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S R . M A R G A R E T C A R N E Y:
“Be part of the ‘Fourth Order’”
In her Inaugural Address, St. Bonaventure University’s 20th president, Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., said she
would like St. Bonaventure to be “the birthplace of the ‘Fourth Order’” (see page 6). She took her oath of office with
her hand on the book that contains the first handwritten minutes of incorporation that founded the University.
Complete Inauguration coverage inside.
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University Mission
Statement
Founded in 1858, St.
Bonaventure is a Catholic
university dedicated to educational excellence in the
Franciscan tradition. We are
committed to the constant
pursuit of distinction in our
undergraduate and graduate
programs, our innovative liberal arts core and all of our
courses of study. At St.
Bonaventure University, we
come to know our students
on an individual basis and
become their mentors. We
strive to bring out the best in
every individual. As an academic and spiritual community, we endeavor to prepare
our students for the challenges they will face in their
professional careers as well
as in their personal lives.
True to our Franciscan heritage, we encourage students
to manifest our values
through lives of citizenship
and service.
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University welcomes its 20th president
Sr. Margaret Carney
T
he University celebrated the inauguration of
its 20th president, Sr.
Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D.,
on Friday, Oct. 1. A ceremony in
the Reilly Center Arena brought
together guests from around the
world including students, faculty,
staff, alumni, friends of the
University, and residents of all the
surrounding communities.
Appointed president effective
June 1, Sr. Margaret most recently served as the University’s senior vice president for the
Franciscan charism as well as
director of the University’s worldrenowned Franciscan Institute,
and previously as dean of
Franciscan Studies.
Several special moments
Fr. Thomas D. Blow, O.F.M., guardian of the St. Bonaventure Friary, geshelped to express the Franciscan
tures as he welcomes participants to the Family Weekend/Missioning
values that form the core of St.
Mass. Behind him is Fr. Daniel P. Riley, O.F.M., guardian of the Holy
Bonaventure, beginning with the
Peace Friary at Mt. Irenaeus and homilist at the Mass, and at far right is
Family Weekend/Missioning Mass,
University president Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., with Sr. J. Lora
community luncheons, lectures
Dambroski, O.S.F., left, provincial minister of Sr. Margaret’s community,
and the Inauguration itself.
who formally missioned her to her new position, supported by all her comClosing the 46th annual
munity members in attendance, and Sr. Janet Gardner, O.S.F., general
minister of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God, who read
Family Weekend was the Family
from St. Francis’ Admonitions.
Weekend Mass, which featured a
special Inaugural Missioning
Ceremony Sunday, Sept. 26, in
the Reilly Center Arena.
During the ceremony, the superior of Sr. Margaret’s community, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God in
Pittsburgh, Pa., formally missioned her to her new position. In
addition, Sr. Margaret received a bowl and pitcher from University
students and staff, symbolic of her belief in servant leadership, or
washing the feet of those she serves.
The Oct. 1 Inauguration ceremony began with a procession of
delegates from more than 60 colleges and universities, processing
from oldest to youngest and led by Harvard University, founded in
1636. It included blessings from several faith traditions, greetings
from Robert M. Bennett, chancellor of the New York State Board
of Regents, and from representatives of the University’s students,
faculty and staff.
The ceremony was followed by an Inaugural Picnic for the SBU
community under the tent on the front lawn of Hickey Dining
Hall, and an Inaugural Gala in the Reilly Center Arena.
On Monday, Oct. 4, the Feast of St. Francis and the founding
date of the University, Mass for the Feast was celebrated
in the University Chapel, with Susan Green, first
woman chair of the Board of Trustees, receiving the
Francis Medal.
In a moving ceremony, Sr. Margaret received a bowl and pitcher presented by University
students and staff, symbolic of her belief in servant leadership, or “washing the feet” of
those she serves.
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In
Celebration of
Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F.
Excerpts from remarks at the Feast of St. Bonaventure Dinner by Fr. Michael F. Cusato, O.F.M.,
director of the Franciscan Institute and dean of the School of Franciscan Studies
July 15, 2004
A
fter a career as an English teacher; a stint at the Franciscan Institute
earning an MA in Franciscan Studies; a doctoral degree program at the
Antonianum in Rome, Italy (the first woman to receive such from that
study center); a term as General Minister of her congregation of the Whitehall
Franciscans in Pittsburgh; and a professor at the Franciscan Institute for two
years: in 1999, Sr. Margaret
Carney, O.S.F., was named director
of the Franciscan Institute and
dean of the School of Franciscan
Studies — positions she held for
four years until her life dramatically changed in March 2003. It was
at that critical time in the
University’s history that she agreed
to serve as senior vice president for
the Franciscan Charism while also
continuing to serve as director of
the Franciscan Institute – a feat
that would be admired by any
medieval jongleur worthy of the
name!
Then, in February 2004, having
earned a place on the short list of
candidates for president of the
University, she found herself chosen by the Board of Trustees as the
20th president of St. Bonaventure
University.
No accounting of what Margaret
has meant to us could be understood without remembering the
state of the Institute at the beginning of her tenure. The Institute
had just passed through one of its
Sr. Margaret
most difficult periods and found itself largely disconnectCarney, O.S.F., is
ed from the University at large. Margaret recognized this
the first woman to
and one of her first tasks was to reconnect the Institute – hold the office of
president at St.
through active participation on committees and sheer
Bonaventure in a
presence and visibility on campus – to the life of the
permanent capacity.
University. In no small measure, she ensured that the
School of Franciscan Studies would honor its responsibilities to the University
and become a more contributing entity on campus.
Thanks in large measure to the efforts and planning of one of its previous
directors, Br. Ed Coughlin, O.F.M., the Franciscan Institute Publications and its
three journals — Franciscan Studies, Greyfriars Review and The Cord – were
revived and given new direction. Margaret took the baton from Br. Ed in this
regard and put great energies into a full reorganization of the operation and, especially, an expansion of its reach. Not only has Franciscan Institute Publications
continued its highly scholarly volumes on John Duns Scotus and other theologians and philosophers of the Middle Ages, but it has created several new series,
reaching broader audiences of the Franciscan Family and beyond.
In the fall of 2000, Margaret and the dedicated Institute faculty endeavored to
streamline the curriculum and sharpen the shape of the program, while
elevating the level of instruction and expectations in the classroom.
This revised curriculum went into effect in the fall of 2001.
B
eing a member of the Third Order Regular – rather than a
First Order male – has certain definite advantages. One
tends to see the broader picture, the truer definition of who is a
Presidential History
The Oct. 1 ceremony marked only the fifth time in the history of St. Bonaventure that a University president has been
formally installed.
The first formal installation was in 1949 when the Very
Rev. Juvenal Lalor, O.F.M., was inaugurated as the college’s
12th president. Nearly 100 colleges and universities, in addition to learned societies and special educational groups, were
represented. Leading the march in the academic procession
was a representative of the 379-year-old College of St. Isidore
in Rome.
The second formal installation of a University president
was held Oct. 4, 1967, with the inauguration of the Very Rev.
Reginald A. Redlon, O.F.M., as the 15th president.
The Very Rev. Mathias F. Doyle, O.F.M., became St.
Bonaventure’s 17th president in 1975.
The Very Rev. Neil J. O’Connell, O.F.M., was installed as
the University’s 18th president on Oct. 4, 1990, in the fourth
formal inauguration.
St. Bonaventure’s Presidents
1859-1867
1867-1869
1869-1873
1873-1874
1874-1877
1877-1880
1880-1886
1887-1911
1911-1916
1916-1920
1920-1949
1949-1955
1955-1961
1961-1967
1967-1972
June-Dec. 1972
1973-1975
1975-1990
1990-1993
1993-Jan. 1994
1994-March 2003
2003-May 2004
June 2004-present
Very Rev. Pamphilus da Magliano, O.S.F.
His Eminence Diomede Cardinal Falconio, O.S.F., S.T.D.
Rev. Maximus Cassini a Troppola, O.S.F.
Rev. Theophilus d’Avigon, O.S.F.
Very Rev. Charles Vissani a Nazzano, O.S.F.
Very Rev. Leo da Saracena, O.S.F.
Very Rev. Theophilus Pospisilik, O.S.F.
Very Rev. Joseph Butler, O.F.M.
Rev. Fidelis Reynolds, O.F.M., LL.D.
Rev. Alexander Hickey, O.F.M., Litt.D.
Very Rev. Thomas Plassmann, O.F.M., Ph.D., S.T.D.
Very Rev. Juvenal Lalor, O.F.M., Ph.D., LL.D., L.H.D.
Very Rev. Brian Lhota, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Very Rev. Francis Kearney, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Very Rev. Reginald Redlon, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Rev. Cornelius Welch, O.F.M., Acting
Very Rev. Damian McElrath, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Very Rev. Mathias Doyle, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Very Rev. Neil J. O’Connell, O.F.M., Ph.D.
Sr. Alice Gallin, O.S.U., Ph.D., Interim
Dr. Robert J. Wickenheiser, Ph.D.
Very Rev. Dominic V. Monti, O.F.M., Ph.D., Interim
Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D.
Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., is the 20th person to hold the Office of President in a permanent
capacity. Three other individuals graciously served on an interim basis.
See IN CELEBRATION, page 4
FALL 2004
The President’s
Medallion is
worn during
Commencement
Exercises,
Convocations and
other special
ceremonies. The
University seal
appears in the center
of the medallion. Past presidents
have been taller than Sr. Margaret, so 12 links in the
chain were removed in preparation of her installation.
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Prayers of support offered
IN CELEBRATION
A number of faith communities
offered blessings during the
Inauguration Ceremony, including a
Jewish blessing (at right) by Mark D.
Lebow, Esq., a University trustee; an
Islamic blessing (below) by Dr. Durriya
Z. Khairullah, professor of marketing
(left), and Dr. Zahid Y. Khairullah,
professor of management sciences; a
Hindu blessing by Dr. K.R.
Sundararajan, professor of theology;
an Afrikaans Charismatic blessing by
Dr. Mary Adekson, associate professor
of counselor education; and a Christian
blessing by the Rev. Daniel H. McKee,
D.Min., pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Allegany.
Continued from page 3
Franciscan. That includes members of the Second
Order of Poor Clares and the almost innumerable
congregations of Third Order Franciscan sisters
throughout the country and the world at large, as
well as the Third Order Secular Franciscans of lay
men and women who constitute fraternities across
the planet.
These entities, if not ignored, were at least, shall
we say, undervalued until quite recently — and it
took the vision of Margaret Carney to include such
Franciscans — and even beyond those who profess
this way of life in some way, shape or form — into
our field of vision AND to do something about it.
In line with this renewed vision, she spearheaded
any number of initiatives that either target these
entities or at the very least include them in the energies of the Institute.
In some ways, Margaret has built upon initiatives,
plans and activities marked out by her predecessors.
But in others, she has been a solo pilot. In all of
these things, she has had an amazing capacity to
assess a situation, see what options are available,
choose one of those options and then act with vigorous energy to achieve what she has determined to do.
What I personally find most astonishing —besides
her deep caring for the people around her — is her
incredible administrative vision and focus to bring
ideas, plans and dreams to fruition.
Margaret, as you move across campus, we will
miss you. ... However, we know that you loved your
work — your vocation — as dean and director and
that it was difficult to leave. The distance between
Hopkins (Hall) and Friedsam (Memorial Library) is
not so great that it cannot be bridged by the love of a
common mission and the friendship of beloved colleagues. All of us at the Franciscan Institute want to
say congratulations and, most especially, Thank You!
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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
The call of a new voice
By Karen Robbins, Ph.D.
I
n 1982, Carol Gilligan wrote a
book destined to become a classic, “In A Different Voice.” In it
she asserted that women and men
approach morals differently, with
men emphasizing rights and rules
and women emphasizing relationships, care and compassion toward
others. These are not, of
course, hard and fast
rules, but rather
generalizations
that indeed appear
to be important. In
other words,
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ences differ from men’s, leading them
to a different perception of society’s
constructs. Women generally have a
different voice.
When it comes to Women in
Leadership, the above rings true:
Women’s experiences are different
from men’s, although women will
sometimes deny it even while they
simultaneously tell stories of discriminatory treatment.
To climb, women (like men) need
to find a mentor. As women advance
into leadership positions it must be
remembered that most of these
places have been defined, sometimes
over centuries, as bastions of male
power. Hence women taking new jobs
generally have to deal with those who
will wonder if they can handle a
“man’s” job, and who may judge her
by male standards of leadership
style. Because there have historically
been so few female administrators,
women who have made it into higher
positions will tend to identify more
with other men in similar roles. But
research has found that they are
helped, and are more able to help
others of their sex, if they can find a
strong network of supportive women.
Moreover, while exceptions can
always be found, women’s leadership
styles tend to be more consensual
than hierarchical.
In the decades since Gilligan’s
book, women have advanced into traditionally male leadership positions.
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Surely higher education has played
its part. In 1999, women earned 58
percent of the bachelor’s degrees
offered, and in 2008, women will
probably outnumber men in graduate
school. In 1998, there were three
CEOs of major corporations. This is,
however, too small a number, made
even worse when one considers that
women managers earned only 68
cents on every dollar earned by a
male manager. Indeed, largely
because they dislike the traditional
structure of American business,
women started twice as many businesses as men in the decade from
1990-2000.
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Jessica Monsees and friends show off one of the
wallyball courts.
SBU’s brand-new
Center
of Attention
Above, Ed Carolla was one of the first students
to try out the rock climbing wall.
S
tudents, faculty and staff crowded the pavilion and flooded
through the entrance as the grand opening of the Sandra A. and
William L. Richter Center brought a new level of fitness and
recreation to the St. Bonaventure University community Sept. 30.
Sandra Richter, an Olean native and graduate of St. Bonaventure
along with her father and uncle, noted that when her husband said to
her a few years ago that it was time to give back, her first thought was,
“We’re not giving a thing to Harvard,” her husband’s alma mater, she
said to laughter. “Nothing against Harvard, but mine needs it more.”
“It makes me very proud” to have been a part of bringing the center
to the campus, she said, adding, “the greatest thing I’ve given to the
school, I think, is Bill Richter,” generating an extended ovation.
William Richter, a member of the Board of Trustees, described how
he saw the need for such a center from his visits to Olean, “I’ve been
here, and the weather’s awful!” he said, again bringing laughter from
the crowd.
“Giving is a privilege, not an obligation,” he said to the students,
adding that the cost of educating a student at St. Bonaventure far
exceeds the charges for tuition, room and board. “Each of you, therefore, should embrace the privilege of giving,” making a gift to
Bonaventure part of their annual budget, whatever it may be, and
making it possible for later students to follow in their footsteps.
University president Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., told students the new facility “will make the Bona journey even better than it
already is ... and I’ll see the rest of you on the running track!”
The $6.2 million campus recreation center, which will be open 24
FALL 2004
William Richter addresses the campus community prior to the opening
of the new recreation center. Pictured seated are (from left) Sandra A.
Richter; Brenda McGee Snow, vice president for business and finance;
Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., University president; and George Solan,
vice president for student life.
hours a day, features three basketball courts; a running/walking track; racquetball/squash/wallyball courts; an aerobics room; a recreational area for
roller hockey; a weight room; a cardiovascular fitness room; locker rooms; an
equipment check-out; a reception area; a juice bar; and a climbing wall.
The new center is funded by a $3 million leadership gift from the Richters
and supported by other private gifts as well as contributions from the Classes
of 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Additional information and architect renderings of the facility are available
on a link off the University Web site, www.sbu.edu.
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
I
n her first formal address to the University
community as president, Sr. Margaret Carney,
O.S.F., S.T.D., called upon the University to be
the birthplace of the “Fourth Order,” the countless men
and women inspired by the life and message of
Francis and Clare who live their vision today. She also
invited the community to dedicate itself to a vision of
knowledge, integrity and community.
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• • •
The following are excerpts from her Inauguration remarks:
Knowledge.
From the earliest generations of the Franciscan
order, the life of study has been prominent in its
identity and service. And while university masters
joined the friars from the beginning, the election of
Bonaventure as general in 1257 gave scholastic
achievement a new prominence and personification.
