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September 30/Friday-Nov.1 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," Center for the Performing Arts. Music 5/Saturday First football night game, St. John's vs. and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Friday and Saturday, 8 Sacred Heart, Campus Field, 6 p.m. Tickets: $5 adults, p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. Tickets: $18 adults, $15 students/ $3 children. Info: 371-7885. seniors. Group rates and other special packages avail­ 11/Friday Rededication and renaming of Campus able. Box Office: 374-2777. Center, 11 a.m. Ceremony and reception. Info: 371-7840. 31/Saturday Men's ice hockey vs. Holy Cross, Milford 13/Sunday-Oct. 15 "Fictitious Icons," works by Ann Ice Pavilion, 7:30 p.m. First home game as member of Chernow, Gallery of Contemporary Art. Opening recep­ Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference hockey league. tion, Sept. 13, 1-4 p.m. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, Tickets: $5 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children under 14. Info: noon-7:30 p.m., Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Info: 365-7650. 878-2480. 16/Wednesday Opening convocation, Pitt Center, 2 p.m. Honorary degree to be conferred on Monika November Hellwig, Ph.D., executive director of the Association of 6/Friday-8/Sunday "A Funny Thing Happened on the Catholic Colleges and Universities. Info: 371-7910. Way to the Forum," Center for the Performing Arts. See October listing. October 14/Saturday Men's 1/Thursday Artist basketball at Nevada-Las and Curator's Talk Vegas. Group packages with Ann Chernow available. Athletics 371- and Deborah 7917 or Robustelli Travel Frizzell, Gallery of 1-800-248-0319. Contemporary Art, 7 18/Wednesday Women's p.m. Info: 365-7650. basketball home opener 3/Saturday Elder vs. Colgate, Pitt Center, 7 Care Symposium, p.m. Info: 371-7917. "Building Effective 20/Friday Business Interdisciplinary Leaders Breakfast, Teams in the Stamford, 7:30 a.m. Classroom and Info: 371-7862. Clinic," Mahogany 20/Friday "Looking at Room, 8:30 a.m.-5 Contemporary Art From p.m. Registration: an Eastern Perspective," $75, $100. Info: Dr. Gallery of Contemporary Michelle LusardI, Ann Chernow's portraits of chorus girls and would-be Art, 6:30 p.m. Cocktails, 365-4721. starlets are featured in The Gallery of Contemporary Art dinner and jazz. Guest 10/Saturday through Oct. 15. speaker: Bernice 10th Annual Steinbaum, Steinbaum/Krauss Gallery, New York. Tickets: Scholarship Dinner and Discovery Awards, Pitt Center, $100, $125, $150. Reservations: 365-7650. cocktails 6 p.m. Tickets and sponsorship info: Laurie A. Bellico, 371-7861. 21/Saturday-22/Sunday 6th Annual Mineral-Jewelry Gem Show, old gymnasium, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Donation: $2. 19/Monday "Falling Catholic Attendance," lecture by Proceeds to benefit SMARTNET program. Info: 365-7627. Dr. James Davidson, author and professor of sociology, Purdue University, Mahogany Room, 7:30 p.m. Fee: $10. Info: REAPS, 371-7867. December 20/Tuesday 3rd Annual Nostra Aetate Awards, Sutton 6/Sunday-Jan. 24 Faculty Art Exhibit, Gallery of Place Synagogue, New York City, dinner to follow at the Contemporary Art. Reception, Dec. 8. Closed Dec. 18- St. Regis Hotel. Awards program free. CCJU, 365-7692. Jan. 3 and Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 18. Info: 365- 23/Friday-25/Sunday Parents' Weekend. Saturday 7650. football. Central Connecticut vs. Sacred Heart, Campus Field, 1 p.m. Tickets: $5 adults, $3 children. 7/Monday Men's basketball home opener vs. Hartford, Info: 371-7917. Pitt Center, 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 adults, $3 children. Info: 25/Sunday-Nov. 22 "Theodore Waddell," Gallery of 371-7917. Contemporary Art. Opening reception, Oct. 25, 1-4 p.m. 29/Tuesday-31/Thursday "The Music Man," Center for Info: 365-7650. the Performing Arts. Evenings 7 p.m. Music and lyrics by Meredith Wilson, directed by Maureen Hamill. Tickets: Events are free unless otherwise noted. $18 adults, $15 children/seniors. Box Office: 374-2777. Sacred Heart Contents University Vol. 5, No. 1 Fall 1998 18 COVER STORY A NEW HORIZON President "End of track" meant a special finetlity at Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D. the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. President Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D., Vice President for and other participants in the Center for University Relations Christian-Jewish Understanding's "Religion Elinor U. Biggs and Violence, Religion and Peace" confer­ ence visited this memorial to inhumanity. Director of Public Relations Dean Golembeski FEATURES Editor 9 BOWLING OVER THE COMPETITION Don Harrison Led by freshman Tiffany Ballew, the Pioneer women finished third in the nation. Art Director Jill Harrington Nichols 11 COMMENCEMENT'98 Production Manager Speaker Dennis Weatherstone, retired chair­ Martha Miller Byrnes man of J.P. Morgan & Co., urged graduates to find the proper balance between family Contributing Writers and career. David Coppola, Ph.D. James L. Meeker 14 MIND OVER GRAY MATTER Corinne A. Waldheim '98 Under the direction of biology professor John D. Griffin, Ph.D., undergraduates Contributing Photographers are using the new science technology Michael Bisceglie, Debranne laboratory for important brain research. Cingari '89, Thomas Forget, Ph.D., Vin Greco, Don Heiny, Tom McDonald, Jill Nichols, 20 CCJU HAD ITS ROOTS IN VATICAN II Chris Nicholson The University's Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, now in its seventh year, Other Contributors has brought the two faiths closer together. Gina Gardner, Mike Guastelle, Ann Miron 24 CLASS NOTES

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Finding meaning in life’s contradictions

ne of the many It was an overpowering experience, one that left all of us speechless. We offered prayers and sang at the pleasures of being site of a former crematorium. That night, I, like Othe president of Sacred many others, was unable to sleep. Heart University is that I am exposed to many Against this backdrop, CCJU orchestrated a three- diverse experiences that day conference that was both entiching and uplift­ provide me with inspira­ ing. To witness the cooperation, to see the begin­ tion, contemplation and nings of new friendships and to hear the open dia­ hope. logue left me feeling hopeful about the future. As Cardinal Franciszek Macharski of Poland said, One such experience “Sincere authentic faith in God can be considered a occurred this past May. On the 17th of that month, factor of peace among people, (and) the best guaran­ I participated in the University’s 32"'' Commence­ tee of peaceful, mutual relations between people.” ment. It was a joyous occasion and, as always, a great pleasure for me to present degrees that signify You will learn more about what the cardinal and the fulfdlment of many dreams for our students and others said at the conference in an article included their families. in this issue of Sacred Heart University magazine. You will also find stories about Commencement and Of the many memorable moments from Com­ other interesting events at the University. I hope you mencement, one of the most significant was the will take the time to read about them all. keynote speech given by Dennis Weatherstone, the former chairman of J.P. Morgan, whom we presented As you do, I know you will become aware of the an honorary degree. Mr. Weatherstone spoke of how continuing improvements the University is making. he worked his way up from clerk to the boardroom, I’m particularly proud of the advancements in acade­ offering the graduates a mixture of advice and, more mics, especially in the sciences. This issue includes important, hope. a story about our new neuroscience laboratory. To the best of my knowledge, no other institution any­ We learned from his speech that Mr. Weatherstone where has a similar laboratory that combines did not come from a wealthy family. In fact, he research, teaching and technology. Through hands- couldn’t even afford college when he graduated from on experience or through their laptop computers, our high school. Instead, he went to wotk for J.P. Morgan students are able to share in the groundbreaking and took six years of night classes to complete his brain research of Dr. John D. Griffin, assistant pro­ studies at what is now the Univetsity of North fessor of biology. It was Dr. Griffin who conceived of London. Through hard work, high ethical standards the lab and then secured the support of the National and intelligence, he built his remarkable career. By Science Foundation, which provided a $95,000 grant. his example and his words, he held out the promise Dr. Griffin’s research focuses on fevers and how they of a good life for those who wotk hard, honor their affect the btain. families and serve others. When I consider Dr. Griffin’s work, the CCJU Immediately after Commencement, I flew to confetence and Commencement, I feel optimistic Auschwitz, Poland, where I attended a conference about the future. I don’t know what our graduates organized by the University’s Center for Christian- will accomplish in their lives, nor can I predict what Jewish Understanding. Christian, Jewish and will result from the CCJU conference and Dr. Muslim religious leaders from around the world Griffin’s research. But I am hopeful that the poten­ gathered to discuss the role of religion in peace and tial for good in these and other ventures flowing violence. Coming from the gaiety of Fairfield, I was from this University will be realized. profoundly struck by the sombetness of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The camp stands as.a stark reminder of a time when the world and its values were horribly out of balance. For me and for many others, the most moving Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D. experience of the trip was a tour of the death camp. President

