Fall 2012 The Catholic University of America MAGAZINE

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Web Extra: Read about more people with “Cool Jobs,” including J.B. Martin, senior melter operator at 16 the Vitreous State Laboratory, at cuamagazine.cua.edu.

16 Cool Jobs 22 At 75, CUA 24 Walking with on Campus Drama Earns Nathaniel In addition to a world-class Rave Reviews Through the simple act of faculty, it takes more than 950 putting one foot in front of With production number 525, staff members to keep Catholic the other, a grieving father finds the Department of Drama University running. Take a look comfort and a way to help has launched its 75th season. at just a few of the coolest jobs others. An anniversary gala is planned on campus. for April 26–27.

On the cover (clockwise from the bottom): Meghan Gates, stacks inventory project manager, John K. Mullen of Denver Memorial Library; Rev. Andrew Santamauro, O.F.M. Conv., associate chaplain for graduate and law students, Campus Ministry; Omar Lewis, certified landscape technician, Facilities; Patrick Gibbons, electrical instrumentation supervisor, Vitreous State Laboratory; Cassundra Roberts, officer, Department of Public Safety; Mark J. Wujcik, technical director, Hartke Theatre. Fall 2012, Vol. 25, No. 3

Editor in Chief Victor Nakas

Managing Editor Ellen N. Woods

Associate Editors Lisa Carroll Carol Casey Janice Colvin Mary McCarthy Hines Catherine Lee

Contributors Regina McFadden DiLuigi Joanna Gardner Kyra Lyons 22 24 Michael Stagnitta Art Director Donna Hobson Departments Graphic Designers Lara Fredrickson From Nugent Hall ...... 2 Kristin Reavey

Forum...... 3 Photographer Ed Pfueller News@CUA ...... 4 John Garvey President Cardinal Athletics ...... 14 Kyra Lyons Alumni News ...... 28 Executive Director of Alumni Relations The Catholic University of America Alumni Essay ...... 31 Magazine is distributed three times annually by the Office of Public Affairs. Correspondence should be sent to the Class Notes ...... 32 magazine, Office of Public Affairs, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. (ISSN 1086-7473)

The Catholic University of America Magazine Online © 2012 by The Catholic University of America. We invite you to go online to view our digital magazine. The digital edition gives you every- thing you love about the print version of the magazine and more. You can view photo galleries, bonus articles, videos, and links to more information. Go to cuamagazine.cua.edu. Then send us an email and tell us how you like it at [email protected]. Phone: 202-319-5600 • Fax: 202-319-4440 • Email: [email protected] Web: cuamagazine.cua.edu FROM NUGENT HALL by President John Garvey Majestic Buildings, Beautiful Grounds

ach year when we welcome a new crop of students on move-in day, I E meet a few moms and dads who are returning to campus after several or many years. Some of them are here to drop off a son or daughter for the second or third time. Others are alumni and recall being dropped off at Orientation by their parents many years ago. When I ask these veteran parents about the experience of returning to Catholic University, one reflection they share with Maloney Hall. Across the decades, the lost a significant number of trees over the is particularly common: “Campus looks more University has also tried to harmonize new, past 30 years, we partnered with the Casey beautiful than ever.” modern structures, like the Columbus School Foundation to help restore our tree canopy. Historically, beauty has played an impor- of Law and the Edward J. Pryzbyla University During the coming years we hope to restore tant role in shaping the major structures on Center, with our older buildings. The idea is to even more natural beauty to campus by replac- campus. Our oldest buildings, Caldwell and convey a sense of overarching unity on campus. ing some of our parking lots and roadways McMahon halls, are magnificent. They imbue While our beautiful buildings provide the with grassy quads and walkways. our campus with a sense of continuity with central focal points on campus, like the key As we make further improvements to the the past, and serve as a visual reminder of figures in a Michelangelo fresco, they are buildings and grounds of Catholic University, our connection with those who walked their only one part of the beauty. Our grounds and beauty will continue to play a central role, as halls long before us. They are majestic, like natural environment are equally important it does on many other college and university the quest for knowledge that stands at the for creating this sense of visual unity. We use campuses. But for us, beauty’s role is about heart of our mission as a Catholic university. all kinds of shrubs and other plants to create more than appearances. We believe that the Because our beautiful old structures have so a frame for our buildings, and to highlight beauty and harmony we foster on campus is much character and beauty and significance, their most beautiful features. Our landscaping a reflection of the beauty and harmony in we channel a lot of resources into maintaining crew masterfully coordinates the color and God’s creation. The visual balance and unity and updating them. For instance, we are in texture of our flora, and choreographs the sought by the planners, architects, and land- the process of performing a major renovation bloom cycles of our trees and flowers so scapers who have shaped campus throughout of Father O’Connell Hall; with the help of that campus always looks vibrant. When we our history also shape our students, fortifying donations, we might be able to do the same realized a couple of years back that we had their moral and intellectual formation.

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“Your success defines the success of the University.” – Dr. Brennan #CUA #Classof2016 #Convocation — @nicolegiglia, tweeting about Provost James Brennan who spoke at Freshman Convocation

For the record, the students in In response to “Today 970 new stu- the Rathskellar photo on page dents are spending their first day on Survey Says 13 of the summer issue were campus. What do you remember A sample of comments on the redesigned mag- (from left) Bill Hagen, Fran Ferrone, Claude from your first day at #CUA?” azine sent via an online survey: Pennacchia, and Shaun Randall. I was the bartender there for the first year, Looking for off-campus housing with my I really think the new design and name are 1968–69. Also, that photo must have been dad. Found a great house owned by Mrs. excellent. My only suggestion for improve- taken before 4 p.m. The bar wasn’t allowed Michaels and moved in with four great gals ment is to improve the content to be more to serve beer (25 cents for a 12-ounce Bud) who remained lifelong friends. I graduated academically substantive. For instance, Fr. until that time. Before 4 p.m. it was a cafeteria/ in 1953 so this goes way back. My first day Sullins stated, “Being Catholic is not just student lounge. Since you only had to be 18 on campus was spent at the speech and one thing; it’s many things.” Let’s have him years old to drink beer and wine in D.C. at drama department. Father Hartke took us explore this and tell us what his concept is of that time, it was open to virtually the entire all under his wing. What great memories! the faith. student body. Probably the best idea that the — Ann Bruce DeAvila CUA Student Council ever had. The stories, photos, and diverse layouts were — Richard C. Donohue “I keep deciding to be a priest every superb. There seemed to be more color to B.A. 1969, J.D. 1972 day. It’s a continual commitment this issue than in the past, which was a and a continual falling deeper and noticeable improvement. Well done. Every year I forget how beautiful deeper in love with God.” Catholic is until I’m moving — Rev. Mark Morozowich Great clean, modern look. Good use of color, back in. Every year I fall back Dean of the School of Theology and font, and integrated photos without borders. in love. #CUA Religious Studies in a National Catholic Also, notice a distinct focus of alumni — — @DCBAlexa Register article on Aug. 13 about his very important. appointment as dean. @CatholicUniv The Campus Ministry folks I welcome the extra white space on the pages, were the best moving brawn I’ve ever seen! “At first I didn’t know what to expect, but as it gives the eyes “breathing room” and lends — @TheDoctorRatto on freshman now it always makes my week. They’re so some elegance to the design. However, would move-in day happy and always asking how I’m doing,” you please consider increasing the font size of said Reilly, a 21-year-old nursing major from the body text? We middle-aged alumni have Everyone has started referring to this place as Medford, N.J. “They teach you so much to strain our eyes to read the 9-point type. home :) #cua about life.” — @reifangman — Katie Reilly Follow The Catholic University of America CUA senior in the Catholic Standard Magazine on Twitter @CUAMagazine or What’s better than a home-cooked meal by on Sept. 25, about visiting elderly Facebook at facebook.com/CUAMagazine. your professor? Eating it with your learning residents of the Little Sisters of the Or email us at [email protected] to community! #CUA Poor’s Jeanne Jugan Residence. let us know what you think of this issue. — @UndergradFellow

Fall 2012 3 NEWS@CUA

Class of 2016 Settles In

The journey began for the Class of 2016 on during the Freshman Retreat, sponsored by a sunny Thursday, Aug. 23, when first-year the Office of Campus Ministry. It was the students moved into their new homes. The largest freshman retreat in University history. move-in process was the beginning of a series “The freshmen definitely got some great of Orientation events stretching into the first advice on life and school, as well as bonding weeks of the semester. time with others who are working toward the The Class of 2016 totals 884 students. same goals,” said Reanna Sealey, one of the According to Amanda Good, associate director sophomore retreat leaders who gave a talk of undergraduate admissions, the new under- during the weekend. “What made it a success graduates stand out for their high test scores was the fact that they were so open to every- and ethnic diversity. thing going on and they are an amazing set of “This year’s freshman class comes from a people.” highly competitive applicant pool. The Uni- The freshman class participated in Orien- versity admitted 10 percent fewer students tation Extended, a program inaugurated in this year,” Good said. “We continue to see 2009 to help students continue their adjust- students applying with strong GPAs and SAT ment through the first six weeks of college. scores.” The program, which incorporates a range of Orientation weekend included four days programming including health and safety full of information sessions and social activities seminars, opportunities for faith development, for students to learn about opportunities in and social activities, culminated in a University- the coming year. wide barbecue and Battle of the Bands The annual Mass of the Holy Spirit, held competition on Oct. 13. — J.G. in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, marked the official opening of the 2012–2013 academic year. Several thousand faculty, staff, and students attended the liturgy, celebrated by Cardinal By the Numbers Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington and chancellor of the University. Also in attendance was Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Following the Mass, he was greeted by students on the CUA Mall during the seventh annual University Picnic. 182The number of freshmen from In his homily, Cardinal Wuerl reflected on Maryland, the most of any state. the Church’s upcoming Year of Faith, begin- New Jersey is second with 160. ning in October: “Our faith is the lens through which we see reality. Once we envi- sion life through that prism, we see things altogether differently.” Web Extra: View photo galleries Taking the Cardinal’s message to heart, of the start of the academic year at 284 freshmen spent the weekend of Sept. 7–9 cuamagazine.cua.edu. growing in faith and strengthening friendships

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Symposium and Religious Studies hosted the event. Rev. of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Mark Morozowich, dean of the school, (pic- Faith, presented the opening keynote Marks Vatican II tured) said the symposium sought to assess address. Anniversary how the Church in the 21st century can and “As this symposium looks back to the should respond to the demands of the Gospel ‘great grace’ that was the Second Vatican “Reform and Renewal: Vatican II After 50 and needs of the world in light of Vatican II Council, may it also serve to help us look for- Years,” a symposium held at Catholic Univer- teaching. ward to the ‘Year of Faith’ designed to honor sity from Sept. 26 to 29, marked the 50th “One of the key aspects that came out at the Council and the Catechism,” he said. anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. the conference was the question of how we Oct. 11 was the anniversary of the council; About 400 participants from around the understand ourselves as Church, as the body it was also the 20th anniversary of the United States attended to hear reflections on of Christ, and how this body of Christ Catechism of the Catholic Church, as well as the teachings of the council. renews itself,” said Father Morozowich. the opening of the “Year of Faith” proclaimed Catholic University’s School of Theology Cardinal William Levada, prefect emeritus by Pope Benedict XVI.

