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CARDINALSt. Charles Preparatory School Alumni Magazine Fall 2015 Inside The inaugural “Evening With” business icon Peter Lynch initiated an extraordinary effort by St. Charles to continue supporting and educating future generations of young men. Read about and view photos from his visit with students through the evening’s VIP and Main Events (pages 4-13).

The 2015 Combined Reunion was a Labor Day weekend of activities for 10 classes including STAG Night, a bicycle excursion, campus tours, Mass and private class dinner gatherings. Photos and details from these events on pages 11-21.

St. Charles honored five special people in November 2014. It presented a Borromean Medal for Service and a Principal’s Award on the school’s Feast Day (pages 16-17); at the annual Thanksgiving Mass three graduates received the Distinguished Alumnus Award (page 25).

Numerous and wide-ranging academic & athletic accomplishments are featured in our Student News section. These young men from the Classes of 2015 through the Class of 2019 distinguished themselves as some of the finest throughout Ohio and the United States (pages 28-51).

In addition to the 14th Annual Borromean Lecture (pages 22-24), alumni and friends participated in a wide range of community events last year: Cardinal Christmas (pages 52-58), Spaghetti Dinner (pages 59-65) & Father-Son Mass and Breakfast (pages 66-71). It included the special plaque unveiling by the school, friends and family in tribute to alumnus Walt Plank ’41 (pages 26-27).

The Alumni News & Notes section is filled with details and photos of biographical updates and significant professional & personal accomplishments shared from alumni all over the U.S. and across the world! Our graduates certainly reflect that “we are our brother’s keeper!” (pages 76- 107).

In the Development Section, learn about the generosity of so many seeking to make a St. Charles education available for any qualified young man. See photos from our Cardinal Society donor appreciation event last May and learn how you can help the Historic “Evening with Peter Lynch” Underscores St. Charles school and students with a gift of your own Preparatory School’s Continuing Role as The Distinctive (pages 107-121). The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education Leader in Catholic Education 1 the Principal’s Column CARDINAL Diversity - Inclusivity – Adversity

The magazine for alumni and friends Through my years at Saint Charles, create a solid foundation that will benefit of Saint Charles Preparatory School two particular questions are standard students as they encounter the rigor of Fall 2015 Volume 30, Number 1 fare. One is centered on the demands our high school curriculum. Saint Charles Preparatory School 2010 East Broad Street of the curriculum and the expectations Regarding our own freshmen, we have Columbus, Ohio 43209-1665 that are on placed on each student. made the commitment to have teachers www.stcharlesprep.org The other is related to the question of available before and after school to www.facebook.com/stcharlespreparatoryschool affordability for each family. work with our students in the teachers’ Advisory Board Paul G. Heller ’82 We acknowledge that we have set areas of expertise. Teachers are in Chairman high academic standards here at Saint their classrooms to help with questions, Thomas J. Mackessy ’77 Vice-Chairman Charles. I am convinced, however, and they provide their personal phone Albert J. Bell ’78 that any qualified young man can numbers for night time assistance. The Thomas L. Horvath ’65 Joseph M. Isbell ’83 succeed at this school regardless of Walter Student Commons provides an Rev. Charles F. Klinger ’61 his past educational, social, economic, area, before and after school, where Paul S. LeCorgne Craig S. Lee ’77 or religious background. To do so he classmates can meet and review the day’s Alex P. Loehrer ’94 must be willing to exert a significant lessons. We have a system of tutoring Rev. Michael J. Lumpe ’78 John T. Mackessy ’78 commitment of time, effort and self- by National Honor Society members for Steven A. Miller ’77 discipline. peer tutoring. These efforts are designed David L. Pemberton Jr. ’79 Michael J. Rankin, M.D. ’77 We have always worked toward to provide as many levels of support as Thomas P. Schindler ’92 providing a welcoming and sustaining possible to assist each student in reaching Marian K. Schuda, M.D. Michael P. Stickney environment and are committed to his full potential. Daniel P. Sullivan ’83 doing even more to maintain that for In addition to these attempts to Patrick S. Vaccaro, M.D. Kathleen Wodarcyk, M.D. every student. This approach means support our young men in the classroom, Emeritus Members more engagement, more listening, more we also recognize that role models play Rev. William L. Arnold ’70 support. a significant part in the success of young Hugh J. Dorrian ’53 Msgr. William A. Dunn ’57 To be further pro-active and to people. Last year, Saint Charles took the James P. Finn ’65 connect with students at a younger unprecedented step of creating a new, Charles W. Gehring Sr. ’74 Robert W. Horner III ’79 age, we have added summer readiness formal program in which a group of our Matthew A. Howard ’58 courses in the areas of English, students will be trained to mentor grade Timothy M. Kelley ’76 Mrs. Patricia D. Kletzly mathematics, and study skills for school students. Simultaneously, they will Richard J. M. Miller ’75 those entering 7th and 8th grade in be mentored themselves by trained adults Thomas M. O’Leary ’64 Daniel L. Rankin III ’53 addition to those entering Saint Charles from companies all over Central Ohio. John J. Ritz ’47 as freshmen. These courses provide Saint Charles applied to participate T. Jay Ryan III ’76 Thomas N. Ryan, D.D.S. ’58 opportunities to join other motivated in a new state sponsored mentoring Henry J. “Hank” Sherowski young men seeking to improve their program. Community Connectors was Press C. Southworth III ’65 Msgr. David V. Sorohan ’59 (College) academic skills and make new friends. created to “help give more Ohio students Richard R. Stedman ’54 We feel that these experiences will access to role models who can help Michael M. Sullivan ’58 George G. Vargo ’58 Administration James R. Lower “On the Cover” Principal The Robert C. Walter Student Commons served as the dramatic backdrop for “An Scott M. Pharion Evening with Peter Lynch” Wednesday night (Cover photo, bottom right). Lynch, Assistant Principal & Academic Dean an American business icon famous for his work with Fidelity Investments and the Rick V. Ey ’94 Magellan Fund, spoke to more than 650 guests at the event which raised more than Dean of Students $550,000 for student financial aid. (Center photo) Peter Lynch (far right) with Bob ’63 2015-16 Annual Fund and Peggy Walter in St. Charles Preparatory School’s newly-restored and stunningly Alex P. Loehrer ’94 Alumni Chairman beautiful Holy Angels Library, original to the school’s 1925 construction. It was Steven and Daphne Suh through the Walter’s vision this new annual fundraiser was initiated. (Photo, bottom Parent Co-Chairs left) St. Charles junior Charles Wallace-Thomas ’17 mesmerizes the crowd with his Alumni & Development Staff comments. (Photo, top) A set of newly-restored stained glass windows in Holy Angels Michael H. Duffy Director of Development Library. Michael F. Welsch Development Officer Photo contributors: Louis J. Fabro ’83 Kimberly Rottmayer of Picture the Love; The Columbus Dispatch, Chuck Matthews Editor, the Cardinal Photography, Phil Smith, Woodard Photographic/Ciliento Photography, Louis J. Fabro Director of Alumni Affairs & Communications ’83, The Catholic Times, the Columbus Diocese Department of Communications, the Cheryl F. Taynor many St. Charles alumni and friends who shared photos of themselves and their Development Secretary families, and West-Camp Press. Design and Layout Marcy Design Group The Cardinal magazine is published for the enjoyment of alumni, friends, and advocates of Saint Charles Greg Krivicich ’75 Kelly Krivicich Preparatory School. Articles in this issue may be reprinted with the written consent of Saint Charles Preparatory School, 2010 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43209-1665. www.stcharlesprep.org Privacy notice: St. Charles Preparatory School does not sell, share or distribute in any way the names and/or contact information of alumni, parents, or benefactors. Copyright 2015, Saint Charles Preparatory School. All rights reserved. 2 St. Charles Preparatory School motivate and inspire them, as well as help achievement, and prosocial behavior for article. “We offer a college-preparatory them develop skills that lead to success mentees. Benefits for mentors include program focused on classical Catholic in school and the workplace.” We learned increased connectedness to school, self- teaching, hard work, discipline, values, over the summer that our application esteem, empathy, moral reasoning, and character development in service to had been accepted and a grant extended. intrapersonal communication, conflict others. In a sense we try to develop the Our student organization, My Brother’s resolution skills and relationship with whole man here.” Keeper (MBK), will be the vehicle through parents,” he writes. Bob noted that “founder Bishop James which this program will operate. While we seek to be more inclusive J. Hartley challenged the school to offer Saint Charles Mentoring Coordinator and create an environment that is this opportunity to any dedicated young Michael Warner, Chairperson of our welcoming and supportive, we know that man, regardless of his economic ability Religion Department, helps lead MBK. On economics has a role to play as well. Many to pay. I’m committed to see that this pages 30-31 you can read the story that members of the Saint Charles community, happens. This not only benefits the young he wrote explaining the way the MBK administration, faculty, staff, alumni men here with assistance, but the entire Mentoring Program will match 30 sixth, and friends have invested much time and student body by exposing them to those seventh and eighth-grade students from a resources to provide programs to support different from themselves.” local charter school, Columbus Collegiate the success of all students—even years Taught from the first day of class and Academy (CCA) with our sophomores, before they ever enroll here. carrying the message with them for the juniors and seniors. These young men will This year we are providing $1.3 million rest of their lives, Saint Charles men in turn be provided with adult mentor in tuition support and an additional know that we are “our brother’s keeper.” support. $350,000 in academic scholarships. Forty Everything they experience, they do so Saint Charles has been building a percent of our student families receive together, as a “Band of Brothers.” special relationship with the students, some type of financial assistance to Students and alumni have always faculty, and school community at CCA. attend this school. I believe that the Saint spoken of the brotherhood here. They In addition to ongoing tutoring at their Charles education is second to none and know that as different as they may be school, we are hosting CCA graduation that the support from all the members in many ways, they all face the same ceremonies in our Student Commons, as of our Carolian community is truly challenges and requirements. They well as inviting their community to plays, impressive. Both are backed up by stories celebrate together, mourn together, athletic events, and other on-campus found in this publication. overcome adversity together, side by side. activities. An exciting new example of this They know that they are not alone; they In the article about the new mentoring generosity is reflected in our cover story can lean on each other. And along the program, Michael Warner notes that about “An Evening with Peter Lynch.” way, we here at the school will do all that Saint Charles continues to seek ways to This event was unprecedented in scale we can do to support their journey. reach out to others who experience any and results, raising more than half a sort of marginalization in the Central million dollars for the Saint Charles May God bless you, and may God Ohio community. Endowment Fund in support of tuition continue to bless Saint Charles Mentoring research has consistently assistance. Preparatory School. demonstrated the positive outcomes The “Evening” came about through for both mentees and peer mentors, the vision of 1963 alumnus, Bob James R. Lower Warner says. This includes “increased Walter. “I love this place because of its Principal connectedness to school and peers, mission to develop men for responsible feelings of competency, academic successful adult life,” Bob says in the

(Above) The school welcomed 647 students on its first day; including one of the largest freshman classes in school history (195 young men). Principal Jim Lower met with each class individually in the Mother of Mercy Chapel throughout the day to share with the students words of welcome, encouragement and the expectations he and the faculty and staff have for each of them here at St. Charles. He told members of the senior class that they were the leaders of the school and should carry themselves as such. “Leaders do the right thing every time... and that isn’t easy,” he said. As for the freshmen, Principal Lower introduced them to the school’s mantra that “we are our brother’s keeper,” that they need to take responsibility for themselves and their belongings, and that in the next few days they are going to meet people who will become life-long friends and brothers. The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 3 AnAn EveningEvening withwith PeterPeter LynchLynch Event raised more than a half-million dollars for St. Charles Endowment Fund

and character development in service to others. In a sense we try to develop the whole man here,” Bob said. Walter noted that the student body represented a breadth of ethnic and eco- nomic backgrounds. “As Jim mentioned earlier,” he said, “founder Bishop Hartley challenged the school to offer this op- portunity to any dedicated young man regardless of his economic ability to pay. I’m committed to see that this happens. This not only benefits the young men here with assistance, but the entire student body-by exposing them to those different from themselves.” Walter said that “in 1963 I learned more about commitment, hard work and sacrifice and a sheer willingness to win, Peter Lynch meets with St. Charles students in the early afternoon to share his thoughts and answers from one of my classmates. He wasn’t a their questions. great student. He didn’t play sports nor American business icon Peter Lynch, thought provoking topics while generating was he a member of the ‘in-crowd’ so- famous for his work with Fidelity Invest- funds for student financial aid through cially.” ments and the Magellan Fund, appeared the St. Charles Endowment,” Bob said. Why not? “Because he worked every af- at St. Charles Preparatory School in early “St. Charles is one of the best college pre- ternoon to go to St. Charles. He worked on September to initiate an extraordinary paratory high schools in the Midwest and weekends. He drove a taxi cab at night.” effort by the school to continue its work to through this event more young men, re- He did that so he could afford the then- support and educate future gardless of financial means, will have an $175 tuition. Today its $9,500, an generations of young men in Central opportunity to attend,” Walter said. The incredible bargain. So I don’t think our Ohio. event has not only generated significant model should be that our students drive He appeared in the Robert C. Walter funds for the endowment, but “has also taxi cabs at night, instead of studying. I Student Commons before more than 650 introduced St. Charles, with its strong think you’d all agree with that,” Bob said. guests and the event raised more than academic and extra-curricular offerings In introducing the night’s main presenter, $550,000 for student financial aid. Earlier and commitment to support the growth of he noted that “Our speaker tonight under- in the day Lynch met with the school’s young men, to a broader audience.” stands this mission and he is pursuing a 647 students in the school gymnasium. To St. Charles principal Jim Lower noted similar one in Boston. He’s been a friend both groups he spoke about values, faith, that this new speaker series “not only for more than 35 years. It is an honor the importance of a Catholic education, serves our St. Charles community, but to introduce him, though frankly most the performance of the stock market and as ‘The Distinctive Leader in Catholic everyone already knows who he is. He U.S. economy. Education,’ we hope to serve as an inspi- has easily the most enviable investment It was through the vision of 1963 rational model to others in the Diocese of track record in the 20th century with the alumnus Bob Walter that the event was Columbus. The event will welcome and Magellan Fund.” initiated. “The response to the inaugural introduce new friends to the St. Charles Lynch attained international promi- event has been overwhelming. Our goal ‘experience’ and help us to share our mis- nence as the portfolio manager of that from the outset has been to create an an- sion as we continue to develop the future fund, developing it into the world’s best nual event series that will feature intrigu- leaders of Central Ohio and beyond,” performing fund from May 1977 to May ing speakers, offering insight into various Lower said. 1990 and growing its assets from $20 Bob Walter had the distinction of million to over $14 billion and helping introducing the evening’s special guest, millions of American investors. Peter Lynch. Before doing so, he noted, Though currently Vice Chairman of that while many of those in the audience Fidelity Management & Research Com- had been to St. Charles numerous, even pany and an Advisory Board Member of hundreds of times as students, parents, the Fidelity Funds, Mr. Lynch focuses a relatives, that for a good number there great deal of his time and efforts on phi- that night it was their first visit to the lanthropy. The National Catholic Educa- campus. tion Association’s Seton Award winner, “I love this place, because of its mission he served twenty-five years as chairman to develop men for responsible successful of Boston’s Inner City Scholarship Fund. adult life. We offer a college-preparatory He has helped raise over $130 million in From left -- Bob Walter ’63, Peter Lynch and St. program focused on classical Catholic partial scholarships for children attending Charles Principal, Jim Lower. teaching, hard work, discipline, values, Catholic schools in that city and the ICSF

4 St. Charles Preparatory School continues to be his number one philan- the country’s economy, Lynch ended his thropic endeavor. comments noting how everyone there that Walter said of Lynch: “I admire him night could have grown up in Afghani- greatly for his commitment to family, his stan, Nigeria, or Pakistan.” By being born faith and for giving back. And tonight in the U.S., “we hit the lottery!” it is another example of Peter giving On a previous evening, Principal Jim back.” With that, Lynch stepped onto the Lower told a group of event support- stage. Lynch covered several topics which ers that “Our school population is very included his work on behalf of inner-city healthy right now – we’re attracting students in Boston as well calming words students from all over Central Ohio and in addressing the current market fluctua- creating a diverse student body represent- tions and U.S. economy. ing all different subsets of our society. He started off with a dramatic rev- But I must tell you that for many of our Peter Lynch addresses the group. elation. “I think the point we should all families, the challenges they make to know is that we have a big problem in afford this experience is great. More and others,” Lower said. America. A child born in America today is more middle-class families are coming to He also publically praised several other less likely than his/her parents to gradu- us each year asking for help.” More and members of the school’s Development ate from high school! That’s not true in more families are asking for assistance, a Office. In addition to the Development Africa, Asia, Europe, South America… we trend Lower sees “growing each year and Director Mike Duffy and Development have the greatest university system in the one I feel we need to focus and spend our Officer Mike Welsch, Lower singled out world,” but not such a successful Pre-K attention on this future.” Cherri Taynor, who helped pull together through high school system. Lower praised Bob and Peggy Walter every aspect of the event from helping “Catholic schools are one of the an- as “a great examples for others to follow coordinate invitations, the photographer, swers,” he said. “For 25 years I’ve been and truly live your faith – not only in decorations and the myriad of set-up a beggar for Catholic schools. They help words but in action. I can’t thank them and catering details—to name just a few young people learn about self-esteem, enough for their leadership, support responsibilities. Alumni and Communica- about values, and helping others. I wish and encouragement. Whether it is at St. tions Director Louis J. Fabro ’83 assisted we had a 1,000 St. Charles’ all over the Charles, or one of the many other causes Sullivan with media contacts. country!” Peter said. they support, it has been exhilarating for At the event itself, St. Charles parent, He believes in following the “Big Two” our team to work with them.” Chuck Strickler, served as the evening’s commandments, as taken from Hebrew Principal Lower also praised mem- Master of Ceremonies. Principal Jim scripture: “God before all others and love bers of the event’s leadership team who Lower welcomed the group before intro- thy neighbor as thyself.” “stepped forward from the beginning, ducing the event’s initiator, Bob Walter In Boston, Peter and his wife support- endorsing the event with their personal ’63, who had the honor of inviting Peter ed a program that worked with aspiring resources and have worked very hard to Lynch to the stage. Charles Wallace- principals, whom he called “the most im- reach out to others to bring new friends Thomas, (St. Charles junior) poised and portant person in the school.” What is the and faces to the ‘St. Charles experience,’” polished comments brought the house to a definition of management? Getting things he said. standing ovation. done through OTHERS. “Most of the time, Lower said the evening could never have St. Charles Principal Jim Lower said doing the job yourself is the easiest. Man- been a success without the tireless dedica- that when paired with the additional gen- aging people is a bear.” tion of several members of the St. Charles erous support of the St. Charles After sharing encouraging words on community. community throughout the year, “this the future of the U.S. stock market and “I especially want to recognize the ef- event will help us to provide any young forts of Advisory man willing to ‘accept the challenge’ of a Board member St. Charles education. Fueled by the life- Dan Sullivan changing experience here, these young ’83 (Executive men will be ready to become the next gen- Director of the eration of leaders in their professions and Memorial Golf communities thanks to the opportunity Tournament), provided them and the work they apply who has spent over their four years,” he said. countless hours St. Charles is devoted to attracting boys working with us from all economic and geographic back- and guiding us grounds from Central Ohio. Ongoing through the pro- support from St. Charles alumni and local cess. If you know community has made it possible for the Dan, you know school to extend $1.3 million in financial that everything aid and an additional $350,000 in aca- he does is excep- demic scholarships to its students for this tional and most 2015-2016 school year. The Robert C. Walter Student Commons served as the dramatic backdrop for impressive is his “An Evening with Peter Lynch.” The American business icon, famous for his work with Fidelity Investments and the Magellan Fund, spoke to more than 650 willingness to share guests at the event which raised more than $550,000 for student financial aid. his blessings with

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12 St. Charles Preparatory School The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 13 Design in 1990. In 1995, Jerry founded Kobolt Studios, and has Feature produced murals and created art pieces that can be seen around the world. Majestic Library Beautification Project St. Charles principal Jim Lower contacted Jerry to see if he would be willing to help in the renovation of the library (See By Jerry Ulibarri related “Stained Glass Windows” story for a description of that separate part of this painstaking project). Mr. Ulibarri “was honored to have the opportunity to contribute to the restoration of such a beautiful library, in such a great school.” The objective was simple for Ulibarri: return the chapel to its original design intent and make it comfortable for those using the space on a daily basis. The chapel, Ulibari discovered, was originally painted in such a manner which purposefully made it look old. Even the stained glass, now nearly 90 years old, had been “antiqued” with a special process to make them appear older. The idea was that when it was built, the chapel was to look like it had been there for a hundred years already. This technique obviously worked because multiple attempts have been made to clean the murals in the past which actually damaged them by removing some of the original glazing and painting. Kobolt Studios restored the glazing along with other decorative painting that had been damaged or altered. Jerry’s The goal of the renovation project was to preserve the artistic features of team removed paint in areas to verify color schemes. The library our Holy Angels Library, especially through the restoration of the historically walls were returned to their original color and the columns were significant and inspiring stained glass windows, wall and ceiling tapestries taken back from a bright green to something darker and less and painted Frescoes. chromatic in color. It’s not hard to restore beauty to a place that is so beautiful. Over 400 hours of Kobolt artists’ time was spent in the Holy Angels Library at St. Charles is a perfect example. There is decorative paint renovation alone. Their efforts also included not, and will never be, another library like Holy Angels Library extensive work patching and fixing water damaged areas. By with its iconography, artwork and breathtaking stained glass the end of the process, Mr. Ulibarri had designed and fabricated windows. new lighting, restored murals and decorative painting, specified Why? Because it is not easy to find artisans who can produce carpet color, refurbished the existing library furniture as well as exquisite stained glass, murals and decorative artwork amid designed and built new library furniture. today’s fast print and fast-profit business models. Does anyone In addition to Kobolt, several other companies invested even do this kind of work anymore? Well, it turns out “yes.” many hours during the beautification process and brightening There are still people that understand the processes which the space. Painting of the walls and other general areas was artists used nearly a century ago. done by 1992 alumnus John Morgan’s Henry Painting Company. The renovation of Holy Angels Library was one of three The old carpet was ripped out and new carpeting put down by projects being supported through the 2014-2015 Annual Fund’s Stedman Flooring. Mid-City Electric worked on updated lighting Parent’s Phase (Also included was work to improve the lighting to brighten the space. at Walt Plank Field and landscaping the perimeter of the Rose 1967 alumnus and former St. Charles Borromeo College and Dedger Junes Natatorium and gym.). student, Robert Miller, having used the space as a seminarian The “Seminarian’s Chapel” or “Upper Chapel” as it was and now spending his days inside it as the school’s librarian, called over the years, was original to the Main Building is more than qualified to speak about the new look. He was constructed in 1925 and off limits to anybody but priests and effusive in his college seminarians until 1970. Mother of Mercy Chapel or the praise. “Lower Chapel” as it was also known, wasn’t completed until “Our St. Charles 1941 and used by the high school students. In 1993 the Upper Holy Angels Library Chapel was converted into a library through the generosity of is amazingly Don ‘47 and Nancy Kelley, which up until then had occupied restored! The several different locations, including the Campus Theater and gorgeous stained on different floors of the Main Building. glass windows have The space’s magnificent high altar was left untouched a new century of and has helped the space maintain an atmosphere of quiet splendor to share. reverence. At the same time, a dozen ‘state of the art’ computers The artwork has were also set up next to the altar area for students and faculty been renewed. And to use. we are bringing new The library became only the second space, after the Mother digital resources of Mercy Chapel, to receive a dedicated HVAC system to online to insure we maintain an ongoing comfortable environment regardless of the are meeting the This summer, students (from left) William Hanna time of year. ’17 (St. James the Less grade school and St. current needs of our Elizabeth parish) and Alex Sokol ’19 (St. Michael Current St. Charles parent Jerry Ulibarri has been involved students,” he said. grade school and parish) had the important job in restoration and renovation projects -- designing and painting “This space of meticulously scraping window frames down on ceilings and walls of churches and State Capital buildings is perfect for to the metal – so that they would be ready for the -- soon after he graduated from Columbus College of Art and serious study, restored stained glass windows. 14 solid research and St. Charles Preparatory School peaceful learning!” Stained Glass Windows Brought Back to Original Glory Powerful Depictions of Jesus’ Life in Beautiful Stained Glass along the East and West Walls of Holy Angels Library The iconography that surrounds guests throughout Holy Angels Library is as beautiful as it is impressive: the litany of Saints, and the angelic army standing guard over and in service to Mary and Jesus… the Popes and Doctors of the Church on the arches. But without a doubt each of the meticulously-crafted and brilliantly-colored 56 stained glass windows are the true stars of this wonderful vaulted universe. These works of high art have illuminated the prayerful seminarians of St. Charles Borromeo College and the studious young men of St. Charles Preparatory School with radiance and magnificence for more than nine decades. But time and weather had battered these beautifully- colored windows. The lead framing that encased each of the thousands of pieces of glass had warped in the repeated cycle of Gary Hardy of Flint Ridge Glass painstakingly removed by hand each of the the seasons: victims of the relentless freezing cold of winter and 56 windows and their four sections before re-leading them in his studio, searing heat of summer. returning them to the school and re-installing them one by one. So last spring, the school took on the task of executing a joint is soldered, and then space between the lead and glass major renovation project to bring the space back to its original is “cemented.” This cement is formulated to both stiffen and glory. All would agree, restoring the space’s features, especially weatherproof the window. the beautiful old windows, was well worth the cost and effort Over time this material deteriorates and needs to be undertaken. replaced. In the case of these windows, the deterioration caused School librarian Robert Miller ’67 said that he discovered the panels to buckle and sag under the weight of the lead and just a few years ago some St. Charles’ archival notes, In them glass. To restore each panel would be painstaking work. it said Bishop James Hartley’s personal interest in St. Charles Each panel was laid flat for repair and re-cementing and included an extensive correspondence with a German firm reinstalled with new banding wires. Each window (most consist regarding the stained glass windows which would adorn the of four panels) was removed in sections and taken to Flint school’s Holy Angels Chapel. “Bishop Hartley chose the biblical Ridge’s workshop. Brady said that this process would not need passages to be depicted, approved the renderings, and decided to be done again for another 75 years. on the colors,” Miller said. Alumni and parents were given the opportunity to support Artisan Gary Hardy of Flint Ridge Glass was brought on the Library Renovation project by sponsoring the restoration board by Principal Jim Lower and the commitment was made to of the 56 individual windows. In doing so, each donor would be move forward with addressing the windows. recognized with a bronze plaque at the base of “their” window. “They (the windows) have had some repairs, but never been On the plaque they would be able to honor themselves or family restored, which is what they are due for,” Hardy wrote in an and friends, living or deceased. You will find here a listing of evaluation of their condition. those alumni, parents and friends of St. Charles who sponsored Each piece of glass is set in small lead I-beams, each a window and to whom we are truly grateful.

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Aurokiam & Vanitha Anthuvan Sandra & Mark Lomeo Rhonda & John Campo Mary & James Lyski Mary Lou & Michael Cannone Andrea & Thomas ’77 Mackessy Robert Dilenschneider ’61 Lori & Robert Morrison Jennifer & Robert Eversole Ellen & Terrence O’Donovan Stacey & Matthew Finn Karl Pappa Mary Beth & Michael Foley Colleen & Robert Pema Daphne & Jimmie Irby Christine & John Rademacher Sandra Tarullo-Jacobs Pamela & Edward Rice & Doug ’80 Jacobs Deana & Marquette Stankowski Suzanne & Michael Jordan Jojo & Charles Strickler Peggy Kelley Daphne & Steven Suh Diane & Kevin ’85 Kranz Kyong & Travis Wahl In recognition for each donor’s generosity, the school Michelle & John Lippert Karen & Todd Waltermeyer produced a plaque that was secured at the base of the window each chose. 1961 graduate Bob Dilenschneider sponsored Brenda & Matthew Lombardi Julianne & John Ward the restoration of three different windows as part of the beautification project. Shown here is one of those plaques which memorializes Bob’s parents. On the other two he honored his wife and his siblings.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 15 2014-20152014-2015 FeastFeast DayDay MassMass AwardsAwards BorromeanBorromean MedalMedal forfor Service;Service; Principal’sPrincipal’s AwardAward PresentedPresented Members of the St. Charles family The Borromean Medal for fifteen years as a judicial hearing officer gathered on November 4th to Distinguished Service for civil commitment hearings for the commemorate the Feast of St. Charles mentally ill at Twin Valley Behavioral Borromeo and honor special members St. Charles Preparatory School is truly Hospital. His focus today, as a private of its community. In attendance were grateful to count 1965 alumnus Thomas practitioner, remains in the areas of alumni, parents and friends, the school’s L. Horvath among the ranks of its Probate Administration, Trusts, Estate faculty, staff and the entire student body own. He has been a member of the St. Planning, and various Probate Litigation. impressively standing in blue blazers. Charles Advisory Board since 2002, He has lectured in the past for the Bishop Frederick Campbell served as serving on that group’s Development Columbus Bar Association on areas of the Mass’ main celebrant with numerous Committee. He has provided his wise Probate Administration. He is admitted diocesan priests assisting. counsel and generosity on the school’s to practice in several State and Federal Held in the school’s Robert C. many significant capital projects over Courts. Walter Student Commons, the gathering that time. In addition, he has worked on Tom and his wife, Marcia, showed annually includes the presentation of the behalf of providing legal representation great generosity to the school during the Borromean Medals and Principal’s Award to the least-served and most vulnerable completion of the Robert D. Walter West that acknowledge the achievements and members of the Central Ohio community. Campus project. They donated a tract of service of special members of the St. In all these areas he has acted without land along Nelson Rd. directly across from Charles family. concern of attention or recognition for West Campus’ indoor training facility and A reception followed afterward in himself. outdoor running track. The space was the Campus Theatre’s Cavello Center in Tom received his undergraduate transformed into a new and much-needed honor of this year’s two special honorees. degree at The Ohio State University, as parking lot that was named in honor of Thomas L. Horvath ’65 was presented well as his J.D. from the OSU Moritz their family. “The Borromean Medal for Distinguished College of Law. He was employed by Tom and Marcia have been married Service to St. Charles” and Mairead Fyda the Franklin County Probate Court as a for 44 years, and have three children: was given the “The Principal’s Award for Magistrate and after three years, entered Eric (St. Charles Class of 1992), Natalie Leadership and Service to St. Charles.” private practice in the area of Probate (Columbus School for Girls Class of Congratulations and ‘Thank-You!” to Law and Estate Planning. He has been a 1995), and Jeffrey (St. Charles Class Tom and Mairead for your service to the long-standing representative of indigents of 1999). Tom had been involved in the St. Charles Community! in the mental health field, and served for Boy Scouts of America as an Assistant Scout Master and his troop had produced a total of seven (7) Eagle Scouts. Both he and his wife have served on several committees including various school board and finance committees at Holy Spirit Catholic School, Elizabethan Guild, and numerous St. Charles alumni and school events.

“Distinguished Service” honoree and his family: From left -- Natalie, Marcia, (Honoree) Tom ’65, Eric ’92 and Jeffrey ’99 Horvath.

16 St. Charles Preparatory School Student Leadership and Service St. Charles Student Council officers elected by their peers for the 2015-2016 school year are (from left): Secretary Matthew Gibbons ’18 (St. Michael grade school and parish), Vice President Michael Weaver ’17 (St. Joseph Montessori School), President Gregory Suh ’16 (St. Paul grade school and parish), Treasurer Will Groeber ’16 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish) and Sergeant-at-Arms Anthony Baglione’16 (Holy Spirit grade school and parish).

“Principal’s Award” honoree and her family: From left -- Jeremy Filia, Deidre Fyda, Walter Fyda ’04, Landscaping (Honoree) Mairead Fyda, Victoria Fyda, Sinead Fyda, Lara Fyda Filia and Vivia Filia. Beautification The Principal’s Award for Service to treasure” they planted within her, before St. Charles she left in 1975, “was the seed of faith The area alongside the gymnasium lobby deeply engrained in me and my siblings.” wall and the Rose and Dedger Jones Mairead’s involvement with St. Charles She knelt every night on a concrete floor Natatorium’s exterior north wall was started when her son, Walter (Class of after dinner to pray the Rosary. cleared of all bushes and vegetation 2004) enrolled. Faced with some learning Mairead has continued her over the summer and replaced with new challenges, he would need extra tutoring involvement with St. Charles. She attends plantings by Oakland Nurseries. In to meet the academic rigors of the school’s the Cardinal Christmas Silent Auction, addition, stone craftsmen from the nursery curriculum. Recognizing that other volunteers at Spaghetti Dinners and loves built a beautifully-crafted and meandering boys at school would also need special the Borromean Lecture series because “it stone wall with an ornately-inset brick assistance, “the seed was planted to set helps promote students growing into finer base patio inlaid with crucifixes and up an endowment fund that could assist role models.” intertwined block letters “SC.” up to 15 St. Charles students per year,” She says it has been a privilege and she said. The funds helped students blessing for her family to use its resources receive professional guidance from Dr. to help others. She and her husband, Michael Hohl for the extra support needed Bob, were very supportive of Catholic to get through St. Charles. “This was such education, starting at St. Michael’s a privilege.” The source of the these funds grade school. Bob passed away after a have remained anonymous –until now. 21- month battle with cancer in Walter’s The Fydas became huge SC fans 7th grade year leaving Mairead with five watching Walter wrestle (making the daughters and a son ages 11-21 to raise. state tournament three times) and In Bob’s honor, she was helped the church playing football. Walter set his alarm set a new altar in place and reposition clock every morning for 3:15 a.m. to make its Tabernacle and is very involved sure he had completed his homework. “I with perpetual Adoration and the RCIA was totally sold on the decision to attend program. She has assisted the SPICE in St. Charles. To this day I affectionately the diocesan schools, established program promote St. Charles when I meet parents endowments at Franciscan University and wondering which school to send their St. Paul’s Outreach. “What a privilege it sons.” has been to be in the right place at the In Ireland, Mairead’s parents right time to be able to help others.” struggled but were able to send her and some of her other nine siblings to boarding school. She says the “greatest

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 17 2015 Reunions

This year’s Combined Class Reunion Celebration took place over Labor Day Weekend and included the Classes of 1965 (Golden Anniversary), 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 (Silver Anniversary), 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Friday night STAG The weekend’s Main Event: The All-Classes Stag “Beer-n-Brats” STAG gathering took place from 6:00 p.m. to midnight in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons. The evening included refreshments and a picnic-style brats and mahi-mahi dinner buffet. Principal Jim Lower gave a “State of the School” update and class photos were taken before all were invited to attend the Cardinal’s home football game against Reynoldsburg at Walt Plank Field.

Alum Creek Bike Ride, Campus Tours and All-Classes Class of 1965 Mass Front row, from left: Jim Finn, Jerry Jones, Terry Trojack, Charles Campbell, On Saturday morning 1984 alumnus David Hohmann lead a Lawrence Federer, Paul Bettinger and Byron Mollica; Second row, from left: group of riders along the Alum Creek Bike Trail. Some ended Bob Hooks, Joe McAndrews, John McIntosh, Mike Lannan, Bill Zapp and Joe up riding all the way to Westerville and back, and all had a nice DiCesare; Third row, from left: Mike Cantlon, Jim Coffman, Pat Casey, Mer- time talking and seeing the area. “Although the day was hot,” rill Phelan, Bob Kuhns and Kip Clager; Fourth row, from left: Sean Maxfield, Tom Horvath, Tom Young, Michael Oddi, Joe Van Balen and Leo Dietlin; Top David said, they finished in the shade and made sure to stop at row, from left: Jim Knapp, Fr. Larry Hummer, John Finn, Tom Murnane and the ice cream shop midway, at the Morse Road UDF!” Andrew VanCamp. Later in the day Alumni Director Louis J. Fabro ’83 led a group tour of the Main Campus. Monsignor Bill Dunn ’57 generously served as the liturgy’s celebrant, assisted by Deacon Don Poirier as part of the Class of 1970. After Mass, interested alumni and guests were given a tour of the Robert D. Walter West campus athletic facilities by Development Director Mike Duffy.

Saturday Night private Events for Nine Classes That evening, after Mass, classes held their own private class gatherings in locations spread throughout the city. The Class of 1965 was hosted for dinner at the Upper Arlington home of classmate Jim Finn and his wife, Susan; The Class of 1970 met at Cap City Fine Diner in the Stone Ridge Plaza Shopping Cen- ter in Gahanna; The Classes of 1975, 1980 and 2010 met in dif- ferent areas of the hallowed Plank’s Cafe on Parsons Ave.; The Classes of 1985 and 1995 gathered at Brio Restaurant at Easton Class of 1970 Town Center; The Class of 1990 met at the Columbus Brewing Front row, from left -- Rick DiNovo, Don Poirier, Charles Grimm and John Company in German Village; and the Class of 2005 celebrated at Guldig; Back row, from left -- Scott Wolfe and Jim Riley. Not pictured: Fr. Bill Westies Gastropub in downtown Columbus. Arnold.

Golf Outing at Clover Valley G.C. The school’s annual St. Charles Alumni Golf Outing was once again incorporated into the weekend. Participants gathered at Clover Valley Golf Club in Johnstown where they were hosted by current St. Charles parents and course owners, Larry and Christi Canini. The shotgun scramble event included the round of golf, a cart, prizes, cold refreshments, an SC golf towel and a deluxe picnic dinner. It was a scorcher of a day but enjoyed by all!

Alumni Generosity Each of the classes chose to collect gifts and pledges to present to the school in honor of their reunions. The funds that benefitted from their generosity included The Class of 1965 Alumni Schol- arship Fund; The Class of 1975 Scholarship Fund; The Class Class of 1975 of 1985 Scholarship Fund, The Monsignor Thomas M. Bennett Front row, from left: Greg Krivicich, John Boswell, Ron Rau, Don Henne ‘61 Scholarship Fund; and the school’s General Scholarship Fund. (former faculty member), Jim Hoffman, Dan Heinmiller and Mike Shannon; Second row, from left: Pat Connor, Kevin Coughlin, Dan Leonhardt, John MacKinnon, Rick Mackessy and Rick Ryan; Top row, from left: Kirk Wuellner, Phil Polk and Tom Caito.

18 St. Charles Preparatory School Class of 1980 Class of 1985 Front row, from left: Michael Bals, Tom Bogen, Mark Klingler, Ron Westhoff Front row, from left: Alan Gummer, Seann Gibson, Vince Fabro and David and Lou Pallay; Back row, from left: Jim Mackessy, Bob Thompson and Doug Winters; Second row, from left: Tim Dunn, Rick Thomas and Erick Lauber; Jacobs. Top row, from left: Kevin Kranz, Jeff Farkas, and Hal Epler.

Class of 1990 Class of 1995 Front row, from left: Francisco Garabis, Brad Mullenix, Chris Jones, Don Front row, from left: Stewart Gill, Jason Williams, Shea Marmion, Kevin Ryan, Henne ’61 (Former faculty member), Tom Jordan, Santino Davis and Mike Corey Belcher and Bill McKinley; Second row, from left: Ed Wolfel, Robert Stevenson: Second row, from left: Mark Mess, Matt Tonti, Mike Stevenson, Hudelson, Jason Mandeville, David Glenn, and Dan Clark; Top row, from left: Mike Spires, Jason Blum, Joe Szymanski,Phil Worley and Tom Holliday; Top Shane Ball and Brian White. row, from left: Chris Jones, Anthony Liakos, Pat Laugherty and Scott Lyons.

Class of 2005 Class of 2010 Front from left: Jay Knox, Matt Favazzo, Mitchell Sherman, Tom Vaccaro and Front from left: Bob Horner, Pat Lynch, Chris Gottron, Isaac Oyer, John Nate McGill; Top row, from left: James Dodaro, Jay Heller, Kyle Gleich, Mike Mackessy and Seth Harnett; Second row, from left: Chris Steiner, Alex Coc- Wodarcyk, and Will Janotka. cia, Tom Caldwell, Kevin Cook and Breen Cullivan; Top row, from left: Adam O’Connor, Alex McCorkle and Michael Freed. The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 19 2015 Reunions Photos from STAG Night

1965 Class of 2000 Front row, from left: Brian Vance, Justin Mannon and Greg Thompson; Top row, from left: Dan Federer and Brad Johnson.

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60-year Class Holds reunion in July In honor of its 60th Anniversary, the St. Charles Class of 1955 held its reunion earlier in the summer over the weekend of July 11and 12, 2015. Several classmates met at the home of Dick Conie on Friday night. The following afternoon alumni and their spouses joined for Mass celebrated by classmate Fr. William DeVille at St. Andrew Church. A cocktail reception and dinner followed at The Athletic Club of Columbus in downtown Co- 1980 lumbus. The class wrapped up the weekend’s activities with a brunch on Sunday at the home of Frank and Sheila Bettendorf. Become an Active member of the St. Charles Community Feast Day Mass & Borromean Medals: November 4, 2015; Noon Thanksgiving Mass & Dist. Alumnus Awards: November 24, 2015; 8:40 a.m. Silent Auction & Cardinal Christmas: December 5, 2015; 6:30 p.m. 2016 Spaghetti Dinner 1995 February 7, 2016; Noon – 7:00 p.m. 2016 Father/Son Mass & Breakfast: March 19, 2016; 9:30 a.m. Platinum Reunion (1927-1965): June 2016; Specific Date TBA St. Charles Prep. vs. Aquinas College H.S. 10th Annual Golf Challenge: July 2016;Location/Date TBA

For more information about any of these activities, you are involved to contact St. Charles Alumni and Communications Director, Louis J. Fabro’83 at 2010 [email protected] or at 614-252-9288 ext. 21

20 St. Charles Preparatory School 2015 St. Charles Alumni Golf Outing 2015 Golf Outing at Clover Valley G.C. The school’s annual St. Charles Alumni Golf Outing was once again incorporated into the weekend. Participants gathered at Clover Valley Golf Club in Johnstown where they were hosted by current St. Charles parents and course owners, Larry From left: John McVey ’72, Chris Leister ’72, From left: Mike Spielman, Phil Caito ’72, Gerad Marion Smithberger ’72 and Todd Thoman ’72. Barrow ’72 and Charlie Grove ’72. and Christi Canini. The shotgun scramble event included the round of golf, a cart, prizes, cold refreshments, an SC golf towel and a deluxe picnic dinner. It was a scorcher of a day but enjoyed by all!

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The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 21 Borromean Lecture LoyolaLoyola UniversityUniversity PresidentPresident Deliver’sDeliver’s 13th13th PresentationPresentation inin SeriesSeries University of Notre Dame; Fordham, Saint Louis, and Rockhurst Carl A. Anderson, Supreme universities, as well as Gregorian Knight of the Knights of University in Rome. Prior to becoming Columbus; Rev. Robert president of Loyola, Father Garanzini F. O’Toole, S.J., S.S.D. was a full professor of psychology at President of the Gregorian Washington’s Georgetown University, University Foundation; where he served as special assistant to Father Jeffrey von Arx, the president for two years. S.J., President of Fairfield Before joining Georgetown, Father University; Mr. William Garanzini was a visiting professor at McGurn, Vice President Fordham University in New York. Much at News Corporation, Mr. of his academic and administrative John H. Garvey, President experience comes from his years at Saint of Catholic University of Louis University, where he held several America in Washington academic and administrative posts. A St. Esteemed guests seated at the head table with Principal Jim Lower D.C. and Dr. Allan E. Louis native, Father Garanzini received included (from left) William Brandt, (Mr. Lower), guest presenter Fr. Goodman, President of the his B.A. in psychology from Saint Louis Garanzini and host and event initiator, Bob Dilenschneider ’61. Institute of International University in 1971, the same year he St. Charles Preparatory School welcomed Education. entered the Society of Jesus. From Fr. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., President The lecture series was launched 1984 to 1988, he divided his academic of Loyola University Chicago, as the through the initiative and support of responsibilities between the University of featured presenter for the 14th annual 1961 St. Charles alumnus, Robert L. San Francisco and Gregorian University Borromean Lecture on Friday, November Dilenschneider, a nationally-known public in Rome. 14, 2014. The 11:45 a.m. luncheon was relations executive and He received a doctorate in psychology held in the Robert C. Walter Student author who works and lives in New York and religion from the Graduate Commons on the school’s campus and City. He is the founder and principal Theological Union/University of was attended by more than 870 people of The Dilenschneider Group, a public California, Berkeley, in 1986. In 1988, representing business, civic, school, and relations and communications consulting he returned to Saint Louis University church officials as well as the entire St. firm. He is a former CEO of Hill and as an associate professor of counseling Charles student body, faculty and staff. Knowlton, Inc., a member of the Public and family therapy. He then served as The Borromean Lecture series was Relations Society of America and the assistant academic vice president from established in 2000 to honor the school’s International Public Relations Association 1992 to 1994. He was appointed academic patron, St. Charles Borromeo and and a Fellow to the International vice president in 1994, a post he held annually attracts to the campus a speaker Association of Business Communicators. until 1998. In 2008, he was awarded an of national renown who addresses the Reverend Michael J. Garanzini, honorary doctorate of public service from desperate need for civility and high S.J., has served since June 2001 as the Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ethical standards for tomorrow’s leaders 23rd president of Loyola University Father Garanzini several boards of in our church, the corporate world, non- Chicago since. A seasoned university trustees, including the Association profits and service organizations, and administrator, tenured professor, author, of Catholic Colleges and Universities beloved institutions. and scholar, Father Garanzini has spent (ACCU); the Archdiocese of Chicago, The series’ inaugural presentation the majority of his career working in Board of Catholic Schools; and LIFT- was delivered by Michael Novak, a higher education. In June 2011, he was Chicago. nationally known theologian and former appointed by Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., the He serves on investment committees U.S. Ambassador. Since then, the school superior general of the Society of Jesus, for the ACCU, the Society of Jesus, and has been privileged to welcome Avery to serve as the Secretary for Higher other organizations, and he is chairman of Cardinal Dulles, S.J., an internationally- Education for the Society of Jesus. the Cuneo Scholarship Foundation. Active known author and lecturer; Cardinal In this new role, which officially began in community service, Father Garanzini is Theodore E. McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D, on September 1, 2011 and is in addition known for his work on behalf of children Archbishop of Washington, D.C. and to his continued service as president and and families. He is a frequent speaker world-renowned human rights activist; CEO of Loyola, Father Garanzini assists and has published many books and Joel I. Klein, the Chancellor of N.Y. City the Father General on a part-time basis, articles on issues such as child and family Schools; F. Russell Hittinger, Ph.D., coordinating and championing Jesuit therapy, moral development, and Catholic Warren Professor of Catholic Studies at higher-education issues around the world. education. the University of Tulsa College of Law; Father Garanzini’s solid academic St. Charles Preparatory School Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic credentials combine with a rare blend of would like to acknowledge: Robert L. Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the experience in teaching, research, service, Dilenschneider ’61, Joan Avagliano and Holy See to the United Nations; Father and administrative leadership at some of Berwick Manor Catering and the Susi John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the the nation’s leading Jesuit institutions of Family for their assistance in organizing higher learning, including Georgetown, this year’s event. 22 St. Charles Preparatory School Clockwise, from bottom left: Paul Schoonover, Tom Cua, Dr. Robert Bahnson, Clockwise, from bottom left -- Elaine Zawada, Julie Ferguson, Jack Dilen- Frank Ray, Honorable Dan Hawkins, Mike Stickney (member of the St. Charles schneider, Rose-Marie Dilenschneider, Cort Doughty, Martha Doughty, Mary Advisory Board), Linda Stickney, Dr. Jauvone Adams Gaston and Condon, Jan Dilenschneider and Susan Skorupski. E.J. Thomas.

