school reunion, as we both graduated from Cleveland Heights High in 1961. ... Take care, Dick 

Send your notes to: Fran Nunney

Florida, near Ocala. Warren has retired from  in Pittsburgh, and he says that “retireALCOA in ALCOA ment is great!” Chris would like to hear from John Morris, if John is not too busy arranging security for PGA events. Chris’ e-mail [email protected]. ... Please keep our next reunion (can it be fortieth already?) in your plans for next June 23-25 – not Father’s Day weekend this time! Enjoy the rest of summer, Fran

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Send your notes to: Peter French

27955 Forestwood Pkwy.  North Olmsted, OH 44070 216-881-7882 216-881-7896 (fax) E-mail: peterffrench@ori [email protected] anahouse.org

Hello, summer of ’05 is going by really fast — hope all experienced a great season. ... Sorry to report that Sam Colacarro’s wife, Marianne, passed away. Our condolences to Sam and his family. Sam continues to be the AD at Lake Catholic High School. He can be reached at: 216-951-0077. ... Recently spoke to Mike Mullin. Mike continues to work at the Cleveland Society for The Blind. We always have a lot to talk about concerning our time at JCU. ... Spent an afternoon with Mark DeLong and his wife, Susan, at a baptism for a family member – we had a good time reminiscing about our JCU days and some mutual

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Send your notes to: Dick Conoboy

165 South 46th St. Bellingham, WA WA 98229 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Our 40th reunion attracted the following classmates aside from your class columnist: Jay Brungo, Dan Burns, John Chandler , Ken Esper, Mark Hanket, Carl Heintel, John Hruska, Dennis Kelly, Jack Kenesey, Duane Kexel, Paul Kochanowski , Hugh Largey, Tom McGrath, Gary Phillips, Jim Quinn, John Tarpey , Al Westendorf  and Joe Whelan. Also joining us for 48 

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12115 Waywood Dr. Twinsburg, OH 44087 330-425-2750 E-mail: [email protected]

REUNION 2006

JUNE 23-25

Hot and humid greetings to the Class of ’66! Having recently returned from visiting our daughter and her family in Las Vegas, I have a greater appreciation for their “dry heat,” as opposed to what we have been experiencing in the Greater Cleveland area this summer. ... Chris Botamer and I have been exchanging messages. He writes that Warren Cromer  is now living in

friends. He is a grandfather and enjoying his new role. Although Mark is retried from his former job, he is a consultant. Mark and Susan continue to reside in Huron, OH, close to Lake Erie, which he enjoys. ... Recently attended a retirement party for a former coworker, Jim Kadlubak ’70, from the U.S. Court House. At the party was classmate Carl Glotz, who is also retired from the U.S. Court House. Carl teaches parttime at Kent State University and really enjoys the challenge. Carl has a passion for the Civil War and reads and studies the conflicts of the war. FYI: At one time when we were all working at the U.S. Court House, there were nine former JCU graduates working at the U.S. Probation Office. We used to have mini reunions every day – had to be there. ... I received a call at my office not to long ago from John

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Forhan. He was in Cleveland visiting family and wanted to get together -- we did and had a great afternoon. John resides in Santa Barbara, CA, with his wife, Carol. John is a retired lawyer but works parttime at a local law school. He spends a lot of time with his grandchildren. John wanted me to say “hello” to all of his former classmates. John, being Irish, is a great storyteller! ... I called several people to meet with John – one being Tom Ashdown. He was

Mercer who has moved back to New Mexico from New Hampshire, at least at our age he will always get the new part when asked were he lives. George is back in Albuquerque after seven years in New Hampshire. The reason for the move was the best reason in the world — to be close to his two grandchildren. In case many of you have forgotten, George was the artist for the Carroll Quarterly  covers.  covers. I am sure he is a great grandfather teaching those

Brown: “While quantity might be lacking, quality was present.” A great time was had by all who attended, and the staff at JCU did an outstanding job hosting us. The food a nd entertainment were wonderful, and the company we enjoyed was unsurpassed. For those of you who were unable to attend this year, “mark your calendars” for June 2010. I guarantee you will not regret attending. ... It might have been because the

happy to meet with us for the afternoon and related that he is also retired. Notice the theme hereretirement! He worked at Glidden and had a long career there. Tom and his wife, Maureen, had recent surgery and are both recovering. Tom and I go way back as we went to grade school, high school, and JCU together. ... Have a great fall. Don’t forget to call, write, or e-mail me directly or through the JCU office. Take care, Peter 

grandchildren how toom be Pokorni artists. ... It not wasmuch also nice to get information on T  — information but some. Tom is living in Hollywood, CA, is all I learned from the alumni office. It is my job as the class secretary to fill in the blanks so Tom I will be calling in the next month; please take my call. ... It was nice to hear from one of George Aufmuth’s fraternity brothers, Ed Dillon of Alpha Kappa PSI. It was also nice to learn from Ed that he is vice president of Fitzgibbons, Arnold and Company headquartered in Elyria. Of course all those Alpha Kappa PSI members were very smart because they all made a passing grade from Father Clifford. It was also nice to learn Ed and his wife Eileen are both members of the class of 1969. Ed thanks for the note but please let me know what Fitzgibbons Arnold and Company does via e-mail. ... If you send the news I will print it. “Field of Dreams” Grimmer 

Well, another reunion weekend has come and gone, but old acquaintances were renewed, and new memories were made. Here is a list of classmates that were in attendance at all or part of the weekend’s festivities: Tom Ahern, Pete Beirne, Frank Brady, Don Brown, Chris Carmody, Wes Catri, Charles (C.J.) Cole, Jim Day, Bob Deneweth, Dale Deroia, Sue Eagan, Ty Freyvogel, Pat Hutchinson  Evans, Bob

dorms were all male when we matriculated in the ’60s, but it took a little getting used to having men’s and women’s rooms designated in different wings on alternating floors in Millor Hall. Jim McIntyre’s wife, Peggy, said that Ahern and Brown were “standing guard” for each other in the hallway while each took turns availing themselves of the “unofficial” women’s room in their wing. Jim asked them to do the same for him, only to find the hallway empty when he exited the restroom. Sounds like freshman hi-jinx to me, eh? ... Tom Ahern was recently installed as the president of the Northwest Chicago Suburban Bar Association, a bar association of 600 attorneys in Illinois. Our classmate, Dan Gillespie, who is a circuit court judge in Cook County, swore Tom Tom into office. Another JCU alum, Mike Hagerty ’68 was appointed as the association attorney on that evening. In attendance at the dinner that followed was a JCU contingent consisting of Matt and Eileen Miller, Howie Burgh, Ken Sophie ’72, Mike and Sue Hagerty and their daughter, Katie Hagerty ’05, Dan and Patty Gillespie. Congratulations, Tom and Mike! ... Jack O’Connell is now “officially” retired from his 30+ years of teaching at the Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT, and is off to his retirement home in the Berkshire Hills in Northwest CT. ... In my last column, I wrote that Chris Carmody has three daughters. “Jamie” is Chris’ son — sorry about that, Jamie. As I write this column, Chris is “suffering” due to his fiveweek stay in England as a senior producer for Turner Turner Network Sports covering the British Open, the British Senior Open, and the British Women’s Open. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Faught , Greg Ganslen, Rick Gibson, Ted Heutsche, Gary Kelley, Jim McIntyre, Marty Mohler , Jack O’Connell , Tom Swope, Fran Ulrich, George  Vourlojianis. To paraphrase Don

... Christine  Capasso updated her alumni profile on line - www.jcu.edu. Her new address is 28190 Islet Trail, Bonita Springs, FL 34135, home phone is 239-992-0970, and her e-mail -

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Send your notes to: Ray Burchyns

336 Golf View Rd. #1106  North Palm Beach, FL 33408 561-622-3314 E-mail: [email protected]

The extended Burchyns family has been extended a bit more as we welcomed Megan Grace on June 27. Glad to say mom, my grandaughter, Amy and daughter are doing well. ... I had the pleasure of hearing from William Edwards. Like most Carroll grads, Bill has his success story to tell: at his career with Hilton, Bill rose to become area VP in D.C.. In addition, he has recently been named as chair of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. His youngest son recently completed his sophomore year at Carroll, continuing the family tradition. Bill’s other children graduated from Villanova and University of Virginia; his oldest son is now attending Catholic University Law School. Kudos all around. ... That’s all from this front. Hope to hear from more of the ’68 crowd. Ray 

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Send your notes to: Gerry Grim

E-mail: [email protected]

As I write, the temperature in Staunton, VA, is 102 but it is cool compared to heat from the Carroll magazine office to make deadline, so here is my best effort. ... Ron Rusicka, Donald Rusicka, Hank Zeman, Kenneth Kermode, Pat Herald, R.J. Schmitt,

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Send your notes to: Ted Heutsche He utsche

2137 East Howe Road Dewitt, MI 48820 517-669-4005 E-mail: [email protected]

Timothy Moore, Joseph Faso, Mike Culp and names I forgot from the T-wing all didn’t respond to the my request for any interest in a 2nd floor T-winger Pacelli Hall fall 1965 get together, but I guess that in itself is an answer. Thanks to George Aufmuth and willpositive get together any time Ed Christy for “I their response. I will and holdplace” out hope for another three months until the next issue. George sent a nice note from his home in Greenville, SC, — a very beautiful area of the country except it is the home of the Clemson Tigers (I have family ties with the South Carolina Gamecocks). George and Janet are good and looking forward to retirement. George, Ed and I might just have our own T-wing reunion in George’s backyard. ... Nice note from George “Red”

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[email protected]. ... Thomas R. Couvreur  sent the alumni office his new e-mail address [email protected]. ... Speaking of e-mail addresses, I am in the process of changing my home one, so if you need to e-mail me, please use [email protected]. As an added bonus, if anyone e-mails me with info for my future columns, I will e-mail you back a whole series of pictures of the reunion weekend. ... I do have a

back at it volunteering for the Bedford Ohio Historical Society. He also mentions that he is into model railroading which sounds like too much fun for adults. ... Spoke to John Urban [email protected] - recently and all is good. He continues to legally assist Clevelanders. ... I got to watch a Web cast of former roommate Dom Iacuzio - Dominick [email protected] testifying before the U.S. House sub-committee

into shark infested waters; later redeeming himself by leading the hapless, united entourage in a chorus so brilliant it calms the volcano god, saving all from perishing.” Neil reports that this annual event raises “a fortune” for local charities in Lake County ... and no, I did not make this up. Neil saw the show on an off weekend from hockey – he’s got two squirts, one in high school, at Lake Catholic, and a daughter who plays college

series of “interviews” that I conducted with classmates during the Reunion Weekend festivities, and after I edit them, I will include the news in the next few issues of John Carroll  magazine.  magazine. Take care of yourselves, and send mail! Ted 

on the need to stockpile flu supplies. He did a great job. I told him that having a roommate who was a speech major made the difference. … I just realized that Jack Costello ’06 will have his reunions on the same year as his parents. Well, some of us will have fun. … Dick Leehr [email protected] - is the new president of the Millennium Pipeline Project and is moving to Warwick, NY, NY, with his new bride, Karen Nicholson, (a former high school sweetheart). Has a honeymoon scheduled for October in Hawaii, where Karen’s oldest son will be competing in the Ironman Triathlon competition. He has a chance since Kerry Volkmann won’t be competing this year. ... Jim Girardy - [email protected] - my neighbor to the north, and our own Dr. 90210, has been practicing surgery in Rockford, IL, for over 26 years. He says being the head of a 14-surgeon practice has cost him his curly locks, and I am betting some sleep. Wife, Karen, is picking up an option for their 29th year of marriage. Jim’s son, John, is a Navy medical corpsman and son Mark is getting an education degree from Loras College. Jim offers some great and probing questions for fellow classmates. Does Lenny Calabrese have more hair than he? Does Paul Cass still have mutton chops? Has Michael Marsico retired to a private island? Is Tom Tom Drouhard ’70 still in the southwest? Is Jim McNamara fighting for civil justice or did he sell out? If you have the answer to any of his questions tune in for our next column. ... Till next time - [email protected]. Tom Tom and Rosemary 

hockey in Canada, eh? ... I’m going over the pond to visit Sir Francis Palamara in London at his Overstrand Mansions digs. Tried to get an invite to “the cottage” but it just didn’t work out. My son is playing in London and Scotland on a soccer tour and I thought I’d relive two old rugby tours to London, and join him. I’m having lunch with Frankie in “The City,” Londonspeak for the financial district, or as we prefer to call it, “Frankie’s turf.” Frankie then leaves right away for some fly-fishing in the Highlands. Let me make this clear: in following the orders of Donna Bowen Brown, who gave me this thankless job with (first) instructions never to miss a column and (second) to “GET IT RIGHT,” I’m going to London to see for myself if all this royal Sir Francis at Overstrand Mansions stuff is true. I f it’s not, by God, Palamara, you will be exposed! Oh by the way, Frank, Happy co-birthday to your folks for hitting the big 8-0. ... Larry Ray sent around a note asking some Carroll people to send their greetings to the Palamaras and Frank’s parents were (first) overwhelmed at the sheer number of good wishes, and (second) impressed that Frank has a LOT of friends. … Please write with some news! Except J. Ward Pallotta; he doesn’t need to, because I got a note that he is continuing his mission with the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry and was just awa rded the President’s Award by the Association of Lutheran Development Executives for outstanding service. Good work Ward! Well that’s it. (This ( This column is sponsored by  ). Until next time. JM  Closet-Stretchers ).