Fall 2012 5 AMPUS C N O 35 Years @ CUA CUA Celebrates Largest Solar Panel Shavaun Wall, B.A. 1972 Professor of Education System in D.C. On Sept. 21, the last official day of summer, • Why did you apply to work at Catholic University? Catholic University celebrated the installation As an undergraduate at CUA, I had an excellent experience. I loved Washington, D.C., and of 714 solar panels in the O’Boyle parking lot my future husband was working here. I wanted to return to D.C. and was excited when a job with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The addition in my field became available at CUA. makes CUA’s solar photovoltaic panel system the largest in the District of Columbia. • Why have you remained at CUA? The system features more than 2,600 solar Besides being a professor, I also worked in administration as panels generating in excess of 830,000 kilowatt- the vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies and hours of clean electricity per year. The solar then as associate vice president for academic planning. panels were installed by Standard Solar of Prior to that, I served as chair of the education depart- Rockville, Md., and are owned and operated by ment. I’ve come to know and appreciate people in every McLean, Va.-based Washington Gas Energy division on campus. What I have really enjoyed is collabo- Systems as part of a 20-year power purchas- rating with bright, terrific colleagues. I greatly appreciate the ing agreement with CUA, signed in 2009. students, too. Representatives from the University,

• What has been your favorite time on campus? The University community can unite to create inspiring ceremonies — such as the Opus Prize [a $1 million award given annually by the Opus Prize Foundation to an unsung hero to recognize and support the recipients’ good works and to inspire the next generation of faith-based social entrepreneurs. CUA part- nered with the foundation and hosted the Opus Prize in 2007]. I felt this event really encouraged people to promote service not only in our community, but globally. The tagline for the prize, “Prepare to be Inspired,” really showcased the CUA spirit toward service.

• What is the greatest change you’ve seen on campus? Our campus is the most picturesque it has ever been. With the largest campus in Washington, D.C., I think the University has added dynamic, attractive new build- ings while maintaining peaceful, spacious, beautiful grounds. — M.M.H.

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Washington Gas Energy Systems, Standard halls. In the three years since the University Web Extra: View a photo gallery at Solar, Inc., and the District of Columbia gov- began using solar power, it has nearly tripled cuamagazine.cua.edu. ernment attended the ceremony, which the amount of clean energy it produces. included a demonstration of how an electric car can be hooked up to the solar-powered charging station in the parking lot. “Part of being Catholic is a sense of gratitude for all the gifts God has given us in creation,” said President John Garvey. “We want our students to show that gratitude for God’s cre- ation by their respect for the natural environ- ment. We want this to be part of what they learn here.” Along with the O’Boyle parking lot canopy, additional solar panels were installed this summer on the roofs of the Raymond A. DuFour Athletic Center, Pangborn Hall, and the Grounds Maintenance Complex. In 2009, installations were placed on the DuFour Center and Aquinas, Gibbons, and Flather

Grand Piano Makes Ward Hall Debut A new concert grand piano arrived at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music on Sept. 24 from Steinway & Sons in New York City. A dedication and blessing ceremony led by Dean Grayson Wagstaff featured performances by music students and Ivo Kaltchev, head of the music school’s piano division. “Finally we can proudly say we have one of the best concert grands in Washington, D.C. And we have an instrument that matches the incredible talent of our students and the caliber of training we provide here at Catholic University,” said Kaltchev (pictured). The 9-foot, 990-pound grand piano is “every pianist’s dream … This fine instrument is a great gift to everyone at the University,” he said.

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Fall 2012 7 TUDENTS S Around the World in Snapshots Three Catholic University students won prizes in the 2012 CUAbroad Photo Contest for pictures they took while studying overseas during the 2011–2012 academic year. Sponsored by the CUAbroad program of the University’s Center for Global Education, the contest drew 57 entries from students who had studied in a range of countries, including Croatia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, and Thailand.

“Vatican Sunset,” shot in Rome by first-place winner Dylan King, senior, architecture.

“Secrets of the Sunrise,” shot in New Zealand by second-place winner “Mount Fitz Roy,” shot in Argentina by third-place winner Chelsea Schoen, junior, Meghan Twomey, junior, nursing. Spanish for international service, and theology and religious studies.

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Fall 2012 9 ESEARCH R

Dragon Sleuth Robert Miller II, Theology and Religious Studies Miller is a secular Franciscan, associate professor A: I looked at possible connections of Old Testament, biblical studies area director, between Baal, the dragon-slaying and an expert in the history and archaeology of Canaanite god of thunder; the prophet ancient Israel/Palestine; the Bible and theology; Elijah, of the ninth century B.C.; and anthropological methods; the ancient Near St. George, the dragon slayer from the Eastern influences that have shaped the devel- late third century, by examining the opment of the Old Testament; and the book of location of shrines to the three figures. Judges. His books, Chieftains of the Highland Elijah and St. George are often confused Clans: A History of Israel in the 12th and 11th in Christian and Islamic traditions and Centuries B.C. and Oral Tradition in Ancient they’re both known as El-Khader in Ara- Israel, and related articles have made him a rec- bic. In most cases, I found that if a ognized authority on early Israel. Christian or Islamic shrine dates back 300 to 400 years, it’s almost always on Q: Why are you studying dragons? top of or near an earlier Baal shrine. A: I’m fascinated by evidence showing Israel was aware of the dragon myths of Q: What are you studying now? ancient Mesopotamia, now part of Iraq, A: Three things: Zion, the dragon, and the and also of the Canaanites, Israel’s neigh- nations. Israel’s metaphors from the bors in the Levant — the region on the Canaanite dragon myth refer to Mount east Mediterranean Sea. In Israel, you find Zaphon — Baal’s mythical mountain many links in the portrayal of dragons to home. However, Israel also uses Zaphon the concept in other cultures. as a reference to Mount Zion, Jerusalem. But when Israel uses the mythic elements Q: How does this relate to the Bible? of dragon and mountain, it adds a new A: It’s clear that biblical dragons are derived one about all the earth’s nations one day from these Near Eastern myths. The Old coming in pilgrimage to Zion. I think the Testament doesn’t have a devil with a new element expresses the idea that pitchfork to symbolize evil; it has a drag- God, the cosmic victor over evil, must on. Israel uses the myths in different invite all peoples into his community. ways in the Old Testament; they either co-opt the dragon slaying myth of some Q: Why do you describe yourself as an other god or they demote the dragon to an armchair archaeologist? ordinary animal. This shows how one A: My B.A. is in archaeology. I spent several faith uses metaphors from another to years in Jerusalem doing field work, but I express a theological truth, which realized I didn’t want to be a field archae- Catholicism has regularly done, but also ologist. My master’s and doctoral studies how much of the groundwork of the are in biblical and Near Eastern studies biblical story was already in place in the with a heavy emphasis on archaeology. ancient world ahead of the Israelites. The combination provides the best of both worlds. — C.L. Q: How were your research explor- ations in Israel linked to this?

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Italy in Two Weeks of the course, especially “seeing the Meridian outs of the city in a very sophisticated way. Room. That was a rare treat, and one that many He was able to secure tickets to the Mass and and Three Credits of my colleagues are quite jealous about.” access to key institutions for us.” It isn’t often that a two-week summer course Visions of Italy was offered by SLIS for the Vasquez has been director of the Rome puts students in the presence of the Pope. But 2012 summer session. It was developed by program since its inception in 2002. He also when graduate students in the School of Maria Mazzenga (Ph.D. 2000), education teaches the theology courses for the program. Library and Information Science (SLIS) trav- archivist/historian, American Catholic History “Using a city for teaching always adds a richness eled to Italy in June for the new course Research Center and University Archives, and that is priceless,” he says. “Rome and Florence Visions of Italy: Culture in 21st Century Rome lecturer for SLIS and the Department of His- have so many specialized libraries and archives and Florence, they saw Pope Benedict XVI at tory. She modeled it after a semester-long that are just waiting to be explored by scholars.” a papal Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and then graduate course — Public Programs, Outreach, “The course was a wonderful opportunity again in a papal procession. They also saw the and Exhibits in Archives, Museums, and to see how others manage their cultural her- president of Italy in the Feast of the Italian Libraries — that she teaches, making use of itage. Italy has an advantage, in that for 2,000 Republic procession. the many well-known archives, museums, and years, dazzled visitors have been spreading the Those sightings weren’t the only highlights libraries in Washington, D.C. word, so a lot of cultural sites in Rome and of the intense, three-credit graduate course. “I wanted these advanced-level students to Florence don’t find it necessary to market “Our visits to the Vatican archives and library have the opportunity to understand cultural themselves extensively. Even so, they have were unforgettable,” says graduate student heritage programming in an international city developed some creative approaches to manag- Susan Reyburn, who is a writer-editor in the — to see how we compare to others around the ing their bounty,” says Reyburn. Library of Congress Publishing Office. world,” says Mazzenga. “Being granted access behind the scenes to “Every time an ancient volume was opened, Taking the class to Italy required much collections that even the most serious of there were audible sighs from our group.” organization, she says. “Integral to the success scholars rarely get to see is an experience that Graduate student Yuri Long, who works as of this course was partnering with CUA’s Cen- could not have been duplicated in any other a librarian with the rare books collection at ter for Global Education. David Dawson way, and it broadened my appreciation for the National Gallery of Art, also noted the Vasquez (Ph.D. 2000) runs the CUAbroad the necessary care, handling, and protection visit to the Vatican Secret Archives as a highlight program in Rome and he knows the ins and of cultural materials,” says Long. — E.N.W.

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Dolan urgency,”Cardinal addressing the often brutal repression of reli- of repression brutal often the addressing iu liber gious re e nternational Religious Freedom: An Imper- h eet a c-pnoe b the by co-sponsored was event The lhuh ceue mn mnh in months many scheduled Although ayn Csmn Lv, soit pro- associate Love, Cusimano Maryann adnl oa, rsdn o te United the of president Dolan, Cardinal W cm t ti eet ih sne of sense a with event this to come “We ae ie ht e nqioal pro- unequivocally we that time same pcfl f te rlgos rdtos at traditions religious other of spectful in other nations with terrible human terrible with nations other in y a ty on te ol a pr of part as world the round a al D o Rlgo, ec, n Wrd Affairs, World and Peace, Religion, for Reli- the Farr,of directorwereThomas ence confer- the religiousfreedomat international said. she violence, causes repression gious arechildren.violence and gious women Reli- She noted the vast majority of victims of reli- and brutalrepression,”and StephensaidSchneck, faith experienceviolence every institutions of gious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center Berkley the at ProjectFreedom gious Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva.United Nationsin the to SeeHoly Permanentthe nuncio, of apostolic Observer plenary panel “What Can the Churc the Can “What panel plenary ence on international challenges to religious to challenges international on ence confer- co-sponsored The IPR. of director freedom, he added, “represents heart the very f hs nvriys iso, evn both serving mission, University’s this of Church and country.”and Church Georget des y rhihp ivn Tomasi, Silvano Archbishop by ddress fn Itrainl eiiu Freedom?” Religious International efend Security Adviser Denis McDonough.Denis AdviserSecurity “In countries around the world, religious world, the around countries “In Speaking on the topic of U.S. policy and policy U.S. of topic the on Speaking The confere ow n University; and Deputy Nation- Maryann Cusimano Love.Cusimano Maryann nce concluded with a keynote a with concluded nce h Do h to NOW AND THEN 13 2012 all F

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Colonel Brooks So Long, Cardinal Athletics On the Road

This academic year, CUA’s athletic teams will travel more than 20,000 miles to compete in nearly 170 off-campus events. Sure, there’s nothing like “home team advantage,” but hitting the road has its advantages too, says Travis Beauchamp, head coach of the men’s soccer team. “We enjoy going on the road because it offers us an opportunity to represent Catholic University at different schools and to experience other athletic facilities,” he says. 1 : 1 5 p. m. Cardinal parents enjoy watching their players on the road, too. Most teams have a dedicated parent group that provides a cheering section and post-game, tailgate-style meals. “Road games take up just about half of our schedule, which makes them a very important piece in building a winning season. Having to travel gives us time to focus on what we need to do individually and as a team in order to get a win. It also brings us closer together,” says senior soccer player Mike Brennan. On Oct. 10, Beauchamp and his team were on the road again to McDaniel College in Westminster, Md., to take on the Green Terror. University Photographer Ed Pfueller came along for the ride to capture all the elements of the trip.

