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New York Life Leader To Receive

Manhattan’s 29th DeLaSalleMedal

Choosing the Road Less Traveled

Engineering High

Alumni Go for the Gold at the

Olympic Trials

On Campus

Advancement

Sports

Alumni Events

Alumnotes

D E C E M B E R 4 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

4 National Alumni Council Meeting

15 Treasure Coast Club Luncheon, Stuart, Fla.

J A N U A R Y19 De La Salle Medal Dinner


F E B R U A R Y19 National Alumni Council Meeting

27 Jaspers of Georgia Annual Brunch

TBD Family Day

TBD Mentor Dinner

M A R C H4-7 MAAC Tournament/Buffalo

11 St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon, Washington, D.C.

12 St Patrick’s Day Parade, Naples, Fla.

13 Staten Island Communion Breakfast

13 S.W. Florida Club Reception & Luncheon


16 St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon, Long Island

17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, New York City

23 Accepted Students Day

A P R I L6 Accepted Students Day

26 Horan Lecture

M A Y2 Jasper Open

7 NAC Council Meeting

19 Spring Honors Convocation

22 Undergraduate Commencement

25 Spring (Graduate) Commencement

J U N E10-12 Alumni Reunion Weekend

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On the Cover: Manhattan in autumn.Published by the office of college relations,a division of college advancementManhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471

James H. Heisey, vice president for college advancement

Lydia E. Gray, director of college relationsKristen I. Cuppek, editorJennifer A. Ernst, assistant editor

Contributors:Michael AntonaccioPatrice AthanasidyDorothy ConigliaroMelanie A. FarmerSusan HortonJorie KontosMary Ellen MaloneThomas McCarthyPeter McHughChris Stogel

Calendar

Photographers:Ben AsenDuncan BallJosh CuppekMarty Heitner

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New York Life Leader To Receive Manhattan’s 29th

Sy Sternberg, chairman and CEO ofNew York Life Insurance Company, willreceive the 2005 De La Salle Medal atManhattan’s annual dinner on Wednesday,January 19, 2005. The black-tie dinner,which is held each year in the GrandBallroom of The Waldorf=Astoria, hasbecome a major event on corporate and social calendars throughout themetropolitan area.

Peter M. Musumeci Jr. ’72, executivevice president, Commerce Bank, is servingas the dinner chair. William P. Hannon’69, controller and chief accounting officer, Citigroup; Maureen C. Regan ’84,managing partner, Regan, Campbell &Ward; Anthony J. Scala Jr. ’74, P.E.,vice president, Lowy & Donnath, Inc.;and Brendan P. Weiden ’79, P.E., partner,Jaros, Baum & Bolles are on board asvice chairs. John R. Roth ’70, seniorpartner, Lowe Worldwide, will once againtake the lead as journal chair.

The De La Salle Medal Dinner, which began in 1977, remains the topfund-raising event for the College andhas honored executives and corporationswho exemplify the principles of excellence,corporate leadership and service to society.Past honorees include: Rudolph W.Giuliani ’65, former mayor of the City ofNew York; Eugene McGrath ’63, chairmanand CEO, Con Edison; Maurice Greenberg,president and CEO, American InternationalGroup, Inc.; Robert Catell, chairman &CEO, Keyspan; and IBM Corporation.

Proceeds from the dinner provide discretionary resources for the College, acritical factor in these challenging times.Funds are applied to a wide variety ofneeds, particularly our academic andcocurricular programs, scholarship assistance, upgrading of facilities andequipment and library resources.

For additional information about thisgala event and how you, or your company,might participate, please call Chris Stogel,director of corporate and foundationrelations, at (718) 862-7837 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].

De La Salle Medal

Sy Sternberg

College Taps Impressive Roster to Join BoardFive exceptional leaders in the corporate

world and academic arena recently havebeen elected to Manhattan College’sboard of trustees. Newly elected boardmembers Clare A. Cunniffe ’81, HectorGonzalez ’85 and Brother Michael J.McGinniss were appointed in June, and members Patrick G. Boyle ’75 andJohn V. Magliano ’66 were designated in October. The new trustees join a phenomenal group of distinguishedalumni and corporate leaders led bychairman John P. Lawler ’55.

Clare A. Cunniffe ’81 jump-started acareer in technology as a programmerfor computer giant IBM. Cunniffe, whowas the 2003 Honorary Inductee intothe Delta Mu Delta national honor societyfor business students, is vice presidentof security solutions at Computer

Associates International (CA), a longtimeplayer in the competitive software market.She completed a bachelor’s degree atManhattan College in 1981, where shestudied computer information systemsand marketing. She has said that hercareer has taken many unexpected turnsbefore landing at CA, where she servedvarious roles, including developer, consultant, sales manager and globalsales leader. The decision to pursue adual degree in marketing and computerinformation systems has served her welland helped pave the way to a solidcareer. Cunniffe, who resides in Bayport,N.Y., is a member of the College’s advisory board for the school of business.She also is an active member in a number of organizations, including theLong Island Center for Business and

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Professional Women, the Long IslandSoftware and Technology Network andWomen in Technology International.

A partner in one of the oldest and largestglobal law firms, Hector Gonzalez ’85finds time also to serve as chair of theNew York City Civilian Complaint ReviewBoard (CCRB), an independent agencythat investigates and recommendsaction on complaints against New YorkCity police officers. As a partner withMayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw, Gonzalez,who formerly served with the UnitedStates attorney in the southern districtof New York, concentrates his practicein the areas of complex commercial litigation and white-collar crime defense.Earlier this year, Gonzalez was inductedinto the Independent Sector Alumni Hall of Distinction sponsored by theCommission on Independent Collegesand Universities (CICU). All 14 honoreeswere recognized for their outstandingcontributions to the state of New Yorkthrough their careers and public services.After completing a bachelor’s degree in1985 in psychology from the College,Gonzalez went on to earn his law degreefrom the University of Pennsylvania Schoolof Law, and later earned a master’sdegree in criminal justice from the JohnJay College of Criminal Justice at CityUniversity New York. A former FulbrightScholar in Guatemala and a visiting lecturer of trial advocacy at the Universityof San Carlos in Guatemala City, Gonzalezis a member of the Association of theBar of the City of New York, the FederalBar Council and the Hispanic NationalBar Association. He also sits on the NewYork State Federal Judicial ScreeningCommittee and is a board member ofthe Puerto Rican Legal Defense andEducation Fund.

Brother Michael J. McGinniss, F.S.C., isthe 28th president of La Salle University,an independent Catholic university inPhiladelphia founded by the De La SalleChristian Brothers. An expert in pastoral

theology, Br. Michael joined La Salle in1984 as a full-time faculty member andofficially became a professor in 1993. Hechaired La Salle’s religion department in 1991 and shortly after received theUniversity’s Lindback DistinguishedTeaching Award. Br. Michael, who joinedthe Christian Brothers in 1965, graduatedmaxima cum laude from La Salle in1970 with a bachelor’s degree in English.He went on to earn a master’s degree anddoctorate in theology from the Universityof Notre Dame. Before becoming thepresident of La Salle, Br. Michael served as president of Christian BrothersUniversity in Memphis, Tenn. Under his leadership, the University enjoyedincreased enrollment and retentionrates, a newly established graduate education program, and building and classroom renovations, among other positive advancements. Br. Michael, who was appointed president of La Sallein 1999, serves on several boards,including the boards of the Associationof Independent Colleges and Universitiesin Pennsylvania and the GreaterPhiladelphia Urban Affairs Coalition.

Seasoned investment manager Patrick G. Boyle ’75 is executive vicepresident of New York Life InvestmentManagement (NYLIM), an establishedmoney management and investmentservices firm with more than $180 billionin assets. Under Boyle’s direction,NYLIM’s guaranteed products team hasemerged as a market leader in providingfixed-income investment services to top-notch clients, including many Fortune500 companies. He was instrumental inbuilding a business model that managesmore than $23 billion in fixed-incomeassets. Boyle also is responsible forMadison Capital Funding, a financecompany that provides leveraged capitalfor buyouts, acquisitions and recapital-izations. A native of the Bronx, Boyle isactively involved in the institutionalinvestment management community. He sits on the executive committee of

NYLIM and serves on the boards ofEclipse Funds, New York Life TrustCompany and Madison Capital Funding.He graduated from the College with aBachelor of Science degree in 1975 anda master’s in business administration in1982. He went on to complete theadvanced management program at theHarvard School of Business in 1991.Boyle, who resides in Morristown, N.J.,attended Cardinal Spellman High Schoolin the Bronx, where he has helped raisefunds for student scholarships andbuilding renovations. He continues togenerate support for Catholic highschools in New York City and theAmerican Heart Association.

John V. Magliano ’66 is the chiefexecutive officer of leading global engineering, construction and consultingfirm Syska Hennessy Group. After com-pleting an electrical engineering degreefrom the College in 1966 and serving afour-year tour in the United States AirForce, Magliano joined Syska in 1970and oversaw key client projects, such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and theUnited Nations. Magliano, a licensedProfessional Engineer in 12 states, alsois Syska’s chief engineer who heads thefirm’s Technical Leadership Committee,a group that provides guidance and setspolicy for all technical work. Maglianoestablished Syska’s unique Engineer inTraining (EIT) program, an intensivetraining program for new engineers andrecent college graduates, and is a foundingmember of the ACE Mentor Program, anonprofit group that provides mentoringfor high school students in the field ofarchitecture, construction and engineering.In addition, he serves as chair of ACE’sNew York board of directors. A residentof Bronxville, N.Y., Magliano is active inthe American Consulting EngineeringCouncil and is a member of many technical and professional organizations.He also serves as advisor to TuckahoeSchool District’s board of education andthe Preston High School board of trustees.

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More than 135 donors attended the President’s Dinner inSeptember at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. The galacelebration provided an opportunity for the College to thankthose who have supported Manhattan at giving levels of $5,000or above, which includes the President’s Council, the Founder’sForum and the Chairman’s Circle.

And there was a surprise for this year’s attendees. RudolphGiuliani ’65, former mayor of New York City, made a specialappearance at the dinner. Giuliani talked about the influence of Manhattan alumni in New York City, as well as topics thataddressed world issues.

More than 100 proud Jaspers gathered at Tavern on the Greenin Central Park on Sunday, September 26 for the seventh annualBenefactors Brunch hosted by Brother President Thomas Scanlan,F.S.C. The Benefactors Brunch is a thank-you celebration foralumni and friends in the Leadership Group, which includesdonors who have contributed between $1,500 to $4,999 to the College in the past year.

“Leadership group members are very loyal to the College,” saysJames Heisey, vice president for college advancement. “Theyare making a statement: That they believe in the mission of theCollege today as much as they did when they were students.”

Taking advantage of the beautiful fall weather, brunch attendeesenjoyed cocktails outdoors before moving into the Terrace Room.After an appreciative address from Heisey, Thomas McCarthy ’06,a junior in the school of education, addressed the benefactorsand shared with them what the tradition of giving back meantfor him and other current students.

“We, as current students, directly benefit from the contributionsyou as benefactors of Manhattan College make,” he said. “Whathas Manhattan done for all of you? More than educate. What isManhattan doing for me? Not only giving me a great educationand preparing me to be a lifelong learner but also giving me anexperience I’ll never forget.”

Br. Thomas thanked Leadership donors for their support forManhattan College’s mission of excellence and acknowledged

the key role that gifts from alumni and friends play in the continuedgrowth and success of the College. He expressed his appreciation bothpersonally and on behalf of all current and future Jaspers.

According to Heisey, contributionsfrom alumni and friends help financenew levels of scholarship and financialassistance to students and enhancecampus-wide technology initiatives.“Our donors are helping today’s generation of Jaspers,” he says.

A Dinner Fit for a President — and a Former Mayor

Brunch Serves Up Gratitude and Support

The Honorable Rudolph Giuliani ’65reminds everyone how Manhattan hasalways been there for first-generationcollege-bound students.

Charles Thornton ’61 with Dr. Cornelius ’62 andPatricia Higgins at the President’s Dinner.

Brother Thomas Scanlan enjoys thebeautiful afternoon with Jeanine ’81and Louis ’79 Lamatina.

Thomas McCarthy ’06shares his experiences as a Jasper with benefactors.

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The Engineering Awareness Program:

Building that Can-Do Attitude!

The Engineering AwarenessProgram’s class of 2004.

Although the study of engineering hastraditionally provided opportunities forindividuals from diverse backgrounds tobuild rewarding, productive and satisfyingcareers, there always has been a shortageof minorities and women who choosethis career path. To its credit, the schoolof engineering at Manhattan College,through initiatives such as the EngineeringAwareness Program, has been workinghard to reverse this trend.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “I think,at a child’s birth, if a mother could aska fairy godmother to endow it with themost useful gift, that gift should becuriosity.” The Engineering AwarenessProgram at Manhattan College is designedto endow students with that beneficialgift by exposing them to the wondersand challenges of science through engineering. In 1982, the College begansummer and year-round sessions forminority high school students under theNew York State Department of Education’sScience and Technology Transfer EntryProgram. Since 1991, the College hascontinued this program on its own andwith the support of the American Societyof Civil Engineers (ASCE) and other private funding sources. Throughout theyears, the program has introduced morethan 4,000 minority and female highschool students to higher education andcareers in engineering and the sciences.

For the past 10 years, these programshave been sponsored by ManhattanCollege, the national and metropolitansections of ASCE, and the ACE MentoringProgram — a nonprofit association ofcorporations dedicated to providing students with insight into careers in architecture, construction and engineering. The 2004 summer programjust completed also was sponsored by

the engineering firm of Hazen & Sawyerand represents a cumulative effort ofthe academic, professional and corporatesectors. It is the finale of similar year-round programs held on campus. In ashow of support, various professionalfirms and many alumni have contributedfunds, expertise and materials for thisprogram throughout the years.

Dr. Walter Saukin, associate professorof engineering and director of the program,has been actively involved in planningand curriculum development since itsinception. “The hope is that they havean excellent opportunity to see clearlywhere they want to go,” he says. Thereality is that an overwhelming numberof the participants throughout the yearshave been “hooked” on engineering. As one student commented after finishing the program: “I am so gladthat I attended. Thanks, Dr. Saukin, for telling me that I might miss a greatopportunity and not hanging up on meafter I said no to the program.”

Students are recruited from high schoolsin New York City and its suburbs throughdirect mailings and public announcementsto school administrators, and are selectedbased on GPA, SAT or PSAT scores, letters of recommendation, personalconversations and career interests. Asmight be expected, there is a flood ofinquiries, and this summer more than350 applications were received for thelimited places available. The final number,41, came from 28 high schools and wasmade up of 27 women and 14 men,including 29 minorities.

Saukin and four Manhattan engineer-ing students managed the 10-day summerprogram. Other participants included DeanRichard Heist, a student advisor from

the school of engineering, professors andstudents from the engineering and sciencedepartments, visiting professionals and othercollege personnel. The program consistedof lectures, laboratory experiences, workin surveying, a computer-aided designsession, structural project periods and acompetition, and various other exposuresto the many facets of the profession.

A part of the civil engineering presentation, for instance, involved thetesting of concrete and its properties, in which samples were analyzed formode of failure correlated to watercement ratios. Mechanical properties ofmaterials were observed during the SolidMechanics lecture and lab sessions.Students worked in small teams todesign and build balsa wood structuresthat maximized load-bearing capacity whileminimizing materials used. Students thenpresented their projects to an audienceof classmates, parents, faculty and professionals. A highlight of the sessionwas a visit to an engineering firm, whereparticipants had the opportunity toobserve the methods, procedures andprinciples discussed in class.

The great success of this and otherprograms like it is measured by theenthusiasm it generates and by the students’ willingness — and eagerness— to spend two weeks of their summerand travel long distances to attend.More importantly, the program inspiresthem to pursue their interests in engineering. Many have gone on tostudy both at Manhattan College andelsewhere and to pursue careers in engineering. There are currently some18 students from the program attendingManhattan, who represent approximately14 percent of all women students in the school of engineering.

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Karl Vamos ’06 is studying civil engineering. His interest in the subjectwas sparked by participation in the summer program, which he heard aboutwhile a student at Iona Prep and literally“jumped at the chance” to attend. He iseager to pursue his master’s here, plansto study for a Ph.D. as well, and hopesto specialize in soil mechanics and thefailure of structures.

Karl was involved this past summer ina research project with Dr. Anirban De,assistant professor of civil engineering.Funded through a Research OpportunityAward from the National ScienceFoundation, they collaborated withRensselaer Polytechnic Institute to studythe effects of explosions on undergroundstructures. De was impressed with Karl’s“persistence and hard-working attitude,”and says, “I have high hopes for hisfuture success.”

Karl is a member of the Society ofHispanic Professional Engineers and takespart in an intern program at Seranni &Associates in Manhattan. He also plansto join the ASCE as he looks forward tohis career as an engineer.

Angelica Lema ’06 is a civil engineeringmajor at Manhattan. As a student atMary Louis Academy in Queens, herinterest in engineering was sparked bythe mentoring program. “I was veryexcited,” she says. “They teach you how to be a student at Manhattan. I felt like I was going to collegealready.” Angelica participated in theACE Mentorship Program and later was awarded a scholarship.