The founder of this university, Pamphilo da
Magliano, was a brilliant young teacher of philosophy
when he was asked to trade the Italian province of
Abruzzi for the village of Allegany in Western New
York. The research of our own Dominic Monti is
revealing more of Pamphilo’s intellectual originality
and innovative spirit. While his tenure as leader of
the college was brief, the foundations he created
endured. Upon them generations of friar teachers
built programs that were life-changing. ...
My dedication in the years to come will be to
inspire in our students the love of knowledge that will
carry them on their journeys with the same courageous insistence a man reflecting on his epic journey
— Tennyson’s Ulysses, who, facing his last years, proclaimed: “For my purpose holds to follow knowledge
like a sinking star, beyond the baths of all the western stars until I die.”
We rededicate ourselves to Integrity.
This University has survived a deep wound, a humbling athletic scandal. It survived because of a profound
attachment to a transcendent set of commitments and
claims we call “the Franciscan tradition.”
That legacy is not a disembodied code of ethics or
doctrines. It is a gift that resides in the Franciscan
family and Order, in persons who form a living ladder
of service and witness spanning eight centuries and
all parts of the globe. Nor is this legacy the monopoly
of Franciscan religious ministers. It is shared with
thousands who feel the lure of its magnetism....
We do not use the word integrity lightly here. We
know what it means to lose the ethical center of gravity and we know how devastating the consequences of
that loss can be. Thus it is that today, as I take up
the office of president, that I bear the weight — symbolized in the weight of the chain about my neck — of
this institution’s promise that it will never barter its
collective soul for celebrity status and wealth....
We rededicate ourselves to
Community.
Francis, Clare and their companions founded a community of
conscience, compassion and intellectual originality. I propose that
there are three areas of Franciscan
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“
If Assisi is the birthplace of the three great orders of
Franciscans, I would like St. Bonaventure University to
be the birthplace of the ‘Fourth Order’ in our day.
The ‘Fourth Order’ of Franciscans are the countless
men and women who are inspired by the life and
message of Francis, Clare and their early companions.
They hold no official membership, but they live the
vision and want to be its stewards in our time
— carrying this legacy well into this new millennium.
”
— Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D.
legacy that should call us forward:
1. Lay Leadership
... We know full well that the earliest generations of
Franciscans were not neatly divided into lay and clerical
ranks, both the sacred and secular. It was a single movement in which rank almost never mattered and what did
matter was willingness to take the message of Scripture in
deadly earnest as the grounding for one’s way of life....
2. Bearers of Patient Justice
... I hear the plea repeated in our strategic plan and in
both of our recent governance studies: please recreate and
renew our communitarian life....
3. Ecumenism
... We need to promote a Bonaventure education that
prepares our students for substantive dialogue with members of the other great world faiths. Only in this way will
our graduates be fully ready to function as leaders in a
post 9/11 world....
Robert Frost once wrote, “Earth’s the right place for
love, I don’t know where it’s likely to go better.” Today, I
would write, “St. Bonaventure University is the right place
for a new incarnation of the Franciscan intellectual,
humanistic and ecumenical tradition. I don’t know where
it’s likely to go better.”
And I don’t know why else I would want to be president
were it not for the belief, the compelling and demanding
belief I hold — and that has hold of me —that it can be
done; that it is fitting for us to do it, and, by God’s grace
— if you work with me — we will do it!
• • •
To read Sr. Margaret’s entire address, or to see a video stream from
the Inauguration Ceremony, go to www.sbu.edu
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Still, women have not merely
pushed into corporations, but
also legal partnerships, the military and higher education.
This was beautifully illustrated with last year’s 10th anniversary celebration of the
University’s Women’s Studies
program, in which four women
University Trustees spoke about
their own experiences in their
rise to leadership: Anne Hanyak,
a former corporate attorney;
Deborah Henretta, a vice president at Proctor and Gamble;
Brig. Gen. Maureen KeenanLeBoeuf, retired from West
Point, and the University’s own
Chair of the Board of Trustees,
Susan Green.
Yet another area of leadership has been an especially
tough nut to crack — politics.
Even so, women are indeed
breaking into the arena, and the
Women’s Studies Program has
invited some in New York politics to speak this year. State
Senator Pat McGee, Assemblywoman Cathy Young and candidate Samara Barend will be
speaking on how being a woman
has affected their careers. The
point behind these events is to
show our students real examples
of women who have proven that
they can do anything they want.
As if to drive the point home,
St. Bonaventure University has
inaugurated its first female president. If past experience in
women’s leadership holds true,
some will doubtless wonder
whether she can do a “man’s” job.
Fortunately, she has widespread backing, and certainly a
well-developed support network
among her Franciscan sisters. At
the recent faculty-staff luncheon,
as well as her all-inclusive inauguration, President Carney surely
has started to build toward a
consensual sense of rapport
within the University.
Women’s Studies joins in celebrating this event and hopes that
it signals a new commitment to
the equal position of women in
the St. Bonaventure community.
Whatever the future, it is clear
that women are playing an active
and leadership role. It is the clarion call of a different voice.
(Robbins is director of
Women’s Studies at St.
Bonaventure.)
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Renovated front entrance is a tribute of
Brotherly Love
M
embers of the St.
Bonaventure University
community gathered in
bright fall sunshine Oct. 1 to dedicate a formal new front entrance,
funded by the Class of 1953 in
honor of longtime campus
groundskeeper Br. Ferdinand
Woerle, O.F.M.
Professor and chair of theology
Fr. Dominic V. Monti, O.F.M., who
served 15 months as interim president including the Alumni Reunion
Weekend 2003 when the gift for the
gate was announced, shared memories of the friar, who served while he
was studying at St. Bonaventure.
“He was one of the people who
really influenced me most to be a
friar,” Fr. Dominic said. “He was a
real presence here on campus, a
cheerful and friendly person who
drew students into his work,”
including Fr. Dominic.
The professor recounted how Br.
Ferdinand was born in 1895 in
Germany, and apprenticed as a tailor before being drafted into the
German army and spending four
years at the front during World War
I. After the war, he thought he had a
vocation but the Benedictines
declined to accept him. He joined the
Franciscan order and was encouraged to come to America by Fr.
Mathias Faust, Provincial Minister of
Holy Name Province, who had
returned to his native country to
recruit young brothers among the
Franciscans.
Because Br. Ferdinand had been
gassed several times during the war,
doctors recommended that he work
outside and he accepted an assignment to work on the farm that then
provided vegetables for the friars and
students at St. Bonaventure. He later
expanded his work to include flowers
and trees that beautified the campus.
The plaque in his honor reads
“The Class of 1953 dedicates this
entrance in loving memory of Br.
Ferdinand Woerle, O.F.M., who for
nearly 60 years showed his love for
St. Bonaventure University by helping to make this campus a more
beautiful and welcoming place.”
“Let us fervently pray that all who
enter through this gate to live and
learn the Franciscan tradition will be
truly blessed,” Fr. Dominic said in
blessing the entrance.
Brenda McGee Snow, vice president of business and finance, thanked
Cannon Design of Buffalo, architects
for the structure; Duggan & Duggan
University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., is flanked by
John “Jack” R. McGinley Jr., ’65, chair of the Board of Trustees, and
Fr. Bernie Creighton, O.F.M., ’61, as they walk through the front gate
following its dedication.
General Contractors of Allegany; University employee
Nick Ersing, who served as project manager; and Phil
Winger and Rob Hurlburt of the University maintenance department, who supervised the landscaping.
“All of our good journeys will begin here from
this day forward,” Snow said.
The ceremony was attended by Br. Ferdinand’s
niece, Maria Goy of Olean, and her husband, John.
The couple were married in January 1953 in the
University Chapel with her uncle assisting at the
ceremony.
Br. Ferdinand Woerle
•••
A number of friars
attended the front
entrance dedication
to pay tribute to
Br. Ferdinand.
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Richard Murphy, a University trustee and member of the Class of 1953, describes
how he and classmates Frank Gilroy and Mike Duffy came to challenge their classmates to make the gift, toward which many offered their support. Pictured to his left
are Brenda McGee Snow, vice president for business and finance, and Fr. Dominic
Monti, O.F.M., chair of the theology department.
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Comprised of walls
flanking the main
access road to the
University, the new
entrance is made of
the signature variegated red brick that
makes up many of the
University’s buildings. It
features a pair of towers, one on each side;
the left bears the seal
of the Province of the
Most Holy Name of
Jesus and the right,
the seal of the
Province of the
Immaculate
Conception.
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‘Glorious Lessons:
The Idea of America’
Washington Crossing the
Delaware, 1874 (detail)
Quick Center mounts unique exhibition of Americana
“T
he Seeds of Liberty are universally sown there and
nothing can eradicate
them,” wrote Benjamin Franklin from
London in 1767, predicting by nearly a
decade the revolution that would alter
the course of history forever.
Franklin’s letter is just one of a myriad of rare documents, paintings, letters
and artifacts to be on view in “Glorious
Lessons: The Idea of America,” a
breathtaking exhibition at the Regina A.
Quick Center for the Arts at St.
Bonaventure, which opened Sept. 24
and continues through March 20, 2005.
During the opening reception,
Marianne Laine (left) was introduced
by executive director Joseph
LoSchiavo as chair of the new Guild
at the Quick Center for the Arts,
which will help to sustain the center
and to keep it free to all those who
visit it.
The opening was one of five simultaneously opening at the Quick Center.
Many of the items in this show have
never been exhibited to the public
before. They cover the entire
Revolutionary period from the 1730s
until the 1820s, and also include items
reflecting the resonance of the
Revolution into the 20th century.
“Glorious Lessons” examines
American colonial life, the struggle for
independence from England, the
Declaration of Independence, the
American Revolution, George
Washington, our first national hero, and
many others, both renowned and
obscure, who participated in the first
steps of this great experiment called the
United States.
The title of the exhibition comes
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from a letter written by John Trumbull, considered the Founding Father of American art,
to Thomas Jefferson, in which he gives his
reasons for painting historical scenes and
portraits. A second and related exhibition
shares a collection of Trumbull’s works.
“John Trumbull: Drawings by a Founding
Father of American Art” is an exquisite collection of 36 drawings, on loan from
Fordham University, which has left New York
City only twice since the 1940s before making this visit to St. Bonaventure.
As America’s first professional artist,
Trumbull sketched and painted most of the
major battles of the American Revolution,
portraits of this country’s first great statesmen, illustrious generals, Native Americans,
foot soldiers, servants and, most famous of
all, the painting of the Declaration of
Independence that hangs in the U.S. Capitol
Rotunda.
A third exhibition, “An Eye for the Eagle:
A Federal Icon in Everyday Life,” presents this
national symbol in the context of items of popular culture as used by ordinary people.
Although Ben Franklin lobbied strongly
for the turkey, the American bald eagle
became our national bird in 1782 and its
image was soon proliferated widely in print,
in art and in everyday household objects.
These three stunning exhibitions are
joined by a spotlight on American realist
painter Michael Lenson, one of whose works
is among the Quick Center for the Arts’ most
recent acquisitions.
As a generous gift from the artist’s family,
the Quick Center has acquired “Suburban
Idyll,” a painting by Lenson, N.J.’s, most
important 20th-century muralist who created
murals for many public buildings throughout
New Jersey as part of the Works Progress
Administration.
During the entire 2004-2005 season,
“Suburban Idyll” will be spotlighted along
with six additional paintings on loan from
the Lenson family in “Michael Lenson,
American Realist.”
In addition to the murals, Lenson created
easel paintings throughout his life. The easel
paintings on view at the Quick Center reflect
his balancing of color and form with clear,
rich colors and powerful, yet simplified
forms.
A fifth exhibition features numerous
stunning stage designs for well-known operatic works in “Peter Dean Beck: Stage
Designs for Opera.”
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The ribbon to the “Glorious Lessons” exhibition in the
Beltz Gallery was cut by donor Paul Beltz with help from
his grandchildren.
Beck, a scenic and lighting designer, understands that “A
world where people sing doesn’t look like a world where people
speak.” His goal therefore is to make “… the characters live in
the space. When they look as though they belong there, you
start to believe them, in spite of the artifice of singing.”
The Quick Center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday and from noon to 5 p.m. weekends. There is no
admission fee.
University landmarks featured
on Chamber holiday ornament
The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce unveiled its
newest Santa Claus Lane ornament, a depiction of
St. Bonaventure University landmarks —
Devereux Hall and the Bell Tower.
Through the ornament sales, holiday
lights are funded and can be lit in Olean
from November to early January.
Devereux Hall is one of the
University’s most beautiful and intriguing
buildings. Built in 1926, Dev is the
University’s second oldest existing building.
The Bell Tower outside the University Chapel,
Doyle Hall, is also an easily recognizable campus landmark.
Numbers were always a fascination to Saint Bonaventure. He
loved the number three because of its particular link to the Holy
Trinity. It is only fitting that the Chapel’s tower has three large
bells. The 3.5-inch resin ornaments are available for purchase
from Greater Olean and the St. Bonaventure University
Bookstore. For more information, call GOACC at (716) 372-4433
or e-mail [email protected].
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All systems go
University
prepares to
unveil new
Web site
N
ov. 1 is the “go live” date for St. Bonaventure’s newly
designed Web site (www.sbu.edu). David Ferguson,
vice president for University Relations, initiated the
redesign, engaging Brooklyn-based Four Eyes Productions Inc.
in August 2003 to work with the University on the project.
“We are excited to introduce the new site to our
University community,” Ferguson said. “It will complement
our academic programs with improved communications
options and opportunities and allow us to communicate more
frequently and in new ways with both the on- and off-campus members of the Bonaventure family.”
What will visitors find at the new site?
“A lot,” said Susan Anderson, director of fund-raising
communications, who coordinated the project along with
John Lympany, former executive director for information
technology. “We’re offering fresh, up-to-the-minute content,
fun, interactive applications, such as video streams and selfservice functions. Other pluses are enhanced virtual tours, a
search-and-browse feature that digs deep and wide, faculty,
student and alumni bios, pictures, factoids and banners that
refresh with every click, and course information and pre-requisites, to name just a few things.
“The goal of a Web site is to connect users and build community,” Anderson added. “If a Web site isn’t doing this, then
it needs a make-over. Bona’s Web site was definitely due for a
redesign.”
Goodbye to the current site
As the University prepares to
launch its new Web site, it also
bids farewell to the three former
students whose faces have
greeted guests to www.sbu.edu
since 1999. They are (from left)
Tara Muniz, ’03, Vladimir Valerio,
’04, and Jessie Geiser, ’03. Good
luck on the next leg of your “Good
Journey.”
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The new Web site offers many other features,
including customization for specific audiences,
such as current students, faculty and staff,
prospective students, alumni and friends, parents, media and others. Also, with the integration of ‘My SBU,’ Bona’s secured intranet, students, faculty and staff can access an array of
new online services.
The new Web site will impact many aspects
of daily campus life:
• Students will be able to log on to their My
SBU portal to gain secured access to their personal online Web storage, check their grades,
access online components of their courses, submit research papers for grading and access their
e-mail.
• Faculty will be able to use their My SBU
portal to review papers submitted online, update
their course pages and review course schedules
and class rosters.
Future plans include the creation of an
online alumni community and additional applications.
The new Web site is the result of a strong
partnership between the University’s offices of
technology services and university relations,
and many dedicated hours of faculty and staff.
“With the new sbu.edu, the University will
have a powerful presence on the Web,” said
Anderson. “Our outside audience participates in
the outside world. In order to capture the interest of prospective students — and maintain that
of alumni, parents and friends — we must deliver information in ways our audience is not only
familiar with, but expects. Our new Web site
does exactly that.”
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Music legend Bob
Dylan to perform in
Reilly Center Arena
Bob Dylan, one of the most
influential artists of the 20th century, will perform at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 11, in the
University’s Reilly Center Arena.
“Once called the ‘voice of a generation,’ Bob Dylan is reaching a
whole new audience with this tour,”
said Steve Plesac, director of student activities, noting the tour
includes Harvard University, the
University of Pittsburgh, Michigan
State, the University of California
system, the University of Colorado,
Kansas State, Ohio State and
numerous other major institutions.
Featured on the cover of the
Oct. 4 issue of Newsweek magazine, Dylan is a legend in the
music industry. He has released
more than 45 albums since his
1962 debut.
