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Volume 47 Issue No. 1 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu September 23, 2004 Football Opens Season With Convincing Win Drenching Rain Did Not Hinder Crimson Attack by Chuck Sullivan Lister might be the only person Director of Athletic Communications under Harvard’s employ who wasn’t necessarily pleased with Saturday’s Jon Lister, whose job, among other result. Under weather conditions that things, is to oversee the maintenance and yielded the potential to level what had caretaking of Harvard’s outdoor playing appeared to be a significant edge in talent fields, could only stand and watch what was for the Crimson as well as create the happening on the Harvard Stadium grass possibility of serious injury, Harvard’s Saturday. skill shone through, and the Crimson After the Crimson’s 35-0 Opening Day came out of the game largely unscathed. win against Holy Cross, Lister and The Crimson broke the game open in the members of his staff spent about two hours second quarter, emptied the bench in the on the Stadium field, which had been pelted third period, and simply tried to keep the by downpours and shredded by the cleats clock moving in the fourth quarter. It was of 22 200-to-300-pound men for the better pouring, after all. part of three hours. We don’t know for All three units — offense, defense certain what they were talking about, but it and special teams — made measurable likely had something to do with how exactly contributions. The offense reeled off 325 they were going to have that field ready for yards and scored on six of its first 10 play again in three weeks. drives. The zero in the visitors’ column speaks volumes about the defensive Lowell K. Chow / The Harvard Crimson. Copyright (c) 2004 performance, but perhaps more impressive was that the Crimson forced five Holy Cross turnovers. And the special teams produced a punt return for a touchdown, two field goals, three PATs and a two-point conversion. “I thought we did all of the things Clifton Dawson ‘06 scored three we needed to do today,” said head coach touchdowns in the first half in the Tim Murphy. “We had to do a great job of Crimson’s 35-0 win over Holy Cross ball security and forcing takeaways, and if you can do that on a bad-weather day, you’re going to win some games. So overall, grand ‘H’ logo at the 50-yard line. The it was a very solid effort for our first game.” Stadium also was adorned with a new small To Lister and his staff’s credit, the scoreboard at the closed end as well as a Stadium field looked magnificent when the fitted sign for each of Harvard’s seven protective tarp was removed 45 minutes national championship and 10 Ivy League prior to kickoff. The green itself was title teams. meticulously manicured, the end zones The defense set up Harvard’s first score of the season when linebacker Matt Brian Edwards ‘05 returned a punt 87 painted with the familiar “HARVARD” and Thomas pressured Crusader quarterback yards for a Crimson TD. “CRIMSON” in opposite ends, and the Continued on page 3 Great Start to Fall Seasons as Teams Gear Up for Ivy Play by Kevin Anderson MEN’S WATER POLO (1-1 Overall) Assistant Director of Athletic Communications A new regime has taken the helm of the men’s water polo program and it WOMEN’S SOCCER (2-3-1, 0-0 Ivy) produced immediate results, earning a split Freshman Jamie Greenwald (St. Louis, of a weekend trip to New York. With head MO) and senior Emily Colvin (Vestavia coach Erik Farrar at poolside, the Crimson Hills, Ala.) have led the offensive charge opened its season with a convincing 17-9 for Harvard with a team-leading two goals win over Queens College. Harvard jumped David Silverman Photo apiece. Greenwald posted her second tally out to a 9-0 first quarter lead and never in Sunday’s 3-0 win over New Hampshire, looked back. The Crimson then dropped a while returning All-Ivy senior Alisha tough 22-11 affair with No. 7 St. Francis Moran (Milton, MA) scored her first goal (N.Y.) on Saturday. On the weekend, senior of the season against the Wildcats. Another Rick Offsay (Encino, CA) had six goals, freshman, Megan Merritt (Northridge, while fellow seniors Greg Marvin-Smith CA), has been a key playmaker as she has (Madison, CT) and Mike Gerrity (Poway, notched two assists in her six games thus CA) each added five tallies. far. Harvard returns to action this weekend Playing her normal role of defensive when it hosts Navy at the ECAC stopper has been junior keeper Katie Championships at Blodgett Pool. Shields (Dana Point, CA). She has made appearances in five contests, posting a 1.31 Continued on Page 2 goals against average while turning away 31 shots. Alisha Moran ‘05 Continued from Page 1 The return of 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year, Kaego CROSS COUNTRY Obechie (Diamond Bar, CA) from injury has provided an instant Senior Alasdair McLean-Foreman (Bath, England) took first spark. She was named to the New England Challenge all- place in the individual standings and