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Gifts to the Annual Fund help provide ﬁ nancial aid and scholarships to Saint Mary’s students. Nine out of ten Saint Mary’s students receive some form of ﬁ nancial support. Please support the Annual Fund by making a gift online at www.saintmarys.edu/give or by calling (800) SMC-8871. Or, use the envelope in this issue of Courier to mail your gift. Volume 81 — Number 3 Contents Fall 2006 Courier (USPS 135-340) is published four times a year by Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001. Features Periodicals postage paid at the Post Office at Notre Dame, IN 46556 and at additional mailing offices. 36 Within Our Reach POSTMASTER: Send address changes by Elizabeth Station to Alumnae Relations, Saint Mary’s College, 110 Le Mans Hall, Notre The number of Saint Mary’s partnerships in the Dame, IN 46556-5001 local community is impressive. As part of its Copyright 2006 Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame, IN 46556. mission, the College cultivates a sense of social Reproduction in whole or part is responsibility in students. But as outreach efforts prohibited without written permission. The opinions expressed are those of blossom, so does a clearer sense of what kind of the authors or their subjects and are not necessarily shared by the College approaches best serve both sides. or the editor. Shari Rodriguez Vice President for College Relations 38 Meeting Emerging Needs: [email protected]

Social Work Page 45 Courier Staff: by Elizabeth Station Cynthia Machamer The ﬁ rst in a six-part series on Saint Mary’s Editor [email protected] nationally accredited programs. Elizabeth Station Senior Writer 40 Scoring High Valerie Smith by Susan Guibert Graphic Designer John Eslinger This year, Saint Mary’s once again earned high Production Coordinator marks from the Higher Learning Commission, Contributing Writers: the evaluating arm of the North Central Susan Guibert Mary Hendriksen Association of Colleges and Schools. Kara Kelly ’96

Letters: 42 A Calm in the Storm Departments Send letters to the editor to: Courier Editor by Cynthia Machamer Saint Mary’s College Through her work as a medical social worker, 303 Haggar College Center 2 Inside Saint Mary’s Notre Dame, IN 46556 Maureen Donovan ’00 brings hope to many or e-mail [email protected] forgotten people in inner-city Chicago. 3 Letters to the editor Class News: Send alumnae class news to: 4 Avenue news Alumnae News Editor 44 Reunion 2006 110 Le Mans Hall 8 Development news Saint Mary’s College by Mary Hendriksen Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001 10 Page turners e-mail: [email protected] Alumnae Association Staff: 11 Belles athletics Barbara Butler Henry ’85 Director of Alumnae Relations 12 Published and presented [email protected] Michelle Poeppe Egan ’93 14 Faculty proﬁ le Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations [email protected]

16 For the record The Mission Saint Mary’s College is a Catholic, 18 Club news residential, women’s college in the liberal arts tradition. A pioneer in the 21 Class news education of women, the College is an academic community where women 22 Excelsior develop their talents and prepare to make a difference in the world. 48 Viewpoint Founded by the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1844, Saint Mary’s promotes a life of intellectual vigor, aesthetic On the cover: appreciation, religious sensibility, and social responsibility. All members of Saint Mary’s builds healthy community relationships through (clockwise from upper left-hand the College remain faithful to this corner): a penpal program with local fourth grade girls, student involvement at the Early mission and continually assess their Childhood Development Center, joint projects with the Charles Martin Youth Center, and tutoring response to the complex needs and at Marquette Primary Center. challenges of the contemporary world. InsideSaint Mary’s

High Energy, High Ambitions

by Carol Ann Mooney ’72, President

When I was a student at Saint Mary’s in the late sixties, I seldom left campus. None of my friends had a car and an adventure into the city of South Bend was a rare treat. Things have changed. These days our students not only drive to shops and restaurants, but their commitment to social justice and experiential learning fi nds them hard at work in homeless shelters, tutoring children in inner-city schools, and painting and repairing homes for Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together in South Bend. With more than half of our students involved in some form of community service, it was no surprise that our accrediting organization, the Higher Learning Commission, singled out a healthy, productive relationship with the surrounding community as one of Saint Mary’s strengths. This issue of Courier will describe the strengths listed in the commission’s recent evaluation, which serves as a 10-year “report card” for our institution. Many things contribute to Saint Mary’s excellent reputation, but one you may not be aware of is that the College is home to six nationally accredited academic programs. In this issue, we begin a six-part series on these outstanding programs by focusing on our Social Work Department. The article shares details about this vibrant program—its growing local and international connections and what social work majors do before and after they leave Saint Mary’s. One of the qualities that I fi nd most invigorating about Saint Mary’s is that it is a place of aspiration, a place that hungers to be better. I sat down to write this letter to you on the fi rst day of class for the 2006-07 academic year. As I listened to our students’ excited voices Photo by Matt Cashore n in the halls of Le Mans, I realized that it is these young women who bring the “With more than half of our place back to its intended state of high students involved in some energy and high ambitions. vice, When our new, fi rst-year students form of community ser and their parents arrived this fall, t our the vitality they brought with them it was no surprise tha was—and still is—palpable. As our the largest incoming class in many years, accrediting organization, on, they are beginning a four-year journey Higher Learning Commissi that will change them, and us, forever. ealthy, I hope Courier helps you to feel that singled out a h you are accompanying them on their e relationship with journey. These are wonderful times productiv for Saint Mary’s College. Thank you the surrounding community as for the part you play in our success. ” one of Saint Mary’s strengths.

2 COURIER | Fall 2006 Lettersto the editor

“My beloved Saint Mary’s” could be. Though I went on to major in English, I left math on Dear Editor, a positive note, thanks to him. I certainly wish Dr. Balka all In July, my mother, my two sons, and I visited the Saint the best in his retirement and am grateful for the opportunity Mary’s campus. My mom recollected how confi dent she to have learned from him. was in my decision to attend such Sincerely, a beautiful and welcoming place Melissa Whalen ’02 of higher learning. I remembered Bronx, N.Y. our fi rst class picnic, meeting my lifelong friends and taking pictures Loving tolerance of difference on the grass after graduation, Dear Editor, eyes fi lled with tears and happy I’ve lived abroad for the past 40 years and have kept up anticipation on our young, wrinkle- with SMC news, thanks to the arrival of Courier. I appreciate free faces. the College staff’s efforts to improve women’s education My sons had a much different continually, and your role in accurately reporting the view. They thought the Saint Mary’s highlights. lake, with its ducks and fountain, In the spring 2006 issue, however, there was a letter to the was “cool.” They climbed on editor that I fi nd dismaying. The author chose the subject of benches and crossed the bridge the student diversity board’s mission to express her negative onto the island where the statue and judgmental views on homosexuals, or “non-heterosexual of the Blessed Mother oversees the behaviour,” to be exact. These views were personal, granted, miracle of nature’s perfection. As but they hardly stem from a loving tolerance of others’ we walked past Le Mans Hall, my 7- differences. Nor do they refl ect the general trend among The Barry boys: Kevin, on the left, year-old son, Patrick, equated it to Christians today to go beyond the strict interpretation of and Patrick enjoyed their visit to a castle and we even found a mural church precepts. Mom’s alma mater. of knights sculpted into a wall at Moreover, you chose to publish this letter. For me, it is a the front entrance of Le Mans. Small treasures carved into highly questionable decision, one that does not enhance the the walls of the corridor were made known to me through image of Saint Mary’s as a modern, open-minded college. Patrick’s and Kevin’s (age 4) eyes. Nor does your decision extend a welcoming, compassionate My sons have heard me talk on the phone to my Saint message to those homosexual persons attending or having Mary’s friends, seen pictures of Mommy at a Notre Dame attended Saint Mary’s, or to the family and friends of football game and been sent to their rooms to play while I homosexuals. pore over the latest edition of the Courier. But this time, at Sincerely, least, Patrick understood why I talk about Saint Mary’s as a Mary Schubert Maury ’62 special place. Gif-sur-Yvette, France He and I walked together through the new dining hall and peeked in the library. I could see an appreciation for the College headed in right direction with athletics buildings, new and old, in his eyes, and his mind was taking Dear Editor, it all in. It was a full circle moment for me to be back at the I am sorry that I will not be able to attend place that instilled confi dence in me as a woman. The circle this year’s Alumnae-Athlete Reunion. I do, was completed by a memory that my sons and I can share however, want to say how pleased I was to together. I was so proud to show them my beloved Saint see the latest issue of the Courier. I think Mary’s on a quiet morning where we could walk and tell that Saint Mary’s is certainly headed in the stories and chase a few ducks in the process! right direction with its athletic program. Jeannie Sabin Barry ’91 The benefi ts that can be attained by playing Atlanta, Ga. at the collegiate level are numerous. I’m glad that Saint Mary’s is recognizing that Alumna remembers Professor Balka and putting forth effort to expand and Dear Editor, improve in athletics. Saint Mary’s is a I was saddened to read that Saint Mary’s will be losing leader in so many fi elds—now they will be able to add one such a great asset upon Don Balka’s retirement (Summer more fi eld. Keep up the terrifi c work! 2006 Courier), though I am, of course, happy for Professor Sincerely, Balka. While mathematics will never be my strong suit, I Rachel Bir Stroop ’88 survived Calculus 131 only because of Don Balka’s patience Howe, Ind. and clarity as a teacher and person. I was a frequent visitor in his offi ce that semester, and I was not the only one. Professor The Editor’s mailbox is empty. Balka never lost patience with those of us who needed a little Send your letters and e-mails as they pertain to material printed extra help in mathematics and encouraged our questions in the the magazine. The editor reserves the right to determine the suitability fo letters for publication and to edit them for accuracy and both inside and outside of class. Assigning us to write our length. E-mail: [email protected], Regular mail: Saint Mary’s “math autobiographies” near the start of the semester, College, 307 Hagggar College Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001 Professor Balka changed my perception of what a math class COURIER | Fall 2006 3 Avenuenews Newest Class has Highest GPA Since 1996 Photo by Matt Cashore

Walk this way: In August, Saint Mary’s orientation counselors welcomed 426 ﬁ rst-year students to campus—the largest incoming class since 2001.

Most of them were born in 1988, in the waning days of spent much more time on follow-up with prospective Belles, the Reagan administration. The Berlin Wall came down the which also helped attract diverse students. year they learned to walk, and they’ve never known a world Gracie Eyk ’10 says she chose Saint Mary’s for its nursing without the Internet. program—but the College’s offer of both need-based aid Yes, they are young—but most remarkably, the Class and a merit scholarship sweetened the deal. Small classes of 2010 at Saint Mary’s is a big group. This fall, the College and personal attention from professors were another draw. welcomed 426 fi rst-year students, the largest incoming class “We’ve been here for a week and most of my teachers know since 2001. my name already,” Eyk said. The new arrivals are bright; their average GPA of 3.7 is the When the initial glow fades, will she be happy with her highest of any entering class since 1996. The group is also choice? Research shows that once students arrive at Saint the College’s most diverse ever, with 10 percent belonging to Mary’s, they tend to stay. Last spring the College saw its historically underrepresented groups. The class hails from 41 lowest attrition rate between fall and spring semesters in at states and four countries including the United States. And 26 least 10 years. percent are daughters or granddaughters of alumnae. More work lies ahead. Though the robust freshmen class Two years ago, the fi rst-year class numbered 350 and has brought total enrollment to 1,527, residence halls are last year, 379. To what does Saint Mary’s owe this year’s 13 not at capacity. According to Daniel Meyer, vice president for percent jump in freshman enrollment? enrollment management, Saint Mary’s aims to reach a total According to Mona Bowe, director of admission, recruiting enrollment of 1,700 within fi ve years. efforts focused on targeted high schools and an inquiry pool “Growth is something the College can reasonably handle,” of high school seniors considered most likely to apply to says Meyer. Saint Mary’s. Admission counselors and current students

4 COURIER | Fall 2006 Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame Formalize Dual-Degree Program

Signed, sealed and delivered. Saint Mary’s College and the may now extend their University of Notre Dame formalized a fi ve-year, dual-degree housing option at Saint engineering program for Saint Mary’s students, which takes Mary’s through that effect immediately. The benefi ts are mutual, as Saint Mary’s fi fth year. does not offer an engineering major, and Notre Dame’s Toni Barstis, the program seeks to attract more women. pre-engineering For nearly 30 years, Saint Mary’s College students have advisor and chemistry enjoyed the opportunity to earn an engineering degree department chair from Notre Dame in addition to their Saint Mary’s degree. and professor at This agreement, which was previously adhered to but Saint Mary’s, says never formally adopted as policy, spells out important the dual-degree considerations and processes. program broadens • The dual-degree program was populated by chemistry professional and majors interested in chemical engineering. Now, the program post-graduate allows participation to expand to include all science and opportunities by enhancing students’ technical skills with mathematics majors. the values and problem-solving skills developed through a • Previously, Saint Mary’s students could not receive women’s liberal arts education. “This is a strenuous program housing at Saint Mary’s during their fi fth year of the program that will demand the best effort of well-prepared and highly while an engineering student at Notre Dame. Those students motivated students,” says Barstis.

Professor Steps Into VP, Dean of Faculty Role Jill Vihtelic, a longtime business professor, became acting vice president and dean of faculty at the College on June 1. She fi lls the vacancy left by Patrick White, who became president of Wabash College in Wabash, Ind. In her role as acting vice president and dean of faculty, Vihtelic is responsible for leading the faculty in continuing professional development, directing the review and improvement of academic programs, and serving as the chief executive offi cer of the College in the absence of the president, among other duties. Vihtelic says she hopes to make particular progress on moving diversity goals forward. She has praised her new team of associate deans for “stepping up” to assist her in administrative work (on Page 7) and lauded the College for reaching and exceeding enrollment goals this fall. “We are ready,” she says of the coming year. “The ship has been turned around. We’re at the dock right now, and we’re loading with wonderful new people.” It isn’t the fi rst time Vihtelic has taken a leadership role at Saint Mary’s. She began her career at the College in 1987 in the business administration and economics department, and later served as its chair. For many years,

Photo by Eileen Dimino she was a faculty representative on the Board of Trustees and chaired the Faculty Assembly. In 2000, she received the Spes Unica Award for outstanding service to the Jill Vihtelic College.

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New Vice President Leads Student Affairs Division Karen Johnson is the new vice president for student affairs. She ﬁ lls the vacancy left by Linda Timm, who recently became president of Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Johnson comes to Saint Mary’s College from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she held several positions, including director of residence life, interim vice president for student development and, most recently, dean of students. “I’m very excited to be here,” Johnson told her new Saint Mary’s colleagues at the College Forum opening the academic year, which fell on her second day of work. “I told everybody when I left San Antonio that the reason I was coming here was that I wouldn’t have to buy new t-shirts,” she quipped. On a more serious note, Johnson explained, “What drew me to Saint Mary’s was the opportunity to provide leadership in student affairs at a Catholic institution—that’s very important to me. I also wanted to work with students at an all-women’s college. It’s important to be able to mentor women into strong leadership roles. I had good women mentors, and I want to pass that on.” Johnson holds a master’s degree in human resource development from Webster University. She has received additional training and education from Harvard University and Texas A&M University. Johnson has longstanding afﬁ liations with numerous professional organizations, including the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Center for Academic Photo by Eileen Dimino Integrity. In her role as student affairs vice president, Johnson is respon- Karen Johnson sible for administering and supervising numerous departments, including athletics and recreation, counseling services, health and wellness services, residence life, student activities, and multicul- tural affairs.

Saint Mary’s Tops U.S. News Rankings for 12th Time

U.S. News & World Report ranked Saint Mary’s College ﬁ rst full time, and with a student-faculty ratio of 12-to-1, only among the nation’s 107 Midwest Comprehensive Colleges. two-percent of classes have 50 or more students. Most The College has earned the number-one spot in classes have fewer than 20 students. its category 12 of the past 13 years. Saint Mary’s “I am honored to lead such a talented, dedi- received an overall score of 100, the highest cated, and successful group of faculty, students, number possible in the rankings. and staff,” says Carol Ann Mooney ’72, presi- The College’s consistent ranking at the top dent. “Research continues to show that women’s of its category is a result of student selectivity, colleges are in a league of their own in terms of strong performance in areas such as student the education and success of their students. This

graduation and retention rates, and com- ranking is one reﬂ ection of that.” mitment to instruction. Two-thirds of Saint The magazine’s annual “America’s Best Mary’s ﬁ rst-year students are in the top 25 Colleges” guidebook appears on U.S. News Online percent of their class, and the retention rate (www.usnews.com) and hit newsstands on Aug. for those students is high at 85 percent. A 21. large percentage of the College’s faculty is

6 COURIER | Fall 2006 More Avenue news, including content exclusive to Courier Online, is available at www.saintmarys.edu/~courier. Focusing on Fundamentals

In her annual address to the College community before “Fourth, enrollment must increase and stabilize. We students arrived on campus, President Carol Ann Mooney should aim for total student enrollment of 1700 within ’72 congratulated faculty and staff on past successes—while fi ve years,” Mooney said, obtaining resources to improve suggesting that Saint Mary’s future be built on fi ve fi nancial aid for students. Fifth, to underwrite this growth, fundamentals. Saint Mary’s should boost alumnae giving to match other “First, Saint Mary’s long-term health requires that we women’s colleges and increase the size of its $112 million build a stronger national academic reputation,” she said in endowment to $200 million. remarks to a packed Carroll Auditorium audience on August Planning will be an important part of the process, and 16. “Second, …our commitment to Holy Cross values and to to kick off the process the president said she would hold a being a Catholic College must be unwavering.” series of “listening sessions” with all full-time Saint Mary’s “Third, it is imperative that this community become more employees during the fall. “I want to hear your dreams for the racially and ethnically diverse,” Mooney said. Both to follow College,” Mooney told faculty and staff. the call of Catholic social teachings and increase student Among the recent accomplishments worth celebrating, learning, she announced that she and Vice President for Mooney cited the Higher Learning Commission’s strong Enrollment Management Daniel Meyer had set an initial goal evaluation of the College, a successful fundraising year, an of having 15 percent of the student body be from racial and academically talented and large fi rst-year class, and healthy ethnic minorities within fi ve years. budget projections for the year ahead.

Two Longtime Faculty Members Appointed

Joseph Incandela and Deborah McCarthy have been appointed as associate deans in two new positions. Incandela, a religious studies professor, is associate dean of faculty. McCarthy, a chemistry professor, is associate dean of academic strategies. Both report to acting vice president and dean of faculty Jill Vihtelic (on Page 5). As associate dean of faculty, Incandela is charged with reviewing the effectiveness of the general education program and its faculty, ensuring the registration and advising of students in the general education program, and promoting quality instruction, among other duties. Incandela, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, has taught religious studies at Saint Mary’s since 1987. In her role as associate dean of academic strategies, McCarthy serves as the director

Photo by Eileen Dimino of the Center for Academic Innovation at Saint Mary’s, Joseph Incandela facilitates new curriculum and academic program development, and writes grant proposals to fund new faculty development and academic program initiatives. McCarthy has been teaching chemistry at Saint Mary’s College since 1992. The appointments are for three years and may be extended for one successive term. Photo by Eileen Dimino Deborah McCarthy

COURIER | Fall 2006 7 Developmentnews

Fundraising Sets Records

With gifts totaling more than $11.1 million, the College the new academic building, and other donor designations recently wrapped up a record-breaking fundraising year. will enhance Saint Mary’s efforts to recruit and retain “This level of support insures a strong future for Saint Mary’s academically ambitious students. College,” said Shari Rodriguez, vice president for college Scholarships and fi nancial aid—a pressing need for the relations. “Saint Mary’s women are creating opportunities for College—experienced a signifi cant boost. The College raised the next generation of students.” twice its original goal of $300,000 for endowed scholarships, Several other major fundraising milestones were reached bringing in $600,000 to support eight new, and two existing, in the 2006 fi scal year: named scholarships. • More than $5.3 million in gifts, pledge “All gifts, large and small, add up to payments, and matching grants was raised make a difference for Saint Mary’s and our for the College’s new academic building. n students,” said Rodriguez. For example, Over $17 million was in hand for the more than 330 donors—whose gifts range ground-breaking in October. “Saint Mary’s in size from $5 to $4.5 million—have joined • Saint Mary’s endowment—already the together to fund the new academic building. largest of any Catholic women’s college in women are creating In recent months, donors who the nation—passed the $100 million mark, opportunities for the contributed to the new building helped the reaching $112 million. College reach another major milestone. • Within the fi rst six months of the next generation of Clayton and MaryAnn Mathile, parents of 18-month challenge period, Saint Mary’s Jennifer Mathile ’95, generously offered completed phase two of the Lilly Challenge. students.” —Shari to match up to $3 million in gifts received This initiative generated an additional for the new building. Saint Mary’s met the $4.5 million in matching funds for the new Rodriguez, vice Mathile match in full. The gifts received academic building and the scholarship represent an investment in a facility endowment fund. president for college designed to educate and nurture Saint All told, restricted gifts of more than $8.8 Mary’s students well into the future. million for endowed scholarships, athletics, relations

Reunion Gift Campaign: The Impact is Now What raised $1.1 million, drew 37 percent class partici- Saint Mary’s witnessed one of the closest contests be- pation, and is already helping students to thrive at Saint tween classes for the Reunion Gift Campaign awards this Mary’s? The 2006 Reunion Gift Campaign, one of the most year. The classes of 1956 and 1961 ran a neck-and-neck successful in recent history. race for the highest participation award, while two classes Over $433,000 of this year’s reunion gifts and pledg- competed with friendly ferocity for the highest average gift es—which added up to $1,193,556 in all—was invested award. Based on gifts from June 1, 2005, to May 31, 2006, in the Reunion Scholars Program. Now in its third year, the results were: the program provides scholarships for women who might not otherwise have access to a Saint Mary’s education. The Highest Average Gift Award For every $5,000 raised by a class in the year preceding its Class of 1961, with an average gift of $390 reunion, one current student is designated as a reunion scholar the following fall. The Highest Class Gift Award That means the generosity of alumnae has a direct, Class of 1961, with total gifts and pledges of $237,335 immediate impact. Says Ashley Obserst ’07, one of 84 students to earn a reunion scholarship, “That money has The Highest Participation Award helped me to live. They say if you don’t try something Classes of 1956 and 1961, both with 54% participation you have never done before, then you will never grow. Education is everything, and the scholarships I have “All 11 classes deserve congratulations for their role in received have allowed me to challenge myself.” helping to educate women and transform lives at Saint This fall, each reunion class will have a chance to Mary’s,” says JudeAnne Wilson ’96, director of the Annual “meet” its reunion scholars through a special mailing that Fund. A ﬁ nal tally of 2006 Reunion Gift Campaign results is lists scholarship recipients. available at www.saintmarys.edu/reuniongift.

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Scholarships Show Import of Giving

Saint Mary’s raised $600,000 for its scholarship Carolyn Dunlay Hamilton Scholarship by Carolyn endowment in the ﬁ scal year that ended in June. The Dunlay Hamilton ’62 generosity of the donors listed here will support eight new Mother Kathryn Marie Gibbons, CSC, Memorial endowed scholarships and two that previously existed. Scholarship by Mary Ann Heaton Spitters ’49. This is Mary Trustey Family Scholarship by Kristine Anderson Ann Spitter’s third endowed scholarship in honor of a Sister Trustey ’86 of the Holy Cross. Dorothy M. Feigl Scholarship in Chemistry by Sister Mary Carol Ann Mooney Scholarship by Robert and Mary Kelly Elizabeth Imler ’75, OSF McLaughlin ’42. This is the McLaughlin’s eighth scholarship Sister Rosaleen Dunleavy, CSC, Scholarship by Sister at Saint Mary’s and the third honoring a Saint Mary’s Rosaleen Dunleavy ’47, CSC president. Bittorf , Albert, Sullivan Scholarship by family members Kuhn, Lehmann, Carey Scholarship by Helen Kuhn in honor of the seven alumnae in the family who attended Carey ’51. Saint Mary’s over a span of three generations: Virginia M. The endowed Holy Cross Grant Fund for disadvantaged Bittorf ’34; Louise Bittorf Sullivan ’35; Rita Bittorf Albert ’37; students receive additional funds from an anonymous donor. Anne Bittorf Cox ’57; Susan Sullivan Lane ’63; Mary Sullivan Mike and Judith Ames Ehlerman ’61 received additional ’65; and Kristen Sullivan Lynch ’91. Nearly $82,000 was funds from the Ames/Roark/Ehlerman Scholarship received from 25 family members to initiate the fund. established in 2000.

COURIER | Fall 2006 9 Pageturners

How can people build healthy relationships? Common projects and commitment are important—but sometimes a good book can provide a blueprint, too. Courier shares recommendations from Saint Mary’s faculty and staff members here. Better Together: Restoring the Race Manners: Navigating the American Community by Minefi eld Between Black and White Robert D. Putnam Americans by Bruce A. Jacobs Better Together is a book rich with research and practical Hailed as an honest, intelligent guide to race relations examples of the power of “social capital”—the way scholars for black and white Americans, Race Manners has generated describe social networks of trust and relationship wide discussion since its publication in 1999. Jacobs, an that create and sustain community. African American poet and essayist, grew up in largely white, Bonnie Bazata, associate director of middle-class Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Harvard. the Center for Women’s InterCultural He intends the book to be “the ultimate weapon of good will” Leadership (CWIL), uses the book in for those wanting to understand, survive, and defeat racial her interdisciplinary Communities of prejudice. An updated edition will be released in late 2006. Michiana course, where students learn According to the author’s Web site, “Race Manners is the the “whys” and “how-tos” of community book you wished you had when your co-worker made yet building. another idiotic racial remark, or when you struggled to keep “We stress the importance of ‘bridging’ a stranger’s racism from getting under your skin, or when you social capital, where community is built wondered about your own biases.” across differences that divide us,” says Associate Professor Catherine Pittman assigns it in her Bazata. “This is different from ‘bonding’ upper-level clinical psychology class to raise students’ social capital, which reinforces the awareness of the biases they may bring to their work with social ties among people who are like us. Bridging capital people of different cultures. Both sides make mistakes when is more diffi cult to create, but essential to the long-term they form relationships with each other, says Pittman. “But sustainability of our communities.” the message of the book is that you’ve got to take risks in According to author Putnam, who also wrote the relationships.” infl uential Bowling Alone, bridging social capital is “especially important for reconciling democracy and diversity.” Says Bazata, “that is what our Community The Spiritual Apprenticeship of a Connections program at CWIL is all about, so this book Curious Catholic by Jerry Hurtubise gives students a framework to distinguish these important “Uplifting” is how Frances Kominkiewicz, associate differences and feel empowered to bridge and bond on their professor of social work, describes this memoir by her high own.” school friend and San Francisco attorney Hurtubise. “It’s a very short book, but it’s packed with one person’s stories of Let Your Life Speak: Listening for how he got through diffi cult times in his life—like the loss of a father—through the Voice of Vocation his Catholic experience,” she says. “I recommend this book to students by Parker J. Palmer to demonstrate how an individual’s What does the Quaker saying “let your life speak” really interactions with the community can mean? As a young man, Parker Palmer thought it involved have an impact on his growth and setting and achieving noble goals. Over the years, he learned development.” it meant taking the time to think and pray about one’s gifts Endorsed by Sister Helen Prejean and limitations, to discern a vocation that fi t. and Father Theodore Hesburgh, An academic and community organizer, Palmer is also the success of The Spiritual the author of The Courage to Teach, a spiritually inspirational Apprenticeship of a Curious Catholic book for teachers. Many of the essays in Let Your Life Speak, is “a mystery” to the author. “Upon which is a brief book, have appeared in other venues. some refl ection, I think it may help “Let Your Life Speak is excellent for helping people to think some to anchor themselves in the truths and integrity through the meaning of ‘vocation’ or ‘calling’ and how they of their own youth,” Hurtubise says. can make a difference in the world. It’s thought-provoking Published by ACTA Publications in 2005, the book is the and encourages some excellent refl ection,” says Carolyne fi rst volume in The American Catholic Experience series, Call, director of the Offi ce for Civil and Social Engagement. which gives lay Catholics a venue to refl ect on how they live their faith at work, with family and friends, and in their communities.

