Monmouth Summer 2013 MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY THE GAFFNEY LEGACY INTErvIEw wITH THE MUSIC MAN CHILdrEN oF THE NEw CHINA c1c2_01-56_c3c4monu_sum13.indd 1 6/19/13 3:58 PM Monmouth University Magazine Volume 32, No. 2, Summer 2013 Paul G. Gaffney II President mary anne naGy Interim Vice President for University Advancement Publisher mIchael Sayre maIden, Jr. Editor heather mcculloch mIStretta Assistant Editor Sharon hazard eIleen reInhard Contributing Writers JIm reme University Photographer deSIGn of 4 Design Monmouth University Magazine is published by University Advancement. Monmouth University Magazine 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 how to contact uS: claSS noteS: [email protected] letterS to the edItor: [email protected] Monmouth University Magazine (ISSN 15549143) is published four times annually by Monmouth University, periodicals postage paid at West Long Branch, NJ and additional mailing offices. 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General InformatIon: www.monmouth.edu 732-571-3400 Monmouth University supports equal opportunity in recruitment, admission, educational programs, and employment practices, and complies with all major federal and state laws and executive orders requiring equal employment opportunity and/or affirmative action. c1c2_01-56_c3c4monu_sum13.indd 2 6/19/13 3:59 PM FEATURES 3 The Gaffney LeGacy 11 fair Winds and a foLLoWinG sea 14 BoB sanTeLLi: an inTervieW WiTh The Music Man 20 chiLdren of The neW china Thrive aT MonMouTh DEPARTMENTS 2 Letters 26 on campus 34 athletics 39 alumni news 42 hawks in Print 44 class notes ABOVE: connor fuLLer coMPeTes in The sTeePLechase evenT aT The norTheasT conference ouTdoor Track & fieLd chaMPionshiP on May 31. MonMouTh caPTured iTs fifTh sTraiGhT ouTdoor TiTLe for BoTh The Men's and WoMen's TeaMs and had a LeaGue-BesT ToTaL of 30 enTranTs earn aLL-conference recoGniTion. The Men’s TeaM has Won nine of The LasT 10 nec ouTdoor TiTLes and 11 overaLL, WhiLe The WoMen's squad has Won The LasT five nec ouTdoor TiTLes, and 10 overaLL. connor fuLLer earned aLL-rookie TeaM recoGniTion aT The evenT. ON THE COVER: PresidenT Gaffney WaTches The MonMouTh universiTy's WoMen's soccer TeaM earn a vicTory over sainT PeTer's aT a niGhT GaMe on The GreaT LaWn on auGusT 24, 2012. The enerGy efficienT LiGhTs Were funded By JuLes L. PLanGere, Jr. hn '86 in 2011. c1c2_01-56_c3c4monu_sum13.indd 1 6/25/13 10:13 AM LETTERS ReadeRs Respond to WiNTER iSSUE cover) belied a small and poor junior college The back cover of the winter 2013 night school struggling to survive inside. magazine includes photos of several of my At this time only a small portion of the classmates/fraternity brothers. Can I get classrooms were used for the program. Dad copies of these photos? said that they would turn on all the lights facing Westwood Avenue at night to make it look like a lot was going on inside! At the time this pamphlet was printed, I was six years old. I remember these days! Occasionally, Mom would drive our 1937 Dodge “touring sedan” to the north As a Monmouth graduate with a BA entrance of the high school, and Nancy in Art & Education, I was heartened when (Bruch) '58 and I would run into the tiny I read the article about Rechnitz Hall. administration office to get Dad. This contribution by Dr. & Mrs. Rechnitz is amazingly generous and incredibly Photo #1: That's Bruce Main ('70) posing well thought out. It speaks volumes not with Wayne Cochran of Wayne Cochran and only about them, but also about the art the CC Ryders, a 'blue eyed' soul band that program itself. opened for Cream, a rock band of the era, While it's great to look to the future, Eric Clapton was the lead guitarist of Cream. I felt a huge wave of nostalgia when Cochran and Cream performed at one of many remembering the old buildings that I spent campus concerts sponsored at Monmouth 4 years basically living in. Mrs. Rechnitz which were very popular with the student was definitely spot-on when she spoke of body and local residents. their charm and character. The crooked floors, creaky uneven stairs, mysterious doors, and oddly shaped rooms made a perfect setting for learning and creating art. I also smiled when I saw the photo of professor DiMattio, who is by far one of the best teachers I ever had. He was approachable, talented, and a good friend. I attribute much of my career success to the confidence he and the other art professors inspired in me back then. I'm glad to know Photo #2: On the very bottom of the that he's still affiliated with the university. Really, none of this was that back cover, that photo