Vol. 33 No. 3 AR PUBLICATIaON FOR Tm HE ALUMNI, PARviENTS AND FReIENDS OFw FORDHAM PREP Ram view Summer 2013 201 3 Hall of Honor Inductees ese members of the Prep community will be inducted into the Hall of Honor at the November 22, 2013 Dinner. (+ Indicates inductee is deceased.)

+ Paul A. Carielli, Sr.: Michael J. Conway + Rev. Patrick F. John J. Foley ’63: Matthew O. Fitzsimons + Col. Robert Gould + Rev. James Griffin, longtime, loyal member ’59: Prep athlete & Dealy, S.J. 1847: longtime Prep faculty ’76: Prep Shaw, ex 1854: S.J.: Longtime of the Maintenance class leader, West member of the first member, Classics swimmer, fundraiser, commander of Guidance Counselor Staff, beloved of the Point grad, two-time graduating class; Department chair, founder of Grace the all-black 54th and Religious Studies students of his day; Purple Heart recipient dynamic president administrator and Academy a non- Massachusetts Teacher caretaker of Hughes of the Prep & coach denominational Regiment during Hall 40s-60s University. First inter-faith Christian the Civil War Fordham alum to school in Hartford, CT become a Jesuit

+ John T. Halligan + John LaFarge + Rev. Peter McCall, + John Cardinal + Marie McGovern: + William J. Moore + John J.F. Mulcahy ’59: longtime Director 1853: well-known OFM, Cap. ’54: McCloskey: first First woman to serve ’36: Longtime Dean 1891: Olympic and Vice President of painter, muralist, prominent faith healer president of the on the Prep Board of of Admissions at medalist, rowing; Public Relations for the stained glass artist; and member of the Prep & University; Trustees, mother of ’s Prep & University Rangers and one of the most Prep’s Track Hall of archbishop of New 4 grads Law School coach; founder of the National Hockey versatile 19th century Fame York; first American Prep and University League, author of a American artists Cardinal crew number of books about the Rangers and hockey 201 3 Hall of + Thomas D. Rizzo, Hon. Paul A. Victor John J. Vrionis ’64: + Charles Melton George J. Zambetti Honor M.D. ’49: prominent ’50: judge, community Prep & Holy Cross Walcot, Jr. 1857: ’68 : Prep and college orthopedic surgeon, activist, father of a athlete, veteran, stage actor; founder athlete, class leader former trustee and Prep grad very involved in of Prep & University & rep, prominent father of 5 grads his community theater; “Father of physician Fordham Dramatics” Friday, November 22, 2013 in e Garden Terrace Room of e New York Botanical Garden Wall Street Forum

Fourteenth Annual Wall Street Forum and Luncheon APrIl 13, 2013 • tHe yAle club,

Wall Street Forum Speaker Gretchen Morgenson and Father Boller

2 Ramview / Summer 2013 Thank You Fr. Boller boller Science center

At the June 5, 2013 meeting of the Fordham Preparatory School Board of Trustees, Chairman John F. Neary ’87 announced that the new fourth floor facility will be named the Boller Science Center in honor of outgoing Prep President Father Kenneth J. Boller, S.J., his father Vincent J. Boller ’36 and his uncle and godfather, Raymond J. Boller, MD ’34. Funds for the Boller Science Center were raised as part of the Ensuring the Legacy Capital Campaign that started with a $23 million goal in 2006. The campaign ended in June 2011 having raised $25 million, $2 million above the goal, against a challenging economic backdrop. During his nine years as President, Father Boller often spoke about hearing stories of the Prep from his father and godfather as he was growing up. In his Winter 2013 President’s Report in Ramview, Father said: “I know that my father, Vincent ’36 and my godfather, Raymond ’34, have been looking over my shoulder and guiding me through these years.” Father Boller joined his father and godfather on the list of Prep alumni when he received his honorary Fordham Prep diploma at the June 5th meeting.

Father Boller Receives the Father John Leonard, S.J. Award Patty Fink, President of the Mothers’ Club presented Father Boller with the Father John Leonard, S.J. Award for his outstanding contribution to the education and faith formation of the young men of Fordham Prep the Principal’s report

It is said that one of the great regrets of St. math teacher, but anyone who has heard him talk Ignatius’s life was that his election as Superior about the history of the Jesuits, knows he is a General, the head of the Jesuit Order, meant that he frustrated history professor. He immersed himself would serve his remaining years as an administrator, from the start of his presidency in the history of the unable to travel the world working for the Greater Prep and has helped us rediscover the rich Glory of God, like his friend, Francis Xavier. traditions and personalities of the Prep’s past. Too bad Ignatius wasn’t able to confer with Fr. But Ken Boller is equally passionate about the Ken Boller, S.J. who seems to have found a way to future; he has made strategic planning an integral be both an outstanding school president as well as a part of the way we now think and act. His sense of traveler to the frontiers—to the depths and heights to responsibility for the future has fueled his work to the past and future, to the far and near. Nine years double the endowment during his tenure. ago, Father Boller arrived here as President of As for frontiers far and near, Father has logged Robert J. Gomprecht ’65 Fordham Prep, the school which could be viewed lots of frequent flyer miles to teach and to learn, Principal as his ancestral home—the school from which both most notably two recent trips to Indonesia to share his father and uncle graduated. His leadership during the best of Ignatian pedagogy and to enable some these years has been nothing short of extraordinary. of our students to be a part of a unique international It is a moment to consider what he has done and youth orchestra. where he has been. And finally, Father Boller, as priest, homilist, He’s improved and expanded the Prep from and retreat director—has traveled with us into the bottom to top, from improving the athletic space in the deep recesses of our hearts, revealing there a Prep’s lower level to setting his sights on improving God who is always with us, a God who can only the science facilities and classrooms on the third floor. love us. And when he couldn’t do all he wanted on the third We have been so blessed that this administrator, floor, he imagined and built a new frontier, a new our president, and this frontier priest has called fourth floor consisting of state-of-the-art laboratories Fordham Prep his home for nine great years. God - and a greenhouse. speed, Fr. Boller, as you assume a new presidency Father Boller also moves skillfully between at St. Peter’s Prep, one that we’re sure will not be the frontiers of past and future. I know he is a gifted able to keep you behind a desk for long! Ramview / Summer 2013 3 Ministry

Chaplain’s Corner: Mothers Fr. Donald Devine, S.J., chaplain

A Jesuit with whom I once lived said he took his litany of the Blessed Mother each day during May. The mother to see a new statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in virtue of Mary’s that impresses me most today as I grow one of our churches. He then asked her what she thought older is her fidelity. Mary made a promise/commitment of the recently unveiled sculptor’s conception of Mary. when she was a tween or young teenager saying “be it She responded with a question: “Where’s the baby?” done unto me according to your word.” In spite of all the I know I often think of Jesus without any reference to questions and fears and trials that she experienced as a Mary. However, I rarely think of Mary without simultane - mother during her Son’s life, she remained faithful to the ously picturing her Son. The gentile Canaanite mother in end. What a model, what a lover, what a mother! Matthew 15. 21-8 persisted in begging crumbs from Many years ago, a woman gave me a book with the Jesus to heal her tormented daughter. Our Lord was so warning: “It’s a woman’s book.” I never had a chance to Fr. Donald Devine, S.J., moved by her faith that her daughter was healed that ask her what she meant, but the title is A Tree Full of Chaplain very hour. (Recall Herod’s court official who traveled 20 Angels by Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB. She devotes an miles to the Carpenter’s Son to beg with faith for his entire chapter to “A woman who understood crumbs.” son’s healing in John 4.43 ff.) Like the Roman I would like to conclude by sharing a couple of her Centurion in Luke 7. 1 ff., it is faith that saves the sick, observations. the tormented and us. ’There she was…, trusting, loving, bold… on her The feast of the Assumption had been believed in knees before Jesus….I am in awe of her persistence, and celebrated for hundreds of years before Pope Pius humility and vision…. She didn’t deny her littleness, but XII proclaimed it a doctrine of the Church in l950. Four neither did she wallow in it. She embraced it. Even in years later the same pope instituted the Queenship of her kneeling, she stood tall. She was herself, her best Mary as a memorial on the octave of the Assumption. self. Jesus saw greatness in this woman that most likely This occasioned the following comment by St. Teresa even she didn’t recognize.” Benedicta (Edith Stein): “She evidences the conquering Spend some time this Summer thanking God for the power of a serving love and of purity intact.” significant women in your life, especially your Mother When I was in elementary school, we recited the and our Blessed Mother Mary.

