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Mount mountdepartments 18 Marriages mountresponse 2 Mount Rugby and Sept. 11. collegenews 3 Remember Heroes, CPSI, McGowan featurestories Center, Laughlin Lecture Hall. Marriage seminarynews 7 Learning to Officiate a Wedding, and Celibacy Defending Our Country.

mountfaculty 10 Meet Sarah Stokely.

alumniprofile 13 7 Jennifer M. Anderson. mountsports 14 Athletes Rank High Academically.

advancementnews 24 Saved from Tragedy, Patriot Hall.

classnotes 26 11 News from Around the Globe. Farewell to George Williams mountresponse collegenews

that fateful morning, the ship Remembering Our Heroes went to general quarters and Dear Mount Magazine began firing at the incoming Japanese planes. Fortunately, ■ Thanks for covering the established programs. Rugby opportunity offered by the here are two World War the Detroit suffered only minor Mount Rugby Team in the fall is now organized nationally current rugby program as a II memorials on our personnel and material damage, 2001 issue. I played rugby all under one unified organization way to seize international t campus. Unfortunately, but it is credited with shooting four years at the Mount and that oversees professional refer- exposure for the school and both are fairly unknown to cur- down two of the attacking continued to play for Division ees, youth rugby, collegiate enhance the college experi- rent students, even though full planes. The cruiser went on to I men’s clubs after graduation. clubs, men’s clubs, divisions ence of future students. of memories to our alumni. see action at Attu, Iwo Jima, My children have grown up and the national team that They are, of course, Memorial Okinawa, and off the main around the sport and have competes for the Rugby World John Graham, C’82 Gym and the anti-aircraft gun islands of Japan. In all, the shared their home with tour- Cup. Mount Rugby is part of from the USS Detroit, which Detroit won six battle stars for ing British, Russian and this organization. ■ It is so unfortunate that survived the tragic Japanese service in World War II. It was Zimbabwean players. Rugby The basic building block for Mount St. Mary's was touched attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. decommissioned on January experiences form strong busi- rugby is the “club”. Club is an so deeply by the events of Sept. ward, almost 24 It was at the meeting of the 11, 1946 and later sold for ness and social bonds among international term that goes 11th. At a small school such as hours a day, we have been busy old College Council under scrap. The same year, the its participants internationally. beyond the concept of team. the Mount we know how the contacting different organiza- then-president Monsignor seems a trifling cost now, after followed. Title after title gar- Washington Chapter of the To be referred to as a member A men’s rugby club would tra- passing of just one person tions in New York City such as Sheridan that Father Calhane, the hardships of the war period, nered and cheers galore filled the Alumni Association, under the of the cadre’ of Mountain ditionally have a club house effects so many. the NYPD, NYFD, The Port treasurer of the college, pro- that amount of money was sub- old gym. Even in its later years, leadership of their president, Ruggers is a unique statement for hosting visiting sides, its I am sure that you have heard Authority of N.Y. and N.J., etc. posed that a war surplus steel stantial! The building was standing now silent and a bit for- Father James A. Caulfield, about one’s values. It means own dedicated manicured from many people about how to let them know that Angel hangar be purchased and adapt- opened for use on November 5, lorn, the sense that it was a focal C’28, assumed the expenses of one is loyal, a team player, can pitch and a staff of coaches. those attacks affected their lives. Flight was ready to fly. Most ed for use as a gymnasium. The 1949 at a homecoming basket- point of the life at the Mount is transporting and erecting the think under pressure, “out of Men’s clubs incorporate youth, I hope you have time for one could not believe we were flying date was April 28, 1948. The ball game against Shippensburg still there. One can almost hear gun on campus. the box”, is down to earth, women and old boys sides more. since all other aviation was hangar was on board a ship in University. At that time it was echoes of the student and faculty In the late seventies and early tough and usually successful in under the club organization. Since its inception in 1992, I grounded. Our reputation California waiting to be shipped announced that the building cheers sounding in the rafters. eighties, each graduating class life. Rugby clubs are traditionally have been involved with a char- and years of service gained to the Pacific front when the would be dedicated to the With Coach Jim Phelan’s arrival painted the gun in its own col- I had the honor playing for a outreach oriented and perform itable organization called Angel us invaluable trust from war came to an end and was memory of the Mount alumni in 1954 Memorial Gym served ors and with their own slogans MSM alumni and regular side charity functions for the local Flight East. This organization the Federal Aviation never used by the military. At a veterans who had served in the its purpose well. And finally as part of their departing ritual. last summer 2001 during a community. The charitable is comprised of volunteer pilots Administration which allowed cost of $55,330, which includ- two world wars, noting particu- with the opening of the ARCC Not everyone approved of this major rugby tournament at services that the Mount Rugby that fly for free, medically and us to fly when no one else ed shipping and building mate- larly the 17 who died in World in 1987 the old building was use for the gun, and in 1983 it Sea Girt, N.J. A few weeks Club currently performs are financially needy families to could. rials such as cement for the foot- War I and the 28, including used less and less. Now there is a was moved to its present loca- later my family hosted the the norm not the exception. medical care as well as emer- We flew over 85 missions ing and lumber for the joists, it three chaplains, who were killed touch of sadness about its gray- tion. Now it stands nearly for- team and its supporters at my The Mount St. Mary’s gency personnel and medical directly helping the relief efforts was acquired by the college. in World War II. The formal ing emptiness. gotten and away from the main home in Annapolis after its Rugby Club is very, very well supplies during times of nation- in both New York and Instead of heading for the ceremonies took place on April As you leave the building to life of the campus. matches with Navy. Through lead under Coach Don Briggs. al crisis. Washington D.C. Our pilots Pacific Islands, it began a jour- 27, 1950 at which time the climb the few steps up to Echo Fifty-one years after this I got to know an extraor- After taking over in the late As so many Americans will flew blood, American Red ney through the Panama Canal joint Mount St. Mary’s and St. Field, on the left is the anti-air- Memorial Gym was built, and dinarily fine group of people. 90s he immediately raised tell you, the feeling of helpless- Cross personnel, firefighters, into the Port of Baltimore from Joseph’s Glee Clubs, under the craft gun that for many years 55 years after the gun from the In addition to debunking the money from supportive alum- ness overwhelmed many after and search dog teams, includ- where it was then transported direction of Father David stood at the edge of the upper USS Detroit arrived on cam- outdated myths about rugby ni and parents and then took Sept. 11th. They did not know ing the dogs. We also contin- via truck to Emmitsburg. The Shaum, sang a concert of tradi- terrace in front of the Chapel of pus, both memorials have lost and its participants as the Mount to Ireland during how to help. I woke up on ued to fly financially needy campus site was chosen by a tional Mount music to heighten Immaculate Conception. The their original luster, but their described in the article, there Spring Break, giving the team Tuesday, September 12th, not families to medical care during committee of priests appointed the joy of the occasion. Ninety Navy, through the efforts of Lt. significance should not be lost are reasons to get behind this critical international experi- knowing how I could help, just this trying time. This group of by Monsignor Sheridan that voices were raised in Beethoven’s Commander Bernard L. on this generation or the gener- sport at the Mount. ence. Mount Rugby has had a knowing I had to try. volunteers gave back to the included Fathers Cogan, “The Heaven’s Are Telling,” a Meehan, C’40, presented the ations still to come. We cannot Rugby is the fastest growing winning tradition ever since. I arrived at the Angel Flight community, selflessly. Gordan, and Carl Fives. They medley from Romberg’s “The gun to the Mount in recogni- afford to forget our heroes; to youth sport in America. Like If you talk with current office and immediately was on I am now acting executive oversaw the construction of the Desert Song” and two memo- tion of its outstanding service do so is to forfeit the founda- soccer, the participants are players and recent alumni the phone calling volunteers. director of this amazing organi- building as well. By the time it rable duets sang by St. Joe’s stu- during the Second World War tions of our future. ▲ boys and girls. Future incom- whom have played under Our earth angels, non flying zation and truly proud of their was completed, it had cost a dent Jeanne Rankin, and the as a training base for the Navy. ing freshmen will expect a Briggs’ program they will tell volunteers, contacted our pilots efforts. Thank you for letting total of $160,000 to add the Mount student tenor Joseph It had come from the light By Fr. Daniel C. Nusbaum, rugby program because they you how rugby enriched their and found out who was avail- me tell you about these Angels. native stone ends, offices, locker Kender, C’52. It was a glorious cruiser USS Detroit that on college Historian, in coopera- will have played high school. college experience at the able to fly. Within 30 hours of rooms and all the other refine- moment. December 7th, 1941 was tion with Tara Hennessy, C’05, The vast majority of colleges Mount. I hope as an alumnus, the attacks our first pilot was in Tamara Bream, C’85 ments appropriate to a badly Perhaps even more glorious berthed under the command of and Steven Finley, C’03 and universities already have that the Mount realizes the the air. From that day for- ▲ needed gymnasium. Though it were the years of basketball that Captain Lloyd J. Wiltse. On

