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BEATLEMANIA EXPLAINED Why the Fab Four still fascinate us. AN page 04 EXAMINED PAW BEARER The life of a pet funeral director. LIFE page 32 Acclaimed sculptor Brian REEL Hanlon ’88 finds the untold EXCITEMENT Catching sharks stories behind his famous subjects. for science. page 22 page 36 GRADUATE STUDIES

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MONMOUTH » VOL. 38. NO. 1 10 18 44 Monmouth magazine is published thrice annually by the Monmouth University Division of Enrollment Management.

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Editor 04 07 08 Tony Marchetti NEED TO KNOW UNLOCKING CONCEPTS Assistant Editor Beatles expert Kenneth HEALTH AND SELF A look at how Monmouth’s Breanne McCarthy Womack explains the band’s A look at Monmouth’s new Insti- marine research vessels enduring cultural influence. tute for Health and Wellness. stack up. Design & Layout Dog Ear Consultants TIDES » CULTURE & COMMUNITY Contributing Writers Caren Chesler 10 13 14 Nick DiUlio A TRUE GATHERING HOW MONMOUTH Morganne Dudzinski ’11, ’13M ORIGINAL TOGETHER WAS MADE Kelley Freund Mark Gola Art Professor Vince A new campaign—“Togeth- Long Branch Senior High Michael S. Maiden ’07M, ’14M DiMattio practices what er We Can”—will support School was once the center Molly Petrilla he teaches. student scholarships. of Monmouth academics. Photographers PLAY » SPORTS & FITNESS Matthew Aquino Anthony DePrimo Matt Furman 18 20 21 Steve Greer GRIDIRON GRIT SPORTS SHORTS AHEAD OF THE GAME Tom Lynch Student football manager Updates from the Office of A Q&A with women’s Illustrators Frank Delaney is ready for Athletics Communication and soccer head coach Josue Evilla any challenge. New Media. Krissy Turner. Dung Hoang Julie McLaughlin

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people and their stories would PRAISE YOUR PROFS: add to the prestige of Monmouth Is there a Monmouth professor you'd like to give University. a shout-out to? Write us at A perfect example would be Dr. the address below. Walter S. McAfee, who was one of my professors in the early 1960s. Dr. McAfee was a theoretical physicist who taught advanced physics at Monmouth. While he was working for our government, he was involved in Project Diana [the first time radio waves were bounced off the moon and successfully received back on Earth]. Dr. McAfee contributed the necessary theoretical calculations, including a radar cross-section of Re: Summer 2018 I enjoyed my experience at the moon, radar coverage pattern, Monmouth University’s Autism Monmouth tremendously. The in- and the distance to the moon—all Program Improvement Project structors were the best, the school crucial to the project’s success. (“Improving Autism Education”), was unbelievably beautiful, and all Gary H. Barnett ’63 directed by Drs. Lauderdale-Littin of the activities were fun and en- and Haspel in the School of Edu- riching. The students all got along, cation, is a tremendous example were best friends, and enjoyed of the level of scholarship and each other. We didn’t have politi- Let’s commitment to community that cal issues. I was not pleased when Connect TELL US our faculty possess. Thanks to I read the Q&A with Dante Barry For more content the pioneering vision and gener- (“The Organizer”) in the summer and photos, follow WHAT ous support of the Autism MVP issue. I don’t care if people are us on Twitter and Foundation, Monmouth University sky-blue pink. I started an all-black Instagram: YOU is at the forefront of providing school in Hayward, California, and @monmouthumag evidence-based training for public sent my own daughter to it. I loved school teachers of students with all my students, had them at my THINK autism. The partnership with Au- home, and they were part of my tism MVP Foundation has been life. I just think there should be Email us at magazine@ critical in identifying areas of need more positive articles in the mag- monmouth.edu, or write and improvement in special ser- azine. I think we all need to focus vices across central New Jersey. more on the positive. us at Monmouth As a result, participating teachers Evie (Pizzulli) Dopart ’61 magazine, Monmouth are demonstrating increased confidence and competencies in University, Alumni House, working with children on the au- 400 Cedar Ave., West tism spectrum, and their students Remembering Long Branch, NJ 07764. are seeing improved academic, social, and behavioral outcomes. a pioneer Submissions for the The Autism Program Improvement I have a suggestion for future Letters page are subject Project would not exist without issues of the magazine: a series of to editing for clarity and the generous endorsement from articles about former and present the Autism MVP Foundation, and professors who have significantly length and must include we are grateful for the opportunity achieved notable accomplish- the writer’s name, address, to collaborate on this good work. ments in their careers and fields of and phone number for John E. Henning, Ph.D., Dean of endeavor. Not only would this be the School of Education interesting, but I feel noting these confirmation.

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Liner Notes 1 KW: “New Zoo Revue, which, looking back, was kind of a goofy show but I can’t speak to 11-year- old me about it.”

2 The animated television show originally ran on ABC in the 1960s. Why do you think the Beatles NEED TO KNOW » Topics & trends 3 were able to do it? KW: “Their first I think it has very much to session with George do with their lives. They were is June 1962, and the working-class kids when they Bigger than last session with all started this project in Liver- four Beatles present pool, and may not have had themselves was August 1969.” many of the privileges—but they 4 knew how to work hard. These eatlemania will descend on campus in November Womack is teaching are guys who had everything in “The Evolving Art- courtesy of a four-day international symposium the world by the time they were istry of the Beatles” roughly 22 to 24 years old, and Bmarking the 50th anniversary of the band’s this semester. Among yet they still persisted. They still other things, stu- landmark LP The Beatles (aka The White Album). We wanted to take their music and dents explore how asked Monmouth’s own Kenneth Womack, a world- their ideas places. That’s excit- the band “begins ing to me, and it’s a great story renowned authority on the Beatles, why the Fab Four are with songs like ‘Love for our students4. Me Do’ … and ends still the band everyone aspires to top. That self-consciousness is why with the powerful the Beatles are no different from symphonic suite that INTERVIEW BY TONY MARCHETTI Picasso or Joyce. They aren’t is the Abbey Road just trying to, as Paul once said, medley. That’s a long How and when did you become So an obsession was born? “write a song and get a swim- road to go in such a a Beatles fan? I suppose, though you used the ming pool.” They’re thinking, It was 1977, and my favorite word fan before. I’ve never real- short period,” says “This is for all time.” There’s a morning television program1 was ly been a fan in the sense that I Womack. certain point where they be- replaced with The Beatles Car- don’t collect [Beatles memora- 5 gin to think, “What we’re doing toons2. It’s kind of a lame discovery bilia]. It’s always been about the KW: “There are de- here is bigger than us.” That’s story because the cartoons weren’t music. bates on how certain probably why they’re still in the voiced by the Beatles. They were [the Beatles] were studio trying to make the Ab- that it was over, but just these little sing-alongs, and What interests you about bey Road record in the summer nothing changes the each featured a nonsensical plot them as a researcher and an of 19695. They know it’s bigger fact that they had to with fake Beatle voices where they academic? than they are. would act cool in that fashion, and Their story is fascinating. How foist themselves back together for one last do a couple of songs. But I’d nev- does this band in seven years3 You mention they didn’t re- stab at greatness.” er heard songs like that before. move so quickly through all of cord together for long. How

When you hear the Beatles, there these different musical, gener- and why were they able to have 6 KW: “They could is something instantly different ic changes, and then disappear such an impact in their time? about them. They don’t sound like and leave the stage forever, and only do that be- One important factor was they the ’60s. They sound like really leave it on such a high note, hav- cause they were very smartly got off the road6 in well-crafted songs. ing achieved a swan song like the the most privileged August 1966. That was easily the So my father went to the Hous- Abbey Road LP? It’s remarkable. creative act in the most important move they made ton Public Library and picked James Joyce and Picasso didn’t world and they after hooking up with Brian Ep- up all the Beatles books they have careers like that, with such didn’t need to go on stein and George Martin. had. Most of them were silly art an intense period of ever-increas- the road to make books with paintings that de- ing quality and artistic growth. money.” picted the lyrics. But he brought Pink Floyd and the Rolling continued, p. 06 OPPOSITE: Can you spot all of the Beatles them home and I went from Stones didn’t. It’s unique in music references? Visit monmouth.edu/magazine there. and art. to see how you did.

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Another factor was that in 1964 7 Womack is the There’s even a part where the ing more time on these songs alone there were three different author of Maximum instruments drop away and it’s than they did making Sgt. Pep- television specials devoted to the Volume: The Life of just the acoustic guitar and Len- per. And the coup de grâce is at “genius of Lennon and McCart- Beatles Producer non singing. All of this and the the end. They have a 24-hour ney.” I would argue that raised George Martin song is, what—two minutes? mixing and sequencing ses- the stakes of authorship in art (The Early Years, That’s what makes them great, sion with George Martin, where very high inside the band, and it 1926–1966) and Sound right there. they sequence every song and told them, “You’re doing some- Pictures: The Life they make choices about how it thing important.” of Beatles Produc- But there are a lot of great goes from “Back in the USSR” And as my friend and fellow er George Martin bands. Why are people still to a song called “Good Night.” Beatles author Steve Turn- (The Later Years, studying the Beatles and their They very carefully made artis- er says, there was an arms 1966–2016). music? Why, for example, are tic choices all the way through, race that developed. As the people coming from around often so that you experience a ’60s wore on a lot of good 8The Beatles’ The the world for a conference8 on kind of whiplash as it goes from bands were suddenly in vogue. White Album: An The White Album 50 years af- one style to a completely differ- You’ve got the Stones find- International Sym- ter it was released? ent one. ing their feet in 1965. You’ve posium will be held There are many factors, but got The Who. You’ve got The Nov. 8–11 at Mon- again it comes down to creating With all of that going on, what Kinks. You have great Amer- mouth University. great material and being able to will the symposium focus on? ican acts like the Beach Boys. Info at monmouth. sustain it at a certain level. There’s something for every- And suddenly—it’s not that edu/the-white- And there’s a high versus low body. There’ll be academic pa- the Beatles felt challenged, album. culture argument at a certain per presentations, sure, but but they wanted to stay ahead point. Think of James Joyce. we’ll also have musical per- of the pack, and that has a lot 9 KW: “I like how He is undeniably high culture: formances. We’ll have a music to do with them moving for- Paul McCartney a high-minded writer whose demonstration room with gui- ward too. They didn’t want to speaks about it as books—A Portrait of the Artist tars, pianos, and drums where produce the same sound with ‘The Beatles’ White as a Young Man, Ulysses—are people will show you how the every album. They were very Album.’ It’s as if the challenging works that force Beatles did what they did, and conscious about that. LP has eclipsed us to learn a new language, or a how sounds were discovered the bandmates. His new way of reading at least, but accidentally. We’re going to And why has that influence famous line is ‘It’s are not easily consumable. Then have a recording demonstra- endured? great. It sold. It’s you’ve got Robert Ludlum, who tion room where you can mix a Two reasons. One is George the bloody Beatles’ can mesmerize you with a spy track yourself and take the MP3 Martin7. He was absolutely im- White Album. tale and draw you in with a home. We’ll have a lot of import- peccable about ensuring their Shut up!’” page-turner. We teach cours- ant Beatles authors, including music was recorded with the es on James Joyce. We’re not Mark Lewisohn and Rob Shef- highest possible quality, so when 10 The so-called teaching Robert Ludlum. field. Geoff Emerick, the engi- you hear the Beatles, there are Esher tapes were The Beatles were the high neer, will be here. Chris Thom- very few songs you hear today “blueprints” for culture of their genre. They as, who stepped in for George and think, “Wow, that sounds like what would become eclipsed their genre. And The during The White Album ses- a record recorded in 1963.” Most The White Album, White Album—it’s not a per- sions, will be here. People will of their records have good punch says Womack. fect record. It’s a sort of warts- have a chance to meet and talk and freshness to them; there’s Award-winning and-all kind of thing, but they with them. That’s pretty rare. a certain live sound to them. Beatles author were trying to do something big George worked painstakingly to Robert Rodriguez with it9. It was designed to be Last question. Do you think ensure their recordings had that will lead a panel dis- the kind of art object that says, any band can ever again have kind of lasting power. cussion of the tapes “Study me,” in the same way the decades-spanning influ- Part two is really part one in during Monmouth’s that you open up Ulysses and it ence the Beatles have enjoyed? the sense that they’re great symposium. says, “Study me.” I want it to happen, very bad- songs. It’s good composition, ly. I want to hear a band that is great songwriting. That’s why How so? working at that kind of innova- in that moment in 1977 [when I They crafted those songs. They tive, world-breaking level. I’m first heard them] I heard some- wrote them in India where they ready for the next pop explo- thing different. I believe the went to become enlightened, sion. I want to hear it. I want to song was “Help!” and when you and they were living in huts and be blown away by it, to be trans- think about it, that song is rife going to lectures—who does that fixed. Don’t you? with little fascinating touch- at the height of their fame, when es. It has descending bass lines. they can be doing anything else It has a very difficult arpeggiat- that they want? Kenneth Womack is dean of the Wayne D. ed guitar part. It has that driv- Then they come back, make McMurray School of Humanities and Social ing drum sound. Great lyrics. these demos10, and begin spend- Sciences at Monmouth University.