10 COURIER | Fall 2006 Bellesathletics

Golf Program Ranked with Ivy League Wasbash College with a Ph.D. in biology from the University Women of high achievement in academics who want to of Notre Dame, is an assistant professor of biology and play competitive golf in college were probably smart enough anatomy at Saint Mary’s. A swimmer at Michigan City (Ind.) to realize this already, but Golf Digest High School and Wabash College, Dombkowski coached the confi rmed it. South Bend Clay High girls swim team in 2001-02. Saint Mary’s is one of the His passion for the sport runs in the family and he hopes best places in the nation to to translate that to the Belles. The team struggled to an 0-7 pursue both priorities. record in the MIAA last year due in large part to a lack of In the Golf Digest poll, depth. Dombkowski sees the foundation for a team that can Saint Mary’s fi nished third dominate not just the conference, but over time, succeed on behind only Princeton and a national basis as well. Yale. “For juniors who are “I hope to bring an enthusiasm for swimming that fi lters excellent students fi rst, golfers into the program,” Dombkowski said. “Saint Mary’s has the second, these schools provide tools right now to be successful in this conference. In the the absolute best education long run, I hope to prove that we can be successful at the and an opportunity to play.” national level.” It’s not hard to understand why Saint Mary’s golf program Her Heart is in Hoops made such an impression. Jennifer Henley spent last year as an inner-city fourth Four consecutive MIAA grade teacher in Tampa, Fla. This year she returns to higher championships and NCAA education to teach a subject close to her heart—basketball. tournament appearances prove the consistent excellence Henley’s playing coach Mark Hamilton sought to establish. Saint Mary’s golfer career ended with a knee Stephanie Simmerman highlighted that when she won an injury suffered at Ohio individual national championship in 2003. Northern University, but “Saint Mary’s has continued to progress to the point that her connection to the game the combination of athletics and academics available is continued through coaching. virtually one of the fi nest offerings in the country,” Hamilton In three years she rose to said. “I am glad our program has been able to bring that fact the position of head coach into the national spotlight.” at Mount Union College in Ohio, where she spent fi ve seasons in charge of the Dombkowskis Head Swimming Program program. Saint Mary’s new swimming and diving coach Ryan She takes over at Saint Dombkowski doesn’t want his wife to know this, so try Mary’s this season with a to keep it a secret. mission to build on last year’s Alicia (Lesneskie) 9-7 record and fourth-place Dombkowski ’02, who conference fi nish that gives swam for the Belles the Belles hope with several Farmer Nick Photo by and now works as her key players returning. Basketball coach, Jennifer Henley husband’s assistant A new coach adds another coach, swims better element of excitement to the than he does. season, and Henley hopes to infuse the program with her “Male-female own enthusiasm for basketball. Drawing on the traits that comparatively, she is made her a successful player, Henley says she focuses on probably better than discipline, effort, fundamentals, and fun playing the game. me,” Ryan said, “but don’t tell her I said Written by Kara Kelly ’96 that.” They will be a relay team of sorts Correction now, sharing the In the Belles athletics section on tennis in the summer responsibilities of 2006 issue, we neglected to include Caile Mulcahy ’07 building the Saint as the other member of the doubles team that earned a Mary’s program. runner-up fi nish in the MIAA Championship along with Ryan Dombkowski, Matt Cashore Photo by Kelly McDavitt ’07. Courier regrets the error. a 2000 graduate of Swimming and diving coach Ryan Dombkowski

COURIER | Fall 2006 11 Publishedand presented

Marc Belanger, assistant professor of political science, Brill Academic Publishers, 2006) of which Fotopoulos is the participated as an instructor in the Global Leadership sole editor. Fotopoulos traveled to the international meeting Program at Universidad Blas Pascal in Cordoba, Argentina, of the Studiorum Novi Testimenti Societas held this year at from July 17-August 20. He taught “Global Political Issues” the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, with the assistance to students from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Peru, Nigeria, of a Saint Mary’s Center for Academic Innovation faculty Kyrgyzstan, and the United States. travel grant to make a presentation of the Festschrift to the Linda Berdayes, associate professor in the Department of honoree. Communication and Performance Studies, presented her paper, “UFO Conspiracy Stories: Narrative Foundations of a Call-in Radio Talk Show,” at the Narrative Matters international conference in Wofl ville, Nova Scotia, Canada, on May 24. Insook Chung, assistant professor of education, delivered an invited presentation based on her research: “A Day in a Korean Kindergarten.” The presentation was held by the Early Childhood Professionals of Northern Indiana on March 27. She delivered an invited special lecture on mathematics education in the U.S. at the Korea Belanger Berdayes Hernández National University of Education, Choongchung-book-do, Korea, on May 30. Chung has been appointed a member of “Navigations Series Project” in Korea, Keith Fowlkes, director of in which two groups will work collaboratively for elementary Information Technology and and secondary education and publish two books within a chief information offi cer for year. the Indiana Higher Education Kathleen Dolphin, PBVM, director of the Center for Telecommunications System, Spirituality, participated as an invited respondent at the an- has been appointed to its state nual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America fi nance committee for 2006-07. in San Antonio, Texas, in June. Her paper explored the value Fowlkes will be helping to plan and possibilities of collaboration between social science and and implement the new I- theology. Dolphin also taught a fi ve-day intensive course on Light2 statewide data network the theological foundations of spirituality, at the Institute for fi nancial structure and assess Adult Spiritual Renewal at Loyola University Chicago, in July. ongoing operational funding. Ryan Dombkowski, assistant professor of biology, Peter Gardner, adjunct Jensen published his articles “Effect of pH on trout blood vessels instructor in literature for the and gill vascular resistance” and “Hydrogen sulfi de medi- Rome Program, presented his ates hypoxia-induced relaxation of trout urinary bladder paper, “Race to the Top: Ethnic Writers’ Transliteration of the smooth muscle” in the Journal of Experimental Biology. American Ascent Narrative,” at the Fifth MESEA conference: Additionally, he was invited to serve as a featured topic Ethnic Life Writing and Histories at the University of Navarra chair at a symposium titled “Functions of Gasotransmitters in Pamplona, Spain, from May 18-20. in the Cardiovascular System” sponsored by a grant from Kelly Harrington, lecturer in art, received an Indiana Arts the American Physiological Society, Comparative and Commission Individual Artist Program grant to renovate her Evolutionary Biology Section at the Experimental Biology detached garage into a painting studio, in June. She was one of Conference, San Francisco, Calif., in April. 84 artists around the state to be funded this year. John Fotopoulos, assistant professor of religious Pablo Hernández, visiting professor of economics and studies, published a Greek translation of his earlier book, fellow in the Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership Food Offered to Idols in Roman Corinth: A Social-Rhetorical (CWIL), made two presentations: “International Remittances Reconsideration of 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1, which now and the Expenditure Composition of Households in Mexico: appears in the Biblioteca Biblica series of Pounaras Press Recent Immigration and International Trade Effects,” at the (Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006). He has also published a 80th annual Midwest Economic Association conference in Festschrift titled The New Testament and Early Christian Chicago, Ill., on March 24, and during a CWIL colloquium Literature in Greco-Roman Context: Studies in Honor of David at the College on March 29; and “Evolving Perceptions E. Aune (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 122; Leiden: Concerning the Structures of the Local Economy: How Short

12 COURIER | Fall 2006 Study-abroad Programs Can Impact Businesses’ Conduct,” at The course will be offered again in the summer of 2007. the 17th annual conference of the Association of Academic Ewa Misiolek, assistant professor of mathematics, had Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Cuetzalan, “Two fl ow network simplifi cation algorithms” co-published Mexico, Feb. 22-24. in Information Processing Letters and “Effi cient Algorithms Richard Jensen, professor of biology, attended the for Simplifying Flow Networks” in Lecture Notes in Computer Botany 2006 conference held at the University of California, Science, results from the 11th annual International Chico, July 29-August 3. As president of the American Society Computing and Combinatorics Conference in Kunming, of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), he chaired its day-long council China, in August 2005. meeting and the annual business meeting. His term ended Tom Platt, professor of biology and chair of the depart- on August 31. ment, and Lindsey Stillson ’06 presented papers at the an- Phyllis H. Kaminski, professor of religious studies and nual Midwest Conference of Parasitologists at Winona State chair of the department, moderated a panel, “Undomestic University, Winona, Minn., from June 8-10. Conversations: Women Talking Across Borders,” sponsored Catherine A. Shoupe, professor of anthropology, at- by the Women’s Seminar in Constructive Theology, tended the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2006 sponsored and moderated a panel, “Theological Anthropology by the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, in in Dialogue with Racial and National Identity,” in the Aberdeen, Scotland, from July 26-30, where she presented Theological Anthropology: Developing Group, both at the her paper, “The ‘Problem’ with Dance Music: Aesthetics Catholic Theological Society of America annual meeting and Identity in Scottish Social Dance.” She also chaired the in San Antonio, Texas, June 8-10. Kaminski also spoke on session “Tradition and Authenticity” and participated in a Mary Magdalene and The Da Vinci Code at the Culver Public roundtable conversation on traditional dance. Shoupe had Library, Culver, Ind., May 23. “The Fiddle and the Dance in Fife: The Legacy of ‘Fiddley’ Mary Ann Kanieski, assistant professor of sociology, Adamson, Father and Son” printed in the volume Play It presented her paper “Best Be the Ties That Bind: Discourse Like It Is: Fiddle and Dance Studies from Around the North Atlantic, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Institute, 2006. Julie Tourtillotte, professor of art and chair of the department, presented her work in the “Sir Real Show” at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and in “Crosscurrents” at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Ariz., where she and her husband, Bill, presented lectures on their current artwork, in January. In April, her work appeared in “Equinox” at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. Her solo exhibition, “Near and Far: Looking at Patterns,” opened at the

Photos by Eileen Dimino Indianapolis Museum of Art on August Kaminski Misiolek Warner 6 and continues through December 31. Joni Warner, director of research for development, received a $1,500 scholarship from and Discipline in Bonding Research,” which she presented at the Indiana chapter of the Association of Professional the 56th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Researchers for Advancement (APRA) to attend the APRA Problems, Montreal, Canada, on August 12. She organized International Conference, “Donor-focused and Data-driven and presided over an informal roundtable: “The Risk Society: Strengthening Fundraising Success” in Orlando, Fla., Avenues for Research” at the 101st annual meeting of the August 9-12. American Sociological Association, in Montreal on August 13. Mary Wcisel, assistant professor of nursing, presented Gail Mandell, professor of humanistic studies, helped two papers at the Drexel University Nursing Education organize “Radical Encounters: Finding and Forming Institute in Providence R.I., June 9-12: “Developing Community in the 21st Century,” a summer program for Collegiality Between Beginning and Graduating Nursing undergraduates that involved a two-week residency, from Students” and “Putting the Clinical Pieces Together: Two May 30-June 10 at Mount Saviour Monastery in Elmira, N.Y. Strategies that Promote the Student’s Acquisition of Four Saint Mary’s students joined students from other col- Knowledge.” She also presented “Easing the Learning leges and universities to study and experience community. Curve: Students Mentoring Students,” at the 17th annual They visited a variety of intentional communities, including a International Nurse Educators Conference in the Rockies, monastery of Tibetan monks founded by the Dalai Lama, an Breckenridge, Colo., July 20-22. ecological community based on Native American spirituality, and a number of social justice communities in Ithaca, N.Y.

COURIER | Fall 2006 13 Facultyprofile

By Elizabeth Station Photo by Matt Cashore

14 COURIER | Fall 2006 You’ve said that your Catholic upbringing was child-abuse policy. I’d like to do cross-cultural comparisons, important in shaping your sense of responsibility so we’re looking at expanding our research together. And to others. What other life experiences led you to they’re also very interested in doing student exchanges. social work? Another project involved a student, Megan Kennedy ’06, who came to me last year with the idea of looking at mental My family instilled a basic understanding in me that I had health counseling at colleges in the United States and making to ﬁ nd out what was happening with other people and not comparisons to China. We presented our research together make judgments. If I had a concern about someone—if I even at the Pan Asian Mental Health conference in Shanghai, and made any statement about another person—my family would were able to interact with psychiatrists, psychologists, social challenge me and say, “Now tell us about how you formed workers, and professors there. It was a wonderful experience, that idea. Tell us what you think that other person is going and our collaboration with the Shanghai Mental Health through, what his or her experiences have been, and then you Center will continue. can better understand how to work with him or her.”

Frances Bernard Kominkiewicz—whom students call “Dr. K”—is associate professor and chair of the Department of Social Work. Raised in South Bend, she was a licensed social

worker and educator in the community for many years. She joined the Saint Mary’s faculty and began directing the social work

program in 1998. Kominkiewicz holds a Ph.D. and M.S.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and Master and Bachelor of Social

Work degrees from Indiana University.

Your daughter Lauren is a fi rst-year student at Were there other clues that you were interested in Saint Mary’s, planning to major in biology. How people? did she make that choice? In high school, my nickname was Mom. I am still very I let her make her own decision about this. She has always close to my high school friends, and that was because I felt that Saint Mary’s feels like home. In grade school, she tended to be the person that individuals would come to for came to fi ne arts camps and worked with (professors) Kara advice. Eberly and Tom Fogle on biology projects. They treated her as if she were already a Saint Mary’s student. There is something about this campus that just brings out the best in You played a major role in helping the social work everybody—faculty, students, and even young students like program gain national accreditation in 2003. What that. We are still small enough to take time for each other. has this status meant for the program? Having that national expertise in social work to guide When you look at Saint Mary’s social work gradu- us and assist in achieving learning goals for students ates, how do you measure success? What qualities has, I believe, made us a better program academically. or skills do they have? Accreditation is diffi cult because it takes a great deal of time; it means being able to attend national conferences, being An understanding of diversity and cultures; a desire to able to learn what is new, what is coming, and what we have help individuals, families, groups, and communities achieve to be prepared for. We always have to be on our toes, but our self-fulfi llment and well being. When I look at each of these knowledge base has increased, and it’s made us so in tune young women, I can see that they’ve gained experience and with the students. We’re lifelong learners just as the students confi dence from being here at Saint Mary’s, from having the are lifelong learners. opportunities to go out and become leaders to really make a difference in the lives of others. When I see them on graduation day it’s as if I know they are, at that point, colleagues. Your research recently took you to Germany and They will be working with us to make changes in society and China—what kind of connections did you make help others. there? I interviewed German social workers and professors for my child welfare research, looking at differences in

COURIER | Fall 2006 15 A l u m n a e for the record Alumnae Deaths Madonna Mayer Hodges ’54, July 9, John T. Clark ND ’48, husband of Jane Francis E. “Bud” Malone, ND ’45, 2006. Daley Clark ’46, March 20, 2006. husband of Sheila Donovan Malone ’47, June Hoene Petersen ’30, and father of Pamela Malone Reed ’70, mother of Mary Petersen Bowman ’64 and Joan Hemingway Wolf ’55, sister of Joseph C. Daly, husband of Jeanette May 16, 2006. grandmother of Beth Bowman Zuhosky Bernadette Hemingway Martin ’52, and Tyrrell Daly ’58, November 22, 2005. ’90, April 30, 2006. Sister M. Bernadette Hemingway ’61, SS, Robert E. McGuire Sr., husband of July 13, 2006. Peter W. Donahoo, brother of Karen Mary Donovan McGuire ’57, May 17, Sister M. Monica (Mary Margaret) Donahoo Clark ’89, March 7, 2006. 2006. Wagner ’32, CSC, June 3, 2006. Patricia Moore Walle ’57, April 17, 2006. Andrew and Elsie Doychak, parents Dorothy R. Nagy, grandmother of Tara Frances Fuller Richards ’36, sister of of Denise R. Doychak ’62, Andrew, Nagy Vrdolyak ’95 and Jennifer Nagy Ryan Patricia Fuller King ’44, May 16, 2006. Mary Pat Moty Hoffman ’61, June 24, September 4, 2005, and Elsie, October ’97, July 31, 2006. 2006. 29, 2005. Mary E. Hess ’37, May 21, 2005. Shawn Newburg, husband of Amy Edwarda “Bunny” Jachim Keough ’62, John N. Dubenetzky, husband of Downs Newburg ’04, July 18, 2006. Rita Dunigan Gibbs ’39, grandmother July 20, 2006. Elizabeth Mortell Dubenetzky ’77, brother- of Amy Gibbs McPartlin ‘91and sister of in-law of Linda Mortell Bunda ’73, and Norman L. Newton, husband of Nancy Agnes Dunigan Lavelle ‘38, May 5, 2006. Sister M. Alvina (Lillian) Traeger ’63, Sheila Mortell Finan ’82, July 1, 2006. Hutchison Newton ’52, July 24, 2006. CSC, April 22, 2006 Helen Francis Lyons ’39, May 23, Mary Reilly Foley, mother of Mary Joshua James Northup, son of 2006. Sister M. Catherine Dolores Dietzen Jane Foley Brisbane ’64 and Anne Foley Anne Meagher Northup ’70, brother ’64, CSC, May 12, 2006. ’75, June 4, 2006. of Katherine McCrystal Northup ’95, Mary McNally Sullivan ’39, grand- grandson of Floy Terstegge Meagher ’43, mother of Jean O’Connor Sanders ’95, Rebecca Graves Trammel ’64, mother Stanley A. Fras, grandfather of Jen- and nephew of Mary Meagher Bradbury and Mary Elizabeth O’Connor ’00, May of Kathleen Meeker Buccolier ’94, January nifer Brubaker Hammons ’97 and Lyndsey ’69, Virginia Murnane Meagher ’71, Alice 18, 2006. 1, 2006. Brubaker Callan ’03, July 17, 2006. Meagher Lord ’73, Jane M. Meagher ’76, Katherine Meagher Hepler ’80, Patricia Kathleen Breed Knobloch ’42, January Sister John Bosco Johnson ’66, IWSB, James L. Fullin, husband of Kathleen Meagher Clare ’81, and Maureen Meagher 29, 2006. June 11, 2006. Carbine Fullin ’70, March 29, 2006. Orsini ’85, July 11, 2006.

Elizabeth “Betty” Wink Kilgore ’43, Sister M. Laurus Slee ’67, CSC, aunt Thomas Rudolph Herman, husband of Harry Thomas O’Barski, husband of mother-in-law of Harriett Hillebrand Cronin of Mary Bonte Kopko ’80, July 21, 2006. Ruth Keefe Herman ’57, brother of Alice Janell Wenzel O’Barski ’54, July 12, 2006. ’68 and grandmother of Moira Cronin ’06, Herman Rice ’71, and uncle of Theresa June 11, 2006. Cynthia Limarzi Regan ’68, sister Herman ’90, November 10, 2005. Mary Elizabeth Pater, grandmother of of Roberta Limarzi Weinsheimer ’64, Laurie Pater Roettker ’99, May 15, 2006. Mary Demling Heinz ’44, sister-in-law February 1, 2006. Eleanor Herrington, mother of Linda of Gertrude Heinz Clifford ’39, May 27, M. Herrington ’69, May 8, 2006. Elizabeth “Libby” Piers, mother of 2006. Marilyn Fisher Graham ’70, May 9, Judith Piers Locher ’65, May 25, 2006. 2005. George F. Heyer Jr., husband of Susan Rita Schriner Mikolay ’44, mother of Whalen Heyer ’54, March 30, 2006. Julia Saylor Plumhoff, daughter of Marita Nolan Tulisiak ’74, December 11, Cathleen Coyne Lane ’77, May 27, Annette Fontana Saylor ’59, and niece of 2005. 2006. Rosario Ingallinera, father of Laura M. Denise Fontana Hoover ’69, April 21. Ingallinera Cody ’86, November 17, 2005. 2006. Patricia Burns Kenyon ’46, February Florence M. Hammer Houk ’82, 11, 2006. sister of Rosemary Hammer Lancos ’79, Mary E. Janney, mother of Susan William R. Ragen, husband of Mary Suzanne Hammer Ferencak ’87, and Janney Ballard ’69, March 28, 2006. Carey Ragen ’45, father of Mary Ragen Mary Louise Mulvihill Carter ’47, sister-in-law of Mary Helen Kenny Hammer O’Rourke ’69, Therese Ragen ’71, and September 26, 2005. ’82, July 19, 2006. Irene M. Kruyer, mother of Deborah Anne Ragen McNulty ’73, April 18, 2005. Joan Kruyer ’75, July 24, 2006. Marilyn Rathel Dowell ’47, June 4, Family Deaths Mamie Ritz, mother of Beverly 2006. Jane Bevan Lacey, mother of Joan Bierbusse Campbell ’54, April 22, 2006. Lacey Egan ’62, Anne Lacey Hoffman Beatrice H. Andrew, mother of ’63, and Carol Lacey Foley ’72, and aunt Russell J. Ryan ND ‘39, grandfather of Suzanne Nicely Keene ’47, April 22, Rosemary T. Andrew ’58, and Maureen of Sara Johnson Walz ’65, October 12, Molly Ryan Carson ’95, Maggie Ryan Allen 2006. Andrew Latimer ’64, June 6, 2006. 2005. ’97, and Kate Christine Ryan ’00, February

10, 2006. Mary Katharine O’Keefe Langan ’48, Marcella S. Battle, mother of Lynne Urban Alexander Lester II, husband of mother of Mary Jane Van Dyke Herdman Battle Davis ’70, Joan Battle Benson ’72, Juliette Noone Lester ’55, May 22, 2006. Thelma I. Schultz, grandmother of ’76, grandmother of Jennifer Dolan Herd- and Margaret “Peggy” Battle Burns ’81, Dorothy E. Schultz ’05, August 13, 2006. man ’05, and Christine Anne Herdman ’08, April 30, 2006. April 15, 2006. Mary Lahey, mother of Deborah Lahey Degnan ’71, February 12, 2005. Thomas L. and Alfreda T. Seymour, Kim W. Bennett, stepfather of parents of Linda Seymour D’Arcy ‘76, and Martha A. Horvath ’51, April 16, Shannon Hasse ’02, July 20, 2006. Arnold F. Ludwig, father of Wendy Lou grandparents of Kristen D’Arcy McAloon 2006. Ludwig ‘90, July 25, 2006. ’02, Thomas, July 1, 2005, and Alfreda, Robert P. Brooks Jr., husband of January 11, 2006. Sister Janelle Cahoon ’54, OSB, April Margaret Kerrigan Brooks ’48, father of Thelma Bufano Magazzu, mother of 20, 2006. Kathleen Brooks Eaton ’86, December Andrea Magazzu Johnson ’69 and Michele Joseph L. Shilts ND ‘60, husband of 29, 2005. Sister Marie Emile (Irene Therese) Magazzu Pﬂ um ’71, grandmother of Gretchen Daschbach Shilts ’56, father Maryse Pﬂ um Naman ’95, January 29, of Teresa Shilts ’86, uncle of Emily DuBois ’54, CSC, July 2, 2006. Lucy Marie Bush, daughter of Rita 2006. Daschbach ’00, and brother-in-law of DeLaFuente Bush ’84 and John: Stillborn Martha Daschbach Dougherty ’53, May June 24, 2005. 18, 2006.

16 COURIER | Fall 2006 David: Ellen Margaret, March 6, 2005. 2006. Rita Tramelli, mother of Mary Tramelli Mary Grant Linnane ’02 and John, Guyol ’80, February 13, 2006. October 7, 2005. Peggy Schmid Dunham ’92 and Mitzi McAndrews Neighbor ’96 and Patrick: James Michael, May 7, 2006. Matthew ND ‘00: Daschel Joseph, April Robert Vrancken ND ’58, brother Elyse Billmeier Mitchell ’02 and Mark 11, 2006. of Kate Vrancken-Kelley ’62, January 5, ND ’01, December 3, 2005. Jill-Noelle Hulbert Fay ’92 and Michael: 2006. Patrick John, February 25, 2005. Stephanie Johnson Ouellette ’96 and Mary Crawford Nolan ’02 and William James ND ‘94: Nicole Anne, December James E. Weger, father of Julia ND ‘02, May 27, 2006. Amy E. Rushin Kolar ’92 and Michael: 10, 2005. Weger Chismar ‘69, Katharine Weger Molly Elizabeth, November 29, 2005. Dabbelt ’74, and Sara Weger Reisinger Margaret DeLuca Wright ’02 and Marianne Banko Luken ’97 and David: ’82, and brother-in-law of Dr. Mary Carole Kevin, April 22, 2006. Moira Ann Lydon Miller ’92 and Clare Marie, April 3, 2006. Conaughton ’56, July 9, 2006. James: Margaret Antoinette, March 8, Meghan Harrass Roche ’03 and John, 2006. Monica Lizarraga Porchas ’97 and Kenneth M. Westland, husband of March 25, 2006. Gabriel: Thomas Manuel, May 30, 2005. Jean Murphy Westland ’49, August 22, Miechelle Plesco O’Brien ’92 and Bill 2005. Jill Maxbauer Niemi ’03 and Sam, ND ’92: Thomas Joseph, May 21, 2006. Sarah Mullen Schwab ’98 and Carl, February 25, 2006. ND ’98: Anna Katherine, April 17, 2006. Marriages P. Michele Delaney Peterson ’92 and Amber Taylor O’Rourke ’03 and Brendan: John “Jack” Finnian, May 15, Staci Perez Veldt ’98 and Andrew: Howard ND ‘02, May 6, 2006. 2005. Maya Ann, March 14, 2006. Mary Case Patchen ’82 and Gregory, January 20, 2006. Kristina Robinson Paluszkiewicz ’03 Beth McGie Robertson ’92 and Sarah Siefert Barney ’99 and Charles: and Michael, July 2, 2006. Michael: Bridget Anne, March 18, 2006. Matthew Charles, June 29, 2006. Pamela Bethel LeDuff ’88 and Dennis, March 18, 2006. Kelly McMahon Sarb ’03 and Kevin ND Lynn Doppke Torning ’92 and Anders: Jill Moore Clouse ’99 and Michael: ‘02, July 8, 2006. Twins, Lukas Bengt and Patrick Thomas, Sean Allen, May 9, 2006. Shannon Welcome Martin ’91 and March 17, 2006. Ken, May 9, 2006. Danielle Lemmon Hickey ’04 and Keith Emily Bailey Quiney ’99 and Colin: ND ‘04, October 1, 2005. Julie Lynch Asher ’93 and Matt: Twins, Bailey Jane, March 31, 2006. Jennifer Ott Fausto ’92 and Sean, Patrick Leo and Cullen Bray, June 15, September 17, 2005. Amy Kleinfehn Knab ’04 and Brian, 2006. Laurie Pater Roettker ’99 and Brian: July 29, 2006. Natalie Laurel, March 22, 2006. Janice Weiers Lake ’99 and Brian ND Suzanne Schafﬂ er Bautch ’93 and Dan ‘98, April 22, 2006. Laura Ward Short ’04 and Jason, May ND ‘92: Austin James, June 13, 2006. Adrienne Sharp Zarn ’99 and Michael: 20, 2006. Christopher Adam, February 28, 2006. Alison Buysee West ’99 and Benjamin, Lisa Alexander Lally ’93 and Terry July 1, 2006. Amelia Marie Oliva Campos ’06 and ND ’93: Colin Alexander, November 16, Jennifer Hanichak Farrell ’00 and Roberto ND ‘06, July 1, 2006. 2005. Brian: Braden Anthony, February 11, Jamie Humbert Sweis ’00 and Issa, 2006. October 16, 2005. Births & Adoptions Diane A. Calta ’94 and Bradric T. Bryan: Madeline Chelsea, January 24, Molly Burns Michalski ’00 and Elizabeth Sprague Monico ’01 and 2005. Matthew ND ’99: William Terrence, May Chris, June 24, 2006. Judith Gibbons Riordon ’86 and John: 10, 2006. Matthew, January 4, 2005. Nicole LeBeau Gavin ’94 and Thomas: Colleen Carey Passolt ’01 and Brian, Gracie, December 31, 2005. Kelly Dawson Archambeault ’01 and May 6, 2006. Elizabeth Hughes Boice ’87 and Don: Brian: Evan Robert, October 11, 2004. Zachary Liam, February 28, 2005. Sandra Eads Lapps ’94 and Greg Amy Dooms Taylor ’01 and John, June ND ’94: Elizabeth Emma, September 15, Maria Pilar Paulick Clark ’02 and 10, 2006. Kelly Ryan Hillery ’88 and Michael: 2005. Jeffery: William Mateo, April 11, 2006. Seamus Quinn, December 9, 2005. Diane Kompare Wagemaker ’01and Kathleen Hall O’Rourke ’94 and John: Brianne Duncan-Milligan ’02 and Andrew, May 13, 2006. Heather Miller Moriconi ’88 and Phoebe Patricia, March 30, 2006. Ryan Milligan: Camille Renee, February Michael: Silvano Angelo Wren, May 3, 3, 2006. Andrea Herek Wetters ’01 and Keith, 2006. Tracie Porter Silva ’94 and Robert ND July 8, 2006. ‘95: Andrew, January 12, 2006. Jolie LeBeau Fair ’02 and Joshua: Mary Ann White-Goode ’88 and Jude Abrams, January 10, 2006. Anne Niemier Brock ’02 and Matthew, Richard Goode ND ’88: Ann Regina, May Andrea Cox Sullivan ’94 and Jim ND March 25, 2006. 12, 2006. ‘94: Eamon Joseph, April 11, 2006. Carri Cuellar Gibson ’02 and Jeremy: Alexandra Ann, January 15, 2006. Mary Schmaltz Combs ’02 and Brian, Penney Falaschetti Dolan ’89 and Maureen Buckley Everling ’95 and January 14, 2006. Dennis ND ’89: Maggie Colleen, May 29, Lawrence: Lauren Buckley, May 6, 2006. Colleen Collins Marrs ’02 and Dahx: 2006. Jason Wayne, August 30, 2005. Carri Cuellar Gibson ’02 and Jeremy, Kathleen Nugent Shean ’95 and February 5, 2005. Sheila Dooley Evans ’90 and Jeffrey: William: Carolyn Quinn, March 28, 2006. Aimee DeGrauwe Williams ’02 and Connor Patrick, May 10, 2006. Sean: Ian James, February 8, 2006. Christine Walker Gresik ’02 and Jim, Rebecca Dlouhy Burrell ’96 and November 26, 2005. Mary Kathryn Sullivan McGrath ’91 Richard: Theodore “Theo” Charles, July Teresa Niemeier Dwyer ’04 and Jim: and Peter: Henry Brendan, April 5, 2006. 9, 2006. Clara Elizabeth, February 25, 2006. Jane Kulm Krivickas ’02 and Paul ND ’02, May 27, 2006. Anna Sobotincic Dieteman ’92 and Allison Gagliani Cherry ’96 and Mike ND MSA ’00: Sean Emmett, May 29,