Clockwise, from bottom left -- Peggy, Patrick ’15, Daniel ‘15, Andrew ’07, Andrea, Richard, Kathleen, Linda, John ’78 (St. Charles Advisory Board mem- Clockwise, from bottom left -- Max Tevonian ’18, Dan Sullivan ’83 (St. Charles ber), and Dr. Jim Mackessy ’80. Advisory Board member), Liam Sullivan ’15, Pat Scott, Ronan Sullivan ’18, Ally Sullivan, Mia Marshall, Tom Tevonian, David Sugar and Ben Sugar ’17.

Clockwise, from bottom left -- John Howard, Maureen Stinson, Dr. Kathy Wo- Clockwise, from bottom left -- Debbie Kuskowski, Erin Kelley Kuskowski, darcyk (St. Charles Advisory Board member), Dana Forsythe, Jeanne Gissel, Michael Kelley ’03, Cindy Kelley, Patrick Kelley ’78, Kathleen Bunstine, Nancy Frank Hartge and Jim Gernetzke. Kelley, Tim Kelley ’76 (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory Board), Connor Bunstine ’15 and Charlie Quinn ’17.

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Clockwise, from bottom left -- Ellen Gruber, Jim Foley, Vicki Foley, Mary Ginn Clockwise, from bottom left -- Renee Heller, Mary Fabro, Susan Heller, Tom Ryan , Bob Ryan ’69, Bob Poirier, Patti Poirier, Mike Sullivan ’58 (Emeritus Heller, Joe Finneran, Rosemary Finneran, Alice Heller, Jack Heller, Len Barbie member of the St. Charles Advisory Board), Fr. Edmund Hussey and Margie and Bob Durbin. Sullivan.

Clockwise, from bottom left -- Jamie Caridi, Mike Duffy (St. Charles Develop- Clockwise, from bottom left -- Mark Bahlmann ’83, Alex Loehrer ’94 (St. ment Director), Joe Hamrock, Lori Hamrock, Ben Kessler (Mayor of Bexley), Charles Advisory Board member), Tim Welsh, Fr. Jonathan Wilson ’92, Fr. Joe Huey ’15, Unidentified guest, Chuck Strickler, and Laura Phillips. Dan Dury, Thomas Schindler ’92 (St. Charles Advisory Board member), Dr. Joseph Ryan, Tom Ryan ’15, Matthew Martin ’15 and Kelley Martin.

Clockwise, from bottom left -- Steven Miller ’77, Tom Phillips ’77, Maria Phillips, Roberta Lee, Bonita Lee, Craig Lee ’77 (St. Charles Advisory Board Clockwise, from bottom left -- Aurokiam Anthuvan, Mark Huddy, Msgr. David member), Corey Belcher ’95 (St. Charles Alumni Association governing board Sorohan (College’56) (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory Board) member),William Patmon, Daniel Patmon and Bryce Todd ’18. Dominic DeMatte ’00, Kyle Gleich ’05, Michael Welsch (St. Charles Develop- ment Officer), Jaqui Lloyd, David Martin, Mike Probst ’89 (St. Charles Alumni Association governing board member) and Vanitha Anthuvan.

Clockwise, from bottom left -- Fr. Jim Walter ’54 (Pastor of St. Joseph Church in Sugar Grove), John Leach, Jane Leach, Gerard Barrow, Sr. ’72 (St. Charles Clockwise, from bottom left -- Al Bell ’78 (St. Charles Advisory Board mem- Alumni Association governing board member), Hugh Dorrian ’53 (Emeritus ber), Honorable Albert Bell ’48, Fr. Jared Wicks ‘47, S.J., Dr. Joe Brettnacher member of the St. Charles Advisory Board), Poyee Dorrian, Joe Dorrian ’89, (Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Columbus), Mike Hall, Sean Fr. Tim Hayes ‘47 (Pastor of St. Timothy Church), Dr. Pat Rankin ’61 and Dr. McCarthy ’87 (St. Charles Alumni Association governing board member), Dan Rankin ’53 (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory Board). Paul LeCorgne (St. Charles Advisory Board member), Press Southworth ‘65 (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory Board), Denis Faherty and 24 Richard Lembach. St. Charles Preparatory School St.St. CharlesCharles DistinguishedDistinguished AlumnusAlumnus HonoreesHonorees Three graduates were honored by their alma mater in the late fall with the school’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. They were recognized at the all-school Thanksgiving liturgy in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons celebrated by Mass Homilist Fr. P.J. Shelton, S.J. ’99 of Chicago and Concelebrant Msgr. Paul Enke ’64 (Pastor of St. Edward the Confessor parish). In the spring of 2005, the St. Charles Advisory Board established this award to recognize alumni who have honored St. Charles Preparatory School by their outstanding professional achievements, volunteer activities, and community-organization advocacy. These alumni have shared their affection for St. Charles Preparatory School and its community, and been shining examples of high moral and ethical standards. St. Charles has specifically chosen the Mass of Thanksgiving as the forum at which to honor these men because it enables the school to publicly acknowledge their achievements and to present them as visible role models for our student body to emulate. The first presentation was made to Marquis D. Miller a The Finn Family and friends (Front row, from left): Jim ’65 and Susan Finn; member of the Class of 1977 by St. Charles Advisory Board Bebe and (Distinguished Honoree) John ’65 Finn; (Distinguished Honoree) Mike ’61 and (front) Janet Finn; Maureen Finn Withgott (sister to John, Jim Chairman Paul Heller ’82 and St. Charles Principal Jim Lower. and Mike) and Stacey Finn (Mike’s daughter); (Back row, from left) Ted Finn Mr. Miller was being honored to acknowledge his highly- (John’s son); Katy Finn Call (sister); Tom Withgott (brother-in-law) and Matt respected international reputation and professional success in Finn (Mike’s son). business and sales, especially his work in the nonprofit industry. He is currently vice-president for the National Minority The next two awards took on a more “familial” flavor, with Supplier Development Council working to help minority former St. Charles Advisory Board Chairman, Jim Finn ’65 businesses and their owners. His philanthropic efforts in presenting the honors to his two brothers. Chicago are numerous, advocating for children and young Michael L. Finn, a member of the Class of 1961, was honored people, supporting the Chicago Urban League and the United in acknowledgement of his work at Gardner Incorporated and Negro College Fund and working with grandparents raising more than four decades of success as president and founder grandchildren through the GRAND Families Program of of Central Power Systems and Chesapeake Realty. Mr. Finn Chicago. Marquis also serves in the field of institutional has quietly, but significantly been involved in the community advancement with the Chicago State University Foundation through volunteering with numerous boards and organizations, and The Ohio State University and is truly a special example of including his philanthropic efforts especially on behalf of serving “as his brother’s keeper.” Tibetan charities. Mike has also shown affection and generosity to his alma mater through support of The Class of 1961 Endowment Fund, the Cardinal Society and the school’s major capital campaigns. Jim then called his twin brother, also from the Class of 1965, John F. Finn to the stage to be recognized for his work at Gardner Incorporated, including the last twenty-seven years as president. Mr. Finn has been involved in the community through numerous private and corporate organizations. This includes, most notably, 18 years with Cardinal Health, and his philanthropic work with CAPA, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts. He has also shown great generosity to his alma mater through the Cardinal Society and on behalf of the school’s major capital campaigns. Gentlemen, we are extremely proud to call you Loyal (and accomplished) Carolians!

The family and friends of Marquis Miller ’77 (from left): Craig Lee ’77, Manuel Miller (father of Marquis and Steven), David Barker, (Distinguished Honoree) Marquis Miller ’77, Steven Miller ’77 (brother), Dominic Cavello ’64 (faculty member and former principal), Daniel “Doc” Rankin ’53 (friend and former St. Charles Advisory Board member with Marquis) and Janae Miller (Marquis’ daughter).

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 25 WaltWalt PlankPlank ’41’41 HonoredHonored byby schoolschool withwith PlaquePlaque atat CaféCafé

and simple; yet it carried deep significance for those who were present. In the genuine simplicity of those moments, Walt became present once again. It was if his spirit permeated the place. The ritual reflected the man being honored in its simplicity and depth of purpose. He was a gentle and laid back person with a Back in the day fierce belief in the values of (From left) Walt Plank ’41 with his sons faith, family and friends… Tom and John ’82 behind the counter at and of his favorite athletic the Café. teams. As days and months extend into years, the customers of With family and friends from the St. Charles community gathered around, the Café will have an opportunity to view and read the plaque’s John Plank ’82 reads the text of the plaque honoring his late father. words. Even if they did not know Walt, they will be able to sense something of his spirit. By Nancy Kelley One line from the tribute states: “These are tremendous On April 23, 2015, a special bronze plaque was unveiled at the legacies and testaments to a man who made a difference in the venerable Plank’s Café on Parsons Avenue to members of the lives of those who knew him, as well as the many more who Plank and Kelley families, as well as several members of the St. never will.” Charles Preparatory School administration and staff. A similar These words express well the basic purpose of bringing to tribute hangs inside the brick entryway to St. Charles’ Walt life the legacy of Walt Plank. Through the icon of a plaque on the Plank Field athletic complex. The celebration was especially St. Charles campus and on the brick wall of Plank’s Café. Both fitting given that Plank’s Café’s was celebrating its 75th of these places offered Walt the venue to enrich his life through anniversary. the people who educated, loved and supported him, from his The plaque was dedicated to the establishment’s former early years and throughout his life. proprietor, Walter H. Plank, a member of the school’s Class of During the last weeks of his life, in 1993, I was with Walt 1941 and one of the school’s great supporters. The plaque is when he was still in the hospital…just the two of us. Without securely attached to one of the restaurant’s inner brick columns mentioning that he would be leaving us in a short time, which and faces (appropriately) the bar area where Walt held court , he already knew, I asked what he would like for me to do. How dispensing drinks, serving up steaming hot food, and being a could I help his family? I was not prepared for his response friend to any and all those he met. but was deeply consoled by it. He looked at me with a sincere The idea for this special tribute was originated by Walt’s and calm peace about him and said, “Nance, we have done it brother-in-law and life-long friend, Don Kelley ’47. His goal was all.” This was a man with no regrets…his mission had been to build upon and accomplished. bring the story of Walt’s time at St. Charles to the Café and its community. In making this happen, Don hoped that the many workers and customers would deepen their knowledge of a man they knew only as their co-worker and boss and the man who welcomed and nourished them as customers. On that Dedication Day in Don Kelley ’47 speaks to the group about his good friend, Walt Plank, sharing April, the ceremony a few memories and reminding us the impact Walt made on those around A young Walt playing on the St. Charles baseball him. team. was very brief 26 St. Charles Preparatory School Principal Jim Lower, in addressing the group, noted that the school had wanted to be a part of creating this special tribute to a great family man, friend and alumnus. “As we continue on our own life-long missions, we can be reminded of one man’s efforts to make the world a better place and have it inspire us to be there for others, too,” he said. Lower noted how Walt had truly lived his faith, always offering his hand in friendship and assistance, willing to share his abundance with others. He lived the mantra of “Being his Brother’s Keeper.” But Jim also noted the spirited side of Walt, who loved sports and was a fierce competitor. “So it is also fitting that we honor Walt, not only with this plaque, but also back at St. Charles where our student-athletes compete at the site named in his honor: Walt Plank Field. “The Corner” By Nancy Kelley After our mother’s death in 1989, the four Mary Elizabeth Plank (left) alongside the plaque dedicated to her late offspring of the Walter G. and Loretta husband with Nancy Plank Kelley, Walt’s sister. Plank Family felt a responsibility to pass on our family history to the generations that followed us. We would share all the Walter H. Plank old stories told to us by our grandparents, May 6,1923 - June 21, 1993 aunts, uncles and cousins. For those of the younger generation, we would Walter H. Plank was a graduate of the St. Charles share stories of these people and their Preparatory School Class of 1941. He was an marvelous personalities and such great outstanding student and athlete, loyal alumnus, times on “Hermit Island” on Indian Lake, distinguished veteran of World War II, avid sportsman, picnics at Hempey’s Grover horse shoes clinking in the Beer successful businessman, and a loving husband, father, Garten behind Plank’s Café. son, brother and uncle. He was generous with his gifts Thus the book, “The Corner” was born. The establishment and lived life for others. on Parson’s Avenue at Sycamore Street has been calls Plank’s Walt was a man who was always ready and willing Café since 1929. Today, many refer to it as “Planks on Parsons.” to help family, friends, his parish, or anyone in need. Over the years, most of the “old-timers” and our own mom and His honesty and personal integrity gave him special dad called the place “The Corner.” It was the gathering place for leadership qualities that inspired confidence in others, two large families—the Manns and the Planks and their friends. and often brought out the best in them. He wanted no When Mom’s brother’s operated it as “Manns; Café” the owners fanfare, no acknowledgement, and gave no thought to and the customers called it “the corner.” receiving recognition for anything he did. The books are available at Plank’s Café. An offering At his alma mater, The Walter H. Plank Memorial purchase goes to charity. The first two printings benefit The Scholarship Fund was established to help needy Walter H. Plank Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Southside students attend the school. The athletic field on the Renaissance Project. school’s main campus is named in his honor. These are Maybe the younger generation does not care about these tremendous legacies and testaments to a man who made stories now, these precious and cherished memories. Some may a difference in the lives of those who knew him as well as be tired of having heard them over all these years. But Walt the many more who never will. decided “Yes, someday they will care.” Without the written word, Gifted with a keen mind and a sharp intellect, Walt a day would come with no one left to tell the tales.” was an excellent student. His wisdom was grounded in a daily prayer life. He brought his personal qualities and life experiences to the service of customers and Plank’s Café. His work at the restaurant was a ministry of hospitality to the thousands of patrons he served. Many lives were enriched and influenced over the years by their association with Walt. Most of all, Walt Plank was a man of faith who trusted in the providence of God. That faith and trust was developed, nurtured and deepened by his response to crucial events in his life. In accepting his life challenges as given, he accepted himself and was, therefore, graced with a capacity to accept others. At Walt’s funeral, his son John eulogized him with these words: “Dad was always the life of things. He loved life! Dad was extremely special and made everyone around him feel special. He will be missed immensely. He was my best friend as well as a lot of other people’s Sarah Mazer gets author Nancy Kelley to personally sign her copy of “The best friend. He left us a great example of how to live.” Corner.”

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 27 nanotechnology-focused Student News chemical engineering lab at The Ohio State University. 12 St. Charles seniors In previous years, he also has worked as a mechanical named 2015 National engineering intern. He is Merit Semifinalists a Latin tutor through the National Honor Society, St. Charles Preparatory School had volunteers weekly on twelve members of its senior class named patient floors at Riverside 2016 National Merit Semifinalists. These Methodist Hospital, and young men qualified for the National was a member of the Merit Scholarship program, based international service on their scores on the Pre-Scholastic trip to El Salvador and Aptitude/National Merit Qualifying Test Guatemala. they took last year as St. Charles juniors. Timothy Clayton, Of the more than 1.5 million students son of Steven and Joanne 12 named National Merit Semifinalists from 22,000 high schools took the test, Clayton of Hilliard. He 12 seniors were recognized as National Merit Semifinalists for approximately 16,000 were named attended St. Brendan grade 2015-2016: Front row, from left --Vincent DiCocco ’16 (St. Pius X Semifinalists. They are now competing school and is a member grade school and parish); Timothy Clayton ’16 (St. Brendan grade with students nationwide for some 7,400 of St. Brendan parish. He school and parish) and John Roach ’16 (St. Matthew grade school National Merit Scholarships totaling and parish); Middle row, from left -- Jeffrey “Will” Stiltner, Jr. ’16 plans to major in aerospace (St. Matthew grade school and parish); Brendan Kopf ’16 (Big more than $32 million that will be offered engineering and will be Walnut Middle School, St. John Neumann parish); Samuel Sullivan in the spring. applying to Duke University ’16 (Granville Middle School, St. Edward the Confessor parish) Andrew Bidstrup, son of Mark (preferred), Carnegie and James Darnell ’16 (St. Catharine grade school, St. Bernadette and Elizabeth Bidstrup of Westerville. Mellon University, and the parish; Top row, from left -- Marcus Galeano ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare He attended Olentangy Berkshire grade school and parish); Andrew Bidstrup ’16 (Olentangy Berkshire University of Notre Dame. Middle School, St. Paul parish); Joseph Churilla ’16 (Walnut Springs Middle School and is a member of Tim is the co-captain of the Middle School, Church of the Resurrection parish); Ryan Hamilton St. Paul parish. He plans to major in St. Charles ultimate Frisbee ’16 (St. Mary Magdalene grade school and parish) and Aaron Roe ’16 chemical engineering in college. He is team and a Latin Math, (Genoa Middle School). applying to The Ohio State University, and Biology tutor through to the Rochester Institute of Technology Northwestern University, Cornell the National Honor Society. He is also a (preferred) and Worcester Polytechnic University, Purdue University, University member of both the In - the - Know team Institute. He has been a member of the of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and and the nationally-recognized engineering In - the - Know and Engineering teams Miami University. Drew is a member team. Outside of school, Tim works at and is a member of the National Honor of the varsity volleyball team and the the Hilliard YMCA and volunteers with Society. He volunteers at Shepherd’s engineering team. He is a Latin tutor Habitat for Humanity. Corner and Community Kitchen. through the National Honor Society and James Darnell, son of Mark and Marcus Galeano, son of Michael and been a volunteer for SourcePoint, an Theresa Darnell of Lancaster. He Judith Galeano of Dublin. He attended organization designed to help elderly attended St. Catharine grade school and St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and is people continue living in their own homes. is a member of St. Bernadette parish. He a member of St. Brigid of Kildare parish. Joseph Churilla, son of Joseph and plans to study physics and is applying to He is currently undecided about a college Jill Churilla of Westerville. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology major and is applying to Northwestern Walnut Springs Middle School and is a (preferred), University of Chicago, University (preferred), New York member of Church of the Resurrection Rochester Institute of Technology, University, Georgetown University, parish. He plans to pursue a double Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and University of Pennsylvania, University undergraduate majors in biomedical Case Western Reserve University. James of Notre Dame, University of Michigan, engineering and finance, minor in classics has been a member of the In The Know and The Ohio State University. He is a and attend medical school. He is applying team for four years (three on varsity) as varsity bowler, the St. Charles mascot, a to the University of Pennsylvania well as the Engineering team (three-time member of the In the Know team, a writer (preferred), MIT, Vanderbilt, Johns captain). He is an algebra and physics for the student newspaper, the Carolian, Hopkins, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, tutor through the National Honor Society, and is involved in theater. He volunteers and University of Virginia. Joseph an Eagle Scout and a member of the by tutoring students in U.S. history and previously served as vice president of Order of the Arrow. For his Eagle project helping in the management of the In-the- Student Council, co-founded the St. he collected over four thousand books to Know team. Charles American Chemical Society club benefit the poor of rural Kentucky. He has Ryan Hamilton, son of John and and is an editor for the Carolian student worked for three years in the St. Charles Shelley Hamilton of Columbus. He newspaper. In addition, he is the head book room, ensuring that all students attended St. Mary Magdalene grade driver and leader of Computer Aided have access to their textbooks. school and is a member of St. Mary Design for the world championship- Vincent DiCocco, son of Mark and Magdalene parish. He plans to study a qualifying St. Charles robotics team. Susan DiCocco of Pataskala. He attended number of different subjects in college, Outside of St. Charles, Joseph is an St. Pius X grade school and is a member including music theory and history, active Eagle Scout in his Boy Scout troop of St. Pius X parish. He plans to major music technology, mathematics, and plays travel baseball. Last summer, in video game design and development philosophy, theology, literature, and Joseph was a research assistant at a and minor in Japanese. He is applying Spanish. He is part of the St. Charles Pep,

28 St. Charles Preparatory School Jazz and concert bands, the St. Vincent Jeffrey “Will” DePaul Society, the National Honor Stiltner, Jr., son Society and the drama department’s stage of Jeffrey ’88 and crew. Heidi Stiltner Brendan Kopf, son of Michael and of Westerville. Laurie Kopf of Sunbury. He attended Big He attended St. Walnut Middle School and is a member Matthew grade of St. John Neumann parish. He plans school and is a to study mechanical engineering in member of St. college and is applying to Case Western Matthew parish. He Reserve University, Washington plans on pursuing University of St. Louis, University of degrees in romance Notre Dame, University of Dayton, languages and Vanderbilt University, and Northwestern neuroscience on University. Brendan is a member of the a pre-med track. Engineering Team (three year varsity He plans on member), participates in My Brother’s applying to Johns Keeper and tutors classmates through the Hopkins University 17 Named National Merit Commended Scholars National Honor Society. He participated (preferred), the 17 seniors were recognized as National Merit Commended Scholars for 2015- in an internship at the OSU Byrd Polar University of Notre 2016: Front row, from left -- Firas Houssein ’16 (New Albany Middle School), Research Center at the completion of his Dame, Cornell, Vincent Sears ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Michael West ’16 (St. Paul grade school and parish), Alexander Dabek ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare sophomore year. He is an active club Vanderbilt, Tulane grade school and parish) and Charles Porter IV ’16 (St. Matthew grade school varsity rower (two years), a certified University and and parish); Middle row, from left -- Evan Meder ’16 (St. Paul grade school scuba diver, and was a member of the St. The Ohio State and parish), Alexander Saccocio ’16 (Gahanna Middle School South), Charles soccer team (two years). He has University. He has Nicholas Martin ’16 (Wedgewood Middle School), Reed Gossard ’16 (St. also been an active Eucharistic Minister been a member of Matthew grade school and parish) and Michael Schmeling ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish); Top row, from left -- Justin Doney ’16 (St. at his church and volunteered with Student Council, Paul grade school and parish), Riley Ferguson ’16 (St. Brendan grade school Habitat for Humanity. writes for the school and parish), Christopher Silber ’16 (St. Mary Delaware grade school and par- John Roach, son of Robert and Eileen newspaper, The ish), David Nash ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish) and Ryan Zesch Roach of Columbus. He attended St. Carolian, a member ’16 (St. Agatha grade school and parish). Not pictured: Carson Glover ’16 Matthew grade school and is a member of both the National (Olentangy Orange Middle School, St. Paul parish). of St. Matthew parish. He plans to major Honor Society in either physics or mathematics and and Engineering Seventeen Seniors Named attend graduate school. He is applying team. Will is active in the student group to the University of Chicago (preferred), “My Brother’s Keeper” and serves the Commended Scholars Brown University, and the University St. Charles community as a Eucharistic In addition to the 12 seniors named of Notre Dame. John is a member of the Minister. His community service work National Merit Semifinalists, 17 more National Honor Society, has played of the is centered on volunteering in the seniors were named National Merit St. Charles soccer team for four years, Neuroscience Department of Riverside Commended Scholars for 2015-2016. and is a member of the Engineering Hospital. Jeffrey’s service work also They placed among the top 5% of all the Team. He is a tutor through the National took him to Guatemala and El Salvador students who took the PSAT/NMSQT Honor Society, volunteered at Muscular this past summer as a volunteer for in their junior year (Fall 2014). While Dystrophy Association camp the past International Samaritan. they don’t continue in competition for two summers and plans to do so again Samuel Sullivan, son of Michael National Merit scholarships, some are next summer, and participated in the Sullivan and Rebecca Stilson of Granville. eligible for special scholarships sponsored International Service Trip to Nicaragua He attended Granville Middle School and by corporations and businesses. They last summer. is a member of St. Edward the Confessor include: Aaron Roe, son of Terry and Angela parish. He plans to study polyscience, Alexander Dabek, son of Dariusz Roe of Westerville. He attended Genoa chemistry or bowling pin technology and Angelica Dabek of Dublin. He Middle School. He plans to study chemical and is applying to Richmond University, attended St. Brigid of Kildare grade engineering and is applying to the Davidson University, and Emory school and is a member of St. Brigid University of Alabama (preferred), The University. Sam is a member of the tennis of Kildare parish; Justin Doney, Ohio State University, Rose-Hulman team and is a prospective member of the son of Timothy and Kristine Doney of Technical Institute, Purdue University, Environmental Club. He was the recipient Westerville. He attended St. Paul grade and The University of Cincinnati. Aaron of his church’s Altar Server of the Year school and is a member of St. Paul parish; is the starting goaltender for the St. in 2009 and in 2010 and tutored at All Riley Ferguson, son of Peter and Julie Charles varsity hockey team and the Saints Academy during both his junior Ferguson of Columbus. He attended St. captain of the Ultimate Frisbee team. and senior years. Brendan grade school and is a member He is a member of the National Honor of St. Brendan parish; Carson Glover, Society, participated in three mission son of Richard and Karen Glover of trips to St. Louis, Minneapolis, and New Westerville. He attended Olentangy Orleans through his church and has been Orange Middle School and is a member an active member in charity work through of St. Paul parish; Reed Gossard, son St. Charles. of Ernest and Susan L. Stovall of New Albany. He attended St. Matthew grade school and is a member of St. Matthew The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 29 St. Charles Awarded State Student News Grant for New Mentoring parish; Firas Houssein, son of Assem Program and Chaza Houssein of New Albany. He attended New Albany Middle School; By Mike Warner, St. Charles Nicholas Martin, son of David and Mentoring Coordinator and Kimberly Martin of Columbus. He Religion Department Chair attended Wedgewood Middle School; Evan Meder, son of Charles and Kristin In his 2014 State of the State address, Meder of Westerville. He attended St. Gov. John R. Kasich outlined a new proposal to bring together families, Paul grade school and is a member of St. National Hispanic Scholars Paul parish; community organizations, faith-based Two seniors honored as National Hispanic organizations, businesses and others David Nash, son of Timothy and Scholars: From left -- Marcus Galeano ’16 (St. Laura Nash of New Albany. He attended Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish) and in support of our schools and to mentor St. Matthew grade school and is a Rapheal Rodriguez ’16 (Heritage Middle School, students. Community Connectors member of St. Matthew parish; Charles St. Paul parish). provides $10 million in 3-to-1 matching Porter IV, son of Charles and Aimee grants that will help give more Ohio Rapheal, son of Orlando and Elizabeth Porter of Gahanna. He attended St. students access to role models who can Rodriguez of Westerville, attended Matthew grade school and is a member help motivate and inspire them, as well Heritage Middle School and is a member of St. Matthew parish; Alexander as help them develop skills that lead to of St. Paul parish. He plans to major in Saccocio, son of Sean and Bonnie success in school and the workplace. biology with the in hopes of pursuing a Saccocio of Gahanna (43230). He attended This coming year, 82 community career in dentistry. He is applying to The Gahanna Middle School South; Michael partnerships, including St. Charles Ohio State University (preferred), Case Schmeling, son of Paul Schmeling and Preparatory School, will share more Western Reserve University, Oberlin Dianne DuRussel of Dublin. He attended than $6.8 million in the first round of College, Union College and the University St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and is Ohio’s new Community Connectors school of Cincinnati. He is a captain on the St. a member of St. Brigid of Kildare parish; mentorship program. In all, the state Charles soccer and Engineering teams Vincent Sears, son of Robert and Monica received 192 applications for funding and and a member of the school’s service Sears of Blacklick. He attended St. each application included a business, civic team which helps to create and encourage Matthew grade school and is a member and values-based partner organization. service opportunities within the school’s of St. Matthew parish; Christopher St. Charles will use its My Brother’s enrollment. Raphael is a member of the Silber, son of Dale and Maria-Theresia Keeper (MBK) organization as the vehicle Saint Paul Youth Ministry leadership Silber of Delaware. He attended St. Mary through which this program will operate. team and he is a Eucharistic minister at Delaware grade school and is a member St. Charles. of St. Mary Delaware parish; Michael Evolution of MBK West, son of Kristopher and Stephanie My Brother’s Keeper has been a West of Westerville. He attended St. student-led organization focused on Paul grade school and is a member of St. Paul parish; and Ryan Zesch, son of Ronald and Molly Zesch of Columbus. He attended St. Agatha grade school and is a member of St. Agatha parish. Two Seniors Recognized as National Hispanic Scholars Two St. Charles seniors, Marcus Galeano ’16 and Rapheal Rodriguez ’16, have earned the distinction of being named Scholars in the National Hispanic Recognition Program by finishing in the 2.5% among all Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT takers in this region. Through the program, this recognition enables students to highlight their outstanding educational achievements to top colleges and universities. Marcus, son of Michael and Judith St. Charles students and adult volunteers from American Electric Power (AEP) and Fifth-Third Bank Galeano of Dublin, attended St. Brigid of who were undergoing their first round of Mentor Training with Kimeta Dover, Executive Director of The Mentoring Center of Central Ohio. Front row, from left -- Simon Robso ’17, Francie Henry (Fifth-Third), Kildare grade school and is a member of JoeLius Porter ’17, Kimeta Dover (Mentoring Center) and Lucy Frontera (Better Business Bureau); St. Brigid of Kildare parish. He was also Middle/Back row, from left -- Dan Miller (Fifth-Third), Michael Warner (St. Charles faculty member), named a National Merit Semifinalist (see John Trapp (Fifth-Third), Rob Salvatore (Fifth-Third), John Dunn (Fifth-Third), Ian Hundley (Fifth-Third), his listing above regarding his college Charles Wallace-Thomas ’17, Patrick Bourke ’01 (AEP), Steve Miller ’77, Tim King (AEP) and Paul Webber plans and activities). (Fifth-Third).

30 St. Charles Preparatory School “cross-age” gap allows for effective role modeling and positions the mentor as a wiser and older individual. Mentoring research has consistently demonstrated the positive outcomes for both older peer mentors and their younger mentees, including increased connectedness to school and peers, feelings of competency and self-efficacy, academic achievement, and prosocial behavior and attitudes. Likewise, documented benefits for mentors have included increased connectedness to school, self- esteem, empathy and moral reasoning, intrapersonal communication and conflict resolution skills and relationship with parents. Attendees to the introductory program meeting in September were clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly (Corna-Kokosing), Tim King (American Electric Power), Ryan Wensink (Battelle Memorial Institute), Corporate Support – Adult Mentors Chip Weiant (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio), Lucy Frontera (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio), Leslie Vesha (Battelle Memorial Institute), Mike Warner (St. Charles), Michael Stickney (St. In addition to this peer mentoring, St. Charles Advisory Board), Andy Boy (Columbus Collegiate Academy), Mel Barret (Columbus Collegiate Charles is receiving great support from Academy), Francie Henry (Fifth-Third Bank), John Dues (Columbus Collegiate Academy) and Steven corporate partners: American Electric Miller ’77 (St. Charles Advisory Board). Not shown: Marilyn Pritchett (The Mentoring Center). Power, Battelle Memorial Institute, Corna-Kokosing, Fifth Third Bank, and internal academic and social support for combination of cross-age peer mentoring Huntington. Each of these partners has minority students as well as community and adult mentor support, the MBK committed to provide Adult Mentors engagement and recruitment. The name Mentoring Program will work with 30 who will engage the St. Charles and of the student organization comes from students from Columbus Collegiate Columbus Collegiate students in deeper the long-standing history of St. Charles Academy – Main St (CCA). CCA is an reflections on virtues and character traits students being formed in that slogan since exemplary charter school who excels at required in a professional context. This the institutions inception. Our school closing the education gap for poor and serves as deeply valuable relationship charism continues to take on new focus as working class families. Further on, you building for our students in exposing we continue to seek ways to reach out to will find how this program has evolved them to corporate cultures of integrity as those who experience marginalization in and the structure and partnerships that well as establishing lasting relationship our Central Ohio community and within will make this program a success. with a caring and committed adult from our own family. the business community. In addition Founded by Advisory Board member Mentoring Program Structure to providing these adult mentors, each Steve Miller ’77 in 2010, MBK has St. Charles students will be matched business partner will provide one or continued to grow in providing St. with a 6th, 7th, or 8th grade student two Workplace Mentoring Sessions Charles students enriching community from Columbus Collegiate Academy. throughout the year, which will bring the events like this past spring’s lecture with Each week, students will engage in student participants on-site to expand Clark Kellogg, a former OSU and NBA a mentoring relationship focused on their understanding of the professional basketball player and now a national enhancing life skills, such as: goal setting, world as well as specific target areas such sports commentator, who engaged our conflict resolution, decision making and as financial literacy or scientific research. community with stories of leadership leadership. On the third Tuesday of each St. Charles Summer Program: In and character. In this new capacity of month, these pairs will meet with their addition to the academic year mentoring MBK’s peer mentoring project, it enters Adult Mentor who will involve students relationships, students from CCA will be a new phase of being able to impact in discussions of character development able to participate in one athletic camp the lives of Central Ohio youth within facilitated by the Mentoring Center of their choice and the English and Math our St. Charles family and within our and Better Business Bureau’s Center Readiness courses without charge. SC own east-side neighborhood. Leading for Character Ethics. Every fourth students and mentors will be assisting this effort are the student President Tuesday, the team of Adult Mentors in the running of these athletic camps of MBK, Charles Wallace-Thomas ’17 from each business partner will take and can make themselves available (Columbus Spanish Immersion School), turns planning a Workplace Mentoring to tutor students in the Math and faculty Michael Warner (Junior Religion, Program or educational opportunity for English readiness programs so that the Campus Ministry) and freshman guidance all participants. relationships formed during the year will counselor Zach Wright. continue through the summer. “Cross-Age Peer Mentoring” My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) – The The MBK Mentoring Model starts with Structured for Success St. Charles Mentoring Program “cross-age peer mentoring” which is a The MBK Mentoring Program has St. Charles is expanding its impact on proven approach to the mentoring of been developed and will be executed the local community and engaging its at-risk middle school students. Cross- in collaboration with The Mentoring students in service through mentorship, age peer mentoring refers to programs Center of Central Ohio and The Better tutoring and sustained personal support in which an older youth (SC 9th-12th Business Bureau’s Center for Character of economically disadvantaged students grade mentor) is matched with a younger Ethics. This partnership ensures that in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Through a student (CCA 6th-8th grade mentee). The the training and continuing support The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 31 The Guidance Office at St. Charles Guidance Team at St. Charles Student News will provide informational presentations Preparatory School: with college admission officers at all grade Jeff Stahlman, College Counselor for of all mentors and mentees will be at levels: juniors and seniors the highest standard. The Mentoring -For our 9th graders we will introduce Mr. David Breckenridge, College Liaison Center is a collaboration of over 40 students and parents to the college and Tenth Grade Counselor youth-mentoring organizations with Big selection process with a “Freshman Mrs. Beth DeVine, Tenth Grade Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio and College Planning Evening” meeting. Counselor HandsOn Central Ohio as lead operating At this meeting general concepts are Mr. Zach Wright, Ninth Grade Counselor partners. Since its launch in 2000, the discussed, and families will be introduced Miss Trisha Smith, Guidance Secretary Mentoring Center has trained over 22,000 to a private university admissions official mentors, mentees, and professionals. The to discuss admission topics. Center for Character Ethics provides the -Sophomore year, we will present the targeted curriculum of Uncommon Sense “Tenth Grade College Planning” meeting to the MBK program and the professional to delve a bit deeper into the process support of Dr. Lucy Frontera to the and to be introduced to a state school Leadership Team. Dr. Frontera brings her admissions officer who will further academic research in character education, discuss admission topics. program evaluation and academic -In their junior year, students will receive achievement of at-risk youth to help guide specific college preparation. Our first MBK’s mentoring success. meeting early in the fall is an in-depth discussion of admission topics that Follow our Success will include testing, college fit, and the As this program moves through its characteristics that distinguish colleges. Untraditional Tradition inaugural year, share in its progress and The second junior meeting is in the spring Faculty member Phil Smith (far right) looks on with and will be a conference format that will amusement, as do (from far left) Noah Stein ’15 (Home success by following @MBKMentor on School, St. Matthew parish) and Anthony Spahr ’15 Twitter. If you are interested in further address application and admission topics (Genoa Middle School, St. Paul parish), as fellow faculty supporting these efforts, contact Michael with various speakers from colleges. member Joe Moyer congratulates Ryan Panzera ’15 (St. Warner – [email protected] -Senior year, our first meeting is a Andrew grade school and parish) following the 89th jumping-off point for college applications Commencement Exercises on May 29th. Sporting a and is generally presented the first week “Sponge-Bob Square Pants” hat this year (last year it Guiding students for was a crab), Mr. Moyer has made a habit of substituting four years: The freshman of school. Our second meeting is geared entertaining “head gear” for the usual black tassel and towards financial aid and scholarships in mortar board for the garduate’s reception line. transition to high school November. through the senior college In addition to these family meetings, we also run a College Application selection process Workshop for seniors prior to the beginning of the school year and a junior Selecting a college is one of the biggest college planning workshop in the decisions in a person’s life. Through winter. We meet in class with students individual and group meetings, it is each year to cover a variety of college the goal of the St. Charles Guidance topics throughout the four years at St. Department to assist students throughout Charles to include career and college the process of selecting and applying to research and preparation. colleges. Our goal is to aid students in The college selection process is an finding schools that are great matches for exciting, vital time in a young person’s their goals, interests, and for their future. life. We hope to provide students with Simply put, we want to help every the knowledge, skills, and tools to have student find a great college fit. In Appreciation a successful college selection process, The college selection process is a highly Mrs. Vivian Harvey (center) mother of Chris ’80 whether that includes very selective individualized one. Students will begin and Tom ’79, was presented a flag of Guatemala colleges or less selective colleges. Each this spring from students who participated to meet with the college counselor, Jeff student is valued in the St. Charles in the summer’s International Service Trip to Stahlman, in their junior year to build college selection process. The Guidance Guatemala. (From left) Matthew MacManus ’15 lists of colleges, understand admissions (St. Paul grade school and parish), Nick Anderson Office offers a wealth of experience in strategies, and to develop a college ’15 (Immaculate Conception grade school and college admissions and military academy/ application plan. Students will continue to St. John Neumann parish), Dominic Rivera ’16 ROTC experience. Our Guidance Team (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), work with the college counselor through works to create a caring, warm, and Mike Flynn ’16 (St. Joseph Montessori) and Mike the college application process in senior knowledgeable experience for students as Warner (St. Charles religion teacher and program year. As tenth graders, students work moderator). they select and apply for colleges. with Mr. David Breckenridge and Mrs. Beth DeVine to develop a strong academic profile and to research potential careers. As ninth graders, students work with Mr. Zach Wright to foster a strong academic profile and build study skills.

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One of the first alumni presentations was made regarding the medical field by 2001 alumnus Christopher Alvarez- Breckenridge who talked about his experience in Medical School & Neurosurgery Residency. Guidance Offices’ Colonel David Breckenridge (coincidentally Christopher’s father) held an after- school program later that discussed medical research from four different perspectives, represented by four different alumni. Christopher focused on the role of research for practicing physicians. Ray DeVine’05 (coincidentally the son of Guidance Counselor Beth Devine) talked about a pure research lab. Ray is working on a Ph.D. in the biological sciences this winter. Joe Thompson, Ph.D. (father, Joe, Class of 2015), a chemistry research scientist at Abbott Labs, talked about research in the Entrepreneur Al Bell ’78 with students. private sector; and Ric Simmons (father of senior Cyrus Lloyd), St. Charles faculty member Dr. Jeff Pharion ’86 approached a professor in the OSU College of Law, talked about academic Principal Jim Lower and the St. Charles Alumni Association research in a non-science setting. with an idea for a program that would benefit St. Charles The subject matter turned from the medical field to Law students and alumni alike. School, the corporate world and entrepreneurship. Last year Pharion, an English teacher and the school’s This was followed by two individual presentations. Al Bell varsity football coach, was completing a principal internship ’78 spoke to the young men in March about his career working and as a project. He wanted to create a school-wide project in business, both for a large corporation (Big Lots) and as an that would positively impact the school and continue on into entrepreneur. 1958 graduate Matt Howard who worked his the future. Principal Jim Lower suggested a program that way from copy-editor for The Columbus Dispatch to senior encouraged alumni to come back to the school and share their executive vice president of merchandising and marketing for college experiences and career advice with students. Sears in his 32 year business career. These sessions covered Pharion reached out, offering an opportunity to give back to such topics as “the reality of life after St. Charles,” choosing a St. Charles in one or two ways: career direction and outlook for businesses (retail and online) in “Be a PRESENTER! Come back to your Alma Mater and give the 21st century, and at courses to look to take (curriculum) in a brief talk on what you do for a living. Discuss the course you college to prepare for a business career, how to make yourself took to get there and the pluses and minuses of being there. the best candidate for such a career. Many more presentations These talks will take place after school on a day and time of your are planned for this year. convenience. You might be speaking to a future leader of your Dr. Pharion’s idea dovetails well with an ongoing initiative industry in the room (and it would be from your encouragement being explored by the St. Charles Alumni Association: how the that he reached for it).” St. Charles brotherhood or alumni can help one another with And/or also…“Be a “MENTOR!” Be included in a database advice and assist in work transitions. How can fellow alumni of alums to offer guidance and referral for students who may assist those seeking employment out of college, searching for a want to look into your profession. Your Name, Profession, new job opportunity or wanting to explore new careers? You can E-mail and Graduation Year would be in the database. Your read about those efforts farther back in this issue. Visit page 107 own experiences might help students in their college and career to read St. Charles Alumni Association president Sean Whalen’s search!” he wrote. ’99 column. Sean has been helping lead the group for over a year He invited interested parties to e-mail him at jpharion@ on the best ways to accomplish this. cdeducation.org to participate. “It matters not what industry you are in, or your experience level – we want St. Charles men to help St. Charles men be successful! Please contact me today and you can begin the process of helping our students,” Pharion wrote. Pharion’s goal is to lead to make professional alumni, their talents and advice a resource for students. By doing so, this will help young men navigate the difficult and intimidating process of gaining entrance to the college or university of their choice, but also possibly provide connections to internships and employment later down the road. The response to Pharion’s outreach was immediate, More than 210 alumni volunteered to be a part of the project. Since then, there have been three events held where alumni came to St. Charles and met with students to discuss their professions 1958 graduate Matt Howard, seated at head of table and just right of the and give helpful advice on college and choosing a career. faculty’s Dr. Jeff Pharion ’86.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 33 industry and other related science fields. Faculty News Dedicated to her school and profession, she has been certified by the Ohio Department of Education as a state- trained Mentor and has assisted in both teacher evaluation and mentoring of St. Charles staff members for several years. Penny has been a teachers’ association building representative and a part of the negotiations team. She has worked in collaboration with the English Michael Ryan ’06 and Anthony Wilson department, team-teaching a substantial Good luck Coach Ryan ’03; interdisciplinary group research and Welcome Mr. Wilson presentation project assignment. Her Social Studies teacher and assistant collegiality and devotion to inspire and football coach, improve the work of our “St. Charles Thomas J. “Jason” Ryan ’03, has become the new varsity football team” is recognized and appreciated coach at Linden McKinley High School throughout our school community. where he will also teach history. Beyond these facts and data, she Jason joined the St. Charles faculty in is a kind, caring and Christian model Penny Bostic (left) and Beth Devine the fall of 2008 and taught U.S. History of temperament and behavior for the to freshmen. He Holds a degree in history Bostic moves East students of St. Charles. Circumstances from The Ohio State University (2007), Long-time faculty member Penny Bostic have altered her plans and she must lives in Upper Arlington and attends St. has moved with her family to Connecticut pursue a new chapter in her life taking Brendan Church. He has been a fixture with her husband’s job. She was lauded her away from the school she loves. On around the athletic fields for many years, by Academic Dean Scott Pharion last this occasion, please let Mrs. Penny Bostic having coached each basketball and spring at the school’s annual Academic remember always this moment and our football for over 10 years. Awards Assembly in front of the entire appreciation of her dedication to the Replacing Jason on the staff is school community. He praised her with mission of St. Charles. Penny, we send , who will teach the following tribute: you on your way with God’s blessings, Anthony Wilson U.S. History teacher and serve as an “Mrs. Penny Bostic, through her comfort and peace. Thank you.” persistent efforts, resourcefulness, grit assistant head Freshman football coach and mainly her considerable ability, New Chemistry Teachers (Linebackers and Running Backs). A graduate of Upper Arlington High has become one of the most respected The role of Chemistry teacher at St. members of the faculty, instructing School, he went on to join the United Charles is being filled by two people States Marine Corps, serving with Lima students at St. Charles for 25 years. this year. Elizabeth Hudelson will be She is solely responsible for Company, 3rd battalion, 25th Marines, teaching Honors Chemistry and Jordan for the majority of his 10 year military transforming an average chemistry Arends ’11 will teach the AP Chemistry program into one recognized for its career. After being honorably discharged classes. Mrs. Hudelson is the mother of as an E-5 Sergeant, Anthony went on rigor, student preparedness and three St. Charles alumni and has served accomplishments. When she was hired at to graduate with honors, from The Ohio in the school’s our Science department State University earning a BA in history St. Charles in 1990 she was asked to raise for many years, working closely with the performance level of the chemistry and a master’s degree in education. our Chemistry and Physics instructors He also holds a certification in project students. throughout that time. Arends is an This she has done with incredible management from Xavier University. alumnus from the Class of 2011 and is Mr. Wilson, his wife Jamie, and their two results. Her strategies and focused, a recent graduate of the University of carefully delineated lesson plans paved children Sydney (Freshman at Licking Dayton. He is presently applying for Heights) and Caden (soon to be Cardinal), the way for a transition to a highly medical school and the time frame of regarded component of our school’s are very happy to be here at St. Charles the application process allows him to and are looking forward to a great year. curriculum. She further instituted a concentrate and commit to his teaching summer chemistry “boot camp” for here at St. Charles. younger or hesitant students; and she Gruber ’06 new Principal at learned specific methods to challenge all St. Brendan students including those with learning William T. Gruber ’06, who taught limitations or learning accommodations. health and physical education, was Since she began teaching the AP hired last spring as the new principal Chemistry course, her classes annually at St. Brendan the Navigator School in score at a superlative performance level Hilliard. Will joined the faculty in 2010 on the AP Exam. Of the 244 students after graduating cum laude from The tested to date, 139 (57% of the examinees) Ohio State University (2010) with a B.S. have received top scores of 5; and 74 in education with specialization in health (30%) have earned a 4. Her accumulative education. Will is the son of Matt ’68 and results show a pass rate (scores of 3, Susan Hoffman Gruber and brother of 4 or 5) at 96.7% with an average score Ben ’99, Mary, Joe ’04 and current SC of 4.40. This is typical of her students’ Latin I teacher Ned ’09. accomplishments here, in college, Betsy Hudelson and Jordan Arends ’11