helped Harvard place second tournament team and is second on the team in kills (51) despite in the team standings at the season-opening Wildcat Invitational. playing in only 15 of the 18 games. McLean-Foreman placed first by more than eight seconds in the Senior Kim Gould (Menlo Park, CA) and sophomore Sarah 83-man field as he broke the tape in 24 minutes, 56.71 seconds. Cebron (La Jolla, CA) have split time at setter, with Gould handing out 128 assists and Cebron dishing out 83. As a team, they are MEN’S SOCCER (3-2, 0-0 Ivy) averaging 12.6 assists per game. After dropping its first two matches of the season, the Crimson seem to have found its groove, winning three WOMEN’S GOLF straight contests, including the Senior Jeen-Joo Kang (Vestal, NY) shot rounds of 78 and 79 championship match of the for a third-place score of 157 to pace Harvard’s women’s golf team UMass Classic over the host to a third-place finish in the team standings of the Dartmouth Minutemen. Invitational Sunday at Hanover Country Club. Junior Anthony Kang was three shots off of the first place score of 154 and was Tornaritis (Groton, MA) one of four players tied for third in the field of 108. picked up the Freshman Jessica Hazlett (Palo Alto, CA) placed 19th in the tournament MVP individual standings in her Crimson debut with rounds of 85-79— award after scoring 164. Freshman Debbi Amanti (Lynnfield, MA) as 23rd with 83- two goals an adding 83—166. an assist in the two Freshman Katie Loncke (Sacramento, CA) and sophomore wins. Junior co- Jacqueline Rooney (Aurora, IL) finished tied for 28th, with both captain Will Craig shooting 88-79—167. (Federal Way, WA) Anthony along with seniors SAILING Tornaritis ‘06 was Sam Wiggin Harvard’s coed sailing team endured rough conditions to finish named MVP of (Oklahoma City, OK), in the top half of the 20-team field with an eighth-place finish at the UMass Jason Andersen (Atlanta, the Nevins Trophy regatta Sunday at the United States Merchant Classic. Ga.) and sophomore Matt Marine Academy. Hoff (St. Louis, MO) were all The Crimson got an eighth-place finish from its A Division named to the all-tournament entry, skippered by sophomore Clay Johnson (Toms River, NJ), team. Freshman Michael while the B Division crew, skippered by junior Genny Tulloch Fucito (Weston, MA) scored (Houston, TX), took ninth. The Crimson C Division boat, manned his first collegiate goal in the by freshman Kyle Kovacs (Pennington, NJ), took 10th in the field. 4-2 win over Hartford. The event, originally scheduled to take place Saturday and Sunday, was squeezed into a one-day affair given the rainy and FIELD HOCKEY windy conditions of Saturady. Sunday’s racing featured steady 20 (4-1, 1-0 Ivy) to 25-knot winds, which resulted in capsizes and breakdowns for Head coach Sue Caples picked up the 150th win of her career a number of the participants. in Harvard’s 5-1 win over Providence on Wednesday at Jordan Field. The offense, as it has been all season, was led by senior Shelley Maasdorp (Harare, Zimbabwe) who scored two goals and added an assist. For the season Maasdorp has a team-leading 10 points (4 goals, two assists), while sophomores Gretchen Fuller (Shaker Heights, OH) and Julie Lane (Weston, MA) each have four goals and are tied for second on the team with eight points. Those two combined to score only one goal in 2003.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL (2-3, 0-0 Ivy) The Crimson have opened 2004 with a 2-3 start, at one point only having six available players due to freshman week responsibilities for the class of 2008. Harvard picked up impressive wins over St. Peter’s and New Hampshire and open Ivy play this coming weekend against Dartmouth at the Dartmouth Invitational. Senior Nilly Schweitzer (Woodside, CA), a second team All-Ivy selection in 2003, leads the team in kills (63) and digs (43). Genny Tulloch ‘06
Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament - September 17, 2004
Left: Sam Parkman ‘83, Jan Daale, John Greeley and Harvard Varsity Club Board Member Walter Greeley ‘53. Right: Friends of Harvard Hockey Co-Chair Scott Fusco ‘85 and golf tournament organizer Bill Cleary III ‘85 handled the many details of the day.
2 Football, Continued from Page 1 Harvard vs. Holy Cross John O’Neil into throwing an ill-advised pass across the field, where Crimson safety Score by Periods Ricky Williamson awaited. Williamson’s 22-yard return put Harvard’s offense on the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final field at the Holy Cross 32, and sophomore tailback Clifton Dawson cashed in seven Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 0 plays later with a nice second-effort move from the 1-yard line. Harvard 7 22 6 0 35 Dawson made it a two-touchdown game early in the second quarter, when he First Quarter broke up the middle for a 14-yard score. But the backbreaking series started with 6:08 H- Dawson, Clifton 1 yd. run (Schindel, Matt left before halftime, and Holy Cross threatening to cut the Crimson’s lead in half. kick) The