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cal analysis and intelligence.” Policy, the superintendent of the certification program as the first Delaney Center for Public Sector Information The program also targets Maryland State Police and the of many graduate-level offerings professionals who want to rehabilitation supervisor of the related to criminal justice and mountxtra our years after the death information technology, apply line of duty. This focus on pro- facing a dilemma in retaining upgrade their analytical skills, Maryland State Department of analysis,” Malone said. “The of Mount St. Mary’s the results of basic social viding professional re-training skilled officers who have been as well as those who want to Education. In addition, the Delaney Center is at the fore- ■ Fr. James T. Delaney, f beloved sociology pro- research to solving public-sec- to disabled individuals is a par- physically injured on the job enter the burgeoning field of CPSI advisory board boasts front of a national initiative for who died in 1999 at the fessor Father James Delaney, tor problems and support and ticularly significant nod to and are no longer able to per- data analysis. Vince said the unparalleled corporate and aca- the ethical and informed analy- age of 63, touched the the Mount has launched a develop a national standard of Father Delaney, the center’s form the duties of their previ- program offers a viable career demic support from a variety of sis of data in the new economy lives of unique graduate-level program excellence for data analysis. namesake, who was legally ous positions,” said Vince. for aging law-enforcement offi- insurance agencies, software of the 21st century.” many that honors his life and legacy. A unique aspect of the blind due to diabetes in his last “This population, already edu- cers, as well. manufacturers, and accredited “Mount St. Mary’s has long people The Delaney Center for Public Delaney Center’s program is years, yet continued teaching cated and trained in a public- Vince, a 28-year veteran of educational institutions. been known for its commit- at the Sector Information (CPSI), its commitment to recruiting some of the most popular safety mission, can provide law enforcement, has worked Both practicing professionals ment to socially responsible Mount. founded through a grant from public safety officers who have classes at the Mount. unique insight and perspective since his appointment in and academic scholars will programs,” added Vince. A priest the Delaney Foundation, been physically injured in the “Public safety agencies are into the complexities of practi- November 2000, to forge part- serve as the instructors to par- “Now the college is able to from the began offering courses in nerships and support from vari- ticipants who will hail from offer an unprecedented service Diocese of Wilmington, January as part of a certifica- ous public and private sector public and private sectors, said to thousands of professionals he spent nearly four tion program to educate and organizations to create an elite Dr. Martin Malone, chair of in the area.” decades on the Mount train professional data analysts advisory board that includes the Mount St. Mary’s depart- For additional information campus—eight as a stu- who work in the field of intel- among its many dignitaries the ment of sociology and the col- on CPSI please call 301-447- dent of both the college ligence in both the private and deputy director of the White lege’s liaison/advisor to CPSI. 3416 or visit online at and seminary, and more public sectors. House’s National Drug Control “We at the Mount see this www.msmary.edu/cpsi. ▲ than 30 years as a member “The launch of CPSI was an of the faculty. important first step in filling a In his years of service, critical shortage of qualified Fr. Delaney taught psy- data analysts in the United Laughlin Lecture Hall Dedicated chology, sociology and States,” said Center Director criminal justice as well as Joe Vince, a former official November 27, acting as Vicar for Priests with the Department of 2001 the Dr. Henry P. Laughlin, M.D. and M. Page and moderator of the Treasury’s Alcohol, Tobacco on Mount dedi- Laughlin at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Mount’s chapter of the Laughlin Lecture Hall. and Firearms Division. “Law cated the newly renovated honor society for journal- enforcement agencies at all lev- Laughlin Lecture Hall. The ists, Pi Delta Epsilon. In els – local, state and federal – facility is named in honor of the 1974, the college wanted are collecting huge amounts of project’s sole benefactors, Dr. to start a women’s basket- data every day, and there is a Henry P. Laughlin, M.D. and ball team but didn’t have real need for professionals who M. Page Laughlin. the money to hire a coach. know how to analyze and The renovations to the exist- Fr. Delaney volunteered understand what all that infor- ing Lewis Auditorium, located and led the team to a win- mation means.” in the Coad Science Building, ning record. CPSI’s inaugural offering, add a state-of-the-art, multime- Fr. Delaney will best be an accredited certification dia, tiered lecture hall that com- remembered as a kind, program in Information pliments the expanded science gentle and devout man, an Management/Analytical curriculum. Dr. David excellent teacher, and a Intelligence, represents an Bushman, chair of the science model of priestly life with extension of Mount St. Mary’s department, was the first to a sense of humor that, to mission to “educate men and teach in the renovated hall. At quote President Houston, women who are ethically the ceremony he stated, “could absolutely knock mature and who seek to “Introductory biology and gen- you over.” resolve social problems.” The eral chemistry will be taught Today, Fr. Delaney’s Center’s goals are to provide here.” He added, “The first legacy lives on in the form relevant, quality educational steps of future physicians will be of the Delaney Center opportunities for current pro- The Delaney Center for Public Sector in a room named for a generous for Public Sector fessionals, improve the under- Information (CPSI) Director, Joe Vince. physician and his wife.” ▲ Information. standing of the ethical use of ngp

4 Mount Magazine collegenews collegenews Mount Magazine 5 mountmount collegenews seminarynews marriagesmarriages McGowan Center: Phase One Marriage and Celibacy Completion Scheduled for Late Spring ount St. Mary’s is of the kingdom of heaven.” m unique in many Just as a husband and father ways, not the least of which is gives of himself for his wife, emarkably favorable the campus of young college and, together with her, for his weather and a surplus of New construction and rennovations continue on students, most of whom will children; so does the priest r the McGowan Center at a rapid pace materials and manpower have embrace the vocation of mar- give of himself for his people, through the winter months. certainly helped one of the riage, combined with semi- for those he is called to serve - main visions of the Mount’s narians, men called to the -- for the Church, the Bride, Connections Campaign priesthood who will embrace whose Bridegroom is Christ become a reality. Under the the gift of celibacy “for the sacramentally represented by strong guidance and leadership sake of the kingdom of heav- the ordained priest. Though of Sister Paula Marie Buley, en.” giving up the fatherhood vice president and treasurer of “Each has his own special proper to married men, the the Mount, and Phil Valentine, gift from God,” Saint Paul priest is indeed “father” of director of the physical plant, wrote. Both marriage and those who have been entrust- all phases of construction are celibacy come from the Lord ed to his pastoral care. in progress and remain on Himself. Each is necessary, in The priest promises a life of schedule. Nearly 90% of the its own proper way, for the faithful celibate love in radical exterior stonework is complet- building of the community of imitation of Jesus who ed, which provides a visible the Church. Each involves Himself was celibate for the preview of how beautiful and the gift of self. Each is a sake of the kingdom, to give uniform the center will be ture. Therefore, crews have Furthermore, the system will reflection of God’s love for Himself totally to the will of upon completion. Crews have enclosed the exterior walls with include card readers that will His people. Each is a call to His Father and to the people also begun the process of grad- plastic sheeting to protect the allow students, faculty, admin- imitate Christ’s love. He was sent to redeem. His ing the grounds immediately interior from weather-related istration, and staff to add funds mountxtra Marriage and celibacy com- love was inclusive and all Anointing of the hands at priestly formation. in front of the building, mak- elements and completed the to their declining balances. The plement each other. Celibacy embracing. ing way for the construction of grand wall of windows on the new technology also enables ■ McGowan Center will for the kingdom affirms mar- Celibacy is anything but a the entryway and plaza. west side of the building. This users to check their balances via feature: riage. The men in the semi- renunciation of love. It is a more available to serve personal relationships and the Work on the interior of the wall certainly adds to the aes- the Mount’s website. The near- nary freely embrace the gift of vocation of love and service in Christ’s kingdom, less encum- development of true friend- building has also progressed at thetic pleasure of both the inte- ly $85,000 system will most • Kitchen celibacy, not because they imitation of the Master whose bered to carry out their own ships are important in this a rapid rate. Nearly all of the rior and exterior of the build- assuredly prove convenient to • Food Court devalue marriage or fail to rec- love was sensitive, forgiving tasks in the Church. They regard. As Pope John Paul fire system, plumbing and elec- ing, allowing natural light to all users and is one small exam- • Dining Rooms ognize its great dignity. After and total, to the point of “are also a living sign of the writes: “Man cannot live trical connections, kitchen illuminate the food court and ple of the technological • Mount Café all, Catholics believe marriage death. The ordained priest, world to come in which the without love. He remains a hoods, and refrigeration are café. advances the McGowan Center is a great mystery, that “the configured by ordination to children of the resurrection being that is incomprehensi- complete. Furthermore, the Additionally, the Mount is will bring to the Mount for the Cogan Hall renovations vocation to marriage is writ- Christ the Priest, the shall neither be married or ble for himself, his life is preliminary drywall work and currently negotiating contracts twenty-first century. will feature: ten in the very nature of man Bridegroom of the Church, take wives.” meaningless if love is not ceiling grids are in place as with companies to furnish the As the Mount prepares for and woman as they came from follows His example of celi- The seminary prepares men revealed to him, if he does not most of the steel studwork has new center. It is the college’s its bicentennial, the McGowan • Book Store the hand of the Creator,” and bate love so as to serve God to live a life of celibacy in a encounter love, if he does not been completed. Perhaps one intent to purchase high quality, Center is a testament to the • Postal Services that Christ the Lord has raised and others, as Saint Paul says, healthy and holy way. The experience it and make it his of the more difficult tasks fac- attractive furniture to compli- Mount’s endurance and the • Student Development the matrimonial covenant “with an undivided heart.” Mount program includes for- own, if he does not participate ing the interior work crews ment the building’s already continuance of its mission. Offices between baptized persons to The Second Vatican mation in priestly celibacy. At intimately in it.” during the cold winter months impressive visage. A contract is Mount students and alumn • Campus Ministry the dignity of a sacrament. Council teaches that by its foundation, this includes Priestly celibacy is rooted in is the installation of the very also pending for an elaborate will undoubtedly benefit from • Career Services Recognizing the beauty and celibacy priests “more readily education in affective maturi- the vocation to love. It must impressive terrazzo floor of the cash register system that would the center as it takes its place in • Wellness Center lofty vocation of marriage and cling to Christ with undivided ty so necessary to live chastity be founded in a strong and food court and café. In order conveniently tie the food court, an already impressive tradition, • Graphics Computer “the supreme gift of mar- heart and dedicate themselves in faithfulness and joy. It personal love for Jesus Christ for the floor installation to be a café, the book store, and vend- a tradition called Mount St. Lab riage,” the gift of children, more freely in Him and requires psychological and that overflows into love for success, the base concrete must ing and laundry machines Mary’s. ▲ • Student Office Spaces seminarians prepare to give up through Him to the service of emotional maturity. The everyone. Good, strong maintain a constant tempera- to declining balance. pbm these great goods “for the sake God and men.” They are capacity for respect in inter- friendships are an important

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ly formation at the Mount, service of, others, according to whether it be the community the example of Jesus. It is a life life of the seminary, living of loving sacrifice. Learning to Officiate a Wedding together in fraternity, or the These two complementary routine of individual and com- vocations, marriage and celi- riests are given the munal prayer, or just learning to bate priesthood, are both “gifts p immeasurable privi- live a healthy and balanced life of the Spirit.” The Mount is a lege of being close col- of work, study, prayer, and place where one can meet laborators with Jesus Christ. leisure – all involves formation those who have responded to They make His saving acts in celibacy. Living on the same God’s call and prepare to live present and available. In a campus with college students lives of faithful love in celibacy sense, they often regard them- and frequent interactions with or in marriage, both building selves as married to the them, as well as with teachers up the great community of the Church, for they act “in per- and staff, remind the seminari- Church, the People of God. ▲ sona Christi,” that is, in the support for priests in their celi- life of prayer, developed and ans that theirs is a unique call- very person of Christ, who is bate commitment. Friendship deepened in the seminary, ing, not to a life without love By Father Kevin C. Rhoades, the Bridegroom of the Church. with the Lord Jesus, living inti- helps the priest to live faithful- nor isolation from others, but a vice president and rector of Still, the life of a priest is quite mately with Him, is essential. ly his promise of celibacy. life with love of a different kind, the seminary different from the life of some- An authentic and disciplined The whole program of priest- lived in solidarity with, and in one who is committed through marriage to a single individual. Priests give up such intimacies. They make this sacrifice because their overriding com- mitment is to help people find Defending Our Country ultimate happiness in heaven. And, of course, priests look for- A Navy Chaplain’s Perspective ward to sharing in that inti- mate heavenly communion. Fr. Peter Ryan’s Moral Theology class, Mount seminarians current- “Marriage and the Family” September 2001, the battle group of the nuclear- ly enrolled in Fr. Peter in powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Ryan’s Moral Theology class, (CVN-71) left Norfolk, Va. on a regularly scheduled six-month “Marriage and the Family”, are sense. Seminarians come to real marriage. When the the needs of such couples deployment. For the sailors currently supporting Operation learning the significance of see that the Church’s teach- Church does confirm this without undermining the Enduring Freedom in the southwest Asia region, the circumstances serving as the official Church ing—the need for sex to be through the process of annul- integrity of the marital act or of this mission are anything but business-as-usual. witness in these unions. They open to life and reserved to ment, the man and woman violating the good of life. In Navy Captain William A. Petruska, S’73, is a chaplain on board are also learning about the marriage, and about marital are free to marry someone fact, NFP proves to be very the Roosevelt. This year, being deployed over the holiday season importance of their role in exclusiveness and indissolubili- else. When the first union effective in promoting marital was especially meaningful for Petruska. “Being older and having assisting in a couple’s prepara- ty—springs from the very really was a valid marriage, communion. been away from family and friends for many holidays, it’s made me tion to receive the sacrament meaning of marriage. priests do all they can to help Fr. Ryan’s advice to our realize that the real blessing is what I can do for those who are hav- of marriage. As priests, these men also couples remain true to that future priests’, “Be holy priests. ing this experience for the first time,” said Petruska. In this class, seminarians need to care for those who are original commitment and If you are--if you live out your The Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is considered a learn to understand the intrin- experiencing marital difficul- gently remind them that God own vocational commitment centerpiece of forward presence in conflict, capable of supporting sic goodness of marriage, for ties, including those who are never withholds the grace we with generosity--you will be an and operating 85 aircraft on its 252-foot flight deck. As one of the ment, he swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the without this they will be civilly divorced and remar- need to live as He asks. example and support to mar- Navy’s largest warships, it carries a crew of more than 5,000 sailors, United States, and for U.S. Sailors. He is also living out his com- unable to communicate to ried. So, part of the course Priests also must care for ried couples striving to live out including the members of the deployed air wing. These men and mitment to the Church and priesthood by assisting in the spiritu- married couples the dignity equips priests to offer proper couples that, because of their their vocational commitment. women are responsible for the daily operations of this floating city. al direction and guidance of the men and women aboard the and significance of their voca- pastoral care. This includes a financial situation or other By living a life of chaste celiba- “As the command chaplain, my job is to coordinate the com- Roosevelt. Long deployments away from family and friends are tional call to be married to discussion of annulments, for constraints, have good reason cy, you will be a credible wit- mand religious program to provide religious services and worship made more bearable through Petruska’s guidance and prayer. ▲ each other. Placing emphasis in certain cases, couples can to delay expanding their fami- ness when you encourage mar- opportunities for the crew. Three other chaplains and 12 enlisted on the intrinsic goodness of have the Church officially lies. Therefore, seminarians ried couples to live the kind of sailors work with me in the religious ministries department,” By contributing writer Misty Trent a journalist at the Public marriage helps seminarians see confirm that their union, learn about natural family chastity that pertains to their explained Petruska. Affairs Center in Norfolk, Va. Official Navy photo courtesy of why Church teachings about despite appearances, for some planning (NFP) in this class. vocations.” ▲ Petruska joined the Navy in June of 1984. In the oath of enlist- Rusty Black. marriage and sexuality make reason was invalid and not a Natural family planning meets ngp