The cost is $38.50 for reserved
seats. Tickets are on sale in the
Reilly Center Box Office and at all
tickets.com outlets including Tops
Friendly Markets.
Family, friends to be
remembered at Masses
On Nov. 2, St. Bonaventure
University, with the whole Church,
will again celebrate All Souls Day.
Each fall, University community
members, alumni and friends are
invited to send in the names of
deceased relatives and friends. The
names are placed in the University
Chapel and are remembered at all
the Masses in the month of
November.
“Your letters serve as a
reminder of all those saints who
have gone before us. We invite you
to join us in prayer to remember
your loved ones,” said Fr. Dan
Hurley, O.F.M., ’40, National
Alumni chaplain.
Names can be submitted via email to [email protected].
Sr. Margaret to lead
spring pilgrimage to
Rome and Assisi, Italy
Plans are under way for a 12day pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi,
Italy, this spring with University
president Sr. Margaret Carney,
O.S.F. The dates are set for May 21
through June 1, 2005.
For more information, contact
Sr. Ann Bremmer, O.S.F., at (716)
375-2684 or [email protected]
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“Superficial Cuts” (Author House
Publishing) by Richard B. Larsen, ’83, and
Stephen E. Paquette is destined to be an
American classic, the story of a 21-year-old
university student previously insulated from
the harsh realities of life by his suburban, middle class existence. Robert “Bud” Anderson
believes he has his future firmly in his grasp
with the road to success planned out to the
last detail. As part of his “master plan,” Bud
searches for a job that will demonstrate his
self-reliance and innate people skills. He
believes he has found this job at the Colter
Childcare Center — an institution treating
teen-age boys and girls suffering from maladies
that are difficult to understand and even more difficult to treat.
“Superficial Cuts” is available at bookstores and at
Barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com.
Larsen owns an event design company in Atlanta, where he lives
with his wife and two children. He is currently working on a wedding
show for network TV and appeared on “The Benefactor,” which premiered on ABC Sept. 13.
“Always Faithful: The New York Carmelites,
the Irish People and their Freedom Movement”
(Vestigium Press) by Alfred Isacsson, O.Carm,
’58, shows how the Carmelite’s Manhattan
East Side parish of Our Lady of the Scapular
was the New York center for the Irish
Freedom Movement in the period of 19161924.
The Carmelite priory was a Republican
post office for the exchange of messages. It
was a safe house for those “on the run”
and it was the place of United States entry
for Eamon De Valera, Harry Boland, Sean
T. O’Kelly, Sean Nunan and others. The
parish was the base of operation for the Carmelite
Peter Elias Magennis, who spoke widely throughout the eastern
United State rallying people to the support of Irish freedom. This was
interpreted during World War I as being anti-British and the condemnation of an American ally.
During the pastorate of Denis O’Connor, 1916-1924, the parish
sponsored many Irish social and cultural programs. He raised funds for
and was the conduit to Ireland for much money for the Republicans.
O’Connor allowed the priory to be used as an arsenal for arms to be
shipped to Ireland.
Dr. Mark Thornton, ’82, and Robert B.
Ekelund Jr. have authored “Tariffs, Blockades,
and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War.”
What role did economics play in leading the
United States into the Civil War in the 1860s,
and how did the war affect the economies of
the North and the South? “Tariffs, Blockades,
and Inflation” uses contemporary economic
analyses such as supply and demand, modern
market theory and the economics of politics to
interpret events of the Civil War.
Thornton is a senior fellow at Ludwig von
Mises Institute in Auburn, Ala.
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to The BonAlumnus, Suite 215, Francis Hall, St. Bonaventure
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St. Bona repeats top-level
ranking in U.S.News
U.S.News & World Report has again rated St. Bonaventure among the
best universities in the nation. St. Bonaventure ranked in the top level in
“Master’s Universities — North” among the best master’s-level universities in
the nation.
The “America’s Best Colleges” issue of U.S.News &
World Report ranks outstanding national, regional
and liberal arts colleges throughout the country.
St. Bonaventure finished in the top tier of the
best northern regional universities, public or
private, ranking 27th out of 164 master’s-level
colleges and universities in the north.
The 572 institutions in the “Best Universities
— Master’s” category, which provide a full range
of undergraduate and master’s-level programs,
are divided into four areas: north, south, midwest
and west. They are then ranked in tiers on criteria
including peer assessment, retention, faculty
resources, student selectivity, financial resources,
graduation rate and alumni giving.
In addition, it’s also one of the “Best Values” in college education. St.
Bonaventure ranked No. 11 in the “Great Schools at Great Prices” category
for Northern Universities — Master’s. The ranking is based on the percentage
of students receiving grants based on need, average cost to the student after
receiving those grants and the average discount from total cost.
“These rankings reflect our continued emphasis on the essentials of an
outstanding college education: academic excellence in an environment that
embodies the essentials of Franciscan life, which include integrity, community and joy in the continual discovery of all the world has to offer,” said Sr.
Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., University president.
“America’s Best Colleges,” produced annually by U.S.News & World
Report, serves as a guidebook for college-bound students. A complete listing
may be found on the magazine’s Web site (www.usnews.com).
Claire ‘Toni’ Branch
named St. Bona’s
Alumna of the Year
Claire “Toni” Branch of Olean
was honored as St. Bonaventure
University’s William P. “Stax”
McCarthy Alumna of the Year during
Reunion Weekend, held June 4-6.
Branch has had a lifelong connection to the University: Her
father, John Armstrong, was a faculty member at SBU for two
decades, from 1924 to 1944, and
currently, her daughter, Laurie,
serves on the University’s Board of
Trustees.
A 1949 alumna of St.
Bonaventure, Branch has supported the University with both her
time and her tremendous talents.
She was a member of the
University’s Board of Trustees for
Claire “Toni” Branch is presented
eight years, serving from 1989 to
the award by former interim presi1997, served as a member of the
dent Fr. Dominic Monti, O.F.M.
President’s Council, and was cofounder of the Friends of Bonaventure program, which draws members of the
local community into a closer friendship with the University.
As a member of the University’s Arts Council, she has made numerous
contributions to The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, such as helping to
lead the effort to refurbish the Garret Theater.
She is currently a member of the Seraphim Society and the Devereux
Society, and has been a Devereux volunteer.
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DOUBLE YOUR DEANS
Life is business as usual for the Kraft
twins, members of the Class of 1966
and deans of business schools
O
ver the years, St. Bonaventure has had numerous
twins enter its doors, but not many universities can
boast a set of twins who are now both distinguished
business deans.
When listening to their story, it’s easy to hear the uncanny similarity not only in their voices, but also in their hearty
laughs. Meet John and Arthur Kraft from the Class of 1966,
twin brothers originally from
Eden, N.Y. They entered St.
Bonaventure University the
fall semester of 1962 and were
the very first members of their
mother’s and father’s families
to enjoy the academic opportunity of college.
John says some of the reasons he chose St.
Bonaventure were “St.
Bonaventure was a regional
university with a very flexible
Arthur Kraft
John
liberal arts program, and one
that inspired new students through upper-classmen mentors.”
Both mathematics majors, the twins each took 21 credit
hours every semester and finished their curriculum by the
end of their junior years. Pursuing economics courses their
senior year, they graduated magna cum laude with 140
credit hours each. Art said, “We scored very close to each
other, although I can’t remember who scored higher.”
“The small environment provided a good transition to
take the next step,” he said.
Arthur is dean of the College of Commerce and the
Kellstadt
Graduate School of
Business at DePaul University, a position he has held since July 1999. Over the
previous 17 years, he served as dean of business at West Virginia University, Rutgers
University at New Brunswick and the DuPree
School of Management at
Georgia Institute of
Technology. As a Sears
Roebuck Foundation Fellow,
he served 16 months under
President Richard Nixon. He
is on the Board of Directors
and chairs the PreAccreditation Committee of
AACSB International — the
Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of
Business. Art’s wife, the forKraft
mer Joan Brown, is a Bona
alumna from the Class of 1966, and they try
to make it back to the area once a year.
John is dean at the University of Florida’s
Warrington College of Business
Administration, Graduate Programs, and the
Fisher School of Accounting and has held that
position since 1990. He’s a past dean and
professor at Arizona State University, past
president of AACSB International, held executive positions with the Department of Energy,
the Department of Housing, the Cost of Living
Council, the
Price Commission and the
National Science Foundation. He has
served as consultant for several Fortune
500 Companies and as director for numerous non-profit organizations, including
Arizona State University Research Park, the
Washington Club and Junior Achievement
of Arizona.
Both brothers continue to be active with
the AACSB International Business
Accreditation Committee and have the
opportunity to work together on joint
forums. And their extensive vitas go on …
Almost 40 years later, the twins from
Western New York are producing creative
programs and new opportunities for future
students, nationally and internationally.
They credit St. Bonaventure with a solid
beginning, a flexible liberal arts foundation
and the mindset to keep “pushing the envelope.”
“Coming from a small high school of less
than 100 students in our graduating class
gave us an opportunity to realize we could
compete with anyone and an opportunity to
pursue a vision of competing at the next
level,” John said.
Consider running with the pack
Parents, alumni stay connected to SBU with recruitment help
I
t’s your chance to give back to
the Bonaventure community —
join the Wolf P.A.A.C.
(Parent/Alumni Admissions Club)
today.
The WOLF P.A.A.C. was designed
by the admissions team to create and
encourage improved recruitment with
the help of parents and alumni in
their own communities. This organization will give you the opportunity to
volunteer to participate in a way that
will suit you.
It is the perfect opportunity for
you to stay connected to the
University. Just like the feeling you
may have experienced when cheering
in the Reilly Center Arena, the
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rewards lie in the pride and shared
enthusiasm when supporting your
school, St. Bonaventure University.
All you need to do is spread that
pride to wherever your new journey
has brought you.
Please take the time to consider
becoming a Wolf P.A.A.C. member! It
can be something as simple as an email from you that sets Bona’s apart
from other Universities for a prospective student.
Alumni/Parent
College Fair Representative
Many times during the recruiting
season, the Office of Admissions
comes across college fairs that would
be beneficial for staff to attend, but
their schedules do not permit. College
fairs usually take place on evenings
and weekends. Volunteers will be
trained by an admissions professional.
Admitted Student
Writing Campaign
Send a congratulatory message
and share your experience with students who have already been admitted to SBU from your general area.
Volunteers are asked to send letters
on their personal or company letterhead.
www.sbu.edu
Admissions On–Campus
Event Volunteer
During the academic year, the
admissions office hosts on-campus
events where alumni and parent
representatives are needed to serve
as speakers or panelists. Volunteers
have a chance to share their Bona
experiences with prospective and
accepted students.
Admissions Off–Campus
Event Volunteer
On occasion an Admissions
counselor will host an event in your
area. This is a chance for you to
meet face-to-face with several
Bonaventure hopefuls!
(Editor’s note: For more information about becoming a Wolf P.A.A.C.
member, contact Nakeia Chambers
at [email protected].)
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Bonaventure good will reaches
out to Hurricane Charley victims
B
ob Williams, ’70, was grateful
when he heard from St.
Bonaventure friends checking up
on him after Hurricane Charley tore
through his Florida community in
August, destroying acres of citrus and
leaving many without jobs or homes.
Williams was overwhelmed when donations from the University community and
beyond began arriving to help his neighbors in need.
Williams, of Naples, Fla., and a half
dozen other citrus growers in the Arcadia,
Fla., region lost their orange groves in the
hurricane, leaving the families of their 40
farm workers without jobs. One of the
oldest communities in Florida, the traditional agriculture and farming community
of 8,000 people is the county seat of
DeSoto County. Last year the citrus business in the county boasted a $50 million
payroll.
Oranges from DeSoto County are primarily used for juice. During the summer
months, the fruit is the size of tennis
balls and just as green. The citrus starts
turning orange in October and November,
followed by harvesting beginning in
November.
“Now you have these workers and
there’s no fruit to pick,” Williams said.
The generosity of the extended
Bonaventure community has provided
clothing, furnishings and temporary
housing for some of those workers.
“I just want to say thank you to everybody who expressed their love and concern. It’s very Franciscan the way people
of the Bonaventure community responded
without even being asked. The effort has
made a substantial difference in the quality of life in the last six to seven weeks for
these people,” Williams said.
Courtesy FEMA
ABOVE: Workers clear debris from the streets of Arcadia hit
by Hurricane Charley. AT RIGHT: Charley’s winds carved a
swath of destruction hundreds of miles long, shearing roofs
from homes and littering roadways with toppled signs and
debris.
Hitting Florida’s western coast Aug. 13, Charley pounded
Punta Gorda, a town north of Fort Myers. The storm continued
across central Florida, hitting Orlando before heading into the
Atlantic Ocean at Daytona Beach. Charley’s 145-mph winds tattered everything in their path, leaving a swath of destruction as
wide as a path from Olean to Bradford.
The day after the storm “there was complete destruction,”
Williams said. Mobile homes and small-framed houses were leveled. Power poles were twisted and uprooted. Trees were stripped
of their vegetation.
“It looked like November in Olean,” he said. Trees that were
still standing had bits of aluminum wrapped around them. He
even saw a sofa the wind had tossed into a tree.
In downtown Arcadia, with no water, no power and the arrival
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American
Red Cross several days away, people like Williams took it upon
themselves to help others.
“My foreman lost his house, so his family was homeless. We
had to get them their basic needs (of water and power), then we
were able to get a mobile home through negotiations with an
estate and get them set up temporarily with housing,” he said.
Courtesy American Red Cross
Williams, a 1970 alumnus of the
University, has served on the Board of
Trustees since 1999. After Charley made
landfall, University President Sr. Margaret
Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., contacted him.
“I told her that we were fine but Arcadia
was destroyed,” he said.
What followed were e-mails to fellow
trustees and members of the President’s
Cabinet, and people Williams traveled with
during pilgrimages to Assisi. Collections
were also taken at weekend Masses. It wasn’t long after he received numerous e-mails
from people across the country offering to
help that he established a relief fund for the
families of the farm workers.
“There are dozens of efforts going on.
Some are government-sponsored, and some
are small, like ours. It’s a massive effort
because the problem is so massive. Unless
you have actually seen the destruction, it’s
beyond description. It’s going to take
months, years before things get back to normal,” he added.
“I was clearly overwhelmed by the
response. There were people that I hadn’t
even spoken to, and a check shows up,” he
said.
The people of Arcadia are very grateful,
Williams said.
“When you give a little kid a toy and he
smiles for the first time in a couple weeks,
that’s very telling and rewarding,” he said.
“These aren’t people with fancy houses
on the water. They’re not rich retired people.
These are … hard-working people, just farmers. They know the hardship of farming, and
some years are good and some are bad,”
Williams said.
“They are determined to turn this
around. They take it in a much more gracious stride than people who have a lot more
and haven’t lost nearly as much.”
Reunion Weekend 2005
The Classes of 1945, ’50, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90,
’95 and 2000 will be the honored classes for Alumni Reunion
Weekend 2005, set for June 3-5, on the St. Bonaventure campus.
Though June 2005 seems far off, now is the time to begin making plans to attend the Reunion. To make certain you will be kept
up to date on the exciting events we have for this three-day Bona
celebration, check the Alumni Services page on the University Web
site frequently — www.sbu.edu — call us at (716) 375-7663 or
drop us an e-mail at [email protected].
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Feast of St. Bonaventure
Holy Name Province honors
Susan Green with Francis Medal
secretary to the presihe friars of the
dent, in 2002.
Province of the
A 1961 alumna of the
Most Holy Name of
University,
Green has
Jesus on Oct. 4 honored
served
as
a
member of
St. Bonaventure trustee
the
Board
of
Trustees
Susan Romanski Green
since
1988.
She
served
with The Francis Medal.
for
several
years
as
vice
The medal is awarded
chair
of
the
Board,
and
in
through friars of the
September
2003,
she
was
province to recognize and
elected the first woman
express deep appreciation Susan Green
chair
of the Board, filling
to women and men who
the
unexpired
portion
of the term of
have advanced the values and
the
late
William
E.
Swan.
ideals of St. Francis and/or generGreen emphasized her commitously assisted the friars in living
ment
to Franciscan values following
and proclaiming the Gospel after
her
election.