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Fall 2012 15 Cool Jobs ON CAMPUS

By Ellen N. Woods

Photos by Ed Pfueller

t takes more than a world-class faculty to keep Catholic University running. It takes the technician who tunes the pianos, the craftsman Iwho makes furniture using a 3D printer, the keeper of rare books, the landscaper who plans the spring annuals, and the lab manager who stores chemicals safely. It takes more than 950 staff members to open Catholic University every day. Here is a look at just a few of the coolest jobs on campus.

Web Extra: Read about more people with “Cool Jobs” at cuamagazine.cua.edu. You can also view a photo gallery.

16 The Catholic University of America Magazine Hitting the woodworking shop — except for the grand was not for him. “It was clear that working piano in the middle of the room. Its lid is up on a piano is a better fit for me. I love the against one wall, its strings are removed, and beauty and the sound of a piano and I’ve Right Note the keyboard assembly is resting on a shelf. found that playing a support role is just as Over the open piano, a hydraulic hoist stands rewarding to me as being the person out Tom Wright ready to lift the 300-pound cast iron plate, front performing.” In fact, being a good tech- Piano Technician the piece of the piano that holds the tension nician, he says, “is the kind of work that, of the strings. when done best, often goes unnoticed.” Benjamin T. Rome “The piano is 27 years old and it wasn’t In August, Wright, along with Dean School of Music holding a tune anymore. It made sense to Grayson Wagstaff and other music faculty invest the time into rebuilding it,” says members, made a trip to the Steinway & There is a piano in nearly every room of the Wright. So he put upward of 100 hours into Sons factory and showroom in New York Benjamin T. Rome School of Music. And it’s the project over the summer. City. The group picked out a new concert Tom Wright’s job to care for — and about — The reward, he says, will be seeing it grand piano for the school that Wright calls a each one of them. return to the Ward Recital Hall. “It is a joy to “very special instrument, the kind you would The school has 75 pianos, and each one be able to contribute to the quality of life of expect to find at a music school with world- needs to be tuned a minimum of once every anyone performing on or listening to the class faculty and exceptionally talented stu- semester. When he is not tuning, he is main- pianos at CUA. I see my job as one of service dents.” (See story, page 7.) taining, repairing, and rebuilding them. to God by facilitating beautiful music.” To a man with a passion for pianos, Wright With a band saw, a planer, a belt sander, and Wright enjoys playing piano, but learned said visiting both the factory and the show- a drill press, his work space looks like a typical early on that the competitive environment room was “like being a kid in a candy shop.”

Fall 2012 17 Designing with Hands and Machines Ryan McKibbin Director, Fabrications Lab School of Architecture and Planning

When Catholic University celebrated its 125th anniversary last year with the Cardinal Service Commitment — a major campaign to complete 125,000 hours of service — Ryan McKibbin was asked to design and sculpt a huge wooden “thermometer” so the University community could gauge its progress in meeting the service goal. “It was an awesome opportunity,” says McKibbin, who made his creation in the School of Architecture and Planning’s Fabrica- tions Lab using a mix of traditional and digital techniques. McKibbin, a sculptor and furniture maker, came to Catholic University in 2007 fresh out of college to become director of the lab. “The space and the equipment we have here is pretty darn nice. It’s unique to find a shop like this in an urban architecture school. Most just don’t have the room for a facility like this,” says McKibbin. The lab includes a 1,000-square-foot woodshop filled with furniture-grade fabrication equipment, a cold metal working shop, a three-axis CNC router, two laser cutters, a powder-based 3D printer, and a recently renovated 200-square-foot finishing room. When he first came to CUA, McKibbin said the computer- aided aspect to design was new to him. But he quickly learned and embraced the technology. “We are very lucky here in the architecture and planning school. Students gain a proficiency in both the traditional and the computer-assisted techniques. Using the digital equipment is quicker and more precise than working within the limits of your own dexterity. But you get more feedback from working with your hands and you can stop and correct and change things. We have it all here and it really is the best way to learn.” In addition to supervising students in the lab, he lectures in the school. This summer he taught Topics in Construction and Envi- ronment in which his six students prototyped furniture ideas for Team Capitol dc’s winning entry in the 2013 Solar Decathlon, a U.S. Department of Energy competition to build a “net-zero” house, which generates more energy than it draws from the electri- cal grid. The team was led by CUA architecture students. “The best thing about working with students is exposure to their fresh perspectives. It’s awesome to see how creative they are. You can get stuck in a rut of doing something the same way and then a student comes up with something that never crossed your mind.”

18 The Catholic University of America Magazine She unlocks a glass cabinet and takes out reading passages from the Hebrew Bible Preserving a box. She carefully removes a small Syriac while around the corner, the rhythms of a manuscript. Its cover is made of wood and Coptic sermon compete for attention with Ancient burlap and it is bound with cord. “You can Akkadian legal texts and Arabic grammar see it has some water damage and look at drills.” Blanchard teaches introductory levels Language the lovely brown ink. It contains six dis- of Syriac and Classical Armenian. courses on the monastic way of life and the Blanchard is working to make the library Monica Blanchard first lines of a poem, all of which are attrib- collections accessible in digital form. On her uted to Beh Isho‘ Kamulaya, a late-eighth- desk are Ge`ez and Amharic manuscripts Curator, Semitics/Institute of century East Syrian monk. This is the only to be checked against digital images made Christian Oriental Research copy of his work known to exist in an during the summer — a final quality assur- Library ancient Syriac manuscript. It dates to the ance review before making the materials late ninth century to early 10th century.” available on the Internet. She likes to work The Semitic/ICOR Library is located with University volunteers. “Digitization The Semitics/Institute of Christian Oriental throughout the eight rooms of the Depart- and preservation initiatives can be opportu- Research (ICOR) Library contains some ment of Semitic and Egyptian Languages nities to reach out to the CUA community 50,000 books and journals as well as antiq- and Literatures in the John K. Mullen of — to teach interested students, staff, and uities and photographic and archival materi- Denver Memorial Library. The department faculty new skills and to give them opportu- als. As a resource for the study of early offers graduate degrees in Ancient Near East nities to work with the library materials,” Christianity in the Near East, it attracts and Christian Near East studies. says Blanchard. She mentions two examples, scholars from around the world. Curator “This is not your typical rare books a recent papyrus conservation project and a Monica Blanchard has looked after the col- operation,” says Blanchard. “The faculty summer digital imaging project on Syriac lection for nearly 30 years and has a fond- and students teach, study, and share office and Coptic printed books. The success of ness for each piece in the library. But, she and classroom space amid the collections. these projects was due in large part to the says, “I must confess that I do have a The rooms are filled with sounds of ancient work of volunteers. favorite.” languages. In one room you’ll hear students

Fall 2012 19 Cultivating a Great Outdoors Chris Vetick Assistant Director Facilities Maintenance and Operations

If you ask Chris Vetick to name his favorite spot on the grounds of Catholic University, you are likely to get a long answer. “In early spring, I love the cherry trees and pansies on the Pryzbyla Plaza between Shahan and McGivney halls, where you can look out across the wide open green lawn of the University Mall to the Basilica. In the fall, I love north campus near O’Boyle and Marist halls. It’s quiet, rustic, and full of fall color.” On second thought, he adds, “But really on any given day, I can find a favorite place on campus.” And if you have time, he’ll name them all. Vetick is responsible for designing, planning, and maintaining just about all of the University’s 180-acre campus along with a highly trained crew who he says get their job satisfaction “from seeing the campus community enjoy the outdoor spaces.” Vetick has spreadsheets in his office that show what is being planted and growing on every acre at any given time. Planning the landscape involves timing with key events. “We want an extra wow factor at graduation, Orientation, Family Weekend, Homecoming and Reunions, and Odyssey Day. There’s nothing better than seeing all the summer flowers providing a captivating and colorful backdrop to graduation day.” Despite his plans, says Vetick, Mother Nature often has the last word. “The tulips are timed to be in full bloom on Odyssey Day, but we had a very mild winter last year and they came up weeks ahead of schedule. That’s what’s so great about this campus. There are always beautiful things to find at any given time of year.” Vetick, an alumnus and a certified horticulturist and arborist, came to CUA 12 years ago. His focus has been restoring the tree canopy on campus. “As the University grew during the last few decades, we experienced dramatic loss due to construction of new buildings and lack of maintenance.” In spring 2011, CUA’s 2,000-tree campus was designated a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Among the criteria the University had to meet for this designation was excellence in tree management and engagement of students and community in service learning projects. Vetick has worked with the student Green Club and Campus Ministry to plant and harvest a vegetable garden behind Curley Hall for the benefit of local food banks. Vetick’s next goal is to see the University designated an arbore- tum. “That requires documentation of trees and formal com- munity education programs. We are well on our way.”

20 The Catholic University of America Magazine Ensuring the “Safety is a necessary part of being a scien- “Hydrochloric acid and ammonia react tist,” she adds, and it is one of her biggest pri- explosively, so they cannot be stored togeth- orities as lab manager in the Department of er,” she explains. In one lab, where more than Right Chemical Chemistry. 2,000 chemicals are stored, Sosinsky has had “We have about 150 general chemistry the windows blackened. “We have flammable Reaction students in a semester and before they even chemicals in there. On a 90-degree day, with step in a lab, they watch a safety video, we the sun beating in, the pressure could build Katrina Sosinsky talk about good practices, and they sign a up and you don’t want that to happen.” safety agreement.” Sosinsky also supervises teaching assistants Lab Manager Among the rules: Always wear safety gog- and works closely with the chemistry faculty Department of Chemistry gles and never take a cell phone out while in to order chemicals and supplies, to mix solu- the lab. “If you have chemicals on your gloves tions, and to prep labs. Some faculty mem- Sometimes during the work day, Katrina and you touch your cell phone, the chemical bers have unexpected requests. “I was in Wal- Sosinsky wears leather gloves to prevent frost- gets on your face. I have no problem taking mart the other day buying four packages of bite. Among her many responsibilities in the away cell phones,” says Sosinky, who has a hot dogs for a professor who teaches everyday chemistry labs at Maloney Hall is making master’s degree in forensic chemistry from chemistry for non-science majors. The stu- weekly liquid nitrogen transfers and liquid The George Washington University. dents extracted fat from hot dogs and com- helium transfers. In addition to keeping an eye on students, pared the fat content by brand. “Helium becomes liquid at about negative there are many other responsibilities to keep “I really enjoy working with the professors 270 degrees Celsius and nitrogen becomes her busy. She is in charge of hazardous waste to provide an efficient and safe lab experience liquid at about negative 200 degrees Celsius. management, record keeping, maintenance for their students,” she says. Extreme caution is needed when working and upkeep of all lab equipment, and storing with these chemicals,” says Sosinsky. chemicals.