Angelica was born in Colombia and is,in the Manhattan tradition, the first ofher family to attend college. She is aneager participant in Manhattan activitiesand is serving this year as president ofthe Society of Hispanic Professional

Engineers. Angelica also is active in student government and in the engineeringlegislature. As chairperson of the LasallianAction Committee’s outreach programs,she is strongly involved in mentoringand volunteering. One such program isthe spring Junior High School Olympiad,during which 30 students from five schoolsare shown around Manhattan Collegeand introduced to all the disciplines.Angelica says, “It’s a very successfulprogram, and the kids love it.” But herreal love is civil engineering, and herenthusiasm for it shows!

Gerarda Shields ’04 already is out inthe working world, after getting her startin the summer program and continuingon to receive both her undergraduate andgraduate degrees at Manhattan. Gerarda’saccomplishments are impressive. Duringher college days, she participated in the study abroad program and spent a semester in Australia. She was aDivision I swimmer for four years andserved in many of the College’s societies.Upon graduation she completed hermaster’s in structural and geo-technicalengineering in one year while still holdingdown a job, so in five years, she hadcompleted both degrees.

Gerarda’s enthusiasm is contagious. In remembering the summer program,she says: “The best part about it was thepeople — the students. They wanted to doit. They were giving up their summer tobe there.” Gerarda herself got up at 5 a.m.to get to Manhattan College from Brooklyn.

She is employed as a structural engineer for Hardesty & Hanover, a multidisciplinary bridge engineeringfirm. Gerarda belongs to ASCE, whereshe is active in the Young MemberForum, and to the Society of WomenEngineers, where she is a core memberof the Special Interest Group forGraduate Students.

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Choosing the Road Less TraveledHe was the valedictorian of his class and

graduated with honors from ManhattanCollege, armed with a bachelor’s degreein mechanical engineering. BrockEmerson ’03 was going places.

But could anyone have guessed that place would be a rural country in North Africa?

While a student at Manhattan, Brockspent time working as a productionhand for Broadway musicals. At onepoint, he had his eyes set on a career in entertainment engineering. Now, farfrom the hustle and bustle of New YorkCity and away from the stage lights onBroadway, Brock instead is helping buildwater systems in impoverished Selibaby,a region in Mauritania, Africa, wherevolunteers work to increase agriculturalproduction, promote reforestation andprovide clean water. Brock is a volunteerin the U.S. Peace Corps.

As a student in Michigan Tech Master’sInternational Program in Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, Brock hasthe opportunity to pursue a graduatedegree while working in the Peace Corpsservice. After contemplating what to dowith his engineering degree post-college,Brock discovered a passion for volunteerwork and felt compelled to follow thatpath straight to the Peace Corps.

“I feel that I have been afforded several luxuries just because I was bornin the U.S. to ‘successful’ parents,”says Brock in an e-mail sent from Africa.

He says it wasn’t until his senior yearat Manhattan when he started to seriouslyconsider volunteering his time.

“When I was in South Africa withBrother Dennis [Lee] and Father Jim[Cerbone], I fell in love with the cultureand the people we were working around,”adds Brock. “You can read all the accountsbut until you stand shoulder to shoulderwith those in the developing world, I don’t think you can adequately assesshow you can be part of the solution. I have learned so much in the first three months [in Mauritania], and I willcontinue to learn more daily.”

Brock first volunteered in Africa aspart of a service-learning trip offeredthrough the College’s campus ministry

and social action department. Thedepartment introduces students to volunteer work and helps them exploreand develop their spirituality or act onissues of social justice. But the other roleit plays is a sounding board to studentswho are interested in volunteering post-college yet are unsure how to make it happen.

After spending several years just gettingby or barely making it, most college students are anxious to reap the rewardof a steady paycheck. Volunteering mightseem interesting, but it’s often not themost appealing option for new graduatesfaced with real-world bills to pay. Still,Brock isn’t alone on this alternativecareer path. In fact, he is enrolled atMichigan Tech with fellow JaspersMatthew Babcock ’03 and JosephineKaiser ’03. Matthew and Josephine are both working in Panama and alsopursuing their graduate degrees in environmental engineering. Several otherrecent graduates are getting their feet wetin this field, too, including a handful ofalumni from the class of 2004, whospent the past summer training to beteachers in the New York City TeachingFellows program.

Tutti Touray ’04 is part of this crop of new graduates. Tutti, who was veryactive in campus ministry and socialaction as an undergraduate, is teachingsocial studies this year at the Celia CruzBronx High School of Music.

New York City public schools are in direneed of teachers, says Tutti, who triplemajored in government, communicationsand urban affairs. “The situation in public schools right now is horrific. The conditions are bad, and it’s veryfrustrating,” she adds.

But Tutti is determined to changethat. Like Brock, she is volunteering hertime as part of a bigger career plan. She is enrolled in the New York TeachingFellows program in conjunction withpursuing her graduate degree in publicpolicy at New York University’s WagnerSchool of Public Service. Tutti, who wasthe 2004 recipient of the College’s prestigious Joseph J. Gunn AlumniSenior Medal and former student government president, would like toeventually work behind the scenes ineducation and create policy that willhave an impact on public schools in the long-term.

Meanwhile, Brock and his fellowclassmates in Michigan Tech Master’sInternational Program are working engineers, who are volunteering theirtime to enhance technology and improveliving conditions in poor, underdevelopedcountries. Students in this program workon a number of projects, includingdesign and construction of water supplyand treatment systems, construction ofwater supply and storage systems, wellinstallation and repair, and developmentof compost latrines.

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Brock (wearing the blue bandana) and others work diligently to build a system that aidsin infiltration and helps provide the Ringow Community with cleaner, safer water.


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Be it overseas or in New York City,Manhattan College alumni are findingunique ways to carve out careers fromthe degrees they’ve earned. For Brockand others, the alternative career path isa volunteer job that becomes more thana nine-to-five position but a passion andfulfilling lifestyle. Once introduced to thiscareer path, most have found it difficultto turn their backs on finding ways toimprove and touch the lives of thosewho are struggling and less fortunate.

“I think the difference between thehaves and the have-nots in this world isappalling,” says Brock. “As one of thehaves, I think I have a responsibility toreach out to the have-nots. As long as Ihave the means, I hope to continue withdevelopment work. I am not sure where,and how I will do this, but for the nexttwo years, I can be found in Selibaby.”

Brock Emerson ’03 dons a kaftan, a cotton or silk ankle-length garmenttraditionally worn in the Middle East.

More Movers and Shakers in the Volunteer WorldElizabeth Clark ’04

Elizabeth is in the Mercy VolunteerCorps, a program of the Sisters of Mercyof the Americas that provides a widerange of assistance to the poor. Elizabethis stationed in California, where sheassists Hispanic mothers in their homes,tutors adults and teaches English as aSecond Language (ESL). Mercy volunteersprovide a wide range of assistance topeople living with HIV/AIDS, teenagemothers, the elderly or the homeless.

Jonathan Dackow ’04

Jonathan is working as a LasallianVolunteer in Oregon. The LasallianVolunteer Program, established by theDe La Salle Christian Brothers, respondsto the educational needs of the poor.Lasallian volunteers live in communitywith Brothers and other Lasallian Partners.Jonathan assists in the service area of the Lasallian Youth Ministry office,where he drives students to and fromtheir work place and team-teaches artclasses. After completion of this one-yearprogram, Jonathan hopes to work in thefield of student services.

Allan Feltes ’04

Allan is teaching special education to disadvantaged students in the sixthgrade as part of the New York CityTeaching Fellows program. He teaches a number of courses including English,math and social studies at the RichardR. Green Middle School in the Bronx.Allan, who majored in political scienceand was vice president for social life atthe College, is volunteering in conjunctionwith completing a master’s degree ineducation at Mercy College.

Alberto Guerrero ’03

Alberto is a second-year volunteer inthe Lasallian Volunteer program. Stationedin Chicago, Alberto teaches math, readingand science to seventh-graders at SanMiguel School. Sponsored by the De LaSalle Christian Brothers, San Miguel is agroup that operates two private Catholicmiddle schools that serve low-income,inner-city kids in Chicago. Alberto, whomajored in elementary education at theCollege, also coaches the girls’ basketballteam at San Miguel.

Alexandra Skuthan ’04

Alexandra, who majored in internationalstudies and minored in German, recentlyapplied for Project Rejoice, a volunteerprogram that helps HIV/AIDS populationsin the Chiang Mai province of NorthernThailand. Alexandra hopes to volunteerthis year before attending graduateschool to pursue a master’s degree ininternational public health.

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162nd Commencement Exercises — Class of 2004

Sunny skies greeted Manhattan Collegestudents who gathered on Sunday, May 16 in the Draddy Gymnasium for the 162nd Commencement Exercises.Approximately 600 graduates from allfive schools and representing all 40majors were awarded degrees.

Political broadcast journalist Gwen Ifill was awarded an honorary Doctorateof Humane Letters and gave the commencement address. Ifill, who is the moderator and managing editor ofPBS’ Washington Week and a senior correspondent for The NewsHour withJim Lehrer, told the graduates that they were embarking on a life that onlythey could place limits on.

To the class of 2004, Ifill said, “I amhere to assure you of the vast and richopportunity before you,” and impartedto the graduates that they lived in a“vibrant democracy where anyone who isoptimistic, hardworking and informedenough can change and save the worldyou live in.”

John Easterbrook, who received a B.A.in English and was the winner of theJoseph L. McGoldrick Medal for Englishand World Literature, delivered the valedictory address. He referred to thelessons of tolerance and diversity he had learned at Manhattan.

“With the voice we’ve gained here atManhattan, we can break down the wallsthat have built up around us and createa worldwide community where we treasurethe perspectives of others, where wevalue the opinions of those different,and where we engage in a discoursewhere all voices are heard and respectedwithout having to draw a line in thesand,” he said.

After the ceremony, graduates andtheir families enjoyed the beautifulweather during a reception on the Quad.

Gwen IfillModerator & Managing Editor, Washington WeekSenior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Before taking over as moderator of Washington Week on PBS,Gwen Ifill spent several yeas as a panelist. Previously, Ifill waschief congressional and political correspondent for NBC News.There she covered national news, including political conventionsand campaigns and legislation before Congress. The veteranjournalist also has been associated with the New York Times,Washington Post, Baltimore Evening Sun and Boston HeraldAmerican. Although her first love was newspapers, Ifill findsthat public broadcasting provides “the best of both worlds,combining the depth of newspapering with the immediateimpact of broadcast television.” She is a native of New YorkCity, a graduate of Simmons College in Boston, and the recipient of eight honorary degrees.

In accepting the honorary degree from Manhattan College,Ifill recalled her visit to South Africa, Angola and Zambia andof looking into the faces of mothers and children whose livesare filled with limits — their circumstances are defined by disease and poverty. She told the graduates that as theyembark on their lives filled with opportunities, their only limits are those that are self-imposed.

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Honorary degree recipient Gwen Ifill is hoodedby College trustee Lynne Brown at the

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Peter A. Quinn ’69Noted Author & Corporate Editorial Director, Time Warner, Inc.

Novelist and essayist Peter Quinn, a third-generation NewYorker, always is mindful of his Irish heritage and has writtenextensively on the Irish-American experience. His novel BanishedChildren of Eve (1994, Viking Penguin), a winner of theAmerican Book Award, intertwines stories of Irish history andimmigration and the New York City draft riots during the Civil War.His second novel, Eat the Moon, is scheduled for publication in2005. Quinn was a scriptwriter for the 1987 television documentaryMcSorley’s New York, which received a New York-area Emmyfor “Outstanding Historical Programming” and has served as aconsultant on various television documentaries and films. From1979 to 1985, he was a speechwriter for New York GovernorsHugh Carey and Mario Cuomo and currently holds the positionof chief speechwriter for Time Warner.

In closing, Quinn told the graduates: “You have a diplomafrom a great school … a college that for a century and a half,since it first opened its doors to the children of Irish famineimmigrants, has helped open vistas of learning and success to individuals and families who don’t take such opportunitiesfor granted but recognize them as milestones on a generational journey.”

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More than 200 graduates and theirloved ones filled the Chapel of De La Salleand His Brothers on Wednesday, May 19for the 162nd Spring Commencement,which honored Jaspers earning graduatedegrees and those graduating from theundergraduate degree completion.

Kevin J. Rader, who received his master’s degree in environmental engineering, delivered the valedictoryaddress, in which he advised his fellowgraduates to “take instruction fromeveryday life — the classroom becomesthe family dinner table, a little leaguegame, or a city sidewalk.”

“We must be our own teachers —motivate ourselves to learn,” Rader said.“Regardless of the lesson to be learned,I know that we must keep alive thatinquisitive nature that Manhattan Collegehas helped to foster in each of us.”

Rader won the W. Wesley EckenfelderAward, which recognizes outstandinggraduate students in environmentalengineering and science. He is a memberof Tau Chi Alpha, the environmentalengineering honors society, and SigmaXi, the scientific research honor society.

Peter Quinn ’69, writer, historian andthe corporate editorial director of TimeWarner, was awarded an honorary Doctorof Humane Letters. Addressing the graduates, he recalled his own days atManhattan among a student body hecalled, “a truly amazing assortment ofsome of the funniest, smartest, mostdecent and profane and intellectuallyengaged people I’ve ever encountered.”

Quinn also spoke about ManhattanCollege’s roots in New York City. “Theoxymoronic situation of this school,Manhattan College in the Bronx, sometimes confuses people,” he said.“But like the borough it’s part of, there’s a gritty, real-life, unpretentious,indomitable quality to this school.”

Congratulating the graduates, Quinnsaid: “You graduates should know aboveall others that you have a diploma froma great school, a college that’s made —and continues to make — a difference enurbe, en orbe, in the city and the world.”

Following the ceremony, graduates andtheir families offered each other congrat-ulations at a reception in Dante’s Den.

Spring Commencement

Dr. Frederick Schweitzer, professor emeritus ofhistory, and honorary degree recipient Peter

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Jaspers from every class year returned to their alma mater forReunion ’04, held June 4 to 6, for a weekend of renewing oldfriendships and commemorating cherished memories of theirtime at Manhattan College. The anniversary classes of ’54 and’79 received particular recognition at this year’s reunion as they marked their golden and silver anniversaries with specialclass-only celebrations.

Friday night kicked off the partyfor members of the anniversaryclasses of ’39, ’44, ’49, ’54, ’59,’64, ’69, ’74, ’84, ’89, ’94 and’99, who spent the starlit eveningcruising up and down the HudsonRiver for dinner and dancing onthe newly commissioned Atlantica.

Members of the 25th anniversaryclass convened in the Rotunda ofMemorial Hall for the presentationof their silver medals awarded byBrother President Thomas Scanlan.Laurie Oberst Courage and BillZucker, president and vice president

of the student body in 1979, presented Br. Thomas with a$50,000 gift. The class of 1979 then strolled across the Quad fora “New York, New York” dinner dance held in Smith Auditorium.Food from Chinatown and Little Italy buffet stations, ice sculpturerepresentations of New York’s skyline, and sounds of the ’70s

performed by Robert DiMaggio ’79 and DJ Tim Tubridy recreatedthe New York college experience for the Jaspers of ’79.

Saturday morning started early with a continental breakfastserved in Horan Hall, after which the weekend’s golden jubilariansmet for a luncheon hosted by Br. Thomas, where commemorativemedals were presented to the Jaspers of 1954 and the widowsof any departed alumni, as well as to the attendees from previousanniversary years of ’34, ’38, ’44 and ’49. These jubilariansweren’t the only alums celebrating on Saturday, as the Quadwas taken over by an alumni family picnic.

That evening, members of the classes of ’54 and ’79 processedinto the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers for a Eucharisticcelebration presided over by recently ordained the Rev. JosephFranco ’97. After the service, alumni reconvened to tents onthe Quad for a lavish buffet dinner and open bar. The gala dinnerwas followed by a “Venetian hour” of coffees and decadent cakes,tortes and other delicious desserts, with music and dancinglasting into the night. The next morning a farewell breakfast inHoran Hall capped off a wonderful weekend of celebrating thedays gone by and the friendships that have enriched the present.

Members of the class of ’54 reminisce over a yearbook.

Laurie Oberst Courage ’79, president of the student body in 1979, and Lisa D. Toscano ’79,adjunct assistant professor of biology and physicaleducation, enjoy the “New York, New York” dinnerdance in Smith Auditorium.

New York City’s Top Cop AddressesSpring Horan Lecture

New York City Police CommissionerRaymond Kelly ’63 was the featuredspeaker at the spring Horan Lecture atthe University Club. In addition to his31 years in the New York City PoliceDepartment, he has held the posts ofcommissioner of the U.S. CustomsService, undersecretary for enforcementof the U.S.A. Treasury Department, and vice president for the Americas forInterpol. President Bush awarded Kellythe Exceptionally Meritorious ServiceCommendation. The chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff also presented him with the Commander’s Medal forPublic Service.

Kelly spoke on the topic of PolicingNew York City in the Post-9/11 World.He attributed the city’s drop in crime to

the growth in the numbers of police andhighlighted such programs as “OperationImpact,” which pairs new recruits withexperienced officers. The commissioneralso pointed to stronger anti-gun initiativesand greater cooperation with federalagencies as key factors in the reductionin crime, especially violent crime.

He discussed the new Bureau of CounterTerrorism that has been established. Acomprehensive security plan to protectthe city has been put into effect, whichincludes situating specialists in chemicaland biological weapons and other teamscitywide. Pleading the case for New YorkCity, Kelly testified on Capitol Hill thispast November and asked for a changefrom the population-based formulasupon which Homeland Security funds

are being disbursed to formulas thatfocus more heavily on high-risk areas.

