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Seeking Solutions for Childhood Obesity
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
When the editors of Forbes magazine went looking for their Entrepreneur of the Year for 2006, they didn’t look in Silicon Valley for a high-tech whiz kid or along Boston’s Route 128 corridor for a biotech pioneer. Their search took them to Montgomery County, just north of Philadelphia, where Michael J. Hagan ’85 is the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of NutriSystem. Under his leadership, NutriSystem has experienced a stunning turnaround, with its sales and earnings growth and return on equity earning it the top spot on Forbes’s list of the Best 200 Small Companies in America last year. The magazine’s October 30 issue featured Mike on its cover. The recognition was well earned, but hardly surprising. Saint Joseph’s University is blessed by the leadership of many alumni, who can be found in an astonishing array of fields, where every day they heed God’s call to go forth and serve others. These are graduates who are school principals and teachers, physicians and research scientists, Fortune 500 vice presidents and directors. They are attorneys and accountants and journalists; artists and singers and writers; university presidents, priests, elected officials and social workers. Their work may not result in feature stories in business magazines or coverage in daily papers, but in their own equally significant ways, they — you — are achieving so much that is worthy of celebration. What ties the work of our alumni together, regardless of their field, regardless of their title, is a special kind of leadership. It is a result of the Jesuits’ emphasis on rigor and service, combined with our deeply held Catholic values of intellectual drive and spirituality. Men and women educated at Saint Joseph’s, leaders all, change not only the wider world but also their own individual domains. They bring to their enterprises technical acumen as well as a worldview that encompasses compassion and ethics. And they change their organizations — from entrepreneurial start-ups to non-profits to corporate institutions to government agencies — in ways that deepen the human experience and transform the world into a better, more just place. This special brand of leadership is fostered by a holistic, all-encompassing curriculum that gives each student a firm grounding in the humanities, the natural and social sciences, and the arts, and that includes ethics and justice as major components. It is informed and inspired by a campuswide emphasis on service to others. Individually, each of these efforts is laudable and worthy. Combined, in reflection of Catholicism’s encouragement to seek truth and Ignatius’s call to find God in all things, they cultivate in men and women an inquisitive nature and a deep commitment to bring meaning to their pursuits. And so I congratulate Mike Hagan for an honor that is richly deserved. At the same time, it gives me great pleasure to be part of the community that includes all Saint Joseph’s University alumni. Your contributions reflect well on all of us. More important, they foster goodwill and justice, in the process providing a model for all to emulate.
God’s blessings,
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magazine Volume 21, No. 2, Spring 2007
Cover Story Features Departments
2 From the Editor
2 On the Calendar
3 News Scholarship Spotlight on Students, Faculty On Campus Service Athletics
26 Advancing Alumni Chapter Events 12 Americans in the Battle of the Bulge: John R. Post ’60 Awarded Shield of Loyola A Troop of SJU Researchers Fights Gift from Bernadette and James J. Nealis ’69 Childhood Obesity Loyola Society Executive Council By Kelly Welsh ’05 (M.A.) and Carolyn Steigleman 30 Alum Notes Members of Saint Joseph’s faculty have joined In Memory forces to combat the national epidemic of Francis R. Rosato ’56 (B.S.) childhood obesity. Alumni Profiles 18 Red Skies at Night Nick DiNubile, M.D. ’73 (B.S.) By Bradford T. Pearson ’06 (B.A.) Brian Egan ’90 (B.A.) An Iraqi journalist makes his way to SJU and Renee Hykel ’01 (B.S.) the master’s in writing studies program. 39 Viewpoint 20 Bucking the Odds By Stephen Fields, S.J. By Kevin Mulligan 40 EndPoint Underprivileged circumstances didn’t hold By Ed Trainer ’63 (B.A.) back Bruce Crawley ’67 (B.S.) in his quest for success.
22 The Party’s Over: Consequences of College Binge Drinking By Thomas W. Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.) New research illuminates the serious ramifications of binge drinking among college students, particularly women.
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From the Editor ACADEMIC CALENDAR ALUMNI Last day of classes, Fri., Apr. 27. Final Examinations, Mon., Apr. 30-Fri. May 5. Reunion Weekend 2007! May 18-20 Commencement: Classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, • Baccalaureate Mass, Fri., May 11 (5:15 P.M.) 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 • Graduate Students, Sat., May 12 (9 A.M.) • Undergraduate Students, Sat., May 12 (3 P.M.) Class of 1957 — 50th Reunion May 10-12 Online: www.sju.edu/commencement. See inside back cover for more information. Life is full of tough choices, isn’t it? ACADEMIC EVENTS Paper or plastic? Starbucks or Dunkin’ Erivan K. Haub School of Business Cooperative Education Summer Immersion Programs Auction, Fri., Mar. 23, Campion Student Center (5-10 P.M.), followed by an Donuts? PlayStation or Xbox? Program: Enrolled students alternate time in classroom with learning on the job to gain valuable industry alumni reception. The auction benefits new service trips If only all of our decisions were that simple. experience, earn respectable wages, and graduate in to Tanzania and Ecuador, in addition to annual trips to So many more of our choices have long- four years. Interested companies, contact Patricia Tijuana, Mexico, and Tohatchi, New Mexico. Contact: Bazrod at 610-660-1103 or visit www.sju.edu/hsb/coop. Matt Fullmer, 610-660-1030, or [email protected]. lasting ramifications, far-reaching consequences. Diversity Lecture Series: “The Naked Truth: Advertising’s Erivan K. Haub School of Business Hall of Fame Award, And when we’re lucky enough or smart enough Image of Women,” Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., author and Wed., Apr. 25, Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn’s or in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time enough, filmmaker, Wed., Mar. 28, Presidents’ Lounge, Campion Landing. Honoree: Robert D. Falese Jr. ’69, those choices can change our lives in ways we Student Center (4-6 P.M.). Contact: 610-660-1141. president of Commercial and Investment Banking, Online: www.sju.edu/STUDENT_LIFE/multicultural_life/ Commerce Bank. Contact: Mary Finelli, 610-660-1645 may not imagine ... often for the better. documents/OMLPOSTERofEVENTS_v2.pdf. or [email protected]. See page 29 for more information. The subjects of this issue’s features can attest “Agency and Subjectivity,” a conference supported by Legacy Day, Fri., Apr. 27. Contact: Nora Clancy, to that. SJU and the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, 610-660-3202 or [email protected]. Sat., Apr. 7, Erivan K. Haub Executive Center, McShain Upon meeting Bruce Crawley ’67, you would Hall (1-5 P.M.). Speakers: Linda Martin Alcoff, professor 21st Annual Graduate Business Student Association/MBA never guess the circumstances from which he of philosophy, women’s studies, and political science at Alumni Association Networking Event, Thu., May 10, Mandeville dining room, (6-9 P.M.) RSVP: Graduate came. The advertising mogul’s dazzling smile and Syracuse University, and Carol Rovane, professor of philosophy at Columbia University. Contact: Business Office, 610-660-1690 or [email protected], by high-rise office space belie his childhood in a Andrew Payne, 610-660-1546 or [email protected]. Thu., Apr 26. All May graduates are free with RSVP. North Philadelphia project. Checking out library 18th Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, Jim Boyle ’64 Memorial Golf Outing, Mon., Jun. 4, Rolling books as a kid instead of the action on the street Fri., Apr. 20. Keynote speaker: George V. Coyne, S.J., Green Golf Club, Springfield, Pa. Contact: Department former director of the Vatican Observatory, Wolfington of Athletics, 610-660-1707. was the first of many decisions that would Teletorium, Mandeville Hall (5 P.M.). Poster demonstra- Online: alumni.sju.edu. change his life. tions of student research, Campion Student Center CAP AND BELLS Iraqi journalist Bassam Sebti’s wise judgment (6-9 P.M.). Contact: Michael McCann, Ph.D. ’87, 610- 660-1823 or [email protected]. Online: http://www.sju. Cabaret, Thu., Apr. 12-Sat., Apr.14, and Fri., Apr.20- kept him safe despite his growing up in a edu/honorsociety/sigmaxi/Research_Symposium/ Sat., Apr. 21 (8 P.M.); Sun., Apr. 22 (2 P.M.), country mired in turmoil and then choosing to research_ symposium.html. Bluett Theatre, Post Hall. Online: www.sju.edu/capandbells. pursue a potentially dangerous career there. His Smart and Associates Business Policy Showcase, Fri., Apr. 27, CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER keen intellect will continue to guide his path Wolfington Teletorium, Mandeville Hall (4-6:30 P.M.). 12th Annual Induction Ceremony, Omega Chapter of Spring Career Fair, Thu., Mar. 23, Alumni Memorial after he completes the graduate writing studies Alpha Epsilon Lambda, Tue., May 8, Wolfington Fieldhouse (10 A.M.-2 P.M.). Alumni job seekers are program on Hawk Hill. Teletorium, Mandeville Hall (5:30 P.M.). welcome to attend and may view participating employers at www.sju.edu/careers. Contact Rhonda Cohen, As Crawley and Sebti may have viewed their CATHOLICS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE SERIES 610-660-3103 or [email protected]. Online: “Ecclesia Virtualis: Catholics in the Blogosphere,” Tue., choices as means to an end, several Saint www.sju.edu/careers or call 610-660-3100. Mar. 20, Chapel of St. Joseph (7:30 P.M.). Features Joseph’s faculty members are trying to show William McGarvey of BustedHalo.com and includes MINISTRY, FAITH, AND SERVICE others the effects of their choices. Their Grant Gallicho, associate editor of Commonweal mag- The regular schedule for the Liturgy of the Word and collaborative research projects — one in the area azine, Rocco Palmo, author of the blog “Whispers in Eucharist in the Chapel of St. Joseph: the Loggia,” and Amy Welborn, author of the blog • Weekends: Sundays, 11 A.M., 7 P.M., and 10 P.M. of childhood obesity, now considered a national “Open Book.” • Weekdays: Mon.-Fri., 12:05 P.M.; Mon.-Wed., 10 P.M. epidemic, and the other in college binge “Searching for God in the Universe: A Scientist’s Quest Pre-Cana Weekend, Erivan K. Haub Executive Center, drinking, the effects of which often extend to in Today’s America,” George V. Coyne, S.J., former McShain Hall, Nov. 2-4. Cost: $125. Space is limited. director, Vatican Observatory, Thu., Apr. 19, sexual abuse — show the dire consequences of Register online: www.sju.edu/campus_ministry/ Wolfington Teletorium, Mandeville Hall (7:30 P.M.). Pre-Cana.html. uninformed, impulsive, and often unplanned Contact: 610-660-3290. FAITH-JUSTICE 30th ANNIVERSARY SERIES Online: www.sju.edu/mission/cis.html. actions. The professors offer solutions stemming Northern Ireland Immersion Trip Reunion, Thu., Mar. 22, from years of solid academic scholarship and ADMISSIONS Jesuit Carriage House (6 P.M.). Contact: Jill Amitrani- GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS Welsh, 610-660-1765 or [email protected]. research. The outcomes will depend on individuals AND SCIENCES AND THE ERIVAN K. HAUB choosing to change their behavior. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Ed Brady Student Community and Alumni Reunion, Thu., Mar. 29, Jesuit Carriage House (6 P.M.). Contact: Jill Life’s full of tough choices, isn’t it? To learn more, attend a Graduate Information Session or schedule a campus visit. Contact: Office of Graduate Amitrani-Welsh, 610-660-1765 or [email protected]. From now on I won’t consider where I have Admissions, 888-SJU-GRAD or [email protected]. Faith-Justice 30th Anniversary Celebration Mass and my morning coffee to be one of them. Online: www.sju.edu/sju/graduate_programs.html or Evening Program, Sat., Apr. 14. Mass: Chapel of www.sju.edu/sju/infosession.html. St. Joseph (5 P.M.); evening program: Wolfington Teletorium, Mandeville Hall (6:30 P.M.). Contact: UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS Matthew Bernacki, 610-660-1338 or [email protected]. Contact: www.sju.edu/admissions or 610-660-1300 for campus tours, Discover SJU Days, and Open Houses. STUDENT LIFE Hand in Hand, Sat., Mar. 31, Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Up ’til Dawn, Sat., Apr. 14, Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse — Molly Crossan Harty Open House, Mon., Apr. 9 (12 NOON). (8 P.M.-8 A.M.). [email protected] Contact: 877-NITE-SJU or [email protected]. Online: www.sju.edu/uc. UNIVERSITY GALLERY Corporate Outreach and Center for Non-Credit Senior Art Thesis Exhibition, Erivan K. Haub Executive Programming: customized degree, certificate, or online Center, McShain Hall, Apr. 5-27. Reception, Fri., Apr. 13 programs for organizations. Contact: Amy Slivinski, (5-9 P.M.). 610-660-1260 or [email protected]. Online: Student Art Exhibit, Boland Hall, Apr. 27-May 4. Student 2 magazine www.sju.edu/uc/pages/corporateoutreach.html. Music and Art Festival, Fri., Apr. 27, Boland Hall (1-4 P.M.). p3-11_News_Winter 07:News Summer 06 REV 7/29/09 1:01 PM Page 3
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FIELDHOUSE EXPANSION HIGHLIGHTS PLAN TO UPGRADE ATHLETIC FACILITIES
A rendering of the expanded Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse as seen from 54th Street.
An expansion of Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse and a dedicated center while preserving an intimate spectator experience and the significant home for men’s and women’s basketball highlight a comprehensive plan for court advantage that has long been a hallmark of men’s and women’s enhancing varsity and recreational athletics at Saint Joseph’s University. basketball on Hawk Hill. Events in the renovated facility could begin as The SJU Board of Trustees approved Phase One of the plan last summer, early as 2010. and construction will begin this spring. “So much of this is made possible by the flexibility we acquire along The total project will proceed in three phases over the next several years: with the Episcopal Academy campus,” stated SJU President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J. “All of our varsity programs, along with club, recreation, and • PHASE ONE: Construction of a 17,700-square-foot center adjacent to intramural programs, will have the kind of facilities that reflect their status the existing Fieldhouse that will house state-of-the-art facilities for as integral to the campus life experience.” men’s and women’s basketball. They are to include new locker rooms, “All Saint Joseph’s students will benefit from these upgrades,” added coaches’ offices, strength and conditioning facilities, sports medicine Don DiJulia ’67 (B.S.), associate vice president/director of athletics. “And all Hawk and training areas, and additional academic and study space. Also fans will enjoy a dramatic and positive change in their spectator experience.” planned are video and multimedia technology, along with an expanded media relations capacity.
• PHASE TWO: The relocation of five varsity sports and the student recreation/intramural program by 2009 to the Episcopal Academy campus, followed by renovations to the existing Rec Center to house the remaining 13 varsity sports as well as new athletics offices. A hardwood practice court for men’s and women’s basketball will also be added to the Rec Center during Phase Two.
• PHASE THREE: Expansion of the Fieldhouse to include a full-service concourse around the perimeter of the arena and an increase in capacity by at least 1,000 seats. It is expected that men’s and women’s basketball will need to play one full season off campus during the heaviest construction period, but both squads will retain access to the basketball center and new practice court.
Current arena plans call for significant Fieldhouse upgrades, including Plans for the expanded Fieldhouse were announced last summer at a press conference premium seating options, modern amenities, and concession/merchandise featuring DiJulia ’67; Jack Ramsay, Ed.D. ’49, former Hawks coach (1955-66); Fr. Lannon; areas. The facility will also provide meeting and group entertainment space and John Smithson ’68, ’82, Board of Trustees chair.
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TWO NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS GO TO SJU BIOLOGISTS PUBLISH IN PRESTIGIOUS SCIENCE JOURNAL
The National Science Foundation has awarded Saint Joseph’s two The prominent scientific journal Nature has accepted the work of two grants. Stephen Cooper, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics and Saint Joseph’s biologists for publication. Michael McCann, Ph.D. ’87 (B.S.), computer science and director of the Center for Visualization, is principal and Karen Snetselaar, Ph.D., professors of biology, contributed to the paper investigator for both. “Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen SJU will share a two-year, $500,000 award with Georgia Tech, Ithaca Ustilago maydis.” College, and the Colorado School of Mines to further Dr. Cooper’s work The knowledge gained by studying this fungus could lead to important with “Alice,” a three-dimensional rendering program used by computer discoveries in the way that certain human pathogens work. science students with little programming background. It is being combined Ustilago maydis is a fungus that affects maize crops around the world. with Georgia Tech’s Media Computation curriculum to allow students Drs. McCann and Snetselaar are two of some 80 experts worldwide to manipulate pictures and music using traditional Java programming who contributed to the study announcing the release of the sequenced language and to form a single, level-one computer science course. genome of this fungus. A four-year, $460,000 award from NSF’s Scholarships in Science, “People stopped studying [fungi that affect humans] for a while Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program is supporting Saint because the immune system usually protects people effectively,” Dr. Joseph’s Pathways to Careers in Math and Computer Science (PACMACS) Snetselaar said. “But some immuno-compromised patients can be killed by Bridge initiative, which focuses on inner-city educational outreach. After something as simple as a mold on bread.” completing the program, up to four students may now receive scholarships to attend the University. “We choose students from Roxborough and West Philadelphia and offer HAUB SCHOOL LAUNCHES RISK MANAGEMENT them math and computer science classes,” Dr. Cooper explained. “These AND INSURANCE ACADEMY are some of the brightest kids from the worst backgrounds in our area.” The Erivan K. Haub School of Business has established the Academy for Elaine Terry, Ph.D., and Deborah Lurie, Ph.D., both assistant professors Risk Management and Insurance. Designed to offer scholarship aid, of mathematics and computer science, acted as co-principal investigators recruiting, internships/cooperative education, counseling, and placement to for this grant. students enrolled in the risk management and insurance program, the Academy will provide students and executives with opportunities few Online: wwwmacs.sju.edu/news/steve05.html universities in the area offer. www.sju.edu/~scooper/PACMACS/pubs.html “This highly specialized field demands completion of technical courses, industry designation programs, and now more than ever, advanced academic training,” said HSB Dean Joseph DiAngelo, Ed.D. ’70 (B.S.). ERDLC USES $1 MILLION GRANT A board of governors consisting of senior-level executives from the TO STUDY SUICIDE BOMBERS insurance industry will provide guidance and support to the Academy. Saint Joseph’s Early Responders Distance Learning Center (ERDLC), James J. Maguire ’58 (B.S.), chairman and founder of Philadelphia armed with nearly $1 million from the Technical Support Working Group Insurance Companies, will chair the Academy board. (TSWG), is working to figure out what makes suicide bombers tick. TSWG is the U.S. national forum that identifies, prioritizes, and coordinates interagency and international research and development requirements for combating terrorism. The ERDLC is developing online courses, also suitable for classroom delivery, that address the psychological aspects of suicide bombing. Topics include the history of suicide bombers, the sociocultural context of suicidal/homicidal bombers, tactics used, bomb scene response, coping with panic, and communication and mass media management. “The suicide/homicide bombers project has as its overall goal to educate responders to the enemy we are facing, as well as to know more about ourselves,” said Thomas Tavantzis, Ph.D., senior director of technology management and evaluation research for ERDLC. “We see this coursework as a critical contribution to understanding the psychosocial aspects of terrorism, an area the ERDLC has done a significant amount of work with already.”
Online: erdlc.sju.edu James J. Maguire ’58 (right) discusses the future of the Academy for Risk Management and Insurance with board member Joseph Morris.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT RECOGNIZES SCHOLARSHIP OF TWO PROFESSORS
The National Endowment for the Humanities century. As Carlyle biographer Simon Heffer “Overall, we believe our research will show (NEH) has awarded two professors research noted in the Spectator, “This project will be, if it that the Neo-Babylonian judicial system was grants. NEH grants of this size are unusual and is not already, the single most important work of based on a type of legal thinking and highly competitive. scholarship in 19th century English literature.” sophistication that most scholars would not have David R. Sorensen, Ph.D., professor of English Begun in 1970 and now spanning 33 anticipated this early in the history of law,” said and associate director of the Honors Program, volumes, the Collected Letters also garnered a Dr. Wells. received a $175,000 NEH grant for his work £500,000 grant from the British Government’s When the research is completed, Dr. Wells on The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Arts and Humanities Research Council. Together and his collaborator will coauthor a book Welsh Carlyle. Dr. Sorensen is senior editor and these funds will allow for the publishing of documenting their findings. North American project director of the Duke- volumes 34 through 36, and the launch of an Edinburgh edition. online edition. This edition will contain hundreds The Collected Letters is widely regarded by of previously unpublished letters and documents literary biographers, historians, students, and Dr. Sorensen and his colleagues have located in general readers as one of the finest and most the past five years at libraries all over the world. comprehensive literary archives of the 19th The NEH and British Government grants to Dr. Sorensen come after two past NEH awards he received for the project, both for $150,000, in 2000 and again in 2003. Bruce Wells, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology, earned a $150,000 NEH collaborative research grant for a two-year project to study Neo-Babylonian trial procedure. An NEH award of this size is especially unusual because it was Dr. Wells’ first submission. Saint Joseph’s serves as the grant’s host institution, as Dr. Wells collaborates with another scholar at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. The project’s purpose is to analyze and describe the system of trial procedure in place in Babylonia (currently southern Iraq) in the years 600 B.C. to about 450 B.C. The research has three components: document identification and analysis, legal and historical analysis, and Sorensen text encoding. Wells
SJU PHYSICIST CO-PUBLISHES PAPER IN NEW MINOR EXPLORES AFRICAN CULTURE, NATIONAL PERIODICAL HISTORY AND THOUGHT
Saint Joseph’s physicist Paul J. Angiolillo, Ph.D. ’78 (B.S.), has been Saint Joseph’s introduced a minor in Africana Studies last fall. working with a team of University of Pennsylvania researchers for the last The program, under the direction of Arnold Farr, Ph.D., associate professor 12 years, collaborating on about a dozen published papers and of philosophy, offers multidisciplinary courses with a focus on the presentations. African Diaspora and the African and African-American experience, The group’s most recent work, published in the Journal of the American struggles, and ideas. Chemical Society, involved small molecules called chromophores. These are “The purpose behind these kinds of courses is twofold,” explained molecules or parts of molecules that are responsible for its color. They are Dr. Farr. “First, everyone should learn something about the other social also responsible for shuttling charge in biological systems. groups they are interacting with. Secondly, our education tends to be Research findings indicate that “these molecules are unique in that they thoroughly Eurocentric. A program like this would remedy that problem.” appear to be able to move charge relatively easily over large distances,” Currently courses that satisfy the minor’s requirements are available according to Dr. Angiolillo. The research suggests that the use of in theology, philosophy, sociology, history, English, foreign languages, chromophore-based circuitry could create nano-sized electronic components and political science. Education and mathematics courses are also for numerous applications, including disposable plastic electronics, radio being developed. frequency ID tags, electronic drivers for active-matrix liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes, and lightweight solar cells.