Fall 2012 21 At 75, CUA Drama Earns Rave Reviews By Janice Colvin

Tartuffe, Fall 2011

n rehearsal for the fall 2012 drama produc- what’s going on inside: Think like the character, department maintains a rich legacy. This tion, Hedda Gabler, three students work move like the character, become that person. year, it celebrates the 75th anniversary of Iintensely through their lines in Callan An award-winning director in theaters in its founding with a full playbook of per- Theatre, a small and intimate performance Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, formances, concluding with a two-day gala space just off the larger Hartke Theatre at the and New York, she has worked with many celebration set for April 26 and 27, 2013. western edge of the main campus. actors in just this way. Her words help draw (For more details on the gala, visit They fix an occasional mistake as they her students further into a world set apart drama.cua.edu.) move through the dialogue. Back and forth, from the mundane — the world of the play. Hedda Gabler was the 525th production they pace the wooden floor — the boards As they prepare for their opening night in since the founding of the department in scuffed, faded, and striped with bits of tape October, the students follow in the footsteps 1937 by Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke, O.P., who markings where props and actors’ feet have of thousands of CUA drama alumni, including headed the department until 1974 and built stood in performances past. actors Philip Bosco (D.F.A. 1997, B.A. 1957) a foundation of excellence in performing Each student, in turn, calls for a missed and Siobhan Fallon Hogan (M.F.A. 1985), arts training. line from the assistant following the script who got their start treading the old stage in “It was a successful kickoff to our anniver- just off stage. This night, the actors don por- the now demolished Department of Drama’s sary season,” says Gail Beach, department tions of the period costumes they will wear U.S. Army surplus theater building or the chair, who also worked on the costume during the performance just a few short well-worn floorboards of Callan and Hartke design and fabrication for Henrik Ibsen’s weeks away. theatres. classic. “Everyone who has had the joy of this Director Eleanor Holdridge, head of the Supported over the last 75 years by a tight- department in their lives is invited to come M.F.A. directing program, stops them knit cadre of actors, directors and play- back and celebrate where we are today, 75 every so often. She talks about motivation — wrights, students and professors, and fans, the years later.”

22 The Catholic University of America Magazine Drama alumni are, literally, “everywhere,” Gary Sloan, professor, has been a profession- assistant stage manager was eye-opening. and they are making a significant impact in al actor for 30 years and has performed leading “One thing I learned was all the work it takes to major theater towns such as New York, Los roles in New York, Los Angeles, and regional actually run a successful theater company. Angeles, Boston, D.C., and Chicago, she adds. theaters. On stage, he has appeared opposite Ann (Norton) and I would talk about liability, “What is really stunning is what is referred such recognizable names as Sigourney Weaver, workman’s comp, equity paperwork, where to in the greater theater community as the Marsha Mason, Lynn Redgrave, Hal Holbrook, your budget goes, government grants, and ‘CU Mafia,’” says Ann Norton (B.A. 1975), Tom Hulce, and Peter Gallagher. scheduling.” He says, “It was wonderful to founding executive director of The Washington “I really love teaching grads and undergrads see the other side of it.” He plans a career as a Stage Guild in D.C. “It is very rare that if you together, and working with professionals,” professional actor. walk into any theater setting today and ask, says Hedda Gabler director Holdridge. “I love Actress Fallon Hogan notes that her CUA ‘oh, do you know so and so,’ they won’t reply the mix we have in this city, because there is education led to her long-running acting ‘oh, yeah, they went to Catholic University.’ so much theater.” career. Fallon Hogan’s myriad acting credits It is astounding.” The drama department partners with local in television, stage, and screen roles include Megan Smith (B.A. 2006), Bruce Phillips theater companies, which offer internships Saturday Night Live, several episodes of Seinfeld, (B.A. 2005), and Jeff Tinley (B.A. 2005) are for students, who receive training in perform- as well as Forrest Gump, Men in Black, The part of this special group. Smith, Phillips, ance arts, and in business management and Negotiator, Daddy Day Care, Holes, Dancer in Tinley, and several other drama friends marketing. The department has long worked the Dark, and Dogville. founded Sideshow Theatre Company in with such companies in the D.C. area as The “My training at Catholic University was Chicago in 2007. Already the winner of one of Washington Stage Guild, Woolly Mammoth, superb,” she says. “Mark Hammer was a great Chicago’s top theater awards, the Jeff Award for Folger Theater, Arena Stage, Theatre J, and teacher. Father Hartke was the absolute best, 2011 for Artistic Specialization, the company is the Shakespeare Theatre Company. and I will treasure his wisdom, guidance, and entering its sixth season. Smith is the executive Brendan McMahon, a junior drama major, humor forever.” director and also directs several plays a year. has acted in several University performances Such an undertaking wouldn’t have been including Hedda Gabler. He worked as a sum- Web Extra: For more stories on the possible without the training and support she mer 2012 theater intern at The Washington Sideshow Theatre Company and Father received at Catholic University, Smith says. Stage Guild and says his experience as an Hartke, visit cuamagazine.cua.edu.

“There’s something about that program that UniversityArchivesand Center Research History Catholic American The attracts a really wonderful type of person that I don’t necessarily think is the case at a larger institution,” she adds. “We got a lot of per- sonal attention and a lot of opportunities to fail, and I mean that in a good way.” Norton agrees. “The one thing I learned at Catholic University right off the bat is that theater is hard work.” And she learned that quickly, she says. Hartke Hall, which houses Callan and Hartke theatres, opened in her freshman year in 1970, with the department at that time offering up to 21 shows a year. Alumni accomplishments and contributions throughout the industry are notable, thanks to nurturing by a talented, award-winning faculty with national reputations in acting, playwriting, and directing. Jon Klein, head of the M.F.A. playwriting program, is the author of more than 20 plays, presented Off-Broadway and at more than 100 American regional the- aters. He has won three National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Fellowships for his work, as well as the Dramatists Guild/CBS New Play Award, the HBO Playwrights USA Award, and more. Father Hartke and a student at the Hartke Theatre construction site.

Fall 2012 23 Walking with Nathaniel By Ellen N. Woods

24 The Catholic University of America Magazine Photos Photos courtesy of Denis Asselin tal illness that Asselin says would prove “unre- Sometimes his family covered all the mirrors lenting and unforgiving” for the next 13 years. in the house with brown paper. Nathaniel suffered from Body Dismorphic The Asselins now had a name for their Disorder (BDD), a brain disorder that falls son’s pain. They learned he had BDD, some- under the umbrella of Obsessive Compulsive times called “broken mirror disorder.” The Disorders (OCD). “He fought the disease with disorder was first identified in scientific litera- integrity, grace, and courage,” says Asselin. ture in the mid-1980s. It is studied as an OCD “He did everything he could to overcome it. illness. Therapy to alleviate the symptoms is But in the end, he couldn’t fight any more.” still hit and miss, says Asselin. Nathaniel took his life in April 2011 at age 24. “Many people are not familiar with BDD, Just weeks after their son’s death, Judy and and if they have heard of it, they think it is a Denis Asselin walked the Camino de Santiago vanity issue. But it is a distortion in perception with their daughter Carrie, 22. Walking the that brings on incapacitating anxiety and path of that ancient pilgrimage to the burial depression,” says Asselin. place of St. James in Spain proved healing By his sophomore year, Nathaniel had to be for the family. When Asselin returned home homeschooled. As he saw his friends head to to Cheyney, Pa., he continued walking, and college and move on with their lives, his soon charted his own pilgrimage of 552 depression worsened. miles, in an effort to “turn adversity into Asselin says with different therapies there Through the simple act of advocacy.” were happy times. Nathaniel helped coach a His trek across six states in six weeks middle school cross-country team, volunteered putting one foot in front gained national attention and helped raise with a local EMT unit, and held a job. But awareness about BDD, touching hundreds, inevitably medications lost their effective- of the other, a grieving perhaps thousands, who are affected by mental ness and Nathaniel would experience periods illness. of darkness. One time in 2009, he told his par- father finds comfort and ents, “I can’t wake up in my bed tomorrow morning.” They promised him he wouldn’t. a way to help others. They drove to Massachusetts and checked A Son’s Journey him into a clinic that specialized in OCD. At n 2001, Denis Asselin (B.A. 1971) and Nathaniel was born the day before his one point they even took him to Florida, his son, Nathaniel, traveled to France. It father’s birthday in August 1986. “He was hoping the sunlight would help. “We tried Iwas a bonding, restful trip for the two in a incredibly awake from the moment he was everything and we always told him we had country Asselin knew inside and out. The now born,” says Asselin. “He was always curious, hope,” says Asselin. retired French teacher had throughout his imaginative, and full of surprises. He was But Nathaniel was “already talking about career coordinated more than 20 exchange deeply sensitive and empathetic. the moments in his life he had lost. He felt trips for French and American students. “When he was 11 years old, things fell isolated. He told us ‘If I was in a wheelchair Nathaniel had in fact spent his first birthday apart suddenly. It caught us by surprise,” people might understand.’ He was tired of in Paris in 1987. says Asselin. Nathaniel had become anxious being medicated.” As father and son walked from the Louvre and was exhibiting obsessive behaviors such as Jeff Szymanski, executive director of the to the Grande Arche, they stopped at the running for miles every day to the point that he International OCD Foundation, wrote an essay statue of Sisyphus. According to Greek lost so much weight his parents had to hospi- about Asselin’s pilgrimage in the June 2012 mythology, Sisyphus was condemned by the talize him. With medication and therapy, issue of Psychology Today. “Did Nathaniel gods to an eternity of rolling a huge boulder Nathaniel was able to get through middle commit suicide because he thought he was up a steep hill, only to have it roll back school with periods of happiness and close unattractive? No. He took his life because his down, causing him to begin the futile friends. brain was unrelenting, never allowing him an process anew. But by the time he entered high school, escape from thoughts and feelings of being Nathaniel stopped to consider the statue there was a downward spiral. The handsome less than … For a family who loved him dear- and said, “That’s what my life feels like.” teenager could not bear to look at himself in ly, this was devastating. How could all of Asselin recalls, “It was a light bulb moment the mirror. He would use the bathroom with their love and support not sink in? Unfortu- for me in understanding my son’s anguish.” lights off and the door cracked just enough nately, Nathaniel’s inner voice was just too Three years earlier, at age 11, Nathaniel had to let in the smallest amount of light so he loud and distracting.” begun to show signs of a little-known men- did not have to see himself in the mirror. A good family friend, Brennan Barnard,