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I had the opportunity to cable telecast our Fourth of July parade. Later that week I saw Tim Russert ’72 interviewing three Supreme Court justices. I spent the next few days convincing myself that we both do TV. ... Let us all ma ke a note that our reunion year is on the horizon, June 23-25, 2006 not Father’s Day weekend this time. If you haven’t been back, let this be the year. If just the guys living in Tampa show up, it might be a sell out. Speaking of the Florida coast, Ted Shalek  [email protected] - tells us of his recent marriage to Dianne Welsh, a former JCU prof in entrepreneurship. He and Dr. Dianne moved to Tampa, where he is the CFO of Vertical Health Solutions and Dianne is a prof at U. of Tampa. He tells us “life is wonderful.” ... Blame it on me and cyberspace, but I missed some news — Dateline Chicago Dave Walsh - [email protected] after 30 years in hospital management, has raised the white flag. He now has his own company, DRW Inc., which specializes in sleep apnea diagnostics and equipment. Dave and wife, Melanie, reside at the same home address he lived in while at JCU. ... Paul Pojman [email protected] - writes that after 31 years as the librarian for his parish grade school, the school closed and Paul took a break. Well he is

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Remember that famous “TV moment” when our own TJ Russert appeared on NBC’s Homicide   ... ... as himself? As far as I know, and I checked with the Ellis Sports Bureau on this, no one has made as big a splash on a stage as our Beaudry Guy (not counting police line-ups, of course). Until now!

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The heat! It’s gotta be the heat ... a nd the humidity. It’s It’s just too hot and humid to sit down and write, or call, or e-mail. Hey wait, I did get one e-mail from, of all places, the hottest and most humid of them all — Florida! Courtesy of Rachel (Gruss) Murray. She writes from Clearwater,

Tom Hill, better remembered as the stud basketball player (and dad of the recent Carroll hoops star) who led the GDIs to the University Intramural Basketball Championships, has developed a “softer” side. Our Cleveland bureau

where she’s been married to Jack (a manufacturer’s rep covering the state of Florida) and teaching high school English for 30 years, that she will head the department of 20 teachers this fall. Rachel’s son, Greg, graduated Florida State

correspondent, paid his money Conway saw young TomNeil and his wife, ,Molly, starring in and the Western Reserve Junior Service League’s charity musical Isle Show You the Beach. Beach . Reporter Conway reports that the show is “a hilarious rewrite of Gilligan’s Island  combined  combined with the lighter side of Treasure Island , where two competing cruise lines monopolize a paradise retreat invaded by modern pirates. In one scene, Tom Tom mercilessly forces Molly to walk the plank

University last year in and is following in his dad’s footsteps, working sales in Ft. Lauderdale. Her son Tim is a junior at New College in Sarasota, and son Andrew is a high school junior playing football and baseball. Rachel says “Hi” to all her classmates, and I say “Thanks” to Rachel for providing at least one ray of Florida sunshine in an otherwise gray column. ... It’ll probably be chilly by the time you receive this mag in the mail, so you’ll have no excuse to not crank it up. — GOP 

Lenny Boselovic witnessed the comatose performance. Lenny immediately notified House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who won quick approval of Congressional legislation requiring that a drinking tube be inserted into Conrad in the club house. The measure and subsequent selfmedicating swiftly restored the unthinking Conrad to himself, witness his 109 the following day. And who says our congressional leaders don’t respond

manship and everyone’s open wallets the open bar was extended until 11 p.m. and the party took on a life of its own. From Donna and Mike Sell to Mary and Dave Segerson, Jack Metzger, Kevin Kane, Rick and Melissa Rea, Joe Bertolone, Ben Hunsinger, Ed and Mary Kay DeGrandisDonnelly, Mike Pawlak, Mike (least changed) and Karen Messina, Vic and Debbie ’76 Cook, Charlie Beringer, Bob Zotti, Mary Kay and Tom ’73

2005 MLB All-star Baseball Game at Comerica Park. National reviews of the host city were all positive and point to an equally successful Super Bowl next February to be held at Ford Field. … From our classmates: Steve and Ginny Noon’s son, Aaron, will be another example of multigenerational alumni as he starts classes at John Carroll this fall. Aaron plans on majoring in journalism or foreign languages. ... Val Street was the subject of lengthy interview in New River Free Press International http://  careervisions.blogspot.com/. In the interview, Val shares her vision of America from her childhood to her remarkable two decades of public service. John Carroll is featured in the article and the influence the university had on Val’s life. In the meantime, Val kicked off the summer attending her San Francisco neighborhood’s two day jazz festival over the July 4 weekend. … Chuck O’Malley, will begin his second year as a part-time instructor teaching business related courses to inmate-students seeking associate degrees in business administration at the federal prison in Bunter, NC. Chuck retired after a 29-year career in the basic materials industry that took him south from Cleveland to Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, and then back north to Philadelphia and Detroit. After having the opportunity to experience life in numerous cities and communities, Chuck decided to enjoy his retirement in Wake Forest, NC. ... I received this newsflash from a reliable source, who covers often overlooked legislation passed at our nation’s capital and who is known for his wit, wisdom, and putting expertise. Dateline, Washington DC: Dan “Sky Pilot” Conrad recently posted a 79 at the Talamore

to needs? Lenny recently returned from a 10-day investigative assignment for Pittsburgh’s Post-   touring U.S. Steel’s European mill in Serbia Gazette  touring and Slovakia. … Terry Dwyer called in from the western shores of Michigan, where he and his wife, Gay, and son Michael were enjoying a summer break in Ludington. ... It was unconfirmed that, due to his new interest in marathon cycling and success in raising money for MS in the recent Houston-Austin bike-a-thon, that Jim Weitzel, cycling through the Alps, captured ESPN’s coverage of this year’s Tour de France? ... Finally, congratulations to our classmate Eddie Kramer being inducted into the Blue Streak Hall of Fame this year. ... Keep the e-mail and phone calls coming. Have a great Fall! Robby 

Malone, Ed and Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis, Lorraine Summers, and Tony Dorsch and wife (footnote Hillbrook gang) a good time was had by all. The verdict on who was better represented, Clevelanders or out of towners, is still out. What isn’t out is the verdict that the women still looked pretty good. (The JCU Web site has a variety of pictures supporting this statement) All that exercise and good eating paid off! Imagine if there had been more JCU coeds in attendance and the ole Hillbrook gang had been represented. So there you have it. It wasn’t a cast of thousands but the cast of characters that attended was pleased with the weekend. By all accounts it was a weekend that got off to a weak start Friday night but geared up Saturday morning with Bloody Marys at Pizzazz (old Manners). Hard to believe they could have been as good or as healing as those in the Flats a few Reunions ago. My sources swear by them so I’ll give it to the Bloodys in the Heights. As part of a tribute to our freshman year in the Heights, the class favors were umbrellas and rain hats. Was there ever a more watery (all puns intended) time in your life than freshman year at JCU? The only better gift would have been duffers, but you can’t go back. Duffers never looked that good in the ’70s; no need to think they’d be any better today. Some of you, and I think Mary Lou Murphy is one; probably still have your old duffers. Save them for the 35th! Nancy 

Golf Club in Southern Pines, NC, featuring a hole-inone on the Par 3, 195 yard second hole. Classmate

push came to shove and Dave Segerson and Ed Donnelly passed the hat. Thanks to their sales-

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Inquiring minds want to know; how was our 30 th Reunion? Who was there, how did they look and what kind of party was it? It’s all he said or she said. I wasn’t there. I was in Rome with my family and a pope named Benedict. I had a choice: Rome and Positano or University Heights and the Quad. I’m all for “onward on John Carroll,” but the Coliseum and St. Peter’s had it all over Wasmer field and a tent on the Quad. But from what I’ve heard and overheard, the tent on the Quad was clutch. The open bar in Saturday’s tent wasn’t. So

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JUNE 23-25

Let’s start with an announcement — Our 30 th reunion is scheduled for the weekend of J une 23, 24 & 25, 2006 – not Father’s Father’s Day weekend! All of you interested in serving on our reunion com mittee are welcome to attend the first Reunion 2006 meeting with all classes on October 1, 2005, during Homecoming Weekend. Please call Rosalie

Massey at 216.397.3014 or e-mail her at [email protected]. Remember that you don’t have to be in Cleveland to serve on the committee! ... Illinois boy Rob Cummings was the one plugged into news this issue starting with the personal stuff, which includes Anniversary and Linn on their 27 th.Happy We expect a grandto Rob celebration took place, including sons Jim and Matt (both Notre Dame alums) and daughter Elizabeth, who, Rob notes, just graduated from Boston College. Rob is serving as director of development for The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired. During a recent jaunt to the Western Reserve he got in a game of golf with old friend Mike Behm, who

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lives in Chagrin Falls with wife, Kim, and their three sons. He also reports that Dave Harrington just took early retirement from his job as deputy budget director for the City of Chicago and says that John Hurley has been with the Chicago Fire Department for over twenty years. And last but not least, Rob reports the rumor of the annual Chautauqua reunion among Tom Kelly, Mark Danisewicz ’77, Mike Skerl, Mike McGuigan ,

of us still standing. Twenty-eight years have passed since we matriculated on the quad and most of us are bona-fide adults now – well, sort of anyway. The other ’77 alumni attendees at Gags’ party were Stan Mambort, Dave Cullen, Urban Picard, Brian Henke, Joe (“The Dictator”) Crogan, Kathy (Coffey) Kenny , Bob Kenny, Nancy (Cunningham) Benacci, Betsy (Heben) May, Don May, John Rutherford, Kevin Hinkel ,

touch with Greg Hink and a number of Room One denizens and has been following the life and times of fellow rifle team members John Sideras and Chris Axelrod ’76. ... Jeffrey Neuman and Mary Ann Salvatore Neuman just celebrated their 24 th wedding anniversary. The Neumans have three children — Jeff (23), Ted (20), and Chris ( 16). Jeff is president of Barnes Wendling CPAs (headquartered in Cleveland) where he has been employed

Mike Dolphin and Joe Sullivan  having taken place in May. Many thanks Rob for all the news! … Sadly for us Mark Wester  won’t be able to chair our reunion committee this time, but it’s for a terrific reason: he’s taken a director’s role at the Lupus Foundation of America. Our congratulations! He included news that son Matt will graduate from the University of Dayton in December and son Greg is now a junior at the University of Toledo. ... Meg McCarthy Waters sends word from sunny California that her e-mail address is now [email protected]. ... That’s it for this edition. I expect to have a reunion chairman and committee to report in the next issue! Until then, stay safe, have fun and send me some ramblings. Cools 

Bob Keir, and Mike Downing. When I left to go back to the hotel at 1:30 a.m. the party was still going on. Even though the snow is on the roof, the fire isn’t out in the furnace! . .. One of the perks of this job is that you get to hear from other folks that you haven’t kept track of lately. ... The alumni office sent along a note from Demaris (Levitt) LaBlanc. She and Maura (Shields ) Powers  and Kris (Kress) Gehring collectively celebrated their fiftieth birthdays together by going white water rafting. There’s that “sort of adult” thing again. They sent along a picture as proof but it was hard to be certain that it was really them, what with the splashing water, bulky life vests and yellow helmets. I’ll guess we’ll just have to take their word for it. Demaris wanted to know if we could include this activity at our 30 th reunion. Where would we do that? The Johnson Natatorium? ... In other news, I’ve learned that Barbara (Donahue ) Corrigan is teaching computer classes in Cleveland. Her husband, Bob, recently retired from the U.S. Navy Reserves as a commander. She writes that they “are celebrating a lot this summer.” Seems to be a good deal of that going around. ... I also received a blurb from Mark McMullen . Mark is currently residing in Mableton, GA, just outside Atlanta with his wife, Jan. Mark is a senior vice president with The Integer Group. Rumor has it that Peter Norton was last seen in Atlanta also. The alumni office has him in Raleigh. So Mark, if you happen to run into Peter, tell him to please check in with me. Stan has been asking about him. ... That’s the way this column is going to work. If you are reading this and you haven’t seen your name here in the

for 27 years — straight out of JCU. Hobbies include golf and being a long suffering sports fan of all Cleveland professional teams as well as Ohio State. Jeff’s partner Mike Pappas ’79 is active in obtaining financial support for JCU’s new football stadium. ... Nancy Moran Veselica is trying to find time around her two teenagers’ sc hedules (driver’s ed, work schedules, etc.) to get into the voice-over business. Nancy’s first career was in advertising, but now she’s switching gears while continuing to raise her family. She’s taking voiceover classes and is close to making a demo CD in August. Nancy is already on the air in Valparaiso, IN, on a local not-for-profit station and has recorded a duets Catholic Christmas music CD with a friend that will be sold to benefit various local charities. A large group of Nancy’s JCU classmates are planning to get together for their 50th next year - maybe to climb a mountain or? ... In May, Mike McMahon and daughter, Maeve, visited Steve Matusz (Steve is Maeve’s godfather) for the first communion of Steve’s son Evan. Steve and Mike were members of the heralded (by Dr. Navratil) Gold Medal JCU econ class of 1978. ... Tom Olbrych sends greetings to the crew from first floor T-wing at Pacelli Hall: Mike Judy, Jim Szakos , Jim Bircher , Tom Keir; and friends Kevin Leonard, Ara Bagdasarian, Rick Jordan and the AED gang. Tom had a great time at our 2003 Reunion, and looks forward to our 30th in 2008. Tom’s Tom’s son Jonathan has completed his sophomore year at Georgetown U, and rowed with the varsity light crew, finishing fifth in the nation. Daughter Stephanie has completed her sophomore year at Western Reserve Academy in

past twenty-eight years, drop me a line. If you don’t, you are likely to see the same names over and over again, at least until they boot me out with a new class columnist. Now that could be something to celebrate. Dennis 