News Contributors: Kelly Welsh ’05 (M.A.); Alexa Bonadonna ’06 (B.A.), Tom Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.); Marisa Fulton ’03 (B.A.); Joe Lunardi ’82 (B.A.); Jeffrey Martin ’04 (B.A.), ’05 (M.A.); Carolyn Steigleman; Lauren Taniguchi ’07; Sarah Whelehon; Sean Woods ’07; Marie Wozniak. spring 2007 5 p3-11_News_Winter 07:News Summer 06 REV 7/29/09 1:02 PM Page 6
ACCOUNTING MAJORS HONORED WITH News | Spotlight on Students SAP AMERICA SCHOLARSHIPS Two STAR (Student Technologist to Assist and Reengineer curriculum) Scholars were recognized by SAP America with $10,000 scholarships for the current academic year. Both recipients, Jonathan Frejuste ’08 (Maplewood, N.J.) and Ryan Sullivan ’08 (Lumberton, N.J.), are accounting majors. SAP America’s Scholarship program recognizes outstanding MARKETING MAJOR NAMED undergraduate students pursuing business degrees. The application requires a research paper on a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR topic relevant to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), computer software that integrates an organization’s departments and functions into a single computer system that can serve the needs of Jessica Procini ’08, a marketing major from all, or into another state-of-the-art technology. The paper must examine both the issue and its Moorestown, N.J., was chosen to participate consequences, as well as propose practical recommendations to solve it. in the Distinguished Scholars Program last Sullivan wrote his paper on corporate outsourcing and the supply chain challenges it creates. summer, an intensive learning and internship “Through my involvement in the STAR Scholar program, I have had the opportunity to not only experience designed for members of the enhance my own education, but also assist in the education of my peers through work with National Society of Collegiate Scholars. This application scenarios in the classroom,” observed Sullivan. career development program offers participants The topic of Frejuste’s paper was fraud and corporate governance. It addressed ways ERP software an opportunity to live, work, and study for facilitates forensic accounting examinations. “Working with SAP has provided me a great way to eight weeks in New York, Boston, Chicago, learn how accounting and auditing are really done in the business world,” said Frejuste. or Washington, D.C. Participants are under- graduate students identified as dedicated, career-oriented individuals who will contribute unique perspectives on culture, academics, the working world, and other issues. A member of the Delta Psi chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma, Procini has an interest in fashion and hopes someday to own her own business. Because of her interests and career goals, she worked full-time in the public relations and marketing department of Essie Cosmetics in New York. “Participating in the Distinguished Scholars Program allowed me to experience many new and rewarding opportunities in business, culture, and service,” Procini said.
Frejuste, Joseph Ragan ’69, associate professor and chair of accounting, Sullivan.
W.W. SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST AWARDS GRANTS
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust awarded Saint Joseph’s a $98,000 grant for full-time undergraduate student scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. The Trust also approved a $10,000 Prize Award that represents two individual grants of $5,000 each for W.W. Smith Scholars who are seniors and have demonstrated academic excellence in their fields. The grants are in addition to scholarship funds each student has already been awarded through the Trust. Andrew Wallin ’07 (Malvern, Pa.), a history major, and Lauren Vasta ’07 (Ambler, Pa.), a biology major, were named this year’s Prize recipients. The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust awards over $7 million annually to organizations in the Delaware Valley for student aid at colleges and universities, basic research on cancer, AIDS, and heart disease, and programs providing food, clothing, and shelter for children and the elderly. The financial aid program, in existence since 1977, annually provides grants and scholarships to 30 colleges and universities for students to achieve their educational goals. Saint Joseph’s has received more than $2 million in financial aid scholarships, benefiting over 765 students, from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust . Procini
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FACULTY BOOKS Milica Bookman, Ph.D., professor of economics: News | Spotlight on Faculty Tourists, Migrants and Refugees: Population Movements in Third World Development (Lynne Reinner, 2006).
Stephen Cooper, Ph.D. , associate professor of mathematics and computer science: Learning to Program with Alice (Prentice Hall, 2006) with Wanda P. Dann and Randy Pausch. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: Tom Coyne, adjunct professor of English: Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer’s Quest to Play with the PETER CLARK, S.J. ’75 / THEOLOGY, CATHOLIC BIOETHICS INSTITUTE Pros (Gotham Books, 2006). Peter Clark, S.J., graduated from Saint Joseph’s in 1975 with a bachelor of arts degree. Since that David Floyd, visiting assistant professor of English: The Sudden Architecture of the Dark (CustomWords, time, he has gone on to receive additional degrees from Duquesne University, Fordham University, 2006). and the Weston School of Divinity, as well as his doctoral degree in medical ethics from the Loyola Richard George, Ph.D. ’67 (B.S.), professor of food University of Chicago. Yet he has always found his way back to his alma mater. marketing and John Stanton, professor of food In 1978, he returned to serve as associate dean of students until 1983, when he left to join the Society marketing: Delightful Customer Service: 12 Steps to a Better Bottom Line (SLC, 2005). of Jesus. He came back in 1996 to teach theology and he remains a professor today. Now he has taken on a new role: director of the Institute for Catholic Bioethics, established at Saint Joseph’s last fall. April Lindner, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, edited Lineas Conectadas: Nueva Poesia de lost The Institute’s purpose is to provide an ethical framework for the University’s undergraduate and Estados Unidos (Sarabande, 2006). graduate students, to give them research opportunities in fields of bioethics and health care, and to William Madges, Ph.D., dean of the College of assist the broader medical community. Arts and Sciences, edited Vatican II: Forty Years Later, ‘‘There is a real hunger for information about Catholic bioethics and how it can assist the medical Vol. 51 (Orbis Books, 2006) and The Many Marks of the Church (Bayard/Twenty Third, 2006) with community in dealing with complex medical dilemmas,” said Fr. Clark. “These issues are cutting-edge Michael J. Daley. and quite pertinent to the legal, medical, and ethical areas of research.” John McCall, Ph.D., professor of philosophy and Fr. Clark specializes in neonatology, a branch of medicine concerned with the care, development, management and director of the Pedro Arrupe and diseases of newborns. Because of this background, he knows it is necessary for the Institute to Center for Business Ethics, edited Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics, 5th edition (Wadsworth, serve as a consultant to parents who must make important ethical decisions about their children. As 2005) with Joseph R. DesJardins. a Jesuit, he recognizes the importance of reaching out to people on these issues. Robert Palestini, Ed.D. ’63 (B.S.), ’67 (M.A.), asso- “Jesuits were among the first medical ethicists and paved the way for all of us who have followed ciate professor of education and dean of graduate in their footsteps,” said Fr. Clark. “It’s important to the Society of Jesus that individual Jesuits and our and continuing studies: A Path to Leadership: The Heroic Follower (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006). universities are working in this field.” In addition to his role at the University, Fr. Clark is the bioethicist for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Jo A. Parker, Ph.D., associate professor of English, edited Time and Memory: The Study of Time XII (Brill, Children and the Mercy Health System in Philadelphia. He has written a book, The Ethical 2006) with Michael Crawford and Paul A. Harris. Methodology of Richard A. McCormick, S.J.: As Stephen Porth, Ph.D. ’80 (B.S.) , professor of Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped management and associate dean of the Erivan K. Newborns. Fr. Clark is also the recipient of Haub School of Business: Strategic Management: A Cross-Functional Approach, 2nd Edition (Prentice several awards, including the Catholic Health Hall, 2006). Contributing authors from SJU: Edward Association Midcareer Award in 2004 for his Balotsky, Ph.D., assistant professor of management; commitment and significant contributions to the John B. Lord, Ph.D. ’71 (B.S.), professor of food marketing; Alfredo Mauri, Ph.D., associate professor promotion of ethical integrity, and two others of management; Marty Meloche, D.B.A., associate from Saint Joseph’s — the Certificate of Merit- professor of food marketing; W. Richard Sherman, Ll.M., professor of accounting; Claire A. Simmers, Extraordinary Achievement in Teaching (2005-06), Ph.D., associate professor of management; and A.J. and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award Stagliano, Ph.D., professor of accounting. for Distinguished Teaching (2004-05). Agnes M. Rash, Ph.D. , professor and chair of mathematics and computer science: Interactive Calculus with Applications (Brooks-Cole, 2006) with Lurie, Fr. Clark ’75, Smith Jean Marie McDill. FACULTY FELLOWS: Raymond Sarnacki, visiting professor of manage- DEBORAH LURIE, PH.D., MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ment: Hit the Job Running (Rise & Shine, 2005) with BRENT SMITH, PH.D., MARKETING Andrea Dolph.
Michael R. Solomon, Ph.D., visiting instructor of Deborah Lurie, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and Brent Smith, marketing: Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having, and Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing, were both named faculty fellows of the Catholic Bioethics Being, 7th edition (Prentice Hall, 2007). Institute for the 2006-07 academic year. David R. Sorensen, Ph.D., professor of English and Dr. Lurie is analyzing the outcomes of various forms of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in associate director of the Honors Program, edited The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, order to facilitate an informed decision on treatment options. Her work looks at the ethical issues Vol. 33 (Duke University Press, 2005) with Ian associated with ART. Campbell, Aileen Christianson, and Sheila McIntosh. Dr. Smith examines the ways marketing can influence how individuals identify and manage Dagmar Wienroeder-Skinner, Ph.D., associate quality-of-life health priorities. He is researching how individuals reconcile their roles and professor of foreign languages and literatures, edited responsibilities as patients and free-market consumers. His research aims to produce more balanced, Victims and Perpetrators: 1933-1945; (Re)Presenting the Past in Post-Unification Culture (Walter de robust methods of evaluating ethical standards in light of such factors as stakeholder positions Gruyter, 2006) with joint-author Laurel Cohen-Pfister. and market externalities.
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News | On Campus CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS Many notable individuals offered lectures on campus last fall:
• James Alison, Ph.D., theologian and priest: “From Creation to New Creation: Daring to Imagine a Gay Catholic Future,” sponsored by the Alliance, Office of Mission, Office of Institutional Diversity, Department of Theology, and Faith-Justice Institute. BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAMES TWO NEW MEMBERS • Alfonso Caprara, Esq. ’77 (B.A.), a practicing immigration attorney, The Saint Joseph’s University Board of Trustees recently awarded four-year and Kevin Appleby, director of Policy for Migration and Refugee terms to two new members: Services at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, were part Robert D. Falese Jr. ’69 (B.S.) is president of commercial and investment of “A Discussion of Current U.S. Immigration Policy and Practice and banking for Commerce Bank, where he has worked since 1992. He has the Implications of Proposed Reforms,” sponsored by the Latin more than 30 years of banking industry experience, beginning in 1966 at American Studies Program. First Pennsylvania Bank, and later moving to Fidelity Bank/First Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia in 1980. In addition to an • Steven Girvin, Ph.D., professor of applied physics at Yale University: M.B.A. from Drexel University, Falese completed “Quantum Money, Teleportation, and Computation,” McGroddy the Executive Development Program at Duke Frontiers in Science Lecture. University’s Fuqua School of Business and attended • Stephen Harvey, attorney for the plaintiffs in the intelligent design case Rutgers University’s Stonier School of Banking. of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005), SJU Reads lecture for C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J. ’72 (B.A.), is director of Inherit the Wind. the master’s program in spiritual and pastoral care and associate professor of pastoral • John Haught, Ph.D., Georgetown University theologian, and Charles L.
Falese counseling at Loyola College in Maryland. He Currie, S.J., chemist and president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and also directs the college’s international program, Universities: “Evolution and Theology,” Ignatian Identity Week lecture. Loyola Overseas Gifts of Solidarity. Fr. Gillespie • Walt Pavlo, former senior manager of MCI turned convicted felon: maintains a private practice and is a member of “Analysis of a White-Collar Crime: A Study of Personal and Corporate Loyola’s Year of the City initiative. He earned his Failure,” sponsored by the Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics. Ph.D. from Boston University, a master’s in divinity from Jesuit School of Theology, and a • Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., professor emeritus of medicine and master’s in psychology from Duquesne University. medical ethics, senior research scholar of the Kennedy Institute of The new trustees replace outgoing member Ethics, and adjunct professor of philosophy at Georgetown University: Peter Lynch. “The State of Catholic Bioethics Today and in the Future,” inaugural Gillespie Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Lecture, sponsored by the Catholic Bioethics Institute. SOMALI PEACE ACTIVIST • Vicki Schieber on the death penalty from a victim’s perspective, PROMOTES COURAGE AND sponsored by the Graduate Criminal Justice Program, the Faith Justice LEADERSHIP Institute, Departments of Philosophy and Sociology, and the Rape “Women and children are the Education and Prevention Program. Schieber’s daughter Shannon was first and last victims of war,” Somali raped and murdered in Philadelphia in 1998. peace activist and 2005 Nobel Prize • Michael Sells, Ph.D., John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic nominee Asha Hagi Elmi Amin told History and Literature at the University of Chicago Divinity School: a crowd of faculty, staff, and students “Jihad and Crusade: American Power in a World of Religion,” Asian in the Chapel of St. Joseph-Michael Studies lecture. J. Smith, S.J., Memorial in October. Elmi’s talk chronicled her tireless • Mark S. Smith, Ph.D., Skirball Professor of Bible and Ancient Near work as an advocate for women in Eastern Studies at New York University: “How God is One,” sponsored her country. In an effort to gain by the Jewish-Catholic Institute. entry for women into the political Elmi • Salome Thomas-EL, author and Philadelphia School District teacher: process, she convinced others to join in the fight. Her efforts resulted in the “We Chose to Stay”; Selma James, author and international formation of Save the Somali Women and Children. Under Elmi’s coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike from London, England: leadership, the organization formed the Sixth Clan, made up of women “Race, Class, and Gender”; and Jane Elliot, teacher and diversity allowed to participate in the nation’s reconciliation process. trainer: “Power, Perception and Prejudice”; Diversity Lecture Series. “Our contribution as women was vital to the peace process,” Elmi asserted. “Women bring tenacity, vision, compassion, and forgiveness.” • Mark I. Wallace, Ph.D., chair and associate professor of religion at Under her leadership, significant progress continues to be made in Swarthmore College: “Green Christianity: Earth-Centered Spirituality Somalia. Twenty-three women were given seats in the interim Somali and Catholic Social Teaching,” Faith-Justice Outreach Lecture. parliament, and in 2004, Elmi signed the peace agreement, a historic event for women in Somalia.
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UNIVERSITY APPOINTS NEW ADMINISTRATORS including admissions, retention, and financial assistance. Haller comes from Drexel University, where he served most recently as assistant Paul L. DeVito, Ph.D., an accomplished teacher, recognized scholar, and dean of enrollment. skilled administrator at Saint Joseph’s, has become associate provost. Since Mary-Elaine Perry, Ph.D., joined Saint Joseph’s as assistant vice president 1980, he has served the University in numerous capacities, including for student development. She oversees residence life, student leadership professor of psychology. Dr. DeVito’s most recent role was as executive and activities, counseling and personal development, career development, director of the Early Responders Distance Learning Center (ERDLC). and student health. Dr. Perry previously worked at the College of New Harriet K. Goodheart is Saint Joseph’s new assistant vice president for Jersey, where she was vice president for student life. university communications. She comes to SJU from Temple University’s Wadell Ridley Jr., former director of constituent services and community communications office, where she worked for more than 20 years and liaison for former 4th District City Councilman Michael A. Nutter, comes to earned awards for her leadership and work in the areas of advancement Saint Joseph’s as assistant vice president for government and community and branding. relations. Ridley served Councilman Nutter for 13 years, representing him John G. Haller was named associate provost for enrollment management, at community meetings and zoning hearings. with responsibility for the University’s entire enrollment management area,
DeVito Goodheart Haller Perry Ridley
CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL SERIES AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY HONORS JESUIT RECTOR CONTINUES The American Catholic Historical Society, the oldest Catholic historical society in the United States, Saint Joseph’s inaugurated its Catholic honored George W. Bur, S.J., with its 25th Annual Commodore Barry Award last November for his Intellectual Series for the 2006-07 academic year work with the Gesu School in Philadelphia. with a lecture in September from renowned Now a trustee and rector of the Jesuit community at Saint Joseph’s, Fr. Bur served as president of religion writer and New York Times columnist the Gesu School from 1993 until 2003, when he was assigned to Saint Joseph’s. Sr. Ellen T. Convey, Peter Steinfels, Ph.D. His lecture examined the I.H.M., Gesu School principal, and Winston J. Churchill Jr., chairman of the Gesu School Board of issues of Catholic conscience formation in an Trustees, also received the award. increasingly diverse culture. “I join with Win Churchill and Sister Ellen in thanking the American Catholic Historical Society for “There is no such thing as conscience pure recognizing Gesu School, an oasis for the children and families of North Philadelphia for 140 years,” and simple,” he explained. “Conscience, like said Fr. Bur. “The traditions of faith, discipline, and learning continue to bring life to all of us related humans, always comes in flavors. It comes with to the school in any way.” an adjective.” Dr. Steinfels went on to illustrate Fr. Bur continues his work to improve the lives of Philadelphia’s urban youth through programs how someone might have a Catholic conscience, such as the University’s Ignatian College Connection. an American conscience, and with it, something Previous Barry Award recipients include Paul Henkels, former chair of the SJU Board of Trustees, of an Enlightenment conscience as well. “At and his wife Barbara, in 1990; Archbishop John P. Foley ’57 (B.A.), president of the Vatican’s Pontifical some point in each of our lives,” he pointed out, Council for Social Communications in Rome, in 1997; and John ’22 (B.S.) and Mary Horstmann “conflict will emerge among these elements.” McShain, both deceased, for whom McShain Hall is named, in 1998. The second installment of the series was a James A. Fitzsimmons III, lecture in October on the lives and work of Jesuit Barry Award Dinner chair, priests Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., and Fr. Bur, and Louis N. Ferrero, Friedrick Spee, S.J. Ronald Modras, Ph.D., American Catholic Historical professor of theology at Saint Louis University, Society president. PHOTO: Zohrab Kazanjian discussed parallels in how the pair engaged the public square of their time and urged Catholics to do the same today. The Catholic Intellectual Series, sponsored by the Office of Mission and the Academic Council on Mission and Identity, aims to promote the history of Catholic intellectual thought and highlight the latest and best developments within its tradition.
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UNITED WAY, LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA HONOR SJU
News | Service United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania honored Saint Joseph’s with the Community Alliance Award at its annual Champions for Impact Celebration last year. This honor recognizes organizations that raise up to $100,000 for United Way. In addition, the University was named to the 2006 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor roll is an initiative of Learn and Serve America, a program of the UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES IN Corporation for National and Community Service. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL Under the leadership of University President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., chair of the Educational Division of the United Way Campaign, Saint Seventy-five members of the Saint Joseph’s University community — Joseph’s experienced an 82.3 percent growth in employee giving, 82.7 students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni — participated in the percent growth in leadership giving, and 82.5 percent increase in giving by fifth annual Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival in October on employee per capita. the Schuylkill River. The festival is a fundraiser for the Fox Chase Cancer Learn and Serve America noted Saint Joseph’s many service activities Center; in addition, Saint Joseph’s paddled to raise funds for the Make-a- designed to improve the quality of life for residents of the local community Wish Foundation. and elsewhere. During the past year, 5,226 students participated in The Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival is the largest of its community service projects such as Hand-in-Hand, the Service-Learning kind in North America, with more than 100 boats participating each year. Program, Project Mexico, the Native American Experience, and the weekly The sport is based on an ancient Chinese legend of a government official Community Service Program. SJU also offers 28 academic courses that who drowned himself to protect the government from corruption; the incorporate service-learning. dragon boats are said to protect his spirit.