Fall 2012 25 accompanied Asselin on a leg of his U.S. walking to the Cathedral of Santiago de idea for his own pilgrimage, and plans began pilgrimage in spring 2012 and wrote an essay Compostela in Galicia, Spain, where it is for Walking with Nathaniel. about the experience in the New Hampshire believed the remains of St. James the Greater are On April 24, Asselin stepped outside his Monitor. “Nathaniel was wise beyond his buried. “Sometimes the three of us walked front door and began his walk through parts years, one of those old souls whom others turn together, other times alone, or with the Earl- of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, to for guidance and friendship. He was bright, ham group, or with a new acquaintance. We Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. gentle, and motivated, and genuinely cared met people along the Camino who had lost a He ended his journey on June 7 in Boston, about the people in his life. What no one loved one and were searching for solace. It is meeting with clinicians and researchers at the could know was the power of the internal con- a collective experience, yet individual. And it headquarters of the International OCD Foun- flicts that ruled his thoughts and behaviors.” is a powerful metaphor for life. We got up dation and later spoke about BDD at a rally “After he died, there was such an outpouring every day and put one foot in front of the at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. from people who Nathaniel had touched,” other and realized the act of doing that was as Along the way, he stopped at places of joy in says Asselin. “We’re not sure if he really knew much about the journey as it was about the his son’s life: the birth center where Nathaniel what he meant to so many people.” destination. There was no agenda to the day was born; the schools Nathaniel attended, other than to pay attention.” including Westtown School, where Denis Asselin says one of the most poignant taught and Judy is a theater teacher and where moments for him and his family along the Nathaniel was a student and volunteer coach; A Family’s Journey Camino was the stop at the Iron Cross (Cruz and Good Fellowship Ambulance, where he In October of her senior year at Earlham de Ferro). People climb the hill to the large volunteered. Asselin also stopped at hospitals College, Carrie Asselin signed up to walk the cross and leave a small stone they brought and clinics where Nathaniel received treat- Camino de Santiago — the Way of St. James — with them on the pilgrimage, often symbol- ment, in total meeting with 145 clinicians who with a student group following graduation. izing a burden they carry. The Asselins work with patients who have OCD-related The school-organized “May term” trip is brought a stone from outside of Nathaniel’s diagnoses. Family members and friends meant to coincide with the time of transition bedroom window and one from the track provided meals and places to stay. in the new graduates’ lives. When Carrie signed where he coached the cross-country team. He set out with the modest goals of raising up, “little did she know the next chapter in her They left one on the pile and carried the awareness and money — more than $25,000 life would be to deal with tremendous loss,” other stone 60 miles past the cathedral to Cape has come in for BDD research — and “letting says Asselin. Finisterre (“the end of the world”), a peninsula families know that they don’t need to suffer Reeling with grief, Carrie told her parents on the west coast of Galicia, which is the final alone.” When he started Walking with the only way she could make the weeks-long destination for many pilgrims along the Nathaniel, Asselin said he wanted to talk to walk so soon after her brother’s death was if Camino. at least five people every day about BDD. they came with her. And so they did, allowing “On a beautiful day, with a bright blue sky, But sometimes crowds came out to greet him her to begin the journey as she had planned we left the other stone and some of Nathaniel’s and, as word spread, the media came, too, with her classmates. They joined her during the ashes on a rocky ledge looking out to the including Fox News, CNN, ABC News, The second week of her walk in León, Spain. ocean,” says Asselin. Boston Globe, and The Los Angeles Times. “When we saw her, she was in bad shape. She On their Spain pilgrimage, the Asselins had terrible blisters and tendonitis. She was carried the official “credencial” of the Camino, a exhausted. She was channeling her grief into passport that documented their progress with relentless pounding of her feet along the Way,” A Father’s Journey stamps from each of their stops. On his U.S. says Asselin. “Since my wife and I move at a When he returned home, he missed the pace pilgrimage, he carried a passport drawn by Judy slower pace, she and her feet began to heal.” and the peace of the Camino. So he kept that beautifully illustrated the landmarks As a family, they spent the next two weeks walking. And it was on a walk that he got the along his route. Instead of stamps, he collected

26 The Catholic University of America Magazine signatures on this passport. Days after returning home, he looked at ter who has started a career in brain research. Asselin said it was important to him that the the website his family set up to chronicle his After 36 years as an educator, Asselin says walk be called Walking with Nathaniel and walk. “I was shocked to see hundreds of he has a new vocation. “I feel called to keep not Walking for Nathaniel. “He was with me emails had come in. People who have BDD the movement going.” In October, Asselin every step of the way, encouraging me to keep and caretakers and others with OCD or and his family went to Boston for OCD going. He was calling me to give meaning to other types of mental illness. Some just Awareness Week events, including the his suffering. And I knew the way to do that wanted to talk. Others offered words of International OCD Foundation’s “Night to was to help alleviate the pain of others.” encouragement.” Believe” gala, where Asselin received the Asselin walked into Boston with Judy and Asselin says, “I don’t want to become a Hero Award for his efforts. “I accepted it for Carrie and a young woman with BDD whom grumpy old man who lost his son. That’s not Nathaniel and for all the others who suffer Nathaniel had befriended while they were in me.” So he continues to smile and laugh, to from BDD, who have the courage, fortitude, inpatient treatment together. As he crossed the honor his son whom he calls a “gift from and grace to live each day when their internal finish line, he remembers thinking, “This is God,” to find joy in his family — a marriage wiring is an obstacle to their own happiness. just the beginning.” made even stronger by tragedy and a daugh- They are the real heroes.”

The Way of St. James the Camino except making one step after Denis Asselin has watched the movie The Way another. When we can put all the distractions several times since it came out in 2011. In of life aside, it is easier to feel God’s presence the movie, Martin Sheen plays a father who and his healing grace. We are reminded that travels to Spain to claim the ashes of his God is always walking with us.” estranged son who died while walking the Father Garneau celebrated Mass at nearly Camino de Santiago. He decides to continue every stop along the way of his month-long the pilgrimage in his son’s honor. journey to the Cathedral of Santiago de The stories of those he meets along “The Compostela in Galicia, Spain. “Often, the Way” make for a compelling film that has local people would find the person with the brought renewed interest in the Camino. keys to the church and they would ring a bell “People spend weeks walking the Camino de and everyone would come, grateful to have a Santiago for a variety of reasons. Some are trav- priest.” elers and explorers. And many are at a point The hospitality of the Camino is not much of transition in their lives and are looking for a different from what it would have been spiritual experience,” says Rev. James Garneau more than a thousand years ago, says Father (Ph.D. 2000). Garneau, a Church historian. In the ninth cen- Father Garneau made the pilgrimage in tury, pilgrims came from all over Europe when 2004 before starting a new ministry. “It was an they heard of the discovery of the tomb of St. outstanding gift in my life to have that time James in Galicia. The pilgrimage has continued for spiritual reflection.” When he heard about over the centuries. “People still walk from the Asselins’ story and the healing power they town to town and from church to church. Web Extra: For an in-depth story found on the Camino, he said, “I wasn’t sur- They depend on the help of strangers and the on Father Garneau’s pilgrimage, visit prised. There is not much you can control on hospitality of local townspeople,” says Garneau. cuamagazine.cua.edu.

Fall 2012 27 ALUMNI NEWS HOMECOMING AND REUNIONS WEEKEND

28 The Catholic University of America Magazine Does Your Class Year End in a “3” or an “8”? If so, your class is celebrating a reunion next year during Homecoming and Reunions Weekend, Sept. 27–29, 2013. If you are interested in being a member of the reunions committee for your class, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 800-288-ALUM.

Fall 2012 29 ALUMNI NEWS

families, 53 people in total, at their home in We’ve Improved Yardley, Pa. “We love the place and we hope that we Our Website exude that to the people going down there,” O’Reilly said of Catholic University. The Alumni Association website has added The Catholic University Office of Alumni new features. Visit www.cuatoday.com for Relations welcomes the new students and their a calendar of upcoming alumni events at families and offers thanks to the following Catholic University and throughout the coun- hosts of the send-off parties: try. The page allows you to register for events and see a list of who’s coming. You also can • Rev. Frank Donio, S.A.C., B.A. 1989, make a prayer request, submit a class note, M.A. 1993, and Tricia Lloyd, B.A. 1987 read alumni spotlights, view photo galleries Philadelphia send-off party • John and Terry Lavoie, both B.A. 1987 and videos, and sign up for local chapters and • Brendan and Maureen O’Reilly, both other groups. Alumni Host B.A. 1987 • Nicole Kipp, B.S.N. 1994 Summer Send-Off • Vincent and Nancy Alexander, parents of The Catholic Vote John, B.A. 2004, and Thomas, B.A. 2005 Parties • Dennis and Jean Farley, parents of Kevin, A panel of scholars who study faith and poli- Class of 2014 tics at Catholic University addressed the role This summer, incoming freshmen of the • Lynne Dardis Pesce, B.A. 2002 of the Catholic vote in the November 2012 Class of 2016 had their first taste of the • Miguel A. Casellas-Sastre, B.A. 1986 election at an event hosted in late September Catholic University community at new stu- • Maurya Keating, B.A. 1983, M.A. 1984 by the Office of Alumni Relations and the dent send-off parties organized around the • Courtney Tipping, B.A. 2006 Alumni Association. More than 200 students, country. Alumni and parents in eight states, alumni, faculty, and staff came out for the plus the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, If you would like to host a party next summer, discussion that was moderated by CUA alum- hosted 10 send-off parties attended by 429 please contact the Office of Alumni Relations na Sheilah Kast (B.A. 1971), host of Maryland students and their families in preparation at 800-288-ALUM. Morning with Sheilah Kast on WYPR. for the transition to college life at CUA. “The send-off parties allow incoming stu- dents and their parents the opportunity to meet one another, alumni, and staff members who can answer questions they may have,” said Kyra Lyons, executive director of the Office of Alumni Relations. “Most students appreciate the opportunity to meet their class- mates because it’s always nice to see a familiar face once you get to campus.” Brendan O’Reilly (B.A. 1987) said that for many of the new students who attend his party, it’s “their first taste of Catholic University.” He and his wife, Maureen (B.A. 1987), have been hosting their party for students in the Philadelphia area since about 1995. This year they hosted nearly 25 students and their More than 200 people filled Father O’Connell Hall for a discussion on the Catholic vote.

30 The Catholic University of America Magazine Alumni Essay

In May 2006, during another chance encounter, again came a seminal moment that I never saw coming. A teacher casually mentioned to me she couldn’t get her students to learn their math facts. I casually answered, Follow Your “You can get kids to learn anything if you put it over a cool beat. They memorize every Jay-Z and Beyonce lyric, surely they can memorize their times tables!” A few days later, armed only with an instrumental track from a popular hip-hop song at that time, for the first time PASSION I stepped into a classroom full of fourth, fifth, By Alex Nesmith (B.E.E. 1990) and sixth graders to help them learn their multiplication tables. recording studio in 1998. I was the audio What an odd pairing of the worlds of engineer on a session of an unknown artist. entertainment and education, especially for a During a lunch break, four guys from Toledo person like me with no training as an educa- came up to me and explained they had made tor. Yet 13 songs later and a national spotlight the 600-mile journey down to the “Motown on Good Morning America, the Smart Shorties of the South” to find someone to produce education brand was born. Once again my their first R&B album. We exchanged num- passion for making music, of any kind, was bers, and six months later I found myself in a the fuel that ignited the next phase of my downtown Toledo recording studio producing career. This small, innocent idea has now my first album project. grown into a national educational platform I had never produced a record before. I of songs, books, videos, games, and summer had been the engineer on a few hits, but camps that help students learn. nobody had ever trusted me with the creative How do you know what your true passion direction of an entire album. (In music, the really is? How do you know you’re doing producer is synonymous with the director of what you were “called” to do? I believe it’s a film whereas the engineer would be the when you touch someone. Plain and simple. camera operator.) I will never forget thinking When you touch that part of another human on the first day of the project, in a quiet yet being known as the “soul,” when what you do nervous moment with myself, to “just follow makes a difference in another person’s life — your passion wherever it takes you.” that’s when you know! That’s the power of Months later, as snippets of the finished following your passion. With it comes peace- songs hit the streets, I began to hear com- fulness. With it comes an undeniable and ments like “man, you’re a genius with that empowering clarity of conviction. music!” A woman whom I’d never met said, n all our lives there are seminal moments. “I cried when I first heard that song.” This — Alex “Al E Cat” Nesmith is the co-founder The intrinsic beauty of these moments was a defining moment in my career because and president of Smart Shorties, an educa- I lies in the fact that we never see them I always thought I could produce records, but tion company that harnesses the power coming. Only when we look in the rearview I wasn’t sure. A song we recorded, called “One of hip-hop music to help kids learn. As a mirror and sum up all the events that occurred on One,” was even redone by legendary R & B producer/engineer and songwriter, he has to arrive at that moment, do we see how truly superstar Keith Sweat and was the lead-off received several music industry awards. amazing they are. single on his album titled Rebirth. To quote He has worked with music stars such as One of those moments in my life came Kanye West, “passion was the steam I needed Outkast, Akon, Charlotte Church, Ronald during a chance encounter in an Atlanta to power my dreams.” Isley, Avant, and Busta Rhymes.