COURIER | Fall 2006 17 A l u m n a e club news Carolinas Chiara Marcheschi Wrocinski ’98 at in late spring/early summer, update the —you made SMC and the PRC very proud. The Carolinas Club was ready for an [email protected] for details membership database, and produce a July found members enjoying a free active fall/winter. After a low-key summer, regarding the event. membership directory. Both the letter concert in the park, performed by the Na- the Charlotte alumnae met one evening For more information, contact and the directory are produced with the perville Municipal Band. At the end of the in August for a night out fi lled with fun Genevieve Morrill at [email protected] assistance of the Alumnae Relations month Patty Piercy Cushing ’90 opened conversation and good food. Once again, or (773) 384-4967. Offi ce. You also serve as a contact for her home to host the Student Send-off with the start of ND football, the Charlotte alumnae and members during the year. where alumnae enjoyed meeting many of Notre Dame alumni group invited the club Chicago Northwest If you are interested in assuming these the area’s 24 young women choosing to duties, please contact Julie Deischer as enter SMC this year. Thanks to Patty for to join them for the game watches. A loyal The Chicago Northwest Club took it soon as you can. this lovely evening. In August, the Chicago following plans to meet every game at a relatively easy this summer, but did have Keep on the lookout for information Northwest Alumnae Club included the club local bar to cheer on the Irish. Founders’ several fun events. Don’t forget about the regarding the upcoming mother-daughter for their outing to a Schaumburg Flyers Day brought together Saint Mary’s Membership Drive. The club needs you to tea this fall and the cookie exchange in baseball game. The club appreciates the alumnae for a cheerful lunch and a great help keep the group growing. If you have December. Don’t forget to check out the efforts of Stacie Stam Gaffaney ’89 for chance to catch up. More details about questions, contact Julie Marsh Deischer club’s Yahoo! group page for updates as coordinating a day at the ball park. the annual SMC/ND Christmas party will ’93, (847) 462-9033 at [email protected] well. The book club continues to enjoy be coming soon. or Jennifer Durot Andrew ’78 at jandrew@ For more information, contact Julie seeing new members each month and in For more information about the club, dls.net. Deischer at [email protected] or (847) October will set the books and dates for contact Kathleen Nickson D’Avria ’02 at For the third year in a row, the club 462-9033. 2007. If you are interested in contributing [email protected]. co-sponsored the student send-off with the some information, book ideas, or Chicago East Club. This year, the event be a hostess, please contact Anne was hosted by Mary Jo Schramm Howard Chicago West Chicago East Murray McDermott ’85 at stmcdermott@ ’82 and her husband Mike ND ’81 on Aug. Chicago West had the benefi t of On June 28, Chicago East alumnae sbcglobal.net. 6 at their beautiful home in the Hawthorne many events this summer; the book and friends gathered at the Winnetka The club is looking forward to Woods Country Club development. discussion group continued as the club’s home of Judy Nelson Burke ’62 for the Founders’ Day and the annual evening Both clubs were thrilled to host 13 of core activity. In May, the club visited club’s annual scholarship fundraising tea. of sharing around the holidays. If you the 34 new fi rst-year students and their the People’s Resource Center (PRC) in Nearly 50 alumnae and friends caught up are interested in club activities in the families—almost 70 people. Kelly Walsh Wheaton. Executive Director Mary Ellen on each other’s news, heard the latest area, please contact Alison Spohn at ’01, chair from the Chicago East Club, Norris Durbin ’62 greeted fellow SMC campus goings-on, and explored Judy’s [email protected] or (630) 922- and Louanne Scanlon Mauro ’72, co-chair alumnae. Kristin Simono Newell ’91 and gorgeous home. Over $4,000 was raised 6902. As always, check out the Chicago from the Chicago Northwest Club, once Carrie Cummins Mueller ’92 organized through ticket sales, donations, and the West page on the Alumnae Relations Web again put together their fantastic book this successful event where the group fi rst-ever scholarship raffl e. site for more up-to-date information. Thanks to our hostess and to explaining the ins and outs of South Bend enjoyed a tour of the facility that included Barbara Patrick O’Toole ’59 for donating life. The young women are truly lucky to a well-stocked food pantry and impressive raffl e prizes. Mary Kay Carroll Hartigan have such a great resource when they computer training center. With the event, Cincinnati ’57 and Clairese Thibaudeau Huennekens, start. A big thanks to the many club the club was able to provide cash and gift The Cincinnati Alumnae Club hosted aunt of Laura Meyers Malec ’98 and members who repeatedly asked “what donations in excess of $600. Thanks to its annual Student Send-off at the home mother of Amy Huennekens St. Hilaire else” they could do. The co-chairs can’t all who attended or supported the event of Kyla Weber Hemler ’98 on Aug. 13. ’92, were the winners of a gift certifi cate explain how nice it is to plan an event to Froggy’s and White Sox tickets, when offers of help keep coming their respectively. way. Many, many thanks to the Howards, Thank you to Judy Burke for hosting the current parents and students who this event. The club extends thanks came to explain life at SMC to the guests, club to Genevieve Morrill ’98 and Sarah and to all of the members who helped out. clips Stegmaier ’03, the tea co-chairs for their Once again, it was a fun event. hard work, and to Michelle Poeppe Egan On Aug. 12, members from both the ’93 in the Alumnae Relations Offi ce for Chicago Northwest and Chicago West her invaluable assistance. The club is clubs joined for a day at the ball park with looking for alumnae interested in planning family and friends. They spent the evening the 2007 Scholarship Tea. Please e-mail at Alexian Field watching the Schaumburg [email protected] if you would Flyers host the Joliet Jackhammers. There like to join the committee. was also a special performance by the On Aug. 5, the Chicago East Club, lovable and outrageous “zooperstars.” along with friends and family, gathered The kids loved them! Many thanks to on board the Tallship Unicorn, a beautiful Stacie Stam-Gaffaney ’89 for once again 118’ schooner owned by Dawn Parker planning the event. Santamaria ’81 and her husband Jay. The book club met onSept. 28 at It was a great opportunity to view the Hackney’s Restaurant in Wheeling. The largest Tall Ship Festival in the Great book for discussion was The Finer Points Lakes, to tour the ship, enjoy light of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall refreshments, and view the Navy Pier Smith. For any questions on future book Saturday Fireworks. An exciting note on club meetings, email Jennifer Andrew this event—it sold out in three days and at [email protected]. Be sure to pass on was a successful test of the club’s new information about your favorite new books registration program. Thank you all for and authors. The Chicago East Alumnae Club hosted a reception on board the your excitement, interest, and patience. Finally, the club is looking for a volunteer to be the new membership Tallship Unicorn on Aug. 5. Pictured from left: Laura Meyers Malec Founders’ Day 2006, with special ’98, Kerry Long ’70, Bridget Myers ’03, Barb Butler Henry ’85, director guest President Carol Ann Mooney ’72, coordinator. Founding coordinator Jennifer will take place Sunday, Nov. 12, at St. Andrew has done a great job the past two of Alumnae Relations, and Dawn Parker Santamaria ’81, owner of the Ignatius College Prep on the city’s near years—many thanks for her hard work. tall ship. southside. The favor of your response The position requires the volunteer to is requested by Nov. 1. Please contact send out a membership solicitation letter

18 COURIER | Fall 2006 club Plans for the year included a Founders’ clips Day event on Oct. 15, 11:30 a.m. at the Alumnae, current home of Aimee Beckmann-Collier ’75 and a service project in February. The featured students, fi rst-year speaker for the Founders’ Day celebration students, and parents was to be Debbie Johnson Schwiebert from the Dayton ’74, chair of the Board of Trustees Alumnae Club area and former president of the Alumnae met in June for a Association. For more information, contact Aimee “Ladies Night Out” at Beckmann-Collier at aimee.beckmann-col- Figlios. There was lots [email protected] or (515) 222-1516. of reminiscing about Saint Mary’s, which Detroit the students really The Detroit Club held its annual Tigers enjoyed. game outing on June 3; thank you to Amy O’Brien Mundt ’88 for chairing this event. The 2006 Student Send-off was hosted by chair Carolyn Solomon Wujek ’02 on Aug. 10. Fellow alumnae shared survival secrets and helped the incoming fi rst-year students decide what they really needed to pack for college. A cocktail party was held aboard the Tallship Unicorn at the Detroit Yacht Club on Aug. 27. The party was well attended and all enjoyed a pleasant evening aboard The club is excited to now have 12 area our Web site: http://www.saintmarys. the Unicorn. All proceeds went to the Columbus Detroit SMC Scholarship Fund. women attending Saint Mary’s. It’s always The Student Send-off event was held edu/%7Ealumnae/clubpages/TEXAS/dfw. fun keeping in touch with area students html. The 2006-07 club year planning on July 30 at Peggy McDaniel’s ’80 home meeting was held in September—look and reminiscing about the wonderful in Dublin. Current students and board For more information, contact college years alumnae spent at Saint Andrea Sondag Schweitzer ’00 at on the Web site for details of upcoming members welcomed incoming students events for the year. Mary’s. The annual Founders’ Day dinner and parents during this reception and [email protected]. will be held this fall. Alumnae should be For more information, contact Heather question-and-answer event. Jackson Martin ’93 at hamartin2005@ on the lookout for more details. The The book club continued to meet Dayton club is always in need of more volunteer yahoo.com or (313) 647-0678. during the summer. On Aug. 23, the book On June 6, the Dayton Club held a and active members! Anyone interested The Other Boleyn Girl was discussed at Ladies Night Out for alumnae, current in helping plan events should contact the home of Erin Gibbons ’86. students, fi rst-year students, and their Idaho Maureen Sullivan Zachary ’94 at (859) For more information about the mothers at Figlios. There was an The Saint Mary’s/Notre Dame Club 586-2722 or Kyla Weber Hemler at (513) club, contact Laura Proto Campise ’92 excellent turnout. It was an evening of of Idaho held its summer picnic on July 272-2292. at [email protected] or (614) Italian cuisine and many SMC stories and 15. Two new students were welcomed 488-8443. remembrances from current students and to the Saint Mary’s community, Justine Cleveland alumnae. Those who attended included Debelius ’10 and Jennie Hiatt ’10. Both The Cleveland Club held its second Susan Stout Redmond ’67, Bernadette girls received an SMC key chain and a Dallas/Fort Worth bumper sticker for their cars as they book club meeting on Sept. 8, at the It’s been hot in Texas, but that hasn’t Volpe Mitsch ’71, Ellen Hansman Geron home of Roseann Enyedy Cyngier ’81 in ’71, Michelle Letizia-Beery ’80, Mary Ann made their way to South Bend. Meredith prevented the DFW Club from getting Lierz ’10 was unable to attend the picnic, Strongsville. The club read and discussed together for its annual Student Send-off, Potter Ruthmeyer ’85, Claire Gilvary Chick The Winter Duke by Louise Enyedy Bergin ’84, Nancy Orr Taylor ’84, Meg Molinsky but is excited to start her college career book club meetings and happy hour at SMC as well. ’80 and enjoyed tea party refreshments. throughout the past couple of months. ’87, Rena Sauer ’92, Ellen Mayer Vaughn The club also held its annual ’92, Tracy Wick Heffernan ’92, Julie Jacquie Jablonski Halgerson ’83 won The club is excited to have eight local the grand prize raffl e, which included two Founders’ Day Mass and Reception at St. students attending Saint Mary’s this year, Steinke ’96 and her mother, Sarah Budd Ann’s Church in Cleveland Heights on Oct. ’07, Mary Yingling ’09, Frances Broderick tickets to the Michigan game as well as and members enjoyed meeting several two nights at a local bed and breakfast. 15. Club members and their families were of them at the send-off graciously hosted ’10, and her mother, Erin, Catherine welcomed into the rectory following Mass Meadors ’10 and her mother Rita. She also attended the 50th anniversary by Jennifer Danahy Stewart ’93 in August. of the Humanistic Studies Program that by Father Jim Singler, who graciously The book club met on Oct. 15 to discuss On Aug. 6, the current students and invited the club to return for another year. fi rst-year students were invited to the same weekend. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. It will Upcoming events in Idaho include In December, the club will again be not meet again until after the holidays, ND-SMC Send-off at the home of Ray ND sending annual exam care packages to ’70 and Cathy Lane. “Rake Up Boise” and the annual Christmas starting back up in January. party. current students. If interested in donating Be sure to save the date for the For more information, contact Ellen or helping to assemble the packages, Geron at [email protected] For more information about joining annual Christmas party, which will be the SMC/ND Club of Idaho or if you are please contact club president Kathleen held on its traditional date of Dec. 8, the or (937) 443-6835. Policy ’98. moving to the Boise area, contact Jacquie Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Tia Halgerson at (208) 386-9613. For more information, contact Barrett Bisignano ’70 and her husband Des Moines Kathleen Policy at [email protected] or have kindly offered to open up their Dallas In August the Des Moines Club hosted (440) 887-1844. home to us for this year-end gathering, a club open house to send off new Saint Indianapolis with Mass and a traditional holiday meal. Mary’s student Sarah Nesbit, to encour- The Indianapolis Alumnae Club had Formal invitations will be sent out to all age interest in SMC on the part of 40 area a busy summer with numerous events area alumnae in November. Other DFW prospective students, and to re-glue the around the city. The club walked the Club news, upcoming events, photos, ties that bind Des Moines-area alumnae. Monon Trail in June and August, giving and contact information can be found at members the opportunity to get out and

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enjoy the great weather. The club also London attended Mass at Saint Mary’s Catholic club On June 6, Cynthia McKiel Hunt clips Church downtown followed by brunch at ’80 and her husband, Alex, hosted the Scholar’s Inn. European Summer Study Program faculty The Student Send-off was a huge for dinner at the Oxford and Cambridge success. There are 19 students from the Club in Pall Mall, London. Indianapolis area attending Saint Mary’s as The Hunts hosted David Stefancic, fi rst-year students. The club wishes them who heads the program, and this year’s the best of luck and much success. The accompanying faculty in London, which send-off was a great opportunity for them included Kitty Green (Education), Melissa to meet each other and to interact with Bialko (Theatre), and Mike Sanders (Busi- current students. Thanks to all alumnae ness). who attended and pitched in, and a big Over a three-week period, the thank you to Mary Kay Conaty Leicht ’74 faculty toured Paris, London, Scotland, and her husband, Jack, for hosting the and Ireland with 32 students, mostly event. They were such wonderful hosts. from Saint Mary’s. While in London, the An end-of-summer bash was held at group saw the major places of interest: Easley Winery. Members tasted wines and Westminster Abbey, the Houses of listened to great music. Parliament, Trafalgar Square, the National Please remember that club meetings Gallery, the Tate Gallery, Hyde Park and its are held the fi rst Wednesday of every Speaker’s Corner, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, other month (which started in July) at 7:00 the Bank of England, and Westminster p.m. at the home of Betsie Sprague Mo- Cathedral. The group also made a day trip nico ’01 (5343 Brianna Lane). Contact the to Bath and Stonehenge. club co-presidents if you are interested in Kitty Green’s students taking the On May 27, the New Jersey Alumnae Club hosted a happy hour at being a part of the Indianapolis Alumnae Education in Great Britain and Ireland Dublin Pub in Morristown. They had a great turnout and welcomed Club. New faces and new ideas are always course toured what are known in the UK some new alumnae to the Garden State and a few new 2006 alumnae. welcome. As always, check the club Web as city academies, comparable to U.S. site for up-to-date information. magnet schools. Melissa’s class, The For more information, contact History of Theatre and Costume, had the KrisAnne Wilson ’01 at krisanne.wilson@ opportunity to tour theatres such as the sbsglobal.net or Betsie Monico at late Sam Wanamaker’s reconstructed [email protected]. Globe on the South Bank of the Thames For more information, contact further enhancing their appreciation of Quad Cities Missy Lind ’98, (414) 288-6774 or Kristi European theatre. The Quad Cities Iowa/Illinois Alumnae Kansas City Brandon Butman ’03, (414) 288-6777, Mike and his business students Club hosted its annual Student Send-off The Kansas City Club held two events or e-mail the club at smcmkeclub@gmail. visited the Bank of England and the Bank Luncheon on July 29. Susan Johnson and a board meeting in August. The fi rst com. event was a wine, cheese, and art party at of America offi ces, among other fi nancial Karlix ’80 hosted the event at the Crow Val- the downtown loft of Maura Martin Smith institutions, while in London. From these, ley Country Club in Davenport, Iowa. The ’73. Thanks, Maura, for hosting everyone. the students could compare and contrast Northwest Indiana club welcomeD two fi rst-year students, A dozen alumnae enjoyed Maura’s European and American ways of doing The club invited all alumnae, current Becky Meade and Val Kommer, along with hospitality and then walked through the business. students, incoming students, and their returning students Emily Goebel ’08, Calli art district, along with hundreds of fellow Dave is an experienced European parents to the Class of 2010 Student Davison ’09, Sarah Davenport ’09, and Kansas Citians. It was a lovely night out, Summer Study Program leader, having Send-off celebration. The event was Kristin Hingstrum ’09. and everyone had a great time. taken over from the late Tony Black a held at the picturesque Deep River Park. Alumnae in attendance included A Student Send-off also was held decade ago. He tirelessly invites Saint Incoming students had the opportunity Susan Johnson Karlix, Cathy Lemon in August. The club was thrilled to Mary’s faculty to participate, fi nalizes to dialog with current students about a Treacy ’72, Debbie Johnson Schwiebert welcome two gals from the local region the itinerary, liaises with students, and variety of topics from abroad programs ’74, and past-parent Ruth Cronin. The club to Saint Mary’s, including a legacy. Mary contacts places of interest. He also to campus culture. Incoming students wishes all students a safe, productive, and Jo Anderson Coughlin ’72 hosted the presents his own course each time, which also participated in a SMC trivia contest fun-fi lled academic year. gathering of 15 alumnae—thanks Mary this year was titled The City of Modern for a prize. For more information, contact Debbie Jo. Each alumna shared stories of the European History. Please note that dues renewal is Schwiebert at (309) 786-2958. camaraderie, support, football weekends, The European Summer Study currently in progress. Because of the and lifelong friendships enjoyed during Program isn’t just for students, however. dwindling number of paying members and Washington, D.C. their years at SMC. Alumnae and friends are also welcome funds, the club must secure 20 paying In the spring, the club hosted the Fall events planned include football to participate. For more information on members in order to keep active. If you annual Student Send-off reception. Ten game watches and yoga. Come to Paddy the program, please visit the History plan on renewing your membership or prospective students from the area O’Quigley’s off Roe to join the ND and Department pages of the Saint Mary’s joining the club this year, please submit attended the event at the house of Beth SMC Clubs for the football games. All Web site. your dues promptly. Remember, your Lichtenfels Veihmeyer ’77. The young are welcome—including the kids. Amy For more information on the Saint dues help support the activities of the club alumnae broke off in smaller groups with Laws ’97 hosted a yoga fundraiser for the Mary’s Alumnae Club of London, please throughout the year and assist in commu- prospective students, and older alumnae club in October. For the most up-to-date contact Cynthia Hunt at cynthiamhunt@ nicating those activities. For membership helped in a special parents’ session given information, check the club’s Web site for ukgateway.net. information, please contact Jackie Brody by admission counselor Tanya Frank. more details about activities, news, and Tavitas ’91, at jackie_brody30@yahoo. The club continues to have monthly events. Milwaukee com or (219) 670-3363. happy hours. New faces are always The club is thriving, and there’s room The Milwaukee Club is reorganizing. welcome! for everyone. Connect with the club by A letter and survey were sent in August For more information, contact contacting Kelly Tyler ’87 if you would like to area alumnae and alumnae met to plan Checka Trigiani Noone ’88, at to be added to the e-mail list or for more the future of the club in September. If you [email protected] or (703) 721-1769. information at Kelly@KellyTylerTrainingSer- haven’t sent your survey in, please do so. vices.com or (816) 353-8786.

20 COURIER | Fall 2006 A l u m n a e class news Father John Cavanaugh, CSC. When having been very intelligent, joyful, and months, and baby Samantha spent the ’30 Father John introduced Marty to me, always ready to help someone in need. holidays in Louisville. They stayed at my he mentioned her wisdom, grace, and As couples, David and I teamed up with house part of the time and at daughter From the Courier Offi ce: multiple talents. Instantly we became Fran and Bert not only during our student Esther’s the remainder of the vacation. The following letter was written March friends. days but for decades afterwards. In fact, Christmas Day, all the family congregated 4, 2006, by Art Petersen, Jr. ND ’54, Some time later, Marty married Fran and Bert were the godparents of at my home. Granddaughter Ashley son of the late June Hoene Petersen, Bill Daly ND ’41, and together, they our fi rst born, Maureen. A large group of Clark Bass ’98 and her two sons, 4-year- the last Courier reporter for the Class of raised four boys and three daughters our classmates celebrated the Unckrich- old Collin and 20-month-old Evan, with 1930. Sadly, June passed away April 30, in Sacramento, Calif. Marty has always Deibig union in Galion. It was a memorable hubby Rod Bass, came from St. Louis. 2006, almost two months after her son claimed that her Saint Mary’s College event! Granddaughter Bethany Barker fl ew in wrote. Please remember the Petersen education has given her the courage At Saint Mary’s College, Katie from California. How wonderful it was to family in your prayers. to do and be anything. At 87, she still Haggerty Jose and Fran were devoted have us all together! (Ken Barker III and IV “While looking through the winter maintains a hearty zest for helping roommates. Because they had a large missing.) Courier for articles to read to my mother, family, friends, and society in general. corner room, plus a long bathroom in Le The end of February, I entertained June Hoene ’30, I came across the Following a tragedy in her own life, Mans Hall, we often partied in their room. my dear friend, Mary Jean Corcoran, with alumnae news notes and found there was she went on to address a large group We voted Fran’s mother “Mom of the a delightful dinner party, using a Mardi no news from any class prior to 1947. of alumnae at Saint Mary’s College’s Year,” as Mrs. Unckrich often sent huge Gras theme to celebrate her birthday. This letter is to bring readers up to date Appreciation Luncheon for this spring’s boxes of her fried chicken and homemade The DVD of our trip to Opryland was the on a member of the Class of ’30. Donor Recognition Weekend. At that time, cookies on the train from Galion to South entertainment. All seemed to enjoy it. “June has just returned to Wilmette (a it was announced that Marty’s daughter, Bend. Since we had “lights out” at 10:00 Just before Lent began, I did a repeat Chicago suburb) after spending six weeks Diane Daly McGarry ’70, had endowed every night, we would hoist a heavy performance for 20 of the Ursuline Sisters in California at the home of another son a scholarship in her mother’s honor. blanket over Fran and Katie’s bathroom with whom I attend Mass each morning. (and my brother), actor William Petersen Tragedy struck Marty and her family window and crowd into every available The latter part of March, Esther of C.S.I. TV and the movies. Bill fl ew June as they were celebrating her birthday in space in their spacious bathroom…there and I fl ew to Philadelphia to visit Darin, and her full-time caretaker, Lodi, out to his Elk Grove, Calif, in March. Seven adults we partied with gusto on Mrs. Unckrich’s Lauren, and their two young’uns. We went home on a private jet because the hassle and two children were attending the party great feast. We thought we were living to the Children’s Museum and did things of fl ying out of O’Hare would have been when an unknown, drug-crazed man dangerously! (And, compared to the both young and old would enjoy. ’Twas too much for her. shot Marty’s 45-year-old son, Michael, permissiveness of today, perhaps we had fascinating! “June remembers Le Mans Hall through a restaurant window. This man more fun.) Showing respect for Fran’s Easter came and we had more family being brand new when she attended then traveled further down the street and infl uence, she was voted vice president of get-togethers. This year, my birthday fell Saint Mary’s. Her daughter, Mary Kay killed a news commentator and wounded the class her senior year. She is warmly on Holy Thursday, as it did in 1922 when I Bowman Petersen ’64, lived in Le another man. remembered. Rest well, now, special was born. Lauren and her tiny ones came Mans, as well as two granddaughters: Michael Daly ND ’82 was the beloved friend. from Philadelphia; Ashley, Rod, and their Catherine Petersen Zell ’78 and Beth husband of his wife, Roberta (from Rome, two sons drove in from St. Louis. We went Bowman Zuhosky ’90. Italy) and father to William, 6, and Julia, 3. REUNION May 31-June 3, 2007 to the Boat Club for the Easter egg hunt “June was active in the Chicago Beautiful children! Michael himself was a and a delightful brunch. Alumnae Club for many years, and had much-heralded musician, who had gained ’42 Bunny Wagner Barker Saint Mary’s College held Donor a ‘sewing’ group on the North Shore acclaim throughout Europe and the United 704 Circle Hill Road Recognition Weekend this April 21-23. when she was older. Alas, she is the last States. Recently he held a position as a Louisville, KY 40207-3627 Floy Terstegge Meagher ’43 and I fl ew remaining member. In fact, these days, sales executive for the Xerox Corporation. (502) 895-7732 to Chicago, where we were met by Floy’s she has a diffi cult time remembering the After courageously speaking at [email protected] daughter, Jane Meagher Hemphill ’76. names of fellow sewing group members; Saint Mary’s College during Donor One of Jane’s sons was performing in a she will be 97 in June. She wonders if Recognition Weekend, Marty went back The last trip I took was in December play at their high school, and we watched there are any others from the Class of ’30. to her home in Sacramento, Calif., to 2005—to Opryland with the United it with great enthusiasm. Saturday “June met her future husband, give a commencement address to 3,000 Crescent Hill Ministries. Betty Ann morning, Jane drove Floy and me to South Art Petersen ND ’30, at the Senior graduates at St. Cosumnes River Junior Broecker, now 92 years old, was my Bend. We registered for the events, which Ball—by chance since they were not College. Marty has established a musical roommate. When we registered, we were included an Appreciation Luncheon and there together. It must have been love at scholarship in memory of Michael at this given electric scooters that enabled us a wonderful dinner program. After a visit fi rst sight, because he drove all the way college. His spirit will also live on through to get around the enormous hotel with to the Grotto at Notre Dame, we drove to Duluth, Minn., that summer to court the generous donation by his family of his ease. It was decorated so beautifully for back to Chicago. Pattye Meagher Clare her. Now, there are somewhere in the healthy organs. Because of this, several Christmas—they used miles of red ribbon ’81, who also lives in the Windy City, neighborhood of 27 grandchildren, about individuals will benefi t. Let us all pray for to make seasonal bows everywhere. came over to visit with us a while before the same number of great-grandchildren, the Daly family. The atrium was aglow with holiday “hot we boarded the plane for our return to and, God willing, she will be a great, After intense detective work, I air balloons.” At night, millions of lights Louisville. It was a great weekend! great, grandmother come September.” discovered that Frances Unckrich made the place look like a fairyland. On May 13 at the Bellarmine Deibig died Aug. 29, 2004. She was During dinner in the ballroom, Mel Tillis’s University commencement exercises, I buried in Galion, Ohio, where she spent daughter, Pam, entertained us with a was awarded the Msr. Horrigan medal ’40 Mary Fran Shaff most of her life. She had one son, Peter, holiday program. Then we were taken for meritorious service. I was the fi rst Meekison and two grandsons, Greg and Brian by bus to the theater for the Rockettes’ president of the Bellarmine’s Women’s 318 West Washington Street Deibig. Christmas Show, which was fantastic! Council in 1963. I was so thrilled with the P. O. Box 253 Following Fran’s work as a dietician It ended with a beautiful Nativity scene. honor. My son, Ken Barker III, and his wife, Napoleon, OH 43545-0253 at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, We visited an ice show, then came Mary, fl ew in from California as a surprise (419) 592-6591 she married Bert Deibig, her hometown home—’twas a marvelous beginning to to me for the occasion. Needless to say, I sweetheart. Both Fran and Bert were Christmastime. was delighted to have all my children with This is a story about legends. Marty leaders in their community. Fran served My oldest granddaughter, Lauren me for the event. Abberger Daly ’41 is a living legend. many years on Galion’s hospital board. McNerney Stinnett, gave birth to her My granddaughter, Bethany Barker After working her way through Saint While a student at Saint Mary’s, she second child, Samantha, on Nov. 17. ND ’03, married Jose Ronchetta ND ’03 Mary’s College, she gained attention became a Catholic and then carried a Lauren had a very diffi cult pregnancy, so at St. Clement’s in Chicago on May 27. It by becoming the fi rst female personal fervor for her faith into her home parish. we all thanked God for Samantha’s safe was a beautiful wedding. All members of secretary for a Notre Dame president, Even today, she is remembered as arrival. Lauren, her two children, Tyler, 14 the Barker family (except Shane Gordon)