CAMPUS HOSTS KRISTIN’S KRUSADE
Saint Joseph’s served as the site for Kristin’s Krusade, a 5K run/walk for domestic violence awareness in memory of Kristin Mitchell ’05 (B.S.), who was murdered by her boyfriend weeks after graduation. Held in September, the event was sponsored by the Kristin Mitchell Foundation for Violence Against Women with additional support from Saint Joseph’s University, Best Residential Inspections, Commerce Bank, LimeWire Sportswear, Tastykake, Herrs, and General Mills.
Online: www.kristinskrusade.com.
Dragon Boat Festival participants included: (front, from left) Hugh Organ ’97, Jamie Kulick, Greg Spoto ’97, and Carolyn (Clancy) Manion ’80; (standing, from left) Rob Carovillano ’03, Jamie Waters ’01, Pete Perry ’05, Mike Santanasto ’03, Kevin Quinn ’89, ’00, Sarah (Flaherty) Quinn ’89, Phil Press ’65, Joe Chialastri ’82, Rich Brennan ’81, Eileen Cassidy ’80, Cathy Lawler ’88, Sheila (Cassidy) Nealis ’78, and Kathy Dougherty ’78.
STUDENT DELEGATION EXPLORES SOCIAL INJUSTICE IN EL SALVADOR
A delegation of four students spent part of their summer in El Salvador, experiencing firsthand the economic struggles that cripple that nation. Junior English major Earl Aguilera (Secaucus, N.J.), junior psychology major Mark Maher (Philadelphia, Pa.), junior finance and international business major Elisa Ninde Jerome (Cohasset, Mass.), and senior international marketing major Zoya Pavlovskaya (Russia) joined others from Jesuit universities across the country to create a one-of-a-kind conference on
economic development and social justice. Maher, Pavlovskaya, Jerome, Aguilera “We were looking for students who would be returning to campus after the experience to apply what they learned with suggestions for world outside my comfort zone,” added Aguilera. programs, course content, activities, and partnerships,” Richard Warren, The SJU delegation has continued to meet throughout the academic Ph.D., director of the Latin American Studies program, explained. year to explore ways to apply what they observed. “I learned that the purchases I make as a consumer in the U.S. directly “In El Salvador, these issues took on a new urgency,” Maher noted. affect people in less developed countries like El Salvador,” Jerome “While there are no clear solutions to the problems of destitution, the observed. “I was amazed and moved by the ‘sweatshop’ workers we met delegation helped illuminate ways in which we, as students, can aid and and the unfair working conditions we witnessed.” stand in solidarity with those workers who make most of the products that “The trip was a true eye-opener to the realities of the majority of the we take for granted.” p3-11_News_Winter 07:News Summer 06 REV 7/29/09 1:02 PM Page 11
SJU TO HOST 2009 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL SUB-REGIONAL
Saint Joseph’s has been selected to host the 2009 NCAA Men’s News | Athletics Basketball Championship first- and second-round games at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. The games will be played on March 19 and 21. “On behalf of the University, we are pleased to partner with the Wachovia Center and the Philadelphia Sports Congress to bring back another major sporting event to the city,” said Don DiJulia ’67 (B.S.), SJU associate vice president and director of athletics. “Saint Joseph’s is just one of the city’s institutions which has brought high-level events to this area BEST-SELLING AUTHOR over the years. It is a tribute to the region’s fan base, the quality facilities, GIVES ATHLETICS and the outstanding Convention and Visitors Bureau that we can continue LEADERSHIP AND to do this.” DIVERSITY LECTURE The Wachovia Center was the site of the 2006 NCAA Men’s First and Second Rounds, hosted by the Atlantic 10 Conference; the 2001 NCAA Best-selling author and former Saint Men’s East Regional; and the 2000 NCAA Women’s Final Four. Joseph’s certified athletic trainer Kevin Carroll ’97 (M.S.) returned to Hawk Hill last semester to speak as part of the Athletics ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME INDUCTS EIGHTH CLASS Leadership and Diversity Lecture Series. Founder of the Katalyst Consultancy, Carroll has authored the highly successful Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: Find and Sustain Your Life’s Work, published by ESPN Books. He has worked with a wide range of people from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies to first grade students, teaching audiences around the world how to use the spirit and lessons of play to enliven and enrich their work lives, enhance innovation, and improve team dynamics and interpersonal communication. Prior to forming the consultancy, Carroll spent seven years with Nike. Working directly for Nike founder Phil Knight, he held the position of katalyst and master storyteller, helping the company deepen its understanding of athletic product performance, build strong teams, and create a positive corporate culture. Before that, Carroll spent 10 years as an Air Force linguist, becoming The Class of 2006 (left to right): Gavaghan ’59, Fitzpatrick ’90, Jamie (McDermitt) Rispoli fluent in Croatian, Czech, and Serbian, and attaining conversational (accepting on behalf of her father), Booth ’62, Twomey ’89, and Martin ’86. proficiency in German and Russian. He also worked as a high school health Saint Joseph’s honored its eighth Athletics Hall of Fame class at its educator before becoming head athletic trainer at Saint Joseph’s and then annual gala in September. holding the same position with the Philadelphia 76ers. Former men’s basketball standout Maurice Martin ’86 (B.S.) headlined the class. Martin starred from 1982 to 1986 and was an Associated Press honorable mention All-American in his senior year. The 1986 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, he was a three-time selection to both the All-Conference team and the All-Big 5 squad. A native of Liberty, N.Y., Martin is one of five Hawks to be chosen in the first round of the NBA draft, with his selection by the Denver Nuggets in 1986. The Class of 2006 also comprised: • Harry Booth ’62 (B.S.), who played and coached both baseball and basketball at SJU; • Ellen (Shields) Fitzpatrick ’90 (B.S.), one of the top shooters in women’s basketball history, who still holds the SJU career record for 3-point accuracy (40.4 percent); • Jim Gavaghan ’59 (B.S.), captain of SJU’s first varsity soccer team, in 1958; • Paul McDermitt ’50 (B.S.), member of the 1947-48 basketball team Carroll ’97 that captured the Big 5 title and the 1948-49 basketball team that upset defending national champion Oklahoma A&M; and • Kelli (O’Donnell) Twomey ’89 (B.S.), ’91 (M.S.) one of the Hawks’ top distance runners.
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Americans in the BATTLE OF THE
A Troop of SJU Researchers Fights Childhood Obesity By Kelly Welsh ’05 (M.A.)
America’s rich history boasts enormous expansion. to a variety of causes, from environmental to economic, as well The original 13 states swelled to 50, voting rights broadened to as genetic, and continues to research the problem from a number include women, and American space travel exploded through of perspectives. previously impassable boundaries. The United States is regarded On a smaller but no less important scale, Saint Joseph’s is as a leader in countless arenas. employing strategies similar to those of government health The field of public health is no exception, although one of the agencies to combat obesity. Armed with a $700,000 appropria- country’s burgeoning leadership roles is not nearly as coveted. tion from the Federal Labor, Health and Human Services, and America’s widening waistline has earned the “land of the free” an Education Bill, faculty in both the College of Arts and Sciences undesirable title: Fattest Nation on Earth. and the Erivan K. Haub School of Business have been hard at According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), obesity work on a program to fight obesity among metropolitan youth. rates in the United States have skyrocketed to epidemic levels. The interdisciplinary approach makes this project unique, NIH data indicate that more than 60 percent of Americans are says Jeanne Brady, Ph.D., chair of the education department and obese, including one third of all children. A study published in the co-director of Saint Joseph’s anti-obesity initiative. “In order to Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine last October also properly and effectively address the hazards of obesity,” she found that one third of American children are “unfit” — they do states, “comprehensive research and education are crucial.” not meet national standards for physical fitness. Faculty are following the public health model known as Obesity is quickly becoming one of the most commonly PRECEDE-PROCEED, whereby researchers study the problem diagnosed childhood ailments. Too much time watching through a number of lenses to seek out triggers and propose television and playing video games, combined with high-calorie, unique solutions. low-fiber diets, are only parts of the problem, researchers say. Sally Black, Ph.D., assistant professor of health services Sadly, obesity strikes children of minority or low-income and co-director of the initiative, confirms that obese and backgrounds at an even higher rate than the rest of the unfit children are at risk for a number of health complications population, oftentimes because their families have limited time including diabetes, asthma, and hypertension, as well as emotional and resources to make healthy eating and exercise a priority. difficulties. “The problem is multifaceted, and in looking to solve The NIH has considered these factors and attributes the epidemic it, we must approach it from a variety of different angles.”
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The Hawk joined special guests at the Gompers School playground build (from left): Carmen Harris, president of the Gompers Home and School Association, Vallas, DeLuca, Fr. Lannon, Fattah, Brady, Frick, Black, Nutter, and Peter Rescorl, president of the Wynnefield Residents Association.
University Spearheads Community Playground Initiative
The American Academy of Pediatrics a thought to a reality is truly the highlight of “Saint Joseph’s is proud to be a part of a released a report last fall that brought smiles my education career,” said Gompers Principal lively community such as Wynnefield,” said to the faces of children everywhere: Kids Phillip DeLuca. “It’s exciting to see how this University President Timothy R. Lannon, need more playtime. A lack of spontaneous partnership [between Saint Joseph’s and S.J., during the program marking the start recreation, according to the academy, is Gompers Elementary School] is improving the of the build. “That’s part of why the anti- contributing to the increasing epidemic of quality of life and health of this community.” obesity initiative has been so important to obesity among school-aged children. Among Atop a canvas of asphalt, more than 600 us. It has given us a chance to impact the Philadelphia children, almost four out of ten volunteers banded together one weekend in world around us in a positive way.” (38.2 percent) are considered at-risk for September to transform the school’s stark Father Lannon was followed by a number obesity, with the highest prevalence of back lot into a colorful new playground. of guests: Gompers Principal DeLuca; obesity among the youngest children, Boasting a rock wall, connecting bridges, Congressman Robert Brady; Congressman according to a survey by the Philadelphia three slides, multiple climbing elements, a Chaka Fattah; IBC President Joe Frick; former Health Management Corp. in 2003. track ride, and several play panels, the City Councilman Michael Nutter; and Phila- In Wynnefield, where safe places to play playground has not gone unnoticed by Saint delphia School Superintendent Paul Vallas. are limited, Saint Joseph’s spearheaded the Joseph’s own students. “No one can say that St. Joe’s has not construction of a community playground at “Seeing how excited these kids are really stepped up to the plate,” said Vallas. “You neighboring Samuel L. Gompers Elementary makes me happy to have contributed to are God’s gift to the school district and I School to offer students and others an this project,” says junior Amanda Arena want to applaud you.” outlet for unstructured and active play — (Mendham, N.J.), who participated in the Principal DeLuca commented, “Saint and, hopefully, a chance at enjoying a more playground build and was there when the Joseph’s University, under the leadership of happy and healthy childhood. youngsters experienced it for the first time. Father Lannon, has been supportive The visual culmination of Saint Joseph’s “I asked one of the little second-graders if of Gompers Elementary School since my anti-obesity initiative, the community she liked the new playground and she arrival in 2003. Thank you to the admin- playground endeavor received $100,000 of exclaimed, ‘This is the best day of my life!’ istration and the wonderful students at the University’s $700,000 government It doesn’t get much better than that.” Saint Joe’s. When you walk around on grant. Co-directors Jeanne Brady and Sally Arena was one of 400 SJU students Hawk Hill, you will be able to look down at Black worked tirelessly on this collective who participated. Students were joined by the Gompers School, the little hawks at the effort involving local community members, faculty and staff; members of the Wynnefield bottom of Hawk Hill, and smile to know you government and school officials, and others. Residents’ Association; faculty, staff, and had so much to do with the construction of “Being a part of this community play- parents from Gompers Elementary School; and this playground. ground project and witnessing it going from employees from Independence Blue Cross. — Carolyn Steigleman
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Faculty Research Addresses Many Layers in Overcoming Obesity
Using funds from the anti-obesity initiative’s federal appropriation, faculty members from both the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Erivan K. Haub School of Business have researched the problem in children. Four of them describe their research projects here. See page 17 for a complete list of participating faculty.
FOOD SHOPPING FOR HEALTH
Grocery labels sport green “smart spots” and yellow “sensible snacking” icons. Snacks are slimmed into 100-calorie packs and sodas reduced to eight-ounce cans. And these are just some of the changes seen nowadays on food labels and packaging. McDonalds is selling salads, and kids’ meals carry the option of substituting fruit for fries and juice for soda. We’re seeing changes in the food aisle, on the restaurant menu, and in our school cafeterias. There’s been an avalanche of food media and food policy addressing obesity. Most of it deals with branded food and beverage manufacturers, student lunch lines, and fast Childs food operators. Food retailers — Acme, Wegmans, your local supermarkets, etc. — have been off the radar screen as a problem or solution, when, in fact, they have a substantial opportunity to influence food choices and to partner with food manufacturers to encourage healthier eating among children. The often-overlooked retailers are a critical part of the solution for childhood obesity. My research examines what food retailers are doing, and what they want to do to make it easier for us to select healthier foods for our children and families when we shop. A national, two-part study in 2005-06 examined retailer “best practices” in promoting health and wellness and followed up with an assessment of which practices were most popular. Twenty- seven best practices were identified and classified as product selection, merchandising and promotion, or education activities. Food retailers are very interested in offering healthier foods for children, it seems, and prefer to approach the process positively as promoting health and wellness for the family, rather than critically as anti-obesity practices. Retailers especially see in today’s climate an opportunity to advance their own store-brand healthy products. Connecting health directly with a store brand builds store loyalty and helps the store take a meaningful position for its consumers in a popular new category. Retailers also like to engage in community-based efforts that promote physical activity such as walk-a-thons, community 5K races, and biking events. Like the food industry, they wish to keep the emphasis on the “calories out” side of the equation instead of focusing on limiting “calories in” as the solution.
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The physical activity approach is a healthy and fun way to shed partnerships with trade societies, such as produce groups, are light on the obesity problem, and it allows retailers to strengthen crucial to generating promotional opportunities for healthier food their roles in communities. Nutrition education is another choices. When this message is delivered in a “retailtainment” community-focused activity popular with retailers. They provide format, generating kid fun and parents’ attention in the store, it is nutrition-based store tours for various community groups and all the better. For these retailers, being seen as the store with the supply nutrition- and weight loss-specific educational materials. healthier choices is important. Being proactive and responsive by supporting educational and What’s ahead for food shopping? Retailer activities promise physical activity efforts to address the obesity crisis — especially for more healthy products, more healthy messages, and more price children — appears to be a significant opportunity for retailers. competition for the consumer’s benefit. Look for healthy In terms of merchandise, food retailers are interested in selling children’s products to be showcased with a variety of brand and healthier and lower calorie products, and are welcoming product choices, prices, and fun presentations in the food store in manufacturer efforts to partner in promoting them. Creative the future. — Nancy Childs, Ph.D., Professor of Food Marketing
GETTING CHILDREN TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES misconceptions regarding the makeup of the food they consumed, the need for and differences among nutrients, and the relationship What can you do about one in four children in your community of energy to the calories they derived from food. Before we being at risk for a chronic disease? attempted to clarify their misunderstanding of food-related issues, That’s what we asked while working with a group of fourth we felt it was important that the students learned something about graders at Gompers Elementary School in Philadelphia. Data their own bodies so they could make informed food choices. collected showed that 24 percent of a randomly selected group of Using an everyday symbol for the food calorie, namely, a fourth grade students were overweight while another 17 percent Hershey’s Kiss, we had the students look at the physics and chemistry were considered to be at risk for becoming overweight. These behind the energy in a single Kiss. Each Kiss contains about 25.5 results agree with several recent national studies that show a steep calories — 52 percent from fat, 43 percent from carbohydrate, and increase in the number of overweight children in the U.S. over the 5 percent from protein. Students discovered, to their surprise, that past decade. This dramatic rise is grounds for concern because this is the same energy required in the form of work to lift a barbell overweight children are at a much greater risk for diabetes and from the floor to the top of their desks approximately 10,876 times, cardiovascular disease, a leading killer by adulthood. which means that there is a lot of energy stored in the food that we How can we, as scientists and educators, help children break eat. The fourth graders were then able to apply the concept of a food this unhealthy trend? An important first step is to provide children calorie to their current food choices. They compared food labels to with the tools to understand what good nutrition really is. We see how many equivalent Kisses are contained in a given meal; for began by asking students what they already knew about food and example, how many Hershey’s Kisses are equivalent to the same food good nutrition. A short nutrition pre-test indicated that the energy in a McDonald’s quarter-pounder with cheese, large fries, and students had a very limited amount of accurate information about a medium Coke? The answer is 50! Could they imagine eating 50 nutrition. While 76 percent of the students reported that they Hershey’s Kisses for lunch? believed they had a healthy diet, we observed that they held several Because both the number and type of calories matter, we had the students explore the properties of 16 common foods as a means to identify healthy choice options from unhealthy choice options based on food labels and current nutrition information. Students conducted common laboratory tests to identify the presence and types of fats, sugars, and proteins. They learned that saturated fats should be limited while trans fats in fried and processed foods are not safe to consume, even in small amounts. Moreover, students learned to limit the amount of simple sugars from soft drinks and juices, while balancing their caloric intake with exercise. The students then collected their own food data by recording daily food choices to see whether they met healthy USDA dietary guidelines. We hoped to empower these fourth graders with the knowledge to make healthy food choices, which we believe is an important first step in fighting the rising tide of at-risk children in our communities. — Joseph Cifelli, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Education, and Mark Reynolds, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
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ESTIMATING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ADULT OBESITY IN INDIANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKETING AND PUBLIC POLICY
The objectives of my research were to spatially map and determine the high-risk areas in a community, identify the possible reasons for those high risks based on the knowledge about the geographical information, and suggest targeted intervention strategies to marketers and public policy officials that may have a better impact than a blanketed approach, which may not be a wise use of limited resources. We chose to conduct the research in the state of Indiana for several reasons: Indiana is one of the top 10 states in America with the highest Jambulingam percentage of adult obesity over three previous years (2003-2005); about 26.2 percent of the adults in Indiana are obese, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of above 30; and drivers’ license data from the Indiana Department of Motor Vehicles includes both height and weight. While drivers’ licenses in many states, including Pennsylvania, do not have this data, the same research could be conducted in states that do, to the population’s benefit. We were able to use Indiana’s height and weight data to calculate
BMI and “geocode” zip codes on the map using the Geographic 50 Information Systems software ArcGIS. The distribution of the obese Miles population was color-coded. (See chart for details.) A total of 4.93 million adults were analyzed, 17.3 percent of Spatial Distribution of Adult Obese Population in Indiana:
whom were obese and 33.7 percent were overweight based on 2.58% – 11.86% 16.29% – 18.91% 22.56% – 29.72% BMI calculations. BMI is calculated as weight in pounds divided 12.03% – 16.27% 18.93% – 22.51% by the square of the height in inches, multiplied by a factor of 703. A BMI under 25 is categorized as normal, a BMI of 25.0-29.9 is overweight, and a BMI over 30 indicates obesity. The average BMI other areas contributing to the problem; 3) food stores and for those in the obese category was 33.8, and those in the pharmacies in these locations can provide education and awareness overweight category was 27.2. (See chart for details regarding the programs to educate the public about obesity; 4) these regions can distribution of the obese population.) be targeted for developing parks and gyms that would facilitate With this information, pockets of the population with a high physical activities; 5) health care providers can be targeted to proportion of obesity can be targeted for intervention strategies: develop programs to control the obesity awareness and treatment 1) the composition of the demographic distribution (age, income, programs; and 6) in these areas, the IRS can provide tax breaks as education, gender, socioeconomics, and race) can be studied; 2) the incentives for weight-loss programs and provide guidelines that distribution of fast food restaurants in these locations can be may benefit from this policy. — Thani Jambulingam, Ph.D., Chair and mapped to see if the concentration of outlets is higher there than in Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Marketing
Saint Joseph’s Anti-Obesity Initiative Faculty and Research Project Areas
l Sally Black, Ph.D. l WaQar Ghani, Ph.D. l John Lord, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services Associate Professor of Accounting Chair, Professor of Food Marketing Obesity and physical-activity levels. Obesity as it relates to shareholders’ wealth. Analyzing changes in food advertising aimed at children. l Jeanne Brady, Ph.D. l Thani Jambulingam, Ph.D. Chair, Associate Professor of Education Chair and Associate Professor of l Mark Reynolds, Ph.D. Creating solutions within communities. Pharmaceutical Marketing Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Developing public policy programs based Hands-on science lessons for children l Nancy Childs, Ph.D. on geographic distribution of obesity. to better understand food and nutrition. Professor of Food Marketing How food retailers influence l Althier Lazar, Ph.D. l Claire Simmers, Ph.D. food choices. Associate Professor of Education Associate Professor of Management Raising children’s awareness of Evaluating differences in sales for l Joseph Cifelli, Ed.D. advertising and marketing techniques. companies that address childhood Assistant Professor of Education obesity and those that do not. Hands-on science lessons for children to l Kim Logio, Ph.D. better understand food and nutrition. Assistant Professor of Sociology Uncovering risk factors for obesity and other disordered eating. spring 2007 17 Pgs18-19-Bassam Sebti_Feature:News Summer 06 REV 7/29/09 1:15 PM Page 2
In a war zone, night rarely signals restful slumber
as it does for the rest of the world.