Hudson, OH, and just returned from a one-month cultural exchange trip to Costa Rica. Tom hopes to have her consider JCU for her college studies. Tom is associa te professor of internal medicine, and section head of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), and has served as the Adult CF program director at Akron Children’s Hospital since 1989 ... Thanks for writing! Tim

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I’m sitting at 30,000 feet winging my way back to Baltimore from Cleveland where I spent the weekend celebrating Bill Gagliano’s fiftieth birthday along with fifteen other members of the Class of 1977. It is appropriate that I should begin my first column as the new class columnist with Gags’ party since he is the one who shanghaied me into this new job. I ended up as the new class scribe after my predecessor, Kim Petrovich, decided to go into retirement. Of course a ll of that is now academic. In a weak moment I accepted the job and so now my fellow members of the Class of 1977, you are stuck with me unless someone else is prepared to take the pen from my hand. — No takers? — I didn’t think so. This is a good year to take up this task. Most of us are hitting the half century point in life this year and so there should be lots of news to share from those

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Greetings! ... Joe Jerse recently accepted an invitation from classmate Rob Kehoe to associate with his law firm. Joe finds it to be an interesting

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practice with excellent clients and a sophisticated litigation component and is also glad to be back in downtown Cleveland. Joe squeezed a hint out of the former hoopster (Rob) that has helped his weekly round ball game. Joe and spouse Nella moved from the Old Brooklyn of Cleveland to North Royalton about two years ago. Daughter Juliana is a senior at Padua and is considering JCU for college and other daughter Amalia (Lia) is an excellent reader in fourth grade. Joe keeps in

Hi y’all! I hope you are all enjoying a fabulous summer with friends and family. At least we have more seasonal temperatures this year, in JCU country! I just love the summer. Had a most fabulous experience recently celebrating my mother’s 74th birthday! My sister, Carolyn, my mom and I all went skydiving together! What a blast! More than myself, I am so proud of my mother! Hmm, wondered where I get my sense of adventure? ... Heard from Bob

Meilinger. He is living in Portage, MI, (near Kalamazoo) with his wife of 20 years, Joann and their two boys, John (18) and James (16). John graduated from Portage Northern High School with highest honors and was also a four-year letterman in swimming and water polo. Jimmy will be a sophomore at Portage Northern and lettered in track, swimming and water polo. John will be the third generation and third John Meilinger attending JCU.

Flynn Lawrence had the opportunity to spend the weekend in her old room, #361 in Murphy Hall, with her roommate Judy Kostyo Alemagno. Apparently, there was a fair amount of noise in the dorm which they felt was coming from the direction of Steve Batanian. ... The new Dolan Science Center served as the setting for the class dinner, enjoyed by many, including Jim and Susan Antall. ... Faculty members mingling on Saturday evening included Fr. Casey

few cold ones ... Karen Zemba was catching up with some of her former political science colleagues. ... Beth Wright provided Kodak moments as the official Saturday night photographer with her digital camera. Perhaps Beth may have some shots of Don McGuire and his wife dancing under the Big Tent. … Our thoughts and best wishes are with Bob Kasper wh  who o as of this writing is serving in Iraq. Bob is a doctor in the Tennessee Army National Guard. He is stationed

Bob received his MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College in ’83 and has worked for Rockwell Automation (Reliance Electric and Allen Bradley) as a senior sales engineer for the past 20 years. Later this summer, Bob and his family will be traveling to Numazu, Japan. It is a sister city to Kalamazoo, MI, and the Meilingers have been invited by the Numazu committee to travel there to help represent Kalamazoo. What an honor! Bob can be reached at [email protected]. ... Ran into many familiar faces at JCU’s Reunion Weekend in June: Dave Chervenak, Tom Gallagher, Mike Gordon ’80, Lou Zahara ’80, Jim Antall ’80, Jeanne Wall ’80, Mark Zemba, Kevin Kane ’75, John Mastrantoni ’80, Rob Lombardi ’80, Phil Lopez ’80, Tommy Tommy Heilman ’80, Bill Kern ’76. Always great to see not only people from our class, but the “before and after” years from when we were at Carroll. It was great to catch up with everyone. ... Ran into Charlie Wagner ’83 and Tommy Tom my Hartnett ’81 one night in the ‘hood’ - had great laughs and a fun time going down memory lane. At one point we discussed all the reasons why John Carroll plays such an important part in our lives — even for those that feel like they don’t need to be a part of JCU anymore. John Carroll helped make all of us who we are today — good, honest, hard working, intelligent sons and daughters, husbands and wives, parents, friends, colleagues and citizens. Without our experiences, our classes, our successes and failures and our relationships — good and bad of it all — we wouldn’t be who we are today. We are all very lucky to have touched each other’s lives in whatever way — big or small. I know I treasure my friendships from the past. I enjoy the ones I have kept and the new ones I have added along the way and look forward to

Bukala, SJ and Dean Navratil. ... A ‘way to go’ is in order to Garfield Hts. native (my hometown) and former WUJC radio personality Gary Szelagowski for bringing a bottle of champagne from the five-year reunion. It tasted somewhat like moonshine, but hey… Gary is keeping busy as a senior VP at National City. ... Some of you may have remembered Maureen Gaffney Katanic who is busy working in the development office at the University of Akron. ... Shirley Novak is an attorney in Pittsburgh and has been active in politics. ... Flying in from San Diego for his first time at a reunion was former Blue Oyster Cult fan, now CEO of PETCO, James Myers. He still has some family in the local Cleveland area, but, for obvious reasons, everyone wants to visit San Diego. James’ company purchased the naming rights to PETCO Field, where the San Diego Padres play baseball. ... Special thanks go out to the class gift chairs - Phil Lopez, John Mastrantoni and Kevin O’Neill for their help in raising over $53,000 as the 1980 class gift, which actually more than doubles the class gift from our 20-year reunion. ... Mike Borrelli, aka Speedo, took in the weekend. ... John Ettorre served as our toastmaster at the dinner – he’s a Cleveland based writer and editor keeping busy writing about topics from LeBron James to “penning” a local column in the Cleveland/Akron Family  magazine  called  called dad about town, which is both mildly amusing and reflective. ... Former Theta Kappa member Maureen McCarthy is on the clinical faculty in the Yale Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. ... Rosemarie Hari came up from Palm Harbor, FL. … Mimi Luecke attended and was spied on the dance floor under the Big Tent strutting to that famous song Electric Slide . ... Traded some Tampa Bay stories with

at Camp Cobra, 75 miles northeast of Baghdad. His e-mail is [email protected] or you can use [email protected] [email protected] .mil to contact him. MFH 

Our 25th Reunion is less than a year away and it’s never too soon to begin making your plans to attend. And I think this is a first for John Carroll but the reunion weekend will be the weekend AFTER Father’s Father’ s Day, June 23-25, 2006. Many of us have very busy lives with our families, jobs, homes, etc. ... so get the reunion date on your calendar, or palm pilot, now! Let’s have the best turnout ever because it is our big 2-5. It’s a great opportunity to see friends, explore an ever-changing campus and just have fun. Speaking of reunions, I received a wonderful letter from Anne Marquard Nicolay which I understand was co-authored by Michelle Keresman Connors. They wrote and said that on June 17, Anna Zalar Kmetich, Lori Neff Seidel, Anne and Michelle got together for dinner at an Irish cafe near JCU. They enjoyed catching up on their lives. (Michelle is living in Medina, OH, with her husband, Guy, and kids, John (16), Annie (14), and Meg (5). Anne lives in Westlake with her husband, Bob, and their children, Kelly (16), Susan (13), and Matthew (10).) Then Michelle and Anne popped in on the 25th Reunion of some of their

the relationships I will add in the future. We are lucky for whatever amount of time we have known each other. We We have been very blessed. Just a little “Agacinski philosophizing!” What would you have expected from all those philosophy courses? ... enjoy your lazy, crazy, hazy summer days! Nancy 

Kevin Whalen, whom I reminded that I still have, somewhere in my sophisticated home based filing system, a few of the orange Tampa Bay Buccaneer stickers. ... Mario Fioritto and Sam Bonsignore were reliving some old campus memories. ... Fellow St. Ignatius High classmate Lew Zahara hoisted a

friends in the class of ’80. They were happy to see other ’81 grads like Chad Gross and his wife and Tony Vespoli. Anne said it was also great seeing the class of ’80 celebrators too, especially Kevin Whalen, and his wife, Suzie McChesney ’82, Tommy Cua, John Ettorre, and Susan and Jim Antall, but someone was

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JUNE 23-25

E-mail: [email protected] Greetings: 49 members ventured back for their 25year reunion. Summer humidity was reasonable which boded well for those that camped out in the Johnnytalking 1968 built MurphyIL, Hall.  Palumbo  trekked in from Hinsdale, and...enjoyed to rugby teammates Mark Hutchison and Sean Meaney. John played golf with Denny Weyhe ’82, Hutchison, and Dave McKibben ’82. John enjoyed meeting up with the “Columbus Boys” — Paul Kunzen, Tom Cua and Rob Lombardi. John was hoping to see Don Rose, Steve Nini and Dan Liska. ... Former wrestler Cua is enjoying Ohio’s tropical city, Columbus, working as a building contractor. ... Winona

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noticeably missing from the Whalen-Cua trio-you know who you are Hal Hawk. Michelle and Anne said the night was just a warm up for our 25th next June. They hope to see many of their friends next year! Anne and Michelle, thanks for the terrific update! ... I also received an update from Lynn Buckley Childs. She is the senior director financial report for Brooks Pharmacy. Lynn lives in Saunderstown, RI, with her daughter, Brittany (17).

the board of directors of the Maryland Disabilities Forum. MDF serves the needs of persons with all types of disabilities in areas such as housing, education, and health care. Kevin used to be a special education teacher and has volunteered with the Learning Disabilities Association and the Brain Injury Association of Maryland. ... Jerry Kohl was married March 15 in a private ceremony on Islamorada in the Keys to Steph Dutton. They continue to celebrate at

Chicago is Kraft’s global headquarters, we think that we’ll be able to work that out. And in true Jesuit spirit, I’m trying to make a difference and give back in our Santa Maria del Popolo parish community. Geri and I teach and lead baptismal preparation parent instruction; I’m co-lead of the school marketing ministry and was recently elected to the school board.” (With four boys of our own, Michelle  and I can appreciate a bit of

Speaking of children, the reunion weekend includes a lot of activities for kids and the family. So when you’re making plans for next June 23-25, make it a family vacation! This would also be a great opportunity for a campus visit with your high school students. They’ll be able to see the fun and crazy side of JCU. ... One last update comes from Julia Sullivan Ahern. She lives in Charlotte Hall, MD, with her husband, Michael ’79, and two sons, Matthew (19) and Daniel (12). ... It was great to hear from everyone. Keep the letters and e-mails coming. Oh, and did I mention the Reunion is June 23-25, 2006. Hope to see you there! God Bess, Julie 

their home in Bay Village, OH. Congratulations to our newest newlywed! ... I am running low on news, so please drop me an e-mail! Onward on! Paul 

what life is like for the Reardons) ... The May 22  had a picture of Karen Ohlrich Mullin Plain Dealer  had at a Cleveland Advertising Association event and mentioned her creative party attire at the “Bidding Away the Blue” themed event. Karen does marketing for JCU. ... How about putting an e-mail alumni update on your fall TO-DO list? Don

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Greetings from Chicago! I just returned from a quick trip to Mark Basso’s amazing Autobahn Country Club of Joliet. He did his best to make Jerry Pockar and me car sick as he took us on a guided tour of the track with speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Mark indicated that Bobby Parrilli, Tony Parrilli, and George Antoon were planning a 45th birthday party at the track. At least we know these classmates will be well insured! Mark has done a phenomenal job combining his hobby with a career and he loves every minute of it. ... Don DeBrakeleer recently moved to the Philadelphia suburbs and is an OB/GYN doctor with The Center for Women’s Health of Lansdale.