COURIER | Fall 2006 21 A l u m n a e class news were present for the Mass. Ashley’s two Mary Irene Hartigan MacCauley Wall Street Journal, and plays bridge three daughters gave a wonderful party. boys, Evan and Collin, 2 and 4, were was not able to go to Florida this year. frequently. One of her granddaughters, Miriam’s two brothers, Travis and Wib, ring bearers and looked adorable in their Before Christmas, she fell and broke a 2006 graduate of the University of were at Notre Dame for their reunion in tuxedos. Bethany did a fabulous job of her nose. Biz lives in Holley Court, a Virginia, is in London for the summer. June. Miriam plans to go to Portland, master-minding the dinner for 200 after retirement center with many activities. Her daughter, Kathleen, went to Paris for Ore., for a grandson’s wedding in July. the wedding ceremony. I hadn’t been She talks with Gert Daley Moran every Louis Vuitton. She has worked for him in Then, in August, she will return to Eugene, to downtown Chicago in many years. I day and keeps in touch with Pat Rogers Cincinnati for 12 years. Another daughter, Ore., for another grandson’s wedding. thoroughly enjoyed seeing the city from Tyrrell, who fell recently while visiting her Mary Pat Ryan Poskon ’70, who is Helen Rauen Kristufek called Miriam on a boat on the Chicago River—it was a daughter and broke her right wrist. Biz married to Dewey Poskon ND ’70, has a her birthday. Miriam is still playing bridge, marvelous Architectural Design cruise. has 20 great-grandchildren—number 21 daughter, Shannon, who works for Penske and is also a docent at the museum. She Now, I am working like a “Trojan” to is on the way. One of her granddaughters and is assistant director of nursing at will travel to St. Louis to visit her daughter ready my garden for a tour the Women’s graduated from the University of Georgia, Indiana University. and to see an art exhibit. Club is sponsoring June 10. I have Atlanta; a grandson graduated from Wake Miriam Marshall Hemphill traveled Ann Sheets Butler and Mary Mayle employed extra help to assist Jeroid, my Forest University. to Apalachicola in April. Her brother Hickey will visit Marg Kotte O’Hara regular gardener, and me in the task of Amy Nardine Ryan went to Palm and his wife live there in the very house in July. In February, Marg’s daughter, manicuring all 12 beds, planting 5,000 Beach in the winter. She visited Jay, her where Miriam was born. She went to Pat, arranged a party in Chicago. Those annuals, spreading a truckload of mulch, 10th child, and Frances, the seventh. Washington, D.C., in January for the attending were Larrie Cahill Greenock etc. Amy reads a great deal, especially the 80th birthday of her brother, Travis. His ’43, Pat Rogers Tyrell, Gert Moran, and Excelsior

Mary Munsell Abroe ’68 was elected to the Board of contributions in the greater Louisville community. Trustees of the Civil War Preservation Trust, Washington, D.C., Kathleen Engler Malone ’82 was named one of the top and Hagerstown, Md., April 2006. 100 women fi nancial advisors in the U.S., according to Angela Maynard Sewall ’68 was voted the 2007-08 Barron’s magazine, June 2006. Malone is senior vice president, president-elect of the Teacher Education Council of State investments at Wachovia Securities in Charlotte, N.C. Colleges and Universities. This national organization is Deidre Dalton Toole ’82 was named Stonington School committed to providing an education of excellence for the District’s Teacher of the Year, Pawcatuck, R.I., May 2006. Toole youth of America. Sewall is dean of the College of Education is a special education teacher at Pawcatuck Middle School. at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Lynne Grontkowski Wright ’82 was named director of the Catherine Hicks ’73 received the 2006 Padre Pio Award South Bend offi ce of Crowe Group, LLP, South Bend, Ind., July from the Capuchin-Franciscan Friars, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2006. Crowe Group is the holding company of top 10 U.S. September 2006. The award is presented each year to a person public accounting and consulting fi rm Crowe Chizek and whose faith in action has made a difference in the world. Company LLC. Nancy R. Mogab ’78 was elected the fi rst woman lawyer Nancy L. Samberg ’83 was awarded an Archdiocesan from the Eastern District to serve on the Appellate Judicial Catechetical Ministries Award from Francis Cardinal George Commission, Saint Louis, Mo. A partner at Mogab and and the Archdiocese of Chicago, Oakbrook, Ill., May 2006. Hughes, Mogab ran against three men from fi rms with over Jennifer A. Puplava ’95 was elected to serve on the Board 100 lawyers each. Her fi rm employs fi ve lawyers. of Trustees of the Grand Rapids Bar Association, Grand Mary Beth Roitz Spore ’79 was named dean of the Saint Rapids, Mich., May 2006. Puplava is a member of the law fi rm Vincent College School of Social Sciences, Communication, of Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC and practices in the areas and Education, Latrobe, Pa., July 2006. of commercial litigation, information technology and Internet Camille Kearns Rudy ’80 was honored with the 2006 law, and trademark and copyright law. “Rookie of the Year” Award. Rudy is a sales associate at Heather Steinmiller ’97 received a Pennsylvania Bar Prudential Preferred Properties, Winnetka, Ill., offi ce. Each Association Pro Bono Award, Hershey, Pa., June 2006. year, Prudential honors a new employee with the award, Steinmiller was recognized for her exceptional contributions someone who has gone above and beyond and achieved great to improving civil legal aid in Pennsylvania. She is an attorney success. for Blank Rome LLP. Barb Schmukal Benson ’81 received the 2006 Athena Eileen Dimino ’02, a professional photographer, was Award, Traverse City, Mich., May 2006. Benson was featured in the South Bend Tribune for her work with the honored by the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce for “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” program. At South Bend’s her commitment to promoting women’s leadership and her Memorial Hospital, Dimino photographs terminally ill infants advocacy for women and families throughout the community. in their fi nal hours (with the families’ permission) to provide a Tricia Burke ’81 and her company, Offi ce Environment keepsake for bereaved families. Volunteers in the nationwide Company (OEC), won a 2006 Inc.credible Award in the program offer services and photographs at no charge. woman-owned business category, Louisville, Ky., July 2006. The award recognizes small businesses that make signifi cant

22 COURIER | Fall 2006 Mary MacCauley. Marg still plays bridge, traveler, is on her way to Russia. She will class as does her daughter. be taking a boat trip down the Volga. I can clips Please, please, please won’t you just see her in her babushka, drinking her ladies send me a line now and then, and vodka martini, and dancing a traditional let me know what you’re doing? I’m starved Russian folk dance. for information about you, and your class- Jeanne Sohm Thyberg lovingly mates would love to hear news as well. looks after Stan as he fi ghts Parkinson disease. Jeanne tools around Des Moines in her BMW as if it were the Daytona Speedway...picking up those of us who ’44 Mary Alice Wright Connolly don’t drive much anymore. 2501 Southwest Thornton Ave. Gerry Fahey is a wonderful Des Moines, IA 50321-2130 correspondent. She sends me all the (515) 285-7888 latest information about friends in our class—those we see and those we rarely It seems my initial news is always see. sad. Last time, I reported the death of About me, Mary Alice Wright Dorothy Green Lyman. This time, I Connolly, my illnesses are improving and have received news of the death of Mary my sense of humor is intact. It seems in Demling Heinz. our retirement we have all become the Gerry Roche Fahey writes: “I just cared for, or caretakers. I ask you all to received a call from B.C. McHugh keep each of us in your daily prayers. I am Collins that Mary Demling Heinz had also wondering if Mary Alice O’Laughlin moved to Boulder almost a year ago to will be giving dancing lessons when she live with her daughter. At that time, she returns from her trip down the Volga?! I had lost a son, her youngest child. I know invite my classmates to please write me, her funeral was in Boulder the last week e-mail me, or call me to share their news. I Thelma Hausman Dunlevy ’52 and Lynn Dargis Ambrose ’52 were in May. Unfortunately, I know no other look forward to hearing from each of you. dropping off their granddaughters for summer camp at Saint Mary’s details.” when they found out that the two girls were roommates. Pictured I was pleased to talk to Marguerite from left: Thelma, Meredith Dunlevy, Sophie Holsinger, and Lynn. Shaughnessy Wittebort. She is a ’46 Irene Vodicka Monaghen confi rmed southerner hoping that her 23933 Kaleb Drive sister, Anne, will soon move from Chicago Corona, CA 92883 to join her in residence in North Carolina. (951) 277-9605 Despite the small number there, it published in The International Library Marge also occasionally sees Jane (562) 537-9906 – cell phone was a nice reunion. It was wonderful to of Poetry book, Twilight Musings. My Zeman Protz on her trips from Wisconsin [email protected] see all the new buildings and the new poem was titled “80 Years Old and to Florida. She also sees Louise apartment residence hall for seniors. We Still Celebrating.” I will send a copy on Peterman Prosser. I just returned from reunion, as I had a should have been so lucky! The campus demand. If you don’t want to hear all I talked to Louise and she is coping stop-over in Winfi eld, Ill., to visit my three looked beautiful, as usual, with its about me, please send me your news. I with the death of her husband, Charlie, nieces, the daughters of my deceased many lovely trees and fl owers. We were wish you all well. last year, and the deaths of her sister and sister, Frances Vodicka Hancock ’35. provided with golf-cart drivers, who took From the Courier Offi ce: Mary daughter, Mary, this year. Too much grief They treated me royally. I also was able to us where ever we wanted to go. Catherine “Kitty” Velde Watson wrote: for anyone, especially dear Weesie. visit my niece, Cynthia Vodicka O’Kelly I had a nice time visiting with Kay “Sixty years since we graduated from M. J. Cullinan Murphy’s husband, ’74. A good time was had by all. Able Curry McAndrews and her lovely Saint Mary’s College! Unbelievable! But John, has had a diffi cult time at home in I am not too enthusiastic about writing daughter, Kathleen Curry. They were good more importantly, how wonderful! For Glenview, Ill. He has diffi culty walking. this newsletter. Our Greater-than-Golden company. The Class of 1956 had over 50 four years, Le Mans was my home during Ginger Heinen Swoyer and her 60th anniversary class had such a at the reunion, and its members took me school. Times do change—no more lights husband, Len, also have ambulatory poor showing at reunion, with only four under their wing. We had some interesting out at 10:15 p.m., for example. Also, issues. Be sure to look for Ginger and Len representatives: Kathleen Abel Curry speakers, and it was wonderful meeting Sister Kathryn Marie made certain our the fi rst weekend in August on television, McAndrews, Mary Rita Hellmuch, our president, Carol Ann Mooney ’72. rooms were neat and clean. though. They will have great backyard Sister Basil Anthony, CSC, and yours She has great plans for Saint Mary’s Another change: Now there are offi cers seats at the Buick Open, which will be truly. What a disappointment. I did have College. This fall, they will have the largest for Le Mans residents. My granddaughter, held at the golf course that backs up to a call from Lucille Guarnieri McGuire entering class in recent years: 429. Also, Gracie Guebert ’07, was recently their home in Detroit, Mich. They will both apologizing for not coming, as one of her the qualifi cations of the members of the elected president of Le Mans. (She was be seated on the 15th green. Fore! grandchildren was graduating. (Lucille has incoming class are higher than those of named after my roommate, Mary Grace Almarie Sackley Mathews has remarried, but I am sorry that I don’t know any previous class. Chamberlain Sherer.) terrible rheumatoid arthritis, which she her new name.) I also had an e-mail from The new dining hall, student center, “I wish I could be at the College for keeps on top of by daily exercising. She is Betty Barry Myers Lewis that while she, and bookstore are beautiful. The food is reunion this year, but some health always cheerful regardless. too, had wanted to attend reunion, she too good! It was a wonderful time, and I problems do not permit me to do so. Love Jeanne Yuncker Klem always has a had a graduation to attend as well. would do it again. I was a little leery about to you all.” good joke and a happy thought to share. Mary Gavin Osmanski phoned driving to Chicago and Winfi eld. The traffi c Her dear husband, Bill, is having some me to report that Jane Daley Clark’s in Chicago is as bad as that in California. problems with carpal tunnel in both wrists. husband, John, had passed away. I sent Thanks to the Sacred Heart Auto Club, I ’50 Joanne Morris O’Brien Bill and Jeanne are always so kind and Jane a note and Mass card for John. She made it without any trouble in my rented 32865 Faircrest Drive gracious when we come to South Bend, wrote and thanked me and said that she car. Beverly Hills, MI 48025-2937 their home. misses him terribly. One of the highlights of the reunion (248) 647-1654 Mary Alice Nevins Sasso has sold I called Marianne Van Drisse when was seeing Doris Bromann Fox ’31. her home in Wilmette. She has moved into I returned home, as I was surprised that She was presented with a diamond Saint Sister Ramona Oppenheim is a care facility, luckily, in her hometown of she wasn’t at reunion. She had intended Mary’s College pin. I kept wondering, “Will now settled in San Yudro, Calif., where Wilmette. to go, but then went on a cruise and could I make my 75th anniversary?” I hope so. she had hoped to be assigned. She Mary Alice O’Laughlin, world not make it. This year, I had my fi rst poem writes, “When I fi rst took up Spanish in

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1975, it was with the idea that as I grew graduation and accompanying events Jim’s January 2005 visit to Guatemala— Murphy Foley, Joan Rossi, and Aggie older, I would return to the United States in Lansing, Mich., of Mark Bealin, Jr., “…two old ruins from Burr Ridge going to got some Arizona sun and connected with and assist Spanish communities here, son of Bridget O’Brien Bealin ’79; see many old Mayan ruins.” She described Patt Gannon Scully (year-round resident) especially women fi nding cultural changes another high school graduation in Los temples, jungle, museum, excavations, and also with Paul and Bev Bierbusse diffi cult.” (San Yudro is a section of San Angeles of Callagee O’Brien, sister of and staying in a hotel in Antigua built on Campbell. Joan also was able to see Diego about a mile north of the United Honore O’Brien ’08; and three 8th-grade the remains of a 16th-century monastery. her good friend, the Dominican priest, States/Mexico border.) Monie would love graduations, plus three confi rmations. (They also climbed a 150-foot ladder Father Carmen Mele, who was once a to see or hear from any classmates who These are all my grandchildren! to the top of a temple pyramid for an 4th-grade student in Joan’s fi rst class in visit San Diego. She misses her frequent The class mini-reunion in impressive view of “other temple tops Chicago. (Coincidentally, Father Carmen visits with Honey Kennedy Ryan and Jo Frankenmuth, Mich., has been postponed piercing the canopy of trees.”) was giving a Lenten talk in Scottsdale, Hoelderle Zamorski when she was in until the fall of 2007, making it almost To pick up on her condition where and they were able to meet for a couple Rhode Island. halfway to our next on-campus reunion. Jim’s report in our spring column left of hours.) Joan sent some good pictures, Helen Johnson Frings lives in off, Liz’s letter told of countless hours of and Murph wrote that “Ben did quite well Door County, Wis., a beautiful place, occupational and physical therapy, her with three women” (as did Jim Wilson especially in the summer. She has had ’54 Judy Jones Sullivan right side coming back ahead of her left last year!). She also reported that they granddaughters staying with her during 23 Upper Oak Drive side, wheelchair use, and some walking had attended the baptism in Sioux City, several summers while working and San Rafael, CA 94903 with braces and a walker, evaluation for Iowa, of a new granddaughter, and had saving money for college. They call it (415) 472-0137 driving with hand controls, and praise and enjoyed an April to May cruise through the “Granny Camp.” [email protected] gratitude for her fi ve-days-a-week, 9-to-4 Panama Canal, ending with “a wonderful Peg Gardner Haaser sent an [email protected] caregiver, Vickie, and her all-other-times visit” in San Diego, where “eating places, obituary for E. Robert Dalton ND ’49, caregiver and “guardian angel,” Jim. My history, and Balboa Park were great.” the husband of Anne Dillon Curry Our prayers and sympathy are with most recent update is from Cathy Opper: Small-world item: May 5 was their cruise’s Dalton. Bob settled in West Hartford, Sue Whalen Heyer on the death of the braces are off Liz’s legs, driving may shore day in Puerto Vallarta—the day that Conn. He and Anne have nine children her husband, George, in April. We also be without hand controls, and on August Dick and I fl ew home from a week there, and 21 grandchildren, a wonderful family, send condolences and prayers to Mary 19, Liz, lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, is at a friends’ condo. I would have loved to highly thought of in Catholic circles in Wieland Scheetz and family on the scheduled to threw out the opening ball have had lunch and shown them around Connecticut. Our prayers and thoughts death of her 18-year-old grandson, David against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley a bit. Murph also reported that she and are with Anne. Bob was a great friend and Scheetz, in April. David died in an auto Field! This was arranged by the Wilsons’ Ben would again attend the annual Shaw always fun to be with. Johnny and I have accident in St. Joseph, Mo., a few weeks daughter, Mary (who has connections, Festival in September, in Niagara-on-the- happy memories of the times we spent before his high school graduation and that’s all I know). And—Cubs pitcher Lake, Canada, and would be joined this with the Daltons. a few months before he was to enter Mark Pryor wrote to Liz, to the effect that year by Aggie Kinnucan and Joan Rossi. Peg and Walt Haaser have moved college. “…all of us need a goal, and yours now is In late April, Nancy Gibbon Ross had to an apartment connected to a nursing Jane Flynn Carroll wrote in February August 19.” scheduled her fi rst Arizona visit—to be center in Simsbury, Conn. Peg said that that her youngest daughter, Nancy’s, In mid-March, Ben and Rose Marie with Mary Scheetz, see the Grand Canyon, leaving her house was a big adjustment. fi rst baby would be baptized that month. Joe and Mary “Cookie” Cucchi Her Texas and Arizona daughter and son Depman enjoyed a quick breakfast with (Lucy and Chuck) and their families were Bill and Kate Motta Hart, who were planning to come for the special day. Jane here for their grandson’s graduation (with also enclosed a clipping and picture about class honors) from high school. He will attend Mary Alice George Lencioni’s February clips the University of Michigan in the fall. 2 death (reported in our last column), Mary Ellen Molony Brady and saying that she had been unable to attend daughter Laura made a brief visit to the funeral as her car was being repaired. Chicago from West Virginia to see Aggie Majewski Kinnucan attended daughter Mary Clare Brady ’80 and the wake and sent me a prayer card and many of their old friends. booklet. She spoke with Dario and three Rosemary Treacy Eide sent a of their four children and viewed a video wonderful, newsy letter. She loves living of Mary Alice’s life. in Estes Park, Colo., and her children love Mary O’Shea Judd wrote glowingly to visit every summer. It is a beautiful about the surprise 50th wedding place with plenty to do. Nevertheless, she anniversary celebration given for her and Paul do a lot of traveling. She writes, and Jerry by their three daughters. Mary, “Retirement has been great. We spend Jerry, and their twin daughters, Lisa and two months, March and April, in Arizona. Susan, were hoping to attend the Masters Paul and I have been on a “mission” to Golf Tournament in Atlanta. visit missions in the Southwest. It is a As reported in our spring column, neat hobby.” They also love cruising in on June 27, 2005, Liz Kiley Wilson small ships—they have done about 10, awoke paralyzed from the neck down including a Saint Mary’s College trip to after receiving an IV sedation for a steroid Machu Picchu, Peru. injection to relieve pain. Updates on her The Eides have fi ve children and 14 slow but continuing improvement from grandchildren. Their second son, Jed ND this tragic accident come from Liz herself ’76, lives in South Bend and is married (a Valentine’s Day substitute for her usual to Paula Shaheen Eide ’76. He is an Christmas letter, which some of you also architect who designed the Saint Mary’s received), her sister-in-law, Cathy Wilson College dining hall and student center. Opper, as well as Aggie and Joan Rossi He is now working on the new academic (who also sent a picture, taken in front of On Saturday, August 19, a little more than a year after she suffered building, for which ground was broken the Wilsons’ Christmas tree, of herself, a spinal cord injury, Liz Kiley Wilson ’54 threw out the fi rst pitch at recently. Rena Bianucci Sereno, Aggie, and the Cubs-Cardinals game in Wrigley Field. Her entire family and Johnny and I have been extremely Liz in wheelchair). The fi rst part of Liz’s numerous friends witnessed this joyous event. busy of late. We have attended the Valentine’s Day letter reported her and

24 COURIER | Fall 2006 and lunch with Patt Scully, Bev Campbell, and Mary Ann were among the eucharistic had them longer! I will try to be brief, children (10), and many of us vied for the and Margaret Griffi th Howe. However, ministers at the Madeleva Mass. but... Amy’s dark and handsome Anthony prize for the one who still has her own Mary was then at home in Missouri after I’m grateful to Mary Ann Campbell is 13, and his summer theatre group will teeth! Joanne Griffi th McGrath won her grandson’s tragic death. and Ann Korb for reporting to me on our do The Sound of Music this year. Twenty- for being the alumna who traveled the Aggie asks prayers for her eldest, “interim reunion” during 2006 reunion one-month Chloe continues to be a joy to farthest—she came from San Francisco. daughter Karen, who is undergoing weekend, June 1-4. “Perfect weather, us all. Brought home from China in June Other California attendees were Jean chemotherapy after surgery for breast wonderful banquet and events,” and of 2005 by parents Erin and Ben, she is Kimmet Jackman, Mary Kearney, and cancer. In late May, Aggie had planned course happy to see each other—as well happy, bright, healthy, outgoing—such a Pat Garvey McCann. We also had a few to accompany Rena Sereno, as she did as their 1956 little sisters, who were blessing. southern attendees: Anne Tetaz Bloom last May, on a trip to Greece—this time, celebrating their 50th reunion. Do write, phone, e-mail—keep in from Fort Lauderdale and Jackie Smith Athens, surrounding areas, and the island Ann had dinner Friday night touch. (For now, please use both e-mail St. Vincent from Key West. of Crete. She needed to cancel, however, with Mary Endress Minielli and Gloria addresses, as we’re not sure which we’ll On Thursday night, before the to be able to help Karen and family in Kennedy Hermann, while Mary Ann keep.) festivities really started, those of us who New York during Karen’s treatments. I attended the “Older than Golden” dinner were early arrivals all had dinner at Sunny imagine that some other classmates have with President Carol Ann Mooney ’72. Italy, better known to us as Rosie’s. We received from Rena this year, as did I, an This was Mary Minielli’s third consecutive ’56 C.C. Shaughnessy had a private room for the 24 of us, and interesting/tempting write-up about the spring on the campus. After attending Nessinger Saint Mary’s College provided a bus for travel program presented by Prof. Dmitri our 50th reunion in 2004, she then 13156 North 104th St. our convenience. The spaghetti tasted the Liakos of Northern Illinois University. attended graduation last year, when (as Scottsdale, AZ 85260 same as it did 50 years ago—fantastic! (Rena has participated in 19 of his travel you may recall from our fall ’05 column) [email protected] Some of the attendees hadn’t programs thus far!) her niece, Dr. Janet Endress Squires been to the campus in many years Erin White Schaefer and Jerry ’72, was commencement speaker. To those of our class who were unable and were amazed at the growth and welcomed their second grandchild, Liliana Suzanne Mulvihill Higdon and Lois to attend reunion, I hope this column can the magnifi cence of the College today. Miel, born March 24, in Santa Rosa, Langford Berry attended the Sunday begin to convey the wonderful time we A wonderful young woman from the Calif. They visited son Mark, Elsa, and liturgy at the Church of Loretto. Rody all had. To those of you who were there, I Admission Offi ce took us on a bus tour big brother Mateo very soon after, of Oppenheim Dilenschneider sent a hope this helps keep the memory alive. of the campus. Can you imagine living in course! When we spoke in May, Jerry was letter for our hospitality room at the Inn at Perhaps the highlight of our gathering an apartment on campus in senior year? recovering slowly from what his doctor Saint Mary’s. (Rody and Jack had recently was the beautiful class Mass celebrated And, the new student center/dining hall/ termed “completely successful” back welcomed their 24th grandchild!) by Father Chuck Dahm, Mary Dahm bookstore is not to be believed. surgery—and after three months, Jerry Tom Campbell, ND ’54, was at Kearney’s brother, on Friday evening in Most of our classmates are now was very glad to have had the surgery. Notre Dame for the reunion weekend, the magnifi cent chapel of Le Mans Hall. retired from various careers. However, Erin and San Diegan classmate Wutzie and attended the Sunday brunch at Saint Father went to a lot of trouble researching it seems that not one of us is taking Leim O’Beirne talk frequently. All is well Mary’s with Mary Ann and their daughter, just what life was like in 1956—he any rest! Carolyn Flynn Fay works with the O’Beirne family—Peggy had Maureen Campbell Lopina ’81, who touched many a chord and brought more with Hospice. Jackie St. Vincent works been home from Spokane for Mother’s was attending her 25th reunion. than a few chuckles to the class members with a government-funded organization Day weekend. Brigid (for whom we were You will know from the Courier in attendance. A beautiful ceremony that supervises nutrition for women and praying some years ago, when she had report on reunion that one of our little accompanied the reading of the list of children. Carolyn Kelly is a wine expert non-Hodgkins lymphoma) is doing fi ne now sisters, C.C. Shaughnessy Nessinger deceased class members, and a white who actually teaches sommeliers! Many in Portland. ’56, received the Distinguished Alumna rose was placed in a vase for each of the of us are hospital and clinic volunteers Via both Sister Terese Fabbri and Award for 2006. And you’ll enjoy departed classmates. Members of the at Betty Ford Center and Mayo Clinic. Murph Foley, I received an article from the that Mary Kay Shanahan Cesarone class formed a choir under the direction Maureen McCormack Slosar still April Maryknoll magazine about Sisters ’56, at the Golden class’s Friday night of Gayle Baumer Foy, and the liturgy puts on dramatic productions in her Jo Lucker and Lorraine Beinkafner. activities, read a (supposed) letter from was truly enhanced with this magnifi cent community. It seems that each one of us Since September 2004, their mission Sister Madeleva, “almost as good as music. After Mass, a reception and dinner is involved in community and/or church has been at the Texas-Mexico border Aggie,” according to my sources. One of for our class were held in Stapleton activities. in El Paso. The article describes and Sister’s comments was that nowadays the Lounge. This was hosted for us by Who else was there? Lambie Froats praises their work “…out of the small students wear jeans to class, and jeans to President Carol Ann Mooney ’72. Jordan from St. Paul, Minn., Jane Doyle offi ce of Poder de la Mujer (translated church—and some times, they even have Those of our class who had never heard Burke and Marie Gillespie Egan from loosely as Empowerment of Women)” holes in them! President Mooney speak were greatly the Chicago area, Joan Mette Reddy helping abused wives of citizens or legal Tough act to follow, but, as usual, impressed with this woman, the fi rst lay (who gave an inspirational invocation at permanent residents in fi lling out forms I’ll close with some Sullivan news: For 10 alumna president of Saint Mary’s College. our dinner on Friday night) and her former to legalize their status. “More than (just) days in February, we visited the French All agreed that the future of the College is roommate, Paula Rochon Egyed. Paula helping women through the bureaucracy, Polynesian islands of Tahiti, Bora Bora, in very capable hands. also kept our wine supply fl owing—many the Sisters are de facto counselors.” Jo is Moorea, Huahine, and Raiatea—from a All of us stayed at the Inn at Saint thanks, Paula. Remember Connie quoted several times, including, “It’s not cruise ship that began at and returned Mary’s and enjoyed the hospitality Kundert McDowell from North Dakota? just fi lling out papers; it’s coming to grips to Papeete, Tahiti. We found them to be room provided for us. Thanks to Bunni Connie has become a reunion regular. with reality. That’s part of the process beautiful, mountainous, lush, colorful Griffi n and her committee, the room The Detroit area sent Mary Jo West of regaining (their) dignity. Working with islands with very interesting history. Next was decorated with pictures, yearbooks, Mason, Carol Jasper Markley, and women is mutually enabling.” up: renting a large house near Prague for and other 1956 memorabilia. Mary Lee Joyce Dyckes Slavsky and her husband. During the spring, Jean Zimmerer a week with fi ve other couples with whom Wheeler Schuler also provided CDs Anne Thiede Crete and her husband, Thomas traveled to Boston for the we often travel, followed by driving with with music of the1950s—and we knew who is now an honorary member of the Harvard Law School graduation of a some of them through Poland (including all the songs! On Friday night, after our class, came down from Essexville, Mich. nephew. visiting Pope John Paul II’s home area of dinner, Mary Kay Shanahan Cesarone Indianapolis was represented by Peggy Mary Ann Kramer Campbell and Krakow) and Germany. Also, we two will had a hilarious evening prepared for us Brennan McNamara, Carolyn Fay, and Tom were in South Bend in April for Donor again visit our “German daughter” and her with games and prizes and a surprise Jane Harris Conley. They also brought Recognition Weekend (Madeleva Society darling family near Nuremburg. (Sinje was visit from, of all people, Helen Hayes! a request for prayers for Ann Marbaugh, meeting at Saint Mary’s College and an exchange student with us when she (She looked a lot like Gayle Foy.) Carolyn also from Indianapolis, who is very ill. Sorin Society meeting at Notre Dame). was 16 and our Erin and Amy were 15 Greives Kelley again brought her grey Julie Gibbons Revane roomed The Campbells, Ann Korb, and Bernice and 13.) wool uniform and, yes, it still fi ts her with Sheila Siebert Gallagher. Sheila Boucher Hopp and Jim were seated Grandchildren.....remember, most of perfectly. Gayle Foy won the prize for behaved beautifully this time, and I together at the Madeleva dinner, and Ann you have many more than we and have the one in attendance who has the most didn’t have to resurrect the pictures