8,450 Pounds of Service 12 rising sophomores and four faculty gave a week of service in Camden, NJ, staying at the Romero Center. After sorting 8,450 lbs of donated food at the Food Bank of South Jersey, they still had enough energy to run up the “Rocky Steps” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

4 Ramview / Summer 2012 Ministry

Social Justice Committee Takes on Human Trafficking

One of the six qualities of a Graduate of a Jesuit number is increasing, not decreasing. High School, as outlined in the document called • People are trafficked for several different reasons, “The Grad at Grad” is to be “Committed to Justice”. including forced labor and military duty. By far, the Each year, the Prep’s Social Justice Committee, main abuse of trafficked people is in the commercial comprised of faculty and students, works to educate sex industry, accounting for 85% of modern day the Prep community about a particular justice issue. slaves. This year, the committee chose the issue of Human Trafficking. What they learned was both surprising • Children make up more than half the total number and troubling. They presented the issue to the Prep of people trafficked. The average age is 13. The life Tyrik LaCruise ’13 community at a school-wide assembly this spring. expectancy of a child pressed into prostitution is After opening the assembly with a video, senior 7 more years. Andrew Craig offered the following remarks: “When the members of the social justice committee • 99 percent of all trafficking victims will never be watched that video for the first time, we were left rescued. Just to put that in perspective, if every speechless, overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of person in this theater were sold into slavery only the evil of human trafficking. What got us over that 10 of us would make it out, and those 10 would initial paralysis was the question at the end of the video bear the scars for life. “What will you do?” We knew that we couldn’t give into • On average, for every 75 thousand people despair and that we couldn’t give up on millions of our trafficked, which is about the capacity of the brothers and sisters who were facing unspeakable Superdome in New Orleans, only one trafficker is horrors. Today’s assembly is the first step in answering convicted. Most of the laws that deal with trafficking the question, “What will you do?” We start by getting are outdated and misdirected, punishing the victims informed, by gathering information and statistics to help themselves with jail time or deportation. Andrew Craig, ’13 us understand what is at stake. We also draw strength The problem is pervasive and pernicious. It preys and motivation from our Catholic social teachings and upon all people, especially those least able to defend from the ideals of the Grad at Grad. Catholic social themselves. It ensnares sons and daughters, brothers teaching is firmly rooted in the principle that all human and sisters, mothers and fathers, friends and class - beings have an infinite dignity because they are made mates. If we leave with one new insight today, let it be in the image and likeness of God. We believe that all that what we are talking about today “is not a lifestyle human beings have a right to a life in which their choice, it’s a crime against humanity.” The Social health, welfare, and freedom are protected and pro - Justice Committee, faced with these facts and called Catholic social moted. Human trafficking violates every single principle by our God to be instruments of His peace and justice of Catholic Social teaching. It is as close to evil in its in the world, chose human trafficking as our topic and teaching is purest form that we can imagine. Our mission as mem - cause for this year. We hope that after this assembly bers of a Jesuit high school community calls us to act. you decide to take up the fight, too.” firmly rooted in The Grad at Grad calls us to be “Committed to Justice.” The keynote address at the assembly was given by We must not only despise the injustices in our world, the co-authors of Almost Home: Helping Kids Move the principle but we must also seek to eradicate them by serving from Homelessness to Hope Kevin Ryan and Tina those in need and collaborating with all people of good that all human Kelley. Kevin Ryan is the President of Covenant House will who share that goal of establishing justice. Justice, International, which reaches 56,000 at-risk street youth as was mentioned in the video, is “what love looks like beings have an in more than twenty cities across six countries. He is in public.” We hope today will be the beginning of a one of the most respected child advocates in the world long-term commitment on the part of the Fordham Prep infinite dignity and his work has been covered by The New York community to wipe out the scourge of human trafficking Times and The Washington Post . Tina Kelley was wherever it appears, far and near.” because they a staff writer for The New York Times for ten years and Senior Tyrik LaCruise then shared the following: shared in a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of “I’d like to share some statistics with you and offer are made in the September 11 attacks. Mr. Ryan and Ms. Kelley some perspectives on those statistics to help us get a shared their first-hand accounts of coming to know handle on just how evil human trafficking is and why the image and homeless young people and their struggles to escape an effective response is so vital. We on the committee exploitation and abuse to attain the future they deserve. likeness of God. have been looking at these statistics for most of this They gave us all in the Prep community a sense of year, and we still find them hard to believe. hope that despite the tragedies of human trafficking • There are anywhere from 20-30 million people and exploitation, good people can indeed affect change currently living in some form of modern day slavery. in the face this immense problem. That number represents roughly three times the The work of the committee inspired us to become a population of New York City. There are more slaves community more committed to justice. today than at any point in human history, and that Ramview / Summer 2013 5 Prep History Water, Water, Everywhere: 100 Years [And Then Some] of Prep Swimming

by Lou DiGiorno ’88, School Historian

The year 1914 was a year of firsts for Fordham international rowing legend and gold and silver medalist Prep. For the first time, a Prep alumnus was mayor in the 1904 Olympics, formally announced his plans in of New York City: John Purroy Mitchel. As you may the press “for the adoption of rowing by the Maroon have read, Prep research has recently uncovered a collegians.” From the beginning, College students as New York Herald article in which Mitchel proudly well as Prepsters would be involved. As the Times acknowledges his mother’s Venezuelan heritage. unmistakably reports “Mulcahy has advised the And so, in a sense, in 1914, Mitchel became not only Fordham Prep youngsters to organize, too.” Mulcahy, the first former Prepster to serve as the City’s mayor, who was not only the founder of Fordham crew, but but also, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold also its first coach, is one of this year’s inductees into that office in New York (or possibly any other major the Prep’s Hall of Honor. US city). Interestingly, in his day, he was a great Coach Mulcahy’s oarsmen, however, were not the champion of the municipal pool. In fact, there is a Prep’s first non-terrestrial team to make a splash in whole section dedicated to Mayor Mitchel in the 2007 the media — they would come in second, by about 16 publication Contested Waters: A Social History of months. A century ago this September, at the start of Swimming Pools in America. [Who’d’ve thought?!] the 1913-1914 school year, the papers would proclaim the Prep’s first official plunge into aquatic competition: swimming. Now of course, Prepsters had taken to the water long before the 1913 founding of the Aquarams. In fact, while there is no record of the very first swim at Fordham , we can presume with fair certainty that Maroon boys have been Marco Poloing here at Rose Hill from the very beginning — perhaps even from that very first week in 1841. [Note: I have no idea if Marco Polo was being played in 1841. Couldn’t find a reference before the 1960s.] [Also note: Maroon was not the school color until the 1870s. I was going for the alliteration.] And how exactly can we be so sure that swimming likely started so soon? Simple: it was very hot. Fordham Prep and University — then St. John’s College — did Coach Crysler and the 1929-30 team not first open its doors for a regular fall semester. Instead, in accordance with the wishes of our founder, By coincidence, that very same year, another Archbishop Hughes, the school was opened on June one-time Prep student, Martin H. Glynn, was serving 24th, St. John’s Day, for a preliminary summer session. as the first Catholic governor of the State of New York. All in all, six students arrived in Fordham, New York for According to school records, Glynn had attended and the summer of ’41. graduated his local high school in Valatie, New York, a By July that year, New York was sweltering. A Hudson Valley village (whose name is Dutch for “Little reader writes in to the New York Herald on July 24, Falls”) that straddles Beaver (or Valatie) Kill and the 1841, “Yesterday was an atrociously hot day!” going Kinderhook Creek. [Years later, Harry Houdini would on to give an unofficial mercury reading of 92˚ (in the use Beaver Kill Falls in Valatie as a location for his film shade, at that.) Haldane of the Secret Service . But the Houdinis are In the days of horse-drawn carriages and inadequate another Fordham Prep story altogether. Best save them sewage, the city stank, and tensions were high. Only for their own column, lest we get in too deep.] Before four days after that blurb appeared in print, the strangled moving on to Fordham College, Martin Glynn would body of “The Beautiful Cigar Girl,” Mary Rogers was choose to spend a second senior year at the Prep, found floating in the Hudson River, a murder unsolved making him a member of the Class of 1890. to this day. One of the late Miss Rogers’ tobacco store To close out 1914, a Times article shortly before customers was a writer and would go on to publish a Christmas would foresee yet another imminent and short story based on the tragedy — “The Mystery of decidedly hydrous Fordham first: crew. The Prep’s Marie Rogêt.” That cigar shop patron, of course, was first Olympian, John J. Mulcahy, Class of 1891, Edgar Allan Poe, who a few years later would wash up