Fall 2012 31 Class Notes

1949 1969 Late at night just before exams the whole dorm is Joseph Galeota, M.A. 1969 (A&S), of Boston, who came to CUA as a National ablaze with light and the smell of coffee drifts from Teacher Corps intern, has begun his 40th year of teaching; all but four of them have under doors to mingle with the odor of Life Buoy been in urban areas in Washington, D.C., and Boston. An accomplished mathematics from the showers, ozone from the television set, and teacher, he recently received the Raymond J. Callahan, S.J., Service Award from Nativity Benzedrine from an architect’s room. College life smells. Preparatory School, a Jesuit-run Nativity School for boys from low-income families in — The Cardinal yearbook Boston where he teaches, for his commit- ment to social justice and his belief in the power of education to transform lives and change the world. 1955 The text by St. Symeon the New Theologian (10th–11th century) was newly translated from Sister Alice Gallin, O.S.U., Ph.D. 1955 Greek by Sophia Bekakos. 1972 (A&S), L.H.D. 1992, was awarded the Women of Achievement Award at The Myoung Won Sohn, B.C.E. 1964, M.C.E. Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., College of New Rochelle’s (CNR) alumni 1967 (ENGR), of Seoul, Korea, was named M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1978 (A&S), archbishop weekend in June. The award recognizes president of Lustros, Inc., a company engaged of Boston, received the St. Elizabeth Ann alumni for accomplishments in their chosen in copper mining and the manufacturing of Seton Award from the National Catholic careers. Sister Gallin was executive director of food grade copper sulfate. Educational Association (NCEA) at the the Association of Catholic Colleges and annual Seton Awards in October for his Universities from 1976 to 1992. She served efforts to renew and revitalize Catholic edu- as visiting research scholar at Catholic 1967 cation in the Archdiocese of Boston. The University and visiting scholar at St. Louis Seton Award is NCEA’s highest honor, given University, and has published numerous Rocco Mennella, B.A. 1967 (A&S), of New in recognition of significant contributions to books and articles on Catholic education in Carrollton, Md., received the 2012 President’s Catholic education. the United States. Since 1993 she has been Award from the National Organization for the scholar in residence at CNR, served as trustee Professional Advancement of Black Chemists at four institutions, and has received 21 hon- and Black Engineers. He was recognized for 1974 orary degrees from colleges and universities his outstanding leadership and commitment across the country. over more than four decades to teaching, train- Richard Brumleve, M.A. 1974 (A&S), of ing, encouraging, and assisting students, in par- Abingdon, Va., was selected to have his artwork ticular underrepresented students in Prince appear in the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation’s 1964 George’s County, Md., to pursue science, tech- 2012 Creativity and Parkinson’s Calendar, nology, engineering, and mathematics degrees. which is distributed nationwide to nearly Anthony Doherty, B.M. 1964 (MUSIC), of He is a professor in the physical sciences and 20,000 people. His watercolor painting, Tuscan Concord, Calif., had his latest composition, engineering department at Prince George’s Street Scene, is featured in the month of “Hymn to the Holy Spirit,” published for Community College. He has been a lecturer September. Brumleve is a retired high school mixed choir and organ (OCP Publications). in CUA’s Department of Mathematics. and college teacher who taught English, speech,

32 The Catholic University of America Magazine and theater. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2008, he found working with watercolors to be a therapeutic release from 1937 Grad Celebrates 100 Years the symptoms of the disease.

H. Douglas Spruance III, J.D. 1974 (LAW), of Spokane, Wash., received the Al Secino Public Justice Award from the Washington State Association for Justice in July 2011. The l Secino (B.A. 1937) was cheered by his award is given to one Washington attorney family, friends, and former students at each year in recognition of an individual A his 100th birthday party in August. His whose efforts, courage, litigation, or innova- daughters, Bonnie and Keta, hosted the party in tive work results in the creation of a more just Fitchburg, Mass., the town where Secino raised them society. Spruance practices civil litigation, and worked as a much-loved physical education primarily representing seriously injured or teacher and coach for 35 years. sexually abused clients. In addition to pro- Athletics have played an important role in Secino’s bono community service, he serves on the life. He came to Catholic University in 1932 on a foot- Board of Governors of the Washington ball scholarship, back when Cardinals football was a State Association for Justice. Division I sport. That’s not all that was different, says Secino. He was primarily a halfback, “but we all played offense and defense in those days,” Rev. Denis Gerard Wilde, O.S.A., M.A. he says. “The plays were developed and discussed using chalk on a blackboard,” he adds. 1974, Ph.D. 1984 (MUSIC), of Philadelphia, Arthur “Dutch” Bergman was the head coach during Secino’s years on the team. was a tenured associate professor at Villanova “Dutch graduated from Notre Dame and played for Knute Rockney. He taught us University from 1977 to 1998, where he the famous Notre Dame play the ‘dancing shift,’ which is now referred to as the served full time on the faculty and as director Notre Dame box,” says Secino. of the Villanova Singers (men’s chorus). He Among his cherished memories, Secino says, is his 85-yard run for a touchdown toured extensively with the men’s chorus and against Manhattan College. In 1936, he was proud to be part of the Catholic Uni- other collegiate chorales. He also was choral versity team that went to the Orange Bowl. Secino sustained a knee injury just prior director of the St. Stanislaus Choir, Lansdale, to the bowl game (“I went one way and my knee went the other.”) and did not get Pa., (1984–1998). For the last 14 years, Father to travel with the team to beat Ole’ Miss 20-19. But he still treasures the little gold Wilde has been associate director of Priests keepsake football that was given to each member of the team. The 1937 Cardinal for Life, crisscrossing the United States in yearbook mentioned that if not for injuries, Secino would have been “one of the some 650 venues preaching the Gospel of Life, greatest backs in C.U.’s football history.” while performing piano concerts in many of those venues. He is available for parishes and Secino’s mother — “a nice little Italian lady” — came to her first-ever football organizations in both capacities: homilist for game when Catholic University headed to Worcester, Mass., to play Holy Cross. “She got upset. She didn’t understand why all the players from the other team were life and pianist for fundraisers. chasing me,” he remembers with a laugh. The history major, who was one of 10 children, cleaned tables in the cafeteria to 1975 help pay for his education and sent his laundry home every week to Massachusetts. His parents returned the clean laundry with figs from the tree in their backyard Debra J. Borkovich, M.M. 1975 (MUSIC), packaged carefully in an egg carton. “My teammates always looked forward to the of Harwick, Pa., earned a Doctor of Science figs,” says Secino. degree from the Robert Morris University, Secino’s wife of 65 years passed away in 2005 at age 92 and he now lives part of the School of Information Systems and Commu- year with Bonnie in Richmond Hills, Ga., and part of the year with Keta in Hawley, nications, in May, specializing in the applied Pa., where he likes to drive the family’s pontoon boat on Lake Wallenpaupack. He also research field of cultural and corporate enjoys helping his daughters cook, following college sports, and spending time with anthropology. Also at graduation, she received his grandchildren and great grandchildren. the 2012 Academic Excellence Award, the top At her dad’s birthday party on Aug. 4, Keta says he was acknowledged for being honor for scholarship achievement within her someone who “laughs easily and loves people.” — E.N.W. cohort. In 2011, she won the Jay Liebowitz Award for Best Doctoral Paper, conferred by

Fall 2012 33 the International Association of Computer Spirituality Center in Bay Shore, N.Y., in lages, during which they taught the girls about Information Systems for her article “The May. The Hicksons are the executive couple their faith and helped them recognize the Social Science of Data Warehousing,” pub- for Worldwide Marriage Encounter on Long gifts they have to share with others. lished in the October 2011 edition of Issues Island. The organization’s mission is to pro- in Information Systems. claim the value of marriage and Holy Orders in the Church and in the world. 1987 Most Rev. John J. Myers, J.C.B. 1975, J.C.D. 1977, (THEO), archbishop of Newark, N.J., Rev. Bernard A. Healey, B.A. 1987 (A&S), celebrated his 25th anniversary of episcopal 1981 was appointed pastor of Our Lady of Mercy ordination. He received two honorary degrees Parish, East Greenwich, R.I., in August. In this year, one from The Catholic University Rev. Gregory C. Kimm, B.A. 1981 (A&S), addition to his duties as pastor, Father Healey of America and the other from Loras College. pastor of St. Joseph of Cupertino Church in will continue to serve as the diocesan liaison to Cupertino, Calif., celebrated the silver jubilee the Rhode Island General Assembly and direc- of his ordination to the priesthood in June. tor of the Rhode Island Catholic Conference. 1977 He was ordained for the Diocese of San Jose, Calif., in June 1987. Bruce Rosenstein, M.S.L.S. 1987 (LIS), of Cathy A. Costantino, B.A. 1977 (A&S), Bethesda, Md., is one of two recipients of M.S.W. 1978, (SOCSV), of Burkittsville, the Special Libraries Association Rose L. Md., completed her 26th year as an attorney 1984 Vormelkar Award. The award is presented for with the Legal Division of the Federal Deposit exceptional service to the information profes- Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C. Betsy Cerulo, B.A. 1984 (A&S), of Baltimore, sion through the education and mentoring She also teaches at Georgetown Law School founder and CEO of AdNet/AccountNet, of students and working professionals. (where she received the Distinguished Adjunct was awarded a 2012 Top 100 Minority Business Faculty Award in 2011), George Washington Enterprises in the Mid-Atlantic Region and the Law School (where she received the Distin- 2012 SmartCEO Brava Female CEO award. 1988 guished Faculty Award in 2006), and Vermont She is also a contributor to the book Women Law School, and is an occasional guest lecturer Living Consciously (Powerful You! Publishing, Jennie Meade, M.S.L.S. 1988 (LIS), of at Harvard Law School. She has produced May 2012), which is about overcoming busi- Preston, Md., has been elected vice chair/ numerous publications, including a book, on ness and personal challenges as a woman. chair-elect of the Legal History and Rare alternative dispute resolution. Her mother, Books Special Interest Section of the American Jeanette Costantino, received her M.S.W. Association of Law Libraries. from CUA in 1947; her husband, John 1985 Moran, received his B.S.N. from CUA in 1994; and her stepdaughter Kate Moran Laura Graham Fetters, B.A. 1985 (A&S), 1991 received her B.A. from CUA in 1998. and Jillian Abecasis, B.A. 2008 (A&S), both teachers at Blessed Sacrament School Melinda M. Jette, B.A. 1991 (A&S), was Kevin Hickson, B.A. 1977, M.F.A. 1981 in Washington, D.C., completed a 10-day promoted to associate professor of history at (A&S), of Port Washington, N.Y., along mission trip to Guyana, South America, in Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., with his wife, Regina, presented a Worldwide July. Part of the mission included a five-day where she also serves as the public history Marriage Encounter weekend at the Monfort camping trip for 50 girls from the area vil- program coordinator. Jette is currently on sabbatical, which she is using to complete her book At the Hearth of the Crossed Races: A French-Indian Community in Nineteenth- 1978 Century Oregon, 1812–1859 (under contract with Oregon State University Press). You know you’re back when you hear the first “How was your summah?” that comes straight from the 1993 boroughs and outskirts of New York City. Leah (Silver) Kondes, B.A. 1993 (A&S), of Minneapolis, joined the accounting firm HLB — The Cardinal yearbook Tautges Redpath as its marketing director.