2 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 PIONEERING Biggs to set University marketing pace public relations and external affairs. Prior to the festival, Biggs was senior WSHU, the University’s National vice president at The Advertising Public Radio affiliate; the Center for Council, a New York-based not-for-prof­ the Performing Arts, and The Gallery it agency that develops public service of Contemporary Art will report advertising; director of advertising for to her. She will also serve as the SNET; a vice president of Wells, Rich, University’s liaison with the Board of Green Inc., a New York advertising Regents. firm; and the principal in Barnum “I’ve always had the highest regard Communications, a marketing commu­ for Sacred Heart and have watched it nications consulting firm. She also was a grow over the years. Its accomplish­ vice president with Chase Manhattan ments are many and outstanding,” Bank. Biggs said. “The University is at a Throughout her career, Biggs has significant point in its development. been actively involved with the To achieve the goals defined in its community. Currently she is on the new strategic plan, it must strengthen board of trustees of the Greater its marketing and public relations. I Bridgeport Area Foundation, the look forward to leading this effort.” Barnum Museum and the Eagle Hill Biggs, the great-great-great School in Southport. She was the In response to the University’s granddaughter of P.T Barnum, brings co-chair of the Regional Youth/Adult long-range goals and the increasingly a wealth of marketing and public Substance Abuse Program (RYASAP) in competitive marketplace, Elinor U. relations experience to the University. Bridgeport, and is a former member of Biggs has been appointed to the newly Most recently, she served as the the University’s Board of Regents. created position of vice president for executive director of the International Biggs earned a bachelor’s degree University Relations. Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, from the University of North Carolina. In this new role, Biggs will be respon­ an annual, five-day cultural event that She and her husband, Jim, live in sible for developing and implementing has contributed to the Elm City’s Westport. Sacred Heart University’s marketing. economic revitalization. New program charts course for leadership The world’s great leaders are frequently celebrated, but the college develops and implements innovations in peda­ their accomplishments can often overshadow the techniques gogy, delivery and content. and expertise that enabled these individuals to be successful. “We are creating a national model for teaching leadership,” What is leadership.? What skills do leaders says University College’s dean, Stephen M. possess.? How can the examples of great lead­ Brown, Ed.D. “The program does not stress the ers serve us today.? technical aspects of leadership and is not con­ These issues and more are the focus of a structed as a recipe on how to lead. Instead, it is a unique and innovative undergraduate degree broad approach to leadership, emphasizing ethi­ program leading to a B.S. degree in leadership cal and active participation in family, in commu­ studies developed by Sacred Heart University. nity, and in civic and social organizations.” The program, approved by the Connecticut The program’s director is Sloane Whitehead, State Department of Higher Education, is tar­ who joined the University this summer from geted to working adults and features a cur­ Mount Senario College in Ladysmith, Wis., riculum designed by experts in leadership where he served as dean of outreach programs. selected from universities across the country. The Leadership Studies program will empha­ Courses will be offered in an accelerated for­ Sloane Whitehead size learning and learning outcomes, integrate mat of five- and eight-week modules. The program, which is thought and action and rely upon the emerging concepts of being offered through University College, will begin this fall adult learning. The development of specific leadership skills at both the Fairfield and Stamford campuses. necessary in today’s ever-changing world will be emphasized. University College, one of four colleges within Sacred Heart University, serves adult part-time students and the For more information on the Leadership Studies community. Directed and staffed by experts in adult learning. degree program, contact Whitehead at (203) 396-8064.

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1 PIONEERING Alumni achievers applauded

Award of Excellence recipients, from left: J. Daniel Merena '81; Robert D. Scinto '71; Jo-Ann Pressman '92; Donna Blewitt '76, chair of the Alumni Executive Council; Real Caron '69; and George Lombardi '73.

ive Sacred Heart University cation to his three sons. In 1997, he current vice president. graduates drawn from diverse was named winner of a baseball As an undergraduate recovering walks of life received the first coach’s special award in a field of from a freak accident. Pressman was FAlumni Awards of Excellence at a more than 150. elected to two national honor soci­ champagne reeeption May 3 in the “The best years of my life were at eties, Delta Epsilon Sigma (Catholic Mahogany Room. SHU. I met my best friend and wife colleges and universities) and Alpha The honorees were Real Caron of 28 years (Gail Wydra Caron ’70) in Sigma Lambda (Continuing ’69, a youth leagues coach from the cafeteria,” Caron said. Education). Her short story about her Burlington, Ont., Canada; George Lombardi, general manager of the travails, “My One Moment in Lombardi ’73, the general manager radio station since 1983, has devel­ Time,” won first place in a statewide and driving force behind the oped WSHU into one of the finest contest sponsored by the General University’s National Public Radio National Public Radio affiliates in Federation of Women’s Clubs. affiliate, WSHU; J. Daniel Merena the nation, with more than 200,000 Pressman and her husband, ’81, a lieutenant in the Bridgeport listeners in Connecticut and Long Harold, are the parents of two grown Police Department and Police Island. He also shares his expertise children. Activities League volunteer; Jo-Ann as a classroom instructor and campus Scinto is the classic case of a self- Pressman ’92, a community volun­ trouble-shooter for audio/visual made man, rising from plumber and teer who earned an associate degree equipment and telephone systems. attending night classes to chairman cum laude while paralyzed from the “I am twice blessed — first as an of R.D. Scinto, Inc., a Shelton-based waist down; and Robert D. Scinto alumnus and now being entrusted development company. ’71, a prominent area developer and with five radio stations,” said Scinto and his wife, Barbara, have University trustee. Lombardi, married to Patricia Kean four children, including daughter “These alumni have demonstrated Lombardi ’74 and the father of Dana, Class of ’98 president, who a commitment to excellence in their daughters Karen and Sara. graduated on May 17. daily lives,” said Donna Blewitt ’76, Merena, a 30-year Bridgeport Committee members contributing Alumni Executive Council chair and Police veteran, oversees the city’s to the event were: Catherine Molloy reception emcee. PAL sports programs — basketball, Cottle ’91, ’93 MBA; Kristen Lalla Caron, who works in the insurance softball, soccer and volleyball as ’97; Dorothy Lupariello ’77; Michael and reinsurance field, was chosen for well as a summer camp. His 20 McCabe ’77; Wayne Sakai ’84 MAT; his coaching in Burlington of youth years of PAL volunteerism include and Barbara Susi ’75. hockey and baseball and for his dedi­ the past presidency and serving as Don Harrison

4 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 special games return n the first weekend in June, the Sacred Heart University campus was the focal point Oof Special Olympics Connecticut's 29th annual Summer Games. More than 2,000 athletes, 4,000 volun­ teers and countless spectators con­ verged on the grounds for the games' opening ceremonies and a myriad of athletic events. For the first time, the new William H. Pitt Health & Recreation Center provided a venue for the gymnastics competi­ tion. This marked the third straight year that Sacred Heart University and Fairfield University served as co-hosts. The summer games will return here next June and in the year 2000 as well. D.H.

REACHING OUT, REACHING UP Kelly Lague traveled south for Spring B.S. degree in nursing on May 17, seems to Break. Fort Lauderdale.? Daytona Beach.? derive a special joy from her volunteerism. Some other tropical vacation spot for col­ Her senior year encompassed a myriad of lege students.? outreach activities ... two days a week as a Not even close. volunteer in an area mental health clinic, The Sacred Heart University senior from leading a spiritual weekend for other West Warwick, R.I. spent her week away Sacred Heart University students, the from classes living in primitive conditions spring trip to El Salvador. in San Hilario, a remote village in El “My Mom — my parents — they are my Salvador. Lague was among the group of role models,” says Lague, whose mother, nine students and two faculty members Susan Lague, is a nurse. who made the March trip to the Nursing professor Glee Wahlquist, University’s “adopted” country. Ph.D., was among those impressed with Most of the group’s daylight hours were Lague’s willingness to give. “Kelly is really devoted to constructing a basketball court wonderful. After she finished her intern­ for the village’s young people. “To build ship at the clinic, she came back as a vol­ the court, we mixed cement by hand. It unteer. She even visited one of the clinic’s Kelly Lague with two young El was hard work, but really worth it. All the patients, an older man, in the hospital. She Salvadorans, during her working people in the village came out,” she says. does so many things and she does them spring break. Lague, an honors student who received a unobtrusively,” Wahlquist says. D.H.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 5 PIONEERING

i University team most inventive

device developed by a group of Bill Guerrero of Stratford and Susan tually narrowing their lists to one prod­ Sacred Heart University gradu­ Stalling ’98 MBA of Norwalk. “It’s uct each. The teams then conducted ate business students that can indescribable how we feel. All of the research, developed prototypes, applied Abe used by parents to locate a lost childhard work and effort has really paid for patents and wrote business plans fot won first place in the first Connecticut off,” said Gargiulo, after accepting the bringing the products to market. Venture Group Business Plan $20,000 grand prize at the New Haven The other Sacred Heart University Competition. Lawn Club on April 30. group — Wendy Hopkinson of Beacon A second Falls, Pam Sacred Heart Morgan-Hickey of University team Fairfield, Paul finished as a run­ Moriber of Easton ner-up along with and Antoinette two groups from Terenzio of Yale University Stamford — and one from developed a prod­ Rensselaer at uct that uses Hartford. A ultraviolet light to total of 25 kill bacteria that graduate school collects on tooth­ student teams brushes known as representing 11 Brush Clear. The Connecticut device holds up to colleges and four toothbrushes univetsities and is powered by entered the batteries or competition in household cur­ pursuit of rent. There’s a similar product on $50,000 in cash The University's victorious MBA team gathers for a portrait. Seated, from left: Kim the market, prizes, including Angermann and Susan Stalling. Standing: Stanley Mason, adjunct professor and Mason said. But $20,000 for first inventor; Joe Gargiulo, Bill Guerrero and Scott Colvin, MBA Program director. place and four his students were runner-up prizes of $5,000 each. Members of both Sacred Heart able to produce a competitive product “This win was not an accident, it was University teams were enrolled in the that costs half as much to produce, he well planned,” said Benoit Boyer, Entrepreneurial Organization class said. Ph.D., Sacred Heart University’s dean taught by Stanley Mason, a prominent “The success of our teams in the of the College of Business. inventor and entrepreneur from CVG competition exemplifies the The winning plan was for the product Weston. Mason, an adjunct professor essence of our MBA curriculum ... SafeZone, a device that enables parents who served as the mentor and coach for practical-based learning that will serve to track their children within a 2,000- both teams, was impressed by the inge­ our graduates well in the challenging foot radius. The wireless electronic nuity and quality of work produced by business environment of the next cen­ tracking device can also be used for his students. tury,” said Scott Colvin, the security purposes, emergency personnel “I gave the students advice, but they University’s MBA Program director. and patients. The system requires a made the choices as to the products The Connecticut Venture Group, child to wear an electronic wristwatch, they produced,” Mason says. “The founded in 1974, is a non-profit profes­ which a parent can track using a receiv­ results were spectacular. These are sional organization dedicated to sup­ er with a directional antenna. There are products that can be manufactured and porting investment by providing a net­ no similar products on the market at sold.” work and forum for those involved in this time. During the fall semester. Mason creating high-growth enterprises. Team members who developed the divided his class into two teams. Each Dean Golembeski product are: Kim Angermann ’98 MBA team made a list of several potential of Stratford, Joe Gargiulo of Trumbull, products to develop and market, even­

