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Top left: Harvard’s men’s heavyweight crew team took home its second consecutive National Championship after completing its second straight undefeated season. Top right: Harvard football captains and Hall of Famers from all eras were on hand at halftime of the Harvard vs. Princeton game, highlighting the Harvard Stadium Centennial celebration weekend. Far Left: Jesse Jantzen ‘04 became the first Harvard wrestler since John Harkness ‘38 to win a National Championship when he won the NCAA crown in March. Right: Senior Angela Ruggiero earned the Patty Kazmaier Award as the nation’s top women’s hockey player. (Jantzen and Ruggiero - David Silverman Photo) Harvard Hires ‘91 as Head Men’s Hockey Coach

Ted Donato, a former Harvard hockey who won an tradition that I hope to carry on. I look forward to working with a NCAA championship, played in the number of outstanding people, and I’m Olympic Games and enjoyed a 13-year very excited about the future of this pro- NHL career, was introduced as the Rob- gram.” ert D. Ziff Head Coach of Harvard “In hiring Ted Donato, we’re confident Men’s on July 2 at a press that we’ve added an enthusiastic head conference held at the Murr Center. coach who is prepared to build upon our

Donato, a 1991 graduate of David Silverman Photo success of the recent past,” said Nichols Harvard, becomes just the sixth person Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise. to serve as Harvard’s head coach since “He knows firsthand what it takes to be 1950. He is the eighth Harvard alum to a successful Harvard student and hockey serve as head coach at his alma mater. player, and I fully expect that, with his The appointment at Harvard is leadership, we will have great success Donato’s first coaching position. with our program in the future. Donato replaces , “We looked carefully at what we who stepped down in June after lead- thought the principles of the next ing the Crimson to two ECAC tourna- Harvard hockey coach should embody,” ment championships and three con- said Scalise. “We decided that we wanted secutive NCAA tournament appear- someone who would first give us cred- ances in his five years with the pro- ibility in the hockey community; sec- gram. ondly, someone who would embrace “This is a great day for me,” said Harvard’s philosophies in academics and Donato. “I’m thrilled to be back at athletics; and lastly, someone who can Harvard. Obviously this is a special serve as a role model to our current stu- place for me. I embrace the history and Harvard Alumnus Ted Donato ‘91 was hired as the dent-athletes and to the young people of tradition of Harvard Hockey and the Robert D. Ziff Head Coach of Men’s Hockey. .” quality of people who are involved with “I’m extremely excited and I know our the program. team is, too,” said senior defenseman “I feel that this is the greatest combination of superior academ- Noah Welch, who will serve as the Crimson’s 2004-05 captain. “When ics and competitive athletics in all of college sports, and that is a Continued on page 6 Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament An Evening in Honor of Carole Kleinfelder September 26, 2003 October 4, 2003

Friends, family and former colleagues came out to celebrate the career Father Dick Reiman, newly appointed women’s hockey Assistant Coach of longtime Harvard women’s lacrosse coach Carole Kleinfelder Jamie Hagerman ‘02 and Phil Haughey ‘57. (center, in white). Celebrating 100 Years of Harvard Stadium October 25, 2003

Left: Dick Clasby ‘54 was on coin flip duty during the Harvard vs. Princeton game. Middle: President Larry Summers addressed the crowd at the Harvard Stadium Centennial Dinner. Right: Danny Jiggetts ‘76 served as emcee for the evening. Harvard Varsity Club Annual Meeting November 17, 2003

The Club handed out honorary memberships to three well deserving people: Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kathy Delaney Smith (left), Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Scott Anderson (middle) and longtime News & Views printer Charlie Guillette (right). Harvard - Yale Weekend 2003 November 20, 2003

Left: Jo Cleary, Paul Kirk ‘60, ‘56, Senior Associate Athletic Director Pat Henry with Jean Swan Gordon and Bob Gordon. Right: Travis Lavoi ‘05 had to jump into Yale’s crowd to retrieve the Harvard Flag that was swiped by a group of Yale fans during The Game. All photos by Tim Morse Photography

2 Friends of Harvard Hockey Family Skate January 4, 2004

Left: Noah Welch ‘05, Tim Pettit ‘04 and ‘05 enjoyed spending time with the Friends of Harvad Hockey and their families.