Bassam Sebti, an Iraqi journalist now studying on Hawk Hill,
is still haunted by what he’s seen after the sun goes down.
As Bassam Sebti lay down to sleep, he had an uneasy feeling in his stomach. It was January 17, 1991, and lying next to his makeshift bed on the floor were a gas mask and a small pile of papers. Among the papers was his national identification card, one of the few things that proved his existence. It was the eve of yet another war, Operation Desert Storm. After eventually nodding off among his sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and parents, he was awakened by the sounds of artillery fire. Carefully creeping toward the taped glass window, Sebti peered out into the Baghdad sky, alit with American bombs and planes and dyed red by the bombs’ reflections off of his home city. As any 10-year-old would be, he was scared. Pgs18-19-Bassam Sebti_Feature:News Summer 06 REV 7/29/09 1:15 PM Page 3
By Bradford T. Pearson ’06 (B.A.)
Sebti, now a graduate student in the writing studies program at While working for The Post, Sebti was frequently given Saint Joseph’s, followed an unusual path to Hawk Hill. Like many assignments that would have been considered too dangerous for SJU students, he was educated at a Jesuit high school — but the the American members of the bureau. After working his way similarity ends there. For Sebti’s school was located in Baghdad, through The Post’s hierarchy, from translator and interpreter where he was born and raised. Indeed, Sebti has had the kind of to feature writer and correspondent, he was often offered the life most American students only read about in textbooks. opportunity to explore stories to which other journalists may not Prior to arriving in Philadelphia last fall, Sebti worked as a have had access. Often dispatched to riots and other grisly events, correspondent for The Washington Post, covering the Iraq War in Sebti would simply hide his notebook and camera if a situation 2003. While he admits that as a child he was afraid during wartime, began to escalate. it is his work during the most recent conflict that still haunts him. “This is my country,” he would say to his editors. “I can tell “I always had the feeling that every day when I woke up, there which situations are dangerous and which aren’t.” would be a bomb on my front step, or someone would be waiting During his time at The Post, Sebti established friendships with on the corner to kill me,” Sebti recounts. “I don’t remember that many colleagues, including Jackie Spinner, a reporter whose I slept well once after I started working for The Post.” sister, Jenny Spinner, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of English at As a journalist, especially an Iraqi one, his fears were not Saint Joseph’s. While Sebti had always planned on pursuing unfounded. At the time SJU Magazine went to press, 53 journalists a master’s degree, it wasn’t until he talked with Spinner that he and 27 media support workers had been killed in Baghdad since the considered coming to the United States. war began in 2003, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. “I knew it was very difficult to get into the United States to Its figures also indicated that 77 percent of journalists killed through- study,” he notes, “and it was also very expensive.” out the country were Iraqi. Sebti believes this is no coincidence. Following their discussions, Spinner put Sebti in contact with “The notion among some Iraqis, especially the insurgent her sister at Saint Joseph’s. The rest reads like a Horatio Alger groups,” says Sebti, “is that any Iraqi working for an American or story: Boy comes to America for the first time; boy meets with western media group is a spy.” admissions counselors and department heads; boy gets accepted Because of the perilous conditions, he could not reveal his into master’s in program at prestigious university. profession to anyone but his immediate family. As far as the rest of While Sebti is glad to be at Saint Joseph’s, he admits that the his neighborhood knew, Sebti had opened an Internet café, a work can be hectic. “I have a graduate assistantship, work, and flourishing business when Saddam Hussein’s repressive tyranny writing assignments for each class,” he says, “so it’s hard to keep ended. While it provided effective cover for a time, one incident track of everything.” The words sound somewhat ironic from a nearly unmasked Sebti’s true profession. man who has experienced firsthand the devastation and calamity While covering a press conference one day in Baghdad, an Iraqi of two wars. television crew focused its camera on Sebti as he asked a question. Despite the workload, he remarks with a smirk, he feels he’s The image was transmitted throughout the country, reaching, to still “on the safe side.” Sebti’s panic, a small barbershop in his home neighborhood. After he finishes at Saint Joseph’s, Sebti hopes to earn a Ph.D., “I saw you on TV the other day, Bassam,” the barber said. whether in the United States or another country. He also plans to “Are you a journalist now? What happened to the café?” return to Iraq, where an appealing offer awaits him. A friend He froze. currently studying at the University of California at Berkeley plans “No, no, that wasn’t me,” Sebti answered, in front of not only to revive a family newspaper that was repressed during Hussein’s the barber but 20 other patrons and neighbors in the small shop. era. Sebti has been offered a position with the joint Arabic and “I’m not a journalist.” English language publication, something he would love to do. “I’m sure it was you. …” • • • And then the barber abruptly became silent. As Bassam Sebti sleeps in his apartment overlooking City “I’m not sure if he realized his mistake or what, but he immedi- Avenue, he wakes suddenly from a nightmare. ately stopped,” said Sebti. “That moment was one of the scariest “I’m still not used to the normal life,” he says uneasily. of my life.” “Sometimes I just wake up and say ‘Oh my God, I’m alive.’” Throughout the war, Sebti worried less about his own life and Sebti knows that his family and friends are glad he’s in the more about his family members. He would never let them open the United States because, if for no other reason, he is safe. And, after front door at night for fear that someone was lurking outside, 24 years of looking into the sky and seeing nothing but red, it’s ready to shoot. comforting to look up and see, well, nothing. Safe nothing. “I should be the one who is shot, not them,” he says emphati- cally. “They want to kill me. I would kill myself if I ever saw Brad Pearson was a staff writer and op-ed editor for The Hawk, anyone try to punish me through killing my family.” SJU’s student newspaper, from January 2005 to January 2006.
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Poverty stacked the
deck against him
but never held him back.
Bruce Crawley ’67 (B.S.)
not only beat the odds,
he crushed them.
Bucking the Odds By Kevin Mulligan
Surrounded by the impressive, framed proofs of success adorning If Crawley’s life were a Hollywood movie, the opening scene the walls of his Center City office, A. Bruce Crawley pauses in would be set in the now-demolished Richard Allen Housing thought, eyes narrowing as he pans the scenery provided by a 29th Projects, circa 1950. Surrounded by temptation, trouble, and floor high-rise office. poverty, he somehow learned to overcome the odds and fend for The interview was in its 100th minute. The question was himself, the oldest of six children his mother Edith eventually simple: “Ever wonder where you’d be today had you not attended would raise alone on a crossing guard’s salary. Saint Joseph’s?’’ Picture it: 50 years ago, Crawley would go hungry four days Crawley momentarily allows himself some imaginary time- out of five at school, rather than beg for lunch money. travel back to the 1960s. Fast forward to today: Crawley is one of Philadelphia’s most “I often wonder, I really do,” he answers. “I wonder how I would prominent business and political movers and shakers. The 1967 have turned out had pure luck not led me to St. Joe’s. It became Saint Joseph’s graduate is founder and CEO of Millennium 3 the crack in the door for me, one which opened up the world Management (previously Crawley Haskins Sloan PR and Advertising), to me.” a firm providing a wide range of marketing, advertising, and • public relations services to corporate and institutional clients. No one, Crawley’s friends would say, opened any doors for him. Millennium 3 specializes in marketing strategies and penetration Rather, against the long odds of being African-American and living of the country’s $700 billion African-American consumer market. in a North Philly project, they would tell you that he shoved them It’s no wonder Crawley thinks about where he would be if open whenever opportunity so much as tapped. And he did it with circumstances had been different. What would have happened to determination, self-motivation, and an unbridled desire to achieve. him if his mother’s best friend — a Catholic — had not suggested
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she have him baptized so he He excelled, overcoming more than just academic and cultural could attend Catholic rather roadblocks as one of just 10 African-Americans on an otherwise than public school? all-white campus in the tumultuous mid-’60s. Inspired by a nun at Blessed “There were a lot of people who grew up in the same North Sacrament School, Crawley Philly neighborhood and did not have my opportunity,’’ explains discovered a love of reading. Crawley, who worked two jobs to pay his tuition. “They were not Instead of turning to the streets challenged to do their best, the way I was by the Jesuits. They at the end of the day, he would didn’t give you a choice. Saint Joseph’s gave me the opportunity to head to the library, often enter- test myself outside my neighborhood, outside my environment. taining his public school friends “I realized early on who the competition was,” he adds, “what by reading comic books to them. they thought of me, and how to find soft spots in their armor. “The library would only let I lost any intimidation I might have had about whites, which was us check out five books at a put into us early by the larger society. I was ready and prepared time, so I’d take my friends and when I left St. Joe’s.’’ tell them what books I wanted, In 1983, he earned a master’s degree in journalism from Temple and I’d have about 20 books University while working at First Pennsylvania Bank, where he that way,’’ Crawley remembers. eventually rose to become a senior vice president. In 1989, “I’d pick a different topic and he broke away and opened his own public relations firm. read all I could about it. Climbing the corporate ladder, he also found time to earn a Automobiles, horses, Egypt, on fourth-degree martial arts black belt and make two U.S. National and on. I just wanted to learn Teams (1977 and 1985). “A kid from the Richard Allen projects, all I could once I could read.’’ competing for Team USA in Japan — not bad, huh?’’ he beams. He sailed through grade At the age of 60, he looks like he could still karate kick through school and was admitted to a steel door. St. Joseph’s Prep on a full But there’s more. Along the way, Crawley founded scholarship, where he quickly Philadelphia’s African-American Chamber of Commerce; served discovered, as one of the few as former chairman of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors black students, that street slang Bureau; chaired the Urban League and the Public Relations was not proper English. He Society of America’s National Multicultural Affairs Committee; taught himself how to speak and served as public relations chair of the Pennsylvania State properly by imitating the white Caucus of Black Legislators. He currently serves on the boards students and practicing in front of Saint Joseph’s Erivan K. Haub School of Business and of a mirror. Independence Blue Cross. Crawley ran track, did well Crawley’s ties and influence in local politics run deep, as well. academically, stayed out of His present challenge is helping unionized and highly skilled trouble, and responded to every African-American contractors gain city labor contracts. push the Jesuits gave him at the “The workforce of this city should look like its population,’’ Prep. Still, come senior year, he could barely name three colleges Crawley says. “Improve people. Let them work. They’re skilled; to receive his Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Naturally, being a they’re trained; they’re good workers. They deserve work as much Prep student, he wrote in Saint Joseph’s College. He added as the next guy. There is no downside. None.’’ Villanova, because its star basketball player of the era was Hubie • White, a local success story from the same housing project, and It’s the last question of the interview. With his interests, experi- Hampton (Va.) Institute, the only other college he recognized ence, fund-raising clout, and business savvy, why isn’t Crawley because a neighborhood kid received a football scholarship there. considering a run for political office? To Crawley’s surprise, Hampton offered him an academic “I’m happy doing what I do,’’ he concludes. “When I come to scholarship. He declined, after discovering the school was in work, I really enjoy it. I enjoy being engaged in the city. Not being Virginia, but the news prompted his best friend Tony Romero, limited to the business side, but being able to be involved on the another black student at the Prep, to ask Crawley where he civic and community side. I really feel I can have a voice in what’s had applied. Romero happened to have an extra Saint Joseph’s going on. That’s critically important for me. application. “To be able to do something about things affecting people,” he Crawley was accepted at Saint Joseph’s College and enrolled in says, “to me that’s the perfect life. There are so many opportunities 1963, along with his good friend Romero, now a medical doctor. in Philadelphia to do that, and I don’t want to limit myself with He quickly realized it was a mistake to major in accounting simply any of them.’’ because it was at the top of the alphabetized list of business degrees. Intrigued by the nuances of advertising after reading A freelance writer, Kevin Mulligan last wrote for SJU Magazine’s Vance Packard’s The Hidden Persuaders, he switched to marketing. Winter 2004 issue.
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By Thomas W. Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.)
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As American rites of passage go, college boozing stands apart. In 1993 Dr. Dowdall met Henry Wechsler, Ph.D., of the Harvard Pop culture depictions of young people socializing amid vast School of Public Health, who was just beginning what would quantities of alcohol are legion. It’s difficult to find a graduate become the landmark College Alcohol Study (CAS) on the use and of any age who doesn’t wistfully reminisce about a night — abuse of alcohol on college campuses. Dr. Dowdall spent two years or several — of harmless drinking whose primary consequences at Harvard contributing to several papers with Dr. Wechsler and were an awkward encounter with a member of the opposite sex or others, then returned to Saint Joseph’s where he made the topic his a hard-to-handle hangover. primary area of scholarship. In addition to teaching such courses as
One in 20 female students has non-consensual sex during a single academic year.
But what happens when one looks past the rose-tinted Culture of Addiction and Alcohol, Drugs, and Society, he has contin- memories and explores what really happens on campuses where ued to write about college drinking and is currently completing a alcohol is used to excess? book on the issue. For more than a dozen years, a Saint Joseph’s sociologist In January 2004, Dr. Dowdall and other members of the CAS has been one of a number of researchers conducting ground- team published a paper in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol whose breaking research into this very issue. What they have found is results included the statistics noted above. It was the first published disturbing. The consequences of excessive collegiate drinking are study exploring the correlation between collegiate binge drinking far more dire than most people think, and not just for those and campus rape in a large representative national sample. “The consuming the alcohol. Indeed, there are shattering, damaging present study indicates that alcohol use is a central factor in most behaviors fostered by alcohol abuse that completely eclipse the college rapes,” wrote the authors, who also discovered that women fond memories so many have of getting drunk at a party and then from colleges and universities with medium and high binge- staggering home to their dorms. The national conversation given drinking rates had more than a one-and-a-half-fold increased rise to by this research is long overdue. chance of being raped while intoxicated than those from schools with low binge-drinking rates. • • • (The College Alcohol Study defines binge drinking as the One can’t help but begin with the stark numbers: Across the consumption of five or more consecutive drinks during one nation, one in 20 female students has non-consensual sex during a episode in the past two weeks for men, and four or more single academic year. Of these victims, 72 percent are too drunk or consecutive drinks for women.) too stoned to give consent. “You never want to blame the victim — the responsibility for “Intoxicated rape turns out to be the most common form of rape is always with the perpetrator,” emphasizes Dr. Dowdall. rape among college women,” says George W. Dowdall, Ph.D., a “But a certain pattern of activity among women raises the risk of Saint Joseph’s professor of sociology and faculty member since rape. We need to educate both men and women about the risks 1982. “What we’ve learned is that far from being an uncommon associated with binge drinking and rape.” experience, it’s fairly common.”
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America has educated college students for more than three centuries. It has drunk alcohol for even longer. As Dr. Wechsler notes, Thomas Jefferson complained about student drinking when he was president of the University of Virginia. Yet the concerns raised by the College Alcohol Study are surprisingly recent. “Society has largely ignored this issue for several reasons,” says Dr. Wechsler. “Beer, for example, is a familiar product, while drugs are viewed as coming from other countries. Most parents drink alcohol and don’t have a problem with it. When their children use it, the response is often ‘Thank goodness it’s not drugs.’ Yet about 80,000 people die each year as a result of heavy alcohol use.” Additionally, an open question is whether drinking rates have risen on campuses. More germane to the alcohol-rape link, alcohol abuse among female students appears to have increased dramatically. “A lot of women drink to get drunk in a way I don’t think happened a generation ago,” notes Dr. Dowdall. “It wouldn’t be surprising that there would have been an increase in rape.” Even if, as Dr. Wechsler suggests, parental concern has not risen as the crisis has escalated, more and more college students themselves are cognizant of what’s happening on their campuses and how ruinous the phenomenon has become. “Many, particularly those who aren’t binge drinkers, recognize that it is a problem,” he says. “It affects the quality of their life on campus through Dowdall “A lot of women drink to get drunk in a way I don’t think happened a generation ago.”
At Saint Joseph’s, A Comprehensive Approach
ALCOHOL ABUSE COUNSELING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Saint Joseph’s University has taken several steps to address campus Recognizing that new students are drinking, combining social, educational, and community outreach in a most vulnerable, Counseling and Personal comprehensive approach to the problem. Development staff delivered a powerful interactive presentation on alcohol poison- SJU ’TIL 2 ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR ing to parents and students at last ALCOHOL AND STUDENT HEALTH Now in its sixth year, SJU ’til 2 is summer’s orientation sessions, then spent University-funded initiative that brings At the same time, the primarily policy- the first three weeks of the academic social programming to Campion Student oriented Alcohol and Other Drugs Task year in freshman seminars reinforcing Center until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Force has been revamped and refocused. the message. And all freshmen are required Bands and comedians, games and contests, The Advisory Council for Alcohol and to complete Alcohol EDU, an online movies, food, and more, all at no cost to Student Health includes an even split alcohol education program. Early results students, are meant to keep them entertained among students and faculty/administration, are very promising. Midway through the in a safe environment. For students who and is charged with guiding a comprehen- fall semester, reported alcohol poisonings prefer to work their biceps by lifting weights sive prevention program. Besides exploring were down significantly from a similar instead of beer cups, the Rec Center also social alternatives to drinking, the group is point last year. maintains late hours. examining academic life to determine, for “The students are unbelievable,” says example, how to engage faculty members Joan Bradley, coordinator of the Substance in prevention efforts, and is reaching out to Abuse Prevention and Intervention the community to establish constructive Program. “We’re so blessed at St. Joe’s. partnerships with neighbors, off-campus The overall attitude is care for others.” housing providers, and bar owners. Alcohol_Article5:Layout 1 7/29/09 1:22 PM Page 4
secondhand effects. Sadly, those who drink the most feel that they coalition of Jesuit colleges and universities to deal with the don’t have a problem.” problems of college drinking. Finding a solution is a tricky matter, in no small part because the “A university setting is not a detention center,” says Dr. Lelii. higher education establishment isn’t always sure where it stands on “It’s a place where we try to help students learn about themselves the issue. Dr. Dowdall cites a Chronicle of Higher Education and about how to be an adult whose behavior expresses survey of college presidents (Nov. 4, 2005) that showed “almost an their values and the spiritual lessons they were taught as children. even split” among them over whether their institutions should be But it’s a trial-and-error process. We try to keep them safe as they held responsible for student drinking and its consequences. go through that process, and be clear about our expectations of Many universities, he says, prefer to eschew responsibility in order them and help them learn how to meet those expectations.” to avoid legal liability, and he adds, “A lot of people in higher • • • education would like to see this issue go away.” The goal must be (and is at Saint Joseph’s, see below) to curtail The findings provided by Dr. Dowdall, Dr. Wechsler, and their dangerous behavior and provide an environment in which collaborators provide an opportunity to talk about tragedy, learn students can learn to make responsible choices about their studies, from it, and change behaviors to reduce its future likelihood. their relationships, and their bodies. Data suggests that Today’s students, after all, are tomorrow’s parents. But it will take campuses such as SJU with significant community-service the combined efforts of a large collection of groups — faculty programming have less binge-drinking, other things being equal. members, administrators, high school teachers and guidance Jesuit schools, in fact, may be uniquely positioned to tackle the counselors, and, perhaps most important, students themselves problem with the kind of direct approach it seems to warrant. and their parents — to recognize the extent of the problem and Their irrevocable standard of cura personalis, with its focus on commit themselves to fix it. students’ complete well-being, not simply their classroom “We will not make inroads into lowering the incidence of rape education, demands institutional intervention, not only after a [on campus] unless we lower alcohol abuse,” Dr. Dowdall says tragic event — a rape, a death — but before it even happens. flatly. “Unfortunately, it’s turned out to be very difficult for Dr. Dowdall has been a part of SJU’s Alcohol Task Force since colleges and universities to deal with alcohol problems.” its inception in 1987. He is now joining with Loyola Marymount psychologist Joseph LaBrie, S.J., and Linda Lelii, Ph.D., SJU vice Tom Durso is a freelance writer and former director of univer- president for student life and academic development, to form a sity communications at Saint Joseph’s.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE ONE IN FOUR A pair of unique programs — one longstanding, one new — is allowing New at Saint Joseph’s this year is a chapter of One in Four, a national rape-prevention Saint Joseph’s to address sexual violence in ways targeted to college women effort begun by the College of William & and men, respectively. Mary’s John D. Foubert, Ph.D., the keynote speaker last year at SJU’s Take Back the Night RAPE EDUCATION counselors. A cell phone (610-733-9650) is on vigil. One in Four applies theory and research AND PREVENTION PROGRAM and answered 24 hours a day, with students to rape-prevention programming, with a available to assist rape victims anytime. REPP The well-established Rape Education and focus on male-only programming. counselors also visit freshman dorms and tell Prevention Program (REPP) provides intensive “Foubert’s approach is so unique because students how to protect themselves and what training to students to serve as on-call rape it’s research- and peer-based and gives men a to do in the event of a crisis. way to feel empowered rather than blamed,” “This has become my passion,” says says Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., assistant professor REPP counselor Sabrina Costabile, a senior of psychology and the chapter’s adviser. sociology major from Princeton, N.J. “It hasn’t Among those who joined what became personally affected me, but I know far too One in Four’s largest founding chapter was many girls who have been affected. It really Michael Kauffmann, a senior English major does happen everywhere.” from Wayne, Pa., who notes that the concept Faculty adviser Raquel Kennedy Bergen ’89 of men educating men is a key differential. (B.S.), Ph.D., associate professor and chair of “A lot of guys don’t really understand the sociology department, notes that through what they can do about it,” he says. “The activities such as the annual national Take mission of the presentations is to change Back the Night vigil, the program is helping to what we call the rape myths — things like open students’ eyes. rape is usually falsely reported, or it’s more “St. Joe’s is really ahead of the curve on of a 'he-said, she-said' — and put men in a this,” she says. “REPP has been around for so position to help rape survivors move toward long, and even though not every student recovery.” needs or uses it, at least they’re aware of it.” Bergen ’89 — Tom Durso
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SJU ALUMNI CHAPTER EVENTS ARE IN FULL SWING! Advancing BOSTON CHAPTER ROOTS FOR THE BOSTON CELTICS (AND!) ORLANDO MAGIC
Dear Fellow Hawks, The National Alumni Board (NAB) held its second meeting in October, beginning with a Commissioning Mass and general session, followed by the Shield of Loyola Dinner honoring John R. Post ’60 (B.S.). The NAB continued to discuss changes in the Alumni Association and its future. I am pleased to report that we accomplished a great
deal, and, thanks in no small part to the NAB’s significant reor- On November 13, alumni and their families in Boston came out to cheer on two former ganization over the past year, the leadership of Saint Joseph’s Hawks — Jameer Nelson ’04 of the Orlando Magic and Delonte West ’05 of the Boston University Alumni Association is energized and focused on a Celtics. Nelson was the game’s high scorer with 24 points, leading the Magic to a 92-89 very promising future. victory. After the game, West (standing, white sweater) met with fans from SJU and talked about his time at Saint Joseph’s as well as his transition into the NBA. During the meeting, NAB members reviewed the past six months of alumni activity, initiated a conversation regarding alumni communications, and laid the foundation for a strategic LAW ALUMNI CHAPTER PRESENTS PAIR OF AWARDS planning process to begin in 2007. The NAB is focused on creating The Law Alumni Chapter presented its highest honors at a dinner programs and activities that will more fully engage our November 15, at Philadelphia’s Union League. The Honorable Francis alumni — not only with each other, but also with the University McClanaghan ’27 Award was presented to John M. Gallagher, Esq. ’66 community. (B.S), and the Brother Bartholomew A. Sheehan ’27 Award honored Recently a survey of more than 4,000 alumni was completed, Richard M. Kelly ’59 (B.S.). which established the framework for the meeting. It provided Gallagher was honored with the McClanaghan Award (named for the some striking information. first president of the Law Alumni Chapter) for his commitment to both his profession and to Saint Joseph’s University. He is a highly regarded litigator • The data support SJU alumni wanting to be at the Media, Pa.-based firm of Gallagher, Schoenfeld, Surkin, Chupein & involved with the University in many ways — DeMis, where he has spent his entire career. A past president of the SJU including service opportunities, mentoring and Law Alumni Chapter and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, regional programming, networking, and social Gallagher has been actively involved in the Law Alumni Chapter for activities and events. decades. His friend and partner, Lex DiSanti, Esq. ’56 (B.S), presented him • We learned that our graduates also want to spend with the honor. time together — assisting current students The presentation of the Sheehan Award was very personal to Kelly. academically and professionally — and they want “Brother Bart,” or “Judge Sheehan,” as he was known then, was a legend to know what is happening on campus. in the East Camden, N.J., neighborhood where Kelly grew up and • Seventy-seven percent of you look to e-mail Sheehan himself resided. Kelly was honored for his lifelong commitment to and the Internet as primary sources of Saint Joseph’s — which culminated with his presidency of the Alumni communication, with alumni news, campus Association (2000-03). He currently serves on the National Alumni Board. programming, and athletics occupying your Judge Francis Hazel ’64 (B.A.), who will be honored by the Law Alumni main interests. Chapter in the spring with the Gem Award, emceed the evening. The NAB will meet again in April with much of our attention focused on strategic planning. I am confident the Alumni YOUNG ALUMNI INVADE BOURBON BLUE! Association will thrive under the leadership of the outstanding Saint Joseph’s Young Alumni (graduates from 1997 to 2006) came out individuals listed on the next page. The success of the in droves to enjoy an evening at Bourbon Blue in nearby Manayunk on NAB’s new programs and initiatives will certainly assist in November 17. Saint Joseph’s goal of preeminence. Surpassing last year’s attendance, more than 200 Young Alumni and friends packed the downstairs at the hip establishment. They enjoyed Forever a Hawk, food and drink specials, entered their contact information for raffle prizes, and relaxed in the company of fellow alumni. The Alumni Office hopes to host another Young Alumni event in the Patricia (McElwee) Mahoney ’76 (B.S.) spring. If you are interested in helping plan an alumni event in your President, National Alumni Association area, contact Nora Clancy ’04 (B.S.), associate director of regional programs, at 610-660-3203 to get involved with your local Saint Joseph’s Alumni Chapter. See you at our next event!