06 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 CALL Unlocking HER HEALTH AND SELF BEAU MONMOUTH’S NEW INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS DESIGNED TO POSITIVELY IMPACT COMMUNITY HEALTH. BY MORGANNE DUDZINSKI

onmouth University launched its new ness, echoing the current shift Institute for Health and Wellness (IHW) in in health care requirements. Palladino says he looks for- MSeptember with the hiring of its founding ward to working with Ander- director, Belinda Anderson. son to refine and communi- cate the vision and mission The IHW is a campus-wide health care industry in New of the IHW, and says he initiative that will serve as a Jersey to increase the quality could see a new graduate de- Belinda Anderson central health and wellness of life for Monmouth County gree in public health as a po- is an accomplished resource for the University residents and the region more tential educational goal that researcher, profes- and surrounding community. broadly.” the IHW would pursue. sor, and clinician A hub for education, research, The IHW is not embedded in “Improving health care by and currently serves and community engagement, a particular school but is in- bringing together different on the National the IHW will leverage Mon- stead a cross-disciplinary re- healing traditions, translating Institutes of Health mouth’s existing academic source for health and well- research into tangible benefits National Advisory programs in the health fields for patients, and raising aware- Council for Com- and regional partnerships ness of the importance of the plementary and with hospitals and other patient narrative have been Integrative Health. community-based partners. lifelong passions of mine,” says She is a federally “The concept of the Institute Anderson. “I am thrilled to funded investigator for Health and Wellness was be the founding director of on projects related developed through itera- the institute, and am com- to education and tive conversations across mitted to working across promoting health campus and with exter- the University and with- and wellness, nal partners during Mon- in the community to im- including acupunc- mouth’s most recent stra- prove the lives of resi- ture clinical trials, a tegic planning process,” dents in the surrounding residency training says Vice Provost for Grad- area and beyond.” program for medical uate Studies Michael Palla- An internationally recog- doctors, and train- dino. “It is a direct response to nized researcher and clinician, ing acupuncturists the disrupted health care land- and an experienced academ- in evidence-based scape, and an emphasis on pre- ic administrator and educator, medicine. Anderson ventative medicine, public Anderson will oversee the de- earned her doc- health, and population health velopment and implementa- torate in molecular management. tion of the IHW. This includes biology from the “As we grow new under- developing the structure, University of Syd- graduate and graduate pro- building new internal and ex- ney, her master’s in grams in the health sciences, ternal relationships, and acupuncture and we are taking a closer look identifying strategic proj- Oriental medicine at the roles we can play. We ects to advance health and from the Massa- are well positioned to be a wellness in the region. For chusetts College leader in innovating and more information, visit of Pharmacy and collaborating with the monmouth.edu/ihw. Health Sciences, and her master’s degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. illustration Z-WEI/ISTOCK | photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 07 CURRENTS

HEIDI LYNN SCULTHORPE »»Length: »»Available overnight? 49 feet Yes, sleeps 6—8 »»Beam height: »»Deck square footage: 16.8 feet 225 sq. feet »»Passenger capacity: 21 passengers »»Cruising speed: 10 knots »»Distance offshore: 20 nautical miles

CONCEPTS » n June, Monmouth University unveiled the newest Dispatches from the research field addition to its Research Vessel (R/V) fleet: the 49- Ifoot, 40-ton Heidi Lynn Sculthorpe. Meet The The largest ship in Mon- life to be netted, and can de- mouth’s fleet, theHeidi Lynn ploy and recover oceanograph- fleet provides researchers with an ic buoys and moorings, which A LOOK AT HOW MONMOUTH’S array of state-of-the-art tech- allows researchers to study nologies, including side-scan stock assessments of coastal MARINE RESEARCH VESSELS sonar and hydrographic survey marine species. The vessel also STACK UP. equipment that allow for de- supports diving and dredging tailed seabed mapping. It can operations and allows for sed- BY BREANNE MCCARTHY tow up to a 30-foot trawl, allow- iment collection via benthic ing for larger swaths of marine grabs and gravity corers.

08 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 illustration DUNG HOANG SEAHAWK LITTLE HAWK »»Length: »»Available »»Length: »»Distance offshore: overnight? 27 feet 18 feet 3 nautical Yes »»Beam height: »»Beam height: miles »»Deck square 7.5 feet »»Available overnight: 9.5 feet footage: »»Passenger capacity: No »»Passenger capacity: 88 sq. 6 passengers feet 6 passengers »»Deck square footage: »»Cruising speed: »»Cruising speed: 36 sq. feet 20 knots 20 knots »»Distance offshore: 10 nautical miles

“Few universities throughout tober in memory of Heidi Lynn While this newest R/V allows the East Coast have a research Sculthorpe, daughter of Univer- for work at a larger scale than vessel of this class,” says Presi- sity Trustee Emeritus Robert B. ever before, Monmouth’s oth- dent Grey Dimenna. “The Heidi Sculthorpe ’63, ’15HN, who gave er two research vessels1 are not Lynn will advance our growth as a generous gift that will help the to be outdone. The Seahawk is a premier marine research and Univeristy continue to improve still the go-to boat for small- policy center in the region.” the vessel. er crews that need to get out The boat, originally christened Unlike Monmouth’s other two on the water quickly to con- the Nauvoo, was used as a Coast R/Vs, the Heidi Lynn sleeps up duct operations in shallow ar- Guard buoy tender before being to eight researchers for over- eas. And the Little Hawk is ide- acquired by the National Oce- night, around-the-clock opera- al for small crews who need anic and Atmospheric Associa- tions, allowing for additional ca- only work with hand-deployed tion for research work. In Octo- pacity to work collaboratively equipment within three miles ber 2017, NOAA gave the boat to with government agencies, aca- 1The University also has of the coast. two johnboats that are Monmouth at no cost. The ves- demic institutions, and non-gov- used for research on Above is a look at how the boats sel was renamed this past Oc- ernmental organizations. coastal lakes. in Monmouth’s fleet stack up.

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schools existed.” He put together a portfolio, submitted it, and A true was soon an incoming freshman at MassArt. After an MFA from Southern original Illinois University and a couple of years teaching at the Univer- VINCENT DIMATTIO HAS BEEN PRACTICING sity of Wisconsin, DiMattio ar- WHAT HE TEACHES FOR HALF A CENTURY. rived at Monmouth in 1968—the BY MOLLY PETRILLA height of Vietnam War pro- tests. Although he’d been hired lmost every day for the last 50 years, Professor to teach undergraduates about Vincent DiMattio has gone into his art studio at composition and color, he often found himself managing them A Monmouth and made something. It may be a outside the classroom, too. painting or a sculpture, a drawing or a collage. It could be “I’m out with a megaphone playful or mysterious, sensual or haunting. Some days it trying to keep students off the street so that state troopers may be only a few brushstrokes, others a near-finished won’t beat them over the head piece. But week after week, year after year, DiMattio with clubs,” he remembers of an especially eventful night. is there, putting the techniques that he’s taught at It was a new but not uncom- Monmouth for the last five decades into practice himself. fortable role for DiMattio, who had marched with Martin Lu- “I’ll give it to you in one word: of anybody who works like ther King Jr. in Milwaukee and compulsion,” says DiMattio. “I he does—and there is so much whose baby son was, according have no choice—I just have to of it.” to DiMattio, the youngest mem- keep making things. I think I’ll Rechnitz’s wife, Joan ’84 ber of the Student Non-Violent have a sketch pad with me on ’12HN, who has taken sever- Coordinating Committee in the my deathbed.” al courses with DiMattio, says country. Whether it’s discipline, devo- she is particularly drawn to his “Vince was high-spirited, ex- tion, or, as he says, compulsion, sense of color. “They just look ploding with energy, wary of his daily practice has resulted in so beautiful together,” she says. authority, and absorbed in his a massive body of work. This se- “Some are unexpected, and work,” recalls Kenneth Stun- mester, Monmouth is celebrat- sometimes they almost vibrate kel, professor emeritus of his- ing that work—and the artist in a very beautiful way.” tory and a former dean of Mon- behind it—with a retrospective DiMattio started making art mouth, who still calls DiMattio exhibition. From now through as a kid in Quincy, Massachu- a close friend. And from the Dec. 7, roughly 500 pieces that setts, but he never thought it time they met, it was obvious: DiMattio made during his 50 could become a career. He had “He was driven from within to years at Monmouth are on view finished high school and was create,” says Stunkel. in three campus galleries, in- playing American Legion Base- Soon after he arrived at Mon- cluding the one named in his ball when a friend invited him to mouth, DiMattio channeled honor. tag along on a visit to Massachu- some of that drive into giving “His work is simply astonish- setts College of Art and Design the University its first art gal- ing,” says Robert Rechnitz, pro- in Boston. “I was astounded,” lery. He found a small room fessor emeritus of English, a DiMattio remembers. “This was OPPOSITE: “Color is what on campus and helped trans- longtime friend of DiMattio. a place where kids could actual- keeps me going,” says form it into a showcase for stu- DiMattio, pictured in his “It’s deeply moving and pro- ly scribble and make things—I studio in Rechnitz Hall. dent and faculty work. Eventu- foundly original. I don’t know didn’t even know these art “There’s no color I dislike.” ally the gallery moved into a

10 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 11 TIDES larger space, with DiMattio still it isn’t successful, that you can “ come up with this? How did you overseeing it—on top of his oth- look at and learn from.” dream up that?” er responsibilities. “At one time, The pieces on view in his 50- I think it’s Phil Imbriano ’15, who took I taught an overload, I was chair year retrospective are proof not important three of DiMattio’s courses, says of the department, and I ran the only of DiMattio’s dedication for artists DiMattio often invited students gallery,” he says. “That’s kind of and productivity, but also the to be into his studio, which sits be- unheard of.” range of his work. “There are side his classroom. “He’d always Still, he kept making time for so many beginnings,” says Bob productive. show us what he was working those daily studio visits. “I think Rechnitz. “He does not create This on, and that passion rubbed off it’s important for artists to be the same things over and over. business of on me for sure,” Imbriano says. productive,” he says. “This busi- As a matter of fact, he seems “When I’d see his work, it in- ness of waiting for an idea— constantly to be realizing new waiting for spired me.” that’s a lot of crap. It’s better visions. And of course that’s an idea— The two are still close friends, that you do something, even if one of the appeals: How did you that’s a lot but Imbriano admits that it wasn’t an instant connection. At of crap. first he struggled with his new in- It’s better structor’s blunt critiques and dif- that you do ficult assignments. But as his own technique improved, he started STATE OF THE ART something, to see the value in DiMattio’s ap- even if proach. He still remembers Di- Although DiMattio insists that “if I it isn’t Mattio telling the class that art- could explain everything about my successful, ists “don’t go out every weekend 1 to party; they stay in and work.” work, then it’s time to give it up,” that you It’s a message that echoes in his he walked us through the inspira- can look at head today—and that keeps him tion and process behind several and learn committed to making his own of his series. work, even with a full-time job in from. graphic design. Imbriano is also one of several 1. DREAM SERIES ” hundred students who have wan- “I used to have these nightmares—one almost dered through famous museums every night. Then I started making these drawings. and explored new cities along- I’d use the method of stippling—a lot of little dots. side DiMattio. After a sabbatical I’d fill the page with that and then look at those in Madrid for the full 1979–80 ac- dots and find all of these creatures and strange ademic year, DiMattio came back people. I made about 60 pieces—pen and ink, to campus eager to give students directly on paper—that had to do with the dream 2 a taste of his life-changing expe- series. It let out a lot of frustrations I was feeling.” rience. Two years later, he led his first “Art in…” trip during spring 2. ANCIENT WALLS break. He’s now taken classes to “I’ve always been in love with the written word— Europe 20 times—most recently, with letters. I’ve invented my own kind of callig- Berlin in 2017. raphy. They’re invented forms and the messages In 2013, DiMattio’s 45th year at have to be felt, not seen. People will come up to Monmouth, a two-story art gal- me and say, what does this say? I tell them that lery in the new Joan and Robert it says what you feel when you’re looking at it. Rechnitz Hall was dedicated as Of course, they have trouble understanding that the DiMattio Gallery. He admits sometimes. But invention is so damn important to that the gesture brought him to an artist. I love ceremony, I love magic. The letters tears. Now five years later, he’s relate to a lot of that.” embracing another Monmouth 3 milestone. 3. FOUND OBJECTS “Monmouth University is spe- “There’s a real history of artists who’ve shown cial in so many ways and I am interest in assemblages and using things that so damn lucky to have spent 50 society has pretty much cast aside. That interest- years on this campus,” he says. ed me. I’d pick things up off the street when I was “I’ve been through a lot, the in Europe. I’d buy old magazines. Then I’d start to school has been through a lot, play with these things in the studio, not knowing and we have both survived. I’m in advance what they were going to look like. very lucky to be here and to have They’re very spontaneous.” been here.”

12 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 RISING TOGETHER: Members of the campaign committee pictured after a September planning Gathering together meeting (l–r): Mary Lee A NEW CAMPAIGN WILL SUPPORT STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS. Bass ’92M; Leah K. Lazzaro ’04M; Dean Robin Mama; BY MICHAEL MAIDEN Rita L. Mangan ’77; Patri- cia Ralph; Jim Pillar; Trust- cial needs of students are out- ee Thomas Michelli; Senior onathan Meer, vice president for University Class President Nicholas pacing the growth of endow- Advancement, announced the public launch of a Verzicco; Antoinette “Toni” ment funds designated to sup- Musorrafiti; Dean John Jcampaign to raise $12 million in private funding port scholarships,” Montecalvo Henning; Campaign Co- Chair Valerie Montecalvo; to support student scholarships at Monmouth said. “That’s why this campaign Raymond N. Brunt Jr. ’77, is so important.” ’78M; Joyce DeJohn; Dean University at a kickoff event during a meeting of the Steven Bachrach; Cynthia Stillwell echoed that senti- Fair; Harry Silver; John Board of Trustees in October. The fundraising effort, ment. “Jack” Ford; Alumni Asso- “Monmouth cannot depend ciation President Karyn F. Together We Can—The Campaign for Scholarship, will Cusanelli ’89; Richard L. upon a sizable endowment built Ricciardi ‘86M. include all gifts and pledges made to scholarships over centuries and across many from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2019. generations,” she said. “Private support is needed to increase “The campaign is ambitious education. It will also highlight scholarships so that the Uni- in its scope and timing,” Meer President Dimenna’s legacy at versity can continue to attract said. “Members of our Board Monmouth,” he added. and retain the best and bright- of Trustees and thousands of Dimenna’s commitment to est students.” others in the University family student scholarships is person- Stillwell’s passion for high- want to provide much-needed al as well as professional. In ad- er education stems from her support for our students while dition to frequently expressing own lack of access to college as honoring the student-focused gratitude for the scholarships a young woman. “College was tenure of President Dimen- that aided his own education, never a realistic option for me,” na before the end of his term as the president and his wife have she said. “My parents could not Monmouth’s ninth president.” established the Grey Dimen- afford to help me with tuition, “Those who know Monmouth, na and Nancy Kaplen Distin- and I had to work to help sup- especially our trustees, alum- guished Endowed Scholarship, port our household. During my ni, parents, faculty, and staff, are with a pledge of $75,000. time associated closely with keenly aware of the impact of Trustees Valerie Montecalvo and Monmouth students I have seen scholarships on the recruitment Carol Stillwell are serving as cam- the tremendous impact of a and retention of academically paign co-chairs and coordinating comprehensive education first- qualified students, and this cam- the efforts of a team of volunteers hand,” she said. paign is a critically important who represent a broad spectrum For more information about way to strengthen the Universi- of the University community. the campaign, or to make a ty’s commitment to accessibility “Monmouth is a relatively young gift of support, please visit for those who seek a Monmouth University, and the finan- monmouth.edu/together. photo credit ANTHONY DEPRIMO Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 13 TIDES

HOW MONMOUTH WAS MADE » Landmarks & stories Our HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

n a chilly November afternoon in 1933, several Ode to a hundred students and faculty gathered in building Othe auditorium of Long Branch Senior High The following is excerpted from “A Ballad of MJC,” School for the first day of classes at Monmouth which was printed in the Junior College. 1949 Monmouth yearbook.

The federally funded, tui- enough to support families tion-free institution had been through the Depression. But “The building’s plain, its created to serve as a stepping whereas other junior colleges beauty chaste, stone for local students whose across the country were disman- Its tower a call to man families were impacted by the tled over the next few decades, To soak his brow in honest Great Depression. At the time MJC persevered. When the in- sweat of its founding, MJC provid- stitution gained full college sta- And learn whate’er he can, ed two years of college-lev- tus in 1956, operations were So that in life’s unruly race el courses in 23 subject areas, moved to the current campus. He’ll never be an ‘also ran.’” and all classes were taught in But for nearly a quarter-centu- the high school between the ry’s worth of Monmouth gradu- hours of 4 and 9 p.m., after the ates, Long Branch Senior High building’s daytime occupants School was the center of the aca- had been dismissed. demic universe. An undated photo of Monmouth’s first home, MJC was meant to be around —Compiled by Breanne McCarthy Long Branch Senior High for only a few years—just long from Monmouth archival sources School.