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with Dr. Stokely. She often guished Mount faculty. “I am serves as an advisor and fortunate to have such won- On May 31, 1997, another dream of Dr. friend, both academically and derful colleagues,” comment- Stokely’s was fulfilled. In a rather large ceremony of Dr. Sarah Stokely personally, to many of her for- ed Dr. Stokely. “They influ- family and friends she married her devoted mer students. “Dr. Stokely ence me in a very positive boyfriend, Paul, in the Immaculate Conception really knows how to teach way.” She also strongly Chapel. Their anniversary date intentionally coin- “Living a Woven Life” solid communication skills,” believes that the Mount facul- cides with her parents wedding anniversary as it has reflects Joe Creamer, C’01, ty contribute collectively to special meaning to her. She always aspired to have and former freshman seminar the success of Mount students the kind of relationship with her husband as her Moments after past 11 years, but it has been students are able to make con- student. “Most of the material and the Mount’s mission over- mother has with her father. Within a year, the cou- m walking into Dr. through teaching Freshman nections from the classroom from that class stuck with me, all. “Every professor on this ple renewed their vows during the Mount’s annual Sarah Stokely’s office it is Seminar that she feels she has to real life, thus aiding them which for an accounting campus is personable and celebration of World Marriage Day. obvious what’s important in connected most with her stu- in life-structuring decisions. major like myself, was, and encouraging,” she comments. “Marriage is fun,” explained Dr. Stokely, “I’ve her life: her profession, her dents. The program, com- “Our lives are truly woven continues to be, very helpful.” Throughout her eleven gone places and done things I would never have family, her students, and her bined with the Mount’s small together,” she commented. Creamer also reflected on how years at the Mount Dr. ordinarily done, such as traveling to Iceland over relationship with God. At school atmosphere, allows Dr. For students, making such Dr. Stokely sent him an email Stokely has received profes- spring break.” The Stokelys love to travel and cer- first glance her office resem- Stokely to not only advise her connections is the one of the his junior year congratulating sional praise and acclaim as tainly are a definitive example of a blissfully mar- bles that of any other Mount students, but also become bedrock goals of the Freshman him for an article about a being one of the pioneers of ried couple. Furthermore, she explained how the professors with reference their friend. “I can talk to stu- Seminar program and profes- service project which he par- the college’s rhetoric and com- relationship between her and her husband has books, novels and texts filling dents about their whole lives,” sors like Dr. Stokely make it a ticipated in that appeared in munications major. From lec- grown in their first years as a married couple. the shelves. What makes her she reflects. “It’s freeing.” complete success. the Frederick News Post. “She turer to departmental chair, Their love for each other carries a promise for a office unique is the framed Dr. Stokely firmly believes Students enjoy her classes so always makes students of the she certainly has much to be bright future together, a future that will undoubt- photos of each and every one that the Mount’s Freshman much that some return their Mount feel welcome and proud of. ▲ edly yield much happiness. of her Freshman Seminar Seminar program helps stu- sophomore year as declared proud of their work,” reflected pbm classes and a few other classes dents get places. “It broadens rhetoric and communications Creamer. that she has taught through- student’s definition of suc- majors! There are even those Dr. Stokely also feels privi- out the past decade. “I’m cess,” she explains. Through who move on to other majors leged to have worked with the beginning to take pictures of its multi-discipline structure, but still keep in close contact very talented and distin- all my classes now,” explained Mount Bids Farewell to Scholar and Friend Dr. Stokely, as she reached to straighten an offset frame. She December 3, those in attendance and invok- Williams acted not only as an taught students of all majors. takes tremendous satisfaction on 2001, the ing the memory of Dr. official in his field, but also as a Dr. Williams has been quot- and pride in seeing how much Mount lost a great friend and Williams’ Christian example friend and mentor to his stu- ed in many publications, as his her students develop from professor. On that evening, and courage in the face of dents and colleagues. An expertise in the area of public freshman orientation to com- surrounded by his beloved adversity. Brandt Urban, accomplished scholar, Dr. policy was, and continues to mencement and her pictures wife, Judy, his daughter, C’00, performed a saxophone Williams held four degrees of be, well respected. Area news- serve as a reminder of their Stephanie, C’03, and his clos- solo in tribute; Harry higher education from West papers would frequently turn journey together. est friends, Dr. George Benjamin and Brad Boyd, Virginia University, including to him for his opinions and Dr. Stokely arrived at the Williams passed away after a C’98, presented the gifts. Dr. a Ph.D in public policy, an MA interpretations of current Mount in the fall of 1991 as a long and hard-fought battle Jack Campbell and Stephanie in health education, an MPA political events. A proud lecturer of writing. Her cur- with a brain tumor. A funeral Williams completed the service in public administration, and a American, he would both rent department, the depart- Mass for Dr. Williams was held with eulogies that celebrated BSSW in social work. He pre- commend the United States ment of rhetoric and commu- on Thursday, December 6, at Dr. Williams’ role as a friend, viously served as a professor of Government’s actions and crit- nications, had yet to be estab- the Chapel of the Immaculate mentor and loving father. political science at the icize them. lished. Thus, she thought the Conception. The service was a Dr. Williams arrived at the University of South Alabama It was his commitment to Mount was but a mere stop, fitting tribute to a friend, Mount in 1989. Since then, he and Spring Hill College from Catholic ideals and morals that certainly not a destination. teacher and father, bringing has served as associate profes- 1985-1989. At the Mount, Dr. Dr. Williams was most hon- Since then, she has taught together so many elements of sor of government and interna- Williams has taught courses on ored for. He was a dedicated rhetoric and communications his life. Father Jim Donohue, tional studies, a department in public policy, health policy, parishioner at St. John the courses and this past summer of the Mount, and Rev. George which he acted as chair for public administration, and Evangelist Roman Catholic was appointed departmental Reid, pastor emeritus of St. three years. Proud Mountie research methods and statistics Church in Frederick, Md. and chair. Dr. Stokely has certain- Mary’s, Barnesville, Md. cele- and advisor to countless politi- as well as foundations of amer- served as an academic repre- ly come along way over the brated the Mass, comforting cal science majors, Dr. ican government, in which he sentative on the St. John’s