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from our 45th reunion to keep her in line. overnight in San Francisco for a visit class Maryjeanne Ryan Burke roomed with with family and then came directly to clips Sheila Conlin Brown. Sheila Brown’s South Bend to visit with Bruno and Alice husband, Dick, was at Notre Dame Schlesinger. She and I plan to visit Bruno celebrating his 50th, as was Bill Brennan, each afternoon for a couple of hours husband of Barb Schettig Brennan. The and compare notes on Christian Culture/ ladies tried to divide up the time, but I Humanistic Studies—the old version and know they spent most of the days at Saint the new. I’ll let you know how things go in Mary’s. my next column. From here, Ann goes to I know I haven’t named every one in Geneva, Switzerland, for a visit with her attendance. If any of you need to know son, Charlie. When she returns to Australia the whole list, please contact me, and I she will build her dream house—designed will send you a list of attendees. by her for her. Sounds like a wonderful The closing banquet was held on project. Saturday evening in the new dining hall. Bert Massey Platten sent a At this dinner, it was announced that our cheery note. The picture in this past class tied for the highest participation in Courier with Bert and cohorts at Kay donations to the Reunion Fund. We tied O’Meara Walper’s cottage was great. with the Class of 1961, with 53 percent Bert has just returned from visiting contributing to the fund. All in all, thanks her youngest daughter, son-in-law, and to a very active and unselﬁ sh committee, three grandchildren on their 800-acre we amassed over $50,000 for our class stud farm in Australia. Between visiting scholarship. The Lilly Endowment added oldest daughter and family in Atlanta, two $75,000 to our total, bringing our 1956 children in Denver, and a daughter, son-in- Scholarship Fund to $125,000. This law, and two grandchildren in Kansas City, gift was presented to President Mooney Kan., as well as youngest son Peter and Members of the Class of 1970 gathered for a mini-reunion in April. on Friday night at our dinner. I am most his wife in Los Angeles, Bert and husband They had lunch at the Walnut Room at Marshall Field’s in Chicago. grateful to all of you who donated time Bill have a busy time. But Bert additionally Front row: Sara Bateman Koehler. Second row: Donna Halbert Bachtel, and treasure to make this astounding manages to do volunteer work, play Noralee Angeli Petrucelli, Marcia Frasor Blum, and Sue Strittmatter. amount come to pass. tennis, and garden. I am sorry that all of you weren’t able Martie Slavin Fogarty, Joannie Third row: Kathy Bernard Franzel and Rosie Rinella Stocky. to attend this truly memorable weekend. Drymalski Heuel, Patti Rogan Again, if I neglected to mention you in this Beckman, Kay Duffy O’Leary, and I had article, it was not done with any malice lunch in Chicago and discussed taking aforethought. Please write or e-mail me a trip together. Pat Hurley McMahon and express your anger—I would love to picked up on the idea and has gathered many classmates heard Anne Sheehan hear from you. a group of 16 of our classmates who Mary Kay Duffy Gott Garbarino speak on her volunteer work Love you all, C.C. will take the Saint Mary’s College trip to ’66 237 Donlea Road in the Dominican Republic. Judy Spinner Tuscany in November. I’ll get the scoop Barrington, IL 60010-4014 Johns spoke on Friday about her position from Pat after the group returns and then (847) 381-1454 as CEO of the Holy Cross Sisters. Marty Ann Leonard Molenda pass it along. Happy summer and fall. ’58 [email protected] Crikelair Wohlford followed with a talk 51310 Windsor Manor Court about her book and life experiences. Granger, IN 46530-8307 New energies swept through Saint Liz Bermingham Lacy now (574) 273-0310 Maureen Hogan Lang ’60 Mary’s College with the beginning of represents the class on the Alumnae [email protected] 108 Cascade Drive the presidency of Carol Ann Mooney Board, so she listened all weekend to Indian Head Park, IL ’72. On Saturday of reunion weekend, classmates’ concerns and kudos. Early in March, I received a beautiful 60525-4427 many from the Class of 1966 attended Old roommates remembered old letter from Carolyn Sidley Martin telling (708)784-3090 a speech given by the new president, times. Jane McCoach McKee and of the death of her beloved husband, Ray, [email protected] highlighting the past, present, and future Mary Dunn Finneran shared a room on Feb. 14, from multiple myeloma and of the College. We were inspired and overlooking the little lake. Mary Grieb myelo dysplastic syndrome, which he had April 6 was the meeting of the thankful that our College continues to play and Diane Sulzbach Pexa were just battled for seven years. The newspaper Chicago Luncheon Club, and the an important role in the Catholic education across the hall. Sue Scanlan Eiben, Kay article referred to Ray as a “gentleman’s roundtable discussion was invigorating. of young women. Casellini Wasinger, and Carolyn Irvine gentleman” with a great love of family and Diane Zarantonello Sullivan, Suzanne About forty 1966 classmates returned bunked in a triple. Kay left a conference also a person who could just sit down Shay Saletta, Nancy O’Toole Doppke, to campus to spend two nights in Le Mans in upper Michigan to arrive on Saturday and talk to people on any level—whether Jane Simpson Kiep, Nancy Prawdzik Hall. Kitchie Talbot Corbett traveled for the picnic. Pinks London returned a corporate CEO or a truck driver. “He Kidder, and Maureen Hogan Lang from Canada. Pinks Wilke London came to relive her life with Louann Kennedy leaves our large extended families with a hashed over the winter, which we had from the Big Apple. Carrie Condran Keenan and Diane Connel Robinson light transferred,” wrote Carolyn. She went survived rather well. Nancy Kidder had LaBriola and Carolyn Hart Irvine left as roommates. Louann and Diane are on to say, “with God’s grace and the love spent time with Mary Pat Cahill Bowers the sun of California to experience a neighbors in Hinsdale, Ill. that is pouring out from those who knew in Naples, Fla., tooling around in Mary fabulous weekend in South Bend. Pat Harvey Howells shared the and loved Ray, we will go on in strength as Pat’s new VW convertible. Pat Donovan Barbara Borchers Bernath and weekend experience with her daughter, he would want.” But there is sadness and Dowd and Ed will spend some time in Elaine Amann Mayeux came on Friday Barbara Howells Boukater ’96. Pat confusion, and grandson Eric, 4, asked June near Maureen Lang and Bob in Three and left Saturday morning so, with their Hilger Zeigler met with her sister, his mother to “go get PaPa.” On behalf of Rivers, Mich., as the central meeting husbands, they could attend a wedding Mimi Hilger Haerle ’56, throughout the the class, I send condolences to Carolyn point for three of Pat and Ed’s Midwest reception in Central Park. weekend. Kay Wasinger visited with her and her family. daughters (two of whom are expecting Mary Beth Scheid West and older sister, Claire Casellino Geil ’61, Ann Harris Mohun arrived yesterday babies). That’s all, folks. Please send Sharon Priester Lewert arrived also. (June 20) for a week’s stay. We, of script! on Saturday to attend the Bruno Jackie Gatz brought old pictures course, have not stopped talking and Schlesinger forum. At the same time, that caused us to giggle at how young we laughing and don’t intend to! Ann stopped

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looked. Ellen DeRaedt Hoover passed Northern Iowa, she works mainly with discussion for Reunion 2008 on topics Honorary President around the pictures from past reunions. full-time and part-time graduate students related to health and wellness, family Carol Ann Mooney ’72 We chuckled at the way the clothes styles currently teaching or preparing to teach care-giving, and fi nancial preparation for President changed every year. adolescents and adults with disabilities. all alumnae of all ages. Catie would be Kara O’Leary ’89 Before the big banquet, the She is also involved in a major, state-wide happy to lead a dance session at our 1714 Bader Avenue South Bend, IN 46617 southerners (mostly Atlanta residents) research project related to transition to 40th reunion if you think women would (574) 233-3378 • [email protected] classmates posed for a group picture that adult life. Her other passion is golf, for like to learn some dances. Perhaps she W: 574-631-8237 included Pat Howell, Jane McKee, Carol which she hoped the summer would give can encourage Mary Munsell Abroe Vice President Smither Mansfi eld, and Carla Johnson her more time. Pat should be celebrated and Mary Halpin, with whom she had Holly Rieger Curley ’80 Lewis. for writing a college textbook (Transition dinner in Chicago in May, to send their 23263 Mora Glen Los Altos Hills, CA 94024 Many classmates signed in as retired. Education and Services for Students suggestions for reunion and news for the (650) 948-8598 • [email protected] Kate O’Hara Aubert continues to with Disabilities) used in higher education next Courier. Secretary work as a geriatric social worker. Carol courses and community programs to Now, Sally: Sally Blackley Clemmer Judy Mardoian Gavoor ’76 Senda Damaso devotes her time to the help students with disabilities prepare for wrote in May that she and Dayne had 55 Cavalry Hill Road Scottsdale Public Library. Pat Guccione transition to adult life. returned from their Mediterranean cruise. Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 834-1471 • jgavoor@gmail Conway completed her run as an It was ironic that after about a week Perhaps she could contribute to a panel elementary teacher in a distant suburb of after meeting and speaking with her discussion with travel tips for all ages. I Directors Sheila Conlin Brown ’56 Chicago. Ronnie Henahan Hagerty is sister, Mary Caryl Condran LaBriola had forgotten to mention that she is still 7251 2390 East Street a director at the United Way of the Texas ’66, at the Thursday events for Reunion using her Saint Mary’s College degree in Princeton, IL 61356 Gulf Coast. Mary K. Roberts Nelson 2006, Catie Condran Geist contacted elementary education—teaching school (815) 659-3040 • [email protected] recently sold her computer training and me for more information about Sally groups on trips to the local utility about Laura Proto Campise ’92 consulting business in Houston. Blackley Clemmer. Here are updates how the company works to preserve 2654 Brandon Road Upper Arlington, OH 43221 Jeanne Konzen Rowe told about on both. First, Catie: Her wedding to now turtles and their habitats. Sally had (614) 488-8443 • [email protected] her son, Paul, who took his fi nal vows as a Triple Domer John Geist BA ND ’66, MA hoped they had left hurricanes behind Jill Moore Clouse ’99 Trappist in Portland, Ore. ND ’68, and Ph.D. ND ’70 was June 4, when moving, but she and Dayne are 3202 North Paulina Street, 2S The reunion weekend was a pleasure 1968, the Tuesday following our Saturday still reluctant to travel during hurricane Chicago, IL 60657 from beginning to end. Maureen graduation and the Sunday master’s season. Classmates may want to contact (773) 348-2124 • [email protected] Rodgers Budetti shared her grand degrees ceremony. They lived in South Sally about her strategy for winning the Mary Sue Dunn Curry ’85 sense of humor. Sheila Beirne Conry Bend while John fi nished his doctorate fi rst-prize trip to the Bahamas in the Marin 5434 Flowering Dogwood Lane Charlotte, NC 28270-3729 captured her classmates’ pictures on and she worked in the Hesburgh Library. County Home News contest last year. (704) 814-7967 • [email protected] her cell phone. Kathie Donovan Dur They then moved to Monterey, Calif., while Despite living in South Bend since Nora Barry Fischer ’73 styled totally the whole weekend. Alana John taught EE at the naval postgraduate September, I had only been able to 1026 Highmont Road McGrattan spoke of her life with the school. On Nov. 1, 1972, with son David, exchange e-mails with Sharon O’Connell Pittsburgh, PA 15232-2905 (412) 363-4354 • [email protected] Indians. At the brunch on Sunday, I had they moved to Palm Bay, Fla., where John Guiltinan (Joseph ND ’67) in the fall, the pleasure of sitting next to Teresse worked for Radiation, Inc., now the Harris unable to venture to campus for her pre- Adriana Garces ’01 1615 Altgeld Street Morton Krause, who lives in Bloomfi eld Corporation (by which he was named a game tailgates. Richard and I were fi nally South Bend, IN 46614 Hills, Mich. 2003 Harris Fellow). More recently, David able to reciprocate this hospitality during (574) 514-3237 • [email protected] On Saturday night, after the grand married Jenny Bergenzer (daughter of a delicious meal the Saturday of Madeleva Roslyn Castrogiovanni Hill ’69 banquet, the majority of our class Mary Jo Archer Bregenzer) and lives Weekend. Sharon’s daughter, Jennifer 506 Timber Terrace Road gathered in the new student lounge to in Inverness, Ill., with their three children. Guiltinan Urbach ’91, was coming home Houston, TX 77024 (713) 681-8235 • [email protected] discuss Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies. Daughter Amy (Jacksonville University for Reunion 2006 and to run in the local Mary Finneran led the discussion that 1998 MA Ball State 2000) works in marathon that weekend. (I also attended Sara Bateman Koehler ’70 944 Spannwood Street featured Anne Lamott’s thoughts on faith Student Activities under the Golden Dome this at once energizing and exhausting 72 Indianapolis, IN 46228 as well as the thoughts of those attending and lives in South Bend. hours of reminiscing about the past, living (317) 253-4494 • [email protected] the session. The 40 classmates who Catie has been living in Palm Bay, in the present, and looking to our futures Marilyn Wolter Laboe ’61 attended the 40th reunion gathered in Fla., for 33 years, enjoying country and that of Saint Mary’s College, but there 360 East Hurd Road sunshine and camaraderie and left instilled dancing since January 1980, and now will not be space in this report for most Monroe, MI 48162 (734) 243-3345 • [email protected] with spirit for the class of 1966 and Saint working as a substitute teacher as well of my remembrances from this sabbatical Mary’s College. as a proofreader for Graphics Art Center, year.) Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy ’66 505 Welwyn Road At an impromptu meeting at midnight producer of brochures and large-size Kathy Huisking Sullivan and I have Richmond, VA 23229-8105 on Saturday, our class decided to displays and newsletters sent to a print been exchanging e-mails more frequently (804) 741-5301 •[email protected] encourage greater attendance at the 45th shop. since she called about the Madeleva Lee Ann Franks McConnell ’85 or 50th reunion. We also promised to Catie’s love of dancing began as a Society in spring 2005. She and Steve 1006 Eastland Drive Sturgis, MI 49091 work for greater participation in donations student in a local adult education class. have been traveling a good deal since he (269) 651-9955 • [email protected] to the future of our college. And we hope She took courses and exams in Florida retired: Colorado for two weeks, Portugal to begin that work now. to earn her certifi cation to teach Scottish for three, Florida for two, South Bend for Karen Zagrocki McDonald ’76 2500 North Seminary, 7E country dancing. Catie was also inspired my Madeleva Committee meeting and the Chicago, IL 60614 to assist in forming an English country Notre Dame/UT game, and back to Florida (773) 404-7476 • [email protected] ’68 Elizabeth Christopher dancing group on a separate night, so for Thanksgiving, then leaving for Denver Lisa Maxbauer Price ’99 Elmore she is performing as many as four nights on Dec. 15 for Christmas with her son and Post Towers 75 West Street, Apt 2B 18 Meadow Drive a week. She teaches Scottish, English, his girlfriend, who joined them at the Fiesta New York, NY 10006-1791 Egg Harbor Township, NJ and international dance at the Shepherd Bowl before her return home on Jan. 5. (212)-608-1006 • [email protected] 08234-7400 Center, a daytime venue for lifelong At the College’s Donor Recognition Kimmi Martin Troy ’00 (609) 927-0650 learning in a variety of classes serving Weekend, I was able to speak briefl y with 936 Currie Place [email protected] area seniors. Her group also performs at Margaret O’Connor and a bit longer Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 771-0306 • [email protected] many retirement homes, inviting seniors with Ann McMahon Sutliff. I was not Pat Sitlington included on her to join in some of the less complicated able to speak with Harriett Hillebrand Abby Van Vlerah ’04 303 East LaSalle, Apt. 112B promised “update” that she continues dances. The dancers range from age 30 Cronin that weekend but did manage to South Bend, IN 46617 to “love my job, the university, and the to 80, with most students over age 50. do that before the honors convocation (574) 288-7774 • [email protected] town.” As a professor in the department I was glad for the opportunity to at the hooding ceremony for her Rebecca Votto ’93 of special education at the University of learn Catie’s reaction to a proposed panel daughter, Moira Cronin ’06 (business Apt. C, 930 W. Balboa Boulevard Newport Beach, CA 92661 (310) 597-9210 • [email protected]

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administration), and our niece/godchild, 2005, after an illness not diagnosed as hesitate to visit me in my offi ce in the east Jan Gabler Cranfi eld called recently Elizabeth Christopher Palasky ’06, terminal. wing of Le Mans if you are on campus.” and told me several stories of her work (BA economics, magna cum laude) both Judy Leahey Lundin wrote: “Our at school where she continues to shine honors graduates from the Department of news is that we are fi nally grandparents! REUNION May 31-June 3, 2007 in special education in Lafayette, La. Business Administration and Economics. On April 14, our daughter, Christen, and Fortunately, Jan is a person with a big The week after graduation, the Cronins her husband, Rick, had a baby boy: Dalton ’72 Missy Underman Noyes heart who can laugh through the tears, as moved Moira to Memphis, where she will Montgomery Dunn. Last summer, we had 209 Southwest Hatteras Court she shares some of the stories of her day- launch her career in banking. two teenage boys from France come for Palm City, FL 34990 to-day trials and tribulations at this school A past e-mail response from a visit under a program called Nacel. We (772) 781-4066 for challenged children. Stephanie “Stevie” Wernig had went to France in October and spent time [email protected] Recently, Judie Moore Green reported: “As you know, I am at with each of their families. After all the was honored with a “Patron of the Arts Creighton, Nebraska’s Jesuit institution. times we have visited as tourists, it was Well, dear classmates—you almost Award” for the work she has done with After 18 years as an associate vice a great experience to actually have the had a blank column in this issue since I did the Mount Carmel Academy in Chicago. president in student services, I will opportunity to live (and eat!) with ‘real’ not have any new news. Then, a chance Over the years, she has created an annual become the director of institutional French families. This summer, one of the meeting gave me a small item to report. Broadway show that not only is enjoyed research on July 1. I am looking forward boys is coming back with his family and I was in the Palm City, Fla., post by the entire community but also raises to new responsibilities, as well a new my worst fear is—what will I feed them?!” offi ce packaging up two baby gifts when money for the school. Here’s a big “well view from the ‘academic’ side of the someone called my name. I looked up done” cheer for Judie from her Saint institution.” Stevie and I were among and there, in line, was Gloria “Daisy” Mary’s College classmates. Attending alumnae attending the open discussion ’70 Patti Walters Duckworth Davis! She and husband Carl this special event were several of Judie’s of current campus life and the session 556 Irven Court purchased a winter home in a beautiful classmates, including Mary Ellen on philanthropy, both of which make Palo Alto, CA 94306-3950 community that is only about 10 minutes Raphael, Jackie Schimizzi Ehlert, clear that your support of Saint Mary’s (650) 424-8999 from my home. Their home had hurricane Eileen Lynch Fahey ’79, and many local College is a wise investment in “Educating [email protected] damage, and they have not been able to friends and family. Jackie also noted that Women, Transforming Lives.” spend any amount of time there—just her son, Michael, 6th grade, and Judie’s Karen Huisking Coffey wrote after From the Courier Offi ce: Addie fl ying in and out to supervise repairs and son, Michael, 8th grade, both participated her return from England for the retirement Stefanac Cashore writes: “My heart renovations. She and Carl will be back in this year’s Broadway Melodies program. celebration of Steve ND ’68, husband of aches for two members of our class who next winter to escape the New Jersey Jackie herself was the “Yearbook Queen” her sister, Kathy Sullivan. She continues have recently suffered tragic losses. winter, and I hope to see her then. Daisy (not to be confused with actually working to teach middle school math and science Diane Daly McGarry’s brother, Michael and I go way back—we went to grade on one in 1974) in that she was the editor in a Catholic school in Boston. Along with Daly ND ’82, age 45, was the victim of a school together in Akron, Ohio (along of the Mount Carmel Academy yearbook neighbor Penny Wingeier Sullivan, shooting spree in Sacramento, Calif., in with Maureen Walsh Fender). Daisy this year and last year. she keeps in touch with Sue Deddish March. Anne Meagher Northup’s son, moved away, and we lost contact until Vanessa Gerwels Heimgartner Mazilauskas. Joshua, 30, died suddenly in Louisville, we all ended up at Saint Mary’s College. recently wrote to note that, after 14 years Judy Miles can add alumnae to Ky., on July 11 from an undiagnosed heart Stranger still, I was visiting my mom in in real estate, she purchased a franchise her list of friends in Bahrain, Istanbul, ailment. Ohio last month and saw a picture of called Assist2sell and is very, very busy Barbados, Puerto Rico, England, Michael Daly was shot while leaving a Daisy—I think we were in our Brownie with the resultant success. She employs Martha’s Vineyard, Los Angeles, San restaurant following a birthday celebration Scout uniforms. Maybe it was an omen! fi ve people in this endeavor, and feels Francisco, Florida, Tacoma, New Jersey, for his mother, Martha Abberger Daly Daisy and I talked about our reunion next Saint Mary’s College helped in grooming Connecticut, and Illinois. She had written ’41. A drug-crazed gunman opened fi re June—number 35 is coming up, ladies, so her to run her own business. Her husband, last spring before she and Bill began outside the restaurant, randomly hitting get ready. Gary, is a pharmacist, and by the time you what had been their annual relocation Michael and two other victims. Michael I would love to hear from any of read this her stepson should have made (late June to late August) to the island was declared brain-dead fi ve days later on you with updates on your life. My usual her a grandmother. She doesn’t feel old of monkeys and mangos. Recovery March 30. He was married and the father sources (aka Claire, Katie, Frances, enough to have that title, however. She from her two-stage podiatric surgery to a son, 6, and a daughter, 3. Martha, Chris, and Heather) failed me this enjoys golf, travel, and karate when she requires a convalescence, so Judy’s next After Joshua Northup failed to show time—so it is up to you! As always, I send fi nds the time. Bahamian class news must be deferred up for work the second day in a row, you my love—Missy. Natalie Dwyer-Haller has been until 2007.The New York Metro Mass co-workers became concerned and elected president of the board of Choir had performed its spring concert called his father, Woody ND ’70, who trustees of her alma mater, Mercyhurst at Town Hall in Manhattan on May 13 to discovered him. Although he had been ’74 Jill Fahey Birkett Preparatory School, in Erie, Pa. Her a sold-out house of 1600, a phenomenal taking medication for high blood pressure, 15 Auldwood Road daughter Kate graduated from the school evening in all respects. Check www. there was nothing to indicate any related Stamford, CT 06902-7815 this spring and is now a freshman at NYC1 for CD availability. Unfortunately, heart problems. Josh worked at Humana (203) 353-9647 Marquette, while her younger daughters, this was the group’s last performance, Inc. in Louisville and was not married. [email protected] twins Carolyn and Colleen, are freshmen as the director decided to explore other He is survived by three brothers and two at Mercyhurst. Natalie is an attorney options. “Singing with this group was an sisters, including Katie Northup ’95. We need your news…while you are with the Pennsylvania Superior Court, extraordinarily fulfi lling experience for He was the grandson of Floy Terstegge thinking if it…e-mail me at jbirkettct@ the state’s intermediate appellate court. me in terms of the diversity of music Meagher ’43 and the nephew of seven yahoo.com. As I write this, I am off for She also serves as chair of the board of we performed, the diversity of the alumnae aunts, all sisters of Anne. a vacation with my family to visit my directors at the Community Blood Bank of membership, and the community service Please remember Diane and Anne in husband’s family in England for several Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New we undertook together.” In only four your prayers. If you would like to send family events and then going to Ireland York, and as a trustee of the Saint Vincent years: four CD recordings, national and condolences, please feel free to e-mail to visit my brother, Kevin, who recently Health Center Foundation Board. Although local TV appearances, and performances me at [email protected] and I moved to Dublin. My stepson will be on she has not had as much time for non- at numerous New York City benefi ts. will send you their addresses. During sad an exchange program in Australia by the work-related writing as she would like, she Kathleen Bradley O’Bryan wrote times, keeping in touch with the Saint time you read this, and I hope to also did have an essay included in the 2005 in fall 2005 that she continues as her Mary’s family is a tremendous comfort. have visited my sister-in-law in Verona, publication, Saint Mary’s College: Her parish director of religious education; Our class reporter, Patti Walters, Italy, where she lives. The world seems Memories Beyond the Avenue. The essay, Cliff continues in insurance. They are and I would love to hear from you. Happy smaller when you have family and friends which is a brief reminiscence of our four now proud grandparents of two girls with news such as grandchildren, travel, work, spread across it, doesn’t it? Do we have years at Saint Mary’s College, was divided another on the way any day. The family all or retirement is preferred, but all news international residents from our freshmen into three sections for inclusion in the misses Kathy’s mother, who died April 16, is important and appreciated. And don’t class of September 1970? We’d love to book, and appears on pages 36, 75, and hear from you. 125.