14 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 photo MONMOUTH PHOTO ARCHIVES THIS IS MONMOUTH » The scene at West Long Branch Campus Briefs

High marks for inaugural year, Monmouth has ABOVE, FROM LEFT: Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide partnered with Morgan State Resident assistants Prevention Grant, administered by Monmouth Brianna Thorn, Onnie University, a historically black Coles, and Natalia the Substance Abuse and Mental Money magazine named Mon- college/university in Baltimore, Voitek greet members Health Services Administration, of the Class of 2022 mouth University one of the “Best Maryland. Alexandra Burrel and on Move In Day in with matching funds from the Uni- Colleges in America” in its 2018–19 Tracy Cudjoe, advanced doctoral September. versity. This is Monmouth’s second rankings. The magazine factors in candidates from Morgan State, GLS grant, said Michelle Scott, the affordability, educational quality, are serving as mentor-scholars in principal investigator and director and alumni success to “identify Monmouth’s Schools of Education of the SRF Suicide Prevention colleges that have a strong record and Social Work, where they are Research and Training Project at of helping students graduate and teaching courses, participating in Monmouth. preparing them for jobs at which campus activities, and develop- they’ll earn enough to pay off ing a capstone project about the their debt.” experience. Kyrillos is new Monmouth was also named one Public Servant- of “The Best 384 Colleges” in The Preventing suicide in-Residence Princeton Review’s 2019 rankings. This is the 14th year Monmouth “Connect to Wellness: A Compe- Former New Jersey state Sen. has made the list. tent Community Initiative” is a new, Joseph M. Kyrillos is serving federally funded effort underway as Monmouth University’s Increasing at Monmouth, aimed at creating 2018–19 public servant-in-resi- a stronger, broader infrastructure dence. Throughout the academic diversity to prevent suicides on campus. year, Kyrillos will lead four panel Monmouth launched a Mentorship The project is designed to better discussions at the University that Program this semester in an effort serve young adults on campus by will be open to the public. The to diversify its faculty, expand increasing the connection between first, held in September, focused student research opportunities, students and services; strengthen- on pension and benefit reform. increase cross-cultural exposure ing the linkages between general Future panel discussions will and experience among faculty and health, mental health, and sub- address the topics of bridging students, and expand opportuni- stance abuse resources on campus; the partisan divide, jobs and the ties for collaboration and educa- and fostering collaboration with economy, as well as oceans and tional exchange. For the program’s local providers. It is funded by a shore protection. photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 15 TIDES

photo16 MONMOUTH COURTESY Fall OF MONMOUTH 2018 UNIVERSITY’S URBAN COAST INSTITUTE photo NAME NAME A DAY AT THE BEACH » Coastal moments, captured RISE AND SHINE Kids (and kids at heart) get an elevated perspective via the Wave Swinger at Jenkinson’s Boardwalk at Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.

Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 17 PLAy SPORTS & FITNESS

Frank, feted Last January, Mon- mouth’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee orga- nized a fundraiser for cerebral palsy—which they tabbed Frank growth at Monmouth and his Strong—to recog- involvement with the football nize and celebrate program played a huge part. Gridiron their peer. During Coach Callahan holds stu- a men’s basketball dent-athletes to a high stan- game, Delaney was dard, and Frank became even grit called out to center more motivated by those stan- court, where he was STUDENT FOOTBALL MANAGER FRANK dards.” joined by the entire DELANEY IS READY TO TACKLE WHATEVER Over time, Delaney became a Hawks football team CHALLENGES LIFE THROWS AT HIM. familiar face and staple figure in and given a rousing, the Hawks’ program. Incoming standing ovation by BY MARK GOLA players and newly hired student the OceanFirst Bank managers look to Delaney to Center crowd. or years, Frank Delaney has listened to defensive find their way. Returning play- coaches instruct their football players to “read ers see him as “one of the guys,” the eyes of the quarterback.” The eyes can speak and several have taken inspira- F tion from his resolve and forti- volumes with regard to intent. tude. Like every college senior, Del- Sitting across the table from Delaney attended nearby aney entered his final year at Delaney in conversation, the Rumson-Fair Haven Region- Monmouth with great antici- look of determination in his al High School, where he began pation tempered by shades of eyes sends a clear message: Just serving as that football team’s anxiousness. The uncertainty give me a shot. manager as a sophomore. Mon- of where his feet will comfort- Now in his fourth and final sea- mouth Head Coach Kevin Calla- ably touch down to stride for- son with the Hawks football han and assistant Brian Gabri- ward is sometimes consuming. program, Delaney walked onto el learned about Delaney from His objective, however, is clear campus his first year as a stu- the Rumson staff and welcomed and concise. dent living with cerebral pal- him to the Hawks football fami- “I want a full-time job with a sy who strived to continue per- ly his freshman year. salary and benefits,” said Del- forming managerial duties for Working for a Division I foot- aney. “My goal when I came a football team. Next spring, he ball program is by no means a to Monmouth was to graduate will leave campus as a friend to relaxed gig. Practices are in- in four years and have a grade many, an invaluable team mem- tense and meticulously planned point average over a 3.0. I’m on ber, and a college graduate. to the minute. Reliability is track to do both. I can’t control Above all, he’ll depart more de- shared by each member of the what people might think of me, termined than ever to pave the crew to keep the vessel mov- but I am confident in my abili- road to his future and become ing forward. That dependence ties and work ethic.” an asset to a new team in the spawned a heightened sense of A dream job for Delaney would professional workforce. independence for Delaney. He be to work in communications “I enjoy every day to the fullest took ownership of his respon- or marketing for the NFL. For because I know that I may nev- sibilities and developed essen- now, he is happy to provide mes- er work at another job like this tial skills in time management saging to those in need, free of one,” says Delaney, a commu- and working in a group envi- charge. nications studies major. “I am ronment. Most important, the “I was scared going into col- nervous about getting hired af- experience strengthened his lege because I didn’t know what ter I graduate, but I’m confident self-confidence. to expect,” says Delaney. “So, my OPPOSITE: “Frankie is in my skill set and what I have to “I was overjoyed that he was a profile of courage and best advice to anyone entering offer. I have learned a lot from welcomed so heartily by the perseverance for me,” says college would be to take chanc- my professors and experience football program,” says Anne Delaney’s dad, also named es and get involved.” Frank. “He opens people’s with the football team, and feel Delaney, Frank’s mother. “He eyes to what they them- In other words, just give it a I’m ready for more.” has experienced tremendous selves can accomplish.” shot.

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SPORTS SHORTS The Battle for the Garden State Though separated by just 34 miles, Monmouth and Rutgers have never met on the football field. That will change on Sept. 5, 2020, when the Hawks travel to High Point Solutions Stadium for the program’s first game against a Big Ten opponent. Don’t say we didn’t give you enough time to clear your calendar.

Reid on Men’s Basketball Head Coach King Rice added former NBA first-round pick J.R. Reid to his coaching staff for the upcoming season. Reid played professionally for 14 seasons, and was a consensus first team All-American at the University of North Carolina as well as a member of the 1988 USA Men’s Basketball Olympic Team. He and Rice were teammates for two seasons at UNC.

New and improved So Sweet A Cat Field and E. Todd Murray track inside Kessler Stadium received upgrades this past summer. So Sweet A Cat’s new water-based turf system features a uniquely engineered polyethylene filament that gives it exceptional durabil- ity. And the new full pour polyurethane track and field system is Monmouth blue with grey exchange zones.

Compiled from Office of Athletics Communication and New Media reports.

20 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 Ahead of the game A Q&A WITH WOMEN’S SOCCER HEAD COACH KRISSY TURNER. BY MARK GOLA

ant proof that Krissy Turner truly loves coaching soccer? Her first collegiate coaching position paid a grand total of $1—before taxes. As an assistant at then–Trenton State College Win the early ’90s, Turner was called on to drive the team van. “To do so I had to be a paid employee,” she recalls. “There was no money, so they paid me $1. When I got the check, they actually took taxes out, and I deposited the remaining 69 cents.” Humble beginnings aside, Turner, who’s now in her 21st season at the helm of the Hawks program, is considered by many to be the “dean of New Jersey’s Division I women’s soccer coaches.” We caught up with her recently to ask how she and the game she loves have changed.

What’s the biggest difference between Also, New Jersey players have that swag- Growing Numbers women’s soccer players today and when ger and carry some attitude that a coach you began coaching in 1992? wants in a player. I would say greater athleticism and a straight NCAA higher degree of technical skill. The sport You’re a staff member of the U.S. Soccer Championship Tour- has better athletes due to more advanced National Training Centers Program, so 2 nament appearances training and competing in multiple sports. we’ll ask you to make a prediction for the I know it can be unhealthy to specialize in 2019 World Cup. What two countries will a sport too early, but having opportunities square off in the championship match? to play more often throughout the year Well, the brackets aren’t out yet, but I’m go- does allow players to develop better touch ing to go with the U.S. vs. Australia. Australia 5 on the ball and technical skill. has been up and coming, and they have the straight regular best player in the world in Sam Kerr. season MAAC How has your coaching style evolved? Championships To be an effective coach, you need to What motivated you to pursue your build relationships with your players. It’s Ph.D. in performance psychology? much more than X’s and O’s and recruit- I was looking for a new challenge and ing the top talent. In order to moti- the subject came up during a conversa- vate players, you need to get to know tion with our athletic director, Dr. Mar- Conference them and let them know that you ilyn McNeil. Since I work in higher ed- 8Coach of the 1 care. Not only as a soccer player, ucation, I wanted to become a better Year awards but as a person. role model for my players. I’m in the final stages of my dissertation and hope to Your roster is loaded with earn my degree in the next few months. talent from the Gar- My dissertation discusses the relation- den State. Is there a rea- ship between leadership behavior, team 21seasons as son you recruit so heavi- cohesion, and athlete satisfaction. Hawks head ly here? coach There are two main rea- Your husband, Bob, is a longtime assis- sons. The first is that New tant soccer coach at TCNJ. Is that a good Jersey now ranks at the top thing? in the women’s soccer talent Some nights I wish he knew nothing pool. College coaches from all about soccer. Like the other night driv- shutouts in over the country are coming to New ing home after a tough loss to Lehigh, he 3150 MAAC Jersey to recruit players. The second is said, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen your contests2 that we have the opportunity to see local team play that poorly.” I could have done players more often. So not only does your without that at the moment. But serious- assessment become more accurate, but ly, it’s great. We both have great respect you learn more about the player’s charac- and understanding for each other, along ter and whether or not they are a good fit with a mutual love for the game. We are 1 4 MAAC, 3 NEC, 1 ECAC for the program. both huge sports fans. 2 As of Sept. 5, 2018. illustration JOSUE EVILLA Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 21 Larger Than Life

BRIAN HANLON ’88 SEES HIS SUBJECTS— ATHLETES, COACHES, MASCOTS, RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICAL FIGURES—FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. BY NICK DIULIO PHOTOS BY MATT FURMAN

22 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 23 verything changed when Bob Roggy died. It was August 1986 and the Holmdel, New Jersey, track star was ascending toward the peak of his athletic career. Having set the American record in javelin just four years prior, Roggy was firmly ensconced on the Enational track and field stage, with his sights fixed on competing in the 1988 summer Olympics. But that dream came to a sudden and tragic end when Roggy was thrown from the back of a pickup truck in Houston and died a few hours later. He was 29.

Brian Hanlon ’88 was beginning his unveiled in a formal ceremony at Holm- first year at Monmouth as an art edu- del High School—where the two-and-a- cation major when he heard about Rog- half foot bronze likeness remains to this gy’s death. The news hit him especially day—and it was there, at the unveiling, hard. Hanlon had grown up with Rog- that Hanlon knew his life would never gy in Holmdel, attended the same high be the same. school as the track star, and he felt im- “I’ll never forget the look on Mrs. Rog- mediately moved to pay tribute to the gy’s face that day. It was a look of momen- young man. So Hanlon shuttered him- tary mercy. Of letting go, even for just a self in his dorm room and began work- few seconds. She’d been on my mind the ing on a clay sculpture. entire time I was working on that sculp- “The whole town was in shock. And I ture and she was the only thing that was was just moved to make that sculpture important to me in that moment,” says for the sake of tribute and remember- Hanlon. “If you know that your art has ing,” recalls Hanlon from the bright, the potential to make that kind of differ- sunlit interior of his home office in ence, then you must pursue it. And it was Toms River, New Jersey. in that moment that I knew what I would In the 32 years since that moment do for the rest of my life.” Hanlon has gone on to become the United States’ premier sculptor of athletes, coaches, mascots, and celebrated moments in both sports and American anlon never aspired to become history. He’s the official sculptor for the an artist, even though he had an Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of H almost instantaneous and in- track. The money, he says, was “really Fame and the Rose Bowl. And he’s been nate talent for working with clay that good.” But the lifestyle—which includ- commissioned to render more than was fostered and encouraged by his ed an ongoing struggle with substance 500 pieces over the course of his ca- high school art teacher. abuse—was slowly eroding away his reer—which can be found everywhere “Clay was easy for me. It wasn’t just mind, body, and spirit. from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico and some pile of mud. I realized early on “I wasn’t focused on becoming a con- dozens of states in between—including that I could actually makes things out of tributor to society whatsoever. I was bad nuanced and evocative bronze sculp- it. And it made me feel like Superman,” news, man. I was not a good citizen. I was tures of legends like Shaquille O’Ne- says Hanlon, who’s as perpetually bright mostly a trouble to myself, and I real- al, Evander Holyfield, Jackie Robinson, and enthusiastic as he is contemplative ized that I was destined to just crash and and Yogi Berra. about his work. “It was also striking to burn,” says Hanlon. “Eventually I looked But back in 1986 Hanlon was just an me that clay came from the earth, and I around and thought, ‘This is not what I’m unassuming Monmouth undergrad always felt some strange connection to supposed to be doing with my life.’” with a tenuous notion of the future it. But never in a million years did I think So he decided to hit the reset button ahead of him. “I didn’t have any formal I’d become an artist. I just didn’t see the and enroll at Monmouth as a 25-year- training when I did that piece for Rog- practical application at all.” old freshman, and it was there that a gy,” he says. “I just did it from my gut.” After high school Hanlon embarked series of revelations washed over him, Using an image from the cover of Track on a somewhat aimless and potential- providing him with a dawning sense & Field News showing Roggy about to ly dangerous path. Without any college of humility, courage, and purpose. Af- release a javelin from his intimidating plans, he spent several years employed ter completing the Roggy sculpture he right arm, Hanlon worked tirelessly on as an ironworker in New York and then abandoned his plans to become a teach- the piece. Less than a year later it was as a teamster at Monmouth Park Race- er and doubled down on his own sculpt-