Right: Ali Boe ‘06 and Jennifer Raimondi ‘06 out some useful informa- tion to youngsters at the Family Skate.

25 Years of Harvard Women’s Hockey & Alumnae Game January 10-11, 2004

Sara Fischer ’81, Lucy Arnold ’78, Alison Bell ’79 and Meg Streeter Lauck Joe Bertagna ‘73 and Alison Bell ‘79 enjoying the dinner celebrating 25 years ’79 at the women’s hockey alumnae game on January 11th. of women’s hockey at Harvard as their picture is displayed in the background. Harvard Varsity Club Career Night February 4, 2004

Career Consultant Dusty Burke ’52 was in high demand, fielding Lyman Bullard, Jr. ’77 talked with students about his experiences in questions from many students. sports law and his sincere interest in Harvard Athletics.

Left: Nancy Saunders was on hand to inform students of the networking and career search opportunities available at the Office of Career Services.

Right: Peter Woodfork ’99, Director of Baseball Opera- tions for the Red Sox, shared his experiences with a captive audience.

3 Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame Dinner May 15, 2004

One of the Harvard Varsity Club’s premier events, the annual Hall of Fame Dinner was held on May 15, 2004 at the Harvard Club of Boston. Approximately 200 people were in attendance to honor the inductees and Varsity Club Award winner Bill Cleary ‘56.

Top left: Fran Toland and Bob Anderson ’61. Top Middle: 2005 inductee Charlotte Joslin ’90 with Jim Brady and 2004 inductee Julia Trotman Brady ’89. Top Right: The evening’s emcee Joe Bertagna ’73, Kevin Hampe ’73 and Varsity Club Award winner Bill Cleary ’56.

Right: The evening’s inductees - Back row: B. Lane MacDonald ’88, Elizabeth McCagg ’89, Mary McCagg-Larin ‘89. Front row: James Callinan ’82, David Berkoff ’89, Julia Trotman Brady ’89, Mark Benning ’87, and James Russell ‘88.

Hall of Fame Dinner photos by David Silverman

Harvard Varsity Club Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner June 9, 2004 Senior Dinner photos by David Silverman

2004 William Bingham Award winners 2004 HRFWA Award winner Hana Jesse Jantzen ‘04 (left) and Dante Despite the 90 degree weather, more than 500 guests were on Peljto ‘04 and presenter Pat Henry. Balestracci ‘04 (right). hand to honor the class of 2004.

Friends of Football Golf Tournament June 28, 2004

Jim Smith ‘90, DJ Langis ‘90, Mark Bianchi ‘90 and KC Smith ‘86 Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise (center) and Varsity enjoyed the day at Charter Oak. Club President J. Louis Newell ‘57 (far left) greeted foursomes on the course. 4 Memorable Moments In Sports 2003-04

2003-04 Season Highlights Men’s Heavyweight Crew IRA National Champion Eastern Sprints Champion