“It is my hope that
the example of St. Francis of Assisi.
these
Franciscan
values will be the
The presentation took place during
hallmark
of
the
Board
and our
the Mass for the Feast of St.
deliberations
during
my
time as
Francis in the University Chapel,
your
chair,
as
well
as
for
many
years
Doyle Hall.
beyond,”
she
said.
“You
have
my
Green is only the second memdeep commitment that I will do
ber of the St. Bonaventure commueverything in my power to keep these
nity to receive the Francis Medal;
values at the heart of all we do.”
the first was Joan Zink, longtime
T
Participants in the Academic Convocation for the Feast of St.
Bonaventure pause for a photo after the ceremony July 16. From
left are: Jean François Godet-Calogeras, Jacques Dalarun, Fr.
Michael F. Cusato, O.F.M., Professor Giovanni Miccoli, Sr. Margaret
Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., and Fr. Dominic V. Monti, O.F.M.
University celebrates
Feast of patron saint
T
he University community celebrated the Feast of St.
Bonaventure with a two-day celebration July 15 and 16, featuring a keynote address written by Professor Giovanni Miccoli, an
internationally respected scholar of medieval, Church and Franciscan
history, and recipient of the Franciscan Institute Medal for 2004.
Fr. Alcuin Coyle, O.F.M., director of adult education at St. Francis
Church in New York City since 1985, was the celebrant of the Mass for
the Feast of St. Bonaventure, and Fr. Michael Cusato, O.F.M., dean of
Franciscan Studies and director of the Franciscan Institute, was
homilist.
Fr. Alcuin served as a member of St. Bonaventure’s Board of
Trustees from 1986 to 1997, including five years as board secretary.
He taught moral theology, canon law and homiletics at Christ the King
Seminary at St. Bonaventure from 1963 to 1970, and served as academic dean and chair of the department of sacred sciences at St.
Bonaventure from 1964 to 1970.
Fr. Michael was named dean and director in May of this year, after
having served as interim dean of Franciscan Studies since April 2003.
A member of the Franciscan Institute faculty since fall 1999, he is a
specialist in medieval ecclesiastical history, with a special expertise in
medieval Franciscan history.
On Friday, July 16, following Vespers, the Academic Convocation
began in the Rigas Family Theater with Jean François GodetCalogeras, editor of the Institute’s Bonaventure Texts in Translation
Series, as master of ceremonies. Godet-Calogeras and Jacques
Dalarun, the Fr. Joseph Doino, O.F.M., Visiting Professor of Franciscan
Studies, offered the Encomium, a formal expression of praise for the
honoree.
Fr. Dominic Monti, O.F.M., professor of church history, gave an
English translation of Miccoli’s address, “The Use of the Christian
Proposal of Francis in the First Biographies.” Sr. Margaret Carney,
O.S.F., S.T.D., University president, offered remarks, followed by a
reception in the Dresser-Rand Atrium.
FALL 2004
Albom, Costas, Wolf, alums chosen for
SBU’s Media Excellence Awards
St. Bonaventure honored top professionals in the print, broadcast and
public relations fields, as well as two outstanding journalism graduates during its Media Excellence Awards Luncheon Oct. 8 at the New
York Athletic Club. Pictured with president Sr. Margaret Carney,
O.S.F., S.T.D. (front, center), and journalism dean Lee Coppola (back)
are (clockwise, from left): Shaun Sheehan, ’66, accepting Alumnus of
the Year; Bob Costas, Emmy-winning broadcaster; Carri Gregorski,
’04, winner of this year’s Mark Hellinger Award; Hellinger runner-up
Elliotte Bowerman, ’04; and Linda Wolf, chair and CEO of Leo Burnett
Worldwide. Not pictured was journalist and best-selling author Mitch
Albom. Wolf, winner of the Thomas Mosser Award, noted that Leo
Burnett founded his company at the heart of the Depression, believing in the need to respect the consumer. Even now, with more than
200 offices in 80 countries worldwide, good relationships with clients
still form the basis of the company. Though Leo Burnett died in 1971,
“his values and beliefs are still very much alive. Promises must be
kept, deadlines met and commitments honored.”
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INAUGURATION WEEK
INAUGURATION WEEK
A WEEK IN PICTURES
I
nauguration of a University’s president is a historic event, and St. Bonaventure’s was no exception. The inauguration was the high point in a week of events that also celebrated the University’s founding and its patron St.
Francis of Assisi. For those who were unable to attend Inauguration events in person, here is a look at how
your alma mater welcomed its 20th president.
Hundreds of
universities
across the
country sent
congratulatory
letters and
citations to
Sr. Margaret.
Students (from left)
Dessire Roldan,
Stephanie Rosario and
Mitzie Veillard enjoy the
Inaugural Gala. The
Reilly Center Arena was
turned over in record
time by a terrific crew
made up of maintenance
employees, students and
staff, who set the food
tables and decorated —
all within an hour of the
Inauguration Ceremony.
Some 2,000 members of
the University community
and friends enjoyed the
swing band and dessert
buffet at the Gala.
Sr. Margaret and University Board of Trustees Chair
John “Jack” McGinley Jr. greet former Bona president Fr. Reginald Redlon, O.F.M., Ph.D., at the
Inauguration Ceremony. Also attending the ceremony
were former president Fr. Mathias Doyle, O.F.M., and
interim presidents Sr. Alice Gallin, O.S.U., and Fr.
Dominic Monti, O.F.M.
Trustees Susan Romanski Green and John R. “Jack” McGinley Jr. present Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., with the President’s Medallion.
Above, Student Government Association President Thomas Chew
holds a book containing the first handwritten minutes of incorporation that founded the University as Sr. Margaret recites the oath of
office. At right, Dr. Joseph Zimmer, chair of the Faculty Senate,
offered greetings to the new president on behalf of the faculty.
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Sr. Margaret
welcomes
students
to a special
luncheon in
their honor.
At the Missioning Mass, Sr. Margaret received a bowl and pitcher,
symbolic of her belief in servant leadership, or “washing the feet” of
those she serves.
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A
friar for all seasons
A friar for all students
Supporters
tee off for
scholarship
fundraising
Family and friends of the late Fr. Gervase White
encourage alumni support of scholarship in friar’s name
W
ith a career that spanned
some 47 years of service to
the St. Bonaventure community, the late Fr. Gervase White,
O.F.M., touched the lives of six
decades of students as a friar, educator, mentor and friend. He came to
Bona’s in 1954 and taught through
the final exams of the fall 2001
semester, shortly before his death in
January of 2002. Fr. Gervase had a
great love of theology and of the
teachings of Thomas Merton.
“The Fr. Gervase White, O.F.M.
Scholarship was established when he
passed away. But, because it was
not widely publicized, it has not seen
much growth over the past two
years,” said Janet Glogouski, director
of scholarships and endowments.
But that is about to change as
several of his friends have united to
lead a fund-raising effort to ensure
that the scholarship surpasses the
endowment level of $25,000.
Paul, ’66, and Bonnie, ’69, Duran
donated to the scholarship in a creative way that may be attractive to
others.
“When Paul turned 60,” explained
Bonnie, “he came up with this great
idea, that in lieu of gifts, we asked
our friends to please consider a
donation to the Fr. Gervase White,
SCHOLARSHIP FACTS
• Nearly 90 percent of St. Bonaventure
undergraduate students receive financial aid.
• Less than 6 percent of that amount comes
from endowed scholarship funds.
O.F.M., Scholarship. This was a small
way that we could honor our beloved
friend and give back to our alma
mater where he dedicated his life.”
“He was, truly, a friar for all seasons, a friar for all students,” Bonnie
said.
Fr. Gervase was a popular professor whose classes were always filled
to capacity and whose insights
passed the test of time.
Fr. Francis Storms, O.F.M., a
longtime friend of Fr. Gervase, also
described him as “a friar for all people.” Current students, along with
alumni and those in the surrounding
communities, always knew Fr.
Gervase had time for them. “He was
a very good teacher and a fine friar,”
Fr. Francis said.
Fr. Gervase’s nephew Mark Perry,
’83, saw this firsthand as parishioners in Perry’s hometown of
Dunmore, Pa., developed a 30-year
following of the welcoming priest who
would say Mass in their church
when he was in town.
“Fr. Gervase was Bonaventure to
so many people,” Perry said.
Alumni often say that the lessons
they learned during his Christian
Marriage course have been the moral
principles guiding their lives. His
kindness, knowledge, wit, influence
and contemplative nature reflected
the Franciscan spirit of this charismatic friar.
In keeping with Fr. Gervase’s
commitment to students and alumni,
the scholarship will be awarded to
Fr. Gervase White, O.F.M.
deserving children of alumni.
“The endowed scholarship will
perpetuate his memory and also
continue his life’s work of serving
SBU students by enabling another
generation of young people to experience a St. Bonaventure
Franciscan education,” said Larry
Ford, ’62, who was a student, colleague and friend of the friar.
The committee spearheading the
drive to ensure this scholarship will
become a permanent tribute to Fr.
Gervase includes: Dr. Joseph A.
Zampogna, ’59, of the Department
of Modern Languages; Orrie Jirele,
’62; Larry Ford, ’62; Paul, ’66, and
Bonnie, ’69, Duran; Gene Fahey,
’70; Pat Coyne, ’81, and Mark
Perry, ’83, nephews of Fr. Gervase;
Ellen Perry Reed, ’87, niece of Fr.
Gervase; and Dr. John Watson of
the Department of Management
Sciences and director of the master’s program in Professional
Leadership.
To memorialize this special friar,
please make your check payable to
The Fr. Gervase White Scholarship.
Donations and inquiries may be
directed to Janet Glogouski, director of scholarships and endowments, St. Bonaventure University,
University Relations, P.O. Box
2500, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778,
(716) 375-4084 or
[email protected].
S
t. Bonaventure recently held four
golf tournaments bringing in
thousands in scholarship money
for students.
Thanks, in part, to their success,
endowed scholarships in the names of
four alumni are assisting students at
SBU.
The Fourth William P. “Stax”
McCarthy Golf Tournament, held July 31
at The Links at Hiawatha near
Binghamton, raised more than $10,000
for the endowed scholarship bearing his
name.
More than 80 friends and family
members attended the festivities while
an additional 36 friends who couldn’t
be present made donations. It was
especially meaningful that the first
recipient of the scholarship, Julianne
Kane, ’07, attended the tournament,
where she met many of Stax’s friends
and family.
Stax McCarthy, ’72, was a much
beloved alumnus who faithfully served
his alma mater for many years as a resident director and then as director of
Alumni Services before becoming a successful sales manager for Abbott
Laboratories.
McCarthy was known for his humor,
thoughtfulness, wit and charm, as well
as for his loyalty and love for SBU.
After his March 2000 death, hundreds
of his friends and classmates united to
mount a campaign to create an
endowed scholarship in memory of this
special man. In addition, SBU renamed
the Alumnus of the Year Award in his
See SCHOLARSHIPS, page 17
GOLF OUTING
Bona friends support
scholarships, athletics
Thirty-nine alumni, parents and friends golfed at the Redding
Country Club in West Redding, Conn., Sept. 13. An additional
15 people joined the group for a reception and dinner.
Jim Cattano, ’65, hosted this terrific event, which raised
more than $2,500 for the Students First general scholarship
fund and the athletic department.
Informational presentations were given after dinner by Ron
Zwerlein, Ph.D., director of athletics, and Mary Piccioli, dean of
enrollment. Next year’s golf outing and dinner is scheduled for
July 18, 2005, at The Redding Country Club.
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Dresser-Rand wins Corporate Cup Challenge
Continued from page 16
D
resser-Rand Company won the
University’s 2003-04 Corporate Cup
Challenge with 50-percent participation,
beating out three-year champion General
Electric.
The Corporate Cup Challenge is a challenge
among companies, all with Matching Gift
Programs, that employ Bona grads. The company with the highest percentage of alumni that
participate in the Annual Bonaventure Fund
wins. The participation rate, rather than the dollar amount donated, determines the winner.
This year’s Dresser-Rand captains were Jim
Sorokes, a 1976 alumnus, and his two sisters,
Diana Maguire, ’93, and Kathleen Martel, ’91.
Dresser-Rand, which also sponsors St.
Bonaventure’s “Morning Call” Executive
Breakfast Series, had a participation rate of 50
percent.
For the last three years, General Electric has
claimed and held the prize of an engraved crystal
trophy. This year the GE team, captained by Marv
Stocker, ’65, came in second with 40-percent participation.
IBM, captained by Michael Zick, ’69, came in
third with 37 percent. Xerox, with Kevin Horey,
’85, as captain, came in fourth with 27 percent,
and Verizon, captained by Steve Bunce, ’83,
brought home fifth place with 19-percent participation.
“We appreciate the support of all the companies that offer the Matching Gift Program,” said
Karen Heitzinger, who coordinates the Corporate
Karen Heitzinger (right), development specialist
and Corporate Cup Challenge coordinator for SBU,
presents the Corporate Cup to Dresser-Rand
Company officials (from left) Adam Nightingale,
director of human resources for Dresser-Rand;
Kathleen Martel, engineering development programmer; Diana Maguire, manager, Web communications; and Jim Sorokes, manager of aero-thermal
design engineering.
Cup Challenge for St. Bonaventure. “Our hats are off to
Dresser-Rand for winning the Cup this year, with
thanks to our stellar captains who worked so hard for
this victory.”
Long Island alums meet new president
On Sept. 19, Maureen and Ray Dee, ’64, hosted a brunch at their Sag Harbor, N.Y.,
home to introduce the University’s new president, Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., to
Long Island alumni. Following a Mass celebrated by Fr. Dan Riley, O.F.M., ’64, Sr.
Margaret addressed the gathering to share her vision of SBU’s future and answer
their questions. The group, which included alumni from the 1950s through the
1990s, then had the opportunity to socialize during brunch.
FALL 2004
SCHOLARSHIPS
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honor.
Buffalo has been tabbed as the 2005
tourney site.
The third Annual Gringo Open was held
June 25 at Dunwoodie Golf Course in
Yonkers, N.Y., raising approximately $8,000
for the Robert David Peraza Scholarship at
St. Bonaventure.
This tournament is in remembrance of
Rob Peraza and was established by his parents. Rob was a ’94 graduate of St.
Bonaventure and obtained a degree in business. He was one of the 700 Cantor
Fitzgerald employees who died in the Sept.
11, 2001, tragedy at the World Trade
Center.
Through alumni networking, many different prizes are brought in for raffling. This
past year, a four-night Disney Cruise was
raffled away along with numerous sports
paraphernalia, equipment and event tickets.
For additional information, visit
www.rdperazamemorial.com.
This fall marked the second year that
scholarships in McCarthy’s and Peraza’s
names were awarded.
Alumni and friends of the late Michael
Bedosky raised more than $5,000 with a
golf tournament held June 6 in his memory.
The Fourth Annual Michael Bedosky
Memorial Golf Tournament was held at
Endwell Greens Golf Club in Endwell, N.Y.,
with 92 participants to kick off another successful year. The proceeds of the event benefit the Michael J. Bedosky/Triple Cities
Alumni Scholarship, which is open to students of Broome County in Binghamton.
The tournament attempts to bring in
about 90-100 people and raise $5,0006,000, which they’ve succeeded in since the
memorial tournament’s birth. The tourney
is scheduled for May 29, 2005, on Memorial
Day, and will continue indefinitely.
The 12th Annual Timothy J. Manning
Memorial Golf Tournament is the longestrunning scholarship event in St.
Bonaventure history. On Aug. 14, the tournament raised approximately $2,500. The
tournament is held in memory of Timothy
“Arch” Manning, a 1985 graduate of St.
Bonaventure, and all proceeds benefit the
scholarship in his name.
Tim’s high school and college friends get
together every year to put on the tournament as a “labor of love,” said David
Manning, Tim’s father. Every year the tournament gets a little bigger with giveaways
and prizes. Manning said he hopes to continue this “light-hearted and fun tournament as long as they can.”
Donations and inquiries may be directed
to Janet Glogouski, director of scholarships
and endowments, St. Bonaventure
University, University Relations, P.O. Box
2500, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778, (716) 3754084 or [email protected].