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Regional Catholic School Mount. Perhaps it is in the George Williams was a Ontario--we could see before Board for three years. Recently words of his colleagues and a champion of the "little guy", us the falls and America on the he was presented with the dis- previous student that a truly fit- “of the underdog. George was opposite side of the Niagara Jennifer M. Anderson, C’81 tinguished 2001 John McElroy ting tribute can be made. ▲ a firm supporter of unions and River-- George looked at me Award by the Maryland pbm their causes. He did so much and waxed philosophically, Catholic Conference Center. to help the poor and under- "This is fantastic! To sit in the February 8, she left a high profile job in In 1991, Jennifer received the The award commended Dr. privileged. He was the epito- second most-beautiful country on 2000, shortly Philadelphia where she repre- Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Williams for the impact he has When I think of me of the concerned and com- in the world looking across at after 8:00 a.m, a fistfight erupt- sented large corporations as a made on the Frederick County George Williams, which will be passionate Christian. I also the most beautiful country in ed in the gymnasium of white-collar criminal defense community through the pro- often“ because he was a good remember George as one of the world! ..." He was, in his Washington D.C.’s Wilson attorney in order to gain more motion of Catholic organiza- friend, what I will remember the fastest talkers I've ever good-humored way, needling High School between high trial experience and a better tions and programs. most is his courage. In our lives known! He could spout whole me. I quickly replied, "I know school football star Andre understanding of the other side Furthermore, he was recog- we see many acts of courage -- paragraphs in a fraction of a just what you mean, George! Wallace and Carlton Blount. of the legal process. Eleven nized for his unparalleled certainly many recently – but, second, or so it seemed. To That's exactly what all those Hours later, Blount along with years later, she is still in D.C. efforts in the advancement of our firemen, police, and sol- me that meant he was a fast New Yorkers over there are accomplice Jermaine Johnson trying criminal cases. “I find Catholic education. This is diers act with reasonable expec- thinker as well.” thinking as they gaze across stalked Wallace to the home of criminal law challenging and most evident in the leadership tations that they will survive. the river!" I miss George's his girlfriend, Natasha Marsh, interesting,” stated Anderson. Dr. Williams demonstrated George knew all along in his Dr. Bill O’Toole, department needling, and I miss his and gunned the pair of “I get a tremendous amount of while serving as a member of heart that he would not prevail of mathematics and computer enthusiasm for teaching. We teenagers down as they satisfaction from being able to States District Attorney Office ing a Special Achievement the St. John’s Literary over his dreadful illness. Yet, he science always talked about offering a unloaded groceries. The slay- bring closure to victims and in Washington, D.C. where she Award from the Department of Institution at Prospect Hall for carried on with his life, taught second Canadian summer ings filled the entire their families.” is responsible for overseeing 30 Justice. ▲ six years, five of which were as as long as he could, kept active study-travel program, but Washington community with Anderson recalls her Mount attorneys who try felony cases. dpc vice-president. on campus long after that, George traveled to George's struggle with cancer grief and outrage and even experience with fondness as a In addition, she has served as a George Williams was, and maintained his active social life Canada with me four or five stopped us. I'll never be able President Clinton sent his con- good four years. She majored special prosecutor for the continues to be, a very loved --- remained calm, and kept us “times. These visits really to visit Quebec City without dolences to the families. in English and says that she Church Arson Task Force creat- man. His impact on the Mount all calm --- all the while in the brought George to life as a remembering George and his Jennifer M. Anderson, C’81, received a “first-class educa- ed in 1997 by former Secretary community, as well as the constant face of danger. That is teacher. I'll always remember friendship and offering a toast was called upon by the United tion”, giving her a good back- General Janet Reno to investi- mountxtra Frederick community, will true courage -- and George had George as my Canadian sum- to him!” States Government to serve as ground for law school and her gate the unprecedented num- ■ Jennifer M. Anderson never be duplicated, replaced, it in abundance. God Bless!” mer program colleague. One the prosecution’s lead counsel career. “Since much of my job ber of church-related arsons or forgotten. He has truly left night, as we sat with students Dr. Jim Krysiek, department in the trial. The emotional case is communications – be it oral that plagued our country in the President's Council an indelible mark on the greater Dr. John Hook, department of in a restaurant after a lovely of history took nine months to investigate or written – the extensive writ- late 90s. Frederick community and the business dinner in Niagara Falls, and almost two months to try ing skills I learned early on She has traveled throughout Member of the all the while being followed proved to be invaluable.” the United States working close- DuBois/ Brute Medal closely by the major news Looking back, Anderson ly with the Department of Committee media of the Washington met- realizes she had many fine Justice, local prosecutors, state ropolitan area. Eventually teachers, but in her years at the law enforcement officers, and Distinguished Young Sex and Love in the Home Blount was convicted of mur- Mount no one challenged her agents from various federal Alumni Awards der and sentenced to prison. more than Dr. Ducharme. “He agencies. One significant case Committee This past December, Anderson always expected great things by she investigated involved an rofessor of theology, Dr. David McCarthy, recently pub- Cosmopolitan and Glamour for insights into popular culture’s views was awarded the Director’s challenging me on a daily incident that occurred in Fort Recipient of the lished Sex and Love in the Home: A Theology of the of sex and marriage. He then placed those views against a theolog- Award, one of the highest basis,” recalled Anderson. As a Dodge, Iowa in 1992 when the Distinguished Young p Household. The truly engaging and entertaining work ical backdrop, setting the stage for the opposing arguments that awards given by the result of Dr. Ducharme’s chal- First Baptist Church was dam- Alumni Award explores the social ideals and norms of sex, love and marriage and essentially structure the book. Much like his ability to engage his Department of Justice. She lenging teaching style, aged by the burning of a con- how those conceptions change after couples marry. “Sex and Love classes in his lecture material, McCarthy captivates the reader with received this nationwide award Anderson feels she was forced structed cross leaned against the Alumni Admissions in the Home contributes to current discussions about the home, his down to earth and comfortable style. As one of the Mount’s as a result of her superior per- to push herself more than she building. Local authorities Network sexual intimacy and familial love by raising economic and political most requested professors, McCarthy truly knows how to address formance on this particular would have on her own accord. never pressed charges and the questions, not in the typical framework of ‘family’ or ‘family val- ethical issues in a manner that allows for intriguing and involved murder trial. “It is that unwillingness to set- case remained unsolved for Washington D.C. ues,’ but in more substantive, material terms of the household discussion, and his book is a reflection of that. “I tried to make it After graduating from the tle for being just average that years until Anderson’s commit- Chapter of the National economy and the polity of my (and probably your) neighbor- readable and engaging,” explained McCarthy. Mount in 1981, Anderson con- has really helped me progress in tee brought the perpetrators to Alumni Association hood,” McCarthy explained. The work also contains an underly- Sex and Love in the Home: A Theology of the Household is avail- tinued her studies at The my career.” justice on charges of arson and ing critique of how sex and love are shaped by the popular culture able in paperback form through national book retailers as well as Catholic University School of Anderson currently serves as civil rights violations. Anderson Career Development and how this influences common thought. In conducting research the Mount bookstore. ▲ Law. Her life has led her many deputy chief of the General was once again rewarded for her Network for this book, McCarthy turned to trendy magazines such as pbm directions. Several years ago Felony Section of the United exemplory work skills by receiv-

12 Mount Magazine mountfaculty mountfaculty Mount Magazine 13 mountmount mountsports marriagesmarriages mountsports Mount Student-Athletes Among mountxtra A Love of Track That Led to Top-20 Academically ■ Fall Honor Roll: Richelle Baker, C’02, he recently released our athletic administration, vate school athletic programs is 3.82, Women’s Soccer More Than A Career NCAA Graduation Rate academic support and the 60 percent, 23 percent below t Report places Mount St. Mount St. Mary’s faculty the Mount’s. Melanie Bender, C’04, im Stevenson and an ironic twist of fate the cou- Mary’s College’s student-ath- because this can only be The report also released the 3.59, Women’s Cross Kristen Hazel Stevenson, ple returned to the letes with the 16th best gradu- accomplished through a team graduation rate for the general Country C’95, came to the Emmitsburg area in 1999 ation rate in the country. The effort both academically and student population of all j Mount as freshmen from when Jim accepted a position Mountaineers most recent athletically.” Division I schools and Mount Naomi Campano, C’04, completely different sides of in the Mount’s admissions graduation class (1994-95) had The Mount is also one of St. Mary’s exceeded those 4.00, Women’s Soccer the world with one common department and a part-time 83 percent of its class graduate, only three schools in the coun- national rates as well. Mount bond, a desire to excel at position as assistant track and 25 percent better than the try to graduate all of its inter- St. Mary’s 70 percent gradua- Mary Coulby, C’03, track. Stevenson, a native of field coach. national rate for all 321 national student-athletes. The tion rate exceeds the national 3.55, Women’s Soccer Sheffield, England and Hazel, Today Jim is the head coach Division I schools and 13 per- other two schools are Duke Division I rate of 56 percent. from Drexel Hill, Pa., were for the Mount’s cross-country cent above fellow classmates at and Stanford. The NCAA report disclosed Shawn Day, C’03, 3.35, nothing more than teammates team and the associate head the Mount. Of the 85 Division I-AAA that nationally white female Men’s Cross Country for much of their time togeth- coach for track and field team. “First and foremost, this is a schools, a classification that student-athletes and black er on the Mount track team Kristen works in Rockville, tremendous accomplishment Mount St. Mary’s currently male student-athletes continue Brynn Dutcher, C’03, but during their junior year a Md. as a project coordinator by our student-athletes,” said holds, the Mountaineers placed to graduate at rates significant- 3.50, Women’s Cross relationship developed. Upon for Aspen Systems. They have Mount St. Mary’s athletic among the Top-10 programs ly higher than their counter- Country graduating they knew the come full circle. Their time director, Dr. Harold “Chappy” with a graduation rate 25 per- parts in the overall student Mount had helped make each together began at the Mount Menninger. “I’m proud of our cent better than the national body. White female student- Rachel Gaes, C’02, 3.42, of them stronger individually and here they are, back in the student-athletes but I’m also rate. The national graduation athletes were 11 percentage Women’s Soccer and as a team, but it was time area – together. “You meet proud of our coaching staffs, rate for the 111 Division I pri- points above overall Division I to move on and put to use your wife and she’s the dearest rates for the 1994-95 cohort, Stephanie Gnau, C’03, their valuable education and person in your life and then with a graduation rate of 72 3.80, Women’s Soccer experiences in the “real world.” you realize that if we both had- Junior, Stephanie Gnau. percent compared to the stu- Kristen utilized her degree n’t chosen to go to the dent rate of 61 percent. Black John Ladesic, C’03, 3.22, in political science helping Mount…” Jim’s voice tapers male student-athletes graduat- Men’s Cross Country troubled youth in a variety of off. “The Mount is why we’re ed 11 percentage points higher, jobs in Delaware, while Jim together and why I had such a 42 percent compared to a gen- Kari McCarty, C’03, remained in Frederick County good experience in track and eral student-body rate of 31 3.63, Women’s Cross teaching elementary educa- field. It is an environment that percent. Country tion for the Frederick County allowed us to foster a great Only student-athletes who Public School System. Faced friendship and beyond that to enroll as freshmen receive ath- Jason Mitchell, C’03, with an expiring work permit, start a relationship. It is a great letics related financial aid and 3.20, Men’s Cross Jim contacted former Mount forum to make good friends graduate from that institution Country track coach Jim Deegan seek- and I found the one I loved within six years of initial ing advice. Coach Deegan and married.” enrollment are tracked. Michelle Rafeedie, C’03, knew of an opening for a tenure at ETSU and feeling the On January 1, 1997, after The Mount provided Jim Student-athletes who transfer 3.74, Women’s Cross graduate assistant coach pain of separation from his receiving permission from her and Kristen the opportunity in good academic standing to Country at East Tennessee State love, Jim decided it was time to parents, Jim “popped the to compete at a high level in another institution count University and within a short take the next step and propose question” while on holiday in the sport they both love. They against their original institu- Monica Serianni, C’03, period of time Jim moved marriage. “I knew I wanted to England. came here separately, found tion as not graduating and are 3.30, Women’s Soccer south leaving Kristin behind. ask her to marry me” he said. Back in the States, the each other and now carry on not counted in the freshman He spent two and a half “I knew she was the one I newly engaged couple as Mr. and Ms. Stevenson – a cohort rate for their second Kelly Sheil, C’02, 3.45, years at ETSU, seeing Kristin wanted to marry. My life was resumed their long distance marriage formed at the institution. ▲ Women’s Soccer only once every three months. so upside-down and she pro- relationship until their wed- Mount. ▲ wmh A year and a half into his vided me stability.” ding on January 2, 1998. In jpb