6 Ramview / Summer 2013 Prep History

The old swimming hole – River in the 1800s on the shores of Prep history when he moved to the three bathing places. One near the Snuff Mill for the Bronx in 1846, just in time to befriend the Jesuits come Third Division, another a short distance down the river to take charge of the fledgling institution. for the Second Division, and the third at the south line Out in the country — and Fordham was certainly of the College property for the First Division chosen the country: nothing but farms for miles around — according to the depth of the water. I learned to swim conditions were somewhat better than in the crowded in the Third Division pool in June, ’63. The call of the streets in Manhattan, but nonetheless, just about a half old swimming hole is strong. More than once in the old century before electricity was introduced to the Bronx, days when I was a young boy, I stole away from the without so much as a motorized fan in sight, it is commencement exercises for a swim in the Bronx” impossible to think that the first Fordham boys, Throughout the 19th century, there were other boarding at Rose Hill that first hot summer, would not swimming excursions as well. Often enough there were have been permitted to cool themselves down. jaunts to Fordham Landing on the Harlem River, to the Luckily, there was the perfect natatorial venue right lake in Van Cortlandt Park or even to the Long Island on campus. Sound. In fact, during the 1800s, Fordham kept a Until the late 1880s, Fordham’s property extended summer headquarters at an estate called Pennyfield-on- into what is now the Botanical Garden and included a the-Bay in Throgg’s Neck on the Long Island Sound. section of the Bronx River. In those days, long before On warm days even during the regular school year there the waterway had been choked with residential and were walks from Rose Hill out to Pennyfield (about a six industrial waste, the river was clean and pure and mile hike), where there were swims in the Sound and perfect for fishing and swimming. In fact, in the years clam bakes on the beach and lazy afternoons at the that followed, as the school population grew to include shore. Knowing teenaged boys, some sort of challenge First and Second Division students (College men and probably broke out every time they hit the water, but Prepsters) as well as Third Division students (middle throughout the 19th century, swimming would remain school boys), a swimming area was set up for each officially unofficial — for recreational purposes only. age group. In the words of Joseph A. McCreery, In 1913, the year of Mitchel’s election, Fordham Class of 1869: Prep for the first time would have its own competitive “When the warm weather came in late May and swim team. Managing the swimmers was Prep senior June — as also in early came in early September – John William Stanley. His team captain was classmate went to the Bronx to bathe, as I remember, on Charles McKenna. There was no home pool for the very Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. There were first Aquarams — Fordham would not have one until

Ramview / Summer 2013 7 Prep History

The 1948-49 Championship Team

1924. Records of Stanley’s team are nearly non-exis - But this Aquaram did not just confine himself to Prep tent, and like many other early 20th century teams and exploits. The international scene became acutely aware programs, it seems that our first competitive swim team of Bobby Hackett when, at the Pam-Am Games of was temporarily disbanded during the First World War. November 1975, he won the gold medal in the 1500 After the construction of the Campus pool, Prep meter freestyle and the silver in the 400 yard freestyle. swimming slowly began to make a comeback in the In the summer of 1976, Bob went on to the Olympics at mid-’20s with the occasional Prepster allowed at least Montreal bringing home the silver medal in the demand - some access alongside the College students. Finally, ing 1500 meter freestyle event. That summer, Fordham during the 1929-30 school year, Fr. Edward Kenna, SJ, Prep would have its third Olympic medalist, but its first who was serving as prefect of discipline between the student-medalist in school history. legendary Fr. Shea’s two stints in the position, would successfully petition the University Administration for Prep use of the pool. That year, a full Prep swim squad would jump back into interscholastic competition under Coach Clarence Crysler, Class of 1925. First recorded victory: February 11, 1930 over All Hallows. Notables of the ’29-30 team include Joe Drury ’32, Dave Hughes ’30, and Greg Horgan ’31, first diver mentioned in Prep history. The next school year, Crysler would pass on his coach’s whistle to fellow Prep grad, John Lyttle, Class of 1926, head swim coach at the College and new member of the Prep Faculty. So would begin a steady flow of Bob Hackett ’77 aquatic achievements that continues to this very day. Down through the decades, many an amphibious Prepster has left his wet footprints on the history of Swim Team 2013 Prep athletics. From 1947 to 1949, for instance, the Prep swimmers were undefeated. They won every The athletic tradition begun in 1913 is strong as championship available: Private School Championships ever a century later. Under the moderatorship of Fr. two years in a row and CHSAA and Jesuit Champi - Stan O’Konsky and the careful instruction of Coach onships three years in a row, crowning it all with the Dominick Galimi and Coach Matt Bobo, the program is National Catholic Interschool title in 1947. Kevin Daley getting along just swimmingly. The varsity Aquarams are and Jack Monks, Class of 1948 and ’49ers Jack Lutz, the current three-time New York State Federation and Earl Potts, Tom and Martin Farrel, Al Mangini, Gerry CHSAA Champions: 2011, 2012 and 2013. These days, Fitzpatrick, Luke Grande, Jim McQuade, James Drew, names like new alums Joseph Eiden and William Fiero and Tom Barry truly made the swimming teams of this Joyce and upcoming seniors Patrick Conaton, Declan period a dynasty worthy to be listed among the all-time Kennon, Richard Mannix, Oliver Patrouch. Patrouch great Prep teams. and Michael Verini have lead the squad, with Conaton Of course no discussion of Prep swimming history holding the CHSAA state 100-meter backstroke record would be complete without a nod to Hall of Honor and Conaton, Mannix, Patrouch and Elden holding the Member Bobby Hackett, Class of 1977. [Incidentally, New York State High School Federation 400-meter like Mayor Mitchel, his parents, Robert, Sr. and Joyce, freestyle record. By season’s end, Fordham Prep would were also champions of the municipal pool, though they have seven All-American times. did not get their own section in Contested Waters. They Congratulations, Aquarams, on a spectacular first did, however, write a letter into the sports editor of the century. Keep making waves! [Well, except for you Yonkers Herald-Statesman in September 1971 laying divers, that is – isn’t not making waves the point?] out their case.] Bobby swam for Fordham Prep, And as for the rest of you, get offline! It’s hot out! forming the nucleus of a team under Coach Joe Bernal. Everybody in the pool!

8 Ramview / Summer 2013 Around the Prep

Visitors from Japan

In March, 12 students and two teachers from Rokko Junior/Senior high school visited Fordham Prep. They were paired up with 12 Prep juniors for a day of sightseeing and a day of students introduced the Prep students to all kinds of Japanese delicacies, classes. On Saturday, March 23, the group witnessed the closing session of the drinks, and candies. The day ended with a solemn tour of the 9/11 Memorial. Prep’s Freshman Retreat and was warmly welcomed by the Prep community. Two days later, the Rokko students and teachers returned to the Prep to sit From there we walked to Little Italy for a slice and a cannoli, both of which in on classes. They were very impressed by the friendly interaction between were a big hit. The Metro North took the group to Grand Central station for a students and teachers. At lunch the Rokko students made impressive tour there and a walk up to the Roosevelt Island tram for a ride over and a presentations in English to Prep students and staff about various aspects of walk along the riverside lined by cherry trees from Japan. Upon returning to life in Japan and at Rokko. By the end of the trip, students were exchanging Manhattan, the group visited a Japanese grocery store, where the Rokko contact information and dreaming about a reunion – perhaps in Japan!

