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Volume 52 Issue No. 8 www.harvardvarsityclub.org May 12, 2010 2010 Hall of Fame Dinner Six Inducted into Harvard Annals by Geoff Rathgeber ’08 athletes as undergraduates, and it is often a difficult task to Special Assistant of the Harvard Varsity Club whittle this list down to the best of the best who will eventually be inducted. On May 7, the Harvard Varsity Club inducted a new class This year, the Varsity Club was proud to induct six outstand- of all-stars into the annals of Harvard Athletics—the Hall of ing athletes into the Hall of Fame: Tamara Butler Battaglino ’95 Fame. For those who are unfamiliar with the Hall of Fame, it is (), Libby Eynon Welch ’95 (Squash), Vincent Martelli comprised of Harvard’s all-time greats who achieved success in ’83 (), Steve Martins ’95 (), Jerry Pawloski sport while an undergraduate at ’88 (Ice Hockey), and Donald Clarke Harvard. Sweeney ’88 (Ice Hockey). All of Every year, the Selection these athletes possessed tremendous Committee meets throughout the athletic skill and earned numerous ac- winter to determine who should be colades including All-America status, inducted into this elite group. The Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Ivy Selection Committee holds itself to League Player of the Year, the title of three strict guidelines as it consid- National Champion, during their Har- ers possible candidates for induc- vard careers. Of these six athletes, the tion. First, he or she must have first five were in attendance on May been a graduate of the college for 7, as Don Sweeney, Assistant General 15 years. Second, he or she must Manager of the Bruins, was have excelled for multiple years in for Game 4 of their in sport while an undergraduate Conference Semi-Finals. Don’s family at Harvard. And lastly, he or she 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees (l-r): Steve Martins, Libby accepted the award on his behalf. must have achieved greatness in a Eynon Welch, Jerry Pawloski, Vincent Martelli, and Tamara Emceed by 2009 inductee for sport at the time when competing Butler Battaglino football and baseball, Mike Giardi’94, at Harvard. the Dinner itself was a great success with over 140 attendees and The Selection Committee considers between 25 and 35 can- some highly entertaining walks down memory lane. What is didates whom friends, family and classmates have nominated great about an event like this one is that, while the Hall of Fame for induction. Undoubtedly, all of these candidates are terrific Dinner is ostensibly honoring only those athletes who are being Continued on page 6 Spring Sports Recaps Softball (27-23, 18-5) Men’s Heavyweight Crew (6-1) • On April 10th, Harvard split a doubleheader with Penn, but • On April 10th, No. 3 Brown held off a strong sprint from the No. a day later, the team bounced back to sweep Columbia. Rachel 4 varsity eight to defeat the Crimson by one second and claim the Brown ‘12 recorded her second no-hitter of the season in game Stein Cup Saturday evening on the Seekonk River, ending Har- one as and the Crimson held off the Lions in game two to earn a vard’s streak of wins against 14 straight dual opponents.Continued on page 6 2-1 win. For their excellent play during the weekend, junior Ellen • In its first race on the Charles River, Harvard swept four races Macadam was named the ECAC and Ivy League Player of the from No. 7 Princeton, including a varsity eight win against the Week and Brown was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week. Tigers and MIT to claim the Compton Cup, Saturday April 17th. • On Senior Day, Jessica Ferri ‘13 delivered a tiebreaking three- • The fourth-ranked Harvard heavyweight crew won all three var- run double with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift sity races and a pair of freshman events against No. 16 Navy and Harvard to a 4-1 win against Brown in the second game of the No. 18 Penn, claiming the Adams Cup for the 11th straight season, Crimson’s first doubleheader April 18th. Brown won the first, 1-0. the morning of April 24th. • On April 27th, the Harvard softball team held on for a 6-4 win • On May 1, the heavyweight varsity eight built an open-water in game one and shutout Yale, 5-0. The same day, Brown was lead on No. 6 Northeastern in the second 500 meters and never named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week for the third time. looked back, winning the Smith Cup in its final home competition • On May 5th, Whitney Shaw ’12 was named the Ivy Player of of the season. The win was Harvard’s 13th straight over Northeast- the Week as she helped the Crimson sweep the Big Green and ern and its 19th in the 22-year history of the Smith Cup. clinch its third Ivy North title in four years. • After a thrilling come from behind victory in game two of the Ivy League Championship series, the team fell short as Cornell Men’s Lightweight Crew (10-0) claimed the title with a 3-2 win. Margaux Black ’10 allowed three • The varsity eight had a very successful early April. On April runs on six hits while walking just one batter. Melissa Schellberg 10th, the second-ranked Harvard lightweight crew took four of ‘10 collected two hits on the day. five races, including the varsity eight, from No. 6 Cornell and No. 8 Penn. Later, Harvard won all five races against No. 