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Prior to MediFit she worked While teaching at FCC she Mount Hires Nationally Recognized Aerobics Program at Frederick Community doubled as a fitness instructor College where she continues and fitness technician at the to work as an allied health Frederick Fitness Center. instructor after seven years. Jones-Riland resides in Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Stepping Up Her curriculum includes Frederick, Md. with her loving courses in aerobics, weight husband and adoring dog. ▲ ount St. Mary’s vide some stability to this pro- native, she is the daughter of lowed by Howard University training, and biomechanics. wmh m has hired former gram and establish a ground- former Baltimore Orioles relief on March 6. Both games start ucked away in the bow- American College of Sports Maryland stand-out Courtney work that will take the Mount pitcher, Tippy Martinez, who at 3 p.m. on the Mount St. els of the Knott Athletic Medicine, Jones-Riland brings Martinez-Connor as the new to the next level.” was inducted into the Orioles Mary’s College Lacrosse Field. t Recreation Convocation a wealth of experience to the women's lacrosse head coach. Martinez-Connor is active in Hall of Fame last summer. Last season the Mountaineers Complex is the office of Mount. She comes to us from “I'm excited to add a head community service as a volun- The Mount’s season opener finished 5-13 overall and 3-3 in the assistant director of recre- MediFit Corporate Services coach with the national teer organizer for Operation is Friday, March 1 at home the Northeast Conference. ▲ ational services and fitness where for the past three years experience that Courtney Christmas Child. A Baltimore against Longwood College fol- wmh coordinator. Setting up camp she has served as the senior brings to our women's lacrosse in the office of gym equipment health fitness specialist and program,” said Mount St. is Jacquelyn C. Jones-Riland, temporarily as the program Mary’s athletic director, Dr. the newest member of the supervisor for a six month Harold “Chappy” Menninger. department of recreational period. As the program super- “It's not every day that an services. visor she oversaw the day-to- Athletic Director can add a Her duties and responsibili- day operations of the fitness head coach with five national ties keep Jones-Riland con- center as well as the develop- championship rings to his stantly on the go. As part of ment of annual strategic pro- department.” her administrative duties she gram planning. A 2001 graduate from the assists the Director with super- A 1998 graduate from University of Maryland, vising all of the Recreational Shepherd College in Martinez-Connor is coming Services programs in and out- Shepherdstown, W.Va. where off an honor-laden season as a side the ARCC. She is also she earned a bachelors of defender on the seven-time directly responsible for the science in sports fitness/recre- national champion Maryland work-out programs which vary ation and leisure studies. Terrapin women's lacrosse from aerobics, to kickboxing, Among her many certifications squad. NCAA Tournament to toning & conditioning to include certification for Most Valuable Player in 2001, yoga. Along with teaching Perinatal Fitness Instruction she also earned 360 Lacrosse’s some of these courses she also from Healthy Moms; Personal National Defender of the Year provides instruction in an Trainer from the American honor as well as First Team All- instructors’ course. Council on Exercise and First America, First Team All- As a certified health and fit- Aid from the American Heart Atlantic Coast Conference and ness instructor from the Association. a member of the All-ACC Tournament team. As a five- year letterwinner for the Terps she played on five national This year’s five candidates to be inducted include: championship squads. halloffame “This is a tremendous Paul Clarke, C’54 – baseball, Tomas “Woody” Stoner, C’62 opportunity for me to be at ■ Sport Hall of Fame Indiction Ceremony - April 13, 2002 – service to the athletic program, Michelle Dixon, C’87- track Mount St. Mary’s as the head and field, Knut Gunderson, C’88 – track and field and Kim coach and bring a winning atti- Each year Mount St. Mary’s Sports Hall of Fame recognizes Rhock, C’90 – basketball. tude to a program that is ready former athletes who “have exhibited athletic prowess of an out- for success,” said Martinez- standing nature in an intercollegiate sport.” On April 13, 2002, For additional information on this event please contact Connor. “Some of these ath- Dennis M. Doyle, C’63, National Alumni Association President Philip G. McGlade, director of alumni relations, at 301-447- letes have had four different will induct five alumni into the Sports Hall of Fame. 5362 or [email protected]. coaches in their four year career and I hope to be able to pro-

16 Mount Magazine collegenews mountsports Mount Magazine 17 “When we think of the Mount, all we can think about is the tradition and the community. Our time at the Mount not only developed us as adults, it shaped our lives as a couple. We were able to grow together in every aspect: intellectually, socially, and spiritually. And because of that, the Mount is part of who we are. The Mount is not just the place where we met and went to school, but our first home together. A home where we learned about our- selves, individually, and together as a couple. A home full of family members that supported us through every good time and bad.”

Danielle Boarman, C’94

Across a Crowded...Memorial Gym

In January 1956 while completing my who had piqued by interest. I soon fixing up our campus home with fresh tour of duty in the U.S. Army in Japan, I learned that the freshman was in fact a sen- paint, new linoleum, and restoring the applied for admission to the Mount. That ior and one of the organizers of the mixer. kerosene heater. Among our neighbors August I arrived on campus and took up Taken back but undaunted, I pursued were Professors Kalis, Meredith and residency on 3rd Basil with a number of Eileen Regan from that day forward. Williams. other freshmen veterans. Courtship with a St. Joe’s girl in the 50s Our first of six children was born in On our second or third evening on cam- meant campus visits in a coat and tie and September 1959, with one, Mary Beth pus a square dance “mixer” with the fresh- only double dating at college approved being christened by Msgr. Kline at St. men from St. Joseph’s College was held at functions or sites. All of which was Anthony’s Shrine across from Jordan’s Memorial Gym. Of course the men of 3rd endured. store. Following graduation in June 1960 Basil wanted to check out these young In August 1958, during the summer we handed over the keys to our “shack” to ladies so a march to the gym was in order. prior to my junior year we were married in other newlyweds and departed our moun- From my seat in the bleachers I became New York City with Monsignor Kline offi- tain home. William and Eileen Barrett fixated on one particularly appealing St. ciating before an audience of Mount men Forty-three years have passed but we still Joe’s girl. Knowing nothing about square and St. Joe’s girls. As newlyweds we had fondly recall our idyllic start down the ter- dancing I overcame my reluctance to par- arranged for campus housing in the race from Pangborn Hall. ticipate and set out to become a part of the revered “shacks” at a cost of $11 per foursome, which included the freshman month. Most of that July had been spent William Barrett, C’60

18 Mount Magazine Mount Magazine 19 A New Chapel for a New Bride In the fall of 1970 Belinda Lowry so when Msgr. Phillips heard that a entered St. Joseph’s College and I entered September wedding was planned, he read- Mount St Mary’s College. Due to the clos- ily agreed --- as he knew his project would ing of St. Joe’s, Belinda transferred to the be completed ahead of schedule. Mount as one of the first resident females A brutal winter placed the project in the fall of 1972. During our four years behind schedule, but as spring broke, the in Emmitsburg, we had become friends, Grotto was a beehive of activity as the but never dated. enormous pre-stressed concrete members About a year after graduation our paths were hoisted into place, concrete poured crossed again, and what started as a friend- and stonework completed. As September ly get together, soon turned to romance. approached it was evident that meeting the In 1975, I asked Belinda to marry me. At wedding deadline was going to be close, that time, I was running my own con- but I was confident my crew would have struction business (with former Mount the Chapel ready on time. roommate, Ed Horn, C’75). Shortly The day before the wedding every avail- before becoming engaged my construction able hand from the construction company firm was awarded the contract to build the was on site to complete the last minute Lowry and John Jaffee. new Chapel at the Grotto. When it came details, with the last workers finally leaving September 18, 2001 marked our 25th time to make arrangements for the wed- the site late in the afternoon. The next wedding anniversary and the 25th anniver- ding, I suggested to Belinda that we be morning dawned a beautiful early fall day sary of the Grotto Chapel. Today we live married at the new Chapel. We then in Emmitsburg and at 10 a.m. on just south of the Mount near Frederick, approached Msgr. Phillips with the request September 18, 1976 Msgr. Hugh J. Philips Md., and visit the Grotto Chapel often to be married in the yet to be constructed and Fr. James Delaney co-celebrated the where it all began. chapel on September 18, 1976. The antic- first Mass ever to be held in the new ipated completion date was October 1976, Grotto Chapel, the wedding of Belinda John Jaffee, C’74 Our First Home Together It started eleven years ago. The journey of two kids heading to the Mount --- one Honeymooning at Fort Bragg from New York and the other Maryland. They came to the Mount expecting to have the time of their lives. Both had family who had attended the Mount, so they were anx- party; Tricia Luchi, C’82, security why we should be allowed to paint ious to have some of the same great experiences and create some of their own. The one Kim Shertzer, C’83, Katie the gun. Thanks Jim! thing that the two didn’t expect was to find each other, especially during the first few Reid, C’82, Dennis Rice, Usually, students are supposed to months of the often-tedious freshman year. Never in a million years would they have C’82, and Zach DeCarlo, return home right after finals. Since 50 believed that the person standing in front of them was in fact their future spouse. But C’82, came directly from percent of our senior class was to attend that is exactly what happened to Brad and Danielle (Griffin) Boarman, C’94. their exams. Although our wedding, we had special permission When we think of the Mount, all we can think about is the tradition and the com- Lee and I were nervous to spend two additional nights on cam- munity. Our time at the Mount not only developed us as adults, but it shaped our lives about getting everything pus. Our Nuptial Mass was at 4:00 p.m. as a couple. We were able to grow together in every aspect: intellectually, socially, and just right, everyone was in Monsignor Kline, an avid fan of horse spiritually. And because of that, the Mount is part of who we are. The Mount is not a very festive mood. My racing, had the Preakness on TV in the just the place where we met and went to school, but our first home together. A home bridesmaids even wore sacristy. We had a military wedding with where we learned about ourselves, individually, and together as a couple. A home full army boots! After the the ROTC acting as ushers. At that time of family members that supported us through every good time and every bad time. rehearsal, we all headed to I was the only female in the ROTC pro- In 1996, almost six years after we met, Brad proposed to me in the stairway of Lee and I were married at the a dinner hosted at Captain Thomas gram. LTC Karsteter, the commanding Pangborn Hall. We spent many late nights talking there during our freshman year so it Immaculate Conception Chapel 19 years Jackson’s home. He was one of the ROTC officer of the ROTC, graciously provided seemed all too appropriate. In October 1997 we were married in the Chapel of the ago, on May 15, 1982. Monsignor Robert officers for the Mount at the time. swords for the saber arch. Immaculate Conception by Father Keith and Father Andrew Fisher, C’94. Kline blessed our marriage in a beautiful Much later in the evening and after After 19 years of marriage, Lee and I still Eleven years later we have a beautiful little girl, Emma, and a wild and crazy dog, ceremony. We were married the day after much celebrating, my bridesmaids, many have our wedding pictures on display and Pangborn (yes, named after our freshman dorm). We still take quick trips up to the finals ended because the following week at other Mount sisters, and I painted the a lovely pen and ink print of the Mount to visit and retrace the steps that began this journey. We still have the strong graduation we both would be sworn into large naval gun that used to be in front of Immaculate Conception Chapel hanging friendships we made at the Mount. And we will always have the Mount with us. We the Army. Time was of the essence since the Chapel. We painted it white and cov- in our living room. Our time at the can never let go of the Mount tradition and community because it is truly what we are we were scheduled to report to Ft. Bragg, ered it with blue Betty Boop hearts and Mount was a fantastic four years culminat- as a family. N.C. within 24 hours of graduation! signed it “Lionel + Rosalind.” A picture is ing in our wedding. The rehearsal for our wedding was right in our wedding album. Jim McManimon, Danielle Boarman, C’94 after finals on Friday. In fact, our wedding C’80, did a wonderful job of explaining to R. Kate (Innis) Laferriere, C’82

