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“FOR OTHERS”terry horgan ’67 & dismas house

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Dear fellow alumni and alumnae:

There is a somewhat common misconception that college campuses become quiet and deserted during the summer months.Unwitting friends like to joke that administrators and faculty must disappear for summer-long vacations once Commencement isover.

This past summer on Mount Saint James was quiet in only one respect: 2,700 students were away. In place of the activitygenerated by our students we saw:

● daily Admissions interviews and tours offering prospective students and their parents the chance to see the campus at its

most beautiful;

● the very successful, first-ever summer orientation for members of the Class of 2002, and their parents;

● grounds upkeep and building maintenance by the Physical Plant staff;

● completion of a very successful fund-raising year by the Development Office;

● faculty conducting research or using the time for writing;

● the creation and production of new publications by the Public Affairs Office;

● and, planning, planning, planning for the new academic year in every office and department at Holy Cross.

This past summer was a little more hectic in some respects. Sadly, we said goodbye to Fr. Reedy, when he resigned as presidenton July 9.

Father was dedicated to serving many constituencies – alumni and friends, faculty, and students – and it was an exhaustingchallenge. He “wore several hats” as priest, professor and president.

Those of us who worked for and with him never forgot that, above all, he was (and is) a dedicated priest who loved thatpastoral role. He always looked forward to the Mass of the Holy Spirit for the incoming class and the Baccalaureate Mass for thegraduating class. He happily presided at the marriages of legions of former students. And, I will always cherish the memory ofthis past Mother’s Day, when he baptized my daughter, Maeve, here in the chapel.

He was also Father-Professor. He thoroughly enjoyed team-teaching the “Moral Weakness” seminar last fall. Students foundhim challenging, accessible and fair.

“Fr. Reedy and Fr. Linnane were both great professors. They were so helpful,” says Heather Zierak ’98. “Some of the materialwas daunting. But they’d find us in the library and talk to us about the books. They helped us incorporate all these varying textsand bring it all together.”

On Pages 10–13, we offer a more extended review of the accomplishments of the all too brief Reedy presidency.

To paraphrase Jack Lentz, Chairman of the College’s Trustees, as a community, we are sorry to see the toll that the rigors ofthe office had on Father. We miss him and send our prayers and wishes for a full restoration of good health.

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This issue also features a look at several alumni who have dedicated their lives to working for others. There are manyalumni/ae who work in the broad field of social service, making it impossible for us to chronicle all of their good work. We offerthese profiles of a representative few who exemplify “men and women for others.”

The next issue of the magazine will focus on alumni in business and industry. We’ll take a look at alumni entrepreneurs andbusiness leaders. The issue will also include a profile of our economics/accounting department.

In the summer issue of Holy Cross Magazine, we included a survey asking for your input about the publication. It’s not toolate to weigh in on the subject. (The survey also can be completed on-line by going to our Web site at www.holycross.edu.) Wewill publish the results of the survey in the next issue to give you a sense of what other alumni/ae like and dislike about themagazine.

We always welcome your feedback about this publication as we strive to make it informative and ref lective of the quality ofour alma mater. Write, call or e-mail us with your suggestions. We’re eager to hear from you.

Kathy Buckley McNamara ’81Executive EditorHoly Cross Magazine

[email protected]

Letter from the Editor

FEATURES

The Reedy Years 10On July 1, 1994, Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J., became the 30th president of HolyCross, serving until this past July, when he resigned for reasons of health.

For Others 14We must be men for others. We must train men who are men for others.

What they must do and we must train them to do is to humanize this worldof ours. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Valencia, Spain, July 31, 1973

Nurturing Legal Eagles at Holy Cross 19The summer he was 10, Keon Carpenter 98 was shining shoes in Pontiac,Michigans City Hall when he met a judge. The man told Carpenter he couldobserve the courtroom trials if he wanted. . . . One day, he decided, hed bepart of that world.

DEPARTMENTS

News from the Hill 2

This Month in Holy Cross History 26

From the Archives 28

Book Notes 29

The Faculty Recommends 30

GAA 31

Sports 33

Class Notes 36

In Memoriam 42

Road Signs 46

Letters to the Editor 47

Volume 32, Number 5

Holy Cross Magazine is published five times a year for the alumni, parents, and the HolyCross campus community by the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. Please addressall correspondence to the editor. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, Massachusetts,01610, and additional mailing points. Postmaster: Send address changes to Holy CrossMagazine,One College Street, Worcester, Mass. 01610-2395. Phone (508)793-2419; Fax (508)793-2385.

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Director of Public Affairs and Executive Editor: Katharine Buckley McNamara 81

Editor: Jack O Connell 81

Design: Molly Fang

Editorial Assistants: Pam Reponen, Margaret S. Hayden 98, Paige Fogarty 00

Photography: John Buckingham, Lionel Delevingne, Patrick O Connor, Dennis Vandal,Dan Vaillancourt, Joel Villa

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Cover: Our cover photograph featuresTerry Horgan ’67 with residents of theWorcester Dismas House. Horgan wasphotographed on Aug. 18, 1998 byDan Vaillancourt.

Back Cover: Our rear cover features (l-r) Officer John Fournier, Lt. ThomasFoley, and Officer John Melkonian, ofthe College s new bike patrol. Thephoto was taken on July 15, 1998 byPatrick O Connor.

2◆ Holy Cross Alumni Magazine ◆ October 1998

If Paul Sheff felt any trepidation about the challenge he’dundertaken when he arrived on Mount St. James last January, theend of the 1997-98 development year brought results that putany concerns to rest.

“It’s been a remarkable year,” says Sheff, vice president ofdevelopment and alumni relations. “I’m extremely pleased by theresults and I’m excited about what lies ahead. Holy Cross hasphenomenally dedicated alumni and that manifests itself in ournumbers.”

Sheff has reason to be proud. His staff can boast a record-breaking year in fund raising with overall voluntary support of$19 million. This figure surpasses the 1996-97 total by over $7 million and it shatters the previous giving-year record, 1994,by $4.8 million.

“There’s a real sense of satisfaction among the staff and thevolunteers,” says John Hayes ’91, director of the Holy CrossFund, which, for the second straight year, finished above thewatershed $5 million mark. “This is genuinely a team effort thatinvolves the class chairs and correspondents, the gift chairs, andthe class agents. It’s a good feeling, that sense of accom-plishment, when, at the end of this long journey, you witnessthis level of giving.”

More than 40 percent of the Fund’s total came from the 12reunion classes — led by the 25th reunion class, 1973, with a gift

of $502,951 and the 50th reunion class, 1948, with a gift of$343,519.

“There just aren’t that many schools in this country that canpoint to an alumni participation rate above 50 percent,” saysSheff, who came to Holy Cross from Dartmouth, where he wasthe director of capital giving. “It’s very rare. It puts us in an elitegroup and it makes you very enthused about the health of theinstitution and its promise for the future.” For the 1997-98 year,51.1 percent of Holy Cross graduates participated in giving, anincrease over the previous year’s 50.6 percent.

In his first six months in his new position, Sheff has beenimpressed by the College’s sense of tradition and its surety ofmission. “Holy Cross men and women love this school,” he says.“They leave the College sharing in its mission and they have ahunger to give back to the school. This is the motivation behindgifts from the year’s major donors, that desire to give back.”

Sheff is referring to another first in the College’s history — arecord of five major donations in the seven-figure range. One ofthose gifts was a $5-million charitable remainder trust fromCornelius B. Prior ’56. Prior’s gift will establish three endowedprofessorships in the Humanities. It is the largest single gift evermade to Holy Cross. The other major gifts were made by John P.Glowik Jr. ’73, Anthony M. Marlon, M.D., ’63, Agnes N.Williams, and Michele Bowman.

The Year in DevelopmentA Record-breaking Success Story

Presenting the Class of 1973 gift to Father Reedy at reunion are, from left, Class Chairs Edward P. Meyers and Gregory C. Flynn, andGift Chair John J. Murphy.

News from the Hill

3 ◆ Holy Cross Alumni Magazine ◆ October 1998

The President’s Council continued to provide the foundationupon which the College’s financial health is built, yielding morethan 75 percent of the year’s total support. And newer groupssuch as the Parent’s Fund made their presence known with giftstotaling $746,557, a 270 percent increase above the previousyear’s results.

It was a year of innovation and new strategies as well. “TheTrustee Challenge was a fine idea,” says Sheff, “and it paid off.”The initiative was proposed by Park B. Smith ’54, whose $1.5million donation last year enabled the College to construct thePark B. and Carol Smith Wellness Center. This year, Smithpromised to match any gift from an alumnus/a who had notgiven in the previous year’s fund, up to $100,000. The Challengeresulted in 1,500 new donors to the Fund.

While Sheff is justifiably happy with the year’s results, he’snot entirely surprised. “I think,” he says, “that the resultsconfirm what I’ve always heard about Holy Cross and now knowfirst-hand. That the alumni/ae are passionate about the schooland its mission. This is an institution that knows what it doesbest — provide a first-rate, Catholic, undergraduate, liberal artseducation. This year’s National Chair, Michael F. Collins, M.D. ’77, called all donations an investment in tomorrow’sleaders. And he’s absolutely right.”

“We’re proud of our accomplishments this year,” says Sheff,“and more than that, we’re thankful. These results have simplyraised the bar that much higher for next year. And I have everyconfidence we’re up to the challenge.”

The Senior Development Staff (l-r): John R. Hayes Jr. '91, director of the Holy Cross Fund; Paul E.Sheff, vice president for development and alumni relations; Thomas E. Ryan '76, director of principalgifts; Grace Cotter Regan, director of the Parents' Fund and special events; Mary C. Moran, director ofplanned giving.

"There just aren't thatmany schools in thiscountry that can point toan alumni participationrate above 50 percent …It puts us in an elitegroup and it makes youvery enthused about thehealth of the institutionand its promise for thefuture."

- Paul Sheff

The Development Year at a Glance

Total voluntary support: $19.0 million

Unrestricted annual giving: $5.8 million

Alumni participation: 51.1 percent

25th reunion class of 1973: $502,951



Parents’ Fund: $746,557

Thanks to a $75,000 grantfrom the William and FloraHewlett Foundation’s Pluralismand Unity Program, Holy Crosshas established a new programentitled Conscience forTomorrow. The program wasdeveloped to help achieve thegoal of doubling the diversity ofthe student body in the nextfew years. The objective is toengage the entire campus in adialogue addressing theimportant issues of not onlyincreasing diversity, but also ofhelping students of colorbecome full and activeparticipants in the Collegecommunity. As a result of theprogram, it is hoped thatstudents will develop a greaterview of diversity and understandits necessity on a collegecampus, as well as work topromote diversity andmulticulturalism over their fouryears on the Hill.

“This exciting and innovativeprogram will help students honeskills that involve havingeffective relationships with

people from many diverseexperiences, ethnic backgrounds,perceptions and ways ofthinking,” said JacquelinePeterson, vice president forstudent affairs and dean ofstudents. “Holy Cross, as aneducational institution, has anobligation to offer our studentsthe best preparation possible fortheir positions outside theCollege.”


A statistical overview of the Class of 2002 shows a group ofnotably intelligent, diverse and well-rounded students.

● A total of 4,348 students applied for entrance to the Class.Of this number, 2,061, or 47.4 percent of the applicants,were accepted for admission; 724 students enrolled.

● Members of the Class ranked in the top 8 percent of theirhigh school classes.

● The average SAT score of those who enrolled was 1252.

● The College continues to place a high priority on the sonsand daughters of alumni: 69 percent of alumni children whoapplied were accepted.

● Forty-four percent of the Class attended public high schools.Fifty-six percent hailed from private or church-affiliatedschools.

● Students in the Class represent 37 states and six foreigncountries, including Canada, Costa Rica, Greece, Italy,Jamaica, and the Philippines.

● Ninety-nine percent of the Class lives in on-campusresidence halls.

● Included in the class are 23 African-Americans, 48 Latinos,and 24 Asian-Americans, or 12 percent of the class.

These numbers are the result of the hard work of the College’sAdmissions staff, as well as the approximately 1,200 alumnivolunteers who assist at college fairs and serve as localinterviewers.

President’s Council Dinner

The annual President’s Council dinner will be held

Saturday, Oct. 24. The keynote speaker will be Rep.

Thomas Finneran, Massachusetts Speaker of the

House. Finneran’s daughters, Kelley and Shannon,

both attend Holy Cross. Membership in the

President’s Council currently numbers 1,572. This

represents an increase of 125 members since last year.

The Class of 2002: A Profile

Paul Covino of thechaplains’ office has beenchosen to serve as a memberof the Catholic CommonGround Initiative Committee.A member of the Holy Crosschaplains’ office since 1993,Covino, a noted liturgist, hasserved on many committees,including the PastoralPlanning Steering Committeein the Diocese of Worcester.

Founded by the lateCardinal Joseph Bernardin,

the committee was formed in“a new effort at dialogue inthe church in which thepolarizing of tendencies isnot allowed to obscure thecommon ground that existswithin the Church.” It washis goal to create anenvironment in whichdifferent sections of thechurch could come togetheron “common ground” anddiscuss the direction of thechurch before a more serioussplit took place.

Covino to serve on Common Ground Initiative

Conscience for Tomorrow


The College’s department of publicsafety has come up with a new wayof patrolling the campus and

increasing its visibility among students. Thedepartment’s “Bike Patrol” becameoperational last May, just beforeCommencement. The brainchild of PublicSafety Director Jeffrey Wilcox, the patrolwill be eventually operating on a 24-hourbasis.

Lt. Thomas Foley, a longtime roadbiking enthusiast, took the idea anddeveloped the program. Foley consultedwith regional police departments anduniversities with existing bike patrols. Hethen enrolled two of his officers, John

Fournier and John Melkonian, inCOBWEB (“Cops on Bikes with Educationfor Bicyclists”) training. “They enjoyed theclass,” Foley said, “and they got a lot ofinformation.”

The patrol uses a specially designedpolicing bike known as the Mongoosewhich features 24 gears, a necessity for acampus made of steep hills. Foley feels thebike patrol will help improve public safety’sresponse time. “You can get to places oncampus a lot faster,” he says. “You can goover grass and down stairs if necessary. Butthe other thing is that it gets involved withthe community policing aspect. We’rehighly visible. It reassures people that we’re

around. It brings us into the campuscommunity.”

Foley laughs at some initial perceptionsregarding his new unit. “A lot of peoplecome up and say, ‘these officers must begetting some sort of punishment.’ Butthat’s not the case at all. I do a lot ofbiking outside of the school and these hillsmake you better, build up yourcardiovascular system.”

So far, the bike patrol is a successamong the students. “They seem to acceptthe bikes well,” said Foley. “I think thestudents are energized by them.”

Introducing

The Bike Squad

Lt. Thomas Foley

Officer John Melkonian

Officer John Fournier


This summer Professors

Eckhard Bernstein and

Jutta Arend, both members

of the modern languages and

literatures department,

climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in

the Republic of Tanzania. The

idea to make the climb was

suggested by Arend, and

while Bernstein said he was

at first apprehensive, it did

not take too much time for

him to become enthusiastic

about the proposal. Both said

that the climb, which took six

days to complete, was an

unforgettable experience. The

mountain, at 19,340 feet, is

the tallest in Africa.

Faculty Scales New HeightsFaculty Scales New Heights

History Faculty MembersContribute to CatholicEncyclopedia

Three members of the history department,Vincent Lapomarda, S.J., Anthony Kuzniewski,S.J., and David O’Brien, recently saw theirworks published in The Encyclopedia ofAmerican Catholic History. This book, editedby Michael Glazier and Thomas J. Shelley, waspublished by the Liturgical Press in 1997. Itcontains over 1,500 pages on a wide range oftopics within the scope of AmericanCatholicism. It is the first volume of this typeever be to published.

Fr. Lapomarda contributed nine articles tothe new book. These include pieces on theCatholic Church in Maine, James MichaelCurley, John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy,Robert F. Kennedy, Humberto CardinalMedeiros, Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., SebastianRale, S.J., and Maurice J. Tobin. Fr. Kusniewskicontributed an article on the history of HolyCross. O’Brien, recognized scholar ofAmerican Catholic history, contributed anarticle on Isaac Hecker, the 19th-centuryfounder of the Paulists, Americanism and theNew Deal, and American Catholics.

New Rector for Jesuit CommunityAnthony Kuzniewski, S.J., has replaced John Higgins, S.J., as the rector of the Jesuit

community at Holy Cross. This appointment, received by the Father General in Rome,was effective Aug. 15. Fr. Higgins was appointed rector of the Jesuit community atFairfield University in Connecticut.

Fr. Kuzniewski has been a member of the Jesuit community at Holy Cross since 1974.He is also a professor in the College’s history department and author of the forthcomingbook, Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843–1994, to bepublished by Catholic University of America Press.

In other Jesuit community news, Earle L. Markey, S.J., '53, has joined the Office ofAdmissions full time as associate director for Jesuit relations.

Fulham PrizeEstablished

The family of the late Thomas A.Fulham ’37 has established in hishonor an environmental studies prize.This past spring, the prize was awardedto Bridget Ambrose ’98. Pictured withBridget (center) are two of ThomasFulham’s children, Nicholas L. Fulham’76 and Christina J. Fulham.


ProfessorEdwardKennedy

of the physicsdepartmenthas retiredafter adistinguished38-year careerat Holy Cross.He received hisbachelor ofscience degreein physics

from Loyola University inChicago and his doctorate innuclear physics from NotreDame University in Indiana,before coming to HolyCross in 1960.

Kennedy was active inexperimental research in thefields of nuclear physics andsurface physics. During hiscareer at Holy Cross, he wasalso a visiting scientist at theAir Force CambridgeResearch Labs, the ArgonneNational Laboratory, theUniversity of Cambridge inEngland, the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology, theFraunhofer-Institut inGermany, Cornell University,the University of Californiaat San Diego, and theUniversity of Aarhus inDenmark. He published 35articles on his research and

gave numerous scientifictalks. His work wassupported by grants fromthe U.S. Naval ResearchLaboratory, ResearchCorporation, and the U.S.Air Force. He was alsoresponsible for a CottrellCollege Science Award tothe College.

Kennedy was a popularand respected teacher. Inaddition to teaching bothlecture and laboratorycourses, he supervisednumerous undergraduate andindependent study projects.He served for 13 years aschair of the physicsdepartment. He also servedon many Collegecommittees, including theCommittee on Tenure andPromotion, the Ad HocCommittee on Student Life,the Professional StandardsCommittee, and areevaluation self-study group.

Kennedy and his wife,Marcia, have six children:Kathryn M. Kennedy-Brown’79, Edward F. Kennedy III’80, Maribeth K. Salois ’82,Christopher C. Kennedy ’85,Marcia D. Toalson ’87, andJohn Kennedy.

In Brief

New Tenure-Track Faculty ArriveThe start of the academic year signaled the arrival of a dozen new

tenure-track faculty members in a variety of departments. They are:Susan Amatangelo, modern languages and literatures; Michael Beatty,visual arts; Daniel J. Brennock, USN, naval science; Katherine A. Kiel,economics; Laurie A. Smith King, mathematics; Vickie Langohr, political science; Sarah Luria, English; Lee Oser, English; Randolph G.Potts, psychology; Mathew N. Schmalz, religious studies; John ASchmalzbauer, sociology and anthropology; Diane M. Stewart, religiousstudies.

Whall Receives Distinguished Teaching AwardStephen C. Ainlay, dean of the College, has announced that Professor

Helen M. Whall of the English department is the recipient of the HolyCross Distinguished Teaching Award for the 1997-98 academic year. TheAward carries an honorarium of $1,000.

Whall, who received her doctorate from Yale University, has taught atHoly Cross since 1976. An expert on Shakespeare, Renaissance drama,and modern drama, she has published extensively in both academic andpopular journals and periodicals. She is currently the director of theCollege’s First-Year Program.

1999 “America’s Best Colleges”as ranked by U.S. News and World Report

Top National Liberal Arts Colleges(schools with the same numbered rank are tied)

ProfessorEdwardKennedyRetires

1. Amherst College

2. Swarthmore College

3. Williams College

4. Wellesley College

5. Haverford College

5. Pomona College

7. Bowdoin College

7. Middlebury College

9. Carleton College

9. Wesleyan University

11. Davidson College

11. Grinnell College

11. Smith College

11. Washington and Lee University

15. Bryn Mawr College

15. Claremont McKenna College

17. Colby College

17. Vassar College

19. Bates College

19. Mount Holyoke College

21. Colgate University

21. Hamilton College

23. Trinity College

24. Barnard College

24. Colorado College

24. Connecticut College

24. Macalester College

24. Oberlin College

24. University of the South

30. College of the Holy Cross


Q: Where are you fromoriginally?

A: Chicopee, Mass. Out in thewestern part of the state.

Q: How did you end up inWorcester?

A: My husband’s businessbrought us here.

Q: Were you aware of HolyCross before you came toWorcester?

A: Very definitely. You knowthe bench out frontdedicated to the memory ofEdward J. McDonald? Well,the McDonald family livedon my block growing up, soI heard quite a bit aboutHoly Cross. Then, ofcourse, my husband is analumnus. Frank J. Cole, classof ’53.

Q: What year did you startworking at Holy Cross?

A: In 1974. My youngest was infirst grade at that point. Myfirst position was in thedean’s office as a recep-tionist. Fr. Fahey was thedean.

Q: Did you stay in the dean’soffice?

A: No, I was only in the dean’soffice for two years. Thenthere was an opening in thevisual arts department and Imoved there for seven years.At that point I was ready towork full time rather thanthe academic year, so I wentto work for Dr. Toth in thecounseling center. Six

months after that, in 1982,my current position openedup.

Q: So you’ve been in the sameposition from 1982 until1998. A lot of changes havehappened during this timeand you’ve been in a greatposition to see many ofthem. From your pers-pective, what have beensome of the biggestchanges?

A: I suppose the biggest onewas having served under thefirst lay dean, FrankVellaccio. When I started itwas Fr. Schroth and thenDean Vellaccio and thenDean Kee.

Q: What was the most funthing about the position?

A: It’s a serious office, dealingwith serious issues, but therehave been many, many lightmoments. Having workedfor Frank Vellaccio for 10years, he kept me laughing.The greatest part was to seehow things happen. Howsomeone walks into theoffice one day with an ideaand it gets discussed andbandied about and it growsand goes to committee andit becomes something. TheFirst-Year Program, forinstance.

Q: You saw that program takeoff from the ground up.

A: To see how these thingshappen and to be part ofthese discussions for 10years has been very exciting.

I attended the EducationalPolicy Committee meetingsto take minutes and that’swhere these topics getdiscussed and decided. Youreally see the mechanics ofhow the educational systemof the campus works.

Q: It would seem that today, asopposed to the ’70s, thereare so many more special-ized academic programs andinterdisciplinary programs.Students have more options.Things have mushroomedover the past 15 years.

A: There’s no question.Especially when I hear myhusband talk about his daysas a student, landing in acourse because his namebegan with a “C.”

Q: In terms of faculty, anyfavorites?

A: Oh, yes! There have beensome wonderful people. Idon’t want to single anyoneout because I’d slight somany others, but EdCallahan comes to mindimmediately — he used tobuy his cars from myhusband. Steve (Ainlay) wasa great friend even before hebecame dean. Some Ibecame close to when theyserved on the CTP(Committee for Tenure andPromotion), becauseeverything goes through ouroffice. So you’re meetingwith these people andthey’re going through verystressful times.

“The greatest part was to see how things happen”

An Interview with Irene T. Cole

Irene T. Cole worked at Holy Cross for 24 years. For the last 16 years, as the administrativeassistant to the dean of the College, she was in a unique position to observe the evolution ofthe faculty, the curriculum, and the academic reputation of the College. Jack O’Connell satdown to reminisce with Irene during her last week before retirement. As she cleared out filesand packed up mementos, she recalled her arrival on the Hill.


Q: That must be a difficultcommittee to be involvedwith in terms of the hardchoices to be made andthe consequences of thosechoices.

A: It’s where you really seewhat people are like, nevermind their discipline orscholarship. You see whatthe real person is like.There are so many greatpeople – Chick Weiss,Mark Freeman, Jim Kee.Interesting and warmpeople. Susan Rogers.Karen Turner. Terri Priest.They all became goodfriends.

Q: Let’s talk about the tenureprocess. I would guess thiswas one of the moreintensive and difficultaspects of the job.

A: It can be difficult whensomeone is denied tenure.Even though I was alwaysaware that the committeehas a procedure to followand is doing its job, it canbe stressful. I always feltpart of that processbecause I would give thecandidate the tenurereport. When things wentwell, it was alwaysdelightful and peoplewould come back to meand thank me for the way Ihandled the process. Theyalways said they couldnever tell when they camein for their report whetherit was good or bad.Sometimes you’d see themstart to tear the envelopeopen before they left theoffice and you’d think,please don’t do that here.But most would head backto their offices and lockthe door before reading thereport.

Q: Any unusual or anecdotalmoments you recall as youstart to finish up your lastweek?