A few more signs you are over 40 ... People no longer view you as a hypochondriac ... You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room . .. Your potte potted d plants actually stay alive ... 6 a.m. is when you get up, not when you go to sleep ... You hear your favorite song on an elevator ... You carry an umbrella because you watch the Weather Channel ... You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore ... MTV News is no longer your primary source for information — Nancy Greene Rountree  had a new addition to their family when daughter Lilly was born March 4, 2003. Nancy says of Lilly “...she is a talker and a social butterfly now! I think she is destined to be a French horn player too!” Nancy and husband Larry live in Virginia, where Nancy does information assurance training for Maden Technologies.

It is hard to believe our 20th reunion has already come and gone. As Marcy Farrell Kylander commented, “It took us 20 years to get here, now it has been 20 years since we have been back.” Guess we really have hit that milestone of middle age! We had an incredible turnout of over 75 alumni and lots of laughs for those of you who attended. A great big cheer to our Reunion Coordinator, Rosalie Massey, and fellow committee members Mary (Miralia) Hager, Karen Schipke, Shirley (Schlemmer) Reynolds, Jim and Mary (Zigman) Petit, Dave Pratt, Jean (Riedman) Bolotin, Brian Boose, John Creamer, Dolores (Beeswenger) Kimberly, Missy (Barry) Kisthardt, Teri (Johnson) Long, Maureen (Cox) O’Leary and  for Mary Pipino. A special thanks to Brian Schultz for taking care of the flowers and delicious dinner. So what did you miss? Elk reunion stories from the great Elk’s themselves – Larry Blum, Jim Donahue, Vince Brennan, Sean “Ace” McCauley, Sean “Men at Work” McAndrews, Jim Petit and Pat Goold ’84.

Don and Lynne have three boys – D.J., Daniel and Dylan. The whole family cheers for the Eagles and Flyers between travel hockey games for the boys. They lived in New York for nine years before returning to Philadelphia. ... Katie Carpenter Rose dropped me a line to remind me not to forget her birthday – December 13. She always has such great marketing and sports ideas for me, too. Katie is in mourning since her oldest son, Nick, decided to go elsewhere for college. ... Tim O’Callahan’s son Sean will be a classmate with my son, Patrick – we were at the same orientation in June. I also met Matt

They have two other children Morgan (17) and Margaret (14). ... The May 9, 2005 issue of Crain’s   displayed a photo and article Cleveland Business  displayed about University Hospital’s cardiologist Vince Pompili, who with a colleague began the stem cell company Arteriocyte Inc. with technology he developed while treating patients. They developed and are preparing to test, in humans, a method to regrow arteries in the heart using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood. The article went on to say that UH would like to see more of its doctors follow the lead of Dr. Pompili. ... Patrick

“Men” is now the middle school principal at Bay Village. Hey, Vince, did you make it back in time for the recital/wedding? ... Friday night’s cocktail party continued in high gear meeting newlywed dentist duo Drs. Bill and Christine Sikora, who were married in October ’04. Other newlyweds present were Dave and Marie (Mozzi) Baumuller. Marie is the spa director for the acclaimed Greenbrier Resort  in  in West Virginia. After checking the Web site reunion attendee list, Ricky Kraft drove all day in from NJ to make the event. ... Paul Toutouji and his lovely wife won the distance award by arriving from their home in Paris. ...

Keresman’s niece Katie, whose father graduated in ’79. Matt hopes his daughter, Dana, will be a freshman next year. Three generations of Keresmans have graced the quad over the years. ... I ran into Barb O’Brien Brown and Jean Nester Turcu at the

Reardon and his wife, Geri, make their home in Libertyville, IL, with their five children: Patrick (10), Christopher (9), Kevin (5), Jimmy (3), and new baby Jacqueline (Jackie). Pat, a director of strategy for Kraft Foods says: “After four boys we

Carl Fillichio, a man with perfect words for every occasion, made a late night appearance. Carl is heading up a “think tank” in D.C. as VP for communications & innovation for The Council for Excellence in Government . By the way Carl, you were right,

Alumni Awards in theBarb beautiful Dolanwere Center for Science and Dinner Technology. and Jean at the dinner to congratulate Mary Powers Patton ’83 on her Alumni Medal. Chuck Brown was unable to make the dinner as he is their parish’s bingo caller and couldn’t miss a night of B52s! ... Kevin Dougherty started a new company, AdVenture Development, LLC located in Smithfield, NC. Suzie McChesney Whalen was back on campus for Kevin’s 25th reunion. ... Kevin Coyle, Baltimore, was recently elected to

welcomed our first29, daughter, Jacqueline to the world on April J ackie and mother,Marie, Geri, are doing great. The older brothers are enamored with their baby sister and they are very helpful. There’s a lot of activity at home but I wouldn’t want it any other way! This past fall I celebrated my 20-year anniversary with Kraft Foods. I never thought I’d stay with one company for so long, but here I am. We’ve moved nine times in those 20+ years but now our goal is to stay in the Chicago area. Since

) Joseph  was leaving the “Rat Carol ( Bar.” ...Brennan On Saturday, down theILL road at Legacy’s Atria’s, host, Ann Durkin ’84 had a surprise bridal luncheon for Aggie Nagy who will be getting married August 27th. In attendance were Carol Joseph, Maureen (McDonough) Curly, Kathy (Egan) Ecklund, Peggy (Bertsch) Currier, Maureen (Flaherty) Menton, Susan “Bubbles” McAllister Cahill and Mary Pat (Bluemle) Maretz. Later that evening John Marsh introduced us to his lovely

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feel free to e-mail Gigi [email protected]. Hey, any help I can get i s sure going to be appreciated! If you do opt to e-mail me, make sure your subject line specifically indicates JCU alumni news, so I don’t delete your message as spam! Caio, Belinda 

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87 ‘85s styling. From left, Mary Pat Bluemle Maretz, Susie McAllister Cahill, Peggy Bertsch Currier, Dolores Beiswenger Kimberly, Maureen Flaherty Menton, Jeannie Berg Muldowney, Carol Brennan Joseph. fiancée, Jodi. The captain is an attorney in Columbus and planning a December wedding. U-Clubbers, John Blossom, drove in from Wisconsin and Kent Keller, a

supporting the 1st Infantry Division. David ... on behalf of our classmates, we salute you! ... I also got an e-mail from Robbyn Redding Jones and

Navy IT man for 20 years, drove in from Michigan. I promise more to come regarding reunion, but need to get these timely updates on other classmates in this column. ... Applause to published author classmate, Elizabeth (Becka) Lansky, whose first book, Trace Evidence, will be available at bookstores in August. It is the first in a series based on her experiences at the coroner’s office in Cleveland. She currently lives in Florida with her husband and works as a latent print examiner for the local police department. So if you are in any book clubs, consider this as your next reading choice! You can also check out her Web site www.ElizabethBecka.com. If you are an HGTV viewer, be sure not to miss classmate, Tim Luke, president and co-owner of Trea Treasure sure Quest Auction  based in Stuart, FL, as one of two appraisers Galleries  based hosting the new television show, Cash in the Attic . It debuts on Monday, September 12 at 8 p.m. Check out Tim’s Web site and gallery - www.TQAG.com. Special thanks to Missy Kisthardt for the writing advice. It was great seeing you and hubby “Wildman” at the reunion. It was truly great seeing everyone! I would love to hear from John and Deb Frain, Su Sue e Muer, Kevin Coyne - call, e-mail, “snail” mail, whatever, just write! Enjoy the summer. Ciao – Diane 

she’s had quite an exciting year. She was living in Florida and got engaged to David Jones last October. A week later she found out that her employer, Magnivision Reading Glasses, was sold to AAI Foster Grant. Thus she had to pick up and plan a move to Rhode Island in addition to planning a wedding! She and her fiancé sold their respective houses and built another in Rhode Island! They got married on February 19, and moved to Cumberland, RI, on March 10. Robbyn is now a merchandising manager for Magnivision there. Hey Robbyn, wasn’t Davey Jones one of the Monkeys? ... Salvatore D’Angelo  was appointed to assistant cashier with Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio way back in January. By now, I am sure that Sal has solidified his position as an investment executive in the Fifth Third Securities Department. He is responsible for working with the retail banking division to increase investment sales and help Fifth Third customers in Lake and Geauga counties (Ohio) achieve their investment needs. Hey Sal, drop me a line and let me know how the job is going. ... Michael Anderson  is living in Lyndhurst, OH. After graduating from JCU he received his MD from CWRU in 1990. He now works at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital as director of the Fellowship Program. He and his wife, Dianne, have five children — Timothy (14), Brian (12), Kevin (9),

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Hi everyone, it’s the night before we leave for Sea Brook Island, SC, and in between packing and loading the van, I remembered the column was due. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive much updated information from all of you, but did get a few. I hope to hear from many more of you by the next column! ... I did hear from Stefano Deleidi and wife, Anna Carole. They have temporarily relocated to Italy from Asia with Stefano’s company, but are due back by the end of the year. They will most likely be in Hong Kong and then Shanghai. This has been his 14 th career move since graduating and third since marriage. They are enjoying the moves, but find it takes a little more planning now with a baby. Their daughter Anna just celebrated her first birthday on June 15. Happy Birthday Anna! Thanks for the update Stefano. ... I also heard from Mara Altier Dale. She is living in Germantown, TN, with husband Tom ’89 and their son, Matthew (7). ... Lydia Sawchuk-Rhoades wrote that she is living in Detroit, MI, with husband, David. She is teaching at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School. ... Thanks again for all of you who e-mailed. For the next column, I would love to hear from Colleen Barrett on her twins and if you’re not too busy, Katie Simmons, please send me a little note. Also, Tim Reed and Mary Wahl where are you and what have you been up to? ... By the time you read this, summer will be over and school will have started once again. So, have a wonderful fall. God bless, Sue 

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REUNION 2006

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We have a reunion right around the corner – June 23-25, 2006. If you are thinking about attending, start sending me your inquiries now. I’ll be happy to print those! ... I got a status report on David Bennett and he’s living in Derry, NH, with his wife, Jennifer, and Andrew (1). David was in ROTC at JCU and is now a plans officer with the U.S. Army in Londonderry, NH. He recently finished a one-year tour of duty in Tikrit, Iraq,

Elizabeth (8), and Bradley (5). As if five kids aren t enough to keep one busy, Michael has been busy as a pediatric ICU physician at Rainbow, and was recently appointed the medical director of the PICU at MetroHealth Medical Center. His wife is ... well ... just busy as hell managing a house of

Okay, so writing for the class of ’88 hasn’t been that bad. Not only have we been receiving phone calls and e-mails, but we are actually getting people to visit us! In fear of what we would write, Jeanine McGrattyLee and Colleen Connery Coyne came to Cleveland

seven. I wonder how many soccer and baseball games she has watched so far this summer! ... Ann Zuppan Neylon is living in Brookpark, OH, with her husband, Alan, and daughter Erin (14). She has a master’s of education and is teaching in the Cleveland Schools as a computer resource teacher. ... Lastly, I heard from Gigi Togliatti-Rice, who is working with State Farm. She has offered to forward me bunches of information for future columns. So if you don’t feel like e-mailing me,

to visit with me, Sharon  Byrnes  Mixner  an d  Gibbons  Nock . This way they and could Gretchen personally persuade me to keep my updates about them honest. For those of you we may have called late night to tell you how much we miss you (Megan Leahy Tilles, Colleen Harvey Solomon, and Mary Baugh Martin), we apologize. We forget how early people our age can go to bed on a Saturday night! ... We heard from Ed Hammele and his wife, Dana Lemmons. They are both doing well and are in the  

 

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process of moving with their children from Lakewood, OH, to Fairhope, AL, along the Mobile Bay. Ed took a job with Amsouth Bank and Dana will continue pursuing her real estate career with RE/MAX. ... Kathleen Hogan Schroeder wrote to tell us she’s living in Stafford, VA, with her husband and two children. She is a nurse consultant at Mary Washington Hospital. ... David Williams tells us he is living in Erie, PA. In April, he and his wife, Stephanie, welcomed their fourth child, Ethan. Congratulations! It’s great to hear of some future JCU alum. ... Dan Dan Obermiller lives in Midland, MI, and works for The Dow Chemical Company. He and his wife, Jeanette, have two children. ... Ed Fike was inspired by our stories of people running marathons and he just completed his 12th race when he ran the Cleveland Rite Aid in May. Oh my, and I thought one was impressive. Ed is living in Los Altos Hills, CA. He co-owns a popular chain of restaurants in Silicon Valley, Hobee’s, and is offering a JCU discount to anyone visiting. ... That’ That’s s it for right now, but we know there’s much more to report. Please keep the e-mails, phone calls, and visits coming! Have a great summer summer,, Jamie  and  and Kathy 

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The men and women who represented the Class of 1990.