Crusaders were enjoying their best drive to that point, having strung together Second Quarter H- Dawson 14 yd. run (Schindel kick) eight plays to march to the Crimson 21. O’Neil hit Sean Gruber on a short crossing H- Dawson 74 yd. run (Everett, Bobby pass route, and Gruber was headed toward the goal line before he was hit hard by Gary from Balkema, Robert) Sonkur and Sean Tracy. The blast knocked the ball loose at the 6-yard line, and James H- Edwards, Brian 87 yd. punt return Harvey recovered in the end zone to give possession back to the Crimson. (Schindel kick) The turnover — already costly for the Crusaders, who saw their best scoring chance Third Quarter H- Schindel 31 yd. field goal of the game go awry — turned disastrous for Holy Cross when Dawson took the second H- Schindel 37 yd. field goal play of the ensuing drive 74 yards for his third TD of the afternoon. After shedding two would-be tacklers along the way, Dawson had clear sailing for the last 50 yards of Team Statistics the run, which gave Harvard a 20-0 lead. Harvard Holy Cross First downs 17 9 “I know that on days like today where the elements come into play, it’s important Rushes-Yards 51-246 28-61 to give that second and third effort,” said Dawson. “You need to keep your legs driving Passing yards 79 70 because it’s very easy for people to slip off.” Comp-Att-Int 7-15-0 10-27-3 Punts-return yards 2-87 1-4 If that wasn’t enough to discourage the Holy Cross contingent, Harvard turned a Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-2 bad snap on the PAT into a two-point conversion, when holder Robert Balkema executed Penalties-Yards 7-60 4-45 a perfect “fire” drill and hit linebacker Bobby Everett with a nifty touch pass in the left Third down conv. 5/14 3/14 corner of the end zone to make it 22-0. Possession time 34:45 25:15 Senior wide receiver Brian Edwards took the spotlight in the closing minutes of Individual Leaders the first half — first by taking a punt return 87 yards for a touchdown and later by Passing Comp. Att Yds. TD Long registering his first career interception. Edwards, who had played free safety in high Fitzpatrick (H) 7 15 79 0 28 school, took the field as part of Harvard’s punt return unit with Holy Cross looking at O’Neil (HC) 10 26 70 0 15 Receiving No. Yds. TD Long fourth-and-two from the Crimson 44. When the Crusaders decided to run a play, Edwards (H) 3 28 0 13 Edwards remained on the field, read the quarterback and snatched the long pass at his Gavin (HC) 3 19 0 10 own 19-yard line. Widman (H) 2 35 0 28 Gruber (HC) 2 23 0 15 “What he forgot,” Murphy joked after the game, “was that on fourth down, you’re Rushing No. Yds. TD Avg. not supposed to pick it.” Dawson (H) 21 184 3 8.8 Any hopes that the second half might yield different results for Holy Cross ended Carrington (H) 20 76 0 3.5 when freshman kicker Matt Schindel booted a 31-yard field goal on the Crimson’s Silva (HC) 5 31 0 6.2 Akande (HC) 12 29 0 1.8 opening drive of the third quarter, and the Crusaders saw their first two possessions Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long thwarted by Williamson. McManaway (HC) 6 177 29.5 40 Williamson forced an O’Neil fumble along the Harvard sideline, and linebacker King (H) 3 75 25 39 Bobby Everett pounced on the loose ball to give it back to the Crimson. Williamson O’Neil (HC) 1 51 51 51 Def. leaders TK Asst. Total Int. Sacks then picked off a bullet pass from backup quarterback Matt Bruckner to set up Schindel’s Karim (HC) 9 0 9 0 0 second field goal of the game — this one from 37 yards out. Fitzpatrick (HC)7 2 9 0 0 From there, it was academic. Harvard used only running plays for most of the Davis (HC) 8 0 8 0 0 second half, held the ball for nearly 24 of the last 30 minutes, rested most of its starters Sonkur (H) 6 0 6 0 0 Mitchell (HC) 5 1 6 0 0 down the stretch, and saw five different quarterbacks take at least one snap from center. Thomas (H) 5 0 5 0 1 Almost lost in the highlights was the steady overall play of Harvard’s starting Tracey (H) 4 1 5 0 0 quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, the highly regarded senior captain who set the school’s Adams (HC) 3 2 5 0 0 Everett (H) 4 0 4 0 1 single-game total offense record against the Crusaders last year. Hunt (HC) 4 0 4 0 0 Fitzpatrick — whose gaudy numbers from last season put him on the early list of Grimm (H) 3 1 4 0 0 candidates for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top player in Division I-AA — Howell (H) 2 2 4 0 0 finished with 79 yards through the air Saturday, the lowest total in any of the senior’s Nugent (HC) 3 0 3 0 0 Nielsen (HC) 3 0 3 0 0 starts. But this game wasn’t about yards gained or efficiency ratings, according to Harvey (H) 2 1 3 0 0 Murphy. Williamson (H) 1 2 3 2 0 “I thought his play was outstanding,” said Murphy of his quarterback, “for the Bennett (H) 2 1 3 0 0 simple reason that in a game like this, the quarterback’s main job is to make sure that Obioma (HC) 2 1 3 0 0 Berg (H) 2 0 2 0 0 you come out with no turnovers. There will be games this year on a fast track where Edwards (H) 0 0 0 1 0 we’ll throw for 300 yards. It’s not about statistics, it’s about field management.” No one knows that better than Jon Lister. Lowell K. Chow / The Harvard Crimson. Copyright (c) 2004 Lowell K. Chow / The Harvard Crimson. Copyright (c) 2004