5 George- Sailing town and No. 9 Saint Joseph’s Sunday morning on the Charles • On April 12th, the Harvard sailing team won 14 of its 15 races River, completing a 4-0 weekend against top-10 opposition. to claim the Lynne Marchiando Trophy in team racing hosted by • On April 17th, Harvard swept No. 10 Dartmouth and No. 11 MIT on the Charles River. The Crimson also placed sixth at the MIT on the Connecticut River to win the Biglin Bowl. Longfellow Bridge Invitational/Central Series Four. • No. 2 Harvard won at Navy for the first time since 1997, defeat- • The Harvard sailing team earned its second straight second- ing the No. 3 Midshipmen by 5.5 seconds April 24th to retain the place finish at the Women’s Championship over Haines Cup. Harvard built its lead throughout the varsity race April 27-28 on Narragansett Bay, advancing directly to the and finished in 5:52.2 to overcome a strong home-course advan- national regatta. Liz Powers ’10 was named the New tage created by supporters of the Midshipmen (4-2). England Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s women’s Sportsman • On May 1st, the varsity eight came from behind to defeat top- of the Year, and Powers and Emily Lambert ’12 were named ranked Princeton and beat No. 4 Yale by nearly 12 seconds to second-team All-New England skippers. Marie Appel ’12 and complete the 27th perfect dual-racing record in program history Alexandra Jumper ’12 were named to the All-New England and claim the Goldthwait Cup. Harvard finished in 5:40.7, while squad at the crew position. The Harvard women will race at the Princeton crossed the line in 5:41.4. ICSA women’s regatta will be held May 25-28. Club Sport Spotlight: Harvard Women’s Polo • The Harvard women’s Polo team captured the inaugu- ral Ariel Shaker ’10 Memorial Tournament over visiting teams from Stanford and Yale. Teresa Feiock, mother of Ariel, who passed away last fall after suffering critical injuries from a polo accident, is featured in the center. Pictured to her left are Harvard players Elizabeth Joyce ’11 and Samantha Drago ’11, and to her right, are Emma Carron ’12 and Captain Za Tilt ’10. The Harvard team performed extremely well in the tournament, going undefeated in two games versus each visiting team. The tournament was held at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamil- ton, MA from April 16-18. Baseball (17-26, 10-10 Ivy League) Women’s Water Polo (12-12) • On April 10, the baseball team swept Penn as the team banged out • On April 10, Harvard fell to No. 11 Hartwick, 15-8. However, the 12 hits in both games. Harvard erased an 8-2 deficit in the opener for team bounced back a few days later by beating Brown 7-6 in double a 10-9 victory before outlasting the Quakers, 12-9, in the nightcap. overtime on April 14 at Blodgett Pool. The win snapped Harvard’s 11 Tyler Albright ‘11, Dillon O’Neill ’11 and Jeff Reynolds ’12 all had match losing streak to the Bears and is the first victory over Brown two hits to join Sean O’Hara’s ’11 three hits. since 2006. With 1:50 left in the second overtime session, Monica • On April 13th, Reynolds went 5-for-5 with seven runs batted in to Zdrojewski ‘12 scored the game winning goal. help Harvard defeat Northeastern 13-12. Harvard has now defeated • Unfortunately, the team fell to Hartwick again in their last home Northeastern in nine straight seasons. game of the season on April 17, 11-8. To close out their regular sea- • Freshman pitcher Andrew Ferreira was named Ivy Rookie of the son, they then fell to Brown, 14-10, at Wheaton. Week (April 13-20). The lefty posted a .125 opposing batting aver- age, as he no-hit Boston College for his first five innings, then no-hit Women’s Heavyweight Crew (4-7) Brown for his first four innings on Monday. • On Saturday, April 10, the 16th-ranked Radcliffe heavyweight crew • On April 27th, junior captain Albright was named the Ivy League placed third in the race for the Class of 1975 Cup, finishing behind Player of the Week after impressive performances at the plate against No. 6 Princeton and host Cornell. UMassand Yale, in which he batted .700 and had 7 RBI. • In its 2010 home debut on April 17th, the team won two races • The team was eliminated from the Ivy League Title chase on May and placed in three, including the varsity eight, in the O’Leary Cup 2 by the Big Green which took a pair of games on its home field by regatta against No. 16 Dartmouth and Syracuse on the Charles River. scores of 9-0 and 9-7. For Harvard, the future looks bright as the • On May 1, Radcliffe claimed its fourth team-points banner in the Crimson played in the doubleheader despite several pitching injuries four-year history of the Beanpot regatta pitting the Black and White and only two senior letterwinners. against area rivals Boston College, , MIT and North- eastern. The No. 18 Black and White won the varsity four B and had Women’s Golf two runner-up and two third-place finishes to take the team champi- • On April 10, the Crimson topped four other schools to win the Dart- onship with 43 points, edging Northeastern with 40. mouth Spring Invitational. Harvard won the two-round tournament Men’s Golf by an impressive 38 shots. Harvard had three of the top six finishers as Chloe Altchek ‘13 (76-74-150) and Sarah Harvey ‘10 (75-75-150) • On April 10 Harvard and Yale tied for the lowest scores, but the tied