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Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Volume 53 Issue No. 4 www.harvardvarsityclub.org February 7, 2011 Joseph J. O’Donnell ’67 Honored at Ivy League Football Association Dinner by Kate Leist ’11 Heading into the business world for the first time in 1976, 2010 Sports Chair for The Crimson O’Donnell struck gold, founding the Boston Culinary Group and supervising its growth from a local concession company to what Though his name may be most associated with his business is today one of the largest food-service operators in the country. ventures or charitable endeavors, in terms of contributions to While O’Donnell’s accomplishments in the business world speak Harvard athletics, Joe O’Donnell ’67 is hard to match. for themselves—in addition to serving as the chairman of a O’Donnell was honored by the Ivy Football Association on billion-dollar company, he owns Allied Advertising Agency, the Jan. 27 as a distinguished alumnus of Harvard football, joining a top advertising agency for motion pictures in the country—what select group of alumni who have been recognized for their contri- sets him apart is his work as a philanthropist. butions to both the program and society. “He also supports in one way or another just about every- For the former Crimson athlete, who thing in the city...but more than that, he’s a person that people played both football and baseball as an turn to for advice,” Jack Reardon ’60 says. “He has an uncanny undergraduate, the honor was particularly knack at seeing a problem and coming up with a pretty interest- meaningful because of the lessons he took ing solution—probably that other people haven’t thought of, away from his time in the athletic program. along with the fact that his style is a winning style, and people “I don’t think I could have done half of what like to deal with him and work with him.” I’ve been able to achieve in the business Perhaps his greatest contribution has been to The Joey Fund, world without the life lessons you learn which he founded with his wife, Kathy, in honor of his son, from sports—the discipline, the tenacity, Joey, who died of cystic fibrosis in 1986. The Joey Fund provides basically learning how to get up again after financial support for CF patients and their families in Massachu- you’ve been knocked down,” O’Donnell setts and has raised over $35,000,000 for cystic fibrosis research. says. “You learn how not to quit and to take O’Donnell also serves as a advantage of a team...[that] any strong chain trustee of the Cystic Fibrosis is only as strong as its weakest link.” Foundation and received the O’Donnell, who grew up in Everett as Breath of Life Award—the the son of a policeman, arrived at Harvard highest award the founda- in the fall of 1963 after a postgraduate year at Phillips Exeter tion bestows—in 1994. Academy. He joined the freshmen football and baseball teams and Though O’Donnell’s immediately found a sense of camaraderie among his teammates. time and talents are also “I got to know a lot of people—a lot of really good people spread among several other and smart people. Doctors and lawyers and public servants,” local organizations, he is still O’Donnell says. “Those two sports in particular enabled me to able to be an avid supporter meet an awful lot of people from very different backgrounds than of Harvard and particularly I was accustomed to...The relationships are what I remember most its athletic program. of all.” O’Donnell has endowed O’Donnell stuck with both sports through graduation, gar- the baseball head coaching nering All-Ivy laurels in baseball as a sophomore before captain- position and the baseball field Drew Faust with Joe O’Donnell ing the team as a senior. But his time across the river didn’t end was renamed in his honor in 1996. But his contributions have not with his graduation from the College, as O’Donnell returned two been purely financial, as both the baseball and football programs years later to attend Harvard Business School. After receiving his look to the former athlete as an advisor. MBA, he went on to serve as a dean at the Business School for five “Whenever things came up over the years, he’s always been years. Continued on page 6 Men’s Basketball Undefeated in Ivy League by Melissa Schellberg ’10 ’13 with 13.6. Wright has been named Ivy League Player of the Special Assistant, Varsity Club Week twice. Teammates Webster and Kyle Casey ’13 have also earned the nod once each. Laurent Rivard ’14, a freshman from Standing in Lavietes Pavillion, one can see a