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Junior diver named to NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Babich to serve as voice
for A-10 student-athletes
I
criticism of the NCAA.
n just a few months,
Cynics propose that
St. Bonaventure junior
student-athletes have
Jackie Babich has
no say in the NCAA’s
gone from a relatively
governance. In fact, the
anonymous college stuSAAC has existed since
dent-athlete to a member
1989.
of one of the NCAA’s most
“The SAAC is a
select committees.
viable avenue to give
And it has nothing to
student-athletes a voice
do with her athletic perin their experience and
formance.
a real opportunity for
The NCAA Division I
some input on what
Student-Athlete Advisory
Jackie Babich
affects them on a daily
Committee (SAAC) consists
basis,” Potter said. “On the conferof one student-athlete from each of
ence and national levels, they have a
the 31 Division I conferences. Early
voice for constructive changes. This
in September, Babich was chosen as
gives them a voice because they are
the Atlantic 10 Conference representhe ones who are affected, ultimatetative. Over her two-year term, the
ly.”
Roseville, Mich., native will be the
“I hope it would be a method for
liaison between all Atlantic 10 stuimprovements,” Babich said of her
dent-athletes and the NCAA.
vision for the position. “I’m kind of a
As a diver, Babich is used to permiddle person. I hope that if anybody
forming under pressure with many
has issues or suggestions, they will
people watching her. This assignbring them to me.”
ment, however, is even a bit more
Babich receives a daily e-mail
daunting.
update from the NCAA that includes
“It’s a big task for me,” Babich
news clips, proposed legislation and
said. “I’m not sure how many people
other pertinent information, but her
even know what I’m doing or the purresponsibilities started in earnest the
pose of the SAAC.”
weekend of Sept. 24-26, when she
Her appointment was partly due to
traveled to Philadelphia for a meeting
being in the right place at the right
of the A-10 SAAC reps.
time, but it also is a testament to
Babich and her 30 counterparts
Babich’s ability and experience. She
on the Div. I SAAC will convene at
served in St. Bonaventure’s Student
NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis
Government Association both her
for a workshop Nov. 19-21. They will
freshman and sophomore years, then
then attend the NCAA Convention in
volunteered to be the women’s swimDallas in January.
ming and diving team representative
“As a University and as a departon St. Bonaventure’s SAAC (Studentment, we’re pleased and flattered that
Athlete Advisory Committees exist on
Jackie was chosen,” said director of
the campus, conference and national
athletics Ron Zwierlein, Ph.D.
levels).
“I am confident Jackie will do her
David Potter, St. Bonaventure’s
utmost to support the SAAC mission
assistant athletics director for stuof enhancing the total student-athlete
dent services and coordinator of the
experience by promoting positive
campus SAAC, asked Babich to repchange, creating opportunities, proresent St. Bonaventure on the
tecting student-athlete welfare and
Atlantic 10 SAAC.
fostering a positive image of collegiate
The Div. I SAAC reports directly to
athletes. Although a great deal of
the Division I Management Council,
responsibility comes with her selecwhich is one of the highest governtion, Jackie is more than qualified to
ment bodies in the NCAA. Two SAAC
take on this challenge, becoming the
members participate in each meeting
voice for all A-10 student-athletes,”
of the Management Council as nonhe said.
voting members.
“I hope Jackie can bring the SAAC
Several high-profile student-athinto the mainstream of our campus,
lete eligibility cases of the past
promote community service and outmonths, such as Colorado football
reach programs,” Potter added. “She
player Jeremy Bloom and USC footis a bridge builder.”
ball player Mike Williams, have fueled
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Women’s basketball team makes
Women’s Basketball Coaches of
America Academic Top 25 again
S
t. Bonaventure’s women’s
basketball team has again
earned a place on the 2004
Women’s Basketball Coaches of
America Academic Top 25 Honor
Roll for Division I schools.
The award cites the Bonnies
for earning the nation’s 16th
highest team grade point average
(GPA) for the 2003-04 season. St.
Bonaventure posted a 3.30 GPA,
based on 4.0 scale, for the 200304 academic year.
St. Bonaventure has been listed on the WBCA Honor Roll several times before, most recently
in 2002-03 when the team was
slotted 24th.
“This is a testament to our
players, the faculty and academic
support here at St. Bonaventure,”
said head coach Jim Crowley.
“We have an outstanding tradition of academic success in our
program, which is a direct result
of the tremendous work ethic and
dedication of our student-athletes.”
St. Bonaventure had eight
players named to the 2003-04
Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s
Honor Roll, which recognizes student-athletes with cumulative
GPAs over 3.0: Megan Cable,
Stefanie Collins, Caitlin Crist,
Emma Haywood, Jade Humble,
Audrey Latendresse, Becky
Valenti and Tory Vyborny.
Collins, a physical education
major, was named to the Atlantic
10 Academic All-Conference
Team.
2004-05 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
All times are Eastern
Date
Nov. 20
Opponent
vs. Colgate #
Time
2 p.m.
Nov. 21
TBA
Nov. 27
Dec. 1
vs. St. John’s
or Canisius #
MARIST
at Niagara
noon
7 p.m.
Dec. 4
Dec. 7
NAVY
at Maryland
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
Dec. 11
Dec. 19
STONY BROOK
at Kent State
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
Dec. 21
at Marquette
6 p.m.
Dec. 29
Jan. 1
Jan. 4
Jan. 7
Jan. 9
Jan. 13
Jan. 16
Jan. 20
Jan. 23
Jan. 28
Jan. 30
Feb. 6
Feb. 10
Feb. 13
Feb. 17
Feb. 20
Feb. 25
Feb. 27
SIENA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
RHODE ISLAND
at St. Joseph’s
RICHMOND
at Temple
ST. JOSEPH’S
at Rhode Island
at G. Washington
MASSACHUSETTS
LA SALLE
at Massachusetts
at Fordham
DUQUESNE
TEMPLE
FORDHAM
at Dayton
at Xavier
7 p.m.
Noon
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Noon
TBA
Noon
TBA
2 p.m.
Noon
Noon
Noon
7 p.m.
Noon
7 p.m.
Noon
TBA
2 p.m.
Site
First Arena
(Elmira, N.Y.)
First Arena
(Elmira, N.Y.)
Reilly Center
Gallagher Center
(Lewiston, N.Y.)
Reilly Center
Comcast Center
(College Park, Md.)
Reilly Center
HPER Center
(Kent, Ohio)
McGuire Center
(Milwaukee, Wisc.)
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
Reilly Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
Reilly Center
Kingston, R.I.
Washington, D.C.
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Amherst, Mass.
Bronx, N.Y.
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Dayton, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Home games in ALL CAPS
* - Atlantic 10 Conference game
# - St. Bonaventure Tournament
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SPORTS
BRIEFS
2004-05 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
All times are Eastern and subject to change
Date
Nov. 19
Nov. 23
Nov. 27
Dec. 1
Dec. 4
Dec. 7
Dec. 17
Dec. 20
Dec. 22
Dec. 28
Dec. 29
Jan. 5
Jan. 8
Jan. 12
Jan. 19
Jan. 23
Jan. 26
Jan. 29
Feb. 2
Feb. 5
Feb. 9
Feb. 12
Feb. 16
Feb. 19
Feb. 22
Feb. 26
March 5
March 9-12
Opponent
at Iona
MARIST
vs. Canisius
at Syracuse
CORNELL
at West Virginia
at Arkansas-Little Rock
NIAGARA
GEORGE MASON
Flint Hill Islander Invitational
vs. Northern Illinois
Flint Hill Islander Invitational
vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
or Alcorn St.
at Rhode Island *
La SALLE *
GEORGE WASHINGTON *
at Temple *
at Duquesne *
MASSACHUSETTS *
TEMPLE *
SAINT JOSEPH’S *
at Massachusetts *
at Fordham *
RHODE ISLAND *
at Xavier *
at Saint Joseph’s *
DAYTON *
FORDHAM *
at Richmond *
Atlantic 10 Championship
Time
7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
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Carrier Dome (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Reilly Center
Charleston (W.Va.) Civic Center
Alltel Arena (Little Rock, Ark.)
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
(Corpus Christi, Texas)
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Ryan Center (Kingston, R.I.)
Reilly Center
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Liacouras Center (Philadelphia)
Palumbo Center (Pittsburgh)
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Mullins Center (Amherst, Mass.)
Rose Hill Gym (Bronx, N.Y.)
Reilly Center
Cintas Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Alumni Fieldhouse (Philadelphia)
Reilly Center
Reilly Center
Robins Center (Richmond, Va.)
U.S. Bank Arena
(Cincinnati, Ohio)
Home games in ALL CAPS
* - Atlantic 10 Conference game
Lacrosse and swimming teams earn academic awards
In addition to women’s basketball, three other St. Bonaventure teams also earned national academic
kudos. Women’s lacrosse won an “Academic Squad” award from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse
Coaches Association, which is presented to teams who post a grade point average of 3.0 or better. The
Bonnies, who are coached by Tony Zostant, were one of just 25 NCAA Division I teams recognized during
the 2003-04 academic year. Laura Spaulding, who graduated in May, and junior Kristin Kohl were both
named to the IWLCA’s 2004 Academic Honor Roll.
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were recognized by the College Swimming Coaches
of America as Academic All-American squads. The women’s team, which is coached by Lance Brennan, was
ranked third out of the 74 schools listed with a combined grade point average of 3.54 for the spring semester.
This is the fourth consecutive semester the women’s team has earned this honor. The men’s team, coached by
Sean McNamee, was included in a group of 50 teams and had a combined GPA of 2.91.
Bona’s chosen for CHAMPS/Life Skills program
St. Bonaventure is one of 42 NCAA institutions
and conference offices that have been selected into
the CHAMPS (Challenging Athletes’ Minds for
Personal Success)/Life Skills program for 2004-05.
NCAA members must apply for this educational
outreach program and not all are accepted.
“The CHAMPS/Life Skills program will provide
St. Bonaventure student-athletes with a support
system of balanced life-learning skills so they may
competitively participate in the most important contest of all, ‘the game of life’,” said Ron Zwierlein,
FALL 2004
Ph.D., St. Bonaventure’s director of athletics. “The
design of the program is to address the changing
needs and skills of student-athletes in the years
during their college experience with carry-overs to
life after graduation. Selection into this program
will assist St. Bonaventure Athletics by adding to
the already outstanding existing programs provided
by our Student Services office.”
David Potter, assistant athletics director for student services, will coordinate the CHAMPS/Life
Skills program at St. Bonaventure.
Former guard Green
to play in France
Former St. Bonaventure point guard
Marques Green has signed a contract with
Chorale Roanne of France’s Pro A League.
Green, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, had two stints in the
NBA’s summer league, playing with the
Philadelphia 76ers and the Dallas Mavericks.
Green finished his collegiate career as the
highest scoring guard in St. Bonaventure history with 1,734 points, good for seventh place on
the school’s all-time scoring chart. He holds
St. Bonaventure records for career assists
(657), steals (325) and three-point field goals
(281). The Norristown, Pa., native was named
to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference team three
times and the National Association of
Basketball Coaches All-District team twice over
his career.
Green is the seventh former St.
Bonaventure student-athlete to sign a professional basketball contract since 2000. Green’s
former teammate, guard J.R. Bremer, has
played in the NBA since 2002 with Boston,
Cleveland and Golden State. Bremer was
selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in last
spring’s NBA expansion draft. Two of Green’s
former teammates, 2001 graduate Peter Van
Paassen and 2003 graduate Patricio Prato,
have played in Europe since graduating from
St. Bonaventure. Other recent St. Bonaventure
graduates who have played professionally are
Kevin Houston, ’01, David Messiah Capers, ’00,
and Tim Winn, ’00.
Tip-off set for
annual Gala
The fifth Tip-off Gala will be held on
Saturday, Nov. 6, at the new Premier Banquet
Center in Olean. The unofficial start to the
Bonnies’ seasons and the largest single fundraiser for the Athletic Department, the 2004 Gala
will feature “A Night On Broadway” as its theme.
The evening will begin with a social hour at
6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The Gala
also will include a silent auction, casino gaming and music by The Krew Brothers. All men’s
and women’s basketball players and coaches
will be in attendance.
Tickets are $75 per person. “Bona Backer”
tables that include a men’s or a women’s player
at the table are $750. Proceeds benefit St.
Bonaventure’s Athletic programs. To make a
reservation, contact Karen Hill at (716) 3754046 or via e-mail at [email protected].
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Your personal Bona history helps to shape our future
By Joseph V. Flanagan, ’74, director of Alumni Services
As you can imagine, this fall has been a very
exciting time at the University. Sr. Margaret
Carney’s inauguration as 20th president was a
wonderful coming together of the Bona community. Many alums and friends joined us for the
celebration Oct. 1.
Over the coming months, alumni, parents
and friends will have the opportunity to meet Sr.
Margaret at various alumni receptions. When
you receive a notice that she will be in your
area, I hope you will be able to meet her.
Perhaps you would like to volunteer to serve on
1940s
••••••••••
1949 — Albert Cecchi of Olean was
named as the St. Bonaventure University
Fan of the Year in recognition of his support of the St. Bonaventure basketball program. Cecchi will be recognized at the
Coaches vs. Cancer “Basket Ball” Gala at
Adam’s Mark Hotel in Buffalo Oct. 29.
1950s
••••••••••
Class of 1955 — Celebrate your 50th
anniversary of graduating from Bona’s
during Reunion Weekend, June 3-5, 2005.
1950 — John E. Monico marked his
20th year of retirement from IBM last
March. He and his wife are enjoying living in Endicott, N.Y.
1952 — Pat Farenga, of Tuckahoe, N.Y.,
was selected as the Daily Point of Light
for June 15. Farenga, owner of a family
funeral business in New York City for the
past 38 years, is president of Columbus
Alliance, a philanthropic ItalianAmerican club in Bronx County, N.Y. In
1981, Farenga was instrumental in
organizing a humanitarian effort to assist
the victims of the devastating earthquake
in southern Italy. As a result of this particular project, Farenga was sent
$15,000, all of which he donated to the
Columbus Alliance. In addition to his
work with the Columbus Alliance,
Farenga is a 45-year member of Kiwanis
International Worldwide Service
Organization, a charter member and
president of the local North East Bronx
Club and had a lifetime membership
bestowed upon him by the Kiwanis Club
of Hartsdale, N.Y., where as a member in
1968, he was elected lieutenant governor
of the Bronx-Westchester Division. Most
recently, Farenga has worked with the
mayor and school superintendent of
Tuckahoe High School for “The First Year
Remembrance of Our Never Forgotten
Heroes — The World Trade Center
Tragedy — September 11, 2001.” The
Daily Points of Light Award is given by
The Points of Light Foundation &
Volunteer Center National Network, in
partnership with the Knights of
Columbus and the Corporation for
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the welcoming committee (see below).
In the life of a University, tradition and history are as important as a vision for the future.
The past helps to shape the future.
We have turned a corner in Bona history and
look forward to our 150th anniversary in 2008.
We bring all that is good in the life of SBU with
us on this journey together. Your personal Bona
history is an important part of that effort.
Finally, we are embarking on our most ambitious Bona Time Out/Mountain on the Road programs. Over a number of years these programs
National and Community Service. It is
designed to honor individuals and organizations who have made a commitment to
connect Americans through service to
help meet critical needs in their communities and in the nation. Henry Mont
“couldn’t stand retirement!” after retiring
as a manufacturing representative for 40
years. He went back to work full time as
a sales and marketing vice president.
1959 — Dr. Dennis M. Curley retired
after 40 years of teaching biology at Long
Island University – Brooklyn. He has
moved to a new home and spends his
time working on the house and traveling.
1960s
have grown both in the cities we have visited, as
well as in the number of alumni and friends who
have joined us. They are another way to kindle
the Bona spirit.
We are looking forward to our West Coast
swing with Fr. Dan Riley, O.F.M. and Bona students. We’ll be in Denver on Feb. 24, 2005,
Phoenix on Feb. 25 and in the San Francisco
Bay area on Feb. 26.