34 St. Charles Preparatory School Welcome back Mr. Ryan ’10 at New Albany High School for the past tennis coach and moderator for activities While the faculty loses one Ryan sibling, sixteen years (1999-2015). Prior to this he at St. Charles. For the last five years she it gains another. Alumnus Michael taught science for two years at Gahanna has held the position of Head of Guidance. Ryan ’10 is the school’s new physical Lincoln High School and served as She facilitated the PSEO program, education and health teacher, replacing Guidance Counselor for eight years. Jeff now College Credit Plus and was the William T. Gruber ’06. He has remained is entering his twenty-fifth year helping lead expert last spring as St. Charles very involved with St. Charles since he students through the college selection adopted the Naviance® data management graduated in 2010 and earned a degree process. He has worked with thousands of software program which she helped bring from Otterbein University (2014). He is students, presented well over a hundred to St. Charles.” currently in his sixth year of coaching evening presentations, and visited more “Mrs. Devine watched two sons basketball -- his first as the head coach than 200 colleges through his career. graduate from St. Charles; both of whom of the freshman team, and in his third Currently serving a three year term have become successful: one in a math/ year as the assistant strength coach at St. as an elected delegate to the National science field finishing a Ph.D. and the Charles. Association for College Admission other after a military career is now in The Ryan family has long-held ties Counseling (NACAC), Jeff is a regular civilian logistics management/operations. with St. Charles. Michael’s father, Jay, presenter at state and national Mrs. Devine has used her patient, kind (as well as brother Jason ’03) is 1976 conferences. He has been selected as a and resourceful skills to guide students alumnus, former coach, and an emeritus Counselor That Changes Lives by the through the college decision process as member of the St. Charles Advisory Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) well as assist students with testing and Board. Their mother, Teri, is a past-chair organization and earlier this summer learning accommodations. She has helped at the Silent Auction and volunteered received the Life Member Award from the coordinate faculty recommendations and with numerous other school activities. Ohio Association for College Admission prepare student transcripts. She has been The boys’ grandfather, the late Thomas Counseling (OACAC). on duty and on call during the summer J. Ryan ’44, his wife, Mary Jo, also Stahlman earned an undergraduate months in the guidance office and as deceased, and his great aunt, Fran Ryan, degree in photography from Ohio a proctor for summer school testing as have all served as St. Charles Advisory University, a master’s in education from coordinated through the BYU online Board members. Jason’s great uncle, Wright State, and master’s degree in program.” Richard J. “Dick” Ryan is also a 1951 school counseling from the University of “Always available and willing to help, graduate. Dayton. He and his wife, Sharon, have she has for over 10 years been a part of been married for 28 years and have a the St. Charles family serving students all daughter, Andrea (24) who works in year round. For your genuine and selfless college admissions and a son Nick (22) devotion to the people of our community, who is a senior in college. we acknowledge and thank you with this commemorative token of our gratitude. Beth DeVine “Retiring” Mrs. Beth Devine, your guidance has Beth DeVine, who in 2010 replaced Ted been, is and will be appreciated for Hummer ’60 as senior guidance counselor, some time to come. Best wishes; much has served as part-time sophomore happiness,” Pharion said. guidance counselor since 2004 after retiring from 30 years of counseling at Marion-Franklin, West, and Brookhaven High Schools. Jeff Stahlman Though she is retiring once again St. Charles is pleased to welcome from full-time work, we are fortunate that Jeff Stahlman who will head up she has agreed to remain on in a part- time role in the Guidance Office. the Guidance Department as Beth She holds a degree in education and Devine transitions into a part-time a master’s in school counseling from The role in the office Ohio State University. Beth and her Jeff Stahlman has been hired as the husband, Ray, have two sons who are St. College Counselor who will work with Charles alumni: Raymond ’04 and Ryan juniors and seniors at St. Charles as ’06. They are members of Our Lady of The Gerbig-Todd Triplets they select and apply to colleges and he Peace Parish in Clintonville. will work to foster relationships with Beth was honored during last universities. He will also be available May’s Academic Awards Assembly and Welcome Back +3 for juniors and seniors for academic and Assistant Principal Scott Pharion shared St. Charles is happy to welcome back to personal assistance. “The opportunity some special reflections on her time at St. its faculty English teacher Jody Gerbig- to be a part of something special at St. Charles: Todd, who took a maternity leave of Charles and to develop close advising “Mrs. Beth Devine began her role as absence last year. She gave birth to relationships with students was guidance counselor at St. Charles in 2004 triplets on February 20, 2015. She and irresistible,” he said, and made the after a successful career as teacher and husband, Todd, live in Columbus with decision to come to St. Charles an easy counselor in public schools. Serving first their daughters Patten Olivia, Ainsley one. in a part-time capacity here she began Louise and Gwen. Jeff had been the College Counselor interviewing and advising underclassmen. During those early years she was also a

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 35 continued the work of the late Bishop Student News Edward Herrmann in the Columbus Diocese. William attended Immaculate ’15 Senior Awards Conception grade school, is a member of Immaculate Conception parish and now Garrett J. Cotter, attends The Ohio State University. son of Matthew and Amy Cotter of Nicholas B. Westerville -- The Mitevski, son Highest Accum for of Tomislav and Four Years with Elizabeth Mitevski an ending four- of Westerville year grade point -- Selected to average of 4.20. He represent St. attended Blendon Charles on the Diocesan Academic The Timothy H. Hamburger/Seth A. Jenkins Garrett J. Cotter ’15 Middle School, was Volunteerism Award is presented to a graduating a National Merit Honor Team. He senior or seniors who best exemplify community Finalist and now attends Vanderbilt Nicholas B. Mitevski ’15 attended St. Paul service and volunteerism. The award was University. grade school, is initiated by Timothy H. Hamburger, a 1984 St. a member of St. Paul parish and now Charles alumnus. The award carries a $1000 cash attends The Ohio State University. He honorarium and a recognition certificate. This year Nicholas K. the award was presented to DJ Matthews ’15 (St. Pappa, son of Dr. was a member of the Borromean Chapter Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish) who Karl and the late of the National Honor Society; Ohio is attending the University of Cincinnati to study Michelle Pappa of State University Provost’s Scholarship; chemical engineering. Columbus -- The Williams College Book Award; Scholar- Monsignor Paul Athlete Award; Diving Team; Baseball J. O’Dea Latin Team; Engineering Team; Chemistry Award, presented Club; St. Vincent de Paul Society; and to the senior with was a Eucharistic Minister. the highest grade Nicholas K. Pappa ’15 point average Gabriel S. during his four- Lawson, son year study of Latin. He attended St. of John and Andrew grade school and parish and now Suzie Lawson attends The Ohio State University. of Dublin -- The Principal’s Award Tyler L. Welty, for Outstanding son of Robert and Service to School Lina Welty of and Community, Michael Altomare ’15 (St. Andrew grade school Columbus -- The presented for and Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish) Gabriel S. Lawson ’15 leadership by is cheerful as he makes the “Gift of Life” during Father Charles May’s school blood drive. The 27 year-old event Jackson Leadership example, attitude, is organized by the school nurse, Midge Cull, and Medal, given disposition, and courage. He attended SC-parent volunteer extraordinaire, Bill Nye, in to the Student St. Brigid of Kildare grade school, is a conjunction with the American Red Cross. Council president member of St. Brigid of Kildare parish for service to the and now Saint Louis University. Tyler L. Welty ’15 school and the student body Nicholas J. throughout the school year. He attended Anderson, Immaculate Conception grade school grandson of and parish and now attends Claremont Barbara Anderson McKenna College. of Columbus -- The Bishop William J. Eichel, Fulcher Memorial son of Peter and Award, presented M. Ann Eichel of to recognize the those who have as Chauffeured in Style Columbus -- The In May, Ryan Huelsman ’17 (St. Andrew grade Bishop Herrmann Nicholas J. Anderson ’15 achieved excellence school and parish) enjoyed being chauffeured Service Award in creative to school by Principal Jim Lower in a smoking- and Scholarship, writing, in drama, in the visual arts, hot 1968 Shelby GT-500. Jack’s parents, Kevin presented to in journalism, or in music. Recognized and Patrice, were the successful bidders on this special item offered at last year’s Silent Auction. one senior in for his four years of contributions in each diocesan the Theatre Program, he attended William J. Eichel ’15 high school who Immaculate Conception grade school, is a has, by his/her member of St. John Neumann parish and exceptional service now attends Northwestern University. 36 to the community, St. Charles Preparatory School Student CardinalBots Persevere through Team Robotics another Exciting Season By Joseph Churilla ’16 The Saint Charles CardinalBots have had yet another successful season. The 2014-15 school year marked the CardinalBots’ fourth season and second year under Team Moderator Ronald Forrest. The 27 members of FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 4269 competed in several competitions around the Midwest, placing second out of nearly sixty teams at the Buckeye Regional in Cleveland and winning first place at the Ohio FIRST Robotics State Championship. This year’s FIRST Robotics Competition challenge kicked off on January 3rd when the CardinalBots along with other Central Ohio teams convened at The Ohio State University for the game reveal. From this point, the teams had just six weeks to prototype, build and program a robot to complete the challenge. The 2015 challenge was “Recycle Rush” which is a recycling- themed game played by two alliances of three robots each. Each The St. Charles Robotics Team alliance scores points by stacking totes, or rectangular plastic Robotics : State Champions! containers, on scoring platforms, placing large cylindrical Front Row -- Reed Williams ’18 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Chris recycling containers on those stacks, and properly disposing of Hickman ’15 (Grove City Christian School), Konrad Kappel ’15 (St. Michael grade school and parish) and Andy Welsh ’18 (Immaculate Conception grade pool noodles, representing litter, inside the recycling containers. school and parish); Second row, from left -- Isaac Murrin’17 (St. Matthew Each match starts with a 15-second Autonomous Period during grade school and Church of the Resurrection parish), Lewis Nerone ’16 (St. which robots operate independently of their drivers according to Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), Brian Landers ’15 (Ohio Virtual preprogrammed instructions. Robots attempt to earn up to 30 Academy and St. Mary Magdalene parish), Joseph Churilla ’16 (Walnut bonus points by moving themselves, their yellow totes, and their Springs Middle School and Church of the Resurrection parish) and Aneel Biswas ’18 (Genoa Christian Academy); Third row, from left -- Nicholas Yee recycling containers into the designated “Auto Zone” area. ’17(Our Lady Of Peace grade school and St. Joseph Cathedral parish), John Throughout the remaining two minutes and 15 seconds, two Lewis ’17 (St. Mary Lancaster grade school), Andrew Campo ’16 (Bexley student drivers, who for the CardinalBots were Brian Landers Middle School), Zack Kranz ’18 (Olentangy Orange Middle School and St. ’15 and Joseph Churilla ’16, and a coach from each team Michael parish); remotely control the robots and work together with their alliance Fourth row, from left -- Aaron Yee ’17 (Our Lady Of Peace grade school and St. Joseph Cathedral parish), Anthony Forrest ’15 (Holy Spirit grade partners to place as many totes and recycling containers on school and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal parish), Logan O’Neil ’17 (St. their platforms as possible. Alliances earn two points for every Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), Matt Dixon ’18 (St. Mary Dela- sole tote on a scoring platform, six points per tote if it is part of ware grade school and parish), Omar Montalvo ’15 (St. Pius X grade school a stack that has been capped with a recycling bin, and six more and parish), Kenneth Bowman ’15 (Horizon Science Academy), Tim Landers points if that bin contains a noodle. Each team is also allowed to (Mentor), Will Leithauser ’18 (St. Paul grade school and parish) and Kristin Montalvo (Mentor); Top row, from left -- Brad Dixon (Mentor), Andrew Reade use one extra student, who this year for the CardinalBots was ’17 (St. Pius X grade school and Seton parish), Ron Forrest (Coach), Roger Isaac Murrin ’17, to assist in loading totes and noodles into the Yee (Mentor) and David Hickman (Mentor). Not Pictured – Jack Chatas ’15 robots from one of two human player stations. Since alliances (Columbus Academy), Daniel Irby ’15 (St. Michael grade school and St. Paul gain extra points for placing recycling containers on top of scored parish), Mathew Irby ’18 (Olentangy Berkshire Middle School and St. Paul totes, teams aim to create complete stacks composed of up to six parish), Jeffrey Stevens ’17 (Bexley Middle School) and David Wing ’15 (St. Michael grade school and parish). totes, a recycling container, and a noodle. After kickoff, the first task for the CardinalBots was to decide what the robot’s capabilities needed to be in order to score the students valuable professional experience in the engineering most points. The team spent about three days brainstorming field. ideas and determined that capping stacks with the recycling After six weeks of hard work, the CardinalBots were bins would be the best strategy since most other teams could finally prepared for competition. The team constructed and be relied upon to stack totes. For the next two weeks the team programmed a nearly 120-pound, 28 by 27-inch robot. The worked diligently prototyping and designing potential tote and machine stands roughly 5 feet tall and is composed of an recycling bin pick up mechanisms. omnidirectional chassis, a pulley controlled hook for recycling Once the team had all agreed upon a single design, the bins, and four-bar linkage hooks that attach and lift totes. The CardinalBots split themselves into several Core Design team aimed to create an agile robot primarily able to quickly Teams (CDTs) that each worked on a particular aspect of the transport recycling bins from the ground to tote stacks but also robot building process. CDTs included the build team, the capable of forming its own tote stacks if necessary. electrical team, the Computer Aided Design (CAD) team, the The CardinalBots first competed in the Greater Pittsburgh programming team, and the drive team. In order to transform Regional in the beginning of March. Out of a field of 54 teams, basic prototypes into a functional machine, the students on the the CardinalBots placed 12th after two days of qualification CAD team worked directly with engineers from Ometek, owned matches. The team was then selected to be a part of the 8th by 1977 St. Charles alum Tom Mackessy. The CAD team aimed seeded alliance and face off against 7 other alliances in an to convert the build team’s blueprints into 3D computer models elimination tournament. Unfortunately, however, an alliance of custom sheet metal parts which would then be fabricated by member’s robot malfunctioned soon into the first match, putting Ometek. This system not only improved the efficiency of the the CardinalBots at a major disadvantage during the first round team’s engineering process but also, more importantly, gave of the playoffs. Because the game strategy is so dependent on

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 37 stacking mechanism jammed, leaving the CardinalBots Student News desperate for tote stacks to cap off. The alliance performed slightly better in the second match but would have to put up an teamwork, any small bug in a robot’s performance places a extraordinary score in the last semifinal match to advance. severe impediment on the success of the alliance as a whole. Despite the unlucky odds, the CardinalBots went into Nevertheless, the team stayed committed, but was eventually the third match determined to win. Their alliance put up eliminated in the quarterfinals. an incredible 162 points in the last match, breaking the Following the Pittsburgh Regional, the CardinalBots had a competition’s single match score record. Even with the three week period before their second and final regional, the Buckeye Regional in Cleveland. Instead of using this time as a break, the team went back to work, meeting daily for strategy revision and robot modification. The most significant refinement made was the addition of a hinge at the end of the recycling bin hook. Up to this point the CardinalBots had only been able to reliably add bins to two tote stacks, therefore limiting their ability to collaborate with other teams. This alteration allowed the robot to now cap stacks of up to four totes, greatly enhancing the ability of the robot to adapt to the strengths of its alliance members. At the Buckeye Regional the CardinalBots had immense success, truly proving themselves to be a powerhouse team. Early on in the qualification rounds the CardinalBots developed a formulaic strategy in which they could earn 60 points regardless of who their alliance partners were. Not long after, several teams began to recognize this and gain respect for the often underrated CardinalBots. In one of the last qualification matches the team was partnered with the Broncobots, an automated stacking robot that could build a wall of tote stacks on the scoring platform. The CardinalBots, who had originally planned to concentrate solely on capping stacks with recycling bins, found their perfect match. Together the teams put up a solid score, but saw the even bigger potential in working together in the elimination rounds. The CardinalBots finished off the remaining qualification 2014-2015 In The Know Team matches with their former strategy, giving themselves just The St. Charles In The Know Team completed in 18 enough points to edge out the then second place team by just tournaments this year, capping the year placing 2nd in the Ohio one third of an average point. The CardinalBots placed second Academic Competition Southeast Regional Championship and out of a pool of 56, the highest regional rank the team has ever qualifying for both OAC and NAQT State tournaments. They attained in its four year span. The dedication of the team to the placed 9th in the state in the OAC State tournament and 12th in robot truly proved worthwhile as the team improved its average NAQT. qualification match score to 103 points, almost doubling their Pittsburgh average. Front row, from left --Alex Saccocio ’16 (Gahanna Middle South), Will Throughout the competition the CardinalBot drivers and O’Donnell’17 (St. Catharine grade school and parish), Colin Saccocio ’18 strategists worked hand in hand to devise unique strategies (Willard-Grizzell Middle School), Jackson Dabek ’18 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), Alex Dabek ’16 (Varsity A-Team; St. Brigid of for each match. Oftentimes the CardinalBots would operate Kildare grade school and parish), Vince DiCocco ’16 (St. Pius X grade school independently of their alliance members and create two stacks and parish) and Jacob Anthuvan ’18 (St. Michael grade school and parish); of four totes, a recycling bin and noodle. At other times, the Second row, from left -- Dr. Sarah Vandermeer (St. Charles faculty CardinalBots would join forces with its allies and focus solely member, assistant moderator), Tim Clayton ’16 (St. Brendan grade school and on either stacking totes or capping stacks another robot had parish), Nick Arnold ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), David Nash ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish) and Alex Connor ’03 (Head already created. Coach); Once the qualification matches had concluded, alliance Third row, from left -- Jeff Stiltner ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and selection for the elimination tournament commenced. The parish), Michael Schmeling ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), top eight ranked teams each selected two other teams to form Marcus Galeano ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), James alliances that would then battle for entry into the FIRST Darnell ’16 (Varsity A-Team, St. Catharine grade school, St. Bernadette parish), Joseph Churilla ’16 (Walnut Springs Middle School, Church of the Robotics World Championships in St. Louis. The CardinalBots Resurrection parish) and Justin Doney ’16 (St. Paul grade school and parish); had the second choice and were in a great position to select their Fourth row, from left -- Zach Sterling ’16 (Fairfield Christian Academy, St. Broncobot allies. They topped off their alliance by appointing the Catharine parish), Patton George ’17 (St. Pius X grade school, Seton parish), Broncobots for tote stacking and another robot for recycling bin Joseph Seidensticker ’17 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), Michael handling. During the playoffs, the CardinalBots concentrated Seidensticker ’17 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), David Dixon ’16 (St. Mary Delaware grade school and parish), Joseph Gonce ’16 (St. Brendan on taking recycling bins from the bin handling robot and setting grade school and parish) and Sam Curry ’15 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade them on top of the totes placed on the scoring platform by the school and parish); Bronocbots. This assembly line-like strategy seemed ideal, but Fifth row, from left -- Cyrus Lloyd ’17 (Wellington, St. Brendan parish), required perfect performances from each robot to run effectively. John Jelinek ’17 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), Stephen Susa ’15 The strategy flowed smoothly in the two quarterfinal matches (Varsity A-Team; St. Agatha grade school and parish), Bobby Daniel ’15 (Varsity A-Team; St. Michael grade school, St. Joan of Arc parish), Riley and the CardinalBots made their way to the semifinals. But as Ferguson ’16 (Varsity A-Team; St. Brendan grade school and parish), Chris soon as the drivers began to hone their game plans, their luck Silber ’16 (St. Mary Delaware grade school and parish) and Carrick Reider ’16 seemed to run short. In the first semifinal match the Broncobots’ (Varsity A-Team; St. Andrew grade school and parish).

38 St. Charles Preparatory School tremendous performance, the team disappointingly realized that they had missed the finals by a mere difference of just Team Engineering one average point. Nevertheless, the CardinalBots were later awarded the Excellence in Engineering Award which celebrated Varsity A Team Members: Stephen Susa ’15 (Co-Captain; St. their simple, yet effective and reliable design. Agatha grade school and parish), Connor Yakubov ’15 (Co-Captain; Wellington School, St. Agatha parish), Coby Jacobs ’15 (Gahanna Middle Following the Buckeye Regional, the CardinalBots School East, Church of the Resurrection parish), Isaac Flemming ’15 (St. participated in two offseason events in order to give Brendan grade school and parish), Jack Mignery ’15 (St. Matthew grade underclassmen competition experiences before the upcoming school and parish), Nick Mitevski ’15 (St. Paul grade school and parish), season. The team’s alliance won the Ohio FRC State Brian O’Neill ’15 (St. Matthew grade school, Church of the Resurrection Championships in May and made a strong playoff run at the parish) and Brendan Kopf ’16 (Big Walnut Middle School, St. John Neumann parish). Central Ohio Robotics Initiative Invitational in June. The Varsity B Team Members: Casey Culhane ’15 (Co-Captain; St. offseason also posed several transitions for the CardinalBots. Paul grade school and parish), Nick Valin ’15 (Co-Captain; Gahanna Numerous core senior team members have graduated, leaving Middle East, St. Patrick parish), Michael Alban ’15 (Hilliard Heritage the team without some of its most skilled leaders in the Middle School, St. Brendan parish), Garrett Cotter ’15 (Blendon Middle programming and build departments. Former head wrestling School), Will Eichel ’15 (Immaculate Conception school and parish), Abram Hagnazari ’15 (St. Paul grade school and parish), Joe Huey ’15 coach and St. Charles mathematics teacher Joe Moyer will (St. Andrew grade school and parish) and Michael Nazario ’15 (Genoa succeed Mr. Ron Forrest as the CardinalBots’ team mentor. Middle School, St. Paul parish). In addition, the CardinalBots moved their build site from The Varsity C Team Members: Jack Engert ’15 (Co-Captain; St. Agatha Ohio State University to a warehouse in an industrial park just grade school and parish), Josh Zebula ’15 (Co-Captain; St. Brigid of a couple of miles from the St. Charles campus. Looking back at Kildare grade school and parish), Brendan Harty ’15 (Willard-Grizzell Middle School, St. Brigid of Kildare parish), Ryan Panzera ’15 (St. one of their strongest seasons yet, the CardinalBots recall their Andrew school and parish), Niko Strickler ’15 (Wellington School, St. successes, remember the lessons they learned in disappointing Brendan parish), Jack Timmons ’15 (St. Matthew grade school and defeat, and anticipate many seasons of excitement to come. parish) and Spencer Ward ’15 (New Albany Middle School). Varsity D Team Members: James Darnell ’16 (Co-Captain; St. Catharine grade school, St. Bernadette parish), Alex Dabek ’16 (Co- Captain; St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), Tim Clayton ’16 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), Vince DiCocco ’16 (St. Pius X grade school and parish), Carrick Reider ’16 (St. Andrew grade school and parish), John Roach ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and aprish), Alex Saccocio’16 (Gahanna Middle South) and Michael West ’16 (St. Paul grade school and parish). Varsity E Team members: Benigno Houser ’16 (Captain; St. Brendan grade school and parish), Steven Antwi-Bosiako ’16 (KIPP Journey Academy), Andrew Bidstrup ’16 (Olentangy Berkshire grade school, St. Paul parish), Justin Doney ’16 (St. Paul grade school and parish), Joseph Gonce ’16 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), Reed Gossard ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Jacob Mason ’16 (St. Paul grade school and parish) and David Nash ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish). Varsity F Team members: Rafe Rodriguez ’16 (Captain; Westerville Heritage Middle School, St. Paul parish), Taylor Hill ’16 (Ridgeview Jr. High), Drew Kiger ’16 (Holy Spirit grade school, St. Mary Groveport parish), Sammy Lisa ’16 (St. Agatha grade school and parish), Coleman Lyski ’16 (Wellington School), Jeff Stiltner ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Ryan Wagoner ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish) and Roger Walther ’16 (St. Pius X grade school). JV A Team Members: Jacob McCorkle ’17 (Captain; St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), Nicolas Arnold ’17 (St. Francis de 2014-2015 TEAM+S Engineers Sales Newark grade school, St. Edward the Confessor parish), CJ Botti ’17 (Home School), Cyrus Lloyd ’17 (Wellington School, St. Brendan St. Charles entered six varsity and three Junior varsity teams parish), Charlie Marshall ’17 (Jesuit HS in Tampa, FL), Ian Smith ’18 for the TSA TEAM+S Engineering Competition in March of this (Lakeview Junior High School, Seton parish), Kristo Strickler ’16 (St. year. All nine teams traveled to Ohio Northern University for Andrew grade school, St. Brendan parish) and David Suh ’17 (St. Paul Regional competition against nearly 1,200 teams that competed grade school and parish). JV B Team Members: Captain: Windsor Niermeyer ’17 (Captain; St. across the nation at remote and regional sites in 47 states. Agatha grade school and parish), Michael Cannone ’17 (Jones Middle All three JV teams and four of the six varsity teams placed School, Our Lady of Victory parish), Billy Davis ’18 (St. Vincent de Paul among the top-five in the state and top-ten nationally for Divi- grade school and parish), Carson Fulks ’17 (Our Lady of Perpetual sion III. Three of the six varsity teams placed among the top- Help grade school and parish), Nick Giannotti ’17 (St. Paul grade five teams in the state, and four teams placed among the top-ten school and parish), Will O’Donnell ’17 (St. Catharine grade school and parish), Michael Rocca ’17 (St. Paul grade school and parish) and Jack both at the state and national level for Division III competition: Sheppard ’17 (Willard-Grizzell Middle School). The JV teams placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the state by division JV C Team Members: Justin Hadad ’17 (Captain; St. Andrew grade and 5th, 6th and 7th in the nation for Division III. The Senior B school and parish), Thomas Broschart ’17 (Hilliard Memorial Middle team placed 3rd in the state and 3rd in the nation, the Senior A School, St. Margaret of Cortona parish), Patton George ’17 (St. Pius team placed 4th in the state and 4th in the nation, the Varsity X grade school, Seton parish), Brandon McFann ’17 (St. Pius X grade school and parish), Aaron Pham ’17 (St. James the Less grade school D team placed 5th in the state and 5th in the nation and the and parish), Colin Saccocio ’18 (Willard-Grizzell Middle School), Luke Varsity E team placed 7th in the state and 7th in the nation for Voegele ’18 (St. Andrew grade school and parish) and Michael Weaver Division III. ’17 (St. Joseph Montessori School). In addition, five of the 72 team members had perfect scores on their scenario problem sets. They were seniors Isaac Flem- ming and Michael Nazario; and juniors Tim Clayton, Begnino Houser and Alex Saccocio. The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 39 AnAn EducationEducation inin PovertyPoverty andand Compassion:Compassion: St.St. CharlesCharles InternationalInternational ServiceService ExperienceExperience By Michael Warner, Religion Department Chair, Director of Campus Ministry, Junior Religion teacher

education, housing, and nutrition. As you will read from the following student reflections, this partnership is born out of both compassion and necessity – the necessity of experiencing our humanity and liberation being bound together. “If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” – Aboriginal Activist group, Queensland. Below are some reflections of the student’s experiences on their trips this year. It is without a doubt a life-changing opportunity, one in which the encounter with Christ is made tangible through some of the world’s most vulnerable and the command to love one another is lived out in the most transformative of settings.St. Charles is committed to transformative education in all aspects and these international service The joint St. Charles/Bishop Watterson Service trip to Guatemala enjoys the start of their tourist day opportunities have only deepened the in Antigua with high school students from the Paso a Paso program. Front row, from left -- Ms. Sidra impact. Calmese (Micah Mayo’s Mom), Paso a Paso student, Katy Bechert ’16 (St. Michael grade school and parish), Stephanie Diaz ’16 (St. Timothy grade school and parish), Kalea Thompson ’15 (Our Lady of Peace grade school and parish), Erin O’Brien ’16, (Our Lady of Peace grade school and parish) Kylie Jeffery Stiltner ’16 Dougherty ’15 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), Lily Kreber ’16 St. Agatha grade school and parish, Sitting in the airport before departing for Abby Rinderle ’16 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), Isabella Bocija ’16 (St. Joseph Guatemala and El Salvador, I know my Montessori), Libby Kiefer (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), Paso a Paso student, and Bishop Watterson Spanish teacher Colleen Summanen; Back row, from left -- Joseph Churilla ’16 peers and I had no idea that the service (Walnut Springs Middle School, Church of the Resurrection parish), Jeff Stiltner ’16 (St. Matthew grade trip we were about to embark on would school and parish), Chris Mitchell ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish), Dominic Rivera ’16 truly change our perspectives on the (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), Micah Mayo ’16 (Trinity Middle School), Michael Flynn reality of poverty. ’16 (St. Joseph Montessori) and John Miller ’16 (St. John’s Lutheran Marysville). The first two days in El Salvador By the Numbers. educators we can fall into the same trap of we went on a religious pilgrimage as 3 Trips in 2015: One to Guatemala/ defining poverty in only monetary terms. we visited many places in the life of El Salvador and two to Nicaragua; 4: However, liberation theologian, Gustavo Archbishop Oscar Romero (Now “Blessed” Different countries we have served: Gutierrez, O.P. reminds us, “to be poor is Romero). We visited his small home, the Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, to die an early and unjust death.” church where he was assassinated while and Honduras (the Dominican Republic This stark reality is intimately saying Mass, and his grave. I was shocked will make 5 in 2016);6: Years of St. engaged when students are welcomed to see just how much of an impact the Charles International Service Trips; into homes where children have died of example of his life had on the people of 126: Students, parents and faculty who preventable illness, siblings have been El Salvador. Driving down the street, have participated in trips since 2010, victims of gang violence, parents have it was not uncommon to see a statue with special thanks to faculty members chosen the perilous journey north over the of Archbishop Romero. In the customs Jody Gerbig-Todd, Jack Gibbons ’81, even more dangerous prospect of staying office of El Salvador, pictures of Romero Aaron Schrein and Sarah (and Paul) home. were hung on the walls. It was not hard Vandermeer. Recently, the world was exposed to to understand the cult surrounding this More numbers: $2,150: Average cost the harsh, gut-wrenching photograph of saintly man as he gave his life for the of trip for St. Charles student; $6,500: Aylan Kurdi, the three year-old Syrian poor and marginalized of El Salvador. Amount of need-based scholarship aid refugee found face down in the sand We took a day long trip by bus from given out to students thanks to generosity after a failed attempt to flee the violence. El Salvador to Guatemala. We arrived at of SC community. Such a disturbing image captures the the retreat center where we were staying, If only poverty were just about global imagination and personalizes the said our evening prayers, reflected on our numbers… profound suffering of those crucified today pilgrimage, and went to bed. The next Students who sign up to participate by extreme poverty. day I volunteered to work in the Santa in the International Service Trip often Our partnership with International Clara Nursery with some of my other enter the experience with a basic concept Samaritan is a response to this suffering, peers while the rest of the group went to of poverty as an economic condition. As one that targets the deep poverty of the Francisco Coll grade school. The grade garbage dump communities through school and nursery were in a garbage 40 St. Charles Preparatory School collect. Many of these workers support multi- generational families of with more than 10 mouths to feed and had been working at the dump for almost twenty or thirty years. The impression left by this visit put into perspective the significance of the work we were about to do for the remainder of the week. We met Angelica and her beautiful family whose house we would be building and immediately got to work. After a day’s work, and having returned to the retreat center, we would conclude the night with an evening reflection after dinner. Along with morning reflection and prayer before breakfast, these times of contemplation gave us a positive outlook towards the day ahead, and a time to be thankful for all that we have back at home. As this routine continued throughout the week, there were times when we were able to see other homes built by groups just like us, and get to witness Nicaragua Service Team with Lopez family in in front of their new home. Front row, from left – Member of the Lopez family, Nick Eramo ’16 (St. Michael grade school, St. Brigid of Kildare parish) and St. the families’ profound gratitude, as well Charles faculty member Michael Warner; Back Row, from left -- David Nash ’16 (St. Matthew grade as share the excitement and anticipation school and parish), Chas Porter ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Alex Dabek ’16 (St. Brigid of of families who in the near future will Kildare grade school and parish) Ryan Siesel ’16 (St. Cecilia grade school and parish), Ryan Zesch ’16 have homes built for them. On the final (St. Agatha grade school and parish), Nic Wesolek ’16 (Bexley Middle School), Riley Ferguson ’16 (St. day, we gave all the clothing, toiletries, Brendan grade school and parish), Carrick Reider ’16 (St. Andrew grade school and parish), Ryan Sarver ’16 (St. Brendan grade school and parish), Nicolette Leon and Joseph Shephardson ’16 (St. Andrew and school supplies we brought with grade school and parish). us to the families of the neighborhood, and unexpectedly all the children of the dump community of Guatemala City; aspects of my life but, overall, it helped neighborhood gave us personal thank you the residents of this community spend me realize what is really important in life. notes in return. Such a gesture further all day in a garbage dump searching for It taught me to cherish everything I have: reinforced that our purpose there had recyclables within the heaps of refuse, my family, education, and country. been fulfilled; that we were truly being trying to make a little bit of money. God’s love, and that the acts of kindness As we peered down upon the Carrick Reider ’16 and service we performed there will leave expansive landfill, it was impossible to As the doors of the terminal opened, an a lifelong legacy. deny the realization of global poverty overwhelming sense of culture shock There has never been another time that overwhelmed each of us present. immediately began to set in; the scorching in my life when I felt so at peace and yet Before this trip, I would have, of course, sun beating down and the unbearable so alive simultaneously, and I cannot said that I want to help those in poverty humidity it brought with it, the countless express anything but gratitude for every but it would have been without the same swarms of flies and gnats, the sea of single moment of that unforgettable purpose and meaning. After witnessing people moving every which way occupying journey. this, the fight against poverty has become the arrivals area, speaking a language I my own. No human person should spend could not comprehend. We had arrived in his or her life scavenging in a garbage Managua, Nicaragua. dump. After compacting ourselves into vans, Back within the refuge of the nursery, our group ventured across the city, and I served as a teacher’s assistant for a in doing so saw the conditions of citizens’ class of four and five year-olds. I did not everyday lives. No storefront was without speak a word of Spanish but the kids graffiti lining the walls, no home was still interacted with me. I cannot count without a metal gate protecting the the amount of times I heard “mas alto” entrance; children lined the streets, and (“higher!) screamed as I lifted the kids in garbage filled the open sewers. As we the air. For this week we sang Spanish made our way out of the capital city and songs, painted pictures and did crafts. into the lake side town of Granada where The final day before I left, the little girl we would be staying and working, the raw who I had been working with the most wilderness of the adjacent jungle affirmed during this week took off her hair tie In between the rigorous work of construction, that we were no longer home. The next students enjoyed time playing with the Lopez and put it on my wrist as a bracelet. I morning, we toured the local landfill and family children. (Left) Alex Dabek ’16 (St. Brigid was shocked because she had so little yet were introduced to the workers whose of Kildare grade school and parish) and Carrick valued sharing over possessing. job it is to salvage any reusable plastics, Reider ’16 (St. Andrew grade school and parish). This trip had an impact on a lot of and are paid according the amount they The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 41 Student News NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ~ 2015 BORROMEAN CHAPTER INDUCTEES

JUNIORS Sean King Bryce Long Jacob Mason Sam Sullivan

SOPHOMORES Camron Alten-Dunkle James Grodesky Charles Marshall Andrew Reade James Berry Matthew Guggenbiller Curran McConville Michael Rocca C J Botti Justin Hadad Jacob McCorkle Anthony Sanderell Evan Boyden Tim Hall Brandon McFann Chase Sanders Luke Brake Patrick Harkonen Luke McIntire Greg Scarpitti Braden Budd Kevin Hennessey Evan McPhaden Jack Sheppard Cam Buendia Ryan Huelsman Anthony Miller Nick Skorupski Ben Burger Anthony Huffman Mark Mitchell Patrick Sprigler Alumnus present book award Gianni Canini John Jelinek Isaac Murrin Jeffrey Stevens Michael Cannone Connor King Windsor Niermeyer Kristofer Strickler Each year the faculty votes for an outstanding Tony Castrodale Ian Klingler Rafael Nuyles Ben Sugar junior to receive an award known as the Holy Cross Book Prize. The selection is based upon Eric Cothern William LeCorgne Will O’Donnell David Suh academic excellence and overall personal Stephen Cottrill Luke Leon Jack O’Grady Shane Wagy qualities. The 2015 prize was presented at May’s Drew Eldred John Lewis Evan Ohmer Austin Wahl All-School Awards Assembly to Firas Houssein Jay Eversole Joseph Liss Charlie Overly Charles Wallace- ’16 (New Albany Middle School) by the award’s Thomas founder, Dr. Thomas Vogel, St. Charles Class of Jacob Galden Cyrus Lloyd Joey Paskell Nick Watkins 1951. Patton George Drew Lowis Aaron Pham Michael Weaver Nick Giannotti Keaton Maisano JoeLius Porter Evan Yakubov

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ~ CURRENT BORROMEAN CHAPTER MEMBERS

SENIORS Michael Alban William Eichel Coby Jacobs Matthew O’Neal Andrew Alfred John Engert Aaron Kebe Brian O’Neill David Aslaner Matthew Faherty Brandon King Ryan Panzera Samuel Aslaner Max Fernandez Samuel Kukor Nicholas Pappa John Billman Simon Fernandez Brian Landers Conor Quinlan William Bryan Isaac Flemming Gabriel Lawson Jaren Stidd Nicolas Carducci Abram Haghnazari Daniel Mackessy Niko Strickler The St. Charles Band Goes Digital Frank Carsonie Brendan Harty Nicholas Marino Stephen Susa This summer 20 touch screen computers were purchased for the St. Charles Music Department to Nate Cattell Dennis Heil Daniel Matthews Joseph Thompson display band music. Student band members (from Evan Catton Nathan Herriman Jason Melillo Nick Valin left) Gianni Canini ’17 (New Albany Middle School, Garrett Cotter Christopher Hickman Jack Mignery Spencer Ward St. Matthew parish), Andy Zawada ’16 (St. Andrew Casey Culhane Joseph Hickman Branko Mitevski Tyler Welty grade school and parish) and Ryan Hamilton ’16 Samuel Curry Joseph Huey Michael Nazario Connor Yakubov (St. Mary Magdalene grade school and parish) spent many hours this summer scanning the band Robert Daniel Jason Imbriani Peter Oellermann Joshua Zebula library. Cole Delaney Band director Rick Brunetto believes St. Charles is the first school in Central Ohio to be using this JUNIORS technology for all band students. The computers David Allen Vincent DiCocco Brendan Kopf John Roach will facilitate a much more efficient rehearsal process and keep thousands of pages of music Steve Antwi-Baosiako Jacob Dilley Michael Lanese Aaron Roe easily accessible. Mac Arndt Justin Doney Peter Levy Henry Schuler Nicholas Arnold Riley Ferguson Evan Meder Vincent Sears Austin Beam Michael Flynn William Mignery Christopher Silber Isaac Bennett Marcus Galeano Jackson Mittlesteadt Zachary Sterling Andrew Bidstrup Joseph Gonce David Nash Jeffrey Stiltner Joseph Churilla Reed Gossard Lewis Nerone Gregory Suh Michael Clark Ryan Hamilton Derek Nguyen Connor Timmons Timothy Clayton Colin Hawes Colin O’Connor Kyle Walsh Samuel Cray Alexander Hetterscheidt Matthew Plank Nicholas Ward Alexander Dabek Benigno Houser Charles Porter Michael West James Darnell Firas Houssein Carrick Reider Ryan Zesch

Justin McGuire ’16 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish) is the first to exit the Main Building following the last Final Exam in June displaying a happy smile as he begins summer vacation.

42 St. Charles Preparatory School 2015 St. Charles Open The reason for this success is our belief in five basic tenets. They are the House & School cornerstone of our academic philosophy Application Process and success: I. We believe that parents are their children’s first and most influential This special page is produced for teachers. What parents do to help their the benefit of parents and their children learn is more important to eighth-grade sons in advance of the academic success than any other factor. St. Charles Open House on Sunday, II. We believe that many highly Nov. 1, at 1:00 p.m. in the Robert C. successful individuals have above-average Walter Student Commons. We hope rather than extraordinary intelligence. 8th graders and their parents sign in to the event. this helps to answer some questions Achievement in a particular activity you might have about the school’s depends more often upon ---What about eighth grader visits philosophy and enrollment process. hard work and self-discipline than on during a regular school day? Starting innate ability. the second week of January, 8th grade For nine decades St. Charles has been III. We believe that teachers, who set students interested in attending St. very successful in educating young and communicate high expectations to Charles next year will be given the men of this diocese with a solid college their students, obtain greater academic opportunity to spend a half day here. preparatory course of study. If you performance than teachers who set low During their visit they will meet with are familiar with our school you may expectations. each of the administrators, have an know that many of our graduates hold IV. We believe that how much time opportunity to talk with some of the important leadership positions in our students are actively devoted to learning coaches, and sit in on two or three community and that they exhibit well contributes to their achievement. Student freshman classes. Notification of these their St. Charles education. achievement rises significantly when visitation days will be sent out at the end St. Charles is a Catholic school. Our teachers regularly assign homework and of December. primary mission is to spread the Gospel students conscientiously do it. ---How much does it cost to attend St. of Jesus Christ, and, as our American V. We believe in strong instructional Charles? Our tuition for this 2015-2016 Bishops expressed it so eloquently, “To leadership, both administrative and school year is $9,590.00 for Catholics teach as Jesus did.” It is within this teaching, coupled with a safe and orderly registered in a parish and $9,920.00 Christian framework that we offer a school climate. for non-registered students. There is a rigorous college preparatory course of Academia, however, is not the only discount for a second son and the third study. If you have been following the place where young men learn to grow attending son is free. If you have financial recent state and national discussions during their high school years. Students need, both the diocese and St. Charles concerning education, be aware that our who complement their academic studies sponsor significant grant programs. This curriculum is now the recommended norm with extracurricular activities gain year alone St. Charles provided nearly for any student who intends to go on to experience that contributes to their $1.3 million in scholarships, grants, and obtain a college degree. success in college. Besides the 15 varsity work-study aid to those who need help. Our academic success is reflected sports we offer, students are able to Our scholarship exam this year will be in, among other things, the results participate in an array of interesting given at St. Charles on Saturday, January of our students on the SAT and ACT activities. During our recently completed 30, in two sessions, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. standardized tests in which St. Charles first quarter, almost two-thirds of our Eighth grade boys will receive notification ranks in the top 10% in the nation. It is 647 students were involved in some for registration after Christmas. also reflected in the quality of the colleges sport, student activity or organization. ---Is St. Charles too far away? and universities from which our alumni Involvement helps growth; growth leads Transportation should not be a major graduate. to success. problem. Public school buses provide Frequently asked questions by parents transportation from almost every district and students at the Open House in Central Ohio. Our school is centrally --When does the application process located for easy access by COTA bus. Our begin? The answer is now. Each 8th office is willing to provide information for grader who attends the St. Charles setting up car pools by letting you know Open House in November fills out a who lives in your area and is attending registration card and receives a thank St. Charles. you note for taking time to visit us and a courtesy application. When eighth-grade If you would like to have an first quarter grades have been received, application mailed to your home, preliminary application may be made. receive information as part of The student’s most recent standardized our 8th grade E-mail list, or testing scores (6th or 7th grade) should be wish to receive any other general submitted along with the application and information (a copy of the school grade card. Students who apply during profile, student handbook or alumni The largest crowd ever of prospective students the month of January should send in magazine), you are invited to and their parents attended last year’s Open House their 8th grade standardized test scores. in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons. contact our Main Office at Interviews with prospective students 614-252-6714. and their parents are also part of this process but will be arranged after we have received your application. The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 43 interest in scientific research and gave Student News him an immediate research opportunity as a new freshman at The Ohio State Invaluable Experience for University. George Keeney, the curator, told St. Charles that Drew Bidstrup was Students through Summer one of the best of the best HS interns had OSU Research Internships mentored. Gabe Lawson ’15, who spent a By Colonel David Breckenridge, College summer with neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Liaison, Sophomore Advisor Fischer, found that this was a small world. During a college visit to the Will a St. Charles student cure cancer? University of Notre Dame, he and his Probably not this year, but a number of parents he noticed a professor’s office with our student may be setting the stage for a bulletin board that had information achieving that dream or one like in the about the kind of research that Gabe had field of medicine and science. been doing at Ohio State. Because of his Back in the summer of 2012, three research experience he didn’t hesitate St. Charles students were given the to knock on the door only to learn that Our thanks to Mr. Clark Kellogg who addressed chance to volunteer in research labs on our school and local community with a talk the professor was collaborating with Dr. on Character & Leadership on April 29th. He The Ohio State University’s campus. Fischer. appeared as the special guest of the St. Charles From those humble beginnings in a Michael Alban ’15, now a freshman student group, “My Brother’s Keeper” and biomedical engineering, neuroscience and at Cornell University spent a summer in celebrates our school’s efforts to connect our a mechanical engineering lab, we have Dr. Anthony Brown’s Center for molecular St. Charles students as peer mentors to 6th, 7th, seen these numbers quickly grow. Over and 8th graders. We were especially pleased to neurobiology where he looked at axonal welcome students from the Columbus Collegiate the summer, 21 St. Charles sophomore transport and the cytoskeleton of nerve Academy, part of the United Schools Network. and juniors found themselves working in cells. Dr. Brown, like many of the PIs, a range of labs spread across one OSU talked about his maturity and ability Kellogg speaks on campus. to ask great questions. The mentoring St. Charles has now seen 48 students that Michael received was a great benefit Leadership and Character in 33 labs participate. These experiences to a high school student like him who St. Charles Principal James Lower noted include exposure to in such diverse areas was looking for a college where he could that “this event and the efforts to grow as engineering, pure science, medicine, explore his wide interests in math, our MBK group are the result of much psychology, aquatic biology, entomology, science, and music. work by these folks: Advisory Board food technology, and more. After two Some of these students, like Charlie Members Steve Miller ‘77, Craig Lee summers in a lab, some of our students Marshall, attended a weekly seminar with ‘77, Mike Stickney, Joe Isbell ‘83, and are now capable of participating in other high school and college students Marian Schuda and faculty members, relatively sophisticated research and in in the chemistry Lab of Dr. Hannah Mike Warner and Zach Wright. I want to some cases, run their own experiments. Shafaat. Here he joined in discussions thank them personally for their work and Other advantages brought about about metalloenzymes that carry out support.” though these opportunities include valuable reactions relevant to alternative “My Brother’s Keeper” is a student becoming “flies on the wall” as the energy sources and clean energy storage; service organization that is focused on principal investigators (PI’s) discusses small molecule activation resulting in recruitment, retention, engagement research taking place at institutions complicated spectroscopic signatures; and service. Its primary goal is to help throughout the world with doctoral the application of semisynthetic ensure that minority students and students, lab technicians, and even metalloenzymes in enantioselective their families feel more a part of the St. colleagues from across the globe. catalysis, DNA binding, and lignin Charles family and to create a unified This is truly an eye-opening oxidation; and more. He was able to sense of belonging in a unique academic experience for a high school sophomore participate in experiments and mode his environment, though students of any or junior. Our students have already own presentation to the seminar later in ethnicity are encouraged to join. MBK solidified career goals, or in some cases, the summer. focuses on assisting minority students shifted their focus. Brian Landers All in all, it is clear that our students with strategies and resources designed spent a summer working in a chemistry are finding great opportunities to build to assist with their academic success lab with Dr. Sherwin Singer. He said on their St. Charles academic experiences and develop their social, professional this was a great experience because in world-class labs. Whether they are and leadership skills to support a higher he had thought he wanted to become a mostly observers, challenged to read and retention rate of incoming students. theoretical chemist. While the experience understand scientific journals, run their MBK connect students with Cardinal did nothing to change his career goal of own experiments, or just listen to the alumni and other community leaders to becoming a chemist, he now realized that research chatter around them they are provide support and mentoring; involve theoretical chemistry was not the correct not wasting their summers. them in community events and service path for him. projects so that they can learn firsthand Three of our students have that we are all truly “Our Brothers volunteered in the Acarology Section of Keeper,” and also use our students as the Museum of Biological Diversity. While mentor-tutors in the community. mounting mites on slides might strike some as too tedious, for students like Elijah Williams this only confirmed his

44 St. Charles Preparatory School St. Charles Theatre 2014-2015: Break a Leg… or a Wrist The St. Charles Theatre Department completed another successful season despite technical director and designer Joe Mitchell’s broken leg in the fall and two cast members’ broken wrists in the spring. “We may have sustained as many injuries as our athletic teams over the past few years,” drama director Doug Montgomery noted. “But we overcame the obstacles and presented another incredible season.” The holiday double-bill, The Best Students from the Columbus Collegiate Academy came to see Clark Kellogg’s presentation as special Christmas Pageant Ever and the musical guests of “My Brother’s Keeper.” CCA is a 5th-8th grade middle school with which St. Charles has Striking 12 opened the season. Christmas established a special relationship to provide tutoring and support throughout the year. We look forward Pageant featured a cast of thirty. Notable to welcoming many of them as St. Charles students one day in the near future!! performances were turned in by seniors Nick Anderson, Matt MacManus, Gabe perform at the St. Paul’s Auction Dinner Lawson and Tess Golonka and Samantha in February where they were the featured Troutman from Bishop Watterson. Junior entertainment. The Jazz Ensemble also standouts included Jackson Mittlesteadt, performed at the annual Spaghetti Dinner Nick Martin, Ben Negatu, Marcus and wrapped up the year with the annual Galeano, Jacob Dilley, Ada Cleary (CSG) Dinner Dance fund raiser at the 94th and Liza Goedde (Watterson). A strong Aero Squadron Memorial Day weekend. sophomore class featured R.L. Nuyles, That weekend they also released their Anthony Miller, Camron Alten-Dunkle yearly CD recording entitled “Groovin” and Natalie Belford (Grove City). At the annual awards assembly The musical Striking 12, first three senior musicians were honored. presented by St. Charles in 2008, Trombonist Peter Oellermann ’15 received completed the holiday double-bill. Cast the John Philip Sousa Award. Bass members included Nick Anderson, Player Daniel Matthews ’15 received Matt MacManus, Gabe Garnes, Tess Algermond Davis ’17 (KIPP Journey Academy) the Jazz Ensemble Directors Award and Golonka, Samantha Troutman, Jackson takes a ‘selfie’ with former Ohio State Buckeye Michael Alban ’15, guitar, received the basketball player and current national TV network Mittlesteadt, Nick Martin, Ben Negatu, sports analyst and motivational speaker, Clark Marines Semper Fidelis award. Kellogg. Mr. Kellogg spoke in the Robert C. This summer the band is undertook Walter Student Commons in April on underserved an exciting technology project. All of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Specially-invited were the band music is being converted to students from the Columbus Collegiate Academy, electronic PDF files. The band students who celebrated their 8th grade graduation a few weeks later in the Robert C. Walter Student will now use large tablet computers Commons. to view and perform their music. This St. Charles Bands in innovative project is a first for band programs in central Ohio. Review: 2014-2015 The St. Charles bands under the direction of Rick Brunetto completed another great year of musical memories. In the fall the pep band rocked the stadium with classic rock hits at home football games. The 2014-2015 Theater Program Awards concert band then presented their winter 2014-2015 Dramatic Achievement Award Winners: concert in December combined with the (Left to right) Nick Martin ’16 (Best Character St. Charles Chorus. In March the Concert Actor) (Wedgewood Middle School), Matthew Band joined with Columbus School for Turek ’18 (Most Outstanding Contribution) (Our Lady of Perpetual Help grade school and Girls for their annual combined concert. parish), Jackson Mittlesteadt ’16 (Best Actor) It was presented for the first time in the (St. Matthew grade school and Church of the new Agnes Jefferey Shedd Theatre at Resurrection parish), Nick Anderson ’15 (Best Columbus School for Girls. Musicians at Work Actor) (Immaculate Conception grade school and The Jazz Ensemble was on hand The St. Charles Jazz Band, under the direction of St. John Neumann parish), Ben Negatu ’16 (Best Supporting Actor) (All Saints Academy), Matt at the Cardinal Christmas Auction in Rick Brunetto, performs at last December’s Silent Auction in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons. MacManus ’15 (Best Actor) (St. Paul grade school December. They were then invited to and parish)and senior Gabe Lawson ’15 (Most Outstanding Contribution) (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish).