28 COURIER | Fall 2006 class The Florida hurricanes drove one of on the blackboard in Le Mans….and not clips our own, Jacqueline Leskovec, to a for fl owers! “Take your college and its decision to move back to Chicago in the teachings with you to your world, with its past year. She and her partner, JoAnne, bewildered, battered and beaten queries. have relocated to the Windy City (but I Answer them with your faith, your hope. imagine, considerably less windy than Best of all, answer them with your love.” Florida!) where they are both employed First one to e-mail me with the name as librarians. Jackie is outreach and of the author of the above quote will evaluation coordinator for the National receive a prize. Bonus: Where on campus Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater can you fi nd this saying? Midwest Region at the University of Illinois P.S.: ’82 in ’07. at Chicago. They are enjoying the cultural activities that Chicago can offer now that they’ve made the move back to becoming ’84 Diane Smith Poirier urbanites vs. suburbanites. I know a few 810 Washington Road other classmates of ours are making Grosse Pointe, MI 48230 the same decisions…packing up the (313) 822-6348 suburbs and moving back to real life. (I’m [email protected] just kidding…I’m still stuck in the ’burbs myself…but watchfully eyeing New York From the Courier Offi ce: Cordulla Nancy L. Samberg ’83 was one of four catechists recognized in May City condos every single Sunday in the Arunga sent the following from Africa: by Francis Cardinal George and the Archdiocese of Chicago for her real estate section.) “I moved back to my hometown: Hoima. outstanding ministry at the Archdiocesan Catechetical Ministries. Judy Rauenhorst Mahoney wrote I am teaching French and English at Pictured from left: Kate O’Keefe Flores ’83, Cardinal George, Nancy to let us know that her daughter, Anne a public secondary school, the Kitara Mahoney ’05, graduated last May from Secondary School. I like my job, and as a Samberg, and Jim Brault, a colleague of Nancy’s in the Religious Saint Mary’s College and is working for teacher of French, I received a scholarship Education Program at Saints Faith, Hope & Charity in Winnetka, Ill. Hill and Knolton in Chicago. As for the for one month in France last year. I had rest of the brood, Joe graduated from the a great and enriching experience there. University of St. Thomas last May. Peter Also, I adopted a little girl who is now 7 is a junior at the University of Portland in years old. She is a darling and doing well as the director of major gifts. Suzanne have a daughter, Hannah, age 12. Oregon and just returned from a year of at school.” writes that she enjoys seeing Saint Lora Devery Cogliani journeyed study in Salzburg. Charlie is a freshman Mary’s College alums Michaeleen and from Winchester, Mass., for reunion. Lora at Notre Dame. Her sister-in-law, Karen Jill Winterhallen Fraggos ’88 at notes that she, husband Nicholas, and Rauenhorst, received an honorary degree ’86 Mary Fran Gisch Kitz work. Suzanne and Michael have two children Andrew, 10, and Caroline, 12, will from Notre Dame on May 21. 4931 Lee Avenue darling boys (I saw photos), Sean, 5, be moving to Arizona this summer. Judy’s company, Teach Me…, Downers Grove, IL 60515 and Stephen, 3. Suzanne writes, “I am Debra Bryant Tetzloff came to celebrated 21 years of publishing foreign (330) 714-8849 thrilled to be coming to our 20th reunion. reunion with her husband. Debra has her language books and audios for kids. [email protected] I remember being a sophomore in high master’s degree in counseling from Xavier Visit www.teachmetapes.com for more school when my mom, Suzanne Shay University. Debra worked in social work information. Judy enjoys seeing Saint Our 20-year reunion was wonderful. Saletta ’60, attended her 20th reunion at for six years and is now home in Cincinnati Mary’s College alumnae at the Twin Cities We had perfect weather and enjoyed the Saint Mary’s College. She came home on with sons Alex, 10, and Adam, 5. Book Club meetings hosted by former company of about 86 women from the Sunday talking about how much fun she Carmella Traffi canda Hurlbut President Marilou Eldred. class of ’86. Great turnout. It was a treat had renewing those friendships again.” I’m fl ew in from West Hills, Calif., to attend to visit with so many of you. sure Suzanne went home from her reunion the reunion. Cami is a teacher at Saint REUNION May 31-June 3, 2007 Francie White Quigley traveled saying the same thing! Bernadine’s Catholic School in Woodland from Atlanta for the reunion. Francie Linda DiDomenico enjoyed the Hills. For her personal triumph, Cami ’82 Molly O’Neill O’Leary fi nished six years of service on the reunion as well. Linda is a podiatrist in writes, “I earned my master’s degree while 9221 Wooden Bridge Road Alumnae Board—fl ying in twice a year for Austintown, Ohio. teaching and raising fi ve kids at the same Potomac, MD 20854-2418 meetings. Francie said she was frequently Jacquelyn Kinney Monte came time. Graduation was May 7. Yeah!” Great (301) 424-0212 either pregnant or had a new baby with from St Joseph, Mich., to attend reunion. job! Cami attended Loyola Marymount [email protected] her, but (next to) never missed a meeting. Jackie is married to Anthony and they University. Cami and Phillip’s children are That is quite a feat, Francie! Thanks for have three children: Samuel, 16, Sarah, Rita, Ned, Toby, Gus, and Lucy. Hello, all you ’82ers. Our big, fat your years of service, and thanks to her 14, and Hannah, 12. Tess Guarino Lipo attended reunion. 25th reunion is coming up. Are you in? husband, Christopher, for his support. Kathi Hartweger Mimlitz enjoyed Tess and Frank ND ’87 live in Oak Park, Come on, this is your opportunity to Francie writes that her occupation is the reunion and seeing many friends. Ill., with their three girls, ages 12, 10, and re-live, re-vive, re-new…plus re-acquaint “M.O.M.—Molder of Men,” since she is Kathi has her law degree from Saint Louis 7. Tess continues to work as a fundraising yourselves with the dynamic women you the mother of fi ve boys: Patrick, Andrew, University but is home with Jack, 12, consultant for Columbia College in met 28 autumns ago. How can you not Phillip, Kevin, and Paul, ages 17 through Michael, 11, and Mary Kate, 6. Kathi, Chicago. go? What else do you have to do? The 4. Francie also mentioned that she likes John, and family live in Ballwin, Mo. Lisa Wozneak To came to reunion laundry? A meeting? A school function for “competing in sprint triathlons,” and listed Another classmate attending reunion was from Warren, Pa. Lisa is a registered your kids? Really. This opportunity will “walking on the high wire in a circus tent” Anne Karnatz Manno. Having earned nurse at Hospice of Warren County. Lisa, not come again. You owe it to yourself, as a personal triumph. her master’s at The Ohio State University, who is married to Peter To, earned her your parents, and your freshmen roomies Michaeleen Green was also at Anne is an instructor in the English M.B.A. through Gannon University. who had to put up with you. You owe it to reunion. Michaeleen has been promoted department at Cuyahoga Community Susan Miller Schilling came to those women who are no longer with us. to the position of director of medical College, in Parma, Ohio. Anne and Joe reunion from Kansas City, Mo. Susie, Get out the dog books, the photo albums, management and patient safety at ND ’86 are busy with Michael, 14, twins Nick ND ’86 and their fi ve children, the glass mugs, and what ever else you Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Elizabeth and Thomas, 10, and John, 7, in Katherine, Patrick, Nicholas, Megan, and have squirreled away. We want a large Michaeleen really enjoys her career and Rocky River, Ohio. Christopher, were at the reunion picnic. number of our classmates to attend. living in Chicago. Lisa DiNero Sampson came from Susie has taken on a new challenge Last one there has to run a lap Suzanne Saletta Hogarty also Aurora, Ohio, for the reunion. Lisa is a and has recently earned her real estate around Lake Marian. Your name will be works at Children’s Memorial in Chicago, banker at National City Bank. Lisa and Bill license. The family celebrated high school

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and grade school graduations and even Corinne Flores DeTrempe writes their historic home, and volunteer for summer and was welcomed into several a First Communion this spring. They are that she and husband Christopher have the American Cancer Society as both Saint Mary’s College alumnae homes excited that their daughter Katherine will been living in Fort Worth, Texas, for about president and director.” They are active in along the way. Kathy Fugate Yonker attend Notre Dame this fall. nine years. “Chris is director of operations their parish as well. showed my son and me around St. Louis; Cynthia Janus Kloc is a for McDonald’s Corp, Southwest Region. Theresa Hardy Gaffney writes that Elizabeth Murphy let us crash in her compensation consultant for St. Vincent Our youngest child just made his First she is home with her fi ve kids: Michael, very swank Philadelphia apartment.” Health Center in Indianapolis. Cindy and Communion, and our oldest was just Megan, Marie, Maeve, and Matthew. Elizabeth Murphy sends this update, Daniel have two children, Megan, 16, and confi rmed. Our kids are in a variety of Therese, Ted, and family live in Wakefi eld, “Last April I moved to Philadelphia from Collin, 12. Cindy lists her personal triumph sports, piano lessons, and volunteer Mass. Therese writes, “Lori Janko Wilke northern New Jersey. Single and loving as “being blessed with a wonderful activities. I volunteer at our schools, and I attended Liz Meehan’s wedding to it. Changed careers after 18 years! Since husband and two children, while balancing church, and food pantry and occasionally Tom Finocchio in the Philadelphia area on graduation I had been working in the a successful and rewarding career.” substitute teach.” Corrine and Chris have Nov. 11, 2005. Liz was a beautiful bride, professional theatre and, for the past Carolyn Reppa Blocher attended fi ve children: Benjamin, Molly, Sam, Louis, and their wedding was wonderful.” 10 years, as a producer of new plays reunion. Carolyn is a teacher in Munster, and Will. I enjoyed rooming in Le Mans with (mostly for nonprofi t theatres in New Ind. She and David have two children, Laura Ingallinera Cody writes a Jeanne Grammens Hidalgo, dining in York and New Jersey), but I did a year Matthew, 12, and Mary Elizabeth, 10. long list for her occupation: “wife, mother, the new dining hall with Janice Bradley or so working on a couple of Broadway Joyce Tadevich Newhall caught volunteer, chauffeur, therapist, diplomat- Gislason, Tess Lipo, Priscilla Karle shows as well. Anyway, I am now the the tail end of reunion. Joyce, who lives at-large, friend, grassroots activist, chef, Pilon, and Kristine Anderson Trustey, executive director of the American Liver in Mishawaka, writes that she is “loving mender of all things, personal shopper, our ’86 class gift chair. Thanks, and well Foundation’s Delaware Valley Chapter, my latest adventure—being back to tutor, personal secretary, cheerleader, done, Kristine! based in Philadelphia. I changed careers work about 30 hours per week after 16 and woman of faith!” That covers it all, I enjoyed the picnic with Susie after my dad passed away from his battle and a half years at home. The bonus is Laura! Laura and Bill have three children— Schilling, Elizabeth Spraul Rogers, with liver disease, and the experience of working with Scott” (her husband). “The William, Thomas, and Lauren—and live Susie Avitable Huschke, Susie caring for him had a profound change on rest of my hours are spent transporting in Wilton, Conn. Laura shares that she Antonini Affi nito, Kathleen Juckniess, me. I had to come here and do this work. kids to and from sporting events and suffered the loss of her father, Rosario Anne Cushing La Valle, Anne-Marie “In June 2004, I was accepted into piano lessons.” Joyce and Scott have four Ingallinera, on Nov. 17, 2005. She writes, Boblick Maida, and Susan Raab the Stanford University Graduate School children: Michael, Katie, Stephen, and “It was a wonderful life.” Our prayers are Kloberdanz. Thanks for the ride of Business’ Executive Education Program Jonathan. Joyce listed a personal triumph with you, Laura. back from the Notre Dame beer tents, for Nonprofi t Leaders in the Arts. They as “teaching a weekly ladies’ Bible Study Melissa Murata Mash writes Stephanie Callendar Frey! took only 54 people from around the class to 200 women for the past two that she is a lawyer working for the I enjoyed attending Mass at the world. It was an amazing experience. years. God gets all the credit for that one!” Labor Appeals Board for the State of Church of Loretto with KC McGrath “Anne Borgman and I recently saw Lauren Bundschuh Buerger is a Hawaii. Missy and Bob have a daughter, Wollenberg, Amy Bertucci De Santi, each other after 10 long years. That was publisher for Fitness Magazine in New Jacqueline Halia, 8. Missy writes, “Bob Anne Manno, Kelly Portolese Murphy, heaven! And she still looks the same! We York City. Lauren lists her personal and I have been working as attorneys and Jeanne. The new dining hall and have kept in touch but hadn’t seen each triumph as having triplets. Stephen and for the past 14 years. My area of law student center are beautiful! It was an other. Mary Kay Scheid and I saw each Lauren and triplets John, August, and is workers’ compensation, and Bob has awesome reunion. other last summer, and we keep in touch Grace live in Brooklyn. done litigation. Bob made a happy career Mike ND ’84 and I are in the middle of regularly. She’s terrifi c. Caroline Wittenberg Donohoe move to real estate and developing. a move to Downers Grove, Ill., during July. “This June I turn 40 and I’m going into got her Ed.M. at Harvard Graduate We are busy with Halia’s activities Hope to see some Chicago area alumnae the Grand Canyon. Yes, on a mule, eight School of Education. Caroline works as a (including ballet, swimming, and hula).” soon. miles down. I’ll be staying at the Havasupi project director at Sundance Publishing, The family visits her parents in Honolulu If you haven’t sent in our reunion Indian Reservation, which has three Northborough, Mass. Caroline and and his family in California, and all get update, please do, so we can hear your waterfalls. Can’t wait to hike the Canyon husband Raymond live in Shrewsbury, together for a Notre Dame football game news. More updates next time. I’m out of and swim in the waterfalls. Last summer, Mass. each year. Missy says they “work on room. God bless. as a goodbye to my 30s, I went skydiving in Sedona, Ariz.,…jumped 14,000 feet out of a plane. It was fantastic.” Do you home-school your children? ’88 Jamie Smith Taradash From Zionsville, Ind., Anne Farrell 939 W. Argyle St., No. 1E McKay writes, “I celebrated my 40th by Chicago, IL 60640-3805 running a half marathon in Kiawah Island, Tell your story! (773) 531-4710 S.C., Dec. 10th (day after my 40th) with Theresa Thomas ’85 will be working with the [email protected] girlfriends, spouses, and my family. We editors at Ascension Press on a new book Amazing Grace had a big party afterwards—it was a Happy 40th birthday, classmates! blast, no kids. I am still working at Riley for Homeschoolers. She Thank you to all who sent news and Hospital and now Clarian North Hospitals requests your inspirational forwarded e-mail requests for class as pediatric cardiologist. I have four stories that show God’s updates. Thanks, also, to those of children ages 8, 6, 4, and 3. Looking you who have alerted me to upcoming forward to the summer.” grace in daily life. The newsworthy events, some scheduled to Congratulations to Kelly Ryan stories may be previously take place only days after deadline. Look Hillery on the birth of another boy. From published. Previous for details to come in the next Courier. East Amherst, N.Y., she writes, “On Dec. Mary Kay Scheid writes, “I will 9, 2005, our fi fth son was born. Seamus Amazing Grace books have be walking in the Avon Breast Cancer Quinn was 11 pounds, 2 ounces. His big become national Catholic Marathon in Los Angeles this year; anyone brothers, Michael, 11, Ryan, 10, Peter, bestsellers. For more interested in sponsoring me should drop 8, and Aidan, 4, are thrilled with their new me a line (if I don’t get to you fi rst)! I brother. Although I continue to stay at details, visit: http://www. bumped into Anne Borgman at a local home with my family, we are very involved amazinggraceonline. Saint Mary’s College event. It was only in our school and church. I work part time net/submit_story.asp?id=6. the second such event that I attended. I in the religious education offi ce, and we went alone, and I was thrilled to see Anne will run the Home School Association at there. We hadn’t seen one another since St. Gregory the Great next year.” graduation. I drove across country last Congratulations, also, to Mary Ann

30 COURIER | Fall 2006 White-Goode, in Chicago, and husband two children, Sara, 14, and David, 8, in her Lebanese family, food, and soul of Sheila Dooley Evans was missing Rich on the birth of their fourth child. Bethlehem, Pa. We love it here, and we’re the kitchen. Her work has appeared in from the Charlotte weekend, but she had Poised, even when facing the challenges here to stay. Saveur, Gastronomica, U.S. Catholic, and a good reason. Sheila and her husband, of a newborn (you are amazing!), Mary Ann “Mark works in the commercial The Washington Post. She was awarded Jeff, welcomed Connor Patrick on May had a moment to send this news, “We are insurance industry, and I have continued the Greenbrier Scholarship from the 10, 2006. He joins big brother Aidan, 3. so lucky to live in the same neighborhood in college administration as a full-time Greenbrier Symposium for Professional Amy Heimberg had big news on as Mary Huffman McCormick and Ann academic advisor and career counselor at Food Writers. She also was a winner in the career front. She writes, “After 16 Wilson Newcorn, and we all see each Northampton Community College. the Association of Food Journalists’ Award years, I am leaving the comfort of my job other on an almost-daily basis. Our kids “I’m active in the National Academic Competition. Her work is outstanding. (at Central States Funds) and taking the are all good friends—Mary has Billy, 6, Advising Association, and my travels take I also heard that she is working on a plunge into teaching. I have been offi cially Anna, 3, and John, almost 1; Ann has me to other parts of the country. I miss cookbook, so I will eagerly watch her Web accepted into Chicago Teaching Fellows, Kathleen, 8, Julia, 6, and Anna, 3. We my classmates, though. Let’s get back in site for updates. an alternative certifi cation program for were just blessed with our fourth child, touch!” My other news from correspondence folks with non-education degrees. On June Ann Regina, born May 12. Annie joins is light but important. Tracey Hayes 19, I start my summer training, which will Billy, 6, Maggie, 5, and Kate, 2. Liz Neill Uruba and her husband, Bill, welcomed involve college course work, being paired Steiner and husband David welcomed ’90 Shannon McGowan Gannon William (Liam) Allen Uruba III this spring. with a summer school teacher, and other Mary Elizabeth last November. Mary joins 836 North Catherine Avenue The Urubas live in Chicago, and that Liam ‘workshop’ training. By September, I’ll big sisters Katie, 2, and Lucy, 5.” La Grange Park, IL 60526 is just precious. Tracey is a 3rd-grade have a provisional certifi cation, which will Ann Wilson adds, “In February, (708) 354-2384 teacher in Lincolnwood. allow me to teach middle school math in Beth Whelpley Bennett, Kathleen [email protected] Deirdre Lyne also continues to a high-need Chicago public school with Bock Roche, Moira Cronan-Vogt, (new) shape and form lives as the principal full salary and benefi ts as a CPS teacher. Anne Borgman, Angie Leahy Esteve, at Crow Island School in Winnetka. The I will fi nish off the classes needed for full Stephanie Leahy Trujillo ’91, and I Lisa Catenacci Midkiff school has over 400 students in grades K certifi cation during the school year and, visited Amy Appleby-Hubbard in St. 5274 Valerie Cove through 4. by this time next year, will have my regular Louis. In November 2005, Amy gave birth Arlington, TN 38002 On the old sod, Chris Foley Carroll certifi cation with a year of teaching under to twin girls, Ellie and Tess, her fourth and (361) 334-2171 married Fergus on April 30, 2005, in my belt. I’m really excited about the fi fth girls. A good time was had by all.” [email protected] Mohill Co Leitrim, Ireland. Pattie Bigelow change and think it is about time I jumped Elizabeth Wrobel Falco writes, was maid of honor and Meg Lakatos out of my comfort zone at work and did “Kathleen Moran is doing well and living From Shannon: I have always considered Basker was a bridesmaid. Kathy something I think I will love.” in Chicago. Angela Kowalski Huff and myself fortunate to have attended Saint Bobear Lamonica also made the trip I received an e-mail from Lynn Van her husband, Scott, and two sons, Liam Mary’s College. My life is fuller for those to Ireland for the wedding. The Carrolls Hersett Hemans. She writes, “These and Sean, have moved to China. They four brief years I spent on the campus honeymooned in Marbella, Spain. They past 12 months have been eventful in all arrived safely and look forward to a in South Bend. I relish the opportunity to live in Stamford, Conn., where Chris is a the Hemans (Van Hersett) household. Our few years of adventure living in the Asia visit or to meet other alumnae. There is clinical social worker at the local hospital. second daughter was born on June 30, Pacifi c region. She welcomes Saint Mary’s something special about the experience Sounds like an incredibly memorable 2005. Two under the age of 3 has kept College visitors.” that we all had and its effect on our lives. experience. the family busy. I continue to work for Sharing her love for dance, Clare So, I am fortunate to run into—literally From Lisa: Hello all! In June, we were Taco Bell as a director in marketing and Van Hecke Korte presented the fi rst and fi guratively—Saint Mary’s College transferred with the Navy to Arlington, have been able to keep involved in my year-end recital in May, for Studio C, grads all over the place, even when I least Tenn., a suburb of Memphis. Graceland, community as the treasurer for the Junior her dance studio in Lemont, Ill. Dancers expect it. For the rest of you, please send here we come! James and I celebrated League of Orange County. During the ranged in age from preschoolers to teens, updates to my new e-mail address. our 15th anniversary in October. I am summer I am transitioning my volunteer performing ballet to hip-hop. Clare’s CS (aka The Chicago Social) and continuing to keep busy with my three work focus from the Junior League to daughters, Abbie and Aidan, were among ducklings magazine from Albertsons boys and their school and sports. Jimmy my parish. With summer on the horizon, the performers. provided a quick glimpse into the lives of is 12, in middle school, and about as tall we plan to spend most of our free time Please send updates and/or new some of our classmates. While reading as I am. Steven is 10, and Joey is 2. If on the water. Gray (our oldest, 3) was e-mail addresses if yours has changed. CS one day at lunch, I fl ipped to an article you’re in the area, please let me know! given her fi rst boat....an 8-foot sabot. Deadline for the spring 2007 Courier titled “The Radar Bridal.” I glanced at the Mary Beth Blajda Green also Hopefully, she has been blessed with her is January 1, so please send news by accompanying picture and immediately sent some news. In February, Colleen father’s ability to sail. My sister, Joan December 27. Also, if anyone would like recognized our own Ursula Garzia Mooney McGee’s daughter was Van Hersett Elledge ’93, is still battling to be a class reporter, feel free to drop Guyer. How delightful! Ursula recently christened in Allentown, Pa. Mary Beth, cancer, but her prognosis is much better me a line, or contact the Courier offi ce. opened White Chicago, an ultimate bridal her husband, Mike, and son, Christopher, than expected. She is constantly in our From the Courier Offi ce: Heather oasis in the River North gallery district were able to visit with Colleen as well prayers. Hope all are happy and healthy.” Miller Moriconi says: “I wanted to let in Chicago. Her years as a talented as Patricia Bracken. Patricia is busy From the Courier Offi ce: Sarah the Saint Mary’s College community know corporate strategist and marketer working for the U.S. Coast Guard in the Morris Allen said, “I moved back to about our happy news! Silvano Angelo combine with her vision, enthusiasm, National Housing Offi ce in Boston and my hometown after six years in Seattle, Wren was born May 3. We are calling sense of style, and eye for design in travels a great deal. Colleen juggles Wash., (where I met my husband, Nick him Wren. He is so sweet. (You can this unique new and once-wed designer working outside the home in events Allen) and two years in Saint Louis where view photos of the new addition to the wedding dress consignment shop. Très programming part time as well as her full- Nick earned a master’s in physical Moriconi family by going to the Web at: chic and bon chance to another wonderful time motherhood responsibilities to son therapy from Washington University. We http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/mamorico/ entrepreneur in our class! Seamus, 3, and new baby, Catie, who was have three children: Jack,5, Maggie, 3, sets/72057594128542841/.) Then, in the other half of my life, I was born in December 2005. In March, Mary and Elizabeth,1 1/2. We are expecting “Mike and I are so happy. I am still reading ducklings magazine—scouring Beth and Sheila Dooley Evans were both our fourth in December. The only other the assistant director of admissions at the family-oriented stories and trying to vacationing in Florida. They had lunch and person from my class I have talked to the Notre Dame Law School…I have come up with some delicious summer a “play date” with their sons, Christopher recently is Kathleen Shannon. She is been there 10 years as of October. Mike recipes. And there. . . referenced and and Aidan. living in Pawtucket, R.I., and is married is a reference librarian at the St. Joseph quoted in one of the articles was English- In June, Charlotte, N.C., was the place to David McConville. They have two girls: County Public Library and is working on major and food-writer extraordinaire to be! Kathy Frederick Grashof, Patty Beatrice, 4, and Caitlyn, 6 months (or so).” his master’s in library science now.” Maureen Abood. Perfect! A quick Piercy Cushing, Deirdre Milon Ralph, A quick update via e-mail from Jen Google search led me to Maureen’s Web Amy Heimberg, and Maria Telesca got Palm Napierkowski: “My husband, Mark site and tons of information about this together at the home of Beth Bowman Napierkowski ND ’88 and I live with our amazing writer. Maureen writes about Zuhosky for a fun girls’ weekend.