Junior linebacker Gary Garcia receives instruction from Head Bobby Everett ‘05 hauls in a pass from Robert Balkema ‘06 for a Coach Tim Murphy. two-point conversion off a botched extra-point attempt. 3 Crimson Commentary
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Wyant says, “The kids had John Keenan ‘87 The AlumniAthlete Net- an incredible year. All of the progress they work is hosting a Corporate Combine on have made, as students and players, is a tes- October 11, 2004 in New York City from 8 tament to how hard working and talented a.m. to 6 p.m. The nation’s top scholar-ath- they are. They are an amazingly fun and letes are invited to the Combine to interview giving group. We’re already getting excited for full-time employment opportunities for next year!” with the nation’s largest and most respected Every year Harvard’s current squash corporations. Invitations to students are coach, Satinder Bajwa, and his assistant, based upon an extensive application pro- Mohammad Ayaz, provide scholarships for cess. Candidates are evaluated based upon a number of inner-city kids from CitySquash their academic, leadership, community ser- to attend their summer squash camp at Murr vice, and extracurricular achievements. Center. 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This past summer the Athletic Department took on a very joyed by all who visit unique project thanks in large part to the generosity of the Lee Family Hall of Al Gordon ‘23. Next time you visit the Soldiers Field Athletic Com- History. The new plex you might notice that one monument has been invigorated, monument, which is while its older version in the same spot as the was brought inside to old one, by Gate One, get out of the harsh is made of granite and New England climate. sits on a base that is The Henry Lee slightly larger than its Higginson monument predecessors’. stands outside Blodgett As the story goes, Pool by Gate One. Over Higginson presented the past century the Harvard College with marble monument has a gift of 31 acres of endured its share of land on June 5, 1890. weather conditions. Along with the deed to Gordon, wanting to pre- the land, he made his serve the monument, wishes clear: this land thought it would be best was to be used “as a to replace it and bring playground for the the original indoors. students”, and called This two-day project of “Soldiers Field,” in bringing the 4,400 honor of his friends pound monument in- that gave their lives in The new marble monument is located right doors was quite an the Civil War. His inside Gate One by Blodgett Pool. understaking as it re- friends, James Savage, Jr., Charles Russell Lowell, Edward Barry quired a team of six Dalton, Stephen George Perkins, James Jackson Lowell and Robert The original monument was brought people, a crane and Gould Shaw are, and forever will be, commemorated on the grounds indoors in a two-day long project countless hours of work. of Harvard’s Soldier’s Field Athletic Complex by Higginson’s monu- In its new home, the ment. And now they will also be known to anyone who visits the monument will now be safe from the effects of weathering and en- Lee Family Hall of History. HARVARD IN ATHENS This past August the world came together for the 2004 Summer Heavyweights Wolf Moser ’98, and Henry Nuzum ’99 Olympic Games. Harvard was one of many schools represented extended the streak of Harry Parker-coached oarsmen rowing in in these games, with competitors in both rowing and track and the Olympics into the fourth decade. They became the 11th and field. On the coaching front, two Harvard rowing coaches led boats 12th former Crimson oarsmen to compete in two consecutive with Harvard alums on board. It was an Olympics to remember Games. Both competed in the same boat they did in 2000. Nuzum and a chance for the United States, complete with its Harvard competed in the double scull where he brought home a sixth place contingent, to shine. finish, marking the first time a U.S. boat finished in the top six Track star Brenda Taylor ’01 made her Olympic debut by since winning the gold in 1984. Moser represented the U.S. in the finishing seventh in the finals of the women’s 400-meter hurdles, men’s four. His boat placed 10th overall. Artour Samsonov ‘02 with a time of 54.97. She was part of an amazing qualification race stroked the men’s pair that finished 11th. at the U.S. Trials where she finished second in a personal best time Greg Ruckman ’96 also made his second Olympic appearance, of 53.36. The top three finishers all ran faster than anyone else had which brings Harvard’s number of repeat Olympians to 13. in 2004. In the Olympics she finished sixth in her first round with Ruckman, who was in the lightweight four