for third; Mia Kabasakalis ‘11 (78-74-152) placed sixth. Elis won the tiebreaker. Still, both clubs impressed with rounds of • April 16-17 saw the Harvard women’s team win the Roar-EE Invi- 874 as Harvard finished at 288-294-292. tational hosted by Columbia. Fifteen teams were vying for the trophy • Harvard placed third at the Caves Valley Golf Club over the week- at the same venue as last year. Harvard was led by Kabasakalis who end of April 17. Harvard’s total of 622 was ten strokes behind the shot 72-74, to tie for first. tournament champion, Penn. Greg Shuman ’10 had perhaps the best • On April 25th, the women’s golf team finished third at the Ivy round (74) of play on the weekend with four birdies and an eagle. League Championships and Christine Cho ’12 was named as the 2010 • On April 26th, the team finished 5th at the Ivy League Champion- Ivy League Player of the Year while Katie Sylvan ’13 was named the ships, and sophomores Mark Pollak and Tony Grillo were named Rookie of the Year. All Ivy second team. Grillo shot 72-71-75 to place sixth overall, just missing All-Ivy first team by one shot. Women’s (8-7, 3-4 Ivy League) • On April 14, freshman Jennifer VanderMeulen scored six goals Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track to lead the Harvard women’s lacrosse team to a 15-9 win over Holy • At Penn Relays, the women’s distance medley relay team captured Cross. Senior co-captain Sara Flood scored three goals and assisted on the collegiate title and shattered the school record in the event. Cap- two others to help in the victory. tain Thea Lee ‘11, Melissa Bellin ‘13, Carlyle Davis ‘13 and Claire • On Alumni Day, Saturday, April 17, the women’s lacrosse team de- Richardson ’11 posted a time of 11:21.31, besting second-place Texas. feated the Princeton Tigers for the first time in 18 years in its 11-9 win. The women’s 4x800 meter relay team captured the collegiate women’s The Crimson recognized the 1990 NCAA Championship team who championship with a new school record. The quartet of Lee, Hilary was in town to celebrate its 20th anniversary on Alumni Day. Banners May ‘11, Meghan Looney ‘12 and Davis ran a time of 8:46.98. for the national championship team, Harvard’s NCAA tournament • The team wrapped up competition at the Heps with two seventh- appearances and Harvard’s Ivy League titles were unveiled. place finshes. Fedor Garin ‘13 placed fifth in the pole vault with a • On May 4th, VanderMeulen was named Ivy League Rookie of the height of 4.8 meters. Jessica Fronk ’11 claimed second place in the Year and earned a spot on the All-Ivy League first team. Sophomore women’s javelin with a throw of 42.94 meters. In the men’s 400 meter Melanie Baskind earned a spot on the second team and freshman run, John Dingus ‘12 finished third. Captain Jack Brady ’10, who Micaela Cyr received honorable mention. finished third in the hammer throw, placed third in the shot put with • Eight different Crimson women’s lacrosse players found the back a distance of 16.41 meters. Melissa Bellin ‘13 took sixth in the 400 of the net to give Harvard a 17-9 win over Boston College the night of meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.84, and captain Justin Grinstead May 5 at . ’10 defended his title in the 400 meter hurdles. The team of Grinstead, Dingus, Brian Hill ‘11 and Jeff Homer ‘13 finished fourth in the 4x400 Men’s Lacrosse (6-6, 2-4 Ivy League) meter relay. In the women’s heptathlon, Nicole Sliva ’12 finished second. Several members of the team will compete in the ECAC and • The 15th-ranked Harvard men’s lacrosse team fell to No. 10 Cornell IC4A competition beginning May 14th. on a goal with only 11 seconds remaining in the game, as the Big Red downed the Crimson 13-12 on April 10th. Jeff Cohen ‘12 led Har- vard’s offense with four goals and an assist, while Dean Gibbons ‘11 Women’s Lightweight Crew (4-3) scored twice and dished out two assists. • On April 17, the No. 4 Radcliffe lightweight crew took on No. 2 • Unfortunately the team fell in another Ivy League contest to Penn Stanford on the Charles River. The lightweight split a pair of races on April 17 by a score of 12-7. Jason Duboe ‘10 scored three times in with Stanford, as the Cardinal won the varsity eight race and the the first half, while Gibbons added two goals. Black and White took the second varsity. • On April 24, Kevin Vaughan ‘12 tallied three goals and Gibbons • In a hard-fought varsity race, the fourth-ranked Radcliffe light- scored twice and added an assist, as the Harvard men’s lacrosse weight varsity eight defeated No. 5 Bucknell and lost to No. 3 Princ- team topped No. 6 Princeton by a score of 11-8. After collecting eight eton while the novice eight dominated the Tigers at the Class of 1999 ground balls and winning 12-of-21 faceoffs, midfielder Alex White Cup regatta April 24 on Lake Carnegie. ‘13 was named the Ivy Rookie of the Week. • On May 1, the Radcliffe lightweight crew defeated MIT and fell • Attacker Gibbons and midfielder Terry White ‘12 were each named to Wisconsin in each of its three races in its final dual meet of the to the All-Ivy League second team on May 4th; senior defender Ben season, winning the second annual Muri Cup. The Radcliffe second Smith ‘10 earned All-Ivy League honorable mention. varsity eight finished in 7:13.3. 