A: Oh, yes, especially as I’vebeen going through thefiles. Having my daughter(Mary Elizabeth Curnen’89) here as a student wasdelightful. I loved thosefour years. She graduatedin ’89. She met herhusband here.

Q: When she was a studenthere and you were workingin the dean’s office, didyou get together oncampus or did you keepher student life separate?

A: (laughing) She lived oncampus and she certainlyhad her own life, but shehad a key to my car! Iremember one nightleaving the office to getthe car and it wasn’t there.I searched all over andFrank Vellaccio — I justlove the man! — he was ata meeting. Gary Phillipsand I were looking forMarybeth. We camethrough Hogan and Frankwas at a meeting and hesaw us and came out andsaid, “What’s theproblem?” He left themeeting and startedsearching with me. Wefound the car andMarybeth! — “Oh, I forgotto tell you, Mom, Iborrowed it! Were youworried?” But it’s hard topick one moment, becauseit’s been such a wonderfultime.

SANCTAE CRUCIS AWARDS

Nominations are requested for the second annual SanctaeCrucis awards. The awards are given yearly by theCollege to recognize the distinguished achievements of

alumni. The Sanctae Crucis Awards are the highest non-degreerecognition bestowed by the College on an alumnus or alumna.

“The primary goals of the Sanctae Crucis Awards are tohonor outstanding alumni and, in so doing, recognize andcelebrate the distinctive mission of Holy Cross,” says actingPresident Frank Vellaccio.

The Holy Cross Mission Statement is the foundation for theawards, which are made in three categories:

Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement: foran alumnus/alumna “who, as a leader in business,professional or civic life, lives by the highest intellectualand ethical standards” (from the Mission Statement). Thealumnus/alumna is widely recognized by colleagues asgreatly accomplished in his/her field. The individual’sprivate business or professional affairs are imbued withhard work, integrity and Judeo-Christian principlesref lecting honor and glory on Holy Cross.

Award for Outstanding Community Service: for analumnus/alumna who “seeks to exemplify the long-standing dedication of the Society of Jesus to theintellectual life and its commitment to the service of faithand promotion of justice” (from the Mission Statement).The individual performs outstanding and praiseworthyservice in the interests of humanity and ref lects honorand glory on the College.

Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna Award: for analumnus/alumna, under age 40, who has alreadydemonstrated a promising degree of worthyaccomplishment. He or she is “open to new ideas, patientwith ambiguity and uncertainty and combines a passionfor truth with respect for the views of others” (from theMission Statement). The individual has achievedoutstanding personal or professional accomplishmentsthat ref lect honor and glory on the College.

See the summer 1998 issue of this magazine for informationon the first recipients of this award.

Nominations must be submitted to the Office of thePresident by Jan. 1, 1999.

Eligibility: Individuals must be Holy Cross graduates whohave not received an honorary degree from the College. CurrentHoly Cross trustees are not eligible while in service on theboard. The nominations and selections committee will review thenominees’ credentials and make recommendations to the actingpresident.

The second annual Sanctae Crucis Awards ceremony will takeplace in May, at a dinner held during the annual spring meetingof the Board of Trustees.


Soon after taking office at Holy Cross, Fr. Reedy launched a five-point program toensure the College’s continued status as the nation’s outstanding Catholic liberal artscollege. The program involved:

● a $5 million initiative to strengthen teaching and communication via computernetworks and information technologies;

● an implementation of the College’s governance process;

● a strengthening of both revenue and non-revenue sports programs;

● a commitment toward increasing the diversity of the College’s administration, facultyand student body;

● and a 10-year academic plan, including plans for a national center for Catholicundergraduate life.

In four short years Fr. Reedy’s vision began to bear results.

IInnffoorrmmaattiioonn TTeecchhnnoollooggyyHoly Cross has moved into the first ranks of the nation’s colleges and universities in

our educational technology infrastructure and utilization. All of our 28 buildings arewired and all faculty offices and residence rooms are networked (including over 2,500computers). Holy Cross now has the infrastructure in place to revolutionize the operationof every corner of the campus. For the past two years, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine hasranked the College among the most wired campuses in the nation and, CAUSE, theleading association for information technology professionals, awarded Holy Cross theExcellence in Campus Networking Award.

FFaaccuullttyy GGoovveerrnnaanncceeIn 1994, Fr. Reedy inherited a newly reformed faculty governance structure, based on

the principle of shared responsibility. Professor Theresa McBride was Speaker of theFaculty in this structure.

“Fr. Reedy’s experience as a faculty member and dean at Fordham gave him anappreciation for what faculty do – not just teaching and service to the College and itsstudents, but also the scholarship essential to effective teaching. He was a good listenerand was comfortable with a governance system that was faculty-directed,” says McBride.

The Reedy Years■ By Katharine Buckley McNamara ’81

On July 1, 1994, Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J., became the

30th president of Holy Cross, serving until this past July,

when he resigned for reasons of health.

“Your tenure as President has seena continued improvement in thereputation of the College. You havesustained and increased academicquality, raised the number and qualityof applications, maintained highstandards for our students,implemented a new governancestructure, substantially overhauled theathletic policy, presided over a nearly100% increase in our endowment andconcomitant improvement in ourfinancial position, and fosteredincreased diversity of the faculty andstudents. In short, Holy Cross is wellpositioned for the future, and theBoard certainly recognizes yoursignificant contributions.”

H.E. (Jack) Lentz ’67, Chairman ofthe Board of Trustees, from his letteraccepting Fr. Reedy’s resignation


“Fr. Reedy also enjoyed celebrating facultyachievements. He created the yearly convocations atwhich the distinguished Holy Cross professor ishonored and faculty are recognized for 25 years ofservice to the College.”

AAtthhlleettiiccssFr. Reedy directed the strengthening of non-

revenue sports and the resumption of basketballscholarships (commencing this fall) for men andwomen. The decision followed an in-depth, oneyear review by the College’s trustees of the properrelationship of Holy Cross athletics to admissions,development and student life (including academics)programs.

“These principles and policies, formed andforwarded in a spirit of moderation, will continueour Holy Cross tradition of locating athleticswithin the pursuit of academic excellence. Thepersonal formation sponsored by athletics is onlyone part, and not the major part, of the entireintellectual, moral, and religious formation that isHoly Cross. These policies and principles groundour athletic activity for the next decade,” Fr. Reedyemphasized.

DDiivveerrssiittyyFr. Reedy declared early in his presidency that

he wanted to see the diversity of the student bodydouble in the next 10 years.

“His commitment to increasing diversity amongboth the faculty and student body was unwavering,”says Admissions Director Ann McDermott ’79. “Fr.Reedy encouraged all members of the Holy Crosscommunity – students, administrators, faculty andalumni – to work together to improve therepresentation of diverse populations on campus.”

The statistics illustrate steady progress in thisarea. Students of color make up 12 percent of theclass of 2002. The class of 2001 had 8 percent of itsstudents in this category. The number of people ofcolor among the faculty, nearlydoubled in the four years of theReedy administration.

“Initially change was slow, butwith commitment and continuedhard work, progress has been made,”notes McDermott.

SSttrreennggtthh iinn AAddmmiissssiioonnssIn 1997, Holy Cross entered the

ranks of a select group of the nation’s50 “most competitive” institutions ofhigher learning in Barron’s Profiles ofAmerican Colleges.

This past year applications forenrollment increased by 4 percent,and fewer than half of all applicants(47 percent) were accepted. Theincoming first-year class (Class of2002) has an average combined SAT

Frank Vellaccio NamedActing President

Following the Board of Trustees’acceptance of Fr. Reedy’s resignation aspresident, the Trustees appointed ProvostFrank Vellaccio to serve as acting presidentfor the 1998-99 academic year.

Vellaccio has worked at Holy Crosssince 1974, when he was hired as anassistant professor of chemistry. That sameyear, he earned his Ph.D. in organicchemistry from the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology. A native of West Haven,Conn., Vellaccio earned a bachelor ofscience degree from Fordham Universitywhere he was inducted into Phi BetaKappa. His doctoral thesis, “Synthesis andStudy of New Reagents with Potential Usein Peptide Synthesis,” began his career asan academic chemist in the area of peptidesynthesis.

In addition to articles in scientificjournals, Vellaccio published a textbook,Organic Chemistry, in 1980. Written withD.S. Kemp, the book became a standardtext in many colleges and universitiesthroughout the country, and has beentranslated into Japanese, Italian, andSpanish.

After serving on a number of theCollege’s major committees, Vellacciomoved into an administrative position in1986, becoming dean of the College. Fromthis office, he oversaw faculty, academic,and curricular policy. The following year,he became the College’s academic vicepresident. In January 1996, Fr. Reedynamed him the College’s first provost,with dual responsibilities for bothacademic affairs and college development.

“I can truly say that, outside of myfamily, there is nothing that I love morethan Holy Cross. It is a marvelous gift tobe able to say this about the place whereyou work,” wrote Vellaccio in theJanuary/February 1998 issue of Holy CrossMagazine.

Vellaccio lives in Worcester with hiswife, Cathy, and their five children, one ofwhom, Jessica, graduated from Holy Crossin 1997.

“…one of the centralgoals of his presidency:that the educationalexperience at HolyCross be one that isever more intellectuallyrigorous and, at thesame time, broadlyCatholic.”

Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J.

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score of 1252, and a median high schoolrank in the 92nd percentile.

SSttuuddeenntt AAffffaaiirrssFr. Reedy hired Jacqueline Dansler

Peterson, the first woman and first AfricanAmerican to serve as a vice president atHoly Cross. During 1997-98, she led acomplete reorganization of student lifeofferings. New programs and structureshave expanded students’ outside-the-classroom opportunities for learning,leadership and service.

A summer orientation was offered forthe first time to incoming students to helpease the transition from home and highschool to campus and college. Rather thanwait until August to offer new students anorientation experience, Student Affairsinvited the Class of 2002 and their parentsto one of three day-and-a-half sessionsoffered in June.

AAccaaddeemmiicc PPllaannnniinnggIn February 1997, Fr. Reedy presented

an address on academic planning to thefaculty governance councils in which heissued a call to begin an initiative thatwould answer the question: “Where do wewant to be, in academic terms, ten yearsfrom now?”

This initiative contained within it thechallenge not only of charting theacademic future of the College but ofputting the faculty governance structure towork on a comprehensive project;contributing to the formulation of a casestatement for the College’s next capitalcampaign; preparing for the reaccreditationprocess in the year 2000; and of delvingmore deeply into the College’s missionstatement to further realize its considerablesubstance.

“Fr. Reedy was dedicated to preservingareas of traditional strength at Holy Crosswhile encouraging changes that wouldenhance its educational mission as a liberalarts college committed to academicexcellence and rooted in the Jesuit andCatholic tradition,” says Stephen Ainlay,dean of the College. “He believed that theCollege occupied a distinct niche in highereducation and challenged all of us to findways of living up to the obligations thatnecessarily accompany our distinctivenessand our mission.”

The academic planning process,launched by Fr. Reedy, continuedthroughout the 1997-98 academic year.The process is expected to reach aconclusion in early 1999.

FFuunndd RRaaiissiinnggIn the area of voluntary support of the

College, Holy Cross remains among a


“Fr. Reedy encouraged allmembers of the Holy Crosscommunity – students,administrators, faculty andalumni – to work togetherto improve the repre-sentation of diversepopulations on campus.”

Ann McDermott ’79,director of admissions

The College’s Trustees named the following to serve asmembers of the search committee for a new Jesuit president:

P. Kevin Condron ’67, Chair

H.E. (Jack) Lentz ’67

Constance A. Eagan ’81

Charles E.F. Millard ’54

John P. Hamill ’61

(all of the above are Trustees)

Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., ’49President Emeritus

John B. Anderson ’57Associate Professor, History

Joanne PierceAssociate Professor, Religious Studies

You may send your suggestions to the Committee in care ofthe President’s Office, Holy Cross, One College Street,Worcester, MA 01610

TThhee SSeeaarrcchh ffoorr aa NNeeww PPrreessiiddeenntt

Fr. Reedy with a group of alumnae at thecelebration of the 25th anniversary ofcoeducation, earlier this year.

Bishop Daniel Reilly, Fr. Reedy, JacquelinePeterson, and Worcester Mayor RayMariano at a reception welcomingPeterson to Holy Cross

select few schools nationwide that canproudly point to alumni participation ratesof 50 percent or higher. This past year hasseen previous records of giving broken innearly all categories.

Total voluntary support grew to $19 million, far surpassing the previousrecord of $14.2 million set in 1994, the lastyear of the Campaign for Holy Cross.

The College received, for the first time in one year, five gifts in the seven-figure range, one of which was the largestsingle gift in our history – a $5 millioncharitable remainder trust from Cornelius B. Prior ’56.

“The tremendous generosity [of alumni]serves as a strong testimonial to Fr. Reedy’sleadership and to all that he accomplishedduring his tenure as president,” says actingPresident Frank Vellaccio (see Page 2 formore details about the year in fundraising).

FFiinnaanncciiaall SSttrreennggtthhIn the area of fiscal health, the College

once again finished in the black with asurplus in 1997-98. The endowment grew18 percent, from $265 million to $314million.

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Finally, Fr. Reedy’s foremost concernwas always with the students. Not only did

he live in a residence hall (and has formost of his priestly life), but he metregularly with student leaders, dined withstudents and found time to team-teach aclass during the fall of 1997. “MoralWeakness,” an honors program seminar,was a collaboration between EnglishProfessor Reedy and religious studiesAssistant Professor Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J.

“Jerry Reedy is a gifted, generous andenthusiastic teacher. I was amazed at theamount of time he was able to give to thestudents and to preparation, with theheavy demands of his schedule,” says Fr.Linnane. “I also foundhim to be a verysupportive seniorcolleague; I know thatmy own teaching hasbenefited fromworking with him.”

When the semesterended, the twoprofessors met toreview the students’evaluations of theseminar and foundthat students assessedthe course aschallenging and helpfulin getting them tothink about a numberof ethical andtheological issues innew ways.

“It became clear tome that the success ofthis course wasparticularly gratifyingfor Jerry because itref lected what I take tobe one of the centralgoals of his presidency:that the educationalexperience at HolyCross be one that isever more intellectuallyrigorous and, at thesame time, broadlyCatholic,” concludedFr. Linnane.


“The tremendous generosity [ofalumni] serves as a strongtestimonial to Fr. Reedy’sleadership and to all that heaccomplished during his tenure aspresident.”

Acting President Frank Vellaccio

Fr. Reedy enjoys a light moment with students during the“Moral Weakness” seminar.


“We must be men for others. We must train men whoare men for others. What they must do and we musttrain them to do is to humanize this world of ours.”

Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Valencia, Spain,July 31, 1973

■ By Karen Hart

For Others

Terry Horgan ’67

Meet five Holy Cross grads striving to “humanize this world”

The definition of family has always beenimportant to Terry Horgan ’67. As the secondoldest in a family of 13 children in New

Rochelle, N.Y., Horgan’s life was filled with the dailydramas that define family: large gatherings around thedinner table, friends and visitors from the nearby collegeand from church, relatives and, of course, a multitude ofchildren. Family also meant a place to turn to whendowntrodden, a place of safety, support andencouragement.

When Horgan came to Holy Cross on an athleticscholarship during the tumultuous mid-1960s, he foundthat his definition of family had broadened.

“Who was your family and who became your family?”Horgan asked then. Family, he realized, included hisfellow members on the track team as well as the wholecollege community.

Horgan also discovered the idea of “ThePhenomenon of Man” while at Holy Cross, a concept hesaid helped redefine how he looked at the world.

“The concept is a breakdown of the atomicalstructure of matter,” said Horgan. “And that Christ’satomical structure is still amongst us in the world. ... SoChrist’s particles become ... part of who I am, of myneighbor and everybody else. ... That’s probably thegreatest gift I got from Holy Cross.”

This theology, Horgan said, and an emphasis onsocial justice, were the core of his education at HolyCross. “The roots of who we are as Catholics” were theguides to the paths he later followed.

It was also while at Holy Cross that the dark cloud ofthe Vietnam War cast its shadow over Horgan’sbroadened family; two fellow students were lost ascasualties. Horgan then “heard President Kennedy’s call”and asked himself what he could do for others.Following his graduation in 1967, he entered the PeaceCorps.

Horgan spent four years in Colombia working withcoffee farmers and community groups, helping thembuild schools and better the community.

After his return, Horgan pursued a master’s degree inLatin American history at Vanderbilt University inNashville, Tenn. While there, Horgan met Rev. JackHickey, O.P., chaplain at the college. Horgan and otherstudents at Vanderbilt, under the direction of Hickey,began working with prisoners, organizing discussiongroups and meetings with their families. Thesestudent/prisoner interactions became the foundations forDismas Inc., and Dismas House, the now-national, not-for-profit interfaith agency in Nashville, Tenn., thatHorgan heads as executive director.

At Dismas, Horgan’s family now includes thosewhom many others turn away: just-released inmatesreturning to society without families or support, andprisoners serving out alternative sentences.

“There is no history of breaking bread in the familiesof people who come to Dismas,” Horgan said. “Ourstruggle is to help them become whole and ... to becomewhole ourselves. Our mission is reconciliation, toreconcile with those who have offended us.”

Providing transitional housing, jobs, and referrals tocounseling agencies, Dismas, Inc. services more than 250men and women prisoners each year in 11 nationalDismas Homes. Each Dismas House also works as aresidence for university and college students, encouragingthe erasure of stereotypes and promoting diversity.Community volunteers also come into the home, sharingmeals and giving support.

“If you get that,” Horgan said of recognizing Christin each other, “then you look at that person in prison andthat person is also Christ, and the person beaten on thestreet is also Christ.”

In 1973, the year Horgan received his master’sdegree, Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the then-general of theSociety of Jesus, coined the phrase “men for others,” inhis address to the Jesuit European Alumni at the 10thAnnual International Congress in Valencia, Spain.Arrupe’s vision for a new Jesuitism called for thecontinuing liberation of the poor and politicallyoppressed as part of the teachings of the Gospel.

Though Fr. Arrupe’s phrase, changed today to “Menand Women for Others,” came after Horgan had alreadybegun his work with prisoners, the words are no lessrelevant to him.

“Through the Cross you have to transform sufferinginto love. That is similar to ‘men and women for others,’ ” he said. “Perhaps it would be better said as ‘men and women with others.’ ... The struggle in socialservices is to provide whatever it is that is needed ...health care, housing, meals, jobs, services for batteredwomen, shelter for families. But that’s just one part. Theother part is how do we integrate it in each others’ lives.”

Holy Cross Associate Chaplain Jim Hayes, S.J., ’72said Arrupe’s vision is a continuing challenge for allCatholics. At Holy Cross, current students areencouraged to evaluate and redirect personal wealth.

“Our starting point is that Holy Cross students areenormously blessed with talents and energies andexperience,” Fr. Hayes said. “We challenge them tounderstand that these gifts are not for themselves but areto be given away in the service of others.”

That challenge is realized in a variety of studentactivities, including two-weeklong programs in Mexico,student retreats and, in particular, the Student Programsfor Urban Development (SPUD), begun in 1976. Morethan 600 Holy Cross students volunteer annually in 17social and Christian service programs in and aroundWorcester (see related sidebar on Page 16).

“Our approach is to offer experiences andopportunities to reflect on and let God do the rest,”



Fr. Hayes said. “Ourfaith challenges us tobring the good news tothe poor; that was themission of Jesus. Andwe have to beconcerned with thecommon good. It is atthe heart of our faith.”

Diane Pokorny ’95, saw the SPUD program as anextension of her family and religious life, and it wasone of the main reasons she chose Holy Cross.

“[Social service] was a big part of my family,”Pokorny said. “My mother is a nurse practitioner in acommunity health clinic and my father alwaysvolunteered. And the Jesuit tenets of social justicedefinitely influenced me at Holy Cross. It was theoverall philosophy of the school to encourage servicework and to promote justice.”

Pokorny was a SPUD volunteer each of her fouryears at Holy Cross, working with homeless womenand children at Abby’s House, reading toschoolchildren, and using her minor in Russian toteach English to Russian émigrés in Worcester.

After graduation, Pokorny worked in legal servicesfor the Jesuit Volunteer Corp. in Yakima, Wash., for a

year. Pokorny, 25, is today a housing search advocatefor Crittenton Hastings House in Brighton, Mass.,where she finds shelter and subsidized housing forhomeless families.

“The youngest mother we have is 18 and the oldestis 35,” Pokorny said. “Most are working but notmaking enough to live on. ... It’s so important to keepin mind that you’re only one paycheck away from theirposition.”

Pokorny works with as many as 30 families at onetime and said that while she realizes social servicecareers are not for everyone, it is essential peoplerealize they can help “no matter what their job is.”


for others

Holy Cross’ Student Programsfor Urban Development (SPUD) isthe largest student organization oncampus. Begun more than 20 yearsago, SPUD has grown to involvemore than 600 Holy Cross studentswho volunteer their time andenergy in 17 social and Christianservice organizations in Worcester.

Though associated with theHoly Cross’ chaplains’ office,SPUD is entirely student-run,directed each year by two studentco-chairs who are responsible foroverseeing everything from the

coordination of volunteers’schedules to budgeting. A secondlevel chairperson is also assigned toeach SPUD-serviced organization.

Some SPUD programs havewaiting lists of volunteers. This isdue, in part, to administrativelogistics, according to MarybethKearns-Barrett of the chaplains’office. “There’s a great diversityamong the programs,” said Kearns-Barrett. “There are so manystudents who do so many differentthings. SPUD gives them everythingfrom an outlet for getting away

SPUDSPUD student volunteers lend a hand

Diane Pokorny ’95

Erin Kemple ’81

Joe Dooley '99 assists with the SPUD storytelling program atForest Grove Elementary School in Worcester.

“I wouldn’t be happy if I couldn’t dothis,” Pokorny said. “Really, the goal is wecan all do something for others, as smallas it may be, to help them helpthemselves and help their children.”

Like Pokorny, other Holy Crossalumni have found their calling inhelping families find housing, and inrighting the wrongs of discrimination.

Erin Kemple ’81 is the executivedirector of the Housing DiscriminationProject of Western Mass. Legal Services,a nonprofit organization she helpedfound in 1989. Kemple said being astudent at Holy Cross pointed out theprivilege of the people who attend theschool.

“One of the things Holy Cross mademe think about was that I have anobligation to give back,” said Kemple.“ ‘Men and women for others’ was in everyaspect of campus life at Holy Cross. ...[And] I had a reputation for alwayssticking up for the underdog.”

A year after graduating, Kempledecided law school would best help her toachieve her goal. But at Suffolk UniversityLaw School, Kemple found herself in anawkward position.

“People there were rushing to help thetop 1 percent of people,” she said. “Ithought, ‘Who really needs

representation?’ It is the people who arepowerless, people of color, poor people,people who have no voice in the legalsystem. ... If I wasn’t there to talk to thewoman whose food stamps were being cutoff, she and her family would go hungry.”

Today, though working with a skeletonstaff of nine and just one other attorney,the Housing Discrimination Projectprovides legal services for all areas ofhousing discrimination, including racialdiscrimination and discrimination againstsingle parents and immigrants.

“I feel compelled to be an advocate foranyone who is powerless,” Kemple said of

her dedication. “Most people hate tothink of homeless shelters or parents wholive in cars with their kids, but we haveclients like this. Last year we opened 175new cases, and it is usually higher, morethan 200.”

John Castellano ’71, like Horgan, alsofelt shaped by the devastating anddisturbing touch of the Vietnam Warwhile at Holy Cross.

“Holy Cross played a key role in myformation as a person and as a believer,”Castellano said. In a paper written for Fr.John Brooks, S.J., on Christ as thesuffering servant and the idea of non-violence, Castellano found solidarity.


from the campus and being involved inanother world, to the opportunity to formsignificant relationships with people.”

Many of the SPUD programs aredirected at children. Holy Cross studentsmay participate in one of several day-careor after-school programs organizing sportsor arts and crafts activities, helping withhomework, or tutoring one-on-one withWorcester schoolchildren. A recentaddition to SPUD is the HospitalOutreach Program, which pairs HolyCross students with children in thepediatric ward of the University ofMassachusetts Medical Center. Thestudents play games and read to thechildren, and provide companionship to

help make their hospital stay easier.

Other programs aimed at childreninclude Big Friend/Little Friend andtutoring Worcester schoolchildrenstruggling with learning English as asecond language.

“There’s a natural tendency to beinterested in youth,” Kearns-Barrett said.“The children have a lot of appeal tostudents.”

But that’s not to say SPUD volunteershave overlooked other community needs.One of the most demanding SPUDprograms is Abby’s House, a temporaryshelter for women and children, wherestudents do intake work and provide

friendship. Other SPUD volunteers tutorcounty jail inmates or adopt“grandparents” at area convalescent homes.

Service groups cite the continuedinvolvement with SPUD volunteers asboth essential and uplifting.