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 45 ’17, Isaac Bennett ’16, Lewis Nerone Graduation Class held 19 Student News ’16,John Roach ’16, Clayton Klosz ’15, Emmit “William” Bryan ’15, Ronnie Eagles Scouts!! Marcus Galeano, Jacob Dilley, Ada Wollett ’16, Nicholas Muszynski ’17, Alex St. Charles is proud to recognize 19 of Cleary, Julia Pirro, Gloria Rubin, Leah Hetterscheidt ’16, Sam Aslaner ’15, David its graduating seniors who reached the Stevenson, and Miranda Werner. Seniors Aslaner ’15 and Tim Rooney ’15. highest rank attainable by a member of Gab Lawson and D.J. Matthews led the MDA-sponsored summer camps the Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout. band which featured alumnus Coleman offer a wide range of programs for young The title is held for life, thus giving rise Mahler on drums. people ages 6 to 17 who are affected by to the phrase “Once an Eagle, always an The K of D, an Urban Legend by Laura neuromuscular disease. Campers attend Eagle.” Requirements include earning at Schellhardt was the department’s second weeklong sessions organized by MDA least 21 merit badges and demonstrating offering. “We presented the Central Ohio volunteers and staff. Camp activities Scout Spirit through the Boy Scout Oath premiere of this show in 2011 and once are geared to the abilities of campers, and Law, service, and leadership. This again I felt we had some very talented and may include fishing, swimming, includes an extensive service project that actors who would have a great time with horseback riding, boating, field hockey the scout plans, organizes, leads, and the material,” said Montgomery. Ada and baseball. Less physically demanding manages. Cleary from CSG headed the cast which activities include arts and crafts, nature included Caroline Golonka, Ben Negatu, study, talent shows, cookouts and Natalie Belford, Tess Golonka, Nick entertainment. Circus Day Anderson, Matt MacManus, Liza Goedde, Volunteer counselors (who must be at The Cardinal Scholarship Walk always Jackson Mittlesteadt, Nate Kuhr, Nick least 16 years old) receive an orientation headlines the school’s annual “Circus Martin, and Kiara Hernandez. and training that includes wheelchair Day” – a traditional day at the end of the The final show of the season was the techniques, lifting and transfers, personal school year for students to relax and/or Columbus and Central Ohio premiere of hygiene and emergency procedures. The enjoy athletic and video-game competi- Edward Mast’s Jungalbook, a modern primary responsibility of each counselor is tions, a cook-out and musical jam ses- retelling of the Kipling classic. Visually to provide both physical and psychological sions. Here are some photos taken from stunning and physically challenging, support to their camper, thereby helping last May: Jungalbook featured a cast of 25 him or her enjoy camp. Medical staff are which included Ada Cleary, Caroline available throughout the week to meet Golonka, Ben Negatu, Natalie Belford, any health care needs that may arise. Tess Golonka, Nick Anderson, Matt MacManus, Liza Goedde, Will Hoag, Eagle Scouts Carrick Reider, Nate Kuhr, Nick Martin, Congratulations to: Samuel Curry and Camron Alten-Dunkle. (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school At the annual drama banquet, seniors and parish. Attending The Ohio State Nick Anderson and Matt MacManus and University); Isaac Flemming (St. junior Jackson Mittlesteadt earned Best Brendan grade school and parish. Actor awards. Juniors Ben Negatu and Attending The Ohio State University); Nick Martin picked up awards for Best Joseph Huey (St. Andrew grade Supporting Actor and Best Character school and parish. Attending Loyola Actor. Senior Gabe Lawson received University Chicago); Gabriel Lawson his third consecutive Most Outstanding (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school Contribution award along with freshman and parish. Attending Saint Louis Principal Jim Lower (center) greets Bobby Daniel University); Matthew Lombardi ’15 (left) and Andrew Fernandez ’15 at one of the Matthew Turek. Prestigious Fourth Year Cardinal Walk checkpoints. The seniors completed Awards were presented to seniors Matt (St. Andrew grade school and the activity inspired by characters in the 1975 MacManus and Nick Anderson. parish. Attending the University of movie classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. So what about the future? “I am Cincinnati); Daniel Matthews (St. looking forward to next year. We have Brigid of Kildare grade school and many talented actors returning and I parish. Attending the University of always hope to get new faces, new talent Cincinnati); Jacob Moehrman (Trinity to be involved at St. Charles.” Even Middle School, St. Christopher though Montgomery, who is beginning his parish. Attending the University 34th year as drama director, is optimistic, of Cincinnati); James Mooney he has concerns. “When I came to St. (Genoa Middle School, attending the Charles in 1976, the ‘play was the thing.” University of Vermont); Brian O’Neill (St. Matthew grade school, Church of the Resurrection parish. Attending Summer Camp Volunteers The creativity of another group of students was The Ohio State University); Nicholas on show for the Cardinal Scholarship Walk as The National Muscular Dystrophy Panico (St. Agatha grade school (from left) Rapheal Rodriguez ’16 (Heritage Middle Association sent its thanks to the and parish. Attending John Carroll School, St. Paul parish), Coleman Lyski ’16 following current students and recent University); Marc Sullivan (St. Paul (Wellington), Brendan Kopf ’16 (Big Walnut Middle graduates who volunteered at the MDA grade school and parish. Attending School, St. John Neumann parish) by-passed walking for a faster mode of travel through the Summer camp this year: Andrew Dinapoli the University of Cincinnati); and Bexley neighborhood: scooters! ’15, Alex Brown ’16, Bryce Long ’16, Nicholas Valin (Gahanna Middle East, Joey Hickman ’18, Jack Whittaker ’16, St. Patrick parish. Attending The Ohio Ryan Hueslman ’17, Curran McConville State University).

46 St. Charles Preparatory School Circus Day Stories compiled using stories written Athletics by Scott Hennen of ThisWeek News/ ThisWeekSports.com Making the States

Micah Mayo ’16 (Trinity Middle School) signals confidently as (from left) Ron Wollett ’16 (Kilbourne Middle School, St. Michael parish), John Wallace (Hilliard Heritage Middle School, St. Cecilia parish), Ben Martin ’16 (St. Michael grade school and parish) and Patrick McPherson ’11 (Trinity Middle School, St. Margaret of Cortona parish) prepare for their turn to play in the annual homeroom basketball tournament. They sported special “Mr. Warner” inspired uniforms which, although looking awesome, did not help lead them to victory.

State Champions! Members of the 2014 St. Charles Water Polo Team celebrate with their State Championship Trophy. Front row, from left -- Stuart Decker ’17 (St. Pius X grade school, Seton parish); Nick Ward ’16 (St. Paul grade school, St. Paul parish); Joey Hickman ’15 (Dempsey Middle School, St. Mary Delaware parish); Andrew Alfred ’15 (Ohio Virtual Academy, St. Elizabeth parish); Sam Aslaner ’15 (Bunsold Middle School); Geoff Gear (Head Coach), Tyler Welty ’15 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception parish); Jack Lumpe ’15 (St. Michael grade school, St. Michael parish); Noah Miller ’15 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school, St. Brigid of Kildare parish); Sam Smith ’15 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception parish); and Sam Kocher ’10 (Assistant Coach); Dean of Students (and varsity soccer coach) Rick Second row, from left -- Nate Cohen ’05 (Assistant Coach); Conner Timmons ’16 (St. Matthew grade Ey ’94 enforces good sportsmanship during the school, St. Matthew parish); Anthony Baglione ’16 (Holy Spirit grade school, Holy Spirit parish); James soccer games on Walt Plank Field. Sullivan ’16 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception parish); Vincent Sears ’16 (St. Matthew grade school, St. Matthew parish); Joe Heller ’16 (Willard-Grizzell Middle School, St. Brigid of Kildare parish); Bryce Long ’16 (Fairfield Christian Academy); Derek Nguyen ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school, St. Brigid of Kildare parish); Charlie Henry ’17 (New Albany Middle School); and David Allen ’16 (St. Andrew grade school, St. Andrew parish); Third row, from left -- Hannes Kabelka ’17 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception parish); John Lewis ’17 (St. Mary Lancaster grade school); Will Price ’17 (St. Matthew grade school, St. Matthew parish); Michael Gutman’18 (St. Paul grade school, St. Paul parish); Ben Sugar ’17 (St. Agatha grade school, St. Agatha parish); Jack Carlin ’17 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception parish); James Grodesky ’17 (Lakeview Jr. High School, Seton parish); Austin Beam ’16 (Home School); Adam Lieser ’16 (Clintonville Academy); Colin Hawes ’16 (St. Mary Delaware grade school, St. Mary Delaware parish); and Ben Mooney ’18 (Genoa Middle School). Water Polo Team wins 2nd be successful,” said St. Charles coach For those who prefer the AC inside the school Geoff Gear, whose team finished 25-12-2 building and are less-inclined toward athletics or straight State Title; 4th in 5 overall. music, Room 212 plays host to different video- gaming tournaments. years! “They really buy into our style of play, where we push the pace and play fast. Ben Sugar scored six goals including When we play at the top of our game, it two in the second overtime to lead the can be tough for some teams to keep up.” St. Charles Preparatory School water Noah Miller scored three times for the polo team to its second consecutive state Cardinals and Nick Ward had two goals. championship and its fourth title in five Stuart Decker and Sam Smith scored one seasons as the top-seeded Cardinals goal apiece. Jack Lumpe had 14 saves in defeated Mason 15-14 on Oct. 25 in the goal. Mason led 7-1 after one quarter and state final at Ohio Wesleyan. 7-3 at halftime. The Comets led 10-7 after Sam Aslaner had two goals including three. a score that tied the game at 13 with 59 “We went down early, but we never seconds left in regulation. The teams really felt like we were out of it,” Gear did not score in the first three-minute said. “We didn’t play horribly, but some overtime. The Cardinals outscored of our shots didn’t fall early and (Mason) On Circus Day faculty member Jim Paccioretti Mason 2-1 in the second three-minute took advantage of some things to take the can usually be found (all-time) pitching during the overtime. “We have a great group of lead. We kept telling the boys that there homeroom baseball tournament. kids who understands what it takes to was a lot of time left in the game and we were still in it.” The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 47 “We had a chance to win right down to Athletics the end, but we had a few bogeys,” Coach Brian Unk said. “I have five great guys. They were a true team. What a season. They hit all the shots. They get all the credit.” Rooney 2nd at Division I State Wrestling Tournament Tim Rooney ’15 topped three previous trips to the state wrestling tournament with a record-setting runner-up finish at the Division I state wrestling tournament. Most Decorated Wrestler In so doing, he becomes the first St. Tim Rooney ’15, highest finish (2nd) and most ap- 2014 State Runners-Up Charles wrestler to make the state pearances (four) at the state wrestling tournament With their 2nd Place in state trophy are (from left) tournament four times and also holds the in school history. Coach Brian Unk, Eddie O’Brien ’15 (St. Mary Magdalene grade school, St. Mary Magdalene distinction of having the highest finish in Last year at state, Rooney had parish), Mike Altomare ’15 (St. Andrew grade program history. the Cardinals’ previous-high finish of school, Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish), Walt Fyda ’04 earned three trips fourth at 138. He placed fifth at 126 as Connor Yakubov ’15 (Wellington grade school, to St. John Arena during his time as a a sophomore and went 1-2 at 120 as a St. Agatha parish), Evan Yakubov ’17 (Wellington Cardinal to hold the school record for grade school, St. Agatha parish) and Jacob freshman. In his other state matches, Rumfola ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school, state appearances. Rooney defeated Medina’s Zach DeFraine St. Brigid of Kildare parish). Tim nearly captured the Division 17-1 and Massillon Jackson’s Victor I title at 152 pounds March 14 at Ohio Marcelli 6-1 before beating Kettering Golf Team Finishes 2nd in State. “I was just here to scrap, man,” Fairmont’s Brad Carroll 3-2 in a 2014 Division I State Golf said Rooney, who lost to close friend semifinal. Taleb Rahmani of Marysville 3-1 in the “I thought about leaving my shoes on Tournament championship match. “A state title would the mat after the (final). That’s a sign that have been cool, but I wasn’t in it for that.” St. Charles can proudly add another piece you’re going to hang it up,” Rooney said. That was apparent after Rooney just of golf hardware to its trophy case — right “But that would have showed (Rahmani) missed a match-tying takedown in the alongside the championship trophies it up. He won the title and deserved his final seconds. Instead of lamenting the earned at the 2009 and 2010 state golf moment.” loss, he hopped to his feet, jogged over and championships. The Cardinals finished as tossed his headgear to coach Joe Moyer runner’s-up to Cincinnati Moeller in the before returning to the center of the mat Cardinal Swimmers Place 2014 Division I Ohio State High School with Rahmani. Before the customary Golf Tournament on October 19th at The Sixth at 2014 State Meet handshake, he gave Rahmani a respectful Ohio State University’s par-71 Scarlet bow before embracing him and grinning The St. Charles Swim and Dive Team Course. from ear-to-ear. sent 10 athletes to the Division I state The Crusaders shot a 636, with St. “That’s Tim,” Moyer said. “He wanted meet at Branin Natatorium in Canton Charles and Upper Arlington (645) finish- to make the crowd go, ‘Ooh!’ I think he got last February. The Cardinals had the ing nine strokes behind. The Cardinals his ‘Ooh’ moment.” highest state finish for a central Ohio were awarded the second-place trophy It was the third consecutive week team by placing sixth (110) behind over U.A. based on a fifth-man tiebreaker Rooney faced Rahmani in a championship champion Cincinnati St. Xavier (335) as over each round. match, but it was his first loss in those 50 squads scored. Eddie O’Brien’s ’15 154 (77’s in each meetings. He won 6-4 in overtime in the The 200-yard medley relay had the round) tied him for 3rd place overall and sectional Feb. 28 at Marysville and 3-1 highest finish for St. Charles, as junior earned him First Team All-Ohio honors. in overtime in the district final March 7 Austin Beam ’16, Tyler Welty ’15, Ben The other Cardinal players included Con- at Hilliard Darby. “I was able to get the Sugar ’17 and Andrew Alfred ’15 finished nor Yakubov ’15 (162), Mike Altomare ’15 two (points for a takedown) the last two fourth (1 minute, 34.14 seconds). Welty (166), Jacob Rumfola ’16 (165) and Evan weeks,” said Rooney, who finished the finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke Yakubov ’17 (168). season 42-2. “He got it this time.” (57.48). Also reaching the awards podium After Saturday’s opening round, Rooney was the lone competitor in by finishing in the top eight was the Cincinnati Moeller (312 team score) led a the three-day state tournament for the fifth-place 200 freestyle relay (1:26.07) field that also included Upper Arlington Cardinals, who finished 27th (19.5 points) of Nicholas Ward ’16, Derek Nguyen ’16, (8 strokes back), Cleveland St. Ignatius behind champion Lakewood St. Edward Hannes Kabelka’17 and Nicholas Eramo 11 shots behind), the Cardinals (12 shots (111.5) as 83 teams scored. Rooney said he ’16.The 400 free relay of Michael Ritchey back) and Olentangy Liberty (20 strokes entered the school year not to be the best ’15, Sugar, Kabelka and Ward finished back). wrestler, but the best student. “I wanted ninth (3:09.68). “It’s kind of bittersweet,” O’Brien to get a 4.0 (GPA) in the first semester, “I’ve been swimming since I was 6, and said afterward. “I think (Moeller) had but I got a 3.9,” he said. “Wrestling came every single day and year has been worth a 12-shot lead on us (after the opening in second this year.” it,” Welty said. “I have a lot of pride in the round Oct. 17) but I thought we could But Rooney left his mark on the team I swim for, and it’s been an amazing overcome it.” program. experience for four years. My team has

48 St. Charles Preparatory School never worked so hard as this year. We have quite a relationship. We’re a small team, but we’re so focused.” Also competing at state were Beam in the 100 backstroke (11th, 51.85) and 200 individual medley (12th, 1:54.23), Ward in the 50 free (ninth, 21.2) and 100 free (19th, 47.17), Sugar in the 200 IM (20th, 1:57.38) and 100 back (20th, 52.79), Eramo in the 100 breast (18th, 59.45), Michael Gutman’18 in the 100 butterfly (22nd, 52.66), Kabelka in the 200 free (24th, 1:46.47) and Nguyen in the 50 free (20th, 21.98). Alfred, Ritchey and Welty led the 2014-2015 Swim Team 12-member senior class. Front row, from left -- Tyler Welty ’15 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception “We didn’t set a lot of expectations,” parish), Michael Ritchey ’15 (Ridgeview Jr. High School and Seton parish), Andrew Alfred ’15 (Ohio said coach Geoff Gear, who completed his Virtual Academy, St. Elizabeth parish), Peter Oellermann ’15 (Tree Of Life Christian School), Sam Smith sixth season. “We don’t have a lot of kids ’15 (Immaculate Conception grade school, Immaculate Conception parish), Devon Saccocio’15 (Gahanna who swim year-round. We improved a lot Middle School South) and Noah Miller ’15 (St. Brigid of Kildare grade school and parish); Second row, throughout the entire season, and this from left --Jack Timmons ’15 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Marc Sullivan ’15 (St. Paul grade school and parish), William Siefert ’15 (Holy Spirit grade school and parish), Nick Ward ’16 (St. Paul (state finish) was icing on the cake.” grade school, St. Paul parish), Nick Mitevski ’15 (St. Paul grade school and parish), Tommy Kozak ’15 The Cardinals captured their 17th (Our Lady of Peace grade school and parish), David Allen ’16 (St. Andrew grade school and parish) and consecutive CCL title, scoring 510 Adam Lieser ’16 (Clintonville Academy); points in the league meet Jan. 31 at Third row, from left -- Kyle Gould ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Charlie Henry ’17 (New Columbus School for Girls to finish ahead Albany Middle School), Joe Heller ’16 (Willard-Grizzell Middle School and St. Brigid of Kildare parish), Bryce Long ’16 (Fairfield Christian Academy), Colin Hawes ’16 (St. Mary Delaware grade school and of Watterson (224.5), Hartley (205.5), parish), Vincent Sears ’16 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), Derek Nguyen ’16 (St. Brigid of Kildare DeSales (63) and Ready (8). They won grade school and parish) and Austin Beam ’16 (Home School); the 10-team sectional Feb. 14 at CSG and Fourth row, fro left -- Jack Carlin ’17 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), Hannes captured its second consecutive district Kabelka ’17 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), Ian Lohiser ’17 (Lakeview Jr. High title at Ohio University, outdistancing School), Will Price ’17 (St. Matthew grade school and parish), James Grodesky ’17 (Lakeview Jr. High School and Seton parish), Stuart Decker ’17 (St. Pius X grade school and Seton parish) and Sam Kocher runner-up Upper Arlington 403-288.5 as ’10 (Assistant Coach); Top row, from left -- Joseph Lombardi ’18 (St. Andrew grade school and parish), 24 teams scored. Patrick Pema ’18 (Cypress Christian School), Ben Mooney ’18 (Genoa Middle School), Michael Gutman ’18 (St. Paul grade school and parish). Andrew Shyu ’18 (Jackson Middle School), Evin Cogan ’18 (Olentangy Berkshire Middle School and St. John Neumann parish), Stephen Julian ’18 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish) and Nicholas Eramo ’16 (St. Michael grade school and St. Brigid of Kildare parish).

Letter of Intent Jack Lumpe ’15, goal-keeper for the 2014 state championship water polo team, signed with Gannon University Golden Knights. As a senior Jack started 27 games, going 18-7-2 for our State Championship team. He finished with 225 blocked shots, 199 goals against, 34 steals, and 18 assists. He was named to the All-State tournament team, as well as being selected 1st team All-State. As Playing in College a junior, Jack was a letter winner for our State Last winter, six St. Charles seniors who announced they would be continuing their athletic careers in Championship team. He recorded 66 blocks college: Top, from left: Eddie O’Brien ’15 (St. Mary Magdalene grade school and parish), golf at Tiffin against 57 goals allowed. University; Will Eichel ’15 (Immaculate Conception grade school and parish), volleyball at The Ohio State University; and Nick Marino ’15 (St. Mary Delaware grade school and parish) track and cross-country at Walsh University. Bottom, from left: Frank Carsonie ’15 (Hilliard Heritage Middle School, St. Brendan parish), soccer at the University of Denver; Ni’Quille Bell ’15 (Mifflin Middle School), football at Ohio Dominican University; and Timothy Rooney, Jr. ’15, (St. Mary Magdalene grade school and parish), wrestling at Kent State University.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 49 2015 St. Charles Legacies

From left -- Dr. Patty Ryan, Will Ryan ’10, Dr. Joe Ryan, Thomas R. ’15, Rylee Collin Southworth ’15 with his grandfather, Press ’65 (Emeritus member of Crimmel ’14 (cousin), Katy Ryan Paolini (aunt, daughter of Jack Ryan, legend- the St. Charles Advisory Board). ary St. Charles teacher and coach) and Chris Paolini ’82 (cousin).

Quentin Francis ’15 with his father, David ’82 (left) and brother, Gunner ’12. Matthew Thomas ’15 (right) with his father, Rick ’85.

The Lumpes: Jack ’15 (second from left) with (from left) John ’81 (father), Coby Jacobs ’15 with his father, Doug ’80. Henry ’19 (brother) and Fr. Mike ’78 (uncle).

50 St. Charles Preparatory School The Steins: (From left) Josh ’11 (brother), Noah ’15, Doug ’78 (father and The Mackessy Family (From left): Andrew ’07 (his brother), Tom ’77 (his fa- former St. Charles Development Director) and Geoffrey ’08 (brother). ther, Vice Chairman of the St. Charles Advisory Board) with Patrick ’15; Daniel ’15 with Michael ’11 (his brother), Dr. Jim ’80 (his father); and (uncle) John ’78 (St. Charles Advisory Board member).

The Sullivans: Liam ’15 (center) with (from left) Ronan ’18 (brother), Dan ’83 Connor Bunstine ’15 with (from left), Brian Michael Smith ’76 (godfather), Will (father, St. Charles Advisory Board member), Brodie (brother) and Pete ’84 Bunstine ’83 (father) and Don Kelley ’47 (grandfather). (uncle).

Colleges Chosen by 2015 Graduates The top ten colleges/universities in Those schools our St. Charles grads will be attending next fall include: The which our graduates matriculated Academy of Art University, University of Alabama, Bellarmine University, between 2005 and 2015, representing Boston College, Bowling Green State University, Bradford School, Case 64% of our 1,476 graduates: Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, Claremont McKenna College, Columbus State Community College, Cornell University, University of The Ohio State University 23.78% Dayton, Denison University, University of Denver, Gannon University, Indiana Miami University of Ohio 12.74% University Bloomington, John Carroll University, Kent State University, University of Cincinnati 7.79% University of Kentucky, Loyola University Chicago, Lehigh University, Ohio University 6.17% University of Miami, Miami (OH) University, University of Mississippi, University of Dayton 4.34% Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, Ohio Dominican Notre Dame 3.46% University, Ohio University, The Ohio State University, Ohio Wesleyan Xavier University 1.90% University, University of Oklahoma, Pennsylvania State University, University John Carroll University 1.69% of Pittsburgh, Purdue University, Saint Louis University, University of South Columbus State Carolina, Tiffin University, Vanderbilt University, University of Vermont, Community College 1.56% Walsh University, West Virginia University, Widener University, University of Case Western Reserve Wisconsin, Xavier University and Yale University. University 1.08%

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 51 27th Annual Silent Auction

Most Successful Ever St. Charles’ “Cardinal Christmas” celebrated its 27th anniversary last December, raising over $110,000 for the Holy Angels Library Beautification and Renovation Project as well as for need-based scholarships. The annual event hosted by the St. Charles Mothers Club treated guests to a cocktail reception, dinner, raffle and live and silent auctions. Live Auction items included the now-traditional barbeque dinner cooked at home by principal Jim Lower and his wife, Cathy; vacation time at condominiums on South Carolina’s Fripp Island, at Florida’s Majestic Sun Resort and in Breckenridge, Colorado; reserved parking spaces for the year near Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and front-row seats at Graduation. Tables covered with a myriad of other Silent Auction items ringed the Walter Student Commons. Also on hand were raffle item baskets that included chances to win an “Instant Wine Cellar,” “Lottery Ticket Tree,” and a football signed by Ohio State University football coach, Urban Meyer. St. Charles mother Megan Mooney served as the Chairwoman of the event. She was assisted by a team of dedicated mothers (and fathers) whose generosity, kindness, hard work and countless volunteer hours were instrumental in making the event so enjoyable and successful. They included committee chairs Jill Alfred and Jennifer Salyers (Donations), Susan Zoldak and Laura Stattmiller (Baskets), Jane Hawes (Communications), Pamela Sprigler (Bar Ticket Sales), Deb Levy (Red-lining and Check-out), Jennifer Hess (Video Design), Daphne Suh and Susan Zoldak (Data Entry), Peggy Kelley (Decorations), Arlene Murrin (Program), Anita Cothern (Reservations and Table assignments) and Tracy Loesing (Business Manager). Other key participants included Doug Montgomery in the role of Master-of-Ceremonies; auctioneer Larry Woods; Rick Brunetto and the St. Charles Jazz Band, members of the National Honor Society who provided the coat check and raffle ticket sales; Principal Jim Lower and Dan and Chris Tarpy. Our thanks also goes out to Berwick Manor and the Susi family; Old Trail Printing, West-Camp Printing; Gary Allwein for crafting the beautiful “Cardinal” ice sculpture and to the numerous Mothers Club volunteers and parents who worked on this special event. Finally, at the center of all this activity is our very special Development Office secretary, Cherri Taynor, who is always so generous with her time and knowledge of the St. Charles community. The Mothers couldn’t do it without her!

Volunteers at the event’s “check-in” table.

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58 St. Charles Preparatory School 2015 Spagetti Dinner

Sponsored by the St. Charles Alumni Association, this annual gathering is one of the most anticipated of Carolian Community events. The four-story interior of the event’s home, the Robert C. Walter Student Commons, was filled with music throughout the afternoon thanks to Rick Brunetto and the St. Charles Jazz Band which performed for the guests. Our thanks to the MANY parent, alumni, students and friend volunteers who did everything from dishing up the food to pouring drinks, handling refill orders, cleaning tables and taking out the trash. Special recognition goes out to those folks who work the entire day, from 11 a.m. until 9 o’clock at night:1972 classmates and St. Charles alumni The kitchen is always the heart of the operation during Sunday’s Spaghetti Dinner. Here is a group shot taken in the late afternoon, with almost all of these volunteers working this same 2nd shift every year Association governing board members (the same can be said of many of the front-of-the house volunteers as well)! Gerard Barrow ’72 and Phil Caito ’72. Front row, from left: Scott Davidson ’89, Rick Ralston ’75, Tierney Reider (Student Volunteer Our 24/7 crew also includes the true Supervisor) and Ron Ralston ’76; Middle row, from left: Phil Caito ’72 (Kitchen Manager), Kenny Sweeney foodservice professionals: the staff of ’11, Gerard Barrow ’72 (Kitchen Manager - in ‘SC’ baseball cap), Rex Ralston ’89 and Ken Sweeney ’86; Berwick Manor, led by T.J. and Anthony Back, from left: Mike Sweeney ’82, Chef extraordinaire, T.J. Susi (with glasses), Randy Ralston ’82, Russ Ralston ’88 and Tim Pierce ’79. Susi. As usual, the attendees left full and happy looking forward to the next edition set for Sunday, February 7th, 2016!

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64 St. Charles Preparatory School Saluting our Golden Anniversary Class

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 65 2014-2015 Father/Son Mass and Breakfast

In its fifth year, the St. Charles Father/Son Mass & Breakfast annual fraternal gathering, sponsored by St. Charles Alumni Association, has been embraced as one of the school’s most popu- lar events. A record-breaking 310 current, past and future generations of St. Charles students, alumni and friends were in attendance for the morning’s Mass in Mother of Mercy Chapel celebrated by 1970 alumnus and St. Charles emeritus Advisory Board mem- ber, Fr. Bill Arnold (pastor of Holy Spirit parish). He was as- sisted by Deacon Marion Smithberger ’72, a current member and former president of the school’s Alumni Association’s governing board. The morning’s guest speaker was Dan Sullivan ’83, the fa- ther of a current student and recent grad and a member of the Father Bill Arnold ’70 celebrates Mass in a Mother of Mercy Chapel filled with school’s Advisory Board. He is a partner and president of the fathers, sons and friends representing alumni, St. Charles students, incoming freshmen, prospective students and supporters of St. Charles Preparatory HNS Sports Group, a golf management company that oversees School. professional events on golf tours all over the world. He is also the executive director of the Memorial Golf Tournament. A graduate of Miami (OH) University, Dan actively partici- pates in the philanthropic relationships the tournament has with Nationwide’s Children’s Hospital, the Shriners, Lions Club, First Tee and many local charities. He has served for a number of years on the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, which provides leadership, guidance and marketing expertise in at- tracting regional, national and international sporting events and activities that will benefit the Greater Columbus area. Dan and his wife, Alyson, have been married for almost 20 years. They are members of St. Agatha parish and have four children - Liam ’15, Victoria (14), Ronan ’18 and Brodie (10). The Sullivan family has deep ties with St. Charles: Brothers Bill ’79, Tim ’80 (father of Marc’15) and Pete ’84 are graduates and Dan’s father, F. William Sullivan, Jr., and uncle, Michael M. Sullivan ’58 (father of Michael ’09 and Mathew ’11), are emeritus St. St. Charles Principal Jim Lower (right) with guest presenter (and current par- Charles Advisory Board members. ent and school advisory board member), Dan Sullivan ’83. The event has become a special way for alumni fathers, uncles, and grandfathers to celebrate their St. Charles experi- ence and introduce young sons and grandsons to the school! We also encourage current students, incoming freshmen and any other interested 6th, 7th or 8th graders, to attend along with their fathers, grandfathers and uncles. St. Charles Alumni Association board member, Bob Selhorst ’74 and his Bosc and Brie catering staff made sure everyone had plenty of food to eat at the complimentary breakfast buffet that followed in the Robert C. Walter Student Commons.

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68 St. Charles Preparatory School The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 69 2014-2015 Father/Son Mass and Breakfast

70 St. Charles Preparatory School The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 71 Aquinas College High School Luncheon

Aquinas graduates (and the St. Charles guests!) enjoyed for some great T.A.T. food at their monthly alumni association meeting. Here they take a moment to pose for a group photo. Fraternity: St. Charles and Aquinas College High School St. Charles was proud to host over 80 Aquinas College High School graduates at their May (4th) Alumni meeting in the Robert D. Walter Student Commons. St. Charles enlisted the talents of Aquinas grad Jimmy Corrova (AQ ’53), owner of T.A.T. Ristorante di Famiglia, who catered the event. Included in the luncheon invitees were St. Charles students receiving funds from the Father John R. Smith Aquinas Alumni Scholarship which supports both financial aid and academic scholarships earned through exceptional performance in grade school and on the St. Charles Scholarship Test. The fund was established in 1987 by James K. Williams, Jr. (Aquinas ’49) and fellow Aquinas alumni to honor the memory of Fr. Smith, the legendary Aquinas teacher and disciplinarian. Our thanks, also, to Aquinas’ Alumni Association president, Lou Nobile (AQ ’57), for his help in coordinating this visit.

72 St. Charles Preparatory School The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 73 St. Charles - Aquinas Golf 2015

Golfers were treated to sunny skies, a slight breeze and warm The Carolians (by team): Charlie Pickard ’58 and temperatures during the 9th annual Aquinas College High Jim Mark ’58; Bill Bringardner ’49 and Paul Pardi ’49; Tom School-St. Charles Preparatory School Golf Challenge, held at Campbell ’62 and Tom Tarpy ’62; John Perrini ’50 and Dick The High Lands G.C. in Pataskala on Friday, July 31st. This Gambs ’50; Phil Hall ’47 and John Mullin ’54; Matt Whitehead event’s format consists of foursomes of two-man teams playing ’89 and John Connor ’63; Bob Cull ’63 and Ted Hummer ’60; a best-ball “Ryder Cup” style format and brings together former Louis J. Fabro ’83 and Butch DeMatteis ’57; Mike Reilly ’62 and students and alumni of both schools who graduated before 1965 Dick Baumann ’51. (the year Aquinas closed its doors). The Terriers (by team): Al Bellisari (AQ ’60) and Mike The afternoon shotgun event, hosted and coordinated by Momburg (AQ ’59); Frank Roberts (AQ ’58) and Lou Nobile Aquinas’ Frank Roberts (AQ ’58) and Lou Nobile (AQ ’57 - & (AQ ’57); Gary Mangini (AQ ’63) and Bob Irwin (AQ ’61); Mike Aquinas Alumni Association’s president), included the round Whitehead (AQ ’63) and Gary Renzetti (AQ ’57); Fred (AQ ’59) of golf and cart, a sausage sandwich personally roasted by Don and Bob Gunderson (AQ ’61); John Fortkamp (AQ ’58) and Laird (AQ ’58) at the turn, cold beverages on course and a steak Bob Howells (AQ ’57); Dick Schneider (AQ ’57) and Dennis dinner afterward. Maciejewski (AQ ’64); Mike Mahoney (AQ ’63) and Mike Aquinas soundly defeated St. Charles 24.5 points to 8.5 McGrath (AQ ’58); Ray Bellisari (AQ ’56) and Jim Flacche (AQ points to extend its 5-3-1 lead in the “series.” A special trophy ’55); Mike Stafford (AQ ’65) and Floyd Claprood (AQ ’50); George is engraved each year with the winner’s name and displayed Wolf (AQ ’60) and PJ Connor (AQ ’60). at Planks Café on Parsons Ave. Hosting duties for the 2016 “challenge” switch back to St. Charles and its alumni director, Louis J. Fabro ’83.

Front, from left -- Mike Stafford (AQ ’65), Bill Bringardner ’49 and Paul Pardi ’49 chat over dinner following golf. John Fortkamp (AQ ’58) is in background. Aquinas Alumni Association’s president (center) Lou Nobile (AQ ’57) greets players and goes over the scoring system for the event.

Clockwise, front left -- Mike Mahoney (AQ ’63), Don “Grill Master” Laird (AQ ’58), tournament coordinator Frank Robert (AQ ’58), Ted Hummer ’60, Butch DeMatteis ’57, Dennis Maciejewski (AQ ’64), Mike McGrath (AQ ’63) and Bob Bottom left, clockwise -- Lou Nobile (AQ ’57) (tallying the group scores), Al Cull ’63. Bellisari (AQ ’60), Mike Momburg (AQ ’59), Ray Bellisari (AQ ’56) and Jim Flacche (AQ ’55) eat alongside the tournament trophy.

74 St. Charles Preparatory School The Ohio Cardinal Cavalcade Continues

Thanks to successful 2014 and 2015 “road trips,” you can look forward to St. Charles continuing to visit destinations around Ohio to gather with alumni and friends in the Carolian Family. Akron/Cleveland Alumni representing seven decades were on hand at an evening gathering at the Bravo! Cucina Italiana Restaurant in Summit Mall in Fairlawn, Ohio. The St. Charles-sponsored gathering of alumni living in the Cleveland and Akron areas attracted graduates that spanned the Class of 1952 through the Class of 2014 on the evening of Saturday, May 2nd. Principal Jim Lower provided a “State/ Future of the School” presentation to the assembled group, which also included St. Charles Advisory Board members, teacher/coaches, and members of the school’s Development Office. In addition to a wonderful selection of hours d’oeuvres, those on hand were treated to an extraordinary six-course menu specially created just for the evening by the restaurant’s executive chef. It included Jumbo U-10 scallops with mango compote topped with lemon zest; Braised pork belly sliders with candied jalapeno cabbage slaw; Blackened filet with cherry and red wine reduction, topped with apple compound butter and Tabasco onion straws; Wasabi-ginger Tuna with jalapeno Tuscan slaw; Orange sherbet with Champagne; and Caramel and vanilla Crème Brulee. A very special “Thank-You!” goes out to 1985 graduate Mike Creedon, who as a District Partner with the Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, provided the location as well as the delicious food and spirits enjoyed by all.

Attendees at the Cleveland/Akron gathering included (Seated, from left) Will Somodi ’14, Robert Miller ’67 (St. Charles Librarian), Alex Loehrer ’94 (Advisory Board member) and Rick Ey ’94 (Dean of Students, varsity soccer coach); (Second row, from left) Tim Faherty ’53, Rick Mackessy ’75, Mike Howard ’63, Don Schuele ’52, David Lawler ’80 (Athletic Director), Kevan Pack ’88, Matt Lower ’99,Terry Weiler ’65, Francis Howard ’56 and Tom Bogen ’80; (Top, from left) Mike Welsch (Development Officer), Will Gruber ’06 (Faculty member, basketball coach), Jim Lower (Principal, faculty member), Jeff Pharion ’86 (Faculty member, varsity football coach), Steven Miller ’77 (Advisory Board member), Mike Duffy (Development Director), Mike Creedon ’85 (Host), and Joe Moyer (Faculty member, varsity wrestling coach). Not pictured/photo by Louis J. Fabro ’83 (Director of Alumni Affairs and Communications).

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 75 The Ohio Cardinal Cavalcade Continues

Cincinnati Pre-game rain delay can’t dampen spirits

On Sunday, July 19th, a large group of SC school administrators, faculty, coaches, staff, Advisory Board members and local alumni traveled by bus to the Queen City to watch the Reds play the Cleveland Indians. The experience lasted a bit longer than anticipated when rain cause a delay in the game extended into extra innings (won by the Indians in the 10th). Attendees enjoyed exclusive use of the PPG Paints Patio with its magnificent views of the stadium/field, free refreshments and game tickets and a picnic-style buffet to graze on throughout. If you’d like to receive an invitation or more information regarding future gatherings either of these future Cincinnati gathering, you are invited to contact Development Officer Michael Welsch at [email protected]. Our thanks to SC alumnus Doug Healy ’93, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the Reds, for all his efforts in coordinat- ing the special arrangements and private space for the school!