2 Crimson Commentary by Geoff Rathgeber ’08 *** In the 76th minute of a 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia ast year, for the first time in several years, we switched Union, Harvard’s Michael Fucito ’09 added his name to the grow- the location of the Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner from the ing list of Ivy League representatives in as indoor Murr Center Tennis Courts to the Bright Hockey a member of the Seattle Sounders. In 2008, Fucito was drafted in L Rink so that we could show a season highlight reel on the fourth round (46th overall) of the MLS SuperDraft by Seattle. the brand new scoreboard. Although we’re still hoping to show In preseason play this year, Fucito appeared infrequently due video at this year’s Dinner, we’re going to have to show it back in to a string of injuries. In his brief stints on the field, however, he the Murr Tennis Courts because the Bright Center will soon be un- impressed the coaching staff enough to convince them to add him dergoing extensive renovations. Thanks to the generosity of a few to their roster for this season. A few weeks into the season, he has hockey alumni, new compression and dehumidifcation systems one tally to his credit already. At Harvard, Fucito was a three-time are being installed in Bright this summer. The cooling systems All-Ivy First team selection, a second team All-American, and, as will allow for year-round ice on the rink, an exciting prospect for a senior, the league leader in total points as he helped Harvard our hockey athletes who have to travel all over the reach the second round of the 2008 NCAA tournament. area to find ice time when they’re out of season. A big thank you goes out to all the alumni who helped make this possible. *** On April 24, Harvard lacrosse had reason to celebrate when *** the men’s team defeated then Dr. Wallace “Wally/Tooth” Gardner passed away in his No. 6 Princeton, 11-8, for the first sleep at his Cambridge home on April 6, 2010. Wally served in time since 1990. The dramatic win the Navy during World War II, and he was co-inventor of “Audio received a lot of attention and Analgesia”, received a distinguished alumnus award from the rightly so, but a small presenta- HSDM and was recognized by Harvard Medical School as a Third tion that took place at halftime Century Fellow. Additionally, he was a former member of the was another important milestone HSDM faculty, a member of the American Dental Association, and in the program’s history. Indeed, a Fellow of the International during halftime, the team took a College of Dentists. A lifelong moment to announce a new award fan of Harvard and Harvard in the honor former captain Mike Harvard Lacrosse honored Mike Davis Athletics, Wally was made Davis ’82, who passed away in ’82 with a new award in his name. an Honorary Member of the March of 2009. An outstanding Varsity Club in 2005. An avid player, teamate, and scholar, Mike Courtesy: Athletic Communications golfer himself, at age 93, he shot graduated magna cum laude and a round of 89 with Billy Cleary was selected as the Scholar-Athlete for the entire Harvard Athletic ’85 over at Brae Burn Country program in 1982. In recognition of Mike’s leadership qualities both Club--remarkable at any age! on and off the field, the new award established by his teammates Wally lived a full and vibrant reads as follows: The Mike Davis Award for Leadership: “Present- life. He will be missed by all his ed to the outstanding leader of the Harvard men’s varsity lacrosse friends and colleagues here at team. In memory of Michael H. Davis ’82, whose dedication, Phil Haughey ’57 and Wally Gardner ’39 Harvard. passion, toughness, and regard for his teammates left a lasting impression on those who played with him.” *** On May 3, student-athletes representing 18 of the teams at *** Harvard competed in the “Bench Press for Breast Cancer” to raise As many of you have heard, head coach of Harvard squash, money and awareness for breast cancer. The event, sponsored Satinder Bajwa, will not be returning for the 2010-2011 season. As by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, raised over $1,700 of late April, the Department has already taken the necessary steps and donations are still being collected. Kathy Delaney-Smith, to find a new coach by creating a search committee of former play- the head coach for Harvard women’s basketball and a breast ers and even interviewing a couple candidates. By the next issue cancer survivor, spoke to the athletes before the competition on of News & Views, I hope to have information regarding who will be the importance of raising money for cancer research. Participating taking over at the helm of the Crimson next year. teams entered three players who would each bench press as many reps as they could. The women’s basketball team defended its title *** as freshmen Victoria Lippert and Miriam Rutzen joined team- Corrections from Volume 52, Issue 7: mate Caitlin Rowland ’12 for 298 reps. Rowland led all athletes Thank you to Jim Anderson ’69 for catching an error of mine with 138 reps. Juniors Chris Huxley and Michael Del Mauro and in the last issue of News & Views. Hugh Ambrose’s book The Pacfic sophomore Daniel Moriarty from the men’s hockey team com- covers the story of five marines, not soliders, in the Pacific Rim bined for 217 reps to claim the men’s trophy. during World War II.

