St. Aloysius Brother Martin Cor Jesu CENTURY II Brothers of the Sacred Heart Alumni Association of New Orleans Magazine Volume 43 NO. 1 May 2016 Rod West ’86 Named Alumnus of the Year Bowlers Win 2nd Consecutive State Championship Jill Gomez 2016 Brother More Schaefer Award Recipient Wrestlers Capture 5th Consecutive State Championship West ’86 Named Alumnus of the Year Rod is the executive vice president and Network speaker and he is an annual chief administrative officer for Entergy. supporter of the Celebration of the Crest. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree While at Brother Martin, he was a Golden from the University of Notre Dame where Crusader and a James B. Branton Award he lettered three years and was a member recipient. of the 1988 National Championship football team. He received his Juris Doctor from the Tulane University School of Law in 1993 Rod Madeline, and Simone West and his MBA from Tulane University in 2005. Rod remains close to Brother Martin having served on the Brothers of the Sacred Heart Alumni Board of Sid Lambert ’64 CJ, Terry Alarcon ’66 SA, Joe Exnicios ’73, Directors, guest judge Jerry Reso ’55, Dave Glaviano ’73, Archbishop Gregory at the Crusader Cook- Aymond ’67 CJ, Ed Holmes ’52, Augie Gallo ’53, Chuck Stall off, Crimson & Gold ’76, Rod West ’86, David Gallo ’77, Mike Kimble ’81, Hank Eiserloh ’84, Bob Burns ’62 SA and Brian Barkemeyer ’79 John Devlin, Rod West ’86 and Bob Burns ’62 SA Roderick. K. West ’86 received the Allen J. Ellender Award as the 2016 Alumnus of the Year in March at the New Orleans Marriott. Rod was joined by his wife Madeline, their daughter Simone and members of his extended family. Presenting Rod’s award was John Devlin, President of Brother Martin, and Judge Bob Burns ’62 SA, Chairman of the Brother Francis David, Brother Neal Golden ’57 CJ, Simone West, Archbishop Gregory Board of Directors. Aymond ’67 CJ, Rod West ’86, Madeline West, Brother Mark Hilton, Brother Louis Couvillon and Brother Ronald Hingle ’78 In celebration of this prestigious honor, To view Rod West’s bio, please go to Rod, along with previous recipients www.brothermartin.com/alumni/alumanus-of-the-year/ of the Ellender Award, attended other events during the weekend including a Past Ellender Award Recipients gentlemen’s breakfast, Mass celebrated 1972 - George F. Reinecke, Ph.D. ’40 1994 - Judge Terry Q. Alarcon, ’66 SA in the James B. Branton Chapel by 1973 - Gregory R. Choppin, Ph.D. ’44 1995 - Sidney F. Lambert, Jr., ’64 CJ 1974 - Monsignor Henry C. Bezou ’29 1996 - Gary B. Froeba ’71 Archbishop Gregory Aymond ’67 CJ 1975 - Thomas M. Gilmore ’40 1997 - Judge Thomas Porteous, Jr., ’64 CJ and a cocktail reception. Special guests 1976 - Bishop Stanley J. Ott ’44 1998 - Dean Robert C. Clark, Ph.D., ’62 CJ included Bro. Mark Hilton, Provincial 1977 - Elmo J. Cerise, M.D. ’37 1999 - Charles P. O’Brien, M.D., Ph.D., ’58 SA Superior of the United States Province, 1978 - Joseph A. Gemelli, Jr. ’33 2000 - John J. Gelpi, Jr. ’52 Bro. Ivy Leblanc, Bro. Francis David and 1979 - Buford F. Jones ’43 2001 - Bishop Gregory M. Aymond, ’67 CJ Coach Emile “Chubby” Marks ’54 SA. 1980 - Judge Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. ’49 2002 - Roland H. Meyer ’45 Among the alumni in attendance were 1981 - Herman J. Prager, Jr. ’42 2003 - Archie “Ed” Holmes ’52 members of the class of 1986. 1982 - Albert E. Briede III ’40 2004 - Joseph N. Macaluso, M.D. ’71 1983 - Jerome J. Reso, Jr. ’55 2005 - David T. Branton ’76 Cover Photo: 1984 - Judge Philip C. Ciaccio ’43 2006 - David D. Dunlap ’79 Seated l to r: Rod Teamer ’80, Troy 1985 - Francis J. Demarest, Jr. ’47 2007 - William E. Engel ’66 SA Macaluso ’86, Johnny Blue ’86, Tim 1986 - Tom M. Benson, Jr. ’44 2008 - Brian M. Barkemeyer, M.D. ’79 1987 - Larry D. Delpit ’48 2009 - David M. Glaviano ’73 Gagliano ’86, Vic Landry ’86 and 1988 - Thomas F. Ridgley ’51 2010 - David R. Gallo ’77 Ryan Rousseve ’06. 1989 - William R. Hogan, Jr. ’37 2011 - Charles P. Stall ’76 Standing: Kraig de Lanzac ’86, Ryan 1990 - Ronald S. Paulin, ’58 CJ 2012 - Terence Flotte, M.D. ’79 Goudeau ’83, Todd Francis ’82, Rod 1991 - Judge Robert J. Burns, ’62 SA 2013 - Michael J. Kimble ’81 West ’86, Steven Jupiter ’86, Gilly 1992 - Sidney J. Reso, ’52 2014 - Joseph S. Exnicios ’73 Boudreaux ’86 and Sean Bruno ’89 1993 - August R. Gallo, Jr. ’53 2015 - Hank Eiserloh III ’84 2 ■ Century II 25th Annual Brother More Schaefer Award Ceremony Greg Rando ’77, Jill Gomez, Bob Burns Greg Rando ’77, Scott Corrente ’83, Kenny Spellman ’84, David Pecot ’76, Bob Burns ’62 SA and John Devlin ’62 SA, Tommy Mitchell ’79 and John Devlin The Marriott Convention Center hosted a national certification and state license Medal for his continuing support of the 25th annual Brother More