20 Mount Magazine Mount Magazine 21 Bending the “Double-Date” Rule Johanna (Carter) Moore, SJC C’64, and position, the job was never filled. In the I met on a blind date on January 7, 1961 at spring of 1963 Fr. Fives met me at a the Semi-Formal Winter Dance at St. Joe’s. Baltimore alumni affair and in the course When I returned from Christmas I decided of our conversation asked me if I would that I wanted to go to the winter dance. I be willing to put off graduate school for a contacted one of the seniors at St. Joe’s who year and come back to the Mount to teach was on the “blind-date bureau”, which the Dr. Meredith’s classes. I readily agreed to seniors ran mainly for the freshman girls, do this. but also for any girl who wanted to go to In 1963, I returned to the Mount just in the dance, and didn’t have a date. time for Johanna’s senior year at St. Joe’s. We had a really great time at the dance, As alumni from this time period will all to and began to date. Being that I was two readily remember, St. Joe’s had a “double classes ahead of Johanna we questioned date rule” when a car was involved. maintaining a long-distance relationship However, this presented a problem for us as upon my graduation. When the time double dating meant that the “guy” in the came, we chose to continue to date and face other couple, almost invariably, would be a the two-year period apart. student at the Mount. After a conversation stage with other faculty members as she The first year after I graduated from the with Sister Mary Ann, dean of students at received her diploma. Mount, I taught junior high science in St. Joe’s, she recognized our problem. Her I then entered the University of Baltimore City. This was the hardest year way around this was to grant Johanna per- Maryland in the summer of 1964 and as I was quite busy with lesson plans and mission to single date, but Sister required graduated with my M.S. in June of 1966. such, so trips to Emmitsburg were not as that Johanna ask for permission every time We were married on July 2, 1966. This frequent as we both would have liked. we wanted to go someplace. This way the year we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Towards the end of the 1962-1963 school “double date rule” was still technically in our meeting and our 35th wedding year I decided that I wanted to go to grad- affect! anniversary. uate school. Ironically, at the same time, a We are not aware of this rule being We have lived a wonderful life blessed situation developed at the Mount when Dr. “bent” like this before, but we know that with one daughter, Catherine M. Bill Meredith left on sabbatical to complete we were the only exception for the 1963- D’Ortona, Ph.D., and one son Hall L. his doctorate degree at the University of 1964 school year. She was also allowed out Moore, III, M.S. Consequently our grand- Maryland. Several individuals had been on weeknights to attend faculty affairs with son, Hall III, C’92, graduated some 30 interviewed to teach his courses during his me. Another fond memory was that I was years after me! absence, but with the sudden death of the asked to walk in the academic procession One-of-a-Kind Thanksgiving Celebration dean and the lengthy process to replace the for Johanna’s graduation. So I was on the Hall L. Moore, Jr. C’62 It was a rainy Thanksgiving Day, November of 1964. Everyone who attended the Clark-Carron wedding at the Mount Chapel was then treated to the traditional turkey and all the trimmings at the Hotel Gettysburg, which consequently burned to the ground within two months. Four years earlier I had graduated from the Mount and was now teaching there. I A First Kiss at Christmas often ate in St. Joe’s cafeteria (the food was much more appealing) and it was there that James was the first guy I met during Freshman Orientation in 1994. My par- I met my bride, Marilyn Carron, who was a teacher at St. Joe’s. ents had just finished helping me move in, and everyone was preparing to meet with Msgr. Robert Kline was president at the time and had to approve such a ceremony- their Freshman Seminar class. James and I were in the same class and he lived one taking place in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. Msgr. Walter Shaull, a floor directly above me in Pangborn Hall. We became good friends. Everyone always product of the Cradle of Bishops, officiated. Without his intervention the ceremony thought that we were more than just friends because we spent so much time together would not have taken place at the Chapel. - they didn't believe us when we said we were just studying in his room! But that year Some things have changed and some haven’t since our wedding 38 years ago. The when we went to the Christmas Dance together, but it was just as friends. Green Parrot on West Main Street in Emmitsburg where we held our rehearsal dinner During our sophomore year, our friendship changed. (By pure coinciendence, I lived is now defunct and our wedding records reside at St. Anthony’s. My best man and for- one floor directly above him in Mac.) We both were without a date when he asked me mer Mount roommate, Neil Kenney, C’60, is still a good friend all these years later, to the Christmas Dance. That night we had our first kiss and we’ve been together ever and my love for my wife and mother of our two sons has only grown. since. We were recently married at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception and could- This story has not reached its denouement, but that too will take place at the Mount, n't imagine getting married anywhere else! The Mount has many wonderful memories maybe even where it all began, in the Chapel, as Marilyn and I will find our eternal for us both. resting place in the Mount cemetery. Erin Kunkel Watkins, C’98 John Clark, C’60

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who were affected by this great tragedy. Within weeks remembrancefund Saved From Tragedy reports began to emerge Patriot Hall about the misuse and misallo- How One Mount Family is Giving Back cation of funds raised for vic- ■ September 11th Remembrance Fund tims. The Mikules decided to ccording to Webster’s the Connections Campaign to establish a scholarship fund at a New World Dictionary help fund the construction of light 77 out of Dulles the Mount in remembrance the definition of the word pa- the new McGowan Center International Airport of the victims of the triot (pa’tre et, -at’; chiefly Brit, dining hall. It was Holmes’ and into Los Angeles September 11th tragedies and also pa’-) n. reads: fellow coun- hope that the donation would fwas a bi-monthly flight for for children of parents who tryman; one who loves and loy- serve as a constant reminder Carol A. Mikules, wife of Paul served in the U.S. military. ally or zealously supports one’s that the lives lost in the Kelly Mikules, C’67. The cou- “This was our way of con- own country. September 11 tragedy were not ple, who reside in California, firming that Carol was spared In its nearly 200-year histo- in vain. These patriots may jointly own a company in for good reason. We have ry, the Mount has produced its never see the beautiful renova- Virginia, but it is Carol who good feelings about the fair share of patriots. On tions to the Mount campus, primarily travels between the Mount and the educational September 11th, five more nor enjoy gathering in the cities. Flight 77 was a typical opportunities that it offers were added to the list: Anthony center with their classmates, flight. Being a frequent flyer, students,” commented Paul. Gallagher, C’83, Kevin James but their story will live on. In Carol Mikules was well On the eve of Christmas, Murphy, C’83, Andrew J. their honor, the new dining acquainted with the flight crew with a pen stroke, the Carol A. Alameno, C’86, Elizabeth hall will be appropriately The establishment of the September 11th Remembrance and other frequent passengers. Mikules Scholarship was Claire Logler, C’91 and James named Patriot Hall. “Now the Fund was in response to the many requests received to For whatever reason --- call it founded. In the future chil- F. Murphy, IV, C’93 were all Mount will always have a memorialize friends and classmates who perished on fate--- call it kismet, Carol, who dren of the victims of the sadly lost in the attacks on the reminder of the national September 11, 2001. J. Scott Wilfong, C’72, member of was scheduled to return to September 11th World Trade World Trade Center. In an tragedy that we endured on the Board of Trustees and chair of the Mount Annual Fund, California on the morning of Center, Pentagon and admirable act to honor these September 11th ,” commented was so moved by the loss of alumni that he made a request September 11th, decided to Pennsylvania terrorist attacks patriots, Tom Holmes, C’68, Holmes. “My hope is that to his company, SunTrust Bank of Maryland, to contribute return the day prior. She had or children of parents who are has acted in a generous and Mount students always $25,000 as a memorial gift. They did. He then asked oth- spoken with her husband sever- country sat mesmerized by the ed Paul. currently serving or have thoughtful manner. In honor remember September 11th, ers to join in this memorial by designating new and al times about returning a day words and images on their tel- Carol had escaped tragedy served in the United States of the alumni and immediate whether it is today or in thirty increased support to the Mount Annual Fund. New and early, but one thing or another evisions and radios, it dawned and according to the couple, military will be eligible to family of alumni lost, a signifi- years.” ▲ increased gifts received prior to December 31, 2001 were kept her from changing her on the Mikules family that they realized she was here for apply for this scholarship. For cant contribution was made to ngp placed toward this effort. travel plans. Finally, late in the Carol’s life had been spared. a reason. The Mikules, like additional information on this The goal of the September 11th Remembrance Fund afternoon, she boarded a plane “It was very emotional for so many Americans, decided scholarship please contact the is to support financial aid given to Mount students dur- for the West coast. Carol, as it was for myself. they wanted to make a differ- office of admissions at 800- “Now the Mount will always have a reminder of the ing the spring 2002 semester. Approximately 1,250 stu- On the morning of Carol knew these people. She ence. They wanted to some- 448-4347. ▲ national tragedy that we endured on September dents receive some form of financial aid from the college September 11th, as the entire knew their stories,” comment- how help those individuals ngp 11th.” annually. To date the Remembrance Fund has raised $170,854, surpassing its goal of $150,000. Alumni from the classes personally affected by the tragedy, the Classes of 1983, mcgowancenter 1986, 1991 and 1993, contributed close to 10% of the total amount raised. ■ David M. DiLuigi, C’92, and Hugh E. Giorgio, C’91, A plaque will be placed on campus listing the names of recently presented President George Houston with a check for those who died. $2,500 from AllFirstBank honoring the bank’s commitment to the William G. McGowan Center. DiLuigi and Giorgio are ANNUAL both vice presidents for AllFirst Bank. (L-R): Nancy Gibbons, Mount St. Mary’s director of foun- FUND dations and corporate relations; David M. DiLuigi, vice presi- the dent AllFirst Bank; President George R. Houston, Jr., president of Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary; and Hugh E. Giorgio, vice president AllFirst Bank. Mount 24 Mount Magazine advancementnews advancementnews Mount Magazine 25 classnotes classnotes

