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Final Highlights Printers University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy AA Win-WinWin-Win Situation:Situation: ReclaimingReclaiming thethe FutureFuture ALSO INSIDE: • Curley Hall- A New Face for the Gym • New Faculty Join U of D Jesuit High • First Person Singular- First in a Series by Alumni Recalling Their Time at ‘The High’ “What“What aa greatgreat wayway toto spendspend aa year!”year!” Are you interested in using your talentand energies in a professional environment? What are Are you interested in being part What are of the growth at U of D? thethe benefits?benefits? Whether you just miss the good •• FreeFree HousingHousing old times at The High or you’re •• SpiritualSpiritual DevelopmentDevelopment just looking for a professional •• WorkWork ExperienceExperience challenge, the AVC has an •• LivingLiving StipendStipend option for you. THE ALUMNI VOLUUNTEER CORPS is a nine interact with the students on a daily basis. month program for graduates of U of D AVC members gain concrete experience while Jesuit. The program is tailored to those working in a familiar environment. On any who are dedicated to service and communal given day, an AVC member may have the activities. Participants, who live in a five opportunity to teach, coach,or sub. They bedroom house adjacent to campus, help fill also work in various offices including the needs of the school while offering young development, pastoral, and admissions. alumni the chance to be “Men for Others.” If interested, please contact During the program AVC members are Gary Marando at (313) 862-5400 ext 332 linked to the school in a variety of ways. or email [email protected] Those involved will have the opportunity to for further information. develop a schedule which fits their personal interests and also allows them to to directly Fall 2001 Volume 71 Number 4 FFEATURESEATURES A Win-Win Situation: Reclaiming See Page 6 the Future The Results of the “Reclaiming Our Future” Campaign Curley Hall See Page 14 A New Face for the Gym New Faculty See Page 18 Join U of D Jesuit High STAFFSTAFF editor Mark Grzybowski (’73) DDEPARTMENTSEPARTMENTS managing editor 3 Ann Steele contributing writers 3 President’s Message Mike Dixon (’02) Sean Dudley (‘00) 5 Developments in Mike Gunderson 5 Development Dave Harris Patricia Turner- 11 Admissions Account McKenna Andy Novak (‘02) 13 Alumni Alley Steve Zaris (‘74) 11 21 Arrupe Society/ photo credit Planned Giving Robert Buchta (‘66) Cub News re-design 13 23 Faculty Focus David Myer 25 Sports Round-Up Grigg Graphic Services U of D Jesuit’s Highlights is 28 Alumni Notes/ published three times per year and distributed free to alumni, 21 Photo Gallery parents, faculty, administrators and friends of U of D Jesuit High School and Academy. Send address changes, Letters Notes to the Editor, Class Memories Parents, if you are receiving your son’s and other correspondence to: Highlights although he no longer lives with Mark Grzybowski, you, please let us know so we can change our Highlights Editor records and send the magazine directly to U of D Jesuit High School him. If you enjoy reading your son’s 8400 South Cambridge Highlights, let us know that too. We would Detroit, MI 48221 be glad to send a copy to his new address e-mail: and continue a copy to you. [email protected] phone: (313) 862-5400 ext. 304 (800) 968-CUBS Fax (313) 862-3299 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE UDJH-125UDJH-125 YearsYears NewNew new school year has truly remarkable achievement. These funds have helped Abegun here at U of D renovate and expand our physical facilities, add state- Jesuit High School and of-the-art technology, and build our scholarship and Academy, one that has been faculty endowments. While the school will continue highly eventful so far. Like to have capital needs, our fundraising efforts will now the rest of our nation we are focus on building our Annual Fund. The Annual Fund struggling with the impact supports the school’s yearly operating costs, and is thus of the tragic events of critical to our educational efforts, keeping tuition September 11. Our school affordable. We know that most of you have contributed community has collected generously to this fall’s relief efforts and other worthy relief supplies, held prayer causes. We hope that you will also remember U of D sessions, sponsored commu- Jesuit this year as your family makes it charitable Fr. Timothy T. Shannon, S.J. nity discussion sessions contribution decisions. President and helped support school Our personal and communal future has been a families and friends impact- mystery hidden from our eyes, but now, in the light ed by these events. We continue to try to help students, of September 11, more than ever we are headed into alumni, faculty and their families assimilate the changes uncharted waters. Yet we do so with the hope and we all now face. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all confidence based on the power of Christ's Resurrection; of you in these challenging times. we trust that God will bring new life out of our pain At the same time, we are attempting to help students and suffering. We believe that this moment, like return to "normal" by focusing on the positive events tragedies, is somehow a change and conversion, that mark this time of year at U of D Jesuit – a new growth and renewal–on a personal level and on a school year, successful athletic events, extracurricular communal level. activities, Homecoming, the Walkathon and many The waters may be choppy and the horizon may academic achievements. One of the largest, brightest seem out of range but nevertheless, the Lord is with group of students that the school has enrolled in 30 us as we invoke His presence and speak and serve His years is generating a high level of energy and name. Together let us courageously step into these enthusiasm throughout campus. deeper waters, relying not on our own talents or powers This issue of Highlights features stories that showcase but always looking to the Lord and the way He gives some of the best aspects of the "new" U of D Jesuit. As Himself to us and to our world. He alone is “the Way, we get ready to celebrate the school’s 125th anniversary the Truth, and the Life.” A.M.D.G. in 2002, our school has never been in better shape. God's blessings, This fall our students returned to greatly improved athletic facilities, thanks to the addition of Curley Hall and our new field. This issue’s feature article tells the story of the construction and impact of this impressive new facility. Other articles will highlight recent alumni activities and achievements, introduce new faculty members and spotlight long-time history teacher Carl Saam. Timothy T. Shannon, S.J. As Thanksgiving approaches, we are thankful for the generosity of alumni, parents, former parents and friends of UDJ. This November we will formally close our “Reclaiming Our Future” capital campaign, having successfully raised $25 million dollars, a Fall 2001 www.uofdhigh.k12.mi.us Highlights • 3 YYou,ou, Ralph Cordero, 34, recently too,too, JohnJohn Mark,Mark, 33,33, broughtbrought traveledtraveled toto ElEl SalvadorSalvador toto innovativeinnovative workshopworkshop programsprograms provide eye care to hundreds toto thethe schoolschool wherewhere hehe servedserved of Salvadorans. couldcould as Principal. bebe aa JesuitJesuit FForor informationinformation pleaseplease contactcontact Br.Br. James James Boynton,Boynton, S.J. S.J. (313)(313) 927-9467927-9467 Thach Nguyer, 27, teaches 8-13 Patrick McGrath, 34, is the past yearyear oldold VietnameseVietnamese studentsstudents director of community service catechismcatechism andand thethe VietnameseVietnamese and chair of the Religious Studies languagelanguage eacheach Sunday.Sunday. department at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. ContinueContinue thethe tradition…tradition… 4 • Highlights www.uofdhigh.k12.mi.us Fall 2001 DEVELOPMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT You Should See Us Now… he new school year The new Curley Hall was dedicated on Tarrived with a great deal September 6, 2001. of excitement and enthusiasm It features many new facility upgrades to on August 27. As the 930 students The High. entered 8400 S. Cambridge, they were greeted with many new and positive facility changes. The new Curley Hall, which was dedicated on September 6, features the renovation of a spacious lobby and the addition of a new auxiliary Please don’t forget your Annual Fund gift gym, locker room, classrooms, This year’s Annual Fund drive is the most challenging in James McLaughlin coaches offices, weight room and the school’s history, set at $1.5 million. Gifts to the Annual Vice President, a faculty and staff exercise room. Fund support the school’s general operating budget, including Institutional Advancement In addition, the football field in tuition assistance support for needy students. The average the back of the school has been tuition cost only accounts for about 72 per cent of the real replaced with state-of-the-art artificial grass. cost to educate a student at U of D Jesuit. So, annual gifts from alumni, parents and friends are truly the lifeblood of Needless to say, students, faculty and staff are pretty the school’s operation. Please think Annual Fund first in your excited about our “new digs”; and we can’t wait to show gifting to the school. them off to all our alumni, parents and friends in the months to come. We hope you will take the opportunity to visit the The major thrust of the Annual Fund drive will occur school in the coming months, if you haven’t already done so. this fall with a customized mailing campaign. Hopefully, your letter has arrived in your mailbox and you have made All of these facility enhancements were made possible or are considering your 2001-2002 gift to the school.
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