And the students “feel like they’regiving something back,” Kearns-Barrettsaid. “It challenges them to consider howtheir education is going to be used. Theyhave a lot of responsibility running eachof the programs and the experience isn’talways easy. But there is always willingnessto volunteer.”

John Castellano ’71

Frank Kartheiser ’88


“That exercise was pivotal,” Castellano said. “It causedme to reflect on the Vietnam War and was the foundationfor my successfully filing for conscientious objector status. ... My CO status became the foundation for what Icould do about the suffering of people in the world andwhat role I could play.”

And like Kemple, Castellano has dedicated himself toadvocate for those who cannot help themselves. Afterteaching religion at Holy Name High School in Worcesterand at Mercy High School in Baltimore, Md., Castellanodecided to make a difference through action. He applied tojust one law school and received his degree from HofstraUniversity Law School, Hempstead, N.Y., in 1976.Castellano then began a 22-year career as a public serviceattorney.

Last fall, after finding governmental changes in fundingcompromising to his goals, Castellano, 48, teamed up withMercy Sister Pat Griffith, R.S.M., and Mercy Haven inNew York to create the Mercy Advocacy Program,providing housing and legal counsel to the mentally ill.

“My vocation is a response to my sense of who God isand to the need to see the face of our God in the poor,”Castellano said of his career. “It’s about trying to apply thegifts I’ve been given and make a small difference. Thiscomes from having a sense of the Gospels that wasemphasized at Holy Cross.”

Castellano said he feels it is no coincidence that he isworking with the Sisters of Mercy again and living theideals of Sister Catherine McAuley, dedicated servant of thepoor and foundress of the Sisters of Mercy.

Another Vietnam-era alumni, Chicago-native FrankKartheiser ’88 truly wanted to be an agent of change. Hedropped out of Holy Cross in 1971, determined “to make adifference” and formed the Mustard Seed in Worcester withfellow classmate Shawn Donovan ’70. The Mustard Seedbegan as a storefront agency dispensing help to the elderly,

poor and homeless and eventually grew to a full-time soupkitchen and homeless shelter.

Kartheiser said his decision to leave school was spurredby the times. “Friends of ours were coming back in bagsfrom Vietnam. I got involved in the anti-war movementand the farmworkers’ movement and with the CatholicWorkers.”

As need for the Mustard Seed grew, however, Kartheiserfelt more could be done to treat the causes of the problems,not just the symptoms. He returned to Holy Cross in 1987to finish his degree in religious studies, graduating in 1988.

In 1992, Kartheiser became the director and organizer ofWorcester Interfaith, an organization of Worcester religiousgroups that work together to empower the underprivilegedthrough action, specifically with city youth, enforcing publicsafety, and providing equal job access and affordablehousing. “The focus is on families and neighborhoods,”Kartheiser said.

Of his own career path, he noted, “I want to live out myvalues. Not just separate my work life and my faith life. Thequestion is how do I put my faith into action to build thekingdom of God, and the core of that is there has to besense of change.”

For those like Kartheiser and other Holy Cross alumniactively working for social justice, their life work, likeArrupe’s, may never be complete.

But some, who have seen change in the face ofhumanity, however small it is, remain faithfully committed.

As Kartheiser said succinctly, “I’ve been at this for a longtime, and I see a lot of signs of hope.”

Karen Hart is a free-lance journalist from West Boylston, Mass.


for others

Leadership Traning for Student Volunteers

Holy Cross students have longbeen known for their work ascommitted, active volunteers. Nowthe College administration iscreating a leadership developmentprogram to provide support forstudent volunteers, opportunitiesfor growth, and recognition oftheir work.

The woman helping to establishthis new program is a volunteerherself.

Jennifer L. McKee, a 1998graduate of Boston College, isserving a one-year assignment as aVISTA/MACC (Mass. Campus

Compact) volunteer. HerWorcester-based service is splitbetween Holy Cross andQuinsigamond CommunityCollege. At Holy Cross she isworking in Student Affairs toimplement this leadership program.

McKee is offering severalworkshops each semester forstudent leaders of SPUD programsand other community servicegroups. The topics include how torecruit and manage volunteers,work with people from differentbackgrounds, and conduct effectivefund raising.

In addition, McKee organizedabout 150 first-year students tohelp the Worcester parksdepartment clean up aneighborhood park one day inSeptember.

“Holy Cross students arealready doing a great deal ofservice work in the Worcestercommunity,” says McKee. “My jobis to support them and give themopportunities for self-ref lectionand growth as leaders.”


When Dan Kozusko ’00 was in third grade, the trials heliked to watch were on television, on The People’s Court.He’s been a fan ever since. Carpenter, Kozusko and manyother Holy Cross students are working hard to get into courtthemselves. Participants in the pre-law program, they’vecaught the legal bug and have set their sights on law school.

They join a long line of predecessors. For many alumni,it’s been a well-trodden path — go to Holy Cross and then goto law school. But in the 1990s, the market for lawyers hastightened up. Going to just any law school isn’t a guaranteedticket to prosperity and success anymore. Where a studentattends law school has a lot to do with employment optionsafter graduation.

According to Scott Sandstrom, professor of business lawand accounting, the last decade has seen student debt loadstriple. If law school graduates end up in low-paying jobs, hesaid, they’ve “taken on a mortgage-size debt without thesalary commensurate to pay it. This creates tension andanxiety. We are doing everything we can to get our studentsinto schools with solid reputations.”

Over the past several years, Holy Cross has revitalized itspre-law program. In 1994, Sandstrom became faculty advisorto students like Carpenter and Kozusko, and some 550 otheradvisees. In addition, he works with many alumni applicants.His specific mandate was to improve the numbers of HolyCross graduates accepted into the nation’s top law schools.

“With college costs at $30,000 a year, students and parentswant to feel confident that their investment will paydividends when they apply to professional schools,” saidSandstrom. The College administration and trustees felt “wecould and should do more for pre-law students than we weredoing.”

Sandstrom prepared a plan which included more extensivehands-on advising, the launching of a law publication, andparticipation in collegiate mock trial competitions. ByFebruary 1998, all had been implemented. And since 1994,the numbers of top law school acceptances have more thanquadrupled, and matriculations have tripled.

Expanded Advising Program“I’m big on goal-setting,” said Sandstrom, a philosophy he

shares with incoming first-year students each year. He meetswith first-year students interested in law school within thefirst month of school, “while they’re still listening,” he said.The major theme of his talk is that building a solid academicrecord is important and that “grades matter.” One badsemester can lower a GPA enough to place them out of therunning at the top law schools. He encourages students toadjust to the pace of college life quickly and to stay on topof their workload.

Sandstrom shares with them a “range finder” thatcorrelates median GPA and LSAT scores with law schooladmissions records. If students want to attend one of the top15 law schools (tracked by the magazine U.S. News & WorldReport), they will need a GPA of 3.5 and LSAT scores in themid 160s (on a scale of 120–180).

“I view my role as coach and motivator,” said Sandstrom.“I try to get them to set high academic goals and do theirbest to reach them.” Once he’s met with interested students,Sandstrom has a mailing list to keep them informed aboutupcoming events designed to broaden their thinking aboutentering the legal profession. His work is beginning to payoff, as the seniors he spoke to in their first year apply to lawschool this year. “We’ve done well and seen real, measurableimprovement,” he said.

Nurturing Legal Eaglesat Holy Cross

The summer he was 10, Keon Carpenter ’98was shining shoes in Pontiac, Michigan’sCity Hall when he met a judge. The mantold Carpenter he could observe the

courtroom trials if he wanted. Compared toshoeshine work, Carpenter recalled, watching trials“wasn’t as lucrative, but much more entertaining.”One day, he decided, he’d be part of that world.

■ By Allison Chisolm

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Holy Cross undergraduates haveproduced something unique, and they’vetold American law schools about it. Nowin its third year, The Holy Cross Journalof Law and Public Policy is believed to bethe only law journal in the United Statespublished solely by undergraduates. About600 copies of each issue are printed, andthe distribution list includes the dean andthe library at every law school in thecountry.

Last year’s editor, Michelle Cadin ’98,sees the publication playing a number ofimportant roles. On an individual level,she said, “it’s a good opportunity to dolegal research, read articles and talk to lawstudents to see if law school’s for you.”Plus, working on a journal “looks good onthe resume.”

On the school level, she said, thejournal could change the nature of thecampus environment. “Considering thelevel of intellect here,” she said, “it’s not apolitically charged campus. This couldcreate a forum for debate.”

The charter editorial board was a smallone, headed by Michael Baillargeon ’97.His responsibilities included organizing thestaff, establishing acceptance guidelines,setting up the initial layout and design,using Pagemaker 6. He worked withDamian Schaible ’98, and in about eighthours, according to faculty advisor ScottSandstrom, they learned the software andestablished a basic layout format.

After determining the overall conceptand purpose for the publication (see mainstory), they began to solicit articles. Letterswent out to law review editors as well asstudent bar associations, asking them tonotify their students about publishingopportunities at Holy Cross.

Their requests yielded 40 submissionsand the real work began. From that pointon, Sandstrom said, “it was an all-studentproduction.” Editors read five articles eachover the summer, rating their suitabilitybased on agreed-upon criteria. Each articleis read by two editors. With the bestarticles selected (six for the first issue),they began checking the articles’ citationsand editing the copy for clarity. Somemanuscripts, Sandstrom said, are 80 pagesor more, but students have to edit themdown to 40 or 45 pages.

“Most of our students have authored awide range of papers at College,” saidSandstrom, “getting them back withcomments, corrections, and a grade fromtheir professors. Few of them havereviewed the work of others. For many ofour students, editing a law article is thefirst time they are ‘on the other side ofthe table.’ They work with these authorson presenting legal issues in a clear andconcise manner.”

Sandstrom pointed out that the hands-on nature of the process is invaluable.“Students have to go to the law librarydowntown to do much of the citationchecking,” he said, “and this year ourstudents will learn to use Dinand Library’snew LEXIS-NEXIS service. It’s a great wayto give our students some exposure towhat lawyers do frequently in practice.Reading, writing, editing, and payingattention to detail.”

Once the articles have been acceptedand edited, the students request copyrightpermission from the authors, a crucialstep. The articles are desk-top published asthey are completed, with the finalproduction preparation taking about aweek.

The last editorial meeting is a very longproofreading session. “We go over it with afine tooth comb,” says current Editor inChief Dan Kozusko ’00. The printing isdone by Holy Cross’ graphic artsdepartment, and binding is bid out. Thefinished product is very professionallooking, very similar to what a typical lawreview looks like.

Issue 2, edited by Michelle Cadin, sawa huge jump in student participation, from18 to more than 40. An organizationalstructure had to be established to tapeveryone’s talents. Each editorial boardmember (elected by the previous year’sgroup) had four or five students assignedto them. They all worked together on thesame article. Cadin developed aconstitution for the organization andstarted working on a home page for theWorld Wide Web.

“I felt really great to have donesomething to establish this,” said Cadin,who worked as a staff member on the firstissue. The second issue had five articlesand information on subscriptions for

future issues ($25annually).

“Our goal is tobecome self-funding,” saidcurrent editorKozusko. “But it willtake some time.” Hethinks Cadin has leftthe publication ingood shape, and hasno plans to changeits direction. Approximately 25 law schoolshave ordered paid subscriptions already.

One procedural change he introduced,however, has already produced results. Hecreated an “early action” deadline;submissions sent in February receive aresponse by March 1. This approachnetted two articles: one on women incombat, written by a woman who was aMarine and written “without militaryjargon” according to Kozusko; and asecond on all the affirmative action casesconsidered by the Supreme Court, fromeducation to congressional redistrictingissues. “It’s a tour de force,” he said.

Another change was to extend theregular submissions deadline from April 15to May 15 so that more law studentscould submit their final papers. Issue 3should be published later this year. Whilethe final list of articles has yet to bedetermined, Kozusko hopes the journalwill someday publish articles oninternational law, a legal examination ofthe independent counsel’s office, and theline item veto.

Although the journal is writtenprimarily by law students for law studentsand their professors, the goal is to increasethe number of undergraduate submissions.Several articles by Holy Cross studentshave already been published. “It’ssomething for students to aspire to,” saidCadin.

“I knew we could do it,” saidSandstrom with evident pride. “Ourstudents are vary talented and have theability to do this level of work.”

Copies of the journal have beenrequested from a number of undergraduateinstitutions who are now consideringstarting an undergraduate journal of theirown.

Undergraduate Law Journal Stands AloneUndergraduate Law Journal Stands Alone■ By Allison Chisolm

The numbers prove his point. About 100 students applyto law school every year. In 1994, the year Sandstrom beganas pre-law advisor, 10 Holy Cross graduates were accepted atthe country’s top 15 law schools, and six matriculated. By1997, Holy Cross numbered 44 acceptances and 15matriculations at schools including Harvard, Yale, Universityof Chicago, Columbia, New York University, Georgetown,Virginia, and Cornell. The College continues to send largenumbers of students to law schools such as Fordham, Boston

College,University ofConnecticut, andSuffolk.

Each year,Sandstrom tries tobring a prominentspeaker to campusand convene apanel of HolyCross alumni whoare third-year lawstudents. Onerecent speaker wasSupreme CourtJustice ClarenceThomas, a visitthat generatedmuch debate,

legal and otherwise, on campus. Third-year students discussboth the current job market and the process they wentthrough to get into law school. Their stories reinforceSandstrom’s message that law school admissions offices weigh

heavily students’ academicrecords and LSAT scores.

Birth of a JournalPre-law students needed an

outlet for their interests,Sandstrom believed, and apublication was one way tochannel their energies. He feltworking on a law journal wouldgive them an opportunity to dosome legal research, performcite checking, and polish theirediting skills. In 1996, a groupof 18 students launched TheHoly Cross Journal of Law and Public Policy, a first for HolyCross, and most likely a first among undergraduateinstitutions. The path to publication was a long andthoughtful one (see sidebar on Page 20).

The group, together with Sandstrom, considered a numberof models, including a traditional law review style, aspublished by many law schools. This model was rejectedsince articles in law reviews are very technical in nature andoften deal with an obscure rule of law. Another model wouldbe to publish articles which took sides on controversialissues, a kind of point-counterpoint approach. Examplesmight include both sides of an issue such as whether or nota terminally ill patient should have the right to physician-assisted suicide.

The students met with law review editors at Suffolk LawSchool (where Sandstrom received his juris doctor degree),and received job descriptions for editorial roles, printing,layout work, and other advice. Ultimately, it was decided thatthematic issues would be too restrictive and the choice wasmade to concentrate on subjects of broad interest to thegeneral community. There would be no shortage ofcontributors, as many law students want to publish theirwork.

The student editorial board incorporated that advice intoThe Journal’s overall mission, which is, as the first issue’spreface explained, to be a “forum for undergraduate pre-lawstudents to examine some of the more difficult problemsfacing our society as we approach the next millennium.”Solicitation letters yielded 40 submissions, which the studentsreviewed, short listed to six, edited, checked citations andsecured copyright permission to print in final form.

The inaugural issue, published in the fall of 1996, featuredsix articles in a professionally produced 201-page paperbackvolume. Holy Cross students contributed two articles, and analumnus wrote one. The second issue, 216 pages published inlate 1997, featured five articles, one by a fourth-year studentand one by an alumnus. The third issue is underway now forlate ’98 publication.

The project was underwritten by a grant from trustee andattorney Agnes N. Williams, which has helped fund acomputer and software used to lay out the publication, aswell as the printing costs.


SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

Alumni subscriptions to the Holy Cross Journal of Law &Public Policy are available at an annual edition cost of $25(includes postage). Checks should be made payable andmailed to:

Holy Cross Journal of Law & Public PolicyCollege of the Holy Cross

Box 199AWorcester, MA 01610

Options:

❑ Start my subscription with Fall 1998 ($25).

❑ Start my subscription with Fall 1998 and include theFall 1997 back issue ($50).

Subscriptions will automatically renew but may becancelled at any time.

Pre-law advisor Scott Sandstrom

Sandstrom with pre-law students Dan Kozusko '00(left) and Michael Baillargeon '97 (right).


The idea on paper had become areality and source of pride for thestudents involved. As Sandstrom wrote inthe first issue, “the hundreds of hoursspent organizing the format of the journal. . . has been a fantastic experience forour students. . . . I am enormously proudof their effort.” Editors and staff membersare encouraged to include a copy of thejournal with their law school application.The Journal is also shown to parents atAdmission open house events, and itappears to be helping in the recruitmentof pre-law students.

Lawyers in Training atMock Trial Competition

Pre-law students don’t just want towrite about the law — they want to belawyers themselves. A “mock trial”competition gets students into acourtroom setting and lets them role-playas prosecutor, defense attorney andwitness.

For the past four years, ClarkUniversity has hosted the New EnglandRegional Intercollegiate Mock Trialtournament in February, and this year,Holy Cross fielded a team (see sidebar on). Seven stalwart students arguedtheir way through State v. Darnell, afictitious murder case set in the state of“Midlands.” Students were given case

summaries, witnessstatements, autopsyand toxicology reports,and 24 pages of theMidlands Rules ofCourt governingprocedure, evidence,conduct and decorumfor all mock trialparticipants.

Keon Carpenter ’98 was thrilled tojoin the team. “A pre-law program meansnothing if you don’t get the chance to trybeing a lawyer,” he said.

About 20 students started attendingthe year’s first meetings last fall,Sandstrom said, but once they saw theworkload involved, the numbers dwindledto seven by the time intensive practicesbegan in January. “Everyone wants to belead attorney, but few want to learn the

rules,” he said. “Teamwork was importantfor this exercise, and they worked as ateam very well.”

Sandstrom tapped two alumni ascoaches, Worcester attorneys EdMcDermott ’79 and classmate CareySmith. Most of the students had neverparticipated in an undergraduate mocktrial before, but one of the teammembers, Ryan Hayward ’01, had been ona high school championship team inBergen County, N.J. The New Englandcompetition lasted two days, and theHoly Cross team competed four times,against Harvard, Boston University andtwo teams from Tufts. Each three-hourtrial was judged by volunteer judges andattorneys from the Worcester area.

By the end of the second day, HolyCross had won twice and lost twice, eachby slim margins. The team won more

individual awards (3)than any other school,but finished in themiddle of the packoverall. Thecompetition was fierce,with experienced teamsfrom eight otherschools, includingAmherst, St. John’s,Harvard, Tufts, BostonCollege and Princeton.Princeton proved theoverall winner.

“It was verycompetitive,” saidSandstrom. “But it’s acompetitive profession.A large part oflawyering is comingout on top.”


Guests at pre-law dinner

Ed McDermott '79 listens to mock trial participant JeffWhite '00 argue a point.

Michelle Cadin '98, last year's editor of the Holy Cross Journal of Law& Public Policy, discusses the journal with Dan Kozusko '00 (l),Michael Baillargeon '97 (r) and Acting President Frank Vellaccio.

And the judging? “Let’s just say thejudging was unusual,” he said. “We ‘lost’ acase we felt we had won overwhelmingly,then won a case we thought we may havelost. We had a really strong group. We justneed practice. I think we’ve got somethingto build on.”

What’s Next?With the law journal and mock trial

team established, Sandstrom’s next projectis technological. He is constructing a pre-law program website that should be upand running by the fall of ’98. Besidesproviding information on pre-law programactivities at Holy Cross, the website willallow users to access sites where they canregister and pay for the LSAT, accessLSAT preparation information, applydirectly to law schools, and use searchengines for summer job listings. The HolyCross Journal of Law and Public Policywill be online, and there will be links tothe website for the student laworganization, the St. Thomas MoreSociety.

The environment for pre-law studentsat Holy Cross has changed materially inthe past four years. “We try to engagestudents in the pre-law program early, andto provide meaningful things to do thathave a legal twist. I think we’ve turned acorner.”

Interested Alumni are encouraged tocontact Scott Sandstrom, the pre-lawadvisor, for information about the lawschool application process. Sandstrom can be reached via e-mail [email protected]


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Mock trial coaches Ed McDermott '79 (far left) and Carey Smith '79 (far right) with pre-lawstudents (l-r) J.P. Lavalla '01, Jeff White '00, Michelle Cadin '98, Keon Carpenter '98, andMatthew Parrish '00.

This fictitious case of State v. Darnell was argued by a teamof seven Holy Cross students four times over two days duringan intercollegiate “mock trial” competition at Clark Universityin February. While they’d spent months since October analyzingthe case and practicing different roles, they had only 30minutes’ notice to transform themselves into defense attorneys,prosecutors or witnesses for either side. The defense had toprovide a reasonable version of events to support the assertionof self-defense. The prosecution had to prove premeditation and“malice aforethought.”

Operating on adrenaline, the students had a great weekend.“I loved it. I enjoy that pressure,” said Keon Carpenter ’98. “Ifeel comfortable with my client’s life on the line.”

The first match was against the Harvard/Radcliffe team. Theteam may have seemed like intimidating Ivy Leaguers to some,but Carpenter was relieved. It was a chance to see the moreexperienced Harvard team’s style and examine how theyconducted the case.

The match was a draw but Holy Cross won on overallpoints. After three more matches, against Boston University that

same night and then two teams from Tufts, the Holy Crossteam finished in the middle of the pack.

When the tournament was over, Carpenter and RyanHayward ’01 each received Best Attorney awards (out of 10awarded altogether), and Michelle Cadin ’98 won as BestWitness (one out of 10 awards). Cadin credits two years oftheater classes for her award. Playing defendant Lee Darnell, shesaid, “was good — I was crying, pleading I was innocent.” As awitness, she said, “I could wiggle my way out of their questionsand answer them with something else.”

Carpenter attributed his award to “courtroom presence,being competent, clear and concise.” He recalled with relish hisclosing argument against Harvard. “They allowed me to tie mystories together, do some damage control, reiterate my strongestmessage and sell them on the vision. I got the other side to buyinto my story,” he said. “I looked at the Harvard team and sawtheir faces drop as their case slipped away.”

The team got underway early last fall when Scott Sandstrom,pre-law faculty advisor, contacted Boston attorney EdMcDermott ’79 about coaching. Ed called classmate CareySmith, a trial attorney in Worcester. They accepted Sandstrom’soffer, although neither had participated in a college-level mocktrial competition before.

When Smith and McDermott discussed their approach formock trial training, they decided to listen to the students andadapt their ideas. After everyone had read through the casematerials, the coaches asked them to choose which side had thestronger argument. Based on those choices, students split upinto teams and practiced examining witnesses, raising objections,and making effective opening and closing arguments. Results ofthat work helped identify those best suited for each character,prosecution or defence.

Cadin helped the team in its initial strategy sessions, as she’denrolled in a trial advocacy course at Clark last fall, taught byClark’s mock trial coaches (and overall coordinators of theevent). Participating in an actual competition, however, wasmuch different from class. “It’s a lot harder than it looks,” shesaid. “It’s easy to get off your main line of questioning when awitness says something unexpected.”

Cadin’s insider information was complemented by Hayward’sexperience the previous year as a member of Bergen (N.J.)Catholic’s state finalist team. Carpenter had also done highschool mock trial competitions four years ago at AcademicHigh School in Jersey City.


Holy Cross Takes the StandWas It

Lee Darnell’s son lay dead on the floor,

bleeding from four bullet wounds in his

chest. Edwin, a heavy cocaine user, had

just finished summer school to get his high

school diploma. When the police came to

investigate the next door neighbor’s report

of gunshots, Lee Darnell, a local cable

television news anchor, opened the door

and surrendered. Once in the police

station, Darnell’s only words were,

repeated over and over, “My son is dead.”

One week later, Darnell’s lawyer

announced the murder was committed in

self-defense.

Self-Defense?

■ By Allison Chisolm

The team met for three hours in Stein every Tuesdaynight, and again on weekends as the competition gotcloser. “Most of the meetings were debates over strategy,”said Carpenter. “How did we want to use witnesses? Whatfacts did we want to bring out with them?” Each studentworked hard to “close all the holes and get our storysolidified,” he said.

“I wanted to start doing scrimmages [trial run-throughs]by late November, but in reality, we didn’t do those ’tilearly February,” Carpenter said, only a few weeks beforethe actual competition. “A lot of our prep work was on theactual case,” Cadin added.

“They all had something to contribute and did anexcellent job,” said coach Smith. He’d done mock trialcompetitions while at Suffolk Law School, “but you neverknow what particular quirks are involved in eachcompetition.”

“It was good to see the students grow into their roles,”he said. “They really devoted themselves to it. As we gotcloser to the competition, the students didn’t look to us somuch. We evolved to the point where they assumed 99percent of the responsibility for getting their particulartasks ready.”

“We learned a lot about thinking on our feet,” Cadinsaid. “But I don’t think we grasped fully how things wouldbe scored. We’re still learning how to do a cross-examination, direct questioning, and an effective closingargument.”

This year, the team plans to build on its experience andhas accepted an invitation to compete in the “Ivy LeagueMock Trail” competition in November. Hayward andanother student plan to co-captain the team and undertakesome personal recruiting. Over 45 students have signed upalready for 1998-99, allowing the College to enter severalteams in competitions. As Hayward did in high school,students will read through the case and argue which side ismore winnable, assume a witness role and memorize anaffidavit and list of facts.