Kelly paid tribute to his fellow Jaspers,who “get involved and stay involved,whether it’s in crime fighting or firefighting, or working in the business of themost important financial center on earth.”

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly ’63 discusses some of the police department’s newprograms and initiatives at the spring Horan Lecture.


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Michael Brady Nabs Prestigious Clark Fellow

Dr. John E. Sexton, president of NewYork University, addressed the College’s13th annual Lasallian Convocation onSeptember 23. The Lasallian Convocationis a time for the Manhattan communityto consider its essential mission ofproviding students with an academicallyrigorous education based on examinationof ethical values and on attention to thedignity of persons. Sexton’s lecture, TheSacred Privilege of Teaching: IntegratingKnowledge Creation with KnowledgeTransmission, followed this year’stheme, the centrality of teaching inhigher education.

Sexton, whose father, John, graduatedfrom Manhattan College in 1927, spoketo a standing-room only crowd about hisformative educational influences. “Thefinest educational establishment that Ihave experienced is a high school thatdoesn’t exist any more in Brooklyn:Brooklyn Prep,” Sexton said. He hadattended Brooklyn Prep as a studentand returned many years later when theschool, already in the process of closing,asked some of its alumni if they wouldreturn to teach classes. Teaching at

Brooklyn Prep was “a collaborativeeffort, a deeply communitarian effort,”Sexton said. “Everybody knew the nameof every student in the school.”

Sexton has made a reputation forbringing the kind of person-centeredapproach he witnessed at Brooklyn Prepto the world of higher education. “Wedon’t reflect on the mission of teachingenough in higher education,” he said;adding that in his time as a professorand a teacher, he has sought to see andsurround himself with colleagues whoperceive themselves as “fiduciaries ofan educational institution.” In that spirit,Sexton said, he has never taught lessthan two classes a semester since hewas appointed dean of the law school atNYU in 1988. He has continued that

tradition since being named universitypresident in 2002.

Sexton is a fellow of the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences andchairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He received his bachelor’s,master’s and doctorate degrees fromFordham University and also graduatedmagna cum laude from Harvard LawSchool. He is the author of Civil Procedure:Cases and Materials, a textbook on civilprocedure that is used by two-thirds of lawstudents in the country and is the mostwidely used legal textbook on any subject.

After the lecture and question-and-answer session, convocation attendeesadjourned for a buffet dinner in the faculty dining room.

Dr. John Sexton, president of New York University, speaks about the mission ofteaching at the Lasallian Convocation in September.

During his time at Manhattan College,senior Michael Brady ’05 has turned fromaspiring lawyer to modern-day activist.As a recently named Clark FoundationFellow, he finds himself happily on theright track.

Awarded the prestigious three-year fellowship by The Clark Foundation,Michael hopes to study urban planningat New York University’s Robert F. WagnerGraduate School of Public Service andwork for The Enterprise Foundation, a nonprofit group that focuses on rehabilitating underserved neighborhoods.The Clark Foundation was created toidentify, nurture and support studentswith great potential for leadership incommunity-based/nonprofit careers.

For Michael, helping others is a truepassion that he believes underscores theprinciples of a Lasallian education.

“I’m a big advocate for education,” saysMichael, who, as a Brannigan ResearchFellow, devoted his summer to writingan extensive research paper on genderand class. “It dumbfounds me when allpeople can not get the same [access to]education or healthcare or housing.”

As a Clark Foundation Fellow, Michael,a triple major in English, governmentand urban affairs, will receive financialsupport for graduate education, as wellas programming aimed at helping himlaunch his career in the nonprofit field.The Manhattan College Fellowship

“Professors here havetaught me that it’snot what you havein life that counts,it’s what you dowith it in the endthat is going toaffect society.” – Michael Brady ’05

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Faculty Accomplishments

At this year’s Faculty Recognition Convocation in April, the following members of the faculty were awarded the Bonuset Fidelis Medal: Dr. Bernard Harris, electrical engineering;Dr. Lawrence Huggins, management/marketing; Dr. LouisUffer, physics; and Dr. Siddhartha Bagchi, civil engineering.

Dr. Claire Nolte, professor of history and chair of the historydepartment, presented the paper Mobilizing the Nation:Voluntary Associations and National Identity in Mid-CenturyPrague at the dual-language workshop “Different Paths tothe Nation/Dalla Regione alla Nazione” held in Trento, Italythis past June. In addition, Nolte presented a paper, HomoLudens? Sports and Nationalism in Central Europe, at theHistorical Society conference in Maine. Separately, sherecently has been elected president of the CzechoslovakHistory Conference, a scholarly association dedicated to the history of Czechoslovakia.

Dr. Robert Sharp, associate professor of environmentalengineering, has co-authored the article “Biofilm Barriers to Contain and Degrade Dissolved Trichloroethylene (TCF),”which appears in the most recent issue of the peer-reviewedAIChE Journal of Environmental Progress (John Wiley &Sons). This article was co-authored by John Komlos ’96 M.S.,who currently has an appointment as a post-doctoral researchassociate at Princeton University. Sharp also recently presentedthe paper A New Field Assay for Measuring and CharacterizingNitrification Inhibition at the Water Environment Federation’s10th Annual Specialty Conference on Industrial Wastes in Philadelphia. The paper was selected as a platform presentation and is co-authored by Colin Johnson ’02 M.S.,who is currently completing a Peace Corps assignment inHonduras, along with Barth Smets of Denmark TechnicalUniversity and Jeannette Brown, adjunct professor of environmental engineering.

John F. Tomer, professor of economics, gave a series ofcourses titled “The Human Firm and Intangible Capital” tothe faculty and graduate students of Universidad AutonomaMetropolitana-Iztapalapa in Mexico City from June 7 throughJune 11. The teachings were derived from Tomer’s publishedresearch throughout the years.

Dr. Mohammad Naraghi, professor of mechanical engineering,presented a paper, A Model for Design and Analysis ofRegeneratively Cooled Rocket Engines, at the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) JointPropulsion Conference held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., fromJuly 11 to July 14. Naraghi also co-chaired a session onmodeling liquid propulsion systems at this conference.

Dr. Harry Stein, adjunct assistant professor of history,worked with students and teachers in 15 Kenya governmenthigh schools during June and July. Kenyan students study13 to 15 subjects for four years. At the end of the fourthyear, national examinations are given within a three- to four-week period. Stein and Kenyan educators presentedworkshops on academy literacy and teaching-learning withand for memory to 5,000 students and 1,000 teachers.

Committee, established by Provost Dr. Weldon Jackson andchaired by sociology professor Dr. Mary Ann Groves, assistedMichael in his application process. The committee wasfounded with the goal of grooming Manhattan students toapply for such awards and make students aware that theseawards and fellowships exist.

In the first year of his fellowship, Michael, 21, willattend a leadership retreat and participate in workshopsthat address practical issues related to graduate education andnonprofit employment. During the second and third year,Michael will work at a nonprofit and attend graduate schoolat a New York City-based institution. He is expected toreceive a grant of up to $30,000, which includes a salarystipend of $10,000 per year for two years. He also willreceive up to $10,000 in scholarship support toward a master’s degree.

An active participant in the campus ministry and socialaction department, Michael already has built an impressiverésumé in community work and volunteering. He hasraised money for cancer research as part of American CancerSociety’s Relay For Life program and donned a Clifford theBig Red Dog suit to distribute new books to children fromlow-income families.

“You can call me a change agent to society,” Michael says.“I really love what I do. I don’t think my life [at ManhattanCollege] would be complete without doing community or volunteer work. Professors here have taught me that it’s notwhat you have in life that counts, it’s what you do with it inthe end that is going to affect society.”

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Engineering HighManhattan College is striving to give

aspiring engineers a new high school to consider.

The Bronx Engineering and TechnologyAcademy (BETA) is a newly establishedpublic high school that Manhattan Collegehelped develop as part of the Departmentof Education’s (DOEd) Children Firstnew schools initiative. Primarily backedby New York City Mayor Michael R.Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, this initiative is designedto create 200 effective small schoolsduring the next three to five years. Thenew schools will provide traditionallyunderserved communities with access to rich, rigorous curricula, including college-readiness programs and smallerclassroom sizes with the goal of fosteringstrong teacher-student relationships.

Dr. Richard Heist, dean of the school ofengineering at Manhattan College, hopesthis new endeavor will create a steadystream of qualified students to theCollege’s engineering programs — a feederschool of sorts — and adds that this visionis in line with Manhattan’s long-standingmission of serving the community.

Helping to establish this new school“is consistent with our mission … toeducate students, particularly first-generation New York City students, and to prepare them for meaningful, satisfying careers,” says Heist.

As lead partner, Manhattan College’sprimary role will be to provide increasedexposure to engineering and technologyto the BETA students, as well as appropriate professional development forthe teachers. Eventually, the College’sschool of engineering will assist BETA inseeking additional support for improvingand expanding the learning opportunitiesof the students. For now, the DOEd hasguaranteed BETA $8,000 in funding perstudent, and the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation has donated $100,000 peryear to the program for the next fouryears. One of the school of engineering’sresponsibilities is to manage the GatesFoundation grant for BETA.

Heist adds that creating a school such as BETA is also designed to helpcombat today’s national engineer

workforce shortage. “There are notenough engineers,” he says. “WithBETA, we’ll be contributing to thisnational workforce need to resolve thisproblem. We want BETA to serve as amodel for similar schools in other urbanareas.” Down the road, the vision is toexpand BETA to include seventh- andeighth-graders as well.

Of the 91 new schools that openedthis academic year in several boroughs,BETA is the only so-called “theme-based”high school with a curriculum specializingin engineering and technology. In additionto general high school courses such ashistory and English, students will studyfour years of math and all of the sciences

(beginning with physics in the ninthgrade) and will receive engineering andtechnology preparatory courses and projects. BETA welcomed approximately100 ninth-graders in its first year. Studentswere required to attend special recruitingfairs sponsored by the DOEd in order toqualify for admission to BETA.

BETA is one of approximately 30 newschools that found a home in the Bronx.These theme-based high schools arefocusing on an eclectic range of subjectmatters, including fire and life safety,performing arts, human rights, civilrights and service and learning. BETA istemporarily located in Roosevelt HighSchool in the Bronx but hopes to move toJFK High School next year, so the studentscan be closer to the College’s campus.

Mostly funded by the DOEd andthrough the grant by the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation, BETA has been in theworks for nearly a year; navigating itsway through a complicated approvalprocess, including proposals and hiringprocedures. The school planning teamthat helped establish BETA alsoincludes Bronx-based teachers and par-ent representatives, some of whom areprofessional engineers. In fact, BETA’sprincipal, Lenny Diggs, popular amongmany area teachers, studied electricalengineering and math at the Citadel inSouth Carolina and was an assistantprincipal at the Frederick DouglasAcademy in Harlem.

Bruce Karhoff, who was a key memberof the planning team, says schools suchas BETA are critical, especially now asmore and more large high schools in theBronx continue to be phased outbecause they simply do not work.

“The students and families in theBronx need a school like BETA nowmore than ever,” says Karhoff, whoteaches math and technology courses at the new school. “We cannot afford to let them down any longer … More than half of our kids are not graduating highschool. But just because the schools are failing, we, as a society, cannot failthese kids. At BETA, we are creating asmall, nurturing environment in whichevery kid counts, where every child ischallenged to reach her or his potential.”

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Camping — College Style

Aiming to give underserved high school students a taste ofthe college experience, Manhattan College hosted 60 studentsduring Camp College weekend, August 6 – 8.

Camp College, which is in its fifth year, is a three-day, pre-college camp created for traditionally underserved studentswho are mainly first-generation college-bound or from lowersocioeconomic backgrounds.

“This is a program that goes hand in hand with the College’scommitment to first-generation, college-bound students,” saysWilliam Bisset, assistant vice president for enrollment management.“The students who participate in Camp College are qualifiedcandidates to the best colleges in the country and in the stateand, without a program like this one, would not recognize theirown abilities and potential to pursue a college degree. This program has an incredible record of success in making collegea reality for first-generation students.”

Student campers, who are primarily 10th- and 11th-graders,spent the weekend learning about the college applicationprocess and student life through interaction with the College’scounselors, faculty volunteers and simulated classes. Studentsattended classes taught by Manhattan College professors andtook courses in arts, science and engineering, as well as otherworkshops that address higher education preparation, such asresearching colleges, essay writing and financial aid applications.Students stayed in Manhattan College’s residence halls, enjoyedmeals at on-campus dining facilities and attended other plannedsocial events that enabled them to get a good sampling of whatcollege life is all about.

“Camp College lets students ‘try on’ college. Many campersmight not otherwise consider higher education,” says Susan

Nesbitt Perez, director of outreach programs for Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU), which is aco-sponsor. “The benefits of a college education are many.College graduates earn more, become active citizens and havethe chance to build lifelong friendships.”

This is the second year Manhattan College has hosted CampCollege on its campus. Last summer, the College was forced tocancel the weekend program due to the unexpected power outagein August that crippled several East Coast cities.

The majority of the students who attended Camp College thissummer were nominated by New York’s GEAR UP (Gaining EarlyAwareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), as wellas by state high schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, historicallyblack churches, arts centers and other youth-based nonprofits.Support by a federal grant awarded to CICU by the HigherEducation Services Corp. (HESC) makes the weekend possible,along with funding from the New York State Association ofCollege Admissions Counselors (NYSACAC), GEAR UP and localbusinesses and volunteers.

The College’s Model United Nations program sent 22 delegatesto the National Model United Nations Conference in New YorkCity this past April. The delegation represented the Republic ofSouth Africa in the international, intercollegiate simulation of theUnited Nations during the four-day competition. The College wasawarded an honorable mention for its efforts at the conference,where 45 awards were given to more than 200 colleges anduniversities. Manhattan has attended this conference every yearsince 1974, and this is the first year since the 1970s that ithas won an award.

“I was incredibly proud,” says Dr. Pamela Chasek, assistantprofessor of government and director of the international studiesprogram, who is in her ninth year as faculty advisor to the ModelUN program. “It was really great to win and be recognized forall of our hard work and preparation.”

Several Manhattan students were chosen to participate in anumber of simulations at the conference. Erica Howard ’04, a government and international studies major, was one of 15justices chosen to sit on the International Legal Body. Tutti Touray’04, a government and communications major, was selected to

be the chair of the Economic and Social Council. Two studentswere selected as rapporteurs: Patrick Harkins ’04, a governmentand urban studies major, was chosen to be rapporteur of theGeneral Assembly 3rd Committee; and Marissa Gross ’05, aninternational studies and Spanish major, was selected to berapporteur of the General Assembly Plenary. These studentshelped direct the work of their respective committees and werechosen among numerous applicants at the conference.

The National Model United Nations Conference is the world’slargest university-level UN simulation. This year, more than3,000 students from 23 countries participated in the program.

Sixty high school students “camped” at ManhattanCollege during Camp College weekend in August.

Manhattan Is a Model CompetitorRepresenting the

Republic of SouthAfrica, the College’s

Model United Nationsdelegation was awardedan honorable mentionat the National Model

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ensure the future of Manhattan College’s “mission of excellence”

Scholarships & Financial Aid Student Activity Programming

Campus Ministry & Social Action Technology Initiatives

Mentoring & Career Services

World Class Athletics

expanding INTELLECTUAL GROWTH

empowering INDIVIDUALS

exhibiting FAITH

extolling VALUES

exploring THE FUTURE

Physical Plant & Infrastructure

Together, Jasper alumni, parents and friends can make a life-impacting differencefor today’s Jasper students by helping to: fund scholarships and financial aid;undertake technological initiatives; sustain and create student activity programming;support world-class athletics; nurture campus ministry and social action; andguide mentoring and career services, all through contributions and participation in this year’s Manhattan College Annual Fund.

Your gift today to the Annual Fund will increase our all-important alumni participation rate, which directly impacts Manhattan College’s ranking in publications such as U.S. News & World Report.

For more information or to become more involved in helping to ensure the futureof Manhattan College’s “mission of excellence” through the Annual Fund, call ustoday at (718) 862-7434. Thank you.

Join us on the journey today!

Thank you for your partnership with our “mission of excellence.”

We’re delighted to offer you a newway to participate that has convenientand important advantages for both ofus: the Cornerstone Guild.

As a member of the Manhattan CollegeCornerstone Guild, your automaticmonthly gift allows alma mater to putyour gifts to work immediately; nurturingthe academic, social and spiritualneeds of the newest generation ofJaspers. Your monthly giving and thegiving of fellow Jasper CornerstoneGuild members is the foundation forManhattan College’s continuing “mission of excellence.”

For more information or to becomemore involved in helping to ensure the future of Manhattan College’s“mission of excellence” through theCornerstone Guild, call us today at(718) 862-7434. Thank you.

We are continually striving to improve the quality of our donor database. If you have any changes to your listing, please call Elbby Antony at (718) 862-7434.

William A. Harkins ’67Founder’s Forum

Edmund P. Hennelly ’47Founder’s Forum

John D. McMahon ’73Founder’s Forum

Scott Rice ’90Jasper Oval

John E. Skvarla ’70Founder’s Forum

Honor Roll AddendaThe following were incorrectly listed in the 2003-2004 Honor Roll of Donors.