in Sydney in 2000, a time of 54.72 and 11th in the semifinals with a time of 55:02. In stroked the lightweight double scull that finished seventh– the best the finals she competed with fellow American Sheena Johnson to ever finish for a U.S. lightweight double scull. Patrick Todd, a 2002 become the first American to win gold in the women’s 400-meter graduate, competed in the lightweight four that finished ninth. hurdles. Johnson finished fourth. Perhaps the best finish for any Harvard alumni during this Chris Lambert ’03, representing Great Britain, was scheduled Olympics came from the women’s rowing team. to compete in two events in Athens, the 200 meters and the 4x100 Caryn Davies ‘04– a member of Radcliffe’s 2003 NCAA Champion meter relay. However, during his 200 meter qualifying race he had women’s eight, who took the 2003-04 season off from collegiate to pull out due to an aggravated injury in his leg. Prior to the competition to train for the Olympics – brought home a silver medal games Lambert pulled his hamstring. He worked hard to get the in the five seat for the women’s eight. It marked the first time since leg back in shape, but just couldn’t contain the strain. He captured the team won a gold in 1984 that the U.S. earned a medal in this the 200-meter dash title in the UK Olympic Trials with a time of event. The crew finished two seconds behind the gold medalists 20.94. He also earned the Olympic ‘A’ standard qualifying mark from Romania and .29 ahead of the bronze medallists from the in winning the European Under 23 Championships with a time of Netherlands. Michelle Guerrette ’02 handled the bow seat in the 20.34 earlier in the year. women’s quadruple Nick Sweeney ’92, who represented Ireland, was scheduled sculls that finished to compete in the discus. However, on August 18 he damaged his sixth. knee during weight training. After undergoing medical treatment Harvard’s
throughout the week, he was forced to withdraw on the eve of Athens contingent Row2k.com Photo competition. Sweeney was an All-American as a senior, a two-time should certainly be Heps Champion in the discus, and still holds the school record proud of their (205') set at the Salinas Invitational. Although he did not compete, accomplishments. this marked Sweeney’s second Olympic Games. In the eyes of the Rowing was a sport where current and former Harvard world they have all athletes could be seen in many different places since the United competed their best States team qualified for 12 out of 14 events. Seven Crimson rowers and brought home and two coaches were on the roster for the United States, including something more current lightweight coach Charley Butt. Butt, who has won seven than a medal, national championships with his Harvard lightweight eights, is they’ve brought no stranger to coaching on the international level. He has coached home pride. Pride at the last three Olympic Games (including Athens) and handled in their school, three boats this year– men’s double sculls, men’s pair, and men’s pride in their sport lightweight double sculls. Along with Butt, freshman coach Bill and most Manning was also a member of the coaching staff in Athens. importantly pride Caryn Davies ‘04 brought home a silver Manning, who also has significant international coaching in their country. medal from Athens. experience, worked with the same boats as Butt. 5 Summer Projects Around Soldiers Field
Upcoming Schedule September 24-October 10
Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Sept. 25 at Iona Invite. All day Oct. 1 Men vs. Yale 4 p.m. Oct. 2 Wo. at Princeton w/Yale 3 p.m. Oct. 8 New England Champ. All day Football Sept. 25 at Brown 12 p.m. Oct. 2 at Lafayette 1 p.m. Oct. 9 CORNELL 12:30 p.m. Field Hockey Sept. 25 at Brown 12 p.m. Oct. 1 vs. Northwestern 1 p.m. Oct. 3 at Michigan 1 p.m. Oct. 6 NORTHEASTERN 7 p.m. Oct. 9 CORNELL 12 p.m. Men’s Golf Sept. 25-26 at Dartmouth Invite. All day Oct. 2-3 at Army Invite All day Oct. 9-10 at Yale Invite. All day Women’s Golf Sept. 25-26 at Princeton Invite. All day Men’s Soccer Sept. 25 at Fairfield 7 p.m. Sept. 28 vs. Maine at Bowdoin 4 p.m. Oct. 2 YALE 3 p.m. Oct. 9 CORNELL 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer Sept. 26 at Penn 1 p.m. Oct. 2 YALE 12 p.m. Oct. 9 CORNELL 11 a.m. Men’s Tennis Sept. 24-26 at Virginia Invite. All day at Brown Invite. All day Oct. 1-4 ECAC Champ. All day Oct. 7-10 ITA All-American Champ. Women’s Tennis Sept. 24-26 at Maryland Invite. All day at Cissie Leary Invite. All day Oct. 2-10 Riviera All-American Champ. Oct. 9-10 USTA/NTC Invite. 9 a.m. Women’s Volleyball Sept. 24 at Dartmouth Invite. 7 p.m.