was taken at the I wish everyone who uses these new extraordinary but somehow they kept it Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house and facilities much luck in creating their own going. Maybe a few inside believed they includes the following alums from left to memories. I can't wait to see the building had a “tiger by the tail.” right: Cy Baines, John Unchester, Coleman in person! Best regards, Vickary and Bill Salandi. Professor Lauren DENA (KESTENBAUM) CUNDARI '98 BOB SCHLAEFFER '60 K. Woods, Speech & Drama department stands far left in the photo. _____ P.S. You and your staff are doing a wonderful Thank You. job with the magazine! I sent this pamphlet to you because JOHN UNCHESTER '70 of the story the photographs tell of early Monmouth Junior College. I found a few copies of it in an old file. Here’s looking back again. Please send letters to [email protected] or to Letters, Monmouth University Magazine, The pamphlet was produced in early 400 Cedar Ave, Room 321A, West Long Branch, NJ 07764. Include a telephone number and address. 1940s during WWII. It mentions gasoline Letters may be edited for clarity or space. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Because of rationing for the students. Check out the volume of mail we receive, we cannot respond to all letters. Send queries about the Alumni Association to [email protected], or call (732) 571-3489. the business and typing class! The sparse student population was not a mistake by CORRECTIONS: the authors of the pamphlet! On page 37, the photo in the top right corner was not Mike Hunchak who was mentioned in the article; it was Ian Simon '11. The impressive façade of the Long On page 51, the Class Note for Leann K. Moczydlowski and Colin McDonough was incorrectly listed under the class of Branch Senior High School (shown inside 2001. Leann and Colin are both members of the class of 2011. We regret the errors. 2 MonMouTh universiTy MaGazine suMMer c1c2_01-56_c3c4monu_sum13.indd 2 6/19/13 4:02 PM Michael Maiden the Gaffney Legacy PAUL G. GAFFNEY II steps down as president at the end of July after ushering a decade of transformation and growth at Monmouth. As president, Gaffney reshaped the campus physically, academically, athletically, and culturally, steering the University to a trajectory of continuing success. suMMer MonMouTh universiTy MaGazine 3 c1c2_01-56_c3c4monu_sum13.indd 3 6/19/13 4:02 PM the Gaffney Legacy hy would anyone do this job if not for the Students—undergraduate and graduate—youthful and students?” mused President Paul Gaffney as experienced—all waited their turn to take a picture he made his way to Erlanger Gardens on May with the man whose decade at the helm has profoundly 22 to meet with hundreds of newly-minted transformed Monmouth University. Wgraduates and their families. Perhaps it isn’t surprising that before Gaffney unfailingly He looked serene in the Gardens, though he had just pulled the garden guests closer into his magnetic personal rushed at breakneck speed down the Garden State Parkway orbit many in the crowd regarded him as something between “from Commencement exercises at the PNC Arts Center, after a major political figure and a rock star, and to many of the already spending more than an hour onstage under hot lights students, a trusted friend. in the stifling black robes of academic regalia. As small It isn’t uncommon for students to use the social clusters of families began to approach him, not a bead of networking service, Twitter, to comment on Gaffney. In sweat marked his brow, and not a hair was out of place. March one student urged Monmouth to “ReElect PGaff” Before the crowds arrived in earnest, Gaffney confessed with the hashtags #dontleave and #ProPG. that beneath the formal gown his shirt was completely soaked During a three-hour standoff in Long Branch between through, but without that inside information, none of the police and a man armed with knives and a machete in April, arriving visitors would have guessed at a hint of discomfort. one student advised that it was “time for Admiral Gaffney to Some of the families were nervous approaching get back into action and take this guy down.” the president, while others greeted him with overt Students have even created T-shirts paying homage to the physical warmth, as if greeting a family member. “Gaffney grip,” the president’s signature handshake. 4 MonMouTh universiTy MaGazine suMMer c1c2_01-56_c3c4monu_sum13.indd 4 6/19/13 4:02 PM THE SECRET OF THE GAFFNEY GRIP rett Bodner '13 discovered the story behind the “Gaffney Bgrip” in a May interview for the award-winning student newspaper The Outlook.