Schaefer in counseling, as well as, certification Brother Martin High School. He is an Faculty Award Lunch in February. Jill as a counselor supervisor. Beyond the Alumni Board member, Fishing Rodeo A. Gomez received The Brother More counseling office, Jill has served as Committee member and is assistant Schaefer Faculty Award. Jill earned a National Honor Society moderator coach of the Brother Martin 8th grade Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Standardized Test Preparation baseball team. David is a fixture at Education in 1990 and a Masters of Coordinator. This past year, she was school events and remains active in our Education in Counselor Education with appointed Formation Director where community. a concentration in school and human she coordinates a number of programs services counseling in 1997, both at designed to implement strategies that Also recognized were 30 year faculty the University of New Orleans. In her help every student find academic success members, Lyn Greco and David Rhodes. nineteenth year at Brother Martin High and obtain personal growth. Those faculty members recognized for 20 School, she has chaired the Guidance years of service were Bill Gallagher ’71, Department for twelve years. Jill holds David Pecot ’76 received the Founders Terry Necaise and Stephen Tucker. Alumni Speak to “Street Law” Class David Falati teaches an elective “Street Sean Cursain ’85, a Mike Fulham ’87, a local Law” course to seniors interested in Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s law enforcement agent, the judiciary system and the law. The Office Detective, and his told stories of personal following alumni served as guest speakers. trusty canine partner visited. encounters with criminals Sean advised students of and the consequences of Nolan Lambert ’79, Chief the dangers of drug use, the criminal acts. He warned Deputy City Attorney for the consequences of poor decisions and students of the dangers on making poor City of New Orleans, and a shared stories about his experience in law decisions and encouraged them to think few of his colleagues spoke to enforcement. before they act. the class. A NOPD detective, two other city attorneys and an FBI agent Judge Joe Landry ’74, Judge Judge Steven Jupiter ’86, educated the class on underage drinking, at Municipal Court City of New Orleans Traffic Court criminal statutes and other facets of the New Orleans, spoke to the Judge, spoke about court legal process. The session ended with a class about gun laws, sexual procedure, violations and round of “Jeopardy Law”. misconduct, drug and alcohol consequences and gave ordinances and vehicular crimes and advice. Bob Masson ’63 CJ, a retired responsibilities. Jefferson Parish Sergeant, Grady Hurley ’72, a lawyer spoke to the class about cases Ben Lambert ’03 and senior partner with he investigated in the ’70s and Christopher Jones Walker, presented and early ’80s. He educated the class on Couch ’92, the students with a possible procedures of issuing search and arrest attorneys at Couch question from the Law Exam warrants, investigating crime scenes and Conville & Blitt, that he grades. Students were asked to preparing for trial. Bob ended with his informed the class how to make sound evaluate a possible tort case scenario personal involvement in the Kenner plane financial decisions and the consequences to determine how tort law is applied in crash in 1982. of bad financial decisions. Louisiana. Century II ■ 3 Celebration of the Crest The 2015 “Celebration of the Crest”- Brother Martin Extravaganza, sponsored by the Parents Club, was held on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel on Canal Street. There were over 850 Crusader friends who partied in grand style, complete with an ice carving of the school crest, all to the benefit of the Brother Martin student body. Parents, friends, alumni of St. Aloysius, Cor Jesu, and Brother Martin, as well as faculty and staff enjoyed an evening of great food and drink, music, and a selection of almost 300 silent and verbal auction items at one of the premiere hotels in New Orleans. “It was truly a great night for Brother Martin and everyone associated with the school,” said Development Director Tommy Mitchell ’79. “There is nothing more gratifying than to see our alumni, parents, and friends come together as a family and enjoy a great evening in a wonderful setting for the benefit of our young men. I really believe this was one of the best auctions that we have ever had, not only in terms of attendance and financially, but from the community building aspect.” Crusader Jazz Band members directed by Chris Bailey ’86 led off the evening at a memorable Patron Party and The Benchwarmers provided the entertainment in the Grand Ballroom for the main event.