If you want to help in any way, please contact
the Office of Alumni Services at (716) 375-2302
or [email protected].
career and philanthropic achievements,
as well as for their ability to demonstrate
how their involvement in the Association
has contributed directly to significant
career achievements. Verso is a physician
with Phoenix Endocrinology Clinic, a private endocrinology practice. She is one of
two physicians at the clinic. She also is
on the staff of two hospitals and available
for consultations; is preceptor for at least
three months a year at Good Samaritan
Hospital; is preceptor for two residents a
year at Phoenix Baptist Hospital; and is
responsible for several neuroendocrine
conferences at Burrows Neurological
Institute, St. Joseph’s Medical Center.
Verso is the incoming president of the
Arizona Chapter of the American
Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
1963 — James E. Russell and his wife,
Rose Marie, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 16.
1964 — Gary Sherburne and his wife,
MaryAnn, of State College, Pa., formerly
••••••••••
Class of 1965 — Celebrate your 40th
anniversary of graduating from Bona’s
during Reunion Weekend, June 3-5, 2005.
1960 — Dr. Richard V. Mancuso has
worked at Brockport State for 35 years,
serving as Department of Physics chair
since 1982.
1962 — Robert L. “Bob” McCully was
awarded the Excellence in Teaching
Award for Maine for 2004. He continues
to teach math, coach basketball and tennis and advise the Student Council at
Falmouth (Maine) High School. Benjamin
D. Miyares is vice president of industry
relations for the Packaging Machinery
Manufacturers’ Institute, which takes
him to speak all over the world. Rev.
John J. Rooney (’64 MA) has retired as
pastor of Sacred Heart of Mary Church in
Watervliet, N.Y. M.A. “Toni” Verso,
M.D., of Tempe, Ariz.,
was selected as one of
the 2005 Top Ten
Business Women of
the American
Business Women’s
Association. Each
year, ABWA recognizes 10 members for
outstanding career
Dr. Toni Verso
achievements, community involvement,
professional development and educational accomplishments. Those selected represent ABWA and its ideals during a year
of travel, public speaking and mentoring.
Winners were selected for their many
Photo by Simon Wheeler, Journal photo editor
What is brown and white and read
all over? The Ithaca Journal
S
t. Bonaventure was well represented at the Ithaca Journal last summer: Of a
staff of 26 professionals and six interns, four professionals and two interns
came by way of Bona’s. Clockwise from top left are assistant news editor Steve
Gattine, ’98, copy editor Jessica Keltz, ’01, copy editor Jody Roselle, ’02, intern
Zach Beach, ’07, and assistant managing editor Dave Bohrer, ’77. Missing from the
photo is intern Brian Bohrer, ’06. All came through the School of Journalism/Mass
Communication except Gattine, who started in J/MC before switching to philosophy.
He has been at The Journal for almost four years. Keltz worked as a full-time copy
editor and reporter at The Journal before leaving last summer to attend University at
Buffalo law school. She spent the summer in Ithaca and helped out as a part-time
copy editor before returning to school. Roselle has been at The Journal for a year.
Dave Bohrer has been at The Journal for five years. On one July night, they had an
all-Bona copy desk of Gattine, Roselle, Keltz and Dave Bohrer. “The compliment
from the non-Bona editors is that we come prepared,” Dave Bohrer said.
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of Olean, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary Aug. 22,
2004. They were
married Aug. 22,
1964, at St.
Mary of the
Angels Church
in Olean. The
Sherburnes have
three children
and three grandchildren. They
are enjoying
retirement.
and program functions including finance,
membership, education, meetings, human
resources, and information technology.
Lewicki holds a master’s degree in public
administration from George Washington
University. She is also a certified association executive, a professional and national
credential awarded through the American
Society of Association Executives.
Gary and MaryAnn
Sherburne
1966 — Sally (Metzo) Pinchock was one
of 25 “influential” women chosen this year
by Business Direct Weekly, a subsidiary of
the Ann Arbor (Mich.) News. Pinchock was
recognized for the influence she had with
her small business clients, especially
women and minorities, during her eightyear tenure with the Michigan Small
Business & Technology Development
Center. John “Jack” Ryan, after 30 years
with the New York Department of Health,
retired in February 2003. He and his wife,
Margaret, spend most of the year in their
home in Pompano Beach, Fla.
1968 — Thomas G. Pitts retired from
Goodrich Optical Systems in Danbury,
Conn., in January. He and his wife, Paula,
built a new home in Quechee, Vt. Pitts is
an adjunct professor in physics/general
science at New Hampshire Community
Technical College. William Wynne is vice
president of advancement at McQuaid
Jesuit High School in Rochester.
1969 — Barbara Chesnut of Sand Lake,
N.Y., marked 33 years of teaching in June.
The spring issue of BonAlumnus incorrectly indicated Chesnut had retired. Alan A.
Fantuzzo is chief of staff at Bath
Veterans’ Hospital after serving as president of the medical staff at the facility.
Edward F. Saroney
III, CPA, ABV, CVA
and a principal with
Fagliarone Group
CPAs, PC, was
appointed to the Board
of the Oswego Tobacco
Asset Securitization
Corporation. The notfor-profit corporation
Edward
was formed for acquirSaroney
ing Oswego County’s
tobacco assets under the New York state
1998 Master Settlement Agreement.
Saroney is an independent board member
and co-treasurer of the organization. At
Fagliarone, Saroney specializes in business
valuations and business forecasts/projections. He lives in Camillus, N.Y.
1970s
••••••••• •
Class of 1975 — Celebrate your 30th
anniversary of graduating from Bona’s
during Reunion Weekend, June 3-5, 2005.
1970 — Jane C. Lewicki, CAE, is chief
operating office of the Alexander Graham
Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing. She oversees AG Bell’s operations
FALL 2004
1972 — Barbara
(Stamp) Davis is vice
president of Human
Resources &
Organizational
Development with
Wilson Greatbatch
Technologies, Inc. The
company, located in
Barbara Davis
Clarence, N.Y., is a
world leader in the
development, design and manufacture of
critical application power sources and specialized components. Davis received her
MBA from Arizona State University and is
a graduate of Leadership Buffalo, Inc. She
lives in East Amherst, N.Y., with her husband and two sons.
1974 — Nick F. Aramino operates two
ladies health and fitness center franchises
with his wife. The Contours Express centers are located in Leesburg, Fla., and
Mount Dora, Fla.
Valerie Cronin, director of Imaging Services
for Mercy Hospital of
Buffalo, a member of
the Catholic Health
System, has been chosen president-elect of
the Society of Nuclear
Medicine Technologist
Valerie Cronin
Section (SNMTS). She
will serve the
Technologist Section as president-elect
through June 2005 and as president from
June 2005 to June 2006. Cronin has held
a variety of leadership positions within the
SNMTS at the regional and national levels.
She has also been active in the
Technologist Section’s government relations programs. Cronin has worked for
passage of the Consumer Assurance of
Radiologic Excellence (CARE) bill at the
national level and organized a network of
grassroots political activists, the “State
Health Policy Liaisons,” to work for passage and encourage individual states to
license nuclear medicine and other radiologic technologists. She was elected a
Fellow of the SNMTS in June 2002. A resident of North Tonawanda, Cronin oversees
Imaging Services at five locations affiliated
with Mercy Hospital, with an annual volume in excess of 200,000 procedures. She
has also been a working nuclear medicine
technologist, certified by the Nuclear
Medicine Technology Certification Board, a
research technologist and educator.
Thomas P. McElroy is director of athletics
at the University of Rhode Island, where
he oversees an athletics operation that has
22 intercollegiate sports and a recreational
services program, which includes 14 club
sports and intramurals. The Department
of Athletics at URI has a budget of about
$14.5 million and serves about 500 intercollegiate student-athletes. He plays critical roles in budgeting, fund-raising and
marketing for athletics. As deputy director
at the University of Connecticut since
August 2001, McElroy managed the
school’s transition to NCAA Division 1-A
football, which also included construction
and operations of a $91 million, 40,000seat football stadium. Prior to his work at
UConn, McElroy worked at the Big East
from 1981 to 2001. In 1993, he won an
Emmy Award in the New England region
for a live sports series — Big East Football
Game of the Week. He has been nominated five other times for Emmy awards.
Before working at the Big East, McElroy
held a variety of positions at St.
Bonaventure from 1974 to 1981, including
director of public relations and sports
information, director of public relations
and coordinator of alumni services. Karen
(Luciano) O’Donnell of Geneva, N.Y.,
received a State University of New York
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for
2004, considered the highest honor award
presented by the SUNY System. O’Donnell,
a professor in the Department of
Developmental Studies at Finger Lakes
Community College, received the
Excellence in Teaching Award. O’Donnell
uses a variety of teaching strategies, keeping her skills current through professional
development. She is a published author of
journal articles and book reviews. She has
served in leadership roles for the
International Reading Association,
Rochester Area Council and Lake Counties
Counsel, and in the New York College
Learning Skills Association. O’Donnell and
her husband, John “Jack,” ’73, serve as
alumni representatives at college fairs in
the Rochester area. They are the parents
of two sons.
1975 — David J. Gleinn, after 35 years of
teaching and attaining a doctorate of education from the University of Pennsylvania,
has “finally” retired. He and his wife
worked in the areas of gifted education
and ESOL for the Miami-Dade County
school system. Their children are grown
and now they can spend time just as they
want, he writes. He’d like to hear from
other alums at: [email protected]
1976 — John E. Bartimole was honored
with the LOUIE Award, given by the
Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce
for service to the community. He serves as
chief executive officer of the Southern Tier
Health Care System and was recently
appointed by Gov. George Pataki to the
New York State Rural Health Council. He
lives in Olean with his wife of 25 years,
Carmella (MS, ’87) and their three daughters. His e-mail address is [email protected]. Joan KurkowskiGillen earned four writing awards at the
2004 Catholic Press Awards national convention on May 26 in Washington, D.C.
She earned awards for: BEST FEATURE
WRITING for diocesan newspapers with
circulation of 17,001 to 40,000 — first
place for “Galilee Radio;” BEST PERSONALITY PROFILE for diocesan newspapers
with a circulation of 17,001 to 40,000 —
second place for “Take a Stand for Life;”
BEST REPORTING ON TEENAGERS for
diocesan newspapers with a circulation of
17,001 to 40,000 — first place for “In the
Company of Champions;” BEST SPORTS
NEWS for diocesan newspapers with a cir-
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Fr. Julian
Davies, O.F.M.
Fr. Capistran
Hanlon, O.F.M.
Friars celebrate
Golden Jubilees
T
wo Franciscan friars who
earned their undergraduate degrees at St.
Bonaventure celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their first profession of vows.
Fr. Julian Davies, O.F.M., ’56,
and Fr. Capistran Hanlon,
O.F.M., ’56, were received into
the Province of the Most Holy
Name of Jesus, Franciscan Order
of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) in 1953
in Paterson, N.J., and each professed his first vows in 1954. Six
years later, following theology
studies at Holy Name College in
Washington, D.C., Fr. Julian and
Fr. Capistran were ordained to
priesthood.
Fr. Julian holds a bachelor’s
degree in philosophy from St.
Bonaventure and master’s and
doctoral degrees from Fordham
University. He began his teaching
career at St. Bonaventure
University, and has taught at
Siena College since 1969, where
he is a professor of philosophy,
college archivist, and national
alumni chaplain. His publications include “Ockham on
Aristotle’s Physics” (Franciscan
Institute, 1989) and “A
Compendium of Ockham’s
Teachings” (Franciscan Institute,
1998) and he has edited the
annals of his Franciscan province
since 1983. Fr. Julian is also
spiritual assistant to a fraternity
of Secular Franciscans that
meets at Siena College, and
works with Marriage Retorno, a
spiritual renewal program for
married couples.
Fr. Capistran holds degrees in
philosophy and sociology from St.
Bonaventure, and in anthropology from the University of
Colorado, where he obtained his
Ph.D. He began his teaching
career at Siena College in 1961,
and has served full time since
1971 in the Sociology
Department. Fr. Capistran is also
a chaplain for the Ancient Order
of Hibernians and the Town of
Colonie (N.Y.) Police Department.
The two were joined by classmates and other friars for a golden anniversary celebration in the
college chapel June 24.
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culation of 17,001 to 40,000 — first place for “In the
Company of Champions.” Kurkowski-Gillen writes for
the North Texas Catholic. She and her husband, Kevin
Gillen, ’74, live in Saginaw, Texas. F. Gregory
MacConnell and his wife, Ellyn, moved to Austin,
Texas, in January. He is the director of academic support and retention programs at St. Edward’s University.
They are enjoying Austin as well as being close to their
two grandchildren, who live in Houston. They can be
reached at [email protected]
1977 — John F. Whipple Jr., CPA,
of the Olean and Jamestown certified
public accounting offices of
Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C.,
has been recognized as a certified
valuation analyst by the National
Association of Certified Valuation
Analysts. Whipple, who lives with his
family in Olean, is a shareholder and
officer in the CPA firm.
1980s
Wagner & Evans. Kenyon is a member of the Defense
Research Institute, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana,
Robert A. Grant Inn of Court, American Bar Association,
Indiana State Bar Association and St. Joseph County
Bar Association. She has served as an adjunct professor
for Indiana University in South Bend and has also
coached and judged moot court trial competitions at
Notre Dame and Indiana University, as well as St.
Joseph’s High School.
1983 — Tim Long is a full professor in the Department
of Chemistry at Virginia Tech. He leads an international
research group consisting of nearly 20 researchers dealing with macromolecular science and engineering.
John Whipple
•••••••••••
Class of 1980 — Celebrate your 25th anniversary of
graduating from Bona’s during Reunion Weekend,
June 3-5, 2005.
1980 — Colleen (Hartigan) Buchauer was named
Teacher of the Year for the 2003-2004 school year. She
is a fourth-grade teacher at East Elementary School in
Statesville, N.C., where she lives with her husband,
Brian, and their two children. Marianne Comfort
entered the novitiate for the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet, Albany (N.Y.) Province.
1981 — CDR Craig A. Larson retired June 25 after 22
years of active duty service in the United States Navy.
During his career, he was stationed at San Diego, Calif.;
Athens, Ga.; Norfolk, Va.; Alameda, Calif.; Bremerton,
Wash.; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Present at the
after-party were fellow alumni Jim Wojtanik, ’80, and
Cathy (Cioffe) Tighe, ’82. Kevin Sutton is vice president and unit head of a not-for-profit service team at
State Street Corp. in Boston.
1982 — Nick Przystawski, D.P.M., presented a lecture
on diabetic foot surgery at an international meeting held
in Paris, France, from July 8-13. Lt. Col. Steve
Schrader, USAF, retired from the Air Force after 22
years of service and accepted a position with Raytheon
Space Aeronautical Systems in Dallas. He and his family
have relocated from Fredericksburg, Va., to Murphy,
Texas. Sean E. Kenyon has joined Hoeppner Wagner &
Evans LLP’s Merrillville, Ind., office as an associate in
the Trial and Appellate Practice Segment. Her practice is
focused on civil litigation and insurance coverage matters, and she devotes a significant part of her practice to
handling appeals of trial court decisions. Kenyon is an
experienced trial lawyer, and was a partner in a South
Bend, Ind., litigation firm before joining Hoeppner
1984 — Rob Buckla was awarded his doctorate in education May 14 from Vanderbilt University. His dissertation was titled “Organizational Culture and Alumni
Annual Giving at Private Colleges and Universities.” He
is a Chicago-based consultant on capital and endowment fund raising and institutional advancement leadership for colleges, universities, independent schools and
not-for-profit organizations. He may be reached at
[email protected]. Rev. Anthony J. Ciorra, Ph.D., is
dean of the Graduate School of Religion and Religious
Education at Fordham University. He most recently
served as director of the Center for Theological and
Spiritual Development, a professor of theology and the
college chaplain at the College of Saint Elizabeth in
Convent Station, N.J. At Saint Elizabeth’s, Fr. Anthony
was instrumental in restructuring the Office of Ministry,
which focused on lay ministry formation, into the
vibrant Center for Theological and Spiritual
Development, which now offers numerous programs
including pastoral conferences, six certificate programs,
distance learning initiatives and a summer institute in
theology, spirituality and scripture that attracts more
than 700 students. In recognition of his outstanding
service to Saint Elizabeth’s, the college awarded him the
Caritas Centennial Award in 2000. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For the
Church and the Pope) award, which he received from
Pope John Paul II in 1998 in recognition of his dedication and service to the church. Sr. Laura Morgan was
elected assistant provincial for the Franciscan
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Peekskill, N.Y.