Men’s Lighweight Crew Above: This March saw both the men’s and women’s hockey teams win ECAC Second at Eastern Sprints titles and go to the NCAA Tournament. The ECAC wins made Harvard the first program in history to sweep both the men’s and women’s tournament Women’s Heavyweight Crew titles. Right, Top: The men’s tennis team brought home an ECAC title of Second at Eastern Sprints their own. It was the second consecutive title for the team. They went on to make it to the third round of the NCAA tournament, nearly upsetting top Women’s Lightweight Crew seeded Illinois. Right, Bottom: The women’s tennis team won an Ivy League Eastern Sprints Champion Championship, and finished the season ranked #1 in the East Region, in large part because of the play of juniors Courtney Bergman (left) and Men’s & Women’s Fencing Susanna Lingman (right). Eighth at NCAA Championships HARVARD FOOTBALL IN JAPAN Men’s Ice Hockey ECAC Champion In June the Harvard Football coaching staff, and four recent alums, NCAA Tournament Appearance got the chance to take on Yale one more time. This time it was over 6,000 miles away in Tokyo, Japan. The two schools competed in the Ivy-Samuri Women’s Ice Hockey Bowl on June 19, with Harvard coming away with the ECAC Champion 35-21 victory. Alums Nick Palazzo ‘03, Neil Rose ‘03, Erik LaHaie ‘02 NCAA Tournament Finalist and Andy Fried ‘02 joined the coaching staff on this once in a lifetime trip. Coed Sailing The trip made quite an impact on Fried, who currently lives in Ho- New England Team Race Champion nolulu, Hawaii. After the game he signed with a football team in Osaka, Japan and will Women’s Sailing start practicing on New England Champion July 18. He plans Second at North American Championships to spend six months playing Men’s Squash football there. Ivy League Champion, Second at College Squash Association Team Championship Pictured from top left: Brendan Bibro Women’s Squash ’99 (who lives in To- Howe Cup Semifinalist kyo), Fried, Rose, Head Coach Tim Men’s Tennis Murphy, Varsity Ivy League Champion Club Executive Di- NCAA Tournament Appearance rector Bob Glatz ’88, Palazzo, and Women’s Tennis LaHaie. Ivy League Champion NCAA Tournament Appearance 5 HARVARD VARSITY CLUB, INC. FIRST CLASS Murr Center U.S. POSTAGE 65 North Harvard Street PAID Boston, MA BOSTON, MA 02163-1012 PERMIT NO. 53825

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hometown club in March 1992, following the Olympic Games. His Games. Olympic the following 1992, March in club hometown

Championships in Banyoles, Spain. Banyoles, in Championships

the 1987 NHL Entry Draft (98th overall), and he signed with his with signed he and overall), (98th Draft Entry NHL 1987 the

a coach for the U.S. Junior Women’s team going to the World the to going team Women’s Junior U.S. the for coach a

Donato was selected by the in the fifth round of round fifth the in Bruins Boston the by selected was Donato

ens, while freshman lightweight coach Linda Muri will serve as serve will Muri Linda coach lightweight freshman while ens,

ior Championships (3-2-5 in seven games). seven in (3-2-5 Championships ior

named one of the coaches for the U.S. Olympic rowers in Ath- in rowers Olympic U.S. the for coaches the of one named

games) and 1999 (2-6-8 in eight games) and in the 1988 World Jun- World 1988 the in and games) eight in (2-6-8 1999 and games)

in his 17th season at the helm of the Harvard program, has been has program, Harvard the of helm the at season 17th his in

also played in the World Championships in 1997 (4-2-6 in eight in (4-2-6 1997 in Championships World the in played also

head off to international competition this summer. Charley Butt, Charley summer. this competition international to off head

Good news also for the lightweight rowing coaches as they’ll as coaches rowing lightweight the for also news Good

Coach of Harvard Hockey. Harvard of Coach

has won this trophy. this won has

Donato becomes just the eighth Harvard alumnus to serve as Head as serve to alumnus Harvard eighth the just becomes Donato

points trophy, marking the first time since 1991 that Harvard that 1991 since time first the marking trophy, points

JV and freshmen levels, the lightweight squad won the Jope Cup Jope the won squad lightweight the levels, freshmen and JV

Sprints. With the second place finish at Sprints, and wins at the at wins and Sprints, at finish place second the With Sprints.

the varsity boat fell to fourth at IRA’s after finishing second at second finishing after IRA’s at fourth to fell boat varsity the

team. The team had a mixed bag to complete their season, as season, their complete to bag mixed a had team The team.

the accomplishments of the Harvard men’s lightweight crew lightweight men’s Harvard the of accomplishments the

we unknowingly omitted unknowingly we Views & News of issue June the In

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and had an 11-22-52 scoring total in the pre-Games schedule. He schedule. pre-Games the in total scoring 11-22-52 an had and

with four goals and three assists in eight games in the Olympics the in games eight in assists three and goals four with

competed in Albertville, France. He tied for the team lead in scoring in lead team the for tied He France. Albertville, in competed