On the Floor of the NYSE Fordham Prep Gaelic Society

Prep Gaelic Society marches in Woodlawn’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Prep Students Visit the New York Stock Exchange Thank you to Prep parent Randy Caruso for hosting a group of Prep students on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the New York Stock Exchange

Ramview / Summer 2013 9 Alumni Reunions

1963 50 Year Reunion

1968 45 Year Reunion

1973 40 Year Reunion

1978 35 Year Reunion

1983 30 Year Reunion

10 Ramview / Summer 2013 Alumni Reunions

1988 25 Year Reunion

1993 20 Year Reunion

1998 15 Year Reunion

2003 10 Year Reunion

2008 5 Year Reunion

Ramview / Summer 2013 11 Alumni Senior Breakfast

Thank you to the following alumni and Trustees who served as table hosts at the April 25, 2013 Alumni – Senior Breakfast Thank you to Sean Gregory ’94 for being the guest speaker.

John Geraghty ’60 Guy Lester ’76 John F. Neary ’87 Steven F. Tesoro ’05 Former Prep Trustee Vice President & Chairman Consulting Analyst Retired – National Director, Fordham Preparatory School Seabury Group Credit Suisse First Boston Sales & Marketing Board of Trustees US Naval Academy Graduate The Segal Group Timothy R. Tostanoski ’74 & Vietnam War Veteran Kevin Norton ’71 Former Prep Trustee Thomas Mauriello ’80 Director of Investment President Robert Gomprecht ’65 Vice President for College Management Truckmiles, Inc. Principal Advancement Archdiocese of New York Fordham Prep Mark Varrichio ’84 Sean K. O’Keefe ’00 V & F Capital Management Sean Gregory ’94 John McCabe ’81 Associate Principal Senior Writer Managing Director, Audax Group Time Magazine, Time.com Head of Investment Grade Syndicate Eric Grubelich ’81 The Royal Bank of Joseph Altenau ’04 Rev. Chuck Federico, S.J. Senior Advisor Scotland Event Manager Prep Trustee Highlander Bank Holdings, Prudential Center Vocation Director – LLC Michael McCabe ’75 Maryland/New England/ Partne r Charles Andruss ’91 New York John Haley ’87 DeLoitte Forensic & Director FX Institutional Sales Society of Jesus Executive Director of Dispute Services UBS Securities LLC Campaign Strategy John Feighery ’03 New York-Presbyterian William McCabe ’76 Robert Armbruster ’59 Account Manager Hospital Partner Writer, Journalist CustomMade Ropes & Gray LLP Adjunct – Saint Peter’s Michael Hannigan ’73 University David Fitzgerald ’87 Certified Financial Planner John McCaffrey ’78 Chief US Regulatory Langdon Ford Financial Sales Martin Avallone ’79 Counsel Kass Buolding Supply President Sciens Capital Howard Hopkins ’72 Working Media Group Management Executive Director Energy Patrick McNierney ’79 Thomas Palmieri, MD ’56 William J. Whelan ’76 Sales Senior Structural Engineer Hall of Honor Inductee Prep Trustee Mario Ciampi ’78 Matthew Fitzgerald ’91 CME Group CH2M Hill Professor of Clinical Partner Managing Partner Managing Director, Global Surgery Cravath, Swaine & Prentice Capital Head of Operational and Albert Einstein College Moore LLP Regulatory Risk of Medicine Edward Coll Management Paul Williams ’56 President UBS James Parker ’71 Former Prep Trustee GSP LLC Executive Director Retired Director of Marc Flamino ’85 American Red Cross Human Services Paul Curran ’75 RBC Capital Time Warner Managing Director Charles J. Pelisson ’53 BQ Energy LLC Anthony Fletcher Vice President & Principle George Zambetti, MD ’68 Self-employed Marra Peters & Partners Orthopedic surgeon in private Michael Curtin ’88 Attorney practice Director of Curriculum and William C. Porcaro Team physician for Fordham Instructional Technology Paul Frank ’56 Director of Admissions Prep for more than 30 years Edgemont Union Free Former Chairman of the Prep and Athletic Director School Districy Board of Trustees Cristo Rey High School Victor L. Zimmermann, Jr. Partner of New York Partner Sean Davey ’80 Hodgson Russ LLP Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Owner Dr. Cassandra Hyacinthe John Mercorella ’07 Kevin J. Rooney ’88 Colt & Mosle LLP Law Offices of John Freeman ’80 P ’99, ’08 Development & Alumni Senior Compliance Office Sean J. Davey, PC Managing Member Prep Trustee Relations Assistant & Associate General ColeMac LLC Assistant Principal for Fordham Prep Counsel Mr. Jake Dolce ’91 Curriculum/Instruction Cerberus Capital and Guidance Artie Mondrone ’86 Management Sales Robert Galasso ’69 Thank you to these Construction Engineering Mount Vernon High School Co-owner members of the Prep Ellen Fahey-Smith Specialist Diamond Back Sportswear Steven A. Ruggiero ’77 Assistant Vice President and Travelers Insurance Maurice Hyacinthe ’77 Prep Trustee community for their help Chief of Staff to the Provost Company Vice President and Chief John Montes ’90 Senior Advisor with this event: Fordham University Operating Officer Retired – NYPD Headwaters MB HMH Management Self-employed Attorney Carol Isabel Company, LLC Joseph Schenk P ’09 Guidance & Counseling Robert Moschetta ’90 Vice Chair – Prep Board Administrative Assistant John Kahl Owner Operator of Trustees Vice President, Entertainment and Sounds Senior Advisor Darlene Milone Development & Unlimited Carlyle Group Assistant to the President Alumni Relations Fordham Prep John J. Murphy ’77 Bradley J. Serton ’95 Theresa Napoli Personal Lines Manager Managing Director – Assistant Principal for Mohamed Kanu ’07 Global Coverage, Inc. Partnerships Academics & Student Life Paralegal CEO Connection Hawkins Delafield & Wood, Roderick J. Murray ’78 Mella O’Halloran LLP Prep Trustee Kenneth P. Singleton ’79 Executive Assistant to Managing Director, Head Fixed Executive Vice President the Principal Edward Lenci ’81 Income Funding & Liquidity & Global General Counsel Partner Management (Ret.) Joan Wollman Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Jeffries LLC Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Director of Annual Giving

