University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy Inside: For the Greater Good Campaign Kick-Off A Life of Educating Young Minds Larry Joseph ‘66 - Poet Laureate of the Cubs Summer 2006 Summer 2006 Volume 75 Number 2 f e a t u r e s Editor’s Message ................................................................................................... 5 President’s Message .............................................................................................. 6 Institutional Advancement ....................................................................................... 7 Arrupe Society ...................................................................................................... 8 Feature Story: Lesson Plans - U of D Jesuit Alumni in the Field of Education ...............9-12 Feature: For the Greater Good - April 6th “A Day to Remember” ..........................13-15 Feature: Student Senate Presidential Address .......................................................... 16 Feature: Transcending Time For the Greater Good .................................................. 17 Feature: Looking Back: A U of D Jesuit Reflection .................................................... 19 In Memorium ...................................................................................................... 19 Alumni E-Notes ...............................................................................................20-25 Feature: Larry Joseph ‘66: Poet Laureate of the Cubs ...........................................26-27 Alumni News: Alumni of the Year Award/Alumni Senior Luncheon ............................ 28 Feature: “Meet Me at the High!” ........................................................................... 29 Sports Round-Up: Winter Sports Recap .................................................................. 30 Matriculation Breakdown 2006 ............................................................................ 31 Annual Fund Phonathon Raises Crucial Funds for U of D Jesuit .................................. 33 U of D Jesuit Employees Honored for Years of Service ............................................. 33 The Eleventh Annual Cub Lawyers’ Dinner .............................................................. 34 Are You Holding On To Old U of D Jesuit “Stuff”? ................................................... 34 See Lesson Plans - U of D Jesuit Alumni in the Field of Education Pages 9-12 See For the Greater Good - April 6th “A Day to Remember” Pages 13-15 See Larry Joseph ‘66: Poet Laureate of the Cubs Pages 26-27 departments STAFF editor 6 President’s Message Mark Grzybowski ’73 7 Institutional Advancement managing editor Ann Steele 8 Arrupe Society contributing writers Michael Gill ‘87 20 Alumni E-Notes R.J. Lomas Terry Keating ‘56 Paul Mansoor ‘01 Thomas O’Keefe ‘64 Chris Polk ‘93 Rory Fox ‘06 Branden Roberts ‘03 Robert Buchta ‘66 Sheri Windisch Ann Steele photo credit Cub News Mark Grzybowski ‘73 Ann Steele Tom Forester design Grigg Graphic Services U of D Jesuit’s Highlights is published twice per year and distributed free to alumni, parents, faculty, administrators and friends of U of D Jesuit High School and Academy. Send address changes, Letters to the Editor, Class Memories and other FRONT COVER: correspondence to: Our Faculty from the 2005-2006 School Year Mark Grzybowski ‘73, Highlights Editor INSIDE FRONT COVER: U of D Jesuit High School Photos from For the Greater Good Campaign Kick-Off 8400 South Cambridge Detroit, MI 48221 Notes e-mail: [email protected] Parents, if you are receiving your son’s Highlights although he no phone: longer lives with you, please let us know so we can change our records (313) 862-5400 ext. 2304 and send the magazine directly to him. If you enjoy reading your son’s (800) 968-CUBS Highlights, let us know. We would be happy to send a copy to his new Fax (313) 862-3299 address and continue sending a copy to you. EDITOR’S MESSAGE U of D Jesuit High School & Academy 2005-2006 Board of Directors Kevin Bousquette ‘73 David Buchanan ‘57 Darrell Burks William C. Cobbs Dr. William Conway, MD Walter Czarnecki ‘61 Mark Grzybowski ‘73 Terence B. Desmond ‘58 Director of Alumni Relations/Special Events Clark Durant David Jansen ‘73 Jeffrey P. Jorissen ‘63 April 6th marked the kick-off of U of D Jesuit’s For the Greater Good campaign. Mike Karl J. Kiser, S.J. Gill ’87 has described the series of events that took place at The High that day in his Denise J. Lewis article on page 13. Chris Polk ’93 follows up and outlines the campaign and what we hope to achieve with your support. David F. Mastrangelo, S.J. Patricia R. McCarthy One of the key elements of the campaign is creating an endowment to support faculty Edward J. (Chip) Miller salaries and faculty development. Student Senate President Rory Fox ’06 provides a Michael A. Ostrowski ‘73 personal look into how some of today’s faculty have shaped his life on page 16. Donald Petkash, S.J. Paul Mansoor ’01 in his feature article on page 9 highlights the lives of five Cubs Michael V. Polsinelli ‘69 who have devoted their lives to education. These men are but a few of the many Cubs Michael Porter ‘71 working in the field of education at many different levels. Frank J. Roney This year’s Alumni-Senior Luncheon and the Cub Lawyers’ Dinner are profiled in David A. VanEgmond this issue along with the ever popular Alumni E-Notes section. Martin E. Welch Robert Welsh, S.J. 25-Year Class Representative Go Cubs! Paul J. Hittler ‘81 Board of Advisors Raymond J. BonAnno ‘58 Otis W. Brawley ‘77 Mark Grzybowski ‘73 Derrick R. Burns ‘81 Editor John F. Curley ‘63 Thomas D. Eckert ‘66 Barbara B.Gattorn Edward M.Gergosian ‘67 Roderick D. Gillum ‘68 John A. Gregg ‘74 Wayne C. Inman Robert T. Joseph ‘64 Terrence E. Keating ‘56 Glen A. Konkle ‘65 William E. Kovacic ‘70 Lawrence R. Marantette ‘67 Joseph C. Murphy David R. Pulk ‘65 Nettie H. Seabrooks J. Clarke Smith ‘60 Stephen A. Snider ‘65 Rudolph T. Stonisch ‘88 Richard H. Valade ‘67 Bernard M.Willis James L. Wiser ‘63 WJR’s Paul W. Smith with U of D Jesuit students at the For the Greater Good Campaign kick- off. Summer 2006 www.uofdjesuit.org Highlights • 5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Friends, In recent weeks, our This idea guides more than our daily actions – it shapes the graduates have completed both future of our institution. As we launch our capital campaign their high school courses and For the Greater Good, we strive to make concrete plans to assure the college admission process. that U of D Jesuit will continue to reflect God’s greater glory As seniors weigh their options, in all that he does. This means providing meaningful resources every junior and his parents for the men and women who have devoted their lives to the sit down with one of our education of our students. It means forming our faculty in the college counselors to begin the great tradition of the Society of Jesus. And it means providing involved discernment that goes sufficient resources for tuition assistance so that a U of D into finding the most suitable Jesuit education will be available to all qualified young men institution for undergraduate regardless of financial need. study and growth. The With these lofty goals we will continue to graduate highly bewildering number of factors competent young men with the spiritual and academic Fr. Karl J. Kiser, S.J. makes that decision difficult. President resources to achieve the Gospel call to bring hope to the The journey of our hopeless and to live for the greater glory of God. Please join us upperclassmen through these in this pursuit. times mirror the many life choices facing each of us every day. How do we know what God wants for us? Which is the AMDG, right path? How can we align ourselves with God’s will in a particular situation? St. Ignatius gives us a practical step to take in moving toward the answers. His advice is simple: we are to choose that which will give God greater glory. Our students are more than familiar Karl J. Kiser, S.J. with the phrase “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam” (“for the greater glory of God”). While the concept is simple, its application in specific situations is not. Again St. Ignatius offers direction: seek out ways that will bring the Gospel – love, healing, and forgiveness – to the greatest number of people. 6 • Highlights www.uofdjesuit.org Summer 2006 INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Notes from the Advancement Department By Tom O’Keefe ‘64 Vice President, Institutional Advancement Dear Friends, educate Men for Others continues to face new challenges. Therefore, for the next two years, Fr. Kiser and I will maintain I am writing this letter to you with thoughts of the Class of our focus on the For the Greater Good campaign to complete 2006: 202 outstanding young Men for Others whose academic the task of raising $22 million for tuition assistance, faculty and spiritual lives have been transformed because of their formation and campus maintenance endowments. As we look experiences at The High. As they head out into the world, to the future, the success of this campaign will assist U of D these men will take with them the values and insights that Jesuit in assuring a source of funding that will help us recruit should help them to become strong and worthwhile members and retain the best faculty and provide a Jesuit education to all of society: open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, qualified students regardless of their families’ ability to pay the loving, and committed to doing justice. tuition. Ignatian excellence comes at a price, but