United States national teams, including the 1992 Olympic team that team Olympic 1992 the including teams, national States United

Men’s Lightweight Crew Lightweight Men’s

A native of nearby Dedham, MA, Donato was a member of four of member a was Donato MA, Dedham, nearby of native A

nior in 1991. in nior

Weiland Award for spirit and devotion to Harvard Hockey as a se- a as Hockey Harvard to devotion and spirit for Award Weiland

and their four children: Ryan, Jack, Nolan, and Madelyn. and Nolan, Jack, Ryan, children: four their and improved player in 1989, and he accepted the Ralph “Cooney” Ralph the accepted he and 1989, in player improved

Donato is a resident of Scituate, MA, with his wife, Jeannine, wife, his with MA, Scituate, of resident a is Donato He earned the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy as the team’s most team’s the as Trophy Hockey Angier Donald the earned He

at Boston University. Boston at championship game. championship

ball and football at Williams, and Dan played hockey and baseball and hockey played Dan and Williams, at football and ball pair of goals in the 4-3 overtime victory against Minnesota in the in Minnesota against victory overtime 4-3 the in goals of pair

Michael played baseball at Princeton, Chris played hockey, base- hockey, played Chris Princeton, at baseball played Michael scored three goals and two assists in the tournament, including a including tournament, the in assists two and goals three scored

three brothers were all active in intercollegiate athletics. Brother athletics. intercollegiate in active all were brothers three Frozen Four when Harvard won the national championship. He championship. national the won Harvard when Four Frozen

leading scorer. The son of Michael and Mary Donato, Ted and his and Ted Donato, Mary and Michael of son The scorer. leading Donato was named Most Valuable Player of the 1989 NCAA 1989 the of Player Valuable Most named was Donato

Memorial High School, where he graduated as the school’s all-time school’s the as graduated he where School, High Memorial ECAC and All-Ivy League accolades in his 1990-91 senior season. senior 1990-91 his in accolades League All-Ivy and ECAC

Born April 28, 1969, Donato played scholastically at Catholic at scholastically played Donato 1969, 28, April Born sists, 144 points) and is now 12th in that category. He earned All- earned He category. that in 12th now is and points) 144 sists,

ment championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament. NCAA the to advanced and championship ment 11th place on the Crimson’s career scoring chart (50 goals, 94 as- 94 goals, (50 chart scoring career Crimson’s the on place 11th

from last year’s team, which went 18-15-3, won the ECAC tourna- ECAC the won 18-15-3, went which team, year’s last from time greats in Harvard Hockey history. He finished his career in career his finished He history. Hockey Harvard in greats time

He will inherit a Harvard squad that returns 16 letterwinners 16 returns that squad Harvard a inherit will He As an undergraduate, Donato etched his name along the all- the along name his etched Donato undergraduate, an As

assists and 26 points in 58 career playoff games. playoff career 58 in points 26 and assists can help us make that jump.” that make us help can

150 goals with 197 assists for 347 points. He had eight goals, 18 goals, eight had He points. 347 for assists 197 with goals 150 good team, we think that with his confidence and experience, he experience, and confidence his with that think we team, good

Donato’s NHL career spanned 796 games, in which he scored he which in games, 796 spanned career NHL Donato’s Harvard was at the top in college hockey. Now that we have a pretty a have we that Now hockey. college in top the at was Harvard

and became a Group III free agent as of midnight June 30. June midnight of as agent free III Group a became and nitely someone we wanted to meet. When he was a player here, player a was he When meet. to wanted we someone nitely

Louis. He had returned to the Bruins as a free agent in July 2003 July in agent free a as Bruins the to returned had He Louis. we found out that (Donato) was putting his name in, he was defi- was he in, name his putting was (Donato) that out found we

the Rangers and Islanders), Ottawa, Anaheim, Los Angeles and St. and Angeles Los Anaheim, Ottawa, Islanders), and Rangers the

Continued from page 1 page from Continued 13-year professional career included stops in New York (with both (with York New in stops included career professional 13-year