Sept. 25 vs. Iona 10 a.m. vs. LaSalle 3 p.m. Sept. 28 at Northeastern 7 p.m. Oct. 1 DARTMOUTH 7 p.m. Oct. 2 MARIST 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at BC 7 p.m. Oct. 8 COLUMBIA 7 p.m. Top Left: The second floor of the Murr Center has been transformed into the Oct. 9 CORNELL 4 p.m. Barnaby Gallery to honor former tennis & squash coach Jack Barnaby ‘32. Men’s Water Polo Top Right: O’Donnell Field got a facelift which included new brick dugouts, a Sept. 24-26 ECAC Champ All day new bullpen and a backstop behind home plate. Oct. 6 at MIT 7 p.m. Middle & Bottom: Thanks to a generous contribution from Varsity Club and Women’s Water Polo Friends of Harvard Football member Ernest Monrad ‘51, the Dillon football Oct. 2 CONN COLLEGE 1:30 p.m. reception area was completely renovated. The new office is now equipped with a state-of-the-art television, new leather couches and redesigned work areas. The For the latest scores and highlights visit the space is also decorated to highlight some of Harvard Football’s greatest teams, Crimson on the web at: players and coaches. Next time you’re in the area, stop in to see the new office. www.gocrimson.com
6 2003-04 HARVARD VARSITY CLUB CONTRIBUTORS
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George Abrams ’54 John Cosentino, Jr. ’71 Henry Hamel, Jr. ’55 Caleb Loring, Jr. ’43 Christopher Pujols ’86 Charles Ajootian ’69 John Cosgrove ’79 George Hanford ’41 Donald Louria ’49 George Putnam III ’73 Jim Albertine RoAnn Costin ’74 George Harding, Jr. ’43 Lewis Lowenfels ’57 James Quagliaroli ’97 Willie Alford II ’02 Sarah Cousineau ’91 Noel Hare, Jr. ’70 F. Cameron Ludwig ’42 Brad & Amy Quigley Douglas Allen, Jr. ’71 Patrick Coyne II ’85 Robert Harrington ‘47 Rufus Lumry III ’69 James Relle ’84 David Alpert ’97 Robert Crook ’59 John Hartranft ’64 B. Lane MacDonald ’88 Charles Retherford, Jr. ‘49 Oliver Ames ’43 Paul Crowley ’53 Philip Haughey ’57 Glenn Mah ’94 E. Bradley Richardson ’53 Wayne Andersen ’67 Peter Crowley ’81 Philip Haughey, Jr. ’84 Andrea Mainelli ’85 Lars Richardson ’91 Robert Anderson ’61 Alexia Cruz ’94 H. Peter Haveles, Jr. ’76 Peter Malkin ’55 Charles Richardson, Jr. ‘37 Steven Anderson ’85 John Curnutte III ’73 Maura Healey ’92 Scott Malkin ’80 David Richardson, Jr. ’47 Louis Appell, Jr. ’47 Eric Cutler ’40 Benjamin Heckscher ’57 William Maloney ’55 Peter Robbins ’47 George Arnold ’80 Timothy Davenport ’78 Brian Hehir ’75 Salvatore Mangano ’44 Philip Robertson ‘60 Dalton Avery ’58 Edmund Davis ’46 James Herscot ’58 William Markus ’60 Frank Rochon ’94 Bernard Bach, Jr. ’75 Joseph Deering ’62 Eliot Herter ’51 Christian Marsh ’82 John Rockwell ’50 Richmond Bachelder ’50 Stephen DeFeo ’82 Edward Hicks ’51 Daniel Marshak ’79 Sumner Rodman ’35 Thomas Bagnoli ’60 Salvatore Delprete ’74 Joseph Hiffa ’94 Bayley Mason ’51 George Rowe ’62 K. Thomas Bailey ’90 John Desmond III ’55 Robert Higgins ’68 John McArthur George Russell ’75 Benjamin Baker ’61 William Diercks ’69 Franklin Hobbs ’46 Kevin McCafferty ’76 Frank Russo ’77 Charles Baker ’79 Linda Dindzans ’76 Arthur Hodges ’57 Daniel McCarthy ’78 William Salatich, Jr. ’73 Charles Baker III ’49 Adam Dixon ’82 Malcolm Hollensteiner ’90 Samuel McClellan III ’59 Marvin Sandler ’54 John Bakkensen ’65 John Dockery ’66 Jay Hooper ’84 George McGarrity ’57 Elizabeth Sarles ’01 Robert Bannish ’85 Daniel Dougherty ’90 La Rue Hosmer ’50 Victor McGrady ’90 Keith Schappert ’73 Richard Barrett ’71 H. Perry Driggs, Jr. ’58 James Houghton ’58 Michael McHugh ’73 Charles Schellhorn ’70 Brian Barringer ’88 Philip Dubois ’53 Nathaniel Howe, Jr. ’59 Joe McKinney ’69 Fred Schernecker ’89 Paul Barringer ’65 Tom & Colleen Durkin William Hozack ’77 Thad McNulty ’80 David Schwartz ’99 Scott Barringer ’91 Francis Elizalde ’54 Justin Hughes ’67 Mark Mead ’84 Keith Sedlacek ’66 Christopher Barrow ’64 Dwight Ellis, Jr. ‘38 John Hunneman, Jr. ’46 Robert Meahl ’61 Robert Shaw ’75 Edward Baskauskas ’72 William Ellis, Jr. ’42 Robert Hunt Theodore Metropoulos ’57 Steven Shevick ’78 Michael Bassett ’64 Thomas Engel ’67 Andrew Hunter ’51 Jeb Miller ’95 Kevin Silva ’97 Tamara Battaglino ’95 S. Osborn Erickson ’71 Edmund Hurley ’56 Robert Minturn ’61 David Silver ’72 Scott Beck ’88 Arthur Evans ’69 Forney Hutchinson III ’64 Frederick Mitchell ’74 Ronald Skates ’63 John Bennett ’75 Stephen Ezeji-Okoye ’85 Theodore Ingalls ’61 David Mittell ’39 David Smith ’70 William Bennett ’71 R. Scott Farden ’88 Michael Jacobson ’75 Ernest Monrad ’51 Morgan Smith ’60 Peter Bernhard ’71 Edward Farley ’92 Robert Jaffe ’57 Christopher Moore ’89 Richard Smith ’74 Michael Bertuccio ’90 S. Warren Farrell, Jr. ’57 Bruce Johnson ’75 Theresa Moore ’86 Eric Sollee ’52 David Best ’50 Paul Faust ’92 Richard Johnson ’58 Charles Morgan ’50 Lee Sossen ‘95 David Bixby ’76 John Fenton ’83 C. Bruce Johnstone ’62 Frederick Moseley III ’51 Joseph Stanislaw ’71 Robert Blacklow ‘55 D. Roger Ferguson ’62 David Jones ’91 Frederick Moseley IV ’75 Richard Starr ’73 Edward Bogdan III ’86 Michael Festa ’81 David Jones ’82 James Moynihan, Jr. ’55 Thomas Stemberg ’71 Thomas Boone ’62 Kenneth First ’79 Nathaniel Jones ’99 Beth Ann Mullen ’84 Benjamin Stevens ’88 Neil Bortz ’54 Richard Fischer ’59 Gerald Jordan, Jr. ’61 James Munroe ’38 Henry Stone ’38 Chester Boulris ’60 David Fish ’72 James Joslin ’57 Grayson Murphy III ’57 Robert Stone, Jr. ’45 Kenneth Boyda ’66 Peter Fitzsimmons ’79 Thomas Joyce ’77 Morton Myerson ’42 