34 The Catholic University of America Magazine 1994 Don Erickson, B.A. 1994 (A&S), of Silver Catching the Music that Fills the World Spring, Md., was promoted to chief executive officer of the Security Industry Association in November 2011. Sister Beth Dowd

1996 ister Beth Dowd, O.S.U., (M.M. 1973) credits Catholic University with “catapulting” her into Julia P. O’Brien, J.D. 1996 (LAW), LEED Sher life’s work. “Teaching music was born in Green Associate, general counsel, has been my being and flowed from my CU experience,” she named a principal at BL Companies, Inc., an says. She cites in particular a course in which she employee-owned, multi-disciplinary archi- learned about the Kodály method of music instruc- tecture, engineering, environmental, and land tion. The key philosophical principles of Kodály provided the foundation for Songcatchers, Inc., surveying firm based in Meriden, Conn. As an organization founded by Sister Beth that offers general counsel, she provides the full range of low-cost music education for children in the New legal services for BL Companies and its sub- Rochelle, N.Y., area: Everyone has the right to musi- sidiaries, including reviewing all professional cal literacy, the voice is the heart of music, and services contracts; developing, implementing, music of high artistic quality, especially indigenous music, should constitute the and maintaining contract and essential corpo- basic “texts” for learning. rate documents; managing communications with insurance companies and outside legal The Kodály connection provided Sister Beth with more than Song Catchers’ counsel; managing all claims; overseeing risk founding philosophy; it gave her the name. After receiving her master’s degree management; overseeing the BL Companies from CUA, she attended a workshop at the Kodály Institute in Hungary, which featured speakers from many different cultures. Years later Sister Beth recalled one Safety Committee; and reviewing and negoti- speaker in particular, a native Alaskan woman who said, “In my dialect we don’t have ating all leases. a word for composer. We believe the world is filled with music and some people can bring that music out. I guess you could call that composer but we call it songcatcher.” Says Sister Beth, “I knew it was the perfect name because it spoke to what I knew 1997 about children and music.”

Denise P. Gallo, Ph.D. 1997 (MUSIC), of Songcatchers was conceived as Sister Beth prepared to retire in 1994 from her job New Oxford, Pa., was appointed provincial as choir director at Blessed Sacrament School in New Rochelle, a position she had held archivist for Daughters of Charity Province of since 1978. Worry arose that a program she had created — an annual, weeklong, St. Louise. She will oversee the archives located sleep-away summer choir camp — would not continue. Her provincial encouraged her to continue the work through a nonprofit corporation. Songcatchers: Reaching at historic St. Joseph House in Emmitsburg, for Peace Through Music was created, with Sister Beth as executive director. Md. Currently under renovation, the archives will soon have a state-of-the-art repository, Songcatchers programs today include the After School Instrumental Music Program, collection exhibit space, and a reading room staffed by volunteer high school students; the Composers of the Future workshop with for researchers. The archives will combine the professional musicians; Choir Camp; Concert Choir; Ensemble; and Early Childhood collections of four former U.S. Daughters of Music for children 6 months to 6 years. Thanks to Songcatchers, more than 4,500 Charity provinces — St. Louis; Evansville, children whose families otherwise could not afford music lessons have been given the Ind.; Albany, N.Y.; and Emmitsburg. These opportunity to play, sing, and compose. four former provinces unified in July 2011 as Songcatchers inspires youngsters far beyond their initial lessons. “For example, the Province of St. Louise. Patricia started the program when she was 7 years old,” relates Sister Beth. “She began with piano and violin, then concentrated on violin alone. She began teaching in the after-school program and became a counselor in training at the camp.” Patricia 1998 received a scholarship from Georgetown University, where she successfully audi- tioned for the university orchestra. “In her college entrance essay she spoke of her Christopher John Abbate, B.A. 1998 (A&S), experience here and concluded with, ‘I am proof that Songcatchers works!’” — C.C. was promoted to captain for the Fire Depart- ment of New York City (FDNY). Members of

Fall 2012 35 FDNY Engine 23, where Abbate is a mem- ber, also nominated Brian Williams, who “Making a Life,” and Wine, attended CUA 1979–1980, L.H.D. 2004, anchor of NBC Nightly News, to receive in New Zealand an honorary battalion chief rank to thank him for his support of the FDNY. Abbate lives in Port Jarvis, N.Y., with wife Maria Gallo Abbate, B.S.N. 1998, M.S.N. 2002 Daniel Brennan (NURS) and their three children, Dillan, Nicolas, and Alexander. aniel Brennan (B.A. 1999) found his true calling halfway around the world — on a D green vine in New Zealand. 2000 Brennan makes wine, and his reputation as a premi- Jason McFarland, M.A. 2000, Ph.D. 2010 um winemaker is growing under his label “Decibel.” (THEO), left his position as assistant editor Making wine is just a natural progression from at the International Commission on English in his earlier experiences in the music and restaurant the Liturgy and will be teaching at a university businesses in the Washington, D.C., area soon after in China for the next two years. graduating with a degree in world politics and phi- losophy, and then later working as a stagiaire, or intern, in the European Union Parliament. Travel, he said, helped him realize he 2002 wanted to “make a life, not just a living.” Wine didn’t enter the picture until a bit later. Laying the foundation was a family April King, M.S.L.S. 2002 (LIS), of history in wine making — his grandfather and great-grandfather were wine makers. Washington, D.C., branch manager of the Brennan’s love for New Zealand wines developed while working at his family’s restau- Palisades Public Library, is the 2012 recipient rant. The wines were “always vibrant and unique, but also tough to find, which meant of the District of Columbia Library Associa- there weren’t that many of them,” he said. tion (DCLA) Distinguished Service Award. After studying at The Wine School of Philadelphia in 2007, Brennan’s interest in She is serving her second term as one of wine making blossomed and he began researching oenology and viticulture degrees two elected directors on the DCLA board. throughout the world. He was accepted to Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes King joined the D.C. Public Library 12 Bay, New Zealand. years ago as a computer instructor, and later became a youth librarian, an outreach librar- While there, he met his mentor, Jenny Dobson of Unison Vineyard. Hawke’s Bay ian, and the branch manager of the Southeast “has a gorgeous maritime climate and strong sunlight hours, making it one of the Neighborhood Library. best places on Earth to grow grapes,” he said. In 2009, Brennan started working at Unison, where he is still employed as assistant Anna Minore, Ph.D. 2002 (THEO), of winemaker. “The owners at Unison were kind enough to let me experiment with my Kingston, Pa., an associate professor of theol- own wines, sourcing fruit from some of the surrounding vineyards,” he said. ogy, was granted tenure by King’s College, Decibel wines have a small distribution in the United States — Pennsylvania, New Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Alabama, and California, as well as direct ship- ment via the Internet — but Brennan is working on expanding the list. His label name harkens back to his music business days. Brennan says a network of Catholic 2003 University alumni — including two CUA graduates who invested in his idea, and his sister Bethann Lutz (B.A. 2001) — helped him get his business off the ground. Karin (Miller) Orenstein, M.M. 2003, D.M.A. 2009 (MUSIC), of Media, Pa., Brennan takes meticulous care of the vines — a job that can also be downright was appointed branch director of the West dirty — constant pruning, plucking, thinning, declumping, and cleaning are needed. Philadelphia Branch of Settlement Music “The time I spend in the vineyard throughout the year would baffle most people,” he said. But, he added, “when you do what you love, you wake up every day excited School, the largest community-based arts to work and meet the day’s challenges.” — J.C. school in the United States. In her new role, she will be responsible for all branch manage- ment, programming, staffing, and recruiting

36 The Catholic University of America Magazine efforts. Orenstein formerly taught piano at the 105-year-old school’s Germantown and Camden branches. Most recently, she created New Architect Finds Success and implemented a highly successful music program at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy on Nantucket in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

2007 William Yost

Jeremy R. Moss, J.D. 2007 (LAW), a com- illiam Yost (B.S.Arch. 2008, M.Arch. munity association law attorney and associate 2010) came to college a little later than with MercerTrigiani law firm in its Alexandria, W most. But now he’s making up for lost Va., office, was named a 2012 Virginia Rising time. In May 2010, at the age of 32, he left Catholic Star in the July 2012 edition of Virginia Super University with his master’s degree and by June had Lawyers. He received this same honor in 2010. signed on as the sole designer on the biggest develop- As a Rising Star, Moss joins a list of outstand- ment project on the island of Nantucket, Mass. ing young lawyers who have demonstrated Growing up in Hudson Valley, N.Y., Yost says he excellence in practice for 10 or fewer years. was always good with his hands. He often worked for landscapers and developers during summers on Nantucket, where his grandmother owned a guest 2008 house. After high school, that’s what he did full time. “I realized I had skill and talent when it came to building things and I didn’t want to be a laborer forever,” Karen R. Mahowald, B.A. 2008 (A&S), he says. So he enrolled at a local community college. That led him to Catholic professed the simple vows of poverty, chastity, University’s School of Architecture and Planning, where he studied in the real estate and obedience as a member of the Domini- development concentration. can Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation in “I always believed in my own stock,” says Yost. “But when I saw that the profes- Nashville, Tenn., in July. Sister Ann Dominic sors believed in me, too, that really propelled me.” He credits Judith Meany, clinical Mahowald, O.P., as she is now known, is associate professor and director of the real estate development concentration, which a former parishioner of All Saints Catholic was introduced in 2006. “She saw things in me that I didn’t yet see and she really Church in Lakeville, Minn. Sister Ann is study- helped me find a direction,” says Yost. ing at Aquinas College, Nashville, in further preparation for the teaching apostolate. For his master’s thesis, Yost stuck with an area he knew well. He designed a sustain- able self-efficient development on Nantucket. After graduation, he headed to the island where his mother now runs the family’s guest house, The Hungry Whale. “My mom brought one of Nantucket’s most important developers to meet me. I showed 2009 him my thesis and he hired me on the spot,” recounts Yost. Kristen McCarron, B.S. 2009 (A&S), is a He is now the developer of a 16-home project on Gingy Lane in the historic district teacher at Walker Jones Elementary School in of Nantucket not far from his family’s guest house. Each 1,700-square-foot home sits Northwest Washington, D.C., where she runs on a 5,000-square-foot lot. To date five homes have been built and are going for $2 the food lab, coordinating the school farm to $3.3 million each. The project is expected to be completed by 2015. As the sole into the curriculum and teaching students designer, Yost, now a newlywed, is involved from “the foundation to the tiles to the about healthy food choices. last nail.” His wife has started her own cleaning business on the island and has already begun to get work from the new residents on the lane. He says the most challenging aspect of the project is that each home must pass the Weddings Nantucket Historic Architectural Review Board. “It’s a grueling process. The laws are so stringent. It might take three months with weekly meetings just to get a John C. Bilancini II, B.A. 2002 (A&S), home passed. But it’s important. I appreciate the history and all that is unique about married Amy Lee McCauley on Sept. 10, 2011. Nantucket. My whole life I’ve been coming here. So it’s a fitting place to launch John and Amy met as students at New York my career,” he says. — E.N.W. Law School, where they both received their juris doctorates in 2010. John is employed