Scott Sweetland is a professor of education, finance
and business at the Ohio State University. He and his
wife, Yuerong, live in Columbus, Ohio. Patti D.
Weisgerber’s short story, “The Beekman Hill Window
Box Contest,” is included in the short story anthology
SmokeLong Annual 2003-2004, which is available
through CafePress.com. It was originally published in
Issue Three of SmokeLong Quarterly.
1987 — Tim Devin is corporate sales manager for DiVal
Safety Equipment in Buffalo. He lives in Pendleton with
his wife, Maureen, and three children. John Gangi has
been teaching eighth grade special education students
at a Bronx Middle School (M.S. 127) for the past 14
years. He and his wife of 10 years, Giovanna, live in the
Bronx with their son. Nanci (Stickevers) Oehrlein is
Marine chaplain named auxiliary bishop for military archdiocese
St. Bonaventure University graduate and head chaplain at the Marine Corps base in Hawaii Msgr. Joseph
Estabrook has been designated by Pope John Paul II as
one of two auxiliary bishops of the U.S. Catholic
Archdiocese for the Military Services.
A Navy Chaplain since 1977 and priest of the
Diocese of Albany, N.Y., Estabrook ministers to military
personnel helping them make good moral decisions
under difficult circumstances. He has been counseling
Marines before and after their service in Iraq and aims
to give them “moral and spiritual readiness.”
He attended Christ the King Seminary in St.
Bonaventure, N.Y., and St. Bonaventure University. In
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1969, he was ordained a priest of the Albany diocese
and was diocesan family life director before entering the
Navy Chaplaincy.
The military archdiocese Estabrook will be working
under provides pastoral care to more than 1.4 million
Catholics, including 375,000 people in uniform and
more than 900,000 family members of active duty personnel, as well as 300,000 Catholics in the Reserve and
Coast Guard.
He has served as executive assistant to the Navy
Chief of Chaplains in Washington, senior chaplain of the
U.S. Pacific Unified Command and ethics consultant to
the navy Surgeon General.
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Dr. Dave Chili and Dr. Bill Powers met for the first
time since graduating from Bona’s in 1968. They are
providing dental care to soldiers at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
reliving her college radio days by moderating live oncamera Web events for the IT Channel community. She
welcomes e-mail at [email protected]. She lives in East
Northport, N.Y., with her husband, Kurt, and her son.
1988 — Linda (Merten) Bader’s Christmas present in
December 2003 was to resign from a part-time Oracle
senior developer position to become a full-time mom.
When their two boys are sleeping, she and her husband,
Richard, continue remodeling the home and gardens.
This fall, Linda will likely rejoin the employed part time.
Eugene G. Caulfield is a national account manager
with Consultedge in Whippany, N.J. He lives in
Wharton, N.J., with his wife, Michelle, and two daughters. Patricia M. (Hennessy) Dun is vice president of
public relations at Goff & Howard, Inc., a public relations/public affairs company in which she is also part
owner. She lives in Minneapolis, Minn., with her husband, John and twin boys. Steve Hayes earned certification as a “six sigma black belt” and has joined the
Bank of America’s Quality and Productivity team supporting the bank’s Wealth and Investment Management
business. Jim Petcoff has relocated to Pittsford, N.Y.,
where he accepted a position at Paychex as Finance
Manager. Kelley Williams of Monroe Township, N.J., is
assistant shelter director at Catholic Charities in the
Diocese of Metuchen.
1989 — Victoria Corderi, an NBC News correspondent,
will deliver the keynote address at the 10th Annual
ATHENA Award Luncheon Jan. 13, 2005, in Rochester.
Corderi joined NBC News in 1994 as a correspondent for
Dateline NBC. An innovative work-sharing arrangement
allows her to report for Dateline NBC on a part-time
basis and devote time to raising her children as
well. Corderi came to NBC News from WABC-TV in New
York City, where she was an anchor and reporter. Before
that, she was with CBS News (1985-1992) where she
served as a correspondent for the newsmagazines 48
Hours and Street Stories. During her first three years at
the network, she covered Central America for the CBS
Evening News with Dan Rather, and during her last
year, she served as a news anchor for the CBS Morning
News. For her work at 48 Hours, Corderi won three
national news Emmys and a George Foster Peabody
Award for Excellence in Journalism. She also received
the Las Primeras Award for being one of the first
Hispanic network anchors, and she has been named to
the Who’s Who Among Hispanic Americans. In 1997,
she received an Edward R. Murrow Award for her investigative journalism. She and her husband live with their
four children in suburban Maryland. Maj. Patrick
Frank returned from Iraq with the 101st Airborne
Division and is currently assigned as the aide-de-camp
for the secretary of the Army at the Pentagon. Dawn
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Ciciola Marcianti is a vice president at Goldman Sachs
in their fixed income currencies and commodities division. She and her husband, Joseph, have bought a
Victorian home, circa 1898, in Crestwood, N.Y., which
they are restoring to its original character. John Prise
and Tim Prise, ’91, have opened their new office of
First Prise Properties in a restored 1800’s barn on Park
Club Lane in Williamsville, N.Y. They have acquired
more than 400 apartments in Erie and Niagara counties.
They both have two children and live in Clarence, N.Y.
Thomas L. Scanlan is an account manager for the allelectronic fixed income trading platform BrokerTec, a
division of Garban-Intercapital, the world’s largest interdealer broker in the over-the-counter financial markets.
James M. Wogick is a senior project manager for The
Lawrence Allen Group of Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. He
most recently completed a $14 million highrise renovation in Detroit and is currently working on a high-tech
cancer treatment center in Morris, Ill.
1990s
Alums win state AP
broadcasting awards
Four St. Bonaventure grads attended the
annual awards banquet for the New York State
Associated Press Broadcasters Association, held
June 5 in Lake Placid.
AP Albany Broadcast Editor Chris Carola, ’81,
of Saratoga Springs was accompanied to the banquet by Kelley (Lester) Johnson, ’82, of
Clarence. Carola presented awards to two fellow
grads: Mark Scott, ’77, news director of WBFO,
and Monica (Wieleba) Wilson, ’84, news director
at WBEN. The Buffalo stations each won two firstplace awards for their news coverage in 2003.
Wilson is also a member of the state broadcasters
association board.
•••••••••••
1990 — Mary Bergan has moved to Camillus, N.Y., with
her husband, Jamie. Mary is a stay-at-home mom to
three boys. Lisa Jo Patten Looney, along with her husband, Doug, and three children have moved to Bolivia,
South America. They plan to collaborate with close
friend and Bona grad Tim Provencal, ’89, and his wife,
Maggie, who also live in Bolivia with their family. Both
families have three and a half year contracts with
Maryknoll. Lisa Jo would love to hear from you: [email protected]. Henry J. Russell is part of the
Advanced Imaging magazine staff that was recognized by
CommerceConnect president Paul Mackler for “extraordinary performance in achieving your magazine’s 2003
contribution goals.”
1991 — Robert S. McDow is project administrator for
the Buffalo Board of Education of a $1 billion school
reconstruction project that will encompass a five-phase,
10-year reconstruction period. This reconstruction project will help reconstruct all of Buffalo’s 76 schools and
will involve the building of potentially five new schools. Louis C. Sigillo
is vice president of customer service
for Verizon Wireless for the Midwest
area. Sigillo will be responsible for
the Midwest area’s six customer
service centers, including the center
in Murfreesboro, Tenn., which supports local number portability call
activity company-wide. He is based
Louis Sigillo
in Elgin, Ill. John M. Titus graduated from Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary with a master in divinity (M.Div.) degree. He is
a candidate for minister of Word and Sacrament under
care of Pittsburgh Presbytery in the Presbyterian Church
(USA). Titus served as chair of the Peace & Justice
Fellowship while attending seminary and as an advisory
delegate to the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church
USA in 2003.
1992 — Kevin L. Lennox is a high school history
teacher in Santa Teresa, N.M. Lennox returned from the
war in Iraq in May 2003 as a staff sergeant in the U.S.
Army. After his return, he was awarded the Army
Commendation Medal and in November 2003 was given
a direct commission to Second Lieutenant in the New
Mexico Army National Guard. In February, he was notified that he would be added to the latest edition of the
“Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” after being
nominated for this distinction by students and faculty.
Edward Garry, vice president of CRM Solutions with
Bank of America, is responsible for driving the CRM
strategy and designing CRM Systems for Bank of
America’s entire Wealth Management Division. Paul
Hartwick was named senior manager of internal communication for Chase Card Services, the Wilmington,
Del.-based credit card organization created by the merger of Bank One and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Hartwick,
a first vice president in the Business Affairs group, is
responsible for employee and executive communication
for the credit card division, which has nearly 20,000
employees. With almost 90 million accounts, Chase Card
Services is the nation’s second-largest credit card issuer.
David Spadone (MBA ’93) is a self-employed accountant in the Buffalo area. He welcomes e-mails at
[email protected].
1993 — Andrew Cappotelli (MBA, ’96) is the director
of internal audit for Gibraltar Steel in Buffalo. In this
new position, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s Internal Audit Department. Cappotelli lives in
Orchard Park with his wife, Molly, and two daughters.
Chris “Happy” Hempstead has a son and twin daughters. He is enjoying the Jersey Shore and fishing. He
recently attended Brian Kelleher’s (’93) wedding in
Birmingham, Ala. Bobbi Jo Clark-Baldwin is the senior
prevention educator at the Allegany Council on
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc., in Wellsville.
1994 — Ronald A. Motta is a staff researcher at
Playboy Magazine. Previously, he has worked for Ladies
Home Journal, Vibe, MTV and NBC. He resides in Astoria,
N.Y., with his wife, Jill. Marybeth Nelson is a physician
assistant for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston
as part of a specialized clinical and research team in the
development of new treatments options for patients with
advanced melanoma. Joseph Scrocca received a master’s
degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of
Texas at Austin, and is an instructor of American politics
at the United States Military Academy at West Point while
pursuing his doctorate in public administration at the
Wagner School at NYU. Regina (Aboia) Vall has been living in Northern Virginia for the past seven years. She
works for Loudoun County Public Schools and completed
her sixth year as head coach for the boys’ and girls’ varsity
swim team at Broad Run High School. She has been
named the department chair for special education for the
newest high school in the county, Dominion High School.
She welcomes e-mail at [email protected]. Lorenzo
Ylizarde is a corporate sales trainer for KOS
Pharmaceuticals and is living in Parlin, N.J. with his wife,
Terra (James), ’95, and their two children.
1995 — Jason Abreau is a specialty representative at
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. He works as a central nervous
system representative in New York City. Patrick A.
McCarthy has completed nine years of teaching English
in South America. He is presently living at Mt. Irenaeus
and has accepted the role of Mountain Companion until
May of 2005. Margaret “Meg” Donnelly Metcalf was
awarded National Board Certification in the field of special education in December 2003. She joins less than
300 teachers in the state of New York who have achieved
national board certification to date. The yearlong process
totaled nearly 400 hours of work. Metcalf had to build
and submit a portfolio, which included two submissions
of videos of her teaching skills, and had to demonstrate
how she designed programs for the individual student
and conducted evaluations. In addition to the portfolio,
she took timed assessment tests, such as how she
would modify math and science for special education
students. Metcalf, a special education teacher at Canton
Central School, lives in Canton, N.Y., with her husband,
Matt, ’94, and their daughter. Joymarie (Kwasniak)
Swanson is the assistant coach for women’s basketball
at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, N.J.
She and her husband, Scott, live at West Point, where
he is the strength coach for the football team. Swanson
joins the staff of former SBU assistant coach Sandy
Gordon Gaglioti (MS, ’90) who enters her sixth year as
the head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson.
1996 — Dan Ford earned his juris doctor from the
Quinnipiac University School of Law. He is the law clerk
Rugers preparing for 30th anniversary weekend
R
ugby alumni should mark their calendars for the fourth
annual Rob Peraza Rugby Alumni Weekend, slated for the
last weekend in April. 2005 is the 30th anniversary of Rugby
Weekend, which was renamed four years ago in memory of Peraza,
’94, ’96. Last year, alums from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s, and
from as far away as Colorado (Tom Ren, ’78, and Drew Carozza, ’86)
and Arizona (Scot Kinmartin, ’96) were in attendance and organizers
anticipate the largest turnout ever. They also have 30th anniversary
uniforms and a photo scrapbook in the works. The scrapbook will
include photos from rugby alumni members from the last 30 years
and will be given to all alumni members who make a donation to
The Robert David Peraza Scholarship. Last year, organizers raised
nearly $2,000 through donations made on Rugby Alumni Weekend.
Rugby alumni interested in receiving a bi-weekly newsletter, or
those who want more information about the weekend, can contact
Bill Kelly at [email protected].
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for Chief Justice William J. Sullivan of the Connecticut
Supreme Court in Hartford, Conn. Ford lives in
Bridgeport, Conn., with his wife, Leslie.
Alums meet for a
day at the races
1997 — Jamie A. Frederick left Foot Locker to pursue
a career as a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley. He
looks forward to hearing from any Bona alumni and can
be contacted at [email protected]. Lisa
(Damico) Kern is a communications project coordinator
for The Association of Theological Schools in Pittsburgh.
Michael Parker is a media relations specialist for the
State University of New York at Albany. Parker will work
out of the office of Media and Marketing on the
University’s uptown campus. He lives in Guilderland with
his wife, Angelica.
1999 — Louis B. Dingeldey Jr. is an attorney for the
Buffalo law firm Goldberg Segalla LLP. He practices in the
areas of commercial and business litigation, employment
discrimination, copyright litigation and attorney grievance.
2000s
•••••••••••
2000 — Katie (Duffy) Elvin and her husband, Dave, ’98,
relocated in September to Bethesda, Md., where Dave took
a new position within Mercedes-Benz, USA. The couple
celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary July 15.
It’s nearly time for the Fourth Mountain Auction
to benefit Mt. Irenaeus!
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004
Doyle Hall, St. Bonaventure University
Mass at 5 p.m.
Auction/Social at 6 p.m. featuring cocktails,
hors d’oeuvres and desserts
We’re asking you to lend a hand! What can you do?
Donate a special gift or service
Make a monetary donation to support the Auction
Be there, and bring a friend!
For reservations, contact
Michelle Marcellin at (716) 375-2096.
For additional information on how you can help, please contact
Margaret T. Bryner at (716) 373-0807.
Funds raised by the Auction — approximately $75,000 over the past
three years! — are used to support the general operating budget and to
support an endowment for the maintenance of the chapel. This is your
chance to do your part to support the special place, experience, community that is Mt. Irenaeus — call now!
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Alums Ted Czerw, ’61, and his wife, Lynn,
(in front) are pictured with John Canavan,
’51, and his wife, Susanna, at the Saratoga
Festival Tent.
Capt. Mark Frank has returned from Iraq with the 101st
Airborne Division. Prior to his last deployment, he was
fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan, flying CH-47 helicopters. Theo Voudouris, Esq. was promoted to captain
in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United
States Army. The ceremony took place at his home station
of Fort Irwin, Calif. He is set to deploy to Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. James Wylot was awarded a
doctor of optometry degree in May during the 88th
Commencement of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry
held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in
Philadelphia. He was cited by the college faculty for excellence in the Low Vision Internship at the William
Feinbloom Vision Rehabilitation Center. Wylot began practicing in hometown of Rochester in July.
2001 — Christopher Barrie teaches social studies at Jay
High School in the Wappingers Falls School District. He
received his master’s in educational psychology at Marist
College in January. Megan E. (Richardson) Massaro completed her master’s degree in special education from
Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y., in 2003. She
and her husband, Jimmy, ’00, live in Brewster, N.Y.
Schavon R. Morgan of Chaffee, N.Y., graduated from Ohio
Northern’s Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern
University with a juris doctor degree.