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REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION JOHN R. POST ’60 AWARDED ALUMNI CHAPTER ESTABLISHED SHIELD OF LOYOLA
The inaugural event for the new Real Estate The Saint Joseph’s University Alumni and Construction Alumni Chapter was held on Association presented the 2006 Shield of Loyola campus December 4. to John R. Post ’60 (B.S.) in November. Saint Joseph’s Board of Trustees member Post was honored for his distinguished Anthony Nichols ’67 and Dennis Durkin ’74 (B.A.) achievements professionally and personally, as initiated the idea for the chapter. More than 65 well as his unwavering loyalty to his alma mater. alumni attended the event. More than 400 alumni and friends attended the The chapter’s goals include offering a forum black-tie function at Philadelphia’s Park Hyatt at for SJU alumni in the real estate and construction the Bellevue. industries to network, providing internships and “John is a man of faith, commitment, and co-ops for undergraduates who may be interested integrity,” affirmed University President Timothy in these fields as a career, recognizing alumni R. Lannon, S.J. “Through his family life, professional career, and outstanding commitment to who have excelled in the industry, and working Saint Joseph’s, John clearly personifies the Shield of Loyola. He embodies what Saint Joseph’s with the Erivan K. Haub School of Business to University is all about.” possibly offer relevant academic coursework for Post described the award as “one of the greatest honors of my life.” both undergraduates and business professionals “I am deeply honored and moved to receive the Shield of Loyola Award,” he added. “I have in these industries. always had the highest respect and affection for Saint Joseph’s University. It has prepared and For more information on this chapter, contact shielded me well for both life and my career in industry.” Katie (Dougherty) Shields ’87 (B.A.), ’93 (M.S.), The Reading, Pa., native is president and founder of Post Precision Castings, a privately held com- assistant vice president for development, at pany located in Strausstown, Pa. Post Precision is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of cast valve 610-660-1231. and pump parts for the chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries. A dedicated alumnus, Post has served the University as a member of the Magis Society and recently spearheaded a “Young Alumni Challenge” in support of The Saint Joseph’s Fund. In 1999 SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY he and wife Maryanne, pictured above, made a gift of $6 million to SJU. NATIONAL ALUMNI BOARD These funds transformed Villiger Hall, now named John R. Post Hall, into an academic building complete with state-of-the-art Patricia McElwee Mahoney ’76, President networking and in-class computer technology for Dennis P. Sheehan, Esq. ’85, several academic departments, including psychology, Executive Vice President sociology, and interdisciplinary health services. Gina M. Mazzulla ’91, Vice President At the time, it was the largest gift by an John A. Ginter ’93, Secretary alumnus in Saint Joseph’s history — serving as Katherine B. Boone ’90 the catalyst for others to make recent major John F. Brennan ’69 institutional gifts. Richard J. Brennan ’81 Post credits his Jesuit Rosemary C. Costantini ’80 education for instilling in Deborah J. Coughlin ’75 him the values and work John Paul Curran, Esq. ’61 ethic contributing to his Joanne M. Devlin ’70 personal and professional David A. Dorsey ’54 success. M. Eileen Dougherty ’76 “It’s true that St. Joe’s Dennis M. Durkin ’74 did not make an Albert Daniel P. Gallagher ’94 Einstein out of me, but I can Jonathan T. Gregory ’06 tell you that what I learned Marisa M. Griffin ’78 here was true genius,” he James C. Gorman ’63 said. “The lessons taken and Michael J. Hare ’83 the values given — not just Sile E. Keaney ’98 from professors and admin- Photos above: (inset) John R. Post with former Saint Joseph’s University President Richard J. Kelly ’59 istrators, but from many Nicholas S. Rashford, S.J. Several student leaders, pictured here with University President J. Randall Kiernan ’82 Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., attended the Shield of Loyola celebration. friends — are a foundation Scott D. Mangold ’93 and a shield in the makeup Matthew E. Matey ’04 Don’t miss out on receiving publications, of a more complete person.” Michael T. McCarthy, Esq. ’71 invitations, and news from Saint Joseph’s! John and Maryanne have two children, Patrick W. McGrory ’99 Update your contact information here … both of whom are Hawks. John Jr. received Anthony E. Moral ’03 Web: alumni.sju.edu/update his M.S. in International Marketing in 2006, Francis J. Raucci, Esq. ’58 E-mail: [email protected] and Maryanne is currently a senior majoring in Annamarie R. Robb ’79 Food Marketing. Regular mail: Development and Alumni Relations Michael A. Thomas ’78 5600 City Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395 Phone: 888-SJU-ALUM Fax: 610-660-3210 Advancing_Spring_2007B:Layout 1 7/29/09 1:26 PM Page 3
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GIFT FROM BERNADETTE B. AND JAMES J. NEALIS ’69 LOYOLA SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EXPANDS ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM SOARS ON CAMPUS
Saint Joseph’s University plans to expand its The Loyola Society Executive Council is off Asian Studies Program — proposing a new major and running at Saint Joseph’s University! and creating a faculty chair in Asian Studies — Beginning in the fall of 2005, the Council thanks to a $2.5 million gift and bequest from was formed as a way for Saint Joseph’s to work Bernadette B. and James J. Nealis III ’69 (B.S.), of together with the parent community, with its Rock Hall, Md. main goal to increase parent giving. Council The Bernadette B. and James J. Nealis III ’69 members also meet with University leadership Program in Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary twice a year — serving as advisors and program within the College of Arts and Sciences ambassadors for many initiatives, including and will begin in the 2008-09 academic year — Parents Weekend, campus security, and parent replacing the minor and certificate programs communication. currently offered. The Council currently comprises 70 couples — Additionally, and as part of its strategic plan, Saint Joseph’s will dedicate two new tenure-track from as far away as Massachusetts, North faculty positions to the development of the Asian Studies Program — one coming on line in 2008 Carolina, and California. Tim and Patti Flynn, and the other in 2009. pictured above, of Silver Spring, Md., parents of “This program in Asian studies will propel Saint Joseph’s University a step closer to achieving its Colleen ’07, serve as chairs. Tim is president vision of a comprehensive university with a global focus,” said University President Timothy R. of Impact Office Products and has been active on Lannon, S.J. “The development of this major once again reinforces Saint Joseph’s commitment to the board of Gonzaga Prep in Washington, D.C., accomplishing even more — to becoming a University of higher academic stature, true to the while Patti is an active volunteer with the marvelous Jesuit and Catholic mission of educating men and women to lead lives of purpose.” University of Maryland athletic department. In the 21st century — an age of constant information and instant communication — students “We’ve chosen to become involved at Saint who understand the dynamics of global economic and intercultural relations will have a distinct Joseph’s because we saw that our daughter has advantage in securing good jobs, according to Nealis, a retired executive vice president for human attended the University at a great time in its resources at Lafarge North America in Herndon, Va. history — a time when we’ve seen Saint Joseph’s “Those with knowledge of world history, languages, global health, and international affairs will raise its rankings, increase its faculty, and begin be able to make informed decisions regarding domestic issues influenced by global circumstances,” to acquire a new campus,” says Tim Flynn. “We he said. “By the same token, with an entire generation lacking in this knowledge, the United States are proud that our daughter chose a University is in danger of putting itself at a competitive disadvantage.” that offers a great educational opportunity and is “University graduates with a foundation in the rich historical and cultural heritage of the countries also committed to developing men and women of Asia, as well as their growing importance in world affairs and their critical relationship to the for others.” national interests of the United States, will certainly have an advantage in competing for jobs on In the past year, Council members have the global stage,” said Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D., University provost. hosted events in their homes for parents of Annual disbursements from the endowment fund created by this program will provide the following current students — giving people in various support for SJU faculty and students: geographic regions the opportunity to meet • Travel and research grants, assisting students in the Asian Studies major to pursue with University leadership as well as fellow independent research or study. parents. Last summer, Council members hosted • Faculty development and research grants, including awards to cover costs for travel to incoming freshman events in six areas as a way Asia, to support ongoing research efforts, to support other faculty travel/research costs to welcome new students and their parents to during summer months, and to train or retrain existing faculty members interested in the Saint Joseph’s community. developing Asian Study courses — expanding the number of Asian Studies faculty Additionally, Council members encourage members and courses available in the Asian Studies Program. fellow parents to join the Loyola Society, the • Campus programs bringing scholars with expertise in Asian study fields to speak parent giving program of the University. on campus and to support programs offered by the University. The results of their efforts have been impressive. • Library acquisitions focusing on fields of interest in Asian Studies. The number of parents in the Loyola Society • Jesuit Heritage Encounters/Service-Learning programs related to Asian Studies, such as (parents giving more than $1,000) increased from study tours for faculty, staff, and students focusing on Jesuit history sites in Asia, or to 57 in 2005 to 114 in 2006. Dollars raised soared other Asian locations with particular ties to Jesuit heritage. from $166,000 in 2005 to $425,000 in 2006. In addition to expanding the Asian Studies Program, $1.5 million of the Nealis gift, through a bequest, will support the creation of The Bernadette B. and James J. Nealis III ‘69 Faculty Chair in Asian Studies.
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Join us in honoring the 2007 James Barge ’91, pictured here on Erivan K. Haub School of Business vacation in Europe. HALL OF FAME AWARD RECIPIENT SJ&UundeniableIMPACT
GIVE TO THE SAINT JOSEPH’S FUND TODAY
The 2006-07 edition of The Saint Joseph’s Fund is in the home stretch. As of February 15, 2007, more than $2.9 million has been pledged, with alumni participation nearing 13 percent. This year’s goal of $4.25 million raised and 22 percent alumni participation is well within reach. The Saint Joseph’s Fund represents your partnership with the University and the entire campus community — benefiting almost every aspect of the undergraduate experience: University scholarships and financial aid, academic programs and initiatives, faculty support, service opportunities, and student research — all of which continue to have a profound effect on our students ROBERT D. FALESE JR. ’69 during their time on campus and beyond. Consider a gift to the University, to your academic program, or to a favorite President of Commercial and activity you enjoyed as a student. Every gift makes an undeniable impact at Investment Banking for Commerce Bank Saint Joseph’s University. Below is a testimonial from one loyal Saint Joseph’s Fund donor: Wednesday, April 25 To some degree I never really thought about why I support The Hyatt Regency Philadelphia Saint Joseph’s. I just do. But when thinking about it, the first at Penn’s Landing word that comes to mind is “special.” Saint Joseph’s is a special place, and I always felt lucky to $200 per person have attended the University and to have had the experiences I did. I believe the liberal arts core inherent in a Saint Joseph’s Sponsorships are available! education was an invaluable grounding in “how to think, not Contact: Mary Finelli, 610-660-1645 what to think” — a broad education that serves someone well or [email protected] no matter what career or life path they later pursue. More than the education, it was the people at Saint Joseph’s that made the experience such a special one — a true “community” long after you leave. To this day, some of my closest friends are the guys from the track team, relationships that are strong after SJU CHRISTENS NEW SHELL ON BOATHOUSE ROW 15 years. That just doesn’t happen everywhere. Giving to The Saint Joseph’s Fund is, in part, a way to say “thank you” and to ensure the Saint Joseph’s community grows and thrives so a new group of students can share the same experience. I also feel that as a young alumnus, it’s important to give back now. It’s easy to put things off and say “I’ll do it when …” Sometimes, that day just keeps getting pushed off, so I made a conscious decision to give early and often. I’ve always felt that if all alumni thought the same way, regardless of an individual’s level of giving, if we gave back in the way that we are able, the sum of the total would be a great thing. Saint Joseph’s has grown and thrived since I left campus, growth that is inspiring and exciting to see and made possible in part by the people giving back. There’s not a place or cause I’d rather support because I know it will help someone share the same special experience I did. Saint Joseph’s University’s newest shell, the Festina Lente, was christened at Saint Joseph’s I’m proud to be a Hawk! Robert M. Gillin Jr. Boathouse in October in honor of Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest (far James Barge ’91 (B.S.) left). The Lenfests recently established the Lenfest Scholars Program — a partnership with Partner, Intellect Technical Solutions, Inc. the Ignatian College Connection, which enables students from Philadelphia’s Gesu School Clearwater, Fla. to attend SJU. Sharing in the celebration were (from center): University President Timothy To make your gift online, visit www.sju.edu/development. R. Lannon, S.J., and SJU rowing coaches Gerry Quinlan and Drew Hill ’74 (B.S.).
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Wendell W. Young III (B.S.), president emeritus of United Food and Commercial Local 1776 and presi- Alum Notes dent of the Local, has retired. He was first elected to head the Union in 1962 at the age of 22. During his career there, Young saved thousands of union member jobs at Acme and Super Fresh Markets and worked to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for families across Pennsylvania and the nation.
To send NEW personal information for Alum Notes, 1956 1961 visit alumni.sju.edu/update.html. You may also e-mail [email protected] or mail Development and Alumni John R. Gallop (B.S.) retired after 42 years of Mike Slavin (B.S.) retired in September after 25 Relations, Saint Joseph’s University, 5600 City Ave., working as a sales consultant. He spends his time years with the Port of Long Beach, Calif. His last posi- Philadelphia, PA 19131. We welcome non-returnable golfing, traveling, and volunteering. tion was as chief financial officer. photographs. The deadline to submit information for the next issue is April 1. Vincent F. Yezzi Sr. (B.S.) retired from IBM after 40 years and now enjoys traveling, golf, photography, 1962 Reunion Year! May 18-20 working part-time as a radio DJ, and spending time 1941 Sandor Pali Jr. (B.S.) received the JUST AWARD for with his nine grandchildren and family. He and wife his publication The Forgotten Foursome, a report on Joan have been married 46 years and are a true John Daly (B.S.) reports that the Class of 1941 golf club-fitting techniques for physically challenged Hawk family. Their four children are SJU graduates — meets for reunion lunches several times each year — golfers. 77 times since their Golden Hawks anniversary in Mary Beth Phillips (B.S. ’83), Vincent (B.S. ’86), 1991. They also attend an annual memorial Mass for Thomas (B.S. ’89), and Linda Schubert (B.S. ’94) — John S. Rabada, M.D. (B.S.), received the 2005 Rick their deceased classmates. Michael Blee, S.J. as are two sons-in-law. Two grandsons are current Aguiar Social Justice Advocate Award. A retired (deceased), and Jerome Coll, S.J., alumni chaplain, students. emergency room doctor, Dr. Rabada volunteers at the have been named honorary members of the Class of Virgil Gianelli Medical Clinic in Stockton, Calif., and 1941. 1960 provides episodic and chronic care to uninsured people in San Joaquin County, Calif. 1950 William Brendley Jr., Ph.D. (B.S., M.S. ’62), was selected for the Centurions Program of the 1964 Anthony E. Severino (B.S.) is a Wilberforce Forum, the Chuck Colson program certified tennis instructor, and promoting a biblical worldview. Dr. Brendley has Charles W. Bradley (B.S.) retired as an assistant actively plays and teaches tennis in presented seminars on refuting The DaVinci Code professor and chair of the business administration the southern New Jersey area. He and on defensive efforts against bioterrorism. department at Wesley College in Dover, Del. He had has published at least 15 articles been a full-time instructor there since 1992. about tennis for the Web site Wild Cards (www.tennisserver/wild- Gerald P. Madden, Ph.D. (B.S.), joined the finance cards). Severino has received three and law department in the College of Business Severino awards from the U.S. Tennis Administration at Central Michigan University in Association and was featured as its Middle States Mount Pleasant, Mich., where he teaches financial “Player Spotlight” on its Web site in April 2005. analysis and investments. Having been a certified flight instructor, he has also published 10 articles on flying in various aviation 1967 Reunion Year! May 18-20 magazines including Flying, Air Facts, and Private Pilot. J. Jeffrey Grill, Ed.D. (B.A.), became a professor of education at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus after retiring from Athens (Ala.) State University. He also received the 2006 Jasper Harvey Award for Outstanding Teacher Educator in Special Education from Alabama’s Federation Council for Exceptional Children. Stanley M. Kochanek (B.S.) retired as vice president of Wachovia Bank’s community banking department. He was with the company for more than 34 years. He Charles Reilly (B.S.) hosts the Wayne, Pa.-based later received a master’s degree in management at cable TV show “How Proudly They Served,” which Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio. features military memories of veterans of the armed services. Reilly (left), a Korean War veteran, inter- William J. Matta, Ed.D. (B.A.), published viewed classmates Cliff Egecumbe (B.S., center) and Relationship Sabotage: Unconscious Factors that Jim Kane (B.S.) on the show. They both served in Destroy Couples, Marriages and Families World War II — Egecumbe in the Navy and Kane in (Greenwood, 2006). His premise is that couples often the Army. separate or divorce without fully understanding why. FORBES NAMES MIKE HAGAN ’85 1951 ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 1968
Joseph A. Heaney, M.D. (B.S.), retired from his Forbes magazine singled out alumnus Michael J. Greg Blazic (B.S.), a consultant, career in psychiatry. He and wife Mary reside in Hagan ’85 (B.S.) as its Entrepreneur of the Year in brought an SJU rally towel when Cumberland, Wis. the October 30 issue. Hagan took the reins as CEO he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in of NutriSystem in Horsham, Pa., in 2002, and Tanzania, Africa, with his two transformed the then 30-year-old floundering daughters last summer. The 1953 temperature was about minus five company into what Forbes calls a “lean selling degrees Fahrenheit when they James E. Boyle (B.S.) published In The Garden of machine.” NutriSystem notched the No. 1 spot on reached the summit. That night, Good and Evil, a novel about his experience as a Forbes’ list of the Best 200 Small Companies in Blazic they slept in the extinct volcano’s Maryknoll priest in Guatemala during its civil war. America, a ranking based on sales and earnings crater and their thermometers registered negative 20 growth and return on equity. degrees. Blazic reports that he and brother Chris (B.S. ’72) attend many SJU basketball games.