76 St. Charles Preparatory School Attendees at the Cincinnati gathering included (Kneeling, from left) St. Charles Athletic Director Dave Lawler ’80, Bryce Lenox ’89, Mike Herrel ’99, Pat Herrel ’01, assistant baseball coach George Gillespie, assistant baseball coach Dave Hanrahan ’92 and SC librarian Robert Miller ’67; (Row two, from left) Don Jackson ’52, Justin Arends ’98, and (leaning) SC faculty member Mike Warner; (Row three, from left) Dr. John Piecoro, Jr. ’56, Jack O’Brien ’52, Bryan Kratz ’86, Jay Kratz ’83, SC faculty member Mike Arends, St. Charles Advisory Board member Al Bell, Jr. ’78, Ed Alten ’52 and Chris Hoermle ’91 with his daughter, Ella; (Row four, from left) St. Charles Development Officer Mike Welsch, St. Charles varsity baseball coach Ray Benjamin ’91, Chuck King ’52, St. Charles Advisory Board member Tom Schindler ’92, Corey Belcher ’95, Fr. Bill Arnold ’70 (Pastor Holy Spirit and St. Philip parishes), St. Charles Advisory Board member Dave Pemberton ’79, Joe Curran ’77, Greg Forrest ’04, and St. Charles principal Jim Lower; (Top row, from left) Bobby Dick ’94, Don Harrison ’75, Mike Holleran ’75, George Paraskos ’75, Justin Miller ’08, Joe Palmer ’11, Mark Palmer, Dan Sheeran ’81, Dave Craft ’60 and St. Charles Development Director Mike Duffy. 20152015 PlatinumPlatinum ReunionReunion

2015 Platinum reunion Attendees Front row. From left: Hugh Dorrian ’53, John Hammel ’62, John Dorrian ’56, John Snyder ’49, Mary Ann Heise (Paige Heise ’46) and James Heise; Second row, from left: Dr. Dick O’Brien ’48, Rita O’Brien, Cathy Faherty, Tim Faherty ’53, Charles Baumann ’60, Frank Lally ’63 and Bill Killilea ’45; Third row, from left: John Mullin ’54, Ed Schroeder ’55, Dan Connor ’57, Ken Castrop ’64, Dick Brehm ’46 and Judy Laufersweiler (Joe Laufersweiler ’48); Fourth row, from left: John Leach ’54, Ernest Winnestaffer ’58, Marcie Winnestaffer, Bill Roach ’59, Mary Roach and Phil Hall ’47; Fifth row, from left: Jack O’Reilly ’52, Jack Coughlin ’51, Suzy Coughlin, John Eberts ’51, Margaret Gutmann and Roy Gutmann ’51; Sixth row, from left: Joe Murray ’51, Suzanne Murray, Pat Albert, Bob Albert ’49, Hugh Miller ’49 and Phil Schaeffing ’54; Sixth row: John Hohmann ’59, Anne Hohmann, John Medert ’60, Dolores Brannigan and Dave Brannigan ’58; Back row: Mass Celebrant Monsignor Bill Dunn’57. Not shown but in attendance: Dr. Tom Ryan ’58, Anne Shea (sister of Stephen Shea ’78), Sr. Emma, Jennine Will, Elaine DiSalvo (daughters of Daniel Casey ’27), Juliana Secrist (daughter ofJoe Laufersweiler ’48), Principal Jim Lower, Development Officer Mike Welsch, Development Director Mike Duffy, Development Office Secretary Cherri Taynor, Katy Ryan Paolini (daughter of Jack Ryan), and Alumni and Communications Director Louis J. Fabro ’83.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 77 In 2012 and 2013, his summer breaks year FIRE starter peer educator in the Alumni News took him to Rwanda, where he did Gender Relations Center. research on genocide for his senior thesis In April Coccia received the Rev. A. Coccia’10 is SC’s first and for his future career in politics and Leonard Collins, C.S.C., Award at the human-rights law. His concern about Student Leadership Awards Banquet held Rhodes Scholar African issues dates back to at least 2006, by the University’s Student Affairs Office. Alex Coccia ’10, a when he led his eighth-grade class at The award honors a graduating senior 2014 University Immaculate Conception School in raising who has made substantial personal efforts of Notre Dame funds to help the Red Cross provide aid to to advance the interests of students at graduate, former Darfur. Notre Dame. Notre Dame Last spring in Columbus, he received According to the Rhodes Trust, along student body St. Vincent Family Center’s Msgr. with academic excellence, “a Rhodes president and a Lawrence Corcoran Award for young Scholar should also have great personal former Irish fencer, leaders. His many other honors include energy, ambition for impact and an ability has been selected membership in the Phi Beta Kappa to work with others and to achieve one’s to the American academic honor society and Notre Dame’s goals. In addition, a Rhodes Scholar Rhodes Scholar Peter Yarrow Award for peace studies, should be committed to make a strong Glynn Award for academic excellence difference for good in the world, be Alex Coccia ’10 Class of 2015. He is the first St. Charles and leadership, and Father A. Leonard concerned for the welfare of others and alumnus to achieve this prestigious honor. Collins, CSC, Award for advancing the be conscious of inequities. And finally, His father, Peter, is a 1972 Notre interests of students. a Rhodes Scholar should show great Dame graduate. The trust which Alex majored in Africana Studies promise of leadership.” administers the scholarship describes it and Peace Studies at Notre Dame. Rhodes Scholarships, awarded as “the oldest and best-known award for Currently a Truman-Albright Fellow annually since 1902, provide all expenses international study, and arguably the in the U.S. Department of Health for two or three years of study at the most famous academic award available to and Human Services in Washington, University of Oxford in England and may American college graduates.” D.C., he won election as student body allow funding in some instances for four “I still can’t believe, not just that I’m president, running on a platform focused years. a Rhodes Scholar, but that I’m the first on promoting the passions and interests Alex advanced through a rigorous from St. Charles,” Coccia said. “It’s an of all students, including those who feel multi-step selection process for applicants, incredible honor, and I’m humbled.” marginalized. including seeking endorsement from Coccia attended Notre Dame with A member of the Glynn Family Honors their colleges or universities. This year the help of a Glenna Joyce scholarship, Program, he worked to serve peers and approximately 1,600 students sought awarded annually to outstanding central improve the campus climate on a variety their institution’s endorsement; 877 were Ohio students, which covers the full cost of issues, most notably to increase endorsed by 305 colleges and universities. of a four-year education at either Notre awareness for students who identify as Committees in each of 16 U.S. districts Dame or The Ohio State University. LGBTQ, minority students, students who then invite the strongest applicants Coccia’s time at St. Charles and Notre are undocumented citizens and students to appear before them for interviews. Dame has been marked by a strong impacted by sexual violence. Applicants are chosen on the basis of the commitment to human rights and social Involved in numerous Notre Dame criteria spelled out in the Will of Cecil justice. At St. Charles, he was a founder clubs and activities, Coccia also served Rhodes. of Cardinals for Life, Dignity and Justice, as president of the Progressive Student “It’s quite a process,” Coccia a school organization which advocates for Alliance, steering committee member for said. “First, you have to receive an life at all stages. the Call to Action Committee and founder endorsement from the university. Once At Notre Dame, he worked on a of the 4 to 5 Movement. you obtain that, then you have to write number of issues to address needs for While at ND, he was also a member of a 1,000-word essay explaining what inclusion and diversity and to promote the the Fighting Irish’s varsity fencing team, you want to study at Oxford and why passions of all students, including those which won the 2011 NCAA title in his you want to go there, list the activities who feel marginalized. He pursued an freshman season. Coccia earned three you’ve been involved in for the past two agenda which included student mental monograms while competing on the men’s years, and obtain five to eight letters of health treatment and “One Is Too Many,” sabre squad. His career record with the recommendation.” a campaign aimed at preventing sexual Irish was 74-63, including a 32-18 mark Rhodes scholars are selected not only assault. as a sophomore in 2012. He finished for academic achievement, but for their “My courses in Africana studies sixth at the Midwest Fencing Conference character, commitment to others and to and peace studies helped me focus on (MFC) Championships in 2012 and eighth the common good, and their potential the whole idea of inclusion, of creating in both 2011 and 2014, thrice earning for leadership. One of the scholarship a learning environment and a social second-team all-MFC honors. He won four qualifications listed in Rhodes’ Will is environment where all people feel sabre bouts while competing at the 2011 “energy to use one’s talents to the fullest, welcome and their contributions are NCAA Midwest Regional. as exemplified by fondness for and success valued,” Coccia said. In the summer of 2011, after his in sports.” That means Rhodes scholars “One class which had a particular freshman season with the team, Coccia usually are athletes. Some notable past impact on me was a theater class this traveled to Uganda in East Africa to recipients of the honor include former year which was based on a documentary teach the sport of fencing to those less President Bill Clinton, looking at the many ways people are fortunate--a service mission that perfectly former Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste, former marginalized and focusing on how to complemented his intended Africana U.S. senator and basketball star Bill make their stories told.” Studies major. Coccia served as a three- Bradley, and current national security 78 St. Charles Preparatory School adviser Susan Rice. From 1997-1998 he served as chief brigades: 16th Engineer Brigade, 73rd Coccia plans to study comparative resident in the Department of Physical Troop Command, including mobilization social policy at Oxford and is serving as Medicine and Rehabilitation at Temple to New Orleans and Mississippi after a Truman-Albright fellow in the U.S. University Hospital/Moss Rehabilitation Hurricane Katrina, and 37th Infantry Health and Human Services Department Hospital. Past awards include: Brigade Combat Team, including in Washington. The Illinois Public Health Scholarship, deployment to Afghanistan. His personal “What I’m doing now involves human Chicago Medical School (1990-1993), the awards during this time included the services policy and is a mix between Trustee Scholarship (1983-1984) and the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Ohio research and policy consulting,” he said. American Lutheran Church Scholarship Commendation Medal, and the Bronze “Some of the things I’m involved in (1982-1984) from Howard University. His Star. include domestic violence prevention, research interests include phantom pain making it easier for people to enroll in the management, epidural injection efficacy federal health-care plan, climate change, facet and joint treatment efficacy. and social service delivery. “I know I want to be involved in policy McCarthy ’87 named to Common making, either in Washington or Ohio,” Pleas bench until July; running for Coccia said. “I’m looking forward to the seat on Municipal Court next two years in Oxford as a way of expanding the scope of my experiences In early March, and learning new perspectives on things 1987 alumnus from a very diverse set of people.” Sean McCarthy was appointed by Governor John Hendrix ’82 Appointed Medical Kasich to fill the Director in Chicago at Silver Cross term of Judge Tim Horton of the 10th 1982 alumnus, District Court of Dr. Andrew Appeals. Sean Hendrix, has Hon. Sean McCarthy ’87 was most recently been appointed as with the Franklin Matthew Lampson ’07 medical director of County prosecutor’s office and fills a term The Rehabilitation that will expire July 1st on the Common True Humanitarian Institute of Chicago Pleas Court bench. During his time on In late October 2014, Matthew Lampson ’07, a goalkeeper for the MLS’ Columbus Crew, was at Silver Cross that court, he will handle an active docket presented the team’s OhioHealth Humanitarian Hospital. “Hendrix including both civil and criminal trials. of the Year award for the second straight season. brings more than Sean is an active member of the St. He was recognized for his ongoing work with the Central Ohio Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Dr. Andrew Hendrix ’82 15 years of physical Charles Alumni Association’s governing medicine and board. He has announced his candidacy and his own LampStrong Foundation. The Crew Homegrown goalkeeper has made it a consistent rehabilitation practice experience to RIC for the Franklin County Municipal Court, point to give back after he beat Stage 4 Hodgkin’s at Silver Cross,” a hospital release said. where he hopes to continue his service lymphoma seven years ago, hosting over 60 He will oversee all acute inpatient to the people of Franklin County and the LampStrong Heroes after each and every Crew rehabilitation services at Silver Cross State of Ohio. He has been married to his match, home and away, as well as conducting the Hospital as well as at Silver Cross wife, Theresa, for 18 years, and has four annual LLS Hero Social at Crew Stadium. He also sponsored a team in the Nationwide Children’s outpatient therapy facilities. children ranging from 13 to 4 years of age. Hospital Columbus Marathon through the Hendrix is board certified in physical He lives in the Eastmoor neighborhood of LampStrong Foundation. On the field, Lampson medicine and rehabilitation and pain Columbus. represented the Crew in the inaugural Chipotle medicine. He is an assistant professor Sean McCarthy was born in Homegrown Game as part of the AT&T All-Star of physical medicine and rehabilitation Springfield, Ohio, during his father’s festivities in Portland, holding the Portland Timbers U-23 side off the score sheet through the at Northwestern University’s Feinberg service as a Marine in Vietnam. After match’s opening 45 minutes. http://www.thecrew. School of Medicine. Hendrix completed a many years of active duty, the family com/news/2014/10/crew-announces-2014-team- combined residency in internal medicine returned to Columbus, and Sean went to awards and physical medicine and rehabilitation St. Charles for high school, followed by at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Loyola University Chicago for college, Philadelphia (1993-1998). Andrew earned graduate study at the Ohio State his undergraduate degree in microbiology University, and law school at Capital at Howard University (1987) and his University. During law school, Sean medical degree from Rosalind Franklin began work as an intern in the Franklin University of Medicine and Science (1993) County Prosecutor’s Office, and was and has been in practice for 22 years. appointed as an assistant prosecutor He is a Fellow with the American following his graduation. Academy of Physical Medicine and For 15 years he worked in the Rehabilitation and a member of the Criminal Division, prosecuting cases American Medical Association, American ranging from stolen cars to aggravated St. Charles Alumni Director Louis J. Fabro ’83 with Nancy and Don ’47 Kelley at Plank’s Café at the Society of Interventional Pain Physicians murders. During this time, he joined the “Walt Plank ’41 Plaque” unveiling ceremony (see and the International Spinal Injection Ohio Army National Guard as a Judge pages 26-27). Society. Advocate officer. He would ultimately serve as the senior JAG for three different The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 79 Staying Connected: Keeping your Alma Mater Updated

We love hearing from you and want to share your good news with the entire St. Charles Preparatory School community, especially through the Cardinal alumni magazine, Facebook postings and through our monthly “St. Charles Preparatory School News & Upcoming Events” e-mails.

How do I get in touch with St. Charles? There are many ways to see and to share information, especially via the digital universe: It was a family affair when former St. Charles - Visit the St. Charles Website: www.stcharlesprep.org Advisory Board Chairman and 2006 Borromean Medal for Distinguished Service recipient, James - “Follow” St. Charles on Twitter at https://twitter.com/StCharlesCards P. Finn ’65, stepped to the podium to announce the - “Like” our Facebook page at names of Distinguished Alumnus honorees Mike https://www.facebook.com/stcharlespreparatoryschool and John Finn-- his brothers. Here he embraces - Graduates, proudly list “St. Charles Preparatory School” on your LinkedIn profile John while below honorees Marquis Miller ’77 (far and join the “St. Charles Alumni Group” left, bottom) and Mike Finn ’61 (far right, bottom) smile proudly. - E-mail ([email protected]) or call (614-252-9288 ext. 21) Alumni and Communications Director Louis J. Fabro ’83.

What do we hope you share? - Keep us up to date on your contact information, especially cell phone numbers and e-mail and postal addresses. We use these to send out reunion information, In Memoriam letters regarding deceased classmates, monthly events, school accomplishments, alumni updates and yes, our Annual Fund gift requests. - Share with us your work history/career information (companies and years you worked, positions held) as well as your current situation, job title and company. - We would also like to know about your post-SC education: the degree(s) you earned, in what area(s), from what school(s) and those years. - Naturally, we’d like to hear about your immediate family: wife, children, On hand to help the St. Charles Community how many grand/great grandkids you might have, activities you enjoy and any celebrate the Feast Day Liturgy for its Patron. volunteer service or community involvement you are involved in. From left -- Deacon Marion Smithberger ’72 (Serving St. Timothy parish); Msgr. Bill Dunn ’57 - And of course, we always like to know what were the special memories you have (Recently retired from St. John parish in Logan); of a St. Charles friendship; of an athletic accomplishment; theatrical productions Fr. Bill Arnold ’70 (Pastor of Holy Spirit and St. or school groups you partook in; a special teacher you remember; and a life- Philip parishes); Fr. Michael Watson (Pastor of preparing lesson that has served you in the years since. St. Mary Delaware parish); Msgr. Paul Enke ’64 (Pastor of St. Edward the Confessor parish); Most Rev. Frederick F. Campbell (Bishop of the Diocese Sharing photos along with your update: (Pixel) Size matters! of Columbus); Fr. Jim Black (Pastor of St. Joan of Arc parish); Fr. Charlie Klinger ’61 (Pastor We especially love being able to share a photo along with the news we pass on of St. Paul parish); Fr. Matt Hoover (Pastor of about our graduates. Here are some helpful parameters when sending items Immaculate Conception parish); Fr. Mike Gentry online/electronically: (Serving St. Joan of Arc parish); Fr. Dan Dury - Due to low resolutions, photos must not be copied from a website. (Pastor of St. Catharine parish); Fr. Tim Hayes ’77 - All digital pictures must be a JPEG formatted image and be at least 900 pixels (Pastor of St. Timothy parish) and Deacon Frank Iannarino’71 (Serving St. Brigid of Kildare parish). wide by 600 pixels tall. - We cannot reprint a photo in a printed publication if it is taken using a general cell phone camera. We can use camera phone pictures on our digital sites (Facebook, Twitter, school website) but don’t want those people reading the Cardinal magazine to miss out on a great photo! - Submit photos at the same time you send your announcement (separated photos can be difficult to identify and match with announcements). - For professional photographs, you should have permission from the photographer before you send it to St. Charles. - If you mail in a photo, it will be returned upon your request after the issue has been printed and mailed. We look forward to hearing from you! We’ll be in touch!

1955 classmates gathered on a Friday night in July as part of their class reunion weekend activities. In the backyard or classmate Dick Conie are (from left) Fr. Bill DeVille, Sully Presutti (behind, partially obscured), Hank Banta, John Zettler, Brian Donahue, Lee DeMastry Jack Stack and Frank Bettendorf.

80 St. Charles Preparatory School nuclear radiation detector. His community involvement Alumni News As a student at SC, Roshod ran (to mention just a few of the many varsity track one year and was three-year organizations) is spent with numerous year varsity letterman for the basketball Canal Winchester groups like its team. He has several special memories Chamber of Commerce; Columbus Arts of his time at St. Charles, which include: Festival Steering Committee; National the anticipation of tip off against Bishop and local AIA; Kick Butt Columbus – Hartley in basketball; playing basketball Highway Cleanup Project; Franklin at 6 a.m. on Tuesdays/Thursday in the County Metro Parks - Walnut Woods gym with faculty member (art) Mr. Smith; Advisory Committee; and the Westerville and visiting Father Bennett before school Area Chamber of Commerce Music and started in his ‘chambers,’ knowing that he Arts Festival. would always offer you donuts. The online article notes that when He also remembers special teachers: he was finishing up high school at St. Mr. Lower (he was my coach and the Charles, a counselor told him “that since reason I was offered the opportunity to I was artistic and good at math, maybe I attend SC); Mr. Arends (I truly developed should be an architect – a standard high a love for science because of him, hence school counselor notion. Turns out, my my career path); and Sister Margret good friend’s dad was an architect and Roshod Wilson ’95 and his wife, Crystal. (English was never my favorite subject, principal at Triad named Dave Price.” but Sister Margret instilled the tools After an internship Price suggested Wilson ’95: Applied Physics necessary to succeed in me). he try and get into the University of at Johns Hopkins Roshod also mentioned several Cincinnati program. “So, I worked at lessons he took with him from St. Charles: Triad for several summers in high school Roshod Wilson of Woodbridge, VA, Prior to attending SC, I never took school and while at UC. Then, because of UC’s is employed by Johns Hopkins Applied seriously and struggled to maintain my co-op program, I was fortunate enough Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) serving GPA. The education and discipline I to work in New Jersey, New York and as liaison to the United States Navy for received helped to cultivate the man I am Boston while in undergrad and grad the development of underwater sonar today and prepared me not only for college school. Upon graduating I thought I detectors. In this role he oversees the but also for life. I am forever grateful for would go to San Fran or New York. That’s development/testing of Navy sonar my time at SC and will always cherish the what architect’s do, right?” detectors which allow our U.S. Navy friendships and memories made here.” Triad found out he’d graduated and Destroyers the ability to detect enemy called to say Triad was hiring and they submarines/torpedoes, as well as counter- Foley ’98 in Columbus’ would love to have him back. And the fire against any threats. “40 under 40” rest, they say, is history. Read about After graduating St. Charles, the rest of his story online at Columbus he attended Alabama Agriculture In late May, Columbus Business First Business First’s website at: http:// & Mechanical (A&M) University chose its 2015 class of up-and-coming www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print- in Huntsville, AL, on a basketball professionals and community leaders edition/2015/05/29/forty-under-40-brent- scholarship. There he studied Mechanical as part of its annual “Forty Under 40” foley.html engineering and graduated Cum Laude awards program. The honorees were in 1999. He continued at A&M where he chosen from a field of more than 350 Diehl ’04, International Award- pursued a master’s degree in business nominations, a record for the 23-year Winning Jazz Pianist Turning Heads administration with a concentration program. in management. During that time he 1998 graduate Brent Foley, In a story written by Kevin Joy and worked as a full-time employee of the a principal with Triad Architects/ published in the Columbus Dispatch on Boeing Company where he helped develop Triad Facility Solutions, was one of September 10th, Aaron Diehl’s recent designs for the International Space those chosen. He earned both an weekend hometown performances and his Station. undergraduate and master’s degrees growing renowned were highlighted. Upon completion of his MBA degree in architecture from the University of Aaron grew up down the street from in 2004, he accepted a job with U.S. Cincinnati. the St. Charles campus in the King- Government in Washington, D.C., Lincoln District and almost literally working with The Defense Intelligence across the street from the historic Lincoln Agency (DIA) as an Intelligence Officer. Theatre on E. Long Street. He was an While at DIA, he was responsible for the accomplished musician before he came to analysis (characteristics, performance, St. Charles and his star has only been on range, etc.) of ballistic missiles. a stratospheric trajectory since. In 2007 he transferred to the He began playing as an organist at government-contracting sector, and St. Dominic Church at age seven, became landed a position with Science Application a member of the Columbus Youth Jazz International Corporation (SAIC) where Orchestra and spent a summer at the he worked as senior systems engineer selective Interlochen Center for the for five years. As a lead engineer he Arts in Michigan. As a sophomore, he supported The Defense Threat Reduction was performing informally with local Agency (DTRA) responsible for oversight musicians at weekend jam sessions. One in the development of a long-range night Grammy and Pulitzer-winning Brent Foley ’98 The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 81 the recordings include cameos by two Alumni News legendary saxophonists, Benny Golson (age 86) and Joe Temperley (age 85). “I was elated to be around those kinds of masters, guys who had been around since almost the advent of Jazz . . . to gain a bit of wisdom and experience from not only their artistry but their professionalism,” Aaron said. Joy brings out that Diehl was those sessions prompted him to contemplate his Members of the 1975 team in attendance included own future. (front row, from left) -- Kevin Coughlin ’75, Rick Mackessy ’75, Dan Heinmiller ’75, (Head Coach, “In many professions, you have to former faculty member and Athletic Director) retire at a certain age,” Diehl said. “But Don Henne ’61 and Jim Tracy ’75; Back row, from Aaron Diehl ’03 (left) brought fellow star performer you could theoretically be a musician left -- Fred Messmer ’75, Mark Creamer ’76, John Cecile McLorin Salvant (center) with him on a visit forever. You have the ability to continue MacKinnon ’75, Butch Miller ’76, Kevin Coughlin to the school’s campus prior to performing at the to develop through the last days of your ’75, Mike Shannon ’75 and Mike Coady ’75. Lincoln Theatre. With them is Doug Montgomery, St. Charles faculty member, Choral and Drama life. I’m in it for the long-term.” Department director. Joy also notes that Diehl has grown more comfortable writing his own trumpeter Wynton Marsalis showed up material — something he was reluctant to and was so impressed by Aaron’s talents, pursue several years ago. “Revisions and he brought Aaron along with him on a missteps, after all, mark the essence of European tour that summer. improvisation,” Joy writes. Since then Diehl has been featured At the end of his piece, Joy points out in numerous articles across the United how Diehl has begun to emphasize the States and highlighted in past Cardinal value of fostering a basic connection to magazine issues over the last 10 years. jazz at an early age. Aaron was in Columbus to not “Especially for young black kids . . . only perform professionally that early (helping them) understand how it can be Members of the 2000 team in attendance included September weekend in the Pythian enriching in their own lives,” Aaron tells (front, from left) Andrew Chelton ’00, Eric Bell ’00, Coach George Gillespie and Chance Strausbaugh Theatre at the King Arts Complex. Joy. “I know they see Jay-Z or Kanye ’01; Back, from left: Coach Ray Benjamin ’91, Marc He also gave of his time by conducting West on TV, but there’s a whole other Cornell ’00, John Cropper ’00, Travis Dent ’00, workshops for students at Fort Hayes history that’s not been represented well.” Chad Bradley ’00, Bill Welsh ’00, Zack Pavol, Allen Arts and Academic High School and the Jazz, he noted, “is really one of the Ayers ’01, Chris Milne ’00, Coach Joe Wolf ’87, Ohio State School for the Blind, among greatest contributions to music — and we Adam Selhorst ’00 and Coach Bobby Dick ’94. made it.” other institutions. head coach, Don Henne ’61 were on hand A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard for the 1975 team. School in New York, Diehl told the Two teams inducted into St. Charles John MacKinon said “he and the reporter how he had come to realize how Baseball Hall of Fame entire 1975 team would like to thank important it was to talk about and share This past summer varsity coach Ray Coach Benjamin and his entire staff, “Jazz” with everyone and anyone “who especially Tim and Jamie Kolp, for will listen about the importance of art, Benjamin ’91 and the St. Charles baseball program held its 3rd annual Baseball Hall making our return to the St. Charles period. This music should be functional,” diamond such a memorable evening. The he said, and tries to perform selections of Fame Induction and “Dinner on the Diamond” event. This year’ event was the spring of 1975 was such a magical year that “all have that visceral qualities of in not only our lives, but the lives of the making you feel good.” biggest yet, with more than 110 alumni, friends and parents in attendance for the entire St. Charles family. Coach Benjamin In this story’s related photo is Cecile and his staff afforded us the opportunity McLorin Salvant, a rising jazz singer who steak dinner and awards ceremony. The evening was highlighted by the to relive so many great memories. It was performed with Aaron and shares the an evening that we all will never forget,” same record label. Educated in France, induction of teams from 1975 and 2000 seasons that earned final-four berths he said. Salvant, 26 and a native of Miami, FL, The 1975 team was impressed with won first prize at the Thelonious Monk at the OHSAA state championships. Fittingly, legendary teacher and coach, the baseball facility and how it has International Jazz Competition in 2010. developed into one of the premier facilities In the Columbus Dispatch story, Jack Ryan, was the inaugural honoree into the St. Charles Baseball Hall of Fame in the state. It looks forward to helping Diehl tells reporter Kevin Joy that “It’s Coach Benjamin and his staff maintain a rare privilege to have the ability to in 2013. Other inductees have included the 1942, 1943, 1944 State Final Four the great tradition of St. Charles travel across the world.” In 2011 he was baseball,” MacKinnon said. named a Cole Porter fellow (and awarded Teams. Players from as far as San Diego, Coach Benjamin also thanked the $50,000) by the American Pianists Kolps whom he called “the brains behind Association. “Opportunities are a bit Nashville, Florida and Boston (just to list a few) made the trip to their alma mater this great event. They have made this scarce in our genre,” Aaron told Joy. event something really special in the For those interested in what for the evening which featured Dan Tarpy as the event’s emcee. The 2000 team was three years we have had it. I can’t take Aaron has released most recently, he’s credit for it,” he said. promoting a new album titled Space, represented by 13 of the team’s 16 as well Time, Continuum. The article notes that as the coaching staff. Ten players and 82 St. Charles Preparatory School Benjamin ’91 new member of explore biomedical research in cutting- Central District Baseball edge laboratories with renowned faculty. Hall of Fame He was named a Turner Ambassador and a member of the B.A.S.E Steering Ray Benjamin Committee, which provides mentoring ’91, St. Charles programs focused on the academic, Varsity Baseball personal, social and leadership Coach, was voted development of freshmen students in into the Central the Turner Scholarship Program and District Baseball Transitions Program. Hall of Fame in He was Chair of community affairs November. for UC’s Gentlemen’s Quarterly (2013, Coach Benja- Michael Key ’89 assessing hand-dug containment 2014), a pioneering student group aimed lines and aerial retardant drops on the 75,000- min is an active at uniting all men of color by means acre River Complex Fire, northern California, member of the of promoting brotherhood, community September 2015. St. Charles Baseball Ohio High School service, and mentorship. His studies have coach Ray Benjamin Baseball Coaches Firefighting, fire lighting and a rare ’91 also involved traveling internationally. Association serving Most recently, he traveled to bird: the World of Michael Key’s ’89 on the executive board as the public infor- Chongqing, China to participate in a Michael Keys, a 1989 graduate of St. mation director since 2005. He also served public health forum. While in China, he Charles, is widely recognized in the field as the Central District Baseball Coaches and his group visited medical centers and of wildlife biology both nationally and Association’s president in 2003. He is interacted with Chinese medical students internationally. In the United States he currently serving on the National High while also seeing the amazing historical is viewed by his peers as an expert in the School Baseball Association’s Coach of the sights. efforts to protect and grow the population Year and Field of the Year committee. He took part in the University Honors of the endangered Red-cockaded Ray enters his 22nd season on the Seminar-Public Health in Southern Woodpecker as well as the endangered baseball staff at St. Charles and 18th as Africa (2013). It was a faculty-led study Florida panther. Currently he is one of head coach. Since taking over in 1998, tour of Botswana and South Africa, the heroes helping fight the wildfires in Coach Benjamin’s teams have won 269 studying the public health care system the American West. He took the time to games including four CCL crowns (2000, of these countries as well as modes of send this to us: 2003, 2004 and 2013) and one state final transmission and pathogen cycles. For the last two decades, I have been four appearance (2000). Before entering Garyn is a proud member of Alpha managing fire-dependent pinelands and the coaching ranks, Coach played four Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and will conducting Red-cockaded Woodpecker years of baseball at St. Charles where graduate with honors next April (2016) (RCW) conservation projects throughout he was All-CCL in 1989,1990 and 1991. with a degree in biology/ medical science. the Southeast as a federal biologist and as He was All-Ohio for the Cardinals as a He plans to pursue medical school in fall an independent consultant. I and many senior. of 2016. of my co-workers have years of specialized While leading the Cardinals, Coach He writes us that “one of my favorite training and experience lighting fires (to Benjamin has produced over 40 college memories from SC was the Friday night replicate the role of frequent, natural baseball players including current play- football games. The camaraderie and low-intensity fires) in the pineywoods ers: Trey Willard ’14 (Otterbein), Louie brotherhood that brought the alumni back stretching from the Carolinas to Florida Altomare ’13 (Findley), Jerad Kit- was amazing. I remember taking Latin to Texas. zler ’14 (Walsh), Patrick Quinlan ’14 in Mr. O’Neil’s classroom and celebrating Due to the triple threats of climate (Washington & Lee), Joey Gilmore ’12 the last days of the year watching “Troy.” change, urbanization of once remote (Wooster) and Patrick Dyer ’11 (Akron). woodlands and massive fuel buildup from Coach Benjamin resides in Pickerington over a century of fire suppression west with his wife Heather and twin sons Mi- of the Mississippi, land management chael and Ryan. professionals like me are frequently called upon to assist in triage efforts to protect Metoyer ’12 Going Places natural resources, property and human Garyn Metoyer ’12 is on a full academic lives when wildfires rage. scholarship as an honors student at We are the people you see on the news the University of Cincinnati (where each summer in fire-retardant yellow he also happens to be roommates with Nomex shirts, green pants and hard 2012 SC classmate, Solomon Hughes). hats as the Western U.S. experiences He is currently performing biomedical increasingly destructive and costly research to find a treatment option for wildfires. Each fire is unique, as are the Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I) at individual firefighters, but we all have Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical shared experiences that revolve around a Center, Hematology Division, Pan Lab. great love and respect for the elemental Garyn has participated in several In addition to visiting Chongqing, China for forces of fire, wind, and unforgiving prestigious programs to date, including a public health forum, Garyn Metoyer ’12 also visited Botswana South Africa and Soweto for a terrain. a Summer Undergraduate Research honors public health study abroad at the end of Each large scale firefighting effort Fellowship (2014) at Cincinnati Children’s his freshman year at Miami (OH). becomes a surreal mashup of military- Hospital that provides students from all style campaign, traveling carnival show around the country an opportunity to The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 83 and gigantic summer camp-out of men was a biologist working for the U.S. and women who have left their normal Fish & Wildlife Service at Saint Mark’s jobs and lives behind for a few weeks. National Wildlife Refuge which is located My career began with the U.S. Forest on the east end of Florida’s panhandle Service while still in college thanks to on the Gulf of Mexico. In the fall he Hurricane Hugo. That particular massive transferred to the U.S. Forest Service in natural disaster mowed down miles of the Apalachicola National Forest, also beautiful pine forests overnight, yet in Florida’s panhandle. He and his wife created a job opening for me as a biologist Kellie also own their own consulting surveying for and installing artificial company, North Florida Wildlife LLC. cavities for one of the South’s most iconic The author noted his desire to see and rare species - the Red-cockaded the endangered RCW, numbering only Woodpecker - a bird totally dependent about 15,000-18,000 in the wild. Before on those open pine forests. Studying the European settlers made their way to the Performing a survival check and group count of endangered bird’s habits and creating United States, there were more than 1.5 recently fledged Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, nesting habitat were critical to saving the million of the birds. The article notes northern Florida, June 2014. RCW from extinction, but the real key to that it is one of about 15 endemic species the conservation puzzle was managing in the continental United States, which among a handful of biologists who band the land appropriately with carefully means it doesn’t migrate. Red-cockaded Woodpecker chicks, install controlled prescribed fires. Rosen says in the article that “Of artificial nesting cavities, and set fires— Not even two years after paying my course, my thrilling encounter might the good kind.” dues in Mr. Cavello’s Vocabulary Mastery not have been possible if it weren’t for Though he has seen the Red-cockaded class and Mr. Pharion’s AP English at people like biologist Michael Keys, who Woodpecker vanish from Kentucky and St. Charles, I happily found myself at the has spent long, buggy days shinnying up Tennessee, Keys remains optimistic business end of a drip torch, setting the pine trees and peering into Red-cockaded about the overall prospects for the species land afire to perpetuate the pine forest Woodpecker nests for federal land throughout its broader range, which and the rare creatures that I had fallen in management agencies in the Southeast sweeps north and east from Texas to love with. and as an independent consultant. Keys Virginia. I had traded wearing a tie for a fire admires the tenacity of a bird whose Key’s efforts included the introduction shelter and loafers for leather logging population only 20 years ago had fallen of artificial nest boxes and the boots. It was an easy transition. My to 7,000 individuals but whose numbers translocation of hatchlings from other principal career focus has always been have more than doubled since then. states, not only helping secure the bird’s endangered species management, but that “That’s nothing close to how common they survival in South Carolina; it also set the intimate knowledge of and familiarity were in the first place,” Keys says. “Still, management pattern for areas like Big with fire behavior that began when I was they are an endangered species, and we’ve Branch Marsh. still a fresh faced college kid has been been able to bring them back from the Keys tells the reporter that he reckons my ticket to an amazing string of fire brink of extinction—they’re an emblem of he has placed perhaps 150 artificial assignments in most of the Western states hope.” nesting cavities a year in the St. Marks over the years. The story tells that two-thirds of the refuge, but for him controlled burning I expect I will keep going back “out Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in the Francis is the essential pillar of Red-cockaded West” every year for as long as I can be Marion National Forest were killed when Woodpecker conservation. He likens the of some service. Each trip is a way to Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, SC, in manmade nest holes and organized bird reconnect with old friends, meet a diverse 1989. The national forest had been the translocations to battlefield tourniquets group of new ones and explore some home to the largest known population that can buy the species more time, but beautiful (if rather smoky) country. And of the bird—and destroyed a majority of he sees fire as the way the battle can Lord knows, there will be plenty more their nests. be won. Controlled burning is not only fires in the years to come.” Rosen goes on to say that part of the essential for the bird’s survival, it has romance of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers is the potential to restore the vitality of Biologist helping endangered that they represent a second chance, not the pine grasslands of the southeastern simply for the bird but for us. They were coastal plain. In that sense, Red-cockaded animals with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Woodpeckers are what Keys calls an Service listed as endangered in 1970 under a law that preceded the Endangered Species Act almost “perfect indicator” of the health of Editor’s Note: The International magazine of 1973. A bird driven almost to extinction the habitat. “Audubon” contacted Michael and by human intervention has given us an “If you have Red-cockaded interviewed him for the magazine’s March opportunity to save it through human Woodpeckers, you’ve done something 2015 issue story “Profile of an American intervention. right,” Keys says. Rapper- about the Red-Cockaded “Keys,” Reardon writes, “was a View the story online at https://www. Woodpecker (RCW) written by Jonathan college student when Hugo hit South audubon.org/magazine/march-april-2015/ Rosen. This is a synopsis of that piece: Carolina, joined the restoration effort in profile-american-rapper A couple of years ago Keys initiated 1990 and has been working on the bird’s an experimental program to help grow behalf ever since, largely in the central the population of the yellow headed Florida Panhandle’s St. Marks National parrot, an endangered species in Belize Wildlife Refuge and, as of September, in Central America. Until last fall, Michael the Apalachicola National Forest. He is

84 St. Charles Preparatory School later addition of the book. Grads help author Science and Alumni News Copeland, a longtime editor and Molecular Microbiology Journal writer for newspapers and online papers Copeland ’66 Writes About Nuclear publications in Seattle and the Pacific Abolition & Peace Northwest, got his first exposure to Dr. James Pease ’03 works in the This summer Joe Copeland, a 1966 journalism on the student newspaper, The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary graduate, published “Peace Quest: The Carolian, at Biology at the University of Michigan Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” St. Charles. The paper’s advisor, with interests in systematics (taxonomy), looking at the work for peace, non- the late Fr. Charles Jackson, supported evolutionary biology and bioinformatics. violence and nuclear abolition by the the editors in looking broadly at social He received his Ph.D. in ecology and atomic bomb survivors in the two topics, inspiring the students to believe evolutionary biology from Indiana Japanese cities. The book came out in an that journalism could be a force for social University in May 2015. electronic version, available on Kindle and good. It was also a time of immense James’ research work is in the field all major electronic publishing platforms, Catholic social activism: Another big of Computational Biology studying just before the 70th anniversaries of the commemoration this year, the 50th the evolution of tomato plants and bombings in August 1945. anniversary of the Selma voting rights mosquitoes. His most recently published The book is based on interviews march, reminded the writer of the civil article regarding malaria-spreading he conducted with survivors during a rights advocacy of Frs. Thomas Duffy and was published in the journal Science in 2009 Fulbright scholar research project Robert O’Brien, who actively supported January of this year. His immediate plans in Japan and as a newspaper reporter the marchers. Copeland believes that at are for a post-doctoral fellowship at the making repeated visits to the two cities least one St. Charles faculty member, Fr. University of Michigan. James and his beginning in 1986. Although it is little Duffy, went to Selma. wife, Beth, have a son Liam (3). known in this country, the two cities have Copeland and his wife, Patty Dolan Other published articles include: been outspoken advocates for nonviolence. Copeland, a community college dean, live Detection and Polarization of As many of them told Copeland, they in Seattle where they raised a daughter, Introgression in a Five-Taxon Phylogeny; put aside any bitterness about the U.S. Cathy, and son, Sean. Both attended Extensive introgression in a malaria decision to bomb the cities in order Catholic schools. vector species complex revealed by to work for international peace. The As a longtime Seattle sports fan, phylogenomics; Quantitative Genetic survivors have been nominated for this he’s seen two of the most exciting Analysis Indicates Natural Selection on year’s Nobel Peace Prize. football plays there, one a punt return Leaf Phenotypes Across Wild Tomato Joe’s research included considerable that won the state championship for his Species (Solanum sect. Lycopersicon; time over the years with Catholic leaders son’s school and the other the famed Solanaceae); More accurate phylogenies in Nagasaki, Japan’s most Christian Marshawn Lynch ‘Beastquake’ run for 77 inferred from low-recombination regions major city, and Hiroshima, where a Jesuit yards to score a key playoff touchdown in the presence of incomplete lineage residence suffered heavy damage and for the Seahawks. He thinks of them as sorting; Sex chromosomes evolved from other Jesuit priests and seminarians almost right there when, as a sophomore independent ancestral linkage groups provided considerable help to the injured. equipment manager for the St. Charles in winged insects; No Excess Gene One of the chapters in the book is about football team, he was on the sidelines in Movement Is Detected off the Avian or a parishioner at the Hiroshima Memorial the opening minutes of a game against Lepidopteran Z Chromosome On the Cathedral for World Peace, built with heavily favored and No. 1 state-ranked possible role of robustness in the evolution international donations raised by the Bishop Watterson High School in 1973. of infectious diseases. then-head of the order in Japan, Fr. Hugo The Eagles had St. Charles backed Michael Ward ’11 was listed as third Enomiya-Lassalle, S.J. In 1986, Copeland up on its own 11-yard line. Suddenly, author in the February 2015 issue of interviewed Fr. Enomiya-Lassalle, who Copeland saw future Notre Dame starter Molecular Microbiology Journal entitled also went on to introduce Zen meditation Tom O’Leary break outside and start “Antibodies against the majority subunit into regular practice among many tearing up the sideline at ferocious speed, of type IV pili disperse nontypeable Catholics in Japan and Europe; he plans outrunning the entire Watterson team for Haemophilus influenzae biofilms in a to add more material about Lassalle in a an 89-yard touchdown as the Cardinals LuxS-dependent manner and confer bench went wild. therapeutic resolution of experimental Copeland’s first trip to Hiroshima otitis media.” View the article online at forced him to cancel plans to come into http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ Columbus for the 20th anniversary of mmi.12934/abstract his graduating class (one of the smallest in St. Charles’ history because of an Hartge ’03 one of six ordained for experiment in operating the school as Columbus Diocese a seminary). It was the only weekend- long anniversary gathering for the class A St. Charles graduate has once again – although there’s a 50th anniversary been ordained a priest in the Diocese of coming up next year. Columbus. 2003 alumnus Mike Hartge If you would like more information, or has added his name to the honored list learn how you can get a copy of his book, of over 335 St. Charles Preparatory he invites you to contact him at capajose@ School and St. Charles Borromeo College aol.com and [email protected]. graduates who have answered God’s call to the priesthood. Catholic Times reporter Tim Puet Joe Copeland and his daughter, Cathy, in Japan during his work as a Fulbright Scholar. recounted the special day in a June 5th

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 85 involved families Alumni News I knew, and that brought back good article. In all, six new diocesan priests memories. It also were ordained by Bishop Campbell on was fun being the Saturday, May 30, 2015 at St. Paul target of ‘Dunk the Church in Westerville. Deacon’ in the dunk Father Hartge, after graduating from tank at the parish Ohio University, was employed by WAIS festival,” he told the radio in nearby Nelsonville, where he did Catholic Times. morning newscasts, was a disc jockey, and In the sold advertising time. After 14 months, newspaper article he went to WSGE, a public radio station he noted how operated by Gaston College in Dallas, grateful he was Newly-ordained Fr. Michael Hartge ’03, prays the Eucharistic Prayer as he North Carolina, near Charlotte, serving for the assistance and his five classmates con-celebrate with Bishop Campbell during their as music director and being on the air for he received in his Ordination Mass, May 30, 2015. (Copyright-Ken Snow). the 2 to 6 p.m. “drive time” slot. journey to the As a radio broadcaster, Father priesthood from Hartge used to bring the news of the many priests day to people in southeast Ohio and in of the diocese, North Carolina. Now as a priest, he’s a particularly newscaster of a different sort, bringing Msgr. Stephan the Good News of Jesus to the people of Moloney, pastor the Diocese of Columbus, particularly of Columbus St. those of the parish to which he will be Andrew Church assigned. and diocesan Hartge told Puet “The priesthood was vicar general, something that was on my heart for as and Father Paul long as I can remember, but the reality of Noble, diocesan choosing a career set in after graduation, vocations director, and I wasn’t ready just then to be a who was his priest,” Father Hartge said. “However, former pastor at that possibility never went away. In time, St. Matthew’s. the glamour of being on the air wore off.” An uncle, Father While home for Christmas in 2008, Russ Tikalsky, Fr. Michael Hartge, ’03, gives a first blessing to his brother, Dr. Frank Hartge ’01 following, the ordination Mass on May 30, 2015. Father Hartge talked with Father Jeff has been a priest Coning, then diocesan vocations director, of the Archdiocese witnesses to God’s grace. We meet new and decided to enter the seminary. “When of Milwaukee for almost 60 years and members of the faithful, and others I look back, I felt promptings from the assisted in vesting Father Hartge seeking for the face of God – people not Holy Spirit all along. I started thinking following his ordination. “Through him, yet known to us by name, but marked I should try the seminary instead of I got to learn about the priesthood on a with the title ‘Christian.’ They long for changing radio jobs to try to be happy,” he very personal level,” Father Hartge said. the gospel message and the experience of said. “I’m excited to be serving a parish the presence of Christ. They hunger for In the article, he describes his as a priest, wherever that might be, and meaning in their lives, in a future that decision to leave radio as “the best choice hope the people of that parish will be stretches beyond death into eternity. They I ever made. It’s a lot more exciting excited to have a newly ordained priest,” seek forgiveness of sins and renewal of bringing the Word of God to people than he said. “In whatever I do, I hope I don’t life.” bringing the secular word.” let my actions somehow get in the way The Bishop also challenged that Father Hartge entered the Pontifical of what God wants. I’m just a conduit “Our zeal is for the good of souls and the College Josephinum in the fall of 2009 through which his grace and mercy can be glory of Christ, not for some comfortable and received master of divinity and delivered to people.” niche,” the bishop said. “Our joy is the master of arts degrees in theology from Father is the son of Frank Hartge, many companions whom we meet on our the college during his formation. His business manager of Columbus St. pilgrimage to the Kingdom.” summer assignments have included Patrick Church, and Judeen Hartge, The Gospel reading for the Mass was parishes across the diocese, including one a third-grade teacher at Gahanna from John’s account of the Last Supper, summer in the Office for Divine Worship. St. Matthew School, from which he during which Jesus told the Apostles, “I At St. Charles he was a member of graduated. He has two brothers, Frank am the vine and you are the branches.” the track team and continues to enjoy ’01 and Joe ’11 and a sister, Molly. He Bishop Campbell told the new priests, running, bowling, and hiking in the received a degree in communications from “By your ordination, you will be engrafted Hocking Hills and at area parks. During Ohio University in Athens in 2007. onto the singular priesthood of Jesus the past year as a transitional deacon, he In his homily the Bishop described the Christ. His mission will be yours. His served St. Matthew, his home parish. “It’s life ahead for these newly-ordained men. voice will speak through your voice. His been a joy and a privilege to work with “The ministry of a parish priest is one of presence will give meaning to your words people I’ve known for so many years,” arriving and departure, although marked and actions. But remember who is the he said. “My first couple of baptisms by a constant, unchanging devotion and vine and who are the branches.