6 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 PIONEERING President honors Thomistie scholar on 80th birthday

The 80th birthday of a former professor became a truly memorable occasion when Sacred Heart University Press released a book in his honor that was edited by President Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D. The book, Continuity and Plurality in Catholic Theology (246 pp.) featuring nine essays by distin­ guished Catholic scholars, was presented on June 16 to the Rev. Gerald A. McCool, S.J., Ph.D., dur­ ing a dinner held in his honor at Sacred Heart University. Cernera made the presentation to his fotmer professor and “spiritual director.” McCool is a professor emeritus of philosophy at Fotdham and a pteeminent scholar of Thomistie thought. His works are highly regarded, especially his book Catholic Theology in the Nineteenth Century, which is considered a standard work on the toots of contemporary Catholic thought. Cernera and McCool met in 1970 when Cernera, then a sophomore at Fordham, enrolled in McCool’s metaphysics course. Cernera continued to study under the priest as a graduate student, and the two have or E-mail [email protected]. The cost is $23 per copy maintained a relationship for more than 25 years. (ISBN 1-888112-01-8), plus $3 shipping and handling. Discounts available for multiple orders. “Week after week I witnessed him electrify the class with his dynamism as a teacher and lecturer,” Cernera writes in the Contributing authors are: John P. Boyle, Ph.D., Catholic Professor in the preface. “His extraordinary mind and imagination allowed School of Religion, University of Iowa; William V. Dych, S.J., D.Theo., associ­ him to show even young minds like ours how to bring ideas ate professor of theology at Fordham University; Donald L. Gelpi, S.J., Ph.D., together, weaving in history to put thoughts into context.” professor of historical and systematic theology at The Jesuit School of Through Cernera, the formet professot also has forged ties Theology, Berkeley, Calif; Joseph A. Komonchak, Ph.D., professor of theolo­ gy, Department of Religion and Religious Education, The Catholic with Sacted Heatt University. McCool delivered the Curtis University; Matthew L. Lamb, S.TL., Ph.D. , professor of theology, Boston Lecture in 1989 and received the Bishop Walter W. Curtis College; John O’Donnell, S.J., D.Phil., rector of the Weston Jesuit Medal, named in honot of the Univetsity’s founder. The Community, Cambridge, Mass.; Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P., the William K. University also presented McCool a doctorate of humane Warren Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame; Andrew Tallon, letters, honoris causa, in 1993. Ph.D., professor of Philosophy, Marquette University; and Frans Jozef van Beeck, S.J., the Chester and Margaret Paluch Professor of Theology at To order the book: write Sacred Heart University Press, Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, Ill. 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06432, or call (203) 371-7971 Five for five

For the fifth straight year. Sacred Heart University earned a community service award from the Connecticut Department of Higher Education. Jack de Graffenried, assistant professor of art, was presented a 1998 special award for his numerous outreach activities ... the three-week illustration course he conducted for area high school students the past two years and the art show he organized last winter that raised more than $2,500 for Alpha Home, a Bridgeport facility that provides shelter for homeless families. Joining him for the April 16 ceremonies at the State Capitol was his wife, Judith Randall de Graffenried, an adjunct professor of art.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 7 i PIONEERING Carnesecca captivates Celebrity Breakfast

___ Guest speaker Lou Carnesecca (center) shares a laugh with Director of Athletics Don Cook (right) and Jack Kaiser, the retired St. John's athletic director who served as a consultant during Sacred Heart University's Division I study.

ariii ictrviont Kevin Phillips, men's basketball assistant Lou Carnesecca dispensed humor as the guest speak­ But ft'^an oppor- — quests, er at Sacred Heart University's first Celebrity Breakfast, but the retired St. John's University Hall of Fame bas­ tunity you should ketball coach issued a few serious words. go for. Every player wants to play at the highest level Asked to comment on the University's entry into the he can," he told an audience of 250 in the Pitt Center NCAA Division I ranks, effective with the 1999-2000 on June 3. season, Carnesecca termed it "a great opportunity," 'Tips' for the celebrity waiters — drawn from the but added, "You have to pay the price." University's coaching ranks — totaled $8,500 and went "Everyone should show patience. It's a great period to the athletic department. D.H. Milestones AWARDED: A Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Research journals dealing with emerging market economics in Asia, Fellowship in synthetic organic chemistry to Peter Korakas, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. a senior from Franklin, N.H. The $5,000 award enabled Korakas to conduct full-time research this summer under DELIVERED: The prestigious Howard Hughes Foundation the direction of his faculty mentor, James P. Louey, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Science Lecture at Canisius College, by assistant professor of chemistry. Babu George, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, on March 5. His topic was "Communicating Chemistry." George also * RETIRED: After 21 distinguished years as associate profes­ lectured at Villa Maria College and Niagara University. sor of psychology, Thomas Hicks, Ph.D. Hicks, who received the 1998 Teaching Excellence and Campus TELEVISED: On Channel 8, a 30-minute documentary, Leadership Award at the annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation "New Haven and Israel: A Half Century of Hope," on May | Dinner, will assist the Institute for Religious Education and 31 featuring Barry E. Herman, Ph.D., adjunct professor of | Pastoral Studies (REAPS) in various capacities. education. I

TENURED: Effective Sept. 1, 1999, Claire Marrone, Ph.D., ACCEPTED: By the New England Association of Schools & associate professor of modern languages; Louise Spence, Colleges, a five-year interim report from Sacred Heart Ph.D., associate professor of media studies; and Linda L. University following an extensive review of the institution. Strong, Ed.D., assistant professor of nursing. The promo­ The NEASC praised the University for its strategic planning tions for Marrone and Spence, from assistant professor to activities and improvements since its last review in 1993. associate professor, took effect Sept. 1. The NEASC serves 1,800 public and independent schools, colleges and universities in New England, as well as 70 PROMOTED: To associate professor of psychology, Carol M. American international schools worldwide. Batt, Ph.D.; to associate professor of management, Theresa M. Gonzales, Ph.D., and Gad Selig, Ph.D.; and to ENROLLED: In March, its 10,000th student, by the Institute associate professor of chemistry. Penny Snetsinger, Ph.D. for Religious Education and Pastoral Studies. Since its founding in 1990, REAPS has offered a multitude of grad­ SELECTED: To the editorial board of the Journal of uate studies and self-enrichment programs to those in | Emerging Markets, Lucjan T. Orlowski, Ph.D., professor of church-related ministries and others seeking spiritual economics. JEM is among the leading economic refereed enrichment. „ ■■ -*>■ i

8 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 Tiffany Ballew was on target throughout the national tournament, averaging a record 218.

By Gorinne A. Waldheim At the national championships in with an established program. “Sacred Heart University Places Wisconsin, the freshman with a double Swanson sparked the Pioneets to Third at Intercollegiate Bowling major — aceounting and finance — three championship appearances, Championships.” dominated the field and put her stamp capped by a fifth-place ranking in 1997 This headline may seem hypothetieal, in the record books. Ballew averaged a by the Bowling Writers Assoeiation of but it was a reality that took just five remarkable 218, eclipsing the champi­ America. In her final two seasons of yeats to achieve. onship tecord of 215 set by Tammy eompetition, she was voted an All- In mid-April, the Pioneer women’s Turner of West Texas A&M. Turner Ametiea and named MVP of the bowling team boarded a plane to now competes on the Professional predominantly male EIBC. Three Madison, Wis., for their fourth trip to Women’s Bowling Association tout, years prior to Ballew, she led the the national championships. The to which Ballew aspires after eollege. individual women’s field at the 1995 Pioneers were hoping for a top-five fin­ “We shared a lot of good times as a Nationals in Knoxville, Tenn. ish on day one of the tigorous two-day team this year and I think we built a In Febtuary, Swanson joined the competition, giving them a one-way solid foundation for the yeats to come,” PWBA tour. Her highest finish was ticket to the finals. says Ballew. ninth in the Southern Virginia Open “Our goal was to get into the top The University’s road to bowling in late July. five,” recalls Coach Becky Kregling. glory began in 1993, when Rebecca The vacancy created by Swanson’s With assistance from freshman All- Kregling, a Stratford resident who com­ depattute might have been impossible America Tiffany Ballew of Danbury, the peted on Team USA for two yeats, was to fill in the first few seasons. But suc­ coach’s hopes wete exceeded. approached by admissions officer Rob cess breeds success. Three outstanding The Pioneers qualified in fourth Cottle ’90. Cottle, who had established bowlets, Chrissy Anania (197 average) place and wete paired with third-seeded the men’s ptogtam one yeat earlier, of Bristol, R.I., Lisa Lautsen (193) of Nebraska, the reigning champion. No asked Kregling to develop a woman’s Staten Island, N.Y. and Adrienne problem. The University stunned the team. Oshman (192) of Yorktown Heights, Cotnhuskets (343-334) to ensure a Utilizing the talents of Jen Swanson N.Y., joined the team in 1996 and ’97. third-place finish. Central Missouri ’97, a Juniot Bowling Tournament Ballew (206) arrived last year. State Univetsity defeated the Pioneers (JBT) star from nearby Shelton, and With the entire national champi­ in the semi-finals by a 12-pin matgin. font othet young women, Kregling led onship roster returning, Kregling antici­ “I think we came a long way and had the Pioneers to instant success. pates even “bigget and better things to overcome a lot of adversity through­ Landing Swanson, who entered the next yeat.” out the yeat to get to whete we did,” University with a 195 avetage, was a Corinne Waldheim '98 was a four-year member of Ballew says of het team’s perfotmance majot coup; Jen could have attended the women's bowling team and, as a senior, sports at the championships Wichita, Nebtaska or another school editor of the student newspaper. Spectrum.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 9 Advancement Doyle takes Advancement reins By James L. Meeker The Office of Institutional Advancement is tackling the challenges of the future under the leadership of a new vice president, Luke Doyle, who began work at the University on July 15. Doyle succeeds James Lyddy, Ph.D., who accepted an appointment at Marquette University last January. Doyle is the former director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at the University of Tulsa. He played a key role there, helping to successfully complete an $84 million capital cam­ paign during the last five years. In his new position, which encompasses all fund-raising activities, Doyle faces many new opportunities in helping the University continue its remarkable growth and vitality. “It couldn’t be a more exciting time to come to Sacred Heart,” Doyle says. “Having just completed a five-year strate­ gic plan, the University has carefully determined how it wants to grow to meet its goals. The challenge for Institutional Advancement will be to broaden our prospect base and tell our story to more people. We will also begin to create a culture for major gift fund-raising within the University community.” Doyle is a native of Texas and a graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. He was accompanied in his relocation to Connecticut by his wife, Cynthia, their son, Clarke, 12, and daughters Whitney, 9, and Lindsay, 6. “I am very happy to have my family join the Sacred Heart family. This is a wonderful environment for all of us and we are very excited to be here,” Doyle says.