“We’re only a step away from winning,” Hayward said.After the competition at Clark, the team got some usefulpointers from Judge Herbert Travers Jr. ’49. It boils downto force or finesse, they were told. Know when to object,be more assertive, and they’d be a force to contend with.

This year’s team has its sights set on getting a bid to thenational competitions in Iowa or Minnesota. But winningisn’t the only goal of a mock trial competition. During theproceedings, judges sometimes helped a team understandtheir decisions. “Some took off points for something youdid, some for something you didn’t do,” said Cadin. Butone judge told Cadin something more important, saying,“Someday you’re going to make a terrific lawyer.” Win orlose, she said, that made it all worthwhile.

Allison Chisolm is a free-lance writer from Worcester.


● The Providence Sunday Journal of May 17 ran an in-depth storyby Bill Reynolds on Joe Mullaney ’49, member of the NCAAchampionship team of 1947 and legendary Providence Collegebasketball coach.

● Rev. Thomas P. Henehan, M.M., ’60, begins his article, “TacklingProblems,” for a recent issue of Maryknoll magazine, “When Iplayed linebacker for Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., Inever dreamed I would be helping pastoral teams of Chileanstackle their problems in the light of the Gospel.”

● The Los Angeles Times of June 22 ran an extensive profile ofSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ’71.

● On Aug. 3, NBC’s Today show profiled Richard Conway Casey ’55,recently appointed U. S. District Judge of the Southern District ofNew York. Casey is visually impaired and brings his seeing eyedog, Coach, to court with him.

● The Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide ’99 included Holy Cross inan article on “dry” social events. The College is mentioned for itsinnovative programs to encourage responsible drinking.

● The Washington Post’s Style Section of June 16 features alengthy, lively profile of WUSA news anchor Gordon Peterson ’60.

● Ann Bookman, director of the College’s Center for Interdisciplinaryand Special Studies, published an op-ed piece on the Family andMedical Leave Act in the Aug. 3 edition of the Boston Globe.

● The Philadelphia Inquirer of Aug. 2 ran the story, “An unlikelypersonality for television,” by Jennifer Weiner, a profile of ChrisMatthews ’67. Matthews was also featured in the New York TimesMagazine of Sept. 20.

● The Aug. 26 edition of the Boston Globe featured the story“Tending to teen’s need to sleep.” Amy Wolfson, assistant professorof psychology and an expert on sleep research, is quoted in thearticle. Wolfson points out that the average 15-year-old needsaround 9.2 hours of sleep each night.

● Foodservice Director, an industry monthly, ran a front page storyin its August issue on the College’s enlarged vegetarian menus aswell as the success of “Cool Beans,” the 40-seat coffee shoplocated in the lobby of Hogan Campus Center.

● The July 31 edition of USA Today featured a review of The SpittingImage by associate professor of sociology, Jerry Lembcke.Lembcke’s study of cultural myths associated with the Vietnam Warhas also been prominently featured in the Los Angeles Times andthe Chicago Tribune.

● The Sept. 5-6 edition of the International Herald Tribune featuredan interview with Athletic Director Dick Regan ’76 in its story“Putting ‘College’ Back Into Football.”

● The New York Times of Sept. 20 featured the story, “The ABC’s ofGetting Ahead,” a profile of Arnold Principal ’91.

● The New York Times of Aug. 7 ran the story, "Yankees' InterpreterIs Translating a Season to Remember," a profile of George Rose'88, interpreter for Yankees' pitcher Hideki Irabu.

Media Mentions


This Month in Holy Cross History

On Oct. 25, 1843,Edward A. Scott of SligoCounty, Ireland, becamethe first student to arriveat the College of theHoly Cross. After hisfour years at Holy Cross,he later enlisted in theConfederate army andbecame a professor atSpring Hill College.

In October of 1925,the name ‘Crusaders’ wasadopted by the studentsof Holy Cross by a voteof 143-24, defeating‘Chiefs’ and ‘Sagamores.’The Oct. 6, 1925 issue ofthe Tomahawk stated:“Now a new nameappears before the world,embellishing the spirit ofHoly Cross with the zealand ardor of knightlyvalor, imbuing her sonswith the fervor oflegendary memoirs.”

Written in theCollege’s logbook onOct. 4, 1890: “New lights(two in back yard andone in front yard) were aglow tonight for firsttime. Effect wonderful.”

The front page of theOct. 21, 1941 issue of theTomahawk proclaimed“Loyola Hall Is Rechris-tened: Trustees Select‘Carlin Hall’ As NewTitle for SophomoreBuilding in Honor ofFormer President.” Thisdecision was made tocommemorate Fr. JamesJ. Carlin’s life, duringwhich he served HolyCross both as presidentand professor.

The new press boxon Fitton Field was usedfor the first time duringthe 1954 football season.

Linden Lane’s surfacewas changed from cementand cinder to penolithicpavement in October of1933 by the WarrenBrothers Co.


The bell from thetowers of Fenwick wasmoved to the lawn infront of O’Kane inOctober of 1975, whereit still rests.

In Oct. 1981, HolyCross’ grading system forthe fall semester wasdrastically changed whenminus grades wereapproved for the firsttime.

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery in O’Kanewas dedicated on Oct. 6, 1983. Fr. Brooks stated that thegallery “affords the entire Holy Cross community anopportunity to experience the artistic beauty which soreadily helps us attain the openness and tolerancenecessary if we are to understand who we are and how werelate to one another.” The first exhibition shown in thenew gallery consisted of 31 sculptures by Auguste Rodin.

Holy Cross receivedthe 1983 Grand NationalAward for the bestmaintained grounds ofany institute on Oct. 28.This was the second timethe college had won theaward in this category,and it was the fifthaward for the grounds insix years.

On Oct. 19, 1962,students had a solutionfor the laundry problem– on this day a newlaundromat was openedin Campion.

The Limbo Coffee House, established in 1965 toprovide on-campus entertainment, was closed on Oct. 18,1968. After the opening of the Hogan Campus Center,the coffee house’s patronage had dropped to such a levelthat it was not feasible for it to remain open.

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The ‘Hand of Christ,’created by the Italiansculptor Enzo Plazzato,was presented to HolyCross by B. GeraldCantor on Oct. 23,1979. The ceremony andunveiling took place inthe foyer of the library;the sculpture was laterput on the Dinand stairsat the request ofPlazzato.

OCTOBER


When College archivist Mark Savolis ’77 drove hisfather down Route 9 to Natick one Saturday lastspring, he was simply being a dutiful son. Savolissenior is a devoted stamp collector, but he’s not

fond of navigating the traffic these days, so Mark chauffeuredhim to a stamp show and did a bit of browsing to kill the time.Looking over the wares at one table, however, he did a double-take. There, amid a display of stamps, covers, envelopes, andassorted papers, Mark spotted a letter dated 1849 written onstationary bearing an unmistakable illustration of Fenwick Hall.He struck up a conversation with the dealer, who couldn’tprovide any information on the piece. When Mark mentionedthat he was the archivist for Holy Cross, the two menexchanged e-mail addresses. After a bit of digital haggling overthe next few weeks, the College purchased the letter for $250. It

now resides at the top of DinandLibrary, a mystery waiting to besolved.

The letter appears to be a briefbusiness correspondence betweenone R.A. Kennedy and JosephWrightman. Kennedy appears to bein need of supplies for a chemistrylab.

“At this point,” says Savolis,“we can’t even be sure there’s aCollege connection. That doesn’tmean one doesn’t exist. I’ve done acursory search and haven’t turnedup anything. I’ve checked and Idon’t find Kennedy listed in anydirectories. We need to do moreresearch. From the context of theletter, it appears he might be achemistry instructor orderingsupplies for a lab. Flasks, sulfuricacid, that type of thing. But myfeeling is that it could be simplypaper that was printed up for theCollege. There may not be aconnection. We know Kennedy issending the letter from Worcesterto Boston. There’s no stampbecause this is before the inventionof postage stamps. But there is acancellation mark. It went throughthe mail. You can see how theletter folded into its own envelopeand was sealed with wax. It couldhave been an overrun at thestationer’s shop. It could have beensomething the College purchasedand sold.”

“The image at the top, theillustration of Fenwick and thesurrounding grounds, isn’t really

what the College looked like at the time,” says Savolis. “It’smore an imagined artist’s rendering of what the College mightlook like one day. It’s a nice piece. The paper itself is in greatshape. It’s 100% rag paper. This would be the kind of paper wewould use today as preservation paper. This was before thewood chip process of paper making so there’s very little decayor yellowing.”

“The interesting thing,” Savolis says, “is that after I saw it atthe stamp show, I corresponded with the dealer over theInternet. And he sent a scan of the letter over the ’Net. Soyou’ve got this whole different use of technology. Two differenteras and means of communication mirroring each other.”

If anyone can shed some light on the identity of R.A.Kennedy, please contact Mark or write to Holy Cross Magazine.

From the Archives■ By Jack O’Connell ’81


Essays in Diakonia: Eastern CatholicTheological Reflections (Peter Lang

Publishing) by Robert Slesinski ’72 is acollection of essays exploring the sourcesof the Christian East. Among the broadspectrum of topics covered are humansexuality, marriage, and feminism.Slesinski also offers an appreciation ofthe work of two major Orthodoxtheologians, Alexander Schemann andJohn Meyendorff.

Robert Slesinski is professor ofphilosophy at Mary Queen of theApostles Roman Catholic Seminary in St.Petersburg, Russia. An Eastern Catholicpastor, he is active in ecumenicalresearch. He earned his doctorate inphilosophy at the Gregorian University,Rome and has been adjunct professor ofRussian philosophy at the University ofScranton in Pennsylvania. The author ofPavel Florensky: A Metaphysics of Love,Slesinski is a consulting editor to thejournals Communio and Diakonia.

John M. Loré Jr. ’43, M.D., haswritten An Atlas of Head and Neck

Surgery (W.B. Saunders Company), anillustrated volume detailing all aspects ofhead and neck surgery. Now in its thirdedition, the book has been enlarged toinclude new procedures and technologies.The Atlas is used by surgeons all over theworld. Loré is currently preparing afourth edition.

John L. Madden, M.D., writes that“the Atlas of Head and Neck Surgeryfulfills a need of long standing . . . itrepresents the completion of a monu-mental task of which Dr. Loré and thepublishers should be justifiably proud.”

Loré is clinical professor emeritus ofotolaryngology, department ofotolaryngology at the School ofMedicine, State University of New Yorkat Buffalo. He is also director of the JohnM. Loré Jr., M.D., Head and Neck Centerat the Sisters of Charity Hospital,Buffalo, N.Y.

Christian G. Samito ’95 is theauthor of Commanding Boston’s

Irish Ninth (Fordham University Press),the collected Civil War letters of PatrickRobert Guiney, an Irish immigrant lawyerwho volunteered for duty and becamecommander of the Ninth MassachusettsVolunteer Infantry Regiment.

In 1910, Guiney’s daughter, the poetLouise Guiney, donated her father’slibrary to Holy Cross. Upon LouiseGuiney’s death in 1920, Fr. Michael Earlsbegan collecting her manuscripts andletters. Currently, Holy Cross holds mostof Patrick R. Guiney’s surviving letters.Samito began work on the Guiney letterswhile still a student at Holy Cross.

Samito is a recent graduate of HarvardLaw School. He works at the law firm ofNutter, McClennen and Fish in Boston.

Book Notes

“HOLY CROSS: BY THE NUMBERS”

Number of stairs from Linden Lane to Hogan: 92

Number of stairs in an average tour of Holy Cross: 366 (231 up and 135 down)

Number of snow steps on the stairs to Dinand: 53

Number of meals served at Kimball each day, on average: 4,000

Number of workers at Kimball: 55 (40 full time and 15 part time)

Number of students who work at Kimball each year: 250-300

Number of Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States:28

Number of Holy Cross alums in the United States: 27,484

Amount of bark mulch used by Holy Cross per year: 180 yards

Amount of leaves picked up in the fall: 260 yards

Number of lawn mowers owned by Holy Cross: 18 (15 push and 3 riding)

Cost of Holy Cross’ land when purchased from Worcester: $1

Number of students in the first graduating class of 1849: 4

Number of graduates in the class of 1998: 614

Number of students in the class of 2002: 724


1931In April, the Quarter CenturyWireless Association presentedAArrtthhuurr ZZaavvaarreellllaa with a plaque inrecognition of his 75 years in ama-teur radio.

1939Class ChairGeorge J. WhiteClass CorrespondentWilliam J. O’Connor Jr.The West Haven (Conn.) TwilightLeague held an appreciation nightin June for JJoohhnn AA.. PPiiuurreekk,, who wasrecently elected into the NationalFederation of State High SchoolAssociations Sports Hall of Fame,the first Connecticut coach toachieve this honor.

1940Class ChairPaul F. SaintClass CorrespondentCharles M. Callahan Jr.JJoohhnn MM.. BByyrrnnee,, who has served as aliaison between the InternationalOlympic Committee and theAmerican speed skaters, recentlyreturned from Nagano, Japan,where he volunteered to work withthe American speed skating teamcompeting in the Winter Olympics.

1941Class ChairJohn J. RyanRRoobbeerrtt EE.. SSccuullllyy,, MM..DD..,, who waselected an honorary fellow of theRoyal College of Pathologists inNovember 1996, received theDistinguished Pathologist Award ofthe United States and Canadian

Academy of Pathology in March1998.

1943Class ChairJames L. GarrityClass CorrespondentAnthony N. TomasielloThe Alumni Association of CanisiusCollege in Buffalo, N.Y., recentlyinducted JJoosseepphh PP.. LLoovveerriinngg,, pro-fessor emeritus of English at thecollege and faculty member since1956, into the DiGamma HonorSociety.

1944Class ChairJohn F. BrennanThe Willimantic (Conn.) RotaryClub named EEddwwaarrdd RR.. BBrroowwnnee,,MM..DD..,, its 1997-98 “Citizen of theYear.” In May, the RReevv.. JJoohhnn FF..BBuurrnnss observed the 50th anniver-sary of his ordination to the priest-hood with a Mass of Thanksgivingat St. Jude’s Church in Waltham,Mass. During January andFebruary, he assisted at St. Mary’sChurch, Christchurch, NewZealand.

1945Class ChairFrancis J. McCabe Jr.In May, the Navy League of theUnited States recognizedAAmmbbaassssaaddoorr JJ.. WWiilllliiaamm MMiiddddeennddoorrffIIII with the 1998 Admiral Arleigh A.Burke Leadership Award.

1946Class ChairThomas H. SmithJJoohhnn GG.. CChhiiaarrii is now doing coun-seling at St. John’s School in St.Petersburg Beach, Fla. RRoobbeerrtt FF..

DDeellaanneeyy is a senior lecturer on theCunard and Crystal Cruise Lines.

1947Class ChairGeorge A. CashmanKKeennnneetthh BB.. DDuuBBooiiss JJrr.. has pub-lished a book of 18 religious poemsentitled Loving Us.

1949Class Co-ChairsDonal J. BurnsGeorge E. CahillJJoosseepphh AA.. BBooddaannzzaa was honored bythe Boston Celtics at the team’sApril 15 home game during its“Heroes Among Us” program.Director of the Child MedicalConnection in Gardner, Mass.,Bodanza was recognized for thecontribution he has made duringthe past three years in makingarrangements for Vietnamese chil-dren suffering from the effects ofpolio to receive medical treatmentat the Shriners Hospital inSpringfield, Mass. HHeerrbbeerrtt FF..TTrraavveerrss JJrr..,, senior associate justiceof the Massachusetts SuperiorCourt, retired in May after 27 yearsof service.

1950Class ChairJames P. DigginsJJaammeess FF.. RRiilleeyy JJrr..,, who is vice presi-dent emeritus of Juran Institute Inc.of Wilton, Conn., continues to con-sult part time in reengineering andcontinuous improvement manage-ment initiatives.

1951Class Co-ChairsThomas M. Ganley Jr.Albert J. McEvoy Jr.The RReevv.. VViinncceenntt PP.. MMccDDoonnoouugghh,,SS..JJ..,, a math teacher at Notre DameHigh School in Elmira, N.Y., earnedthe “Outstanding Educator Award”for April. Retired LLtt.. GGeenn.. BBeerrnnaarrddEE.. TTrraaiinnoorr,, UUSSMMCC,, an associate atHarvard University’s KennedySchool of Government inCambridge, Mass., was the mainspeaker at Worcester’s 111thMemorial Day observance.

1953Class ChairRev. Msgr. John J. KelliherJJoohhnn PP.. BBuurrkkee,, banking commis-sioner for the state of Connecticutsince 1994, has been namednational chairman of theConference of State BankSupervisors. JJoosseepphh PP.. KKeerrwwiinn,, whohad been president of Krug LifeSciences Inc., in Houston, Texas,became senior vice president ofWyle Laboratories following amerger. PPeetteerr JJ.. MMccKKeerrnnaann,, a heli-copter pilot, owns Helistar Inc. inLos Angeles, Calif. The Reston, Va.-based Council for ExceptionalChildren has selected SSaallvvaattoorreePPaarrllaattoo JJrr..’’ss book, All AboutDeafness, into its educationalresources database. DD.. BBaarrrryyRReeaarrddoonn,, president of Warner Bros.Distribution Corp. in Burbank,

Calif., for the past 20 years, wasthe recipient of the 1998ShoWester Award at ShoWest inLas Vegas, Nev. In June, AAuuxxiilliiaarryyBBiisshhoopp GGeeoorrggee EE.. RRuueeggeerr becamethe moderator of the curia, a newposition in the Diocese ofWorcester; he will also continue toserve as vicar general of the dio-cese, a position he has held since1989.

1954Class ChairBarry R. McDonoughClass CorrespondentPaul F. DupuisJJoohhnn PP.. MMuurrpphhyy,, MM..DD..,, retired inJune 1997 after 36 years in anes-thesiology practice.

1955Class ChairPaul F. CoveneyClass CorrespondentRobert F. DanahyJJoosseepphh EE.. MMuullllaanneeyy,, vice chairmanof the board of directors and gen-eral counsel of the Gillette Co. inBoston, recently retired after 26years with the firm. The board oftrustees of the Boston PublicLibrary has elected him to a one-year term as chairman.

1956Class ChairDaniel M. DunnCChhaarrlleess DD.. CCllaayyddoonn,, MM..DD..,, who hadbeen a surgeon at the MarthaVineyard’s Hospital in Oak Bluffs,Mass., for 31 years, retired from hispractice there in June and relocat-ed to Rye, N.H. CChheesstteerr JJ..MMaakkoowwiieecckkii retired in June as prin-cipal of the Park AvenueElementary School in Webster,Mass., a position he has held since1970.

1957Class ChairFranklin M. HundleyLLaawwrreennccee GG.. BBrraannddoonn was namedchairman of the Institutes by theboard of trustees of the AmericanInstitute for Chartered PropertyCasualty Underwriters, theInsurance Institute of America, andthe Insurance Institute for AppliedEthics on June 19 at its meeting inColumbus, Ohio. EEddwwaarrdd CC..MMccNNuullttyy,, DD..MM..DD..,, an orthodontistin private practice, became presi-dent of the American College ofDentists at its annual meeting.MMaauurriiccee JJ.. SSppllaaiinnee JJrr.. is the super-intendent of schools for the town ofNorton, Mass. Retired LLtt.. CCooll.. JJoohhnnSS.. VVooggtt,, UUSSMMCC,, was the guestspeaker at Memorial Day servicesheld Sunday in Seabrook, N.H.,and Monday, in Exeter.

1958Class ChairBraden A. MechleyClass CorrespondentArthur J. AndreoliIn April, the Pulaski Associationhonored VViinncceenntt BBrruunnhhaarrdd JJrr.. at its42nd annual dinner held in

Anderson ’57 Honored for Service

In June, more than 150 friends, relatives and supporters ofJohn B. Anderson ’57, gathered at the Hogan Campus

Center to honor him for his 22 years of service on theWorcester City Council. Anderson, who is associate professorand chairman of the history department at Holy Cross, waselected to the City Council in 1976 and served 11 consecutiveterms; he was the mayor of the city in 1986. Anderson did notseek re-election last year. Many colleagues, past and present,offered tribute to his years of service on the Council. StateSen. Robert A. Bernstein and state Reps. William J. McManusII, Vincent A. Pedone and Harriette L. Chandler presentedAnderson with citations from the Legislature saluting him. Fr.Reedy called him “a model for all of us, especially for studentsat Holy Cross who are thinking of a career in public service.”At the conclusion of the evening, Councilor-At-Large TimothyP. Murray, the master of ceremonies, and others presented a$10,000 check – proceeds from the reception – to the presidentof the Friends of the Worcester Public Library, one of hisfavorite causes.

Anderson, who has taught at Holy Cross for 37 years, waselected to serve as speaker of the faculty, effective inSeptember.

Class Notes


Queens, N.Y., by naming him“Pulaskian of the Year” for 1998. RR..CChhrriissttoopphheerr DDrreeeess,, who had beena manager with Kmart Corp. inMechanicsburg, Pa., retired in May1997.

1959Class ChairWilliam P. MaloneyClass CorrespondentJohn J. OrmondDDaavviidd BB.. PPeerriinnii,, chairman of PeriniCorp. in Framingham, Mass.,served as a chairman for theCatholic Charities’ 22nd annualCardinal’s Garden Party heldrecently at Cardinal Bernard Law’sresidence in Brighton, Mass., toraise money for the agency’shuman services programs.

1960Class Co-ChairsGeorge M. FordGeorge F. Sullivan Jr.GGoorrddoonn WW.. PPeetteerrssoonn is newsanchorman for WUSA-TV Channel9 in Washington, D.C.

1961Class ChairJoseph E. Dertinger Jr.FFrraanncciiss XX.. MMuulllleenn,, founder andchief executive officer of MullenAdvertising Inc. in Wenham, Mass.,was the commencement speakerfor the North Shore CommunityCollege in Danvers, Mass.

1962Class ChairWilliam J. O’Leary Jr.HHaarrrryy AA..MM.. RRuusshh JJrr..,, who has com-pleted 32 years as a public highschool teacher, served as secretaryof a Maine learning results commit-tee at Schenck High School in EastMillinocket. JJoohhnn VV.. SSaalleerrnnoo,, direc-tor of music for the New Bedford(Mass.) Public Schools, took thehigh school marching band to the1997 presidential inauguration asthe official Massachusetts’ repre-sentative; the band also performedfor the USS Constitution’s 200thbirthday celebration.

1963Class ChairCharles J. BuchtaClass CorrespondentMichael J. TonerTThhoommaass HH.. KKiieerreenn,, who is presi-dent and managing partner of TheManhattan Consulting Group Inc.in New York City, specializes inperforming industry-specific corpo-rate and industry performance duediligence studies for private equityinvestment firms, merchant banksand industrial corporations whichare in the process of investing in amanufacturing type of business. Heis also a frequent speaker at strate-gic planning and merger/acquisi-tion/buyout conferences. JJoohhnn MM..LLoonngg,, MM..DD..,, continues to be chiefof radiology at Eastern MaineMedical Center in Bangor andhead of the radiology section ofSpectrum Medical Group. In April,

WWiilllliiaamm AA.. PPrriizziioo,, principal of EastHartford (Conn.) Middle School,was the guest speaker at the 11thannual Quest Brunch, sponsoredby the East Hartford Lions Club.FFrraanncciiss JJ.. SSccaarrppaa,, MM..DD..,, who main-tains a practice in Greenwich,Conn., as a board certified generaland vascular surgeon and serves asan attending physician in thedepartment of surgery atGreenwich Hospital, has beenelected president of the FairfieldCounty Medical Association at its206th annual meeting. SSyyllvveesstteerr AA..SSttyyeerr owns and operatesPerformance Mustangs in Houston,Texas, a used car dealership spe-cializing in V-8 mustangs.

1964Class Co-ChairsRonald T. MaheuRobert P. TrudelGGeerraalldd EE.. ((JJeerrrryy)) CCoollbbeerrtt was theexecutive producer of the NationalMemorial Day concert which airedMay 24 on PBS.

1965Class Co-ChairsDavid J. MartelThomas F. McCabeDDaavviidd JJ.. HHiinncchheenn is now director ofvolunteer service at BostonMedical Center and chairman ofthe education committee for thestatewide MassachusettsAssociation of Directors ofHealthcare Volunteer Services.

1966Class ChairWilliam L. Juska Jr.SSaammuueell JJ.. DD’’UUrrssoo JJrr..,, MM..DD..,, is a vol-unteer with Habitat for Humanity inNaples, Fla. As supervisor of con-struction, he has overseen thebuilding of 54 houses during thelast five years. FFrraannkk AA.. NNeessii,, MM..DD..,,director of the oculoplastic service

in the department of ophthalmolo-gy at William Beaumont Hospital,Royal Oak, Mich., and associateclinical professor of ophthalmologyand otolaryngology at Wayne StateUniversity School of Medicine,recently authored his fifth textbookin the field of ophthalmic plasticand reconstructive surgery. FFrraanncciissXX.. RRaaddlleeyy has been appointed cor-porate controller for EasternConnecticut Healthcare Network inManchester, Conn.