Women’s Tennis (14-7, 6-1 Ivy League) Men’s Tennis (14-10, 5-2 Ivy League) • On Friday, April 9, the team dropped its first Ivy League match of • The team dominanted its Ivy League opponents through most of the season, falling 5-2 at No. 28 Princeton. The singles matches were April. On April 9, the Harvard men’s tennis team downed Princeton very closely contested, with three of the courts going to tiebreaker 5-2. The win snapped the Crimson’s three match losing streak. A day sets. The team bounced back from the loss on Friday to sweep Penn, later, the team claimed its second-consecutive Ivy League victory, 7-0, on Saturday, April 10.. downing Penn 7-0. • The team defeated Brown, 5-2, on April 16 at the Murr Center • The next weekend of action, the Crimson continued its winning Tennis Courts. A day later, they defeated Yale, 4-3, on April 17 at the ways. On April 16 the team defeated Brown, 5-2, earning a win in Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. With the win over Yale, the Crimson all three doubles matches: Aba Omodele-Lucien ‘11 and Christo earned sole possession of second place in the Ivy League. Schultz ‘13 cruised to an 8-3 victory at the top doubles spot, Alistair • The Harvard women’s tennis team wrapped up the 2010 regular Felton ‘12 and Andy Nguyen ‘13 picked up a narrow 8-7 win at the season with a 4-3 victory over Dartmouth on April 21. Kristin Nor- No. 2 position, and Will McNamee ‘13 and Joshua Tchan ‘13 rolled ton ‘13 clinched the match for the Crimson with a comeback victory to victory at the No. 3 slot to complete the sweep. On Sunday, April in the second set in the No. 3 singles match. 18, the team topped Yale, 4-3, in the 86th installment of the rivalry on • Freshman Hideko Tachibana was named Ivy League Rookie the courts in front of a packed house. of the Year, while sophomore Holly Cao joined Tachibana on the • The Harvard men’s tennis team ended the season with a 6-1 win All-Ivy League first team, and the duo of Cao and junior Samantha over Dartmouth on April 21. Rosekrans was named to the doubles first-team. Freshman Norton • The team earned three All-Ivy League selections. Junior Alexei garnered second-team honors and the pair of Norton and Tachibana Chijoff-Evans was named to the All-Ivy League first team in singles. earned a spot on the doubles second team. Also, Cao was selected to The doubles pair of junior Omodele-Lucien and freshman Schultz compete in the 2010 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship which was also tabbed to the All-Ivy League first team. The tandem of will take place May 26-31. sophomore Felton and freshman Nguyen earned a spot on the All- Ivy League second team. 3 Taking it to the Streets: My First Boston Marathon

by Geoff Rathgeber ’08 pic Trials in 2008. On the one hand, the intense desire to win and pass people (even on training runs) probably caused a few of the On April 19, hundreds of thousands of people lined the injuries that set my training back a bit. On the other, I live for and streets from Hopkinton to Boston to celebrate the 114th running thrive in competitive situations, and the second wave of mara- of the Boston Marathon. Last year, I was one of those spectators thoners exudes a friendly competitiveness that helped me push perched at the top of Heartbreak Hill with a brown-bagged beer through the last six miles of searing leg pain and overwhelming witnessing epic heartbreak and some incredible feats of overcom- fatigue. ing physical adversity. Lastly, in retrospect, running my first Boston Marathon was Despite Harvard’s penchant for recognizing historically-sus- truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Even twenty-five miles from pect holidays (Columbus Day anyone?), the University does not downtown Boston, screaming adults and small children with give its students or staff Patriots Day off along with the majority outstretched hands for high-fives lined the streets as I was trying of the greater Boston area. This peculiar non-holiday resulted in to pull back the reigns and remain under control. Every town— me never attending a Boston Marathon while I was an overzealous Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newtown, undergraduate here. It’s crazy--For some inexplicable reason, I es- Brookline, and Boston—had its signature cheering section from chewed the marathon spectacle, opting rather to sit idly in lectures a rowdy biker bar in Ashland to the deafening screams of the that I probably could have grasped via a study guide at the end of Wellesley girls who were jockeying for roadside-real estate in the semester. order to get kisses from the runners. Crossing the finish line, I not Last year, however, finally free of the classroom obligations only felt “euphoric,” to quote TV-movie queen and fellow 2010 and looking to burn a vacation day, I took Marathon Monday off Boston Marathoner Valerie Bertinelli, but I also felt as if I had to go witness one of the greatest sporting showcases ever. From just finished a whirlwind cultural tour of New England. Simply the moment the first wave of runners flew by me at Heartbreak, incredible. I was in awe, and by the time the latter waves were struggling The Boston Marathon will always stay with me… In fact, up the last major hill of the race, I knew I had to run the Boston three weeks after the race, it still is with me. Four out of ten toes Marathon. are black-n-blue and will likely lose a nail or two and it still takes I am happy to report that I came through on that promise I me longer than usual to shuffle down made to myself and ran the Boston Marathon this year in a time across the river to work from the Har- of 3:35.54. As a lifelong swimmer who is vard T stop in the morning. What can admittedly less-than