The Wilsons — Ensuring Two Futures Through a Deferred Gift Annuity

Jim Wilson ’64 was atrue Jasper, the sort ofgraduate in whom hisalma mater takes pride.While at Manhattanstudying for his degree ineconomics, he also servedas commander of his AirForce ROTC unit. Upongraduation in 1964, Jim was commissioned as anofficer in the UnitedStates Air Force andserved as a navigator inthe Strategic Air Commandand the Military AirliftCommand for six and

a half years during the Vietnam War.Jackie and Jim married in 1966. Afterhis discharge from active duty, Jim continued to serve in the Reserves andretired as lieutenant colonel.

Back in civilian life, he studied for alaw degree at night while working fulltime in human resources and flying oneweekend every month. Years later, in2002, Jim retired from the Lenox ChinaCorporation as a senior vice president

for human resources, and the couplemoved to Wilmington, N.C. He never forgot his years at Manhattan and, in1997, wrote of his affection for theschool: “Manhattan College was a greatexperience. It’s hard to explain how theinstitution does what it does. It appearsthat everyone who went there loves theCollege more as the years pass. Theschool gave you all the basics you neededto succeed in life: priorities of God, family,then work; that education at Manhattanand beyond held many of the keys thatcould unlock the doors to a successfulcareer — an abiding interest in learning,a clear understanding that life is one longeducational process, and that in doinggood for others you do good for yourself.Manhattan was and is a great institution.”

While giving to Manhattan College wasalways important to Jim and Jackie, ittook on an even greater priority whenJim became ill. He wanted to rememberalma mater in his estate and also makesure that Jackie’s retirement needs wouldnot be compromised. When Jim died inJuly 2003, Jackie learned that a plannedgift would fulfill Jim’s wishes, as well as

hers. Jackie says: “Using a planned giftto accomplish our goals was the rightway to put our thoughts into action. Withthe help of the office of planned giving atManhattan, I was able to look at severalgift options. I liked the idea that througha deferred gift annuity I could providesignificant financial support to the Collegeand prepare for my retirement at thesame time. With this type of plan, themoney I contribute has the potential togrow over time, and I can postpone payments until I am ready to retire.

“Through my deferred charitable giftannuity with the College, I will receive aguaranteed life income beginning at myretirement age, qualify for a substantialcharitable income tax deduction, and helpsecure my own financial future. It reallyis ‘the gift that keeps on giving.’ I amhappy that I could accomplish this for Jim.He truly loved Manhattan College andvalued the wonderful education received,the friendships made and the philosophythat helped mold and develop his character. He was proud to be a Jasper!”

Jim Wilson is survived by his wife, Jackie,and their two sons, John and Philip.

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Gifts That Transcend a Lifetime…

When you make a bequest to ManhattanCollege, you enter into a covenant with almamater to benefit future generations of Jaspers.

Your legacy can ensure the College’s traditional missionto offer a Lasallian Catholic education.

When you include Manhattan College in your estateplans with a bequest of a life-income gift, such as anannuity or trust, you will be included in the College’sCovenant Society. The Covenant Society is a group ofpeople who have made a commitment to the future.

Will you encourage intellectual growth and foster spiritual and ethical development in tomorrow’s students?

Yes, I would like information about:

Bequests

Charitable gift annuities

Charitable remainder trusts

Establishing a scholarship

Other

Name ______________________________________________________

Year _______________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________

City, State, Zip ______________________________________________

Phone ______________________________________________________

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For more information about leaving a bequest or other planned givingopportunities, please call the office of planned giving at (718) 862-7976.


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Alumni Go for the Gold at the Olympic Trials

Several Manhattan College graduatescompeted in the 2004 U.S. OlympicTrack and Field Trials that were held in Sacramento, Calif. Thomas JacobFreeman ’04 was the top finisher at thetrials for Manhattan and finished sixthoverall. On his first day of competition,he threw 69.57m, which put him infifth place and advanced him to thefinals. At the Olympic Trial Finals,Freeman had a shorter throw of 69.10mthat pushed him back to sixth place.With a sixth place finish, he did notautomatically make the 2004 U.S.Olympic team but was considered analternate. Freeman had until August tothrow 78.35m and be one of the topthree throwers. Unfortunately, he nevermade that mark, but he had a successfulyear. Only the top 15 throwers make it to the finals, which is why PatrickMcGrath ’95 did not qualify for thefinals after finishing 23rd. McGrathqualified for the trials at the EmpireState Games after his throw of 75.47m.

Lauren Primerano ’03, who is now oneof the College’s track and field assistantcoaches, competed at the Olympic Trialsin the javelin. Primerano finished 20thafter her throw of 41.37m. She qualifiedfor the trials at the Penn Relays afterher toss of 47.70m, which is 6.70mover the qualifying mark.

One of our former Jasper track starsdid make it to Athens this year but didnot compete for the United States. AliannPompey ’99 ran for the Guyanese NationalTeam. This is the second Olympics thatshe has run in the 400m for Guyana.Pompey first competed in the 2000Sydney Games, where she did not make itto the second round. At the 2004 Games,Pompey qualified for the semifinals afterfinishing fourth in her heat with a timeof 51.33 seconds. On the second day ofcompetition in the 400m, she finished in51.61 seconds and finished fifth in herheat and 17th in the entire competition.Only the top eight athletes from all threeheats qualify for the finals. Pompey continues to train with Manhattan Collegeassistant coach Joe Ryan.

Hoop DreamsOn June 24, 2004, Luis Flores,

Manhattan’s all-time leading scorer andarguably the best player in the history ofthe program, took the next step toward hisdream of playing professional basketballin the National Basketball Association.It was on this night, a night he admits heoften dreamt about, that he was drafted bythe Houston Rockets in the second round(55th overall selection) of the NBA draftand became the first Manhattan playerto be drafted since John Leonard ’82, whowas picked by the New York Knicks inthe 10th round of the 1982 draft. Floresalso became the highest-drafted Jasper inthe history of the program. Even thoughhe was drafted, only first-round picks areguaranteed a contract, so Flores knewthat his dream was not yet fulfilled.

In fact, Flores’ journey was just beginning, as he was traded on draft nightto the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericksthought enough of Flores and his potentialto put him on their summer league roster,and Flores participated in two NBA-

sanctioned summer leagues, the first inLos Angeles and the second in Salt LakeCity. Flores played well in both leaguesand played in a total of eight games.Flores’ chances of making the Mavericks’roster were hampered by the fact thatthe team had drafted a point guard (theposition Flores would most likely playprofessionally) with its first selection inthe draft (fifth overall). The organizationhad been impressed with Flores’ playduring the summer league action and wereconsidering retaining his draft rights andsending him to a European team to honehis point guard skills, but those planschanged on August 24, when Flores wastraded again, this time to the GoldenState Warriors as part of an eight-playertrade that brought Erick Dampier toDallas. However, with only three otherpoint guards on the Warriors’ roster,Flores’ chances of being signed to anNBA contract increased dramatically.

Just three weeks later, on September14, it was announced by Golden State

Executive Vice President of BasketballOperations Chris Mullin that Flores hadsigned a contract with the Warriors. Perteam policy, the terms of the agreementwere not released.

It is now a waiting game for Flores, as he will continue to work out in hopesof impressing the Warriors’ coachingstaff during the team’s preseason trainingcamp with an eye on making the team’sroster. The Warriors opened up preseason

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Manhattan College, which capturedseven Metro Atlantic Athletic Conferencetitles during the 2003-04 academic year,took home the conference’s biggest prizeand earned the MAAC Commissioner’s Cupfor the second straight year. Manhattanalso won the men’s crown, while LoyolaCollege was awarded the women’s title forthe first time since the 1996-97 season.

The MAAC Commissioner’s Cup is awarded annually as a symbol of overall excellence in athletics in the 25championship athletic events conductedwithin the MAAC. Each institution isscored in all championships that it fieldsa varsity team. However, only the scoresfrom the men’s and women’s basketballparticipation, plus the other top six men’sand other top six women’s championshipswill be used to determine an institution’stotal points.

Manhattan finished with a total of116.50 points, 15 points ahead of runner-up Marist College. On the men’sside, Manhattan captured the leaguecrown with 63.50 points, 16 points morethan second-place Marist. Loyola finishedin the women’s cup race by compiling 58points, just four points more than Marist.

“It is a great achievement from a program committed to athletic and academic excellence,” CommissionerRichard J. Ensor says. “Bob Byrnes

and all the Manhattan student-athletes,athletic administrators and coachingstaffs are to be congratulated on theirsuperior efforts on the field and in theclassroom this past season.”

The Jaspers captured three women’sand four men’s championships this pastseason. Last fall, Manhattan earned thetitle crown in volleyball. In the winter, theJaspers claimed the top prize in men’sbasketball, as well as men’s and women’sindoor track. In the spring, Manhattancaptured the men’s tennis, men’s outdoortrack and women’s lacrosse championships.

The rest of the field finished as follows:Marist (101.50), Loyola (100), FairfieldUniversity (96), Niagara University andRider University (86), Iona College (80.50),Siena College (76), Saint Peter’s College(58.50) and Canisius College (55).

In the men’s standings, Manhattanwon for the first time in school history.Marist finished second with 47.50points, followed by Fairfield and Niagara(42.50), Loyola and Rider (42), Siena(37.50), Iona (36), Saint Peter’s(32.50) and Canisius (16).

On the women’s side, Marist was secondwith 54 points, followed by Fairfield(53.5), Manhattan (53), Iona (44.50),Rider (44), Niagara (43.50), Canisius (39),Siena (38.50) and Saint Peter’s (26).

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play on October 10 at Sacramento andplayed their first regular season game athome against Portland on November 3.

Flores, who averaged 24.0 points pergame this past season, concluded hisManhattan career as the school’s all-timeleading scorer and first men’s basketballplayer to score 2,000 career points; tallying 2,046 points in just three years.For the 2003-04 season, he was namedMAAC Player of the Year, First Team All-MAAC, MAAC Tournament MVP, NABCDistrict 2 First Team, Associated PressHonorable Mention All-American, andthe USBWA District 2 Player of the Year.Flores also became the first player toreceive consecutive Haggerty Awards,annually awarded by the MetropolitanBasketball Writers Association to thebest collegiate player in the New YorkMetropolitan area, since Malik Sealy of St. John’s won the award in 1991and 1992.

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Hoop DreamsJaspers Nab Commissioner’s Cup

Two Years in a Row

A total of 803 athletes were honoredrecently for their achievements bothacademically and athletically as the MetroAtlantic Athletic Conference announcedthe 2003-04 New York Lottery MAACAcademic Honor Roll. Manhattan placed88 students on the list, up from 71 in2002-03, to place third overall.

To be eligible for the New York LotteryMAAC Academic Honor Roll, an athletemust hold a grade point average of 3.20

or higher on a 4.0 scale and be in his orher second year of athletic eligibility.The Honor Roll is open to both full-timeand associate members of the MAAC,with athletes represented in all 25sports that the conference sponsors.

The Jaspers’ men’s and women’s trackteams each placed 11 members on the list, followed closely by women’sswimming (9) and men’s lacrosse (8).

Marist College headed the list of honoredstudent-athletes with 119, followed byIona College with 101. The rest of thelist is as follows: Siena College (85),Niagara University (78), FairfieldUniversity (76), Canisius College (56),Rider University (54), Saint Peter’sCollege (48) and Loyola College (36).Among the associate members, La SalleUniversity, which competed in the MAACFootball League, had the most with 13.

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Women’s Tennis

First-year head coach Ajay Kumar and the Lady Jaspers tennis team finished in a fifth-place tie in the final MAAC standings.Manhattan compiled an overall record of 6-11 in dual match competition. The Lady Jaspers entered the 2004 MAAC Tournament asthe No. 6 seed. Manhattan fell in its first round match to No. 3 Fairfield by a score of 6-1. The team defeated No. 7 Rider in a consolation match with the score of 6-1.

Baseball

Manhattan posted a 25-27-1 overall record, 16-9 in MAAC play. The Jaspers finished in a tie for second, in the MAAC standingsand were the third seed in the MAAC Playoffs; advancing to the Championship Game for the first time in program history. It was theJaspers’ second straight trip to the MAAC Championships.

Chris Gaskin led the team with a .351 batting average, and Matt Cucurullo was second, as he hit at a .350 clip while leading theteam in stolen bases with 15 and knocking in a school-record 52 runs. Sam Deluca set a school record with 71 hits and posted a.345 batting average while striking out just seven times in 206 at-bats. Josh Greco led the team with 10 home runs.

Mike Parisi, who was named MAAC Pitcher of the Week on April 5, led a talented pitching staff with a school record 104 strikeouts.Josh Santerre led the staff with a 4.46 ERA and seven wins in his rookie campaign for head coach Steve Trimper. Chris Cody posted a5-1 record while Jesse Darcy posted three wins and one save.

Women’s Lacrosse

The Lady Jaspers tallied an 11-8 overall record and a 3-3 MAAC record, which earned them a third-place finish inthe regular season. Placing third qualified the team for the MAAC Championships for the fourth time in school history.The Lady Jaspers then steamrolled to a MAAC Championship and defeated Marist and LeMoyne for the team’s firstMAAC Championship since 2000.

The Lady Jaspers advanced to an NCAA Play-In game and hosted Northeast Conference Champion Mt. St. Mary’s. The match was tight throughout, as Manhattan trailed by two, 8-6, with just under nine minutes remaining, but Mt. St. Mary’s prevailed and prevented the Lady Jaspers from earning their first-ever NCAA bid.

Victoria Carman led the Lady Jaspers in scoring and tallied 54 points on a team-leading 41 goals and 13 assists. Mary Dudek added 33 goals and seven assists for 40 points. Ashley Devins manned the cage for the Lady Jaspers and tallied 208 saves.

Men’s Tennis

The Manhattan College men’s tennis team won the MAAC Championship title for the first time in school historyand beat out five-time MAAC Champion Marist College, 4-1, in the finals. In the regular season, the Jaspers’ 5-2victory against Marist gave Manhattan the top seed going into the MAAC Tournament and handed the Red Foxestheir first conference loss in five years. On its way to the championship, Manhattan blanked No. 8 Saint Peter’s, 7-0, in the first round and No. 4 Fairfield, 7-0, in the second round.

In winning the MAAC Championship title, the Jaspers earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and traveled to Waco, Texas, to take on the Baylor Bears in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Jaspers went 14-5 and posted a perfect 7-0 MAAC Conference record. Zoran Loncar earned MAACTournament Most Outstanding Player honors, and Arthur Bobko was named MAAC Coach of the Year.

Softball

After starting the season with a 2-20 record, the Lady Jaspers turned their season around and went 14-13 down thestretch, including a stretch where the team won 10 of 13. The team qualified for the MAAC Championships for the firsttime since the 1999 season and placed fourth in the conference standings.

Michelle Gutierrez led the team with a .285 batting average, while Kiera Fox led the team with 13 RBIs and ninestolen bases, batting at a .246 clip.

In the circle, Jillian Medea broke the Manhattan single season strikeout record and fanned 187 batters. She posted an11-19 record, posted a 1.87 ERA over 209.2 innings, and threw 27 complete games with four shutouts and two saves.

Manhattan’s nine MAAC wins were the most for the team since the 1994 season.

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Men’s Lacrosse

The men’s lacrosse team, after a down 2003 season, bounced back under the directionof seventh-year head coach Tim McIntee and posted an 8-7 record, 5-3 in MAAC play.The Jaspers posted wins over Sacred Heart in the season opener, and Lafayette, Mount Saint Mary’s, Siena, VMI, St. Joseph’s and Wagner during the regular season.Manhattan faced two top-25 teams in then-No. 13 Rutgers, to whom it lost a toughcontest, 10-6, and then-No. 19 University of Massachusetts, losing 16-4. Justin Ottoled the team in scoring with a team-best 32 goals and added eight assists for 40 points,followed by Eugene Tanner, who tallied 13 goals and a team-best 25 assists for 38points. Goaltender Robert Busweiler led the team in saves with 110. The teamadvanced to the Championship Game of the MAAC Tournament before falling toProvidence, 11-6, in a tightly contested game.

GOLF

The Jasper golf team finished the 2004 campaign with a dual match record of 4-2,which marked the fourth consecutive season that they have recorded at least four dualmatch victories. Manhattan competed in five tournaments in the spring and placed sixth in the Fairfield Spring Break Invitational, 20th in the Yale Spring Opener, eighth inSusquehana Spring Invitational, 13th in the Rehoboth Beach Invitational and ninth in the Peacock Invitational. The squad’s lowest round came in the last tournament of the regular season, where the Jaspers recorded a total score of 312 in the PeacockInvitational. At the 2004 MAAC Championship, the Jaspers finished eighth out of nineteams with a three-day score of 982. Martin Tobias was the Jasper’s top finisher andplaced 11th overall with a score of 231.

Outdoor Track & Field

Track continued its success through the outdoor track season with the men finishingfirst at the Metropolitan Championships and the MAAC Championships, and eighth at the IC4A Championships, while the women took second place at the MetropolitanChampionships and the MAAC Championships. Thomas Jacob Freeman broke the MAACrecord in the hammer throw, throwing 67.78m, and was awarded the Most OutstandingMale Athlete for field events. Coach Dan Mecca received the Men’s Outdoor Coach of theYear for the fourth consecutive year. Karin Larsson, who won the triple jump (11.51m),shot put (13.77m), and high jump (1.60m), was named the Most Outstanding FemaleAthlete in the field events. Larsson’s throw in the shot put broke the MAAC record.Also breaking MAAC records were Jenna Daly in the pole vault (3.50m) and ThereseForsberg in the 1500m (4:35.02).