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We have been hot and dry since the beginning of June with no relief in sight and the rain has been as common as As  on  on my JCU report cards ... Sorry, Mom and Dad. I spoke to and heard from a lot of the regulars the past few months and got some good info from a few newcomers. ... Michelle Conkle promised me at our 15-year reunion to write and even though it took some time I finally got several stories out of her. Michelle is the inside sales manager in Columbus for FleetCor Technologies, the issuer of the Fuelman Fleet Card and her team is expected to make Presidents Club for 2005. Michelle and her five cats have a house and are enjoying life in the state

Hope everyone had a great summer! Thanks to everyone who came back to JCU for Reunion Weekend! We had a great turn out and all in all, I thought it was another successful reunion. Thanks to Rosalie and her staff – they did a fantastic job! ... So, here’s a taste of what the class of 1990 has been up to the past 15 years. ... Bruce Ianni and his wife, Maria, traveled in from Kansas City! Bruce is the CEO and Founder of Chemidex, Inc. It’s like a big Google for chemists. Bruce and Maria are the proud parents of three children – Isabelle and twins, Mac and Matea. ... Ran into Scott Mosser, which was a very pleasant surprise!

capital. Michelle informs me that Joanne McCreary is a financial analyst for Resources Global Professionals, is currently working with Things Remembered, and enjoyed a trip to Italy in 2004. ... Karen Teeter Rufer married Dan Rufer last December and Anne Porter (have not heard from you) was in the wedding party. Attendees included Becky Lacovic Barnhart, Sue Zurkovski Swain, Lisa Grisez-Shullick , Shannon Place Martin, Holly Monahan and Chris Jamison. Karen lives in Portland and is a records clerk for the law firm Bullivant Houser Bailey. ... Shaun Carey has a new position at Fredriksen Fire

He is living in Ohio City and working for a software company. ... Rob and Jill (DiNicolantonio) Brdar are building a house in Avon. ... Gary Ritter decided at the last minute to come to reunion all the way from Little Rock, AR, where he works at the University of Arkansas! ... Saw Carl DiBernardo and his wife, Jeanette, very briefly at the beginning of the night. Carl was not only celebrating with the class of ’90, but also was celebrating with former JCU wrestlers, who had their own reunion event. ... Larry and Jane (Wagner) Nicolette brought their daughter (and possible future JCUer), Abby, to Reunion! ... Jim

ers. Chris also mentioned that she and Mia Bernet are heading to England in September to do their part to boost tourism after their subway attacks. Have a great trip! ... I got to chat a bit with Amy Finke Cook. She is living on the West Side with her hubby, Brian, and their five kids! Amy mentioned that the new Crocker Park is high on her list of favorite places to meet up with friends! ... Joe Schmidt and his wife, Holly, and their kids, recently moved to Bainbridge. Joe mentioned they were busy with home improvement stuff! ... Andy Cores is living in Chicago and is partner in a law firm. ... Doug Wichman and his family are living in Westlake. Doug works for The Superlative Group in Cleveland. ... Stefanie (Ulatowski) Rhine is living in Lyndhurst with her husband, Dan, and their kids Jack (7), Megan (4), and Frannie (1). ... Dan and Colleen (Harvey ’88) Solomon are living in Alpharetta, GA, with their girls, Mary Claire (6) and Nora (2). ... John Graham is living in the Chicago area, Libertyville, to be exact. He is the president of Graham C-Stores in Gageslake, IL. ... Even though reunion is over, please keep the news flowing! Be Well, Melissa 

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JUNE 23-25

Equipment Company and is living in Chicago. ... Margaret Wojcik Stefanov is a manager at Allstate Insurance and lives in Twinsburg with her husband, Joe. ... Tracy Moavero is now living in Washington, D.C., and working as a campaign director for a Quaker organization. For the past years, she’s specialized in peace campaigning and11 lobbying in D.C., New York, and Geneva. ... Pat Forebaugh will be married in Chicago to his girlfriend, Amy; good luck Pat. ... Thanks to Adam Stuart for your phone call about the previous article, it was good to hear from you and to realize people do read and enjoy the column. ... Have a safe and happy summer and remember to call or e-mail me your stories about fellow JCUers ... Peace, David 

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Ford and his wife, Julie, made the drive in from Gibsonia, PA. Jim is the general manager for Cintas in Mt. Pleasant, PA. Jim and Julie are the proud parents of Erin (7), Jack (4) and new baby, Katie, who was born in September 2004! ... Holly Monahan is living in Chicago. She recently quit her job at the American Society of Clinical Pathology, where she was the marketing manager for publications. Holly is heading back to school at DePaul University to get her master’s in education! ... Chris Jamison is living in Pittsburgh. She handles marketing and events at a Pittsburgh mall. Some of the events she’s part of include bringing in Landon from Road Rules  to  to do a meet and greet. She gets to book bands, Disney characters, the NYC Rockettes, etc. for her custom-

Hopefully, your summer has gone well and been enjoyable ... I received an e-mail from Robert Powers, who is married to Cathy (Herman) ’92. They reside in Pittsburgh and have three children. Rob is the assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the assistant investigator at Magee Women’s Research Institute. ... In Marion, OH, we have Tricia Cornely Lightfoot and her husband, Brian, with two daughters. Both Trish and her husband teach in the Marion City Schools. ... I ran into Maureen Mulloy at a party on the fourth with her kids. She is moving out of state. ... I ran into Meg Pedrini at OfficeMax. She and her husband live in Rocky River, OH, with their adorable son. ... Gretchen

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Schindel Aichele will begin classes in the fall for her administrative license in nursing home care. Gretchen currently works in the office at a nursing home in Cincinnati and has three children. ... Dave McClafferty, Jr. resides in Rocky River, OH. He works for MetLife as their managing director. ... Alex DeLuna lives in the Chicago area and is still working for GMAC. He and his wife, Giezl, have a daughter. ... I was happy to receive an e-mail from Chuck Coletta,

Right after school I moved to Tokyo, Japan. I’m married and have two mostly angelic children. My wife is Naomi, my son Devon (8) and daughter Desire (5). For work I have been freelancing various odd jobs for the past two years; traveling around the country and the world spouting mad bits of my own poetry with musicians; producing musical events; promoting artists; DJing at a radio station, renting out my sound equipment to promoters; doing market research for a

who is currently teaching at BGSU in the Department of Popular Culture. He worked with Hollywood legend Eva Marie Saint (a BGSU alum) as he did research for her that will help in the filming of Superman Returns. Chuck will be traveling to London and Paris this summer. ... Congrats to Bill Patterson and Debbie on the birth of their daughter. The happy family resides in Cleveland Hts., OH. ... Well, take care and keep the news coming. Fondly, Molly – PS My oldest turns ten this summer, unbelievable...

U.S. based client; copywriting, proofreading, and narrating. When I first came to Japan, I spent four years selling English language books and teaching English. I spent the next six working for a pop music management company. David Maher, my JCU roommate, is also here in Tokyo. He used to work at the same book company I worked at, then moved on to a company called Maruhon, where he edits consumer and maintenance manuals for Nissan and various other automobile manufacturers. He’s not married yet but I suspect he and his girlfriend might some time soon.” Thank for your posts! See you at Homecoming! Jim

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Hello everyone! Summer is flying by fast and the Cleveland weather has been exceptional! John O’Malley dropped me a note saying he just graduated from Northwestern University with a master’s in computer science. John told me that Ron Wiersch and his wife, Annie, just had another boy, Evan Michael. ... You know when you have found that special someone that you waited your whole life for? Well I was delighted to hear that this just happened to Chris McNulty. Chris wrote “I have found a phenomenal woman and we are getting married in September. Her name is Jenna Soccorsi, she went to Hillsdale University in Michigan and is a fundraising professional presently working for Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. She is originally from Boardman, OH, and now lives here in Columbus with me.” ... How do you measure success? Is it a great career? Is it a happy family life? It seems that Scott Tennant has both — a successful career as vice president Dix & Eaton Public Relations Firm and he and his wife, Terry, are expecting their fifth child in February. ... Remember the song 867-5309? Well there is a new number that will be more famous than that one! Well at least to the JCU 1992 community. It is 206.202.1992. When you call this number you can leave a voice message for all of your JCU 1992 alumni and Anton Zuiker will post your voice message as a podcast on http://jcu92.net/loudblog/ - very kool! Special thanks to Anton for his dedication to http:// 

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Hello everyone, I hope you’re all enjoying summer. We’ve been busy with Safety Town and Vacation Bible School, boy how things change but I wouldn’t do anything differently, ha-ha. ... Roy Warren has been named the interim high school principal at Beachwood High School. ... Chris Helm and wife, Annette, are living in Austintown, OH; they have two children, Jackson (4) and Clark (1). Chris has his MA from YSU and is executive editor for Peppers & Rogers Group out of Norwalk, CT. ... Michael Lundon is living in Naples, FL, and working for UBS as divisional vice president. ... Sandra and Douglas Ennis welcomed their second child, Anna Paige, born in Denver on June 2 who joins their son, Collin (5). Doug is an account manager for NetIQ in San Jose, CA. ... Elaine (Weaver) and Jay Bahr ’92 are living in Toledo with their children, Mary Rose (8), Agnes Ruth (5) and Francis Xavier (3). Elaine recently took a job as a chemist for the Campbell Soup Company in Napoleon, OH, and Jay took a job as office manager for the Keith Wilkowski Mayor of Toledo Campaign. ... Vincent Close and wife Renee (Heinle) ’94 have two children, Tyler (2) and Abigail (4 mos.). Vinnie is the IT manager at Tyler Elevator in Valley View. ... John Hogan and Gretchen Heutsche were in town for Gretchen’s father’s JCU class reunion. They arranged

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I have a lot to report so I’m going to jump right in! I heard from Kim (Baker) Harbaugh in the spring. Kim married Todd Harbaugh (who she dated while we were at Carroll) las t October. Carroll grads in attendance were: Katie (Casey) East - bridesmaid, Kim (Muckian) Rippole, Colleen (Zayac) Dunn, Kristen Weisenberger  Grant, and Jackie (Mulroony) Rayment ’93. Todd and Kim have settled in Pittsburgh where Kim teaches a nd Tod Todd d is a director for Fox Sports Net! ... I received an email from fellow Texan, Michelle  (Thomas ) Birchfiel. Brian and Michelle welcomed their second son, Andrew, September 9, 2004. He joins older brother, brother, Evan (4). Michelle stated, “Andrew was born about 10 days after Michelle Macaluso ’s son, Owen. Lisa Chambers  and Jeremy had their son, Sam, in January.”… Kevin Biacsi  wrote me in March stating he was releasing a documentary shifting breakthroughs in discussing the scienceparadigmworld. Let us know if it gets put on the Discovery Channel! ... I have received a number of updates from the JCU alumni office! … John Rownd received his MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2004. He has two daughters: Lauren (4) and Meghan (1). ... Kristin Gelbaugh Adams and her husband, Paul ’93, are living in Dublin, OH. Kristen is a group product manager for Bath and Body Works. ... Dan Bradesca and his wife, Kathryne, have two children — Maura (2) and Marty (10 mos.). Dan is an English teacher in Lakewood, OH. ... Rob Bertrand and his wife, Colleen, live with their son, Miles, in Washington, D.C. Rob is a tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. ... Jennifer Dietrick is living in NYC and is a management supervisor of OgilvyOne. ... Todd Berardinelli is a coordinator of Credit Risk Management for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His daughter, Marissa is 7. ... Shanna Stephany Smith and her husband, Judd ’93, live with daughter, Lauren in Sheffield Village, OH. ... Bart Leonardi currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI. ... Maria De Michele Kerekes has been busy with her three children: Edward (8), Angela (5) and Julia (2). Maria and husband, Edward, live in Euclid, OH. ... Carey Gorden lives in San Diego, CA, and is a trial attorney for the Federal Defenders Office. ... Dave Cushwa and Brian Marita are fathers! Dave and his wife, Sandy, are proud to announce the arrival of

www.jcu92.net and the addition of voice messaging to the site! ... Here are some recent posts from www.jcu92.net (Visit Web site to read posts in their entirety) “ Jennifer Jennifer Ritter (Gonzalez) — June 28, 2005 at 10:06 Karen, Michelene, Bridget, Megan, I’m glad I finally ventured onto the Web site, lots of good

a little reunion of their own at a friend s house; Kim (Masielli) Kirby and her husband, Brendan, and their three kids came, Chris Dashner made an appearance as his wife and two daughters were out of town for the weekend, Jill Ledin ’97 also came by as well as Andrew ’96 and Anne-Marie (Wolanin) Connors

