St. Francis College Terrier, Fall 2016

THE ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE MAGAZINE | FALL 2016; VOLUME 80, NUMBER 1 Going to Bat for Our Newest Terriers Page 3 2015–2016 Donor Report Begins on Page 22 Also Inside: The Return of Dr. John Sexton . .2 Alumni Events. .13 The Digital History of Frank J. Macchiarola. .2 Class Notes. .16 Student Spotlight: Miasia’s Mission. .3 Jack McCarthy’s Dismas Home. 16 Alumni Spotlight: Michael Rochford . 8 Katja’s Giant Life. .20 Faculty Spotlight: Nursing’s Ronica Mukerjee. .9 In Memoriam. 21 TERRIER BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Fall 2015 Vol. 79, Number 1 CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT Terrier , the magazine of St. Francis College, John F. Tully, Esq. ’67 Sarah M. Bratton Hughes ’07 is published by the Office of College Relations for alumni and friends of St. Francis College. TRUSTEES VICE PRESIDENT Hector Batista ’84 Patrick J. Dugan ’01 Linda Werbel Dashefsky Brother William A. Boslet, OSF ’70 Vice President for DIRECTORS Reverend Monsignor John J. Bracken Government and Community Relations Joseph M. Acciarito ’12 Edward N. Constantino ’68 Dennis J. McDermott ’74 James Bozart ’86 Brother Leonard Conway, OSF ’71 Director of Alumni Relations John J. Casey ’70 Orville W. Dale Kevin T. Conlon ’11 Thomas F. Flood Kenneth D. Daly ’88 Vice President for Development Salvatore Demma ’09 Mary Beth Dawson, Ph.D. Joseph Hemway ’84 William Dawson ’86 EDITOR Dorothy Henigman-Gurreri ’79 Jean Desravines ’94 Richard Relkin Mary Anne Killeen ’78 Eugene Donnelly ’79 Director of Media Relations Josephine B. Leone ’08 Brendan J. Dugan ’68** PHOTO EDITOR Alfonso Lopez ’06 Catherine Greene James H. McDonald ’69 Edwin Mathieu Leslie S. Jacobson, Ph.D. Patricia Moffatt Lesser ’77 Webmaster Barbara G. Koster ’76 Kevin M. Nash ’78 Jesus F. Linares ’84 COPY EDITOR Jonathan K. Ng ’07 Michael C. Macchiarola Anne Silverstein Antonevia Ocho-Coultes ’04 Michael MacIntyre ’97 Josephine M. Pagliughi ’13 CONTRIBUTORS J. Christopher Mangan ’83 Dyanne Marie Rosado ’95 Charlene Culler Lawrence A. Marsiello ’72 Director of Annual Giving Danielle Rouchon ’92 Victor J. Masi, DO ’89 Robert Smith ’72 Vanessa O. De Almeida ’00 Gino P. Menchini Theresa Spelman-Huzinec ’88 Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Denis J. Salamone ’75 Joseph Szkutnik ’71 David Gansell Brother Christopher D. Thurneau, OSF JD Director of Sports Information Thomas J. Volpe* Kareem Cooper ’14 * Emeritus and Non-Voting Writer ** Not elected Bryan Fonseca ’16 Writer Chandra Persaud ’11 Writer PLEASE ADDRESS ALL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO: Richard Relkin Terrier Magazine KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ST. FRANCIS ONLINE St. Francis College 180 Remsen Street, Room 7304 facebook.com/SFCNY For more information, please contact Vanessa Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201-4305 facebook.com/SFCAlumni De Almeida ’00, Assistant Director of Alumni facebook.com/sfcterriers Relations, at [email protected]. OR VIA E-MAIL TO: [email protected] instagram.com/sfcny Download a digital copy instagram.com/sfcalumni of Terrier or view multimedia related to articles found ON THE COVER in at: Mr. Met and Rocky the Terrier celebrate the Terrier https://www.linkedin.com/company/ sfc.edu/terrier. Robert J. McGuire Scholarship (page 3). st.-francis-college At the Terrier, we are always twitter.com/SFCNY looking for new ideas for stories and spotlights. twitter.com/sfbkterriers If there’s someone you’d like to read about, twitter.com/sfcalumni please send a note to [email protected]. youtube.com/stfrancisny The opinions and viewpoints expressed in youtube.com/sfcterriers Terrier are not necessarily those of St. Francis College, its trustees or administration. Designed by MND.NYC—printed in NYC. Message from President Brendan J. Dugan ’68 Some of our Peer Leaders getting ready to welcome the newest Terriers: Sook Poras ’18, Sher Sodoysodoy ’18, Anthony Agosto ’17, Ashley DeMaria ’17, Miasia Kinloch ’19, Kurt Dee ’17, Arianna Sartzetakis ’19 and, Hannah Seymour ’18. In addition to helping with Freshman Orientation, these students also take part in SFC 1001, helping new students with the transition to college. As our students, faculty, and staff return to St. Francis College this fall, we are also graced with the return of Dr. John Sexton. Dr. Sexton began his career in higher education as a professor and chair of our Religious Studies Department. Many of you may know him for his time as President of NYU. Now we are pleased that he is coming home to Brooklyn Heights for a lecture series on religion, government, and baseball. The six-part series is a donation of Dr. Sexton’s time and expertise to raise money for scholarships. We hope many of you will register to attend and help Professor Sexton feel at home again (page 2). Also in this issue you’ll learn about alumni St. Clare and St. Francis Week. This year’s who are bringing books to underserved