24 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 new start on life. I discovered the talent and courage to pursue the artist’s life at Monmouth. That was a profound experience, and that’s the energy I put into making this sculpture.”

t’s an uncharacteristically cool, breezy August morning as Hanlon I sinks into a comfy loveseat and sips his daily glass of pressed juice. He’s still buzzing from the ELO concert he attended at Madison Square Garden two nights ago with his brother Al. “We were walking to our car and I just kept saying, ‘Why do I feel so damn happy?’ It’s that music, man,” he says. “Every single song was a hit. Every song. It was beautiful.” Hanlon unfurls an infectious smile punctuated by a burst of high laughter, his signature glee always right around the corner. He could just as easily talk about music—or American history, or the trees in his yard, or the joys of his family—as he could about his own artistic pursuits. A mounted television that faces Han- lon’s desk plays ESPN on mute and an in-ground pool in the backyard paints his large windows with soothing shades of blue, casting wisps of watery reflec- tions against the ceiling and walls. Vari- ous paintings of his five children dot the interior landscape. This is where Hanlon does his design work, and nearly every ing, which led him to create his second campus with a gargantuan bronze corner of the office contains evidence of piece—The Involved Student. sculpture of the University’s Hawk. his long, celebrated career as a master It’s his favorite to this day, and it de- Measuring 15 feet high with a 22-foot- sculptor, with dozens of miniatures rest- picts a young woman lying on her back long wingspan, the 29,000-pound ing on shelves, tables, and even the floor. reading a book, her right leg propped sculpture was unveiled this fall on There’s a miniature version of the up by a soccer ball, her head rest- Brockriede Common. It was a gift to James Naismith statue that stands outing peacefully on a gym bag. Hanlon’s the University made possible through side the Basketball Hall of Fame in Mas- then-girlfriend and now-wife Michele generous donations from Hanlon sachusetts. (née Adamkowski ’90) modeled for and the Brockriede family (including There’s a miniature of the life-size the sculpture, which is located outside Monmouth University Trustee John statue of Boston Celtics point guard Woodrow Wilson Hall, and the meaning A. Brockriede Jr. ’07, ’10M). No uni- Bob Cousy, which stands in front of the behind it still has a powerful resonance versity funds were used for the sculp- Hart Recreation Center at Cousy’s alma for the 57-year-old artist. ture, which Hanlon says he created mater, Holy Cross. “I wanted to create something that to represent much more than athlet- There’s another miniature, this one of embodied my experience as a student at ic pride. college basketball coach Jerry Tarka- Monmouth,” says Hanlon. “If you’re in- “This isn’t just about the physical nian seated on a bench clutching a tow- volved in government, athletics, and ac- hawk. It’s about the symbolism and el between his teeth, which mirrors the ademics, that’s a worthy experience. I the energy and enthusiasm of stu- eight-foot-tall bronze installation that never knew that until I felt it myself. I dents, alumni, faculty, and anyone else Hanlon did for the University of Neva- wanted to put that into a sculpture.” who passes by. It’s not about sports. da, Las Vegas in 2013. Three decades later, Hanlon has once It’s about creating and fostering spir- And there, inconspicuously perched again lent his artistry to Monmouth’s it,” says Hanlon. “Monmouth gave me a on a nearby table, is a small sculpture

Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 25 depicting John Elway’s famous heli- “ ally settling into the 3,000-square-foot copter leap in Super Bowl XXXII, which abandoned chicken coop that remains Hanlon hand-delivered to the legend- I’m more of his studio space to this day. ary quarterback’s home a few years ago. a social “When you’re sequestered in a cold ga- He says he eventually hopes to make a scientist rage and crawling around on the freez- larger installation of it for the Denver ing ground by yourself, knowing that Broncos organization. than I am a these statues are your only source of But despite the eye-popping nature of sports fan. income, you’re humbled every day,” his subjects, Hanlon is not your stereo- ... I’m more recalls Hanlon. “That’s how I really typical fanboy. Sure, he’s rubbed shoul- interested in learned my craft. That’s why I’m here. ders with some of the most celebrated Now I’m doing the things I’ve always names in American sports, but he’s not everything wanted to do, paying tribute to interest- interested in the vaunted mythology of that leads ing historical markers and moments.” the individuals he sculpts—or even in the up to the Hanlon’s body of work isn’t confined games in which they competed. He’s in- to the world of athletics. It’s remarkably terested in the stories behind the athletes game than diverse and includes several sculptures and the moments they helped create. I am in the honoring first responders and Ameri- “Yes, I get to do some really cool stuff game itself. can tragedies, including a 9-11 memo- for some cool people, but I’m more of a rial called Angel in Anguish, which was social scientist than I am a sports fan,” ” unveiled in 2011 to honor eight resi- says Hanlon, who is currently in the mid- dents of Brick Township who died on dle of an astounding 17 sculpture projects ry,” says Hanlon. “That Cannon sculp- that infamous morning 17 years ago. in this second half of 2018. “I’m fascinat- ture is one of the most interesting proj- He’s also currently working on two his- ed by the culture of stadiums and athlet- ects I’ve ever done. Not because of the torical pieces—a seven-foot-tall statue ics. When I unveil a statue at a stadium I athletic accomplishment, but because of Harriet Tubman for the Equal Rights don’t usually even go to the game. I stand of the story behind the man. And I love Cultural Heritage Center in Auburn, New outside the stadium and I watch the peo- the backstories, man. I love them even York and an eight-foot-tall bronze in- ple coming and going. I’m more interest- more than I love the statues.” stallation of Susan B. Anthony that was ed in everything that leads up to the game Hanlon’s refined ability to see his sub- commissioned in April by the Adams than I am in the game itself. I’m not into jects from a unique perspective goes Massachusetts Centennial Celebration the rah-rah and all that, and I think that’s back to his time spent working on a fine committee. The Anthony piece will fea- why my perspective is so effective. It’s the arts master’s degree at Boston Universi- ture two depictions of the celebrated suf- unearthing of stories and moments that ty, which is where he landed after gradu- fragist—one of her as an adult speaking gets me out of bed every day.” ating from Monmouth. While there Han- atop a flight of steps with her childhood For instance, Hanlon recently com- lon was commissioned to create a statue likeness sitting at the base reading a book. pleted a memorial statue of LSU run- of Saint Francis for the Church of Saint “I do research on everyone I sculpt, and ning back Billy Cannon that will be Leo. After that he was commissioned to in the case of Susan B. Anthony I wanted unveiled at his alma mater in late Sep- sculpt a statue of Saint Mary in Marlboro, to create a link between her reading as a tember. To college football fans, Can- New Jersey, and then another bust for a child and the way that made her into the non is interesting because of his athlet- church in Rumson shortly after that. strong woman and public speaker she be- ic accomplishment as the only Heisman “Suddenly my schoolwork was getting came,” says Hanlon. “That’s more than Trophy winner to ever come out of LSU. in the way of my professional work, and just a sculpture. That’s telling a story.” But what Hanlon finds most fascinating I had to decide if I was going to work Admittedly, those stories are sometimes is Cannon’s life story. hard for a grade or work hard for a pay- emotionally draining for the artist. After retiring from the NFL Cannon check,” he says. “I chose the latter.” “It was emotional sculpting Billy Can- started a successful dental practice, but And so, early in his third semester at non. I met with his daughter and she cried he fell into financial turmoil due to bad B.U., Hanlon packed up his things and to me,” recalls Hanlon. “And the piece I real estate investments and a crippling came home to work out of his mother’s did for Brick? When I started that proj- gambling addiction. The football star garage in Manahawkin, where he be- ect I met with a widow who was pregnant eventually got wrapped up in a counter- came increasingly busy sculpting litur- with the child of the husband she lost on feit money racket and wound up print- gical statues for churches throughout September 11. I was eventually hospi- ing more than $6 million worth of hun- the region. And that was his exclusive talized for dehydration while I worked dred-dollar bills in his basement. He area of focus for the next 10 years— on that piece because I wasn’t eating or served nearly three years in federal crafting detailed, evocative works of re- drinking. I was so consumed by it. I’m not prison, and after his release he decided ligious art that not only reflected the a priest or a rabbi. I’m an artist. I’m not that he wanted to start practicing den- individuals but also the passions and wired to hear some of the things I hear. tistry again—but this time he’d do it at stories they carried in their hearts. But that’s what you do sometimes to cap- the same federal prison in which he’d Eventually he “upgraded” from his ture the truth of a piece.” been recently incarcerated. mom’s garage to a cold, dark, dirt-floor Despite the physical and emotional “He wound up doing that for 45 years! cemetery garage in Toms River, where toll of his work, Hanlon shows no signs Now that’s what I call a redemption sto- he remained for a while before eventu- of slowing down. After all, there are still

26 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 hawk photo MATTHEW AQUINO TOP: Hanlon works in his home studio space.

BOTTOM: The Hawk at Brockriede Common was installed on campus in mid-September.

so many subjects left to sculpt. For instance, he has a miniature of guitarist Duane Allman that he one day hopes to do for the city of Nashville. And another of Amos Alonzo Stagg, one of the founding fathers of American football. In the meantime, Hanlon remains propelled day after day by perpetual gratitude and disbelief at the life he’s managed to sculpt for himself and his family. “I was walking through Monmouth’s campus just the other day thinking about the Hawk, and I was hit by this wave of emotion. Like, Whoa! How did this happen? Why me? Why didn’t someone else get this gift?” he says. “But art is so much bigger than us, and it always will be. I’m going to be a little blurb in history as far as my contribution to art. And it’s only when you understand your size and your humility that you can really make a difference. When you think you’re bigger than the stories or the art itself, you will always fail. Always.”

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CAN EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PUT AN END TO THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE THAT HAS PLAGUED THE WORLD’S LARGEST DEMOCRACY?

BY CAREN CHESLER AND REKHA DATTA ILLUSTRATIONS BY DUNG HOANG

t’s been said the most dangerous time for a woman in an abusive relationship is when she tries to leave it. The same could be said I on a societal scale about women in India, who after centuries of subjugation are seeking more independence, but are being met with contempt and—in some cases—violence.

One of the most highly publicized exam- the acts particularly shocking. Just last ples of this was the 2012 gang rape of Jy- spring in India, three teenage girls were oti Singh, a 23-year-old who worked the sexually assaulted and then set on fire night shift at an IBM call center to fund so they couldn’t identify their accusers. her medical school education. Singh was Last fall, political science Professor returning home from a movie one eve- Rekha Datta received a Fulbright Schol- ning when she was beaten and sexual- ar Award (see sidebar, p. 31) that en- ly assaulted by six men on a bus. She died abled her to travel to Haryana, India, two weeks later from her injuries. to study whether and how education The assault made headlines globally, and economic empowerment can help and ushered in a greater awareness of, overcome GBV. Working with Partici- and activism and policy changes aimed patory Research in Asia (PRIA), a New at addressing, gender-based violence Delhi–based NGO, and research assis- (GBV) in India. Yet the problem per- tants from the Public Policy graduate sists, with the gruesomeness of some of program at O.P. Jindal Global Univer- sity, Datta conducted focus group dis- India and discrimination against female chil- cussions with women and youth partic- beyond dren are common there. According to ipants living in rural areas of Haryana. recent census data, Haryana has the Those discussions provided insight into GENDER-BASED lowest sex ratio of any state in India: how families in Haryana’s rural areas violence is a global 877 females to every 1,000 males. The feel about education and the roles of problem, says numbers are even lower for children: women in the changing Indian society. Professor Rekha 830 girls to every 1,000 boys. Datta, who was born in India, says the Datta. According It is not uncommon to find that if you in- country has changed dramatically since to one estimate by crease education, women will be treated she left in 1985, largely on the crest of the the World Health more equally. “Economists such as No- information technology boom and eco- Organization, about bel laureate Amartya Sen have argued in nomic liberalization. But in some ways, one in three women favor of education as key to empower- the more the country lurches forward as worldwide have ment of both women and men,” says Dat- a leading world power, and new perspec- experienced some ta. “The southern state of Kerala, for ex- tives on GBV take hold, the more many sort of physical or ample, has the highest literacy rate in traditionalists seem to tighten their grip sexual violence. India at 94 percent, with an equally high on old-world values—a tension that has Studies also suggest female literacy rate of 92 percent. The possibly contributed to continuing vio- that women with low Kerala model of development has been lence against women. education tend to a result of the success of education and An example of this can be found in be subject to greater health policy.” And yet recent studies sug- a documentary about the 2012 gang intimate partner gest that violence against women is not rape of Jyoti Singh. The film includes violence. decreasing even as education is rising. interviews with the men imprisoned In India, the Nation- “And so that is another puzzle I want- for the assault, and it is clear they real Crimes Records ed to explore,” says Datta. sent women who are advancing their Bureau data shows Part of the dilemma is the compli- careers, especially in the urban-based that crimes against cated relationship India still has be- new economy. “These women are tak- women and other tween gender roles and tradition as ing our jobs,” said one man. Anoth- forms of gender-re- the country marches toward modern- er expressed the opinion that women lated violence ization and economic prosperity. Dat- should not be going out at night with- increased 9.2 percent ta’s field work involved focus-group out a male relative. between 2010 and discussions with girls living in rural ar- “Because women are going out more, 2014. In the last two eas who want to change and become they’re more visible,” says Datta. And decades, India has more modern, but whose families are as more women work in the IT sector, achieved impres- hesitant and afraid of such a prospect. at all hours of the day and night, it’s not sive and consistent They fear for their daughters’ safety if uncommon for them to leave work at 2 economic successes, they travel far from home to seek high- or 3 a.m., making safety and security a reaching an annual er education or employment. big concern, she adds. growth rate of 10 “India remains, for a large part, a fairly “In country after country, in case after percent in 2010. traditional society,” says Datta, adding case, it is not uncommon for rape alle- Census data reflect that even the researchers were advised gations to be slid under the rug, or for that female literacy to dress in a sari or salwar kameez—a organizations to not want to publicize rates have risen from traditional Indian pantsuit—and a scarf them for fear of tarnishing their names. 21.97 percent in 1971 when they went to interview students In the case of India, it’s no different,” to 65.46 percent at local rural high schools. says Datta. “However, even though in 2011. Yet despite Datta found that while the government things are beginning to change some- such progress, GBV has implemented incentives that result- what since the 2012 gang rape, the issue continues to rise. ed in more girls going to school, those stu- remains nuanced and complex.” dents tend to leave upon reaching adoles- Datta says she began to look at the cence. She interviewed families in rural impact of education on gender vio- areas who agree it is a good idea to send lence after realizing she couldn’t study their daughters to school, but only until GBV without getting into the topic of the end of high school. schools. Haryana was an ideal loca- “Many of the mothers my team and I tion for her work: The state has been a spoke with concluded that after they leader in agricultural production and complete 12th grade, or higher second- a beacon of advancement in agricul- ary in India, girls do not need further ture and manufacturing, and has one education,” says Datta. of the highest per capita incomes in In- An exception, she found, are girls who dia. Yet due to the persistence of patri- show educational promise—but even archy and socially regressive norms, then they can continue their education practices such as child marriage and only at a local school. Attending college