86 St. Charles Preparatory School Herrel ’01 to lead $25M school academic excellence and improve student Dorrian ’53 worth weight in gold performance,” he told Sparling. initiative in Cincinnati The Columbus Patrick Herrel Before joining TMT, he was director Dispatch and ’01 was named of Midwest recruitment for Teach for reporter Joshua CEO of Cincinnati’s America, the New York-based alternative Lim published a new $25 million teacher training program that steered story on August “Accelerate Great him away from law school and into 3, 2015 entitled Schools” in mid- education during his senior year of “Hugh Dorrian May. He had been college. marking half living in Indiana Herrel was elected chief justice of the century at where he was William & Mary undergraduate honor Columbus City serving as the council, which the college describes as Hall” in tribute to vice president “one of its most significant traditions.” He Hugh Dorrian ’53, his service to the of recruitment graduated with a degree in economics and five-decade servant of people of Columbus Patrick Herrel ’01 and selection for public policy. He began his professional Columbus. Ohio. The Mind Trust career as an economics teacher and tennis A certified public in Indianapolis, a nonprofit with goals coach in Charlotte, North Carolina. accountant at the time, Mr. Dorrian was similar to Cincinnati’s Accelerator. He was hired by Indianapolis-based not successful in his election bid in 1965 “I’m really excited to get started. I education reform group The Mind Trust to become city auditor. But after some have a lot to learn and I want to hear to launch and run its charter school coaxing, he accepted an appointment by from lots of different people,” Herrel said incubator, which has raised roughly Mayor M.E. “Jack” Sensenbrenner and in a Cincinnati Enquirer article written $46 million for educational initiatives, the city council to be the city’s treasurer by Hannah Sparling in March. “Every city spending more than $4 million of that on the next year. He’s won re-election 11 has a different perspective and different charter schools and $5.5 million to bring times and held the office for nearly 47 things that are working and really Teach For America, College Summit, years. talented people, and it’s my opportunity Stand for Children and The New Teacher Lim notes in the story that “He’s to just learn a ton on the front end.” Project to Indianapolis. always one of the earliest to work, the one The article notes that the “We’ve seen great schools being who flips the light switch on. He keeps the “accelerator” is a public-private launched, and we’ve seen kids going city’s finances in check, not a tax dollar partnership meant to boost the number of to college that would not have gone to goes uncounted. When he speaks, even high-quality schools open to Cincinnati’s college,” said Mind Trust founder and the mayor listens. His friends call him poorest students. It will involve CEO David Harris. “We’ve fundamentally “Hugh,” but in city hall, he goes by “Mr. partnerships with Cincinnati Public changed the ecosystem of our community.” Dorrian.” Schools, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati The Mind Trust started with less than Lim interviewed several people and charter schools. In five years, the $1 million compared to the proposed $25 who provided insights into Dorrian’s program hopes to double the number of million in Cincinnati, but the overarching personality and work ethic. seats available at high-performing schools goals are remarkably similar: Attract Vikki Vincent, the city’s chief in Cincinnati, from about 5,000 to 10,000. talent and ideas to the area, launch new accountant, said Dorrian can still Five years after that, the goal is to double schools and engage the community in remember things more clearly than most the number again, to 20,000 high-quality education reform. of the staff, even if they happened years seats. In 2012, Forbes Magazine named him ago. “He can catch numbers and out-of- According to the story, Cincinnati as one of 30 education leaders under 30 balances and things that the rest of us are has one of the highest child poverty rates making a significant impact on the U.S. going to be another two hours finding,” in the nation, 53.1%, and at Cincinnati education system. “I’m really excited to Vincent said. Public Schools 71.7 % of students are be a part of education in Cincinnati,” he Brad Marburger, the city’s assistant classified as economically disadvantaged. said. “I’ve got a ton that I want to learn. I chief accountant said “He comes to work However, when it comes to education, want to listen a ton. ... I can’t wait to get before 8 o’clock every day and leaves after CPS has the highest rating among started,” he told the Enquirer. 5 o’clock every day. He does everything by urban districts in Ohio, according to the In looking back, Pat says he has the book; he probably wrote the book.” accelerator. So, part of the plan is to build carried a couple things with him from his Deputy Auditor Robert McDaniel said on what’s already working in the Queen days at St. Charles that have served him Dorrian is a cautious man when dealing City. well: “St. Charles taught me how to work with the city’s finances. “He wears a belt The CEO search committee that hard. From Latin classes to taking notes and a pair of suspenders,” McDaniel picked Herrel consisted of representatives in Mr. Paccioretti’s class…the only way to said. “That, to me, is Mr. Dorrian in a from CPS and faith, business and succeed at SC was to work hard.” nutshell.” philanthropic communities. The Columbus Dispatch story notes “Patrick’s work speaks for itself,” that Mr. Dorrian can be found eating in said Pastor Ennis Tait, a member of the one of three Franklinton restaurants: committee. “Cincinnati is fortunate to Tommy’s Diner, Phillip’s Original Coney have a leader with a positive viewpoint Island or the Florentine. (More often on education. In my opinion, Patrick than not, Dorrian will be eating the day’s has the insight on how to achieve special or having chicken noodle soup at Tommy’s.). He grew up in Franklinton after his family moved to Columbus from Wheeling, W.Va., when he was 2 years old. The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 87 special heroes in life was, and still is, Alumni News Father Paul O’Dea,” he said. “Fr. O’Dea started teaching me when Another insightful comment comes I was a freshman. By the time I was a from another Tommy’s lunch regular. “He senior, he was Principal. I will always told me long time ago, if somebody wants remember that he taught us and preached to buy his lunch, I’m not allowed to take to us that as St. Charles men, we should the money. He said even if God wants to lead by example. He used Jesus as an pay for his lunch, I’m not allowed to take example. I’m sure that I have not always the money.” succeeded in doing so, but I have always In 2002, St. Charles presented Mr. remembered Fr. O’Dea and his teachings.” Dorrian the school’s highest honor, The Vintage Hugh Dorrian. Borromean Medal for Distinguished Read the whole story online at http:// Achievement. An emeritus member of www.dispatch.com/content/stories/ the St. Charles Advisory Board, he is local/2015/08/03/dorrian-on-job-for-50- still asked to attend the group’s Finance years.html Committee meetings to provide his sage advice and knowledge to help the school Aaron Richards ’04 on stage. maintain its strong financial footing. Two St. Charles Alumni to build outside of the United States. The program Mr. Dorrian earned a B.S. in has continually grown and thrived under business administration, with a major Ohio’s first and only Catholic High Adventure Camp and Retreat the leadership of these two St. Charles in accounting from The Ohio State alumni. University in 1959 and has received Center Dan shared, “This camp is unlike countless awards of achievement for In 2001 as students at St. Charles, Dan any other Catholic camp in the country his financial planning and reporting: DeMatte ’03 and Aaron Richards ’04 were because of its unique ‘High Adventure In 1995 Dorrian was honored as a invited to participate in a newly-formed Ministry Philosophy.’ CYSC utilizes high finalist for the AICPA Outstanding ministry in the Diocese of Columbus: adventure activities like jet skiing, water CPA in Government Award by the Catholic Youth Summer Camp (CYSC). tubing, ziplines, rock climbing, paint- American Institute of Certified Public Dan shared with us, “When camp ball and more. This all helps to create an Accountants; in 1996 received the “Ethics first started, Aaron and I served as camp environment where, through dynamic in Government Award” from the Ohio counselors, but after graduating from catechesis, young people encounter Jesus Government Finance Officers Association; St. Charles we began taking on more Christ. They discover how to live a ‘high in 1998, Dorrian was honored with the and more leadership and really help the adventure faith’ - a faith that is deep, “Outstanding Local Public Service Award” ministry grow into what it is today.” contagious, and joy-filled,” he said. from the Ohio State University School of What started off as one simple week Recent studies through the Dynamic Public Policy and Management; in 2000, of camp with 60 middle school students Catholic Institute have revealed that five he received the Lifetime Achievement has grown into an entire eight - session out of six young people will have left the Award from the Ohio Government with more than 1,060 middle school and practice of their faith within 10 years Finance Officers Association. In 1992 he high school students participating and after their Confirmation. But 89% of received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For over 150 volunteer counselors and staff those who do remain practicing their faith the Church and the Pope) medal from members. DeMatte now serves as the identify an event or experience that led to Pope John Paul II. director of evangelization while Richards their faith commitment. Catholic Youth Mr. Dorrian and his wife, Janice, are serves as the director of operations. Summer Camp exists in order to be that long-time members of St. Timothy Parish. In 2007, CYSC was incorporated event or experience for young people – a They have four children: Julia, Margaret, as a 501c3 non-profit organization that faith experience that leads to a strong Mary, and Joe ’89 and 10 grandchildren serves primarily youth from the Diocese faith commitment. (two are SC alumni and another is a of Columbus, but has also hosted campers In addition to its unique philosophy, current student). from across Ohio -- and even some from another thing that sets Catholic Youth He notes in the story that he got his Summer Camp is the success that it work ethic from his father, who was an has seen in the past five years. Camper independent grocery-store owner raising a enrollment has tripled. When asked about family of eight (of which he was #7). “I’ve this success, Dan DeMatte answered: always taught my own kids: you’ve got to “At CYSC, we strive for excellence. We put in an honest day’s work to expect to want to provide excellence in pastoral gain your monetary rewards,” he said. care and safety of campers, excellence in At 80 years-old, he says he doesn’t ministry and adventure programming, plan to retire. “Government is a constant and excellence in care for campers learning process,” he said. “If you see me and families. We work hard to train stop learning, then time to carry me out of counselors and staff members who share here.” this same desire for ministry excellence. Mr. Dorrian has many special I believe St. Charles played a big part memories of his time as student at in the leadership that Aaron and I bring St. Charles and the many friends and to this organization. St. Charles taught teachers he encountered. “One of my very both of us the value of hard work and Dan DeMatte ’03 giving rides on a jet ski at youth striving for excellence in all that we do. camp. I think success comes when man works 88 St. Charles Preparatory School his hardest and strives for personal have always had a personal drive to serve Schilder ’02 rode 3,000 miles to excellence, all the while humbly relying middle school and high school students support an amazing cause on the providence of God.” in catholic schools through our ministry Since its inception, CYSC has efforts. The development of this camp and Three thousand miles is an almost impacted thousands of young people. One retreat center will bless the thousands of unthinkable distance to drive. But John parent shared, “All three of my kids have young people who participate in our camp Schilder ’02 didn’t drive that distance – fallen in love with their Catholic faith programs, It will also allow us to be a he rode it on a bicycle. at CYSC… they are evangelizing others greater service throughout the academic Schilder’s passion for helping others and helping to strengthen our family.” year to Catholic schools looking for a took him on a 3,000 mile, cross-country Another parent shared, “My daughter’s place to host class retreats, leadership bike ride from Columbus, Ohio to San enthusiasm for the Catholic faith after development, and faculty and staff Francisco, California. On June 30th he returning home from CYSC has re-ignited retreats,” he said. took off for the West Coast. His planned the Spirit in us as a family!” “We believe this camp and retreat 3,000-mile journey is to raise money and For the past 15 years, CYSC has center will serve as a tremendous awareness of the St. Luke Foundation for leased a number of camp facilities to compliment to Catholic education,” Aaron Haiti, a nonprofit organization providing serve their campers, but unfortunately, continued. “For the last four years, Dan education, medical care and dignified rental costs continue to rise and facilities and I have been blessed to lead the St. humanitarian outreach in places that no longer meet the increased capacity Charles senior retreats. What we have have been underserved by traditional needs of CYSC. Dr. Vincent Pompili, the seen is a great desire from the St. Charles providers. board chair for Catholic Youth Summer student body for a place to remove In light of the recent reports released Camp recently announced that CYSC themselves from the stress and pace of about wasted NGO funds and the delays has acquired land in Centerburg, Ohio on daily life, and enter into the quiet beauty in rebuilding Haiti after the devastating which to build a permanent home. of nature to contemplate truth and the earthquake in 2010, the St. Luke This will be a first of its kind facility deeper meaning of life.” Foundation stands apart with its long- in Ohio. This wonderful gift was made On the new site, CYSC intends to ties to Port-au-Prince and organization possible by the generosity and visionary build a retreat lodge with an auditorium structure, which is maintained entirely leadership of David and Michele Bianconi. and dining space for over 350 people. by Haitian-leaders. Schilder decided, They are known in Columbus for their Within the lodge there will also be a small through discussions with close friends, civic and philanthropic work, but even Eucharistic adoration chapel, multiple that the unique model on which the St. more so for their dedication and love for breakout rooms, and a Catholic bookstore. Luke Foundation for Haiti is built, is a the Catholic faith, Dematte said. There will be lodging for over 300 people, cause worth supporting. Dave shared, “For Michele and me, including two 40-person capacity bunk- On June 29, he climbed onto his bike, giving to Catholic Youth Summer Camp style retreat cabins, and one 50-person (named Hope after world famous soccer was an easy decision. A gift to CYSC is capacity hotel-style retreat house for star, Hope Solo), left Columbus and an investment in our future Church and adults. There will also be a private retreat began a two-month ride that ended in in the future leaders for the Catholic cabin for clergy to take advantage of San Francisco in mid-August. He couch community. Michele and I have seen first- throughout the year free of charge. In surfed, fended off dogs, adjusted leaky hand the fruits of CYSC. This ministry addition to this, the site will contain a tarps to stay dry in his hammock and celebrates the joy of Catholicism and larger chapel for about 100 people, as made friends along the way! keeps our young people grounded in well as multiple high adventure activity By the time he reached the Pacific their faith, by having a love for Christ opportunities and an enhanced Catholic Ocean, Schilder hoped to have raised at and being HIS followers. CYSC has environment including a Marian Grotto, least $5,000 for the organization and its been searching for the right property for outdoor lake-side chapel, and an area for mission. To date he has raised double several years. When we saw this property stations of the cross. that--$10,093!! He blogged daily to share we knew it was the perfect home. Michele Catholic Youth Summer Camp plans and I are very excited to support this on beginning the construction of the camp project. We feel it will be the cornerstone facilities this fall, with a grand opening for many future Catholic High Adventure scheduled for the summer of 2016. In Camps.” addition to summer camp, these facilities This extraordinary donation of land will operate year round offering parishes, in Centerburg will allow Catholic Youth ministries, and schools a place for hosting Summer Camp to increase its current events. camper capacity and continue to play The entire camp will cost an integral role in empowering a new approximately $15 million; this includes generation of Catholics throughout Ohio. the cost of the land as well as the This new camp is geographically located construction costs. 40% of this has already in the heart of Ohio on a 471 acre plot of been raised in donations and pledges rolling woods and fields complete with a but there is a strong need for continued beautiful 30 acre fresh water lake. It will support. allow Catholic families from across Ohio, To find out more about Catholic Youth and beyond, to experience the first and Summer Camp and Retreat Center, go to only “high adventure” Catholic Campsite www.cysc.com or contact Dan DeMatte, in the United States. Director of Evangelization, at Dan@cysc. Aaron explained: “While at St. com, 614.506.0752 Charles, Dan and I really grew an John Schilder ’02 nearing the end of his Biking appreciation for Catholic education and Trek.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 89 I spent just over two years in Honduras Alumni News serving as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer. When I returned to the stories of the wonderful all-American United States I moved to Milwaukee, people he’s meeting along the way. The Wisconsin where I was a Trinity Fellow epic journey ended September 14, 2015— at Marquette University where I with a crash (read about it and the epic earned my degree in Dispute Resolution last day’s ride at www.bikingforhaiti. while working as the founding College com). Transition Coordinator at Carmen High “I am funding my travels with my own School of Science and Technology.” money,” he wrote, “and 100% of donations “Over my two years there I assisted go directly to the people of Haiti,” he said. 100% of graduates attend their first “The donation page ( https://www.razoo. semester of college (roughly 99% Latino, Liam Carstens ’01 (center), Howard Chakuchichi com/story/Biking-For-Haiti-1?referral_ half undocumented, all on free and (left) of Zimbabwe Association of Church Hos- code=sw ) tells a bit more of the story as reduced lunch). When the program was pitals (ZACH) and L.S. Chiganga, head of the to why I am doing this and even has some complete I started working in the field Operating Theatre at Nhowe Hospital in Zimbabwe, ties to my experience in Honduras.” experiential education.” examine an operating table recently donated by Brother’s Brother Foundation. On the expedition’s donation page “Some of the programs I designed he noted that “since 2006 I have been and coordinated include working with working throughout North and Central students from Iraq in the United States, at Brother’s Brother Foundation, a America in the fields of education and with a diverse group of students and Pittsburgh-based international charity. development. Through these experiences educators in Costa Rica and Panama, According to BBF’s website, it has I have seen both best and worst practices and directing 8th grade class trips to provided over $4 billion of medical in development, aid, and charity. The Costa Rica. Though these programs supplies, pharmaceuticals, textbooks, experience that had the greatest impact participants learned about environmental food, seeds, and other humanitarian on me was the death of a community sustainability, leadership, and about supplies to people around the world in member when I was living in rural other cultures and religions,” John said. over 146 countries since 1958. Honduras. What made this news so In an older posted entry during his In 2014, with the help of gifts from difficult was learning that her death trip he noted that “over the past year I the general public and corporations, could have been prevented with a simple have been picking up small gigs here and BBF sent product contributions to procedure at the local health center. there. Earlier this year I was working as those in need in 60 countries and However, the corrupt local government a consult and program director for college furnished supplies for 270 medical and had drained all funds for their personal students studying abroad with a focus on humanitarian hand-carry mission trips. use, and the health center did not have development in Panama. However, I had BBF is routinely ranked as both one of the the equipment necessary to conduct the been feeling restless. During the last few largest and most efficient U.S. charities. $50 procedure. A life was lost because of weeks of June I threw together an idea BBF invites you to help us help people in greed.” that has been building in my head for urgent need around the world. “It is because of this experience,” John sometime.” The article notes that in his role, said, “that I understand the importance “Since 2002 I have not taken the Liam “coordinates donated medical of ensuring that funds reach those most typical path of most graduates, John supplies with hospitals in the developing in need and that due diligence is required says. “I have taken the motto of being my world. Listening to people with needs is a when selecting an organization to work brother’s keeper to heart and have turned big part of what he does,” the article said. with or before a donation is made. The St. down jobs that are financially lucrative We’re not going into a hospital . . Luke Foundation is an organization that in order to best use my talents to help . using some cookie-cutter approach: I believe in because of its commitment others. I am now asking for help from the [Thinking] this is what works in to the people of Haiti and financial SC community to help me help others.” Nicaragua, so this is what will work in transparency.” Liberia, and this is what will work in the “Through the great generosity of Carstens ’01 named to “40 Under Philippines,” Liam said. donors and friends, the staff at St. Luke 40 Award” by Pittsburgh Magazine Liam earned a degree with Honors in Hospital has saved thousands of lives. St. history (2005) and master’s in social and Luke’s provides access to a wide range Last November, Liam Carstens ’01 public policy from Duquesne University of care for Haiti’s lowest-income families was named by Pittsburgh Magazine in Pittsburgh (2007) and certification in who otherwise would have nowhere to to its 40 Under 40 Award as selected politics and economics from Univerzita turn,” he said. from a nomination pool of more than Karlova (Charles University) in Praugue On the post he noted that most 225 candidates. The magazine said that (2007). of the hospitals crumbled in the 2010 honorees were chosen by an independent Liam is the board secretary for earthquake, and all too frequently panel of judges, comprised of former Global Solutions Pittsburgh, (since international NGOs bring in staff and winners, business professionals and 2013), a group that uses educational volunteers who help, but fail to work with civic leaders. “Winners were chosen and public programming to increase remaining local facilities and fail to leave based on their passion, commitment, international awareness in the Pittsburgh a stronger system when their time in the visibility, diversity and overall impact community. Activities include promoting country expires. Haiti is in need of both on the region,” the magazine said. They human rights, increased international healthcare and economic development were “men and women who excel in engagement, and a greater understanding options he pointed out. their professions while uplifting their of the world. “After I completed my undergraduate communities.” When Carstens was enrolled in the degree from Ohio Dominican University Carstens is the vice president of Policy Analysis and Administration medical programs and strategic initiatives 90 St. Charles Preparatory School graduate program at Duquesne their time, talent and treasure. They were University, he expected he’d have to go devoted member of St. Paul Parish in to New York or Washington, D.C., to do Westerville. They established the John the international development work that & Connie Sauter Family Endowment he wanted to take on. Today, he works Fund at The Catholic Foundation, which to help keep globally minded people benefits St. Paul Parish and the two in Pittsburgh. Serving on the board of are members of the Foundation’s Kyrie directors for Global Solutions Pittsburgh, Bequest Society. The Foundation praised he promotes international education and them for both impacting the future of engagement in the city. Through recent the community and being a good steward collaborations with Global Switchboard, of God’s blessings. The Sauter’s also Members of John Sauter’s ’58 family accept his award, Global Solutions also is providing office established the John and Connie Sauter flanked on the left by Catholic Foundation president, space and support to help other nonprofit Family Endowment Fund at St. Charles. Loren Brown, and to the right by St. Paul the Apostle parish pastor, Fr. Charles Klinger ’61. organizations that promote global Dominic Cavello ’64 noted at the understanding. school’s 2009 Feast Day Mass, when John Liam notes the influence of his was awarded the Principal’s Award for parents and St. Charles on his life: “My Leadership and Service, John’s dedication Mother and Father instilled in me a love and love of the school—in addition to of learning and the importance of serving the other works listed above. “He was others, which are with me to this day. instrumental in the dramatic growth These traits were further nourished and of the St. Charles endowments and in developed during my time at St. Charles. improving the way they were managed.” In addition, I know that St. Charles truly Sauter was a member of the school’s prepared me for further study in college Advisory Board and the Development and graduate school.” Director from1998-2002. Also recognized at the De Gratia De Gratia honors “visionaries” ceremony was 1954 graduate, Dick Stedman ’54, Sauter ’58 Stedman, also called a “visionary” by the Foundation. “He brought much of Two St. Charles graduates, Dick the practical knowledge and expertise to Stedman ’54 and the late John Sauter create the Foundation. He was elected to ’58, along with Bishop James A. Griffin the Board of Trustees in 1985, when the and Robert Morosky, were honored as Foundation was established and has been Dick Stedman ’54 addresses the crowd at the the “Original visionaries of the Catholic an active member of the Trustee Alumni event, with his wife, Libby, to his right, and Bishop Frederick Campbell, to his left. Foundation” last June. group.” The group’s annual Dei Gratia dinner The Foundation also noted that Dick and awards ceremony celebrates the good is recognized as “the unofficial historian John Carroll honors Sullivan ’58 with work accomplished together as Catholics of the Catholic Foundation, as he is Alumni Medal in our faith and it recognizes all that we intimately knowledgeable about how and hope to do for future generations. The Dei why practices/documents were set up in a The roots of the Sullivan family tree run Gratia award (Latin for “By the grace of specific way.” Stedman is also a member deep at John Carroll University. As the God”) annually recognizes an individual of the Founder’s Club, which helped to youngest of Frank and Mary Sullivan’s or family for their faith, generosity and create an endowment fund to support the five children, Mike Sullivan followed his leadership in our Catholic community. operations of The Catholic Foundation. three brothers to John Carroll: William Celebrating its 30th year, the Foundation Dick and his wife, Libby (Elizabeth), (’51), Joseph (’53), and Thomas (’60). has distributed over $86 million in grants, are members of St. Andrew Parish and A native Clevelander, Mike grew up $9.5 million this year alone. established The Stedman/Legacy of a stone’s throw from John Carroll in The award recipient is chosen Catholic Learning Endowment Fund, University Heights. When he was in based on three criteria: First, living which benefits St. Charles Preparatory 7th grade, his father was transferred out the Catholic faith in family, parish, School—“an example of both impacting to Columbus; Mike graduated from St. community and workplace; Second, the future of the community and being a Charles leadership demonstrated in the Catholic good steward of God’s blessings.” Mike’s parents were firm believers in community, both locally and beyond, in Stedman is an emeritus member Catholic education and would be proud to a manner that impacts the future of the of the St. Charles Advisory Board and know he has followed their lead. In 1991, community; Lastly, is a good steward of served as chairman of the school’s 1994 to honor the memory of their parents, the God’s blessings. Capital Campaign. He was presented Sullivan family—including sister, Molly John Sauter ’58, who passed away the Borromean Medal for Distinguished Sullivan Power—established the Frank in 2009, was noted as having originated Service to St. Charles in 2002, is a Knight and Mary Sullivan Scholarship Fund, the idea of the Catholic Foundation and of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great which annually supports John Carroll approached Bishop Griffin, Dick Stedman and is a Knight Commander with Star students. and Bob Morosky about making it a of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Mike’s generous support of John reality. He served on the Foundation’s Sepulchre of Jerusalem. In 1992 he was Carroll, St. Charles, the Jesuit inner-city Board of Trustees from 1992 – 2004. presented the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice parish Holy Rosary St. John’s, the new John and his wife, Connie, raised award (For the Church and the Pope) by Columbus Christo Rey High School, St. 50-60 foster children during his lifetime; Pope John Paul II. Vincent de Paul, and many other causes, they were very charitable people with demonstrate his dedication to others.

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an individual’s Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor- accomplishments Hickam, Hawaii. Prior to his command in their profession, assignment, Colonel Hill was the Deputy contributions to Executive Assistant to the Commander, their community Headquarters United States Pacific and dedicated Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. service to John A veteran of Operations Iraqi Carroll University Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Southern post-graduation. Watch, Joint Forge and Joint Endeavor, This award also Hill earned his commission from the affirms the Jesuit U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. He ideal of being men is a command pilot with more than and women for 3,100 hours in the T-1, T-3, T-37, T-38, others, a principle C-130E/H and the KC-135R/T aircraft. reinforced in the Hill earned his master’s degree in mission of John physical education from the University of Carroll University. Northern Colorado in 1995 and a master’s The Alumni in strategic studies from Air War College Medal is not given at Maxwell AFB, Ala. In 1995 he earned posthumously. a Master of Arts in physical education at John Carroll University’s president, Fr. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., with 2014 Candidates the University of Northern Colorado. Alumni Medal recipient Mike Sullivan ’58. are considered Brian has been decorated with several using the medals and commendations, including: His support and leadership of St. Agatha following criteria: Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Parish in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and his distinguished service to their profession; Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf service as a lector for almost 30 years at exemplary family and personal life; cluster, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, his former parish, St. Andrew’s, speak contributions to their community; and Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force volumes. He has instilled the importance leadership service to the University and Commendation Medal with two oak leaf of serving others, and living the Jesuit the Alumni Association. clusters and Air Force Achievement mission, in his own sons, Michael, a Nominees are submitted by the Medal. 2013 Fordham University graduate, and John Carroll University community A three-year letterman on the Air Matthew, a member of John Carroll’s to a committee of former presidents of Force football team, Hill was a team Class of 2015. the Alumni Association. The committee captain and second-team all-conference Described as a consummate man selects the Alumni Medal winners, and selection at inside linebacker in 1990. for others, Mike is a loyal member of recipients are recognized at the annual Brain was named the most his class, as evidenced by decades of Alumni Medal Recognition Dinner and at outstanding defensive player in the involvement at Carroll, including service Commencement in May. Liberty Bowl in 1991 when the Falcons as a past board member of the Alumni upset the OSU Buckeyes 23-11 (That Association and on numerous reunion Hill ’87 U.S. Air force Academy’s same year he was named as the Air Force committees; frequently chairing his class Assistant Athletic Director Academy most valuable athlete award gift; and hosting alumni receptions in winner during the 1990-91 academic Columbus with his wife, Margie. Col. Brian A. Hill is the vice athletic year.). Professionally, Mike’s highly director at the Air Force Academy. A 1991 His father, Billy Hill, was OSU’s ethical nature and friendly demeanor Academy graduate, he began his current trainer and a former front-line medic in contribute to his successful career as a assignment in June, 2015. Vietnam. A Columbus Dispatch article manufacturer’s representative—trading Hill was the Vice Commander, 92nd featured the accomplishment, noting that his hockey sticks for golf clubs years ago Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force in high school he was considered too small didn’t hurt either! Mike is principal of Base, Washington, from July 2013-June to be recruited by Big Ten football teams. Sullivan and Associates, L.L.C., which 2015. The 92nd Reporter Tim May noted that although was originally established as F.W. ARW provides KC- a little disappointing, Brian’s “head was Sullivan and Associates, Inc., by his late 135 aircraft and in the clouds, or perhaps more accurately brother and all-time favorite business aircrews to support above them. With superior grades he was partner, Bill Sullivan is an emeritus world-wide aerial courted by Ivy League schools. But the member of the St. Charles Advisory refueling and airlift Air Force offered an inducement no other Board. missions in support school could match. “Flying Jets!” Brian Each year, the Alumni Awards of the Department said. program at JCU honors those who bring of Defense. Prior Hill and his wife, Suzette, have one distinction to John Carroll University by to this assignment, son, Brayden, who is a junior at the the superiority of their talents and the Lt. Colonel Brian Hill he was a student Academy. selflessness of their service. ’87 at the U.S. Air Force at the Air War Academy The highest award given annually College, Maxwell by John Carroll University’s Alumni Air Force Base, Ala. Colonel Hill also Association, the Alumni Medal recognizes served as Commander, 96th Air Refueling 92 St. Charles Preparatory School Alumni Notes

undergraduate students within and economics from High Point 2015 each division for first semester University and is enrolled in the 2014-2015 included Garrett JD/MBA program at The Ohio Coby Jacobs is currently a Cargin (finance). State University. freshman at Purdue University where he plans to study aero- 2011 Steven Kaszak of Dublin space engineering. has graduated in August from Andrew Wodarcyk graduated Coastal Carolina University with 2014 from The Ohio State University a degree in accounting. with a B.S. double-major in bi- Alex Manos of Reynoldsburg earned a Bachelor of Business Andrew Hoffman, Andrew ology and psychology and has Administration in finance with a Deak, Joseph Roslovic, Rock- started his studies at the Uni- Daniel Wodarcyk ’08 and Elizabeth Barr were married on May minor in economics, from John ford Bowman and Stephen versity of Toledo Medical School 30, 2015. (From left to right) Groomsmen Patrick Barr ’03, Carrol University in May. McFadden were named to the with two other St. Charles class- Eric Harmon ’05, Michael Wodarcyk ’05, (Daniel), Andrew Fall Dean’s List at the University mates: Alex Dang and Joe Wodarcyk ’11, Brandon Eder, and Sean Goss. The very large Joseph McKinney of Bexley of Dayton. McKinney. St. Charles contingent at the wedding also included Pat Foley graduated from Miami (OH) Uni- ’08, Marshall Sherman ’08, Grant Palmer ’08, Walt Saygers versity with a degree in zoology. Errek Pham was named to the Connor Organ of Dublin gradu- ’08, Jordan Meyer ’08, JD Bourke ’08, John Prunte ’08, President’s List at Youngstown ated from Miami (OH) University Jeff Thompson ’08, John Connor ’08, Duke Vonderahe ’08, J. Schroeder was named to State University for both the fall with a degree in finance. Scott Martin ’08 and Hunter Arey ’08, Drew Connor ’09, Tom the 2014 Football Academic All- and spring semesters during MAC team. A senior, J. plays for Harmon ’11, Garrett Beggin ’11 and Griffin Beggin ’13. The the 2014-2015 school year. He Benjamin Blankartz of Wester- the Western Michigan Broncos, newlyweds reside in San Francisco. is majoring in biology pre-med. ville graduated this spring with a holds a 3.39 GPA and is major- To be eligible for the President’s B.S. in physics from Miami (OH) ing in political science/public List, a student must carry a se- University where he is currently law. He participates heavily in mester grade point average of working towards a master’s de- community service by volun- 4.0 and take a minimum of 12 gree in the same subject. teering at Children’s Hospital, semester-hours of credit. Daniel Crawford of Pickering- as a youth soccer referee, for miracle league baseball and Kevin Summers, majoring in ton graduated from Miami (OH) volunteered at Christmas Car- psychology, premedical studies University with a degree in po- nival For Adventures for Wish and kinesiology, was named to litical science Kids. Miami (OH) University’s Spring President’s List which honors Steve Darnell of Lancaster Last season he appeared in all those who are ranked in the top graduated from Miami (OH) Uni- 13 games and was named Third three percent of undergraduate versity with a degree in history. Team All-MAC, earned an MAC students within each division Distinguished Scholar Athlete for first second semester of the Bryce Dickson of Hilliard is Award and was named a Ray J. Schroeder ’11 had a banner year in 2014 with the Western 2014-15 school year. studying aerospace engineer- Michigan University Broncos. ing at The Ohio State Univer- Guy Award candidate. Other sity with a planned graduation in highlights from the season in- 2013 May 2016. cluded: punting a career-best three 50-plus yarders against Miami University students who Berk Ellis graduated from Virginia Tech, including a long ranked in the top 20 percent of Lynchburg (VA) College with a of 59 (9/27); Being named MAC undergraduate students within degree in chemistry and was West Special Teams Player of each division for first semester awarded the Robert L. Hill Dis- the Week after averaging 41.0 2014-2015 included Matthew tinguished Senior Award, for yards per punt against Toledo, Murtha (Finance) and David academics. He also played including two inside the 20 yard- Sullivan (Microbiology, Pre- lacrosse for Lynchburg which line; launching a 74-yard punt medical Studies), Jerad Kitzler made it to the Division III Na- at Ball State (10/11); recording of Westerville was named to tional Championship game in seven punts, including two over Walsh University’s Dean’s List Philadelphia, though Lynchburg 50 yards long in the Famous for both the fall and the spring lost to Tuft’s 18-10. Idaho Potato Bowl against Air 2015 semesters. Berk is attending graduate Force (12/20). school at Vanderbilt University 2012 in Nashville where he is pursu- At St. Charles in his senior year ing a Ph.D. in chemistry. he earned First Team All-CCL Damon DiSabato ’09 completed his undergrad studies at The Ohio honors; was named First Team Dennis Gleason of Gahanna State University in 2014 (majoring in neuroscience and psychology) All-State Defense was named by Wittenberg Uni- Conor Feldmann of Dublin JJ Huddle and is currently in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at OSU. Michael and Team Special Teams Player Vrabel ’09 earned his undergrad degree in Public Affairs from The versity’s Dean’s List this spring. graduated from University of Ohio State University in 2014. He is now an intern for Ohio House of Dayton and is working at Cardi- of the Year, in 2011; set a state record book for three field goals Representative’s Denise Driehaus (D-Cincinnati) of the 31st District. Erich Groezinger of Gahanna nal Health. in a game; played in the Cap graduated from Miami (OH) City Preps All-Star Game and University with a degree in kine- Sam Foegle of Grove City as a member of the Cardinal’s siology. graduated from Miami (OH) University with a degree in ac- basketball team, he was named Team Defensive MVP. Matt Mignery, majoring in countancy. chemistry, was named to Miami of Westerville (OH) University’s President’s Gregory Gernetzke gradu- Alan Sincich recently graduated from Miami List which honors those who are ated Cum Laude with a B.A. in University (OH) where he ma- ranked in the top three percent entrepreneurship and financial jored in business management/ of undergraduate students with- economics during Wittenberg leadership and minored in en- in each division for first semes- University’s 170th year Com- trepreneurship. He will be mov- ter of the 2014-15 school year. mencement Exercises in spring. ing out West to San Francisco to begin a new job. Miami University students who Will Ghidotti recently gradu- ranked in the top 20 percent of ated with a degree in finance Berk Ellis ’11 Andrew Wodarcyk of Blacklick The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 93 and is attending Toledo Medical Groomsmen included Caroli- School. ans Patrick Barr ’03, Eric Har- He and his wife, Shannon, were Alumni Notes mon ’05, Michael Wodarcyk married in Mother of Mercy 2010 ’05, and Andrew Wodarcyk Chapel in April. Shannon also ’11. There was also a large graduated from the Univer- St. Charles guest contingent sity of Toledo and works as a Compiled as part of the class’ at the wedding, including 2008 teacher of the visually impaired. 5-year reunion celebration classmates Pat Foley, Mar- Sean and Shannon have a son, shall Sherman, Grant Palmer, Joseph (Joey) Karl Kelleher, Dominic DeBellis of Dublin , , born December 1, 2013 in To- graduated from Miami (OH) Walt Saygers Jordan Meyer , , ledo. Still an avid sports fan, he University with a degree in com- JD Bourke John Prunte Jeff , , checks the news for how vari- puter science. Thompson John Connor Duke Vonderahe, Scott Martin ous St. Charles’ athletic teams and Hunter Arey. are doing. He enjoys running Tom Caldwell of Orient works and spending time with his fam- in pharmaceutical manufactur- ily. ing and quality control for Boeh- 2007 ringer Ingelheim. He earned a “I love reminiscing about all of degree in microbiology from Mi- David Foust and Kelley Meyer Michael R. Hessenauer ’06 Carson Reider ’08 my memories and great friends ami (OH) University in 2014. He were married in May at the Co- on a December visit. from the football and baseball remembers fondly the freshman lumbus Cultural Arts Center with teams. In addition, I cannot eat football team going undefeated a number of SC alumni present yogurt without thinking of his first year at SC. (see related photo) . He earned Pat squeezing the cup a degree in city and regional Larrimer ’05 and forcing me to eat it as fast Chris Steiner of Fitchburg, WI, planning (2011) and a master’s as possible.” is in his 2nd year with Epic Sys- in city and regional planning tems in technical services. He with a focus on economic devel- of Columbus earned a degree in physics from opment (2013) from The Ohio Patrick Larrimer is working in the commercial the University of Notre Dame in State University. He is currently real estate field and earned a 2014. the program director at the Ohio degree in psychology from Ohio Community Development Cor- University (2009). David Fruhling graduated with poration Association. a degree in strategic communi- Richard Schnuerer of New cation from Miami (OH) Univer- Matthew Sandor and Emily Ki- York, NY reports that he moved sity at the school’s commence- ourtsis were married June 27th back to the U.S. in Decem- St. Charles was well-represented in May at the wedding of ment exercises on December in Mother of Mercy Chapel. A re- ber 2014 after a spending a David Foust ’07 and Kelly Meyer. The groomsmen, from 12, 2014. ception was held at Via Vechia 14-month work rotation in Lon- left: Patrick Fromuth ’07, Ron Halgado (DeSales ’07) , Marco Winery. Groomsmen included don, U.K. and married on De- Satala ’07, (David), Darren Van Paris ’07 and Tyler Kendall. John Paul King of Hilliard Matthew’s brothers Louis ’02 cember 27, 2014 in Memphis, graduated from Miami (OH) and Michael ’04. TN. University with a degree in ac- countancy. 2006 2001 James Parker of New Albany Michael Hessenauer gradu- graduated from Miami (OH) is a physi- ated from Upstate Medical Uni- Dr. Frank Hartge University with a degree in lead- cian (Wright State University’s versity in Syracuse in May and ership. Boonschoft School of Medicine, began a residency in Internal Class of 2011) serving in the Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in of Tallahassee, U.S. Navy as Undersea Medical Vincent Spahr Rochester, Minnesota. FL, just began his career as a Officer with Submarine Group 7, traffic analyst with Kimley-Horn based in Yokosuka Naval Base & Associates. He earned a civil 2005 near Tokyo. The Hartges moved engineering degree from the there in June with their three University of Dayton in 2015. Kyle Gleich has been a finan- sons and a fourth baby on the cial representative and mentor way. They are on a three-year Christopher Steiner graduated at Western & Southern Finan- assignment, and are enjoying Hanging with Doc from the University of Notre cial Group in Columbus since the sights and sounds of Japan. Brendan King ’14 (right) (attending Hillsdale College and Dame and, postponing work to 2010. He is a member of the majoring in music) and Jacob Stinnett ’14 (in formation at the earn a doctorate in physics, ac- company’s Million Dollar Round 2000 Pontifical College Josephinum) with physics teacher Sarah cepted a job with EPIC (hospital Table, President’s Council and Vandermeer. software provider) in Madison, Medallion Club. He gives of his Dr. Adam Selhorst of LaJolla, WI. time as an ambassador of the CA, was promoted to the posi- New Albany Chamber of Com- tion of executive dean of the of Grove City merce and is a member of the Rod Stitzlein College of Liberal Arts at Ash- graduated from Miami (OH) Ohio State University Alumni ford University in San Diego University with a degree in man- Association and the St. Charles California. In addition, he was agement information systems. Alumni Association governing inducted into the SC Baseball board. He earned a degree in Hall of Fame as a part of the Human Ecology from The Ohio 2008 spring 2000 St. Charles Base- State University in 2009. ball Team in July. Carson Reider of Worcester, Dr. Sean Kelleher of Sheffield MA, reports that he’s been hired of Fairborn works Village has completed his “tran- Brian Vance as the director of social and digi- as a civilian for the United States sitional year internship” at Mer- tal marketing for the College of Air Force as a cost/price analyst cy St. Vincent’s Medical Center the Holy Cross Athletics Depart- for acquisitions. He earned a in Toledo OH and was a radi- ment. degree in finance/global eco- ology resident with the Metro- nomics from Cedarville Univer- Health System in Cleveland. He and Eliza- sity in 2004 and an MBA from Daniel Wodarcyk attended John Carroll Univer- Graham Dolven ’12 (right) (at The Ohio State University) and beth Barr were married on May Wright State University in focus sityand earned a B.S. in 2009 Travis Nixon ’12 (center) (at Savanah State University) visit in 30, 2015 at St. Andrew Catholic economics (applied) in 2011. He and his Doctor of Medicine from late November alongside one of their former teachers, John Church and held their reception and his wife, Jamie, were mar- the University of Toledo College Salyer ’85. at the Columbus Athenaeum. ried in 2005 and have two sons: of Medicine in June 2013.

94 St. Charles Preparatory School Owen (8) and Brennan (3). In group of current and past hon- Adam Cherup moved with his his free time he enjoys soccer, orees.” three children to Merritt Island, alpine climbing, playing the gui- FL, this summer and started a tar and his church. He remem- Baehr, who joined DMA in Oc- new pressure cleaning business bers from his days at SC the trip tober 2014, has contributed sig- in the Brevard county area. He to the Netherlands he took with nificantly to innovating DMA’s has also been doing home the soccer team. membership program and remodeling for the last three member engagement strate- years. He recently started run- 1998 gies. He has spearheaded the ning “Spartan Races” (running development of DMA’s “Com- through mud with obstacles set munity Roundtables” – recently up along the course to man- Patrick Dyer made his profes- debuting in Columbus, Ohio, age). He has completed one sional pitching debut with the with plans in development to of three races towards earning Frontier League’s Joliet Slam- Kevin Smoot ’13 stopped by visit other major US cities. what is call the “trifecta award.” mers on June 30th. The former to visit the Guidance Office’s Among Baehr’s responsibilities The first race was 5.2 miles with standout member of the Car- Ms. Smith in May. He attends is member recruitment and re- 20 obstacles. The next race is in dinal baseball team is 1-0 this the University of Michigan tention for the soon to be 100- Atlanta and is 10-11 miles with summer with an ERA of 5.0 in where he is majoring in year young DMA. 25-29 obstacles. The last race eight appearances as of August will be 13-15 miles long with 30 industrial and operations Dr. Frank ’01 and Abbie 4th. He majored in earth sci- “Matt is an essential part of the + obstacles. engineering. Hartge ence/physics at Akron Univer- DMA team and this honor could sity while a member of the Zips not be delivered to a more de- is a gastroenter- Baseball team. Visit http://fron- Marty Meyer serving recipient,” said Neil ologist on faculty at The Ohio tier.bbstats.pointstreak.com/ O’Keefe, DMA’s senior vice State University’s Wexner Medi- player.html?playerid=829368& president of member engage- cal Center. After earning his un- seasonid=29214 to follow his ment. “I have the opportunity dergraduate degree at the Uni- progress. every day to see Matt’s skilled versity of Notre Dame in 1979, leadership of his team and his he completed all his medical 1997 efforts to advance this organiza- training at OSU and now over- tion and our membership. With sees the gastroenterology train- Conor J. Flanagan of Blacklick that in mind, this well-deserved ing program there. His areas of has joined the financial advisory recognition comes to me as no clinical interest are inflammato- practice of John C “Jack” Ryan surprise.” ry bowel disease, video capsule ’75 and Timothy Ryan ’75 at their endoscopy, and esophageal Merrill Lynch Financial Advisors Prior to joining DMA, Baehr motility disorders. offices in downtown Columbus. served as program manager at Conor joins the firm with more the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Marty and his wife, Lisa, have than 14 years of experience in Florida, where he managed the been married 13 years. They During the summer it has become a tradition for veterans of the financial industry, holding business development and op- met at Notre Dame and she the St. Charles stage to return to help organize the Theatre’s both Certified Financial Planner erations of the second largest is an alumna of Bishop Rose- scenery, stage area and dressing room. From left -- Natalie and Chartered Financial Con- division of the sports academy. crans HS. They have three Belford (a junior at Grove City High School); DJ Matthews ’15 sultant designations. He gradu- Matt has held several mem- children: Kaela (10), Kelsey (7) (at the University of Cincinnati); Finn Cleary ’14 (at Hillsdale ated from Bowling Green State bership-centric positions with a and Keenan (4). He spends his College); Theater Department Director Doug Montgomery; University with a degree in eco- variety of associations. He was free time with his family at their Ada Cleary (a senior at Columbus School for Girls); and Matt nomics and finance. the vice president of member- dancing competitions and per- MacManus ’15 (Miami (OH) University). ship and industry affairs at the formances. He tries to golf as 1995 specialized carriers and rigging much as possible, “which still association and the director of isn’t too often. He and his family membership for InfoComm In- enjoy a beach trip every sum- Compiled as part of the class’ ternational. mer, and “unfortunately I am 20-year reunion celebration missing this reunion due to a trip Next on Baehr’s agenda is to Disney World.” Matt Baehr has moved back to Northern Virginia to become the the newly reinvented and re- vice president of membership branding DMA annual event, Special memories of St. of the Direct Marketing Asso- “&THEN.” This totally new glob- Charles: “The teachers at St. ciation. In addition, in October, al marketing experience for cur- Charles continue to leave a Matt and his wife Mary were rent and emerging generations lasting impression. Monsignors blessed with their third child, of data-driven marketers pre- Gallen and Bennett, as well as first son, Charles Joseph. mieres October 4-6 in Boston. Mr. Cavello, and Mrs. Bostic &THEN will feature superstar helped to ignite the fire for life- Where are they now? In September he was honored marketers and marketing lead- long learning. Many others and Visiting SC over Christmas 2014 break (from left): Zack Pirik As “Forty Under 40” By Associa- ers – including John Legend, I entered St. Charles a boys and ’14 is attending Ohio University majoring in journalism; tion Forum of Chicagoland and Blake Mycoskie, Jon Iwata and left as men, both in intellect, Patrick Brennan ’14 is attending Oregon State University USAE. more, scores of marketing’s fin- maturity, and sense of social re- majoring in forest engineering; Sean O’Donnell ’14 is est brand leaders, 175+ content sponsibility.” The Forty Under 40 Awards attending Vanderbilt University majoring in mechanical labs, sessions and workshops, recognizes 40 up-and-coming engineering; Evan Davis ’14 is attending Ohio University association or nonprofit profes- and a competition featuring Michael Maul of Waxhaw, the up-and-coming martech NC, reports making a career majoring in entrepreneurship; and Thomas Carberry ’14 is sionals who are under the age attending Ohio University majoring in journalism. of 40, demonstrate high poten- and adtech startups in DMA’s change: he is now the director tial for success in leadership recently-launched HOT ZONE. of product engineering for plas- roles and exhibit a strong com- tic jet printing with 3D-Systems mitment to the association man- The Direct Marketing Associa- in Rock Hill, SC. agement profession. tion ((DMA) (www.thedma.org) This year, our 36 full-time teachers is the world’s largest trade as- Brad Ransier of Englewood, “I have been blessed with won- sociation dedicated to advanc- CO, is a product development average 19.2 years of experience derful mentors, co-workers, ing and protecting responsible chef. He has a B.A. in English in education and average 15.7 data-driven marketing. Found- Arts and an A.A.S. in Culinary members and opportunities dur- years of experience AT ST.CHARLES! ing my career,” he said. “There ed in 1917, DMA represents Arts. He and his wife, Kuli, are so many deserving people thousands of companies and have two daughters: Unathi and who work hard every day to as- nonprofit organizations that use Asanda. He enjoys traveling, sist their members, and I am and support data-driven market- cooking, fishing, spending time thrilled to be part of such a great ing practices and techniques. with family. “I don’t have a spe-

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 95 cial memory, but I will say I’ve fantasy football and home im- always taken pride in being part He is the Treasurer and Chair- provement projects. Alumni Notes of the St. Charles Family. As we man of the Finance Committee all know, it takes a person of for the Dan Beard Council of the “Monz (Msgr, F. Thomas Gallen a certain character to make it Boy Scouts of America. He also ’40) told us our junior year that through those halls.” sits on the Board of Directors for we needed to start signing our the Federal Bar Association and names the way we were going 1993 Summer Work Experience in to for the rest of our life. So I Law (SWEL), and was a mem- added the second to my name ber of the 2005 class of the Cin- since I was named after my fa- Mike Pione ’93 and Sarah For- cinnati Academy of Leadership ther.” tin were married on August 29th for Lawyers. Bryce has taught in Mother of Mercy Chapel. Best Managerial Ethics as an Ad- Steve Fairchild lives in Boston man was Mike’s brother, Tim junct Professor at the Northern with his wife, Janice, and their ’89. Kentucky University School of two sons: Alex (a junior at Bos- Business. In his free time, Bryce ton College) and Mark (a senior 1991 enjoys running, and has com- at Boston College High School). pleted a marathon and several Steve has been a financial ad- Marcus Whitehead, of Evans- 200-mile overnight relays. visor with Morgan Stanley for a Art teacher Phil Smith catches up with former students (from ville, IN, reports that he ac- number of years and welcomes left) Dominic Lewis ’14 (at The Ohio State University majoring cepted a plant manager position Charles Kirk and his wife of 21 a call if you are in the Boston in pharmacy), Max Penn ’14 (at Valpariso University where for Fisher Dynamics. This is a years, Rachel, have moved to area. he is a member of the school’s swim team and majoring in plant start up. Kauai, Hawaii. Charles retired history) and Nathan Horton ’14 (attending Franklin University from full-time trading (and 80 Jim Heller of Toldeo gradu- where he is majoring in homeland security) last May. 1989 hour work weeks) in order to ated from Duquesne University mentor other traders and inves- (1989) and has been an account tors as well as continuing his executive with I- Heart Media in Bryce Lenox of Cincinnati has joined forces with a longtime work through “The Kirk Report” Toledo since 2012. He is also a friend to form the litigation bou- now it its 11th year. Rachel has broadcaster for Learfield Sports tique Giles Lenox. The group retired from being a professor of Radio Network since 2009, will focus solely on civil litigation Spanish and now writes books working with University of To- and business disputes. focused on helping teachers ledo in several sports. He says succeed in the classroom. “If he currently is serving as an ap- He practices commercial litiga- you are ever in Kauai and would prentice auctioneer in his spare tion in federal and state courts like to meet up, please let us time. and has extensive first-chair trial know. Alumni Director Louis J. experience, bringing numerous Fabro ’83 regrets that in the last He and his wife, Janice, have jury trials to successful verdicts “Cardinal” alumni magazine, his been married for 17 years and and was previously a partner Rachel’s name was listed incor- their son, William is in the 7th with Thompson Hine LLP, one rectly. Our apologies. grade at St. Francis DeSales in of Ohio’s largest law firms. Toledo, “bitter rivals with SC in Bryce has secured significant 1987 a number of sports I have been results for clients before juries, informed. St. Francis and St. Charles are almost too similar,” Dezmond Brown ’12 and Gino Cannell ’12 started together in judges and arbitrators, and has Nicholas Johnson of Beverly, he said. August at the University of Cincinnati’s Pharmacy School. successfully negotiated multi- MA, reports that after work- million dollar settlements in ing for the State of Ohio for 14 My biggest influences at SC matters ranging from consumer years, he and his family have were: the late Jim Anderson and class actions to complex product moved to Connecticut. There Father Bill Arnold ’70. Jim drove liability and intellectual property he works for the New England home the message about effort. disputes. He has represented in Bank and is also now the busi- “The biggest sin a man ever court and counseled a variety ness continuity manager at Bos- commits is not using the tal- of clients, ranging from Fortune ton University. 500 corporations to individuals ents he has been given,” coach said. “Classic JJ from Chemis- and family businesses, in fed- Jason Knapp of Canal Win- try 1983. Underneath that gruff eral and state trial and appellate chester is a Chef Instructor with exterior was a man who would courts. Bryce also serves as a Hocking College. court-appointed mediator for give you the shirt off his back to help you. He was a tremendous the Hamilton County Common 1985 Pleas Court. influence. Last spring, I spoke to a journalism class at the Univer- Prior to law school, Bryce Compiled as part of the class’ sity of Toledo, and mentioned 30-year reunion celebration Jim as a big influence to this Stevyn Spees ’12, a senior (“Firsty”) at the West Point Military worked in public accounting and attained CPA certification, which day.” Academy, was a member of the school’s 4x400 relay that won of Columbus has enabled him to take on cas- Alan Gummer the Patriot League Championship. The group holds the West has been the office manager es involving accountants and Jim also spoke of Fr. Bill Ar- Point School Record time (3:08.95) in the event and qualified for Gummer Wholesale since accounting issues. Bryce has nold ’70, “who concelebrated for last spring’s NCAA regionals. Shown here are (from left) 2004 after having worked at represented corporations and our wedding mass in Toledo in Jose Santana, coach Ronny Ruff, Stevyn and Clyde Wilson. Music King Entertainment as corporate CFOs and controllers 1998. Father challenged people a DJ (1988-1992) and general in cases regarding accounting to think, about everything. Fr. manager (1991-1992) and as Waiting on the Bride irregularities, and accounting Arnold was more interested in an assistant manager, general From left -- Geoffrey R. Stein, firms facing SEC and the Public the why factor than the textbook manager and managing partner Class of 2008; Joshua P. Company Accounting Oversight answer. If one had an opinion with Max & Erma’s Restaurants Stein (groom), Class of 2011; Board (“PCAOB”) inquiries. on something, have some solid Inc. (1992-2004). Noah D. Stein, Class of 2015- Bryce has assisted in provid- facts to back it up. His econom- before Josh’s wedding in ing reports of such matters to ics and social justice classes He earned a BSBA from The Mother of Mercy Chapel on audit committees, responded to were tough, but he was deter- Ohio State University in1990. June 22nd. broad agency-issued subpoe- mined to get every student to He and his wife, Rachel, have nas, and negotiated favorable broaden his horizons.” two children Gavin (7) and settlements of agency charges. Paige (4 ½). H enjoys coaching Bryce actively participates in a 1980 soccer and flag football, building number of community and pro- Lego’s with his children, playing fessional organizations. Doug Jacobs of Gahanna has