THE SIGN SAYS 'DRIVE 35'

This year. Sacred Heart University is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its founding. In keeping with that spirit, "Drive 35" is the campaign theme for the 1998-99 Annual Fund. The University has emerged as one of the leading Catholic universities in New England, thanks, in no small part, to the generous support and dedication of alumni, parents and friends. In fiscal year 1998, the Office of institutional Advancement achieved its Annual Fund goals, raising $640,440. For information about "Drive 35," contact Luke Doyle, vice president for Institutional Advancement, at (203) 371-7860. J.LM.

10 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 Commencement

Weatherstone urges graduates to find

balance between family and career. By Dean Golembeski raduating students seeking a model for future sueeess had to look no further than the keynote speaker at Gthis year’s Commencement. Standing before them was Dennis Weatherstone, the retired chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co., who told how he had to work days and take night classes for six years before earning his college degree. “A college degree won’t ensure you suc­ cess as chairman of J.P. Morgan, but it might help you understand what being successful really is,” Weatherstone told an Dennis Weatherstone, retired chairman of J.P. Morgan, delivers the estimated crowd of 7,000 gathered at Commencement address on May 17. Campus Field on May 17. Weatherstone, mixing humor with advice, offered graduates his recipe for success and encouraged them to apply it to their lives. He told the students that those who are truly successful achieve a balance between family and career. He pointed to his more than 20 years on Wall Street and further advised the gradu­ ates to be “useful and profitable — in that order.” He said that keeping this order is critical to being successful, but that it is often ignored today. He also warned stu­ Overcome with dents to be cautious in making choices in emotion, Eric Wood business and encouraged them to ask embraces his mother questions, even at the risk of sounding after receiving a B.A. ignorant. “Better to sound stupid than to degree in be proved stupid,” he said. psychology. Weatherstone, a Darien resident, was awarded the degree Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, during the University’s 32nd graduation exercises. Honorary degrees

Art professor Virginia Zic, carrying the mace, leads the Commencement proceedings.

Arthur DeGaetano, with B.S. degree in computer science in hand, exults.

Photos by Michael Bisceglie also were conferred upon Henry J. Leir University in 1997. of Ridgefield and Cheryl Driscoll, Leir’s career in gemstones and miner­ RSM, and Eileen Boffa, RSM, co­ als spanned several decades in three founders and co-directors of the Mercy countries (Germany, Luxembourg and Learning Center in Bridgeport. the United States), but his humanitari- They were joined at Commencement anism knew no boundaries. * by 750 of the approximately 1,200 grad­ He devoted most of his later years to uate and undergraduate students award­ charitable endeavors, serving as chair­ ed degrees, including valedictorian man of The Ridgefield Eoundation, a Elizabeth Meagher of Trumbull and co- New York charity that supports educa­ salutatorians Karen DiPrete of tion and Jewish organizations. In Shoreham, N.Y., and Susan Bailey Luxembourg, he was a major contribu­ Gannon of Bethlehem. tor to creating homes for orphans and During Weatherstone’s tenure as other charities. (Leir died on July 15 in chairman, J.P. Morgan honed its tradi­ New York City.) tional focus on corporate and merchant Boffa and Driscoll, who share a com­ banking, while engaging in aggressive bined 50 years’ experience in urban Valedictorian Elizabeth Meagher trading in Latin American bonds. He education, established the Mercy addresses graduates and their remains a director of the company and Learning Center in 1987. Under their families at the Academic Awards also serves as a director of General leadership, the center has expanded program on May 16. Motors, Merck & Co. and the Bank of from a literacy training center for England. women into a facility that offers classes Weatherstone was knighted by in the arts and humanities, life manage­ Queen Elizabeth as a Knight ment skills workshops, cultural events Commander of the British Empire. He and field trips. and his wife, Marion, are the parents of Since its inception, the center has four grown children. Their daughter. guided nearly 500 women through its Hazel Weatherstone, earned a master’s program and influenced the lives of degree in teaching from Sacred Heart approximately 600 children.

English professors

Roberta Staples (left) % and Marian Calabrese wait to congratulate '98 graduates.

Class of '98 president Dana Scinto is congratulated by a University trustee—her father, Robert D. Scinto '71.

President Cernera is flanked by honorary degree recipients Honorary degree recipients present (Henry J. Leir, left) and Cheryl Driscoll, RSM (left) and Eileen Boffa, RSM, past (opthalmologic surgeon Rocko M. Fasanella, 1990) co-founders and co-directors of the Mercy Learning Center. share a moment with President Anthony J. Cernera. 13 1

Gray Matter By Dean Golembeski

lthough the brain remains a mystery, some of the with $35,000, allowing Griffin to equip the lab with the latest secrets of its power are being revealed to students available technology. The results have been overwhelmingly in Sacred Heart University’s new science positive. Atechnology laboratory. Since its opening, the new laboratory has been regularly Using living brain tissue, specialized equipment and the filled with graduate and undergraduate biology, psychology, latest in computer technology, students are able to witness physical therapy and nursing students completing their firsthand how temperature fluctuations and other environ­ studies in anatomy, neurobiology and physiology. Each mental changes effect the flow of electrical impulses among semester, up to three students can take an independent neurons, which are involved in controlling body temperature. research class with Griffin, allowing them to do independent It is believed to research projects be a unique labora­ focused on neuro­ tory in which under­ biology topics. graduate students Through hands- are participating in on experimenta­ important brain tion and advanced research. It was technology, among only a hand­ students are ful of university labs receiving a in Connecticut par­ rare educational ticipating in nation­ experience. al Brain Awareness Some days Week (March 16-22) students observe sponsored by the the reactions of Society for living neural tissue Neuroscience and to changes in the Dana Alliance their environment, for Brain Initiatives. while on other A special open days they may house was held on observe a fellow March 19. student’s reaction “I’m unaware of to stress or any other neuro­ exercise. science lab that In a SMARTNET summer enrichment program, John Griffin provides instruction In every case, incorporates a to, right to left: Susan Battersby, K-12 science specialist, Darien Public Schools; the experiments research and teach­ Joseph Sileo, science teacher, Masuk High School, Monroe; Deb Ruby, Madison are channeled ing laboratory in Middle School, Trumbull; and Janice Shearer, Fairfield High School. through the lab’s this manner. computer net­ Typically, teaching work, allowing and research are separate,” says John D. Griffin, Ph.D., assis­ students to save the raw data on their laptop computers for tant professor of biology. later study and review. The result is that students are more It was Griffin’s desire to continue his doctoral research of engaged in their studies, and they are learning more and the brain as well as his interest to involve his students in the achieving higher grades. process that resulted in the creation of the laboratory in the “I think it’s unique that students can come in here and University’s new science wing. He sought and received the plug in their computers to do data analysis,” Griffin says. support of the National Science Foundation, which awarded “I’ve seen grades improve dramatically because there’s more him a $95,000 grant. The University matched those funds energy in the classroom. Students get to see their friends