12 Ramview / Summer 2013 Class Notes

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1949 recently deceased classmates, John Memories of Fr. Shea CLASS REP Hickey , and John Costello plus other Gus Stellwag - [email protected] classmates with a variety of illnesses. by John Robben ’48 Bob James presented a Photo Album to Gus Stellwag’s article Life on West Fr. Boller with a collage of photos taken It was September 1944, my very first day at the Prep. Miss 195th Street During World War II was through his years of attendance at our Brown, the Prep’s librarian, sent me to Father Shea’s office and published in the Spring 2013 edition gatherings. On behalf of our class, con - of Back in the Bronx magazine. instructed me to tell him I’d been talking in class. Fr. Shea had a gratulated him on his achievements at long, crooked forefinger, not unlike the Wicked Witch in the film, 1950 the Prep and wished him success at St. The Wizard of Oz , which he used like a blackboard pointer. “Join Peter’s Prep. Bob also read a thank you CLASS REP that line,” he said, pointing out his window. “Get on the end of it.” letter created by our class with the hope Ed Squire - [email protected] Only 9 words, but the most he ever said to me in my 4 years at the Photo Album will serve as a fond the Prep. 1951 memory of our 1953 class. The lunch - A single line of about a dozen boys were already marching eon was a special occasion with so CLASS REP around a rectangular square located outside Father Shea’s many of our class attending from around Adolph Ehbrecht - [email protected] office. He could keep his eye on us from where he sat and the country which included Larry monitor our behavior. The punishment was called “Jug,” and 1952 Fitzsimmons who we had not seen for lasted about 50 minutes. I didn’t mind the exercise, but the boy 10 years. gave us run CLASS REPS John Murphy I was following had long, gangly legs whose movement had no down on the class scholarship fund Gerry McCabe - [email protected] consistency making it impossible to keep in step. which has grown remarkably since its in - Ed O’Brien - [email protected] At the end of the 50 minutes Father Shea came out, dis - ception in 2003. It was a fun day and all missing everyone but myself and the boy with the undisciplined is a professor Thomas Cangialosi, DDS agreed to look forward to next year’s legs. Another crop of prisioners were added to the line, but put in and the chairman of Orthodontic luncheon. Karl Koehler is living in Ger - front of me and my tormentor. Subsequently this happened a Department at the Rutgers School of many. He sent in the following update: third time and I suffered through triple jug as a result. The third Dental Medicine. He previously worked “Thought I’d let you know about a new time I tried to defend myself, but Fr. Shea put his crooked at the Orthodontic Department at novel of mine, Ratzinger’s Island , that forefinger to his lips. There was no court of appeal with Fr. Columbia University for 38 years, can now be purchased in paper or e- Shea. When sent to his office you were either guilty, or... 21 years as chairman. book format on Amazon.com. I’ve dedi - you were guilty. cated the book to the late George Hunt For the next four years, I never saw that boy again, and I 1953 S.J., whose monograph on the themes successfully avoided being seen by Father Shea. It occurred to CLASS REPS of Sex, Religion and Art in the novels of me occasionally that no such boy existed and he’d either been John Murphy - [email protected] John Updike has been a great influence a figment of my imagination, or Fr. Shea had magically created Max Pelisson - [email protected] on me. Father Hunt was the editor of the him to torment me with him. Jesuit’s America at the time of his death, Report on 1953 Class reunion - Many years later, as many perhaps as 30 or more, I was and I’ve recently discovered that he Ed Flynn gathered 24 classmates for in Manhattan one day when out of the corner of my eye I spied also attended the Prep, graduating our annual class reunion lunch held at a man walking with the same gangly movement that my a few years before our class did. the Water Club in NYC on Tuesday June tormentor had 30 or more years earlier. I sped up to catch up Ratzinger’s Island has been selling well, 4, 2013. We commemorated the 20th with him and when I came abreast of him I saw that boy in that since first appearing on Amazon a few consecutive year of holding this event as man, only older. He was as much in his own little world then as weeks ago, and all earned royalties are well as 60 years since our graduation he had been that September afternoon in 1944. He must have going to the Catholic Charities (Caritas) from the Prep in 1953. We welcomed felt me looking at him and briefly returned my stare only to here in Germany.” Fr. Boller who lead us in prayers for disappear once again into a world of his making. Ramview / Summer 2013 13 Class Notes

e 1960 Lightfoot Lads of 4E Two Classmates Honored For Penn Relays Record Run

By John Paul Quinn ’60

This past April at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia, two classmates of the Greek 4E class of 1960 – Norb Sander and Joe McGovern – were inducted into the Penn Relays Wall of Fame as two members of the Fordham University four-mile relay team that shattered the meet record by almost half a minute 50 years ago. Virtually ignored underdogs in that race, the Fordham four - some astonished the crowd and blew away the field, with Norb running 4:12.2 for his leg, and Joe 4:09.7 for his. And the following day, Joe came back to run a 1:54.3 leg on the winning two-mile relay team. Earlier on, in their 4E days, when they weren’t translating Prep Alumni at their Georgetown 50 Year Reunion - Paul Wasielewski ’59, Jim Fay Virgil and trying to conjugate the optative mood of various obscure ’59, Gerry Attis ’59, John Charde ’59, Bill Frank ’59, Carl Liggio ’61 Greek verbs in their day job, Norb and Joe were busy racking up records in distance races at the Prep. Both were mainstays of Coach Joe Fox’s cross-country and indoor and outdoor track teams. They led the Prep cross-country teams to two successive 1954 acquisition in Lithuania in process of CHSAA city championships in 1958 and 1959, with Joe crossing CLASS REP increasing production and as we just the finish line first in the field in ’59. And both were on the indoor Jack Donahue - [email protected] famed out a shale gas play with four-mile relay in 1959, setting a Prep record that still stands. Joe Chevron for a carried interest. Beneficial held records for the freshman mile, the varsity mile and the varsity 1955 Capital Corp now concentrates on 1500 meters. CLASS REPS secured converibles or secured loans Norb set the school record for the two-mile in 1960, and in Paul Petrocelli - [email protected] with equity kickers as evidenced by our college set a junior metropolitan AAU three-mile record of 14:54 in George Wade - [email protected] www.bacterin.com; www.abtech.com; the 168th Street Fort Washington Armory in 1963. He continued to and www.rymedtech.com” run after college, winning the first New York City Marathon in 1974 1956 and finishing fourth in an international field that ran the original CLASS REPS 1958 Marathon course in Greece from the site of the ancient battlefield Tom Brennan - [email protected] CLASS REPS to the city of Athens. Today he is the founder and Executive Tony Fiorella - [email protected] Steve Amoretty - [email protected] Director of The Armory Track Foundation, which is now the Paul Williams - [email protected] Joe DioGuardi - [email protected] premier indoor track venue in the country. Jim Melican - [email protected] And they weren’t the only “lightfoot lads” in the Greek class Terry Douglas reports that “My second Ed Pardon - [email protected] that year. While Norb was cross-country captain and Joe was novel, The House of Sand , was just Charles Lancelot , a member of Glee indoor team captain, breakaway speedster was published. It is a story about the greed Tommy Byrne Club and Prep organist while at Fordham outdoor co-captain. Almost half the room consisted of track and and ambition that consume those who Prep, is the chief accompanist and field athletes, including the amazing , rule a desert kingdom, but might apply Wu twins, Jack and Robin Director of the Hispanic Choir at St. who were the two fastest sub-midget (under 100 pounds) sprinters also to those who labor unconscious in Brendan’s Catholic Church in Cumming, in the city; , a top contender in the pole vault; the Western commercial capitals of the Mike Gyves Ralph GA (just north of Atlanta). Jerome and who were sprint and middle- world.” Grimaldi Brian Shannon Tuccille will be finishing his 31st book in distance relay standbys; Charlie Rhuda and myself who were 1957 the summer of 2013. He is the author of good for a few points in the hurdles and high jump; and two javelin CLASS REPS earlier best-selling and award-winning throwers – and . Frank Manopoli Joe “Zimmy” Zimmatore Al Apicelli - [email protected] books, including Hemingway and In fact, Zimmy was one of the most unnoticed athletes in Ed McAnaney - [email protected] Gellhorn, Gallo Be Thy Name, Gallery Prep history in our day. Quiet and unassuming, he was lean and Al Preisser - [email protected] of Fools and many others. His new book slight of build, weighing about 135 pounds, but he had an arm like Greg Rinn - [email protected] will be a novella in the comedy/crime a whip. He won every city competition that year in his event, then Bill Skehan - [email protected] area called Left Cross and will be went on in post-season to win the Eastern States Championships. published under the pseudonym, As the seasons turned that year from cross-country, then to John Hoey sent in this update: As Jack Daniels. indoor and outdoor track, virtually every Monday after lunch when Chairman of Mundoro Capital, we the PA system announced the results of weekend meets, our 4E just defeated a dissident Chinese 1959 classroom would explode with cheers, whistles, desk-thumping, shareholder group with 42% at CLASS REP and foot-stomping as one after another classmate was named. www.mundoro.com at our 27 August Bob Armbruster - [email protected] Our classroom in old Hughes Hall was right next to Dean of 2012 AGM in Vancouver. Mundoro is Discipline Fr. Arthur Shea’s office. It was a tribute to Fr. Shea’s actively acquiring concessions exploring 1960 patience, kindness, and love of outdoor sports, that the whole and drilling to assay precious metals CLASS REPS raucous crowd of us – runners and fans alike – weren’t walking in México, Serbia and Bulgaria. Frank D’Onofrio - [email protected] jug every Monday afternoon. Co-Founder and Director at Jack Geraghty - [email protected] www.tethysoil.com where production Paul Powers - [email protected] in Oman up to 15,000 bbls/day and Norb Sander - [email protected]