96 St. Charles Preparatory School worked for Nationwide nearly and has remained good friends Rick Dinovo of Delaware has 15 years and currently serves with classmate Chris Jones. been the owner and president as the vice president of Rela- of Central Marketing Associ- tionship Strategies in the Na- Mark Klingler of Blacklick is a ates, Inc. for over 40 years. He tionwide Financial division. He project executive with Bruner earned a degree in psychology earned a B.S. in economics Corporation in Hilliard. He from Xavier (OH) University in from Ohio Dominican University. earned a B.S in mechanical en- 1974. He and his wife, Paula, gineering from the University of have been married for 40 years Doug and his wife, Sandy, have Dayton and an MBA from Capi- and have two sons, Matthew been married for 23 years and tal University. He and his wife, (39) and Andrew (36). He es- have three children: Coby ’15, Michelle, have four sons: Luke tablished the Delaware County daughter, Kendra (a senior at ’11, Logan, Gabe and Ian ’17 Community Market, a 501 (c) Gahanna Lincoln HS) and Jack, and he enjoys sports with sons, 3 which contributes money to a sophomore at St. Charles. house renovations and tandem non-profits in that county. He Doug travels a lot for his job, so bike rides with Michelle. feels that the St. Charles ex- Peter James ’05 on a May his free time is very limited. perience, as a whole, “made visit. He attends Morehouse As far as special memories, he us over-achievers in life in gen- “There are some perks to that: says “three of my sons have eral.” College where he is majoring I get to eat a lot of good food graduated from SC and my in business administration around the U.S. and I occa- youngest son, Ian is currently Scott Wolfe of Columbia, MD, with a minor in Spanish. Matt Baehr ’95 sionally get to golf at some nice a junior. I am always amazed was ordained a priest for the courses around the country. at the number of teachers that Diocese of Columbus in 1980 I’ve had a few fun international taught my sons that either and left the active ministry to trips too. With my family I enjoy taught me or were at SC when get married and raise a family. watching movies at home on we attended. Mr. Cavello, Fr. Along the way he has earned our large screen.... that’s when Bennett, Mr. Lower, Mr. Arends, a psychology degree from The we aren’t driving kids to one Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. Cobbler; Ohio State University (1974), place or another or watching fellow students who are now master’s degrees in theology Jack play soccer. I imagine that teachers: Dave Lawler ’80 and (1977) and psychology (1979) my repertoire is going to expand Jack Gibbons ’81; Our football from The Catholic University to catching some Big 10 football coach back in high school, Mr. of America, Washington D.C., games in West Lafayette now Jeff Pharion… his son is the a Ph.D. in clinical psychol- that Coby is there,” Doug said. Cardinal’s current head foot- ogy (1986) from the California ball coach, Jeff ’86, who has School of Professional Psychol- “I have lots of great memo- coached two of my sons in ogy-Fresno (APA Approved), ries of St. Charles. I have re- football at SC. Bexley Police and a Predoctoral Fellowship, ally enjoyed the fact that my Officer Bob Cull ’63 still works University of California San From left -- Logan Bowling ’11, Matthew Feldmann ’12 and sons have had the opportunity the sporting events, as does his Francisco. fraternity brother, Spencer Clement attended the national to take classed from some of son. It’s timeless,” Mark said. Kappa Delta Rho fraternity convention in Phoenix, AZ. The the same teachers from whom Scott has been in private prac- fraternity brothers attend the University of Toledo where I took classes. A lot of great 1975 tice in Columbia (between Bal- Matthew (chapter President) is majoring in civil engineering memories involve Mr. Cavello timore and Washington D.C.) and Logan (chapter Vice President) in sales and marketing. in some way, and my boys have for the last twenty years spe- Dr. Dan Heinmiller of Gahanna been lucky enough to have cializing in marital and couples is an Osteopathic Pediatrician him for Latin. Monsignor Ben- therapy. He and his wife, Peggy, with Gahanna Pediatrics. He nett was a teacher of great life have two grown children. The earned a degree in profes- lessons. Danny Nye and I had empty-nesters are downsizing sional studies from the Univer- great times at St. Charles. I still and relocating to (warmer) Hen- sity of Notre Dame (1979) and get to see Jim Mackessy and derson, Nevada where his wife his M.D. from The Ohio State Dave Lawler once in a while, has family. University College of Medicine each of whom is a godparent in 1982. He and his wife Kathy to one of our children. I loved have been married for six years. 1967 being on the first varsity soccer team at St. Charles, and I am Gregory Krivicich of Bexley is James Cavanaugh of Arling- glad to see how it’s grown since President and CEO of the Mar- ton, VA, is a partner at Holland the days when our coach would cy Design Group, a web, mar- & Knight in Washington, D.C., read from a “How to Coach Soc- keting and advertsing company. working on Africa infrastructure cer” textbook at our practices.” He and his wife Gail have been development. married for twenty-seven years of Colum- Christopher Jones and they have three children: bus has been working in the 1965 Kelly, Joseph ’11 and Sara. Ben Schlater ’94 of Copely (center) stopped by campus in HVAC/indoor air quality indus- March to visit with faculty, including Principal Jim Lower try. He has an associated de- Compiled as part of the class’ Greg earned a Bachelor of Fine (right) and Dean of Students, Rick Ey ’94. gree in thermodynamics from Golden Reunion celebration Arts degree in Graphic De- The Ohio State University. His sign from Kent State University interests fall to street racing and Charles Campbell of Grove Adam Cherup ’95 (right) (1979) and has won over 220 ‘cars’ in general. He remembers City worked for General Electric following a “Spartan Race” industry awards. the teachers with their proverbs: for 32 years but is now in law with a fellow friend from “Thank you for saying ‘Thank- enforcement. Positions he held the Marine Corps who you’” (Coach Don Henne ’61); 1974 included: service tech; shop introduced him to the event. “Keep your hands out of your foreman, shop supervisor, cus- pockets” (Father Bennett). Timothy de Fiebre is the owner tomer relations specialist, of- of Timothy de Fiebre Designs fice manager, parts department Thomas Jordan of Westerville located on Park Avenue in New manager, field service supervi- is a stay-at-home father who York. Visit his website at www. sor, field service administration keeps busy with various part- timothydefiebredesigns.com . representative and trainer for time endeavors. He and his parts of Ohio, West Virginia, and wife, Linna, have been married Kentucky. 19 years and have three chil- 1970 dren: Xavier (18), Maya (16) He also became a law enforce- and Olivia (12). He enjoys play- Compiled as part of the class’ ment officer in 1974. Over the ing video games in his free time 45-year reunion celebration years, he has held positions of

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 97 patrolman, sergeant, lieutenant, economic self-help specialist for ert Hot Springs, CA, was fea- acting chief, transport, dispatch- a four county community action tured in the August edition of Alumni Notes er, and court officer. Currently agency. Started a grocery co- Hot Springs Life. The story, “A he serves as a Deputy Sheriff operative and credit union and visit with the Humane,” can be with Madison County. conducted consumer education viewed online at http://www. training. palmspringslife.com/Palm- Other jobs he’s held prior to Springs-Life/PetLife/August- this also include being a yard In September, 1970, I married 2015/A-Visit-With-the-Humane/ foreman and counterman and Mary Botta, whom I met at BG, inventory clerk for Carter Lum- and we both spent the next year Bob Hooks of Hinsdale, IL, ber; working in respiratory care and a half in grad school at BG. “Upon graduation from The Ohio for several years and serviced Mary took a job as the first fe- State University in 1971, started Home Care patients and nurs- male news reporter at WTVN in a career with Sargent & Lundy, ing homes throughout Ohio. Columbus in late 1971, so we LLC in Chicago. Sargent & Lun- moved. dy is a consulting engineering He graduated from Ohio Peace firm providing services related Officer Training Council in 1974 I joined the Ohio Consumer to the generation of electricity. and attended many training Protection agency in mid-1972, He is currently a vice president events since then, including an then housed in the Ohio Com- and project director. During his Advanced Law Enforcement merce Department, and served career he has been involved Training school by OPOTA/FBI. as the first director of Investiga- primarily with the design, licens- Jim Borger ’98, Student “I was married to Joyce (the tions and Research. I remained ing, and construction of nuclear Council President his wonderful girl that I took to our with the Commerce Department and gas fired power plants. senior year at St. Charles, graduation dinner) for 38 years, in several roles until identified by continued his ‘public until I lost her to cancer. We had the Rhodes administration and “I am a registered professional Phil Hanson ’07 (left), with service’ into his professional eleven children; nine sons and fired (improperly, fortunately, so engineer in NH, NY, and TX and St. Charles Academic Dean career. On a recent trip back two daughters. Unfortunately, I recovered back pay for the pe- a registered structural engineer Scott Pharion, graduated to the country (the U.S.A.) we lost the youngest daugh- riod before finding another job). in IL. During my career, I have from Marquette University this summer he shared that ter as an infant. Eight of the Thereafter, The Academy for travelled extensively, especially and is set to earn degrees he has been serving with children live in the Columbus/ (some say “of”) Contemporary to Asia and Australia. Begin- in public health and city the U.S. State Department Grove City/Orient area; the old- Problems, the social research ning in 1987, we lived in Seoul, Korea for six years working on a planning from the University working overseas in est son lives in Pennsylvania arm of Battelle, hired me as a and another one lives in Knox program director. project in South Korea.” of North Carolina Chapel Hill. such deadly hotspots as County, Ohio. I have 24 living Afghanistan and Iraq. grandchildren and three great- In the fall of 1976, I enrolled as He attended The Ohio State grandsons.” a full-time student at Capital University and earned a B.S. University Law School. I gradu- in civil engineering in 1971. He “I met and married a woman ated in 1979, passed the bar, married Kathi Clawson in 1968 who had also lost her first and joined a small law firm in and they have three children: spouse. She had no children, so Columbus. In 1981, I joined the Michael lives in Chicago. Molly that was quite an experience for Enforcement Division of the Se- (and Rico) have four children her. She doesn’t always admit it, curities and Exchange Commis- and live in Houston. Mark (and but she enjoys being referred to sion in Washington, D.C. Patty) have two children and as “grandma.” Her name is Lu live in Oak Park, IL. and she retired from the State of At the SEC I held positions of Ohio Newborn Screening Lab. senior counsel, branch chief, “Monsignor Gallen taught math, associate trial attorney and fi- where I did very well, in part be- “I am still active with the Madi- nally, assistant director. Among cause he made it so interesting. son County Sheriff’s Office. I other matters, I worked on the He was an excellent teacher participate in special shooting enforcement case against Mi- and a wise counselor. At this Mike Pione ’93 and his wife, Sarah, and members of their events including The Ohio Po- chael Milken, Drexel Burnham suggestion, I enrolled in engi- wedding party. lice and Fire Games, winning a Lambert and others, as both an neering at OSU and went on to silver medal this year. Lu and I investigator and litigator. Sub- a career that has been most sat- enjoy Cowboy Action Shooting sequently, I was responsible isfying and rewarding.” and I have brought back three for, among others, the Com- trophies from shoots in Florida.” mission’s cases against Waste Tom Horvath of Columbus has Management, Arthur Andersen, been in private (law) practice His memories of SC include: Merrill Lynch, Kemper, Gruntal 1976 to present with empha- “Monsignor O’Dea was very and Co., Michael Milken (again) sis on estates, guardianships, special to me and helped me and MC Group, Cendant Cor- trusts and estate planning. He many times. Father Bennett poration, Tyco International, served as a Magistrate at the was very helpful to Joyce and AOL-Time Warner and nearly Franklin County Probate Court I, and we visited him several 200 other cases. We travelled from 1973-1976 and is a past times while we were dating. extensively and retired from the lecturer for Columbus Bar As- There were a couple of other SEC in 2007. sociation. He graduated from teachers that I would prefer not The Ohio State University in to remember, but they are better He established a consulting 1970 and earned his law degree left unmentioned.” practice to provide financial reg- from OSU in 1973. He and his ulatory and enforcement train- wife, Marcia Richter, were mar- James “Tip” Coffman reports ing to regulators in developing ried in 1970 and have three chil- Cycling for the Cure that he and his wife, Mary, have markets. “I trained regulators dren (two SC grads) and four Tim Hamburger ’84 and his sons Luke and Jack prepare for retired to Santa Fe, New Mexi- in the Gulf States, Northern Af- grandchildren. Tom is currently Tim’s 7th Pelotonia -- a 180- mile bike ride to raise money co. He attended Bowling Green rica, India, Philippines, Ukraine, a member of the St. Charles Ad- to support the fight against cancer. In this short time he State University and earned a Romania and other countries. visory Board and enjoys family, has helped raise over $30,000 for cancer research at the degree in sociology in 1969. I retired again in 2014. Hob- friends, and traveling. Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Since He wrote: “Having a degree bies include traveling, wine and he began his fundraising efforts in 1998 with running and in sociology, I chose the unfortu- food, cars (Porsches), reading, Raymond L. Keller of San An- bicycle endurance events, he has raised over $160,000 for nate option of studying it in grad writing, auto racing, fly-fishing tonio, TX, is a Retired Colonel from the U.S. Army’s Medical cancer charities. Tim stepped away from a successful 17-year school. Coming to my senses and researching family history after a quarter, I dropped out in New Mexico and elsewhere.” Service Corps. He served as a sales career with Pfizer in 2012 to become the president of and joined the War on Poverty U.S. Medical Liason Officer in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Central Ohio Chapter. as a community organizer and Richard Dodd, living in Des- the United Kingdom and has

98 St. Charles Preparatory School been a teacher in the North married in the fall of 1968 and Charles, “I briefly considered East Independent School Dis- have four daughters and 13 pursuing a degree at The Ohio trict in San Antonio, TX, since grandchildren. State University in engineering, 2000. Currently he serves as an with the thought of develop- “instructional interventionist and “I love to read, play bridge, trav- ing a sodium-powered reactor, reading specialist.” el and take the Buckeye Cruise but I fortunately regained my for Cancer every couple years senses and instead obtained a Ray earned a degree from The with Merrill ’65 and Kathy Phel- Bachelor of Science in Business Ohio State University in 1969, an. In retirement I plan on en- Administration from OSU in an MBA from Webster College in joying other hobbies, including 1969. I graduated from Capital 1985, a master’s in reading from woodworking, writing and art. University Law School in 1973, St. Mary’s University (2002) and I am totally indebted to my clerked for the Ohio Supreme an MA (Ed Leadership) from St. St. Charles teachers for instill- Court for two years, then joined Mary’s University in 2003. He ing in me a love of life and faith. the Columbus-based law firm of and his wife, Jeanne Newman, I have enjoyed the friendships Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, were married in 1971 and have of many classmates through the where I have been for the last two children: Raymond, a LTC, many years since graduation.” forty years (OMG!!).” OC, in the United States Army Blast from the Past and Carloyn, a teacher; and Richard Weisgerber of Janes- “I have two wonderful children: Former St. Charles faculty member and administrator, Dr. they have five grand children ville, WI, retired in December Lindsey, who is 32 and who Michael F. Gilligan, visited the SC campus in December while and one great grandchild. Ray 2012. His employment history does some computer magic in Columbus on business. He was elected president of the enjoys restoring antique fire- includes: Western Electric, Co- at Battelle in Columbus, and Henry Luce Foundation in December 2002, having been arms and he remembers Msgr. Adam, who is 28 and is a law- lumbus, as a plant engineering; Program Director for Theology since 1998. He previously O’Dea. Quality Engineering, ‘70 -’75; yer in Fairfield, California, out- served at the Association of Theological Schools (ATS); Diamond Power, Lancaster - side of San Francisco and close as Academic Dean of the Pontifical College Josephinum; Jim Knapp of Westerville has Quality Engineering, ‘75 -’78; to Napa Valley (great location had a 40+year teaching career. Parker Pen Company, Janes- Adam!).” and as teacher and administrator in the Catholic Diocese He began at St. Cecilia grade ville WI, ‘78 -’98; Q Engineer, of Columbus. He received a B.A. from Duke University and school (1969-1972), moved Quality Manager, Business Unit “As many of you know, in Janu- a M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia. to Reynoldsburg City Schools Manager & Quality Manager. ary 2011 we lost our classmate He is chairman of the United Board for Christian Higher (until 1977), spent nine years Gillette (purchased Parker Pen) and friend Tom Boyle. Sev- Education in Asia, and serves on the board of the Council as principal at Our Lady of Per- moved to Boston, MA; ‘98 -’02 eral months later, my wife of of Independent Colleges. Dr. Gilligan taught at SC on three petual Help in Grove City, and Project Mgr in R&D SI Tech- 30 years, Nancy, passed away. different occasions: 1972-1973; 1975-1979; and 1983-1985. was appointed as principal of nologies, Janesville WI, ‘02-’06, After Nancy’s death, I started Granville Elementary in 1986. Production Manager Gilson going regularly to the Tuesday In 1999 he became the super- Inc., Madison WI, ‘06 -’12 re- night gathering of our Colum- intendent of Columbis Local tired Dec, 2012. bus class members organized Schools in Lorain County for initially by Jackie Ryan and con- five years and Berkshire Local He earned a degree in civil en- tinued by Sean Maxfield. Susie Schools for three years. gineering from the University of Boyle, Tom’s wife, sometimes of Dayton, and took master’s came to these gatherings. In After retiring in 2008 he returned courses in industrial & systems 2013, Susie and I (the widow in 2009 to full-time work as direc- engineering at The Ohio State and the widower!) started dat- tor of Clinical Field Experience University and several of its ing, beginning a relationship at Kent State University where branches. He and his wife, Ma- which has grown stronger and he served until March of 2014— rie celebrated their 45th wed- continues to this day. and retired again. Jim earned a ding Anniversary this year. They I still get together on many degree from St. Charles Borro- have two children: Michael, a Tuesday nights in Columbus meo College (1969), a master’s doctor of pediatrics and director with some of my St. Charles from The Ohio State University of Residents, Milwaukee Chil- Class of ’65 buddies, whom I (1974) and has performed post- dren’s Hospital (Mike is married consider among the best friends Father Jonathan Wilson ’92, pastor of Church Of The Blessed grad work at Ashland University, with 2 daughters); Kristina - I have. And yes, I still remember Sacrament in Newark, served as the Main Celebrant for Boston College and OSU. teaches sciences at the Univer- the chemical reaction that oc- the liturgy of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on sity of Wisconsin - Rock County curs when sodium is thrown into December 8, 2014. He and his wife, Barbara, have campus. They have two grand- water.” been married since the sum- daughters age 12 and 8. mer of 1974. They have twin Bill Zapp retired from the Su- daughters (35 years-old) and In his free time he watches his preme Court of Ohio in 2009, five grandchildren. He’s in- granddaughters play sports - where he was the Court’s volved in various church ac- soccer, basketball, volleyball mediation counsel. In 2010 tivities and neighborhood clubs and dance. He is a retired curler and 2011, he mediated court and the two enjoy traveling and (10 years of curling), plays some cases privately, and in 2011, visiting their grandchildren. “St. golf (not very well), gardens and the Franklin County Treasurer Charles taught me the value of likes to travel. hired him to represent him on hard work and scholarship. It the Franklin County Board of also cemented the place that He has many good memories Revision, which determines our Church has in our lives. and times with friends; baseball complaints concerning real es- Msgr. Gallen was that special with Coach Jack Ryan; math tate tax valuations. “During teacher for me. He was truly a with Msgr. Gallen; sitting on the the course of my employment, great man.” bench for basketball games in I advised the Board on creating the old dark gym; going to the a mediation program to resolve Joseph McAndrews of Lithop- Chapel when JFK was shot; its huge docket of cases amica- Aaron Quinichett ’88 of olis, attended The Ohio State “Stolen bust of Kennedy Ca- bly, reducing its backlog from Atlanta on a visit to campus University for two years before per” - bad rap for class of ‘65; 15,000 cases to under 4,000. in late October 2014. he started working at N. Was- and the election night party and Well, I worked myself out of a serstrom & Sons in Columbus in more fun/trouble. I had a job, and the Treasurer, being a August, 1967. He is now senior very solid college prep educa- sound administrator, eliminated designer in engineering and has tion that helped me with college my position, since the docket worked at that capacity for 48 and my professional life.” now was manageable with the years. He is looking forward to staff the Board had in place be- retirement in January, 2016. He Thomas A. Young says that fore my hiring. I guess I retired Bryce Lennox ’89 and his wife, Susan King, were upon graduation from St. again.”

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 99 “Now I consult with tax attor- neys on legal issues and me- Alumni Notes diate cases privately. I will also resume my role as docent at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, leading groups interest- ed in the history and art of the center.”

“I just returned from Madagas- car after a visit with my young- est son, who is in the Peace Corps. This was truly an ad- venture of a lifetime. I am also keeping up, and keeping out of breath, with my first grandson, who is, along with my oldest son and his wife, living with me after my son finished his service in the Navy and before they move into their new home. By the way, DeLeo returns Home 1984 grad Brian Stiltner brought his family to see the campus the grandson is named William, One of the finest actors to ever appear on the St. Charles on a trip through Columbus. He is the chair of the department I think after me. To complete the stage, Bernie DeLeo from the class of 1979, returned to of philosophy at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. picture, my middle son will com- Central Ohio this summer to visit with his old drama director, plete a degree in biology this fall Doug Montgomery. An accomplished writer and playwright, after serving seven years in the DeLeo is now directing high school drama in Viginia, outside Army, with 39 months of service of Washington, D.C. in Iraq.” 1956

Jerry Rankin of Thornton, PA, reports that he is currently teaching two classes a day at Regina Luminous, a small Catholic school K – 12, Down- ingtown, PA. “I teach Latin II, Caesar and the Vulgate, and AP calculus. In 2008 I closed down my consulting actuarial business when I got a master’s Kellogg Presentation Attendees degree in sacred scripture from St. Charles Advisory Board member, Craig Lee ’77 (left), with St. Charles Borromeo, Philadel- St. Charles Advisory Board Chairman Paul Heller ’82 (right) phia. The seminary offers eve- and Derek “Magic” Sharp ’82, one of the best basketball ning courses for laypeople. I had players ever to play for St. Charles. hoped to become a high school Dr. Joseph L. Borowitz Jerry Rankin ’56 visited religion teacher but I never got ’50 recently published school in December. a job interview. Stubbornly I “Spirituality and Your went to West Chester University Health.” and got PA certified in Spanish, mathematics and social studies. I took review courses at WCU in Latin. At last I’m teaching.”

Gerard Barrow ’72, St. Charles Alumni Association governing board member shows classmate Pat Goodman Walt Plank Field on a trip to Columbus from Chesapeake, VA. Pat was All-State in football his senior year with the Cardinals.

80% of this year’s student body is Roman Catholic, coming from 45 Golden Get Together parishes, representing 39% of the Gathering for their annual Christmas Luncheon at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio, on December 4th were 1952 classmates (from left) Frank Spiers, John Holocher, Dr. Bill diocese’s 23 counties. Hunzicker, Dr. Tom Miller, Art Lee, Chuck King, John LeVally, John O’Brien, Don Jackson, Ron Eifert, Ed Alten, Dr. Don Schuele, Jack O’Reilly and Dr. Jim Pardi.

100 St. Charles Preparatory School Museum New life for former Upper Chapel altar and cabinetry St. Charles alumni director Louis J. Fabro ’83 took original inspiration for the St. Charles Museum after having visited the Jubilee Museum, housed above the St. John’s Soup Kitchen in the former Holy Family grade school building at the corner of Route 315 and West Broad Street. Fabro has maintained a friendship with Al Schmitt ’55 of Sequim, WA stopped by his alma the museum’s originator and guardian, mater in mid-September on a road trip across the United States. While in Columbus the former Fr. Kevin Lutz. airline pilot was also having lunch with several When the Holy Angels Library of his classmates at Plank’s Café on Parsons. renovation project got underway, Fabro He was selected to the Columbus Dispatch’s noted an opportunity to give new lives to All-Central Catholic Team in his senior year and several items that were once important brought with him the official recognition to donate to the museum. He holds a special memory of pieces of the working of the Chapel and being selected by Msgr. Paul O’Dea to serve as the its storage areas. school’s representative to Buckeye’s Boys State. Louis’ intent in contacting Fr. Lutz was to save and bring new life to items that the school was unable to keep or The reconstructed altar in St. Mary German store properly anymore. At Louis’ request, Village’s Adoration Chapel. Father came out to the school for a visit. Upper Chapel . When the Upper Chapel By the time he left, the two had found was converted into Holy Angels Library in homes that will help preserve the history 1993, the altars were disassembled, along of St. Charles – in the Jubilee Museum with other elements around the altar, and and Fr. Lutz’s parish, St. Mary’s in the pieces stored. German Village. One of the altars was re-assembled First, Louis hoped to find homes for and serves as the focal point of the St. some special books stored in the Choir Charles Museum. The altars supported Loft of the “Chapel.” The Latin texts were statues of Mary and Joseph and those in the school’s first library and stored are now displayed in the school’s Main away after being slightly damaged in Hallway outside the stage entrance to January 1959 when “The Flood” waters the Robert C. Walter Student Commons. overran the library when it was housed Father said he had special plans for the in the space below the Theater in what is altar: it would be the centerpiece for the In celebration of the Golden Anniversary of his now The Cavello Center. The books will German Village parish’s new adoration graduation, Mike Wyss ’64 presented the school be cared for and displayed at the museum chapel. his class ring in January following his 50-year downtown. “I can’t thank you enough for being Class Reunion. It is displayed in the St. Charles Another set of items being considered Museum alongside numerous others that have mindful of me, St. Mary’s and the Jubilee been donated over the last five years. for reclamation were in the “upstairs” Museum, “ he wrote to the Fabro, Lower sacristy, located up a set of back stairs and school . “You are preserving the above the “Upper Chapel’s” (now Holy history of St. Charles.” Angels Library) apse. They had not been used since the Chapel was deconsecrated. The room held two sets of unused wooden cabinets that once held priest vestments. Fr. Lutz noted that St. Mary’s sacristy had some old metal shelving that wasn’t very practical. So principal Lower offered them to Fr. Lutz-provided he could arrange for their removal and transportation. Father was happy to oblige. At the Platinum Reunion there are always a But the room also held a special The beautifully refurbished Sacristy cabinetry. number of tables displaying artifacts, Carolian treasure: laying on the floor of the newspapers and hundreds of photographs sacristy next to the cabinets was all the chronicling the history of the school’s faculty, individual pieces of a beautiful marble buildings, athletics and other extracurricular goings-on. This table featured items related to the side altar, one of two originally in the school’s baseball team.

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Graduates of St. Charles, spouses and parents: We would like to provide your St. Charles memorabilia a loving and safe home in the St. Charles Archive Room or in the new St. Charles Museum in As always, the annual Spaghetti Dinner held last February featured a massive display of memorabilia for the school’s Tower Room. folks to look over on their way in and out of the Walter Student Commons. We’re looking for items such as athletic and stage programs, school rings, Carolian newspapers, athletic apparel, school-related photographs, personal photographs, diplomas and copies of Behind Those Arches, the school’s original yearbooks.

NOTHING IS TOO NEW, OLD, OR INSIGNIFICANT! Contact Louis J. Fabro ’83 at lfabro@ cdeducation.org or 614-252-9288 ext. 21 about items or send them to his attention at 2010 E. Broad Street, Over the summer the storage area above the Multi- Cols., OH 43209-1665. Purpose Room was cleaned out, including an area obscured from view by the HVAC/Heating Units housed there. Mixed in with an assortment of team athletic photos from the 1980s to the present and an assortment of trophies were some priceless pieces of SC athletic history: plaques recognizing those who were selected annually for the Babe Ruth Foundation Sportsmanship Award (1951- Aquinas College High School Alumni Association 1959) and two recognizing Agonis Outstanding President Louis Nobile (AQ ’57) granted 1949 Scholar-Athletes from 1948-1959 and 1971-1987. St. Charles Alumnus Louis V. “Lou” Fabro a great honor last fall following his passing in early September. The ACHSAA granted Lou the honorary designation of “Alumnus, Aquinas College High School” for the support he showed to that school and its alumni during his lifetime. Lou, a past president of the St. Charles Advisory Board and 35-year member, promoted a strong friendship between the two schools and helped organize joint SC-Aquinas class reunions, the last in 2009.

In the spring of 1985, sophomore Kevin Delaney and his family moved away from Columbus to Connecticut. Since then he has kept a number of theater-related items from that year and sent them to St. Charles in January. Many were from the production of Camelot, on which he worked on the set construction and stage crew (his brother, Joe, was the lead actor, “Arthur”). Among the items he sent were a PR wall poster, ticket stub, invitation to a post-play party and a program signed by the The organ that Msgr. F. Thomas Gallen ’40 played cast (including a couple of the girls who also left at past Spaghetti Dinners was front-and-center for their phone numbers!). guests entering the Walter Student Commons at last February’s event.

102 St. Charles Preparatory School In Memoriam In Memoriam Roll Michael F. Colley ’54; Political leadership and John J. Smith, Class of 1961, September, 2013. Joseph E. Little, Sr., Class of 1955; Father of Joe Little, Jr. ’89, October 23, Community Involvement 2014. hallmarks of his life. Jan A. Jancosek, Class of 1978, October 30, 2014. 1954 graduate Fr. William J. Metzger, Prep Class of 1955, College Class of 1959, brother of Mike Colley died Msgr. Robert E. ’52, cousin to Fr. John ’46, November 4, 2014. peacefully on June 21, 2015 following a Kevin Donahue, Class of 1955, brother of Brian ’55 and Dennis ’59, December more than 20 year 16, 2014. courageous struggle Father John L. Metzger, Prep Class of 1946, College Class of 1963, cousin of against Parkinson’s Fr. William J. ’55 and Msgr. Robert E. ’52, January 11, 2015. Disease. Josh Jarman of The Father Joseph P. “Patrick” Byrne, Prep Class of 1946, College Class of 1950, Michael A. Colley ’54 Columbus Dispatch January 20, 2015. noted in a story the Roger D. Knott, Jr., Class of 1960, January 28, 2015. following day that Mike was responsible “for shepherding the Franklin County Aloysius J. “Al” Nehr, Class of 1952, February 6, 2015. Republican party through its period of greatest growth.” Colley served as its Colin D. Devine, Class of 1994, February 13, 2015. party leader for more than 25 years. Rodney J. Ralston, Class of 1984, brother of Rick ’75, Ron ’76, Rob ’79, Randy In the article, Jo Ann Davidson, ’82, Russ ’88 and Rex ’89, January 14, 2015. who served as the county party’s vice chairwoman during Colley’s tenure said Monsignor Thomas G. Bender, STL, Prep Class of 1944, College Class of 1948, that he quickly established himself as February 4, 2015. “someone with a knack for recruitment. Dr. Richard Dobbins, Class of 1951, February 24, 2015. He would work tirelessly to match the perfect candidate to a race, and was not Pasquale S. “Pat” DeSantis, Jr., Class of 1953, February 28, 2015. afraid to make tough decisions.” She noted that Colley instituted a tradition David T. Hall, Class of 1941, brother of Phil ’47, March 5, 2015. of the party endorsing candidates in Donald Sapp, Class of 1959, March 13, 2015. primary elections, something that’s not always done in other counties — nor is it J. Daniel Cassidy, Class of 1952, April 27, 2015. always popular,” she was quoted. Thomas J. Fox, Class of 1948, April 10, 2015. Jarman noted that Mike’s “work ethic and attention to detail were put to use Kenneth A. Gangloff, Class of 1953, May 12, 2015. as campaign manager in local and state elections, and in 1978 he took over the George R. Bright, Jr., Class of 1957, June 6, 2015. chairmanship of a party that was just Chad Rankin, Class of 2011, brother of Marc ’14, June 7, 2015. gathering steam. In all, Colley served as the campaign manager for 17 local, state Michael F. Colley, Class of 1954, June 20, 2015. and national candidates.” Sam Marable, Class of 1975, June 29, 2015. His obituary was a testament to a long and accomplished political life. James A. Shaw, Class of 1999, Friday, July 10, 2015. Born in Youngstown in 1936, he attended St. Mary Magdalene School on Patty Kletzly, wife of the late Ernest P. Kletzly ’53 and mother to Michael ’85 Columbus’ west side and at St. Charles he and Matthew ’88, and former member of the St. Charles Advisory Board, July 25, played on the football and baseball teams. 2015. At The Ohio State University, he served Michael J. McCabe, Class of 1975; father of Collin ’06 and Kevin ’08, July 10, as the chapter president of the Kappa 2015. Sigma fraternity (1957-1958) and was a member of the Buckeye’s baseball team. Reverend Father Harold E. Schneider, former faculty member and graduate He earned undergraduate and Juris of St. Charles Borromeo College Class of 1956, August 1, 2015. Doctoral degrees from Ohio State and served in the Ohio National Guard Requiescant in Pace and as an assistant prosecutor in the Columbus City Attorney’s Office. He began a very successful career in private practice joining George Tyack and Paul Scott to form Tyack, Scott and Colley.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 103 In Memoriam Subsequently, he completed his legal career at Colley, Shroyer and Abraham. Colley became active in politics and in 1967, helping to organize the CapCity Young Republican Club. Detailed organization and grassroots mobilization would become the hallmarks of his early successes in politics, his obituary noted. He was elected chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party in 1978, a post he held for 26 years. He served as chairman of the Ohio Republican Party from 1982 to 1988, and was a member of the Republican National Committee from 1982-2004, having attended 10 national conventions as a delegate. He concluded his service to the public as a member of the Franklin County Board of Elections from 2003 to 2012. Father Harry Schneider in his element -- Art Class -- with (from left) St. Mike’s unparalleled persuasiveness Charles students Rhett Plank ’74 and the late Mark Schaefer ’75. and firm communication style earned games and National Championship he completed his college studies in 1956 legal victories for his personal injury, games, as well at many of the Buckeye and his philosophical studies in 1958. He medical malpractice and product basketball games including Final Four entered Mount Saint Mary of the West liability clients and the accolades of his appearances. Seminary (Norwood, Ohio) and completed peers. From 1971 to 1972, he served His Mass of Christian Burial was held his theological studies in 1962. On May concurrently as president of the Ohio at St. Andrew Catholic Church and he 26, 1962 at Saint Joseph Cathedral he Academy of Trial Layers and the Franklin was laid to rest at St. Joseph Cemetery. was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest by County Trial Lawyers Association. He In the Dispatch article, Jarman noted Bishop Clarence Issenman. would later serve as president of two how Mike’s long-time friend, Edward During his 52 years of priestly leading national legal organizations, the Whipps remembered Colley as someone ministry and service to Christ and His Association of Trial Lawyers of America who loved the outdoors and spent hours Church, Fr. Schneider served as Associate (1978-79) and the American Board of enjoying the beauty of nature at his Pastor, St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus); Trial Advocates (1997), the only person home along the Scioto River. “He was Associate Pastor, Holy Family Parish to have ever headed both prestigious just well-known and well-loved by people (Columbus); Associate Pastor, Corpus organizations. throughout the country,” Whipps said. Christi Parish (Columbus); Instructor, Colley’s leadership extended well Both Shroyer and Colley’s friend and Saint Joseph Academy (Columbus); beyond law and politics, including former secretary Suzanne Brown said, Administrator pro tem and Associate working with many community service despite the rough-and-tumble of politics, Pastor, St. Mary Magdalene Parish organizations. He helped form Directions Colley always had a compassionate heart (Columbus); Faculty Member at Saint for Youth and Families in 1968 which has for his employees and those closest to Charles Preparatory School in Columbus its roots in the Franklin County Juvenile him. (1969-1980); Associate Pastor, Saint Probation Council. Cecilia Parish (Columbus); Administrator Michael served on the Ohio Board of pro tem and Pastor, Saint Leonard Regents from 1982-86, and was appointed Rev. Harold E. Schneider Parish (Heath), where he retired from in in 1991 to a nine-year term on the Board 1998. Fr. Schneider remained active in of Trustees of his alma mater, The Ohio Reverend Father Harold Eugene his retirement, assisting at a number of State University, serving as the chairman Schneider died on Saturday, August parishes including St. Matthew Parish of the Board in 1999-2000. During his 1, 2015 while in residence at Mother (Gahanna) and Holy Spirit Parish tenure as a Trustee, the university Angeline McCrory Manor following a (Columbus). enjoyed a continual growth in its national battle with cancer. Fr. Schneider was one of seven rankings to becoming one of the nation’s The son of Philip and Catherine children; he is survived by his brother, top public universities. As a Trustee, he (McCabe) Schneider, he was born July Philip of New Hampshire; and many was an integral part of the selection of 26, 1928 in Newark, Ohio. He was nieces, nephews, and cousins. two outstanding presidents with whom he baptized at Saint Francis de Sales Parish worked closely including, E. Gordon Gee (Newark) where he also attended and and William English “Britt” Kirwan. graduated from elementary and high Throughout his lifetime, snow, rain school. He earned a bachelor’s degree or shine, Michael was also a fixture at in fine arts from Ohio State University virtually every home and away OSU in 1952, later entering St. Charles football game - regular season, bowl Borromeo Seminary in Columbus where

104 St. Charles Preparatory School Father William J. Metzger Father John L. Metzger survived by a sister, Sister Mary Alice Metzger, OSF; and a brother, Brice. Other The Funeral Mass Father John L. survivors include three cousins – Msgr. for Father William Metzger, 86, died Robert E. (Prep School 1952) and Fathers J. Metzger ’55, 77, Sunday, Jan. 11, at Richard L. (College 1963) and Stephen A. who died Tuesday, Mother Angeline (College 1966) Metzger – who are priests Nov. 4, was held McCrory Manor of the Diocese of Columbus. Another Friday, Nov. 7 at in Columbus. His cousin, Father William J. Metzger (Prep Junction City St. funeral was held 1955, College 1959), died on Nov. 4, 2014. Patrick Church. at 11 a.m. Friday, Burial was at St. Jan. 16, at Junction Father Patrick J. Byrne Patrick Cemetery. City St. Patrick Father William J. He was born April Father John L. Metzger Church, with Father Patrick J. Metzger 18, 1937 to the Bishop Frederick Byrne, 86, died late Robert and Campbell as principal celebrant, retired Tuesday, Jan. 20. Mary Elizabeth Metzger, and received Bishop James Griffin and other diocesan He was born March a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from priests concelebrating, and his cousin, 14, 1928, to the late St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (1959) Father Richard Metzger, as homilist. Francis and Mary in Columbus and a theology degree from Burial followed immediately in the parish (McCarthy) Byrne. Mount St. Mary of the West Seminary cemetery. He was a graduate in Norwood. He was ordained a priest He was born May 5, 1928, in of Columbus on Dec. 22, 1962 by Bishop Clarence Zanesville to the late John and Alice Sacred Heart Issenmann at Columbus St. Joseph (Boley) Metzger. He graduated from School, St. Charles Cathedral. Columbus Holy Rosary School in 1942 Preparatory He served the diocese as pastor at and Columbus St. Charles Preparatory Father Patrick J. Byrne School (1946) Columbus Holy Rosary (1972-76), LaRue School in 1946, earned a bachelor of and St. Charles St. Joseph (1976-81), Waverly St. Mary science degree in business administration Borromeo Seminary in Columbus (1950), (1985-98), and Dresden St. Ann and from The Ohio State University in and St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Mattingly Settlement St. Mary (1998- 1950, and was employed by the U.S. Pennsylvania. He was ordained May 2001) churches. He also was an associate Geological Survey (1949-1952), the Farm 28, 1955, by Bishop Michael Ready in pastor at Columbus St. Agatha (1963- Bureau Cooperative Association (1952- Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral. 66), Circleville St. Joseph (1966-68), 1959), and H.G. Snyder and Associates He spent much of the later period of Westerville St. Paul (1968-72), Columbus (1959-1960). He then began theological his priesthood as a chaplain at Veterans St. Anthony (1983), the Perry County studies, earning degrees from St. Charles Administration hospitals in St. Cloud, Consortium of Parishes (1984-85), Dover Borromeo Seminary in Columbus in Minnesota (1975-78), Indianapolis (1978- St. Joseph (2001-03), and Columbus St. 1963 and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of 83), and Miami (1983-97). He retired from Agnes (2003-07), and administrator at the West in Norwood in 1967. He was active ministry in 1998, and recently had Newcomerstown St. Francis de Sales ordained by Bishop Edward Hettinger at moved to an assisted living facility in (1983-84). Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral on May Naples, Florida. In addition, he taught at Columbus 27, 1967. In the Diocese of Columbus, he served Bishop Watterson, Chillicothe Bishop Father Metzger was pastor of as pastor at Newcomerstown St. Francis Flaget, and Columbus St. Francis DeSales Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul de Sales (1966-69), Portsmouth St. Mary high schools, served as director of the (1976-81) and Corning St. Bernard (1969-72), and Westerville St. Paul Confraternity for the South Central (1995-98) churches and associate pastor (1972-75) churches, and associate pastor Deanery, and provided spiritual direction of Columbus St. Augustine (1967-69), at the cathedral (1955-56), Lancaster St. for seminarians at the Pontifical College Columbus St. Philip (1969-72), Columbus Mary (1956-58), New Lexington St. Rose Josephinum. During his retirement, he Corpus Christi (1972-76), Lancaster (1958), Columbus St. John the Evangelist spent seasonal time in Florida, where he St. Mary (1981-86), and Zanesville St. (1958-63), Delaware St. Mary (1963-64), assisted at Our Lady of Light Parish in Nicholas (1986-90) churches, and of the Columbus Holy Rosary (1964-66), and Boca Grande. Perry County Consortium of Parishes, Columbus St. Ladislas (1966). He is survived by three brothers who consisting of New Lexington St. Rose, He served in the Army Reserve are priests of the Diocese of Columbus: Junction City St. Patrick, and Corning from 1961-88, retiring with the rank Msgr. Robert Metzger ’52 and Father St. Bernard churches and the Church of of colonel. Before becoming a full-time Stephen Metzger, both retired, and the Attonement in Crooksville (1990-94). military chaplain, he was chaplain at Father Richard Metzger, pastor of He also was a teacher at Columbus St. the 449th General Hospital at Fort Groveport St. Mary Church; two other Francis DeSales (1967-69) and Columbus Hayes in Columbus and with the 2291st brothers, Michael and Charles; a sister, Bishop Hartley (1969-72) high schools and Army Hospital Company in Columbus. Mary Anne; and a foster sister, Nida was moderator of the Diocesan Council of He also was a teacher at Columbus St. Riley. His cousin was the late Father Catholic Women (1976-78). Joseph Academy and Delaware St. Mary, John Metzger ’46. After his retirement in 1998, he Columbus Holy Rosary, and Columbus continued to serve the Perry County Father Wehrle high schools, served as Consortium, drove twice a month to diocesan assistant vocations director and help minister to parishioners at Dover assistant religious education director, and St. Joseph Church, and assisted at was a member of the diocesan Priests’ other parishes when called upon. He is Senate.