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 15 demonstrating a lesson rathet than just reading about it.” With degrees from the University of Notth Carolina at Wilmington and Ohio State, followed by a three-year fellowship at Harvard, Griffin is a pioneer in the research of how temperature vari­ ations, specifically fevers, affect the brain. It is his goal, as well as that of a handful of researchers worldwide, to understand how the brain controls body temperature. Now assisting in that research is a select group of Sacred Heart Univetsity undergraduate and graduate students, whose wotk will soon be published in leading scientific journals. In the lab, students still conduct traditional scientific exercises, such as the dissection of organs. However, instructors also teach by using a computerized projection screen, and students can also use their laptops to view tutotials, anatomy models ot other important information. Each lab station is equipped with a port that Astronaut Joan Higginbotham believes that an orbiting space station allows students computer access. Under the will "be a unifying adventure for both the United States and all the Student Mobile Computing Program imple­ countries we have involved." mented three years ago, all first-year, full-time undergraduate students must own or have access to a computer. Astronaut’s message: During a biofeedback experiment, a student is connected to equipment such as an EKG moni­ tor or a polygraph. Then as the student is tested, peace through space the remainder of the class can watch the results on the projection screen or on their individual Joan Higginbotham, a civilian astronaut from NASA, is awaiting a date laptops. The information can be stoted on the with a space shuttle, but the 33-year-old Chicago native first had an main computet or downloaded to the student appointment at Sacred Heart University. She was the keynote speaker at laptops and reviewed at any time. the University's second annual Science Breakfast Symposium on April 21. The more intensive brain research takes place The symposium brought together leaders in academics, business, in an instrument room adjacent to the lab. In industry and government, as well as students to discuss the future of sci­ that room, live brain tissue is collected and then ence and technology in Connecticut. Students on hand included Sacred sliced into thin sections for examination and Heart University's best and brightest national award-winning science physiological experimentation. To study the majors, who shared their hopes and dreams as well as their undergradu­ anatomy of the tissue, some sections are placed ate research projects and findings. on slides and observed under a microscope In her address, Higginbotham spoke about her experiences at NASA linked to a computer. In addition, this informa­ and provided insight into the building of an international orbiting space tion can be displayed to students in the main station. "We hope that building an orbiting space station is going to foster lab, or can be accessed by students using their international cooperation, and has to if we are going to get it built," she laptops. said. “The projects the students do, in the majority, "We hope that, as Lyndon B. Johnson said, 'Men who we bring togeth­ relate to my work,” Griffin says. “This still gives er to reach the stars are not likely to descend together into the depths of them many ditections to pursue. Eor instance, war and destruction,"' she added. "We hope this project is going to be a we still know very little about how the body unifying adventure for both the United States and all the countries that controls inte/nal temperature and what mecha­ we have involved." nisms lead to such conditions as heat stroke. In Higginbotham earned two master's degrees (engineering management, heat stroke, the body must prevent dehydration, aerospace engineering) before beginning her career at the Kennedy so it turns off the mechanisms that control Space Center in 1987 as a payload electrical engineer. sweating. The body pteserves its water reserves, The symposium is part of the University's Presidential Science but heat is not being lost fast enough. This Initiative, which seeks to align the science curriculum with employment could result in severe tissue damage internally. If opportunities. Another of the Initiative's goals is to produce well-trained we understood the mechanisms, better treat­ graduates in the sciences who promise to be assets within the business ments could be designed.” ■ and professional communities. D.G.

16 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 Science dinner honorees, from left: Willard Welch, Don Herbert, Basaam Shakhashiri and Kenneth Rosen. ‘Mr. Wizard,’ three other scientists honored Science celebrities and the Wisconsin, and former value of science to society assistant director of the were the topics of discussion National Science May 28, when the University Foundation; and Willard M. held its second annual Welch, Ph.D., research Presidential Science Initiatives adviser. Central Research Awards Dinner at the Tara Division, Pfizer Inc., Groton. Stamford Hotel. Speaking to an audience The Initiative was created to of about 200 dinner guests, encourage youth to pursue Rosen told of the opportuni­ math and science as an ties available to those who avenue for professional chose science careers. But growth. All proceeds from the he also said that "with dinner support the University's opportunity comes respon­ scholarship program. sibility, responsibility to pay Chief among the evening's back the debt not to the last celebrities was Don Herbert, generation ... but provide best known as television pio­ the same opportunities for neer "Mr. Wizard," who was future generations in educa­ awarded the degree. Doctor of Don Herbert, best known as television's "Mr. Wizard," tion and in the creation of Sciences, honoris causa. receives an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from good and satisfying jobs." Herbert's lengthy career President Anthony J. Cernera. Shakhashiri called upon took off in 1951, when he those present to do all they began his weekly half-hour program, "Watch Mr. Wizard," on can to improve science and mathematics skills among school the NBC Network. During its 14-year run, Herbert presented children. He said there is no justifiable reason why American more than 4,500 demonstrations. Since 1983, a new version of students score lower on math and science tests than other stu­ the show, "Mr. Wizard's World," has been seen on Nickelodeon, dents throughout the world. One solution, he said, is to build pri­ the children's programming cable network. vate-public partnerships, pointing to professional sports as a Three others who have made significant contributions to the model to emulate. sciences were presented Science Initiative Awards: Kenneth M. "We need scientists, and we need science fans. But we need Rosen, Ph.D., vice president of Development Engineering and those fans not to be only sitting in the stands as passive specta­ Advanced Programs, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford; Basaam tors, we also need them to be supportive of the science and Shakhashiri, Ph.D., professor of chemistry. University of technology activities that take place," Shakhashiri said. D.G.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 17 At Auschwitz, CCJU orchestrates > a gathering for peace CCJU conference participants pause to pray at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial.

Below: President Anthony J. Cernera, Ehrenkranz, Rabbi Samuel Sirat of France, Episcopal bishop John Brown and other conferees.

t was a gray Monday afternoon in Ehrenkranz, however, chose Catholic primate of Northern the rural town of Oswiecim, Auschwitz because it is a “symbol of Ireland, Cardinal Cahal Daly; the Poland. Children returning home the international cemetery which the archbishop of Krakow, Poland, Ifrom school waved to women on world will be reduced to if we don’t Cardinal Franciszek Macharski; and bicycles with baskets filled from the find some way to live in peace with Cardinal William Keeler of market. Workers returning from the one another. Baltimore, who chairs the U.S. bish­ fields with soiled knees hardly “Our aim in this coming together ops’ committee on Catholic-Jewish noticed the sound of the passing of continents,” he said, “is to see relations. trains or the unique gathering of how we can cooperate in eliminating Of special importance to the CCJU high-ranking interfaith leaders who the violent direction so much reli­ was the participation of five had assembled from around the gious teaching takes. We want to Orthodox rabbis from Jerusalem, the world. establish that violence in the name West Bank Settlement of Efrat, On May 18, rabbis and priests, of God cannot be justified.” France, New York and Connecticut. scholars and bishops, Islamic leaders Among the conference’s partici­ This was the first time that a group and cardinals, and observers from 12 pants were the Muslim president of of Orthodox rabbis participated in an countries gathered for a three-day Meshihat of the Islamic community inter-faith discussion of a theological conference to discuss the role that of Croatia; the chairman of the nature. Orthodox rabbis have consid­ religion plays in cultivating peace or Council of Imams and Mosques in ered inter-faith discussion of reli­ promoting violence. They were London; a former Episcopal bishop gious doctrine to be forbidden, due invited to Poland by Rabbi Joseph from Cyprus; the archbishop of the to the Middle Ages practice when Ehrenkranz, executive director of Macedonian Orthodox Church; and “disputations” between rabbis and the Center for Christian-Jewish representatives from the Vatican’s priests frequently resulted in a beat­ Understanding of Sacred Heart Commission for Religious Relations en or dead rabbi. University. with the Jews. No fewer than three The CCJU conference at The conference, “Religion and cardinals were present: the retired Auschwitz received strong support Violence, Religion and Peace,” was held at the Catholic Church-operated Center for Dialogue and Prayer, a short walk from the main gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where an estimated 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, were killed amid the horror of the Nazi regime during World War II. Not surprisingly, some participants had expressed reservations about the choice of the conference site. An infamous Nazi concentration camp hardly evokes thoughts of peace. Representatives of three faiths, from left, W. Deen Mohammed, leader of the Muslim- American Society; Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore and Rabbi David Rosen, executive director of the Anti-Defamation League of Israel, share a light moment. from the Vatican. In a letter to Ehrenktanz, Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, president of the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, said, “His Holiness Pope John Paul II expresses strong encouragement for your endeavors and a sincere wish that your work may contribute to bringing about lasting peace for the whole human family.” Ehrenkranz said, “From a Jewish viewpoint, it is hardly Samuel Pisar, international attorney from Paris and New believable that the Catholic Chutch is still accused of indif­ York and an Auschwitz survivor, described the violence that ference to Jewish concerns. We realize that more has been he, his family and friends experienced when religion did too achieved in the last 30 years than in the previous 2000, and little to combat prejudice and injustice. In a moving address that we are living in exceptional times.” entitled “Blood and Hope,” he said, “On these killing University President Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D., opened fields, we dare not forget that the past can also be prologue the conference saying, “We have come together because we ... fundamentalism, fanaticism, all ideologies that despise believe that our respective religious traditions can con­ the human being can push our societies toward a new tribute to creating a delirium of violence.” world where there is The subject of fundamentalism greater justice and and fanaticism in religion sur­ peace. Our confer­ faced several times in the course ence provides us of the conference. The most sys­ with the opportunity tematic presentation of the roots to search together and causes of fundamentalism for meaning and to came from Martin Matty, Ph.D., enter into honest Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished and humble reflec­ Setvice Professot at the tion together, in the University of Chicago. The world-tenowned scholar on reli­ hope that we can — because we will gion and society sees fundamen­ work together — talism as a possible precursor to take a small step in violence. the direction of fos­ Marty pointed out that insecu­ tering peace and rity, danger and distrust cause overcoming vio­ groups or peoples to withdtaw into themselves, protecting and lence.” President Cernera chats with Cardinal Cahal Daly, retired fortifying what they believe is In his welcoming Catholic primate of Northern Ireland. At left. Cardinal fundamental and essential to remarks, Macharski Franciszek Macharski of Poland. encouraged partici­ their cultural and religious identi­ pants to remember that “only religion is able to give us such ty. Thus fundamentalism can become the fuel that inditect- a comprehensive outlook upon man ... Sincere authentic ly or directly leads to violence. Most fundamentalist move­ faith in God can be considered a factor of peace among ments “see themselves as chosen, as elect insttuments to people, the best guarantee of peaceful, mutual relations carry out divine putposes as they have been instructed to do between people. Religions unite people of all beliefs who in sacred writings,” he said. take deeply into their hearts God’s commandment: Thou He explained that the fundamentalist reacts to “the oth­ shalt not kill.” ers” whose opposing views of God and the social order are And so the conference began—a respectful, balanced and perceived as an attack to this election. These “othets” may cautious dialogue discussing peace and violence in religion. be seen as wrong, ignorant or even demonic, thereby Attendants heard papers on the roots of peace in the Torah, deserving of [in the mind of the fundamentalist] ridicule, the New Testament and the Koran. Speakers warned that humiliation ot even military violence. religions still have the potential to incite wars and, as such, The Muslim speakers all stressed that the Koran outlawed have a grave responsibility to foster a spirituality for life and violence and that the atrocities committed in Algeria, for cultures of justice. example, bore “no relation whatever” to authentic Islam.