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Robert Boswell (B.S.) is a regis- Joseph M. Mazzafro (B.S.) serves as scientific and College, where he is an adjunct professor of English. tered representative/investment technical intelligence liaison officer for the Johns He also teaches at Cardinal O’Hara High School in advisor representative of Equity Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Springfield, Pa. Services for KeyAdvisors in Media, There he provides intelligence support for the myriad Pa. (www.RobertNBoswell.com). APL-sponsored Department of Defense tasks. Since Tom Dolan (B.A.) owns Dolan Media Management, He and his wife have been friends joining APL after retiring as a captain in the Office of which won a 2005 silver medallion and second place since they were 15 years old and Naval Intelligence in 1996, Mazzafro has played a key in the interactive media business Web site category at now have three children and seven role in many areas: Area Air Defense Commander the annual Broadcast Industry’s Marketing Boswell grandchildren. The couple spent system development; the Global Net Centric Convention in New York, N.Y. It was hosted by 14 days in Italy in fall 2005. Surveillance and Targeting system; various ballistic Promax International, an association for promotion missile defense programs; and numerous intelligence, and marketing executives in the electronic media. He James J. Kelly (B.S.) has become surveillance, and reconnaissance systems operations. spent more than 25 years in TV news before devel- president and CEO of the He has also played a significant role in advising Naval oping his company, which is based in suburban Washington, D.C.-based Food and Intelligence on how to improve the nation’s defense Washington, D.C., and builds management teams for Drug Law Institute, a non-profit against maritime-borne terrorism. TV stations. international organization of food, drug, and medical device manufac- Joseph W. Ryan Jr. (B.A.) was elected to the turers, attorneys, regulators, and 1970 International Association of Defense Counsel Board consultants. He most recently of Directors for the 2006-07 term. He is a partner at Kelly served as president and CEO of Charles J. Cunningham III (B.A.), a Philadelphia Porter Wright Morris and Arthur in Columbus, Ohio, Carl Zeiss, the U.S. subsidiary of Court of Common Pleas judge, was appointed to the and specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis on the German-based manufacturer of Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board. The 12-member complex professional liability, intellectual property, precision optics. board investigates allegations of ethical misconduct and commercial law. Ryan represents corporate brought against Pennsylvania judges. clients throughout the country on trademark, service mark, and trade dress claims. Anthony DeCurtis (B.S.) was nominated for Outstanding Professor at Widener’s University
NICK DINUBILE, M.D. ’73 Your Body’s Framework It’s hard to imagine an alumnus more dedicated to the Ignatian concept of cura personalis — care for the entire person — than Nick DiNubile, M.D. ’73 (B.S.). Whether he’s tending to injured players at a 76ers game or sharing medical advice on his blog, DiNubile — or “Dr. Nick,” as he’s affectionately known — has turned his Saint Joseph’s education into a lifelong passion for caring for others. One of the nation’s foremost orthopedic surgeons, Dr. DiNubile is the author of Framework: Your 7-Step Program for Healthy Muscles, Bones, and Joints (Rodale Press, 2005). The book explains that one of the key aspects of a healthy body is a sound frame, and outlines what we should do to maintain strong
muscle and bone structure while following the diet and exercise DiNubile ’73, Schwarzenegger regimens that keep the rest of our bodies healthy. The book was In addition to his book, Dr. DiNubile writes regularly for the the inspiration for a documentary, “Your Body’s Framework,” experts’ blog at Yahoo! Health (health.yahoo.com/experts/sportsnick), which began airing on PBS this past November. drawing more than a million hits for the site and inspiring more Dr. DiNubile, a clinical assistant professor in the orthopedic than 5,000 comments on one entry about cracking knuckles. surgery department at the Hospital of the University of Dr. DiNubile has also brought the Jesuit ideal of being a person Pennsylvania, is also a spokesperson for the American Academy with and for others to his professional life. After forming a friend- of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Orthopedic Society for ship with Arnold Schwarzenegger through his work on the Sports Medicine. He has been chosen as one of the “Best Doctors President’s Council on Fitness during the first Bush administra- in America” and featured on “Good Morning America,” CNN, tion, Dr. DiNubile joined the advisory board at Schwarzenegger’s and National Public Radio, and in The New York Times, The After-School All Stars program. For more than a decade, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Newsweek. program has been dedicated to providing positive, safe activities Dr. DiNubile received his degree in biology at Saint Joseph’s for underprivileged youth in more than a dozen cities nationwide. before earning his medical degree from Temple University. He “If you give kids an alternative to hanging out on the street, credits his time on Hawk Hill with preparing him to succeed in a they’ll veer toward more positive life paths,” Dr. DiNubile said. wide range of fields. “The program started in cities with great sports traditions, but “Just because you choose to go into medicine doesn’t mean all that was just the hook. We also provide computer skills training, of your work has to be medical,” he said. “Saint Joseph’s SAT courses, and more to promote learning.” expanded my horizons, giving me the opportunity to learn to write, which has been extremely useful in my career.” — Jeffrey Martin ’04 (B.A.), ’05 (M.A.)
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1971 Former SJU Board Chair and Pioneering Surgeon Dies James R. Hedtke, Ph.D. (B.S.), is a professor and A beloved member of the Saint Joseph’s chair of the history and political science department family, Francis E. “Frank” Rosato, M.D. ’56 at Carbrini College in Radnor, Pa. His recent book, (B.S.), 72, died of blood cancer on October Civil War Professional Soldiers, Citizen Soldiers and Native American Soldiers of Genesee County, New 18. He leaves behind a wife, Trudy (left), and York (Mellen Press, 2006), chronicles the valor and five children. courage of the men from Genesee County during the Recognized for his distinguished career in Civil War. surgery, Dr. Rosato had retired from his posi- Dolores Ambruster Kelly, Ed.D. (White, B.S., M.S. ’94), tion as Samuel D. Gross Professor and was appointed director of field experience and certifi- Chairman of Surgery at Jefferson Medical cation at Widener University in Wilmington, Del. She coauthored an article titled “Developing a Model College of Thomas Jefferson University in Curriculum for Information Literacy Standards in a Philadelphia in 2005. He was a prolific Small Liberal Arts College” that was published in the author and won countless professional awards for his skill, experience, and leadership. International Journal of Learning (Vol. 12, No. 8). She is now working on a biography of her uncle, which Dr. Rosato was known as a “surgeon’s surgeon,” according to James W. Fox IV, she plans to make into a children’s book. professor and chief of reconstructive surgery at Jefferson. “Frank was revered by the John P. Lubicky, M.D. (B.S.), has moved to more than 300 surgeons he trained,” Fox said in a Philadelphia Inquirer article. “They Indianapolis, Ind., to become a professor of ortho- often asked his advice in difficult surgical procedures years after leaving Jefferson. His pedic surgery at the Indiana University School of surgical techniques doubled the life span of patients with pancreatic cancer. He was the Medicine. His duties are centered at Riley Hospital for first surgeon to use intra-operative radiation and the first to perform a liver transplant in Children, and he concentrates on pediatric orthope- dics and spine surgery. this region.” Dr. Rosato attended both St. Joseph’s Prep (Class of 1952) and Saint Joseph’s College 1972 Reunion Year! May 18-20 before going on to medical school at Hahnemann in Philadelphia. Though he left Hawk Hill after his junior year, he stayed in touch with his alma mater and celebrated reunions Christopher J. Blazic, Ed.D. (B.S.), is completing his with the Class of 1956. His brother, Ernest ’58 (B.S.), also graduated from Saint Joseph’s. 35th year as a school counselor at Cornwell Elementary School in Bensalem, Pa. He is also an Saint Joseph’s Medical Alumni group recognized Dr. Rosato with the Shaffrey Award adjunct professor in the counseling/psychology in 1981 for his many achievements, and the Alumni Association also bestowed on him its department at West Chester University and in the highest award, the Shield of Loyola, in 1988. education department at Holy Family University. Dr. Rosato became a member of Saint Joseph’s Board of Trustees in 1993 during the William J. Cunningham (B.S., M.B.A. ’81) owns presidency of Nicholas S. Rashford, S.J., and served as chair from 1999 to 2003. Military Marketing in New York, N.Y. The firm special- “Dr. Frank Rosato was a great Board of Trustees chairman because of his academic izes in helping technology and consumer package goods companies secure contracts and distribution of experience,” Fr. Rashford observed. “He understood universities and how they worked their products in the military market. It also provides and this was helpful with the Board on many occasions. full advertising and marketing support, including “On a personal level, Frank was my doctor and friend,” he added. “He knew how to specialized advertising on military bases. listen to patients in a way few physicians and most surgeons could not equal. Many times Stephen C. Kazanjian (B.S.) was ordained a perma- I was welcomed and spent time with Frank and his family at their home.” nent deacon for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia last June. He is assigned to his home parish of St. Pius X — Molly Harty in Broomall, Pa. IN MEMORY 1973 Alfred F. Bernt, father of Frank, Ph.D., director of John H. Kane ’61 Jim Beirne (B.S.) is associate dean of the Olin School Faith-Justice Institute John P. “Jack” Gallagher Jr. ’63, son of John P. Sr. of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Herman “Bud” Bocher, former adjunct professor ’31, father of Michael ’97. (See page 40). He and wife Mary Ann Altergott reside in St. Louis of management and husband of Rita, Ph.D., M. Dorothy Meyer ’64 with sons John and James (twins) and Michael. adjunct professor of modern languages Lois M. Zurbach, mother of Peter, Ph.D. ’70, ’72, Nicole M. McKeon, Ph.D., adjunct professor of associate professor of chemistry 1974 psychology Mary G. Ristow, mother of William C. ’72 Colleen Morris, biology department assistant Anne Ognosky, sister of Daniel J. Curran, Ph.D. ’73 Harold Melleby Jr., Ph.D. (B.A.), received his Agnes Myer, mother of Stephen, public safety Patricia Almeida, wife of Paul ’78 (deceased) doctorate in educational leadership from the University and security officer Florence Petragnani, mother of Joseph ’79, of Pennsylvania. He and wife Cheryl, along with sons Violet M. Stinger, mother of Violet Giles, assistant vice president for information William and Daniel, reside in Cherry Hill, N.J. education department assistant technology John J. Ott (B.A.) has been a juvenile probation and Dorothy Wallace, mother of Patty Bazrod, Mary Anne Dunne, mother of Renie Shields ’82, parole officer since 1975 and has a master’s degree Cooperative Education Program director director of compliance services in athletics in probation and parole administration. Fifty-six of his Frank P. Kelly ’40 John “Jack” Joyce, father of Dan R. J., S.J. ’88, essays related to the field have been accepted for Clifton M. Durning, M.D. ’42 assistant to the vice president for mission publication in various research journals, magazines, Cornelius J. “Neal” McGranery Jr. ’44 Maryellen (Clarke) Dorsey ’92, wife of David ’54, and newspapers. William P. Brodie ’50 former director of alumni relations, mother of Augustus J. Genova ’54 Peter ’80, Ph.D., Kathleen Mitchell ’80, and 1975 Ralph D. Mercer ’54 Barbara Cowan ’93 Betty Ann Voss, wife of John, Esq. ’54 (deceased) John F. Reilly, father of Anne Marie Cilli ’93, ’01, David W. Brennan, Ph.D. (B.A., M.S. ’93), is an Grace McNelis ’57 director of enrollment operations assistant professor of education at Immaculata (Pa.) Kathleen M. Higgins, wife of Thomas S., Esq. ’58, Debbie Osborne, mother of Matt ’07 and Ben ’09 University. For almost 30 years, Dr. Brennan has mother of Sean ’99 Julia M. Valliere, mother of Beth Ann ’10 worked as a teacher, department chair, assistant prin- cipal, and principal for the Archdiocese of Stephen Joseph La Rosa, O.S.A. ’59 Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education. Don Duffin (B.A.) has retired.
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Joseph Gunn (B.S.) retired from the U.S. Department Joe Martin (B.S.) started the first competitive girls’ employment law issues, has served as an adjunct of Labor, Office of Labor Racketeering, as a senior golf league in Philadelphia, the Academy Girls’ Golf faculty member at Villanova Law School since 1999, special agent. He resides in Wayne, Pa. League, now in its fourth year. Several players have and works pro bono as a child advocate on behalf of gone on to play golf in college. Martin has been a abused and neglected children. McCausland has also coach at Nazareth Academy since 1999. been voted a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for the last 1976 three years. Gerald A. McHugh Jr., Esq. (B.A.), was named one 1981 Laurence L. Smith (B.S.) recently formed Simon & of the top 10 lawyers in Pennsylvania for the third Smith, P.C., a general practice law firm located in consecutive year in the annual Super Lawyers poll, a Susan (McKinney) Andersen, Ph.D. (B.A.), is an Media, Pa., with areas of concentration in municipal, survey of 35,000 members of the legal profession. He associate professor of English at Colorado Mountain real estate, and business and immigration law. was also listed again in the national directory The College. She and husband Michael Wayne live in Best Lawyers in America. Steamboat Springs, Colo. 1985 Rosemarie (Conover) Grosso (B.S.) purchased an 1977 Reunion Year! May 18-20 Atlanta-based importer of fabric goods. She is presi- Joseph W. Devine (M.B.A.) was dent of the company and sells its products to gift and promoted to senior vice president Robert F. Marino (B.A.) is a board member of the clothing stores under the new name of InDiago. of business development and Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Husband Vance (B.S. ’81) is a marketing consultant physician relations for the Kennedy Association and chairs the Pennsylvania Public Policy with the energy-saving industrial solution division of Health System, a multi-hospital Coalition for both state chapters. A Philadelphia resi- Westinghouse Lighting Solutions. They reside in healthcare system serving the dent, he is also the owner/principal of RFM Gulph Mills, Pa., with their two daughters. communities of southern New Development, a training, design, and development Jersey. He has worked with company in Lafayette Hill, Pa. Joyce (Goldner) Smith (B.A.) is a legal assistant. She Devine Kennedy for more than 20 years, and husband Terry reside in West Chester, Pa. now leading and implementing business growth and Daniel J. Waters (B.S.) was recently the subject of a Joseph B. Szgalsky, M.D. (B.S.), successfully development as well as focusing on physician recruit- segment on the French television show Incroyable ment, retention, and partnering. Devine lives in mais Vrai (Incredible but True) for his role in the treat- completed his recertification examination with the American Board of Family Medicine. A fellow of the Washington Township, N.J., with his wife and two ment of a snow-mobiler submerged in an icy Iowa daughters. lake. The patient was successfully resuscitated. The American Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. Szgalsky segment aired on the French television network TF1 is on the medical staff of both Underwood Memorial Jamie Moyer (B.S.), pitcher for the Philadelphia in July 2006. Hospital in Woodbury, N.J., and Woodbury Family Phillies, was signed to a two-year contract extension Practice Associates. He, wife Helen, and son Louis live through the 2008 season. He and wife Karen live in in Mullica Hill, N.J. Seattle with their six children. The Phillies secured the 1978 left-hander in an Aug. 19 trade with Seattle. in 1982 Reunion Year! May 18-20 September he went 4-1 to tie for third-most wins Karen Barry (B.S.) is a member of the Brookline that month among National League pitchers. Labrador Retriever Rescue, which serves areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware Lesly D’Ambola, D.O. (B.S.), is president of Saint Patrick J. Rusnak (B.S.) relocated to Spokane, (www.brooklinelabrescue.org). She is looking for Joseph’s Medical Alumni Chapter. She is a board- Wash., to serves as chief operating officer of volunteers to help with the organization’s Adoptions- certified internist and medical director of St. Luke’s AmericanWest Bancorporation. Fosters-Volunteers campaign to find homes for Catholic Medical Services, a ministry of Holy Name of shelter and owner-surrendered dogs. Camden, N.J., and the Jesuit Urban Service Team. Thomas J. Schwartz Jr. (B.A.) has been president of In Your Corner Public Adjusters in Philadelphia since John Kozel (B.S.) is a senior consultant with William Healy (B.S.) is associate director of major 1992. Visionary Integration Professionals in Lakewood, Colo. gifts for the Brooklyn College Foundation. James Honigman (B.S.) is a senior vice president of 1986 1979 key accounts for Aon Consulting in Radnor, Pa. Mark S. Mandia (B.S., M.B.A. ’89) is executive vice John D. Feehan (B.S.) was appointed chief financial Lawrence Brown (B.S.) authored a new book, president and chief operating officer of DMV officer of Virgin Mobile USA after nearly five years of Kwanzaa King and Queen. He is also the CEO, presi- Worldwide in Wayne, Pa. service as vice president of financial operations. dent, and founder of the Philadelphia College Center. Frank A. Squilla (B.S.) celebrated his 25th wedding Reunion Year! May 18-20 Richard McNeill (B.A.) is a founder and managing anniversary with wife April in Italy. They have three 1987 partner of the law firm McNeill & Walker in daughters: Gina, Dana, and Andrea, an SJU Scott Behringer (B.S.) of Avon, Conn., has three Philadelphia. He specializes in representing labor freshman. unions and individuals in all aspects of labor, employ- children, Jessica, Alexander, and Sarah. ment, and employee benefits law. He and wife Tracey reside in Boothwyn, Pa., with children Ryan, Michael, 1983 David Camp (B.S.) was named among the top one and Amy. percent of realtors by the Chicago Association of Jim Quigley (B.S.) and wife Teresa opened Healthy Realtors where he has been practicing for more than Maureen (O’Connor) Blom (B.S.) has been presi- Spaces, which does biopollutant and chemical nine years. dent of Silverside Corp., a private investment firm, testing, healthy home assessments, and building- Eileen K. Cardile (B.S., M.S. ’91) was named the for the past five years. She and husband Paul have biology consulting (www.healthyspaces.com). two children, Christine and Sean. Sean is an SJU first female president and CEO of Underwood freshman. In May Blom will serve as chairperson of Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, N.J. the 73rd Scholastic Rowing Association Nationals on 1984 Sharon Orlowski (B.S.) is working for Dun & the Cooper River in Camden, N.J., which will host Bradstreet as a sales leader in Bethlehem, Pa. She 4,000 high school rowers from across the country in John J. Cairns (B.S.) is a national distribution resides in Breinigsville, Pa. a two-day championship-rowing event. manager for Nissan Corp., Infiniti DVN. He, wife Pam, and children Michael and Kati relocated to Nashville, 1980 Tenn., from Mission Viejo, Calif. 1988 Col. James Cobb (B.S.) serves as command director Laura Chmielewski (B.A.) is assistant professor of Ann Marie Byrnes (B.A.) was awarded the Pope in Cheyenne Mountain, Colo., for the U.S. Air Force. Atlantic World and Applied History at the State John Paul II Award for Teaching and Best Practices in Margaret A. “Peggy” McCausland University of New York in Purchase, N.Y. She is June at Holy Cross High School, in Delran, N.J., preparing a manuscript on religion and crosscultural where she serves as the English department chair and (B.A.) established the Law Offices of Margaret A. McCausland, encounter on the 17th and 18th century New teaches honors freshman English and advanced England frontier. placement English literature and composition. She in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., also has volunteered as a docent for the past 20 representing management in years at the Philadelphia Zoo. Byrnes and husband employment and labor law. She Tom Hartman reside in Lumberton, N.J. speaks and publishes frequently on McCausland