David Frederick Cushwa, Jr., “Jake.” Brian and Mary (Grant ’95) Marita had a baby girl, Elizabeth Marita on Groundhog’s Day. ... John Fleckenstein is living in Jacksonville Beach, FL, and employed with TNT Logistics as a project manager. He is enjoying the

news, lots of babies. My one baby (and two stepdaughters) may be all I can commit to. Lots of work. But, I’m in Chicago, working running a nonprofit on the north side, trying to not miss every new thing my baby does. I ran into Gina Krusinski at an art auction. She was pregnant with twins and also a stepmommy, and lives here as well. I also have had a bit of contact with Angela Cardamone, my old roommate, who is married and has a cute little boy and lives in western PA ... Hi, Marcellus Nealy, here.

with their twin boys (1). It was great to see everyone. ... Michelle Cerino Yarris and Chris Yarris are moving back to the U.S. after three years in Switzerland. Chris is still with PwC and they are moving to the Chicago area, they hope to hear from any alums living in Chicago - [email protected]. Their kids are 6 (almost 7), 5, and 16 mos. ... It is so nice to hear from all of you keep the news coming. God bless, Julie 

bachelor’s life. ... Dana Paunescu filled us in as well: “After graduating, I completed my master’s in Spanish through Middlebury College in Madrid, Spain. I married Aaron McManus ’95 in 1999 and live in Amherst, NY. We have two children, Liam (4) and Katherine (2).” ... I received an e-mail from Bob Wagoner saying he recently became a partner with his legal mentor, now practicing under the firm name of Todaro & Wagoner, in Columbus, OH. His practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice,  

 

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From Left, Annie Hummer DePerro, Kathy Apple Francis and Carole Chandler Sullivan. product liability and wrongful death litigation. Bob and Amy continue to live in New Albany with their twin daughters, Hannah and Jenna (2 1 / 2). ... We want to hear from you. ... Luck to you, always. Moe 

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Elegance, sophistication, phenomenal food and drinks to quench any thirsty partygoer. No, I’m not talking about Carole (Chandler) Sullivan’s July 2nd wedding to Mike Sullivan, although her event encompassed all of that and a steel drum band — but more on that later. I’m talking about our 10-year class Reunion! An amazing spread of enticing pastas, grilled meats and tantalizing desserts under the big tent on the quad was enjoyed by several of our former classmates on Friday night. As Kathy (Apple) Francis, Carole and I made our way through the tent, touring the campus and mingling with other revelers, we couldn’t help feeling a bit nostalgic — so much so that I returned the next morning to our university grounds. I first ran into JCUWith English Dr.tow, George Bilgere atfor Arabica. myprofessor two kids in I then set out the bookstore intending to purchase child-size sweatshirts for my future Blue Streaks. Instead, I ran into Heather (Perample) Macks (married to John Macks) and Maria Montalbano, who had just made it in from Chicago. Maria is the director for an agency on-site at Unilever, responsible for such brands as Suave, Dove, Degree, AXE. ... I also ran into Aimee (Tapajna) McNamee and Amy (Collins) Staas on Saturday morning. Aimee lives in Richmond, VA, with husband, Shane, who is finishing up his residency and

(Guirlinger) Gisel. ... Amy Cavato was also in attendance — I ran into her at Grant’s Farm in St. Louis, MO, back in May. She has an adorable daughter, Abby (3). ... Now, about that wedding I talked about. Carole (Chandler) Sullivan was a combination of sophistication and charm. I have never seen her look more radiant and happy. Her new husband, Mike, equals Carole in intelligence, wit and willingness to kick it up and have a fantastic time.

Erie, PA. ... I also talked to Megan Mooney Gossling, who is living in Redondo Beach, CA, with her husband Eddie. They are busy doing some writing and stand-up comedy. Megan says if anyone is interested in their work schedule or credits they can take a look at either of the following Web sites: www.meganmooney.com or comeddie.com. ... Mike Sekerak and his wife, Maryann, are proud to announce the birth of their fifth child! Thomas Ryan

They are a perfect couple. Kathy (Apple) Francis graciously served as matron of honor in a stunning pastel pink gown. Annie (Dunn) Hughes, Claire Mooney and I spent the morning of the wedding reminiscing about our college years by driving around the Heights area: Parnell’s, the Tavern Company, Nighttown and our old house on Derbyshire were all on the tour. Later at the wedding we were joined by the lovely Michelle (Cull) Lease, Annie (Shane) Bayne, Monica Duflock Kwait, and Nathalie (Lacouture) Insana, who by the way looked extraordinarily beautiful and did I mention she can dance? Hollie Strano, who recently gave birth to little Jessica, also attended. Two fabulous JCU grads provided the invitations and were also fun to see at the wedding: Maria (Miceli) Digiandomenico ’94 and Jean Spinosi-Rond ’99, co-founders of Sobella Design Studio in Cleveland. I highly recommend these talented women for your custom correspondence needs. ... Until next time, Annie 

was born on April 23 and joins siblings Jacob, Justin, Nicholas and Natalie. The Sekeraks have moved to Avon Lake, OH. ... Erol Gurel received an MBA in 2005 from Loyola University, Chicago. ... Alan Boose married Gabrielle Royle (a CWRU grad) last October 30 at Fowler’s Mill Christian Church in Chardon, OH. Serving as best man was Alan’s brother Eric Boose ’95 and as groomsman, Paul Palumbo. Other JCU grads in attendance included Kelly Alexander, Chris Migneault, John and Laura (Skerl) ’98 Roberts, Mike Evrard and wife Amy Hrusovsky Evrard ’97. Alan and Gabrielle are residing in South Euclid and both work for GE Lighting. ... Well, that’s all the news this time. Remember, that if anyone has a picture from a get-together or wedding – any  event involving our classmates, you can e-mail that in with your news and it can be included in a future column. Until next time, the Lord bless you and keep you, Amy 

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I hope this column finds you all well and rested from a long-awaited summer ... and speaking of summer, what a nice segue into news I received from Catherine Carnago Badalamente ’95. Catherine and her husband live on Harsens Island (a real island she tells us) on the St. Clair River. The St. Clair River connects Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron. Catherine and Michael just recently bought Riverside Grocery, a store on the island that is over 80 years old. It is a Marathon Marine gas dock and “country store” on the water. Being a seasonal business, they are finding themselves very busy in the summer. If anyone is out boating on the Great Lakes, they ask that you please stop by and visit! ... Mary Spranze Warren was married June 5, 2004 in Chicago to John Warren and they are living in Austin, TX. Mary completed an M.Ed. at Loyola University in Chicago and is a fourth

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Annmarie  Tirpak and I attended Kara (Barauskas) Maida’s wedding outside of Pittsburgh in May. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great time at both the wedding and the reception. Kara and Bob Maida make a great pair, and we wish them all the love in the world. ... My efforts at tracking down random classmates have paid off! I received an e-mail from Ilche Nonevski . He’s back in Cleveland after a five-year stint in Cincinnati, where he finished up a joint MD/MBA at the University of Cincinnati. He’s heading over to the Cleveland Clinic in July to start a fellowship in Gas troenterology troenterology.. He got married in September 2003 to Sarah Merkel of Chicago, IL, and they live in University Heights, just down the road from JCU. ... Matthew Milewski is working as an account executive for the advertising agency Chemistri-Martin. He recently transferred to the Chicago area and is wondering if there are any Class of 1997 JCU

their daughter Libbie (1). Aimee taught English until Libbie was born. The other Amy, (Collins) Staas, lives in Florida with her spouse, Kevin, and son, Daniel (3). They stayed on campus in Murphy Hall for the weekend, which, Amy explained to Daniel, is sort of like a hotel. Daniel replied, “Can we stay in a different hotel?” Didn’t we all feel like that while living in Murphy? Aimee reports a great turnout on reunion Saturday night including Cathy Gallagher, Colleen (Hens) Friedman, Amy (Kogut) O’Neill, Dana (Murray) McCabe, Colleen Carroll, Jill Patterson, Susie (Marsick) Martin, Steve and Katie (Powers) Vitatoe, Bryan and Jackie (St. Marie) Davis, Ellen (Wagner) Calvello, Mike and Kate (Donnelly) O’Leary, Liesl Stalzer-Callaghan, Pat Dorrington, Jesse Galloway, Hank, Matt Clark, and Erin 58 

grade teacher at Cathedral School in Austin. ... Stephanie Stephan Porter was married June 19, 2004 in Youngstown to Mark Porter. They are living in Youngstown and Stephanie is working as a physical therapist at Ohio Sports & Spine Institute, Ltd. ...  Carter  marriedas Chris Millersupervisor in July of this Becky and Becky is working a clinical in ayear children’s psychiatric program at Mercy Behavioral Health in Pittsburgh. ... Carie Michael Bloom is a pediatrician and married to Josh Bloom, who is also a physician. Carie and her husband have a two-year-old boy, Payton, and a six-month-old girl, Taylor. They are living in Cary, NC. ... Nicole Masielli Sambuchino  is married to Kevin Sambuchino and she is working parttime as a school psychologist. Nicole and her husband have two boys, Drew and Jake, and they reside in

From left, Melissa DiCello, Joe Whelan ’65 and Jack DiCello’00

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grads out there. You can drop him an e-mail at matthew.milewski@chemi matthew [email protected]. stri.com. ... Roy Warren (MBA) is now the interim principal at Beachwood High School. ... Annie Klekamp Mulvany is the assistant intramurals director at the University of Colorado. ... With the summer coming to an end, I’m sure many of you have stories to tell of vacations, weddings, and more (Annmarie and I sure do!). Drop me an e-mail - [email protected] - and I’ll spread the word ...

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Send your notes to: Cherie Skoczen

216-741-1823 E-mail: [email protected]

You guys were quiet this time around, so I am guessing everyone was out enjoying the weather and will sit down and write me an update this fall, right? It was good to hear from Ryan Maginn, who wrote to say he received his MBA, with concentrations in finance and strategy, last December from the Simon School at the University of Rochester. Ryan lives in Rochester, NY, where he bought a home and works as a senior financial analyst in the Regulatory Compliance Division of Frontier, the local communications company. ... Jay Jay Donato lives in Pittsburgh, PA, where he works as an investment consultant at Select Financial Group, LLC. ... Elizabeth (Chambers) Daniels received her MBA from Case Western Reserve University in August 2003 and works as a business controller at E2 Precision Products in Cleveland. She and her husband, David, live in Bay Village, OH, and are expecting a child in late October. ... Sandy Lobritz lives in Flowery Branch, GA. ... On November 21, 2004 Ingemar and Christie (Easterling) Anderson ’97 were married. Christie is a school psychologist in the Hawthorne School District in Hawthorne, CA. This summer she and her husband are moving to Bainbridge Island, WA, off the coast of Seattle. ... Ryan Stumphauzer received his law degree from Vanderbilt Vander bilt University and lives in Miami Beach, FL. ... Nicole (Damico) Powell and her husband, David, live in Dublin, OH. ... As you see, our column is short and sweet this time. Please take a minute and send me an e-mail so that I can include your name in the next class of ’98 notes. Happy Fall! – Cherie 

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Send your notes to: Martin Fox

216-397-3352 E-mail: [email protected]

Massey for planning a great weekend. We would also like to thank Ann Marie Murphy for arranging for drink specials for the class of 2000 at many of our favorite Lee Road bars. And thanks to everyone on the Reunion Committee for encouraging our classmates to return to Carroll. Courtney Kaezyk, our Reunion Committee chair, wanted to remind everyone that as a result of Reunion planning, the class of 2000 now has its own Web site to post news, check out www.jcu2000.net. ... Jane Howarth was able to show off a new engagement ring and her fiancé at Reunion. Jane and Brett Vogelsberger Vogelsberg er were engaged June 15 in Chagrin Falls. ... Kelly Richards and Nick Mize were also newly engaged at Reunion. Nick recently bought a house in Fairview Park, OH, and Kelly is the new public relations manager for Developers Diversified in Beachwood, OH. ... Mary (Howarth) and Clay Bibbee attended Reunion, then relocated to Montclair,, NJ, in late July. Clay accepted a position Montclair as the director of racquet sports at the Montclair Golf Club and Mary will student teach at Montclair Middle School. ... After attending a ttending Reunion, Mark and Trish Streck ’01 Boleky moved to Jacksonville, FL. ... Scott Beran and Debbie Leonard tied the knot July 1. Kevin Garvey, Jason Smith and Chris Endres ’01 were Buddha’s groomsmen. ... Mike Soeder and Mary Beth Maloney ’01 will marry September 3 in Buffalo. ... Bill Bissmeyer  III and Megan Dangler were married February 5. Thomas Mulloy was best man and George Santosuosso served as an usher. Other alums in attendance included Doug and Nei (Crespo) Dentler, Frank Sciarabba and Marissa Downs ’01. Bill and Megan reside in Indianapolis. ... Doug and Nei (Crespo) Dentler welcomed their daughter,, Anabella Cecilia Dentler on July 8. .... daughter .. If you’re interested in Jon Powers’ work with “Orphans’ Hope International” check out, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, http:vvaf.org. ... Amanda Lugar teaches in the Lorain City Schools. She earned her master’s degree from Bowling Green in August. ... Carrie North is manager of scheduling/logistics for ECRM, located in Warrensville Heights. Carrie lives in Lakewood and was a member of the Reunion Committee. ... Martisse Best-Dettmer started law school at Washburn University in Topeka, KS, courtesy of the U.S. Army. After graduation, Martisse will begin a career as a JAG lawyer. Her husband Travis will complete a commander’s course in Virginia before joining Martisse and their two sons in Kansas, where he will be stationed at Fort Riley. ... John Parente is starting his second year of residency in emergency medicine at Akron City Hospital. John has two years left on his residency and then hopes to find a job in Cleveland or Akron. ... Amy (Qualiotto) Stefanescu