2002 — Kathy Allen completed her master’s degree in
childhood literacy from St. Bonaventure in May 2003. She
has been teaching fourth grade in North Carolina since
she moved there after graduation. Edward J. Bysiek III
has passed the Uniform Certified
Public Accounting Examination and is
a certified public accountant (CPA) in
New York state. Bysiek, of Olean, is a
staff accountant at the Olean office of
Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C.
He is chapter president for the 200304 year of the Allegheny Mountain
chapter of the Institute of
Management Accountants. He is also
Edward Bysiek
a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, a member of the New York
State Society of Public Accountants, and is active with the
Rotary Club of Olean. Michael Cummings has left
DEATHS
1998 — Rebecca Anne Arnold was awarded a doctor of
osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine at the college’s 113th
Commencement. Luis H. Castro is a private banker for
Wells Fargo Private Client Services, managing wealth for
affluent clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. Veronica
Labrador-Orozco was married in January of 2003 and is
finishing her post-graduate degree in school administration and supervision. She is a Spanish teacher at
Brentwood High School and she will be in the next publishing of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Julie
Palmesano lives in Virginia Beach, Va., and teaches sixthgrade math at Ruffner Academy in Norfolk, Va. Old friends
can feel free to contact her at [email protected].
James Walter is executive director of Madison County
Tourism, Inc., the official tourism promotion agency for
Madison County, N.Y. Donna Quigley proudly displayed
her Bonaventure spirit by wearing her Bonnies T-shirt on
The Price is Right. Although she was not a contestant, she
is in one of the front rows and is on stage at the end of the
show celebrating with her friends and host Bob Barker in
the program airing Oct. 26.
Msgr. Vincent L. Enrigh,t ’35
John Joseph Regan, ’39
Col. Vernon R. Rottstedt, ’40
Edward J. Morris, ’41
Bernard Dolan, ’42
Patricia (Clare) Manieri,’44
Walter Peer, ’48
Thomas R. Faragher, ’50
William M. Farley, ’50
Fred Diute, ’51
Richard H. Miller, ’51
Dr. Robert Peartree, ’51
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Forty-two alums and their families enjoyed a
day at the races Aug. 7 during an Albany Chaptersponsored get-together at Saratoga Gaming and
Raceway in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Dan Collins, ’73, former National Alumni Board
president and owner of several thoroughbred race
horses, arranged for two speakers for the group.
Terry Finley, president of West Point
Thoroughbreds Inc., and trainer Dallas Stewart
provided guests with an introduction to the ponies,
an overview of the day’s races and a tutorial on
reading the track program. Aug. 7 was the 77th
running of the Whitney Handicap — for 3-yearolds and up.
Cazenovia College (N.Y.) and taken a job as a financial aid
counselor at the University of Maryland-Baltimore. He will
attend the University of Maryland-College Park to pursue a
master of science degree in higher education. Sarah L.
(Brennan) Czekanski has started her third year teaching
social studies at Attica Middle School. She received her
master of education degree in adolescent literacy from St.
Bonaventure’s Buffalo Center in December 2003. After
traveling throughout South America, Timothy M. May
has accepted a new position at the James P. Wilmot
Cancer Center. He and five colleagues are embarking on a
five-year mission to raise money to build a new cancer
center at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Angela D. Scott has begun her first year as a teacher and
head girls’ basketball coach for Lindenwold (N.J.) Middle
School. She is also a volunteer coach for South Jersey
Girls’ Basketball Club Amateur Athletic Union.
2003 — Jennifer Farugia lives in Denver, Colo., where
she works at Great-West Healthcare in client relations.
Bradley Naughton, of Denver, Colo., is a youth counselor
at Youthtrack Excel. Krystin Troyer is living in Charlotte,
N.C., working for Wachovia Bank as a derivative analyst.
She shared this photo (below) of her and fellow 2003 Bona
grads celebrating their one-year reunion last May with a
trip to Las Vegas. Pictured are (front row, from left) Sarah
O’Shea of Binghamton, Karen Schoen of Rochester,
Amy Rumschik of Boston, Laura (Wolf) Trzbinski of
Buffalo, Troyer, and Reina Mastrogiovanni of Long
Island; and (back row, from left) Nicole Nealon of
Binghamton, Mary Lou Letina of Buffalo, Dana Herbst
of Rochester, Anne Hughes of Cleveland and Stacy
Monoghan of Baltimore.
Andre Joseph Bourgeois, ’52
Robert T. Crowley, ’52
Edward J. Cooney, ’53
J. Richard Saxton, ’54
Donald H. Testi, ’58
R. Lee Fitzpatrick, ’59
Janet (Shepardson) MacLeay, ’59
Richard T. Grimm, ’60
Sr. Mary Cordia Keady, ’60
Donald C. Comlish, ’61
Christopher T. Lawless Jr., ’62
Jane P. Morgan, ’62
Robert Engelhardt, ’65
Col. William S. Tierney, ’65
Frank “Joe” Rooney, ’68
Robert W. Zahm, ’70
Kathleen M. (Rogers) Hitchings, ’73
Nicholas F. Mathews, ’73
Joseph D. Imhof, ’75
David A. Mack, ’76
Elizabeth A. Johnson, ’80
Leonard C. Weg Sr., ’83
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Robert S. McDow, ’91, is pictured
with members of his wedding party
Melissa Keilholz, ’02, and Luke LePage, ’02
Reneé Wilson, ’96, and
Parker Maurer
Teresa Korwin, ’85,
and Dr. Colin O’Brien
Tracy Kilbride, ’96, and John McCulloch, ’96
Elizabeth Rauh, ’03, and Michael Stolarik, ’01
Courtney Donovan, ’00, and John P. Souza IV, ’00
Marty Maloney, ’95, and Mary Pat Overdorf, ’00
Nora Coan, ’83, and Matthew Kennedy
Scott Sweetland, ’84, ’89, and Yuerong Liu
Steven Cywilko, ’85, and Janet Caudill
Teresa Korwin, ’85, and Dr. Colin O’Brien
John Colwell, ’88, and Shawne Dervay
Richard J. Pugh, ’89, and Lisa Ellen Vedeckis
Robert S. McDow, ’91, and Carla L. George
John Burns, ’92, and Ellyn Torosian
Christa M. Lepsch, ’93, and Ronald J. Zimmerman
Kimberly Ott, ’94, and Mark Minnick
Jacquelyn M. Powell, ’94, and Michael A. Prillaman
Marty Maloney, ’95, and Mary Pat Overdorf, ’00
Tracy Kilbride, ’96, and John McCulloch, ’96
Reneé Wilson, ’96, and Parker Maurer
Todd Buzard, ’97, and Kim Briggs
Jamie Frederick, ’97, and Sarah Irwin
Lisa Damico, ’97, and John Kern II
David Spadone, ’92, ’93, and Shelley Marie Cappon
Christine Yeremeychik, ’98, and Brian Pyfrom
Kathryn Warwick, ’98, and Robert Wilson
Kelly Bigg, ’97, and Jeff Tomaseski, ’98
Veronica Labrador, ’98, and Julio Orozco
James Walter, ’98, and Lorrell Kenney
Rebecca DeGolier, ’99, and Jason Locke
Jennifer Burdick, ’99, and Ted Palik
Christine Beichner, ’01, and Jeffery Kostusiak, ’01
Kristin Wheeler, ’02, and Mark Frank, ’00
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Megan Richardson, ’01, and Jimmy Massaro, ’00
Courtney Donovan, ’00, and John P. Souza IV, ’00
Bridget Schneider, ’01, and Doug Kish, ’00
Jessica Davis, ’01, and Geoff Bennett
Megan Miles, ’01, and Stephen Janeski, ’00
Pat Dailey, ’02, and Suzanne Olne
Kristina M. Huntley, ’02, ’04, and Jedediah J. Musch
Brianne Prince, ’02, ’04, and Christopher Gray
Melissa Keilholz, ’02, and Luke LePage, ’02
Chrystal Fitzsimmons, ’02, and Jeremy Jewell
Michelle Kearney, ’03, and Ryan Gregg
Elizabeth Rauh, ’03, and Michael Stolarik, ’01
Christine Yeremeychik, ’98,
and Brian Pyfrom
Bridget Schneider, ’01, and Doug Kish, ’00
Veronica Labrador,
’98, and Julio Orozco
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James Walter, ’98, and
Lorrell Kenney
Chrystal Fitzsimmons, ’02, and Jeremy Jewell
Jessica Davis, ’01, and Geoff Bennett
Brianne Prince, ’02, ’04, and Christopher Gray
Lisa Damico, ’97, and John Kern II
Megan Miles, ’01, and
Stephen Janeski, ’00
Pat Dailey, ’02, and Suzanne Olney
Kelly Bigg, ’97, and Jeff Tomaseski, ’98
Christine Beichner, ’01, and Jeffery Kostusiak, ’01
Kristin Wheeler, ’02, and Mark Frank, ’00
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Nina Maria to Mike and Rebecca (Thill) Nicometi, ’82
Timothy Michael to Timothy and Patricia A. (Ardolino) Graham, ’84
Philip Frederic to Patrice and Frederic W. Wolff III, ’84
Kathleen Elizabeth to Marybeth (Johnson), ’85, and Thomas Cagney, ’85
Ingrid Carolyn to Maria and Tim McCormack, ’86
Kyle Konstantin to Mark and Lisa (Voss) Palvino, ’86
Sean Michael to Michael G. Tennyson and Eileen M. Foley-Tennyson, ’87
Michael James to Terence Newcomb and Paula Eade Newcomb, ’87
Gerard Joseph Jr. to Allison G. Bennett, ’91, and Gerard Novello
Cecilia Ann to Julia A. (Fox), ’91, and Kenneth M. Tobin, ’87
Michael David to Richard and Linda (Merten) Bader, ’88
Cecelia Patricia to Marie C. (LaFay), ’88, and Philip M. Byrne, ’88
Michael Robert to Michael and Laurie Ann (Forino) Colagiovanni, ’88
Rebecca Grace to John and Marilee (Park) Doran, ’88
Alyssa Sue to Lissette and Jeffrey E. Jones, ’88
Harrison Joseph and Holden Jackson to Gilbert and Erin (Maxcy) Neal, ’88
Kate Estelle to Richard Oxley and Kristen Linderman Oxley, ’88
Samuel Meyer to Justin and Michelle (Fasciana) Rider, ’88
Christian Scott to Christine and Scott Casaburro, ’89
James Joseph to Genevieve and Joseph L. Gilvary, ’89
Matthew James to Jane E. (Watach), ’88, and Robert D. Ingrassia, ’89
Brigid Elizabeth to Suzanne (Meaney), ’90, and Joseph Gannon, ’91
Robert James to Cheryl A. and Robert G. Hermansen, ’90
Nicholas Griffin to Peggy and Robert Holzweiss, ’90
Joseph Daniel to Donald and Melissa (Machuga) Nowicki, ’90
Jake Bennett to Stacey and John A. Stevens, ’90
Tanner William to Anne Marie and Kevin Wood, ’90
Anna Theresa to Joseph and Kimberly (Barile) Bocchino, ’91
Alexandra Noelle to Susan and Scott Lanzalaco, ’91
Anna Mary to Angela and Steve Mest, ’91
Tegan Paige to Mark and Joey (Carlson) Running, ’91
Anna Grace to Christopher and Elizabeth (Lendeck) Shafer, ’91
John August to Edouard and Karen (Roll) Trabulsi, ’91
Kate Elizabeth to Patricia (Grinder), ’92, and Brian Allen, ’93
Alyson Lucy to John Burns, ’92, and Ellyn Torosian
Katherine Christine to Marcie and Paul DeMore, ’92
Catherine Ann to Billy and Eileen (O’Meara) Horan, ’92
Emma Claire to John and Jennifer (Williams) Kelly, ’92
Joseph John to Dr. Joseph and Jennifer (Belardinelli) Mesa, ’92
Margaret Kathleen to Rebecca and Marc D. Scherrer, ’92
Sarah Kate to Roseanne (Popieluch), ’92, and Michael Weber, ’92
Henry Joseph to Randall and Correne (Curtin) Wirt, ’92
David Lloyd to Bobbi Jo Clark-Baldwin, ’93, and Daniel L. Baldwin Jr.
Dante Gabriel to Susan and Roy Bielewicz, ’93
Liam Arthur to Lauren and Robert Boland, ’93
James Vincent to Beth B. (Buchanan), ’93, and Vincent J. Delforte II, ’92
Aidan Daniel to Shawn and Barbara Masse-Devine, ’93
Brooke Elizabeth to Paige and Robert Kessler, ’93
Julia Elizabeth to James and Nina (Doebrich) Neu, ’93
Grace Catherine to Nick and Lisa (Tyler) Norvell, ’93
Sophia Marie to Leanne (Herr), ’94, and Stephen O’Hara, ’93
William Mark to Janice (Rossi), ’93, and Mark Rathjen, ’93
Eve Anna to Marta and Mark Schultz, ’93
Margaret Kathryn to April and Sean Beard, ’94
Matthew Francis to Meredith (Young), ’95, and Brian Canning, ’94
Abby Elizabeth to Molly (Keenan), ’94, and Andrew Cappotelli, ’93, ’96
Alexandra Rose to Tracey and Jennifer (Mason) Gajak, ’94
Dominic Christopher to Jennifer (Michaels), ’95, and John Galante, ’94
Marshall Joseph to Jeff and Jennifer (Bailey) Hill, ’94
Patrick Thomas to Thomas and Kerry (Schoemick) Killian, ’94
Seth Colby to Mark and Kimberly (Ott) Minnick, ’94
Gabrielle Marie to Daniel and Catherine (Cusick) Monk, ’94
Sophia Brynn to Maria Morse Muscente , ’94, and Paul Muscente, ’94
Logan Wattick to Ron Jr. and Mary (Wattick) Palmer, ’94
Braden Robert to Erin and Tony LaRusso, ’95
Owen Tyrrell to Danielle (Stack), ’95, and J.T. Cheney, ’95
Laura Susan to Shelley (Kuna), ’95, and Martin Hoak, ’95
Alyssa Marie to Vincent and Wendy (Tepper) Ferrer, ’95
Evan Daniel to Francis and Jean (Kearney) Gutierrez, ’95
Tyler Vincent to Meredith (Vines), ’96, and Brian Satalin, ’95
Gabriella Noelle to Carmine and Jessica (Gowlis) Sciarretto, ’95
Jacob Peter to Jake and Christy (Cirigliano) Kriney, ’96
Vincent Patrick to Kelly (Murphy), ’96, and Andrew Lucyszyn, ’95
Hannah Rose to Maureen (Kennedy), ’96, and Don Woodhull, ’96
Patrick Wyatt to Jason and Karen (Kelly) Carlton, ’97
Jared Matthew to Jennifer (Fred), ’98, and Matthew Enser, ’97
Elizabeth “Ella” Catherine to Jayme I. (Maley), ’97, and Cpt. Jamison R. Hines, ’96
Isaac David to Dave and Rebecca (Hassett) Howson, ’97
Carlin Elizabeth to Amy (Lafferty), ’97, and Matthew Jones, ’96
Jacob Thomas to Joseph and Darlene (Olivieri) Raynsford, ’97
Marin Ann to Mark and Meredith (Maroun) Sweeney, ’97
Brendan Christopher to Sarah (Sweeney), ’99, and Chris Beh, ’98, ’99
Alexander Joseph to Christin E. (Lasky), ’98, and Brendon S. Crossing, ’98
Meghan Marjorie to Alicia (Huber), ’98, and Charles Murphy, ’00
Brendan Kyle to Jason and Bridget (Overdorf) Reid, ’98
Margaret Catherine and Abigail Marie to Reid and Stephanie (Walls) Overton, ’98
Gavin Crawford to Michael and Colleen (McKenna) Wernau, ’98
Reilly Kim to Joey (Matuszewski), ’99, and Michael Burke, ’99
Shane David to Katie (Duffy), ’00, and David Elvin, ’98
Dalton Dane to Chad Ketchner and Pamela Crowell-Ketchner, ’00
Hunter David Charles to Scott and Jessica (Traver) Christian, ’01
Alexander Thomas to Troy and Tricia (Taber) Ellsworth, ’03
Parker Shawn to Kyle and Kristen (Clemens) Keenan, ’02
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