dozen or so Saint-Bruno, Que., has been named Ivy League Rookie of the banners representing the Ivy Week three times thus far and is seventh League Championships won in the nation in free-throw shooting. by Harvard Basketball. In- Harvard has been exceptional this season terestingly enough, not one from the free throw line and received a belongs to the men. For 55 vote in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll years, the Crimson men have last week. never found themselves atop Last week, Harvard crushed the the Ancient Eight, but head defending Ivy League Champions, Cor- coach Tommy Amaker and nell, 78-57 in front of a sold out crowd his staff plan to change that of 2,195. Five Crimson players were in this year. Harvard currently double digit figures on the night. The sits atop the Ivy League in night before the Crimson shut down first place with a 15-3 overall Columbia 77-66, where Casey and co- record (4-0 Ivy), riding an captain Oliver McNally ’11 each had 17 eight game winning streak. points. The team is off to one of its Students wore white t-shirts in the “White Out” game versus Harvard’s upcoming games against best starts in school history Cornell. Over two thousand fans attended the game, where the Penn and Princeton will prove vital in and remains undefeated at Crimson beat the defending Ivy League champs 78-57. its search for a championship, as both home. schools are undefeated in Ivy play thus Senior co-captain Keith far. Although it seems the Crimson can’t Wright has been a spark for the Crimson all season averaging 14.7 be beat, there are many more games left, each one representing points per game. Right behind him is guard Christian Webster another step towards that banner on the wall. Winter Sport Recaps First Annual HVC-SAAC Charity Ball a Success by Melissa Schellberg ’10 other ways the Varsity Club can further enhance the lives of our Men’s Hockey (4-16, 3-12 ECAC, 0-6 Ivy) Women’s Hockey (12-7-2, 11-3-2 ECAC, 6-1-2 Ivy) student athletes. Other than the athletic department’s signature DHA sweats, Additional Varsity Club student-related initiatives include: • Michael Biega ’11 was named COOP Athlete of the Week last • Leanna Coskren ’11 was the student-athlete population has never really had anything to Career Night: Larry Cetrulo ’71, Cecil Cox ’86, Jessica Gelman month after notching his second career hat trick against Brown featured in the Boston Globe on call its own. That changed this year, thanks to a strengthened part- ’97 and other alumni met with students in the Lee Family Hall University. Biega has tallied 11 points and six goals on the sea- December 26, 2010 for her su- nership between of History to talk about their career choices and give advice to son. His younger brother, defensemen Danny Beiga ’13 followed perb puck-moving skills as well the Harvard Var- students looking for internships and jobs. suit by posting his own hat trick against Colgate last Friday, as her intelligence on and off the sity Club and the Career Netwoking: Bob Glatz ’88 and Melissa Schellberg ’10 where the Crimson went on to win 6-2. Goalie Ryan Carroll ’11 ice as a senior tri-captain. Student-Athlete have met individually with over 100 student athletes since last fall. was outstanding in the game, tallying 29 saves. • After a rough preseason, the Advisory Com- Career Open Houses: The HVC has hosted 10 open houses in • Men’s hockey started the new year off with a win against Army Crimson has won seven of its mittee (SAAC). Dillon Lounge, allowing our students to meet with interested 4-2. After quickly falling behind 2-0, four different Harvard last eight games. Most notably, Although the companies in an informal setting. players—Biega, David Valek ’13, Alex Killorn ’12, and Luke Harvard posted two shutouts prospect of a All freshmen athletes received a free high-performance HVC Greiner ’13—each put a shot into the back of the net. against Union and Brown. student-athlete t-shirt. • The hockey team has teamed up with the Friends of Jaclyn • The last time Yale and formal at first In an effort to streamline our Career Networking program foundation to “adopt” Nathan Potvin, who was diagnosed with Harvard met on Oct. 29, the seemed bleak, and maximize the potential of perhaps the most powerful alumni a spinal cord tumor at the age of 5. Potvin now has a team full of Crimson just barely finished the Varsity Club network on the planet, the Varsity Club is currently undergoing a “brothers” and his very own locker in Bright Hockey Center. the game at a tie.
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