Jacob Freeman, who ranked first in the nation for collegiate athletes in the hammerthrow, threw at the NCAA Championships and placed first with a throw of 70.77m.Freeman’s National Championship was his second (he won the Indoor Weight Throwin the 2002-03 season) and the first Outdoor NCAA Championship for Manhattansince 1956. Also competing in the hammer throw was Zoran Loncar. Loncar finished20th out of 27 athletes with a toss of 60.64m. Rajne Svenssohn also competed at the NCAA Championships in the decathlon finishing 17th out of 26 athletes andearning 7,056 points.

The women continued to improve their scores from the indoor season. Jenna Dalybroke the school record in the pole vault at the Sam Howell Invitational, where shejumped 3.60m. With this performance, she also broke the Sam Howell meet record.Michanne Campbell also broke the Sam Howell Invitational triple jump record afterjumping 11.79m.

Men’s BasketballPreview

Last season was a special season forthe Manhattan College men’s basketballteam. First, the team won its secondconsecutive MAAC Regular Season title,with a MAAC record of 16 wins. TheJaspers followed that up by winning theirsecond straight MAAC Tournament title andearned back-to-back NCAA appearancesfor the first time in school history. As a12-seed, Manhattan defeated fifth-seededFlorida, 75-60, and fell just four pointsshort of a Sweet Sixteen berth. Enteringthis season, the question is: What are theJaspers going to do for an encore? Is anunprecedented third-straight MAAC titlein the cards for Manhattan? How abouta return trip to the NCAA Tournament?Or maybe a second-straight BracketBuster win on national television?

With the loss of Luis Flores, Dave Holmesand Jason Benton, several players muststep up their offensive games. However, astrong foundation returns, and four talentedfreshmen will suit up for the Green andWhite as the Jaspers look to continue theircurrent run of success. Leading the chargefor the Jaspers this season will be seniorPeter Mulligan, who is the team’s leadingreturning scorer and rebounder — havingaveraged 10.9 points and 4.4 rebounds pergame last season. Mulligan was a majorforce down the stretch for Manhattan andstarted 12 of the final 14 games andput up double digit scoring efforts in 10of those games. A Third-Team All-Metselection, Mulligan looks to be the mainoption on the offensive end, as he willsee more plays run through him this year.

Another player whose scoring numbersshould increase this season is juniorJason Wingate. Wingate, who started atpoint guard last season, will likely seetime at the off guard as well. He averaged5.2 and 2.6 assists last season but showedflashes of what this year could hold forhim: he hit the game-winning shot in atight win over St. Peter’s, scored in double

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digits in the Bracket Buster game againstWisconsin-Milwaukee, and tallied 12points and seven assists with zero turnoversin the MAAC semifinal win over St. Peter’s.

Several other players will be lookedupon to help carry the offensive load, andeach will bring a different dimension tothe court that will provide coach BobbyGonzalez with more options. Junior MikeKonovelchick will return as the team’sleading three-point threat; having connectedon 40 trifectas a season ago. He shouldalso help on the glass, as his 3.3 caromsper game average a season ago shouldrise. Fellow junior Kenny Minor will likelystart the season at point guard, and heis the team’s defensive stopper, as hishigh-energy play on the defensive endhas often disrupted the opposition’soffensive flow and has led to easy transition baskets off of turnovers forManhattan. Minor averaged 5.2 pointsand 2.0 assists per game in 2003-04.

In the post, sophomore Guy Ngarndi’srole will likely be expanded with the lossof Holmes and Benton. Ngarndi started13 of the 30 games he played last seasonand saw the most floor time of all thefreshmen. Ngarndi’s athleticism andimproved strength should make him apresence in the low block, as he will becalled upon to contribute on both theoffensive and defensive ends of the court.

Christano Johnson and Darren Johnson(no relation), both sophomore forwards,saw limited duty last season but willlook to provide more production thisseason. Christano Johnson is a physicalrebounding presence in the post, whileDarren Johnson has an innate ability toscore the ball. Both players are extremelyhard workers, as are all of Gonzalez’splayers. Junior Mihai Enescu, at sevenfeet, is the tallest player on the rosterand has come back to campus in greatphysical shape and will look to increasehis role in the rotation this season.

Two freshmen, Arturo Dubois and CJAnderson, will provide depth at the postpositions, and, while there will be anadjustment period as they adapt, eachcould contribute, as the team lost twopost starters from last year.

Senior Justin Gatling, who made onestart last season, and freshmen Jeff Xavierand CJ Lee will all battle for playing timeat the guard position, while providing depthfor Gonzalez. Gatling set career-highs inalmost every statistical category last year,

while Xavier and Lee are both comingoff outstanding prep careers.

Each season under Gonzalez, ManhattanCollege has improved its overall and MAACwin total. With nine returning letter-winnersand arguably the best recruiting classGonzalez has put together joining them,the 2004-05 Manhattan College men’sbasketball team has the ability to setlofty goals for themselves, but goals thatthey can reach and have the potential toput them in the Manhattan Collegerecord books.

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After the winds of change swept throughthe Manhattan women’s basketball programthis past year with the addition of coachMyndi Hill, the Lady Jaspers will undergoa similar facelift this season. Hill andher staff will have to integrate sevennewcomers with five returnees in thehopes of winning the MAAC Championshipand advancing to the NCAA Tournamentfor the second time in three years.

Despite having only eight scholarshipplayers in uniform during the 2003-04season, the Lady Jaspers began thecampaign with three straight wins andultimately advanced to the second roundof the MAAC Championships beforefalling to Marist, the eventual conferencechampion. Manhattan certainly will havemore depth than they had last season,but due to the influx of such a largegroup, it may take time for the team tobecome a cohesive unit. “We will makemistakes, but we need to learn fromthose mistakes and move on,” Hill says.“We cannot use our youth as an excuse.”The youthful Lady Jaspers undoubtedlywill gain experience quickly, as the teamis comprised of five freshmen, threesophomores, two juniors and two seniors.

Although the Lady Jaspers lost RosaleeMason, their leading scorer and rebounder,last season to graduation, Manhattan willreturn a core of five veterans that eachstarted more than 10 games last season.Senior forward Serra Sangar averaged11.9 points a game to go along with 4.6rebounds a game, while fellow seniorDonnette Reed had a fine all-around seasonat point guard and averaged 9.8 points,4.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game.The Lady Jaspers also will return a trio

of sophomores who all saw extendedplaying time during their freshman year.Danielle Cooper started in 23 of the 27games that she played and averaged 32minutes a contest and nearly two stealsper game, and Kristen Tracey was secondon the team in three-point field goalsand converted on 36 shots from beyondthe arc. Meanwhile, Michelle Bernal-Silvapulled down 4.3 rebounds a game, withmore than half of the caroms coming offthe offensive glass. While the LadyJaspers will have more depth with sevennewcomers, no player is listed as tallerthan six feet. While that translates intostrong guard play and an extremely quickteam, Hill realizes that rebounding willbe critical to the Lady Jaspers’ success.“We have to continue to work hard andfinish the play. Quality post defense isessential, but then we have to go get theball,” Hill says. If the Lady Jaspers cantake advantage of their quickness andfend off taller teams on the glass, theyhave an excellent chance of remainingat the top of the MAAC during theupcoming season.

While the short-term goal for the LadyJaspers is to bring several newcomersinto the mix and come together as a team,Manhattan’s long-term objective is to makea return trip to the NCAA Tournament.In addition to defense, Hill believes thatrebounding, balance in scoring and gettingto the foul line will be critical to theteam’s success this season. If the LadyJaspers can strike the right balancebetween veteran leadership and youthfulexuberance, the team has the ability torise to the top of the MAAC and advanceto the NCAA Tournament.

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Our 2004 spring/summer alumni events,as usual, drew many Jaspers. A highlightof our spring program is the awarding ofthe Joseph G. Gunn Alumni Medal atthe Spring Honors Convocation. I wasespecially pleased this year to presentthe award to Tutti Touray ’04. Throughouther four years at Manhattan, Tutti mademany contributions both on and offcampus, and she left an indelibleimpression on all who knew her. In heressay for the Gunn Medal, she said:“The Lasallian legacy of faith, communityand service are important principles tolive by, regardless of religious, social orpolitical affiliations. They are commonvalues that all people ought to live by.”Tutti certainly embodies these principlesand, like many of her fellow alumni, willcontinue to strive to make our world abetter place.

Our summer golf season started withour most successful Jasper Open to dateon May 3 at Westchester Hills Golf Club.Thanks to the support of more than 150golfers, net proceeds reached a record$75,000. Other Jasper golf tournamentsincluded one held at the Yale Golf Course,the Construction Industry Tournament atthe Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester,N.Y., the James K. O’Neill MemorialGolf Classic at Hamlet Wind Watch inHauppauge, N.Y., and the ColumbusDay Golf Tournament at the PutnamNational Golf Club in Mahopac, N.Y.This year, our first Alumni Society golfouting in Florida will take place at PelicanPointe Golf & Country Club in Venice, Fla.

A well-attended Alumni ReunionWeekend and series of events were followed by the selection of the 2004Hall of Fame nominees and our always-popular Day at the Races at Saratogaand Monmouth race tracks. Fall eventsstarted with the annual Alumni Men’sRetreat at the Passionist Spiritual Centerin Riverdale in September. This year’stheme, “Amazing Grace,” was wellreceived by the more than 60 alumni whoparticipated in this wonderful experience.For the complete list of activities, pleaserefer to your most recent MCkit for detailsor visit our new online community atwww.alum.manhattan.edu.

We’re very proud to launch this newJasper home on the Web. The new onlinecommunity will allow you to access awide range of new interactive features,including a comprehensive, searchabledatabase and personal profiles. You cansend ePages to other alumni, post andview photos, or read class notes and theevent calendar. All alumni with an up-to-date e-mail address in the alumni societydatabase will receive an e-newsletter twicea season notifying them of upcomingmajor events, regional club activities,alumni trips, as well as a section to viewpictures of recent events. There also has been a new Alumni Services pageadded to the Web site that offers alumniinsurance plans, career assistance anddiscounts to many metropolitan hotels.Alumni merchandise is available on theWeb site, too, including the “Then &Now” alumni woven throw, ManhattanCollege ties, license plate covers, carstatic decals and much more to come.

Additionally, alumni now can registerfor their own personal e-mail address.With its professional look, this addresscan be used for forwarding purposes andgiven out with confidence, for example,to prospective employers or networkingorganizations. This online community ispassword protected and exclusively forthe use of Manhattan College alumni. Togain access to this dynamic community,you must register using your uniquealumni identification number.* Therehas never been a better way to keep intouch with other alumni or your almamater. Register and log in today!

*All Manhattan College alumni were mailedtheir login information on the online communityannouncement. If you did not receive it, please e-mail [email protected].

State of the SOCIETY

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The New York City Alumni Club heldits semiannual networking reception inOctober at the J.P. Morgan Chase downtownfacility. The program included presentationsby Tony Cracchiolo ’69, director of priorityCapital Programs for the Port Authorityof New York and New Jersey, and RayFinnegan ’70, project director of ParsonsBrinckerhoff/Bovis Lend Lease.

Cracchiolo presented an update on theWorld Trade Center site redevelopment,including the planning and design progresson the PATH WTC transit hub. Finnegandiscussed the MTA’s high-visibilityFulton Street transit center.

The program was well-received by morethan 100 alumni and their guests andprovided an “insider’s view” of these 21stcentury transportation infrastructureprojects. Both speakers emphasized theimportance of this infrastructure to theWTC site redevelopment — more than$11 billion in estimated project costs atfull buildout. Chris Sharkey ’98, chairmanof the NYC Club, says: “It is clear thatthe transit infrastructure is as importantas the other high-profile projects thatwill take place on the WTC site — fivehigh-rise office buildings, including the Freedom Tower, a memorial with amuseum, two cultural facilities, a majorretail development, new streets andopen spaces, restoration of the GreekOrthodox Church, and a new parkingfacility … undoubtedly Jasper engineers willplay a major role in all of these projects.”

The New York City Alumni Club looksforward to the next gathering slated forspring 2005.

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Ray Finnegan ’70, project director for ParsonsBrinckerhoff/Bovis Lend Lease, Chris Sharkey ’98,chairman of the NYC Club, and Tony Cracchiolo ’69,director of Priority Capital Programs for the PortAuthority of New York and New Jersey, at theOctober NYC Club reception.


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Jaspers To Be Inducted into Athletic Hall of FameThere will be no benchwarmers at

this athletic event.

Jaspers from men’s and women’s basketball, track, softball and baseballare among the new inductees at the 26thannual Athletic Hall of Fame inductionceremony. The event, to be held onSaturday, December 4, will honor inducteesfrom classes in the 40s to the 90s.

For the convenience of attendees, Masswill be held in the Chapel of De La Salleand His Brothers, which starts at 4 p.m.Cocktails and dinner are held with theceremony, starting at 4:45 p.m. Tickets are$75 per person. For further information orreservations, call Grace Feeney, alumnirelations officer, at (718) 862-7432.

The class of 2004 inductees are:

Brother Francis Bowers, F.S.C., pastprovost and dean of the school of arts, was instrumental in moving ManhattanCollege’s athletic graduation rate to one ofthe highest in the nation. He served as thefirst coordinator of academic advisementfor athletics on scholarships (1988 to2004). While a member of the facultycommittee on athletics in the 1960s, Br. Francis was instrumental in providingthe building blocks Manhattan needed tostrengthen its athletics program by improvingthe quality of team schedules, increasingfinancial aid, and establishing the positionof a full-time sports information officer. Healso helped level the playing field for menand women at Manhattan when theCollege became coeducational.

Clifford Bruce ’74 broke eight ManhattanCollege track records during his career inthe early 1970s as he raced to become anNCAA All-American, a three-time IC4AChampion, and a three-time MetropolitanChampion. As a freshman, he joined withMoughty, Holmes and Savage to smash thefreshman medley relay record establishedin 1968 by Villanova’s team, which includedfuture Olympian Marty Liquori, with a timeof 7:38.0 — shaving nearly 10 secondsoff the record. Known for his dedication to the team, Bruce contributed to theJaspers’ 1973 NCAA Indoor Track andField Championship title.

Joe Coppo ’75 (posthumously) was aversatile baseball player who brought poweron the mound and with the bat. Tapped to

serve as captain his senior year, Coppo ledthe team in slugging with an average of.493, while also working the most inningson the mound (46 2/3) and leading theteam in earned run average (3.32). Hecontinued his passion for the sport as acoach in New Canaan, Conn. until his death in the World Trade Center attack.According to columnist Mike Lupica,“Every town, if it is lucky, has somebodylike him, the guy who doesn’t just want tocoach his own kids, but all the kids.”

Richard Garner ’72 won HonorableMention All-American honors during hisJasper basketball career, which includedmore than 1,000 points and a field goalpercentage of more than 50 percent. Withall that offensive power, it is amazingthat Garner was known as “Mr. Defense”because of his ability to rebound andsteal. The 6-foot-1-inch guard led thefreshmen team to a 21-2 season andcontinued his winning ways throughouthis career, including an upset victoryover North Carolina in the NITs in hissophomore year. A Sports MagazineAthlete of the Month, Garner was drafted by the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers.

William Miller ’48 has used his words to herald Jasper sports and athletics fornearly 60 years. As a columnist for TheQuadrangle, he helped save the crewteam from the administrative choppingblocks after World War II. While servingas the College’s first sports informationdirector in the 1950s, Miller was instrumental in heralding Junius Kellogg’scourageous handling of the basketballbetting scandal while downplaying thetwo Jaspers who were involved. AtManhattan on a track scholarship, Millerput his sports career on permanent holdto serve in the Army Air Corps duringWorld War II. Upon his return, he puthis sports passion into his writing andserved on The Quadrangle staff whilealso working as a campus correspondentfor the New York Times. Miller has freelanced for the Times ever since, spe-cializing in high school track.

George Sheehan III ’67 spent his trackcareer going the distance, literally, as thedistance runner won IC4A honors, numerousMetropolitan Championships and Penn

Relays honors, while setting 10 recordsduring his career. Victorious in everythingfrom the three-mile run with a freshmanrecord in the Mets (15:52) to the distancemedley at the Penn Relays in 1966(10:06.7), Sheehan was known for runningthrough the pain. The outdoor captain in1967, Sheehan had been dubbed “thegreatest distance runner in Manhattan history,” in a college column, which citedhis indoor three-mile record and outdoortwo- and three-mile records.

Leigh Ann Walker-Finley ’91 held theJasper record for most career reboundswith 986 until last year. A member ofthe MAAC Championship Team of 1990,the four-year starter was the seventhManhattan woman to break the 1,000-pointmargin and finish with 1,072. A 6-footforward, Walker-Finley was recognizedby the MAAC as Rookie of the Weekthree times. She also was the first LadyJasper to receive MAAC All-Rookie honors and was named to the MAAC’s second team her senior year. Walker-Finleywas known for her consistency on theboards — leading the team all four yearsand setting a personal record with 20versus LaSalle in her junior year.

Danielle Yearick ’94 began making hermark on Lady Jasper softball as a freshmanwhen she had 70 RBIs, three home runsin one game and nine RBIs in one game,all records at that time. Co-captain hersenior year, Yearick appeared with JasperStacy Cowen in Sports Illustrated’s “Facesin the Crowd” — the only two Jaspers toever receive this award. Known for hergrades, as well as her strong right-handedbat, Yearick was named three times toboth the All-MAAC Softball Team and theAll-MAAC Academic Team. She also wasthe first female at Manhattan to receive anNCAA postgraduate Division I $5,000scholarship. Yearick continued her firstsfor the Lady Jaspers by being named aGTE National Academic All-American, an honor she received twice.