coordinated on land, the I say though? It was worth it. journey was wrought with new pains, injuries, Congratulations to all of those and obstacles that I had never experienced who ran the Boston Marathon this during my chlorine soaked heyday. year and/or who have ever run a Despite the hardships and minor bumps marathon in their life. If you haven’t along the way, the race—or run is perhaps the done one yet, I encourage any and all more operative word—was worth it on many to sign up. (For reference, the oldest levels. First, in order to obtain an official num- participant this year was 83-year old ber, I had to raise money for a truly remark- Regina Tumidajewicz.) To my old able non-profit in Boston called the Boston friends from my undergrad days at Living Center, an HIV/AIDS wellness center. Blodgett Pool, Drew Davis ’09 and Running for the Living Center not only made Jay Connelly ’09, amazing job! Also, Geoff Rathgeber rests on the me connected to a team for the first time since congrats to Assistant Men’s Hockey Scott Smider ’01 gets showered with beer steps of a church after finish- my Harvard swimming days, but also made at the Boston Marathon finish line after ing the Boston Marathon. Coach Patrick Foley for completing me realize that my run was serving a greater the course as well. And lastly, my hat completing his fourth run in 28 hours to purpose—a chance to give back to people who goes off to Scott Smider ’01, a former raise $10,000 for Dana-Farber. were physically, emotionally, and monetarily struggling after be- wrestler, who did the seemingly Photo by Jim Michaud ing diagnosed as HIV-positive. impossible—ran the Boston Marathon In addition to the Living Center, the marathon also gave me four times (104.8 miles!) in a little more than 28 hours to raise an opportunity to release some of the pent-up competitiveness money for Dana Farber’s cancer research. Great work for a great that had laid long dormant since my last swimming race at Olym- cause. Who’s in for next year? Got Green?! New Recycling Efforts Reduce Waste at Stadium Events by Brandon Geller ’08 ful, football parking lots aren’t the only place Harvard Athletics Office for Sustainability has made green improvements. Recycling bins have been spring- ing up all around the facilities, and last year the Student-Athlete While we may be Crimson on the field, Harvard Athletics Advisory Committee collected over 250 pairs of shoes for Nike’s is definitely green off the field. In the last few years, we’ve been reuse-a-shoe program. Additionally, the use of donation bins working with the Office for Sustainability and making great at post-season locker room cleanouts has allowed hundreds of strides to reduce the impact of our facilities. From donation bins pounds of equipment and clothes to be reused, and dual flush to more efficient lighting, we’ve seen huge reductions in our waste toilets have reduced water consumption by thousands of gallons. and large increases in our savings. So please join us by doing your part to help Athletics reduce At the heart of our green efforts is our tailgate recycling pro- our environmental impact and reach Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas gram at football games. With volunteers that distribute recycling Reduction Goal. Ways to help include recycling at your tailgates and trash bags to the tailgates, and donating your used equipment at the end of the year. Dona- we’ve increased recycling from tion bins for spring locker clean outs are currently located in the 0% in 2007 to over 30% in 2009. Gordon Track complex, Dillon Field House, and the Murr Center, Tailgaters simply put their cans as well as Newell and Weld Boathouses. These bins will remain in and bottles into the recycling bags place until May 17th, but keep your eyes open for permanent bins and leave them in the parking in some of these locations next year. lot after the tailgate. Harvard’s If you have other ideas or want to be involved in greening maintenance crew will then collect Athletics, please contact Alyssa Devlin, your Athletics Resource them as part of their regular clean Efficiency Program REP at [email protected], or Assistant up after the game. We even sent Manager of Operations, Sharon Lorince at [email protected]. some envoys to Yale to help them edu. President Faust poses with Tailgate Recy- do the same at The H-Y Game Harvard Recycling Quick Facts: cling volunteers during the Harvard vs. last November. Our program has • Harvard placed third in the Game Day Challenge, a compe- Princeton Football game. been so successful that the Boston tition hosted by the EPA for schools to see who can have the Photo by Jon Chase. Breakers and Cannons, Boston’s best recycling rate for a game in October. Harvard beat out professional soccer and lacrosse University of Michigan, but lost to Ohio University. teams, have asked Harvard’s help in implementing the same pro- • Harvard’s 2009 Football Captain Carl Ehrlich asked fans to gram for their games. recycle at last season’s football games. Check it out: While our tailgate recycling program has been very success- www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiTT96jY4ew 4 CRimson Photo Gallery

The Friends of Lacrosse held two alumni/ae weekends this April. Both weekends featured alumni/ae games, a well-earned victory for current men’s and women’s team over Princeton, and a special recognition ceremony at halftime (Mike Davis Award—see Crimson Commentary—for the men; an unveiling of the 1990 National Championship Banner for the women). Above are two pictures from the event. Left: The women gather after the game in the Hall of History; Right (l-r): Evan O’Donnell ‘08, Carle Stenmark ‘07, former head coach Scott Anderson, and Max Gottschall ‘09.