30 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 in a different town brings too many un- certainties. One big concern is safety— whether it be the roads, the transpor- tation system, or the campus itself. The area lacks adequate safety for a woman being out and about. “We were stunned to hear that some women felt that some of the victims of sexual assault were asking for it,” says Datta. “‘Why do you need to go out at odd hours?’ they asked. ‘Why do you need to go far away to college? You will be safe in your community and township’ was their conclusion.” Datta says she recognizes that where and for how long a child goes to school is a familial decision, and one in which government should not intervene. But issues of safety and security are public policy questions, she notes. “That is something that—as individuals, as citizens—girls and women can and should be able to demand of their government,” she says. Gender violence occurs in both the public and private spheres, says Datta. Along with safety and security of women in public spaces, intimate partner violence, child marriage, misogyny, and discrimination against girls and women continue to be ubiquitous problems. The impact of such violence is well re- searched and documented. The chal- The Fulbright ness that will hopefully inform public lenge is how to overcome it. Experience policy. “Education remains an important During one of her previous visits to In- source of empowerment to overcome IN ADDITION TO THE dia to do field work, Datta met a woman violence,” says Datta. “Education can research and field work who didn’t know how to read, and who empower both men and women to re- that were part of her would go to work every day by bus. Be- alize the importance of gender equity. Fulbright experience, cause she couldn’t read the signs on the Only when we learn to respect women Professor Datta also front of the buses, she would have to as equal citizens and individuals will we taught seminars on ask someone what it said. Some people be able to combat this scourge of gender education, gender would ignore her, others would scowl, violence at all levels.” empowerment, and occasionally someone would help. Moving the dialogue from a fami- and sustainable It was humiliating, the woman said. But ly matter to a public policy question is development and once that woman learned to read, she something Datta is attempting to incor- public policy at O.P. felt empowered. porate into her work. Jindal Global University, “The ability to read gave her digni- “I think these changes will come,” she located in the city of ty and self-respect,” says Datta. “This says. “Along with laws and policies, cul- Sonipat. She gave talks is what empowerment does. With ed- tural and social changes will help bring on gender violence, and ucation, an empowered woman is able such change.” But it will take time, she women’s rights as human to stand up against discrimination and adds. “The hopeful thing is that change rights, at several colleges gender violence. is already coming, albeit slowly and in and universities and “As a social scientist and an educator, I pockets.” the American Center in cannot claim to bring about significant When asked what impact she hoped to New Delhi and Kolkata social change,” says Datta. “But I can make, Datta says she questions that her- (formerly Calcutta). share the voices of such women so that self sometimes. In the end, she hopes And she participated in we can create a better and more empa- to be an “instrument” of change—that a panel discussion on thetic understanding of women who by observing and sharing her observa- violence against women face discrimination and violence, and tions, and by hearing women’s stories in South Asia for All how education can bring positive and sharing them, she can raise aware- India Radio, Shillong. change.”

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FROM BETTA FISH TO BOA CONSTRICTORS, JEN STEINMAN ’10M HELPS GRIEVING PET OWNERS DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF A BELOVED COMPANION.

BY BREANNE MCCARTHY PHOTOS BY STEVE GREER Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 33 t’s all in her voice—at least that’s what Jen Steinman’s clients tell her.

A Virginia native who moved to New Jersey a decade ago to pursue a career in Ifuneral directing, Steinman has a soft, Southern accent that helps her make grieving pet owners feel as if they’re being consoled by a dear friend. “A lot of people tell me they decide to come here after they talk to me,” Stein- man says about Forever Remembered Pet Cremation & Memorial Services, the pet funeral home she owns and op- erates in Jackson, New Jersey. “It’s all about being patient and kind. I just make sure to take the time to listen to every single person’s story.” The idea for the business came to Steinman while she was pursuing a master’s degree in education at Mon- mouth. At the same time, she was also working toward a mortuary science degree at Mercer County Community Col- lege and working in a funeral home for humans. “I had this idea in the back of my head the whole time, and honestly, it sounds pretty crazy—opening a funeral home for animals. Doesn’t it sound nuts?” Steinman laughs. “But humans have a place where they can grieve humans, so why can’t pet owners have the same for their pets?” After graduating, Steinman bought a dilapidated 1950s-era building that once housed a post office and spent three years renovating it. It cost her nearly $100,000 to purchase, trans- port, and install a retort, or chamber, in which an animal’s body is placed during cremation. She also installed a body morgue—just like those used for humans—and decorated the welcome room and chapel in a homey, country store vibe. “Everything I do here is done the same exact way as I would do for a human,” says Steinman. “I have a chapel where

34 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 OPPOSITE, FROM TOP: Steinman shows one of the urns she decorated with mice and rat owners in mind; the chapel room is where pet owners can hold wakes and watch the private cremation of their pets; Steinman’s business is decorated in a homey, country store vibe.

families can hold a small wake and “Sometimes in losing a pet, you don’t where they can watch me perform the expect to be as upset as you are,” says cremation. Everything is private.” Steinman. “But when you think about When a deceased pet arrives on site, the unconditional love and everything Steinman places it in the body morgue that pet gave you all those years, it hits on its own shelf while the owner de- you—sometimes even a little harder cides whether to cremate or bury their than the death of a human can.” pet. “The difference between taking Dawn Berman ’83, ’00M and her hus- your dog to the vet versus coming to band, David ’81, have gone to Forever us is that the vet puts them in a typical Remembered twice, most recently after white freezer. Usually all the animals go losing their 10-year-old golden retriev- in there, and the crematory comes once The business of er, Molly. Dawn says they were sold af- a week to pick them up,” says Steinman. saying goodbye ter their first experience and plan to re- “I had a body morgue made for me. It’s PET OWNERS IN THE U.S. SPEND turn in the future when the time comes just a little shorter, and I put [pets] in an estimated $70 billion a year on to unfortunately say goodbye to their there on a shelf, alone, with respect.” their (living) furry, feathered, and other pets. Owners who choose the burial route scaly friends, so it should come as “[Jen] has a great way about her that can select from biodegradable, ani- no surprise that owners are willing helps even in the worst of times, so I mal-sized caskets made of corn husk. to keep spending after their beloved didn’t hesitate to go back to her because Those who choose cremation can watch pets die. But it’s not just an American it just helped a bad experience be as tol- it be performed, either through a large phenomenon. Numerous articles erable as it can be,” says Dawn. “It helps window in the chapel that looks into published in the last decade have with the grieving process to actually be the crematory or by streaming it online highlighted how the private pet able to have a private time and pay re- from the comfort of their home. The funeral business is experiencing a spect to the pet, and it helps to let go process takes anywhere from 30 min- “boom.” Nowhere is that truer than and bridge the life-to-death process.” utes to four hours depending on the an- in Eastern Asia, where elaborate The pet funeral and cremation busi- imal’s weight. Once complete, the own- Buddhist pet funerals can cost owners ness is a busy one these days (see side- er can either take the skeletal remains upward of $600. Kathleen Schaab, of bar). Steinman says that calls from that are left or have them reduced to the International Association of Pet owners who lost a pet come in around ashes and placed in an urn, some of Cemeteries and Crematories, says the clock, and that, on average, she which are handmade by Steinman on her group’s membership numbers over performs 50 private cremations each site. 200 pet cemeteries and crematories month. But she makes it a priority to get Regardless of which option they choose, in 15 countries, including China, the cremains back to families as quick- owners can also hold a small wake where England, Australia, France, Mexico, ly as possible. “We return everything they can request a priest and invite fami- and Latvia. within 24 hours,” she says, adding that ly to say goodbye. The pet is cleaned when Closer to home, a Google search owners also leave with a small book- necessary, and laid out for viewing, much reveals that in New Jersey, more than let that contains the animal’s prints, like at a human wake. a dozen businesses offer some combi- whether nose and paw prints for a dog The process provides tremendous nation of pet cremation and memorial or a tail and feet prints for a lizard. closure for pet owners, some of whom services. That includes everything While she uses her degree from Mon- travel from as far away as Connecticut, from cremation, candlelight vigils, and mouth to poignantly educate pet own- Pennsylvania, and New York City. In burial in a pet cemetery to jewelry ers about the cremation process, what turn, Steinman tries to personalize the made from cremains, sympathy gifts, Steinman is most passionate about is experience based on the pet’s personal- and handmade urns. Steinman says being able to offer her clients a private ity. If someone describes their cat as a the boom likely stems from the fact and personalized experience. princess, for example, Steinman might that people are increasingly treating “It doesn’t matter how rich, how poor, make the urn pink with a crown on top. pets like family members. how educated you are—if you have a pet, She also offers taxidermy services for “Animals aren’t humans,” says Stein- at some point you’ll have to deal with animals smaller than 18 inches, as well man. “But with a lot of people now, loss,” says Steinman. “So, I give every- as disinterment services for pet own- they’re not having children—their dogs one the respect they deserve and take ers who are moving and would like their are their babies.” them through this process one step at a previously buried animal cremated. time.”

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THE TAG: Assistant Professor Keith Dunton (left) sutures a sandbar shark after inserting an acoustic tag in its underbelly.

36 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 MONMOUTH RESEARCHERS ARE TRACKING SHARKS OFF THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW IMPROPER CATCH AND RELEASE AFFECTS THEIR NUMBERS.

BY BREANNE MCCARTHY PHOTOS BY TOM LYNCH TEam

Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 37 t’s dusk on a Tuesday in the middle of summer and Assistant Professor Keith Dunton and his students are intently eyeing the fishing rods they’ve cast out along the Ishoreline in Cape May, New Jersey. It’s been quiet so far, but now that the on the head and two below the dorsal sun is setting and the warm tide is roll- to keep it from biting and squirming. ing in, the team is looking to spot a par- Dunton makes a small incision of two ticular pull of the line that signals a centimeters on its underbelly, where potential catch. The smallest tug can in- he places a 3.75-inch acoustic tag that dicate to them the difference between a he refers to as “E-ZPass for fish.” It will wave rolling out and a bite from what allow him to track the shark’s move- we’ve all come here to see: a shark. ments up and down the Atlantic coast This is the team’s second outing in a for the next decade. week, and since they didn’t catch any- The students make note that this is thing on their first night, the mood is a female, before their professor flips anxious, but hopes are high. As they the shark right-side up to affix a much wait, they chat with the two fishermen smaller dart tag, with his contact infor- from Apex Anglers—experts in land- mation on it, just below its dorsal fin. based shark fishing who are on hand to The students measure the shark’s total help—about music, their favorite hiking length and its fork length, which runs spots, and shark tales. from its snout to the point where its tail Just as dark clouds roll in and the fin forks inward. Dunton snips a small beachgoers begin to recede from their piece of the pelvic fin for genetic test- turf, the ticking of a line spurs action. ing and the students scan for parasites, “Got one!” everyone seems to yell in collecting any they can see with the na- unison as they jump into overdrive. ked eye. Dan D’Alessio of Apex gets to the line Once done, Dunton and the Apex fish- first. “You have to keep the line firm,” he ermen carry the shark back out to the says. “You can’t have any slack because water for release. The whole opera- they’ll have the opportunity to spit the tion lasts about five minutes, and just hook.” as quickly as the action came, it’s gone, The students quickly grab the tools and the students and their professor they’ll need: a blue stretcher, measur- settle back down into their beach chairs ing tape, scissors, tweezers, a knife, test to wait for the next one. tubes, an acoustic tag, a dart tag, and a “I got started in this because land- clipboard. If a shark is reeled in, the stu- based fishing for sharks is becoming a dents will have just a few minutes to tag, hot topic,” says Dunton. “It’s getting measure, and remove parasites from it a lot of interest right now, especial- before release. ly down in Florida, where there’s a lot It takes about 90 seconds to haul in of people that fish for sharks from land what turns out to be a four-foot sandbar or piers. They’re catching really big shark that puts up a fight, slashing about sharks, and certain species suffer high- in the waves. Once it’s close enough, er mortality than others.” Dunton picks it up briefly to transfer it Shark fishing is a big industry, espe- from the water to the stretcher, walking cially in New Jersey, where the winner it a few feet onto the shore, before plac- of the South Jersey Shark Tournament, ing it down gently. The Apex crew re- held off the coast over two to three moves the hook and stands by for assis- days, can win a purse of over $300,000. tance as Dunton begins his work. The problem, says Dunton, isn’t nec- He lays the shark on its side as two stu- essarily the experienced fishermen. dents firmly hold it down, two hands It’s the inexperienced ones who incor-

38 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 THE CATCH: Dunton casts a line into the Atlantic in hopes of hooking a shark.

Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 39 rectly “land” sharks, meaning they fish “ them onto land, often dragging them The problem through the sand and surf zone, and keeping them out of the water for ex- isn’t the tended periods of time, which can lead fishermen who to post-release mortality. Because no are out there boat is needed, it’s significantly cheaper and easier for the inexperienced to buy all of the time. equipment online and fish from land— It’s the people all that’s needed is a basic saltwater that may be on fishing license. vacation who “The problem isn’t the fishermen who are out there all of the time,” says Dun- want to give ton. “It’s the people that may be on vaca- it a shot by tion who want to give it a shot by them- themselves. But selves. But the problem is, if you’re not used to catching sharks, what do you do the problem with it if you catch one?” is, if you’re An inexperienced fisherman may be not used to unable to properly de-hook a shark, leading them to simply cut the line for catching release, which can leave the shark with sharks, what a hook in its mouth and sometimes 10 do you do with to 20 feet of fishing line behind it. Drag- ging the shark through the sand can it if you catch cause damage to its gills, which do not one? have covers, and keeping it out of water to sit on it and take photos with its ” mouth open causes stress. Not to mention, if the hook is improp- erly set, certain species like the sand tigers—which are gulp feeders—can get the hook lodged in their stomachs. Dunton says many shark species have suffered population declines due to being caught as by-catch or being harvested for their meat. And because sharks are long-lived and late maturing, an increase in mortality due to improper fishing, combined with these other factors, can be detrimental to a species. “Some sharks can live to be 60 to 70 years old, and don’t mature until they’re 10 years of age, so if you harvest them, you can really knock out a population,” says Dunton. “So, particularly the sandbar and sand tigers are prohibited because they were harvested in the past.” An issue that arises with fishing in general, Dunton says, is that you never know what you will catch. It’s up to the angler to be able to spot the difference between species, as some can be har- THE RELEASE: Dunton guides a tagged vested for meat and others can’t, and sandbar shark back into some species, like great hammerheads, the ocean in Cape May, are illegal to land at all in certain places. New Jersey. “One of the prize sharks down in Flor-