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1961 1965 Kevin Pigott CLASS REP CLASS REP Carl Liggio - [email protected] John Secco - [email protected] Kevin Pigott is about to start his George Reich recently celebrated his Richard Black is enjoying his retirement twentieth-fourth year at the helm of the 13th anniversary of his ordination to the in Riverside, CT. Frank McLaughlin Fordham Preparatory School varsity Permanent Diaconate and his 70th was one of 50 sports figures to be hon - basketball team. Before coming to the birthday! ored at the inaugural Irish Sports 50 Prep, Pigott was the junior varsity 1962 awards presented by the Irish Voice . coach at All Hallows High School in the 1966 Bronx for five years. He also coached CLASS REPS high school basketball for two years Jim Buckman - [email protected] CLASS REPS in New Hampshire at Bishop Guertin Gerry Byrne - [email protected] Bill Heitmann - [email protected] High School. Since 2004, Pigott has been the head varsity Peter Maher - [email protected] Peter Leider - [email protected] tennis coach at the Prep.The squad has won back-to-back Bill Mulligan - [email protected] Daniel Raleigh is now retired but spends championships in 2012 and 2013. Pigott has also coached two days a week as a DAV volunteer. 1967 tennis at Pelham High School and Mount St. Vincent College. Besides his coaching duties at the Prep, Pigott has been CLASS REPS 1963 involved in the administration of the New York City Catholic High Al Naclerio - [email protected] CLASS REPS School Athletic Association. He is currently serving the CHSAA Bill Porcaro - [email protected] Jenik Radon - [email protected] in a dual capacity as the Chairman of Basketball and Secretary. Hank White - [email protected] 1968 Pigott also serves on the Board of Directors of the Basketball Coaches’ Association of New York. Jenik Radon sent in the following update: CLASS REPS Pigott has edited three books - More Five-Star Basketball “A recent highpoint was clearly my Mike Alvino - [email protected] Drills, The Five-Star Basketball Coaches’ Playbook , and The Golden Reunion. It was great to person - Rich Ferrara - [email protected] Five-Star Basketball Coaches’ Defensive Playbook . He has also ally catch with so many classmates, all Carmine Lucia - [email protected] the while asking where have all those Gerry Moss - [email protected] published two best-selling videos on playing and teaching years gone – it was only yesterday that Bill Reilly - [email protected] basketball with Championship Productions. Pigott has also written I sat in Hughes Hall on a hard wooden George Zambetti - [email protected] numerous articles for various publications on basketball. During seat. Another recent high point is that I the fall, Pigott can be heard announcing Fordham Prep football hosted in my home a Bishop from South 1969 games at Coffey Field. Over the years he has become known as Sudan, which is challenged by the CLASS REPS “the voice of the Rams.” On the road, he is doing the stats for the famed resource curse and wracked by Jim Harrison - [email protected] varsity football team. As Assistant Athletic Director, he can be on-going oil and military wars with seen at many athletic events. Sudan, all the while trying to recover 1970 Most importantly, during this time Pigott has been busy in the classroom. Currently, he teaches Frosh English, Writing for the from a civil war. Columbia graduation After 37 years of teaching English, Keith Media, and a Senior Service class. For him, the amazing thing was fun as always. But now back to has retired to New Port Richey, Sacher about Fordham Prep is the quality of his experiences. “I consider same old, same old for me. Presently, FL. Sacher was presented with a plaque myself to be very lucky to have spent many a year at a place like June 10, in Kabul, Afghanistan working for dedicated teaching from the students Fordham Prep – my time in the classroom, on the courts, and with on a trans-border energy/gas project on and staff of Long Island City, Queens, the kids and my colleagues has been cherished by me. It don’t behalf of Afghanistan, but have to admit NY. Sacher spent 21 years in the NYC - get any better!” work was temporarily interrupted by a DOE. In June 2012, he coached the major attack on Kabul International winner of the city-wide Theodore Airport, which occurred this morning. Roosevelt Public Speaking competition. Progress can only and will be achieved He also received an award for his by carrying on, and so I will, as I still dedication over the last 17 years for dream of and believe in a beautiful outstanding coaching in this competition. tomorrow – so back to work to bring Sacher lost both legs in 2010. economic stability and growth, notwith - standing such setbacks. Now it is off to 1971 Delhi and Manila – and for the record CLASS REPS more work. End of June should see me Michael Letterese - [email protected] again in Kabul and shortly thereafter Jim Parker - [email protected] in Mozambique where extractive companies are seeking to press deals 1972 that are too good to be true and Domini - CLASS REP can Republic where a Canadian gold Howie Hopkins - [email protected] company feels gold is more important and valuable than the environment and Timothy Micek , an Associate Professor the water systems. Seems like enough of Education at Ohio Dominican Univer - to do and this should keep me busy until sity, was named the 2013 David B. our Super Golden 100th Reunion.” Erwin, Jr., Student Organization Advisor of the Year for his work with the TESOL 1964 Graduate Student Organization (GSO). CLASS REPS Additionally, he was selected to partici - Robert O’Donnell – [email protected] pate in the 2013 Wuhan [China] Univer - Class of 1975 Mini-Reunion At last year’s Bill Ayers – Laura Spallone wedding, Bill was joined with Jerry O’Gorman - [email protected] sity Summer Intensive English Program classmates Dave Gilman and Paul Reiss for a picture Bernhard Preisser – [email protected] (WUSIEP). WUSIEP is a collaborative John Roy – [email protected] project between sister schools Wuhan

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Michael Quinlan ’71 University and The Ohio State University 1980 that has taken place annually since CLASS REPS 2004. Instructors teach U.S. culture and Sean Davey - [email protected] Michael Quinlan ’71 is a familiar intensive English for three weeks at Bob Fink - [email protected] face to many members of the Wuhan University. Geoff Loftus sent in Lew Hyacinthe - [email protected] Prep community because of his this update: “Saugatuck Books has pub - Gerry Parker - [email protected] appearances in commercials and lished my latest thriller, The Dark Saint. television shows throughout his It’s available on Amazon for the Kindle 1981 career as an actor. You may ($4.99). (Fans of Barnes & Noble, don’t CLASS REPS recognize him from his television worry, a NOOK edition is coming July 20 Ed Lenci - [email protected] work on Blue Bloods, Law & at the same, ultra-reasonable price.)” Order, David Letterman and Richard Esposito joined NBC News as 1982 various soap operas and Senior Executive Producer, Investigative CLASS REPS commercials for products and Unit. “In this role I will help guide and Paul Brusco - [email protected] services like IBM, The Wall Street manage the network’s overall investiga - Vince DonVito - [email protected] Journal, Golf Digest and Grey tive direction. I’ll work with the roster of Goose Vodka. He has also investigative correspondents, producers, 1983 appeared in numerous Broadway and Off Broadway shows. and reporters across all broadcasts and CLASS REPS Mike was born in Jackson Heights, NY. His family moved platforms of the NBCUniversal News Tony DiNota - [email protected] to Flushing where he attended St. Andrew of Avellino before Group, including Today, NBC Nightly Mike Sohr - [email protected] enrolling at the Prep. His daily commute from Queens was News, Rock Center with Brian Williams, Simon Walsh - [email protected] either taking three buses with grammar school and Prep Dateline, NBCNews.com, MSNBC, classmates Jim Parker, John Bell and Joseph Carballeira or CNBC, and the NBC Owned Television 1984 the generosity of John’s father who worked in White Plains, NY Stations. For the past 11 and a half Martin Waters was recognized in and would drop the four at Rose Hill on his way to work. years I was at ABC News where I was the 2013 edition of Chambers USA: It was during his Prep career that Mike first became senior investigative reporter.” America’s Leading Lawyers for interested in acting. When he decided that baseball and Business. basketball were not for him, he looked into the list of other 1973 Prep activities and found the Drama Society. The first play CLASS REPS 1985 that he appeared in was You Can’t Take It With You . He also Julio Diaz - [email protected] CLASS REPS appeared in A Man for All Seasons as well as other Drama Mike Hannigan - [email protected] Marc Flamino - [email protected] Society productions. Mike says that it was his appearances in Jim Mustich - [email protected] Michael Trovini - [email protected] these productions that encouraged him to pursue acting as a career. 1974 1986 CLASS REP After his Prep graduation, Mike attended Fairfield is currrently deployed Tim Tostanoski - [email protected] Richard Capelli University where he received his B.A. in 1975. After college, for a year long tour in Kabul, Afghanistan he worked in the family business until 1978 when acting 1975 as a senior civilian advisor to the Com - became his full time job. In 2000, while continuing as an mander, International Security Force CLASS REPS actor, he started and still serves as the President of Quinlan (COMISAF). Communications which coaches and consults with business Ray Dorado - people on giving effective speeches and presentations. [email protected] 1987 He has fond memories of the Prep. Particular memories John Renzulli - [email protected] CLASS REPS are of watching one of the 1969 World Series games in Hughes 1976 Kevin Fitzpatrick - [email protected] Hall after school and how electric the campus was during the Eric Groepler - [email protected] year that Digger Phelps coached the Fordham University mens CLASS REPS Dario Martinez - [email protected] basketball team. He said that because Hughes Hall was in the Ed Bonnano - [email protected] Tim McGrath - [email protected] Guy Lester - [email protected] center of the campus that Prep students were part of that Pat O’Brien - [email protected] memorable season. Dieter Freer has joined the Chicago office of Spencer Stuart as a consultant. John Haley has been promoted to Vice He credits the Prep, and especially the young Jesuits President for Campaign Management at who were on staff then, for teaching him and his fellow 1977 New York Presbyterian Hospital. John Prepsters how to think differently. They encouraged their CLASS REPS will continue to oversee all aspects of students to be critical thinkers and look at all angles of Steve Flynn - [email protected] the Office of Development Infrastructure situations and problems. Mike said the other lasting effect Maurice Hyacinthe - [email protected] and will help lead strategic planning and of his Prep days is the life-long friends that he made during John Murphy - [email protected] implementation for major development his four years at Rose Hill. Steve Ruggiero - [email protected] initiatives. Mike and his wife Mary are residents of Montclair, NJ. 1978 1988 CLASS REPS 35 Year Reunion Tom Andruss - [email protected] Saturday, April 27, 2013 CLASS REP Pat Deane - [email protected] John McCaffrey - [email protected] Tony Fletcher - [email protected] Nick Leshi - [email protected] 1979 Kevin Rooney - [email protected] CLASS REPS Marty Avallone - marty.avollone@working mediagroup.com Nick Brusco - [email protected] Michael Cleary - [email protected] 16 Ramview / Summer 2013 Class Notes