Peter Summers ’56 W. Lincoln Boyden III ’53 Newell Flather ’61 Jonathan Judge ’76 Thomas New ’73 Brandon Sweitzer ’64 Barret Bradstreet ’01 Truman Ford ’43 Robert Jungerhans ’97 William Newell ’95 Graham Taylor ’49 Jeremiah Bresnahan, Jr ’57 Richard Friedman ’66 James Kalustian ’82 J. Louis Newell, Jr. ’57 A. Bronson Thayer ’61 Malcolm Brodrick ’44 Ruth Friedman ’92 Stephanie Keating ’87 Fredric Newman ’67 Susannah Thayer ’95 Robert Brooks ’68 Thomas Fritz ’88 James Keefe ’75 John Nichols, Jr. ’53 Peter Thompson, Jr. ’35 Robert Brown, Jr. ’85 Alfred Fuller ’45 W. Howard Keenan, Jr. ’73 Jacks Nickens ’71 John Thorndike ’49 Nicholas Bull ’67 David Furman ‘39 Barnes Keller ’59 Victor Niederhoffer ’64 Harold Tint ’44 Charles Burke III ’77 Paul Gaffney ’88 Bartow Kelly ’40 Lauren Norton ’81 Philip Tobey ’62 Christopher Burns ’68 Justin Gale ’48 J. Hovey Kemp ’76 A. Laurence Norton, Jr. ’61 James Tobin ’66 Edward Bursk, Jr. ’54 Joseph Galeski III ’72 Harold Keohane ’60 Jen Pyle & Ben Nye ‘87 Henry Toepke ’53 John Buttles II Robert Gannett ’39 Paul Kirk, Jr. ’60 Joseph O’Donnell ’67 Francis Toland Richard Button ’52 Paul Garavente ’85 Daniel Kleinman ’66 Paul O’Leary ’48 Constance Tracy Gerard Callanan ’43 Wallace Gardner ’39 Bert Kneeland ’60 John O’Loghlen ’97 Barry Treadwell ’64 William Callanan ’62 Michael Garfield ’63 David Knibbe ’01 Ford O’Neil ’85 David Tyler ’69 James Callinan ’82 Paul Garrity ’46 Ronald Kornish II ’87 James O’Neil ’51 Randall Vagelos ’79 Matt Cameron ’85 Ronald Garvey ’49 Milan Kosanovich III ’92 Thomas O’Neill ’73 David Vaughan ’74 Robert Cameron ’49 James Gebhard ’77 Sean Koscho ’92 Thomas Ossman ’52 Charles Wade ’53 John Campbell ’46 Joseph George ’58 Robert Kramer ’79 Thomas Owsley ’62 Dwight Ware ’69 Samuel Campbell ’73 Paul George ’63 Emil Kratovil ’35 John Paine, Jr. ’43 H. Norman Watkins ’50 Peter Carfagna ’75 James Gerrity III ’69 Frederick Kulas ’77 Peter Palandjian ’87 Daniel Watson ’85 Edwin Carlson ’96 James Gershin ’70 Stanley Lampert Richard Palmer ’42 Jefferson Weishaar, Jr. ‘42 Joseph Carrabino, Jr. ’84 James Giancola ’70 Joel Landau ’59 John Parker ’65 Paul Weissman ’52 Edward Casey, Jr ’80 Karin Gielen ’88 Darren Langis ’90 John Parkinson III ‘57 Edward Weld ’59 David Chick ’53 Robert Glatz ’88 David Larkin ’61 Philip Pascucci ’90 John Welsh ’59 Loretta Christensen ’80 Henry Goethals ’44 Paul Laskin ’46 J. Thomas Paul ’72 D. Bradford Wetherell, Jr. ’54 Peter Chung ’89 Donald Gogel ’71 Alfred Latimer II ’50 W. Tyler Peabody, Jr. ’42 Alexander Wheeler, Jr. ’45 Frank Cicero Paul Golitz ’83 William Lawrence II ’55 Susan Peck ’79 Charles Whitman III ’64 Michael Cicero ’95 Paul Goodof ’71 Thomas Lawson ’59 Sandra Peinado ’79 Joseph Wich, Jr. Lloyd Clareman ’73 Albert F. Gordon ’59 Sarah Leary ’92 Daniel Peirce ’78 Robert Wilcox ‘44 Robert Clark ’66 Melvin Gordon ’41 John Lechner IV ’80 Joel Pelofsky ’59 Allen Williams ’66 Richard Clasby ’54 John Gould ’60 Theodore Lee ’54 Alan Percy ’60 Henry Winslow ’60 William Cleary III ’85 Walter Grant ’66 John Lee, Jr. ’53 Frederick Pereira ’64 Richard Witkin ’39 John Coan ’88 Jennifer Greeley ’85 Joseph Leondis ‘77 Georges Peter ’59 Nicholas Witte ‘47 John Coan, Jr. ’50 Walter Greeley ’53 Bruce Leone ’79 Carl Pforzheimer III ’58 Samuel Wolcott III ’57 Keith Colburn ’70 Milton Green ’36 Nicholas Leone ’74 Robert Pillsbury ‘61 Charles Woodard ’35 Scott Collins ’87 John Greene ’96 William Lessig, Jr. ’34 David Place ’43 Lorrin Woodman ’37 F. Gifford Combs ’80 John Griner III ’54 Arthur Levin ’54 Francis Powers ’41 Oswald Wyatt ’76 James Conway III ’75 Donald Gunn ’66 Finlay Lewis ’94 Harold Pratt ’59 Warren Wylie ’52 Michael Cooper ‘57 Jonathan Gunn ’66 William Lidgerwood ’39 Patricia & Daniel Price Harry You ’79 Laurence Corbett ’43 Lyle Guttu ’58 Charles Linehan ’92 John Pringle ’64 C. J. Young III ’90 Paul Corcoran, Jr. ’54 Paul Halas ’78 Richard Loengard, Jr. ‘53 Peter Provinzano Nathaniel Young, Jr. ’42 John Cosentino ’44 William Hall ’45 David Loring ’57 Richard Puccio, Jr. ’90 Richard Zimmerman, Jr. ’68
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For more information on events contact the Varsity Club at (617) 495-3535. (617) at Club Varsity the contact events on information more For
skate, 5 p.m. BBQ p.m. 5 skate,
17 Friends of Hockey Preseason BBQ & Family Skate, Bright Hockey Center, 3 p.m. 3 Center, Hockey Bright Skate, Family & BBQ Preseason Hockey of Friends 17
following 12 p.m. game p.m. 12 following Field, Dixon/Jordan almer P BBQ, Hockey Field of Friends 16
Boston, 12 p.m. 12 Boston,
8 Friends of Football Huddle with Coach Murphy, Downtown Harvard Club of Club Harvard Downtown Murphy, Coach with Huddle Football of Friends 8
Boston, 12 p.m. 12 Boston,
6 Friends of Rowing Executive Board Luncheon, Downtown Harvard Club of Club Harvard Downtown Luncheon, Board Executive Rowing of Friends 6
4 HRFWA Leadership Dinner, Murr Center, 6:30 p.m. 6:30 Center, Murr Dinner, Leadership HRFWA 4
October