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2133 South Finley Rd., #515 Lombard, IL 60148 E-mail: [email protected]

REUNION 2006

JUNE 23-25

Hello! ... Michael Jundi was appointed to design and direct Akron Institute’s new library last December. He graduated with a master’s in Library and Informational Science from Kent State last August. Michael lives in Cuyahoga Falls with his wife, Lisa, and two-year-old daughter, Alissa. ... Kate Renyck is living in New York City and works for JPMorgan Chase since graduating from Robert Morris University this year. ... Dominick Clayton married Erica (Thomas) Clayton ’00 on July 16 in Cleveland. Dominick is a teacher for Mt. Dora High School in Florida and is due to complete an advanced degree at Barry University in 2006. ... Amy McFarland is an assistant copywriter for KeyBank in Cleveland. ... Brian Schultz married Melissa (Mangina) Schultz on April 12, 2003. Brian teaches K-2 in Pasco County, FL, and Melissa is the director of family/teen programs for the YMCA in Trinity, FL, where the Schultz’s built their home. Brian and Melissa ask that JCU alumni consider organ donation as a manner to truly give life to another person. Brian received a liver transplant in early 2002, which helped him recover from a liver disease that began during his years at JCU. Brian and Melissa are very thankful for the anonymous gift of life. ... Allison Greene is a loan officer in Cary, NC, and is living in Raleigh. ... Danielle Foley is a social studies teacher in a Miami Beach private school, working with students who have learning disabilities. ... James Slivanya and his wife, Melissa Anderson, are living in New Albany, OH; James is a tax consultant with Crowe Chizek. ... Tamea (Menefee) Caver earned an MA in interdisciplinary studies, concentrating in educational leadership from the University of Texas/Dallas in August 2004. She is an elementary assistant principal in the Dallas Independent School District. ... Pat

Butler can be heard, or perhaps seen, directing traffic in Cleveland. He is the traffic voice on WTAM 1100 and is now in the helicopter on WKYC TV-3. ... Mirna Boumitri graduated from the Medical College of Ohio and will be fulfilling an internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic. ... Regina (Hernandez) Griffith was married in 2004 and has a baby girl named Paige. ... Lauren Hill married Robert Lesagonicz on June 25, in San Diego. JCU alumni in attendance included: Michael Hill, Chris Pap, Eric Badger, Kevin Klein, Rita Shaia, Michelle Skrovan, Carly Roberts, Lindsay West ’00, Erin (Jimison) Ballantyne ’00, and

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1808 Coventry Rd., #6 Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 440-339-6572 Clare Taft

1808 Coventry Rd., #2 Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 216-346-2209 E-mail: [email protected]

is working as the transportation planner for The J.M. Smucker Company in Orrville, OH. ... Michelle Kaniecki is in Stow, OH, working as a vet assistant at Akron Veterinary Referral and Emergency Clinic. ... Henry Lee is living in Chicago and working as an

JJ (Jumana) Badri 02. ... In other marriage news, I married Nick Fariello on June 18. We are now living in the Chicago area and I am working as a religion teacher at Benet Academy. May you live your life for the greater glory of God. Maureen

associate for Transwestern Commercial Services.  is living in Florida and working as a ... Mark Maceda physical therapist in Ft. Lauderdale. ... Michael Joseph is living in Richmond, VA. ... Mary Bastawros  is living in South Euclid, OH. ... Thanks to all those who attended Reunion! Have fun and keep us informed ... Clare  and  and Lisa 

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam - For the Greater Glory of God.

Although we’re still exhausted from Reunion, we have plenty of news to share about the class of 2000. But first, we would like to thank Rosalie  

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Alumna awarded for creativity in economic education education Leadership in Economic Education.”  Named for a prominent prominent Cleveland Cleveland business leader, the Elliott Award is presented annually by the Harvard Business

to build competency in economics concepts that have been proven to have relevance to everyday life. The Elliott Award and its $1,500 prize

Kelley (Gallagher) Vlosich ’02 loves economics and is convinced her students at Magnificat High School can develop a similar passion, if the content is delivered in an enlightening and creative manner. Her energetic, creative approach to teaching has earned her the

School Club of Northeastern Ohio in partnership with EconomicsAmerica. EconomicsAmerica. Vlosich is using her Magnificat students to teach economic concepts to second graders at Harrison Elementary School in Lakewood. Vlosich met the award’s award’s goals for “outstanding accomplishments in developing in young people a better understanding of the free enterprise system and ethical business management.” Vlosich turned the table on her juniors by launching them into the role of teachers with the Harrison students. The high

were presented at the Harvard Club’ Club’ss 2005 Business Statesman Award dinner held May 23 at the Cleveland Downtown Marriott. Vlosich was also recognized at EconomicsAmerica’s annual awards banquet on May 17. EconomicsAmerica is a non-profit organization working with K-12 teachers and school districts in  Northeast Ohio to to improve young people’ss understanding of economic people’ literacy. Information on the Elliott Award and other EconomicsAmerica programs and activities is available at

2005 “Samuel H. Elliott Award for

schoolers use hands-on, interactive lessons

www.economicsamericacleveland.org

sports editor for the Chesterton Tribune in Chesterton, IN. ... Katie Morrissy and Dave Galise were married August 13. The wedding party included Michael Marotta, Jason Codispoti, Anuja Mathai, and Christina Mandzuk. ... Gregg Single earned his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude in May from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. ... Christine (Holderbaum) Smith and her husband, Shawn, are living in Ravenna with their son, Eric (2) and daughter Emily (7 mos.). ... David Smith and Susan Hitsman are engaged to be married May 13, 2006 in Cleveland. The wedding party will include John Licatatiso, Sean Pritchard, Emily Prokop, and Alicia Walters. Susan is currently in her fourth year at Medical University of Ohio. She will graduate with her MD in June ’06. David is a senior at the College of Vete Veterinary rinary Medicine at The Ohio State University, University, and will graduate in June ’06 as a DVM. ... Benjamin Stechschulte ’01 graduated from Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, FL, and has accepted a position as a state prosecutor in Tampa. ... Sarah Winner and Daniel Ernstberger got  got engaged in October on campus and will be married September 24th on the beach in Naples, FL. Sarah completed her master’s in a dual program in marketing and management. She is a client services manager for PMPN. Daniel is the clubhouse manager at Hope

wonderful summer and that it was full of happiness. There is lots of news to share ... Anna (Gambone) and Andrew Skinner celebrated their first wedding anniversary on July 24th and are living in Clarksville, TN. Andrew is stationed at Fort Campbell and Anna is teaching elementary school. ... Caitlin Rohrer is living in Pittsburgh. ... Jaime McKay is getting married in August and then moving to Bloomington, IN, so that her husband, Ryan O’Connor ’01 can finish his last year of law school at Indiana University. They will be returning to the Cleveland C leveland area after graduation. Jamie is working as an administrative assistant for Maxxum Outlets and is the mother of William (9 mos.). Congratulations, Jaime! ... Jessica (Cornuet) DePascale is living in Brackenridge, PA. ... York City and received a Amit Patel is living in New York degree from New York University in May. ... . .. Kristin (Rasmussen) Barry married Patrick Barry ’04 on July 17, 2004 in Daufuskie Island, SC. They live in Charlotte, where Kristin is an auditor with Deloitte. ... Tiffany Brooke Bell is in Tampa, FL, working as an event coordinator. ... Padriac Finnerty  just finished a year-long tour in Iraq. He is stationed in Germany as a tank platoon leader. ... Ryan Wolf received his bachelor’s bachelor’ s of science in education this May from Youngstown State. He will be licensed to teach

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Send your notes to: Gina Ferrara

5409 Finkman Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63109 314.753.3816 E-mail: [email protected]

Hello Class of 2002! Molly Barb married Craig Boisvert on November 13, 2004 in Newark, OH. She is working as a case acquisition specialist for Nationwide Finan Financial cial in Columbus, OH. ... Tara Brucato married James Tatman on May 14. Kristie Raynovich, Susie (Sauer) Skowronski, Melissa (Ludwig) Galbraith ’01, and Ann Ann Tatman were in the wedding party. Tara received her MBA from Baldwin-Wallace in December of last year year.. ... Nate and Meghan (Keaveney) Cevasco were married on June 25th in Akron, OH. Victor Alexander, Michael Cavell, and Shannon (Murray) Lennox were in the wedding party. Meghan and Nate now reside in Broadview Heights, OH. Meghan is a CPA with KPMG LLP and Nate is in his fourth year at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine studying to be a dermatologist. ... After two years in New Jersey, Patrick Coyle has moved back to Cleveland and is working for Exel Logistics in Akron, OH. He is thrilled to be closer to so many of his JCU friends and fraternity

brothers. ... Susan Foell and Michael Voute are  are engaged and will be married this coming April in Foxboro, MA. Sue is in her third year at UMass Medical School and Mike is teaching, coaching the ski team, and serving as the IT Coordinator at Holyoke Catholic High School. ... Daniel Franjko has recently returned to Cleveland to take a job with KeyBank as a technology risk reviewer. ... Oliviana Grama married Jeremy Catrone on January 1, and has relocated to Fayetteville, NC. Oliviana is tourism sales manager for the Fayetteville Area CVB. ... Andrea (DeNova) Iacano and her husband, Matt, are proud parents to their sixmonth old daughter, daughter, Sara. Andrea is a teacher at Hope Academy West in Cleveland. ... Jimmy Kissee is the 60 

Valley Country Country Club in Durham, NC. .. .... Thank you for sending me your news, and congratulations to all of our classmates who are finding happiness and success! Take Care and Best Wishes, Gina 

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The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.  ... I hope that everyone had a John F. Kennedy  ...

integrated language arts 7-12. He’s coaching football and baseball at a local high school. ... Julie Polomsky is living in Olmsted Falls and working as a development assistant at University Hospitals Health System. ... Grace Sipusic is also local — she’s an education program coordinator for the Western Reserve Historical Society ... and I’ve just moved into a new house and am still unpacking boxes and setting up phone/e-mail, so if you have any news, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line the oldfashioned way via snail-mail. I hope to hear from many of you! Take care, Theresa 

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Send your notes to: Paul S. Clapp

aol: ClapperJCU 440-812-3837 (c) E-mail: [email protected]

Hello to all, I hope everyone is enjoying the summer time. I had the chance to see a lot of Carroll alumni during Reunion Weekend. It was nice to see a handful of our classmates as well — Ryan Ficco, Artie Mauser and Matt Simmons — during the wrestling reunion. ... This issue we have news all the way from Africa where Meghan Kelly is volunteering with the Conossian Daughters of Charity in a small town called “Sogbossito.” She sent a picture of herself with a few children from her parish. ... Last summer 2Lt. Clark Rosenberry finished army officer training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. He also just finished his first year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, where he is doing research in the emergency department on traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome. ... Kate Crimmins and Sean McNeeley are both working as account managers for a technology company called MCPc out of the Strongsville area. ... Amanda Allamong is doing research for the Cleveland Clinic, while Jacki Szymanski is working in accounting at Whole Health Management near Beachwood. ... Steven Gray is working out of Columbus as a district manager for Dayton Freight. ... Jen Kramer is still enjoying success as a public relations account coordinator for Liggett-Stashower, while Megan Gerity is working at NovaStar Mortgage in Independence, OH, and is in the top 20% of sale generators in her organization. ... Jessica

Fonow is living in Pittsburgh and attending Duquesne University School of Law. ... The list of those getting married is getting longer and longer with the addition of Kristen Hudach and Mike Lydecker, who plan to get married next summer in Pittsburgh. Blerta Mellani and Blair Edwards will be picking a date some time next summer, while Kathleen Nicholson and Joe Schauer are getting married in Canton, OH, next July! ... I hope this finds all of you well, and

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Send your notes to: Jennifer Tolhurst

E-mail: jtolhurst04@jc [email protected] u.edu

please keep the updates coming. Take care, Clapp 

Won’t you consider being a class columnist? The Alumni Journal section is the section that alums turn to first when they receive a new edition of Joh  John nC Car arrol rolll magazine. Class notes rank

time to collect and write an interesting class column. The class scribe position is one of  the most important connections between the lives of classmates and the life of John Carroll University. A class that communicates well will be a class that develops a strong personal connection with John Carroll. So drop a note to [email protected] or call Michele McFarland at 216.397.4321 and volunteer to be your class columnist. It doesn’t have to be a permanent position –

 #1 in reader reader intere interest st and the theref refore ore all cla classe ssess need to be covered. The only commitment is to produce an interesting, relevant and entertaining 600 word class notes column four times a year. As a class columnist you’ll need a little

however long you can write for your class would be appreciated. When you are ready to pass the pen, it would be helpful if you can help find a replacement. replacement.  Your class needs you – 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, and 1956.