40 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 photo NAME NAME ida is a great hammerhead. [They’re] over a 12-week period. Of those tagged, For the MEBP students, this was one critically endangered and they don’t 15 sharks were also surgically implant- of their first hands-on experiences in handle stress very well—just the hour ed with the Vemco V-16-6H acoustic the field doing research. fight of catching them, kills them,” says transmitters, which tracked the sharks’ “I got into this because I love sharks Dunton. “But the theory is that you movements for the past year. and care about shark conservation,” don’t know if you’re going to catch one, “What the transmitter does is, it sends Vasas says. “I never really had that right?” out a unique signal every minute and a hands-on experience—I was always Earlier this year, the Florida Fish and half to be picked up by the acoustic re- just like, ‘I care about shark conser- Wildlife Conservation Commission ceivers that we have placed around the vation.’ But now that I’ve actually unanimously voted to direct its staff ocean,” says Dunton. “We have 15 to 18 physically touched the sharks, and to hold public inquiries and draw up receivers now in Northern New Jersey. brought them on land, and did re- stricter regulations for those seeking We work with the NJDEP, which has research and collected data on them, to fish sharks from land. One idea being ceivers close to where we fish in south- it makes me care even more about considered is requiring a special license ern New Jersey, so between us we cover them.” for anglers looking to land sharks. at least the span of New Jersey.” Dunton is steadily building a baseline Dunton says part of the problem In addition to those receivers, Dun- database of information that will soon when it comes to sharks is that there ton also has partnerships with various include genetic data, which can be are many unknowns because they have institutions and organizations includ- cross-referenced with data from the been largely understudied, leaving sci- ing the ACT Network, a collaborative Delaware Bay shark nursery grounds entists without a good handle on how group of researchers who share data. to help determine lineage and popula- the industry affects various species. The groups have acoustic receivers tion estimates. This includes sharks that are native to from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the Gulf of All of the information Dunton and New Jersey, like the sandbar, sand tiger, Mexico, and once or twice a year the re- his students are compiling can be and dusky shark, all of which are cur- searchers pull the data at their respec- used to support real-world legislative rently prohibited from being harvested. tive receivers and send it to Dunton and and policy decisions, like those taking While NOAA runs the Apex Pred- his students, who then organize it to see shape in Florida now, with shark con- ator Program in Rhode Island, and the movements of their tagged sharks. servation in mind. OCEARCH tags white sharks along The students this past summer were “In doing this research I wanted to the Atlantic Coast, New Jersey’s coast- the first to both tag sharks and inter- get an idea of what I actually wanted al sharks have not been largely studied, pret a year’s worth of data collected to do with marine biology,” Kelly says. save for young sharks in the Delaware from sharks whose acoustic tags pinged “It was a great experience to be able to Bay, a nursery ground for these native up and down the coast over the last 12 see that our work—it’s not like we’re coastal species. months. What they found was low mor- just doing it to do it—it actually means To fill this gap, Dunton set out not only tality when sharks are properly fished something.” to study shark mortality post-release by experienced anglers. They also found Next summer, Dunton plans to ex- for those sharks fished by conserva- that the larger species, like the sand- pand the project to include more local tion-minded fishermen—which provides bars, travel further distances—swim- fishermen and hopes to begin work- a minimum mortality estimate—but also ming as far south as North Carolina. ing with local bait shops to encourage to map the demographics as well as spa- “We’ve realized that we’ve been catch- them to display or hand out brochures tial and temporal migratory patterns of ing mainly juveniles, so they’re young- with NOAA guidelines, which outline New Jersey’s coastal sharks. er, which can be a problem because you best practices when it comes to shark “Sharks in general don’t get the kind of don’t want the babies to die—you want fishing. attention they deserve … no one has re- them to survive,” says Lauren Kelly, a For now, he is looking forward to ally paid attention to what is going on junior MEBP student. “It seems like the next season, when he’ll get to work in the coastal areas,” Dunton says. “So, I sand tigers are the ones traveling fur- with another set of students who will thought it would be a great opportunity ther south than the sandbars and, we get to experience for the first time for my students and me.” caught mostly sandbar females, which what it’s like to catch a shark. Summer 2017 was the first time Dun- is another thing we’re trying to see— “Working with the students I find to ton and students from Monmouth’s why are we catching mostly females?” be amazing, and research like this is Marine and Environmental Biology and This past summer, Dunton, along with always awesome to do because I feel Policy (MEBP) program tagged sharks his MEBP students, including Kel- like this one experience can really as part of their summer research proj- ly, Charlie Vasas and Troy Ohntrup, change the course of their career or ect. Partially funded through the School tagged a total of 54 sharks—18 of which life,” says Dunton. “Just to see their of Science’s biology department and the were sandbar sharks that were implant- pure excitement at seeing their first Urban Coast Institute, Dunton’s stu- ed with acoustic transmitters and will shark, and then for them to actually dents, with help from Apex Anglers, be studied by next summer’s cohort of work on it and collect samples, is obvi- dorsal fin–tagged 53 individual sharks summer researchers. ously really amazing.” photo NAME NAME Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 41 ogether we share deep connections to Monmouth, through education, family ties, and service to T the University that bridges generations—not to mention our passion for Hawk basketball and a strong desire to see students succeed. We are proud to have established the Conover Family Distinguished Endowed Scholarship in Real Estate and the Conover Family Distinguished Endowed Scholarship in Nursing, and we are very excited about Together We Can— The Campaign for Scholarship. Your own gift to the campaign is a powerful way to make a big difference for deserving students who will benefit from Monmouth’s commitment to a highly personalized private education. Every gift, of any size, is important to reaching our goal of $12 million in student scholarship aid. » Jack Conover, trustee and honorary campaign co-chair Cathy (Herold) Conover ’87 To make your gift today, or learn more about supporting scholarships, visit monmouth.edu/together. ogether we share deep connections to Monmouth, through education, family ties, and service to T the University that bridges generations—not to mention our passion for Hawk basketball and a strong desire to see students succeed. We are proud to have established the Conover Family Distinguished Endowed Scholarship in Real Estate and the Conover Family Distinguished Endowed Scholarship in Nursing, and we are very excited about Together We Can— The Campaign for Scholarship. Your own gift to the campaign is a powerful way to make a big difference for deserving students who will benefit from Monmouth’s commitment to a highly personalized private education. Every gift, of any size, is important to reaching our goal of $12 million in student scholarship aid. » Jack Conover, trustee and honorary campaign co-chair Cathy (Herold) Conover ’87 To make your gift today, or learn more about supporting scholarships, visit monmouth.edu/together. Class notes ALUMNI LIFE

Be the change Stephanie Ramos says anyone looking to champion a paid family leave policy at their place of employment needs to do three things:

»»Focus on why this 1is good for business— rather than simply the humane thing to do—and back it up with facts and data.

»»Be prepared 2to answer every question that could THE CHANGEMAKER » Alumni making waves arise, because the When she showed up to decision-makers are present her idea to IC’s board going to ask them. and CEO, Ramos knew it would Family be a big commitment for the small company. Rather than »»Be persistent, tugging at heartstrings, she fo- Matters 3even if things move cused on why paid leave is good slowly or you en- for business: It boosts employ- STEPHANIE RAMOS IS PAVING THE WAY counter pushback. ee retention, helps recruit bet- FOR EXPANDED PAID FAMILY LEAVE IN NEW “Persistence is the ter talent, and keeps workers JERSEY AND BEYOND. reason [our policy] engaged and happy. was passed,” says One new parent has already BY MOLLY PETRILLA Ramos. used the leave since it became a policy earlier this year. “When rom the outside, it looked like Stephanie he got back, we talked about Ramos ’10 couldn’t possibly make policy how impactful the leave was and how he’s so happy and thankful F changes for her entire company. She was a that he was able to take it,” says brand-new hire who didn’t work in human resources. Ramos. “I know that it impacted him, his wife, and his new child. She wasn’t a CEO or even a manager. But something And I’m sure the ripple contin- compelled her to try anyway. ues to get bigger from there.” Energized by her policy victo- Just four months into her new ed States is the only industrial- ry and the current political cli- job as a social media specialist at ized country that doesn’t guar- mate, Ramos is now serving as the New Jersey tech company In- antee its workers paid leave an elected county committee ternet Creations, Ramos teamed when they welcome new babies member and volunteering as up with a coworker and devel- or care for sick parents. a coach for the nonprofit Paid oped a proposal to bring paid New Jersey is one of only four Leave for the United States, family leave to IC. Now the poli- states that require paid family where she helps other employ- cy that they crafted and refined is leave—six weeks covered at two- ees push for better family leave the company’s official rule. thirds of the employee’s salary— policies. “I’m still in shock,” says Ramos. but Ramos thought her com- “I’m trying to put myself out “I had a big idea, I proposed it, pany could still do better. The there and show people that you and people said yes.” policy she helped design pro- don’t have to be a manager or a She traces the spark back to vides eight weeks of paid time OPPOSITE: Ramos is director to make an impact,” she 2013, when she read Sheryl off, with the option for a gradual co-chair of the Alumni says. “You can make an impact Association Board of Sandberg’s book Lean In. That’s return-to-work schedule spread Directors’ Social Events here, today, with the tools you when she learned that the Unit- over 12 weeks total. Committee. have in your hand right now.”

44 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 45 CLASS NOTES

She toured Europe and Southeast Asia in the ’70s and ’80s, and in 1992 she received a Master of Arts degree in counseling/psychology from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. Soon after, she moved to Wisconsin and started a family while also working as a massage therapist and psychotherapist in Madison, Wisconsin. She homeschooled her daughter until she started high school — she is now a college junior. Grunberg continued her work as an artist and became the director of The Womonscape Center, a nonprofit organization in Baraboo, Wisconsin, that is Alumni geared toward celebrating women and girls. Currently, she works as the coordinator of a local farmers roundup market while continuing the art of hand-painting and hand- LISTED BY GRADUATION YEAR dyeing silk scarves, reforming coins into rings, and painting »»Richard E. Carmichael ’70 animal skulls. Grunberg says she 1960s (Bus. Adm.) recently published an tries to get to the East Coast as updated version of his book, Amer- much as possible — she brought »»In April, Peter Murgio ’65 (Bus. ican Economic History, Eighth her family to Monmouth once so Adm.) released his second book, Edition with Pearson. The book she could show them where she Fear Not Greatness, a sequel examines the evolution of eco- went to school, her dorm, and the to his first book, The Act of nomic thought and the historical beautiful surrounding area. She’s Settlement: The American Who events that affected the economic still in touch with several of her Would Be King. Murgio, a retired growth of the world’s industrial- Monmouth friends and sorority entrepreneur and real estate in- ized countries, with an emphasis sisters. vestor, is a lifelong Anglophile who on the United States. It contains frequents the United Kingdom to current data for the U.S. Gross Do- »»Raymond Klose ’77 (Bus. Adm.) complete research for his books. mestic Product, employment, the was elected to Monmouth Universi- money supply, the president’s 2019 ty’s board of trustees effective July »»Ken Boyle ’68 (Elec. Eng.) budget, and many other economic 1, 2018. Klose is the president and competed in the British Rowing indicators. Carmichael is currently CEO of Klose Associates, a full- Indoor Championship event held a professor in the Degree Com- service marketing communications at the Velodrome Arena in London pletion Program at Gardner-Webb design and build production firm on Dec. 9, 2017. Boyle won a gold University in Boiling Springs, North in West Long Branch, New Jersey. medal after placing first in his Carolina. He is also a managing partner in event and is now the Great Britain Meditirinia Properties in West Long National Indoor Champion in his »»Ricki Grunberg ’75 (Poli. Sci.) Branch, best known for the com- age group. wrote in from her log cabin in the mercial real estate development of woods of rural Wisconsin to share the Factory in West Long Branch. fond memories of Monmouth and Earlier in his career, Klose worked tidbits of her life since gradu- in new business development for ation. Shortly after graduating Honeywell, ADT, and Atlas, and was from Monmouth, Grunberg, along a project manager for Visual Com- 1970s with some of her roommates munications Consultants. Prior to who were also political science his election to the board, he was a »»Jim ’70 (Elem. Ed.) and his wife graduates, moved to Washington, member of the Leon Hess Business Rita (Mahon) Akers ’70 (Elem. DC., to work for Senator William School Dean’s Advisory Council Ed.) traveled to Spain this past Proxmire (D-WI) for several years. and the Monmouth University April, where they showed off their She became a certified massage Business Council; he will continue Monmouth pride as they walked 72 therapist in 1984 and has worked serving on those councils concur- miles of the Camino de Santiago. as a massage therapist ever since. rent with his board term.

46 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 »»Regina Foley ’89 (Nurs.) was ap- Foundation board of trustees. 1980s pointed as chief operating officer Zapcic works as a publicist and of Hackensack Meridian Health digital marketer at Marketing Rival, »»Robert Suhay ’86 (Engl.) and his Southern Ocean Medical Center an agency specializing in social me- wife, Lisa, recently celebrated their (SOMC). Previously, Foley was the dia, public relations, and inbound 30th wedding anniversary on Sep- chief operating officer at Bayshore marketing for American brands tember 11. The couple were married Medical Center, where her team in the architecture and design on campus by their then philoso- achieved Magnet designation, industry. phy professor. Lisa’s 10th children’s the highest credential that can be book, America the Grateful. Where achieved within the nursing pro- Thanksgiving Really Began, which fession. Prior to that, while serving Robert designed, was released in in the role of chief nurse executive September. and vice president of hospital operations at Ocean Medical »»Congressman Chris Smith (R-4) Center, Foley was instrumental in 1990s gave Nick Gattuso ’88 (Engl.) the development of Ocean Care (M.S. ’90) and his students Center, New Jersey’s first satellite »»Eric Kerecman ’90 (Crim. J.) from Point Pleasant Borough emergency department, in Point (M.A.C.J. ’02) is Belmar’s new life- High School a shout-out during Pleasant. In addition, she led an guard director. Kerecman recently a speech on the House floor $82 million expansion effort that retired as a detective and water in June. Smith highlighted the included a new, state-of-the-art safety instructor with the Mon- advanced software engineering emergency department. Foley mouth County Prosecutor’s Office. class as well as the Panther As- has received the Governors Merit sisted Learning Software (PALS) Award for Nursing Administration, »»Thaddeus Klepac ’91 (MSEd.). initiative that Gattuso launched as well as the New Jersey State See note for Lillian Gaskill ’16 in 2013. Through PALS, Gattuso Nurses Association CARE Award (Engl./Ed.) (MSEd ’18). partners his computer science for Administration. She served two students with special education terms on the Point Pleasant Board »»Tracey Radigan Sabino ’91 (Bus. students to develop apps that of Education and was named a Adm.) was inducted into Hight- solve real-world problems for Woman of Distinction in 2017 stown High School’s 24th Athletic the latter. One app his students by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Hall of Fame class. Radigan, who developed, called Lunch Buddy, Shore. was co-captain and point guard on which helps special needs stu- the 1986-87 girls’ basketball team — dents find a classmate to sit with »»Julia Zapcic ’89 (Engl./Poli. Sci.) the lone Group IV state champion in the cafeteria, won the 2017 was named board secretary for in school history — was also an Congressional App Challenge. the Brookdale Community College All-CVC and All-Central Jersey

»»Michele Powers ’88 (M.B.A.) was elected along with three others to serve on Rider University’s board of trustees. Powers, who is a global operations leader at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, has accu- mulated more than 30 years of experience in the health care industry. Formerly, she was vice president of customer service for Independence Blue Cross and previously held positions at Prudential Healthcare, Aetna, CIGNA Healthcare, and EmblemHealth. Powers received her Certified Healthcare Insurance Executive (CHIE) designation as a graduate of America’s Health NOT TO MISS » When a die-hard theatre fan Insurance Plans’ Executive Lead- Nov. 9—18 plays his favorite cast album, the ership Program. Powers received a The Drowsy Bachelor of Science degree in com- characters come to life in this Chaperone merce with a major in management hilarious musical farce presented and organizational behavior from Rider before receiving her master’s by the Department of Music and at Monmouth. Theatre Arts.

Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 47 CLASS NOTES field hockey player. A three-year Spring Lake, New Jersey. Complet- ident in July 2017 after former field hockey starter, Radigan led ing her degree was always some- president Maureen Murphy left, the team in goals as a junior and thing she wanted to do, and she is will be in charge of the college that assists as a senior, earning All-CVC happy to have accomplished it. includes a 220-acre main campus and All-Central Jersey honors. in Middletown and five regional In basketball, she led the Rams »»Deborah Klepac Gaskill ’94 campuses. Throughout his 20-year to two Central Jersey titles and (MSEd). See note for Lillian Gaskill career at Brookdale, Stout worked scored 15 points in the 1987 state ’16 (Engl./Ed.) (MSEd ’18). as a student counselor, a full-time final. Today, Radigan lives in Rum- faculty member, the department son and is president of TS Hoops, »»Christina Almeida ’95 (Bio.) was chair of the psychology and human which manages and runs high- promoted to senior vice president services department, and the dean profile girls’ basketball tourna- at Sanibel Captiva Community of the college’s Freehold campus ments and leagues. Bank’s College Parkway branch before assuming his role as vice in Fort Myers, Florida, where she president for student success. In »»Debra J. Serafin ’91 (M.B.A.) is will be responsible for supervising addition to serving as a member the new principal of Mater Dei and overseeing all aspects of the of Brookdale’s senior executive Prep in Middletown, New Jersey. Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money leadership team and the presi- Serafin, who received her under- Laundering Program. Almeida, who dent’s cabinet, he has served as an graduate degree from Rutgers joined the bank in February, has adjunct faculty member at Mon- University, worked as the assistant more than two decades of banking mouth, Rutgers, Kean, and Thomas principal of North Brunswick experience and previously held Edison State universities. Township High School in North positions as a compliance officer Brunswick, New Jersey, before and vice president. She received retiring in 2012. Since then, she her Certified Anti-Money Laun- has been working part-time as an dering Specialist credential and educational trainer and facilitator is a member of the Association of for the New Jersey Principals and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Supervisors Association. Specialists. 2000s

»»Tracey Dubey ’92 (Bus. Adm.) »»David Stout ’98 (M.A. Psych. »»Harrison Sangster ’00 (Bus. (M.A.C.P.C. ’18) earned her mas- Coun.) was named the seventh Adm.) was named the Northern ter’s degree after 19 years. Along president of Brookdale Commu- Region corporate banking manager the way, she had two children, nity College, headquartered in for Glen Falls National Banking worked full-time, and volunteered Lincroft, New Jersey. Stout, who and Trust Co. Sangster, who joined at Rescue Ridge Animal Shelter in was appointed as interim pres- the bank in 2006 and most recently served as vice president/credit manager at the company’s corporate headquarters in Glens Falls, New York, will manage commercial lending in the Plattsburgh, New York region, helping to create and implement business development strategies in conjunction with the regional branch manager and business development team. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Sangster is an active member of his community and works with a number of local nonprofits.

»»Angela Gallinari ’01 (Comm.) married Fielder Strain at The Barn at Allenbrooke Farms in Spring Hill, NOT TO MISS » The Beatles tribute band will play Tennessee, on Oct. 7, 2017. Eight Monmouth alumni were on hand Nov. 8 selections from the legendary White The for the event: Justine De Vingo Album, accompanied by live horns ’00; Christine Kopecky ’01; Amy Weeklings and strings, as part of Monmouth’s Brancato ’00; Anne Marie Havens Price ’00, ’02M; Paul McCarter ’00; White Album symposium. Info at Arete Bouhlas Tzovolos ’01; Nicole monmouth.edu/the-white-album/. Weiss ’01; and Lauren Bertoni ’03.

48 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 Bringing the Drama AN ALUMNUS CREATES ENTERTAINING SHOWS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. BY KELLEY FREUND

ne morning, private investigator Jimmy Fortune, the main character in the Ogroundbreaking web series Fortune, receives a desperate phone call from his former best friend, Daniel Tait—Tait’s wife has been kidnapped.

Over the course of the series’ be looked at as a positive.” six episodes, you learn the truth Granville was also interested in about Fortune’s and Tait’s pasts, filmmaking, but, as with writing, and, if you’re an English lan- always found himself otherwise guage learner (ELL), a bit about occupied. But when he returned present perfect tense. to New Zealand and reconnect- Fortune is the brainchild of ed with high school friend Ben Scott Granville ’01 and his com- Woollen, who was producing pany Chasing Time English, a low-budget feature, the two which produces original drama decided to join forces to cre- not saying this is going to teach series for ELLs. The company’s ate Chasing Time Productions. “ you English comprehensively. roots were planted years ago, While their films received some If you But you’ll learn a lot about the when Granville, a standout soc- acclaim, they were having trou- engage use of the language. We’ve found cer player from New Zealand, ble monetizing their creativity. So with that to be a good strategy.” came to Monmouth University Granville and Woollen decided Chasing Time English was re- to major in English. to tackle a niche they felt didn’t activities cently nominated for a PIEoneer “Monmouth fit the bill in terms exist—providing original, qual- outside Award, which recognizes achieve- of the size that I was looking for,” ity narrative dramas for ELLs your ments in international education. says Granville of his decision to through Chasing Time English. Now that they’re receiving global come to New Jersey. “And, since Granville had worked in lan- comfort recognition, Granville hopes to most people in New Zealand live guage education in South Ko- zone, you have a global impact. One of the close to the water, being near the rea and New Zealand for sever- learn, even organization’s goals from the be- shore was a massive draw for me.” al years after graduating from ginning has been to provide ac- Granville says he felt welcome Monmouth, and he knew the in failure, cessible learning opportunities to at Monmouth—there were other challenges of finding engaging more about people anywhere in the world re- international students on cam- content for ELLs. He says pop- yourself, gardless of socioeconomic back- pus, and the Global Education ular shows like Friends are use- ground. Chasing Time English Office helped him feel included ful but not designed for teach- and that has made price points affordable, with activities like Thanksgiv- ing English, and videos that do should and wherever possible, works ing dinners. But Granville also provide a strong language focus always be with nonprofits (currently in had opportunities to go beyond don’t connect with viewers. New Zealand, India, and Central his comfort zone, like the fea- But Chasing Time English pro- looked Africa) that can provide materials ture writing class that pushed ductions are created with the at as a to learners who can’t access them him to write—something he had help of teachers to fit into a tai- positive. otherwise. always wanted to pursue. lored syllabus. Each episode in- “It’s exciting to be able to pro- “Pursuing your interests is an cludes teaching materials and is ” vide something that has tangible important part of growing as a written with the audience’s de- benefits for learning a language,” person,” says Granville. “If you sire for entertainment in mind. says Granville. “The creation of engage with activities outside “We want to give our audience an original idea from the ground your comfort zone, you learn, a story they can enjoy so the up and the recognition for the even in failure, more about learning materials aren’t such ABOVE: Granville, right, team’s hard work have been yourself, and that should always a chore,” says Granville. “We’re on the set of Fortune. hugely rewarding.”

photo KAREN KEMSLEY Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 49 CLASS NOTES

Gallinari is a full-time top-produc- »»Adam Worth ’02 (Comm.) took Insurance Services in Wayne, ing realtor with Re/Max Masters home two Emmy Awards at the Pennsylvania. Dunn utilizes Nashville, and her husband is a New York Chapter of the Nation- his experience in risk manage- freelance product and architectural al Academy of Television Arts ment, insurance, and employee photographer and high-end photo & Sciences’ 61st annual event. benefits expertise to provide a retoucher for Hudson Yards. The Worth was recognized in the national portfolio of clients with couple are expecting their first child, categories of Outstanding Editor: integrated solutions that address a girl, this fall. Short Form and Outstanding enterprise-wide issues. Prior to Photographer: Short Form for joining Alliant, Dunn was senior »»Andrew Amendola ’02 (Comm.) work featured on the local public vice president with a global (MSEd ’12) is the supervisor of Pu- access station in Asbury Park insurance brokerage firm. He pil Personnel Services/Guidance Television. currently serves on Monmouth’s at Clark Public School District. School of Humanities and Previously, Amendola worked as »»Kristen Krone ’04 (Art) was Social Science’s Dean’s Advisory a school/college counselor at Old named one of NJBIZ’s 40 Under Council. Bridge High School, where he 40 for 2017. Krone, who is the maintained college relations for brand content director at Sigma »»Andrea Cimino ’06 (Hist./Ed.) the district, was a lead counselor Group in Upper Saddle River, New (M.S. Ed. ’09) and Paul Kovach wel- for all standardized testing and a Jersey, was selected as one of five comed a daughter, Angelina Marie class advisor for four years, and people honored in the Marketing Kovach, on June 8, 2018. coached boys’ lacrosse. Prior to category. A key member of the his work in Old Bridge, Amendola leadership team at Sigma, Krone »»Jennifer (Solar) Hagendoorn was an assistant director of under- plays a central and pivotal role ’07 (Psych.) (M.S. Ment. Hlth. graduate admission at Monmouth in shaping the team culture and Coun. ’10) and her husband, Keith, University and also worked in the creative pace. She has helped welcomed a son, Keith Joseph, on business field in a leadership ca- shape numerous successful con- April 3, 2018. pacity. Professionally, in his eleven sumer campaigns for brands such years in education, he has served as Panasonic, Famous Footwear, »»Aimée Babbin ’08 (Chem.) as the president of the Monmouth Braun, De’Longhi, Alex Toys, and (M.A.T. ’14) and Rohan Chatterjee County School Counselors Asso- others. She’s also involved in a welcomed a son, Vincenzo Raja ciation, has been a speaker for the range of charitable initiatives, Chatterjee, on July 13, 2018. National Association of College offering leadership and hands-on Admission Counseling, and has service. »»Jenna Gaudio ’09 (Comm.) was participated in many workshops named to NJBIZ’s 40 Under 40 and panels to promote college »»Philip Dunn Jr. ’05 (Poli. Sci.) is list for 2018. The award “recog- planning and affordability. senior vice president of Alliant nizes candidates who share a commitment to business growth, to professional excellence, to their community, and are shaping the economic future of New Jersey.” Gaudio was recently promoted to vice president of product management at Vydia, a cutting-edge media management technology company headquartered at the historic Bell Works campus in Holmdel, New Jersey. She also recently accepted board positions as the editorial director of TEDxAsburyPark and as marketing chair of the TJ Martell NOT TO MISS » A cavalcade of holiday favorites Dec. 6 Foundation’s Music Promise for featuring the Monmouth University Curing Cancer Young Profession- Wilson Hall Chamber Orchestra, The Jazz Hawks, al Advisory Committee. holiday The Concert Choir, the Chamber Choir, concert »»Katharine Skuback ’09 (Comm.) soloists, and a special appearance was promoted to digital con- by the Colts Neck Reformed Church version optimization manager for Comcast’s Digital Center of Exultation Ringers, all in the Excellence (DCOE) at Comcast magisterial setting of Wilson Hall. Corporation’s headquarters in

50 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 1 DCOE manages the digital properties for both residential and business services customers. Skuback has also been accepted to the Fox School of Business M.S. in Digital Innovation in Marketing program at Temple University beginning in fall 2018.

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»»Lindsey (Melody) Specht ’10 (Poli. Sci.) has accepted a position as senior counsel at the Americans for Prosperity national headquar- 2 3 4 ters in Arlington, Virginia.

»»Fernanda Andrade-Brito ’11 (M.S.N.) received her Ph.D. from New York University’s Rory Mey- ers College of Nursing. She was both the graduation speaker and valedictorian of the 2018 graduating class. While pursuing her master’s at Monmouth, Andrade-Brito 5 6 7 worked as a part-time nurse in oncology at Riverview Medical Center, taught nursing students through an internship at Brook- dale Community College, and had a full-time position as a teacher in Seton Hall’s nursing program. A social media influencer with 250,000 Instagram followers worldwide, Andrade-Brito is pon- dering her next move, with sights set on one day working with the World Health Organization or United Nations to effect policy CELEBRATIONS change that supports women. WEDDINGS: 1. Angela Gallinari ‘01 married Fielder Strain at The Barn at »»As of August 2018, Morganne Allenbrooke Farms in Spring Hill, Tennessee, on Oct. 7, 2017. 2. Nicole (Firmstone) Dudzinski ’11 (Comm.) Freitas ’11 married Jeffrey Duymich ’11 on June 3, 2018. 3. Christina Lynn (M.A. Pub. Pol. ’13) joined the Grothues ’13 (Comm.) wed Ryan Forrest ’13 (Bus. Adm.) on July 14, 2018. Monmouth University marketing and communications team as the ENGAGEMENT: 4. Stefanie Mastbeth ’13 (Poli. Sci./Psych) is engaged to director of news and public affairs. wed Angelo Trento ’15 (M.A. Crim. J.) on Dec. 2, 2018. BIRTHS: 5. Andrea Previously, Dudzinski worked as the director of advocacy and Cimino ’06 (Hist./Ed.) (M.S. Ed. ’09) and Paul Kovach welcomed a daughter, public affairs for JerseyCAN, a Angelina Marie Kovach, on June 8, 2018. 6. Jennifer (Solar) Hagendoorn ’07 statewide education policy and (Psych.) (M.S. Ment. Hlth. Coun. ’10) and her husband Keith welcomed a son, advocacy organization. Prior to that, she served as the legislative Keith Joseph, on April 3, 2018. 7. Aimée Babbin ’08 (Chem.) (M.A.T. ’14) and director for Senator Jennifer Rohan Chatterjee welcome a son, Vincenzo Raja Chatterjee, on July 13, 2018. Beck (R-11) and was director

Fall 2018 MONMOUTH 51 CLASS NOTES of constituent affairs for Beck and 1 2 then Assemblyman (now Senator) Declan O’Scanlon ’86 (R-13). Dudz- inski served as captain of the field hockey team and as a senior editor at the student newspaper, The Outlook, while at Monmouth.

»»Nicole Freitas ’11 (Engl./Sp. Ed.) and Jeffrey Duymich ’11 (Bus. Adm.) were married at Brant Beach Yacht Club in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, on June 3, 3 4 5 2018. There were 14 alumni from Monmouth in attendance.

»»Dan Benfer ’12 (Comm.) and his two brothers recently opened Rari- tan Bay Brewing, a craft brewery in Keansburg, New Jersey. The three renovated a historic building, fur- nished it with a seven-barrel brewing system, and created a gathering space for tastings and events. Benfer invites anyone to stop in 6 7 8 for a tour to taste one of their 12 beers on tap or fill up a growler or crowler of beer to take home.