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1989 Rosalie Intartaglia (B.S., M.B.A. ’97) teaches math Michele Ettore-Williams (B.A.) teaches preschool at the Kent Place School in Summit, N.J. She lives in for Hispanic Counseling and Family Services of N.J. Karen (Crenny) Cuskey (B.S.) worked for Vanguard Chatham, N.J., with children Olivia and Dominick. She and husband Colin reside in Mount Laurel, N.J. for 16 years before leaving last year to stay home Thomas Marino (B.S.) joined Karr Barth Associates Daniel Haggerty (B.A.) joined the philosophy full-time with children Elizabeth, Kristen, and Lauren. after 17 years in the commercial finance industry. His department at the University of Scranton (Pa.) after Jocelyn M. File (B.A.) accepted a team of financial experts works with clients and their seven years as an associate professor and formation position as executive assistant to tax and legal advisors to craft investment and risk director at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in the new director of the Corcoran management strategies. Marino resides in Baltimore, Md. He and wife Rebecca (Dennis, B.A. Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Quakertown, Pa., with wife Patty and children Joseph ’90) live in Clarks Green, Pa., with daughters Zoë, For the past five years, she has and Caroline. Charlotte, and Lilly-Jane. lived and worked in Torino, Italy. Jessica Crossed Shanahan (B.S.) was named a Christopher Quinn (B.S.) is a marketing consultant trustee of the Genesee Country Village and Museum, specializing in direct marketing. He is based out of File the third largest living history museum in the country. San Diego, Calif. She and husband Tim reside in Rochester, N.Y., with their four sons. MARRIAGES 1992 Reunion Year! May 18-20 Jon Vanderloo (B.S.) was appointed director of home care for St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Del. Sean P. Faherty (B.S.) practices real estate law in Lambertville, N.J., where he is also an assistant prose- cutor. He, wife Debbi, and children Ryan and Sarah 1990 reside in Lambertville. Maria Deysher (B.A.) is a financial advisor for AIG Jo-el (McIntyre) Cox (B.S.) is an educational Valic, located in Malvern, Pa., where she counsels consultant for private schools in Northern Virginia teachers on how to invest. and teaches part-time in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Thomas G. Francesconi (B.S.) was promoted to She and husband Michael have two boys, Joshua and district sales manager in South Jersey for SYSCO Gabriel. Food Services in Philadelphia. He has been with the company for 13 years. Francesconi and his wife of 10 Thomas Schmidt (B.S.) moved from Holloman Air years, Maria, have children Victoria, Tommy, and Force Base in New Mexico to Lackland Air Force Base Caroline. in Texas to become commander of the 331st Training Squadron. Stephen A. Iatarola (B.S.) is owner and director of the Tutoring Club of Washington Township in Sewell, Cynthia M. Zglenski (B.S.) of Doylestown, Pa., has Amy Barth ’02, ’06 and Jason Slivinski ’02 N.J. The company helps children in grades K-12 two children, Jacob and Samantha. improve their learning skills and offers SAT prep. Deborah Naulty (B.A. ’72, M.B.A. ’82) and Thomas Jones (B.A., M.B.A. ’98) was promoted to 1993 Thomas Jennings (B.S. ’57) vice president of applications, global sales, at Oracle Michael Fleitz (B.A. ’88) and Sean Moriarity Corp. He and wife Honor (Vassallo, B.A. ’90) reside Stephanie Manning Cicale (B.S.) Mary Gooden (B.A. ’89) and Arthur Sutherland in Havertown, Pa., with children Hannah and Luke. was named Fundraiser of the Year Jennifer Schaefer (B.S. ’90) and Joseph Hubert by the New Jersey Chapter of the Robert V. Kyle III (B.S.) is a vice president/invest- Michele Ettore (B.A. ’91) and Colin Williams Association of Fundraising ment strategist for Wachovia Wealth Management. Vince Mazzio (B.S. ’92) and Candace Shea Professionals. She received the He and wife Beth reside in Blue Bell, Pa., with their Robert J. Smythe Outstanding Anthony Faltin (B.S. ’93) and Erin Cenkner two daughters and son. Professional Fundraiser Award at Paris Lelack (B.A. ’95) and James Zupancic the Excellence in Philanthropy Margaret (McSurdy) Moran (M.S.) is an RN and Donna Quillen (M.S. ’96) and Douglas Allen Jr., Cicale Awards Dinner last April. Cicale is EMT, with certification in EpicCare EMR and Nurse M.D. director of development at Family Service of Morris Triage, at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. Karen Deom (B.S. ’97) and Martin Glodde County in Morristown, N.J. Gina Mackenzie (B.A. ’97) and Richard Durso Marguerite Pierre-Baril (B.A.) serves as director of Ted Engelke (B.S.) is head of Guinness Nigeria’s Danielle Manning (B.A. ’97) and Joel Greshock special education at Nueva Esperanza Academy trade marketing department. He, wife Katherine, and Charter High School in Philadelphia. She resides in Jason Veiock (B.A. ’97) and Crystal Kalman daughters Hattie and Ouisie resides in Lagos, Nigeria. Marisa DiChiacchio (B.S. ’98) and Michael Drexel Hill, Pa., with husband Jeffrey and their five Dobbyn children. Anthony R. Faltin (B.S.) of South Brunswick, N.J., is a senior accountant for Novo Nordisk in Princeton, N.J. Joseph Sirbak (B.A. ’98) and Marisa Piccarreto Kathy Shott (M.B.A.) is director of human resources Kevin Browne (B.A. ’99) and Amanda McClusky at Dock Woods Community, a continuing care retire- Kristi Foley (B.S.) moved to Columbus, Ohio, with Tammy Molter (B.S. ’99) and Michael Hosgood ment community in Lansdale, Pa. Prior to this position, husband Mike and their children Jacob and Kathryn. Justine Kirkwood (B.S. ’00, M.S. ’06) and she served as vice president of human resources for Kannan Durairaj (B.S. ’01, M.S. ’05) Greenacres Health Systems in Ivyland, Pa. Erica Drost (B.S. ’01) and Michael Kahr 1994 Janet Jurjans (B.S. ’01) and George Schneider 1991 Lori (Aquilino) Watson (B.S.) and daughter Abigail (B.S. ’00) live in Blackwood, N.J. Watson was promoted to Brianne McKeown (B.S. ’01) and Jesse Rober Kate (Ferrick) DeLosso (B.A.) runs Collectible Tours executive director of Mental Health Services at Annie Urbanski (B.S. ’01) and John Sabo (B.A. ’02) (www.collectibletours.com), a special interest tour Wedge Medical Center, where she oversees four of Amy Barth (B.S. ’02, M.S. ’06) and company in Chadds Ford, Pa. Delosso is a certified the center’s six sites in Philadelphia. travel instructor whose destination specialty is Asia. Jason Slivinski ’02 She offers “motherland tours” for foreign-born Maria Ciranni-Ionfrida (B.S., M.S. ’95) was promoted Kristin Donovan (B.S. ’02) and Greg Mize adoptees to “provide a level of support for the adop- to director of consumer promotions for the William Christine Kane (B.S. ’02) and Thomas O’Connell tion agencies that found permanent, loving homes Wrigley Jr. Co., U.S. businesses. She and husband Joe (B.S. ’00) for children.” She and her husband have two birth also opened a pizzeria in Chester, N.J., named Anna Schoenthal (B.S. ’02) and Brett Steelman children and three internationally adopted children. GianAngelo’s after their sons Angelo and Giovanni. Amanda Trahey (B.S. ’03, M.S. ’04) and Neil Michael Eagan (M.S.) is a special agent with the Victoria Marie (Dunphy) Satterfield (B.S., M.S. Schaler U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic ’95) is a field sales territory manager for Wyeth Laura Wesley (B.A. ’03) and Eric Russell (B.S. ’03) Security. He is the regional security officer at the Pharmaceuticals in Bucks County, Pa. She and Kelly Schramm (M.A. ’05) and Philip Welsh American Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan. husband Dale reside in Buckingham, Pa., with chil- dren Blake and Nicolette. Walt Fee (B.S.) works for the U.S. Air Force. 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BRIAN EGAN ’90 Riding the Airwaves After earning the moniker “Mr. Monotone” during his time on Saint Joseph’s own radio station WSJR, Brian Egan ’90 (B.A.) never thought he’d have a career on the airwaves. Yet 18 years later, Egan comprises one half of the Ben and Brian show on 98.7 Country WMZQ-FM, broadcast from Washington, D.C. The program airs weekday mornings from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and features news and entertainment commentary from both Egan and radio partner Ben Campbell. Egan describes the program as “a very entertaining, hip-sounding country music morning show.” But as an undergraduate, he will tell you, his radio skills were less than enjoyable. Egan balanced his involvement in WSJR with a demanding course load; he double majored in history and Personality Award. In 2002, they returned to Egan’s native area, English with a minor in medieval studies. His behind-the-scenes Washington, D.C., to host their current morning show on work with WSJR landed him an internship at the former Eagle 106 WMZQ. The pair also hosts the Big Top 20 Country Countdown, FM, broadcast down the street from campus in Bala Cynwyd. broadcast each weekend on over 100 stations around the country. “After the internship,” he remembered, “I realized I wanted to “Brian is one of those rare individuals who looks at things give radio a shot for my career.” differently than most of us,” noted former WMZQ Program Although Egan’s humanities degrees may offer an unlikely Director George King. “He is a very smart and articulate person background for radio, he credits his liberal arts education for a with an engaging personality.” now flourishing career. Egan has interviewed numerous celebrities, including country “You need to know how to think,” explained Egan. “You need power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Sara Evans from to know how to read a news story, think critically, find what’s ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” and Kenny Rogers, who Egan relevant to your audience in that story, and then have your unique attests is “far and away the best” interview. ‘take’ on it” — skills Egan says he acquired at Saint Joseph’s and Egan and wife Jennifer met in 1993, wed in 1997, and have a uses on a daily basis when interviewing guests and taking calls four-year-old daughter, Madeline. In July 2005, Jennifer was from listeners. diagnosed with leukemia. With the help of WMZQ listeners, Egan Post-graduation, Egan found his way on the air in several cities raised more than $100,000 and became the local first runner-up before pairing up with Campbell for a morning show in and the national second runner-up for the Leukemia and Lexington, Ky. In 1996, the duo took their act to Phoenix, Ariz., Lymphoma Society’s Man and Woman of the Year fundraising where they won the 1998 Country Music Award Major Market campaign. Personality of the Year, followed by the 2000 Billboard Country — Alexa Bonadonna ’06 (B.A.)
Celeste A. Morello (M.S.) wrote Philadelphia’s 1995 Carol Drumstas (B.S.) was promoted to state Italian Foods: A History of Over 200 Years with manager, Pennsylvania, for Brown Forman Beverages Recipes from the City’s Best Italian Cooks. Cindy Garra Avallone (B.S.) works for Lockheed Worldwide. She resides in Philadelphia. Kerstin M. Palombaro (B.S.) was awarded the Martin in Moorestown, N.J. Lynda (Gass) Commale (B.S.) and husband Chattanooga Research Award for an article she co- Jason N. Buck (B.S.) has been living in Arizona since Anthony (B.S. ’95), along with children Katherine authored titled “Can Elderly Patients Who Have Had 1996. He works for Wells Fargo Bank, where he and Joseph, started a mission project at their church a Hip Fracture Perform Moderate- to High-Intensity manages a team of developers and integration and called Fighting Malaria in Africa — One Bed Net at a Exercise at Home?” It was published in the August support staff in the area of cryptography services. Time. They are raising money as part of the national 2005 issue of Physical Therapy. She is a research campaign Nothing But Nets to send $10 insecticide- associate in the department of physical therapy at Kenneth Byungmin Choi (B.S.) was promoted to treated bed nets to Africa. The Commales were Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., and a doctoral director of state and local taxes at Campbell Soup hosted by the NBA at a fund-raising event in New student at Temple University in Philadelphia. Co. in Camden, N.J. York City in January and featured on the United Nations Foundation’s Web page nothingbutnets.net. Barry M. Pelagatti (B.S.) was promoted to assur- Niki (Cooper) Heflin (B.S.) is director of contracts They reside in West Bradford, Pa. ance partner at BMC in Paoli, Pa. The company was administration with the Shaw Group’s Environmental ranked among the Top 50 accounting firms in the and Infrastructure subsidiary. She, husband Randy, Donna (Quillen) Allen (M.S.) is a certified registered United States according to Public Accounting Report and children Erin, Trey, and Natalie relocated from the nurse anesthetist. She also established a professional (August 2006). Washington, D.C., area to Baton Rouge, La. legal business, Delaware Legal Nurse Consultants. Susanne (Vitek) O’Neill (B.S.) works for Procter and Kenneth Sheeky (B.A.) earned a master of science Gamble and was relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, as 1996 degree in strategic leadership from Neumann College part of the company’s merger with Gillette. She and in Aston, Pa. husband Robert reside in Cincinnati with twin daugh- Coleen R. Abbott (B.S.) has launched the interior ters Elisabeth and Katherine. design firm Imagine Interiors for Living in Wayne, Pa. Amy M. Vanni (B.A.) is an associate specializing in She completed the decorative arts for interiors pharmaceutical litigation with the firm Reed Smith in program at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. Philadelphia.
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BIRTHS Caroline Joanna and Katherine Anne to Sheila Christian to Heather (Ruggero, B.S. ’97, M.S. ’98) (Roman, B.S. ’92) and Brian D’Angelo and Chris Keleher Timothy Gabriel to Kate (Shields, B.S. ’92, M.B.A. Shane Martin to Gina Salerno (B.S. ’97) and Bill ’95) and Paul Landaiche McLeer (B.S. ’97) Ciaran Gerald Charles to Dawn Tobin and Patrick Sarah Darcy to Darcy and Terence Scollin (B.A. ’97) Holt (B.A. ’92) Vincent Joseph to Doriana and Glen “Tripp” Zachary Augustine to Gabrielle (Toconita, B.A. ’92) Whitaker III (B.S. ’97) and Mark Sereni (B.S. ’84) Liam Alexander to Abigail (Whitbeck, B.A. ’97) and Landon Russell to Lisa and Alex Tis (B.S. ’92) Ryan Fenton Christopher Antonio to Assunta Wallace (B.S. ’92) Anika Rose to Erin (O’Donnell, B.A. ’98) and Tim Dylan Michael to Susan (DeVuono, B.S. ’93) and Schanne Michael McDyer (B.A. ’93) Nicholas Vincent to Andrea (Zawila, B.S. ’98) and Abigail Elizabeth to Tara (Dmytryk, B.A. ’93) and Jim Vincent White Stasik Michael Joseph Jr. to Stephanie (Bedics, B.A. ’99) and Luke Reilly to Anne Marie (Reilly, B.S. ’93, M.S. ’01) Michael Kawczynski (B.S. ’99) and Darryl Cilli (B.S. ’91) Ethan, Ike, and Olivia to Imanda Umschweif and John Hayley Marie, daughter of Della (Hutchinson) ’99 Max and Sam to Lisa and John Stachula (B.S. ’93) Deegan (B.S. ’99) and Dennis Leahy ’98 Jackson Cotter and Colton Windsor to Vanessa (B.S. Thomas James to Megan (Kelly, B.S. ’99) and Gregory ’93) and Jack Waters Morace (B.S. ’99) Sara to Elizabeth and Francis Gallagher (B.S. ’72, B.S. Daniel Peter to Julie (DiGiovanni, B.S. ’94) and Paul Hayley Marie to Della (Hutchinson, B.S. ’99) and ’80) Darno Dennis Leahy (B.S. ’98) John Rabindra to Mary Lynn (Morris, B.A. ’86) and Nicolette to Victoria Marie (Dunphy, B.S. ’94, M.S. Matthew John to Kelly (Rodgers, B.S. ’99) and Eric John Kennedy ’95) and Dale Satterfield Heimberger Maisy Chase to Amy and Michael Betancourt (B.S. ’87) John King II to Nicole and Michael A. McCormick Anthony James “A.J.” to Andrea (Ryan, B.A. ’99) and Maria Theresa to Laura Chmielewski (B.A. ’88) and (B.S. ’94) Anthony Rihl Jr. Herman Eberhardt Richard Charles III to Monica (Slyconish, B.S. ’94) and Harley Christine to Amy (Schlosser, M.S. ’99) and Lauren Rose to Karen (Crenny, B.S. ’89) and Jack Richard Belli Jr. Matt Shafer Cuskey Sarah Pauline to Jennifer and David Zambo (B.S. ’94) Erin Margaret to Jaime and Paul F. Scott (M.S. ’99) Tess Christine to Joanne (Kuhn, B.S. ’89) and Chris Gabriel to Aubrey Antonuccio (B.A. ’95) and Julio Nathan Thomas to Alison (Stowasky, B.S. ’99) and Waltrich Montes Brian Korner Lilly-Jane to Rebecca (Dennis, B.A. ’90) and Daniel Liam Gerard to Jennifer and Erik Connaughton (B.S. Kacey Erin to Melissa (Sweeney, B.S. ’99) and Haggerty (B.A. ’91) ’95) Joseph O’Donnell (B.S. ’00) Joshua Robert to Maria Deysher (B.A. ’90) and Dana to Diana (Gramenzi, M.S. ’95) and Len Juliani Reese Kathleen to Kelli and Jeffrey Czajkowski Michael Heins (B.S. ’95) (B.A. ’00) Julia Hope to Tamara (Fowler, B.S. ’90) and Mark Ryan Gene to Leslie (Hatten, B.S. ’95) and Rob Gabriel Louis to Lauren (DeFrancesco, B.S. ’00) and Jermyn Valentine (B.S. ’95) Christian Elsasser (B.S. ’98) Mary Katherine “Molly” to Betty and Stephen Welsh Kevin William to Kristin (Wiebalck, B.S ’95, M.S. ’02) Brendan Thomas to Briar and Thomas DiEnna (B.A. ’00) (B.S. ’90) and Brian Seltzer (B.S. ’96, M.S. ’06) Sydney Alyse to Marianne (Fronk, B.S. ’00) and Scott Quinn Champlin to Jennifer and Thomas Durso (B.A. Samuel George to Pamela Yosca (B.A. ’95) and Andy Slater ’91, M.B.A. ’02) Waxman Terrance Michael to Pamela (Heckman, B.S. ’00) and Sean and Brendan to Heather and Robert McGee Gabriel Philip to Jennifer Baldino (M.S. ’96) and Salvatore Insalaca (B.S. ’99) (B.S. ’91) Edward Bonett Eve Simone to Melissa (Spier, B.S. ’00, M.S. ’01) and Cole Daniel to Janet and Dan Miller (B.S. ’91) Lauryn Nicole to Kathleen Cook (Borden, B.S. ’96) Robert Parlaman Paris Elle to Nicole (Paris, B.A. ’91) and Richard Santee Annabel Mary to Erin and Nicholas Durant (B.A. ’96) Elliot to Amber Ciccanti (M.S. ’01) and Matthew Ferrell Sean Connor to Catherina and Bill Walsh (B.A. ’91) Lauren Elizabeth to Lisa Marinucci Gribbin (B.S. ’96, Samuel Oliver to Amy (Drnach, B.S. ’01) and Stephen Grace Sofia to Maria Aranda, Ph.D. (B.A. ’92), and M.S. ’03) and William Gribbin (B.S. ’95, M.B.A. ’06) Bader Christopher Barrett Kara Olivia to Christine Lynn and Kenneth Sheeky Andrew Richard to Anna (Gatta, B.S. ’01) and Scott Savannah Marie to Sandra (Fitzgerald, B.S. ’92) and (B.A. ’96) Clothier Jeff Hawley Molly Lynn to Carolyn (Wood, B.S. ’97) and Michael Alex to Jennifer Ann (Greshock, M.B.A. ’03) and Rick Lindsay Marie to Christa (Glenn, B.S. ’92) and Keith Meakim Raker Jones David to Susan Rhodes and Ed Dart (B.S. ’97) Thomas James to Theresa (Venglarik, B.S. ’04) and Madison to Angelina Kennedy (B.A. ’92, M.S. ’95) Jack Richard to Cristina (Galindo, B.S. ’97, M.A. ’02) Brian Kohler (B.S. ’04) Elizabeth Anne to Libby and Stephen Majewski and Peter Frazzano Madeline Jennifer to Jennifer and Croix Kring (M.B.A. (B.A. ’92) Benjamin Steven to Katie (Koch, B.S. ’97) and ’06) Ryan Joseph to Cindy and Michael Murphy (B.A. ’92, Michael Sparich Lauren Nicole to Kimberly (M.B.A. ’06) and Michael M.S. ’04) Reid Grayson to Rachel and Christopher Monte (B.S. ’97) Wensel
Alan G. Wandalowski (B.A.) has joined the Christian Goodman (B.A.), wife Amy, and sons Ryan Gina Masucci Mackenzie (B.A.) earned a doctorate Bethlehem, Pa., office of the law firm Mosebach, and Benjamin have moved to Point Mugu Naval Air in English literature from Temple University. Her work Funt, Dayton, and Duckworth. He and wife Susan live Warfare Center in Calif. Goodman is the air warfare was published in the Journal of Modern Literature in Orefield, Pa., with son Owen. officer with Carrier Air Wing Nine attached to USS and boundary 2, and she has coauthored an intro- John C. Stennis. duction to Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams (Barnes and Noble Classics Series, 2005). 1997 Reunion Year! May 18-20 Michael Haas (B.S.) is an investment advisor with Merrill Lynch’s Global Private Client Group in Kristin M. McKenna (B.S.) joined Stradley Ronon Jenny Bartelle (M.S.) received a master’s degree in Marlton, N.J. Stevens and Young as an associate in the tax depart- higher education management from the University of ment and is based out of the Philadelphia office. Pennsylvania, where she works as director of educa- Liza Micioni Lee (B.S.) is a lead clinical research tional activities. associate for PRA International, a clinical develop- Toni M. Pergolin (M.S.) was ment organization. She and husband Todd have named president of Bancroft J. Meredith (Tegler) Datz (B.S.) and husband Chris fraternal twins, Alex and Mark. NeuroHealth in New Jersey, where reside in West Chester, Pa., with children Alexandra she has worked since 2004. and Christopher. Linda Mac Nichol (B.S., M.S. ’01) is an administrative Pergolin oversees a staff of about staff assistant in the Seattle (Wash.) Police Department. 1,300 as well as four major Eileen Gadsden (B.S.) earned an M.B.A. in new Before graduating from SJU, she earned degrees from campuses, more than 100 group ventures and entrepreneurial studies from Penn State Delaware County (Pa.) Community College and West homes and supervised apartments, University. Chester (Pa.) University. Mac Nichol also has a paralegal Pergolin four special education schools, and certificate from Widener University. other services.