If your graduating year ends in a 5 or a 0, you are celebratingan anniversary. Reunion is a time when the anniversary classesget together to make a gift to the College. The classes for 2005are ’35, ’40, ’45, ’50, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90,’95 and ’00. If you are interested in your anniversary class giftor anniversary programs, call Elbby Antony at (718) 862-7838or e-mail [email protected].

On Friday night, members of the class of 1980 will receive theirsilver medals at a special ceremony followed by a dinner dancewith a special theme. All other classes will enjoy the anniversarydinner cruise. Continental breakfast, which is served right inthe dorms, is included with your room reservation.

Medals for the class of 1955 and plaques for the classes of 1935, 1940, 1945 and 1950 will be given at the awardsluncheon on Saturday.

For a complete schedule of the weekend, watch for the next edition of the MCkit. It will include further details and a reservation form.

Questions concerning events and accommodations should be directed to Grace Feeney, alumni relations officer: phone (718) 862-7432; fax (718) 862-8013; [email protected].

For those who live at a distance, be assured we have plenty of rooms available on campus for overnight guests. Classes arehoused on the same floor in Horan Hall. The accommodationsare suites consisting of two bedrooms sharing a bath. All roomsare air-conditioned, and there are four elevators. So, pleasemake your travel arrangements now. Don’t miss it!

Please remember that if you are planning to move, or if youknow someone who is not receiving mail from the College, youcan change an address simply by calling Mark Holness at (718) 862-7701 or e-mailing [email protected].

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A sure bet for enjoyment was theannual Day at the Races in Saratoga, N.Y.On July 30, more than 120 Jaspers andtheir guests delighted in the excitementunder the Paddock Tent at the track.After the races, all were invited to relishin the fine food and beautiful surroundingsof the Inn at Saratoga, where the receptionwas hosted by Bill Chandler ’70. Win,place or show? Everyone’s a winnerwhen Jaspers come together!

Friday, June 10, Saturday, June 11, 2005Please note Reunion Weekend is the SECOND weekend in June.

HOLD THE DATES

2005 Reunion

From the HORSE’S MOUTH

The 30th annual Running of theManhattan College Purse attractedmore than 80 alumni at MonmouthPark in New Jersey on August 19.Always a fun event, alumni and friendsenjoyed an afternoon filled with hooves,food, cheers and sighs!

Exciting Races and Exuberant Faces

From left to right: Rev. Msgr. Peter Finn ’60, trusteeemeriti George Knapp ’53 and Michael Bette ’59, andRev. Erwin Schweigardt ’61 enjoy the day in Saratoga. Rider Chuck Lopez joins Maryann Palermo,

Vito Palermo ’62, Gus Tiranno ’62, Jeanne Giordano, Pat Muscarnera and Sam Muscarnera ’62 after the race.


’46 Edward F. Dalton was named an honorarymember of the American Institute of Certified PublicAccountants, which denotes membership for 40 years.Edward served with the Air Force in WWII and laterspent 21 years with IBM in White Plains, N.Y., where heredesigned its internal computer applications and dataflow. He recalls working as a student for Brother AmandusLeo, who became a hero to engineering students when,in a hurry to get to a football game, he “made a realmess of the engineering test he was typing and it hadto be canceled the next day.” His son, Edward Jr. ’82,also attended Manhattan and works at ATT in NewJersey…. Robert E. Mulligan was Connecticut Chair for the Tristate October 2003 Voice of the FaithfulConference, “Being Catholic in the 21st Century,” held at Fordham University.

’47 An article in the Mann Report, a New York real estate journal, featured the story of Houlihan-Parnes/iCap Realty Advisors, a company begun byDaniel Houlihan that later became a “family affair” ofsons and grandsons, including third-generation memberJames “Jim” Houlihan. The business has developed intoa multidimensional investment and services company.Jim’s son Bill ’77 is also a Jasper.

’51 Christopher Sweeney is former chairman ofthe Western Pocono Lions Club and district governor ofthe Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Eye Bank.

’52 Alois S. Benya writes that he and wife Mariespent their annual winter holiday in Spain: “two gloriousmonths in the Costa del Sol.” They reside in Kennebunkport,Maine…. Retired New York State Supreme Court JusticeJerry L. Crispino will serve as a consultant to the HudsonValley Bank. Prior to his 12 years on the bench, heserved on the New York City Council from 1975 to 1991.

’53 Undeterred by recent surgical replacement ofboth knees, Roger G. Devey has returned for his 15thyear teaching at a local college in Virginia Beach; having spent 32 years with “Big Blue!”

’54 Nicholas Bartilucci is president of the firm ofDvirka and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers, which hasoffices in Woodbury, East Syracuse and White Plains, N.Y.,and in South Plainfield, N.J.…. An article in the springissue of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln magazineprofiled the 50-year career of Donald Costello, includinghis 26 years in computing at the university. In that time span, computers evolved from vacuum tubes tomicrocircuits and from FORTRAN to Java, and Donaldwas in on the ground floor of the developments. He gavehis first talk on computers, Giant Brains, about thefuture role of computers in science and engineering duringhis junior year at Manhattan. He has had a long andvaried career as lecturer at the University of Nebraska,

to working at the International Institute for AppliedSystems Analysis in Austria, to consulting for the UnitedNations and World Bank, to founding IntegratedInformation Systems Building Company.

’56 Avatech Solutions of Owings Mills, Md., hasnamed Robert E. La Blanc to its board of directors.Robert is a Manhattan trustee and president of RobertE. La Blanc Associates and was previously vice chairmanof Continental Telecom. He spent 10 years with SalomonBrothers, where he was a general partner and was votedthe leading Wall Street telecommunications analyst from1973 to 1978…. John Carey ’86, a physical therapist for Bergen County Special Services, would like to offercongratulations and best wishes for a well-deservedretirement to Jack Carey. Jack has taught and coachedat Manhattan since 1958.

’58 In December, Peter Capobianco will retirefrom St. Mary’s Hospital in Amsterdam, N.Y., after 24years as president…. Joseph Carroll was a candidatefor the Baldwin, N.Y., Board of Education this past May.He is a graduate of NYU School of Law, a trustee ofManhattan College, and an attorney specializing in public bodies, health care, educational and nonprofitinstitutions…. One of the two grand marshals in theMaspeth, N.Y., Memorial Day parade was New York State Senator Serphin Maltese, a graduate of FordhamUniversity School of Law who is married to portrait artistConstance Mary DelVecchio…. Bernard J. Woerz writes,“I capped my 35-year Foreign Service career in 1995with a posting to the Netherlands Antilles as ConsulGeneral.” Previously, he served in such cities as Oslo,Warsaw, Tokyo, Amman, Beirut and Washington, D.C.Upon retirement, he taught in Florida for three years butmoved to a “family manse on the North Shore of LongIsland” because, he writes, “seasonal large mosquitoes,torrid summers and gated communities were not to myor my spouse’s liking.” Bernard continues to acceptrecalls of service from the Department of State for briefpostings of temporary duty.

’59 Upon his retirement as Suffolk County policecommissioner in January, John C. Gallagher was honoredwith the Medal of Honor, the county’s highest individualaward. In addition, the county’s board of trustees votedto rename the police academy in Brentwood the John C.Gallagher Suffolk Police Academy…. Peter Termine hasjoined Maser Consulting as New York regional managerof water and wastewater services. Peter has more than45 years of civil engineering experience, including serviceas first deputy commissioner for the City of White PlainsDepartment of Public Works…. We received the sadnews from John Madden that Geniza, his wife of 43years, passed away suddenly in June 2004.

’60 David F. Drohan was recently named to theboard of directors of Cytomedix, Inc. He currently servesas senior vice president of Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

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This past May, a group of 24 Jaspersembarked on a trip to Sorrento, Italy.While staying in Sorrento, the group,which included Brother Anthony Flynnand Brother Brendan Dominick McParland,enjoyed touring Naples, Pompeii, theAmalfi Coast and the Isle of Capri. Thetraveling alums drove down the spectacularAmalfi Coast and visited Positano, Italy’smost vertical town.

“The visit to the Isle of Capri wasbeyond expectation,” Bob Fink ’57 says.“Pompeii was absolutely amazing. To walkin the paths of the ancient Romans alongthe streets of Pompeii was unbelievable,particularly since it was buried undervolcanic ash for several centuries.”Amazing as the sights were, the enjoymentof traveling with 24 Jaspers was evenmore special.

During 2005, there will be two trips:Greece on May 13, 2005, and a rivercruise to Germany’s Holiday Market onDecember 6, 2005. For more information,call Bob Fink ’57 at (770) 431-7070 or e-mail [email protected].

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Bob Jeffrey: Renaissance Man of the Ad World

Since his arrival at J. Walter Thompson,the advertising behemoth’s chief executiveBob Jeffrey ’75 has scored $1 billion innew business and added key blue chipclients, such as Merrill Lynch, KPMGand Novell.

Jeffrey, who was named to the topspot at J. Walther Thompson (JWT) inJanuary, is on a mission to keep one ofthe largest and the world’s oldest globaladvertising brands ahead in an increasinglycompetitive landscape.

“My No. 1 priority [as CEO] is to builda more creative culture within the agency,”says Jeffrey. “Ad agencies are under atremendous amount of pressure rightnow. There’s a lot of consolidation happening. JWT is one of the oldest,biggest brands. We have to be in theforefront of reinvention, innovation andsolving problems. Innovation is important.”

He isn’t new to innovation. Now one ofthe most powerful people in the business,Jeffrey admits he never meant to pursuea career in advertising.

“I actually had no interest in advertisingat all,” says Jeffrey, who graduated fromthe College summa cum laude and wasa member in Phi Beta Kappa. “I wasinterested in broad communications. Ithought about being a journalist or goingto grad school to study the classics … Butwhat I decided to do was take time off.”

While most of his college friends wenton to “great jobs” in engineering orbusiness, Jeffrey, who majored in Englishliterature, headed back to his hometownin Rhode Island and says he went “throughone of those existential searches of‘What do I want to be in life? What do I do now?’”

After kicking around in his hometownonce again, he found himself missingNew York City. “I developed a passionfor New York,” he says. He moved back to the city without a job and without a clear plan in mind. When he was

ready to go out there and pound thepavement, he did just that. He remembersinterviewing for jobs in a lot of differentindustries. For Jeffrey, advertisingturned out to be a perfect fit.

“When I was at Manhattan, one of myfavorite periods that I studied was theRenaissance. I was fascinated with thiswhole notion of the Renaissance man;being well-rounded and well-educated,”he says. “I really got interested in advertising; it was very creative … Plus, it’s business. I loved this idea ofcombining art and commerce.”

Jeffrey attributes his successful careerdirectly to the education he received atManhattan. Studying English, philosophyand the Greek classics under favoriteprofessors such as Dr. John Nagle, associate professor emeritus of English,and Dr. Mark Taylor, professor ofEnglish, was a valuable experience —even entertaining, he adds.

“Even if you weren’t an English litmajor, you were lining up to sign up forNagle’s course [in Ulysses],” Jeffreyhappily recalls. “[Nagle] could’ve been

the David Letterman of English literature.He made Ulysses completely entertaining.”

Jeffrey goes on to say that attending acollege such as Manhattan provided asanctuary of sorts because it was closeenough to a big city but maintained avery relaxing environment. This wasespecially refreshing, he adds, becausethe early ’70s was still a very radicaltime period, and most big campuseswere politically charged.

He calls his entry to advertising a mixof “good luck and good fortune.” Jeffreywas hired at a firm through a Bachelorof Arts training program where he hadthe opportunity to learn the ropes. Hejoined JWT in 1998 as president andwas promoted in 2001 to president ofJWT North America before landing therole of chief executive officer — a position coincidentally held by anothersuccessful Manhattan alumnus, JamesPatterson ’69.

“There are very few people in thisindustry who went to Manhattan College,”says Jeffrey. “It’s ironic that the onlypeople in advertising who went to [theCollege] are the ones that both hadcareers at JWT.” He laughs about this.“It’s weird. It’s like the six degrees ofseparation [theory].”

In 2002, Adweek named JWT its“Eastern Agency of the Year.” Prior tojoining JWT, Jeffrey was executive vicepresident of Lowe Lintas, where heestablished the agency’s first West Coastoperations. The full-service San Franciscooffice grew to more than $150 million.Earlier, he co-founded Goldsmith/Jeffrey,a successful start-up that Lowe lateracquired. He sits on the boards of theAd Council, the American Association ofAdvertising Agencies and the Boys andGirls Club of America.

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’61 Former U.S. Ambassador John T. McCarthyspoke in February at a League of Women Voters luncheonin Litchfield, Conn. John joined the Foreign Service in1962 and has held various positions in that department,including ambassador to Lebanon and Tunisia. Beforehis retirement in 1995, he was senior inspector in theOffice of the Inspector General, and he continues to inspectembassies for the State Department…. At its April 2004commencement, Clarkson College awarded an honorarydegree to Charles H. Thornton, chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti Group, an engineering and architectural firm.Charles’ many accolades include election to the NationalAcademy of Engineering and the Hoover Medal for hiscontributions to the design of major structures worldwide.He also is actively involved as president of the SalvadoriCenter in New York, a nonprofit organization educatingmiddle-school students in mathematics and scienceutilizing architectural and engineering principles.

’62 The Honorable Anthony Cardona is chief justiceof the Court of Appeals in New York state…. JamesMcCourt has written a new book, Queer Street: Rise andFall of an American Culture 1947-1985, published byNorton. The Newark Star-Ledger calls it “an unorthodoxhistory of urban American gay culture … covering thepostwar empowerment of a sophisticated New York gayhomosexual community to the devastation of the samegroup by the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1980s.” Jameslives in New York, Washington and Ireland.

’63 Michael J. O’Connor’s widow, Anne, wroterecently recalling the kindness of Brother PresidentBonaventure Thomas McGinty, who gave Mike the chanceto return to Manhattan College to complete an “interrupted”degree. That opportunity allowed Mike to earn an M.B.A.from Iona and to enjoy a successful career in the chemicalindustry. He and Anne, a graduate of the College ofMount Saint Vincent, were married in 1964 and havethree sons (one son died in an accident)…. Manhattantrustee Michael Regan was named to the board ofdirectors of Eyetech Pharmaceuticals. Michael is formervice chairman and chief administrative officer of KPMGand former chairman of the board of the United Way ofBergen County.

’64 Frank E. Bosco has been with IBM inPoughkeepsie since graduation and earned a master’sdegree in electrical engineering from Syracuse Universityin 1975. He is currently a power, packaging and coolingsubsystem architect for future pSeries and zSerieseServers…. Terrence Crowe moved to Riverside, Conn.,last year and works in nearby Greenwich.

’65 George D. Barlow Jr. of Highland Beach, Fla.,writes, “I had my last flight as captain on April 28,2003 on Flight 119 from Bombay to Paris to JFK. This culminates a 33-year career as a pilot for Delta Airlines.”

’67 Rochester intellectual property attorneyThomas FitzGerald has joined Hiscock & Barclay, LLP.He focuses on patent law and has considerable engineering experience in the semiconductor, electroniccomponent and automotive industries…. Sister Kateri

Hudson, C.S.J., celebrated her 80th birthday in April at asurprise party given in her honor. She was director ofreligious education at St. Anthony of Padua Church inEast Northport for 21 years until her retirement in1995…. Riverhead, N.Y., attorney Tom Twomey haswritten a book on the early history of the town, Seekingthe Past. His desire to chronicle local history is explainedin his introduction to the book: “We all need to knowhow we have become who we are in order to conduct ourown lives successfully. Communities require the sameself-understanding.”

’68 Ray Meglio lives in Fairfield, Conn., with his14-year-old son, Robert. His wife, Carol, passed away inMarch after a long illness. Ray is global VP of realestate for the Thomson Corporation and is also partnerin a popular Italian eatery. A part-time actor, he hasappeared in episodes of Law and Order, Curb YourEnthusiasm and The Sopranos, among others…. Albany,N.Y., resident David Momrow is a vice president withthe American Cancer Society, Eastern Division.

’69 Jim Alwell has moved to the “beautiful town of Cleveland, Tenn.,” where he continues to work as ahealth-care financial consultant…. Denis Kanachhas accepted the position of athletic director atRandolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. He previouslyserved as senior associate director and chief operatingofficer of athletics for Georgetown University. Denis andwife Terry have four sons and two grandchildren.

’70 West Brighton attorney James F. Donlonwas nominated earlier this year as Staten Island’s representative to the Civilian Complaint Review Board.The attorney and former prosecutor and his wife KathrynCarse have three children: Anne, Edward and Rose….St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, N.Y., hasappointed Dr. John Durney, senior vice president, as provost of the college. He is a tenured professor ofcommunications and has served as vice president ofinstitutional advancement there…. Joseph Levesque,C.M., who earned his master’s degree at Manhattan, ispresident of Niagara University in Niagara Falls, N.Y.….

Dennis B. McCourt has joined Sawyer Savings Bankin Saugerties, N.Y., as senior commercial loan officer….Alcohol education and awareness speaker Jim Matthewsis the author of Beer, Booze and Books. He is a certifiedtrainer for the Prevention Research Institute and anadjunct faculty member at Keene College in NewHampshire, where he teaches courses in the chemicaldependency program. He has spoken on more than 135college campuses on the dangers of alcohol and itseffects…. Newell Rubbermaid announced in May thepromotion of Larry McIsaac to president of RubbermaidCommercial Products.