»»Lauren Buonpane ’13 (Ed./Math) and Lindsey Irwin ’13 (Ed./Engl.), who were both education majors and members of the dance team while at Monmouth, recently took a vacation from their respective jobs as teachers during spring break. They carried their MU spirit all the way to Scotland, where a trip highlight was hiking the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. CELEBRATIONS »»Christina Lynn Grothues ’13 ACCOLADES + ACHEIVEMENTS: 1. Ken Boyle ’68 won a gold medal at (Comm.) wed Ryan Forrest ’13 the British Indoor Championship in London. 2. In April, Jim ’70 (Elem. Ed.) (Bus. Adm.) on July 14, 2018. and Rita (Mahon) Akers ’70 (Elem. Ed.) walked 72 miles of the Camino de »»Stefanie Mastbeth ’13 (Poli. Sci./ Santiago in Spain. 3. Tracey Dubey ’92 (Bus. Adm.) (M.A.C.P.C. ’18) earned Psych) is engaged to wed Angelo her master’s degree, 19 years after starting. 4. Raymond Klose ’77 (Bus. Trento ’15 (M.A. Crim. J.) on Dec. 2, 2018. Adm.) was elected to Monmouth University’s Board of Trustees. 5. In May, Lillian Gaskill ’16 (Engl./Ed.) (MSEd ’18) became the third generation »»Rob Molson ’13 (M.B.A.) was to receive her master’s degree at Monmouth. She was joined by first recently promoted to the role of senior vice president of finance at generation graduate Thaddeus Klepac ’91 (MSEd) and second generation HL Group, a public relations firm graduate Deborah Klepac Gaskill ’94 (MSEd). 6. Jenna Gaudio ’09 (Comm.) in Manhattan. was named to NJBIZ’s 40 Under 40 list for 2018. 7. Ralph and Marie Adams »»Jennifer van Alstyne ’13 (Engl.) met as undergraduates on the steps of Wilson Hall 61 years ago. For their graduated from the University anniversary, the couple revisited the spot where sparks ignited. 8. Lauren of Louisiana with an M.A. in literature as one of four Out- Buonpane ’13, left, and Lindsey Irwin ’13 carried their MU spirit all the way standing Master’s graduates to Scotland over spring break.

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Contact us! Office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving 732-571-3489 | [email protected] CLASS NOTES recognized by the graduate »»Angelo Trento ’15 (M.A. Crim. J.). graduate Taddeus Klepac ’91 school and alumni association. See note for Stefanie Mastbeth ’13. (MSEd.) and second-generation She was engaged to Matthew M. graduate Deborah Klepac Gaskill SEND Pincus at the Nasher Sculpture »»Melanie Wallis ’15 (Bus. Adm.) ’94 (M.S.Ed.). Center in Dallas, Texas, in June. graduated cum laude with a Juris US Over the summer, she launched Doctor degree from Roger Wil- »»Mariah Jacobson ’16 (Crim. J.) The Academic Designer LLC, liams University School of Law on recently competed in her first YOUR which provides public relations May 18, 2018. Wallis, who has pre- Pro Women’s Bowling Associa- services for academics, faculty, viously interned with the Ocean tion tournament in Eagan, Minne- and researchers, such as personal County Prosecutors Office, Ocean sota. Jacobson, who competed NEWS websites and social media consul- County Superior Court, and local as a Hawk for four years, was »»Online: tations. Discounts are offered for law firm Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, team captain and helped lead monmouth.edu/ MU alumni and employees via Doyle & Sacks, L.L.C., will join the the team to a state championship ClassNotes theacademicdesigner.com. Ocean County Superior Court as in 2012. a law clerk after completing the »»By email: »»In May, Emily Grace Smith ’14 New Jersey Bar Exam. »»Lexi Swatt ’16 (Comm.) was the classnotes@mon- (Anthr.) graduated with a 4.0 GPA keynote speaker at the Fulton mouth.edu from New York University with her »»Megan DeSalvo ’16 (Bus. Adm.) Montgomery Regional Chamber M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern and (M.B.A. ’17) has joined Express of Commerce’s 31st annual Sports »» By mail: Egyptian Studies. She will begin Scripts, a pharmaceutical bene- Award Banquet. A four-sport ath- Class Notes, her Ph.D. in Egyptian Art and Ar- fit management firm in Franklin lete at Johnstown High School, she Monmouth University chaeology at Princeton University Lakes, New Jersey, as a financial was named as one of Johnstown’s Magazine, this fall. analyst. top athletes in 2013. While in 400 Cedar Ave., college, Swatt worked for the New West Long Branch, »»Melissa Smith ’14 (Comm.) is »»Three generations of Monmouth York Jets and interned with CBS NJ 07764-1898. engaged to Stephen Natalewicz. University master’s graduates gath- Sports in New York. She currently Smith is a claims investigator at the ered at Wilson Hall on May 10 to works at CBS Sports as a produc- New Jersey Department of Trea- celebrate Lillian Gaskill ’16 (Engl./ tion assistant. sury, and Natalewicz is an audit Ed.) (MSEd. ’18) who became the manager at Deloitte and Touche. third generation to receive her »»Shem Filipek ’17 (Bus. Adm.) Monmouth University encourages alumni to The couple is planning an August master’s degree at Monmouth. is now the head tennis coach share news regarding 2019 wedding. She was joined by first-generation at Wagner College in Staten career changes, awards Island, New York. A tennis and and honors, marriages, anniversaries, births, academic scholarship recipient and other life events for at Monmouth, as team captain, inclusion in Class Notes. All submissions are subject he led the Hawks to their first to editing for clarity and Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer- length. We welcome sub- ence (MAAC) championship in missions of high-resolution digital images for possible school history in 2016 — a feat inclusion with your class that Monmouth repeated in 2017. note; however, we reserve Monmouth compiled an overall the right not to print submitted photos due to space record of 56-39 while going an limitations or issues with impressive 26-2 in league contests image resolution. In addition to the news during Filipek’s time as a Hawk. items sent by alumni, the In addition to his playing ability, university receives press Filipek is the owner/instructor of releases from businesses and organizations an- his own private tennis instructing nouncing alumni achieve- business and also has experience ments, and subscribes to providing tennis lessons at the an online news clipping service that provides news Fairfield County Hunt Club in items about alumni. These Westport, Connecticut. items are edited and placed in the appropriate class section. Monmouth »»Justin Robinson ’17 (Comm.) has magazine staff members signed with Élan Chalon, a French try to verify the accuracy of this information; howev- professional basketball club that er, the university cannot be NOT TO MISS » One-half of the legendary duo The plays in France’s Pro A division. responsible for incorrect Dec. 8 Prior to signing with the French information contained Judds rocks Pollak Theatre. herein. 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54 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 IN Memoriam ALUMNI »»Melvin Coben ’41 (A.A. Lib. Stu.) Jan. 25, 2018 »»Robert F. Connolly ’56 (A.A. Bus. Adm.) June 28, 2018 »»Edwin Koenig ’61 (Physics) Aug. 16, 2018 »»Arlie Ann (Gilmore) Seitz ’61A (A.A. Lib. Stu.) May 7, 2018 »»Robert R. Conover ’62 (A.A. Lib. Stu.) June 18, 2018 »»Thomas P. Gallagher ’62 (Poli. Sci.) July 8, 2018 »»Vincent Vanacore ’62 (Bus. Adm.) Feb. 10, 2018 »»Donald Ball ’65 (Bus. Adm.) July 2, 2018 »»Edward J. Dodd ’65 (Bus. Adm.) Aug. 7, 2018 »»John Reng ’66 (Bus. Adm.) (M.B.A. ’76) July 4, 2018 »»Jeanne Messner ’67 (Math) June 20, 2018 REMEMBRANCE »»Rosemarie Aramanda ’68 (Elem. Ed.) Aug. 10, 2018 »»Mary Ann Conners ’70 (M.A.T.) July 18, 2018 »»Patrick Del Vecchio ’71 (Elem. Ed.) June 17, 2018 Thomas »»Samuel Dixon ’72 (M.S. Elec. Eng.) March 2, 2016 »»Arnold Bard ’73 (M.S. Elec. Eng.) (M.S. Soft. Eng. ’94) Sept. 11, 2017 Gallagher ’62 »»Herbert Fineman ’73 (M.A.T.) July 4, 2018 »»Bernard McCreesh ’75 (Bus. Adm.) Aug. 3, 2018 US DIPLOMAT AND GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST, 1940–2018 »»Gail F. Giordano ’79 (Ed./Engl.) June 9, 2018 BY ROBIN MAMA »»Michael Bastianelli ’80 (M.B.A.) May 22, 2018 »»Richard L. Gaul ’80 (Bus. Adm.) July 19, 2018 »»Jacque Vail ’81 (M.B.A.) July 30, 2018 om Gallagher always had a story, and it was usually a »»William Mason Caldwell ’83 (Bus. Adm.) July 20, 2018 fascinating one. At the Celebration of Life ceremony that »»Susan Cahill ’84 (Bus. Adm.) July 8, 2018 was held for him in August, every speaker wove the »»Dirk A. Plummer ’85 (M.S. Elec. Eng.) July 21, 2018 T »»Obrey B. Smith ’86 (M.B.A.) Aug. 5, 2018 same characteristics of Tom into their remarks: He was a kind, »»Mary Ann Schultz ’98 (Sp. Ed.) Jan. 8, 2018 intelligent, fascinating man who stood up for LGBT rights and who »»Paul Sollitti ’06 (M.B.A.) May 31, 2018 touched everyone he met with his warmth and genuineness. »»Christopher Pappas ’07 (Hist./Poli. Sci.) Aug. 19, 2018 I had the pleasure of meeting Tom the country from their perspective.” It FRIENDS about 15 years ago. At the time, I was was excellent advice, which we contin- »»Edward L. “Ed” Abbott (former student) teaching the field seminar class for our ue to use. April 23, 2018 Master of Social Work students in the Tom continued to be involved at »»Jean L. Badgley (former professor) July 25, 2018 International and Community De- Monmouth, whether he was a guest »»Eva Edelstein (former student) Sept. 15, 2018 velopment concentration. Tom came lecturer in classes or teaching a course »»Shaun Egan (former student) June 22, 2018 in one day to speak to the students in political science. He was thrilled »»Kenneth George Decher Jr. (former student) about his time in the Peace Corps and that Monmouth started a Peace Corps May 6, 2018 in the foreign service. He was a mem- Prep program and lent his knowledge »»Richard Churchill Gardner (former student) ber of the first Peace Corps group that of the Peace Corps to many aspiring Aug. 1, 2018 went overseas in the early ’60s, which Peace Corps students. »»Letitia Graybill (lecturer) Aug. 1, 2018 also made him Monmouth’s first Peace We are very grateful and lucky to have »»Katherine Hoover (former student) Aug. 3, 2018 Corps volunteer. known Tom and to have been able to »»Ruth Laufer (friend) May 19, 2018 Tom had the students spellbound; work with him, to share our students »»Robert Thomas Morrow (former adjunct) they listened to every word and ev- with him, and to have benefited from his July 5, 2018 ery story he told them. His best piece generous spirit, his vast knowledge, and »»Robert Murphy (former student) Aug. 10, 2018 of advice was the following: “If you are his amazing stories. I don’t think we will »»Arthur J. Perschino (former professor) going to work and live overseas, do not ever forget all his stories or the aplomb June 14, 2018 live in the American enclave. Live with with which he told them. We miss him, »»Jane Plangere (friend) Feb. 23, 2018 the people. Shop in their stores, eat but his stories, his legacy, and our mem- »»Eugene “Gene” Simko (professor) June 12, 2018 their food, and get to know them and ories will always remain. »»Elvira C. Torcivia (friend) July 25, 2018 »»Jane Straus Wildstein (former student) July 25, 2018 Robin Mama is the dean of the School of Social Work. »»Albert Wuestefeld (former student) June 7, 2018

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REMEMBRANCE Eugene Simko ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT AND DECISION SCIENCES, 1953–2018 BY STUART ROSENBERG

hen Gene Simko stopped by my office on Over the succeeding 40 years, a Monday this past June, he exhibited his Gene’s presence at Monmouth University was significant. He Wtypical fervor in describing what he had done reciprocated the commitment over the weekend and what his plans were for the week that the University showed to him as a young man in spades— ahead. He also told me about the latest scale model he his dedication to the life of was building and shared recent photos of his children. Monmouth was unmistakable. Gene’s service to the institu- Then, sadly, he died the next able graduate student in man- tion was extensive. At the time day, at age 64, and his unex- agement, still taking courses. of his death, he was busy pre- pected passing shook the Mon- When Gene’s dissertation fi- paring for his second term as mouth family beyond belief. nally emerged, like so many chair of the Faculty Council. As His memorial service brought others it was based on the re- for his teaching, Gene was very a huge outpouring of support search of his thesis advisor: proud of his 1989 Distinguished from across the University, an unconventional project of Teaching Award; he enjoyed en- which is a testament to his life developing a dialectical theo- gaging his colleagues about the and legacy. ry of strategic planning from state of higher education and As Guy Oakes, the retired the formidable writings of the what needed to be done to im- Kvernland Endowed Chair in German philosopher G.W.F. prove it. He possessed a consid- Philosophy and Corporate So- Hegel. In Hegelian dialectics, erable amount of charm, with cial Policy in the Leon Hess truth is produced by conflict. an ability to walk into a crowd Business School, remem- Oakes recalls Gene embracing of strangers and become every- bers Monmouth at the time of these ideas with his customary one’s friend with a smile and a Gene’s arrival in 1978, there exuberance along with a corre- wink of his eye. were no Ph.D.s in management sponding academic habitus— Most days since his passing on the faculty and no inten- dispute and some measure of someone will invariably come tion to attract them. Manage- disputatiousness were good. up to me and ask what it’s like ment professors were drawn He took considerable delight to not have Gene around. They largely from Wall Street and in upsetting the status quo, tell me that they miss him. It’s Madison Avenue. Academic bouncing ideas and their facul- evident that his loss has creat- publication was not a priority proponents off one another, ed a sizable void, but for those of ty, and “peer-refereed jour- and observing the results. This us who were fortunate to know nal” was barely a concept. was certainly a novel approach Stuart Rosenberg is chair Gene as a friend and colleague, of the Department of So it was not surprising that to the older, top-down concep- Management and Decision it’s also evident that his impact Monmouth hired a person- tions of management. Sciences. on us is indelible.

56 MONMOUTH Fall 2018 Don’t stop with Homecoming! Save the dates for these upcoming events: Holiday Ball DEC. 1, 2018 Black-tie event held in Wilson Hall to benefit the Monmouth University Scholarship Fund. Wine vs. Stein MARCH 9, 2019 Network with alumni and friends as you taste your favorite beers and wines. Alumni Weekend JUNE 7–9, 2019 Kick off the summer; participate in your class, club, and athletics reunions; and celebrate your Monmouth family all weekend long! Don’t miss our Wilson Hall Rooftop Bash on Saturday night.

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