children events will feature a celebration of the “Transitus,” (page 8), helping female ex-offenders work their a commemoration of the passing of St. Francis. way back into society (page 16), and one alumna The week concludes with the Blessing of the who is living large (page 20). Animals, always a popular event. We invite you Mets owner Fred Wilpon is not a St. Francis to attend any and all of these events. Find out alumnus but his generosity in founding the Robert more at sfc.edu/clareandfrancis. J. McGuire Scholarship shows that he is a firm We hope many of you will make this year the believer in our Franciscan ideals of helping others. one where you also return to St. Francis College. Through a matching grant, Mr. Wilpon is building a community of 60 students who otherwise could not afford a quality, private college education (page 3). That Franciscan Tradition is alive and well at St. Francis. Brendan J. Dugan ’68 Beginning Thursday, Sept. 29, we start our annual celebration, President ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE TERRIER | FALL 2016 | 1 Campus News (For more campus news, check the St. Francis College website at sfc.edu) John Sexton Returns to SFC SIX-PART LECTURE SERIES FOR 2016–17 Before he was president of NYU, leading the university on a journey of citywide and international growth, Dr. John Sexton first taught at St. Francis College in the Religious Studies Department. Now, he’s back in Brooklyn Heights for the Dr. John Sexton Lecture Series, a new fundraiser for the College’s scholarship fund. John Sexton The first of six talks was held in September, and wants to talk to he’ll give five more lectures this academic year. Among those in attendance were, Bro. Owen Sadlier, OSF, Sr. Colleen you about The last one will focus on his book, Baseball as a Colbert, OP, Michael Macchiarola, Joseph Macchiarola, Mary Macchiarola, baseball and God. Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game. Henry Macchiarola, Susan Macchiarola and The Rev. Joseph Michael The remaining lectures will take place on the McShane, SJ (President, Fordham University). following Tuesday nights in 2016: Oct. 25, Nov. 29; and in 2017: Feb. 7, March 7, April 25. Register now at sfc.edu/johnsexton. ● Macchiarola Archive Unveiled On what would have been his 75th birthday, St. Francis College unveiled the Maud Casey Walks Away With $50,000 Literary Prize President Frank J. Macchiarola Digital Archive. “FJM’s daily life, and certainly Maud Casey’s novel, The Man Who Walked his writings, give shape to Francis’ proscription, ‘Practice the gospel always, Away, topped more than 130 other use words if necessary’,” said Dr. Macchiarola’s son, Michael Macchiarola, mid-career works to earn her the St. Francis as he laid out the lessons that can be learned by examining his father’s writing. College $50,000 Literary Prize, one of the It took about three weeks for Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) to scan and richest book prizes in the nation. Casey’s organize thousands of documents; 38 years’ worth of photos, law review articles, win was announced during the opening gala essays, news clips, and books written by and about Dr. Macchiarola. for the 10th Annual Brooklyn Book Festival. The archive is a visual and written history of Dr. Macchiarola’s life and She is the fourth winner of the prize. Maud Casey signed books at accomplishments, from when he graduated from St. Francis in 1962 to his return the Brooklyn Book Festival. “Casey’s writing struck us for the quality of as President in 1996. It includes his time as New York City Schools Chancellor, its sentences, by turns lyrical and hardnosed, Dean of Cardozo Law School, Chair of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s New York City the depth of its research, and its subtly intricate structure,” said author Daniel Charter Revision Program, member of Gov. George Pataki’s New York State Torday (The Last Flight of Poxl West), one of the three jurors for the 2015 prize. Commission on Education Reform and much more. The Literary Prize mission is to support mid-career writers who don’t often In attendance at the unveiling were a number of Dr. Macchiarola’s family receive the support they need to write. Winners of the prize submit a third to fifth including his wife Mary, sons Michael and Joseph, brother Henry, and sister-in- work of fiction published within a two-year window. The next prize will be awarded law Susan. Michael Macchiarola is a member of the St. Francis College Board for a work published between June 2015 and May 2017. of Trustees. Access the Digital Archive at macchiarola.sfc.edu/omeka. ● The other authors on the shortlist were Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Stuart Dybek, Paper Lantern, David Gilbert, & Sons, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Archive Unveiled—https://youtu.be/gtlCMYOYVdk Killings, and René Steinke, SFCTV story—https://youtu.be/jOXdzqEhlPc Friendswood.

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