1967Class Co-ChairsP. Kevin CondronJohn P. SindoniBBrruuccee EE.. CCllaarrkk,, a partner in theNew York City law firm of Sullivan& Cromwell, was recently electedto the board of trustees of TheMasters School in Dobbs Ferry,N.Y. CChhrriissttoopphheerr JJ.. MMaatttthheewwss’’ pro-gram, “Hardball with ChrisMatthews,” has been expanded toan hour on CNBC, from 8 to 9 p.m.EST.

1968Class Co-ChairsJohn T. CollinsBrian W. HotarekWWaayynnee FF.. CCaasscciioo,, professor of man-agement at the University ofColorado in Denver, recently gave akeynote address entitled “OnManaging a Virtual Workplace,” tothe British Psychological Society inLondon. He also works with NASAin developing and refining selectionprocedures for astronauts, andwrote the interview protocol usedto identify suitable candidates forlong- and short- duration missions.CChhaarrlleess AA.. GGeelliinnaass,, a partner in theFitchburg, Mass., law firm, Gelinas& Ward, has been elected treasur-er of the North Central Massa-chusetts Chamber of Commerceand vice chairman of the FitchburgState College board of trustees.

TThhoommaass RR.. GGrriibbbboonnss,, who is princi-pal of Leicester (Mass.) HighSchool, recently retired from theU.S. Army Reserves as a colonelafter 29 years of service. JJaammeess MM..LLyyoonnss,, a senior trial partner in theDenver, Colo.-based law firm ofRothgerber Johnson & Lyons, wasappointed special advisor to thepresident of the United States andto the secretary of state for eco-nomic initiatives for Ireland. He iscontinuing to serve as UnitedStates observer to the InternationalFund for Ireland, a position he hasheld since 1993. During the sum-mer of 1998, JJoohhnn TT.. NNuuggeenntt,, whomaintains a private law practice inSouthington, Conn., and serves asassistant town attorney, was aguest member of the Record-Journal editorial board in Meriden,Conn.

1969Class ChairDavid H. DrinanThe RReevv.. JJoosseepphh AA.. CCoooonnaann is cur-rently pastor of St. John’s Church inWorcester. FFrraannkk CC.. CCrroowwlleeyy,, anattorney in Helena, Mont., hasrecently been appointed one ofthree remediation settlementtrustees by the U.S. District Courtin San Francisco, Calif., to overseethe clean up of an environmentallyimpaired industrial site in NorthernCalifornia. In May, WWiilllliiaamm KK..DDuuggaann was appointed town admin-istrator for Wellfleet, Mass. JJoohhnn JJ..HHoouulliihhaann JJrr.. is in his 23rd year ofteaching in the business school andhonors program at the University ofSouthern Maine in Portland. JJoosseepphhAA.. MMaassttrraacccchhiioo has been promotedto chairman and chief executiveofficer of Health Learning SystemsInc., Little Falls, N.J., the oldest andlargest medical education andhealth care marketing company inthe United States. In this position,his responsibilities have beenbroadened to include all health

Abdella ’64 Appointed Judge

Well-wishers – Holy Cross administrators and classmates, politicians, colleagues, city and stateofficials, family and friends – filled the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom on July 13 to witness

the swearing in of Charles A. Abdella ’64 as the state’s newest trial court judge; Gov. Paul Cellucciofficiated. In attendance were his wife, Monica, and two sons, Charles and Andrew ’99.

Abdella was one of 30 applicants under consideration to fill the post vacated a year ago byretiring Worcester District Court Judge William J. Luby. The Governor’s Council unanimouslyconfirmed Abdella as an associate justice last month following a lengthy screening process. Afterfour weeks of training, he will be assigned to the Worcester region.

A practicing attorney for more than 30 years, Abdella has been associated withthe Worcester firm of McGuire and McGuire. From 1970 until 1982 he served asassistant city solicitor.

In addition to his involvement in many civic affairs, Abdella has been active inalmuni groups at Holy Cross. A 1989 recipient of the In Hoc Signo Award, he waspresident of the General Alumni Association from 1986–87, president-elect from1985–86, and vice president for four years. He has been a director since 1971. In1990 the Holy Cross Club of Greater Worcester named him “Crusader of the Year.”He served as president of the Club from 1971-73, and as director, from 1968-94.

A 1960 graduate of St. John’s High School in Worcester, Abdella received his juris doctor degreefrom Boston College Law School in 1967.


care efforts in Europe. In May, theRReevv.. DDaanniieell WW.. MMuurrpphhyy,, pastor ofBlessed Kateri Tekakwitha parishin Sparta, N.J., celebrated the 25thanniversary of his ordination to thepriesthood.

1970Class Co-ChairsBrian T. MahonJames O. WalshJJoohhnn JJ.. BBoouucchheerr,, who was appoint-ed special assistant to the Office ofRENEW 2000 in June 1997 for theDiocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y.,also continues to serve as trainingdirector of CHARISM: Lay Instituteof Spirituality and Ministry for thesame diocese. In addition to speak-ing at various workshops on spiritu-al renewal during the past twoyears, he has also written articlesfor several publications and co-authored a parish manual entitled,From Ashes to Fire: A Process forLenten Eastertime and PentecostEvangelization. RRoobbeerrtt PPooddoollaakk,,MM..DD..,, is a cardiologist with KaiserPermanente in Denver, Colo. VViittooAA.. VViirrzzii was recently appointed pre-siding judge of the Dudley (Mass.)District Court.

1971Class ChairRobert T. BonaguraClass CorrespondentJerome J. Cura Jr.CCaapptt.. MMiicchhaaeell EE.. DDuuffffyy,, UUSSNN,, hasrecently returned from a deploy-ment to the Arabian Gulf embarkedon the USS Nimitz and the USSGeorge Washington. In April hewas reassigned to the Joint Chiefsof Staff in Washington, D.C., at thePentagon. The Picotte Companies,Albany, N.Y., has named WWiilllliiaamm BB..PPiiccoottttee senior vice president anddirector of leasing. PP.. MMiicchhaaeellSSaaiinntt,, who is pursuing his M.B.A. atVanderbilt University in Nashville,Tenn., owns and operates SaintCommunications, a crisis manage-ment and public affairs agency inHingham, Mass., and Nashville,Tenn. In June, the RReevv.. TThhoommaass JJ..

SSuulllliivvaann became chancellor of theDiocese of Worcester; he will alsocontinue to serve in his currentposition as the diocesan director ofvocations.

1972Class Co-ChairsAllan F. Kramer IIMark L. MontyWWiilllliiaamm FF.. HHaacckkeetttt has joined BaseTen Systems Inc. in Trenton, N.J.,as chief financial officer. KKeennnneetthhWW.. OOssiieerr JJrr..,, who is now the ownerof United Patient Care Products inSyracuse, N.Y., is involved withequipment sales to nursing homes.

1973Class Co-ChairsGregory C. FlynnEdward P. MeyersJJaammeess PP.. DDoowwdd was recentlynamed director of development atAustin Preparatory School inReading, Mass. BBrruuccee RR.. GGrreennttzz,, inaddition to his counseling practice,became associate pastor of theFirst Christian Church (disciples ofChrist) in Plano, Texas, on March16. DDaavviidd FF.. OO’’HHaarraa and his wife,Kathleen, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Lindsay Virginia, onNov. 24. O’Hara continues to serveas a guidance counselor atPinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H.

MARRIED: JJoosseepphh CC.. CCaarreeyy andRosa Inés Vera on June 13 at theCathedral of St. Matthew theApostle in Washington, D.C.

1974Class Co-ChairsStanley J. Kostka Jr.Edward J. SullivanThe Holden (Mass.) Area Chamberof Commerce recently namedBBrriiaann RR.. FFoorrttss,, a partner in the lawfirm of Bennett & Forts, as its“Business Person of the Year.”JJeeaann--MMiicchheell SSiimmoonneeaauu is the ownerof the Glascrest Co., in Brownville,N.Y.

1975Class Co-ChairsJoseph W. CummingsJoseph A. Sasso Jr.JJaammeess PP.. DDiittttaammii,, chemistry andbiochemistry department head atWPI, has been promoted to profes-sor. LLoouuiiss CC.. GGaallddiieerrii,, MM..DD..,, and hiswife, Vicki, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Gianna, on April 7.LLaauurreennccee EE.. TToobbeeyy and his wife,Rebecca, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Catherine Gibson,on Feb. 3. Tobey is currently serv-ing a two-year assignment at theState Department’s Office ofRussian Affairs as an economicsofficer. He is responsible for trans-portation, telecommunications andtechnology transfer issues.

1976Class ChairThomas E. RyanClass CorrespondentThomas C. HealeyMMaatttthheeww EE.. GGaalllliiggaann,, managingdirector and head of Fleet NationalBank’s real estate investment bank-ing unit, has been named to theboard of directors of St. Elizabeth’sMedical Center of Boston. DDaavviidd PP..LLaanncciiaauulltt has been promoted tovice president in the oil and gaspractice at A.T. Kearney in Dallas,Texas; his specialties include prod-uct design, firm management andstrategic operations redesign.MMiicchhaaeell FF.. OOaattss,, MM..DD..,, who main-tains an ophthalmologist practicein Sandwich and Hyannis, Mass.,has been elected president of themedical staff at Falmouth Hospital;with this position he also takes aplace on the Cape Cod Healthcareboard of trustees. LLiioonneell JJ.. ((BBuudd))RReemmiillllaarrdd JJrr.. recently joined OceanSpray Cranberries Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass., as its seniorattorney. AArrtthhuurr RR.. RRuussssoo,, MM..DD..,, isdeputy chancellor for clinical affairsat the University of MassachusettsMedical Center in Worcester.

1977Class Co-ChairsKathleen T. ConnollyShaun P. MathewsPPaauull MM.. AAnnaassttaassii has openedAnastasi Insurance Agency Inc. inShrewsbury, Mass., an independentagency which offers personal andbusiness insurance productsthrough 17 companies. MMaauurraa TT..CCllaannccyy is currently president ofClancy & Clancy Brokerage Ltd. inGarden City, N.Y. RRoobbeerrtt JJ..CCrreeeeddeenn is vice president at theMassachusetts TechnologyDevelopment Corp. in Boston. JJeeaann((PPaarrppaall)) DDoonnnneellllyy and her husband,Timothy, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Bridget Claire, onFeb. 5. Donnelly, who has beenwith the law firm of Latham &Watkins in Costa Mesa, Calif., for16 years, recently took part-timecounsel status and works primarilyfrom her home office. JJaammeess WW..KKeeyyeess,, who has been named exec-utive vice president and chief oper-ating officer of The SouthlandCorp., Dallas, Texas, is responsiblefor the company’s store operations,

merchandising, logistics, informa-tion systems and human resources;he also serves on the board ofdirectors. JJaammeess PP.. RRooqquuee has beennamed a financial consultant inNaples, Fla.

1978Class Co-ChairsMarcia Hennelly MoranMark T. MurrayMichael H. ShanahanMMaarriiaannnnee ((CCaanneeddoo)) BBoohhrr hasaccepted a position with theNational Book Network in Lanham,Md., as the director of marketing.HHeeiiddii ((LLeewwiiss)) and JJoosseepphh PP..CCaallddeerroonnee JJrr..,, MM..DD..,, announce theadoption of their daughter, BarbaraAnn, born on May 10, 1997.Calderone is currently building hisown two-story office building forhis ophthalmology practice inCranford, N.J. JJoosseepphh TT.. LLeeBBllaanncc,,professor of English and journalismat Northern Essex CommunityCollege, Haverhill, Mass., has alsoserved as faculty adviser to theObserver, the student newspaperat the college, for 10 years.SStteepphheenn AA.. LLoovveelleettttee has been pro-moted to executive vice presidentof JMB Realty Corp. in Chicago, Ill.PPaauullaa ((CCaattuuooggnnoo)) MMccKKiinnlleeyy is aschool psychologist in New Britain,Conn. EEddwwiinn JJ.. MMccLLaauugghhlliinn JJrr.. ispresident of United SystemsIntegrators Corp., a corporate realestate alliance services firm inStamford, Conn. CChhaarrlleess SS..((CChhuucckk)) OO’’CCoonnnnoorr and his wife,Laura ’86, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Kaleigh Keegan, onApril 7. TThhoommaass JJ.. SSoolliittaarriioo,, who isassociated with Loral Space andCommunications Inc. in Palo Alto,Calif., has been named director ofmarketing and sales for Loral/Skynet and SatMex. RRoobbeerrtt JJ..TTaarruuttiiss and his wife, Elaine,announce the birth of their son,Jonathan, in August 1997. Tarutis iscurrently president of the TarutisCommunications Group Inc. inWaltham, Mass. SSuubbrriinnaa WWiilllliiaammssWWoooodd is a taxation specialist withCurrent Asset in Denver, Colo.

1979Class Co-ChairsGeorge A. AshurDeborah PellesMMaauurreeeenn ((CCaavvaannaauugghh)) AAmmoorreessaannoo,,who is an occupational therapist inprivate practice in New York City, isalso on the faculty at New YorkUniversity, teaching in the occupa-tional therapy program. MMaarryy CC..CCaalliissttoo,, who is a sales director forpharmaceutical and veterinaryproducts at ChemDesign Corp.,Fitchburg, Mass., works primarilywith drug companies that aredeveloping new products. RReeggiinnaaAA.. CCaasseeyy and her husband, Mark E.Chiaviello, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Carleigh Marie, onOct. 16, 1997. SStteepphheenn LL.. FFrreeeemmaannrecently accepted a position as adivision manager with Waddell &Reed in Nashua, N.H. AAuugguussttoo RR..((TTiittoo)) GGaauuttiieerr is vice president ofoperations and finance for theAmericas division of AetnaInternatonal in Hartford, Conn.

Music by Mascari ’71

In May, the Moravian Philharmonic performed Meet theOrchestra, a composition by Edward P. Mascari ’71, in

Olomouc, Czechoslovakia; the orchestra also recorded thework for an MMC compact disc to be released in 1999. Meetthe Orchestra, which makes use of text drawn from a book ofthe same title by Ann Hayes, is designed to introduce childrento the instruments of the orchestra. It was commissioned andpremiered by the New England Philharmonic at Framingham(Mass.) State College in 1995.

Mascari, who holds master of music degrees in bothcomposition and jazz studies from the New EnglandConservatory in Boston, is currently celebrating his 20thanniversary of private teaching in his Natick, Mass., pianostudio; he also serves as the organist and choir director at theHartford Street Presbyterian Church in Natick and performs assolo pianist every Friday and Saturday evening at the RadissonHotel in Milford, Mass.


RRoobbyynn ((GGeeooggaann)) NNoobbllee teaches thesecond grade in the Providencepublic school system. PPaattrriicciiaaGGeerrmmaann PPeennzzaa has been nameddepartment chair for world lan-guages at Norton (Mass.) HighSchool. CCmmddrr.. MMiilleess CC.. QQuuiigglleeyy IIIIII,,UUSSNN,, is commander of the guidedmissile frigate, USS Stephen W.Groves. DDiiaannee ((VVaazzzzaa)) SScchhuummaacchheerrand her husband, Barry, announcethe birth of their daughter, EmilyKristen, on Jan. 3. JJaammeess MM..SStteewwaarrtt JJrr..,, who recently completedhis 10th year as assistant hockeycoach at Holy Cross, was inductedinto the Holy Cross Hall of Famefor hockey on May 2.

MARRIED: MMaauurreeeenn TT.. CCaavvaannaauugghhand Rodolfo Amoresano on March28 in Ossining, N.Y.

1980Class Co-ChairsJ. Christopher CollinsElizabeth Palomba SpragueKathleen L. WieseSSttaattee SSeenn.. RRoobbeerrtt AA.. AAnnttoonniioonnii ofLeominster was recently named“Legislator of the Year” by theMassachusetts Bar Association, anhonor he is sharing with state Rep.John Slattery of Peabody. JJoohhnn GG..BBaagglleeyy,, who is a partner in the lawfirm of Egan, Flanagan & Cohen inSpringfield, Mass., has been elect-ed president of the HampdenCounty Bar Association. LLtt.. CCooll..KKeenntt BB.. DDuuffffyy,, UUSSAA,, and his wife,Susan, announce the birth of theirdaughters, Maile Grace on April26, 1996 and Makena Jane on Oct.3, 1997, in Honolulu, Hawaii. CChhrriissMM.. DDuuggggaann,, who lives in SouthernCalifornia, owns his own construc-tion company that specializes incommercial high-rise tenantimprovements. The RReevv.. JJoohhnn FF..MMaaddddeenn IIIIII,, who has served asheadmaster of Holy Name HighSchool in Worcester since 1991,has been named temporary admin-istrator of Our Lady of Jasna GoraParish in Clinton, Mass.

MARRIED: EEiilleeeenn MM.. KKeeaavveenneeyy andWilliam E. Riethle III on Nov. 1 atthe Martha-Mary Chapel inSudbury, Mass.

1981Class Co-ChairsJames G. HealyElizabeth Stevens MurdyWilliam J. SuppleTThhoommaass GG.. CCrroonniinn has beenappointed the graphicdesigner/communication specialistfor Westminster College in SaltLake City, Utah. PPaauull FF.. HHaalleeyy,,MM..DD..,, has been named chief of psy-chiatry at Holyoke (Mass.)Hospital. The Boston HealthNetrecently named GGlleennnnoonn JJ..OO’’GGrraaddyy,, MM..DD..,, to the position ofassociate medical director.O’Grady, who will continue work-ing in his current position as vicechairman for clinical services atBoston Medical Center’s depart-ment of family medicine, is also anassistant professor of family medi-cine at the Boston UniversitySchool of Medicine. PPaattrriicciiaa AA..VVeeiiggaa,, MM..DD..,, and her husband,

Bradley, announce the birth of theirson, Collin Matthew, on April 8.

1982Class Co-ChairsRobert E. ChmielJean Kelly CummingsThomas P. Joyce Jr.RRoobbeerrtt PP.. CCaasseeyy JJrr.. is in his firstterm as auditor general for theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania inHarrisburg. PPaauull FF.. DDrreennnnaann is cur-rently working as an internationalfreight broker with C.H. RobinsonCo. in Charleston, S.C. He alsoworks as an ice-skating instructorat the Carolina Ice Palace inCharleston. JJoohhnn PP.. HHaallllyy,, withMichael T. Hally ’84 and two othermanagers, recently purchased FolioExhibits Inc., a custom exhibit com-pany located in Worcester.CChhrriissttoopphheerr JJ.. KKeellllyy and his wife,Shirley, announce the birth of theirdaughter, Clare Grace, on Feb. 3.MMaauurreeeenn EE.. MMccGGrraatthh and her hus-band, Jim Manfredi, announce thebirth of Matthew and Maria onMarch 21, 1997.

MARRIED: TThhoommaass FF.. KKoogguutt andLisa Minassian in St. JosephMemorial Chapel on July 5, 1997.

1983Class Co-ChairsPatricia G. HaylonDavid J. TrasattiKKeevviinn TT.. BBrrooggiioollii,, head of theEnglish department at Sandwich(Mass.) High School, was recentlynamed head coach of boys’ basket-ball at Wareham High School.RRaayymmoonndd GG.. DDeewwaarr is currentlyteaching in the Philippines at theInternational School of Manila.DDeeiiddrree ((CCrroogghhaann)) and DDaavviidd CC..FFiisshheerr,, MM..DD..,, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Grace Dalton, onOct. 23, 1997. DDaavviidd EE.. HHaarraacczz andhis wife, Mary Dolan, announce thebirth of their son, Walter Haas, onJan. 27. Haracz is a supervisingattorney with the Legal AssistanceFoundation of Chicago. MMaarryySShheeiillaa EE.. MMccDDoonnaalldd and her hus-band, Bob, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Kiersten Killeen, onJune 4, 1997. JJoohhnn PP.. MMccHHuugghh,, apartner in the Hartford, Conn., lawfirm of Cranmore, Fitzgerald &Meaney, was elected to the boardof selectmen for the town ofColchester in November. In May,JJaaccqquueelliinnee MMccNNiiffff RReeggaann,, coordina-tor of religious education at St.John the Baptist Parish in Peabody,Mass., was one of four individualshonored by Bishop Fenwick HighSchool, also in Peabody, for contri-butions made to the high schooland the Catholic community of theNorth Shore.

1984Class Co-ChairsPatricia A. JohnsonFred J. O’ConnorRichard W. Shea Jr.SStteepphheenn DD.. BBuurrkkee was recently pro-moted to vice president and coun-sel for the Massachusetts SportsPartnership, a Boston-based organ-ization that attracts, manages and

markets major professional andamateur sporting events through-out Massachusetts. He is also co-founder and director of S.C.O.R.E.Boston, an inner-city youth hockeyprogram. DDeeiirrddrree WWaallsshh CCrroowweelllland her husband, Dick, announcethe birth of their daughter, GraceMary, on Dec. 19. PPeetteerr FF.. DDuunnnneeand his wife, Wendy, announce thebirth of their daughter, MargaretElizabeth, on Jan. 2. TTrraaccyy AA.. FFaaggaannand her husband, Art Duffy,announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Baelyn Irene, on March 31.DDaavviidd AA.. GGaavvoooorr is now withDonaldson, Lufkin & Jennette inNew York City as a vice presidentin the loan syndications group; hesells bank debt, real estate as wellas corporate. DDaavviidd JJ.. GGrraaiinn,, who iscurrently the vice president of theglobal high yield group at MorganStanley Dean Witter & Co. in NewYork City, was the featured speakerin June at Honors Night which washeld at his alma mater, Martha’sVineyard (Mass.) Regional HighSchool. MMiicchhaaeell TT.. HHaallllyy,, with JohnP. Hally ’82, and two other man-agers, recently purchased FolioExhibits Inc., a custom exhibit com-pany located in Worcester. JJuulliiee AA..HHaallppiinn,, who had worked forSaatchi & Saatchi Advertising inNew York City for 12 years, recent-ly left the firm to create TheGeppetto Group, a child and teenadvertising agency; she is now itschief executive officer. WWiilllliiaamm JJ..HHaannlloonn was recently elected amember of the Boston law firm ofGoldstein & Manello. Hanlon, whohas been with the firm since 1992,concentrates his practice in bank-ruptcy and commercial litigation.MMiicchhaaeell JJ.. KKeennnneeddyy and his wife,Robin, announce the adoption oftheir son, Timothy Michael, bornon Dec. 10. PPaauull MM.. KKuukkuullkkaa andhis wife, Marianne (Gatto) ’85,announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Kathleen Grace, on Oct. 29,1997. Kukulka is now a competitivemarketing consultant with MassMutual, Hartford, Conn., in its DIproduct management division.NNaannccyy ((KKiittssoonn)) SScchhnneellll is nowworking part time as a press secre-tary for a local senator in LongIsland, N.Y.

1985Class Co-ChairJames M. O’NeillLLoorreettttaa ((GGrreeeennee)) GGoorrmmaann and herhusband, Michael, announce thebirth of their son, Sean Michael, onMay 3. MMaarriiaannnnee ((GGaattttoo)) KKuukkuullkkaaand her husband, Paul ’84,announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Kathleen Grace, on Oct. 29,1997. RRaayymmoonndd OO’’CCoonnnneellll SScchhuullttzz,,MM..DD..,, who is completing a fellow-ship in hand surgery at theUniversity of Virginia MedicalCenter, Charlottesville, Va., wasrecently selected to address theSoutheastern Society of Plastic andReconstructive Surgeons in Naples,Fla.

MARRIED: BBrriiaann TT.. FFeeeenneeyy andCarolyn M. Hazard on May 9 at theRoman Catholic Church of St.Joseph in Portland, Maine.