20 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 Noted one Muslim in a small group conversation, “The feel­ Szczecin, Poland, said this was the first time he had been at ing I have when someone equates me with Islamic violence a meeting where people of different faiths could share ideas is probably the same feeling you have when a so-called and break bread in peace. Catholic bombs an abortion clinic.” Daly called the meetings an “important step toward better In late afternoon of the second day, participants were interfaith relations. The Center for Christian-Jewish invited to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. In Understanding has come of age with this conference. It has the words of Pisar, this was “a cursed and sacred place, the extended its outreach into the various religious communities modern Golgotha.” The visitors were and become more convince.d of the stunned to silence and reverence as need to pursue its contacts with the shoes of children and the hair of ever greater courage.” countless women, small scraps of In his closing remarks, Rabbi extinguished human lives, called out, David Rosen, executive director of “Never forget!” the Anti-Defamation League in It was gruesomely apparent that Israel, urged participants “to devote these were not only the remnants of ourselves with renewed energy and martyrs, these were the remains of vigor, because our works in gather­ murders. The holy and the horror, the ings like this are a testimony of Holocaust and Shoah were understood what is possible. They are a sancti­ in the universal language of compas­ fication of God’s name. They are a sion and all were reduced to their testimony of divine presence in the essential humanity. world and of divine purpose in the Standing on the site of a destroyed world. And therefore, we have crematorium, the group’s only possible every reason to be very grateful to response was prayer. Sung and spoken you and all others who organized in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Dr. Martin Marty, the world-renowned this very significant event.” Spanish, all were drawn into the fun­ scholar from the University of Chicago, As the conference attendees damental truth: We are all God’s cre­ addresses the group. departed, there was a consensus ation, all life is sacred. that their time had been well spent The next day, many participants remarked that it had but much work still needed to be done. In the town of been impossible to sleep because the weeping sounds of the Oswiecim, children were on their way to school, women trains by the hotel echoed like the Kaddish, the Jewish rode their bicycles to the market, men went to the fields to prayers for the dead. plant. Those who had been to the conference pledged to One does not expect monumental accomplishments at a continue to work in the fields of hope and peace. three-day conference. But it was clear that new friendships had been formed and trust had been strengthened through David Coppola, Ph.D., is the director of Conferences and honest dialogue. The Orthodox Archbishop of Wroclaw and Publications at the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding. I

Vatican II inspired formation of CCJU

he Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding international conferences to focus on current religious, of Sacred Heart University was inspired by the moral and social thinking within Christianity and Catholic Church’s vision presented in the 1965 Judaism. As each religion reevaluates its attitude and its TVatican II document, Nostra Aetate. The document relationship with the other in the light of new theological repudiated historic Christian teachings of contempt developments, the CCJU offers its skills and resources to toward Jews and positively asserted the ongoing validity advance shared goals and values. and common spiritual heritage shared by Christians and In its first year, the CCJU began the process of recon­ Jews. The document also encouraged prudent, charitable ciliation through numerous activities to further Christian- discussion and collaboration with members of other Jewish understanding and to confront issues that have religions. caused both faiths mutual concern. Cardinal John Other official Church documents, notably the O’Connor of New York said at its inception, “The good Guidelines (1974) and the Notes (1985), offered further that can be accomplished by the CCJU is boundless.’’ encouragement and guidance to those who participated On April 28, 1994, Pope John Paul II endorsed the in interreligious dialogue and understanding. In short, work of the CCJU in an audience with Bemporad, the initiatives of the Second Vatican Council, as well as Ehrenkranz and Cernera. 1993 Archbishop Henryk Musynski of Poland (center) and CCJU co-founder Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz (right) lead a Catholic-Jewish delegation in a special ceremony at a Warsaw Ghetto memorial.

the participation of major Protestant communions and Since its inception, the Center has sponsored confer­ umbrella groups, have dramatically changed the path of ences in New York, Los Angeles, Alemphis, Kansas City, Christian-Jewish relations for centuries to come. Dallas, Miami, Phoenix, on campus and, most recently, at Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D., president of Sacred Heart Auschwitz, Poland, where more than 30 scholars and reli­ University, knew firsthand of the possibility of charitable gious leaders from 12 countries discussed the role of reli­ collaboration with other religions. He grew up in the gion in promoting violence or peace. Bronx, where his Jewish and Italian neighbors taught Other conference topics have included: “The Spiritual him that Christians and Jews can live together in mutual Significance of Jerusalem in the Jewish, Christian and respect, cooperation and friendship. Muslim Traditions,” “The Concept of Salvation in World Cernera, with rabbis Jack Bemporad and Joseph Religions,” “Marriage in the Catholic and Jewish Ehrenkranz, saw the need to help educate religious orga­ Traditions” and “Judaism in the Catholic Catechism.” nizations at the local, regional and international levels Future conferences are planned for Buenos Aires, about these profound theological changes. In 1992, they Jerusalem, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Boston. founded»the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding The CCJU also promotes independent research and of Sacred Heart University. serves as a vehicle for processing and circulating its find­ The CCJU draws together religious leaders, laity, ings to appropriate institutions around the world through scholars, theologians and educators at local, national and the publication of its newsletter, monographs and infor-

22 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 mative web site (www.sacredheart.edu/ccju). Stendahl and Rabbi Mordecai Waxman. This year. The Center has been instrumental in supporting the Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger and Rabbi Samuel Sirat, publication of several books, including Toward Greater both of France, will be honored on Oct. 20 at the third Understanding {Ccmcn, 1995) and In Our Age (Bemporad Nostra Aetate Awards at the Sutton Place Synagogue in and Shevack, 1996). The current project, a book from the New York. The dinner will follow at the St. Regis Hotel. papers presented at the recent Auschwitz conference, Although the Center has already made remarkable “Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace,” is under progress in the last six years in overcoming hostilities way. particular to the Christian-Jewish relationship, daunting In addition to the conferences and publications, the challenges lie ahead. The CCJU seeks greater under­ CCJU holds its annual Nostra Aetate dinner at which standing and greater cooperation among all faiths, all the individuals who are known and respected for their com­ peoples of God. Much more is at stake than the concerns mitment to dialogue and action on important moral, ethi­ of individual traditions. For the first time in two millen­ cal and religious issues are honored. Past recipients of the nia, there is a window of opportunity to transcend the award have been O’Connor, Sen. Joseph Lieberman bitterness of the past and put our relationship on new (D-Conn.), Cardinal William H. Keeler, Bishop Krister footing. David Coppola

1994 Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to the CCJU's important work during an audience with then Archbishop William Keeler, Ehrenkranz and President Anthony J. Cernera.