The Friends of Harvard Football hosted two events in Boston during the month of April. On April 23, over fifty alumni gathered for a post-workday celebration at Lir on Boylston Street. Featured above on the left (l-r) are attendees Cheng Ho ’10, Garrett Schires ’05, Ryan Tully ’07, and Matt Curtis ’09. On April 29, FOHF hosted its annual Stadium Club Dinner at Locke-Ober Restaurant, among the attendees were (l-r) Robert “Shag” Shaunessy ’59, Georges Peter ’59, and Bill Markus ’60. Founding Lifetime Members With about 50 days before the end of our fiscal year and the official close of the Founding Lifetime Membership program, we are happy to report that over 110 people have become or pledged to become Founding Lifetime Members of the Harvard Varsity Club. As a re- minder, members can become Lifetime Members of the Club by making a one-time, tax-deductible gift of $5,000. Anyone who chooses to become a Lifetime Member before June 30, 2010 will be designated a “Founding Lifetime Member” and receive exclusive benefts:

• Your name engraved on an official awards board in Dillon Field House • Priority Access to Red Sox and Patriots Tickets (face value) • One Gate 8 Parking Pass (fall, winter, or spring) • No More Annual Dues Statements • Log-In Access as Founding Lifetime Member to the HVC website • All the Benefits of Active Membership

All gifts will be pooled into a new endowment for the Varsity Club. Income generated from this fund will be split so that half the in- come will provide support to the Club’s operating budget and half will be invested back into the fund in order to help it grow.

Forrester A. Clark ’29 Georges Peter ’59 Matthias B. Donelan ’67 Jonathan J. Judge ’76 John B. Coan ’88 David A. Mittell ‘39 Richard M. Reilly ’59 Brian J. McGuinn ’67 Kevin M. McCafferty ‘76 R. Scott Farden ’88 Louis J. Appell, Jr. ’47 Alan K. Percy ‘60 Joseph J. O’Donnell ’67 George B. Newhouse ’76 Robert A. Glatz ’88 E.S. Ned Dewey ’47 John P. Reardon ’60 Joe Sam Robinson ’67 Thomas M. Joyce ’77 Sharon M. Hayes ’88 John T. Coan ‘50 Robert G. Anderson ‘61 Craig R. Stapleton ’67 Harborne W. Stuart ’78 Karen Weltchek Mueller ’88 Ernest E. Monrad ’51 Newell Flather ’61 James V. Baker ‘68 Joshua Goldberg ’79 Steven P. Pascucci ’88 James O. Welch ’52 Gordon Gund ’61 Richard J. Sterne ’68 Marc E. Goldberg ’79 B. Lane MacDonald ’88/‘89 John D. Nichols ’53 Gerald R. Jordan ’61 James N. Bailey ’69 Allan C. Harrington ’79 Peter Y. Chung ’89 John Arnold ’54 Charles C. Lockwood ’61 Keith W. Colburn ’70 Nell Foreman Kleinschmidt ’79 Fred Schernecker ’89 Theodore B. Lee ’54 Robert K. Meahl ’61 Richard E. Byrd III ’71 Sandra Constantine Peinado ’79 Martina B. Albright ’90 Edward P. Bliss ’55 John S. Reidy ’61 Lawrence G. Cetrulo ’71 Charles S. Sandor ’80 Jennifer Minkus Bye ‘92 William J. Cleary ’56 David K. Richards ’61 Richard D. Frisbie ‘71 John C. Hansen ’81 Edward D. Farley ’92 Philip C. Haughey ’57 A. Bronson Thayer ’61 Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 James L. Callinan ’82 Nicole M. Parent ’93 James L. Joslin ’57 C. Bruce Johnstone ’62 Vincent J. McGugan ’72 David D. Jones ’82 Amar B. Kuchinad ’96 George W. McGarrity ’57 Terrence Murray ’62 Bahman Mossavar-Rahmani ’73 Pamela Stone Ryan ’82 James J. Quagliaroli ’97 J. Louis Newell ’57 Philip H. Tobey ’62 Thomas M. O’Neill ’73 Alexander M. Seaver ’82 Jeffrey A. Psaki ’00 Forrester A. Clark, Jr. ’58 A. Harold Howell ’63 Kerry V. Rifkin ’73 Neil K. Sheehy ‘83 Willie O. Alford ‘02 Robert B. Cleary ’58 Paul E. George ’63 RoAnn Costin ’74 Kenneth S. Code ’84 Joseph Kawczenski ‘05 James Herscot ’58 Ronald L. Skates ’63 David J. Vaughan ‘74 Philip C. Haughey, Jr. ’84 Patricia W. Henry John Winthrop ’58 Michael H. Bassett ’64 Peter A. Carfagna ’75 Deborah K. Goldfine ’85 Robert L. Scalise David Dearborn ’59 Thomas A. James ’64 Richard M. Cashin, Jr. ’75 Timothy R. Barakett ’87 Richard S. Fischer ’59 C. Kevin Landry ’66 Paul J. Finnegan ’75 Robert E. Joyce ‘87 Joel R. Landau ’59 D. Lloyd Macdonald ’66 Brian P. Hehir ’75 Peter Palandjian ’87 Glen D. Nelson ’59 Peter K. Miller ’66 Stephen Mead ’75 David G. Bunning ’88 5 Hall of Fame Dinner, continued from Page 1 from the Cambridge Police.” And Pawloski thanked Kirrane inducted, it is clear that the Dinner is just as much about the and Stone, saying, “In the rink, two-time Olympian Jack Kirrane teams and families that these individuals represent as it is about always had a kind word and was a great mentor. His work ethic the inductees themselves. and humility were great standards to aspire to [and] Chet Stone Indeed, among the attendees at the Dinner were strong always made sure we had the best of everything.” contingents—family, friends, coaches, and former teammates— In sum, the Hall of Fame Dinner on May 7 was a celebration from each of the inductees’ athletic past, and in their acceptance on several different fronts. On the one hand, the Varsity Club speeches, the inductees spent most of their time recognizing the was proud to welcome these six athletes into an exclusive group coaches and fellow teammates who pushed them in practice and of all-stars who represent the pinnacle of athletic achievement at in games. Battaglino singled out Harvard. On the other hand, the her presenter, Kathy Delaney- Dinner was a celebration of the Smith, saying “I am lucky to have broader Harvard Athletic commu- been coached by Kathy… [her] nity, as the inductees remembered boundless energy, dedication and Harvard as a place where they optimism inspired us all.” Like- “grew up,” and as a place filled wise, Martins paid tribute to his with people and experiences that teammates: “How lucky I was to shaped how they would react then share four great years with fellow and now in competitive situations hockey classmates Perry Cohagen, and in life. Brad Konik, Cory Gustafson, The Varsity Club is thankful Bryan Lonsinger, and Ben Cough- Eddie Kirrane, Jack Kirrane, HVC President Marc Goldberg ’79, to our Active Membership whose lin. We achieved so much on-ice Chet Stone, George Downing, Emcee Mike Giardi’94, and Steve dues and gifts allow us to put on success as a class and I can’t thank Dagdigian ’75. this Dinner and share these memo- them enough.” ries every year Your continued Perhaps most noteworthy about the inductees’ speeches was support helps sustain and celebrate the moments, people, and that many singled out specific individuals in the broader Harvard memories that make Harvard Athletics such a special place. community that made Harvard Athletics such a special place to be in the 1980s and 1990s. Among the staffers whom the inductees Hall of Fame Notes: referenced were the legendary equipment room manager Chet • Fencer Kwame C. van Leeuwen ’95 was originally supposed to Stone, Harvard Police Officer George Downing, and longtime be inducted with this group but opted to be inducted in 2011 due rink manager Jack Kirrane, all of whom were in attendance. Mar- to his travel schedule. telli paid tribute to Downing saying, “Another great influence was • Pictures from the event can be viewed at our Facebook Page George [who] came to all of our games and became very friendly • The event program, featuring essays from the inductees, can be with my parents. He also watched out for us and protected us found at www.harvardvarsityclub.org/ index.php/hall_of_fame/

UPCOMING EVENTS

EVENT CALENDER EVENT SPOTLIGHT

May Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner 18 - Friends Leadership Meeting, 5:15pm, May 26, 2010 Murr Center 3rd Floor Lounge 26 - Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner, 5:30pm, Register Online: Murr Center Tennis Courts www.harvardvarsityclub.org

June 2010 Athletic Awards 21 - Friends of Football 15th Annual Golf Classic, 1:00pm, Granite Links Country Club William J. Bingham Award Radcliffe Association Award John P. Reardon, Jr. Award September HRFWA Prize 20 - Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament, 1:00pm, Mary G. Paget Prize The Francis H. Burr Scholarship Granite Links Country Club John P. Fadden Award 27 - HVC Board Meeting, 5:15pm Francis J. Toland Service Award Murr Center 3rd Floor Lounge The Director’s Award The Arthur L. Boland Prize