raised dollars for multiple scle- General Meade Society in to the WTC to assist in secur- ing middle school mathematics rosis research and was initiated Philadelphia, Pa. (General ing a perimeter, searching at the American Overseas baltimorechapter by Dick. He is the chief cor- Meade had three nephews who connecticutchapter through debris and coordinat- School. porate sponsor. Family and attended the Mount). ing relief efforts. ■ On Tuesday, November 6, 2001 members of the friends joined Dick and Don ■ The Connecticut Chapter held its 43rd Annual Loyalty Beth Jowdy, C’93, ran in the Baltimore Chapter met at Claddaugh’s Pub in Canton, Md. in the two-day ride from Master Sergeant Ronald L. Event on Saturday, November 17, 2001 at the Ethan Allen Honolulu Marathon on to discuss next year’s projects and elect new officers. Delaware to the Chesapeake Pitts, C’76, a member of the Inn, Danbury, Conn. Mount guests included, Frank December 9, 2001. She trav- Outgoing chapter President Jennifer Firlie, C’95, Bay. Congratulations! Maryland National Guard, is DeLuca, C’68, vice president for institutional advance- 1990s eled with the Joints in Motion announced the new appointments after the election. The serving as a public affairs non- ment; George R. Gelles, C’64, national alumni vice presi- Team, raising funds for the new Baltimore Chapter alumni officers are: David Gabor, Michael D. Schorn, C’66, commission officer at the dent and director of conferences services and special events; Michael Lloyd, C’91, a CPA, Arthritis Foundation. C’90, president; Stephanie Lopez, C’00, vice president; and retained his seat on the City Maryland National Guard and Philip G. McGlade, C’70, director of alumni relations. recently finished his degree at Rob Herb, C’78, treasurer. Council of Reading, Pa., fol- Headquarters in Baltimore, University of Maryland Law Chrissy Tamberino, C’93, mar- lowing the November 6, 2001 Md. He has been in the mili- School. He is a tax associate ried David Huber on October ■ The Baltimore Chapter held its Christmas Party on election. tary for 23 years, and is a veter- December 4, 2000. William Michele Sinnott McEwan, for Baker & McKenzie, the 13, 2001, at Loyola Blakefield, Sunday, December 9, 2001 at Claddaugh’s Pub in Canton, an of two major conflicts. Pitts III was born into a family of M.D., C’85, is a pediatrician in largest law firm in the world. in Baltimore, Md. Members of Md. Fifty Mount alums attended, contributing 80 toys to This past fall, J. Patrick served with the 525th Military Mounties. In addition to his practice at The Pediatric His wife, Laura, is a 1991 the Class of 1993 in attendance the Toys for Tots program. Three U.S. Marines arrived at McCarthy, C’68, joined the Intelligence Group in Vietnam, father, alumni family members Center in Catonsville, Md. Mount graduate. included Dr. Ed McCarron, the party to pick up the toys for distribution to needy chil- teaching staff at Westfield High as well as in support operations include grandfather, William She and her husband, David, Lisa (Tamberino) Fitz, dren. Denny Doyle, C’63 and national alumni president, School (Fairfax County, Va.). for Operation Desert Storm. C. Mulford, C’54, and uncle, also celebrated the birth of Regina McFadden DiLuigi, Margaret Walsh and Matt attended the party representing the National Alumni Pat had retired from full-time He also works as an employer Thomas B. Mulford, C’83. their son, Colin, in 2000. C’92, and her husband, David, Mulligan. Association. Special thanks to Jen Firlie, C’95, Dave teaching in Fairfax County services representative for the C’92, welcomed a daughter, Gabor, C’90, Stephanie Lopez, C’00 and Rob Weed, C’ 93, Public Schools in 1998, after Maryland State Job Service’s in Tom Leddy, C’84, married Matthew Victor, C’85, is now Grace, in October 2000. Robert D. Dutrow, C’94, mar- for coordinating the event. more than 30 years at Marshall their Frederick, Md. office. Karen Farrell on November 10, working in the Bureau of ried Stacy Lee Galloway on High and Lake Braddock 2001. The wedding took place Consular Affairs at the U.S. Michelle Falcinelli, C’92, is June 9, 2001, at Mt. Zion Secondary Schools, where he Robert Pastoor, C’76, will at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Department of State in currently in Rome, Italy, teach- Lutheran Church in had taught journalism and become vice president for stu- Church in Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. Prior to served as a newspaper advisor. dent affairs at the University of was followed with a reception this appointment, he served for He came out of retirement to San Diego in March. He will at the Ronald Reagan Federal several years at the U.S. take a part-time teaching posi- be leaving Carroll College in Building in Washington, D.C. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. delawarechapter tion at Westfield and serve as Helena, Montana, where he The best man was Paul advisor to the Watchdog, the has been serving as vice presi- Whelan, C’84. Other alumni Ann Morris Barrett, C’88, and ■ The Delaware Chapter hosted a Christmas Social on school’s newspaper. After grad- dent for student affairs. in attendance included: Joe her husband, Jonathan, cele- Thursday, December 6, 2001 at the Deer Park, Newark. uating from the Mount, Farrell, C’63 (the bride’s brated the birth of their second The social provided an opportunity for alumni in the McCarthy earned both a mas- uncle), Lori (Gentile) Whelan, daughter, Elizabeth Ann, on Wilmington/Newark areas to get together and reminisce ter’s degree in secondary educa- C’84, Tim Quigley, C’84, July 23, 2001. Their first before the holiday rush began! Denny Doyle, C’63, tion and a doctorate in second- 1980s Mark Conlon, C’84, Tom and daughter, Nancy Ford, was national alumni president, and Anne Sluck, C’97, assistant ary administration from Trish Looney (C’81 and C’82), born on February 2, 2000. director of alumni relations, traveled to Newark to attend George Washington University. Susan Janowiak, C’81, is now Frank and Joanne (Weed) The Barretts were introduced the event and catch up with local Mounties. Ellen He was the first full-time jour- serving as director of the acqui- McShalley (C’85 and C’83) by Mount alum Paul Dettor Callahan, C’81, and Kevin Foley, C’85, planned the event. originally went to Mexico on a nalism teacher in Virginia. sition and resources manage- and John and Mary Kane (both and Kathy Gill McDermott, 1950s part-time basis to organize the ment staff in the Office of C’84). The couple followed both C’88. seminars, but enjoyed the Solid Waste and Emergency their celebration with a honey- Jack Sinon, C’56, has been in opportunity so much that they Response (OSWER) at the moon in Fiji and Australia, and Captain Chris Daniels, C’89, is Guadalajara, Mexico, for the decided to live there full-time. 1970s Environmental Protection will reside in New York City. serving as an infantry officer past two years organizing semi- Agency in Washington, D.C. with the New York National nars in U.S. History for Pete Romeika, C’73, presented She has been with EPA since Henry F. Garazo, M.D., FACS, Guard, stationed in New York Autonoma University. The a reading of a letter that Major 1982, working at both C’85, has a plastic surgery City. His position is the HHC courses enable adults with 1960s General Gordon Meade wrote Washington headquarters and practice in Hagerstown, Md. commander with 260 soldiers existing degrees to be certified to his wife, Margaret, from a the Region III office. He and his wife, Mary Beth under his direct command. as teachers, and to participate Dick Christopher, C’61, and camp near Fredericksburg, Va. Garazo, M.D., reside in Four members of his unit were in an exchange program with Don Quinn, C’61, both partic- during the Civil War. The William C. Mulford II, C’82, Hagerstown with their son, lost during the September 11th Houston, Texas area schools. ipated in the 20th Annual “MS reading was presented during a and his wife welcomed a son, Henry F. Garazo, Jr. attack on the World Trade Jack (along with his wife, Alice) 150 Bike to the Bay.” The race symposium sponsored by the William C. Mulford III, on Center. The unit was deployed

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ing the wedding included: 1991, Norine Bastian-Pastore. Larry Whalen, C’68, and the Groomsmen from the Class of ■ June 2002 nycchapter following members of the Class 96 were; Craig Pensabene, upcomingevents Mark your calendars…Alumni Reunion Weekend will take of 1996; Arin Pusey, Chris Morgan Gilligan and Tim place Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2, 2002. ■ On Friday, December 7, 2001 the New York Chapter Heagey, Jennie Krayer, Mary Murray. Sue McCool, C’91, ■ February 2002 Recognition of the following reunion classes will take place; held its second annual “Kids Christmas NYC” event at Beth McDowell, Brian Berube, Ellen Bittner and Dianne C’42, C’52, C’57, C’62, C’67, C’72, C’77, C’82, C’87, C’92 Tin Lizzi. $1,200 was raised for N.Y. Cares, and over 150 Dan Stokes and Bill Pusey. VanBelle Kern, both C’96, and C’97. Take advantage of this opportunity to catch up books and gift certificates for Toys R Us. These funds and The bride is employed with were readers for the ceremony. with classmates and use the beautiful new McGowan Center! toys were then distributed through the Archdiocese of New Vanguard Mutual Funds in The couple now resides in For additional information contact the alumni relations York to families affected by the World Trade Center Wayne, Pa., and was recently Philadelphia, Pa. office at 301-447-5362. tragedy. Kelly McLaughlin Catania, C’90, M.Ed. ’96, and promoted to the position of Tom Leddy, C’83, worked diligently to plan this charitable training coordinator. Dianne VanBelle, C’96, mar- Fr. Dan Mode, S'92, to Discuss The Grunt Padre at 2002 Mount event. ried Peter Kern on May 27, Alumni Lecture. Rev. Daniel L. Mode, S'92, will be the fea- Charles Bastian and Danielle 2000. Ellen Bittner, C’96, was tured speaker at this year's annual Alumni Lecture on Peypoch, both C’96, were mar- maid of honor. Saturday, June 1, 2002. The event is one of the highlights of ried on June 15, 2001 at Old Alumni Reunion Weekend. The lecture will focus on the life Saint Mary’s Church in Former Mount Basketball play- and work of Rev. Vincent Robert Capodanno, a Maryknoll Philadelphia. Bastian is the er Michael T. Brown, C’98, missionary who served as a chaplain and was tragically killed son of Richard Bastian, C’60. and former Mount basketball during the war in Vietnam. Fr. Mode is the author of The Mounties involved from the manager, dance team member, Grunt Padre, an intimate and inspirational examination of Class of 96 were bridal atten- Mount cheerleader, and former Capodanno's ministry. Most of the research and writing for dants; Colleen Reif O’Brien, drama participate, Tawnya the book was conducted by the author at Mount St. Mary's. Tara Smith Verch, Elli Holmes, C’96, recently The National Alumni Association honored the 1982 Lady Fr. Mode currently serves as associate pastor at Queen of the Connelly Wensky, Chrissy announced plans for a June Mountaineer basketball team on February 2, 2002. Players, Apostles Church in Alexandria, Virginia for the Diocese of Gaul and from the Class of 2002 wedding to take place in coaches and staff were reunited to commemorate the 20th Arlington. anniversary of their exciting and memorable trip to the NCAA Division II Women’s Final Four Tournament in Sign up now for the 26th Annual National Alumni Golf Springfield, Mass. A reception and dinner was held at Tourney to be held on Saturday, June 1, 2002 at Mountain Ladiesburg, Md. The couple Anna Labate, C’96, is serving philadelphiachapter President Houston’s house to acknowledge the returning View Golf Course in Fairfield, Pa. Proceeds of this event ben- honeymooned in Hawaii and as senior paralegal with team. efit the Rev. Carl J. Fives Alumni Scholarship Program. now reside in Walkersville, Md. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & ■ On Saturday, November 17, 2001 the Philadelphia February 23: Winter Homecoming The groom is a firefighter and Loewy, PC, in New York, N.Y. Chapter held its 6th Annual Boat House Row Party at the ■ July 2002 paramedic with Montgomery The firm specializes in immi- Fairmount Rowing Association, Philadelphia. The social ■ March 2002 A Delaware Alumni Beach Picnic is being planned for County Fire and Rescue. gration law. attracted over 80 alumni from the area and remains one of The Mount St. Mary’s Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Summer 2002. Alumni representatives in the area are now the most popular chapter events of the year. Rob Weed, Andrew Rosenfeld, will embark on their second annual spring seeking out interested participants and co-planners. Amy Nunan, C’94, married Bonnie Owens, C’96, has been C’93, planned the event and facilitated the use of the boat- tour during the first week of March. On Sunday, March 3, Traditionally, the picnic has been held in Lewes in July, at Peter Burr on November 16, named assistant director of house. the Chorale will perform at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Cape Henlopen State Park in Rehoboth Beach. 2001. Mount guests from the adult and transfer admissions Charlotte, N.C. On Monday, March 4, they will perform at To inquire about the beach picnic or add your name and Class of 1994 included John at Hood College in Frederick, Stella Maris Church in Charleston, S.C. address to the list of alumni in the Delaware Seashore area, and Holly (Kennedy) Md. Prior to working at For additional information please contact Dr. Andrew please forward your contact information to the following Bruggeman, Kerry Foley, Hood, she was an academic Rosenfeld at (301) 447-5308. alumni representatives: Dr. Frank Merolla, C’63, at (302) Kristen (Lane) DuBois, and adviser for Hagerstown 644-0813, or Don Quinn, C’63, at [email protected] Bill Flanagan. Community College (2000- ■ May 2002 2001) and a coordinator of The 2nd Annual Reunion Classes Golf Tournament will be Mark McGreevy, C’95, has examination services at the held on Friday, May 31, at Mountain View Golf Course in been promoted to vice presi- University of Maryland Fairfield, Pa. The tournament is open to all Mount alumni dent at Stoffer-Sanner University College (1998- and their guests. Prizes will include a raffle with three sets of Insurance Agency in Frederick, 2000). green fees (for four players) in Myrtle Beach, S.C., a set of Md. He resides in irons, a set of woods and other donated items. Proceeds from Middletown, Md., with his Jennifer Whalen, C’96, daugh- the tournament will benefit the Rev. Carl J. Fives Alumni wife, Jen, and their two daugh- ter of Tom Whalen, C’59, mar- Scholarship Program. The initial outing in June 2002 raised ters. ried Rob Luciani on May 12, over $3,000, with 79 participants. 2001. Mount alumni attend-