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REUNION May 31-June 3, 2007 side. Alysann also keeps in touch with to apply her 14 years of marketing and Josie, 8, Matthew, 7, Jacob, 4, and Annie Lopez Kiperman, Heidi Noble communications experience to her own Anthony, 2. Jill is a stay-at-home mom in ’92 Patsy McGowan Donahue Drysdale, Amy Carlisle Keating, and business: Roger That Communications. Edina, Minn., where the kids attend Our 4409 Lincoln Lane NW Laura Kouri Consolazio. Amy is in The Rogers family resides in Dallas. Lady of Grace Catholic School. Rochester, MN 55901 school earning her master’s in physical Sandra Keros and her husband have After years of living in Nashville, (507) 281-1319 therapy. Amy passed along news that been living in San Francisco for the past Tenn., Beth Hamilton McGlinn and [email protected] Maria Alvarez Ruiz has a little baby boy fi ve years. After a debilitating running Mike ND ’94 moved to Kansas City, Mo. named Rapheal. Amy also keeps in touch injury which left Sandra barely able to She’s now ten minutes from Maureen Michele Delaney Peterson and with Debbie Wunder. Debbie is in New walk, work, or exercise for four years, Schneeberger McDaniel. Beth stays Brendan welcomed their fi rst child, John York with Conan O’Brien’s show and will be she discovered that she has fi bromyalgia at home with their boys: Charles, 3, and “Jack” Finnian on May 15, 2005. Michele moving to Los Angeles when Conan takes and was able to heal herself by changing John, 1. Mozer and Shawn welcomed passed along the wonderful news that, Jay Leno’s place in a few years. her diet and attitude. Sandra graduated their third girl, Bridget, in August 2005. thanks to the generosity of our class, Meg Telesca Ramey and Russell in June from the Institute for Integrative Beth and Mike are Bridget’s godparents. a bench and tree were blessed and welcomed their fi rst child, Grace Caroline, Nutrition in New York City. She is a Bridget just revels in her older sisters, dedicated in memory of Cathleen Roe on Oct. 5, 2005. The Ramey family lives board-certifi ed holistic health counselor Kathleen, 5, and Ellen, 3. Mozer is still Eagan on April 2, 2006. The bench is in Centreville, Va. by the American Association of Drugless with Sprint Nextel doing Web design. located in front of Holy Cross Hall; the Amy Rushin Kolar and Mike ND Practitioners. Shawn recently took a new position as the tree is on the Alumnae Green. Cathleen’s ’91 welcomed Molly Elizabeth on Nov. Anna Sobotincic Dieteman and director of development for the Robert J. family attended the dedication ceremony, 29, 2005. Her older siblings are Jane, David ND ’92 welcomed another addition Dole Institute at the University of Kansas. as did several of her classmates and 6, Luke, 5, and Joe, 2. Amy practices to the family with daughter Ellen Margaret Beth and Mozer have also joined the Saint friends: Peggy Abood, Kathryn Benz emergency medicine in the Minneapolis on March 6, 2005. Her two older sisters Mary’s Kansas City board. They visit often Jackoboice and her family, Colleen area. are Katie, 6, and Moira, 3. with Julie Garden Drinane and Mike ND Curnyn, Brenda Hull Cox, Moira Shannon May DeRubertis and Shelly Plesco O’Brien and Bill ND ’92. Julie is the senior vice-president of Murphy Dargis, Jennifer Fuhrmann Stephen live in Chicago near Wrigley ’92 welcomed Thomas Joseph on May fi nance and human resources for Williams- Heuisler, Ellen Talaga Mikolay, and Field. Shannon left Ernst & Young in 2001 21, 2006. Big brother Billy is excited to Labadie in Chicago and spends lots of Professor Gail Mandell. The bench and started working as the director of have a brother! Shelly fi nished her internal time with her kids: Grace, 6, Nick, 4, and inscription reads “In loving memory of fi nance for Franczek Sullivan, a law fi rm in medicine residency in June and began her Matt, 2. Cathleen Roe Eagan (1969-2005) Class downtown Chicago. GI/hepatobiliary fellowship in July. In September 2005, Lori Nagy of 1992. Mother. Daughter. Wife. Sister. Barb Young-Gerdenich and Kurt ND Lisa Blair Weaver and Chuck ND Harrington and David vacationed in Italy Friend. The world is a much better place ’92 are building a home in Mason, Ohio, ’92 are living in Hilliard, Ohio, with their with Ann-Marie Amicarelli-Peacock having known her love, courage, strength and will be moving at the end of summer two sons, Blair, 5, and Bradley, 3. After and Cory. They spent two weeks exploring and smile. She is an angel in heaven 2006. Their three kids are ages 10, 7, fi ve years, Lisa continues to work at Rome and Ann-Marie’s family home watching over us.” and 4, and they are looking forward to Sterling Commerce managing their global of Angone, Italy. Lori is the executive Congratulations to Michelle Lia, the larger space. Their family and best education technology group. Chuck director of the Mental Health Association reading teacher at Western Trails School friends went to the Blue-Gold game in the started working at T. Marzetti’s last June in Elkhart County. She also serves as vice in Carol Stream, Ill. Michelle was honored spring and enjoyed touring the beautiful after graduating from Franklin University president of the Elkhart Noon Kiwanis on Oct. 5, as Illinois’ 2005 American Saint Mary’s College campus. They even with his M.B.A. Needless to say, the and the treasurer for the Elkhart Board Star of Teaching. U.S. Department lunched in the Cyber Café next to the new Weaver family never runs out of salad of Aviation Commissioners. David keeps of Education’s Carolyn Snowbarger bookstore. dressing! busy with his company, IVP Vent Company, presented the recognition to Michelle MK Larsen Moscardelli lives in Sea Ann Balint Davidson and her Inc., which produces a patented vent for before the school’s 500 students in a Bright, N.J., and co-ops for her children’s family had a visit from Cara Connor mobile homes that prevents the formation surprise ceremony. Michelle is the only preschool. Kropewnicki in May. Cara spent her of black mold. teacher in Illinois to be so recognized. Sabina Russo Fritzgerald is freshman year at Saint Mary’s College and Tracy Wick Hefferman, M.D. and One teacher from every state and the working with Printing Industry of Illinois- fi nished her degree at Georgia State. She Michael ND ’89 recently moved their District of Columbia was honored in Indiana Association in Chicago. She was in town to attend the graduation of family back to Dayton, Ohio. Tracy is a the fall of 2005 as an American Star started there two weeks after graduation her sister from Notre Dame. full-time mom but hopes to return to her of Teaching, a No Child Left Behind and is now their chief operating offi cer. Jill-Noelle Hulbert Fay and Michael practice of pediatrics in the next few initiative through the U. S. Department of Sabina and Fritz celebrated eleven years ND ’93 welcomed Patrick John on Feb. months. Education. She was selected from a fi eld of marriage in early 2006. They have an 25, 2005. Patrick is adored by siblings Shannon Blair-Olsen and Dave ND of more than 2000 nominees nationwide. 8-year-old daughter. Sabina sees Carrie Michelle keeps in touch with Moira Lydon Cummins Mueller and Emily Willett Miller. Moira and Jim live in West Town Kubaszak a few times a year. Chicago and welcomed their second child, Debbie Lohman Higgins daughter Margaret Antoinette, on March is beginning her ninth year in the Getting Married? Expecting? 8, 2006. Margaret’s big brother Jimmy, communications offi ce at Mary Institute will be 2 on March 17, 2007. and Country Day School, an independent We’d like to help you celebrate, Dawn Disbro Burke and Tim school in St. Louis serving grades pre-K welcomed Kellyn Campbell on Jan. 27, through 12. She will become director of but we can’t print news 2006. Kellyn was born on the 44th publications in July 2006. Her son, John, about anticipated anniversary of the death of Dawn’s is in the fi rst grade. Debbie had a great grandfather, Thomas Donald Campbell, time visiting with Mary Anne Wisinski weddings or babies. for whom she was named. Rosely and Tanya Molitor Zubryd at the Lynn Doppke Torning and Anders September 2005 wedding of Jennifer welcomed their twin boys, Lukas Bengt Ott to Sean Fausto. When your plans become reality, and Patrick Thomas, on March 17, 2006. Christine Penote Rogers and Tim please let your class reporter Big brother Erik and big sister Annika ND ’92 welcomed Estelle “Stella” Grace were thrilled! The Torning family lives in on Oct. 20, 2005. Her big brother Burke, or the Courier offi ce know, Charlotte, N.C., very close to Alysann 6, is ecstatic about the now-level adult/ and we’ll gladly print your news Sieren. Alysann works in consumer kid ratio in the Rogers home. Christine marketing for Bank of America and left her part-time post as director of after the fact. does freelance interior design on the communications for The Science Place

32 COURIER | Fall 2006 ’90 recently welcomed their baby, Cade, (We should be moving by the summer.) Arzt-McGee sent me a wonderful teaching during the 2006-07 school year to the family. Siblings Mackenzie, 4, and “I’m a stay-at-home mom to two message from beautiful Hawaii: “After four so that she can stay home with William. Jack, 2, are thrilled with the new addition. children: Julianna, 4, and Andrew, 8 amazing years as the McCandless Hall Finally, an e-mail update from Katie After eight years in New York, weeks. Both keep me very busy— director, I left Saint Mary’s College and Goolsby Flavin, who provided this news Sharon Zint Marts and Bruce ND ’92 especially Julianna with her schooling and the Midwest in May of 2004 and moved to on Kathleen Heron: “Kathy was a co- are enjoying life in the Bay area. After gymnastic classes. I’m hoping one day northern Virginia. Dennis (a civil engineer author on a 2006 publication in Reading taking a hiatus from work and doing she’ll be a Belle just like me! Andrew was in the United States Army) also returned and Writing Quarterly, a leading journal volunteer work since moving west, Sharon born on January 12 of this year. He’s a from Iraq in May of 2004 and then, in in special education. The article is titled welcomed their second child, Kira Erin, sweet baby, and we all adore him. Our September, was stationed on the island of ‘Peer Tutoring Systems: Applications in who has just turned 1. Big sister Erika, 5, two dogs, Katie and Sam, keep me busy Oahu, Hawaii. When I went to visit Dennis Classroom and Specialized Environments.’ keeps her in check. Sharon is interviewing as well. for Thanksgiving, he surprised me with a This is such a great accomplishment for for corporate jobs while doing freelance “Last September we were fortunate trip to Kauai, and we became engaged on Kathy!” grant-writing on the side. She’d love to to travel back home to South Bend to visit Nov. 27, 2004. As always, thank you for the updates. hear from any Saint Mary’s College folks with my parents and to catch the Notre “After leaving Saint Mary’s College, Please keep sending them. If you are ever in the East Bay! Dame-MSU game. I also met up with my I worked for a short time at the Swiss in the Cleveland area, feel free to give me Susanne Largura Benedict took former Saint Mary’s College roommate, Bakery in Burke, Va. I then became a call. I would love to get together. Our a leave from practicing dentistry to stay Liz Holzemer Weed ’96, whom I hadn’t employed as a contractor for Northrop thoughts are with you and your families home with her boys: Mario, 6, Gavin, 6, seen in 10 years. We had a great time Grumman Mission Systems working and the great news that you have to offer and Oliver, 5. In early May, she ran the catching up. We also ran into some of my for the Pentagon at the Air Force Real our class. Good luck to all in your many Indianapolis mini-marathon and is training husband’s old Notre Dame buddies. It was Property Agency. In November 2005, I endeavors. for a run in June and for the Chicago half- nice to be back in my favorite part of the changed my status to an on-call employee marathon in October. Susanne keeps in world!” for Northrop so that I could move to touch with Ellen McQuillan Drake. Ellen And from Jennifer Hughes Hawaii to join Dennis. April was a busy REUNION May 31-June 3, 2007 is a stay-at-home mom in Dallas and has a Vartabedian: “I have just started working month—Dennis learned that he had been daughter, Sophie, 2. as a nurse in the pediatric intensive care promoted from captain to major, and just ’02 Katie Rzepka Katherine Lafkas Mulligan and at Rush University Medical Center in two weeks before our wedding, I had the 5000 N. Pennsylvania St. #3 Mike ND ’92 live in Cincinnati with their Chicago. I am currently living in Lemont, honor of pinning on his new rank. Our Indianapolis, IN 46205 sons: Sean, 6, Patrick, 4, and Connor, Ill., with my husband, Matt. We do not families and many of our dearest friends (317) 408-9597 2. Katherine is at home with the boys but have any kids, yet! As for Jennifer fl ew out to join us for our wedding on [email protected] manages to do some accounting/fi nance McGinnis Neville, she just had another Friday, April 21, 2006, at St. Augustine’s for a couple of companies in her free time. beautiful baby girl, Allison Margaret, on Church, Waikiki, Hawaii. My sister, Thanks to everyone for sending Since graduation, Jill Rupert Nov. 2, 2005. She joins big sis, Megan. Catherine Arzt ’04, was maid of honor, updates. Please note that the next Schalm and Dave have lived in California, Jen is doing well. She and husband and Krista Hildebrand Forker and deadline for submissions is January 1, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Maryland, Kevin are great parents and are living in Stacy Canter Ryan were bridesmaids. 2007. where they currently reside. Jill worked in Naperville, Ill.” Natalie Bailey ’05 read the fi rst reading; Stefanie Roth received her master’s human resources for about 10 years until Melissa Peters ’95 was an usher and in teaching from National Louis University deciding to stay home after the birth of greeted each guest with a warm ‘Aloha’ in Chicago. She has since completed her their second daughter. Daughter Gabby ’00 Nicole Longar Lieber and a beautiful lei at the reception. We fi rst year of teaching 8th-grade science is 4; Maile is 2. Jill’s sister, Lori Rupert 37105 Deer Run were overjoyed to be joined by Hayley and enjoys reunions with her Saint Mary’s Wood ’95, lives in the Cleveland area with Solon, OH 44139 Dawson-Owens ’02. College pals. Stefanie writes about her her husband, Tim, and daughter, Ava, 2. (440) 542-9355 “I am ecstatic to be starting my new job close-knit Saint Mary’s College group: Lisa McConnell Orsinelli and [email protected] this week (May 2, 2006) with our wedding “Lauren O’Neil has graduated from the Augie celebrated the birth of their fourth coordinator. I will be working with Beth University of Notre Dame’s ACE teaching child, Roman David, in February 2005. Happy fall and winter to the Class of Bowlen Harbottle as an event planner program. She has taught in Los Angeles Siblings Abigail, Sophia, and Victor love 2000! I hope this fi nds you all well. The with her company, Social Butterfl y Event and Long Beach, Calif., for the past four the little guy to pieces! Lisa met Amy fi rst thing I want to say is thank you to Consultation.” years. Between teaching children to read Rushin Kolar, Julie Scully Tucek, and those of you who e-mail me with your Along with my congratulations to and rubbing elbows with celebrities, Becky McMahon Ronan for a fabulous updates and news. I appreciate it so much Christine and Jamie, I am also sending Lauren has made plans to further her weekend at the Kohler Waters Spa in and love to hear all of the good news you a wedding congratulation out to Erin teaching career internationally. She plans Wisconsin in February 2006. They go have to tell. I’m sorry I may not respond in Vartabedian Zick. She married Brandon to move to Costa Rica in July and will stay every year—what could be better than a timely manner, but know that I do think ND ’01 at Holy Cross Church in Dewitt, for up to three years. Lauren welcomes good friends, good conversation, good of you and thank you, as do all members N.Y., on Aug. 27, 2005. any Saint Mary’s College alumnae who sleep, and good pampering services! They of the Class of 2000 when they read Jennifer Hanichak Farrell and her fl y her way! Erica Burket completed an have 12 children between them! Lisa is about you in the class update. husband, Brian, welcomed their fi rst baby accelerated nursing program at Johns also in a wonderful monthly book club in Jamie Humbert Sweis married Issa on Feb. 11, 2006. Braden Anthony was Hopkins in just 13 months. After working Columbus with Rena Guarnieri Sauer on Oct. 16, 2005. Her maid of honor born in South Bend, Ind., and all three as an RN in an ICU for over a year at and Laura Proto Campise. was her sister, Kaley Humbert ’04, are doing well. Molly A. McHugh and Johns Hopkins, she began a master’s and her bridesmaids included Taran Meghan Matthews went out to visit the program in nurse anesthesia at Duke Humbert Conyers ’97, Julie Wall, Farrells in April. Molly continues to live in University. Erica is looking forward to ’94 Jane Murphy Fitzgerald and Michele Munier. Amy Wall ’03, Chicago; on May 1 she started her new graduating in 2007 and fi nally earning a 598 Washington Street Elizabeth Derby, Helen Yearwood, job at Deloitte and Touche. Meghan is paycheck. Michelle Noto Titus married Elmhurst, IL 60126-4347 and Erin O’Neill ’96 were four of their still living in Boston and teaching. She is Scott of East Grand Rapids on Sept. 3, (630) 993-0777 850 guests. Jamie and Issa live in the enjoying her summer vacation. (I went 2005. Michelle loves working as a nurse janemfi [email protected] Chicago area and have a store called to South Bend the weekend of May 19 in labor and delivery. Her husband is a 7th- The Cork in Riverside, Ill., which is about to visit and enjoyed my time with baby grade science teacher who coaches high From the Courier Offi ce: Tracie 10 minutes outside the city. They have Braden, Jennifer, and Brian.) school hockey and baseball. The couple Porter Silva e-mailed: “We’re still living free wine tasting every day, and I’m sure Molly Burns-Michalski and her resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. in Jacksonville, Fla. My husband, Rob ND Jamie would love to see any Saint Mary’s husband, Matt ND ’99, welcomed their Meg DeLuca Wright married Kevin ’95, is a Lieutenant Commander stationed College grads, especially those from the fi rst baby, William Terrence, on May 10, on April 22, 2006, in North Brunswick, at NS Mayport. We’re waiting to see Class of 2000! 2006, in the suburbs of Chicago. Molly N.J. Since graduation, Meg has been a where his next set of orders will take us. In more marriage news, Christine is planning on tutoring and substitute high school history teacher at her alma

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mater, North Brunswick Township High. pleasure of taking care of four acres of years in Arizona working for the Maricopa The couple resides in Hightstown, N.J. land. On July 1, 2006, my family medicine County Department of Public Health. She ’04 Kathryn Harrison Cara Dunbar has completed medical and obstetrical internship/residency will relocated to St. Louis Park, Minn., to be 716 Clearfi eld Rd. school and is pursuing a residency in begin at Mercy General Health Partners closer to family. Fenelton, PA 16034 podiatric medicine at Forum Health in in Muskegon, Mich. In celebration of my Tracy Graf returned to the Midwest (724) 991-5600 Youngstown, Ohio. graduation, a fun-fi lled week in Las Vegas after living in North Carolina for the past [email protected] Rachel Deer is living in Charlotte, occurred over Memorial Day weekend year. She is excited to be back in Chicago N.C., teaching 5th grade at a visual with my girlfriends, including Sarah and continues to work for the Ringling Hi, everyone! Thanks again for and performing arts magnet school. Hoshaw. Please feel free to contact me Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. sending your updates. It’s early June now, She is also a full-time graduate student at [email protected].” Emily Moberg Mogren and her so I hope that by the time this comes at the University of North Carolina- Sarah Hoshaw has accepted the husband, Nathan ND ’02, are relocating out everyone has had a great summer. Charlotte, earning her master’s in school position of strategic project manager for from Cleveland, Ohio, to Rockford, Ill., Because I’m still in school, I still get a administration. Recently, Rachel became Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in with their son, Gunnar Nathan. Emily is summer break. It has been interesting an assistant principal at a middle school. South Bend. She is excited that, through an occupational therapist; Nathan is a so far. I’m spending a few days a week Finally, Jessica Coulter has been her work, she will be able to continue the dentist. working with a law fi rm and the rest of the working in the health fi eld looking for her health care mission established by the Courtney Beelaert moved to week working for a judge in Butler, Pa., niche. Following graduation, she worked Sisters of the Holy Cross years ago. Indianapolis, Ind., after graduation to work my hometown. as a physician’s scribe in St. James Shanna Conner graduated from for Eli Lilly & Company. She started as I’ve had the chance to talk with Hospital on the south side of Chicago. Marquette Law School in May 2005. She a fi nancial analyst in the U.S. Customs Natalie Hock, and she gave me quite After two years there, she traveled in was admitted to the Wisconsin State Bar planning and compliance group. Recently a few updates: Natalie is working in the Spain as an au pair for half a year. During in May 2005 and entered active duty in she rotated to Lilly’s internal audit group, manufacturing department of the Wright that time, she met up with Akmaral the Army Judge Advocate General Corps where she has had the opportunity to Group/McGraw-Hill, assisting the new Omarova and returned with her to her (JAG) as a fi rst lieutenant in September. perform audits in Hungary, France, product manager. She lives on the north home country, Kazakhstan, where Akmaral She graduated from JAG OBC in Belgium, and China. Courtney is also part side of Chicago and is in the process of continues to work for Ernst & Young. December 2005. Shanna was promoted of Lilly’s Notre Dame/Saint Mary’s College applying to journalism schools, including After too short a visit, Jessica returned to captain and is stationed with the 3rd recruiting team. Northwestern. stateside, moved to San Francisco and is Infantry Division at Fort Stewart. She is Mary Claire Hathaway spent three Jessica Bland lives in New Jersey now working as a medical assistant for a assigned to Hunter Army Airfi eld as an years at WDIV (NBC) in Detroit, Mich., and is in her last year of Seton Hall’s hand surgeon.” administrative law attorney. working as an associate producer in news master’s in teaching program. In June, Erin Schenz wrote updates about Sarah Rykowski graduated from and sports. She also spent six months Natalie had lunch with Lety Verduzco several Belles, too! “I am in Cincinnati, the University of Michigan Law School in in sales before taking a job in familiar when Lety was in Chicago for a diversity Ohio, where I work as a busy fi rst-year December 2004, received her Army JAG South Bend as WSJV FOX 28’s general conference. Megan Ramsey is spending associate at Helmer, Martins, Rice & commission in April 2005, was admitted assignment reporter. After a short stay the summer in Alaska with friends after a Popham, Co., L.P.A. Breighan Brown to the state bar of Michigan in May with FOX, she returned to Detroit for a job long year of medical school, which Meg is recently joined me in Cincinnati. She has 2005, and graduated from JAG OBC in at the Caponigro Public Relations Firm, really enjoying—and excelling at, we are chosen to pursue her love of music and December 2005. Soon afterwards, Sarah where she assists a diverse group of sure. enter the College Conservatory of Music’s began her Army JAG career as a trial clients in media relations, media training, Annette Dolph will be attending Ph.D. program in music theory. counsel (prosecutor) at Fort Wainwright, and everyday company needs. “It’s an Ohio University, pursuing her Ph.D. in Asra Ashraf earned her master’s in Alaska. exciting job with something new on my English. She recently fi nished her master’s English literature from DePaul University Sarah Koffl in received her law plate every day. I live in the trendy city of in English at Ball State and had a great in Chicago. She is working for United degree from DePaul College of Law in May Royal Oak and enjoy spending time with time teaching entry-level classes. Amelia Airlines as the coordinator for corporate 2005. After taking the Illinois bar exam my family and friends.” Michalski started at Ave Maria Press at social investment. Teaching English in the and traveling around Europe for a month, Angela Fox completed a year with Notre Dame but moved to New York City New York public schools inspired Melissa Sarah began working as an intellectual the Catholic Charities Volunteer Corps in in January and is working for Penguin Whalen to go back to school. Melissa is property attorney at the McAndrews, Held Minnesota. She will stay there to continue Publishing. She has dreams of starting her enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Fordham & Malloy law fi rm in Chicago. working at Migration and Refugee own publishing house some day. University with a focus in 19th century Since April 2005, Elizabeth Linkous Services in the Twin Cities, assisting Andjela Subotic ’05 just headed off British literature.” has been the basketball operations newly-arrived refugees—primarily, to Rome with her opera program. She is Mandy Schomas was chosen as one coordinator for the WNBA Indiana Fever. refugees from East Africa. pursuing a Ph.D. in music at the University of 20 American students to study at the She travels all over the country with the Amanda Spica Listen and her of Arkansas. From Rome, she will head National University of Ireland in Galway team and even spent a month in Russia. husband, Bob, started a new business home to Serbia to record her newest CD. this summer. Mandy’s studies included Anne Blair spent two years playing venture. Amanda opened Café on the Liz Thomas Smith and her husband, creative writing and modern Irish fi ction. basketball in France. Afterwards, she Corner, a coffeehouse and ice cream Micah, fi nished a mission trip in Central Jennifer Cech graduated from moved to Las Vegas to live with her older shop, in her hometown of Kentwood, America. And, of course, Liz and Micah Northern Illinois University College of Law sister. Anne works for an engineering Mich., in mid-February 2006. If you’re in are the proud parents of baby Aiden. in May 2006. She plans to live in Orland company. the area, be sure to stop by for a quick From the Courier Offi ce: Annie Park, Ill., for a year and later move to During Kristen D’Arcy McAloon’s bite to eat and a great cup of coffee! Knish Muir ’02 sent news of her sister, Chicago. Friends may contact her at brief foray into the world of promotions, NOTE: So many of you have written Jeannie Knish: “Jeannie is earning her [email protected]. she was recruited by Tribal DDB, DDB me with news of engagements and master’s degree in speech language Vanessa Hogan earned a Worldwide’s interactive advertising pregnancies…Congratulations! Please pathology at Governors State University. master’s in mental health counseling. agency, in sunny California. Based in keep in mind that Courier policy is to She will be fi nished in the summer of Upon graduation, Vanessa moved to San Francisco, Kristen is on the account publish updates after special events 2007 and resides in Munster, Ind., our Indianapolis, Ind., and began working the management team focused on the Clorox occur. The best time to e-mail me is when hometown.” in the fi eld of addictions and mental health. business. Kristen and her husband are you return from your honeymoon or have Bonnie Arends is a physician. enjoying their time out West exploring gotten the baby down for a nap. I can’t Correction: Rebecca Zwisler She writes: “I have offi cially graduated California. wait to hear your good news and to share ’06 and her mother, Margaret M. from medical school at Michigan State Jaime Dineen Gleason is living it with our classmates. Unfortunately, I Zwisler ’71, were inadvertently University. Since completing medical in Los Angeles, Calif., and works as a do not have enough room to print all the omitted from the Legacy Class 2006 school, I have moved back to the west pharmaceutical sales representative for news. I will save the rest of the report for listing in the summer 2006 magazine. side of Michigan. I am living on my own Sanofi -Aventis. January. Courier regrets the error. in a house in the country and have the Megan Knopick spent nearly three

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December 8, 2006 Boys of the Lough: A Celtic Christmas Beautiful instrumentals and fascinating stories by legendary Celtic musicians.

January 27, 2007 Magbana Drum and Dance NYC The sheer power of the drumming and explosive energy of the dancers combined with innovative choreography and original costumes puts Magbana in a class by itself.

February 9, 2007 Bob Berky Theatrical clowning and mime combined with audience participation will make this a great evening of family entertainment.

February 15, 2007 The Hermit in New York A humorous and challenging window on the world of Trappist monk Thomas Merton—solitary, celebrity, and ordinary man.

February 27, 2007 Jane Eyre The Acting Company performs the riveting stage version of this Victorian classic.