1986Class Co-ChairsPatrick L. McCarthy Jr.Kathleen A. QuinnSSuussaann MM.. AAnnttii,, MM..DD..,, and her hus-band, Kevin Fitzgerald, M.D.,announce the birth of their son,Dillon Michael, on Feb. 3. Anti hasaccepted the position of anesthesi-ologist at the Lancaster (Pa.)General Hospital. KKaatthhlleeeenn KKeellllyyBBaatteess and her husband, Wayne,announce the birth of their son,Aidan Kelly, on Dec. 12, 1996.AAlliissoonn ((FFeennnneellllyy)) BBooyyccee and herhusband, Charles, announce thebirth of their daughter, Maggie, onMay 28, 1997. KKeevviinn DD.. BBrroowwnnee isa creative director at Young &Rubicam Advertising in New YorkCity. LLiinnddaa ((BBeenneeddeettttoo)) CCoozzzzeennss,,MM..DD..,, and her husband, Jim,announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Julia Tami, on May 31, 1997.Cozzens is working as a pediatri-cian at the Southboro (Mass.)Medical Group. LLiissaa ((MMaaiioolloo))DDaalleeyy and her husband, John,announce the birth of their son,John Alexander III, on March 19.MMaarrggaarreetttt PPeerrrryy DDyykkssttrraa,, the gener-al manager of the roller rinks at theChelsea Piers in New York City,recently spoke at a forum entitled“Focus on Women,” sponsored bythe Brooklyn Women’s Services inhonor of women’s history month.EElliizzaabbeetthh ((LLiissaa)) HHaayyeess and her hus-band, Arnoud Philip Waller,announce the birth of their son,Bastiaan Frits, on Sept. 7, 1997.Hayes, who has been living inAmsterdam, Holland, for the pastseven years, now works for a non-profit health organization, HealthAction International. MMaarryy EE..HHeerrlliihhyy--KKnniittttllee,, who works parttime as a mortgage originator forFleet Bank, is also in charge of theyouth ministry program at OurLady of the Rosary Church inWorcester. The RReevv.. MMiicchhaaeell FF..XX..HHiinncckklleeyy,, parochial vicar of St. AnnParish in New Britain, Conn., andfrequent spokesman for theArchdiocese of Hartford on ethicsin dying, spoke in March at anadult faith formation program at St.Ann Church in Avon on end-of-lifeissues. He also wrote an article,“Technology and Human Dignity,”for the May issue of the CatholicTranscript. KKaatthhlleeeenn MM.. LLyyoonnss iscurrently working at PutnamInvestments in Boston. MMaarrkk TT..MMaayybbuurryy is director of the MitreCorp. Advanced InformationSystems Center in Bedford, Mass.LLaauurraa HHiinneess OO’’CCoonnnnoorr and herhusband, Chuck ’78, announce thebirth of their daughter, KaleighKeegan, on April 7. JJaammeess JJ..OOssttrroommeecckkyy,, DD..DD..SS..,, who maintainsa private practice in Spencer,Mass., recently volunteered hisservices at the Spirit of God dentalclinic in Bosnia Herzegovina.TThhoommaass MM.. PPaattttoonn and his wife,Nancy, announce the birth of theirson, Mitchell Thomas, on Dec. 29.Patton is now president and chiefexecutive officer of Wright MedicalTechnology Inc., an orthopedicmedical device company inMemphis, Tenn. NNaannccyy MMccCCaarrtthhyyPPhheellaann and her husband, John,


announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Keneally Elizabeth, on July 5,1997. KKaatthhlleeeenn QQuuiinnllaann RReeggnniieerrand her husband, John, announcethe birth of their son, Noah Patrick,on Dec. 3. Regnier is now assistantexecutive director of the Accredi-tation Council for ContinuingMedical Education in Chicago, Ill.TTiimmootthhyy MM.. RRooyyssttoonn and his wife,Betsey, announce the birth of theirson, John Paul II, on Feb. 24.RRoobbeerrtt JJ.. RRyyaann and his wife, Karin’89, announce the birth of theirdaughter, Kathleen Erin, on April 7.PPaattrriicciiaa ((FFaalllloonn)) SSwweeeett and herhusband, John, announce the birthof their son, Daniel Anthony, onMarch 15. RRuutthheelllleenn ((LLiippppyy))TThhoommppssoonn and her husband,Jeffrey, announce the birth of theirdaughter, Katie Samantha, on June9, 1997. Thompson is a nationalaccounts manager with NoiseCancellation Technologies inRaleigh, N.C. JJeeaanniinnee PPaaddaallaa TTooeessand her husband, James, announcethe birth of their son, ConnorGriffith, in July 1997. RRooggeelliioo JJ.. VVaazzis vice president and director ofGrupo Financiero Delta in Panama.

MARRIED: LLyynnnn EE.. BBaassiilliioo andHoward W. Mason on Oct. 11,1997 at St. Vincent de Paul Churchin East Haven, Conn. MMaarrttiinn FF..FFeetthheerrssttoonn JJrr.. and Cynthia D.Barnes on Oct. 18, 1997, at theUnited Methodist Church of Viennain Vienna, N.J. AAnnnn PP.. MMccCCaarrtthhyyand James Hackney in Boston inJune 1997. SStteepphheenn MM.. PPeecceevviicchhand Catherine Jerome on Sept. 27,1997 in St. Brigid’s Church, Boston.

1987Class Co-ChairsErin B. GrimesKathleen E. MoylanJames W. Nawn Jr.The RReevv.. WWiilllliiaamm RR.. CCaammppbbeellll,, SS..JJ..,,was ordained to the priesthood inSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel onJune 13; he has been named theexecutive director of the NativityPreparatory School in Roxbury,Mass. CChhaarrlloottttee NN.. EEyyeerrmmaann,, assis-tant professor of art history atUnion College, Schenectady, N.Y.,recently presented a lecture enti-tled “Impressionism in Context:Pissarro’s Comrades and theirPractices of Painting,” at theAlbany (N.Y.) Institute of Historyand Art. AAnnnn--MMaarriiee RRooccaa FFrriiccaannooreceived her master of science innursing degree in May from theMGH Institute of HealthProfessions at the MassachusettsGeneral Hospital in Boston. MMaarryyAAnnnn ((WWooooddffoorrdd)) KKlleeiinn and her hus-band, Matthew, announce the birthof their daughter, Allison Christine.SStteepphheenn FF.. MMccGGoonniiggllee,, who teach-es history at the Bishop FeehanHigh School in Attleboro, Mass.,was recently named head varsityfootball coach at the school; he isalso the head winter track coachand assistant boys’ spring trackcoach. GGiinnaa ((GGuuaarriinnoo)) RRyyaann andher husband, Peter, announce thebirth of their son, Patrick John, onMarch 9. JJeeaannnniiee HHaaaass SShhiieellddss andher husband, Patrick, announce thebirth of their identical twins,

Carolyn Marie and Erin Claire, onMarch 12. SShhaarroonn PP.. SSiieeggeell hasjoined the law firm of MirickO’Connell, which has offices inWorcester and Boston, as an asso-ciate in its labor and employmentpractice group; she will concen-trate her practice on employmentlaw and general civil litigation. LLtt..CCmmddrr.. KKaarreenn AA.. TTssiiaannttaass,, who isflag aide to the rear admiral com-mander of Naval base San Diego,was promoted to her current rankin April.

MARRIED: EErriikk WW.. LLeennzz and LauraT. Crane on Nov. 1, 1997 at St.Charles Borromeo Church inArlington, Va. LLtt.. DDaavviidd CC..MMccCCaarrtthhyy,, UUSSNN,, and Lt. Mary RoseSoberano Flores, USN, on Jan. 17at St. Edward’s Chapel Naval AirStation, in Jacksonville, Fla.

1988Class Co-ChairsPaul E. DemitHeidi M. Mechley-FeltonSSeeaann RR.. BBuurrnnss,, head tennis coachat Santa Clara (Calif.) University,has been named “Coach of theYear” in the West CoastConference. EElllleenn ((SShhiieellddss)) CCoonntteeis now advertising sales managerfor Crimson & Brown Associates inCambridge, Mass., a collegiatepublishing and recruiting firm.RRoonnaalldd GG.. GGeeoorrggee and his wife,Maryann, announce the birth oftheir son, Christian Michael, onSept. 24,1997. TThhoommaass FF.. JJeessssoopp JJrr..and his wife, Cathy (Greiner) ’89,announce the birth of their son,Patrick Thomas, in January. KKeevviinnSS.. MMuurrpphhyy has joined the law firmof Peabody & Brown, Boston, as anassociate in its litigation depart-ment. CChhrriissttoopphheerr DD.. SScchhootttt is nowwith Unum Life in Kansas City,Mo., as assistant manager of thefield office. MMaarrii--RRoossee ((MMccMMaannuuss))VVaanneecckkoo is currently a prosecutorwith the Cook County state attor-ney’s office in Chicago.

1989Class Co-ChairsChristina F. MaggiSean P. MartinAAnnggeellaa BBrreennnniinnkkmmeeyyeerr--VVoossss andher husband, Andreas, announcethe birth of their son, DennisBenedict. AAddeenniikkee DDaavviiddssoonn--JJoohhnnssoonn has accepted the positionof assistant professor of English atthe University of Central Florida inOrlando. AAnnnnee MMaarriiee ((BBrraaddyy)) andPPaauull JJ.. DDoonnnneellllyy announce the birthof their son, Sean Thomas, on Jan.10. Paul is now with ChaseSecurities in New York City.CCaatthheerriinnee ((GGrreeiinneerr)) JJeessssoopp and herhusband, Tom ’88, announce thebirth of their son, Patrick Thomas,in January. Cathy is a vice presidentin the finance division at GoldmanSachs in New York City. KKrriisstteenn EE..KKeeeeffee,, who received her degreefrom Temple University School ofLaw, Philadelphia, Pa., in May1997, is now doing civil rights lawfor the Public Interest Law Centerof Philadelphia, focusing on disabil-ity rights. RRaallpphh EE.. LLaaiirrdd and hiswife, Trina, announce the birth of

their daughter, Tegan Elizabeth, onJan. 16. Laird is an attorney inSacramento, Calif. JJeeaann HHaaggggeerrttyyMMccGGrraatthh,, coordinator of the news-paper in education program for theSheraton (Pa.) Times-Tribunenewspapers, has been appointed tothe board of trustees of FriendshipHouse, a regional provider ofbehavioral healthcare and protec-tive services for troubled childrenthroughout Pennsylvania. AAnnnnRReeiicchhaarrdd and SSeeaann TT.. MMccHHuugghhannounce the birth of their daugh-ter, Kathryn Ann, on July 27, 1997.LLaauurreenn AA.. MMccLLaauugghhlliinn is now vicepresident of production of LionsGate Films in New York City.SStteevveenn JJ.. MMeeuurreerr is currently anassociate vice president at theUniversity of Pittsburgh (Pa.)Medical Center-ShadysideHospital, where he oversees 13hospital departments. TThhoommaass JJ..OOnnooffrreeyy,, who completed his gradu-ate and postdoctoral studies at theUniversity of California-Irvine, isnow a senior research scientist atNanogen Inc. in San Diego. PPeetteerrCC.. PPaarrkk,, MM..DD..,, is currently finishinghis family practice residency inOlympia, Wash. HHeeaatthheerr MM.. RRoossss iscurrently working for PutumayoWorld Music, a world music recordlabel in New York City. KKaarriinn((FFoorrnneess)) RRyyaann and her husband,Bob ’86, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Kathleen Erin, onApril 7. PPhhiilliippee AA.. SSpprriinngguueell,, wholives in Brussels, Belgium, repre-sents a high-tech research thinktank. He advises electronics corpo-rations and governments and con-tinues to design entrepreneurshipprograms in North Africa.

MARRIED: JJoohhnn GG.. NNoooorryy and AmyShiflett on April 25 at St. JamesCatholic Church in Falls Church,Va. RRoobbeerrtt AA.. SSaammmmaarrttiinnoo andGrace E. Santos on April 18 at theBasilica of the National Shrine,Baltimore, Md.

1990Class Co-ChairsJohn P. FaggianoCamille A. GartnerSSccootttt PP.. BBaarrkkeerr and his wife,Denise, announce the birth of theirson, Peter, on May 22. GGeeoorrggee EE..CCeebbaallllooss,, who owns a sign andgraphics company in Portland,Ore., received his M.B.A. fromPortland State University in June1997. KKeevviinn MM.. JJoorrddaann is vice presi-dent with Goldman Sachs & Co. inNew York City.

1991Class Co-ChairsPeter J. CapizziKristin M. KraegerBBeettssyy BBooddeennrraaddeerr DDuurrnniinngg,, anEnglish and drama teacher at St.George’s School in Middletown,R.I., has been named to the boardof directors of the Arts andCultural Alliance of NewportCounty. LLiissaa ((DDuuffffyy)) GGiilllleeyy,, whoreceived her degree from theCatholic University Law School,Washington, D.C., in 1996, is cur-rently working in the legal depart-ment at Discovery Commu-

nications Inc. in Bethesda, Md.KKeevviinn JJ.. HHeeaallyy is now vice president– senior key account manager –with Dreyfus Investments in NewYork City. KKeevviinn JJ.. and SSuussaann((MMccMMaahhoonn)) MMuurrpphhyy announce thebirth of their son, ChristianWilliam, on July 3, 1997. AAnntthhoonnyySS.. OOlliivvaa,, MM..DD..,, who is currently liv-ing in Pittsburgh, Pa., is serving hisgeneral surgery residency at MercyHospital. JJuulliiee MM.. SSoolliinnsskkii,, whoreceived her degree from PaceUniversity Law School in May 1997and then passed the New Yorkstate bar exam, is currently withthe national department of theFirst American Title Insurance Co.in New York City. BBrraaddlleeyy JJ.. SSttaammmmand his wife, Meegan ’92,announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Madeline Rose, on Sept. 23,1997. Stamm has been named apartner in the Williamsville, N.Y.,law firm, Stamm, Reynolds andStamm. PPaattrriicckk CC.. TTrroommbbllyy,, whocurrently practices contract litiga-tion with the Navy Office ofGeneral Counsel in Washington,D.C., recently co-authored amotion and brief which resolvedfavorably a case before the Courtof Appeals for the Federal Circuit.In November, he passed theUniform CPA Examination.

MARRIED: LLiissaa AA.. DDuuffffyy and CraigA. Gilley on June 7, 1997 at HolyTrinity Church in Washington, D.C.NNaannccyy BB.. SSuulllliivvaann and Lewis P.Fulcher III at the North CommunityChurch in Marshfield Hills, Mass.,on March 21.

1992Class Co-ChairsRenee L. MartinMichael P. SullivanAAnnnn--MMaarriiee FFaarrrreellll has been namedthe campaign manager for JoshCutler, a democratic candidate forstate representative for the ThirdPlymouth District in Massa-chusetts. TTiimmootthhyy PP.. MMoooonneeyy,, leg-islative assistant and speech writerfor U.S. Sen. John Chafee, is nowhandling banking and agriculturalissues in addition to housing, gov-ernment affairs and small businessmatters. JJaammeess FF.. SShheeaa has joinedthe Hartford, Conn., law firm ofJackson, Lewis, Schnitzler &Krupman. MMeeeeggaann MMaattllaakk SSttaammmmand her husband, Bradley ’91,announce the birth of their daugh-ter, Madeline Rose, on Sept. 23,1997. Stamm works as a socialworker in the Buffalo public schoolsystem. GGeeoorrggee RR.. SSttrraayyttoonn,, whohas relocated to Hollywood, Calif.,is the director of marketing andmerchandising for RenaissancePictures, the production companythat produces “Hercules: TheLegendary Journeys” and “Xena:Warrior Princess.”

MARRIED: SStteevveenn PP.. LLeevvaannddoosskkyyand Julie L. Benson on June 21,1997, at the First CongregationalChurch in Holliston, Mass. TTiimmootthhyyDD.. MMccGGoovveerrnn and MMaauurraa EE..OO’’KKeeeeffee on Oct. 11, 1997, at St.Barnabas Church, Bellmore, N.Y.CCaapptt.. GGeeoorrggee MM.. RRoobbiinnssoonn,, UUSSMMCC,,and Jill E. Douglas ’96 at St. Johnthe Evangelist Church in


Swampscott, Mass., on Nov. 8,1997.

1993Class Co-ChairsPatrick J. ComerfordPatrick J. SansonettiMMeelliissssaa AA.. BBaatteemmaann is pursuing herlaw degree at Santa ClaraUniversity in California. MMaarriiaann MM..BBrraaddsshhaaww,, who teaches U.S. histo-ry, global studies and African-American history at her almamater, the Ursuline School in NewRochelle, N.Y., has recently accept-ed a two-year teaching position atthe Cairo (Egypt) AmericanCollege. KKrriissttiinn LL.. BBrraauunn recentlyreceived her M.B.A. from BryantCollege in Smithfield, R.I. KKiimmbbeerrllyyAA.. BBrriimmuuss is now in her third yearas conference producer forInternational Business Commu-nications USA, in Southborough,Mass. In January, KKaatthhlleeeenn((DDeecckkeerr)) DDeellaanneeyy began working atAnswerThink Consulting Group inNew York City, a newly createdconsulting company which offers arange of services to securitiesfirms. LLiillyy AAnnnn MM.. DDiivviinnoo has beenworking in New York City sinceJune 1997 as the community out-reach coordinator for the New Yorkchapter of the arthritis foundation.JJoohhnn PP.. FFllaahheerrttyy IIIIII has joined thetax department of the regionalpublic accounting and consultingfirm of Alexander, Aronson, Finning& Co., in Westboro, Mass. SStteevveennDD.. HHaarrrr,, who is completing hisstudies at the Johns HopkinsSchool of Medicine, Baltimore,Md., has accepted a residency ininternal medicine at the Universityof California-San Francisco. LLyynnnn--MMaarriiee HHeerrlliihhyy received her masterof science degree from TuftsUniversity, Medford, Mass. CCaapptt..TThhoommaass PP.. HHuummaannnn,, UUSSMMCC,, andhis wife, Kim, announce the birthof their son, Thomas Patrick, onMarch 14. LLiissaa ((OO’’NNeeiillll)) MMaarrtteell iscurrently working at Meditec,Canton, Mass., in its internationaldivision. MMaatttthheeww AA.. MMaarrtteell,, who iscompleting his studies at theCatholic University Law School,Washington, D.C., has accepted aposition with Testa, Hurwitz andThibeault in Boston. MMiigguueell--AAnnggeellooPPiirreess,, who is currently a police offi-cer in the Brighton/Allston, Mass.,area, owns a karate school, theBoston Tae Kwon Do Academy, inStoughton. EEiilleeeenn AA.. RRoocchhee is nowworking as a manuscript editor atthe Harvard Business Review inAllston, Mass. NNaannccyy AA.. SSllaanneeyy hasrecently been promoted to assis-tant controller for the PlymouthSavings Bank and its subsidiary,Plymouth Mortgage Co., inMiddleboro, Mass. Slaney, whojoined Plymouth Savings in 1997, isnow responsible for managing theaccounting department, preparingthe annual budget and overseeingthe profitability software. KKeeiitthh AA..VVeennddoollaa is currently pursuing ajoint M.D./ M.B.A. degree withDartmouth Medical School inHanover, N.H., and Northwestern’sJ.L. Kellogg Graduate School ofManagement in Evanston, Ill.

MARRIED: MMeelliissssaa AA.. BBaatteemmaannand Geof Bishop on March 7 inLongport, N.J. DDaavviidd JJ.. CCrroowwlleeyy andChristina L. Mercogliano ’95 in St.Joseph Memorial Chapel in May.SStteevveenn DD.. HHaarrrr and Allison Oaks onMarch 28 in Mobile, Ala. CCyynntthhiiaaBB.. MMaaiibbeerrggeerr and Joseph L.O’Donnell on Oct. 12, 1997 at St.Jerome Church in Norwalk, Conn.LLiissaa MM.. OO’’NNeeiillll and MMaatttthheeww AA..MMaarrtteell on August 9, 1997 in St.Joseph Memorial Chapel.

1994Class Co-ChairsJulia F. GentileAmanda M. MurphyMMaarrkk PP.. DDiiaazz has founded “Powerand Progress,” an independentpersonal training company operat-ing out of Lift Gym in New YorkCity. During the summer of 1997,he performed at the WoodstockShakespeare Festival. SShhaannnnoonn MM..HHaarrddiinngg,, a research technician forthe New York University MedicalCenter in New York City, is current-ly working with the NationalAeronautics and Space Adminis-tration. DDaavviidd RR.. HHoollmmeess placedsecond in MTV’s, “I wanna be aMTV VJ” search which took placerecently in New York City; he hadbeen one of five finalists selectedfrom 4,000 candidates seeking thevideo jockey position. JJaammeess MM..IInnggoogglliiaa,, who is a student atHofstra University Law School,Hempstead, N.Y., has beenappointed managing editor of arti-cles for volume 27 of the HofstraLaw Review, 1998-99. AAlliissoonn KK..KKoozzoowwyykk is a conversion specialistat Putnam Investments in Quincy,Mass. JJeennnniiffeerr II.. LLeeoonnaarrdd is a sen-ior account manager with the GigaInformation Group based in NewYork City. JJeennnniiffeerr AA.. LLiinnddwwaallll,, whois completing her studies at theUniversity of MassachusettsMedical School in Worcester, hasaccepted a pediatric residency atthe University of Connecticut inHartford. BBeetthh ((HHuugghheess)) MMiitttteellmmaannworks in the mergers and acquisi-tions group of the software servic-es firm, Mastech Corp., in Oakdale,Pa. CCaarreenn LL.. PPiieellaa,, who is the pub-licist and manager of communica-tions for the Sony Corporation ofAmerica, works with Sony’s music,movies, Play Station, electronicsand online businesses; she alsoconducts premieres and screeningsfor Sony in New York City. MMiicchhaaeellCC.. SSttrraaccccoo is currently working fora small C.P.A. firm in Boston.

MARRIED: KKaatthhlleeeenn CC.. DDaawwssoonnand Andrew W. Ayers on April 18at St. Aloysius Church in NewCanaan, Conn.

1995Class Co-ChairsChristopher J. CaslinShelagh A. FoleyB. Timothy KellerJJuussttiinn AA.. BBaarrccllaayy is pursuing hisM.B.A. at Boston College. EEddmmuunnddPP.. BBeelllleezzaa,, who is completing hismaster’s degree in counseling psy-chology at Northeastern University,Boston, is also finishing an intern-

ship at the Martha Eliot HealthCenter in Jamaica Plain, Mass.,where he works with adults andchildren as a mental health coun-selor. 22nndd LLtt.. MMaatttthheeww PP.. BBuurrkkee,,UUSSAA,, is completing his first year atthe Uniformed Services Universityof Health Sciences, School ofMedicine, in Bethesda, Md. LLtt.. jj..gg..SShhaannee DD.. CCooooppeerr,, UUSSNN,, wasrecently presented the “SilverDolphins” pin with his designationas “Enlisted Submarine WarfareSpecialist,” while serving with thesubmarine Precommissioning UnitConnecticut, based at Groton,Conn. He earned the silver dol-phins insignia after spending morethan 48 weeks learning the differ-ent phases of submarine opera-tions. KKrriissttoopphheerr RR.. DDaavviiggnnoonn iscompleting his third year at theUniversity of Vermont-College ofMedicine, in Burlington. RRoobbeerrtt MM..FFrroosstt JJrr..,, who is completing hisstudies at the University ofConnecticut School of Law inHartford, has accepted the positionof first-year associate with the lawfirm of Zeldes, Needle & Couper inBridgeport, Conn. KKrriissttiinnaa EE..JJoohhnnssoonn,, who is completing herstudies at Northeastern UniversitySchool of Law, Boston, has accept-ed the position of associate in thelitigation department of the Bostonfirm, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.KKeevviinn MM.. KKuuddllaa recently completedone year as both the men’s andwomen’s assistant basketball coachat Clarkson University in Potsdam,N.Y. MMaarriiaa GG.. MMaarrrraannzziinnii is attend-ing Marquette University School ofDentistry in Milwaukee, Wis. JJoohhnnPP.. MMccLLaauugghhlliinn received his jurisdoctor degree from SuffolkUniversity, Boston, in May.CChhrriissttiinnaa LL.. MMeerrccoogglliiaannoo is current-ly working for Oracle Corp.,Redwood Shores, Calif., as a seniorcompliance analyst. JJoohhnn FF.. MMiilllleerrworks on the portfolio strategiesdesk in the fixed income division ofBear, Stearns & Co., Inc., in NewYork City. 11sstt LLtt.. JJoohhnn MM.. OOrrssmmoonndd,,UUSSMMCC,, is now taking advancedhelicopter training in Milton, Fla.JJuunnee MM.. SSaanncchheezz received her mas-ter of science degree in educationwith a certification in intensive spe-cial needs from Simmons College,Boston, in May. KKaarreenn MM.. SScchheesssslleerrteaches first grade in Bernardsville,N.J. EElliizzaabbeetthh RR.. SSllaatttteerryy,, whoworks for Manpower Inc., hasrecently been promoted to supervi-sor in the company’s Westborough,Mass., office. PPaattrriicckk JJ.. SSllaatttteerryyteaches mathematics and serves asthe director of technology at theHillside School in Marlborough,Mass. JJoosseepphh DD.. VVaaccccaarroo,, who iscompleting his studies at St. John’sUniversity Law School, has accept-ed the position of tax consultant atPrice-Waterhouse in New YorkCity. LLtt.. jj..gg.. PPaattrriicckk MM.. YYoouunngg,, UUSSNN,,is currently serving on the staff ofthe Mine CountermeasuresSquadron Two, Ingleside, Texas, asthe assistant readiness and trainingofficer.

MARRIED: BBrreennddaann TT.. BBaakkeerr andJenna L. Albert at MemorialChurch, Harvard University,Cambridge, Mass. CChhrriissttiinnaa LL..

MMeerrccoogglliiaannoo and David J. Crowley’93, in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel,in May.