’71 After a 16-year career as principal of theDaniel Hand High School in Madison, Conn., James J.Coyne will begin his duties as headmaster of theFairfield Warde High School. During his years as teacherand administrator, he said that his focus had been “to

create an environment that gives students the bestchances to learn and the teachers the best environmentin which to teach.”

’73 Albert Basulto is deputy director of engineeringand construction for the South Florida Water ManagementDistrict in West Palm Beach…. A University of Iowanews release in April announced the election of KevinCampbell to the National Academy of Sciences. Kevin isthe Roy J. Carver Chair of Physiology and Biophysics andinterim head of the department. He is also a professorof neurology and a Howard Hughes Medical Instituteinvestigator and was chosen for this award for his “distinguished and continuing achievement in originalresearch.” Kevin joined the university faculty in 1981and is internationally known for his neuromuscularresearch. His work has led to the identification of themolecular and genetic basis of several forms of musculardystrophy and has greatly improved the diagnosis of the disease and development of therapies for this devastating illness.

John Hodgson has been appointed senior vice presidentand chief financial officer of iLinc Communications,Arizona-based developers of secure integrated Web andaudio conferencing solutions…. Memory Pharmaceuticalsof Montvale, N.J., a privately held company that developsdrugs for the treatment of neurological and psychiatricdiseases, has appointed Dennis M. Keane as chieffinancial officer. Previously, he served as vice presidentfor finance at Ciba Specialty Chemicals…. SignatureBank has established a private client group in Melville,N.Y., to be headed by Thomas A. Rogers, group directorand senior vice president.

’74 Steven Fangman was recently promoted to seniorvice president with the New York-based engineering firmof Dvirka and Bartilucci…. The New York State Society ofCertified Public Accountants installed John J. Kearneyas its 2004-2005 president. John and his wife, Martha,have four sons and live in Garden City, N.Y.

’77 William Houlihan, former managing directorin the financial institutions group of JPMorgan Chase,has joined Metris Companies of Minnetonka, Minn., asexecutive vice president and CFO.

’78 John Mirando has been promoted to vice president, water supply division, with the New York-based engineering firm of Dvirka and Bartilucci.

’79 Dr. Anthony Alessi, chief of the neurologydepartment at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich,Conn., completed training at the second annual DonaldM. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum, which was established by the American Academy of Neurology toempower neurologists to advocate on behalf of theirpatients for health-care reform. He also serves as a certified ringside physician for the state and for its two casinos. He has played a role in making boxingsafer in Connecticut; stopping matches when necessaryand performing many pre-fight physical exams….Evolving Systems of Colorado recently announced the

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appointment of Thad Dupper as vice president of salesand business development. Some of his recent positionswere as senior vice president of Dun & Bradstreet andvice president for international sales for Terabeam,where he helped pioneer the use of free space opticswith telecommunications carriers.

Pat McAuliffe, a Fleet Bank executive, will run mid-dle-market operations from Philadelphia to Long Island following the bank’s merger with Bank of America….Laura Sheldon has completed 25 years of service withNew York Life Insurance Company, where she is an EUCconsultant…. Upon graduation from Manhattan, CarlWhitehead joined IBM Systems & Technology Group inPoughkeepsie, N.Y., and is currently senior engineer inthe eService I/O Hardware Development Group. He hasreceived three IBM “Outstanding Technical Achievement”awards for his contributions to several generations ofzSeries I/O subsystems…. Thomas J. Woods sends an e-mail as follows: “Looking for Tommy, Full Circle, East Harlem, Nancy O. Sincerely, Paula C.” His e-mailaddress is [email protected].

Laura A. Cassell ’79 truly embodies the Jasper spiritof “giving something back.” She is chief executive officerof Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y.,an organization whose outreach has been a source ofstrength for many Long Islanders. Its many programsinclude mental health care, chemical dependence treatment, maternity, senior, and housing services,among others. Laura has been a prime mover in continuingsuch programs despite government funding shortfalls.The organization began a three-year demonstration projectto bring social-work services into Catholic elementaryschools on Long Island, with a full-time social workerproviding individual and group counseling and parentand faculty consultation.

Recently, Laura and other leaders of Catholic Charitiesagencies from New York met with representatives andsenators on Capitol Hill to talk about the unmet needsin their communities requiring urgent federal action.Last but not least, and in keeping with the Jasper sportsreputation, Laura repeated her top female CEO win in29.58 at the 15th Annual Chase Corporate Challenge on Long Island. The event attracted more than 8,000runners to participate in a 3.5-mile road race on JonesBeach’s Bay Parkway.

’80 A note from Brother Jack Curran brings thisnews: “I just successfully completed my first year inserving the international Lasallian educational missionat Bethlehem University in the Holy Land as vice presidentfor development. While being a ‘most interesting’ andchallenging environment in which to live and work, theinternational community of Lasallian educators andfriends help to make this unique mission of the Church avery viable and successful endeavor. Of course, I welcomefellow Jaspers to come and visit the Holy Land and theUniversity (www.bethlehem.edu). I can be reached [email protected].”

Thomas Newell, vice president of Con Edison of NewYork Gas Operations, has been named vice president ofthe company’s Brooklyn-Queens division. Tom and wifeLisa live in Manhattan…. New York Life announced thatMark Pfaff had been named senior vice president ofNortheastern Agencies. He will be responsible for overseeingthe recruiting, training and developing of managingpartners and partners and for overall supervision of thezone office. Mark, wife Claudia and their three childrenlive in Charlotte, Vt…. Philip A. Romeo has completed24 years of service with BAE Systems in Yonkers, N.Y.,where he is a senior principal software engineer in threatwarning and defensive systems…. The Business andProfessional Women’s Club of Staten Island presentedits Award of Distinction to attorney Laura Jean Watters,executive director of the Council on the Arts andHumanities for Staten Island and a leading advocate ofthe Island’s culture community.… A June news releasefrom MobileLime of Newton, Mass., announces the hiringof Peter T. Wolf, a retail technology and CRM expert, asvice president of sales.

’81 NeuStar, Inc., an inter-carrier services management company, announced that Jeffrey Babkahad joined the company as senior vice president andchief financial officer. Jeffrey earned his M.B.A. fromManhattan…. In June, Zelko Kirincich, chief operatingofficer and interim director of the Tampa Port Authority,entered a national competition for the permanent postof director. He previously worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

’82 Nic Gaeta was named vice president and chieffinancial officer for S-Y Systems Technologies of Dearborn,Mich…. The Rev. Robert M. Kinnally was ordained deaconof the Diocese of Bridgeport on May 8th at St. Pius XParish in Fairfield…. Brookfield, Conn., resident ThomasPerrotta works as a project engineer for Sikorsky AirCraft, manufacturer of U.S. military helicopters, includingthe Black Hawk. Tom and his wife Vicki have twodaughters, Emily and Taylor.

’83 Aerospace Products International announces theappointment of Paul J. Fanelli as senior vice president….William J. Loughman, who earned his M.B.A. fromManhattan, has been appointed vice president and CFOof Atlanta-based Airgate PCS…. Michael Shaw, anobstetrician in private practice in White Plains, N.Y.,was named the best in his field in Westchester for 2003by Westchester magazine.

’85 Michael P. Collins has joined the law firm ofBond, Schoeneck & King of Syracuse, N.Y., as a partner.Michael’s practice includes all aspects of labor andemployment law, including litigation in federal andstate courts and representation of management beforefederal and state administrative agencies…. C.J.Erickson is a member of Hodgson Russ law firm basedin New York City. He is a member of the firm’s trade andtransportation groups…. The Rev. Liam Quinlan hasbeen assigned to the Parish of St. Michael the Archangelin Greenwich, Conn., as a resident priest. His full-timeministry will be in its Diocesan Marriage Tribunal. Liamwas a lawyer in New York City before joining the seminary.

He graduated from The Catholic University of Americaas a Doctor of Cannon Law.

’87 Creative Technologies, a technology servicesfirm in White Plains, N.Y., was founded by Frank D.Coloccia, the president and CEO of the company. Accordingto a press release, Frank has always loved computersand previously worked for Salomon Brothers, IBM, FirstBoston and Fidelity Investments before striking out onhis own in 1999…. Catherine Jordan started a new jobat J.P. Morgan Chase as vice president of technologycommunications at Rockefeller Center. She writes, “Ihave finally achieved a longtime objective of living andworking in the same zip code, and I can walk to work.Who could ask for anything more?”… Christopher A.Schiano was appointed for a two-year term as deputytown attorney for Greece, N.Y. He and wife Elizabethhave three daughters.

’88 The Connecticut Physical Therapy Association2003 fall conference featured speaker Dr. Laura Martorello,whose presentation was entitled Professionalism:Documentation to Meet State Standards. Laura is professor and associate program administrator for thedivision of physical therapy of American InternationalCollege and chairs the committee for quality, managementand practice for the state of Connecticut and theConneticut Physical Therapy Association. Grant Morgan,who received an M.B.A. at Manhattan, presented a seminar called Money 101: A Guide To Understandingthe Basics of Money Management from Middle SchoolThrough College at the Barnes & Noble bookstore inEdgewater, N.J., in January. A former banker, he is now afinancial aid professional, advising undergraduates andtheir families, and undergraduate and graduate studentsseeking medical and health professional degrees.

’89 Magna cum laude graduate Eric Eisenhut ispresident and CEO of MedHesives, Inc. of Bethlehem,Pa. He credits his success to a strong foundation fromfamily and education…. Manhattan College has stillanother grand marshal of a St. Patrick’s Day Parade.Kerril Hynes led the parade in March in Mahopac, N.Y.,the town where he, wife Mary Ann and their five childrenlive…. Dr. Trish (Nolan) McAleer, who graduated fromChicago Medical School in 1995, is a dermatologistpracticing in Stamford, Conn. She and husband Peterhave three children, ages 10, 7 and 3…. Donna andChris Mulios have moved to Carmel, N.Y., with daughterShayla, 2, and baby Elias Paul, born in March. Chriswas recently promoted to associate director of technologyfor The Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

’90 Anthony Nikischer has a mineral named afterhim! Excalibur Mineral Company named Nikischerite inhis honor. The mineral occurs as dark, yellow-greenmicaceous plates, forming radiating balls and aggregates,and is found primarily in Bolivia.

’91 Brian M. Veith, who earned his master’s atManhattan, was promoted to senior associate with New York engineering firm of Dvirka and Bertilucci.



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With HonorGetting a “C” on the very first calculus

exam of college isn’t a very auspiciousstart to an engineering career, but forFrank J. Oliva ’67, it was the beginning of a path that led him to an award fromthe president of the United States forhis outstanding service with the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.

Oliva was awarded the PresidentialRank Award of Meritorious Executive in a ceremony held on March 12. The prestigious award, the highest commendation a career federal employeecan receive, is given to fewer than 400 people annually in recognition ofoutstanding leadership demonstratingstrength, integrity, industry and a commitment to public service.

He has been with the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers since his graduation fromManhattan. “They recruited me literallyright off the campus,” Oliva remembers.“The recruiting team included a formerManhattan engineer grad. He sold me onthe U.S. Army Corps, and I have neverregretted it, even though the startingsalary of $7,700 — this I remember! — was the lowest of all the offers I had.”

Joining the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers has taken Oliva all over theUnited States and the world, with postingsin New York, Virginia, California, Hawaiiand Italy. He has worked on projectssuch as managing the programming,master planning, design and constructionof a multibillion-dollar military schoolfor the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defenseand creating an organization to designfacilities for the MX “Peacekeeper” missiles on the Norton Air Force Base in California.

In 1996, Oliva was promoted to theSenior Executive Service, the highestgrade a civilian can attain within theDepartment of Defense. In 2000, hewas reassigned to the Pacific Oceandivision, headquartered in Hawaii. The Pacific Ocean Division overseesengineering, construction and real estatemanagement for the Army and Air Force in Hawaii and Alaska and for allDepartment of Defense agencies inJapan, Korea and Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

In winning the Presidential RankAward of Meritorious Executive, Oliva was recognized for his outstanding work within the Pacific Ocean Division.His commendation states: “Mr. Oliva’scommitment to excellence in publicservice reduced Pacific Ocean Division’scost of doing business and enhancedquality of life to soldiers and U.S. citizensin Korea, Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, PacificIsland U.S. Territories and Commonwealthof the Northern Mariana Islands. Hisvision, focus and leadership reshapedthe organizational culture, improvingengineering-construction productivityand quality.”

In April of 2004, he was named thedirector of regional business for thePacific Ocean Division. Oliva directs astaff of engineers who manage and assurequality in the planning, engineering andconstruction of the division’s $1.4-billionannual programs and who provide regionalsupport for all districts in contracting,information management, logistics andpublic affairs.

His job is a satisfying one. In the pastmonth, he has traveled to Japan, Palau,Guam, the Mariana Islands and AmericanSamoa, visiting personnel and meetingwith officials. “In the Army Corps ofEngineers, we like to think of ourselvesas being in the quality of life businessfor our military service members andfamilies,” Oliva says, which includesdesigning and maintaining where theywork, live, play and train through the

military construction program. “I reallyenjoy visiting our people in the fieldwhere the work is really accomplished.”

Despite the many multibillion-dollarprojects and presidential commendation,what Oliva is most proud of is his family.He and his wife, Connie, whom he metat a mixer at Fordham University, havebeen married for 36 years and have threechildren, all of whom are “wonderful andgainfully employed,” and one grandson.

The memory of that first “C” hasstuck with him but so have the otherlessons Oliva learned at the College.“What I learned at Manhattan wasn’t so much how to do a structural designfor a clinic in Europe,” he says. “But rather how to organize my time, how topersevere, a sense of responsibility anda strong work discipline.”

Earning the Presidential Rank Awardis the icing on the cake of a fulfillingcareer. “I’m humbled to be a member of the Senior Executive Service — to be further recognized is extraordinary,”Oliva says.

Frank J. Oliva ’67 (center) receives the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive from thesecretary of the Army and the vice chief of staff of the Army in a ceremony at the Pentagon.


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’92 Alex Kozersky was named national sales director for Cigna Behavioral Health, based inMinnesota…. Colleen Tracy was elected partner in the law firm of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper and Scinto.Colleen specializes in patent litigation in the chemicaland biotech arts with the intellectual property firm. She obtained her J.D. from Seton Hall University.

’95 City Council Member Jose Serrano Jr., democrat, has agreed to run against Olga Mendez,republican, in the senate district that covers the SouthBronx and East Harlem.

’96 Christopher Carpenito was promoted to vicepresident for forecasting and analysis at TurnerConstruction in New York City…. Jayson Kiang has sentnews of recent happenings in his life. After five years

teaching math and coaching at West Babylon High Schoolwhere he received the PTA’s Teacher of Excellence Award,he has made a change. He writes: “I am embarking on a new challenge in my career, as I assume the role ofmathematics department chairperson at Longwood HighSchool in Middle Island, N.Y. I will be in charge of 25math teachers (talk about a challenge!) but feel I amwell-prepared and ready for the task. I would not be inthe position that I am in now if it were not for the terrificexperience that I had at Manhattan College.” Jaysonearned a master’s degree in educational computing, aswell as an Advanced Graduate Certificate in SchoolDistrict Administration, from Stony Brook University.

’97 An article in Catholic New York in May profiledFather Joseph Franco, who has had various apostolicassignments, including service at the Bronx VeteransHospital, teaching religious education programs and

counseling at Cardinal Hayes High School…. Pennsylvaniaresident Ahmad Mahmud has joined Barry Isett andAssociates, Trexlertown, as manager of the mechanical,electrical and plumbing department.

’98 After eight years of seminary training, AugustineMinh Hai Tran was ordained to the priesthood on June12 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Va.

’99 Entela Hana was named an audit manager forKPMG in New York City.

’01 Daryl Palmieri was hired by the Millburn, N.J.,school district as a physical education/health teacher.

Alumnus Takes the Helm at the Staten Island FerryCaptain James C. DeSimone ’92 has

no time for small talk. As the first-everchief operating officer of the StatenIsland Ferry, he is charged with overseeingsweeping changes in the venerable institution. Add construction in both terminals and the launching of newships to the mix, and it’s enough tokeep him a very busy man.

DeSimone was named the new COOon April 20. The creation of his positionwas the first step in a major restructuringof the Staten Island Ferry system, whichwas initiated after a crash on October15, 2003 that killed 11 passengers andinjured dozens more. In February, MayorMichael R. Bloomberg announced theresults of a city-sponsored report by theGlobal Maritime and TransportationSchool at the United States Merchant

Marine Academy. The report called for the creation of the chief operatingofficer position, and for the COO to oversee the creation and implementationof a safety management system thatcodifies policies and procedures.

He was selected for the COO positionfrom more than 120 applicants.According to New York City Departmentof Transportation Commissioner IrisWeinshall: “Of all the candidates, Capt.DeSimone’s strong and diversified background in maritime training, management and operations makes himuniquely qualified to become the first-everCOO of the Staten Island Ferry. Capt.DeSimone will be instrumental in usheringthe Staten Island Ferry into a new era.”The Staten Island Ferry, which has beenin service since 1905, operates 24hours a day, makes 104 trips daily (64on weekends), and carries 19 millionpassengers a year or approximately65,000 a day.