Scribes needed

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IN MEMORIAM In Memoriam James O. Darling Frank E. Hearns Paul L. Smith Vincent T. La Maida Theodore J. O’Malley Frank A. La Salvia John J. Manofsky William D. Joyce John F. Dolan James T. Mayer

’36 ’36 ’38 ’39 ’39 ’40 ’40 ’41 ’45 ’45

7/27/2005 8/7/1992 11/18/2004 4/5/2005 5/14/2005 4/2/2005 2/3/2005 6/15/2005 4/12/2005 3/24/2005

James N. Walsh Edward J. Dvorak Bernard L. Porter Raym Raymon ond d Anth Anthon ony y Boye Boyert rt Robert Dirk Lawrence L. Wilson Richard Trimarco Edward F. Koprowski Stephen D. Doboze Fred J. Obreza

’53 ’54 ’54 ’55 ’55 ’55 ’55 ’55 ’55 ’56 ’56

6/7/2005 3/5/2005 7/21/2005 5/ 5/26 26/2 /200 005 5 4/21/2005 4/5/2005 6/21/2005 6/8/2005 4/6/2005 6/10/2005

Edward A. Christie Vera Lynell Carson Thomas R. June Robert J. Hammarley Kenneth Pavia, Sr. Robert A. Westropp Lawrence T. Mann Frank E. Canda Robert J. Dietrich Brian T. McNamee

’64 ’64 ’65 ’65 ’65 ’67 ’67 ’68 ’71 ’71

5/7/2005 7/14/2005 6/27/2005 4/17/2005 11/12/2004 6/8/2005 6/18/2005 5/31/2005 4/2/2005 5/5/2005

Daniel P. McDonnell Rev. Fred C. Nachtigal Patrick J. Collins John I. Brett Donald L. Royed Donald C. Ullmann William A. Walker M Ernestine Chabie Chester J. Dybala Francis R. Paridon Andrew Lawrence Cunningham

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4/20/2005 7/30/2005 7/22/2005 7/6/2005 7/10/2005 8/5/05 4/21/2005 4/3/2005 5/2/2005 12/4/2004

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Richard J. Giffels Rev Rev. Robert W. Donohoe Donald E. Gosser Daniel L. Murphy Dennis P. Bixler Gilbert R. Szaraz Benedict E. Borosdy Jerry M. Hawn John A. Leahy James S. Timko Glenn F. Burgeson

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5/11/2005 7/16 /16/20 /2005 6/13/2005 5/31/2005 4/7/2005 9/24/2003 6/11/2005 4/14/2005 4/3/2005 4/4/2005 5/23/2005

Harry Crossfield Sheldon Baer Samuel Kr Krentzman Michael A. Sheck Elias A. Meena Wilhelm Ba Bartsch

75 ’75 ’77 ’89G ’93 Retired

4/21/2005 4/21/2005 6/19/2005 4/10/2005 7/25/2005 7/14/2005

This is the deceased list as we know it. We apologize for any omission and ask that you please notify Joan Brosius at 216.397.4332. Thank you.

 

 

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IN MEMORIAM

Richard Giffels ’56, attorney, Alumni Medal

Richard Giffels was an exemplar of grace and courage for so many of his classmates and the others who knew him. When he was 31, Mr. Giffels was profoundly challenged by multiple sclerosis at a time

when life appeared rich in promise. He was a gifted and blessed husband, father, lawyer. He was no less blessed and gifted when he was forced into a wheelchair, but that severe process did more clearly illuminate the depth and nature of Mr. Mr. Giffels’ blessings and gifts. Mary Lou, his wife of 46 years, said on the occasion of her husband’s reception of the Alumni Medal, “He has been an inspiration to his family, friends and associates. He doesn’t ever think, ‘I can’t.’” His classmate John Boler said several weeks ago: “He set a remarkable example for all of us and lived by standards I could never

need fight another heroic battle; this one with melanoma. This battle he fought with customary grace, but his body surrendered on May 11. He was 71. After he graduated from Western Reserve Law School in 1960, 1960 , Mr. Giffels founded the law firm of Quandt, Giffels and established himself as a highly respected attorney. attorney. He became the law director of Bay Village, OH, and later the president of the Chardon, OH, school board. He did make a concession to MS when he retired early, early, in 1987. He transferred his energies to volunteering at the Malachi House hospice and tutoring students

begin to meet. Before he died, I told him, ‘Dick, you are the bravest man I’ve ever met.’” Though he remained in a wheelchair, Mr. Giffels truly triumphed over MS, becoming an active father of six, a successful lawyer and public servant, a notable volunteer,, the winner of the Alumni Medal, volunteer and a man of incorrigibly sunny disposition. Months ago, Mr. Giffels discovered he

at Lakewood High School. He won the Alumni Medal in 2000 and went on to assume another role for his class, ’56 columnist for John Carroll Carroll magazine. Mr. Giffels is survived by Mary Lou; by daughters, Margaret, and Julie Fehrenbach; sons, Thomas, Charles, Michael and Matthew; by four brothers; by a sister; and by nine grandchildren.

 Naancy O’Neill, philanthropist, honorary doctorate  N F.J. O’Neill Charitable Trust. At the time it was by far the largest gift ever received by  John Carrol Carroll, l, and it continues continues to rank rank in the top three. Mrs. O’Neill was the widow of  F.J. “Steve” O’Neill, one of three O’Neill brothers who built Leaseway Transportation Transportation into a national trucking giant. She was a woman of grace, culture and generosity. generosity. She

Clinic, the cardiovascular program at St. Vincent Charity Hospital, and Hanna Perkins School. She endowed chairs at Notre Dame College of Ohio and University School, and was generous to Malachi House hospice and many other charities. She was a board member at the Cleveland Institute of  Art and established a scholarship fund at the

died at her home on May 15 at the age of 83. Mrs. O’Neill was born Nancy McVey in Shaker Heights. She graduated from Western Reserve University and in 1944 married Clay Marsteller,, a corporate lawyer who died in Marsteller 1968. In 1974 she was wed to Steve O’Neill, who owned the Cleveland Indians then. She became his collaborator in philanthropic activities. She arranged for substantial support to be given from the family trust to the bioethics program at the Cleveland

 Nancy O’Neill O’Neill was was a major major philanthropi philanthropist st who was instrumental in the 1993 gift of  $10,000,000 to the university from the

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Cleveland Playhouse. Mrs. O’Neill, a close friend of the late Michael Lavelle, SJ, John Carroll’s 21st president, was honored for her philanthropy with an honorary doctorate in 1986. Her daughter, Nancy-Clay Marsteller, said her mother was habitually modest and was fond of  saying, “I have drunk from wells I didn’t dig. I have been warmed by fires I did not light.” Mrs. O’Neill is survived by her daughter, two grandchildren and two brothers.

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Fest05, a Catholic contemporary music festival, of which John Carroll was one of the sponsors, was held at the Clev eland Diocese’s Center for Pastoral Leadership on August 7.

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THE LATE NEWS

Sam Wetzel ’52 was the recipient of this year’s Silver Quill award for outstanding John Carroll  magazine class columnist. Sam received the award at the Alumni Association Awards Dinner on May 20. He is seen here with editor Jerry Pockar.

Rombalski earns doctorate Patrick Rombalski, vice president for student affairs, is now Dr. Patrick Rombalski. For the last two years, the university administrator has spent one long weekend a month at the University of  Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Between that course time, homework back here and a dissertation on Jesuit mission and Catholic identity at John Carroll, Rombalski was able to earn an Ed.D. in a concentrated doctoral program for educational leaders.

 NACD  NA CDA A convention

Key Corps loaned the university the use of its private jet so that Dr. Doris Donnelly and students Emily Boal and Dan O’Malley – the Student Union president – could negotiate a difficult s cheduling conflict and pick up Rev. Jim Wallis, the speaker at this year’s Commencement on May 22. The flight and the graduation ceremony, at which Wallis wa s the only honorary degree recipient, went very smoothly. From left, Boal, the pilot, Rev. Wallis, and O’Malley.

Magnolias and Snow 

Three Blue Streaks teamed up at the  National Association Association of Collegiate Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) convention in Orlando, FL, in mid-June. From left, Tim Kesicki ’84, the president of Cleveland’s St. Ignatius High School and a JCU board member, was an honored guest; Tim Russert ’72 was the keynote speaker at the convention marking the 40th anniversary of the association; Michael Cleary ’56 is  NACDA’s  NACDA ’s executive director director..

by Francis Smith, SJ Fr Fr.. Francis Smith, SJ, S J, who joined the faculty in 1963 and retired in 1990 is a fine poet. He has a new book, his fourth, Magnolias and Snow . Fr. Smith’s book is available by sending $12 with check or money order to: Finishing Line Press/  P.O. Box 1626/Georgetow, KY 40324; or by ordering online at finishinglinepress.com.  

 

 JOHN CARROLL CARROLL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY • SUMMER 2005

 

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MY TURN

Making peace with nature By Bishoy M. Mikhail ’97

The creation of the cosmos is an expression of the love and generosity of  God our creator creator.. Through participation in the wonders of nature and creation, humanity has the possibility of returning to our first state of peace with God. The created cosmos is the canvas of the creator’ss wisdom and love, a masterpiece of  creator’ incomparable genius and mystery mystery.. The mystical work of God designed a world of  vast oceans, roaring rivers, silent streams, magnificent mountains, minerals and elements. We are justifiably in wonder over skybound trees, varied vegetation, species of all sorts, beasts of the land, birds of the air, and a human race given the gift of God’s image and likeness. All likeness. All creation was, I believe, designed to live together in peace and interdependence. Humanity has taken itself outside of the community of creation, and for centuries has dominated, exploited, abused, and destroyed its environment. In essence, humans are responsible for the rape of the world. This sin of destruction bears its consequences. As humans are now able to control nature to a greater extent than ever

the patristic writers of the early Church, manifested in the lives of the saints, and experienced in the liturgical and ritual life of the Orthodox Church. Therein lies the solution to the ecological crisis: a sound environmental ethic is in communion

in a manger, in the company theis often animals. Throughout his life, of Jesus found in the wilderness, seeking peace and prayer in solitude. Christ uses nature in many of his parables as a metaphorically rich text illuminating morality and spirit.  Just as Christ Christ used nature nature in his his teac teaching hing to reveal the will of God, so too can humans seek revelation from the natural world. So many saints teach us that creation is a gift that requires our care. St. Basil the Great states that the creation is the “supreme icon of Christian faith,” which leads to knowledge of the “Supreme Artisan.” St. Anthony the Great of Egypt was once asked how he got along without books in the desert; he replied, “My book is the nature of created things, and as often as I have a mind to read the works of God, it is at my hand.” The environmental crisis cries out for our commitment to conserve the integrity of the entire creation. A renewed respect for the earth and all that is associated with it will most strongly flow from a spiritual relationship with the creator creator.. A metanoia metanoia,, a practical change in our habit of exploiting

before, so too have we begun to pay the price for our abuses. The natural resources on which humanity has become so reliant cannot last forever. The land cannot replenish itself when it is heedlessly overworked; forests cannot reappear when they are razed to the ground haphazardly. The hundreds of species that become extinct will never reappear. The effects do

with the directives of the creator.  An Orthodox theologian writes “God is known through revelation, both through divine interaction with humans in history, and through increasing knowledge and insight about the natural world.” Thus, “creation leads us to God, and God sends us back again to creation, enabling us to look at nature with the eyes of Adam in paradise.”

and abusing the earth is necessary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew writes: “the first responsibility of the faithful is, at least, to examine and study continuously in greater depth the law and precepts of God. Thus by becoming cheerful givers and givers and grateful  grateful receivers receivers of  of His wondrous things in this world, we may come to respect the balances of nature set

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