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Anthony A. Saggiomo Jr. (B.S.) was promoted to Brian E. Strzyz (B.S.) opened his second real estate 1999 Northeast region sales manager for Hussmann Corp. office, which specializes in commercial and invest- in Mount Laurel, N.J. ment real estate, in Fort Myers, Fla. He resides in David P. Gibbons (M.S.) was Cape Coral, Fla. Gina Salerno (B.S.) received a master’s degree in named assistant vice president for health psychology from Northern Arizona University. Jason Veiock (B.A.) is moving to Washington this operations for the Kennedy Health She and husband Bill McLeer ’97 (B.S.) live in Mount spring to work full-time on the Secretary of State’s System in Turnersville, N.J. He has Laurel, N.J., with children William and Shane. protective detail. responsibility for the Kennedy- Washington Township, N.J., Terence Scollin (B.A.) started a renovation business campus. Gibbons is also an adjunct specializing in condominium conversion in 1998 faculty member at Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia. Gibbons and received the Graduate Arts & Marisa (DiChiacchio) Dobbyn (B.S.) and husband Sciences Award for Teaching Valerie Shepherd (B.S.) and husband David have Michael live in Highlands, N.J., and work in New York, N.Y. Excellence in 2004-2005. moved to Virginia as part of his Naval tour. They have three daughters, Savannah, Madeline, and Emma. Erik Evans (B.S.) earned a master’s degree in educa- Tammy (Molter) Hosgood (B.S.) is a merchandising Shepherd is pursuing a nursing degree. tion from the University of Delaware. manager at Wegmans Food Markets in Cherry Hill, N.J. Eric E. Shore, M.D., Esq. (M.B.A.), received a Mary (Glas) Gaspers (B.S.) and husband Mark Frances R. Wood (M.S.) is assistant superintendent Lifetime Achievement Award from the Foundation for reside in Houston, Texas. She is completing a pedi- of schools in the Highland Park, N.J., School District. Women’s Medical-MCP. The award recognizes his atric critical care fellowship and pursuing a master’s She resides in Basking Ridge, N.J. dedication to his patients, prior to his transitioning degree in public health at the University of Texas. into healthcare and injury law and leading the fight to keep the Hospital of the Medical College of Della (Hutchinson) Leahy (B.S.) and husband 2000 Pennsylvania open. Dennis ’98 (B.S.) moved to Berlin, Conn., with daughter Hayley. Jeffrey Czajkowski (B.A.) and wife Kelli reside in Lauren (Straub) Murawski (B.S.) is pursuing a Berwyn, Pa., with daughters Brennan and Reese. teaching certificate in secondary mathematics. She Jodi Mudgett (M.B.A.) is president, CEO, and Ryan Hare (B.S.) was awarded Overall Employee of and husband Mike reside in Harleysville, Pa., with founder of Dream Home Consulting, Marketing, and the Year for the Vancouver, British Columbia-based children Benjamin and McKenna. Home Staging Co., which offers entrepreneurial makeover services in Bucks and Montgomery David Oppenheimer Group, where he serves as East Counties, with plans to expand to the greater Coast sales coordinator. Philadelphia region.
RENEE HYKEL ’01 qualify for the U.S. Olympic Law Student Extraordinaire Rowing Team in 2008. Hykel trains throughout the Renee Hykel ’01 (B.S.) is not your average superhero. Her year. Her daily routine consists special powers — dedication, determination, and drive — are of rowing in the morning, rather human. Her signature costume has no mask or cape; it is a taking classes at Rutgers School streamlined Nike unisuit. Her most powerful weapons are simply of Law during the day, and a pair of oars and her intellect. While these characteristics are not rowing again at night. Her futuristic, their amalgamation in Hykel distinguishes her from athletic prowess and persever- everyone else. ance placed her and partner Law student by day, world championship rower by morning Julie Nichols fourth in the semi- and night, Hykel succeeds at both things simultaneously when finals and ninth overall in the most people find it difficult to do just one. And considering Hykel World Championships in Eton, is only 27 years old and never played a sport in high school, one United Kingdom, this past cannot help but wonder: “Is she for real?” But she is indeed. summer. They also won bronze In 1997 Hykel, then in her first year at Saint Joseph’s, decided medals at World Cup #3 in to take up rowing, because, as she said, “It is the only sport that Lucerne, Switzerland, in July. required no prior experience.” By her sophomore year, Hykel “Renee is a wonderful person,” said Don DiJulia ’67 (B.S.), realized rowing was not simply an extracurricular activity; it was associate vice president and director of athletics. “She embodied a calling. She spent the summer between her junior and senior the SJU spirit as a student and we are proud to have her as an SJU years sculling at the Vesper Boat Club on Boathouse Row, an alum. She made her mark in part due to her ‘Hawk Will Never experience she brought back with her to Saint Joseph’s the Die’ attitude, and we wish her nothing but the best.” following fall. Proving DiJulia’s belief that she is a Hawk at heart, Hykel will “I loved rowing at St. Joe’s,” Hykel recalled fondly. “One of tell you that it isn’t so much about the winning as it is about the the greatest things about collegiate rowing is being part of a journey. program and being able to look back on that program, knowing “Being the lead rower has taught me how to get the most out of you contributed to what it has become.” things,” Hykel stated. “Being excellent takes so much more than I And contribute she did. Not only was she team captain, she ever thought it would.” was the M.V.P. Although she did not expect to pursue rowing after graduation, her days of competing were nowhere near over. — Alexa Bonadonna ’06 (B.A.) Currently, in addition to completing law school, Hykel’s goal is to
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J. Michael Kowalski, D.O. (B.A.), received a doctor Christopher J. O’Connell (B.S.) was one of three James Cosentino (B.S.) is working toward his of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia golfers to represent the U.S. Virgin Islands National doctor of osteopathic medicine degree at the College of Osteopathic Medicine in June. Team at the World Team Amateur Golf Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Championships in South Africa last October. Kelly Machovec, M.D. (B.S.), graduated from the Anthony D. Crerand (B.S.) earned an M.B.A. in business University of North Carolina with a medical degree Meredith Perry, D.O. (B.S.), received a doctor of administration with a concentration in management and a master’s degree in public health in May. She osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia from York (Pa.) College in May. He is director of opera- started a surgical residency at Temple University in College of Osteopathic Medicine in June. tions for Family Health Associates in York. July. Dr. Machovec and husband Scott Matthews live in Philadelphia. Robert Todd Rinnier, D.O. (B.S.), Alyssa Hillmann (B.S.) expects to complete her was awarded a doctor of osteo- master’s degree in speech-language pathology this Ed Zanoni (M.B.A.) resides in Narberth, Pa., with pathic medicine degree from May at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. wife Anne-Marie and children Patrick and Andrew. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in June. Lauren Mello (B.S.) works for Gyro Worldwide Advertising in Philadelphia, where she specializes in 2001 media.
James J. Gillece (M.B.A.) joined AlliedBarton Security Rinnier Michael Pagliaro (B.S.) received his M.B.A. with a Services, a large American-owned and operated concentration in finance from Bentley College in security services firm, as vice president of learning and Brian Rosetti (B.S.) launched an online coaching Boston, Mass. He now works for SEI Investments in organizational effectiveness. Web site for physical fitness and athletic achieve- Oaks, Pa. ment, www.runsmartproject.com. Ben Koch (B.S. Mary (Gunn) McCafferty (B.S.) works for Vanguard ’02) is also on the coaching staff. Thomas A. Rambo (M.S.) was appointed associate and completed her M.B.A., with honors, from Penn dean of student life and director of public safety at State University. She and husband James live in Jerome Sanders (B.S.) received a master’s degree Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa. Conshohocken, Pa. from Central Michigan University. Vikki Scialabba (B.S.) is a third grade teacher at Christie Joyner (B.S.) is senior accountant for the City Genevieve Skalak, D.O. (B.S.), Pohakea Elementary School in Oahu, Hawaii. She of Quincy in Florida. She resides in Tallahassee, Fla. received the doctor of osteo- lives in Ewa Beach. pathic medicine degree from Shannon Patton Huffman (B.S.) is a clinical social Philadelphia College of Osteo- Tameka Simpson, D.O. (M.B.A.), received a doctor worker in Phoenixville, Pa., where she and husband pathic Medicine in June. She is an of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia Michael live. She also teaches figure skating and ice intern at Mercy Suburban Hospital College of Osteopathic Medicine in June. She is an hockey at Ice Line in West Chester, Pa. in Norristown, Pa. intern at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Sean Lavelle (B.S.) received his M.A. in Skalak Stratford, N.J. bilingual/bicultural studies from La Salle University in Philadelphia in May. Devyn McNamee Spears (B.A.) was named 2006 Michelle Ruth Underkofler, D.O. (M.B.A.), was Clark County School District New Teacher of the awarded the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree Holly Meng (M.B.A.) is founder Year, a title she won over 3,300 others. She spent a from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and president of the Etiquette summer working with the American Society of in June. She is an intern at Delaware County School of Grace in Villanova, Pa. Newspaper Editors in an effort to improve student Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Pa. The school strives to provide a journalism. positive difference in the lives of Victoria Nicole Zysek, D.O. (M.B.A.), received the children and business professionals Jenna Tesoriero (B.S.) earned a master’s degree in doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from through professionally supported communication disorders in January from William Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in etiquette programs and consulting Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. She is a speech- June. She is a resident at the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic Meng services. language pathologist working with developmentally Foundation. disabled children in Monroe, N.J. Angelika Mohnke (B.A.) received her master’s degree in educational leadership with a concentra- 2005 tion in higher education administration from 2003 Villanova University. She is programs coordinator for Kevin McGrann (B.A.) helped power the Italian the psychology department at Philadelphia College of Brian Holt (M.B.A.) is director of new product National Lacrosse Team to their best finish in inter- Osteopathic Medicine. development with American Shower & Bath, a divi- national competition, posting a 4-3 record at the sion of Masco Corporation. World Lacrosse Championships in London, Ontario. Jennifer Zeier (B.S.) graduated from the University He currently resides in Washington, D.C., where he Joseph T. Kelleher (B.S.) joined the law firm of Oregon with a master’s degree in public adminis- serves on the staff of U.S. House of Representatives Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young as an associate tration and a master’s certificate in not-for-profit Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio). management. in the litigation department. He graduated magna cum laude from University of Notre Dame Law Robert J. Staub III (B.S./B.A.) received a full schol- School. arship to Drexel University College of Law and 2002 Reunion Year! May 18-20 became a member of the inaugural class in August. Cynthia (Lauter) Normart (B.S.) is a special educa- Juan Arteaga (B.A.) was the baseball league director tion teacher for the Franklin Township (N.J.) Board for Harlem’s Revitalizing Baseball in Inner Cities in of Education. She and husband Rob reside in 2006 New York, N.Y., last summer. He teaches English at Lawrenceville, N.J. St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, N.J. Kelly Anne Flanagan (B.S.) works for accounting Elizabeth Strawhacker (B.S.) of Boston, Mass., firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, N.Y. Tracy Beinhauer (B.S.) was promoted to semi-senior accepted a position in the human capital division of accountant at WithumSmith+Brown, CPAs and Deloitte Consulting. Lyric Prince (B.A.), a Richmond, Va., native, was Consultants. She lives in Hulmeville, Pa. selected as a Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Amanda (Trahey) Schaler (B.S., M.S. ‘04), a grantee to teach English there this academic year. Megan Brown (B.S.) graduated from law school and teacher, moved to Indiana with husband Neil. After her year in Japan, she hopes to pursue a career passed the Pennsylvania Bar Examination. in communication. Jeffrey Hostetter, D.O. (B.S.), was awarded a 2004 Erika Rendeiro (B.S.) spoke at SJU in October on doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from behalf of Con Agra Foods, where she is a sales Jermaine Clarke, D.O. (M.B.A.), Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in June. representative. He is an internal medicine resident at Lehigh Valley was awarded the doctor of osteo- Hospital in Allentown, Pa. pathic medicine degree from Maria C. Sass (B.A.) is a Lexus national account coor- Philadelphia College of dinator at Team-One Advertising in El Segundo, Calif. Francine Elizabeth Natal (B.S.) has authored two Osteopathic Medicine in June. books of poetry — Every Rose Has a Thorn and The Dolly M. Taunk (M.B.A.) was promoted to Assortment — and a manuscript. Excerpts from the Enterprise Identity Services (EIS) project manager at books of poetry were published in The Spirit the DuPont Information Security Office. Community Newspapers in Philadelphia. Clarke Kimberly Y. Wensel (M.B.A.) obtained Certified Information Systems Auditor certification in October. 38 magazine Viewpoint Spr 07:News Summer 06 REV 7/29/09 1:29 PM Page 1
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(Jn.14.6). This duty, as Pope Benedict XVI reminded us, does not conflict with the freedom of our intellects to investigate and draw conclusions. On the contrary, Catholicism insists that a mutually enriching friendship binds faith and reason together. Faith enlarges our search for the truth, giving us answers to problems that our limited powers of inquiry could never find. Faith tells us that God
PHOTO: Michael Kerrigan ’08 is love, that we have an eternal destiny after this life, and that we should forgive our enemies. On the other hand, reason keeps faith from flying off into superstition and sentimentality. The Bible An Inextricable Bond: needs to be interpreted, for instance. It needs to be understood in Catholicism and Academic Freedom light of its history and culture, of archeology and literary criticism. The point is, Catholicism keeps faith and reason happily married. By doing so, it nurtures and develops academic freedom. Does the Catholic religion liberate or straitjacket higher When these two partners seek a divorce, the consequences can education? This may seem a surprising question. Writing in The be dire. For instance, J. M. Roberts, former head of Merton New Republic (Feb. 15, 1999), Charlotte Allen claimed that many College in Oxford, claims that universities are aiding and abetting top-flight professors at Catholic universities view Catholicism and the rampant materialism of modern society. Their value, he says, academic freedom as incompatible. Academic freedom is the right is being determined by their ability to manipulate nature, to create given to professors. It entitles them to teach and seek knowledge wealth, and to augment the power of the elite. If he is right, we without undue interference. Its apparent conflict with Catholicism face a serious problem. Instead of liberating our intellects, modern results from a major shift in American higher education. universities are making people the victims of greed. When this During the last century, the loyalty of faculty members has happens, democratic societies such as our own are undermined. moved from the institutions that support them to the authorities Power shifts from the people to the specialized interests. It gravi- in their disciplines who evaluate their competence to receive tates into the control of great capital, corporate lobbyists, and degrees and be promoted. The upshot is, professional scholars international cartels. alone are deemed to be the fitting guardians of education. This There is also the opinion of Donald Kennedy, former president view clearly excludes administrators, trustees, and religious of Stanford University. He argues that higher education’s current figures. All of them are seen as extrinsic to the heart and soul of leadership has failed to create distinctive identities for America’s the academic enterprise. colleges and universities. This is making our schools mere dupli- How do we educators who are also committed churchmen cates of one another. When the same subjects are taught and answer this charge? First we point to what Pope John Paul II says researched according to the same methods, a healthy diversity of in his 1990 teaching on higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. It perspectives disappears. In turn, the pursuit of the whole truth is commits Catholicism unequivocally to academic freedom. The compromised. If he is right, universities are running the risk of Pope expressed this commitment even better than the American training people to be prejudiced. Prejudice results when the purely Association of University Professors. Academic freedom, said scientific view of truth is given a special privilege over the truth of John Paul, is given to scholars so that they can find truth wherever art, philosophy, and religion. Prejudice, like specialized interest evidence and analysis may lead them. They may publish their groups, also undermines our free society. It makes people prone to results, so long as they stay within their expertise and follow the the groupthink of fascism. The millions of mute victims from the proper methods of their field. The Pope advises professors to wars of the last century will always remind us of fascism’s dire respect the rights of the community they serve. No one serves a consequences. university as an isolated individual. On the contrary, everyone In short, Catholicism liberates the human mind by keeping it there serves the truth and the common good. This service is a wedded to faith. In doing so, it not only promotes academic shared task. It is a university’s fundamental purpose. For the Pope, freedom, but also protects our republican form of government. academic freedom is not so much a professor’s personal right as a means to reach what is true and good. — Stephen Fields, S.J. How, then, does a Catholic university reach what is true and Fr. Fields was the Donald I. MacLean, S.J., chairholder for the good? In addition to respecting every professor’s right to pursue Fall 2006 semester in the Department of Theology. During knowledge without undue interference, a Catholic university Fr. MacLean’s presidency, Fr. Fields taught in Saint Joseph’s bears an additional responsibility. It must witness to Christ, the English and philosophy departments (1981-83). He is currently incarnate Word of God, who is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” an associate professor of theology at Georgetown University.
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There was nothing ordinary about John P. “Jack” Gallagher ’63 (B.S.). Everything about him and his love for Saint Joseph’s was most extraordinary. His father, John P. Sr. ’31 (B.S.), named the school’s legendary mascot. The extended Gallagher family established the full-tuition, endowed scholarship awarded to each year’s Hawk in his memory. Gallagher’s own involvement with the University included membership on the Board of Trustees (1994-2003), past presidencies of the SJU Alumni Association and the Hawk Hoop Club, and the founding of the Alumni Mentor Program. He won the Hogan Award for dedication and service to Saint Joseph’s in 2003. Cofounder of Gallagher Tire, whose main office is in Levittown, Gallagher ’63 and Trainer ’63 Pa., Gallagher extended his commitment and perseverance to his business endeavors. Under his leadership, the company became a multi-million-dollar distributor of specialty tires. He retired in 2003. out. I often thought a lioness chasing dinner for her cubs was a Gallagher’s sudden death on October 24, 2006, was an poor provider compared to Jack on the road to helping a family enormous loss for wife Jane, sons J.P. and Michael ’97 (B.A.), member or friend. brother Robert F. Sr., nephew Bobby ’98 (B.S.), ’99 (M.S.),“The Some years ago, I met a man who knew Jack through the tire Hawk” in 1997-98, and a legion of alumni and friends with long- business. He said that Jack was the toughest negotiator he ever standing connections to SJU. Ed Trainer ’63 (B.A.), classmate and knew. But, he went on to say, when Jack came to the table he former Alumni Association president, shared some of his own always brought his faith together with his sense of decency. This memories of Gallagher. Incidentally, Trainer’s father, Edward C., man echoed what we all know — that he would always receive a and Gallagher’s father were classmates in 1931. fair deal from Jack. Jack’s humor was a bit unique. When Father Mike Smith [for When I read the note that Jack had been called home to his whom the campus chapel is named] asked Jack and I to meet then- heavenly reward, my initial reaction was that a board seat had SJU president Father Rashford in 1986 in Shannon, Ireland, our just opened and our divine Lord needed it to be filled. Not by just job was to show Father around the country. We soon learned that anyone, however. This person needed to be a man of faith, a we knew nothing of Ireland, and Father Rashford was the teacher. devoted and loving family man, a tough Irishman, a Jesuit-educated Yet Jack always maintained that we were the real tour guides. individual, and a dyed-in-the-wool Hawk. What can we say about this man, who long ago fulfilled his Jack fulfilled all of these requirements and then some. During duty to his God, to his family, to his community, and to his alma the last 20 years, Jack and I drove together from Newtown to mater? We can say we are that much better for his having passed Saint Joseph’s more times than I can count. At the end of each our way. We can say, for the most part, that his charity and trip, Jack would always use his signature line: “Peace, brother.” good deeds are known only to the recipients and to the Lord. We I believe we are very lucky in our journey through life if we can thank Almighty God for putting Jack on this earth, and have a true friend, one who supports us when we are down, we can thank his beloved Jane for sharing him with us. rejoices with us when we are up, and takes an interest in what’s Were he present at the funeral, Jack may have been humbled by important to us — without regard to personal cost. Such a friend the outpouring of friends and he would have smiled at the real was Jack. Such a brother, as it were. Hawks hovering over the church. We might say: “Good night, During those rides, I always figured the drive home would be a sweet prince, and flocks of angels take thee to thy rest.” time for relaxation. If, however, there was a problem looking for We might also add: “Peace, brother.” a solution or an issue requiring an answer, Jack would spend the — Ed Trainer ’63 (B.A.) drive reviewing the matter from every aspect. If it were not solved by the time we reached home, I could expect phone calls that evening and into the following day until a direction was figured
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