1996Class Co-ChairsJennifer E. BurnsHolly R. KhachadoorianChristopher L. SearsAAmmyy EE.. BBllaahhaa has been working inthe Dublin office of the InvestmentBank & Trust Co., Boston. JJiillll AA..CChhmmiieelleewwsskkii is pursuing her Ph.D.in classics at Duke University,Durham, N.C. EEnnss.. JJuussttiinn SS.. CCrroossss,,UUSSNN,, recently received his commis-sion as a naval officer after com-pleting officer candidate school atthe Naval Aviation SchoolsCommand, Naval Air Station, inPensacola, Fla. JJeeffffrreeyy MM.. DDrreeww isnow an assistant account executivewith Professional Media ServicesInc., in Newton, Mass. MMaatttthheeww RR..FFaannttaassiiaa is in his second year atTufts University Dental School inBoston. JJooaannnnaa FFuurrmmoonnaavviicciiuussworks for three ophthalmologists inHamden, Conn., as an assistant.MMiicchhaaeell LL.. GGaannnnoonn is now assistanteditor at Venture Capital Journal,Securities Data Publishing, in NewYork City. RRoobbeerrtt DD.. GGoommiinniiaakk hasbeen promoted to assistant vicepresident at Fleet Bank in Bostonwhere he oversees first-time home-owner mortgages. JJuulliiaannnnJJaakkiimmcczzyykk is currently serving hersecond year with the JVC; she coor-dinates an after-school programand teaches preschool to formerlyhomeless children in New YorkCity. KKaarraa RR.. MMaaccDDeerrmmootttt is in herfirst year at the Mayo MedicalSchool in Rochester, Minn. MMiicchhaaeellKK.. MMaannvviillllee has been named publicrelations manager by the NantucketIsland (Mass.) Chamber ofCommerce. DDaanniieell PP.. MMoonneeyyppeennnnyyis currently a graduate student andteaching assistant in medical stud-ies at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. CCrriissttiinnMMuullddeerriigg is completing her firstyear at the University of NorthCarolina School of Medicine,Chapel Hill. EElllliioott MM.. RReeppkkoo teach-es middle-school French andEnglish and coaches the boys’ crewteam at the Hun School ofPrinceton in New Jersey. JJaassoonn WW..RRooooss,, who is a student at the JohnsHopkins School of Medicine,Baltimore, Md., also coaches crewat Loyola College in Baltimore,where he is the varsity women’scoach. 22nndd LLtt.. EErriinn PP.. OO’’SSuulllliivvaann,,UUSSAAFF,, attends navigator school atthe Naval Air Station in Pensacola,Fla. KKaatthhlleeeenn DD.. PPeerrkkiinnss is in hersecond year at Tufts UniversityDental School in Boston. RRiicchhaarrddAA.. SSuubbrriizziioo is a student at BostonCollege Law School.

MARRIED: JJiillll EE.. DDoouuggllaass and Capt.George M. Robinson, USMC, ’92,at St. John the Evangelist Church inSwampscott, Mass., on Nov. 8,1997. SSaannddrraa LL.. PPoommnniittzz and GaryGullo on July 18 in St. JosephMemorial Chapel.


1997Class Co-ChairsMarnie J. CambriaBrian T. O’ConnorJulie E. OrioVViirrggiinniiaa BBeennzzaann,, who is a congres-sional aide for CongressmanEdward Markey, handles socialservice issues including housing,social security and welfare, in hisdistrict office in Medford, Mass.PPeetteerr WW.. BBrreeeenn is a productionassistant for MSNBC in New YorkCity. EElliizzaabbeetthh RR.. CCoollee,, who is cur-rently a first-year student at BostonUniversity School of Law, wasrecently elected co-president ofBoston University’s SAFE-D organi-zation (Student Advocates forEnding Domestic Violence).AAmmaannddaa PP.. CCoonnddoonn,, who complet-ed her JVC year in Oregon inNovember, now works for theLeague of Women Voters ofMassachusetts. JJeennnniiffeerr MM..DDeePPrriizziioo is pursuing a master’sprogram in museum education atGeorge Washington University inWashington, D.C. TTiimmootthhyy FF.. DDooyylleeis with the JVC in Mobile, Ala. EErriiccaaLL.. DDrriissccoollll is currently working forComputerworld Publishing,Framingham, Mass., in its recruit-ment advertising sales department.CCaarroollyynn JJ.. FFllyynnnn is completing herfirst year at the University ofConnecticut School of Law inHartford. RRyyaann MM.. HHaannssoonn hasbeen promoted to media plannerat Foote, Cone & BeldingAdvertising in New York City.AAlliissoonn AA.. HHaawwkkiinnss is currently withthe JVC in Hillsboro, Ore., whereshe works in a migrant health clin-ic. MMaarriinnaa MM.. HHooffffmmaannnn is current-ly working at LIFE magazine inpublic relations for Time, Inc., inNew York City. MMaarriissssaa JJ.. KKeellllyy iscompleting her first year at theUniversity of Notre Dame School ofLaw in South Bend, Ind. DDaannaa EE..KKnnooxx played the role of “TheBeast” in the May 17 presentationof Beauty and the Beast at the

Rutland (Vt.) Intermediate School;the performance was a productionof the American Family Theater’s“Broadway for Kids.” SShheerrii AA..LLaaFFrraammbbooiissee,, who works forAndersen Consulting out ofHartford, Conn., is currently work-ing on a project in Philadelphia.RRiiccaarrddoo DD.. MMaacchhaaddoo teachesadvanced placement calculus andpre-calculus and serves as assis-tant junior varsity baseball coach athis alma mater, the MonsignorPace High School, in Miami, Fla.SSaarraahh AA.. MMaanneeyy has accepted aposition as a university fellow inthe history department atNorthwestern University inChicago. RRoobbeerrtt AA.. OO’’CCoonnnneellll,, whoteaches mathematics and scienceat the Newman Preparatory Schoolin Boston, is also taking courses atBoston College toward certificationin mathematics instruction. 22nndd LLtt..MMiicchhaaeell JJ.. PPoowweerrss,, UUSSMMCC,, whorecently received his commission,is currently stationed at Quantico,Va., where he attends “The BasicSchool.” KKaatthhlleeeenn AA.. SSttrraaww attendsthe Boston University School ofPublic Health where she is concen-trating in health law. SSttaacceeyy LL..VVaalleennttiinnee is now working at theMassachusetts General Hospital,Charlestown, in the moleculardevelopmental neurosciencedepartment. KKiimmbbeerrllyy AA.. WWiissee cur-rently works at the New EnglandCenter for Children where sheteaches autistic children, aged fiveto seven, in a one-on-one setting;she is also enrolled in a master’sprogram for intensive special needsat Simmons College in Boston.

Sirois ’96 Receives Grant

Brian C. Sirois ’96, who is currently working on hisPh.D. in the department of clinical and health psychology

at the University of Florida at Shands Hospital in Gainesville,is involved in research, clinical assessments and therapy withadults and children in the psychology clinic there. Specializingin health psychology/behavioral medicine, he does medicalinpatient consultations and addresses issues such as chronicpain and pre-transplant evaluations.

In addition to presenting research at the Society ofBehavioral Medicine and the Florida Psychological Associationconferences, Sirois has received a grant from the ShandsHospital to perform a two-year research study on the variousfactors and cost outcomes related to patients receivingnonsurgical cardiac interventions. Co-author of another grantfrom the Florida Department of Public Health, he is alsocollaborating on a project concerned with disease prevention inthe rural areas of Florida.

1926Thomas F. DelaneyJune 6, 1998In New Jersey. Mr. Delaney, 93,had been a manager of the S.S.Kresge Co. for many years; duringthe 1950s and 1960s, he ownedthe Thomas F. Delaney Paint &Hardware store in New Hyde Park,N.Y., retiring in 1968. He is sur-vived by five sons; a daughter; 17grandchildren; 10 great-grandchil-dren; and one great-great-grand-child.

George M. FitzgeraldMay 17, 1998In Holyoke, Mass. Mr. Fitzgerald,96, had worked for the U.S. PostalService for 12 years, retiring in1972. Previously, he worked atWestover Air Force Base inChicopee Falls, Mass., and at theSpringfield Armory during WorldWar II. In the 1930s, while workingin city textile mills, Mr. Fitzgeraldorganized worker education pro-grams and coordinated workers’classes. He is survived by foursons; and a daughter.

1928William J. DaltonApril 27, 1998In his West Yarmouth, Mass.,home, at 92. Prior to his retire-ment, Mr. Dalton had worked forthe state of Massachusetts welfaredepartment as a field representa-tive for the Worcester regionaloffice. Previously, he had beenmanager of the Milford, Mass.,office of the Beneficial FinanceCo., for 21 years, retiring in 1965;he had joined the company, origi-nally called Industrial Bankers, in1932. Mr. Dalton is survived by hiswife, Alice; two sons; a daughter; abrother; a sister; eight grandchil-dren; and nine great-grandchildren.

1930Francis E. McLaughlinApril 2, 1998In Bath, Maine, at 90. Mr.McLaughlin had been a represen-tative for Metropolitan LifeInsurance Co. in Rockland andBath for 36 years, retiring in 1969.He had also been an active sup-porter of all sports in the Bath areafor many years, including LittleLeague, American Legion andMorse High School baseball pro-grams. During World War II, Mr.McLaughlin served in the Army. Heis survived by his wife, Lucille; ason; two daughters; a half-sister;six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

1932Thomas H. SheaApril 14, 1998At Our Lady of Fatima Hospital,North Providence, R.I., at 92. Mr.Shea had been a teacher at NorthProvidence High School for 37years and had served as chairman

of the business department untilhis retirement in 1976. DuringWorld War II, he served in theArmy. Mr. Shea is survived by ason; a daughter; and four grand-children. His brothers were the lateWilliam D. ’16; the Rev. Msgr.George A. ’18; Edward J. ’25; andthe Rev. Leo C. ’29.

1933Joseph J. HastingsApril 18, 1998At the Shrewsbury (Mass.) NursingCenter, at 86. Mr. Hastings hadbeen a social worker for the stateDepartment of Public Welfare forapproximately 20 years, retiring in1979. An Army veteran of WorldWar II, he served in the Pacific andsaw action in New Guinea and theSouthern Philippines. Mr. Hastingshad been a member of the CenturyClub of Holy Cross. He is survivedby a sister; nephews and nieces;and grandnephews and grand-nieces.

Colbert W. SmithApril 15, 1998At the Willowood Health CareCenter, Williamstown, Mass., at86. Prior to his retirement in 1972,Mr. Smith had been employed atthe North Adams (Mass.) RegionalHospital. Previously, he hadworked at the former Arnold PrintWorks in North Adams and hadalso been employed for severalyears by the city of North Adamsas an assistant to the former MayorCornelius O’Brien. Mr. Smith issurvived by his wife, Mildred; ason; two daughters; three grand-children; several nieces; nephews;grandnieces and grandnephews.

1934Francis K. DuaneMay 27, 1998At the West Roxbury (Mass.)Veterans Administration Hospital,at 87. Mr. Duane, a formeraccountant, had been an Army pla-toon leader with the 88th InfantryDivision during World War II. Adecorated veteran, he received theBronze Star Medal which wasawarded for heroic action againstthe enemy in Italy on May 11,1944; he also received the PurpleHeart with oak leaf cluster, havingbeen twice wounded in Italy, andthe Combat Infantry Badge. Mr.Duane is survived by his daughter;a brother; two sisters; a grand-daughter; and many nieces andnephews.

1935Paul H. PhaneufApril 1, 1998At Malden (Mass.) Hospital, at 83.Mr. Phaneuf had been a Frenchteacher, assistant professor ofEnglish, and superintendent ofschools in Dracut, Mass., for 14years; prior to his retirement, hehad been superintendent ofschools in Malden, Mass., for 23years. During World War II, Mr.Phaneuf served five years in theNavy, and during the Korean War,he served two years, retiring as a

In Memoriam

commander in the U.S. NavalReserve. Mr. Phaneuf is survived byhis wife, Mary; four sons; threedaughters; and five grandchildren.

1936Vincent J. Donnelly Sr.April 11, 1998In New Jersey, at 82. Mr. Donnelly,who was retired, is survived by hiswife, Rita; a son; and a daughter.

James H. HobinJuly 4, 1997In Michigan, at 84. Mr. Hobin, whohad worked for General Motors,retired in 1978 after 30 years ofservice. He is survived by a son;and three daughters.

Joseph E. McConvilleApril 23, 1998In Florida, at 83. Mr. McConville,who was retired, is survived by hiswife, Eleanor; and his brother,Donald F. ’47. His father was thelate Joseph A. ’14.

John M. O’MaraJune 19, 1998In New Jersey, at 84. Prior to hisretirement in 1984, Mr. O’Marahad been vice president of NewYork University in charge of realestate holdings; previously, he hadworked for Webb & Knapp as avice president of real estate. At thestart of his career, Mr. O’Mara hadbeen a special agent in the F.B.I.,and subsequently became chair-man of the anti-crime commissionin New York City. He was a boardmember of the HeckscherFoundation for Children and theSecurity Capitol, also in New YorkCity. Mr. O’Mara is survived by hiswife, Elisabeth; a son; three daugh-ters; and eight grandchildren.

1937Edward J. Hoar Jr.March 21, 1998In Elihu Nursing Home, Braintree,Mass., at 82. Mr. Hoar had workedfor the U.S. Postal Service for 24years, retiring in 1972. A veteran ofthe Army Medical Corps duringWorld War II, he had been a mem-ber of the 107th EvacuationHospital Unit. He is survived by hiswife, Elizabeth; a son; a daughter;and three grandchildren.

1938Charles J. Snyder Jr.May 3, 1998In New York. Mr. Snyder is survivedby his wife, Mary; a son; and twindaughters.

1939Seymour McLeanApril 7, 1998In his Centerville, Mass., home, at81. Mr. McLean owned and operat-ed the Wine Shop and WabanRealty, Newton, Mass., from 1946until his retirement in 1983.Previously, he had worked for theCoca-Cola Co. of Boston. An Armyveteran of World War II, Mr.McLean had served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Cmdr. James

Townsend of the 35th AA Brigadeand received five battle citationsbefore his honorable discharge as afirst lieutenant in 1946. He was aHoly Cross class agent and a mem-ber of the Century Club of HolyCross. Mr. McLean is survived byhis wife, Rita; two sons; two daugh-ters; seven grandchildren; andnieces and nephews.

1940Hanley Dawson Jr.May 24, 1998In Illinois. Mr. Dawson, 80, hadbeen president of Hanley DawsonInvestment Co. in Chicago. Activein the automobile industry, he hadowned several dealerships inChicago during the 1970s and1980s. Mr. Dawson had been amember of the President’s Council.He is survived by his wife, Joyce;four children, including Jennifer J.’92; and four grandchildren.

Robert F. Keppel Jr.Nov. 5, 1997In Lancaster, Pa. Mr. Keppel, 79,had been president, chairman andchief executive officer of Keppel’sInc. in Lancaster. He is survived byhis wife, Beatrice; two sons; and adaughter.

Clytis J. TheriaultJune 5, 1998In Geneva, N.Y., at 81. Prior to hisretirement, Mr. Theriault hadworked for 28 years in the specialservices division of the SenecaArmy Depot in Romulus, N.Y.During World War II, he servedwith the Army’s 203rd FieldArtillery and saw action in Franceand Germany; his decorationsincluded the Bronze Star and thePurple Heart. Active in baseballthroughout his life, Mr. Theriaulthad been a Little League organizerin Geneva and a scout for theCincinnati Reds. Prior to WorldWar II, he had played semiprofes-sional baseball and football withthe Portland (Maine) Sagamores ofthe New England League; followingthe war, he was drafted into theBrooklyn Dodgers’ organization. Astar three-sport athlete at CheverusHigh School, Portland, Maine, Mr.Theriault was a pitcher for two sea-sons at Holy Cross. In 1981, he wasinducted into the Maine BaseballHall of Fame. Mr. Theriault is sur-vived by his wife, Jeanne; two sons;a daughter; a brother; a sister; andsix grandchildren.

1941Rev. John E. GuineyJune 2, 1998At Henry Heywood MemorialHospital, Gardner, Mass., at 80.Ordained to the priesthood in1947, Fr. Guiney served variousparishes in the Archdiocese ofBoston for over 40 years. Followingordination, he served as assistantat the Catholic Boys GuidanceCenter in Boston and later as chap-lain to the religious faculty atEmmanuel College. He also servedon the Priest Senate from 1972-73.Prior to his retirement in 1988, Fr.Guiney had been the pastor of St.Theresa of the Child Jesus Church

in Watertown for 15 years. He issurvived by his brother, William P.’43; two sisters; two nephews; anda niece.

Jack A. VaccarelliMay 1, 1998At Danbury (Conn.) Hospital, at 78.Prior to his retirement in 1987, Mr.Vaccarelli served as U.S.Postmaster of Danbury for 30years. A pilot in the U.S. Army AirCorps during World War II, he flew75 missions over the Himalayas fer-rying troops and supplies fromIndia into China; he was awardedthe Air Medal and theDistinguished Flying Cross.Following the war, Mr. Vaccarelliflew briefly for American Airlinesbefore becoming the tax assessorfor the city of Danbury. He is sur-vived by his brother, Andrea V. ’42;an aunt; a niece; a nephew; fourgrandnieces; and two grand-nephews.

1942Edward M. MaherJune 15, 1998At the White Plains (N.Y.) HospitalMedical Center. Mr. Maher, 77, hadbeen a partner in the New YorkCity law firm of Townley & Updikeprior to his retirement and a formertrustee of Iona College in NewRochelle. He was a member of thePresident’s Council. Mr. Maher issurvived by his wife, Margaret.

John P. SheeranMay 13, 1998In New York City. Mr. Sheeran, 77,had been a banker for the HudsonValley National Bank in Yonkers,N.Y., until his retirement in 1982.During World War II, he served asa lieutenant in the Navy. Mr.Sheeran is survived by his wife,

Katherine; a son; three daughters;two sisters; and nine grandchildren.

1943William T. FitzgeraldApril 17, 1998At the Griffin Hospital, Derby,Conn. Prior to his retirement, Mr.Fitzgerald, 76, had been a teacherat Ansonia (Conn.) High School.He is survived by three sisters; andmany nieces and nephews.

Eugene T. LawlessMay 16, 1998At Culpeper (Va.) MemorialHospital, at 77. Prior to his retire-ment in 1989, Mr. Lawless hadbeen a sales engineer and directorof marketing for the RCA Corp., theMinnesota Mining Co., and theGeneral Building Corp., and hadalso been an independent market-ing consultant. A lieutenant withthe Marine Corps during WorldWar II, he served with the SixthMarine Division on Okinawa andwas awarded the Bronze Star withthe combat “V” and three PurpleHearts. He retired from the MarineCorps Reserve in 1950 with therank of major. Mr. Lawless is sur-vived by his wife, Elaine; fourdaughters; five sons; a sister; 20grandchildren; a great-grandchild;and many nieces and nephews.

1944William L. Lebling Jr.April 13, 1998In Maryland. Mr. Lebling had beena member of the President’sCouncil. He is survived by his wife,Norma; two sons; four daughters;and a brother, Robert W. ’45. Hisfather was the late William L. ’17.


1945Paul F. HopperMay 12, 1998

In Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, at 73. Priorto his retirement in 1988, Mr. Hopper had

worked many years for the General FoodsCorp., most recently serving as the corporatedirector of scientific affairs. Former presidentof both the Institute of Food Technologists(IFT) and the Flavor and ExtractManufacturers’ Association, he was an activespokesman for increased global awareness offood safety and technology. Mr. Hopper estab-lished the World Food Prize, a $250,000annual grant supported by the John RuanFoundation, in recognition of worldwideaccomplishments in food and agriculture. Inaddition to organizing the Food and DrugAdministration’s Food Safety Council whichsets criteria for judging the safety of food andfood ingredients, he also served as the architectof the International Food Information Council. An adjunct professor of foodscience at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., Mr. Hopper was the recipient ofthe Carl R. Fellers Award, sponsored by the Phi Tau Sigma HonorarySociety and the IFT to honor scientific leaders for their contributions to theprofession of food science and technology. Mr. Hopper was also a memberof New York Gov. Hugh Carey’s Nutrition Watch Committee and chairmanof the National Committee for Nutrition Labeling Education as well as theCommittee on Nutrition and Health of the Boy Scouts of America. A Navyveteran, he served three years in the Pacific during World War II. Mr.Hopper had been a Holy Cross class agent and a member of thePresident’s Council. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; two sons, includingJohn A. ’78; two daughters; a daughter-in-law, Lisabeth A. (Rehm) ’81; andseven grandchildren.

1945John L. O’BrienApril 10, 1998At his Wilton, Conn., home, at 74.Prior to his retirement in 1987, Mr.O’Brien had been vice president ofthe American IndependentReinsurance, in Stamford, Conn.;from 1971 to 1980, he had servedas vice president of NationalReinsurance, which recentlymerged with General Reinsurance.At the outset of his career, heworked for the Multi LineInsurance Rating Bureau, whichlater became the InsuranceServices Office. Following retire-ment, Mr. O’Brien worked parttime in the pharmacy at Silver HillHospital in New Canaan, Conn.,and also assisted in the accountingdepartment at Private FinancialServices. A Navy veteran of WorldWar II, he served in the SouthPacific aboard the USS Adair PA91. Mr. O’Brien is survived by hiswife, Rita; three sons; two daugh-ters; two sisters; and 15 grandchil-dren.

Robert U. ParishMarch 30, 1998In Houston, Texas, at 72. Mr.Parish, who had been active in anumber of civic activities, served inthe Navy during World War II. Heis survived by two nieces.

1946Joseph WalshMay 29, 1998At the Grand Islander Health CareCenter in Middletown, R.I., at 74.Prior to his retirement in 1974, Mr.Walsh had been the assistant man-ager of Walsh Bros. Furniture Storein Newport, R.I., since 1946. ANavy veteran, he served in thePacific during World War II. Mr.Walsh is survived by two sons; fourdaughters; three sisters; four broth-ers; and 10 grandchildren.

1948George E. FlahertyApril 11, 1998At Union Hospital, Lynn, Mass. Mr.Flaherty, 74, had been a sales engi-neer with the General Electric Co.for 37 years, retiring in 1984.During World War II, he served inthe Army as a technical sergeant.Mr. Flaherty is survived by foursons; two daughters; a brother; 12grandchildren; a great-granddaugh-ter; and several nieces andnephews.

1949John E. HayesSept. 15, 1996In Burlington, Vt. Mr. Hayes is sur-vived by his wife, Marmete; twosons; and three daughters.

Richard M. McGuane, M.D.May 18, 1998At Baystate Medical Center,Springfield, Mass., at 70. Prior tohis retirement in 1991, Dr.McGuane had been a physician forthe state of ConnecticutDepartment of Corrections since1978. Previously, he had main-

tained a pediatrics practice inEnfield, Conn., for 20 years. Dr.McGuane had also been a pediatri-cian at St. Francis Hospital andMedical Center in Hartford. Heserved in the Army from 1955-57and was a captain at Fort Meade,Md. Dr. McGuane is survived by hiswife, Patricia; six sons, includingKevin M. ’77; a daughter-in-law,Karen M. ’78; a sister; and 13grandchildren. His brother was thelate Raymond A. ’53.

Edward F. O’RourkeApril 9, 1998At his Sandwich, Mass., home, at70. Prior to his retirement in 1985,Mr. O’Rourke had been the adver-tising manager for the Bostonbranch of Catz Communications.Previously, he worked in salesadvertising for station WMTV-TV,Channel 8, in Portland, Maine,from 1958 until 1967. A member ofthe Holy Cross Varsity Club, Mr.O’Rourke was the manager of the1949 football team that appearedin the Orange Bowl. He is survivedby his wife, Anne; four sons, includ-ing Kevin M. ’81; a daughter; astepmother; a brother, C. Philip Jr.’50; a sister; a cousin, Richard T.’51; nephews, including Gary P.Martin ’84; nieces, includingStephanie A. Martin ’81; fivegrandchildren; and two step-grand-children.

James F. ShawOct. 1, 1997At Braemoor Nursing Home,Brockton, Mass., at 72. Prior to hisretirement, Mr. Shaw taught atBrockton High School for morethan 30 years. He served in theNavy during World War II and theKorean War. Mr. Shaw is survivedby his wife, Frances; five sons; abrother; and several nieces andnephews.

1950Edward G. Brungard Jr., D.D.S.April 6, 1998At Vencor Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.,at 70. Prior to his retirement in1993, Dr. Brungard had maintaineda private dental practice for 40years; he began his practice in St.Louis but spent most of his careerin Creve Coeur. He had also been aprofessor of dentistry for 10 yearsat Washington University’s Schoolof Dentistry. During the 1940s and1950s, Dr. Brungard was an ama-teur rugby player and president ofthe Missouri Rugby Football Union.He served in the Navy from 1946-47. Dr. Brungard is survived bythree sons; two daughters; a sisterand 10 grandchildren.