Fall 2012 37 as an agency attorney at the New York City fraternal twin boys, Hugh Christopher and 2006 (A&S), announce the birth of their Housing Authority and is the special assistant Sullivan Joseph, on June 10. They join their daughter, Julianna, on July 6. Elizabeth is a to the acting general counsel. They live in brother, Isaac Colm, 2. The family lives in nurse in the neurology unit at the University Brooklyn, N.Y. Plattsburgh, N.Y., where Michael is assistant of Rochester, and Timothy is a category professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh. merchant for Wegmans Food Market. The Mary McCarthy, B.A. 2002 (A&S), married He recently received his Ph.D. in English from family lives in Rochester, N.Y. Charles Hines Jr., on May 28. Mary works UCLA. Julia works as a freelance grant writer. for the Office of Public Affairs at Catholic University. They live in Lorton, Va. Eric Kittner, B.A. 2000 (A&S), and Ryann Books Sullivan Kittner, B.A. 2000, M.S. 2001 Anne Marie McMahon, B.M. 2005 (A&S), announce the birth of their daughter, Frank Coppa, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1966 (MUSIC), and J.P. Mikolajczyk, B.A. Parker Victoria, on Dec. 13, 2011. She joins (THEO), wrote The Life and Pontificate of 2006 (A&S), M.Arch. 2011 (ARCH), were her siblings, Henry, 4, and Charlotte, 2. The Pope Pius XII: Between History and Controversy married on June 9. They live in Hyattsville, family lives in St. Louis. (CUA Press, February 2013). Md. Kevin R. Nowak, B.S. Arch. 2001, M.Arch. Patricia Ranft, B.A., 1970 (A&S), wrote Anna Tegen, B.S.B.A. 2007 (A&S), and Seth 2003 (ARCH), and wife Kelly welcomed The Theology of Peter Damian (CUA Press, McDonagh, B.A. 2006 (A&S), were married their first child, Julia Lynne, on July 26. 2012), the first comprehensive analysis of Peter on May 12. They live in Washington, D.C. Kevin is a sports architect with the firm of Damian’s corpus to be published in English. EwingCole in Philadelphia. They live in Haddon Township, N.J. Margaret “Margie” (Placentra) Johnston, Arrivals B.A. 1973, M.A. 1974 (A&S), of McLean, Jose C. Sousa, B.A. 2001 (A&S), and Va., wrote Faith Beyond Belief: Stories of Christopher Davis, B.A. 1992 (A&S), and Maria (Kilner) Sousa, B.A. 2004 (A&S), Good People Who Left Their Church Behind wife Jennifer announce the birth of Samuel announce the birth of their third child, (Quest Books, October 2012). Johnston uses Joseph on May 5. He joins brothers, William, Carlos Maciel, on March 5. He joins his sis- first-person stories as well as known spiritual 5½, and Benjamin, 3, at their family home ters, Gabriela, 5, and Mariana, 2. The family authorities in describing various stages of in Minneapolis. lives in Washington, D.C. religious growth.

Michael Devine, B.A. 2000 (A&S), and Julia Elizabeth (Catan) Dollinger, B.A. 2006 Hal Howland, M.A. 1977 (MUSIC), a (Benn) Devine, B.A. 1999 (A&S), welcomed (A&S), and Timothy Dollinger, B.S.B.A. Key West, Fla., author and musician, has published a collection of short fiction stories in The Jazz Buyer (Publish Green, August 2012).

Phyllis N. Braxton, Ph.D. 1983 (A&S), of Washington, D.C., wrote Such a King

Ruby Ruby Sky Photography Harry: Falstaff vs. Hal (Xlibris, 2012), which presents the two characters as rivals rather than close friends.

Kevin Ryan, B.A. 1989 (A&S), president of Covenant House, along with former New York Times writer Tina Kelley, wrote Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope (Wiley, September 2012). The book shares the personal stories of six homeless youths grappling with issues such as drug addiction, family violence, prostitution, rejection based on sexual orientation, teen parenthood, and aging out of foster care into Anna Tegen and Seth McDonagh a future with limited skills and no support

38 The Catholic University of America Magazine system. Each of the youths eventually finds his or her way to Covenant House, the largest charity serving homeless and runaway youth Tribute to Honored War Veteran in North America.

Benjamin Blosser, M.A. 2002, Ph.D. 2009 (THEO), wrote Become Like the Angels: Ori- Joseph P. Vaghi Jr. gen’s Doctrine of the Soul (CUA Press, 2012), a comprehensive analysis of the theological oseph P. Vaghi Jr. (B.Arch. 1952), a former anthropology of one of the early Church’s member of the Alumni Association’s Board of finest theologians. J Governors and a World War II veteran who was honored earlier this year by the French Embassy, Jeffrey Tranzillo, Ph.D. 2003 (THEO), wrote died Aug. 25 in Bethesda, Md., at the age of 92. John Paul II on the Vulnerable (CUA Press, Vaghi came to The Catholic University of America January 2013). The book is a study of John on the GI Bill after he injured his knee on D-Day Paul II’s thoughts on the human person as it during World War II. A former scholarship foot- concerns the vulnerable and the duty to build ball player at Providence College, where he earned a “culture of life.” a degree in 1942, Vaghi knew the injury meant a career as a football coach was no longer possible. He used his architecture degree from CUA to open his own D.C.-area firm, Joseph In Memoriam P. Vaghi AIA & Associates, where he specialized in city restoration and design. Vaghi was a 23-year-old beachmaster and platoon commander with the U.S. Navy Monsignor Walter J. Donovan, B.A. 1940, when he landed on Omaha Beach with the 6th Naval Beach Battalion early on the of Roswell, Ga., July 22, 2012. morning of June 6, 1944. As the first man off the landing craft, Lt. Cmdr. Vaghi’s duty at Normandy was to direct and assist the men and equipment coming on and Mary Foley Moran, B.S.N.E. 1943, M.S.N.E. off the beach. 1948, of Watertown, Mass., May 22, 2012. After landing, Vaghi was stunned by a German artillery shell that set his clothes on fire. He scrambled to pull grenades and cans of gasoline from a burning jeep Aldo G. Notarianni, M.A. 1946, of Wheat before they could ignite, ensuring the safety of the men nearby. Ridge, Colo., Oct. 8, 2011. Of that day he wrote, “As beachmaster, I had the awesome responsibility of being Rev. William J. Lee, S.S., M.A. 1947, Ph.D. very much entwined with the overall aims of the landing operations and the safety 1961, of Baltimore, Feb. 19, 2012. of those whose lives would be affected by carrying out my duties.” Vaghi also served as a division officer for the landing team that invaded Okinawa Teresa I. Mercado, M.S. 1947, Ph.D. 1950, in 1945. For his service and actions on D-Day, Vaghi was awarded the Bronze Star of Bethesda, Md., March 11, 2012. and retired from the Navy after five years of service, although he served in the Naval Reserve for another 12 years. Anthony M. Natelli, B.E.E. 1948, of Long In 1995, Vaghi traveled to Europe with Vice President Al Gore to mark the 50th Beach, N.J., May 18, 2012. anniversary of the end of World War II. He was interviewed several times about his war experiences, including by the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project and Monsignor James P. King, J.C.B. 1949, by outlets such as National Geographic and the History Channel. He was featured in J.C.L. 1950, J.C.D. 1953, of Douglaston, the 2007 PBS documentary The War by Ken Burns. N.Y., Aug. 1, 2012. For his service, which helped liberate France, Vaghi was awarded the Legion of Mary Gavin Crawford, M.A. 1950, of Glen- Honor Chevalier by the French government during a ceremony at that country’s view, Ill., April 9, 2012. embassy in Washington, D.C., last Feb. 15. The ceremony at which he received the highest civilian honor given by France was attended by family members. Benedict J. Torcivia Sr., B.Arch.E. 1951, of He is survived by his four sons, including Monsignor Peter Vaghi, a member of Rumson, N.J., Aug. 27, 2012. the Board of Trustees at Catholic University; two daughters-in-law; and six grand- children. — L.C. Joan Gregory Franks, M.S.W. 1952, of Malverne, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2011.

Fall 2012 39 Robert J. Repetti, B.A.E. 1952, of Sun City Sister Mary J. Carew, C.S.M., M.A. 1973, Center, Fla., Sept. 26, 2012. of Fort Wayne, Ind., July 16, 2012.

James O. Emerson, M.A. 1954, Bethesda, Col. Rosemary T. McCarthy, U.S. Army Tell Us Md., May 16, 2012. (Ret)., Ph.D. 1974, of Washington, D.C., June 7, 2012. George W. Gigioli, B.M.E. 1956, of Berlin, About Md., April 21, 2012. John White III, B.A. 1978, of Ashburn, Va., Aug. 28, 2011. Edward G. Winner, B.A. 1956, M.A. 1959, of Washington, D.C., Aug. 14, 2012. Ellen S. Peachey, B.A. 1981, of Harrisonburg, Your Va., April 26, 2012. Sister Eleanor Harkins, O.S.F., M.S.L.S. 1959, of St. Francis, Wis., July 1, 2012. Kenrick F. Sawh, B.A. 1982, of Woodbridge, Summer Va., May 10, 2012. Helen F. Hennessy, M.S.N. 1960, Portola Valley, Calif., Jan. 6, 2012. Michael F. Wood, J.D. 1983, of Beachwood, Vacations Ohio, March 4, 2012. Sister M. Dorothy Hollahan, B.V.M., M.A. 1961, of Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 7, 2012. Joan T. Eldridge, Ph.D. 1989, of Swarthmore, Pa., July 26, 2012. Rev. John W. Bowen, S.S., M.A. 1963, of Catonsville, Md., May 6, 2012. Sophia W. Musleh, who attended the Univer- sity from 2006 to 2010, of Washington, D.C., Sister Nancy C. Crane, O.P., M.T.S. 1963, June 5, 2012. of Akron, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2012.

William M. Carey, B.M.E. 1965, M.S. 1968, Faculty/Staff Ph.D. 1974, of Old Lyme, Conn., July 11, 2012. Charles R. Dechert, B.A. 1949, M.A. 1950, Ph.D. 1952, professor emeritus, Department James C. Johnston, B.M.E. 1965, of of Politics, from 1965 to 2002, of Alexandria, The Catholic University of America Charleston, S.C., June 20, 2011. Va., Aug. 9, 2012. Magazine is planning a story on unique and especially fun summer Sister M. Terence Kerr, S.S.J., M.A. 1966, Ralph Newsom Jr., former property clerk, vacations. Share your story with us of Philadelphia, July 8, 2011. purchasing and risk management, from 1985 and you could be featured in the to 2005, of Hyattsville, Md., July 22, 2012. spring issue of the magazine. Do you Rev. Boniface Aicher, M.A. 1968, of Mission reunite with your pals from CUA City, British Columbia, Aug. 30, 2011. Paul Peachey, associate professor, Depart- every year? Have you taken a service ment of Sociology, from 1967 to 2001, of vacation or gone on an exotic cruise? M. Eleanor McIntyre, M.S.L.S. 1969, of Harrisonburg, Va., Aug. 18, 2012. Perhaps you traveled back to the “old Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 15, 2012. country” of your ancestors. Or maybe you’re lucky enough to have a family Rev. Frank Scott Howell, S.J., M.S. 1970, CORRECTION home on a lake or a beach that you’ve Ph.D. 1972, of Tokyo, July 18, 2012. Erika L. Trovato, B.S. 2005 (A&S), gradu- repaired to every summer since you ated from New York College of Osteopathic were a child. If you have a story of Jeremy Sibler, B.A. 1971, of Dallas, Jan. 3, Medicine in May and will complete her a summer vacation that’s special to 2012. residency training in physical medicine and you, we want to hear about it. Contact rehabilitation at New York University. The Ellen Woods, managing editor, by Joseph D. Fedeli, B.A. 1972, of Montgomery summer 2012 issue of the magazine incor- Monday, Dec. 10, at [email protected] Village, Md., Sept. 4, 2012. rectly stated she had completed her residency or 202-319-6984. training.

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