1989 1996 Lee Curreri ’77 CLASS REPS CLASS REPS Jim Andruss - [email protected] Chris Celentano - christophercelentano@ Vince Buccieri - [email protected] hotmail.com Lee Curreri ’77 grew up in Yonkers, Brendan Neary - brendan.neary@ Paul DiSenso - [email protected] NY and attended the Annunciation morganstanley.com Conan Dolce - [email protected] School in the Crestwood section of Bill McNamara - wmcnamara@oppenheimer Yonkers before entering the Prep in 1990 funds.com September of 1973. During his Prep CLASS REP Nelson Ritter - [email protected] career, he distinguished himself aca - RJ Linehan - [email protected] Rob Weitzman - [email protected] demically, taking many Advanced Placement and Honors courses. has been recently Dominic Agostino 1997 Before and during his time at promoted to Human Resources Leader CLASS REP the Prep, Lee was a church organist with IBM. In this capacity, Dominic sets Anton Dengler - [email protected] where he started to learn the craft of the HR agenda for General Business, arranging music. His musical reputation continued to grow during a sales unit that represents 40% of the 1998 his Prep days as him and Bill Ayers ’75 were asked to perform IBM sales revenue, and is comprised of CLASS REPS at faculty parties. Lee said that the first non-organist paid job was approximately 3000 worldwide sales John Alli - [email protected] when him and Bill were asked to perform at a party at former professionals. Robert Moschetta and Niall Henry - [email protected] National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle’s house. his wife Dorothy celebrated their 15th Lee was a member of the Drama Society and was part of the wedding anniversary. Rob’s company, 1999 Entertainment and Sounds Unlimited, orchestra at the musicals but CLASS REPS will be handling all of the production for was able to perform in the Jon Bagwell - [email protected] the 2013 Hall of Honor Dinner. ESUDJ dramas and comedies. Anthony Chiodi - [email protected] handled all of the production for the After graduating from Daryn Johnson - [email protected] 2013 Columbia University Medical the Prep, Lee studied at the Peter Kilpatrick - [email protected] School graduation. Manhattan School of Music, Colin Reilly - [email protected] Mannes College of Music and 1991 Deric Zaphire - [email protected] Westchester Conservatory CLASS REPS before being selected to play Charlie Andruss - [email protected] 2000 Bruno in Fame , the film and Jake Dolce - [email protected] CLASS REPS television series. Since Fame , Frank Lively - [email protected] Lee has been a successful 1992 Joe Neckles - [email protected] performer, composer and p CLASS REPS Sean O’Keefe - [email protected] roducer. He wrote the musical Rich DioGuardi - [email protected] John Schwartz - [email protected] scores for various movies, Dom Galimi - [email protected] Doug Serton - [email protected] television shows and commer - Eric Goldschmidt - [email protected] Francis Lively has enrolled at Yale cials. He produced albums for Art O’Reilly - [email protected] University to pursue an MBA. He starts artists like Carole King, Natalie Cole, Phil Perry, Nicolette Larson Luke Sweeney [email protected] in September. and Kid Creole and the Coconuts. He credits his Prep education with playing a part in his success. He said that the Prep taught just completed his MBA Jesse Quinlan 2001 him how to, through critical learning and questioning, take from Penn State University. He resides CLASS REPS disparate energies and rearrange them into something new. in Chadds Ford, PA with his wife Blaise Goswami - [email protected] He says that because of “disposing of the norm and requiring Christina and three sons Owen, Ryan Mark Hannigan - [email protected] uniqueness,” he has built a knowledge base of music that has and Seth. Michael McTigue has joined Bob Lynch - [email protected] given him the breadth to work in many different styles of music. the Chappaqua brokerage of Houlihan Michael Murray - michael.g.murray@ Lee has two favorite memories of his Fordham Prep days. Lawrence Real Estate. morganstanley.com While he and Bill Ayres took a break at one of the faculty parties, 1993 Kevin Phipps - [email protected] bandleader Robert Cusumano and teacher Joseph St. Jacques CLASS REPS Matt Rinklin - [email protected] along with other faculty members picked up instruments and Tim Fitzpatrick - [email protected] Dan Sherman - [email protected] started to play Dixieland, which was quite a treat! The other Mickey Merrigan - [email protected] Mike Viele - [email protected] memory is of a student who plagiarized the Cliff Notes for an assignment from English teacher Richard Lanahan. Instead of 1994 2002 calling the student out for copying the notes, Richard pointed out CLASS REPS CLASS REPS all of the fallacies in the Sean Bowden - [email protected] Chris Cavanagh - [email protected] copied answers that the Ben Caiola - [email protected] Joe Donat - [email protected] Cliff Notes provided. Charon Darris - [email protected] Joe FitzSimons - Richard taught the more Sean Gregory - [email protected] [email protected] valuable lesson – don’t put Al Sackey - [email protected] Jared Kildare - [email protected] your name down on other people’s answers and 1995 2003 expect everything to go CLASS REPS CLASS REPS smoothly. Brian Duffy - [email protected] Charles Beale - [email protected] Lee and his wife Brad Serton - [email protected] Rich Berretta - [email protected] Sherry and two sons live in Jay Feighery - [email protected] Marina del Rey, California.