23 HRFWA Leadership Dinner, Robin Boss Dorman’s home in Providence, RI, 6 p.m. 6 RI, Providence, in home Dorman’s Boss Robin Dinner, Leadership HRFWA 23
Bob Glatz ‘88 Glatz Bob
23 Friends of Football Huddle, Downtown Harvard Club, 5:30 p.m. 5:30 Club, Harvard Downtown Huddle, Football of Friends 23
September
Upcoming Events Upcoming
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You can always reach us at 617.495.3535 or at [email protected]. at or 617.495.3535 at us reach always can You upon this year as a leader on the defensive side of side defensive the on leader a as year this upon
As always, we look forward to your comments and suggestions. and comments your to forward look we always, As strong-side linebacker. He will certainly be looked be certainly will He linebacker. strong-side
is a returning First-Team All-Ivy League player at player League All-Ivy First-Team returning a is
A.J. Mleczko Griswold ‘99 Griswold Mleczko A.J. Crain’s closest friends, to Bobby Everett ’05. Everett ’05. Everett Bobby to friends, closest Crain’s
Francie Walton Karlen ’94 Megan Basil Song ’98 Song Basil Megan ’94 Karlen Walton Francie players, was presented by Ronald Cami ’89, one of one ’89, Cami Ronald by presented was players,
Karen Weltchek ’88 Phil Furse ’93 Furse Phil ’88 Weltchek Karen The award, which is voted on annually by the by annually on voted is which award, The
Janet Judge ’85 Martina Albright ’90 Albright Martina ’85 Judge Janet team.”
Georges Peter ’59 Albert F. Gordon ’59 Gordon F. Albert ’59 Peter Georges players and raised the level of intensity of the entire the of intensity of level the raised and players
season football camp, provided inspiration to his fellow his to inspiration provided camp, football season
aboard nine new Advisory Board members: Board Advisory new nine aboard his hard work, energy and positive spirit during the pre- the during spirit positive and energy work, hard his
Finally, on behalf of the Nominating Committee, we welcome we Committee, Nominating the of behalf on Finally, annually to a “player, starter or scout-squad member, who through who member, scout-squad or starter “player, a to annually
we move forward! move we money to endow the Buz Crain Athletic Trophy. The award is given is award The Trophy. Athletic Crain Buz the endow to money
Letterwinners’ Dinner. We will keep the membership informed as informed membership the keep will We Dinner. Letterwinners’ classmates, teammates and friends of Buz Crain ‘90 began raising began ‘90 Crain Buz of friends and teammates classmates,
Lettersweater program, the Hall of Fame Dinner and the Senior the and Dinner Fame of Hall the program, Lettersweater Five years after his death at the hands of a drunk driver, drunk a of hands the at death his after years Five
athletic programs by endowing long-term needs such as the as such needs long-term endowing by programs athletic
Bobby Everett ‘05, Ronald Cami ‘89, Brian Cami and Jake Riedl. Jake and Cami Brian ‘89, Cami Ronald ‘05, Everett Bobby
Committee to carefully examine how we could better serve our serve better could we how examine carefully to Committee
summer, our President Louis Newell ‘57 formed a Finance a formed ‘57 Newell Louis President our summer,
currently on pace in fiscal year ’05 to set a new standard. Over the Over standard. new a set to ’05 year fiscal in pace on currently
and donations (see page 7) collected in fiscal year ’04 and are and ’04 year fiscal in collected 7) page (see donations and
support of the Harvard Varsity Club. We set a new record for dues for record new a set We Club. Varsity Harvard the of support
Once again, I would like to thank all of you for your generous your for you of all thank to like would I again, Once
experience of all undergraduates, faculty and staff at Harvard. at staff and faculty undergraduates, all of experience
by and take a look at these improvements that will enhance the enhance will that improvements these at look a take and by
areas and brighten the hallways and locker rooms. Please come Please rooms. locker and hallways the brighten and areas
underwent major renovations that will help maximize the fitness the maximize help will that renovations major underwent
by Gate 1. Across the river, the Malkin Athletic Center also Center Athletic Malkin the river, the Across 1. Gate by
reception area, and the installment of a new Higginson Monument Higginson new a of installment the and area, reception
Gallery in Murr Center, the makeover of the Dillon football Dillon the of makeover the Center, Murr in Gallery
surface and scoreboard in Gordon Track, completion of the Barnaby the of completion Track, Gordon in scoreboard and surface
are the new baseball dugouts at O’Donnell Field, a new track new a Field, O’Donnell at dugouts baseball new the are
projects mixed in around the bustling summer camps. Most notable Most camps. summer bustling the around in mixed projects
It was a busy summer on Soldiers Field with many renovation many with Field Soldiers on summer busy a was It
Dear Members, Dear
2004 Buz Crain Award Crain Buz 2004 Director’s Chair Director’s