In his new position, DeSimone hasbeen working on a timeline to implementthe new safety management system,and, he says, in the private sector suchchanges often take two or three years, andit may take longer. He also is, accordingto a New York Times profile, working onregaining the public confidence aftercriticism that the Staten Island Ferryoperated with out-of-date and failed toadequately follow safety regulations.

In addition to developing the safetymanagement system, the Staten IslandFerry has commissioned three new boatsto replace older fleet vessels. The first,the Guy V. Molinari, was christened onSeptember 20. Both terminals — theWhitehall Terminal in lower Manhattanand the St. George Terminal in StatenIsland — also are being completelyremodeled. “It’s going to be a newStaten Island Ferry,” DeSimone says.

DeSimone earned a master’s degree inbusiness administration from ManhattanCollege in 1992. Born and raised in theBronx, he knew that Manhattan had a“good program and good people.” Hereceived his bachelor’s degree in marinetransportation and economics from theState University of New York MaritimeCollege in Fort Schuyler, N.Y., where from1987 to 1996 he served as commandantof cadets and master of the trainingship. Prior to joining the Staten IslandFerry, DeSimone, who lives with hisfamily in Riverdale, was vice presidentof operations for Brooklyn-based NewYork Water Taxi.

DeSimone will need to draw on all of his experiences as he tackles the job ahead. “It’s a busy time,” he says.“It’s a major step forward for the StatenIsland Ferry.”

Captain James DeSimone ’92, new chief operatingofficer, is leading the reform of the Staten Island Ferry.


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Births1985 Susan & John Tanacci

daughter, Cara Theresa

1988 Debra (Fordon) Daly & Christopher Daly ’87twin boys, Timothy Ryan and Sean Patrick

1989 Karen Fox Carrolltriplets, Kristen, Kathleen & Pete

Chris Mulios &Donna Cardona Muliosson, Elias Paul

1990 Maura & William Leahydaughter, Caitlin Mary

Allison & Robert O’Sheatwin boys, Brett Robert and Aidan Michael

1992 Karen (Brown) Creighton & Brian Creightondaughter, Devin Rose

Suzanne (Loehfelm) Schirm & Ted Schirmdaughter, Meghan Theresa

Jennifer DiAlto-Schmidt &Robert Schmidtson, Anthony Robert

1993 Martha (Filpo) Miranda & Rick Miranda ’95son, Diego Tomas, and daughter, Alina Graciela

1994 Mr. & Mrs. John McNallyson, Nicholas

1995 Victoria & Michael J. Naughtondaughter, Grace Kathryn

1997 Elizabeth Safrey Markman & Seth Markmandaughter, Juliette Sylvia

1997 A Family Affair…Classmates gathered at theChapel of De La Salle and HisBrothers on July 10, 2004 forthe marriage of Jo Anne Cifu &James Valentino. Classmatesthe Rev. Joseph E. Franco andPaul Fernandez were celebrantand best man, respectively, andthe proud fathers of the brideand groom were John Cifu ’73and Philip Valentino ’66.

1997 Susan (Gsell) Walsh & Billy Walsh, 7/31/04

1998 Kerry Goldman & Eric Dietz, 10/30/04

Blaise Grippa & Daina LaRocca, 7/10/04

Patricia McAlister & Michael Shea, 7/04

2003 Jessica Valdez & Angel Lara ’02, 2/18/04

Marriages

1990 Katie Holbrook has received herJ.D. from CUNY School of Law,focusing on immigration law.Before her studies at CUNY, she volunteered with CatholicCharities in Texas as a memberof AmeriCorps.

Robert O’Shea received an M.B.A.from the University of California,Irvine Graduate School ofManagement in June 2004.

2000 Nora Enright received an M.S.in education, concentrating insevere and multiple disabilities,in January 2004.

Advanced Degrees

In Memoriam Manhattan College records with sorrowthe deaths of the following alumni:

1929 John C. Cheasty, 6/14/04Daniel B. Langley, M.D., 2004

1934 Thomas A. Dromgool, 7/20/04

1936 Jacob N. Deutscher, 4/24/04

1938 Edward T. Duffy, 10/99Francis “Frank” Berst, 8/04Paul F. Shea, 4/21/04

1939 Louis M. Esposito, 3/10/04

1940 George A. Hofmann, 8/25/04

1941 James J. Hernan, 8/04Paul A. Smith, 7/15/04

1942 Justice Daniel F. McMahon, 5/6/04

1943 William M. Epes, 6/16/04John “Jack” Lazor, 6/9/04

1944 Robert Cannon, 12/10/02

1946 Mathias H. Weiden, 2004Irwin A. McKenna, 9/11/04

1947 Robert A. Herlihy Sr., 9/22/03

1949 Msgr. Thomas J. Gaffney, 3/27/04

1950 Edward T. Hicks Sr., 2/9/04James E. Krebs, 9/29/04

1952 Edward V. Hourigan, 4/22/04Joseph A. Messemer, 3/16/04Nicholas L. Visalli, 3/28/04

1953 John “Jack” Lyons, 4/27/04

1955 Ronald F. Fitzgerald, 7/8/04Cornelius J. Sullivan, 8/31/04

1956 Leonard J. Moore, 5/11/04Michael J. Murnane, 5/26/04

1960 Peter F. Atkins Jr., 6/6/04Francis “Neil” Corbett, 3/14/04Joseph F. Fitzpatrick, 5/12/04Francis A. Hyland, 2/11/04

1961 Patrick T. McBride, 3/27/04

1964 Joseph P. Conway, 3/11/04

1965 Richard T. D’Aquanni, 5/2/04

1970 Joseph M. Pilotti, 7/7/03

1971 Sr. Cathleen Nahon, O.P., 5/20/04Sr. Ethel Owen, S.C., 2/29/04

1978 Kenneth R. Distante, 6/2/04Kevin M. Wiseman, 1/15/01

1991 John Spinnato Jr., 9/13/00

2005 Jared Jarvis, 6/20/04

In the spring 2004 Manhattan, thebirthday of the daughter of Karen(Kutka) Hessel ’86 and John Hessel ’85was listed incorrectly. Anne ElizabethHessel was born November 21, 2002.We regret the error.

’02 Newlywed Angel Lara is a data network specialist for the U.S. Marines. Wife Jessica Valdez-Lara ’03 works at NYU as assistant project manager.Gunn medallist Jennifer Frankola has been able todefer her acceptance into law school for the past twoyears. During that time, she dedicated herself as anAmeriCorps member of the New York City TeachingFellowship, where she’s been teaching English as aSecond Language in the Bronx. She received her master’s from NYU this past spring and plans to attend law school in September.

’03 Brian Haman was awarded a Fulbright grantfor Austria in the field of art history and received a combined study/English teaching assistantship grant.He will study at the University of Vienna.


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Leonard J. Eder ’64, who founded andled his own environmental engineeringconsulting firm for many years, diedsuddenly of a heart attack on August31, 2004. A Manhattan College alumnus,Eder completed a bachelor’s degree inenvironmental engineering in 1964 anda master’s degree in civil engineeringthe following year. He was 61.

Eder worked hard to live the Americandream and helped others along the wayto achieve the same.

After establishing Eder AssociatesConsulting Engineers, Eder found a way to give back to Manhattan in aneffort to support the College’s ongoingcommitment to serve others. Throughhis company in 1994, Eder establishedthe Eder Scholarship Foundation to helpsupport less fortunate students studyingenvironmental engineering. Earlier, healso contributed a generous donation tosupport renovations and upgrades to theenvironmental engineering laboratories.Eder, who served as a consultant to theCollege’s environmental engineeringdepartment, felt compelled to help worthystudents pursue a successful career in environmental engineering despitetheir financial situation. His generositythroughout the years has helped manystudents fulfill their dreams.

“The Christian Brothers establishedManhattan on the premise that it couldgive a high-quality education to those ofminimal income,” Eder said in an earlier

reported article in the Manhattan. “It’s alegacy that has worked.”

A first-generation American, Eder beganhis career at an environmental engineeringfirm founded by fellow alumnus Dr. JohnP. Lawler ’55, chair of the College’s boardof trustees. After several years, he setout on his own and established EderAssociates Consulting Engineers. Duringthe next 25 years, the firm grew to 150employees, with offices in seven locationsthroughout the United States before itwas sold in 1998. Eder went on to workwith the new owners as a senior consultantuntil September of 2000, prior to formingEder Consulting, Inc. Eder Consultingprovided environmental, business andmanagement consulting services toindustrial companies, financial institutionsand venture capital firms worldwide.

He devoted his time and talent to othercauses, including The Boys and GirlsClub, St. Dominic’s Schools in OysterBay, N.Y., and Locust Valley Cemetery inLocust Valley, N.Y.

Eder was a busy man focused on buildinga solid foundation for future generationsof Eders through education and long hoursof hard work. Still, son David Eder sayshis father always made time for the family.

“I used to joke that like the engineer hewas, he found a mathematical formula forhappiness,” says David, one of three Edersons. “The first part of the equation isworking hard, the second part is marrying

a great wife and spending time with yourfamily, and the third part is fishing.”

Those who knew Eder could not ignorehis love for fishing. One of David’s fondestmemories of his father is from the fishingvacations they took with him every year.“No matter how busy he was, he madesure that [we] took a vacation togetherevery year,” says David, who is in businesswith his brothers, Leonard and Robert.“Despite his busy schedule, he neverbrought work on these trips, rather, hededicated his time to having fun with usand teaching us … not just about fishingbut about life.”

Longtime friend and relative Otto G.Obermaier ’57, who spoke at the memorialservice, says he and Eder nearly livedparallel lives — both attended the sameschools, including Manhattan College forengineering, both were raised in adjoiningapartments in Manhattan, and both wereone of the first in their families to earna college degree. “Lenny Eder lived theAmerican dream,” he said in his speech.And, for those who knew him, he truly did.

Eder is survived by his wife, Barbara;three sons, Leonard, Robert and David;daughters-in-law, Tina, Heather andPakhi; and four grandchildren, Katelyn,Hailey, Morgan and “baby” Len.

Brother Philip Dowd, retired director of libraries

Brother Philip Dowd, retired librarydirector and former College archivist, diedon May 21, 2004. He was 89 years old.

Born Philip Michael Dowd on August17, 1915, Br. Philip was the oldest offive children in an Irish family. He knewearly on that he wanted to join theChristian Brothers, and in 1931, at theage of 15, Br. Philip entered the Juniorate.He took his vows in 1933 and receivedthe name Brother Aelred of Mary.

After graduating from The CatholicUniversity of America in 1936, Br. Philipwas appointed to St. Joseph’s Junioratein Barrytown, N.Y., the same school hehimself had attended. He taught thereuntil 1948, when he was appointed toDe La Salle Academy in New York City,where he served until 1954. At that timeBr. Philip served on the faculty of the DeLa Salle Institute from 1954 until 1957,

when he was appointed to De La SalleCollege in Washington, D.C., as librarianand choirmaster. During his time in D.C.,Br. Philip pursued advanced degrees atThe Catholic University of America andearned a master’s degree in library sciencein 1960, a master’s degree in music in1963, and a Ph.D. in music in 1969.

In 1969, Br. Philip joined ManhattanCollege when he was appointed directorof libraries. He also taught as an adjunctprofessor in the department of fine arts.In 1982, the year he celebrated his 50thanniversary as a Brother and also earnedhis master’s in liturgical studies fromNotre Dame University, Br. Philip retiredas director of the library. After taking asabbatical year at St. Mary’s in Californiain 1983, he was appointed the curatorof rare books at Manhattan, a positionhe held until 1991. From 1991 until

his retirement in 2000, Br. Philipserved as the College archivist. Hemoved to De La Salle Hall in Lincroft,N.J., in 2001, and resided there untilhis death in May.

His calmness and warmth towardthose who needed him are rememberedfondly by those who worked with him. In the homily given for Br. Philip on May 24, 2004, Brother Augustine Foes,F.S.C., said, “We, too, are grateful toPhil for his companionship and exampleduring his 72 years as a Brother, and weare grateful to God and Saint De LaSalle for sharing Br. Phil’s life with ushere on earth and forever in Heaven.”

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Brother Joseph Murphy, retired professorof modern languages at Manhattan Collegeand a former chair of the department, diedon April 9 after a long illness. He was 87.

Br. Joseph was born John Joseph Murphyon All Saints’ Day, November 1, 1916,in St. Joseph, Mo. At the age of six, hemoved to New York City with his familyand eventually settled on the Upper WestSide. Sure of his calling at an early age,Br. Joseph began high school at theJuniorate in Barrytown, N.Y., in 1930and was invested three years later andreceived the name Brother Aelred Joseph.Br. Joseph received a B.A. from TheCatholic University of America in 1934.He also earned a master’s degree fromManhattan College in 1950 and a Ph.D.from Fordham University in 1959.

After his graduation from The CatholicUniversity of America, Br. Joseph’steaching career took him across thecountry, including assignments teachingin Newport, R.I., at Manhattan Prep inRiverdale, at the La Salle MilitaryAcademy in Oakdale, N.Y., where heearned his pilot’s license, in Brooklyn,

and at The College of Santa Fe, where hewas a member of the faculty and servedas a residence director. Brother FrancisBowers, associate professor emeritus ofEnglish, taught with Br. Joseph at St.Augustine’s in Brooklyn. He rememberedBr. Joseph as a “terrific” teacher — somuch so that Br. Francis used to standoutside of his classroom and listen tohim teach. Br. Joseph had a “sense ofother people’s needs,” Br. Francis says.“He couldn’t do enough for anyone.”

Br. Joseph began his career atManhattan in 1967, when he joined the modern languages department. Hebecame the department chair in 1970,a position he held until 1974, when hewas appointed director of the Brothers’Community. Professor Bob Kramer, whotaught with Br. Joseph since 1967, saysBr. Joseph was loved for his honesty andunpretentiousness, and described himas a caring and pragmatic departmenthead who was also a “party guy” whotold stories and sang Irish songs atdepartmental gatherings. “He was apleasure to work for,” professor Kramer

remembers. “Always smiling, but everything ran smoothly and efficiently.”

Br. Joseph’s direct and compassionatestyle of leadership served him well in hisfour years as director of the Brothers’residence, where he oversaw their movefrom Memorial Hall to the residence onPost Road. In 1981, Br. Joseph retiredfrom full-time teaching. He celebratedhis golden anniversary as a Brother in1983 and continued teaching part-timeuntil 1989. He remained in residence atthe Brothers’ Community until 2003,when he moved to the nursing home atDe La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J., wherehe died. His legacy as a “fine teacher anda great community man” are describedby a booklet issued in commemorationof Br. Joseph’s 50th anniversary as aChristian Brother: “His friendliness andcooperative spirit are legendary both in theCollege and in the Brothers’ Community.”

Brother Timothy Wentworth, F.S.C., former provincial

Brother Timothy Wentworth, F.S.C., former provincial and former member of the board of trustees at ManhattanCollege, died on March 28 of cancer. He was 68 years old.

Br. Timothy was born Paul JeromeWentworth on January 21, 1936 in upstateNew York, the youngest of four brothers.In 1955, at the age of 19, he enteredthe Brother’s novitiate at Barrytown,N.Y., where he was invested and giventhe name Brother Anthony Timothy. In1959, he graduated cum laude fromThe Catholic University of America witha bachelor’s degree in English. Afterteaching for a year at St. John’s Schoolin the Bronx, Br. Timothy was assignedto the Juniorate in Barrytown, N.Y., wherehe taught English and music. He earneda master’s degree in religious educationfrom The Catholic University of Americain 1968 and was transferred that sameyear to the Christian Brothers Academyin Albany, where he spent two years asvice principal and six years as principal.

Brother Robert Berger, vice presidentof student affairs at Manhattan College,first met Br. Timothy in 1973, when Br.Robert began his first teaching assignmentat the Christian Brothers Academy where

Br. Timothy was principal. “Br. Timothywas a man with a great love for theChristian Brothers,” Br. Robert says. “He was a very prayerful man, a Brotherwho a lot of people went to for spiritualdirection.” Laughing, he adds, “He was a man with a really weird sense ofhumor, a man who could turn an ordinarysituation into a laugh a minute.”

In 1980 both Br. Timothy’s prayerfulnessand sense of humor were put to usewhen he was named director of novicesat the novitiate in Skaneateles, N.Y. In1984, he was named provincial of theChristian Brothers La Salle Provincialatein Lincroft, N.J., a position he held for sixyears. Also in 1984, he was elected toManhattan College’s board of trustees,where he served as a member of theexecutive and academic affairs committees.

Br. Timothy returned to his formerposition of director of novices atSkaneateles in 1990, the same year heobtained a doctorate in ministry fromthe University of Rochester. In 1999,Br. Timothy was diagnosed with lymphoma.For his recovery period, he chose to beassigned to Manhattan College. He beganin 2002 and worked in the counseling center. Dr. Colette Geary, director of the

counseling center, worked closely withBr. Timothy. “Brother Timothy broughtthe Lasallian presence to the center,” shesays. “He had tremendous energy andtouched the hearts of all the studentsand colleagues who had the pleasure ofworking with him. His warmth, humor,compassion and dedication were a greatgift to us.” In an obituary for Br. Timothy,Brother Luke Salm, F.S.C., professoremeritus of religious studies at ManhattanCollege, wrote, “In his few years at theCenter, Tim was able to make the Lasallianpresence on the Manhattan campus areality as he shared with the studentswho came to know and love him hisunique gifts for touching hearts.”

Br. Timothy is survived by his brothers,Frank and Jack. A lending library forstudent use is planned in his name at theManhattan College counseling center.

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