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Washington, D.C. at Israel employed as a review technical brutémedal Metropolitan CME Church. assistant with United Rev. Carl J. Fives duboismedal She is currently an adoption Information Systems, Inc., in specialist with Alexandria Frederick, Md. ■ Egan and Graham to Receive Bruté Medals Division of Social Services in ■ Bowie Kuhn to Receive 2002 DuBois Medal Virginia, and he teaches third Alumni Scholarship Dennis M. Doyle, C’63, National Alumni Association grade at Nevel Thomas The National Alumni Association is pleased to announce president, has announced that Edward F. Egan, C’52, and Elementary School. 2000 Recipient Reflections that Bowie K. Kuhn will be the recipient of the 2002 John D. Graham, C’57, will receive the 38th Annual Bruté DuBois Medal. Kuhn, a leader in Catholic community serv- Medal at the traditional Alumni Reunion Banquet on Amy Langville, C’97, is cur- Ted Thompson, C’00, has ice, author and former commissioner of Major League Saturday, June 1, 2002. rently finishing her Ph.D. in joined National City Mortgage professional world. He Baseball (1969-84), will receive the award at the annual operations research at N.C. as a mortgage consultant in explained that it is an impor- alumni reunion banquet on Saturday, June 1, 2002. Egan is a founder of Hess, Egan, State in Raleigh, N.C. She has their Frederick, Md. office. tant opportunity because it The DuBois Medal is presented to a distinguished indi- Hagerty, & L’Hommedieu in also been teaching mathemat- helps students fulfill their vidual who has rendered outstanding and meritorious serv- Chevy Chase, Md. and current- ics at N.C. State, as well as Kelly Szajna, C’00, received dream of completing a Mount ice to the Church, state, nation and their fellow citizens. ly serves as the firm’s chairman. Meredith College. her B.S. in nursing from Johns education that will propel Each year, the National Alumni Association of Mount St. Over the years, Egan has served Hopkins University School of them to many great accom- Mary's awards the medal in honor of the college's founder, as president of the Washington Elizabeth DiNapoli, C’98, will Nursing in 2001. She is cur- plishments throughout their Father John DuBois. Alumni Chapter, chairman of be receiving a M.Ed. in higher rently working as an Oncology lives. He added that the schol- the National Development education administration from RN at Frederick Memorial arship “motivates students to For questions related to the DuBois Medal or the 2002 Council, chairman of the Suffolk University (Mass.) in Hospital. carry out the high level of alumni reunion banquet, please call the alumni office at Achievement II Capital May 2002. She is currently excellence that has been the 301-447-5362. Campaign Committee and living in Boston and working Kevin M. Whelley, C’00, is arry Benjamin, C’98, benchmark of Mount students chairman of the Mount Fund. Since 1994, he has been a as a project assistant with the now employed as a case manag- is an alumni scholar- for almost 200 years.” member of the Board of Trustees and its Finance and New England Board of Higher er at the Commission on h ship recipient who has Benjamin is currently com- Advancement Committees. Egan and his wife, Mary Louise, Education. Economic Opportunity in carried his education into a pleting his MBA at the Mount a Saint Joseph College graduate, reside in Silver Spring, Md. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. growing career with the federal on a part-time basis, while he and are parents of eight children, including; Edward T., Christina M. Markey, C’98, government. continues to work for BLS. C’77, and Cara Marie, C’89. was selected to be a runner car- Michele Giarrusso’s, C’00, dog After graduation, Benjamin His goal is to one day obtain a rying the Olympic torch on its Barney the Beagle-Mix recently was hired as an economist with management position in the Graham is a financial representative with New England journey to Salt Lake City, found fame as an actor in the Bureau of Labor and federal government, receive an Financial in Wayne, Pa. He is a past member of the National Utah. She carried the torch on Washington, D.C. Barney Statistics (BLS), Office of Field advanced degree in education Alumni Association’s National December 21, 2001, in NW starred in the role of an old Operations, in Washington, and teach at least part-time at Alumni Council and the Washington, D.C. farm dog in the Washington, D.C. He has remained in that the high school or college level. Philadelphia Area Capital D.C. Arena Stage’s fall 2001 job for three and a half years; a Benjamin offered the fol- Campaign for the ARCC, and is Cory Kamen, C’99, is current- presentation of the play Of position, which he obtained lowing words of advice to cur- a current member of the ly a completing her master of Mice and Men. Barney was after BLS representatives, visit- rent and future recipients of Philadelphia Alumni Chapter’s social work degree at the selected over several other dogs ed the Mount in 1997. Later the Rev. Carl J. Fives Alumni Board of Directors. In addition, University of Maryland. after an audition. Giarrusso is that year he received the Rev. Scholarship, “Cherish the Graham is a past member of the not only Barney’s owner, but Carl J. Fives Alumni time you have at the Mount, Board of Trustees and served as Virginia-Marie Prevas, C’98, trainer as well! Scholarship. because that time will go by chairman of the 2000 Phelan received her master of social Harry credits his Mount quickly and will become a dis- Testimonial Dinner. Currently, work degree from University of education in preparing him for tant memory in your past. Be he is chairman of the Class of 1957 Reunion Committee and Maryland, Baltimore. She is his new role by giving him ready for anything once you chairman of the Mount’s Marketing Advisory Council. employed with the Humane 2001 both the specific economics graduate, because life presents Graham and his wife, Pat, reside in Devon, Pa. and are the Society of the United States as and overall core-based knowl- many obstacles that you did parents of five children, including; John O., C’82. manager of their First Strike Bill Wilson, C’01, recently edge he has needed to excel at not foresee in your college Campaign, a national program joined RSM McGladrey, BLS. He also feels that the days. Be ready to accept and For additional information on the Bruté Medal recipients that addresses the connection Inc., in Frederick, Md. as a Mount helped him to grow as a cherish any change in plans or to find out how to reserve a ticket for this event, please between animal cruelty and staff accountant. Melody person, providing him with a that you must face to achieve contact the office of alumni relations at 301-447-5362 or human violence. Thornton, C’01, has also broad education that promoted a successful and fulfilling [email protected]. joined the firm, serving in the a sensible and knowledgeable life.” ▲ Kimberley Walsh, C’98, is same capacity. ▲ approach to challenges in the ahs

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inmemoriam World Marriage Andrew J. Alameno, C’86 Kenneth M. McVeigh, C’67 Day Celebration Robert J. Bailey, C’41 Joseph F. Mowery II, C’79 Dr. Michelle Kryka Rev. Msgr. Joshua Battistini, C’78 Mundell, C’44, S’47 keeping with the Rev. Msgr. Edward H. James F. Murphy IV, C’93 in spirit of the Bucia, S’62 Kevin James Murphy, C’83 Valentine’s season, the Mount Rev. Msgr. Robert Stephen H. Nance , C’69 held its annual celebration of Bulman, S’40 Frank J. Nazay, C’49 World Marriage Day on Joseph M. Callahan, C’38 Emmett J. Sunday, February 10, during Charles H. Campton, C’59 Norris, P’31, C’35 the evening college Mass. The Rev. James M. Carr, S’34 John O’Connor, C’44 celebration, traditionally held Edward M. Case, C’48 Dr. Gustavo Oduber, C’50 on the second Sunday in Marion V. Cazalas , C’36 Rev. Neil Otero, C’43A February, honors and recog- Anthony Celeste, C’43A Samuel F. Pease, C’49 nizes the importance of the Keith Champagne, C’57 Edward J. Piering, Jr., C’53 institution of marriage and is Rev. Eugene Davis, S’35 Gerald R. Poole, C’62 sponsored by the Council on Charles Eckenrode, C’35 John J. Roth, C’50 Campus Ministry. Council William R. Fagan, C’47 Richard P. Roy, C’62 members select couples from Harris, chaplain and director Allan J. Gallagher, C’41 Rev Msgr. George C. the Mount faculty, staff, and of campus ministry at the Anthony Gallagher, C’83 Royer, C’23, S’27 administration, as well as par- Mount. “Love is not just cen- Rev. Edward F. Phillip Russell, C’72 ents of students and friends of tered upon emotions, but it is Gallagher, S’46 Thomas the college and seminary. Past an emphatic decision to work Roger C. Gemmill, C’77 Sappington, P’24, C’28 honorees include Mr. and Mrs. for the good of the other, and Gerald L. Genevish, C’50 Edward W. Scmidt, C’51 James Phelan, Dr. and Mrs. for the sake of the other. That Ira Goldman, C’33 Richard G. Selzo, C’59 Bill Meredith, and Mr. and is how a commitment endures Jean M. Gorman, C’85 Steven P. Shafer, C’83 Mrs. George Gelles. and this is what we celebrate Martin A. Green, Jr., C’52 Rev. James B. Sheridan, C’45 World Marriage Day was on World Marriage Day.” John S. Gunn, C’60 Francis J. Slattery, C’50 initially a grassroots campaign The Mount has held the cel- George P. Hanley, C’53 Charles Startzman , C’52 initiated by couples in Baton ebration for over a decade and Michael Higgins, C’67 Stephen Stergios, C’44, C’48 Rouge, La. who encouraged honored an average of six cou- George M. Holley, C’56 Rev. Edmond their mayor, state governor, ples a year. It is intentionally Henry J. Hund, C’54 Stroup, C’47, S’49 and Bishop to include a more placed during the college Mass Jeremiah J. Rev. Msgr. Cletus concentrated focus on the cel- to demonstrate to students Hurley, P’29, C’33 Wagman, C’35 ebration of marriage in the tra- that strong, enduring mar- Joseph Karpinski, C’40 Elizabeth Walker, C’75 ditional celebration of riages are possible and quite Donald R. Kearns, C’52 Daniel F. Walsh, C’43A Valentines Day. The idea was common in today’s society. “I Rev. Eugene A. Kelley, S’38 Dr. Gerald Walsh, C’57 so well received the Worldwide think that it is a wonderful Rev. Robert L. Killion, S’53 John J. Walsh, C’40 Marriage Encounter’s National example for our students to Robert A. Kupcha , C’81 William Walters, C’49 Leadership officially recog- witness as they continue to dis- George Lansdale, C’50 James J. Welsh, Sr., C’48 nized it in 1981. By 1982, 43 cern if God is calling them to Joseph P. Laun, P’36, C’40 Rev. Joseph E. U.S. governors formally recog- the vocations of priesthood John F. Leahy, C’50 Wharton, S’92 nized World Marriage Day, and/or religious life, as a single Samuel A. Dr. Leonard J. and it has been a popular cele- person, or faithful marriage Lockwood, Jr., C’64 Yuhanik, C’49 bration ever since. and family life,” commented Elizabeth Claire Logler, C’91 Rev. Joseph M. Ziobro, S’74 The celebration is especially Fr. Harris. “I am grateful for Rev. James W. Martin, C’51 Rev. George Zirwas, S’79 pertinent to a community of the opportunity to affirm these Rev. Michael J. Dr. Robert J. Zwiebel, C’49 learning such as the Mount. couples in the commitment McGilley, C’61, S’65 “To love another person takes that they have made.” ▲ hard work,” comments Fr. Ray pbm

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