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Robert McLaughlin

Robert McLaughlin is the Athletic Director; Physical Education and Health teacher and department chair - man; and is an assistant coach for the baseball team at Fordham Preparatory School. Bob started at the Prep in 1991, teaching math and coaching basketball and wrestling. As the head wrestling coach from 1991 through 2003, Bob oversaw five city championships – four in a row from 1995 through 1998. During his tenure as Athletic Director, the Prep has won over 35 CHSAA city championships. After teaching math for nine years, Bob was named as the Athletic Director and has held this position for the last 13 years. It was also at this time that he moved from the math department to the Physical Education and Health department and started teach - ing physical education and health classes to all freshman students at the Prep. As the Athletic Director, Bob oversees 15 sports and 37 2nd Lt. John Murtagh ’05 (left) and 2nd Lt. Patrick Ford ’02 in 29 Palms, California teams. This past year, over 650 Prep students participated on one during the Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course “Palm FEX.” The Infantry Officer or more athletic teams. This has been one of Bob’s goals – to get Course is a grueling 13-week course, considered among the hardest in the Marine as many students as possible involved in the sports program at Corps, training future infantry platoon commanders in the Marine Corps. Lieutenants the Prep. In fact, crew and rugby teams have been added during Ford and Murtagh graduated from the course on March 27, 2013. Lt. Ford has been Bob’s tenure as Athletic Director. Another goal that drives his assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines in North Carolina and Lt. Murtagh to 1st agenda is to motivate student athletes to improve their skills Battalion, 25th Marines in Plainville, CT through hard work and dedication and this has been implemented through weight training and conditioning programs developed for each team. This has been made possible with the new weight 2004 2007 room which serves not only the student athletes, but all Prep CLASS REPS CLASS REPS students, teachers and faculty. Joe Altenau - [email protected] Will Ferguson - [email protected] Bob also oversees many initiatives to ensure athlete safety Vijay DaCosta - [email protected] Mo Kanu - [email protected] at the Prep. This includes Impact Concussion testing; random Jim Lipscomb - [email protected] drug testing for athletes, providing them with an “out” from peer 2005 Jim Moore - [email protected] pressure, and an opportunity to catch issues early and provide CLASS REPS has announced his support; and required CPR/first aid classes for coaches. Matthew Keefer Joe Hallinan - [email protected] engagement to Christina Fedak. For the past three years, Bob has participated in the Prep’s Sean LaGamma - [email protected] annual service trip to the Romero Center in Camden, NJ. This Jim Lundy - [email protected] 2008 unique opportunity allows Fordham Prep freshman students and Joe Migliaccio - [email protected] CLASS REPS teacher volunteers to work together to help those in need. John Murtagh - [email protected] Dan Altenau - [email protected] Bob has been married to his wife, Susan, for 22 years. The two Steve Tesoro - [email protected] Kenny Hyacinthe - [email protected] met at Fordham University when they were students. The couple Chris Luboja - [email protected] has started a five year has three daughters – Sara, Abigail and Catherine – and live Joseph Nobile Chuck Mackenzie - [email protected] Emergency Medical/Internal Medicine in Bergen County, NJ. In his spare time, Bob enjoys coaching Calvin McCoy - [email protected] residency program at the University of soccer, playing ice hockey, golfing, reading and spending time Mike Wrotniak - [email protected] with his girls. Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. Daniel Fiorito was named to the Middle 2006 Atlantic Conference All-Century baseball CLASS REPS Team for the 2004-2012 era for his Eric Collazo - [email protected] baseball career at Manhattanville Sean Connolly - [email protected] College. Dan is currently a member of Ramon DeLaCruz - [email protected] the Tampa Yankees. Did you know Geoff DeSoye - [email protected] John Dingee - [email protected] that Fordham Prep has over 3,200 Travis Long - [email protected] 2009 likes for the official Fordham Prep Hal Mackenzie - [email protected] CLASS REPS Connor Nugent - [email protected] Connor Brown - [email protected] Facebook page? Patrick Schramm - [email protected] Adrian Mansylla - [email protected] John O’Shea - [email protected] now lives in Boston You can join this list by clicking Christopher Sasso Mike Troiano - [email protected] and is finishing his undergraduate www.facebook.com/fordhamprep degree at Harvard University. “I put Michael Signorile graduated from on hold in order to start my own College with a business degree. He eCommerce company and currently, our has written a novel, The Wartime revenue exceeds $2.5 million annually. Chronicles, which is being published In addition to that I am in the develop - by Tate Publishing and will be on the ment stages of a new personal services bookshelves by June 2013. 18 Ramview / Summer 2013 eCommerce business.” Class Notes

2010 2012 CLASS REPS Joseph Genovese had a very Eric Lynch - successful first year at Villanova [email protected] University: “The Honorary Board of Gavin Reidy - [email protected] Regents and the Board of Directors Brendan Siebecker - btsieb14@g. of Collegiate Scholars has conferred holycross.edu honor and distinction upon Joseph Philip Reid-Francisco is an intern J. Genovese for his commitment to with the Late Show with David the ideals of Scholarship, Leadership Letterman for the Summer of 2013. and Service at Villanova University’s Philip said “that going to Fordham Business School.” Prep has helped me during interviews when I applied to other internships. Thank you!” 2011 CLASS REPS Max Kinder - [email protected] Kyle O’Keefe - [email protected] Mike Santeramo - [email protected] Prep Reunion in Washington, DC On a recent visit to Washington, DC, faculty member and alumnus Nelson Ritter Jonathan Lee-Rey will be in the ’96 got together with Cole MacKenzie ’10, Matt Forzano ’09, James DeLucia ’09 Comedy Studies Program at Second City in the fall semester.

Fathers & Sons At this year’s graduation, alumni presented their family members with their diplomas. In the picture are the alumni with their graduating family members. Tim Tostanoski ’74 and his nephews Colin Hogan & Devon Higham, John McCarrick ’77 and his son Conor, Charles Lippolis ’86 with his son Louis, Robert Fink ’80 and his son Daniel, James Parker ’71 and his son John,Christopher Sullivan ’83 and his son John, Michael Bennis ’83 and his son Michael, Joseph Paolicelli ’72 and his son Joseph, Nicholas Brusco ’79 and his son Nicolas, Robert Marzziotti ’50 and his grandson Mark. Not pictured - Michael Corcoran ’60 and his son Michael, Joseph Balsamo and his son Eric, Jose Moreno ’87 and his son Christian.

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Marriages

1982 Vincent Don Vito and Jeanne Marie DeQuiroz 2000 William Donoghue and Victoria Kaufmann Former Faculty Armand Laurino and Michele Ottomano Births/Adoptions

1990 Eleanor, to Terrence and Alison Kent Finneran 1994 Luke and Asha, to Keith and Kristin Murray 1995 John Wall, to John and Sonya Cronin 1996 Grace Frances, to Sean and Francine Flynn 2004 Eliana Sophia, to Joe and Rachel Amarosa Faculty Owen Francis, to Anne and Giovanni Facendola. Anne is a member of the Guidance Department Prep faculty member Anthony DiFato `99 and Michele Calabrese

IN MEMoRIaM

Charles E. Hughes ’39 Gerald F. Clark ’57 Saveria Verlezza, mother of Prep faculty John M. Fitzpatrick ’40 Joseph Del Savio ’57 member John ’94 Angelo V. Alpi ’42 Kenneth W. McGovern ’57 George Ptak-Danchak, father of Chad ’00, James A. Flagg ’42 Bernard R. McGuire ’57 Christian ’00 Richard J. Corallo ’43 George W. Pelebecky ’62 Joseph Crotty, father of Joseph ’04 Timothy J. Walsh ’44 Bartholomew C. Iannone ’63 Robert Bertino, father of Robert ’15 Ronald F. Kilmartin ’46 John M. Gaudioso ’68 Mary Gilbride, sister of former Prep Vincent E. Messler ’46 Richard J. Morra II ’68 President Rev. Edward F. Maloney, S.J., Thomas G. Brennan ’47 John Johnson-Orban ’69 grandmother of Mark DeSoye ’02, Rev. Robert J. Keck, S.J. ’47 Mary Caruso, wife of William ’51 Geoffrey DeSoye ’06 Charles A. DiOrio ’48 Milline Buccellato, mother of Leonard ’61, Pablo Marrero, father of Prep faculty member Walter J. Eich ’48 Frank ’62, Andrew ’64 Wanda Pineiro, grandfather of Skyler William J. Loughnane ’49 John Pane, father of John ’64, Robert ’66 Pineiro ’99 Robert J. Mockler ’49, brother of the Angelo Gentile, father of Andrew ’79 Virginia Evans, mother of Prep faculty late Colman ’47 Nora McCaghey, mother of Charles ’83, member Lynette Scallion Francis P. Tierney ’49 Brendan ’84 Carmen F. Donnarumma, former faculty Gerald W. Lynch ’54 Michael Lee, father of Christopher ’86, member Robert ’94

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