1995 Cardinal John O'Connor accepts a special gift. Toward Greater Understanding: Essays in Honor of John Cardinal O'Connor, from the book's editor. President Cernera, and CCJU co-founder Rabbi Jack Bemporad.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 graph “Blue Drop” will be included in a set of photog­ ’66 raphy books. He lives in ’74 Shelton. Peter Robbins was Charles Goldfeld is a appointed chief of police in member of the Deloitte & Greenwich, the community Touche Consulting Group in which his father, David in West Palm Beach, Fla. Robbins, served as chief ’71 Courtney team from 1955-63. Peter and his Diane Civitelli is a teacher Edward Messina of wife, Eileen, live in Cos at Central High School in Watertown is the regional prevails in Open Cob with their children, Bridgeport. She and her sales manager for G.O.D., a Timothy and Colleen. husband, Robert, reside in firm based in Kearny, N.J. For the ninth consecutive year, the Stratford with their daugh­ Messina and his wife, Alumni Association held its Pioneer Open ter, Erin. Eileen, are the parents of golf tournament, providing fun and food Michael and Cheryl. for the participants and necessary dollars ’67 for the University's scholarship fund. Concetta Fiore The team of Steve Courtney, Pete Lopusznick is a special education and English ’72 Dobrydnio, Gregg Hutchings and Dave Thomas Mclnemey was Lavati captured low gross with a 62 to win teacher for the ’76 named to Derby’s three- the June 15 event at the Oak Lane Country Middletown (N.J.) member Board of Police Julie Buchanan ’82 MBA Club in Woodbridge. Co-sponsored by Township. Concetta and Commissioners. Mclnerney is the assistant to the associ­ CompUSA, the tournament attracted a field her husband, Peter, live in is a retired state police ate dean of the Yale of 144 golfers. Leonardo, N.J. inspector and has worked as University School of Second low gross, with 63, went to the an investigator for the city Medicine in New Haven. foursome of Sacred Heart University regent of New Haven. Her husband, Michael Carm Adimando, father-and-son Vin Buchanan ’81, ’88 MBA, is Adimando and Paul Adimando, and men's Eileen Conley performed Thomas Shalvoy of the proprietor of Car Master hockey Coach Shaun Hannah. Paul is a in “Jacques Brel is Alive Quincy, Mass., is the in Guilford. They reside in sophomore at the University. They were fol­ and Well and Living in Northeast Regional manag­ New Haven. lowed by the foursome of University trustee Paris,” a musical presented er with Truth Hardware. Paul Miller, Bob Pavia, Gregg Miller and Jeff in February by the Center Simon Mikhael is a self- Wirth, who shot a 64. for the Performing Arts. Rita A. Verespy has been employed attorney in Dave Ridolfi won the longest drive on the promoted to senior vice Carlsbad, Calif. 16th hole with a 280-yard shot. Don Natalino Recine was president and client service Christiansen posted closest to the pin on named Ridgefield’s Teacher director at BankBoston in the 15th hole at 5 feet, 3 inches, while of the Year. Recine has Providence, R.I. Rita and Stephen Paydar came closest to the line on taught English at East her husband. Jack, live in Ridge Middle School for Portsmouth, R.I. ’77 No. 17 at one-half inch. Peter Francini and Tom Brennan '78 the past 28 years. Charles Balocca of of P. Francini & Co., Inc., of Derby served as Trumbull has joined Fairfield County Savings co-chairmen of the tournament, which Bank as seniot vice presi­ contributed a record $50,000 to the ’73 dent and chief lending offi­ scholarship fund. ’69 Robert Shawinsky, a 17- cer. He will be responsible Joseph Wynne is the chief year veteran of the Stamford for launching a new com­ of Collection Field Police Department, was mercial services division. Branches I and II in the promoted to sergeant. Balocca comes to the bank Collection and Compliance from Glastonbury Bank & Research Division for the Paul Velezis served as the Trust. He and his wife, Above: Despite Connecticut-Rhode Island 30''’ annual Greek Mayor for Susan, are the parents of the rain. Parry District of the Internal a Day on March 25 in four children. Sparhr, Bryan Revenue Service. Waterbury. Each year. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Huebner, Tony Church honors an outstand­ Coppola '80 ing member of its commu­ and trustee nity on the anniversary of John Klein (left ’70 Greek independence — to right) found John Ulatowski’s photog­ March 25, 1821. Velezis, 46, Anne Pirog was married to reason to smile. raphy and poetry exhibit, a mathematics teacher at Richard Landino on Oct. 4, “Place of Rest,” was on dis­ Crosby High School, was 1997 in First the third generation of his Congregational Church, Left: Trustee play in the Stratford Library throughout June. Ulatowski family to receive the honor. Derby. Anne is a site man­ Paul Miller has written a collection of He and his wife, Sona, live ager at Merritt Orthopaedic follows children’s stories entitled in Waterbury with their Associates in Shelton. The through. “Kidstories” and his photo­ sons, Stephen and Matthew. couple resides in Trumbull.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 CLASS NOTES Tracy Hubbard of Sandy Hook joined Pappas MacDonnell, Inc., a 79 ’84 Southport marketing com­ Stephen Cullen ’87 MBA Gail Brickel is the coordi­ munications firm, as a is the manager of IS audit nator/clinical supervisor senior designer. Most with UST, Inc., in with Regional Counseling recently, Hubbard was a Greenwich. Stephen and his Services in Bridgeport. She senior designer at wife, Margaret Cullen ’79, lives in Weston. Metropolis in Milford. live in Old Greenwich. Michelle Kalfayan of Andrea Schlenk has been Beacon Falls is a guidance promoted to senior manager counselor at Memorial of human resources at ’80 Boulevard School in Bristol. Procter & Gamble in Sal J. Dias ’97 MBA is the Cincinnati. regional sales manager for Debbie Warrek, the Webster Bank in Fairfield. human resources manager Sal and his wife, Susan, at American Protective reside in Stratford with Services-Ness of Milford, their daughter Sarah. remains active in athletics Clemente Alvear was as coach of 9-year-old named vice president and daughter Amanda’s softball consultant with Sandy and basketball teams. Hook-based Brandywine ’81 Debbie and Edward Warrek Retained Ventures Inc. Michael Buchanan, see ’76 have another daughter, Brandywine is a recruiting Amy, 5, and live in Milford. firm focusing on senior Living the Donald Bourdeau ’89 management. MBA is the purchasing spe­ Mission Statement cialist with SNET in North Stacy Sass, see ’85 Haven. Bourdeau and his ’85 When German-born Sabine wife, Mary, live in Milford K. Maria Roy was elected Kuczo ’83 enrolled as a freshman in with their sons Brian and chairman of Goodwill 1979, Sacred Heart University David. Industries of Western ’88 quickly became her second home. Connecticut’s Board of James Giaquinto was mar­ Nearly 20 years later, she remains Jill Friedman MAT, a spe­ Directors at its annual ried to Karissa Larson on grateful for the support and the solid cial education teacher at meeting. Roy, of Newtown, Oct. 12, 1997 in St. foundation she received. Bloomfield High School, is director of human Catherine of Siena Church was selected the 1998-99 resources at Bridgeport- in Trumbull. Giaquinto is a In delivering the alumni reflections Bloomfield Teacher of the based Bodine Corp. risk analyst at GE Capital on Founder’s Day, Kuczo was struck Year. Friedman resides in Corp. in Danbury. by how her years as an undergradu­ Hartford. John Sass of Stamford is ate are reflected in the University’s an insurance adjuster with Mission Statement. Travelers Insurance. His “My four years at SHU not only spouse, Stacy Sass ’87, is a ’89 provided me with knowledge, but ’83 business analyst for national Lisa Gulli-Martire has also prepared me to be responsive Mario Bartoli has joined accounts with Fort James joined the Trumbull office People’s Securities, Inc., in Corp. in Norwalk. They of NASDAQ as a support to social and civic obligations, to be Milford as an investment have two children, Lauren, services associate in the compassionate and to respond to an specialist. Bartoli, who lives 6, and Tricia, 4. Administrative Services ever-changing world,” Kuczo told in Trumbull, returned to Department. She lives in the audience of faculty and staff People’s after four years Trumbull. on March 18. with Center Bank as an “My career choices are clearly assistant vice president. ’86 Gina Monahan, oncolo­ reflected in this mission statement.” Jim Deecken, an artist gy/hospice clinical supervi­ As the neighborhood coordinator Linda Hurd and Richard from Westport, was among sor with the VNA Home in Bridgeport’s Office of Planning Fohrenbach are singing five finalists in the competi­ Care Services and Hospice the praises of their 10-year- tion for Connecticut’s ver­ Community Services of and Economic Development, Kuczo old son, Ricky, who placed sion of the 1999 quarter. Meriden, was named direc­ serves as a liaison between the city first in Connecticut in the Connecticut, as one of the tor of Hospice Community and its residents. She is, on many Quantitative Score for fifth five original signers of the Services. occasions, an advocate for the poor. grade in the Johns Hopkins Constitution, will have its “I have been able to establish rela­ University Institute for the own design on the reverse tionships on the local, state and fed­ Academic Advancement of of the 1999 quarter. eral levels to help make the city in Youth “Plus Test.” The Deecken, who submitted ’90 which I live, Bridgeport, and its sur­ family resides in Milford. a “Charter Oak” design, Patricia Falzone is a Richard Fohrenbach serves formerly worked as an senior business analyst with roundings a safer and better place.” on the University’s Board accountant for a Fortune Pitney Bowes Credit Corp. “I am,” she said, “grateful to be of Regents. 500 company. in Shelton. She lives in part of this institution.”

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Stratford with her husband, John, and their son Michael. ALUMNI PROFILE Terry Mohan is a staff accountant David Boone '87 and billing manager at Smart Serv Online, Inc. in Stamford. Mohan also resides in Stamford. HAVE JOKES, ’91 Susan (Chop) DeAcutis and her WILL TRAVEL husband, James, became parents of their first child, Michael James, on March 17. They live in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

Dominic DiCocco was married to Cathy Downs on April 18 in Notre Dame of Easton Church. DiCocco is co-owner of Bridgeport-based Coreno Marble & Tile. The couple resides in Trumbull.

Andrew Madison is a vice president in the Legal Division of the Options Group, a legal consulting and place­ ment firm in New York. Madison lives in New York.

Carol Patricia Smith and her hus­ band, Michael LaManna, became the parents of a daughter, Meredith Rae, on Jan. 22. Carol is a portfolio manager at Citicorp, Inc. in New York. The family resides in Glen Rock, N.J. By Don Harrison Rockettes dressing room at Radio City ince the dawn of the nineties, Dave Music Hall writing jokes for the HBO ’92 Boone ’87 has written jokes for special ‘Comic Reliefs,’ co-hosted by Marlene Bristol is a family nurse some of the funniest people of this Crystal, Williams and Goldberg. practitioner at the Wells River (Vt.) generation ... Robin Williams, Whoopi No big deal. During the winter, he was Clinic. Goldberg, Jay Leno, the late Phil the new member of Crystal’s six-man Hartman, fellow alum Kevin Nealon ’75 writing team for the 70"’ annual Academy and Billy Crystal. At one point, he crafted Awards in Hollywood. Remember the ’93 humorous material for another man who opening musical medley, “Gilligan’s seemed to have an affinity for saying Island,” and the montage spoofing the Amy Madison was married to Kevin funny things — Dan Quayle. five nominees for best film.? Boone was Broad on May 24. Amy is a second- “Anyone can learn the mechanics to responsible for much of that material. grade teacher at John Winthrop School in Bridgeport. They reside in Milford. write jokes,” says Boone, “but you need a “The first four or five meetings were at sense of humor. You have to look at Crystal’s house in Pacific Palisades. We things a little more off-center.” hit it off right away,” Boone related. “I’d Boone has parlayed his off-center view recount some of his skits from ‘Saturday ’94 of life with a media studies major and Night Live,’ and Billy would say, ‘Boone, John Carraro of the Bridgeport political science minor into a thriving you’re scaring me.’” Police Department was promoted to career as a comedy writer. Have laptop So where did Boone watch the Oscars.? lieutenant as evening commander of and irreverent sense of humor, will Back stage. “There I was, sitting on a the East Side precinct. He lives in travel. folding chair, wearing a tux and watching Derby. At 33, he lives alone in the tony L.A. the show on a 13-inch TV. It was a very suburb of Toluca Lakes, but his work surreal experience,” he explains. “But I Patricia Collins is co-owner and trea­ often brings him to New York and other had to be there to come up with extra surer of the Brake Centers of America locales. In June, he was sitting in a jokes. If ‘Titanic’ wins everything, you store in Stratford.