April 13, 2007 Li Young Lee “He dares to be simple. And he is surely among the finest young poets alive.” —The American Poetry Review

For more information, visit MoreauCenter.com or call (574) 284-4626. Within Our Saint Mary’s builds a healthy relationship with the South Bend community

By Elizabeth Station

They’ve logged hundreds of hours as tutors with the community of South Bend and the surrounding and mentors at local schools. They’ve offered speech and area” as a unique strength of the College. And as the relation- language support to Latino families whose kids are struggling ship grows, both sides benefi t. “Students are learning from to learn English. They’ve helped tens of thousands of low- amazing people in the community, and they are so grateful income residents prepare tax returns—for 35 years. They’ve to have it as a laboratory,” says Associate Professor Catherine volunteered at the Center for the Homeless, the YWCA, a Pittman, whose clinical psychology students fan out into west-side community clinic, and more. South Bend for practicum placements in legal services, Saint Mary’s students, faculty, and staff give a lot to the hospice, rape crisis, and other programs. “I’m so proud of us, South Bend community, but what they receive in return may that we have this as a strength.” be even greater. Future nurses and social workers test ideas they learned in class against real-life situations. Student Deep connections teachers sharpen the skills they need to work in diverse The sheer number of Saint Mary’s partnerships in the settings. And faculty members fi nd valuable collaborators local community is impressive—yet it’s the evolving quality for teaching and research—as well as allies in their efforts to of the relationships that excites those involved. As part of its create caring citizens. mission, the College has always sought to cultivate a sense Evaluators from the Higher Learning Commission recently of social responsibility in students. But as outreach efforts praised Saint Mary’s “healthy and productive relationship blossom, so does a clearer sense of what kind of approaches best serve both sides. One person shaping that approach is Dr. Carolyne Call, director of the Offi ce for Civic and Social Engagement, who argues that the College has a “moral obligation” to build community relationships that are profound and long-term. As an example she cites Saint Mary’s partnership with Marquette Primary Center, an elementary school just across the river in South Bend’s ethnically diverse Marquette Park neighborhood. At Marquette, Saint Mary’s students serve as classroom volunteers and after-school tutors. They’ve raised funds for school supplies, purchased Christmas gifts for needy families, and organized a book drive. They’ve offered grant writing services to teachers, taught health education, and created what school principal Carla Killelea calls a “life transforming” leadership program for fourth-grade girls. In turn, Marquette students and teachers have come to Saint Mary’s for academic programs. Marquette is just one of 14 Title I schools in South Bend that serve children from high-poverty backgrounds. Call says Hands On: Meghan MacKinnon ’07, a psychology major in the communicative that she could take a “scattershot approach” and send vol- disorders program, gets practice interacting with youngsters at the Early unteers to many such schools, “and you assume and believe Childhood Development Center (ECDC). Besides providing quality childcare that they’re touching lives out there. The other model—which for the South Bend community, ECDC serves as a learning laboratory for Saint I’m taking out of reading (Father Basil) Moreau’s teachings on Mary’s students. “To be able to be so involved here has really, really helped,” Christian education and Catholic social teaching—is to really says MacKinnon, who hopes to be a speech pathologist. A clinical practicum focus and make a difference to one whole community, to do a and home visits also gave her opportunities to work with local children: “They lot for one place that’s deep. teach you so much more than you can ever teach them,” she says. “I want to integrate Marquette into Saint Mary’s and Saint Mary’s into Marquette, so that we have deep connections,”

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adds Call, who holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology. “That means taking responsibility for that school, so when they’re in hardship we suffer with them and help them, and when Penpal Power: Tyonna Cohn (left) got close to Katie Cahill ’09 through a penpal program they’re succeeding, we rejoice with them.” The partnership that matched fourth-grade girls from Marquette Primary Center in South Bend with Saint is now in its third year, and Call says she’ll judge it a success Mary’s mentors. Although their school is less than ten minutes away, “a lot of the girls when former Marquette fourth-graders have the academic at Marquette had never heard of Saint Mary’s before the program,” Cahill said. After a skills and confi dence to apply to, and graduate from, Saint lively exchange of letters during the spring semester, Tyonna and her classmates met Mary’s. “It will take awhile to get there,” she admits. their mentors in person on a visit to campus in May. The experience was an eye-opener for both sides—the youngsters began to imagine themselves in college, and the oldsters Learning goes both ways got a sense of what it’s like to grow up on the other side of the river. Says Cahill, who is an Intentionality. Inclusiveness. Mutual benefi ts. Reciprocity. elementary education major, “I’d do it again in a minute.” These are other crucial elements of healthy community relationships, says Bonnie Bazata, associate director of the Muhammad agrees that reciprocity makes the South Bend Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership (CWIL). community’s relationship with Saint Mary’s a healthy one. Bazata, who has a graduate degree in bilingual and multi- “The interns do valuable things that we need—it’s always cultural education, spent 25 years working with community, been that way with our organization,” Muhammad says. At school, and government organizations before coming to the same time, by doing research on violence in the com- Saint Mary’s in 2002. The experience taught her that local munity or supervising after-school programs, students gain residents are sometimes wary when universities step into knowledge that changes them as people. “They can learn their milieu, fearing they’ll take a top-down approach to about the world by going into South Bend,” Muhammad says. problems or “plunder” the community for their research and “They’re assets to us—and they’re learning. The learning goes walk away. CWIL and others at the College seek to overcome both ways.” this in different ways. “There are many people who’ve lived in our community who have never been on our campus,” Breaking down barriers Bazata says. “You have to be intentional to break that down.” Often without recognition or fanfare, Saint Mary’s faculty That means inviting new people to the table when members play a critical role in strengthening ties to the projects are planned and carried out, and “going out to tables surrounding community. One in fi ve professors has taught that we’ve not been at before,” Bazata says. It means defi ning a service-learning course, and close to half have advised leadership broadly, so that CWIL engages diverse women students’ service activities. Whether they teach nursing, who are “conduits” to their communities—whether they hold education, religious studies, or math, many try to connect formal leadership positions or not. And it means connecting outreach activities to classroom learning. Saint Mary’s with the South Bend community in many ways Over the years, they’ve worked with staff and students and locations, or what Bazata says a professor of hers called to break down barriers that separated the College from the “multiplying and thickening the strands of relationship.” outside world. Before, some residents may have seen Saint Several CWIL programs refl ect this approach. One is Mary’s as a privileged outsider with little to offer its neigh- Wellsprings of Wisdom, a three-day summer conference that bors, but that perception has changed, according to Pittman. brings women leaders from all walks of life to campus. CWIL By working together on mutual goals, she says, “both sides also awards grants to “bridge College and community” by get their stereotypes challenged and develop a depth of having students work with residents on mutually benefi cial relationship that won’t allow those stereotypes to remain.” projects, and sponsors a program to strengthen women’s “There’s a generosity of spirit that’s created a sense of leadership at six local nonprofi t agencies which, in turn, hope,” agrees Marquette principal Carla Killelea. “We truly serve women. do welcome each other on each other’s turf.” Adds Gladys Gladys Muhammad, associate director of the South Muhammad, “Now the community really feels a part of Saint Bend Heritage Foundation, collaborates with the College Mary’s College. It’s within our reach.” in many capacities. She supervises Saint Mary’s student interns at the Charles Martin Youth Center; she is president Elizabeth Station is a senior writer in marketing of the Department of Social Work’s advisory committee. communications.

COURIER | Fall 2006 37 COURIER | Fall 2006 37 Making THE GRADE social work music chemistry education art nursing The first in a six-part series on Saint Mary’s nationally accredited programs Meeting Emerging Needs By Elizabeth Station Photo by Eileen Dimino

Like every social work major, Sophia Del Fabro ’08 (right) must complete 480 hours of supervised training in a community setting before graduation. For her internship with the Visiting Nurses Association, she spends at least two days a week accompanying a professional social worker on home visits to chronically ill older adults. Here, she plans the day’s visits with supervisor Sue Meyers. “I like it,” Del Fabro says of the placement. “I think it’s helpful for making that transition from college to the world.”

The Wall Street Journal ranked it as one of the best careers in 2006. Nationally, jobs in the fi eld are expected to increase faster than average through 2014. People who do the work say it’s meaningful, varied, active, and satisfying. Think we’re talking about a career in high fi nance, com- “We are not the people who are clerks handing out social puter science, or fi lm? Guess again. Social work is hot—and welfare checks—and you can quote me on that,” says JoAnn the Social Work Department at Saint Mary’s is preparing M. Burke, associate professor of social work. “We’re working women to enter the profession with real advantages. with enhancing social well being, and that takes many, many What do social workers do, exactly? forms.”

38 COURIER | Fall 2006 “Social work is a people-centered ﬁ eld. But one look at the requirements for the major busts the myth that social workers are kind-hearted ‘do-gooders’ with little training or impact.”

Social workers provide the majority of mental health How does she feel about her choice? “Social work is a very services offered in the United States. They provide family good background for going into medicine because, obviously, and individual therapy, serve populations from the aging to people skills are vital,” Del Fabro says. “You can learn the sci- school-aged, advocate for policy change, and lead organiza- ence in med school, but learning how to interact with people tions. Counter to popular perceptions, three-quarters work in and really listen to them and understand where they’re private agencies rather than the public sector. coming from is really important.” Twelve Saint Mary’s women earned Bachelor of Arts With three full-time faculty members and about 30 junior degrees in social work in 2006. Recent grads travel many and senior majors, the social work department has a small paths—helping families displaced by Hurricane Katrina in but powerful presence on campus. It earned full accredita- the South, representing abused and neglected children in ju- tion in 2003, following a grueling evaluation by the national venile court cases in Chicago, and working with immigrants Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). That distinction on the U.S.-Mexico border. means Saint Mary’s students can gain state licensing as When they leave Saint Mary’s, about 85 percent pursue a practicing social workers. They also enter graduate school master’s degree in social work (MSW), giving the department with advanced standing, and can complete the MSW degree the highest ratio on campus of students attending graduate in one year instead of two—saving time and money. school. Many receive scholarships and attend top-tier pro- Saint Mary’s boasts six nationally accredited programs, grams. Their training gives them a competitive (and salary) which the Higher Learning Commission recently cited as edge as they rise in the profession, Burke says. “Our students “evidence of a commitment to academic and professional are in leadership positions … and that’s the strength of Saint quality” at the College. Accreditation in social work measures Mary’s.” how well the curriculum provides a knowledge base in eight Social work is a people-centered fi eld. But one look at major areas, including social work practice, research, social the requirements for the major busts the myth that social and economic justice, human behavior, diversity, ethics, and workers are kind-hearted “do-gooders” with little training or others. Having to meet those criteria improves the quality of impact. the program, according to Director Frances Kominkiewicz, Students at Saint Mary’s take courses in human behavior, “because we are held up against a national standard … and research methods, statistics, and policy. They study biology we have accountability.” and psychology and often pursue second majors and minors Both she and Burke are professional social workers in other disciplines. They are taught to approach problem with Ph.D.s who bring experience and academic rigor to solving from a “micro, mezzo, and macro” perspective—so their teaching. Burke is a recognized expert in gerontology; they can make a difference to individuals, groups, and Kominkiewicz focuses on children and families. They’ve society. worked to build connections with the South Bend commu- Toughest of all, senior social work majors must complete nity and create a diverse advisory board that includes health a minimum 480-hour fi eld placement that consists of a su- professionals, alumnae, and community leaders. They’re also pervised internship in a community setting. This real-world connecting to international collaborators in China, Korea, experience is tied to a seminar that keeps them grounded in and Germany. solid theory and practice. What drives their efforts? Says Burke, “The charism of Sophia Del Fabro ’07 transferred to Saint Mary’s from the Sisters of the Holy Cross is to meet emerging needs. Bryn Mawr College for the social work major. She plans to That very much fi ts with what we’re about in social work.” attend medical school, but wanted to work with children and Kominkiewicz’s answer is simple, but heartfelt: “I cannot families before becoming a physician. Her fi eld placement imagine a better occupation, a better career.” this fall is with the Visiting Nurses Association of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, accompanying a professional social worker who is a registered nurse on home visits to chroni- Elizabeth Station is a senior writer in marketing cally ill older adults—for two full days each week. communications.

COURIER | Fall 2006 39 Scoring High: Higher Learning Commission Afﬁ rms Saint Mary’s Strengths

By Susan M. Guibert

hanges, challenges, and growth have marked the Courier: The strength and effectiveness of Saint Mary’s decade since the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) mission is referred to several times throughout the self-study Cmade its last accreditation site visit to Saint Mary’s and the commission’s response. When an institution’s in 1996: the College named its fi rst lay woman president mission is often diffi cult to live out in practical terms, why and its fi rst lay alumna president; the campus grew with the does Saint Mary’s stated mission resonate with each of its construction of several important buildings; new academic constituent groups so well? What makes it so effective? programs and centers were established; and, like many colleges, enrollment fl uctuated. Pierce: I think that both the mission statement and Whether as an advancement or temporary growth statement of philosophy have received a great deal of pang, Saint Mary’s embraced each of these changes while attention as the result of a couple of factors. Members of the remaining mindful of and true to its mission and identity. College community spent a great deal of time and thought This year, it once again earned high marks from the HLC, on drafting the statement of philosophy, meant to elaborate the evaluating arm of the North Central Association of on the mission statement. Then, revisiting the mission Colleges and Schools, one of six regional bodies charged with statement and thinking about it in light of the statement of accrediting educational institutions in the United States. philosophy additionally focused attention on the college’s After an exhaustive self-study and site visit by HLC mission. I think that members of the College community evaluators, Saint Mary’s won praise for its success in have long had a strong sense of the College’s mission, but the meeting four of fi ve major recent discussions have focused criteria: mission and integrity; everyone’s attention on the preparing for the future; mission more explicitly. acquisitions, discovery, and application of knowledge; “I think all Thomas: I think all members and engagement and service. of the community resonate to The HLC lauded the College’s members the forward-looking nature of efforts in a fi fth area—student of the the mission statement. While learning and effective it articulates the history of the teaching—but recommended community College, the mission statement that it implement a systematic also challenges us all to respond process for assessing what resonate to to and improve the world we students are learning. Finally, the forward- live in now, in this moment of the evaluation team shared a history. list of strengths that affi rmed looking what Saint Mary’s is doing Courier: Among the especially well. nature of many strengths listed in the Courier spoke recently the mission study is the “healthy and with two key faculty members productive relationship with who were part of a self-study statement.” the community of South Bend Saint Mary’s conducted and and surrounding area.” With prepared for the HLC earlier campus-community tensions so this year. Patrick Pierce, former Laurel Thomas high at other colleges, how does associate dean of the faculty Saint Mary’s accomplish this? and director of the Center for Academic Innovation, chaired two of the fi ve criterion groups Thomas: Since the Sisters volunteered as nurses in the and coordinated all fi ve; he also helped write the self-study. American Civil War, our school has gone out of its way to Laurel Thomas, associate professor of music, played a major make connections with the community and the broader role in writing the report. world. Those connections only strengthen through the years.

40 COURIER | Fall 2006 “I think that the most formidable challenge for the future involves our attempt to become a college that refl ects better Pierce: I agree. I think that Saint Mary’s College has the diversity of long valued the contributions of its members to the South Bend/Mishawaka area. This may result from the our society.” strong sense of our mission that encourages people to see their lives and careers as involving more than their activities on campus. We live in the community and have an obligation to be responsible citizens in that community. Too often, colleges and universities only pay Patrick Pierce that obligation lip service. Courier: The last self-study and commission report took Courier: Diversity in admissions and in student life is a place 10 years ago. What do you envision for the next report topic that received some attention in the self-study and in in 2016? the commission’s response, and is tied closely to the College’s emerging identity. Some strides have been made, and more Pierce: I think that the most formidable challenge for the work needs to be done. What are some steps being taken to future involves our attempt to become a College that refl ects broaden the student and faculty bodies? better the diversity of our society. I think that it’s very good news that the College has already taken signifi cant steps in Pierce: The College has taken three steps in this regard: that direction. First, President Mooney’s 2006 College Forum address talked about the hiring policy that says it’s the expectation Thomas: I think that in 2016 we will be reporting, with that any group of fi nal candidates brought to campus to heads held high, that our efforts in the area of diversity have interview will include at least one person from a historically reaped many rewards. The class picture in 2016 will much underrepresented racial or ethnic group. Second, she and more accurately represent the population of the world. Daniel Meyer (vice president of enrollment management) have set an initial goal of having 15 percent of the student Susan Guibert is assistant director in the Offi ce of News and body be comprised of racial and ethnic minorities within Information and director of the Offi ce of News and Publicity in fi ve years. Third, she’s begun conversations with the Posse the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame. Foundation with the hope that Saint Mary’s can become a partner school with them. (The Posse Foundation recruits students from inner-city high schools in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles. A college or university that partners with Posse commits to bringing 10 students a year from one of those cities to the campus).

Courier: What are you the most proud of in this study and the commission’s response? What poses the most formidable challenge for the future?

Pierce: I was most proud of the cooperation of faculty, staff, administration, and students in putting the self-study report together. Not surprisingly, I think that the text of the report reﬂ ected that sense of community.

Thomas: I am most proud of the many members of this community giving countless, selﬂ ess hours to the work of the report and of the College.

COURIER | Fall 2006 41 A Calm in By Cynthia Machamer

Alzheimer’s patients. Drug addicts. Sexually abused and domestic-violence victims. The terminally ill. Maureen Donovan ’00 brings hope to these and other forgotten people in inner-city Chicago.

42 COURIER | Fall 2006 “At Saint Mary’s, Professors Fran Kominkiewicz and JoAnn Burke pushed

Photo by Olga Lopez me past my comfort zone and taught me to think critically about issues facing underserved populations.”

ince 2005 she’s been a cardiac intensive care “The professors are jewels of the school. They are Saint and telemetry social worker at Chicago’s Mercy Mary’s to me. They are my extended family.” SHospital and Medical Center. There, she meets Four months after she graduated from Saint Mary’s, patients with whom she seems to have nothing Donovan landed in Asumbi, Kenya to organize a resi- in common, except maybe the need for a little dential substance abuse treatment program for villagers understanding—and a smile is nice once in a while, who had contracted HIV/AIDS. With no resources to start thank you. the program, she says she felt overwhelmed. She was in Donovan seems called to take her place among tears, but the fi rst call she placed outside of the country the sick and dying. She says she was surrounded was to Professor Kominkiewicz. “I had to call Fran,” by strong women growing up, not the least of these Donovan says. “I needed her encouragement.” her grandmother, Elizabeth “Betty Jo” Donahue The marks that Africa—and Saint Mary’s—left on Donovan ’41. She started Birthright of Oklahoma, a Donovan’s life seem like a world away, she admits. Yet she social service organization to help single mothers in knows that every day when she goes to work at Mercy need. “She was an unoffi cial social worker,” Maureen and she’s able to help a patient, like the Asian woman says. “I remember participating with her in drives for who couldn’t understand English and thought her be- unwed mothers.” loved husband was dying, that her experiences and her Maureen credits her physician father, too, for mentors and her educational resources are right there. showing her that it is good to reach out to those less “I’m constantly evolving in this melting pot,” says Donovan. She continues to fi nd her destiny and use her education. When the beeper goes off as she walks through the hospital doors at 8:30 a.m., it could be someone needing to be placed in a nursing home. It could be a person dying who needs to be set up for hospice care. It’s different every day, the Storm she says. What doesn’t change is that Donovan brings great hope to her blessed than you. But she says she wanted to learn patients. “I am a tool, a bridge,” she says. “I believe in not only to care for the body but for the pain you divine intervention.” She says she is constantly humbled can’t see. That’s why she chose to major in social by her patients, who teach her that they deserve no less work at Saint Mary’s. than anyone else. “I am an educator and an advocate,” She says she received an education at Saint she says. “The rest is up to God.” Mary’s that equaled or surpassed her master’s degree Donovan prefers not to posit a guess at where she’ll preparation at Jane Addams College of Social Work at be in fi ve to ten years. She says she might be working the University of Illinois in Chicago. At Saint Mary’s, for the International Red Cross or disaster relief here in Professors Fran Kominkiewicz and JoAnn Burke the States. Or maybe she’ll still be at Mercy. She doesn’t pushed her past her comfort zone and taught her know and doesn’t need to know. For now, she is living her to think critically about issues facing underserved destiny and happy to be a calm in the storm, happy to populations. “The Social Work program at Saint use her professional training to make a difference. Mary’s is one of the best in the country,” she says.

COURIER | Fall 2006 43 Judith Ames Ehlerman ’61, Marilyn Wolter Laboe ’61, and Sarah Sullivan Bigelow ’96 holding her daughter Suzanne.

The Golden Jubilee class of 1956.

The Silver Jubilee class of 1981 celebrated at the all-class party.

Friends from the class of 1971.

While every reunion is special, Reunion 2006 was remarkably so. A record number of alumnae converged on the Saint Mary’s College campus from Thursday, June 1 through Sunday June 4 - to participate in an array of presentations and discussions, to reminisce with long-time friends and to strike up new friendships, and to enjoy four days of picture-perfect weather on an extraordinarily beautiful campus. Saint Mary’s both nurtured and launched these alumnae. They returned to remember the young women they were and to celebrate the women they have become. Reunion 2006 Compiled by Mary Hendriksen Photos by Eileen Dimino

4444 COURIERCOURIER | Fall | Fall 2006 2006 Karen Damaso ’96 and her mom, Carol Alumnae from the 15-year reunion class of 1991 had it “made in the Senda Damaso ’66. shade” during the Saturday picnic.

The “MACK” sisters of the class of 2001, from left: Chris Dania, Alice Fox Carrie Condran LaBriola ’66, Nicole Gonzales ’01, Elsa Andrea Fasula, Kelly Sterritt Clancy, Andrea Herek, Molly Wald Duncan. Front row: Romero ’01 gathered at Riedinger House for a discussion of the Molly McVoy. movie Crash.

Just like old times: classmates from 1981 converse outside of Classmates from 1976 gathered at the reunion picnic. Le Mans Hall.

COURIER | Fall 2006 45 COURIER | Fall 2006 45 REUNION 2006: Alumnae Awards

Kelly Walsh ’01, recipent of the Outstanding Young Alumna Award.

Director of Alumnae Relations Barbara Butler Henry ’85, Distinguished Alumna Award recipient C.C. Shaughnessy Nessinger ’56, and Michelle Poeppe Egan ’93, assistant director of Alumnae Relations.

John Reynolds (center) and sons Andrew, Daniel, and Brian accepted the Humanitas Award on behalf of Sheila Braun Reynolds ’81, pictured at right.

utstanding Young Alumna Award: Kelly Walsh ’01: has chaired several reunion gift campaigns—including this An underwriting specialist with the Chicago-based year’s campaign for the 50th reunion of her class, and served Oinsurance company CNA, Walsh immersed herself as a class agent development volunteer, an alumnae VISA in Chicago East Club activities soon after graduation. While volunteer, and a member of the Gift Planning Council and active in Founders’ Day celebrations, fundraising for the the Parents’ Council. In addition, Nessinger was a charter club’s scholarship events, and send-off activities, Walsh’s member of the Madeleva Society and a national chair of the most valuable contribution to the club and the College has Mother Pauline Society. She has long kept the members of been her involvement with the club’s Helpful Hints booklet, her class up to date with each other in her role as Courier a primer on the campus and South Bend area that has been reporter. distributed to incoming Chicago students since 2001. In Humanitas Award: Leslie Wilson ’76 and Sheila Braun 2005, she spearheaded a campaign to sell advertising in the Reynolds ’81 (posthumously): This award, which recognizes booklet and to cover printing costs. The past two years, an outstanding work and concern for the interests and welfare ever bigger and better Helpful Hints has been given to every of others, was shared by two alumnae. Wilson is director of entering Saint Mary’s student. Save the Children Federation, Inc., in Afghanistan. Leading Distinguished Alumna Award: Catherine “C.C.” a multi-location program stationed in Kabul, her focus is to Shaughnessy Nessinger ’56: In recognition of her many years implement education, health, and child protection initiatives of devotion, dedication, and service to Saint Mary’s, C.C. for over 400,000 beneﬁ ciaries. Wilson was instrumental in es- Nessinger was presented with the Distinguished Alumna tablishing the Chicago Alumnae club’s endowed scholarship, Award. A past president of the Alumnae Board, Nesssinger and has been a Peace Corps volunteer as well. As one of her

46 COURIER | Fall 2006 Alumnae and Faculty Presenters In addition to President Carol Ann Mooney ’72, Reunion 2006 showcased the talent of several presenters—alumnae, faculty, and friends:

Sister Gertrude Anne Otis ’55, CSC Dawn Parker Santamaria ’81 Phyllis Kaminski, Ph.D. Sondra Shaw-Hardy, J.D. Judith Spinner Johns ’66 Julie Schroeder-Biek ’88 Shari Rodriguez, Mana Derakhshani, Ph.D. John Reynolds ND ’81 vice president for Marty Crikelair Wohlford ’66 Bruno Schlesinger, Ph.D. college relations, Adriana Trigiani ’81 Sarah Sullivan Bigelow ’96 and Leslie Wilson Peggy Hill ’61 ’76. Wilson Angeline Johnson ’07 received the Anne Sheehan Garbarino ’66 Humanitas Award.

Patti Lurel Cook ‘75 was honored with the 2006 Alumna Achievement Award.

classmates said: “Leslie considers her humanitarian work a vocation. She credits the College both with shaping her moral The 55-year reunion Class of 1951 at the President’s Dinner. values and giving her the confi dence to do what she feels she must. She epitomizes compassionate leadership.” Sheila Braun Reynolds, who died in March 2005, was a certifi ed oncology nurse and radiation therapy educator, an active volunteer in her community, and a loving wife and mother. As her sister, Teresa Braun Byrd ’80, wrote: “Throughout a life in which the focus was always on helping others, Sheila illustrated how a very typical Saint Mary’s graduate could apply extraordinary love to everyday life and end up making a real difference in this world.” Alumna Achievement Award: Patricia Lurel Cook ’75 is the executive vice president of investments and capital markets for Freddie Mac, the corporation chartered by Congress to maintain the stability and liquidity of the nation’s mortgage markets. She is responsible for managing the company’s $715 billion retained mortgage investment portfolio, debt issuance program, and mortgage-backed securitization programs. Previously, she held a variety of positions in Wall Street investment fi rms. Throughout her distinguished career, Cook has been extraordinarily generous with her alma mater. In 1993, as the College’s fi rst Shannon Alumna Executive Scholar, she returned to campus to share her business expertise with students and the community. Cook has also been a member of the College’s Board of Trustees, the Alumnae staged a surprise tribute for Dr. Cy Pullapully, founder of the Alumnae Resource Network, an endowed scholarship donor, Semester Around the World program. Cy, pictured second from left, and a long-time member of the Madeleva Society. was joined by daughter Gita, President Carol Mooney ’72, wife Elizabeth Pullapully ’73, son Anand and daughter Kavita Pullapully.

COURIER | Fall 2006 47 Viewpoint

Circles of Trust By Dawn Parker Santamaria ’81

This past summer, I had the privilege of joining forces with Saint Mary’s for a partnership aboard my 118-foot Tallship Unicorn as we sailed the Great Lakes. Brieﬂ y, Unicorn is a mission-driven, sail training topsail schooner. She is well known as “the women’s boat” due to her owners’ commitment to providing leadership development programs for women and teenage girls. As an alumna, knowing that our two-masted schooner would be participating in the Lakes’ most high-proﬁ le summer tall ship festival tour in the College’s strongest markets, I approached Saint Mary’s with an idea for an on-board alumnae leadership initiative. The concept was simple: to provide a leadership development program for both professional women and community leaders throughout the Great Lakes region who all shared the Saint Mary’s experience. I wanted to bring alumnae together to set sails alongside each other, to take the helm of a working tall ship, and to climb the rigging. And as they did so, I wanted them to process the experience with a psychologist/ executive coach who could help them “connect the dots” be-

tween the natural leadership metaphors aboard this fl oating Station Photo byElizabeth learning lab and the lessons to be extracted about teamwork, Smooth sailing: Tallship Unicorn owner Dawn Parker Santamaria ’81 confi dence, comfort with taking risk, and strategic thinking. partnered with other alumnae to “connect the dots” between leadership The College embraced the idea and the objectives: to support and teamwork, confi dence and comfort. ongoing leadership initiatives in Alumnae Relations, to strengthen Saint Mary’s brand in the marketplace, and to help drive enrollment within their target markets. The partnership between the Unicorn and the College began its maiden voyage in July. We offered a three-day, on- deck boxes sharing the experience together. After about 30 board leadership development program for executive women minutes of taking it all in, they came aft to speak quietly with titled “Chart Your Course™,” six half-day leadership sail me. Both women, with tears in their eyes, said that they were programs, and three dockside alumnae club receptions. With so moved by what they were seeing for the fi rst time and the support of the College, Tallship Unicorn also marketed grateful that they had decided to take the time out of their her confi dence-building program for teenage girls, “Sisters hectic schedules to come aboard for the experience. They Under Sail,” to the Saint Mary’s alumnae community. These had allowed themselves the opportunity to relax their tired programs brought together nearly 250 alumnae, generated spirits and open their minds to new learnings and relation- media attention in Chicago and other cities, and introduced ships. In return, they renewed their sense of adventure both the value of a Saint Mary’s education to 30 young high- professionally and personally and were encouraged to stretch school-age women, four of whom are daughters of alumnae. beyond what they thought they were capable of reaching. There is a genuine quality to Saint Mary’s women. Not These shared moments touched my heart, and I realized how only does the College produce intelligent, articulate and truly blessed I am to be in a place where I can provide an thought-fi lled women, but there is an undeniable circle of environment that enables women to gather together, bond, trust that forms around our shared experience. I observed share, grow, and learn from each other. But the ship was both brilliant and moving moments on board the boat this simply the conduit. It is our life-connection to Saint Mary’s summer that could only have taken place if the women were that provided the inspiration. willing to surrender to the process. One of these pivotal mo- Who benefi ted the most from this partnership? The ments took place during our “Chart Your Course™” program College? Alumnae? The ship and its crew? My hope is that we from Green Bay to Chicago. all came away with something. I drew strength from the over- One evening as the sun was beginning to set and a whelming support, generosity, enthusiasm for life, and spirit thunderstorm was rumbling in the distance, presenting us of adventure among the Saint Mary’s women I encountered with a light show to thrill even the most seasoned sailor, our aboard the Unicorn this summer. They confi rmed that my sails were full of wind and the seas were calm. I noticed two life’s work, in some small way, is making a difference. of the participating executives sitting on one of the forward

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Saint Mary’s relationship with the surrounding community—explored and celebrated in this issue of Courier—is as old as the College itself. As president in the 1950s, Sister Madeleva Wolff, CSC (left, top photo) nurtured close ties with South Bend mayor Edward Voorde. The city recognized the partnership ofﬁ cially in a 1958 proclamation (left).

Saint Mary’s students brought donations to a local nursery in 1954.

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