Aloysius J. Hogan Jr.May 22, 1998In Drexel Hill, Pa., at 69. Prior tohis retirement in 1991, Mr. Hoganhad worked for 37 years as a staffengineer for the PhiladelphiaElectric Co.; beginning his career inthe infancy of commercial nuclearpower, he was among the earlydesigners of the Fermi nuclearpower plant, Monroe, Mich., andalso the Peach Bottom andLimerick nuclear power plants, forthe Philadelphia Electric Co. Mr.

Hogan served in the U.S. NavalReserve for 26 years, retiring in1976 with the rank of commander.He had been a Holy Cross classagent. Mr. Hogan is survived by hiswife, Rosemary; three sons; twodaughters; a brother-in-law,Edward J. Golden ’55; a cousin,Michael T., M.D., ’63; and 11grandchildren. His father was thelate Aloysius J. ’21; his uncles werethe late James A. ’23 and FrancisA. ’30; and his cousin was the lateJames A., M.D., ’53.

James R. KeaneMay 7, 1998At his Danbury (Conn.) home, at69. Prior to his retirement in 1990,Mr. Keane taught social studies for33 years at Danbury High School;he began his teaching career in1953 at Fairfield Prep where hetaught Latin, English and history forfour years. Active in communityaffairs, he was a member of theDanbury Common Council from1955 to 1961. Mr. Keane had alsobeen the church organist and choirdirector for St. Joseph Church,Brookfield, Conn., for 30 years.During the Korean War, he servedin the Army. Mr. Keane is survivedby a brother; a niece; two nephews;and cousins.

John J. NagleMay 18, 1998At his Lee (Mass.) home, at 71.Prior to his retirement in 1991, Mr.Nagle had served as the townclerk, treasurer and assessor forthe town of Lee for 22 years. Hehad also been the director of theCatholic Youth Center in Pittsfield,Mass., in the early 1950s and laterworked for Crescent Creamery,also in Pittsfield, and theMetropolitan Life Insurance Co.During World War II, Mr. Nagleserved in the Navy. He is survivedby two daughters.

1952David J. Finn Jr.March 31, 1998In Chula Vista, Calif., at 68. Mr.Finn is survived by his wife, Shirley.

John F. HoarMay 8, 1998At his West Springfield, Mass.,home, at 66. Mr. Hoar, who hadbeen a senior vice president andlending officer of Fleet Bank,retired in 1993, after 32 years inthe banking industry. During theKorean War, he served in the Army.Mr. Hoar had been a Holy Crossclass agent. He is survived by hiswife, Patricia; a son, Michael J. ’86;three daughters, includingKathleen Ghiloni ’91; and a sister.

George B. Wilkinson Jr.May 6, 1998At his Meriden, Conn., home. Mr.Wilkinson, 69, had been a long-time securities executive withCoburn & Meredith Inc., an invest-ment firm in Hartford, Conn.During the Korean War, he servedin the Army. Mr. Wilkinson is sur-vived by his wife, Constance; twosons; two daughters; son-in-lawDennis M. Callahan ’76; and fourgrandchildren.

1953Gilman J. ChasseJune 22, 1998In Bangor, Maine, at 67. Mr.Chasse is survived by his wife,Josephine; three sons; and twodaughters.

Francis D. Hassett Jr.June 13, 1998In Saints Memorial Medical Center,Lowell, Mass. Mr. Hassett, 67, hadbeen a prison literature teacherand outreach worker at theWorcester County House ofCorrection in West Boylston,Mass., and served as a liaisonbetween the prison administrationand multi-faith chaplaincy pro-grams. He previously served formany years in the Oblates of MaryImmaculate, including the posts ofvicar provincial and provincial ofOblates. Mr. Hassett is survived byhis wife, Margaret; a stepson; astepdaughter; his father; a brother,Daniel G. ’57; a sister; nephewsand nieces; and grandnephews andgrandnieces.

Francis J. LopatoMay 17, 1998At his Worcester (Mass.) home, at66. Mr. Lopato, who taught 30years in the Millbury (Mass.)school system, served as principalof the Raymond Shaw MiddleSchool for 15 years prior to hisretirement. He is survived by hiswife, Corine; a son; three daugh-ters; his mother; a sister; ninegrandchildren; and nephews andnieces.

1954William R. LynchJune 12, 1998At Chester County Hospital, WestChester, Pa. Mr. Lynch, 66, hadbeen a systems engineer with theInternational Business MachinesCorp., Radnor, Pa., for 35 years,retiring in 1991. He had also servedin the U.S. Navy. Mr. Lynch is sur-vived by two sons; a brother,Robert H. ’54; and a granddaugh-ter.

1955Donald S. CarrApril 1, 1998In Virginia, at 64. Mr. Carr, whoretired from the U.S. Marine Corpsas a lieutenant colonel in 1976,joined a Virginia-based company asan engineer, designing aircraftmachinery and equipment for theNavy and the Marine Corps. He issurvived by his wife, Lorraine; twosons; and three daughters.

Edwin J. Conley Jr. May 20, 1998In Worcester, at 64. Mr. Conley, aretired Air Force lieutenant colonel,served in the military for 23 years,until 1978. A decorated veteran ofthe Vietnam War, he received theSilver Star for gallantry as an A-1Sky Raider pilot near Dong Hoi,North Vietnam, in 1968; theDistinguished Flying Cross, forleading a rescue effort that saved adowned crew member; the AirMedal with four oak leaf clusters;


and the Air Force CommendationService Medal, in 1967, for distinc-tion as an assistant professor ofaerospace studies at BostonUniversity. Mr. Conley is survivedby a son; four daughters; threebrothers, including William J.,director of administrative servicesat Holy Cross; two sisters; 12grandchildren; and nephews andnieces.

1958Richard F. Warner Sr.March 21, 1998In New Jersey, at 61. Mr. Warnerhad been a Holy Cross class agent.He is survived by two sons; and asister.

1959Richard P. DonohueJune 13, 1998At the University of MassachusettsHospital in Worcester, at 61. Mr.Donohue had been the vice princi-pal of Doherty Memorial HighSchool in Worcester since 1992;previously, he had taught historyand the principles of law at theschool since 1966. Mr Donohuehad also coached indoor and out-door track at St. John’s HighSchool in Shrewsbury since 1990.He was a member of the HolyCross Hall of Fame. Mr. Donohueis survived by his wife, Deborah;two sons; a daughter; his mother;two brothers, including M. Thomas’57; and three sisters.

Thomas J. KilbaneJan. 23, 1998In Ohio, at 60. Mr. Kilbane is sur-vived by his wife, Lucy; four sons;and four daughters.

Jay ManasasApril 26, 1998At his Brewster, Mass., home. Mr.Manasas, 61, had owned and oper-ated several small businesses.Previously, he worked for StanleyTools in Connecticut and WellsElectronics in Indiana. Mr.Manasas had also served as anofficer in the Marine Corps. He issurvived by his wife, Anne Marie;two sons; a daughter; a brother;and a granddaughter.

1964John P. LaustenApril 21, 1998At Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital. Mr.Lausten, 55, had most recentlybeen executive vice president andsenior partner of WJM AssociatesInc., an executive development andtrading firm in New York City.Previously, he had been executivevice president and chief operatingofficer of Discovery Toys, Martinez,Calif.; from 1969 to 1991, he hadbeen vice president of businessdevelopment and area vice presi-dent of international subsidiariesfor Avon Products Inc. During theVietnam War, Mr. Lausten servedas a captain in the Air Force andwas awarded the Bronze Star. He issurvived by his wife, Sandra; two

daughters; two brothers, includingLawrence R. ’61; a brother-in-law,Robert P. Trudel ’64; and 13nephews and nieces.

1967Paul A. Callaghan Jr.April 25, 1998At INOVA Fairfax (Va.) Hospital.Mr. Callaghan, 52, had been a cap-tain with American Airlines for 19years. An Air Force veteran, heentered the military in 1967 andserved active duty flying C-130 air-craft during the Vietnam War. Mr.Callaghan then became a commer-cial pilot with Air California andAmerican Airlines, most recentlyflying Boeing 767 aircraft to SouthAmerican and European routes. Heis survived by his wife, JoyceAnne;two daughters; his mother; twobrothers; and three sisters.

1969Richard H. Buckley Jr.April 26, 1998In New York, at 50. Mr. Buckley issurvived by a daughter; and hisfather, Richard H. ’29.

1971Joseph T. RiopelApril 11, 1998At the University of MassachusettsHospital in Worcester. Mr. Riopel,48, had been a state police lieu-tenant, assigned to Troop C at theHolden (Mass.) barracks since1993; he had been an executiveofficer at the barracks, serving assecond in command. Appointed tothe Massachusetts State Police in1974, Mr. Riopel had beenassigned to barracks in Monson,and then Brookfield. He worked formany years with Troop E in Westonon the Massachusetts Turnpike.During his career with the statepolice, he received several com-mendations. Mr. Riopel, after com-pleting the Reserve OfficerTraining Corps program at HolyCross, served for three years in theAir Force, Police Unit, during theVietnam War. He is survived by hiswife, Eileen; two sons; a daughter;and nephews and nieces. Hisfather was the late Albert D. ’24and his brother was the lateFrancis D. ’59.

1979Paul J. Powers Jr.June 2, 1998At his Seattle, Wash., home. Mr.Powers, 40, had been a roofer forseveral construction companies inthe Seattle area. He previouslyworked at Astra PharmaceuticalsProducts Corp. in Westboro,Mass., and Bose Co. inFramingham. Mr. Powers servedfor several years in the CoastGuard. He is survived by a son; twodaughters; his parents; five broth-ers; a sister; uncles and aunts; andnephews and nieces.


FRIENDSWife of the late Joseph F. Austin ’31; sister of Georgette Daigle, retiree,dining services; mother of Edward Delage, dining services, Kimball bak-ery; wife of Joseph J. DellaPenna ’63; wife of the late Paul E. Dunn, M.D.,’25; wife of Francis G. ’50 and mother of Francis P. ’81 and John J. Ermilio’89; brother of Dorothy Feraci, physical plant/building services; wife ofthe late John R. Fortin ’19; father of Maureen Kennedy, personnel depart-ment; son of Helen Leszczynski, retiree, Hogan Campus Center; MarionR. Long, retiree, building services, mother of James D., physical plant, andFrances D. Milionis, financial aid; wife of the late B. Todd ’52 and motherof Frank P. Maguire II, M.D., ’77; father of Maureen E. Norman ’81 andBrian L. McElhinney ’89; wife of the late Joseph A. McNamara ’15; moth-er of Judith F. ’91 and Mary C. Moran, director of planned giving; hus-band of Bertha Nadow, retiree, controller’s office; wife of the late FrancisB. ’26, mother of Thomas F. ’54 and the Rev. Francis B. Nuss Jr. ’57, andgrandmother of Michael J. Finnegan ’79; grandfather of Stephanie D.Petras ’94; sister of Joyce Plante, retiree, dining services; mother ofJohanna Reilly, residence life, and grandmother of Scott P. Dill ’00; fatherof the Rev. William E. Reiser, S.J., professor, religious studies; Dorothy D.Rushford, retiree, basketball office; Emanuel M. Terner, friend of theCollege; father of William J. Ziobro, professor, classics department; wifeof Charles G. Zubrod, M.D., ’36.

INVITATION TO BECOME INVOLVED

On behalf of over 45 Regional Alumni Clubs located throughoutthe country, I extend an invitation to all alumni to become activelyinvolved in the programs and services these clubs administrate atthe local level. Although the clubs vary in size as well as levels ofactivity, they are joined by a common thread of promoting theinterests of Holy Cross in their communities. Many of our clubs aregoverned by a board of directors who, in turn, name committeeswhich are responsible for events ranging from the President’sReception to Communion Breakfasts to Education Nights featuringa member of the faculty. Receptions for incoming first-year students,theatre parties, and retreat programs are just a small offering ofactivities available to alumni. At the Association level, Dan Spada’69 and Bob Shea ’85 co-chair the Regional Clubs Committee. Eachyear they host a teleconference at which club presidents fromaround the country share ideas and plan for the future. These clubpresidents are also members of the Association’s board of directors.All the regional clubs welcome your active participation. Newleadership and new ideas are always in demand. Please take amoment to contact your regional club president and find out howyou can help.

REV. GERARD REEDY S.J.

On behalf of the officers and board of directors of the GeneralAlumni Association of Holy Cross, I take this opportunity to thank Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J., for his leadership over these past fouryears. ◆

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“What Are

Our Special

Responsibilities

To the World’s

Poor and

Powerless?”

This past spring when we planned the session entitled, “What does it mean to be a HolyCross student?” for Gateways, our new summer orientation for first-year students, weturned naturally to our mission statement. Studying the four questions in the opening

paragraph, we decided to have different faculty and administrators address each one. I wasasked to address, “What are our special responsibilities to the world’s poor and powerless?”

I believe that the quick consensus of the planning group to have the associate chaplaindiscuss the question of our responsibility to the world’s poor and powerless is significant. Forus at Holy Cross, this is not simply an academic question – though certainly we expect that itwill be addressed academically in students’ course work and research. Likewise, it is not simplya humanitarian question, though often the spiritual underpinnings of our responses are notexplicit. At Holy Cross, we believe this is a question rooted in our identity as a Jesuit, Catholiccollege. We believe that ultimately this is an inquiry sparked by God – by a growing awarenessof one’s gifts and how they might be shared in conjunction with our conviction, rooted in theCross, of God’s refusal to abandon those who suffer and God’s invitation to us to do thesame.

While deciding who should address each of these questions was easy, trying to imagine howto present this question of the poor and powerless to a group of 18-year-olds and their parentswas not as simple. How do we invite people preoccupied with so many other legitimateconcerns, such as: “Will I succeed in this new environment? What happens if I don’t like myroommate? How will we afford these tuition payments?” to consider in the light of faith, theimpact of their education on their responsibility to the world’s poor and powerless?

After considering various approaches, I decided to share with these new members of ourcommunity the stories of current students who have wrestled with this question. I am happy toreport that finding stories to tell was not a problem. In my seven minute slide show, I sharedthe responses of six students: Brendan McDermott ’99 and his work for Habitat for Humanityin Africa; Kathy Cosgrove ’99 and her efforts with SPUD in Worcester; Yusuf Gulleth ’00 andhis trip to Appalachia; Erin Moulton ’98 and her initiatives with Students for Life and violenceagainst women; Meg Doe ’98 and her delivery of medical supplies to people in Iraq; and ChiBang ’97 and his encounter with the people of Mexico. While the work of these students is asvaried as the students themselves, there is a common thread in their understanding ofthemselves as having God-given gifts to share.

I think this prayer written by Chi Bang ’97, himself a Buddhist, at the end of hisparticipation in the Mexico Program sponsored by the Chaplains’ Office captures well thespirituality of our students as they are engaged with the poor and powerless:

My feet have been washed; scales have fallen from my eyes.

Parents have sacrificed things we do not see.

God knows no boundaries; thus love knows no boundaries.

Let my eyes and ears be the teacher of my soul.

Let the breaths of these people set my sail along the journey of life.

Late night chats that inspire and inquire.

Ambient places that give life to me.

Hidden beauty in the streets of poverty.

The sweet music of laughter, friends anew shaking hands.

Teach me to offer as I have been offered.

To touch as I have been touched.

I long for the day for it to rain.

Rain down on this dry land, rain that will feed and cure.

But most of all, a rain that will shower and cleanse us with Love.

Road Signs ■ By Marybeth Kearns-Barrett ’84, Associate Chaplain


“WHO PLAYED THE FIELDHOUSE”

TO THE EDITOR:

Regarding your column “Who Played the Fieldhouse,”(Summer ’98) the most memorable concert I attended wasChicago but because of a near riot, not for the music. The ticketshad black print on a white background, perfect for photo-copying, so most seats had at least two tickets. When thefieldhouse filled up, the organizers stopped admitting people,many of whom had real tickets. The furious ticket holders startedpounding on the side doors of the fieldhouse, and the concertonly began after the organizers gave up and opened all the doorsso those outside could hear and watch.

I think the Chicago experience was one of several reasons whythe groups who played the fieldhouse in the years that followedrarely matched the mega-stars who regularly appeared from 1966to 1971.

Some other concerts:1966: Supremes, Lovin’ Spoonful1967: Eric Burdon, Brothers Four1968: Mitch Ryder, Judy Collins1969: Smoky Robinson and the Miracles Nov. 1968 at Parents’ Weekend: Lionel HamptonLate 1969 or early 1970: The Fifth DimensionLate 1970 or early 1971: Chicago, Dionne Warwick

Brendan O’Donnell ’71Fairfax, Va.

TO THE EDITOR:

I enjoyed reading the info on bands playing on campus overthe years but what happened to 1945? If my mind isn’t failing, Ithink I remember Louie Prima playing somewhere on campus inor around that year featuring the vocalist that preceded Keely(Christie?) Smith. Maybe some others from ’46 or thereaboutscan verify.

Enjoy the overall format of the magazine and look forward toeach issue.

Carl Costanzo ’46Arlington, Va.

(The Tomahawk for 1945 reports on several dances and concerts.On Jan. 13, the Fifth Naval Ball was held at the WorcesterMemorial Auditorium and featured the music of Bud Boyce andthe Crusaders. According to the paper, Fr. Reed granted “civilianstudents a 1:30 a.m. permission.” On Feb. 10, the Senior DinnerDance was held at the Worcester Country Club with Boyce andhis band again providing the music, this time with “Dusty”Wilson on trumpet. On April 21, the Spring Dance was held atHorticultural Hall in Worcester and the popular Crusaders onceagain provided entertainment. Unfortunately, there is no notice ofa Louis Prima concert. But see below for recollections of thePrima concert from Jack Shea ’47.)

TO THE EDITOR:

In response to the request for information regarding bandsthat have played at Holy Cross, I can fill in the blank for theyear 1945. The band was that of Louis Prima, with Keely Smith ashis vocalist.

As you are undoubtedly aware, The U.S. Navy took overoperation of Holy Cross on July 1, 1943 for the purpose oftraining naval officers. During the war, each night of the week(except weekends) a prominent band was aired on radio from aperformance at a military installation. I believe the sponsor wasLucky Strike cigarettes. Such a show was scheduled for LouisPrima at Holy Cross, for sometime in the spring of 1945 (Aprilor May, I believe).

The performance was held in old Fenwick Hall. My memoryis especially accurate because only Navy personnel were to bepermitted to be in attendance. At that time, some 50–60 veteranswere enrolled at Holy Cross after being honorably dischargedfrom the military due to service-connected medical disabilities. Iwas numbered among that group.

The vets got up in arms about this discrimination and appeareden masse at Fenwick about one hour before the scheduled concertto protest the decision. The result: vets got the front row seatsbefore the naval students were allowed into the hall.

John F. (Jack) Shea ’47Destin, Fla.

TO THE EDITOR:

Your feature requested additional groups which played theFieldhouse. The groups omitted which come to mind from mydays at Holy Cross are: The Supremes, Military Weekend, 1967;and Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers, 1965. I am havinga senior citizen moment as to any others, but if any do come tomind [presuming, of course, I still have one] I will let you know.

Jack Nugent ’68Southington, Conn.

TO THE EDITOR:

How about the all-time biggest concert — the one the peopleof Worcester broke down the doors to see? Seals & Croftsopening for Chicago (1970 Homecoming).

Also: Fifth Dimension, Gladys Knight and the Pips, MelissaManchester.

Dick Quinn ’73Williamstown, Mass.

Letters to the Editor

You just never know what’s going to elicit a response. As we were compiling the summer issue, we found a blank column in the rear ofthe magazine and just before going to print, we decided to plug the hole with a hastily compiled list of bands that had played oncampus over the years. From the day the issue mailed, our e-mail began to beep. Here’s a sampling of the responses we received.


TO THE EDITOR:

During the winter of 1948 or 1949, Vaughn Monroe and awoman vocalist played the campus. Don’t recall if Monroe hadhis own orchestra with him. The woman vocalist was a blondewho asked me for directions to “the little girls’ room!”

Ed Cunningham ’52Long Lake, N.Y.

TO THE EDITOR:

I enjoyed your listing of Fieldhouse visitors. I was a trustee inthe 1843 Club (nee: The Outing Club) in its heydays from 1965through 1967. In fact, John Brogan showed all the early signs of afinancial maven in those days.

The acts we booked in the ’65 to ’67 period included: Gary“US” Bonds, The Shirelles, King Curtis, Eric Burden & theAnimals, Screaming Jay & the Horrendous Grundoons, Barry &the Remains, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.

Jay McLaughlin ’67 Morrisville, Pa.

TO THE EDITOR:

How could you forget The Supremes in 1966? An importantdate for a Regis girl and a Holy Cross guy!

Ann Fischer (married to Joe Fischer ’66)Tilson, N.Y.

TO THE EDITOR:

I enjoyed your “Who Played the Fieldhouse” piece. If memoryserves, the following acts also appeared between 1967–69: WilsonPickett, The Miracles, The Lovin’ Spoonful with John Sebastian.Also, Mason Williams played in 1970.

Keep up the good work!

Dick Hodgson ’70Norristown, Pa.

TO THE EDITOR:

An interesting story: the 1938 prom had two bands – WoodyHerman and Chic Webb with Ella Fitzgerald. Two becauseneither had any kind of reputation at the time.

1939 was the Red Nichols Band (later played by Danny Kayein the movie, The Five Pennies).

George J. Meyer ’39Lake Placid, N.Y.

TO THE EDITOR:

My husband and I really enjoyed your list of bands who haveplayed the fieldhouse. We thought of a few that were omittedfrom the list. I recall seeing Al Kooper and the Electric Flag therein the mid-late 60’s, as well as Teddy and the Pandas. (I did notmake these names up.) My husband remembers seeing the groupMountain (’71 ?) and Steve Miller (’72 ?).

Sincerely,Lynne Riley

TRIP TO IRAQ: TWO VIEWS

TO THE EDITOR:

Thank you for covering the work of Holy Cross Alums Allen-Doucot, Schaeffer-Duffy, and Doe. By bringing much-neededmedical supplies to the people of Iraq, these activists continue tolive the Good News. In a very real sense, these alums embody themission of Jesuit education—educating “people for others.” Irealize this slogan is paid lip service, used more as a mode of self-congratulation than as a challenge to us—as individuals, asmembers of powerful institutions, as Americans. The Iraqi peoplehave suffered unnecessarily for the actions of their ruler; over1,000,000 people have died as a result of economic sanctions,over half of them children under the age of five. Many of thesedeaths, often the direct effect of the 1991 Gulf War bombing ofelectrical plants, water purification facilities, and otherinfrastructure, could have been prevented with lifting ofsanctions. It is only through the tireless efforts of theaforementioned folks that some of the Iraq people’s medicalneeds can be met.

Phil Metres ’92Bloomington, Ind.

TO THE EDITOR:

I have just read the summer 1998 issue and am more than abit dismayed over the “trumpeting” of the deeds of several of ouralumni who chose to perform an act of civil disobedience. Imake reference to the efforts of Allen-Doucot, Schaeffer-Duffy,and Doe, wherein they chose to bring four million dollars worthof medicine to hospitals in Iraq, in violation of the UnitedNations sanction, and in clear violation and disobedience of ournational policy. The Middle East specifically, and the world ingeneral, will be a far safer place when Sadam Hussein is no longerin power. Any act which improves the admittedly tragic lot of theIraq citizenry only delays that ultimate date when the righteousindignation of his people will rise up and depose him.

It is unquestionably true that throughout Appalachia as wellas a number of areas of the deep south there are a great manyenclaves of United States’ citizens who have been unable toparticipate in the aff luence of this country. I submit that theefforts of these three Holy Cross graduates, and others like them,would have been more appropriately directed to some of theunfortunate individuals in our country. I do not know which isworse: the actions of these graduates, or the apparent approval ofan official publication of the College of the Holy Cross.

Michael J. Singelyn ’58, M.D.Newport Beach, Calif.

calendar of eventsOct. 22 Poetry Reading by Marilyn Hacker

Dinand Browsing Room 7 p.m.

Oct. 23 Poetry reading by Richard WilburHogan Campus Center Ballroom 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 President’s Council Dinner

Oct. 29–31 RASAFenwick Theatre 8 p.m.

Oct. 31 Ninth Annual Holy Cross Craft FairHogan Campus Center 10 a.m.

Nov. 1 Douglas Bush Organ ConcertSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel 3 p.m.

Nov. 3 Music with Mike Monaghan and FriendsHogan 519 8 p.m.

Nov. 5–6 RASAFenwick Theatre 8 p.m.

Nov. 6 Parents’ Weekend College Choir ConcertSt. Joseph Memorial Concert 8 p.m.

Nov. 10 Holocaust Commemorative ProgramHogan Campus Center Ballroom

Nov. 16 Lecture by Rev. Daniel Hartnett, S.J.“The Grammar of Justice”Hogan 519 8 p.m.

Nov. 19 Holy Cross Jazz EnsembleHogan Campus Center Ballroom 8 p.m.

Dec. 9 College Choir Advent Festival of Lessons and CarolsSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel 8 p.m.

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