26 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 CLASS NOTES have to have a remark for that. If Improv led to his writing topical political Jon Goode is working as a senior ana­ ‘Titanic’ wins nothing, you have to have material for the comedian, then subbing lyst with Wilton-based Signal a remark for that.” for Johnny Carson on ‘The Tonight Administration. Goode and his wife, The association with Crystal, an early Show.’ Their association was to last five Rose Mary, reside in Stratford. inspiration, represents the fulfillment of a years — including the period when Leno long-time dream. “When I was at Sacred replaced Carson as host. Edward Karl of New Canaan-based Heart, he was on ‘Saturday Night Live’ “Living in Norwalk, the three-hour Karl Chevrolet is among a few hun­ in 1984-85. That’s when I began to focus time difference was in my favor. I’d scan dred automobile technicians nation­ on what I really wanted to do.” But all the papers, write my material and fax wide whose level of certification quali­ Boone realized much earlier in life that it to Jay,” Boone says. “Jay really was my fies them as “World Class he was funny. His grandmother told him first big supporter. With him, I started at Technicians.” Karl, of New Canaan, so. “I was three years old. The week the top.” began working in the family dealer­ before my grandmother died, she said, In 1991, a mutual friend introduced ship while in high school and is now ‘Whenever I’m feeling low, get David to Boone to Kevin Nealon, and soon Dave its treasurer and service technician. say something. He’s funny.’” was writing Nealon’s ‘Weekend Update’ Kaye May MAT has been appointed Later, there were the evenings when monologue for ‘Saturday Night Live.’ principal of Coleytown Elementary he and his father, John Boone, a Norwalk “One of the nicest guys in the business,” School in Westport. May has been at CPA, would sit together listening to Boone says of Nealon. Coleytown for six years, serving most Boone’s memories of another SNL cast tapes of old radio shows — Bob Hope, recently as interim principal. Bing Crosby, Jack Benny. Without a visu­ member, the late Phil Hartman, are bit­ al presence, young David learned the tersweet. When Hartman left the show, Kristin Mihalovic ’97 MSN was pro­ importance of dialogue. Boone was among the attendees at the moted to nurse practitioner with a After graduating from Central Catholic cast party in the restaurant overlooking PriMed internal medicine practice in High School in Norwalk, Boone entered the Rockefeller Center skating rink. At 4 Bridgeport. Milhalovic, a Bridgeport Sacred Heart University. To hear him tell a.m., he accompanied the comedian to resident, has worked in the physicians’ it, he spent most of his four years hiding his car. “I remember Phil looking back at offices as a registered nurse and clini­ out in the Media Studies studio and 30 Rock, shaking his head and saying, cal assistant since 1992. learning about politics — his second love “Man, there’s a lot of years here ...” — in Gary Rose’s classes. But in reality, Vice President Dan Quayle entered Lorin Pellegrino was married to he was enough of a student to graduate Boone’s life during the 1992 presidential Elizabeth Afonso ’95 on April 18. magna cum laude. campaign. He was seeking jokes to Lorin is treasurer of A.R.B. of “We were sort of in our own world in counter what President Clinton and A1 Connecticut in Fairfield, while the round room,” Boone says, meaning Gore said about him in their speeches. Elizabeth is administrative assistant to the Media Studies studio. “Because I was Although not an admirer, Boone came the treasurer at Pitney Bowes Credit an intern, I did a lot of work with Becky through admirably. “He called me and Corp. in Shelton. They reside in Abbott there. Some nights, we wouldn't told me he was thrilled with one of the Trumbull. go home or we’d sleep in the studio, go jokes I wrote,” says Boone. home, grab a shower and get ready for Boone’s subsequent list of credits is class.” both extensive and impressive — ABC's Boone distinctly remembers sitting in a ‘Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher’; summer class, Constitutional Law, and A&E’s ‘Caroline’s Comedy Hour,’ for ’95 contradicting a person he mistook for an which he won an ACE writing award; and Elizabeth Afonso, see ’94 older student auditing the course. “Bob a multitude of gigs — both TV and per­ has a good point, but ...” Boone pauses sonal appearances — with comedian Mark Caraluzzi MBA was married and smiles before delivering the punch­ Richard Jeni. to Amy Jennifer Chaillou on Aug. 16, line. “Then Dr. Rose gets up and tells On the immediate horizon are ‘The 1997 at Our Lady of the Lakes us we are fortunate to have a guest Hollywood Squares,’ a syndicated show Church in New Milford. Caraluzzi is a speaker — the University’s new featuring Goldberg, which is scheduled director of marketing at the National president. Dr. Robert Preston. You to premiere in mid-September; and six Geographic Society in Washington, can imagine how I felt.” episodes of ‘The World’s Eunniest,’ with D.C. They make their home in Boone’s progression from college stu­ sportscaster James Brown, due to air on Arlington, Va. dent to comedy writer was remarkably the Fox network in early fall. Down the swift, with few false starts. Within a year road is ‘Too Hot for Prime Time,’ an Donald MacIntyre of Stamford was of graduation, he took a script, which adult version of the funniest videos, and promoted to vice president of private he’d written for his senior project, to 20'*’ — he hopes — additional work with banking at the U.S. Trust Co. of Century Fox. His arrival in Los Angeles Crystal. Connecticut’s Greenwich office. Prior coincided with a writer’s strike, but even Is it any wonder Boone considers his to joining U.S. Trust in 1996, that didn’t amount to a major deterrent. livelihood “the most fun job in the MacIntyre spent 13 years in various A chance meeting with Jay Leno at the world”.? capacities at Putnam Trust Co. in Greenwich.

Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 27 CLASS NOTES IN MEMORIAM

College in Bridgeport as an English instructor. Leo had been teaching English Dr. Timothy J. Hillis 79 at Kolbe Cathedral High School, also in ’96 Bridgeport. Timothy J. Hillis, Amy Almeida Carrk and her husband, MD ’79, a medical Ryan Carrk, are the parents of their first Scott Romano is a police officer with the researcher and co-vale- child, Austin Alexander, born March 23. New Canaan Police Department. He lives dictorian of the Class Ryan is employed by Enterprise Rent-A- in West Redding. of 1979, died at his Car in the Washington, D.C., area. The home in Oakland, Carrks reside in Gainesville, Va. Calif, on Feb. 27. He was 40. Deborah Ferber MBA was elected to the Yearbook photo Entering Sacred Board of Directors of the Danbury ’97 Heart University with a full presidential schol­ Regional Commission on Child Care, Joseph Arcarese MAT was appointed an arship, Hillis more than lived up to his Rights and Abuse, Inc. Ferber works as a assistant principal at Cheshire High promise. He graduated with a double major, in human resources representative for School, effective July 1. Arcarese comes to biology and chemistry, and shared valedictorian Duracell International in Bethel and was Cheshire from Fitch High School in honors with Igor Mikolic-Torreira. named the company’s Volunteer of the Groton, where he taught biology and In his address at Commencement, Hillis Year in 1996. She lives in New Milford. coached varsity softball and boys basket­ urged classmates and members of the ball. University community to “accept the challenge Fernando Fernandes is playing profes­ to acknowledge rationality as the central core sional soccer with the Long Island (N.Y.) George Fedor III MBA was married to of your existence; to devote your efforts to Rough Riders of the United States Jane Marie Jacobelli on Oct. 4, 1997 in minimize mediocrity in our society by exempli­ International Soccer League. Holy Name of Jesus Church, Stratford. fying a thinking morality; and to help restore Fedor is an engineer at Duracell that dignity which is rightfully ours.” Susan Jahnke 6th Year is a first grade International in Bethel. They make their After earning a medical degree from the teacher at Kennedy School in Milford. She home in Naugatuck. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, resides in Stratford. he established a pediatric practice in San Eileen McKenna is working as a market­ Francisco. A love of medical research, however, Brian Johnson played professional bas­ ing assistant at Real Estate Tax Services in led him to a position with Enzo Biochemicals, ketball in Germany last year. As a guard New York. She resides in Congers, N.Y. based in Manhattan and Stony Brook, N.Y. with the Bayern Munich team, Johnson Most recently, he was conducting clinical averaged 24.6 points across a 52-game sea­ Jennifer Platt is serving as a Peace Corps research with AIDS patients in the San son to rank second in the league. volunteer in Jamaica. As a member of the Francisco area. “World Wise Schools” program, Platt acts “It is very exciting to be part of this kind of Jacqueline Leo MAT has joined the fac­ as a cultural contact and helps expand the ground-breaking research that impacts so many ulty of Housatonic Community-Technical students’ global perspective. people,” Hillis said in a recent interview (“Valedictory Serendipity,” Summer ’97). He is survived by his parents, Arthur L. and I------1 Barbara Hillis of Huntington; three brothers, I Tell us what's new... Richard, Paul and Michael Hillis; four sisters, 1 Tell your classmates and friends about your new job, new spouse, new baby or | Susan Young, Karen Beilis, Judith Podolak and Barbara lannotti, and nine nieces and nephews. I other noteworthy achievement. Mail to: Alumni Relations Office, Sacred Heart i Contributions may be made to the Dr. j University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06432-1000. Or e-mail: I Timothy J. Hillis Memorial Scholarship Fund, I [email protected] j c/o Susan Hillis Young, 32 Florence Drive, Huntington, CT 06484. 1 Name (include maiden name)______1 I Class _____ Home Phone ______Bus. Phone ______i Henry J. Leir Henry J. Leir, who j Home Address______j received an honorary Doctor of Laws at I Occupation ______i Commencement on May 17, died in New I Company______j York City on July 15. I Company Address______i He was 98. Leir fled Nazi I Class Notes.______1 Germany in 1933 and founded a major international trading business in the United States. After selling the company for $40 million in stock in 1968, he focused on philanthropy. He contributed to many causes, I______I including homes for orphans in Luxembourg.

28 Sacred Heart University Magazine • Fall 1998 Continuity and Plurality in Catholic Theology Essays In Honor of Gerald A. McCool, SJ. Edited by Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D., President, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Conn.

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