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 105 In Memoriam Trianfo ’36; One of School’s More Photos from earliest graduates 2015 Reunion Weekend Monsignor Thomas G. Dominic Aloysius (Trionfo) Trianfo, age Bender 97, a tireless servant to God, country and family, passed away on September 21, Funeral Mass for 2015 at Willow Brook Christian Home. Msgr. Thomas G. Born to Antonio and Venera Trionfo in Bender, 84, who Columbus, Ohio on May 23, 1918. died Wednesday, A retired attorney at law and a Feb. 4, was held retired Army “full bird” Colonel. He Wednesday, Feb. received an Associate Degree from the 11 at Columbus Army command and General Staff College Holy Spirit Church. in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was Burial was at St. a graduate of St. Charles Preparatory Monsignor Thomas G. Joseph Cemetery, Bender School, The Ohio State University and Columbus. Franklin University and he later received He was born July 8, 1930, in a J.D. degree from Capital University Lancaster to the late Thomas and Law School. He practiced law in Ursula (Fox) Bender. He graduated from Columbus for over 30 years. Lancaster St. Mary School, Columbus Dominic was a veteran of World War St. Charles Preparatory School (1948), a II who served his country faithfully. bachelor of arts degree from Columbus As a young Captain he organized, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (1952), a activated and commanded the 813th licentiate in sacred theology from Catholic Amphibious Truck Company at Fort University of America in Washington Ord, California, overseeing a group in 1956, and a master of arts degree in of 250 African-American soldiers in a educational administration from The Ohio time of segregation. Overseas, he led State University in 1961. He attended the company through the New Guinea the Institute for Clergy Education at the Island Campaign and invasion of the University of Notre Dame in 1984. Leyte, Philippine Islands campaign under He was ordained by Bishop Michael General Douglass MacArthur where he Ready at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral and his troops endured great hardships on May 26, 1956, and served as associate “in the jungle”. He was awarded the pastor at Newark Blessed Sacrament Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service (1956-60) and Columbus St. Francis while in the South West Pacific Theatre. of Assisi (1960-61) churches, assistant At home in Columbus, he was past principal at Columbus Bishop Hartley president of the Northland Kiwanis Club High School (1961-65, also serving for a and the Piave Club; and also a member time as assistant diocesan superintendent of the Aquinas Club. He was a lifelong of schools, with residence at Columbus member of The Ohio State University Christ the King Church from 1961-62 Alumni Association and gave freely of and Hartley from 1962-65), principal at his time and talent to many other civic/ Chillicothe Bishop Flaget (1965-69) and religious organizations including the Marion Catholic (1969-75) high schools, St. Vincent de Paul Society. His faith in co-pastor of Columbus St. Cecilia Church God and service was exemplified by his (1975-84), associate pastor at Columbus high moral character, daily attendance St. Philip Church (1984-85), and pastor at Mass and as a founding member of of Sunbury St. John Neumann (1985-93), St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. The Powell St. Joan of Arc (1993-97), and family wishes to thank Willow Brook Bremen St. Mary (1997-2005) churches. Christian Home and its staff for their In addition, at various times he was loving care. Mass of Christian Burial was vicar of the Northland and Northwest held September 28, 2015 at St. Elizabeth vicariates and chaplain of Newark Catholic Church and his burial followed Council 721 of the Knights of Columbus. St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. He retired from active ministry in 2005 and helped at many diocesan parishes during his retirement years, when he lived at the Villas of St. Therese and later at Mother Angeline McCrory Manor in Columbus. He was named a monsignor, with the title prelate of honor, by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

106 St. Charles Preparatory School Development St. Charles Alumni Association President’s column The 2015-2016 St. Charles Alumni Association Governing Board Dear Alumni, Officers I am happy to report that the St. Charles President …Sean A. Whalen ’99 alumni community is as strong and Vice President…Liam Gruz ’01 vibrant as ever. This is thanks to all those who pour endless amounts of their time and energy into programs, events and Board Members outreach. This positive momentum has (*indicates past President) provided the necessary spark to explore *Gerard M. Barrow, Sr. ’72 what more can we do to enhance the Homer V. Beard ’46 experience of a St. Charles graduate. Philip C. Caito ’72 Every St. Charles graduate takes Damion M. Clifford ’95 immense pride in knowing that they Brent T. Foley ’98 successfully completed a best in class John F. Gibbons, Jr. ’81 Sean Whalen ’99 academic program. And every St. Charles Kyle T. Gleich ’05 graduate remembers the hard work James M. Greenhalge ’88 it took to make that happen! It is no accident then that our Liam Gruzs ’01 alumni go on to be very successful in a highly diverse array of Michael J. Jarosi ’85 industries. I am constantly amazed at the stories I hear of what Hon. Sean V. McCarthy ’87 our alums are accomplishing throughout the world. *Andrew V. Piccolantonio ’97 In 2014 the St. Charles Alumni Association Board launched *Michael S. Probst ’89 an initiative focused on how we can enhance the engagement of William H. Prophater, Jr. ’86 alumni with the school and their fellow alums. What we learned Christian J. Rether ’92 is that there is a true demand for networking opportunities for Joe Ridgeway ’57 the alumni. It is incumbent upon us to find a way to enable our Robert L. Selhorst ’74 alumni to network with one another and foster the growth and *Deacon Marion E. Smithberger ’72 development of our younger alums. Jason M. Younger ’89 In the coming months, we will be building a new component Zachary A. Pavol ’00 to the St. Charles website dedicated to alumni networking. On this secure page of the St. Charles website, you will be able to Auxiliary create a professional profile and indicate how you would like to Corey D. Belcher ’95, Ryan W. Donovan ’06, Philip Hall ’47; network with your fellow alums. Whether you are just getting John F. Kramer ’74, started and looking for advice, have a need for a talented Christopher S. “Shea” Marmion ’95, Christopher M. Moore professional or want to give back by offering to be a professional ’05, David T. O’Reilly ’88, Kevin M. Ryan ’95,*Robert S. Ryan mentor, you will be able to indicate how you want be involved. ’89, Loren C. Stone ’87, and Matthew Weger ’89 Additionally, if you are interested in being a resource to current students interested in learning more about your industry, you Ex-Officio can also sign up for Dr. Jeff Pharion’s program here as well. Louis J. Fabro ’83, Director of Alumni Affairs & This new site will be enhanced over time as we learn what Communications features and functionality best support our alumni networking Jim Lower, Principal program. Please be on the lookout for updates on our progress in Michael H. Duffy, Director of Development the coming months! Michael Welsch, Development Officer There are many exciting new initiatives underway to enable our alumni to connect, network and stay in touch. The St. Charles community is full of amazing and talented alumni and it is the mission of the SCAA to ensure we maintain strong bonds with the school and each other.

Sean A. Whalen ’99 President, St. Charles Alumni Association

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 107 Development Development Director’s that no one has recognized is needed, Development Officer’s and to identify the solutions that will be Column required tomorrow, and next year, and for Column the next generation. Creativity at St. Charles… The creativity that St. Charles On behalf students practice in building a foundation of the students, This issue of the for their future lives is guided by the faculty and staff Cardinal as we values that they learn while delving into of St. Charles have come to the riches of a very specific and focused Preparatory School, expect again offers college preparatory education. This thank you for your stories of students education celebrates creativity in music, support throughout and alumni who theater, fine arts, and writing; but also the last year. demonstrate provides work with nanotechnology and We really cannot leadership, service, a robotics program that competes very fully express our educational and successfully on a national level. Michael Welsch gratitude for the career success in As I write these words the campus immeasurable numerous arenas. has awakened from the slumber of impact your sacrifices have had on our Mike Duffy These stories summer. St. Charles has just sent off into school and community. Thank you for celebrate a special the world of higher education another dedicating your time and abilities to kind of passion, dedication, and creativity, outstanding group of young men. In their advise our faculty and staff, serve our not unique to St. Charles, but especially years at St. Charles, these newest alumni lunches, stuff envelopes for our mailings, strong here. The pursuit of intellectual honed their critical thinking in our chaperone our events, cook for and serve excellence, development of a strong faith, classrooms, explored the world through our guests, host our regional events, and service to one’s fellow man, creativity, and summer service opportunities in Central so on. So much would not have been done innovation, have long been representative America, and engaged with the world as well without your help. of the energy of St. Charles and a through internships at Ohio State. Thank you also for your financial hallmark of its alumni. They also, in ways that probably support of the school and its students. Though there is virtually no surprised some of them, developed Through your generosity, we finished opportunity to “stray” from our successful, themselves as future leaders. By the fiscal year with gifts exceeding $1.5 time proven college preparatory participating in Student Council, million. We are grateful to the more than curriculum, our young men do have National Honor Society, our Mentor/ 1,450 donors who helped us meet our the ability to exhibit some degree of Mentee program, Cardinals for Life, many needs. creativity, both within the classroom and Dignity and Justice, and on athletic Your gifts, specifically to the outside it. teams, these young men learned to re- Annual Fund, provided scholarships to The late Steve Jobs argued that create themselves as the adults they were our students, support for the faculty’s “innovation distinguishes between a destined to be. recruitment and retention programs leader and a follower.” In a way, this is Throughout its 92 year history and funding for the other expenses not merely common sense: those who take St. Charles has helped to produce an covered by tuition. Your gifts over the last the first new steps will always be at least astounding number of leaders in every year renovated our Holy Angels Library, a step ahead of those who stay back in field of human endeavor, and it has done repaired its stained glass windows, the crowd. The truth, of course, is that so by offering our students the tools enhanced the lighting for our Walt Plank innovation is not merely the creation they need to practice this kind of self- Field and made the entrances to our of the new. Novelty is not enough. improving creativity. Thank you for the gymnasium and the Dedger and Rose Innovation creates what is useful, what is part you play in allowing us to offer this Jones Natatorium more appealing. They beautiful, what is worthy. well-balanced learning environment, provided much more than can be listed in Why does this matter? What is unique within the Diocese of Columbus. this column. it about creativity that makes it so We celebrate that more alumni and important a part of our powerful college their parents gave to the Annual Fund preparatory education? If the purpose last year than in any of the years since of what we do here at St. Charles is to 72% of our 2015 graduates the campaign for our Robert D. Walter prepare our young men for success in are matriculated with colleges West Campus complex. The average gift college and beyond, then creative thinking in Ohio. The average over the from alumni, $954, was also the highest is not a luxury, but a necessity. last four years is 75%. during the same time frame. In addition, Technologies change and so do the over 170 donors were able to increase geopolitical arenas. Economic forces their giving last year by an average of ebb and flow, and are always changing. $396. Scientific breakthroughs overturn earlier Gifts of every size helped. For assumptions as time passes. We foster 65% of gifts to the 2014-2015 instance, more than 65% of the gifts our students’ critical thinking to ensure Annual Fund were $250 or less received were less than $250 and totaled that they can effectively manage the but totaled $65,000 for financial more than $65,000-that’s the equivalent information and ideas they will encounter aid! of providing financial assistance to 52 every day, but it is their creativity that will allow them to develop the thinking

108 St. Charles Preparatory School students! Some donors decreased the Your Annual Support amount of their annual gift but still gave something. We are truly grateful for Appreciated and Needed every gift. Our students depend on the support “When I think of St. Charles, we of our alumni, parents and benefactors and on the kindness of strangers and join always think of ______” with the rest of us in expressing their gratitude daily, through prayer and hard To all alumni, parents and friends of Daphne and Steve Suh Alex Loehrer ’94 work, for the generosity of those who have St. Charles: come before them. A significant challenge We are sure the answers are as varied as stained glass windows; attention to we have, not unlike any organization the current parents receiving this letter. cleaning and repairing the limestone really, is keeping in contact with our St. Charles holds a special place in the columns, floors and plastered walls; and constituents, namely, our alumni, hearts and minds of those who walked its the re-finishing of the Chapel’s wooden parents and friends. Should you be in campus and studied its historic buildings; pews. contact with alumni, parents or friends or had a son, or husband, father, uncle, or Your philanthropy allows St. Charles of St. Charles who have not received our friend do the same. to open doors for students and faculty in mailings, please ask them to send us their Whether your memories return to significant and far-reaching ways. The correct contact information. We want a favorite class, a mentoring teacher, a outcome of these investments are real to know how they are doing and to keep special sport or activity, or the lifelong as they span every corner of our world them up to date with our successes and friends you have made, the common through the work of our students and challenges. They, like all of you, are an thread among the St. Charles family has graduates. important part of our legacy. always been the life-changing experience Your gift, large or small, ensures that that helps shape the success of its alumni this centerpiece of faith and spirituality and current students. on our campus will continue to remain Every year, thousands of current the heart of worship for generations to and past parents, alumni, and friends of come. Thank you for your consideration the school, support St. Charles through of generous support this year. annual gifts with a combination of ability, generosity, and selflessness. Our Annual Sincerely, Fund campaign is always seeking to help James R. Lower, Principal St. Charles maintain its position as one of the strongest academic high schools in Alex K. Loehrer ’94, the nation. The school hopes to attract Alumni & Friends Fund Chair promising and deserving students who accept the challenge of hard work, provide Steve and Daphne Suh, them with sufficient levels of support, Parents Fund Co-Chairs prepare them for success in college and beyond, and connect them on a campus marked by profound beauty. Helping out a Brother The Alumni & Friends Phase of Every year, the student body begins Circus Day with the Cardinal Scholarship Walk. the Annual Fund is once again focused Funds raised go directly to providing student on supporting tuition assistance. Now We extend our gratitude to the financial assistance to students and their families. more than ever, need-based financial individuals and families who have The May event brought in over $37,000 from gifts aid offered, in part, through your gift to initiated the funding of the following and pledges secured by the students for their the Annual Fund, extends a chance to efforts. Last year, several sophomores helped endowed scholarships since the last students seeking a better quality of life push a friend -- a senior no less -- over the Bexley edition of the Cardinal. residential route. That’s brotherhood for you!!! and greater ability to understand their Front, seated: Jack Cleary ’15 (Hastings Middle roles building God’s Kingdom. The Hillsdale Fund Endowed Scholarship School, St. Andrew parish); Back, from left -- In the school’s ongoing quest to The Richard J. Gulan, Sr. Memorial Zachary Franz ’17 (St. Matthias grade school and preserve and further beautify spaces parish), Andrew Gianakopoulos ’17 (Bexley Middle Endowed Scholarship Fund that impact all of our students, the School, St. Catharine parish), Evan McPhaden ’17 The William John Stechschulte Memorial (St. Paul grade school and parish), and Ian Klingler critical project that will be funded by Endowed Scholarship Fund ’17 (St. Pius X grade school and parish). this year’s Parents Annual Fund will be The Louise M. Gambs Memorial Endowed the preservation and refurbishment of Scholarship Fund the 78 year-old Mother of Mercy Chapel. The Francisco A. Garabis III and This includes the restoration of the 52 Maureen D. Garabis Memorial Endowed 36.4% of our 5,950 alumni of historically significant and inspiring record have given to St. Charles Scholarship Fund at least once in their lives. The Louis V. ’49 and Mary Fabro Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 109 Development SUPPORT A ST. CHARLES Name a Column in Our STUDENT IN NEED SUPPORT ST. CHARLES “West Colonnades” St. Charles Adopt-A-Student – $1,000 FACILITIES Eleven of the original 16 brick and to $9,590 (tuition assistance). limestone columns remain available. As part of our ongoing tribute to Description: You can support one of our They support the walkway which extends St. Charles alumni and parents students in need by sponsoring one or from the Walter Student Commons to the the school is offering a series of more students. All gifts are tax deductible Gymnasium lobby and covers the school’s naming opportunities located as provided by law. Pledges of $1,000 or “Walk of Honor.” inside and outside the Robert C. more can be paid over a 9-month period. For a gift of $10,000 you can Walter Student Commons and the also name one of the colonnades. An Saint Charles Student Services & The Cardinal Society – $1,250 and engravedbronze plate will be dedicated in Fine Arts Center. These tributes any manner you wish. This tax deductible above for St. Charles Scholarships are available on a first-available gift can be paid over a three-year period. Gifts of $1,250 or more to our Parents basis. Annual Fund or the Alumni Annual Fund Engrave a campus limestone qualify for an invitation to our Cardinal bench Society. All members will receive an invitation to a celebration in May of 2016. For a gift of $5,000 you can dedicate one of the limestone benches located outside St. Charles General Scholarship 36.4% of our 5,950 alumni of the Robert C. Walter Student Commons; Fund – $1 to $1,250 outside the Campus Theatre Building; record have given to St. Charles or inside the Msgr. Thomas M. Bennett Help one of our St. Charles students at least once in their lives. Courtyard. The benches can be engraved in need who qualifies for some level of in any manner you wish. This is a tax financial aid. Please note that all gifts of deductible gift. $1,250 or above qualify for membership in our Cardinal Society. Gifts to our scholarship fund are 100% tax-deductible.

Helpful Tips on Making Tax-wise Donations There are several online “giving calculators” to help alumni and parents make informed decisions on taxwise charitable giving. One such tip that has come to our attention is the giving calculator featured on www. CharityNavigator.org You can plug in the amount of the gift, enter your tax bracket and the calculator determines the “true Mothers Club Efforts Raised $114,000 in 2014-2015! cost” of you donation. This is a handy tool At its annual general meeting on May 29th, the St. Charles Mothers Club presented Principal Jim Lower that is quick, easy and useful. with a “check” for $114,000. The amount represented the funds it helped to raise during the 2014-2015 school year, mainly through the annual Cardinal Christmas Silent Auction and the Mother-Son Dance. Thanks to the dedication and support of our St. Charles families, this money raised will help fund To participate in one of the capital improvements and need-based financial aid for students. opportunities listed below or for Members of the St. Charles Mothers Club look on as their president, Kim Martin, “presents” a check to school principal Jim Lower for $114,000. Pictured are (from left) Susan Skorupski, Jennifer Bennett, additional information, please call the Lisa Mittlesteadt, Jeanne McGuire, Treva Weaver, Diane Hoenig, Jane Hawes, Principal Jim Lower, Development Director Mike Duffy at Mothers Club President Kim Martin, Kierrah Chamberlin, Jacqui Welsh, Megan Mooney, Alaine Zawada, (614) 252-9288 ext. 20 or e-mail him Anita Cothern, Leslie Pelino and Clare Duross. Thank you, ladies! at [email protected]

110 St. Charles Preparatory School Spring 2015 Cardinal Society Reception

The Cardinal Society reception is an event held each May to help St. Charles express its sincere appreciation for the commitment made by its leading supporters. After several great years at Dublin’s Muirfield Village Golf Club, the gathering moved to another venerable location in 2015: the Scioto Country Club in Upper Arlington. Our thanks to Advisory Board member Michael Stickney and his wife, Linda, for serving as the From left -- Brian O’Reilly ’91, Dr. Kevin O’Reilly evening’s host and all those who were able ’86 and Jeff ’86 (St. Charles faculty member and to attend. varsity football coach) and Angela Pharion. From left -- Tod ’65 and Joan Makley with Press Southworth III ’65 (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory and Endowment Trustee Boards).

Thomas and Annlea Rumfola.

Rick Thomas ’85

From left -- Phil Hall ’47 with daughters Melissa Storer and Susan Mullenix.

From left -- Vivian Harvey with Michael and Mary Beth Foley. Columbus Diocesan School Superintendent Dr. Joe Brettnacher with his wife, Pam.

From left -- Paul (St. Charles Advisory Board mem- ber) and Beth LeCorgne with Carla and Al ’78 Bell (St. Charles Advisory Board member). From left -- Jim Finn ’65 (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory Board), Dick Gambs ’50, Paul Reiner (AQ’65) and Dan Tarpy. From left -- Elizabeth and Tomislav Mitevski with Miechelle and Thomas Javitch.

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From left -- Steven Miller ’77 (St. Charles Advisory Christine and Paul ’92 Vellani. Robert and Lori Morrison. Board member) and Derek Sharp ’82.

Event hosts Linda and Michael Stickney (St. Ronald ’52 and Sharon Eifert. Gene and Elaine Pierce. Charles Advisory Board member).

From left -- Cherri Taynor (Development Office From left -- Rick ’94 (St. Charles faculty member From left -- St. Charles Advisory Board members Secretary) and Tracy Loesing (St. Charles Busi- and Dean of Men) and Brie Ey with Jeff Lawler ’91. Dan Sullivan ’83 and John Mackessy ’78 with Bill ness Manager). Sullivan ’79.

From left -- Fr. Bill Arnold ’70 (Pastor of Holy Spirit and St. Philip parishes and Emeritus member of Deacon Marion Smithberger ’72 with his wife, Lee and Katy Ryan Paolini. the St. Charles Advisory Board) with Bob ’58 and Carol. Mary Dodd. 112 St. Charles Preparatory School Mary and Charles ’60 Baumann. Sandra and Jim Negron. Matthew and Stacey Finn.

Adam ’10 and T.J. Drought. From left -- Charles and Mary Oellermann with (Left) Dr. Dan Rankin ’53 (Emeritus member of the Christopher and Karen Eramo. St. Charles Advisory Board) with his wife, Nancy, (right) and Sarah Mazer.

Tim and Stacy Ronnebaum. Andrew and Anne Bott. From left -- Dan Tarpy, Dr. Sarah Vandermeer (St. Charles faculty member) and her husband, Paul.

Dean and Bobbi Lohiser. From left -- Tim Ryan ’75 and John C. Ryan Jr. ’74.

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From left -- Paul LeCorgne (St. Charles Advisory Dr. George and Terri Lewandowski. St. Charles Advisory Board member Tom Board member) and Mike Welsch (St. Charles Schindler ’92 and his wife, Patricia. Development Officer).

Scott and Kathy Gerber. From left -- Dr. Carrick Reider with Jojo and Chuck St. Charles principal Jim Lower with brothers Mark Strickler. ’82 and Mike ’82 Schmitt.

Kurt and Lisa Wesolek. Jay and Susan Wolf. Mimi and Bob Horner’79 (Emeritus member of the St. Charles Advisory and Endowment Trustee Boards).

Mike and Rene Sherman. From left -- Brian and Linda O’Brien, Jerry and Craig Lee ’77 (St. Charles Advisory Board mem- Sandra Ulibarri and Steve and Felicia Krakowka. ber) and his wife, Lisa.

114 St. Charles Preparatory School John Mackessy ’78 (St. Charles Advisory Board From left – Eythan Gregory ’09 and his mother, member) with his wife, Linda. Kathleen.

From left -- Peter and Julie Ferguson.

From left -- Mrs. Therese Abel and Dr. Pat Vaccaro From left -- Paul (AQ ’65) and Sheila Reiner with (St. Charles Advisory Board member) with Andrea Press Southworth III ’65. Mackessy.

Jack Gibbons ’81 (St. Charles faculty member) From left -- St. Charles principal Jim Lower (cen- Margie and Mike’58 Sullivan (Emeritus member of with his wife, Brenda. ter) with Stephen and Andi Jeney. the St. Charles Advisory Board).

From left -- Wayne Ballantyne with his son, Brett Michael Warner (St. Charles faculty member) with Kristine and Dennis Susa. ’06. his wife, Julie.

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David Lawler ’80 (St. Charles Athletic Director) From left -- Frank Bettendorf ’55 with his wife, George and Paula Gummer. with his wife, Karen. Sheila, and Alice Heller.

Dick Gambs ’50 and Norina Wolfe. From left -- Pamela Sprigler with Brian and Linda From left -- St. Charles Advisory Board members O’Brien. Dr. Kathy Wodarcyk and Craig Lee ’77.

Jimmie Irby From left -- St. Charles Advisory Board member Dr. From left -- Mrs. Therese Abel and Mairead Fyda. Michael Rankin ’77 and Sarah Mazer.

Benjamin Hemmert ’97 with his wife, Audra. From left -- Derek Sharp ’82 with St. Charles Development Director Mike Duffy. Dominic Cavello ’64 (former principal, current faculty member) and his wife, Sarah.

116 St. Charles Preparatory School Donor Roll

St. Charles Preparatory School gratefully acknowledges the following benefactors who have supported the school’s 2014- Dick Stedman ’54 (Emeritus member of the St. St. Charles Advisory Board Chairman Paul Heller 2015 Annual Fund as well as the school’s Class Reunions, Charles Advisory Board). ’82 (right) with his mother, Alice (center) and memorial gift program, and St. Vivian Harvey. Charles’ many extracurricular programs. These gifts and pledges were made during the period of October 8, 2014, through October 1, 2015. All subsequent pledges and contributions to St. Charles Preparatory School will be recognized in the next issue of the Cardinal. The students, faculty, and staff at St. Charles thank you for your kindness, your prayers, and all of your From left -- Norina Wolfe and St. Charles faculty From left -- Paula DiNovo, Susan and Jay Wolf support during the past year. member, Jane Leukart. and Rick DiNovo. If you find an error in your entry or your name(s) does not appear on this giving roster, please call the school’s development director, Mike Duffy, at (614) 252-9288 ext. 20 or by e-mail at miduffy@ cdeducation.org

Abbott Laboratories Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Absi Accent On Organizing Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Alfred Dr. James W. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Alten The Altman Family Foundation Mr. Joseph H. Altman From left -- St. Charles Secretary Laurie Berndt Retiring Senior Guidance Counselor Beth Devine Amigo Club Of Columbus with St. Charles Advisory Board member, John and her husband, Patrick. Amish Originals Furniture Co. Mackessy ’78. Dr. & Mrs. Dale M. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Anderson Mr. Michael D. Anderson Ms. Ursula Anderson Anderson’s General Store Mr. & Mrs. Michael Angle Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ansley Anthony-Thomas Candy Shoppes Mr. & Mrs. Aurokiam Anthuvan Areaware/Harmony Ball Rev. William L. Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Keith Arnold Leif Mahler ’03 (left) and his mother, Susan (right) Mr. & Mrs. Vince Arnold with Craig and Genevieve Wallace. Ms. Barbara Arnold Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Ault Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Ayers From left -- Brian O’Reilly ’91, Sally and Steven ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Harold Babson Meier and Dr. Kevin O’Reilly ’86. Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Bachman Mr. & Mrs. Craig Badger Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Bahlmann Mr. & Mrs. Todd Baker Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ball The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 117 Mr. & Mrs. Zachary T. Ball Mr. & Mrs. John M. Browne, Jr. Columbus Museum Of Art Mr. & Mrs. Donald Dolwick Mr. Roland R. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Ballantyne Mr. Gary Bruck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Congrove Dr. Scott Donaldson Ms. Barbara Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Banta Mr. & Mrs. Dale Bruggeman Mr. & Mrs. A. Terrence Ms. Jeanine Donaldson Sara Fisher & Denny Griffith Mrs. Donald Barcza Mr. & Mrs. Rick Brunetto Conlisk, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian J. Donato Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Fishking Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Barger Ms. Mary Beth Brust Hon. John A. Connor, II Donato’s Pizza Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Fix Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Barlage Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Buchta Mr. & Mrs. John W. Connor Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Doney Mr. & Mrs. Denis F. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Barnhart Buffalo Wild Wings Mr. Alexander Connor Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Donley Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Flaherty Mr. Gerard M. Barrow, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Burdine Dr. & Mrs. Dean Connors Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Doon Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Burger Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Cooke Mr. & Mrs. Keary Doon Mr. & Mrs. John Flemming Dr. & Mrs. Henry Bartkowski Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Burk Mr. & Mrs. Trevor D. Cooke Mrs. Kelli Doon Mr. Michael Flynn & Ms. Diane Mr. & Mrs. James L. Baumann Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Copeland Mr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Dorrian Hoenig Mr. Thomas A. Baumann Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Marco Cordova Mr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Dorrian, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brent T. Foley Mr. Otto Beatty III Mrs. Beth Burkhart Corna/Kokosing Construction Mr. John E. Dorrian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Foley Mrs. Laura Lee Beggin Maj. & Mrs. Thomas Burns Co. Mr. David A. Dorward, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jon L. Forche Dr. John P. Bell Dr. & Mrs. Keith C. Burris Dr. Julie L. Costello Double Comfort Restaurant Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Forche Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Burton Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cothern Mr. & Mrs. John Dowd Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Forche Mr. & Mrs. Brian Bell Dr. Charles A. Bush Dr. James H. Cottle, D.D.S., Mr. & Mrs. John R. Downes Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Forrest Mr. & Mrs. Chris Bendinelli Mr. & Mrs. John G. Butchko LTD Mr. David J. Downey Mr. & Mrs. Gregory France Benihana, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Byorth Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Cox, Jr. Mr. Thomas B. Drake Mrs. Dominic S. Francisco Dr. & Mrs. Paul W. Bennett Ms. Diane Byrd Mr. & Mrs. John F. Cox COL & Mrs. John M. Dreska Franklin Specialty Transport Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Byrum Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Drought Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bennett Cala Luna Salon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Crea Dublin Cleaners Mr. & Mrs. Frank Frastaci Bennett -Kurtz Bros. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. John Croswell Dr. John T. Duddy, MD Mr. & Mrs. Michael French Mr. & Mrs. Mark Berndt Mr. Thomas B. Caldwell Rev. James C. Csaszar Mr. Paul J. Duffy Mr. John J. Frencho Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bernert Mr. Michael A. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Cull Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Dugan Mr. David Frickey Mr. & Mrs. Shane P. Berry Mr. Thomas A. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Sean D. Cull Mr. Robert R. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Fronk Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bertolini Mrs. Ellen P. Campbell Mr. Michael B. Cull Mrs. Kathleen Fabro Dunn Mr. & Mrs. William C. Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Bettendorf Dr. & Mrs. John V. Campo Ms. Midge Cull Msgr. William A. Dunn Fulcher, Jr. Dr. Michael Bezbatchenko Mr. & Mrs. Larry Canini Mr. & Mrs. Rick Curnette Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Mr. & Mrs. George Fulton DDS, LLC Dr. & Mrs. Michael Cannone Mr. & Mrs. Francis G. Durbin Dr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Funaro Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Cantina Laredo Curran, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Durbin Funny Bone Comedy Club Bichimer Mr. Michael B. Cantlon Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Curran Mr. Robert F. Durbin Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Furlong Mr. & Mrs. A. William Bickham Dr. Dorner/Capital City Cyrus Brothers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dusterberg Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Fyda Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Bidstrup Cosmetics Mr. & Mrs. Dariusz Dabek Mr. & Mrs. John L. Eberts Mrs. Mairead Fyda Mr. & Mrs. Carl F. Billhardt Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Carey Mrs. Cristino Damo Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eichel Ms. Alice Gaber Mr. & Mrs. Zachary S. Bingmer Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Carlisle Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Eifert Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Gable Ms. Kirstin N. Bingmer Mr. & Mrs. James Carmon Mr. & Mrs. Robert Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Eifert Mr. & Mrs. Michael Galeano Mr. & Mrs. Arun Biswas Mr. & Mrs. John Carroll Ms. Annabell Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Eifert Scotts Miracle-Gro Ms. Lynette Blakeway Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Daniels Mr. & Mrs. John R. Elliott Mr. Timothy B. Gallen Mr. & Mrs. James Blazer Caskey Cleaning Co. Dr. & Mrs. Gary Davis Ms. Louise Elliott Mr. Richard W. Gambs Mr. & Mrs. David M. Blischak Mr. & Mrs. Michael Castrodale Mr. & Mrs. William Davis Mr. & Mrs. Cole Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Francisco A. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cattell Mrs. Phillippa Davis Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Ellis Garabis, IV, M.D. Blubaugh Dr. & Mrs. Mark Catton Mr. & Mrs. David Davisson Mr. & Mrs. David Ellison Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Charles Blum Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Elshoff Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Gavin Mr. & Mrs. Jason C. Blum Cavanaugh DeAscentis, Sr. Embroidery Design Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Gehring Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bogen Mr. & Mrs. Dominic J. Cavello Mr. & Mrs. Chester J. DeBellis EmbroidMe Mr. & Mrs. Joshua R. Gelhaus Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Central Ohio Primary Care Mr. & Mrs. Eric DeBellis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Endres Mrs. Dianne Gelinas Bogen, Jr. Physicians Mr. & Mrs. Mark Decker Msgr. Paul P. Enke Mr. & Mrs. Allan George Mr. & Mrs. James Bolden Ms. Kierrah Chamberlin Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeCrane Mr. & Mrs. David W. Ennis Mr. & Mrs. Samuel George Mr. Jack A. Boller Mr. & Mrs. Anson Chan Mr. Chris J. Deeter John Eramo & Sons, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gerard Dr. Joseph L. Borowitz Charity By Design - Alex And Timothy DeFiebre Designs Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Mr. & Mrs. D. Scott Gerber Mr. & Mrs. Ted Bostic Ani Mr. & Mrs. David M. De Fiebre Eramo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Mr. John W. Boswell Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Chatas Mr. & Mrs. Andrew DeJaco Mr. & Mrs. Donn B. Euwer Gerlacher Dr. & Mrs. Dana L. Bott Mr. & Mrs. Philip Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Lee H. DeMastry Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Evans Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Drs. Charles & Anne Botti Mr. & Mrs. Samson H. Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Dent Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eversole Gerlacher Drs. Kevin & Mary Jo Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Chris Chernesky Nick D’Erico & Erika Chitty Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Eyerman Drs. William & Patricia Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bozymski Chico’s Dr. & Mrs. Louis DeSantis, Jr. Ms. Paula Eyerman Gianakopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Bracken Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Chinnock DeSantis Florists & Gifts Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Fabro Mr. & Mrs. Gary Giannotti Mr. & Mrs. John A. Brandt Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Chrissan Mr. & Mrs. James A. Devine, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Fabro Mrs. Johanna Giasi Mr. & Mrs. David B. Brannigan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chylik Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Devine Mrs. Louis V. Fabro Mr. & Mrs. John F. Gibbons, Jr. Ms. Jen Branton Mrs. Rita Anne Ciancetta Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Devos Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Faherty Mr. & Mrs. John F. Gibbons, Sr. Mr. David Brattain Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Diamond Hill Capital Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Fairchild Mr. John L. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. David Breckenridge Clager, Jr. Management Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Farrell Mr. Edward J. Giles IV Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Brehl Msgr. Carl P. Clagett Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. DiCesare Ms. Charlene Feldhaus Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gill Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Brehm Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clancey Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Dick Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Feldmann Dr. Michael F. Gilligan Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Clark Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dick Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Fenlon Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Glass Mr. & Mrs. William Brennan Mrs. Donna Clark Mr. & Mrs. James A. Dick Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ferguson Mr. Kyle T. Gleich Mr. & Mrs. Mark Brick Mrs. Joanne Clayton Mr. & Mrs. John Dierna Dr. & Mrs. Alex Fernandez Mrs. Josephine Gleich Mr. George R. Bright, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Cleary Mrs. Diane Dierna Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Ferris Mr. & Mrs. A. John Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cleary Mr. & Mrs. Leo Dietlin Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Ferris Glockner, Jr. Bringardner Mr. Timothy M. Cleary The Dilenschneider Group Mrs. Susanne Ferris Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Glover Mr. Matthew J. Bringardner Mrs. Candace Clougherty Mr. Ronald Dillard Fifth Third Bank Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Goedde Mr. Sean Britt Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Coady Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Dilley Mr. & Mrs. Neil Fillman Mr. Kenneth A. Golonka Brookside Golf & Country Club Mr. Peter Coccia & Mrs. Nena Dr. & Mrs. Anthony DiNapoli Mr. & Mrs. James P. Finn Mrs. Denise Golonka Brookside Materials, LLC Couch Mr. & Mrs. David O. Dingledy Mr. & Mrs. John F. Finn Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goodman Rev. Thomas J. Brosmer Mr. & Mrs. James T. Coffman Mr. & Mrs. Anthony DiNovo Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Finn Mr. & Mrs. John E Goodrich Capt. & Mrs. Mark Brown Mr. & Mrs. Jan Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Dinovo Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Finn Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Brown Columbus Symphony Mr. & Mrs. Jon DiSabato Ms. Karen Fiorile Drs. John & Deanna Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Brown Orchestra Mrs. Zita Divis Dr. William D. Fiorini Mr. & Mrs. Patrick N. Mr. & Mrs. Shaun P. Brown Columbus Driving Academy Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Firm Gordon, Sr. Mrs. Isabel Brown Columbus Eastside Running Dobrowski Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Fisher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gottron Mrs. Jeanine Brown Club Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dodd, Jr. Mr. John E. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Govern

118 St. Charles Preparatory School Dr. & Mrs. John R. Grady Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Higgins Mr. & Mrs. David Karam Mrs. Joseph D. Laufersweiler Maeder Quint Tiberi Funeral Ms. Ellin Granger Dr. Annette Prunte Hilaman Mr. & Mrs. James M. Karam Lavash Cafe Home Mr. Michael L. Green Mr. & Mrs. Chip Hill Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Karam Mr. & Mrs. David K. Lawler Mr. Andrew N. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Paul Greger Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hill Ms. Dina Kay Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey L. Lawler Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Mahler Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Griffith Hillsdale Fund Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Kazor Mr. & Mrs. John A. Lawson Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Mahler Mr. & Mrs. James J. Grimm Dr. & Mrs. David Hoag Mr. Christopher M. Kazor Mr. & Mrs. Alex J. Laymon Mr. & Mrs. Torrence A. Makley III Mr. & Mrs. Brian Grodesky Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hobart Dr. & Mrs. Matthew Kellar Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Leach Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Malek Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Groezinger Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Michael I. Kelleher Mr. & Mrs. John J. Leach Mr. Matthew C. Malone Mr. & Mrs. James Groner Mr. & Mrs. John Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Kelley Leatherwood Property Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Mampieri Mr. & Mrs. Gary C. Grove Mr. & Mrs. Karl L. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. LeCorgne Mr. Thomas Mancuso Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gruber Dr. & Mrs. John E. Hohmann Ms. Margaret Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Mangone Mr. & Mrs. J. Liam Gruzs Mr. & Mrs. Michael Holleran Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Kelsey Mr. & Mrs. Craig S. Lee Mr. & Mrs. William A. Manierre Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Homon Mr. Matthew R. Kelty Mr. Milton J. Leeman Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Manley Grywalski Honda Of America Legal Dr. & Mrs. Brian Kenney Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Ms. Jacki Mann Dr. & Mrs. Dwain Guggenbiller Department Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Kessler Leister Mr. Ryan A. Mapes Mrs. John T. Gugle, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hooks Mr. Robert J. Kestelik Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Leister Mr. & Mrs. Mark Marchese Giuseppe’s Mrs. Cheryl Hopkins Mr. Thomas R. Ketteler Mr. & Mrs. Scott Leithauser Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mardas Mr. & Mrs. Matthew K. Gulling Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Horn Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Keyes Mr. Connor R. Lenhart Marian Foundation Mr. & Mrs. G. Alan Gummer, II Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Horner III Mr. & Mrs. William Khourie Mr. William D. Lenkey Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marino Mr. & Mrs. George A. Gummer Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Horner LTC Charles P. Kielkopf Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center Mr. & Mrs. John M. Marmion, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Gutman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Horvath Rev. Denis S. Kigozi Dr. & Mrs. James Leon Mr. Christopher S. Marmion Mr. & Mrs. Roy K. Gutmann Mr. & Mrs. Matthew A. Howard Mr. William F. Killilea Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Leonhardt Mrs. Paula Marque Mr. John J. Guzzo Mr. Michael Howard Kimball Midwest Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. 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120 St. Charles Preparatory School Mr. & Mrs. Yaromir Steiner Ms. Lisa Sharp Todd Mrs. Cathy Wickert Mr. Christopher M. Steiner Rev. Tyron J. Tomson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wickham Mr. Johnny Steiner Craig & Lisa Tooker Mr. & Mrs. Eric Wiegandt Mr. & Mrs. Jon Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Joe Tracy Mr. Michael J. Wihl Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel S. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Tracy Mr. Benjamin H. Willard Sterling, Jr. Triangle Management Services Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Williams Mr. & Mrs. William Sterling Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Troutman Mr. & Mrs. Greg Williams Mr. & Mrs. J. Eric Stevens Ms. Barbara Troutman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Williams Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Tucker Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Stevenson Dr. & Mrs. William Turek Mr. & Mrs. David Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Shaun Stevenson Turf MD Sharon Wilson & William Biery Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Turville Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stickney Tutoring Club Winnestaffer New St. Charles Advisory Board members, John Mackessy ’78 Ms. Rebecca Stilson Mrs. Therese Tyckoski Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wirthman and Fr. Charles Klinger ’61. Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Stiltner Dr. & Mrs. John Tyznik Ms. Susan W. Witten Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Stiltner Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ulibarri Drs. Michael & Kathleen St. Charles Advisory Board Mr. & Mrs. Dane Stinson Mr. Randall & Dr. Rosalie Ullom Wodarcyk Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stranges Mr. & Mrs. James J. Ulrich Mr. Michael J. Wodarcyk welcomes Two New Members Mr. Vincent P. Straub Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas J. Ulrich Mr. & Mrs. John Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Thomas University Of Dayton Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Wollett Principal Jim Lower welcomed the two newest members Strausbaugh Mr. Fern M. Upshaw Mrs. Marilyn Wollett of the St. Charles Advisory Board to the group’s Mr. & Mrs. Alfred B. Strickler Mr. & Mrs. William Uptegraph Mr. & Mrs. Derrick D. Woodard meeting last May: Fr. Charles Klinger ’61 and John Mr. & Mrs. Charles Strickler Dr. Pat Vaccaro & Mrs. Therese Mrs. Leo F. Woodruff Mackessy ’78. Ms. Josephine M. Strickler Abel Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Worley Strings Attached Music Studio Mr. Thomas B. Vaccaro Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Wyss Father Klinger is the pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Mrs. Terri Ann Stuckey Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Valachovic Mr. & Mrs. John A. Yablonski Parish located in Westerville. He attended Immaculate Mr. & Mrs. David B. Sugar Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Valachovic Dr. & Mrs. Steven Yakubov Conception grade school before attending St. Charles for Dr. & Mrs. Steven H. Suh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Vandermeer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Yarnell high school. He left the St. Charles Borromeo College Dr. & Mrs. Mark Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Vanderson Mr. & Mrs. Edward Yen Drs. Michael & Rebecca Deacon & Mrs. A. John Vellani York Golf Club after a year and went on to The Ohio State University Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Vellani Mr. & Mrs. John B. Youger where he earned B.A and master’s degrees in history. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Sullivan Dr. & Mrs. John Vetter Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Young He attended the University of Minnesota where he Mr. & Mrs. Joel T. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Francis Voegele Mrs. Mary Younger obtained a Ph.D. in medieval history. Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Ralph A. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Younkin Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Mr. Brian Younkin He pursued an academic career for a time at St. Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Susa Vonau Yudu Salon John’s University and other schools until 1979. “I Dr. & Mrs. Louis W. Susi Mr. & Mrs. James M. Vonau Mr. & Mrs. Francis X. Zang decided God was calling me to the priesthood after all Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Susi Mr. & Mrs. Mark Vrabel Mr. & Mrs. William Zapp (a long story),” he said. “So, at the age of 36, I entered Mr. & Mrs. Michael Swartz Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. Wackerly COL & Mrs. Frank G. Zauner Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Sween Mr. Mike Wagenbrenner Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zawada theological studies that fall at Catholic University in Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Sweeney Mr. Tom Wagenbrenner Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Zebula Washington D.C. and graduated in 1982. He served a Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Mr. Mark Wagenbrenner Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Zesch year at St. Paul as a deacon before being ordained on Sweeney, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wagy Mr. Robert E. Zicht June 11, 1983. Mr. & Mrs. Doug Talbott Mr. & Mrs. Travis Wahl Mr. & Mrs. James H. Zink Target Take Charge Of Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Walker Mr. James P. Zins His assignments have included St. Mary’s Church Education Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Zuk in Marion (1983-1985) where he also taught religion Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Tarpy Mr. & Mrs. Craig Wallace at Marion Catholic High School; associate pastor at Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Tarpy Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Walsh St. Brendan Church (1985-1987); pastor of St. Joseph Mr. & Mrs. Charles Taylor Walt Disney World Ms. Bernice Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Blane Walter in Plain City and its Mission in Milford; he taught Mr. & Mrs. Randy Taynor Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Walter history in the college division at the Pontifical College Mr. Kenneth E. Teeters Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Walter Josephinum (1985-1991); and as pastor of St. Nicholas Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Terrill Mr. & Mrs. Todd Waltermeyer parish in Zanesville (1991-2003). He has served as Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Tetirick Mr. Christopher W. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tevonian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Warner pastor of St. Paul these past 12 years. Mr. & Mrs. Tuan Thai Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Warnick 1978 alumnus John Mackessy has spent the last The Columbus Foundaton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Watkins 30+ years as an information systems professional. He The Daily Growler Mr. & Mrs. Donald Watren is a partner with HMB, Inc., an IT consulting company The McConnell Foundation Mr. Michael H. Weaver The Medallion Club Ms. Maggie Weeks that specializes in project management, software The Ohio Machine Mr. & Mrs. Matt Weger acquisition, and software development. It serves a The Saint Paul Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Wehr wide variety of industries including government, public The Spa At River Ridge Salon Weiland Fine Meats, Inc. utilities, insurance, and retail. Mackessy earned a The Travelers Companies, Inc. The Robert Weiler Company The Waterworks Mr. Terrence M. Weiler degree in mathematics from Kenyon College in 1982 Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Theado Mr. & Mrs. Steve Weislogel and a master’s of information systems at Northeastern Mr. & Mrs. Fergus A. COL & Mrs. Elliot J. Welch University in 1988. He previously worked for Theibert, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Welch Nationwide Insurance, Gates McDonald, and General Mr. & Mrs. David Thesing Mrs. Leslie Welch Mr. & Mrs. Todd Thoman Ms. Patricia Welch Cinema Corp. Mrs. Sue Dell Thoman Ms. Linda Wells John, along with his wife, Linda (parents of alumni Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Michael Welsch John ’10 and Ben ‘11), served as Parent’s Annual Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Robert Welsh chairs during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school Mr. Peter Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Werner Mrs. Linda Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Kurt D. Wesolek years and were the 2011 recipient of The Borromean Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Westhoff Medal for Distinguished Service to St. Charles. He also Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Thompson Ms. Anne Haney Whidden intiated and made possible the special wallpaper for the Mr. Robert G. Thompson Mr. Brian P. White Monsignor F. Thomas Gallen Music Room. John has Ms. Mariann J. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Mr. & Mrs. David A. Thornton Whitlatch three brothers who attended St. Charles: Tom ’77, is Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tilton Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Whittaker Advisory Board vice-chairman (father of alumni Andrew Mrs. Leslie B. Timmons Mr. & Mrs. Wade Wiant ’07 and Patrick ’15); Dr. Jim is a 1980 grad (son Daniel ’15); and Rick is a 1975 graduate. The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 121 achievement and satisfaction that spring Development from this storied all-boys Catholic prep school. “The Men of St. Charles: To order your own copy, we invite you to visit: http://www.amazon. A Generation from the com/Men-St-Charles-Generation- Turbulent ’60s Reflects on Turbulent/dp/099619472X/ref=tmm_ pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8& Life” qid=1442260199&sr=8-2 Mr. Dilenschneider ’61 is the founder Alumnus Robert L. Dilenschneider, and principal of The Dilenschneider a nationally-known public relations Group, a public relations and executive who works and lives in New communications consulting firm. He is a York City, has authored a new book, The former CEO of Hill and Knowlton, Inc., Men of St. Charles: A Generation from a member of the Public Relations Society the Turbulent ’60s Reflects on Life, that of America and the International Public profiles fellow graduates from St. Charles Relations Association and a Fellow to Preparatory School’s Class of 1961. the International Association of Business What they became and what they Communicators. did in life all comes back to the values It was through the initiative and instilled at their alma mater, St. Charles support of Mr. Dilenschneider that Preparatory School. These vignettes the Borromean Lecture Series was from the class of 1961 illuminate the established 15 years ago. 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Photos from the Start of the 2015-2016 School Year

The Robert C. Walter Student Commons was the location on September 30th for a “Youth at the Booth” training session. More than 20 St. Charles seniors, Actors learn “The Hustle” as part of rehearsals for the Drama Department’s as well as a number of students from Columbus School for Girls, were there fall production, Good N’Plenty, being performed November 19-22 in the to prepare to volunteer at polling precincts around Central Ohio for Election Campus Theater. Day on November 2nd.

Friends of Alum Creek Tributaries President and St. Charles alumnus David Hohman ’84 (far left) organized a group of volunteers from Bexley In late September St. Charles received an emergency request from St. Francis High School and the St. Charles Environmental Club (moderated by faculty Food Pantry in Vinton County to help it stock its depleted shelves. The member Aaron Schrein, kneeling front, right) to clean-up as part of National response was amazing. Due to the generosity of many, the school was able Public Lands Day. The group canvassed along Nelson Road at Academy Park, to provide this community with many products they need. The number of removing 15 tires, 19 bags of trash, 13 bags of recyclables, a car muffler, items collected exceeded the room in the delivery truck! In addition to food, electric drill, gas can and several other large items. “Give a Hoot-Don’t monetary donations of more than $1,200 were collected. Pollute!” 122 St. Charles Preparatory School The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education 123 St. Charles Preparatory School’s newly-renovated Holy Angels Library The goal was to preserve the artistic features of the space while restoring the historically significant and inspiring stained glass windows, wall and ceiling tapestries and painted Frescoes.

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